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The Crimson Phoenix Anger Issues.
“You’re kidding right?” Logan said with astonishment. Leo explained what had happened the previous day to him and Logan couldn’t believe him. It must have been really absurd to hear your friend has super powers. Leo looked straight and didn’t reply him. Logan then realized that he was dead serious. “So you basically control fire now?!” He asked, his eyes still wide open with shock. “That’s what it looks like,” Leo replied calmly. Logan gave him a doubtful look. He wanted to see him in action with his own eyes, but that was not a curiosity Leo was ready to satisfy at the moment… at least not in school. “It feels like I have a connection to fire, like something inside the fire wants to communicate with me.” He explained. Logan just gave him a more shocked look. Seeing this, Leo decided to stop talking about it. They got to class and he sat in front of Leo as always. They had economics and Mrs. Avery was writing on the board. She got to the class ahead of them in preparation for a n
The Crimson Phoenix I'm not that injured. I can still play.
Sitting on his bed meditating, with legs crossed, hands on his legs and closed eyes, Leo recited a mantra that came to his mind as he thought of mantras to use. His breathing was slow and even. He had been sitting like that for almost an hour. Instead of trying to control his emotions and keeping his calm, he wanted to re-establish the connection he had with his flame powers. “I am fire. The fire is within me. I am one with the flames, born from the ashes of war and strife, to rise as a true born god. The god of fire. The Crimson phoenix. I am…” he kept on repeating those words. At some point, it felt like he wasn’t the only one saying those words. He could hear a female voice reciting those words with him, but anytime he tried to focus on the voice, he didn't seem to hear it anymore. His body felt warmer and it was refreshing and felt nice. He felt energized and high. He also had a feeling that he was finally establishing a connection to something bigger than him. He couldn’t pin
The Crimson Phoenix Showing Off.
Bouncing the ball repeatedly, Quincy was sweating badly and his breathing was heavy. He was tired and his heart kept thumping faster than a machine. He was playing with all his strength and he was already at his limit. Leo on the other hand hadn’t broken a sweat at all, mainly because he wasn’t actually putting in too much effort. Quincy had a habit of always wanting more. Despite Leo beating him with seventy-two points, he was still resisting and his will didn’t waver at all. He also began to spot a pattern in Leo’s moves and he was adapting to it. However, adapting to superhuman abilities is almost an impossible feat for an ordinary human. Quincy bounced the ball and headed towards Leo who used his super-speed eyes to see through Quincy’s dribble. Everything suddenly became extremely slow in his eyes and Leo smirked, ‘I can do this all day’ He thought. He was thinking about hitting the ball off Quincy’s hand and was just about to spring into action, but Quincy surprised h
The Crimson Phoenix Monster Breakout.
Gdoink! Leo dunked the ball hard into the hoop. The whole court was silent and everyone stared at both Leo and the shocked to the core Quincy. They all suddenly started to murmur. “Isn’t that the guy who had an accident and was burned alive? How did he become so strong?” “I don’t know. I heard that he just relocated to this city about a few months ago.” “Really? But even if he is good at basketball, he shouldn’t be that agile for now.” Different opinions kept flowing around the court. Leo stretched and walked towards Quincy, whose whole view of the world had just been shattered by him. He patted Quincy on the shoulder. “Don’t think too much about it. You gave me a hard time playing too. You’ll become as good as me sooner or later.” Leo consoled him, but he was saying something else inside. ‘You’re already better than me. But you won’t be able to catch up to me unless you’ve got super speed. Hahaha,’ he thought devilishly. Quincy who looked gloomy at first sudden
The Crimson Phoenix Monster Rampage and Power testing.
