“Heh, you think a block of ice can stop Discord!? How dare you think less of my outra!” The armored other griped it’s sword tightly, swinging the blade horizontally in his opponent’s direction. Once more a vast rush of wind hit the monster’s stomach but had barley any effect. “Damn it! Very well, I too shall use my full power to take you out!”
His sword was utterly engulfed in blue flames. “Time to end you!” His other ascended above the golem at incredible speed, going in for an all-out attack. At the same time, the golem clinched it’s fist and throw a slow but powerful punch right back. Their clash was far greater than before, sending Aiden a few feet before being caught by Dark Lock. All were shocked to see a large crater around the two outras.
That’s when the unknown boy decided to wait for their next clash to use his outra. Frost could tell what his ally was thinking and had the golem throw both arms down in an all-out smash. Right as Dust jumped back out of the way, he felt a hand touch his back. “Ability seal!” Hokoshi felt a sudden pain in his body causing him to fall to one knee breathing heavily.
“What-what’s going on? Surely a mere touch isn’t enough to do this kind of damage to me!” That’s when he realized his outra was standing motionless like a statue, the flames gone from it’s blade. “This is blasphemous! What have you done!?”
(My outra doesn’t seem to react to my will like it should!)
“It’s simple, with my outra I cut the psychic link between your outra and your mind. You haven’t lost it as you can see since your other is still in physical form, you just can’t command it any longer” A look of both fear and anger washed over him. “You bastard!” In a blind rage he ran up to the boy throwing a punch. That’s when Dark appeared between them, catching the man by the arm.
“I wouldn’t even need to use my outra to counter that attack, but I don’t need to waste more energy than I have to on a single opponent. If you’re this determined on killing us and hurting the weak…then you neither deserve an outra or to live. I normally resist the thought of such a sinful action, but even if you were put in jail, I’m sure you’d find a way to escape or hurt wrongly convicted people in their as well. In that case I’ve determined your fate. Shall you burn in the afterlife for your greed and rage” Sumiko and Aiden watched as the boy looked away, his outra slamming it’s palm against the villain’s chest.
Dark Lock used it’s ability to cause Hokoshi’s heart to stop. After a few seconds, the rage and fear left the villain’s eyes as he hit the ground motionless. Discord Dust faded into wisps of red light until fading away completely. Toyoko was in shock for a moment before snapping out of it and coming outside.
“I would normally lecture you about how killing him was uncalled for, but I guess even after he lost his power he tried to attack you there was no reasoning with him and in a way you were right. Just don’t do it unless you’re absolutely sure ending their life is the right thing to do”
Sumiko came up to them as Cassadora rebuilt it’s self then went back within it’s owner’s body. “I’m with Aiden on that, but aside from that misdemeanor you did it and probably saved us both. I don’t think Frost would’ve been able to beat him on his own if it wasn’t for your unique ability”
“I’m glad I could aid you in the fight. Like me and probably many outra-users, I heard about him on the news and knew I had to stop him myself. Though I’m glad I didn’t have to face such a monster alone. My other might seem powerful, but I use him for support or surprise attacks normally to save power” Just then a news helicopter came into view, landing just a few meters away as a news team ran up to him asking his name. “My name…is Collen Star” They asked how it felt to save the city, even the world from such a corrupt man.
“It’s great knowing I spared hundreds of lives from such a horrible fate at the hand of that men. I’m also thankful I had friends to help me with the battle. If it wasn’t for them, I probably wouldn’t be here” The news report turned to the camera announcing: “You heard him viewers! Thanks to him and his friends, they defeated the monster Hokoshi!”
Once the press left, Toyoko took their new friend back to their hotel where they asked him to tell them about his life and how he learned of outras…
“I’m 19 years old, growing up I lived in a middle-class house with parents that were at work often, they would just leave money on the counter. Before I was 13, I had a sitter called Aurora, she had dark blue hair with green eyes. She was really nice and actually paid attention to me. But once I was old enough to be home alone, that’s how it was from 13-16. But one day, my father didn’t come home. I learned he had got himself into trouble with the wrong gang. As you can guess, this put a big toll on my mother. She began to drink and go to bars to fill the void left by my father’s love.
