That is the element of Earth above, Williams power. I haven't really talked about him much, I hope that I can soon can have a "hang out" day with him so I can learn everything about him. XD 

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-Olivia 

I fell to the ground. My head reeling. My face throbbing as I spat out the blood from my mouth and stood up. Staring at the man in disbelief. He reeled back for another blow to finish me off when I snapped out of it.

My eyes flashed their silvery/white and I stood up slowly. My element just exploded out of me. The ring of guards that had appeared out of nowhere were suddenly gone. They were laying on the floor. Unconscious.

I felt myself collapse to my knees. I was exhausted. But making myself stand up, I stumbled slowly over to Pippen and Alysia and William were just finishing off the guards. Rosalva quickly tying all the men up as fast as she possibly could.

"You good, Celeste?" William asked as he punched a guys lights out and made a band of rock around his wrists and ankles. Anchoring him to the ground.

"I think so, yeah . . ." I panted, putting my hands on my hips and taking big breaths.

"Come on!" Pippen shouted, running over to Xavier. He put his hands on the glass, staring at his brother. "Are you okay, bro?"

Xavier mouthed something, we couldn't hear him.

"It's soundproof."

"No duh." Alysia commented.

"Just try to get the door to open, Alysia." Pippen said, moving to his left and finding the screen that probably got the door to open.

Alysia cut in front of me and started working on the screen.

"Can't you just use one of these guards thumbs?" I asked.

"Because theirs will not work." Said a voice.

I whipped around and saw the one and only Regina Lopéz.

"Only the code and my finger will work on the screen." She said softly, the air of 'she-already-won' dripping from her tone.

Pippen turned around and stormed to the front of the group.

"Then why don't you tell us what the code is!" He shouted, his face red and his eyes already burning the brightest and fierce color I have ever seen them.

"I wish I could honey," Replied Regina, her sweet smile growing at his anger. "But I won't."

"And why the heck not?"

"Because why would I tell you what the code is when I could just do it for you." Regina said lightly.

We all stared at her, dumbfounded. "You be- wait, what?" Pippen asked, his eyes dimming. Obviously thinking she would resist.

"I said, "Why would I tell you what the code is when I could just do it for you."" Regina smiled, her white teeth shining in between her mahagony lipstick.

We all looked at her, still tense.

I knew that this was a trick, it would not just be this easy to do anything.

Regina moved her hand up, as to brush a piece of hair out of her face, and walked forwards. Towards us. I felt all of us tense up, ready to fight a fight that we would most definitely lose.

Regina kept walked towards us, her killer heels were clicking against the floor. Her black skirt flowing around her as she passed us. She stopped in front of the pad that would unlock the door. She went to put her thumb on the screen, but hesitated.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Pippen asked, his British accent getting thicker with his anger evident in his voice.

Regina put her hand down, she turned and faced us the smile still on her face. "You know what?" her voice light and care free.

"I have changed my mind..." She said, her voice lilting in a very taunting manner.

I gritted my teeth. In just the short time I had met Regina, I already knew I hated her. She is more infuriating than that guy at her school from home.

"You what?" Pippen said his voice very deep and his eyes ablaze. He threw his hands down at his sides and clenched his fists, the tendons in his arms bulging. To balls of fire erupted around his fists.

"Ooohh!" Regina laughed, she brought her hand up and looked at the ring on her finger. "I do love it when you do that." She muttered to herself. Her hand suddenly had a pitch black smoke around it. Like it could- and would- suck all the happiness out of your soul and not even care.

I took a step towards Pippen, determined to help him get to his brother so we could escape. That was the number one thing at the top of my mind right now. I could think of nothing else.

"Now, you can either resist, or you can just be calm and go in the cage with your brother." Regina said, her eyes going from a doe brown to the same black that was around her hand and expanding towards us.

"Never." I said, growling.

"Wait." Said Pippen, extinguishing the flames around his fists and putting up a hand- motioning for us to stop.

"What?" Alysia snapped, "You are just going to give up?" She almost shouted.

"We all know that we cannot beat her, her element is just too well refined..." Pippen slumped his shoulders in defeat.

"What?" I heard William say.

There was a thumping and I turned and saw Xavier hitting on the glass of his prison. He was shouting something, but the glass was soundproof and we could not hear him. He kept shaking his head, his eyes full of fear.

Regina thrust out her hand and the black shot out and engulfed us, I shivered as I felt a tendril grab me around the waist. I don't know how it could be solid, but I was dragged to Xavier's prison. I looked around and saw Pippen, and Alysia, and Rosalva, and William all with the black smoke ropes around their waists and dragging them over to the prison.

