“The monster that appeared in Beach Shores City just hours ago was destroyed,” Footage shot by the cameraman was flipped onto the screen. Five armored individuals were seen from above unleashing a great shimmer of light that completely disintegrated the horrible beast. “No information has been discovered regarding the identities of these five brave individuals that fought and defeated this creature. Whoever they are, the country greatly appreciates your bravery and valor in this time of great need.”
People all across the nation applauded with joy and happiness. The sight of the five unknown heroes sparked celebration all across the country.
“We have yet to be informed if this event is linked to the past events that have plagued the city of Beach Shores this past year; mainly, the unexplained attack that took place in the city streets just months prior to this attack. Officials say that the worst could be over and the people of the city can go back to living their lives.”
“Now, can we relax?” Asked Dye, as his golden body fell to the ground.
Exhausted, the rest of the siblings collapsed to the ground as well, their metal bodies clanking as they did. Dye started snickering and soon burst out with relieved laughter. His brothers joined in, and soon Corrine’s voice of laughter could be heard.
“We did it,” she said, “he’s gone. He’s finally gone.”
The moon was beginning to set across the ocean as the sky of dusk started to give birth to a new day. The sunlight peeked over the eastern horizon, and its light began to blanket the destroyed city. The siblings felt the light of the sun reach their armor as they picked their bodies up from the ground. Dye stretched, and the ongoing propeller of the news chopper sounded from above. Dye raised both fists in celebration of their victory.
“WOOOOO WE WON!!” he shouted. “WE WOOOOON!!!”
“Is he always like this?” asked Corrine?
“An eccentric annoying kid?” asked Sam. Corrine looked at him. “No, sometimes he’s a moody annoying teenager!”
Corrine giggled.
“Get used to it,” Mack said, “You're part of this family again.”
When Dye calmed down, he looked at the devastation all around him. He sighed, but then from the corner of his eye, he saw the glimmering of a shiny object. Mesmerized by the sparkling item, he started for the lustrous object. He went closer to whatever it was and lifted a plate of concrete from on top of it. Under the debris was a red, gleaming rock.
The other siblings realized their younger brother was missing. They looked over and saw him crouching down, picking up something. When they came over they saw him holding another Jenshia Star.
“Dye, where did you get that?” Asked Sam.
“I just found it right here,” he replied, “under all this rubble.”
“Should we save it?” Asked Jason, “just in case we may need it one day.”
“I think we should use it now,” said Mack, looking around, “the city could use a pick-me up.”
“Good idea,” Dye replied.
“Dye hurry while the moon is still partly out!” urged Sam.
Dye held the beautiful star above his head.
He desired that the city would be back to the way it was before Griflore arrived. All of the destruction, damage, and devastation caused by him was to be reversed immediately.
The rock let off a red glow and millions of jets of red light sprung forth and flew throughout the fallen city. The jets of light picked up the fallen pieces of rubble and attached them to their respective pieces, sealing the cracks that secured them together. The five siblings watched as the city started to rebuild itself. Tall buildings were being put back together, the street was repaired, damaged cars were put back into their original state, and the skyscraper behind them was restored. Soon the city looked as though the huge battle had never happened, and the star in Dye’s hand slowly disappeared into thin air.
“Well, our work here is done,” he said, “We saved the world and rebuilt our city all in a single night.”
“Let's get out of here,” said Jason, “bet Mom and Dad have already blown a gasket.”
“Yeah,” Mack sighed.
“I’m telling you, bro. We’re dead!” Jason added with instant affirmation.
“Hang on! I wanna do one last thing.” said Dye
“Come on, Dye,” said Sam, with a tired tone, “We don’t have time for this.”
“Just a second,” he replied.
He raced down the street at an incredible speed, leaving behind him a trail of fire. The cameraman in the newschopper followed and watched as Dye’s fire had begun to spell words.
“What is he doing?” Asked Corrine.
All three brothers shrugged.
When he was done, he ran back to his siblings, ready to go home.
“Was that really necessary?” Asked Mack.
“Yeah, it was,” Dye responded. “It’s our calling card!”
“DUDE! That’s genius!” Jason geeked. “Every great superhero team has a calling card!”
“Seriously?” Mack groaned.
“I mean, if this is our lives now it's better people know who we are,” Jason replied. “I’m tired of people calling us armored people. Sounds lame!”
The five Haven siblings left the scene. The cameraman watched as Dye broke into a sprint, blasting down the street at great speeds. Sam and Corrine took off into the air with Jason on Sam's back, and Mack burrowed underground.
