Later that night in the hospital, Azenith wakes up from the sounds of dripping water from her packet of water and blood flowing through her veins. She sits up, looking around.
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“What’s wet under me?”
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She looks behind her and sees splotches of sweat and old blood on her bed from the surgery. The stitches were healing. she breathes. Azenith looks in the mirror as she’s still in her hero form. She turns back to her normal form as she gets up from her bed slowly.
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“Ahh…Shit-”
The nurse comes into the room.
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“Mrs. Smith-James! Wait! Be careful!”
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Azenith sits down onto a chair. The nurse runs in.
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“Are you okay?”
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“How did I get here?”
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“You died. Three nice people came by and told us about your condition and our doctors and surgeons removed the object that was pierced in your stomach.”
“Three?” Azenith asks. “Who were they?”
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“One of them was an ice dragon named Joe, A flower lady named Cassie, and the Mayor, Carolyn.”
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“Carolyn…”
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“She told us to revive you back to life.”
Azenith stays silent. Tears rolled down her face. She hugs the nurse.
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“I thank you guys for reviving me.”
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“You’re more than welcome, Mrs. Smith-James”
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“Can I leave?”
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“I can’t release you, I'm here to check in.”
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“Oh.”
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“I can let you go as long as you don’t say anything to get me in trouble.”
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“Done deal.”
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The nurse helps Azenith get up and walks out the room.
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“Oh, Mrs. Smith-James. Your physical therapy session is in the morning at 8am.” The nurse said.
Azenith thinks it over.
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“I could’ve stayed.” Azenith said, turning around back to her room.
The morning sun rose up from sunrise mountain, as the students from Desert Meadows started heading back onto campus. Justine, Vivian, Cerena, and Raya walk onto campus.
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“Hey Justine! Who won the tournament yesterday?!” one student yelled.
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“It was a tie!”
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“Damnit!”
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The group walks inside the cafeteria. Whispers in the cafeteria started to rise. They find a table to sit at.
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“Seems quiet today.” Justine said.
“They’re probably whispering about you getting dropped off by the mayor or your face.” Raya said. !
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“I legit had to use Carolyn’s makeup set just to hide the bruises!”
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“Well it looks like it didn’t work.”
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“PISS!”
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“Well at least it's not noticeable to the point where teachers will find out.” Cerena said.
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“Desert Meadows admin will find out about anything that seems suspicious. They’re like hawks. CCSD is pretty lucky disabling powers during school hours because it wouldn’t be pretty.”
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“Even when they disable our powers, teachers have free access to their powers.”
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“That’s true.”
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“You’re technically still screwed anyways, Justine.” Raya said.
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“Fuck..”
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“Let's make this day a positive one.” Vivian said.
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“Let's do that.” Justine smiles. The group smiles. The bell rings, the group walks out heading to their first class of the day. Meanwhile, Carolyn stands on top of the roof watching the group of kids heading off to class. Justine looks up and waves to Carolyn. Carolyn smiles and waves back to her. Justine smiles and runs upstairs. Michele, Maddie, and Enzo appeared behind Carolyn. Her smile drops.
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“Michele.”
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“Oh so you finally speak to me?” Michele said.
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“Leave me alone.”
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Michele scoffs. “Fuck off you kike.”
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“What did you call me?!”
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“A kike.”
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Carolyn’s blood starts to boil, she breathes. “One more out of you I’ll-”
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“Hi Carolyn!” Maddie and Enzo yelled.
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“Hi you two!” Carolyn said, cheerfully. “What are you doing up so early?”
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“Michele wanted us to destroy this school!” Enzo said.
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“What?!”
Maddie slaps Enzo. “Dude! Michele told us not to tell her!”
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“Oops.”
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Michele facepalms. “Oh my god, this idiot is this close to making me kill him.”
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“What the fuck, Michele! This is CCSD PROPERTY!”
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“So?”
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“SO?! Motehrfucker, you’re going to kill a population full of students that haven’t even LIVE LIFE YET and you want to destroy this school?!”
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“Not my problem, I destroyed an elementary school on the way here.”
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“You didn’t-”
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“Take a good look at C.C. Ronald down the street.”
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Carolyn looks at the smoke flowing in the sky, firefighters, Metro Police, and the hospital arrive at the scene. Carolyn stood there, lost in the smoke, speechless. Michele laughs.
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“Not my best work but the kids need to go to school somehow.” Michele continued. “At 12PM today, this school will be shattered into bits.”
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“You son of a bitch–” Carolyn said, throwing a punch towards Michele. Michele catches the punch, breaking her wrist.
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“F-Fuck!” Carolyn yelled.
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“You’re swinging a punch is weak, kike.” Michele said, kicking her in the stomach, Causing Carolyn to cough up blood. Maddie and Enzo help Carolyn to get up . Michele walks away.
