Nova yawned as she waited for Tiffiany to get into the room, as soon as her alarm on her cell phone went off; she came walking into the training room. An instant she stepped one foot in the room, the entire area turned into what looked like a forest. With a smile Nova stood up, getting up from what looked like a tree she was now leaning on instead of the wall. “This is sethophere technology… which Sha had created; the first thing you thought about was what this room was transformed into.” Stephanie looked at Tiff who was glancing around all over the area. ‘Funny… Sha and I held our very first training session in a forest as well.’ She then made a small chuckle then opened her mouth. “The first thing I want you to do is call your Ninjan Sword again.” Steph watched as Sha extended her hand and then yelled out.
“COME SWORD!!!!!!”
Nova stood there with the look of frustration coming over her, her blood was going to start boiling soon. Yell after yell Sha called out for her sword, yelling out ridiculous phrases. Nova sighed to herself, as then something clicked, yesterday, she called out for her sword, not by calling for it, but through her emotions, and that emotion at the time, was pure anger.
“Come omega super sw-“ Before Sha could finished what she said Nova rushed over to her and pulled back her fist, then thrusting it forward. The sounds of two boulders colliding were heard echoing through the simulator as her fist made contact with Sha’s right cheek, causing her to crash into the cold muddy ground.
Sha then looked up at Nova, she could tell this angered her, a cheap shot like that, with a quick sweep of her leg Nova fell on the ground, her head smacking on a boulder that was behind her, and watched as Sha’s elbow was coming down. Without even having to think Nova rolled over to the right and then launched her foot upward, smashing her foot right into Sha’s ribs. To Nova’s surprise she managed to lock her arms around her leg and twist it, causing her to fly across the room and into a tree, causing it to fall down to the ground. Nova smiled as she got on all fours, looking down at the ground as she slowly raised her read and looked over at Sha.
“Its about time Tiffany.” Nova said as she rose up from the ground, her body standing tall with small scrapes from smashing into the tree and blotches of mud and pebbles stuck to her body. The coldness of the forest atmosphere gave her chills as she shook her body, trying to get it back to her normal temp. Just then Nova yelled as she ran towards Sha, launching her left fist forward and as soon as Sha got a hold of it Stephanie then launched her left foot at her gut. Impact was made, causing Sha to lean forward in pain and then used the hand that was cupped by Sha’s to force her to spin around, causing her back to be against her body. With a one swift movement Nova’s own sword was now seen against Sha’s neck, pressing delicately on her skin to be sure not to accidently cut into it by mistake. “Check.” Nova said as she could feet Sha’s breathing. It was fast and irregular rate and she could even feel the flow of blood in her body, rushing quickly through, trying desperately to fill her body with what it needed. “You’re a little out of shape there Tiffany.” She said with a chuckle.
As Nova spoke Tiffany then smacked the edge of Nova’s sword away, her strength surprising Nova caused her to drop it and then felt a kick in her stomach. “GAH!” Nova yelled as she bent down and felt Sha grabbing onto her dark red jacket while in mid-air and flipped her into a tree once more. Nova gasped in surprise as she flew through the air and broke the tree in half, tumbling through the dirt Nova stopped a few feet as she groaned in pain. She pushed herself slowly up from the ground and shook her head as trickle of blood began to come from her mouth. As Nova looked up, still kneeling down she was then faced with the mighty Ninjan sword, the silver metallic weapon pressed hard against her face.
“Is THIS what you meant?” Tiffany asked, her breathing still hard, Nova simply nod as she then stood up, clapping her hand then smirked as she said to Tiffany. “You better pay attention girl… because it’s about to get hot!” and with that nova burst into flames, the entire area around the two shook violently as her golden flames danced around her body.
The two fought vigorously, exchanging blows with each other. Their bodies quickly wearing down, even Nova’s. Even though Tiffany clamed to not remember anything about being Sha, it sure didn’t seem like it. Every attack Nova came out with Tiffany managed to some how escape the horrible outcome that would happen if they hit her. Stephanie could feel her body getting tired, her body wasn’t like what it used to be, and she knew it, but she wasn’t about to give up to some little girl. Now in her white fire form the two fought harder than before, yells and crashes were heard, as the entire forest seemed to have been lit on fire, it was just a matter of time before Smokey the Bear would come out and give the two a lecture.
Then to Nova’s surprise, Tiffany did something that she never saw Sha do, she mimic her powers. Nova’s eyes widen as fire began to rush back at her. Of course, this didn’t really affect her pain wise, but it did effect how she was going to keep fighting now. The two fought for hours, not wanting to give in to the other, then with a last desperate attempt to end the battle, Nova began to rise the body temperature of Sha to a dangerous 145 degrees, if she were human it would have killed her, melting her insides, but because she was an alien, she only passed out, her body smoking from the attack. As Sha’s body hit the ground Nova fell to one knee, her breathing heavy as she turned off her flame and grasped her chest, closing her eyes tightly as she groaned in pain.
After about five minutes the forest they were fighting in disappeared and the two were shown now inside the training simulator. Nova slowly stood up after her strength came back to her, but her body shook under her knees. She slowly made her way to Tiffany, her breathing irregular and her heart rate even worse than it was just a few moments ago. Ignoring the pain rushing through her body she picked up Tiffany’s body and swung her over her shoulder, slowly walking out of the room as she put her sword back into place.
