Now that’s more like it! Ria’s exclamation was loud. Let’s kick some undead ass.
I let loose a few peals of laughter; we were all a little drunk on the energy. We had needed the animals to link us, but control still rested with us. Let’s surround them from all sides, and then on my command we send the ring of fire into their group. I started to issue orders.
The girls didn’t hesitate. They ran, fast and agile. Nothing physical was difficult for us. We had the best of both our worlds in our bloodline. The strongest females of our home planet were our mothers, and one couldn’t forget our Walker fathers. We were also made of the original sevens’ energy. We were like freaking Olympians hopped up on steroids.
Within moments we had closed around the horde of zombies. There were probably about thirty in this bunch.
I gave a shout. Go.
And go they did. The fire energy which had been building between us ricocheted outwards from each girl. In a single circle of blue flames, it washed across us in a six-foot-high wall.
The zombies shrieked as their dry, leathery flesh came into contact with the overwhelming, volcanic-like power of Fury’s element. One or two who were near the edge tried to dodge out of the way, but there was no hope for them. Each girl sustained the push of elemental fire and I made sure the flow of energy continued to cycle between us. This was the very reason my well existed: to cycle massive loads of energy and not kill me or anyone else with an overload.
Delane was pleased with our advancement. It’s so strange. Fury’s fire doesn’t feel familiar like my wind, but I do have control over both elements right now.
Even though the girls were controlling the fire, they still had access to their own elements.
So whichever element the guides connect all of us with, we can control it, and then still our own if needed. That’s pretty powerful. It means we can make a big bang when needed. Sapha sounded excited, and she wasn’t the only one.
We continued to fire-bomb the zombies until there was nothing left. Just ash and scattered remnants of bones and clothing.
I was grateful that no scent of burning flesh stung the air here. This world was not real enough for that.
We also didn’t need to blow away the remains this time. They simply sank back into the white starkness of this world and were gone.
Awesome.
One threat down. Time to move on to the next one.
We battled for what felt like hours. We fought dragoonas; large ocean serpents; forest-dwelling animals, including a bera; energy-sucking Drones; Angelica; and other imagined predators.
We learned how to use wind, water, fire, earth, and plants as weapons. We learned how to wrap shadows around our group, which basically camouflaged us from our enemies, and we learned how scary-ass Eva’s new powers were, because she could see into our inner souls and lay out every single one of our weaknesses. Every time we used our powers the strength between us grew.
Our stamina never faltered. We required no food or drink, even though I knew I should be both hungry and thirsty. Of course, that would all change once we were back on the real world. There we’d have to be more careful about how we utilized the energy we expelled. The filing cabinet was full, but I was saving that in case we needed it to lock away the Seventine.
“This is beyond anything I imagined!” Delane was exuberant as she gathered the wind particles around us and turned them into raging tornados.
This allowed her to literally scoop up the enemies and throw them far out into the whiteness.
Talina let out a snort of laughter. “It’s incredible, but also scary. We’re very powerful. Should any beings be this powerful?”
I knew she was thinking of Gladriel, her mother, the evil sea-bitch.
Her pretty face fell. Sorrow briefly grazed her features and slanted her eyes downwards. She shook it off quickly, before focusing on her water again.
Using the liquid, she formed a shape, sort of like a spaceship, but with paper-thin and razor-sharp sides. Talina liked to use these water-discs to remove heads and limbs. Basically anything which could be severed was up for grabs. Even though Talina was the softest of the half-Walkers, there was still Spurnian blood inside her, and that coldness always manifested itself in battle.
“Do you think we’re ready to go back now and face the Seventine?” Sapha’s skin was very white at the moment; she looked almost albino.
Her camouflage ability was blending her into the Mother’s colorless realm. Even the red of her eyes and purple of her hair was peppered through with white.
“We’re definitely not ready,” I said. Not even close. “They have so many more years together than we do. They know and understand their power. But the Mother will surely be sending us back shortly, no matter our readiness.”
I had already started to sense the world around us beginning to crumble. We were going to be rejected very shortly. I knew it.