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“Y’all better be here around 12PM, Maddie and Enzo and don’t dilly dally okay?” Michele disappears.
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“I’m not going to do that, I want to write more songs for our band on my guitar.” Maddie said.
“No Maddie. You heard what Michele said!”
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“So what Enzo, she’s not really our boss because she’s in prison.”
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“Yeah but still..”
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“Still?”
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“You have to do it, Mad. You’re going to get yourself killed.”
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Maddie groans. “Fine… I'll do it.”
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“You really don’t have to do this, Maddie if you don’t want to.” Carolyn said.
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“I’ll do it.” Maddie said. She grabs her guitar, walking away.
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“Maddie?! Wait for me please!” Enzo said, following her. Carolyn watches them run off. She smiles softly and disappears. Minutes later, Enzo finally catches up with Maddie. She sits on top of the announcer box of the Desert Meadows Football field.
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“Maddie!” he yelled. Maddie turns around, stops playing her bass axe guitar. Enzo flies up to the announcer’s box. He lands and walks up to her.
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“You don’t mind if I sit here?”
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“No. go ahead.”
Enzo sits down next to Maddie.
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“Why did you leave? Is something wrong?” Enzo asks.
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“Nothing is wrong…” Maddie sighs, “I-I don’t want to blow up the school. Actually, I don’t want to be in the mafia at all. All I wanted to do was make a band just you and me and I thought Michele was going to give us that opportunity but she set us up doing something stupid just to take over Las Vegas just for what..”
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“Aw man… Well… We’re still a band with or without Michele. I mean, we did perform for the arcade tournament yesterday afternoon. That was our first gig.”
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“Yeah, our first gig to Hypnotize innocent People!”
Silence roams in the air between the angels. Maddie continues.
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“I want to quit the mafia, Enzo… I hate that I was so gullible to even let Michele help us. I knew she was setting us up for failure. She is fake… 108 Strat isn’t going where I wanted to go.”
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Enzo thinks for a moment.
“You know what, I’m going to quit too…”
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Maddie’s eyes widened.
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“Enzo, you don’t have to do this for me.”
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“I’m your friend and I hate to see you upset. I want to build 108 Strat with you the right way.”
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Maddie smiles. “Thank you Enzo.”
She hugs him, Enzo hugs her back, smiling. Maddie breaks up the hug.
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“Should we tell Carolyn?”
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“Nah… Let’s wait until later.”
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“Okay.” Maddie smiles, she goes back to playing her guitar.
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Later on that day at Azenith’s house, Jason sweeps up the kitchen, finishing up cleaning the house. Dylan unlocks the door, walking inside the house.
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“Jason guess who’s home?!” Dylan exclaimed happily.
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“Is it Azenith?!” Jason yells excitedly
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“No…” Dylan shows Peyton shivering. “Your cat.”
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“Oh.” Jason grabs Peyton and lets her go upstairs. He walks outside. “Where is she?”
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Azenith walks in the backyard, walking up to the door. Dylan sees her and walks up to the backyard door to open it for her.
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“Thanks Dylan.” She whispered.
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“You’re welcome!” Dylan whispered. Azenith walks in the kitchen, sitting down on the barstool chair. Jason comes back inside the house, he looks at Azenith.
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“Azenith!” Jason exclaimed, running up to Azenith to hug her. Azenith hugs him back. “You’re alive.”
He hugs her tightly, and Azenith tries to break up the hug.
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“Jason… I just came out of physical therapy, you’re hurting me.”
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“Oops.” Jason releases the hug. “Sorry” he chuckles.
“It’s alright.”
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“Now Azenith, the doctor said that you need to heal for a week in order for your new powers to reactivate.”
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“New powers?” Azenith said, confusingly.
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“Yeah, since you died you get an upgrade or a new set of powers. From what I've been told. Carolyn upgraded your powers to a new set.”
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“I heard…” Azenith replied. “I wonder why though, I mean… What is it that we don’t know now?”
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“To be honest… I want to know too. We know so far that Michele is the one causing Carolyn to destroy Vegas with the mafia out of impulse while she’s in prison, She’s out of prison and destroyed the strat on new years, Something isn’t adding up here.” Dylan said. Azenith thinks for a moment.
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“Do you think there’s a plan behind what she’s doing?”
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“I want to say there is… but I’m not sure if it's true.”
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Jason sniffs the air.
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“Do you guys smell smoke?”
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Azenith and Dylan sniffs the air.
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“Not really.” Dylan said. “What about you Az?”
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“Yeah, I smell it but it's far away. Somewhere down in East Las Vegas.”
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“East Vegas? Is it somewhere on Lamb and Nellis? If so, everything happens on Nellis.”
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“Close…. It’s a school.”
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“Oh shit. Let's hurry and get down there.”
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Azenith, Jason, and Dylan run out the house and jump away to East Las Vegas, Changing into their hero forms.
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