She changed a lot and wasn’t the mother I knew anymore. All the stress from her abuse and loss of my father, I finally ran away with just the small things I could carry in my backpack. That’s when…I was found in the rain by a group of thugs…”
[Flash Back]
Collen stood in the dark of the night as rain flooded the streets. Lighting filled the streets reviling five armed men blocking his path while behind him was a dead end. “What’s wrong little guy? Don’t be scared. As long as you do what we say we won’t hurt you” One of them stepped close. He wore a gray hoodie with blue jean. He had pale white skin.
“N-no, get away!” But still the gangster drew closer with his knife. G-get away!!” Suddenly a transparent formed in front of the kid as if a ghost was protecting him. One of them cried out: “The brat has an outra!” They prepared to fire when the dark-pink arm grabbed their guns at super-human speed before emptying and crushing all their bullets.
Collen didn’t fully understand what was happening but knew something was protecting him. He made it his goal to stay strong for whatever it was that was fighting for him. All but one ran away in fear. The last one to remain was the gang leader. “You little shit! I don’t care if you have one of those monsters or not! I’m going to kill you right here!”
His assailant lunged at the young boy who was on his hands and knees from the immense stress the outra was having on his body, but he knew he had to keep his creature manifested long enough. As the man was about to stab the boy in the head, the transparent hand grabbed him by the throat, flinging him into a small store nearby. Once his outra faded, he could feel his strength returning.
Collen rose to his feet to find his attacker dead from smashing through the brick wall and landing on a glass counter, shards of glass impaled his body. As much as he knew the man deserved it, Star began to cry as he fell to his knees. (Why!? Why did I kill him!?” I didn’t mean it! To think this “outra” would do something so horrible!”
[End Of Flash Back]
“For months I didn’t dare give into my outra’s power…That’s when almost a year later, I heard a cry for help and witnessed a poor girl getting threatened by a man with a knife. The memories of that night came flooding back. My body suddenly moved without thinking as I rushed him. Without warning I could feel that stressful feeling in my body as the arm came out like a spirit once more.
I heard a gunshot and felt a surge of pain in my wrist. But that wasn’t my focus at the moment. I threw a punch in sync with my outra even though my physical body was out of range, the outra’s arm was close enough to make contact. It struck him with such force, he went staggering several feet away. To shorten it, I realized I could learn to protect people with my outra without taking a life without a reason”
“Wow, I can’t believe you went through all that. I’m glad you realized to accept your outra as a part of you instead of rejecting you. In the beginning an outra was a psychic awaking, concentration and studying could manifest it’s physical form. But what I’ve also heard is the children of an outra-awakened person can develop one without even realizing it”
“Hmm, interesting”
CHAPTER 2 Outra Alliance
After a month of being a team, Sumiko had an idea: “We need organization, we’ll call it the: “Outra Protection Organization. O.P.O” Collen looked at him as if it were a dumb idea while Frost thought about it for a moment… “Not a bad idea actually. Just how big of an organization are we talking? Base, state or U.S?”
“International, we need outras in any spot we can in case there’s a problem in a different country, or we need someone there quickly”
“Seems you’ve really thought about this. Where would our base be to start out with? I’m sure it’ll take time before we can grow across the U.S alone” Aiden asked.
“Would have to be Kansas, it’s the middle of the U.S, plus plenty of forest areas to build or base away from the city and people that would plan to destroy it” Toyoko responded. “Alright, all that’s left is how are we going to get so many outra user’s attention?”
“Leave that to me” Star answered…
After a few days Sumiko and Aiden found a large open area in the forest to begin working on their base. They didn’t have funds for steel or metal, so they used the wood around them to build a temporary one, using their outras to cut and prepare the wood. Meanwhile Collen headed to the international news station that broadcasts news all over the world. Using his power to hide his outra from non-users, it made it’s way into the room where a young man was giving the news.