Stephanie struggled as she made her way over to the infirmary, placing into the healing chamber, a clear tubular structure that was lying sideways. There was a deep blue padding underneath her for her to lie down, and then a thin sheet of yellowish fog filled the tube, this was the chemical that caused rapid healing made just for Ninjan’s by Agent S, Sha’s mother. When Nova felt that Sha was safe she then made her way to the other side of the infirmary, it was about two doors down, she stumbled in, unable to hold herself up anymore.
Dr. Cullen, one of the few doctors Stephanie trusted was busy working on some new anti-virus when Nova collapsed on a chair, grappling onto her chest as she threw her head back on the seat, gritting her teeth.
“Ms. Ardor!” the good doctor yelled out as he jumped out of his seat and ran to Nova’s side. “What happened?! Did you go onto a mission?” He began to ask her a million questions at once, trying to figure out what happened to her.
Nova sat there for a moment longer as she managed to get her heart rate back down, she took a deep breath as she looked up at Dr. Cullen. “I was training, with Sha… I mean… Tiffany.” She struggled to say, her voice was hoarsely hard to understand.
The doctor quickly began to listen to her heart and her breathing, tapping at her ribs while flashing some lights in her eyes. “Can you walk?”
Nova nod her head as she forced herself up from the chair, her arms shaking as she pushed herself up. Walking over to a steel bed she laid on top, her back receiving a cold chill from the metal pressing against her skin. The doctor quickly walked up to her where her head was at and tilted her head slightly to the right, holding onto some sort of wire he slipped it into a slot that could be seen at the bottom of her neck, which was always hidden by her hair. As soon as this happened, Nova’s eyes went dark and empty. Her body shut down for a moment as the computer in the room began to scan through Nova’s body.
(Three hours later of testing)
The doctor pressed a few buttons on the computer, his eyes concentrated on the screen before him, the eye brows collided with each other, his eyes widen in shock as he shot a look at a currently depowered Nova and then back at the computer, typing out a few buttons he called for Agent F and within five minutes she came in. Not too long Feral Nova and her mother both sat in front of the doctor who had a worried look on his face.
“I’m sorry but… I really don’t know how to tell you this so… I’m going to say it bluntly…” he took a deep breath, his old wrinkled face was full of stress as he rubbed his left hand on his baled head that was glaring off some light. “Stephanie, you’re… dying.”
The two sat there as if not understanding what he was talking about.
“Um… Doc, I hate to burst your bubble but… I think were ALL dying.” Nova joked.
“No I mean… your body, whatever is left human inside you, is FINALLY starting to reject your… um… mechanical implants that are inside your body. Your body is starting to fight against itself.” The doctor tried to explain. “Because you were not born a mutant but a normal human being, your extraordinary fire power has also taken a tol on your body. Your internal organs that you still have, are literally slowly roasting inside your body every time you use your fire power.” He paused as he saw the expression upon the two women’s faces they were filled with horror and mixture of confusion still. “You are dying… at an alarming rate every time you use your powers.”
“Doctor Cullen, can’t you do something ANYTHING?!” Adriana yelled out as Nova was stuck looking at the ground, still in shock.
“I… I don’t know… I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like Stephanie before, ever.” he sighed as he rubbed his eyes. “I can try to SLOW down the rejection of the implants, and I can some how give Nova a serum that will coat her organs with a thick protective fluid…” He paused to look up at them. “But I don’t know if they’ll work…”
Nova stood up, still weak from the training as she grit her teeth and struggled to stand strong. “How long doc?”
“Um… if you don’t use your fire power-“
“Doctor, lets be realistic, you’re talking about ME, how LONG do I have?”
“At the rate you use your powers… I say about three years, TOPS. This is if you don’t get any critical damage.”
Nova didn’t say anything else she simply walked out of the room, she knew one person who could help her, one person, or man… the one who created her… Doctor Sting.
“Stephanie!” Her mother cried out after her only to sigh and turn to the doctor. “I want everything done in our power to help, do you understand? EVERYTHING!”
The doctor only nod as Adriana walked out of the room and after Stephanie, ignoring everyone who was walking around them. “STEPHANIE! I KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING, AND DON’T DO IT!”
Nova stopped as she turned around her eyes focused on her mother as she opened her mouth. “I’m not going to die because of something I never wanted to become in the first place. I’m going to find him, and MAKE him make this better.” She said, as she was about to walk to the elevator.
“What about Tiffany?” Her mother asked.
Nova stopped in her tracks.
“She needs you Nova, and you know we can’t do this without you.” She said as she walked up behind her daughter and placed her hand gently on her shoulder. “The doctor said as long as you don’t do any major battling right now, you’d be fine. We can get Hotaru to train with Tiffany, she’s just as strong as you, and it will help if Tiffany trains with more than just one person.”
Nova sighed as she turned around, her eyes were full of tears but they refused to come down. “I…” She started only to be choked with her words, she couldn’t talk, a ball of emotion was caught in her throat, instead she walked to the commons area, thinking that being around everyone would give her some time to think things out while still keeping an eye on Tiffany.
As soon as Nova walked into the room, her mind still at a daze Matina turned to her and waved her arms at her trying to get her attention. “WATCH THIS!” Nova’s head jerked up as she watched Matina burn her hand in the process. Before Nova could even say anything, Tiffany was seen jumping into the area.
“MATINA ZIANCA LOPEZ HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY WITH FIRE!!!!”
Nova’s eyes burst open as she glanced at Tiffany. “No way…” she said to herself as she watched Sha suddenly zone out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Sha.
Not wasting time Stephanie rushed over to Tiffany’s side and grabbed onto her arms, shaking her. “Tiffany, Tiffany, what’s wrong? Are you ok? Come on Tiffany say something to me!” Nova said trying to snap her out of it.
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