ROAAAAAAR! The giant, muscular chimpanzee roared as it tore a soldier into two before dropping the body on the floor. The whole scene was totally messed up and both complete and incomplete bodies filled the ground. Most of the vehicles on the road were either upside down or burning... or both at the same time. Lots of blood and detached body parts were scattered around and the smell of blood was enough to make someone with a weak stomach puke. Sergeant Reyes was panting sat on the floor and leaned his back on a fallen van. He was badly injured and he was bleeding. As a master sergeant who had war experience, this scene was not too surprising to him but even this was too gruesome. The giant chimpanzee kept looking around and sensed that someone was hiding behind a van. It growled and walked slowly to the van on all fours. Noticing that the monster was approaching him, sergeant Reyes’s heart skipped a beat. His heartbeat suddenly became fast and he held his breath. He didn’t move a
The Crimson Phoenix Battle of Test subjects (Part 1)
Leo and Logan were chatting while walking down the street. It was peaceful and they both planned to study together on that day. “Since you’ve already had your surgery… or should I say, ‘Makeup’, why are you still wearing a nose mask?” Logan asked curiously. Leo smiled at him and shook his head. “I’m already used to it, and it turns out I like it.” He replied. Logan scoffed and shook his head in resignation. “Speak of Kakashi.” He said in a low tone. Leo already seemed mysterious to those at his school who didn’t see much of his face before the accident. Everyone seemed to be curious about him and given the fact that he plays basketball all too well, he was becoming more mysterious to the students. “So what did Dr. Cartel say about the basketball?” Logan asked. “Not much. It seemed like he liked the way you called him to watch me.” Leo answered with almost no expression. “Well you know scientists, he’s probably thinking that me calling him to watch you was so that you could
The Crimson Phoenix Battle of Test subjects (Part 2)
Leo brandished his swords and kept slashing at the monster but its hide was too tough so all Leo could do was leave a few marks on its body which would heal almost instantly. Leo's defenses were even worse. He received a punch and tried to block it with his arms but he was sent flying and both his arms broke, together with a few of his ribs. Leo groaned as he was sent flying, hitting a few vehicles before finally stopping after colliding with a building with his back. He was lunged sixty-six meters forward with a tremendous force that would've killed a normal person. Leo felt excruciating pain all over his body but the pain in his arm was even worse. He spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to get on his feet. "Nrrgh! That hurts." He groaned but what happened next surprised him. His arms and ribs which were crushed and badly disfigured began to heal at a remarkable speed. "Huh? I don't heal this fast, even with my powers." He said to himself but he was interrupted when he s
The Crimson Phoenix Battle of test subjects (Part 3)
ROAAAAAAAR! The monster roared as Leo approached it. They were both locked in extreme combat and both Leo and the monster were losing stamina rapidly. BOOOM! The monster threw a punch at Leo but he dodged it, stepped on its arm, which was still rooted to the ground, somersaulted, and gave it an axe kick on the head. CRACK! The monster's skull cracked slightly, as a result of the kick and its head got smashed to the ground again, which just intensified everything. It roared as it felt intense pain in the head. Leo didn't give it time as he kept launching combo attacks on its head. He launched three spinning punches combo on its head, with the last blow sending the monster flying backwards, creating impact waves in the atmosphere. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The monster crashed into three buildings consecutively before finally stopping. It groaned as it struggled to stand. Its healing powers were already taking effect but it was a lot slower than before. Leo on the other hand
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The Unsettling Challenge
The match finally came to an end, with Elian Comprehensive high emerging victorious with 73 points while Sky Hills high had 19 points. Alexander was so shaken that he dropped to the ground on his knees when the game ended. They already lost their will to win on the third quarter. All they just wanted to do was to not make the distance in their scores not too wide, so as not to get too embarrassed. Even then, after playing basketball for three years, he has never seen a team with this much understanding and cohesion between them. Their teamwork was just to tight, and their methods were extraordinary. Logan and his team cheered for themselves as they were happy that they won. Well, Leo and the remaining third year students weren’t all too excited, and they maintained their cool head. According to Mrs. Hale, Elian Comprehensive would have no problem against the school’s like Sky Hills High, Bennighton Academy, and St. Peter’s High school, as their team was much more stronger. Eve
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A Comeback but Defeat.
The whistle for the third quarter blared and the game began. Throughout the game, Tyler and Jackson had been the ones giving them threats and pressuring them. So it would be normal if the players of Sky Hills high put more effort into restraining these two players. However, they didn't do that. Logan ran towards the hoop and suddenly stopped to give instructions to his teammates, however, he got double-teamed by Harris and Luke. Tyler who had the ball pushed forward and passed to Jackson, who was about to receive the ball but it got stolen by Callum. The latter smiled as he passed Jackson by while performing high bounces as he rushed to the opponent’s hoop. Collins stopped him but the latter had the advantage in speed and agility. Collins was a center, but he wasn’t exactly a weak one. Instead, his agility was just lacking a bit. His strength though, could match that of Alexander. Callum did a crossover dribble and Collins fell for it. Going past Elian Comprehensive high’s line
- The Crimson Phoenix
An idea.
Alexander clenched his fists and grit his teeth as he watched Jackson and his teammates jubilate a little. Just as quick, he calmed down and smiled. “That shall be your last score in this game. I assure you.” He muttered as he received the ball from his teammate, Luke and began pushing forward. It was now their turn to attack. He bounced high repeatedly while running towards the opponent’s hoop but he was just about to get blocked by Tyler. He stopped advancing and began bouncing with his right hand, while holding Tyler back with his left. He used this to buy himself time as he assessed the situation. Too bad, all his teammates were blocked. He saw this as him having no choice but to shoot from where he was. Meanwhile, this was all within Logan’s speculation and he quickly made a quick hand sign to Collins, who nodded and they began moving. Jackson joined the fray too and he took his position three meters in front of Alexander. Logan walked to block Luke, while Collins took his
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Starting Game.
