Monday, April 16, 2007

MY CUUUTEE VIIRRTTUUAALL PETS!!!(note-this has nutin 2 do wif d story, courtesy of bonnie)

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

The Aqua League,Chapter 4: The League is formed.

Here I am. I thought to myself. Shy, self-conscious Alyson Nor. In the cinema, sitting next to the guy of my dreams. Blake Chen. Sharing popcorn, legs brushing each other. Despite the movie going on, everything was quiet. It was as if someone had emptied the place, leaving me and Blake alone. I gazed into his eyes and he gazed into mine."Aly, I've always wanted to tell you th-"

RIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!
The stupid alarm clock rang
THUMP!
Ouch. I fell on the floor.
I turned around to see Kristen clapping,"Very graceful Aly!" while controlling her laughter.
Not doing a very good job by the way. I glared at her. It was the only natural thing to do other than smack that smile off her face. "Listen," she said and sat down on the floor next to me. "Ed, Kev and I are going for a party going on down the beach. You up to it?"
"And go with Kev? Hell no!" I replied in disgust and threw a pillow at her.
My aim was off that morning. Who am I kidding? My aim is always off.
"Well," she said while catching the pillow "I was just asking Mrs. Chen, no need to be so touchy."

My face felt rather warm. I ignored the fact that it was and then Kristen closed the door behind her. I climbed back into bed and opened my bedside drawer. I took out my diary and began writing...


Sunday,Rose Academy....

Everyone likes the weekends. Especially me, despite the fact that me and Blake are an official couple. I'm glad it all worked out. Turns out that the girl outside the Bio lab wasn't Abygail. Eventhough we thought it was, it was actually Blake's cousin. Who looks surprisingly like Aby. And the girl I saw him holding hands with in the nurse's office was also his cousin. I hate the fact that he has a cousin who almost looks identical to Abygail.....

Anyway, the point is, that all our problems are finally gone. Besides our new found abilities which we discovered last week...then no problem....

I, have the powers to manipulate and create fire. Not to mention turn into one myself...

Blake, apparently is kinda like Robin from Batman, he can suddenly do a heck lot of combat moves. Not to mention his reflexes improved.

Kristen and Suz have almost identical powers. They both can fly, the both have superstrengh. Kinda like Superman, or in this case, supergirl.

Kevin has the ability to morph into anything. Like Mistique from X-Men.


Ed can camouflage with his surroundings like the chameleon from X-Men!!!I mean like seriously become his surroundings...

And yes, if you are wondering I am a comic book geek.
Well, anyway dear diary, i gotta go.
Sincerly,
Aly


I closed my diary, locked it and kept in in my bedside table drawer. I looked around my room. Messy, unmade bed, clothes on the floor. And I smiled. This was my nature and no way was I going to change it.



The guys dorm...
"You guys are leaving me on campus by myself with Aly?!?!" Blake said, not that he didn't mind. "Hey dude, we didn't say you couldn't come...Bring you-know-who. I'm sure Kriss must have told her by now." Ed replied. "Kriss??" Ryan mocked. "He nick-named his girlfriend! But I suppose that's what guys do when they have a girlfriend." "Ryan," Ed said while knocking on his head.
"Number 1-Kriss, I mean Kristen is not my girlfriend.
Number 2-She doesn't like me in that way
Number 3-This is none of your business anyway"
"Don't worry Edmund, us single guys will keep is a secret" Ryan said with a sheepish grin on his face. "Uh, hate to burst your bubble Ryan but," Blake said "But the feelings between you and Suz just ain't mutual, and its single guy by the way..."
"Thanks Blake, your such a great friend" Kevin told him in disgust. "Your welcome chum." Blake smiled at him sarcastically.
"Blake, back to the point...are you coming or not?" Ed asked. He hesitated-Blake I mean- and said "Why not?"









I was about to open the door when I realised that I was in a tank top and shorts. I quickly changed into jeans and another tank top (yes, I like tank tops...deal with it)
and grabbed my room key just as I was about to leave my apartment. Seeing as I was the only one there, cos Suz was at cheerleading practice and Kristen was out with Ed and Kevin for God knows why? We were supposed to meet at the run-down construction site at 4. Now it's 2 so I'll go pay Blake a visit at the poolside. Hopefully...nothing major happens again.


