Warriors of the Elements: The Meeting

[MC43]

He approached the five sitting in front of him. The table was semi circular, with the middle cut out so one could stand in the middle of the group. "We need action, and we need it now! Do we have any suggestions?"

One stood up. The body appeared to be that of a rock like behemoth. "Those humans! We have been protecting them for so many years! It's about time they did some of the work themselves!"

The one sitting next to him tried to calm him down. "Petra. Down!"

"What would you know, Urina!? You haven't had them walking all over you for centuries!"

The water goddess raised herself from her chair and looked up at her mountain partner, "Yes... but that does not mean they have hurt me and my oceans too!"

"Please... please!" Another stood up. He was old, with hair that surroundded a bald head, and a length of beard that reached to the middle of his chest. "We are here to decide how to help them. Only together can we do that!"

"Nice speech Fulmen." A young lady's voice came up. "Now get off your soapbox and sit down." This young lady had fire red hair, all the way down the bottom of her back, but you couldn't tell. The way she was sitting, her feet propped up on the table.

"You would enjoy that... wouldn't you Ignis?" The old man roared, a thunder storm started to brew up behind him.

"Everyone sit!" A voice, louder than his boomed, and everyone followed his command. He approached the center of the table. In appearance, he seemed to be in the shape of a knight, clad in white armor, gold trimming with a cape to match. A helmet was covering his face. This was... The Guardian. "Petra, I think, has the right idea."

Fulmen stood up, "Sir. Don't get me wrong, but the humans don't have the strength that we have, and we have been getting attacked over and over. We have all lost numerous battles with this foe. What makes you think they can be of any use?"

"They have heart. And with that heart, if they truely love their planet, they will defend it."

"They have heart... but no power." A dark raspy voice said. Everyone looked over to one dressed in a hooded robe, hiding his face like that of the guardian. "For once the old man is right."

The guardian thought for a second. "Then we shall give them ours." The was a murmur of voices between the table. "Any objections?" Everyone looked at one another, but no one denied him. "Good, everyone choose one to guide."

Petra stood and slammed the table, "I have made my decision! He is a young high school student, Mark Coutu! He has a heart as big as this rock he is living on!"

Urina was the next to stand, "My mind is made up as well. Benjamin Opel will be my choice. He has a good head on his shoulders, I know he will want to help all he can."

Fulmen was the third to stand, "My choice has been selected. Ariella Haskins! Call her forth and my powers shall be hers!"

The hooded one looked up at the knight, "I, Ater, will give the power of darkness to Gerado Nguyen."

They all looked to the fire goddess. She saw all the glances and sighed, shrugging them all off, "My decision is a girl by the name of Alex Darnen."

The guardian took a step back. "They shall be summoned forth to receive the powers. Thank you all." He bowed at the five, turned around and walked away from them, vanishing.


Mark was in a rush to get to his next class. He was the kind of student to be on time for all of his classes, but today was different. He ran through crowds of people trying to get to the right classroom. He had to run upstairs to get the books out of his locker, then back down to get to class. He had just reached the doorknob as the bell rung. He swang it open an looked inside to see...

Blackness. After a few steps in, the door closed and disappeared behind him. "Uh... am I in the right room? Hello?"

[Flarecobra]

<Man, that felt great!> Alex thought to herself, stepping out of her shower and grabbing the clothes she had hung up there. She threw on the underwear, and was in the process of pulling on the rest of her clothes when she walked out into the hallway, but when her shirt was pulled past her face, she only saw blackness. "What the hell?" she said.

[batgirl]

Ariella stretched as her 7 page Chem lab report began printing. "Now, all I need to do is staple it and hand it in. Finally a good night's sleep." She opened her closet door to retrieve her coat and was pulled in.

[Psi_Zeta]

*Grins as I run up to my room with my newest purchase under my arm a brand new Audigy 2 Legacy card* Alright this is gonna sound righteous *throws open my door and looks at the black there*What the... *gets sucked in in the process dropping the card on the floor. My cousin pops by and looks at the card* Hey looky here... I guess no one wants this card. *he picks it up and leaves*

[RangerAidan]

Two fighters stood at opposite sides of the small square, dripping sweat both dressed only in large black pants and a black belt around their waist, both in the style of the martial artist. Another barked a word of command and the fighters leveled at eachother, carefully measuring the opponent..and then one strikes overhead, his blow is deflected, but he rounds about to the right, the other pulls his sword back behind his head to block, throws the others up, and spins into a crouch, slashing the opponents belly at the same time
Ippon!
barks the thrid person
The fighters stand and bow....and an old volvo pulls up outside the smallish Dojang and honks its baritone horn. Ah, suburban Virginia on a thursday night.
Ben slides the bamboo Shinai (sword) between his low hanging belt and his pants, sweat dripping from his nose and says
That'll be the food, mike. Money's on a chair in the lobby, I'll get some water in the back
The other black belt responds
'aight
Ben walks past the locker rooms in the back of the school, and opens a refrigerator, which, strangeley enough, was composed entirelyof blackness, and pulled him right in.

ooc: I'm going snoboarding until monday evening...i dunno how this'l work out, but plz don't go too far...plz?

