Embrace the Darkness Chpt 15

FINALLY Chapter 15!!! Phew, I thought I'd never get it done!!

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BAM!
  "Mom! Done with my homework! Can I go run around with Fisk?" I yelled. That loud sound was my books hitting my desk in my room. It was only 2 days until winter break, and I wanted to get the most out of the last few days of "Fall".
  "Fine, just don't break anything or knock over any trees." Mom yelled from the tv room. The TV still wasn't working properly, so I hadn't gotten the time to watch my favorite shows on Toonami. Ever since Doyle threw his glass of water at the screen, nearly breaking it in half, one day *he was mad that I beat him at Wii* the TV's been broke.
  "Thanks!" I yelled back, clipping the Claw to my side. Running to my full-length window, I threw it open and ran out onto the deck. "Fisk! Here I come!!"
  "Eesawgh! Woosha na naroo, whoo hooo!!" I heard Fisk's shouts of joy, as I jumped from the deck into the trees below. Letting myself fall, I watched the ground come to greet me. Right before I hit, though, I shot the Claw at a nearby tree and swung around. My feet hit the ground firmly, and i didn't break anything.
  "Whoona alla ga neesharga!!" Fisk ran over to where I was dusting my pants off. "No Fisk, I didn't break anything. I'm just fine. See?" I spun around, a smile on my face. His small frown disappeared, replaced with a grin. "Now," I clapped my hands together, "let's see what kind of fun we can have today!"

~~~~~~~~~ 4 hours of downhill extreme no-snow sledding ~~~~~~~~~

  "Whoo... that was fun Fisk! We gotta do that again tomorrow!" Panting, we trudged into the elevator and rode all the way up to the upstairs. Coated in mud, shaking from the cold, but triumphant, we walked into the main living room. Wadi and Ulraj were chatting about their classes, and Francis was playing my orange and black DS.
  "Didja have fun kiddo? Nothing broken? You're alright?" Mom patted my head, and I nodded furiously. "It was awesome!"
  "Great, cuz you're going straight to the shower. Move it." Mom smiled, dropping the bombshell. My smile turned upside-down, and i started to grumble. *grumble grumble showers.... grumble grumble hate 'em*
  "What makes you hate showers Zak?" Wadi tilted her head, a puzzled look on her face. "I hate getting water on my head." I replied. "Once I get water in my ears, it's stuck there until I can find all the Q-tips Fisk hid somewhere, and I can hear the ocean constantly." Grumbling, I walked out of the room, and into the bathroom.
  I showered quickly, and got my favorite clothes on. Looking at my mirror, I grinned, and shook my head. My white shock of spikes fell into it's perfect placing, and my black hair behind it became perfectly shaggy. "Perfect." I smiled, and walked into the kitchen. Wadi was sitting alone at the island, struggling with her Algebra 2 Honors work, and Ulraj was lounging on one of the kitchen chairs, reading "To Kill a Mocking Bird"
"Anyone need the help of a son of a genius?" I asked. Wadi's hand went up almost instantly. I walked over to the island, and took the seat next to her.
  "Zak, how do I find X in this problem?" Wadi pointed to a ratio with a bunch of X's. Sighing, I took her paper, and began to explain the problem.
  "First you simplify both sides by dividing or multiplying until it's just X's and constants. Next, you subtract or add like terms, taking away these X's and adding those constants." I wrote the steps out on her paper, and watched her finish the problem.
  "Is that the answer?" Wadi pointed. Shaking my head, I reached for the pencil. As my hand touched it, her hand suddenly was under mine. I glanced up to see her glance at me, and we both looked away blushing. Her hand went away, and I grasped the pencil.
  "See, you missed this one part for getting rid of the X squared. This is the real answer..." I wrote it out. Wadi's face glowed with understanding, and her smile was pretty.
  "Thank you very much Zak. I think I can do the rest now, thanks to you." Wadi smiled at me. I nodded furiously, and stood up from the island. I glanced over at Ulraj, who had fallen asleep. I almost began to laugh, but I pulled a can of whipped cream out from the fridge, and I ran into Fisk's stash of hidden objects and found a suitable sized feather.