“Whoa!” Said the Cameraman, “Now that’s cool.” He pointed his camera at the blazing words Dye left behind.
The Xenton were here!
“Thanks to these Xenton” continued the newsreader. “The city of Beach Shores, perhaps even the world, has been saved from disaster. Mysteriously, the downtown portion of Beach Shores has completely been restored. Information on how the city magically rebuilt itself is still an ongoing investigation. The military has reopened the city’s exits and has allowed its citizens to return to their homes. Still no word on why the creature suddenly attacked the city or what its motives were. The military has yet to reveal any information regarding the incident. Until then, let's hope that the town remains guarded by these mysterious heroes.”
Footage of the incident replayed on the television. Scenes of the now-dead beast were shown. Some shots of the event were extremely blurry and grainy, making it hard for viewers to make out what was actually happening.
Mr. Haven turned off the television and blew out a deep breath. All the while Mrs. Haven sat relaxed enjoying a cup of coffee.
“When those boys get back they’re grounded for the next decade,” said Mr. Haven, who’s anxiety was on the next level. He looked at his wife.
“How can you be so calm?” said Mr. Haven. Trying to keep a lid on his anxiety.
“Because I know our boys are capable of taking care of themselves,” she replied.
“Starting fights at school? Cutting class? Lying to us? Breaking curfew. TWICE!” Mr. Haven reminded her. “All of that happened in the last year in case you’ve forgotten.”
“Don’t you think you're being overdramatic?” she said, sipping her coffee.
“I have every right to be overdramatic!” he barked. “The evacuation has been called off for an hour already, and my boys are yet to be in this house.”
“Calm down,” she said with a smile, walking over and making eye contact with him. “We have Xenton now. I’m sure they’re fine.”
Mr. Haven raised a suspicious eyebrow. His wife’s behavior was odd considering she was mostly the overprotective one between the both of them. It was strange she was so collected. Which told her husband if she wasn’t in a frantic mood, neither should he.
“Besides, when they’re home, we can ground them for all eternity!” she smirked with a playful, devilish grin. Mr. Haven caught her playful mood and returned the gesture.
He considered her words and at the thought of being able to ground his kids until the end of time seemed to soothe him somewhat. Still, he wanted that door to swing open and see the faces of his sons.
The boys made it home with Corrine. They stood outside their house and huddled. “Okay, here’s the plan!” said Mack.
“We got bored!” said Jason. “So we went to the movies!”
“That didn’t work last time, Einstein,” Sam exasperated. “What makes you think that’ll work now?”
“Dude, why are you shooting down my ideas?”
“Because they’re dumb!”
“You’re dumb!”
Corrine listened to her brothers’ bicker. She stepped away and looked upon their home.
So calm and inviting. Was she welcomed there? She thought.
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“Oh yeah, smart guy? Then how do we explain the girl who looks like she's from Where The Wild Things Are?”
“Hey!” she turned them abruptly.
“Just telling it like it is,” Jason pointed out.
Their front door opened and standing there was their father. He was not happy.
“Inside! Now!” he said. “All of you!”
The brothers sighed.
“Movie! Say we went to a movie,” said Jason.
“Shut up!” growled Sam.
They marched up the walkway, on to the porch, and then into their home. Their mom eyed each of them as they passed by, their father glaring at them as though he could burn each of them with his imaginary heat vision. Corrine stayed outside the gate contemplating what she should do. She opened the gate hesitantly, and slowly walked up.
“I don’t even know what to say!” Their father began. “Did you know that the city was on high alert last night? We were evacuated. So imagine your mom’s panic and my fury when you all weren’t in your rooms.”
Corrine walked up towards the porch. She admired the picket fence. The clean cut grass. The entire property screamed a normal family lived here and she wanted to be a part of it so desperately.
“Where were you!?” their mother interjected.
“A movie!” she shot Jason a look.
“Going with that story again?” she said with a slight edge to her voice.
“Um – no ma’am,”
“Didn’t think so!”
Corrine made it to the front door that, through all the commotion, had been left wide open. She looked into the home, seeing the boys on the couch, being scolded by their parents. Their father looked at the threshold and saw her standing there.
“Can I help you?” he asked
Corrine didn’t say a word. She looked at her brothers, who wanted to turn around but were fearful to do so.
Mrs. Haven looked upon the girl and her eyes changed, going from skeptical, due to Jason’s response moments ago, to empathetic. Corrine saw her and immediately Mrs. Haven’s blue eyes reminded her of something from long ago. On the other hand, Mrs. Haven noticed her brown eyes and bushy hair. Sure she was unkempt but Mrs. Haven was able to look past all that.