I walked to the pool to see how he was doing. swimming. Doi.
"Wow, Steve's really pushing it"
I had said it aloud without even realising it and guess who came my way?
The 3 drones of doom. That's right.
Stacie,Kacie and Tracie.
3 triplets who have the school by their fingertips.
"Phew, they passed me" I thought. They were going towards the pool side to where Steve and Blake were. They started talking.
But, why were Blake and Steve laughing along with them? I mean, aren't they TAKEN by ME and Melody?
Ok, calm down Aly...I'll just walk over there. And ask...
I walked over and smiled at Blake. he immediately smiled back and grabbed hold of my hand and kissed me on my cheek. Talk about PDA much?
He whispered in my ear "Hey, did the guys leave you alone on campus as well?"
"You know it..."
"See you on the beach?"
"You bet!"
I skipped -literally- away back to my room to get my books for my next class. What could I say, I was happy.

Then came nightfall.

Ok scrap that. Then it was time to go to the beach party.


I got dressed. Well, almost...



"AAAA! I CAN'T FIND MY ONE PIECE SWIMSUIT!!"
"Aly? Everything okay in there?" I heard Suz say.
"Oh yeah sure. Besides the fact that I can't find my one piece, yeah everything's fine and dandy!"
I replied back, as annoyed as ever. Suz came in my room in a bikini with blue on black hibiscus flowers and handed me one of her cute bikini's that was red and black. "Then wear this...and I'm not taking no for an answer Alyson..." With that she shut the door behind her, leaving me speechless.


What choice did I have? I put the bikini on, and covered myself with a loose yellow t-shirt. I packed my stuff just as Suz came in. "Ready to go?"
"*Sigh* As ready as I'll ever be." I replied back.





We took a cab to the beach and started searching for a spot. I found one, a nice shady one in fact and set up while Suz went to look for the rest of the gang. I quickly took out my 'Meg Cabot' book and started devouring the last few chapters when two warm arms grabbed my waist and before I knew it, I was in the arms of *sigh* Blake. He had a really good body. I put my hands on top of his very masculine ones and leaned back on him. "Been working out I see. I can almost spot that 4-pack coming along." I said jokingly. "Mhmm" He said and ran his fingers through my hair.
"Wanna go for a swim?" He asked. But before I could answer, the next instant I found myself thrown up into the air and in the water. Blake swam up to me and smiled. "Wow, a mind reader now I see." I said moving closer to him. "That's just the beginning." He wrapped his arms around me and said. "I'll be right back with drinks." So he got out and I floated there for awhile. The next split second he was back. But without the refreshments. "And just where are the drinks," I asked him suspiciously. But before I could say anything I realised that it wasn't Blake, it was some sort of sea creature.
A green slimy one. He put his hands on my neck and slowly, I felt my energy draining. Before I blacked out I heard Blake -the real one- shouting my name. And saw that beside him were Ed, Kev, Ryan, Suz and Kristen. They all swam towards me and that sea creature, but I was pulled underwater.

Before I knew it. I was out like a light.

I woke up. But only to find that I was nowhere near dry land. I was in some sort of submarine. And my hands were tied up behind my back with metal chains. And it wasn't just my hands, my whole body was tied to a metal pole. The chains were weighing me down and there was no way I could move my hands, let alone use my powers, which I couldn't anyway. I was drained of all my energy. I looked up and saw that sea creature. Smiling. "Hello Aly, remember me?" It said it said in a sly voice. One that was weirdly familiar.
"Do I know you?" I said sarcastically though it wasn't exactly the best time. "It's me Aly, Gary. And your my bait for revenge against Blake."
"Blake?" I said furiously not wanting him to be dragged into a topic about me and my mortal enemy who was the son of some crazed mad scientist who was arrested after poisoning his own son with some sort of toxic.Plus, he was crushing on me. "What did he ever do to you, and I see you haven't changed ehi?s!"
He ignored my last statement. "Blake took you away from me Aly. But once I get rid of him. You're mine for the keeping. Permanently." "No, it's me you want! Keep Blake out of this." I felt tears stinging my eyes. "Too late for that Aly, 2 years too late. Then he walked out of the room leaving me alone. Crying.



"What the heck just happened? Was Aly just kidnapped by some guy who apparently, looked like Garett and a fish put together??" Kristen said in a panicky tone. "Calm down Kriss. We just need to get her back out here, instead of down there..." Ed said with concern in his voice. Kevin and Ryan were pacing. Suz and Ryan were trying to make a plan. But Blake. He just stood there "It's my fault." he said. "Dude, it's not your fault. No one knew that this would happen. Don't be so harsh on yourself." Kevin said while patting him on the back. "If I didn't leave her in the first place. None of this would have happened." He said and hung his head. "Blake, everything will be fine. You'll see. But first we need a better idea on what's going on down there" Kristen said in a very leader-like voice. "Kevin, morph...into a fish, a dolphin maybe. But whatever it is go down and find where that 'thing' or Garett, took Aly and keep in contact through telepathy. He nodded in unison. And dived down into the ocean. It took Kevin about 5 minutes to find that huge submarine floating in the middle of the ocean. He saw a window and peered through it. There he found Aly. Tied up in chains. Sobbing,
"Aly, Aly" Kevin tried to use telepathy. She looked up at the window. And smiled.