Loud cheers could be heard inside the basketball court as fans cheered and cheerleaders danced and did a great performance. The players sat on designated benches and watched the performance. After that, the commentator did a quick review of the teams playing and introduced them. Just after that, the game for the day was to commence. “And finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for, the first match of the Sky City Inter high cup. A game between Sky Hills high school…” he said and the fans shouted at the top of their voices to support the team. At the same time, the players of the team rose to their feet and did a quick meeting among themselves. “…and as for the opposing team, a school located in the middle of Sky City, Elian Comprehensive High school.” The commentator introduced. Leo’s teammates got up from their seats and they did a quick meeting among themselves. “Alright boys. This is the moment. No dawdling, no delays, no bad plays. We’ve train so much for this day, so
- The Crimson Phoenix
Sky City Inter-high cup
Molly drove down to the court and she saw the fully dressed Leo sitting on one of the benches. She was blue to notice the little bruises on his face and she could tell that this wasn’t due to training alone. “Leo, are you alright? You seem injured.” She said as she approached him after parking her car. Leo didn’t say anything to respond as he was deep in thought. If there were people like Mr. Zack in the world who had techniques like that but twisted brains, who knew what would happen to the world. He felt like he was really weak, even when he just thought himself strong. Molly bent beside him and inquired about what was wrong with him but Leo was unresponsive. Molly noticed that she was being ignored but she felt like for Leo to be like that, something must’ve happened to him. Also, she noticed some red points on his body, some of which had cuts and bruises on them. “What happened to to? Who did this to you?” She asked with a concerned tone as she op
- The Crimson Phoenix
A brawl with Mr. Zack
Mr. Zack braced himself for Leo to make a move. His brain was on the game he was supposed to play with him and nothing else. He focused his eyes on Leo and observed his every movement, no matter how little. The latter lifted the ball and Mr. Zack expected him to bounce the ball and come at him. However, what the boy did next shocked him. BOOM! Instead of bouncing the ball, Leo threw it against the iron fence. The force caused a dent on the wall and the ball was stuck on it. Mr. Zack stared at Leo with astonishment. It takes tremendous amount of force to cause a dent so deep on the iron fence. The dent was so deep that the ball got stuck in it. He looked at the ball and then at Leo. “I said… not interested.” Leo said with a deep and threatening voice. Mr. Zack gave a disappointed face and shook his head. “Too bad…” he said and cracked his knuckles. Leo frowned as he sensed a killing intent and he put up a defensive stance. Like as if h
- The Crimson Phoenix
Confrontation.
It was 4 pm and Leo could be seen in a street basketball court. He was panting heavily as he bent slightly and supported his hands on his knees. Sweat was dripping down his body like water. His silky black hair was extremely wet and ran down his face, covering his ears and almost covering his eyes. He caught his breath for a few more minutes before setting all the barriers for himself again and picking up the ball. Leo was training his maneuverability without using his superpowers. He thought that if he could improve as a human, he would exponentially improve with his superpowers too. To do this, he borrowed some traffic cones and barriers from the police station nearby and his school before starting his training. His aunt promised to pick him up when he felt he was done. He arranged the cones in different places and he would do is bounce the ball and go past all those cones and barriers to dunk the ball without touching any of them. Where did he get that idea? It was Mrs. Hale.
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Decision.
Leo was pretty much out of ideas for a lie to tell, and Logan? His brain was running fast and he was looking for a lie that she would buy and that wouldn’t embarrass him too much. After waiting but not getting any response from both boys, Mrs. Hale went on with her complaints. “I don’t have any idea what happened to both of you, but I can tell something fishy is going on.” She implied and leaned closer with her elbows resting on the table, “So I’m asking for an explanation from both of you.” She said. Leo’s expression didn’t change and he instead was waiting for Logan to come up with an idea while he would just play along. He looked at his partner and the other side gave him a look that said it all… ‘I have no idea what to say.’ “Umm…” Leo took the initiative to speak, “I was just too angry at the time and I broke down… emotionally.” Leo revealed. His words weren’t the truth… but they couldn’t be considered a lie either. Mrs. Hale shot him a confused glance, “Too angry that you b
- The Crimson Phoenix
Suspects 2.
Walking down the hallway of Elian Comprehensive high, hands in his pocket, head dropped and headphones cupped his ears as he enjoyed the beats of the music he was listening to. Leo was in his own world. He wouldn’t bother about anyone around him, and the only thing he would think about were his thoughts. And this was just the right moment for him to be lost in thought. He got to where his locker was, am”ng the line of lockers, and opened it before grabbing a few notebooks and closing it back. However, before he closed it, he sighed. “Do you really have to do this all the time?” He asked as he rolled his eyes and closed the locker door, which revealed the glum-looking Logan behind it. He had sensed that his friend was there. “Why the long face?” He inquired again. Logan who leaned against the lockers with his arms folded stood normally and turned to walk the other way. “We lost the game.” He said. Leo quickly used his padlock to lock his locker before catching up with his friend