Placing his palm on the back of the man’s head, he sent messages into their head as if talking through them. “Lastly, an organization is looking for fellow outra-users that want to help or protect others from selfish users that plan to attack and harm others. Call this number or come to Kansas to join our alliance. For all you tyrants abusing your powers, we will find you all and stop your chaos”
With his message sent, he made his long way back to his ally’s base…Collen helped built the base with his outra but paused to answer any calls about the message he sent. Most calls were of fellow heroic users wanting to join the alliance when he suddenly got a different call: “Is this the organization number? Your alliance is a joke and we’ll break you until you submit!” They then hung up and he put his phone back in his pocket.
This didn’t surprise him, he knew giving out their announcement would also draw a lot of enemies. “How’s our base coming along? Seems we’ve gained a new foe and he’s already threatened us” Frost assured him one threat is nothing to lose sleep over. “Our capabilities will grow stronger so long as we train often. Once we’re about 50, that’s when our outra won’t become any stronger no matter how much training we put into it”
1 Week Later…
With their super-natural speed and power, they managed to finish the base just hours before the first group of volunteers showed up. “Hello, my name is Collen Star, me and the others will be asking each of you questions and testing your abilities to see where you should be put in the organization” They all nodded ready to be evaluated.
“First off: Why do you want to join us?” Each of them said they wanted to protect the world from evil users. “Good, next: Do you accept yourself as an outra user?” Most of them said yes except for one that was unsure of his answer. “Why are you unsure of yourself?” Collen asked walking over to him. The boy looked around his age, he had short blonde hair with brown eyes.
“A year ago, me and my brother Kyle were walking through town when a drunk driver came speeding toward them out of control. I was still new to my psychic ability, so when I summoned my outra to try and stop the car I was too late, I was stuck standing there frozen as my brother’s body laid motionless in his own blood. Since then I haven’t used my outra unless I really need to”
Letting out a sigh Star put his hand on the boy’s shoulder responding: “I know how it feels to not accept this part of you when you were given it through birth, but I learned to accept it. When I was a kid, I accidently killed a man trying to hurt me. The memory haunted me for so long until I saved someone with it’s power, ever since then I’ve made it my goal to improve my other’s limits and help those that need it or deserve it. Your brother would’ve wanted you to help those in need. As you get older, your abilities will grow and you’ll save many people”
The young boy wiped his tears and slightly smiled in hopes to become the hero his brother wanted him to be. “Now, one question left before we get to the physical test. Are you ok with moving around often in case multiple situations occur?” Which they all accepted the possibility. “Now for the physical test, I want you to line up in a horizontal line so each of you can step up and have your abilities evaluated. You can choose who you want to fight for the test”
up was a 30-year-old man named Jiraya Keodo. He was bald with a black biker jacket, blue jeans and blue eyes. He was pretty well built for his age. “Guess I’ll go first, behold my outra: Rocky Engine! In an abrupt flash of light, a black motorcycle with a flaming skull on the front of it formed in between him and the trio of heroes.
“Alright, who will be your opponent?” Star questioned. Keodo thought for a moment then chose Toyoko as his foe. He was surprised he was picked but summoned his other ready for the battle. His tall buff robot stood prepared when the bike took off at great speed. Cassadora ascended into the air, firing bullets from it’s left hand. Surprisingly the outra was much faster than a normal vehicle.
Using his precise scanner, Cassadora locked onto the fast-moving bike, firing a red beam from it’s eyes. The others watched as it struck Keodo’s back tire, causing it to flip out of control. Quickly he returned his outra before he sustained any more damage. “I’m impressed, your other is fast for it only being a bike. Does it have a range limit or can you guide it as far as you want?”
“The farther away it is the more stress it puts on my body. But, I’m sure with practice I can increase it’s range” Frost smiled responding: “Good, you’ll be the one helping members get to their location faster if they can’t use their outras to get there on time. Also, every few days I want you to test your range as much as you can. Don’t burn yourself out but also no slacking either”
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