Kev, you guys can't come down here, Garett is going to kill you guys if you do. Especially Blake. He's using me as bait.

That's not how it works Aly, we're in this together.

Then just please be careful. He's got security cameras everywhere. Kevin the 'dolphin' nodded and swam back to shore. He explained to them about what Aly just told him. "She's being held captive, and he's after Blake. And he's using Aly as-" Kevin told them. Blake looked furious, and determined. "Bait...." He said, his voice in a tone of seriousness and fury. "He's using her as bait to get me?? When I get my hands on that fish face I'll-" "Woah, slow down there tiger," Suz told him. "We all know how much you care about her, and we do too. But first thing's first. We need a plan. And we have to get our powers to the max...but how?"

And eerie silence fell over them. "So Aqua League, what are we going to do?" Kristen said

"Aqua league? We sound like a comic book..." Ryan groaned. They glared at him. Now wasn't exactly the right time to complain. "Hold hands." Kristen continued. "Excuse me? This is no time for PDA Kristen." Blake said in frustration. "Look we want to make this work don't we. Just follow what I say but first, let's go to sunset cliff.


Sunset Cliff.


One of those secluded places for couples, but right now...it was for The Aqua League, to get their full powers. They held hands. "Ok...how is this supposed to help us?" Ed asked confused. "Concentrate. Just like that day in the lab. When we were in our other forms." And they did. Slowly, a sphere of light began growing in the circle the Aqua League had made. It grew bigger until it covered the group and when it disappeared, they were transformed, from 6 kids in swimsuits, to The Aqua League.


Kristen, was in a strapless skin-tight, black leather suit, she had silver cuffs on her wrists and had silver knee high boots. She also had a silver belt equipped with small boomerangs

Suz, was wearing a navel bearing white tee that had the superman 'S' on it. With it, she wore a blue mini-skirt and red boots that stretched up to her thighs and had a red cape on her back.

Blake, wore a blue and black suit that showed his muscles and almost-there four pack.

Ed had on a black mask that covered his eyes and a green suit with yellow gloves and boots,

Kevin, red leather suit with golden gloves and boots. He kinda looked like the Flash from justice league. He also had on a gold head-band that made his brown hair spike up.

Ryan, had a blue mask on and a blue suit on as well. Well, more of navy blue. His boots were silver. No gloves.


They were ready. "How deep is the submarine Kev." Blake asked with more determination than ever before. "I'm not sure, but it's not too deep down. We can swim there but I'm guessing that's what he wants us to do." "Okay guys, on the count of 3, we dive in. 1...2..3"

As they were swimming they could roughly see what looked like a submarine. "Hang in there Aly, we're coming" Blake thought to himself.







"Your friends seem to be taking their time Aly. Looks like I won't have to do any work after all." He came closer to me and put his hand on the side of my face. I moved it away but he held my chin. "You listen to me, and you listen good Aly, I still love you. And don't think I won't do anything about your prince charming. As long as I walk the face of this earth, he will not live to see you." "Think again Gary." I heard a familiar voice behind him. I crained my neck and saw Blake there, with the rest of the gang. And they were all in skin tight suits. Cool...