She left her sons and approached the girl.
Corrine instantly grew nervous and her shyness became evident. She lowered her head to avoid eye contact with her mother who was still trying to figure out who she was.
Corrine brought her eyes back up and caught at the gaze of her mother’s eyes.
Blue. Just like she remembered them.
Her mom placed her hand on her face and tears swelled up in her eyes.
“Corrine…?” She said, beginning to sob.
“Hi…Mom,” Corrine’s voice cracked. Mrs. Haven seized her daughter at once and hugged her joyously. Tears ran down her face and soaked themselves within Corrine’s deep black hair. Mr. Haven looked at his four boys who were finally able to look over their shoulders.
“Ho—how?” Their father’s words cracked as he also started to cry.
“Um —” Mack replied. Knowing they couldn’t tell him the truth. Their Dad joined his wife and together the two of them hugged their daughter, who had returned home.
Mrs. Haven pulled back to view her daughter’s face. She looked into her soft brown eyes and smiled.
“Where have you been?” She asked through sniffles. “How did you survive? What have you been doing all these years?”
As Mr. Haven looked at his sons, it occurred to him that she had come with them. They were the ones who led her home.
“Boys, do you know who this is?’ he asked.
They didn’t answer.
“Um — after you told us what happened, uh Sam started to um — look into the accident.” Dye, Mack and Sam looked at Jason as he concocted the story. “Uh — long story short, she was here in the city and last night we all snuck out to find her. Kinda like an early…Father’s and Mother’s day gift?” Jason smiled, trying to make his story more believable.
“Yeah…surprise,” Mack said weakly. Knowing his attempt wasn’t believable.
“Boys, to your rooms. We need to talk to Corrine,” Mr. Haven commanded.
They all got up and passed by Corrine and their parents. They exchanged looks with their sister, hopeful that she would decide to stay with them.
Dye took a shower while an agitated Sam banged against the door of their bathroom, ordering him to hurry up. Jason and Mack were washing up also and were quickly finished.
The morning turned into noon, and the city was slowly bringing itself back to life. Three hours had passed. The brothers sat in agitation in Sam and Dye’s room. They were quiet. Each of them trying not to stare at the other.
“You think she gave us away?” Asked Jason.
“I wouldn’t think so,” replied Mack.
“What could they be talking about for so long?” Asked Dye.
“Gee, I don’t know? The girl has only been missing for sixteen years,” replied Sam mockingly. “They may need a little more than five minutes.”
“I just gotta know,” replied Dye. “Where has she been this whole time? How did she get possessed by Griflore? I have so many questions.”
“We all do. I’m sure she’ll tell us when she's ready. Asking her now would only make it weird.” Mack said to Dye.
“Remember, she doesn’t know us,” Sam added. “She barely remembers Mack. So whatever she decides, don’t take it personally.”
Dye sighed. “So now that Griflore is gone, what do we do now?”
“Go back to living our lives?” Mack questioned.
“Are you kidding?” Jason protested. “Dude, we’re superheroes now. We need to start a league or something. Oh, maybe a fanclub. Go to comic cons. The possibilities are endless ma dude!”
“You’re not serious,” Sam rolled his eyes at him.
“He’s very serious.” Mack grinned.
A faint pop filled the room and a gleam of light shined in their eyes. The four brothers groaned in anguish as they became blinded for a quick second. As they regained their sight, a blurry human stood in front of them. Dye rubbed his eyes and tried to focus his vision in an attempt to see who the person was.
“I’m going to focus my eyes and see Arayan standing right in front of me.” He predicted.
As his vision recovered, a human body with blue hair, and strange clothes stood in front of them.
“Damn it, Dude!” Said Jason, rubbing his eyes, “How many times do I have to tell you, you can’t just randomly appear out of nowhere.”
“Yeah, someone is going to see you one day,” said Sam adjusting his glasses as his sight returned.
Arayan smiled and took a bow.
“My apologies,” he replied. “Perhaps we should create a warning system for you all.” he grinned, expecting it to be a joke. The brothers caught it and they smiled. Mack even chuckled.
“Perhaps,” said Sam. “Looks like you’re doing better.”
“I feel better now. Thank You. I am forever grateful to you all,” Arayan replied. “I am completely in your debt.”
“Do you remember anything?” Asked Sam.
