Now I'm going to tell you a story from the past.
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"Eh? But what about Mathias?" Eliah asked.
"Yeah, Uncle Zoron, why are you changing the story now?" Alaya complained.
"Ah, because this is important too," I told them.
"Oh, well..." Eliah muttered.
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This story takes place almost 16 years before what I was just narrating.
It was December 24, 1971, in Lima, Peru. A seven-year-old girl was on a plane with her parents and her younger brother, who was five years old.
That day, they were traveling to the city of Iquitos to spend Christmas with their family who lived there, although they were first stopping in the city of Pucallpa.
"A-ah! M-mom!"
While inside the plane, the girl was scared because of the turbulence.
"Don’t worry, this is normal. What’s happening is called turbulence, and it happens when... when there are air pockets, but don’t worry, nothing’s going to happen. Plus, I’m here," her mother said. "Don’t be afraid."
She held the girl’s hand. This calmed her down.
Minutes passed, and the turbulence worsened. It seemed like the plane had entered a zone with a thunderstorm. Some of the passengers were already scared by the situation, but others weren’t as affected.
After a while, the voice of a flight attendant could be heard over the speaker:
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"Ladies and gentlemen, we inform you that the turbulence we are currently experiencing is due to a major storm over the Amazon jungle. Please fasten your seatbelts."
After hearing that, the girl turned to her mother and said,
"M-mom?"
She was frightened.
"D-don’t be scared, everything’s going to be fine."
After saying this, her mother tightened both of their seatbelts.
A little while after the flight attendant’s announcement, the shaking grew more violent. Even the hand luggage started to fall. The passengers were now visibly scared by all of this, but... the girl’s mother seemed to be trying to maintain her composure, though it was becoming increasingly difficult.
"Mom!"
Her mother grabbed her hand tightly.
Suddenly, everything lit up, and a loud crash was heard. The last thing the girl saw was the plane being struck by lightning and splitting apart.
The name of this girl was Jackeline Carvalho, and at this moment, she was in the middle of the jungle, attacking the Hero’s group. Her ability was the manipulation of atmospheric pressure, allowing her to control the winds as well.
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"Wow, this 'story from the past,' which was tragic and disturbing, just took a weird turn out of nowhere," Eliah said.
"But, Uncle," Alaya said, "h-how did she survive?"
"You'll see," I told them.
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"Mat!" Samantha exclaimed, scared by his current state. They had all seen him again, now protected by an ice barrier.
"Roundy, quick!"
Roundy nodded and approached Mat to heal him.
"Ah... Thanks..." Mat said after being healed, but then...
"Ack! Aghhh!"
"Mat!" everyone except Aelin shouted.
"Why isn’t he healing?" Blocky asked.
"Ah! It’s because of continuous damage!" Pointy said.
Roundy kept healing him, several times in a row, to counteract the damage.
So we’re going to have to defeat her... Samantha thought. But... can I really face her?
"Hey, Aelin."
"Hm," she muttered, still holding the orb in her hands.
"Stay here, hidden," Samantha told her. "There’s a bad woman out there, so... you’ll see..."
"We're going to knock her out!" Blocky said.
"Eh?" Samantha replied.
"Hey, don’t say it like that," TRX scolded her.
"Alright."
Ah, yeah. It’s true. I’m with them, so we can defeat her. Samantha thought.
From a distance,
"But why don’t they come out or do something?" the girl said. "And... where’s the orb?"
Ah, yes. She looked something like this: bronze skin, blue eyes, short brown hair. She was short, standing at 146cm. At that moment, she was wearing some kind of... I don’t know what she was wearing, so here’s a drawing of her:
image [https://i.imgur.com/RNf2kBZ.png]
Additionally, she had noticed that one of the people in the group had a strange aura. It was as if it were a mix of two “energies”... You know, it was Aelin.
Back to the group.
"So..." Samantha said. "Let's go, I guess. I think I can fight now, I’ve done it before..."
"Yeah, we know," Blocky said.
"Okay..."
"Let’s go, then," TRX said.
Just as they were about to move out,
"Wait," Mat said suddenly. "F-first, we need to know what kind of ability she has."
"Right..." Samantha agreed.
In the distance, screams could be heard. Everyone was startled by this.
"Ah, they’ve finally arrived..." Jackeline said.
The ones who had just arrived were two artificial monsters (mutants). Both had plant-like appearances, though one had a giant flower and an eye as its face, and wore a cloak.
The other, which didn’t have a face, seemed to be made of branches and vines, but at the same time, it looked like it had scales on its body, and fins...
By this point, only three minutes had passed.