[Flarecobra]

(OOC) Don't worry.

"Ok, where the hell are we?" Alex said, looking around and seeing that there are other people nearby.

[MC43]

Mark had heard someone's voice. He looked around and saw that a small group had gathered in some area of the space. If that's what you wanted to call it. He rushed over to the group and pushed his glasses back up his nose, "Uh... I wish I could answer that question, how'd you all get here? Who are all of you?"

"There will be time for that later..." A loud, booming voice came from nowhere, killing everyone's ears. Mark, covering his ears, looked around for where the sound was coming from. His question was soon answered as a light came towards them. It grew in size as it got closer to the group. "You shall all get to meet each other, but now is not the time. I have important information to give all of you. There is a great war going on. You may not see it, but you do see its after affects. Landslides, erosion, tides changing, global warming, the list goes on. Your scientists have proven that this was due to changes in planitary ways. But this is not the truth. We have been at war with an unknown force, and we have decided to enlist your help..."

Mark gave the light a strange look, "First off... who is we?"

"The elements. Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, and Darkness..." Was it's answer.

"And you are...?"

"You may call me... The Guardian."

"All right... Guardian. I got a good one for ya." Mark wasn't one for sarcasm, but for some reason, it just came free flowing. "The elements have been having trouble with an unknown force, that they have been losing to... so they decide to enlist the help of five humans, who for some reason, don't even know each other, to defeat the force even Gods can't defeat.

There was a long pause for it answered with, "Yes."

Mark tossed his hands up, "Ah! It makes so much sense now! I see why you are doin' this!"

"I do not need sarcasm from you."

"No... No sarcasm here mister light..."

"Believe what you will, but you have all been chosen to help defend the world from certain devistation."

"Great! Sounds like a blast and a half. How do you expect us to defeat it?" Mark continued with his antics.

"Simple, you will be blessed with the power of the Elements themselves. Your powers will start off weak, but soon your powers will grow, and no one will be able to stop you."

He first looked at Mark, "You will have the raw strength of the earth, with Petra's help.

He moved on to Ben, "You will be blessed with the power of Urina, and her seas."

Next was Gerado, "You have the dark to control, given by Ater himself."

To Ariella, "All the lightning will be in your hands, thanks to Fulmen."

Last was Alex, "And to you, you get the power fire, once controled by Ignis."

Five orbs fell from nowhere after his speech. In front of Mark was a sandy brown orb. He reached out slowly to touch it, then wrapped his hand aroound it, in both wonder and amazement. "Wow... so beauti...AH!" As the full weight of it soon caused his hand to drops to his feet. He could feel his hand being cruched under it. Something so small couldn't be so heavy. "Great! My God is a rock... huh?" He could feel the weight roll up his arm, up into his chest. It wrapped around his heart, until the weight was soon gone.

Heh... nice job holding up the weight of the earth kid... A gruff voice came from his mind.

[batgirl]

"This has got to be a dream," Ariella thought as she stared at the yellow orb in front of her. It is not a dream, you have been chosen to recieve a reat gift, now accept it. With some hesitation, she reached out and grabbed the orb. She immediately felt a small jolt, and then a larger one. It left arm went numb, but soon it started to tingle and the jolts went away. You now have control over all the wrold's lightening, use it to it utmost extent. "Great, I get the fancy talking element."

[Psi_Zeta]

"Okay Mister Guardian let me ask you this question real quick. How is darkness an element?" *The Guardian just looks at me. "How is it not an element?" *takes a breath and tries to think of an answer* "Good point. I don't understand it but still good point." *just then he hears a raspy voice that sends a shiver down my spine speaks into my mind* "Just take the damn orb already and don't make me regret chosing you to give my powers to." *My eyes then are drawn to the obsidian orb that floats in front of me. I reach out slowly to it and grab it in my right hand. As my fingers curl around the orb a dark shadow engulfs my body and consumes me before being abosrbed into me. I could feel the darkness as if it was a solid object moving around inside me until it surrounded my heart and then suddenly it was gone* "HOLY MOTHER OF MERCY!!! That hurt! And I feel kind of violated." "Shut your whining."

[RangerAidan]

ooc: I return!

Ben stood in the dark room, half naked, sweaty, no shoes, with girls he had never met before
I like these odds
but his thoughts were interrrupted by a smooth, yet forceful feminine voice
Take the orb before you, there are greater things at stake right now
Right-o
he whispered, placing his cupped hands on either side of the glowing, deep blue sphere, and closing them into it. The sphere glowed brighter for a second, and then siphoned off into his hands and arms, it rushed into his every pore and he felt like he was being drowned from the inside, but the feeling passed deeper inside of him, clutching tightly around his heart and dissipating, but leaving a lasting tingle, as he seemed acutely aware of every water molecule in his body.
Good, now listen to the words of the guardian