Regina did a sidelong glance at all of us, obviously suspicious of our behavior. I was suspicious too.

What do you think Pippen is up to? I asked Alysia in my mind.

I have no idea, I just really hope that the cage doesn't put a damper on our element. She thought back.

I looked over at Alysia, and she looked back at me. She nodded ever so slightly that I barely caught it. I turned my head back to Regina as she made a wall of black at the door and put her thumb on the screen. I could not see the door, but I heard is open. I shivered, the black ropes around my waist was pinning my arms in place and I was getting a sudden fear of going in that room.

Alysia. I thought in my head, feeling my gut twist as we were slowly brought to the black wall.

What? She asked. Do you need to pee?

Wha- no! I shouted in my head. I-I think I am claustrophobic...

Oh great, this is a perfect time to say that.

I have never felt this before! What the heck is happening? I was starting to panic. I looked around, I struggling against the black smokey ropes.

You'll be fine, just take a deep breath in. Alysia coached me.

I soon was fine, but it came back as I went through the wall of black. But it only lasted momentarily as I was pushed through and I was on the inside.

"Hey." Xavier said, he was leaning against the glass with a foot against it and his arms crossed across his chest. He looked very attractive, even with all of his bones visible through his skin from lack of nutrition.

"What the heck do you think your stupid brother is up too?" I asked him as the others were pushed through.

"I don't know, you have to ask him." Xavier said, his voice cracking on the last word.

Pippen didn't reply to the comment, but instead smothered his twin brother in a bear hug.

"Can't breath, bro." Xavier croaked, hugging his twin back with the same amount of strength.

Pippen pulled back laughing, his eyes watering slightly. "Sorry..."

"So why the heck did you not try to fight back? Now we are stuck in this stupid glass cage!" I felt my eyes flash silvery/white.

Pippen tapped his nose. "I have a plan."

"And what is this plan of yours?" Xavier asked, "Our powers are useless in here."

"Well, I know that." Pippen rolled his eyes. He side glanced at Regina, who was slowly walked out of the room. she waved her hand and two guards trotted into the room and stood guard around out cage. "I have these." Pippen rubbed his portal jumping bracelet.

"Those don't work in here, you idiot." Xavier growled. "If this place already is blocking out powers then how the bloody heck do you think that those stupid portal jumping bracelets will work?" His eyes flashed icy blue.

Pippen stared at Xavier. "Oh..." He wilted a little on the inside. "I didn-"

Xavier cut him off. "You have to have something better than that you little bugger."

Pippen glowered at Xavier and banged his fist against the glass.

"Now we just have to figure out how we are going to get out of this prison. Because once Xavier is out, we can slip the bracelet on his wrist and then we are out of here." Alysia said, she was also angry.

I could literally feel the tension in this room, we were all very mad and ready to get the heck out of this prison and go home.

"You know..." I said when I could not take the tense silence anymore.

Nobody answered me for a bit. "What?" I heard Rosalva answer.

"I wonder when they will feed us..." I admitted, feeling my stomach growl. Announcing itself.

Everyone groaned around me.

"What?" I asked, shrugging my shoulders.

"They will feed us twice a day. Sometime in the late morning and sometime in the late night..." Xavier said, his voice faint as he slid down the glass wall and hugged his knees to his chest.

"And when will that be?" I asked, starting to feel bored.

"I have no idea. It should be in a couple of hours." Xavier said, the bags under his eyes were heavy.

"Great." I moaned as I also sat down against the wall and hugged my knees to my chest.

"Well, just go ahead and put this on your wrist so when we do escape we are not slowed down too much." Alysia said, handing him the bracelet.  

  Xavier put the bracelet on as Alysia retreated back to a corner of the glass cage. She sat down crossed her legs and began brooding.

"Does anyone have a plan?" William asked as everyone found a spot to sit down in the cramped box.

All of us gave William a look, causing him to groan and thunk his head against the glass he was leaning on.

I winced slightly, but copied him and rested my head against the cool glass and closed my eyes. Thinking.

It was around twenty minutes later when Alysia stood up suddenly and gasped. Causing all of us to jump and stare at her in alarm.

"What?" Xavier asked.

"I've got it." Alysia said passionately.

"Got what?" I inquired.

"A plan." 

And BAM! I honestly thought  that  I would not update today, but things happen when you set your mind to them... lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know I enjoyed writing it! We're getting to a close of  my novel! *gasps* There will probably be only one or two more chapters. So be on the lookout! <3 

If you saw anything that might need help, please PM me! I'm going through some major editing right now, and I plan on doing a whole big update. So if you see that I'm doing a ton of updating, just know. I'm going through a ton of stuff. XD. 

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-Olivia Koepp