“Bits and pieces,” he replied. “I remember the moon, and I felt my body tearing apart. The pain was unbearable.” Arayan looked at the four boys with a question about to leave his lips. “What happened to me?”
“Griflore took control over your body,” said Jason. “We stopped him from using the star and then he turned into some giant griffin thing.”
“And you four defeated him?” Arayan asked.
“The five of us,” Dye corrected, throwing up five fingers.
“Pardon me?” Said Arayan, “Five?”
“We got help,” replied Jason.
“By whom?”
“Our sister,” replied Dye. “She was there in the graveyard with us that day. Before Griflore took you”
“She was the one who was hosting Griflore before? She became a Xenton as well?”
“Uh huh,” Dye nodded happily. “You should have seen her, Arayan. She came out of nowhere. Her armor was so cool!”
“Yeah dude, Griflore was like ‘grrrr you won’t defeat me!’ and Corrine was like ‘wanna bet?’ and she was shooting moonbeams and all the jazz. The most epic battle ever!” Jason sighed
“Yeah,” said Sam. “It was stunning to see her in action”
“I may not have seen her, but I sure felt her power,” said Arayan.
“She was fantastic. She must be the strongest of us all,” said Jason.
“Really now?” Said Arayan, “And her Ka?”
“The wolf, I think?” Questioned Dye. “Was it a wolf?”
“Yeah, I think it was the moon Xenton or whatever,” replied Mack.
“So she has the Great Spirit of the Moon,” said Arayan. “This is good. And now Griflore has been destroyed?”
“Completely,” replied Mack, “there are no pieces of him left whatsoever.”
“Well, I am impressed,” replied Arayan, “honestly, I didn’t think you four – er — five could do it. Apparently I have been proven wrong. Thanks to you, the greatest evil ever known to man has been destroyed.”
“Arayan, Dye said he saw you healing,” Sam inquired.
Arayan looked at himself and despite what happened to him, his body didn’t show any signs of damage. His body had healed.
“It appears that is the case.”
“How?”
“I do not know. Perhaps it has something to do with my hibernations.”
“Also, he hasn’t aged.” Dye pointed out. “Corrine aged to like ninety years old after Grifore swapped bodies. You still look the same.”
“I am not sure why that is. Perhaps some investigation is in order!”
“Oh! I’ll help!” Sam raised his hand, eagerly. His brothers looked at him and knew his intentions. “What? Oh come on! You have to admit this is too fascinating to not look into it!”
“Well, those other experiments are no threat now,” said Dye, throwing his hands behind his head and laying back on the bed, “Griflore is gone. There’s no way they can escape now.”
“Maybe not,” said Arayan, “but we still need to locate the Prince.”
“What? Why?” Asked Sam.
“Everything I thought I knew was a lie. My ancestors were responsible for Griflore’s creation and it doomed them. Locating the Prince can probably shed some more light on what really happened.”
The four boys heard their names called from downstairs. Their enthusiasm surged as Arayan’s presence had distracted them from what was going on downstairs. They jumped from their seats and left the room, saying bye to Arayan as they left. Dye, being the last one, stopped.
“Arayan?” Dye turned around to face him. “Can I ask you for a favor?”
“Yes, anything,” replied Arayan gracefully.
“Griflore kept mentioning that we were untrained and I couldn’t help but wonder that if we — I — was stronger, maybe he wouldn’t have been much of a threat. If my powers are untapped I want to know. Could you train me this summer?”
“Of course,” replied Arayan with a smile, “We shall go to the Fire Sanctuary located in the volcanoes to the far west. I warn you the training will not be easy, though.”
“Whoa wait, you mean like leave for the summer?”
“Precisely.”
“Arayan, I was thinking like a few days a week up at the sky sanctuary or something.”
“Dye, if you were Sam that would make sense. But you are a Xenton of the Flames. If you wish to tap into your potential you will need to train in a place that was designed to do just that.”
Dye contemplated. “What would I tell my parents?”
“I’m sure you’ll think of something. Please keep me informed on your decision,” his body started to fade away and with a bright flash Arayan’s body immediately vanished.
“Dye!” Yelled Mack from downstairs.
Dye rushed out of the room and raced downstairs. There, he saw his brothers gathered around their parents with Corrine sitting in the middle.
“Good news everyone,” said Mrs. Haven, “Corrine is going to stay with us for a while.” Corrine smiled faintly as she was still unsure about everything.
“Dye, take your sister upstairs and get her cleaned up,” said his father.
Corrine looked at her little brother and with an invited gesture from him, proceeded to follow him upstairs.