  Running back into the kitchen, I proceeded with one of the oldest pranks ever. Spraying whipped cream into Ulraj's empty hand carefully, I tickled his face with the feather. *he said he had a nose, i dunno if that's true, but his face is still able to be pranked anyway*
  Almost instantly, Ulraj's hand shot upward, throwing the whipped cream into the air, and landing with a loud PLOP on his face. He woke up, whipped cream sliding down his face, and me laughing on the floor.
  "Zak.... ZAK!!" Ulraj grinned angrily, setting his book on the table, and wiping off as much whipped cream as possible. Seeing his face, I suddenly remembered I had to run into the other room. But instead of just that... I was chased into the other room.
  "Get back here Zak! This is no way to treat a king! You're gonna pay for that!" Ulraj was laughing, almost 2 steps behind me. I made a sharp turn, and ran into Uncle Doyle. Papers and boxes flew everywhere.
  "Oops! Sorry Uncle Doyle! Gotta run! Ulraj is right behind... me, isn't he?" I stood up. Doyle nodded, grinning. I spun around, only to be tackled. Ulraj had a very familiar can in his hand, and soon my whole face was covered in whipped cream. Howling, I jumped up and wrenched the spray can from him. Shooting whipped cream all over him, I laughed triumphantly.
  "Alright! Zak wins!" I did a victory dance, then wiped off the whipped cream with my sleeve. Ulraj was laughing really hard, and began helping Uncle Doyle pick up his papers and boxes.
  "Uncle Doyle, since when have you been doing research?" I picked up a couple pieces of paper, and noticed a headline of a newspaper on one of them:
    "NEWS OF A NEW POWER SOURCE ON THE RISE, A RENEWABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND."
  "What the heck are they talking about?" I asked. Doyle shrugged, "Dunno mini-man, all I know is that your 'rents wanted these. There's been talk about an endless supply of energy from this one resource. Thing is, no one knows who told the press about it or what it is. My hunch is something bad, but that also goes for Daddy Dearest and Sis." Doyle stacked everything up again once all the papers were together, and walked down the hall towards the computer room.
  "Zak, do you think it has anything to do with him?" Ulraj whispered. I shook my head, doubt clear in my mind. "Doubt it. He doesn't have anything to do with this, hopefully." I shrugged my shoulders, and ran towards the kitchen.
  "Now what?" Ulraj followed me. "Whaddya mean?" I questioned. "You're running, what for?"
  "Well..." I grinned, "It's my night to cook dinner! I'm making BBQ Chicken and Rice!"

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  I woke to my alarm beeping annoyingly, and I slammed my fist on it. The beeping stopped, and I got up. Looking at my mirror, I saw my tired eyes, my loose pj's, and my goofy grin. Normal me.
  While i was looking, I noticed something happening behind me. I turned around, to see nothing. Just my normal bedroom. *am I being too "normal" for you guys? Ah well... XD *
  Glancing back at my mirror, I sighed, and pulled on some clothes. I checked myself in the mirror again, just in case. I felt something was wrong, or missing, but I couldn't see anything. Shirt, check, pants, check, belt, check, socks and shoes, check...
  "You're missing something inside of you, aren't you, normal little boy?" A voice rang through my room echoing. I spun around, scared slightly. I returned my gaze to my mirror, and noticed my shoes were untied. As I bent down to tie them, a freezing cold blast of air knocked me backward. The room began to freeze, my feet stuck to the floor. I frantically tried to see what was happening, but the mirror was the only thing I could see.
  "If you were whole again, you could be warm and stop this cold. Now, try to use your power, little normal boy." I recognized the voice too late, before I began to think of my old power. My body warmed up instantly, the ice melting into water. Soon, my room was filled with water. I couldn't breathe!!
  "Poor Kur-ling, you still aren't used to your power. Just let it take you over, and kill everyone and everything!"

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  "BWAH!!! AH... Augh... Ah...huh..." I shouted, sitting up from my heavy covers. It was still night time, around 1:30 am. My hands shook, my whole body burning up. I was covered in sweat
  "It... It was only a dream... A nightmare... Augh... huh... ah..." i panted, slowly dragging myself out of bed. I walked over to my mirror, and shut my eyes. Popping one eye open, I saw just my shaking form in the mirror.
  The only thing different? That empty feeling from the dream was filled with a swirling feeling in my heart, and a scary need to fight in my gut. That isn't exactly normal, right?