"Let Aly go Garett, and we'll leave without anyone getting hurt." He said calmly. "Hmmm...no, and you'll be the ones getting hurt so let's do this the hard way." And the battle started. Blake moved aside before Garett could hit . And did a back flip while kicking him on the back. He fell but got up again quickly. Then he came face to face with Ed. Who suddenly vanished into thin air and got several punches out of nowhere. Ofcourse, I knew it was Ed camouflaging. Blake came running towards me. "Are you okay?" he asked as he was face to face with me. I nodded. Happy to see him. "Suz a little help here." Blake shouted across the room. Suz shot a beam of read laser out of her eyes and the chains melted away. Next thing I knew, I was in Blake's arms. "I'm so sorry. I will never ever leave you again." "It's not your fault, It was no one's fault." My tears were flowing down as we hugged. Then Blake was jerked away from my grip as a ball of sludge hurdled towards him. I turned around and saw Garett laughing. Ryan started laughing. "Uh oh...not good" I told the gang in telepathy, Ryan's gonna start laughing. close your ears. We all did, leaving Garett confused. Ryan's laugh grew louder, and louder, before you knew it he was sending out sonic beams of laughter that made the whole submarine shake. Garett closed his ears too but then he kicked Ryan in the gut and his body was hurled towards the hard walls. Ryan groaned in pain. Making Suz furious. and she flew at light speed towards Garett and tossed him against the wall but he bounced back and body slammed Suz. "Guess you guys are outta practice. I'm winning." Garett said slyly. "Not yet" Ed said and vanished again. But Garett threw sludge at him making him visible and vulnerable. Garett punched him in the jaw and threw him against the wall but Kristen caught him just before he hit the wall. Kristen tried a different attack. She knew that flying wasn't going to be of any use so she threw the boomerangs towards him but he dodged them skillfully and pushed her to the wall. Hard. She fell to the ground in pain. "Well, well well Aly. Looks like your the last one left. What you gonna do to me? Turn into a magical fairy and sprinkle magic fairy dust on me? hah. If your 6 friends couldn't defeat me what do you think you can do?" I felt my rage coming out. A bright light blinded me and before I knew it, my jet-black hair fell down my back and I was no longer in my swimsuit. But I was in a green leather suit with a gold belt, boots and gloves. I looked at my hands, they were flaming from my fingertips. My whole body was on fire. Everyone stared at me.I looked down at my hands and looked up at Garett, who was standing in a state of shock. "Well, Gary, try this one on for size big boy." I clapped my flaming hands together and open them up, only to find a small ball of fire there. Garett laughed. "Aw, Aly's gonna hit me! I'm sooo scared!" I felt more angry than I had ever been. As my anger grew, so did the ball of fire secured in between my palms. It grew to the size of my whole body. "You better be scared" I said to him and threw it at him. He hit the wall of the submarine so hard that the whole thing flipped over a couple of times. In the end, when the submarine stopped Garett was lying on the floor, unconsious. Kristen gave me a thumbs up sign and Suz smiled a thank you at me. I looked around. The wall where I threw the fireball was scorched and black. Everyone seemed fine and they got up. A couple of bruises, that's all. No one got seriously hurt. So we decided to move out of the submarine while we had a chance.

Everything was over.


Or so we thought it was. That was until I walked by to see if Garett was still breathing when his eyes flew open and he grabbed me by the neck and secured his arm under my chin. "Hahahah. You didn't think one stupid ball of fire could stop me from getting Aly? WRONG. No, I'll make all of you suffer, as you see her have a long, slow, painful death." Blake took a step forward. "A-tut-tut. Touch her, and your next." He was gripping me really tightly that I almost couldn't breath I elbowed him in the gut both of us fell. Blake grabbed my hand and all of us started running. Not very heroic, but that guy just didn't seem to get the die-and-go-to-hell phrase very well. We shut the iron door behind us and I melted the iron to seal it up. Then we destroyed the whole submarine and swam back to the surface.



"Anyone who's dead say aye!" Ryan called out. "The aye's have it. No one's dead. The Aqua league has defeated their first enemy." "The whaat?" I asked confused. "Aqua league Aly." Kristen told me as if I was some little girl. "I'm 'Wondergirl', Suz is 'Supergal', Ryan is 'The Laugher', Blake is 'HotShot', your 'Phoenix', Kev is 'Frobin', and Ed is 'Invisiboy'. How you like that..."
I replied with, "Phoenix...that could grow on me." There was a bright flash of light and we were back to being 7 kids in swimsuits. "Let's get back to the party." Kev said. "Okay, but no swimming for Aly" Ed said. We all laughed and swam back to shore. The sun was setting as we dried ourselves off. Blake came towards me. "Hey." Hey was all it took to make my heart flop again. "Hi..." I said and I sat down on the warm sand. Blake sat down next to me and drew me closer to him. "About, today...It was my fault. If I hadn't threw you in the water in the first place none of this would hav-" "Shush!" I said and put a finger to his lips. "I'm fine, I'm not hurt, no bruise, no scars-minus the emotional ones- and we're all alive and well. The Aqua League was formed, and we defeated our first foe. Today was fine. We're bound to encounter more. So hush." He smiled at me. And hugged me. Some of the other kids from R.A started playing slow music. The sun had set and the night overwhelmed the sky. I put on my yellow tee. It was getting cold. Blake threw his shirt on. I got up and forced him to start dancing. It was a vain atempt for him. We all ended up laughing at each other. "Hey, we don't have a song!" He said out of the blue. "What about this one?" I said referring to the slow song playing now. "Hmm...I supposed it would do." He said. "It needs to be special though..." I said. He lifted my chin. "How's this for special." He kissed me. Our kiss was long and deep.


There we were.


Me and Blake.


Under the starry night sky.


Kissing.


And dancing to our song...


This seems like the perfect happy ending doesn't it? Pfft. yeah right...