"The platform," Jade acknowledged. "Have they been keeping it together this entire time?"
"They had to," Zeke spoke up. "The water seems to be counterproductive here and is melting the ice faster as opposed to freezing it. With all the magic usage, the water surface is far hotter than it is deep below."
"Zion's been lowering the temperature of the water around the platform so Zackery could freeze it into a solid surface that was able hold our weight. However, they're constantly flowing energy into it to keep us afloat...and, to be honest, we're all running low."
"Then it's about time I helped out," I volunteered.
"Lisette." Jade sounded worried, which only made me giggle.
"Leave the freezing to me. I’ve got loads of magic left."
"What about this next round of dark whatever they are?" Zeke acknowledged. "If we do another round of killing them off and they just pop right back, we're really going to be sitting ducks."
"They're Charlie Fucker’s creations," I said out loud.
"Charlie Fucker?" the Maxwells questioned in unison while Jade smirked. "We should call him that from now on.”
I blushed slightly, but quickly shrugged and continued, "He created these creatures of darkness that thrive on the evil in the land. This area may be a prime spot for death, murders, and maybe even suicides. That would make sense for why he chose it, aside from the fact that it connects perfectly with the other universe. We'd have to kill them swiftly at once before purging the land with strong enough light magic to wipe out the possibility of them multiplying and feeding off the energy once more."
"Easy enough," Calvin replied and began to walk past us to the very middle of the ice platform.
"Oh! Is Calvin going to do something sexy?" I teased him as he casually ruffled his ginger strands and turned to give me a glare.
"Hush."
"Admit it. You love the attention, especially Jade's. Right, Jade?!" I beamed and looked at her as she moved to stand next to Zeus, who slipped an arm around her waist to help her remain standing.
"If it motivates Calvin, sure," she admitted, but she looked drained once again.
"Jade." Zeke sounded worried and was at her side. "You're not okay."
"I think I just need a very long nap," she admitted with a weak voice.
"Calvin," Tanner warned. "Can you make it quick? We need to get Jade checked."
"Already on it," he assured us and suddenly we were all frozen in place while our bodies shivered at the sudden flood of magic overflowing from his body.
My attention was transfixed on his figure as his hair began to shift to white like Jade's had, leaving only a few strands of orange that began to glow and levitate while he lifted his arms up.
We watched as a bow of fire formed in his grasp, a huge, godly weapon. The flames began to spark with shocks of lightning before the flaming bow was encased with ice, visible teal whips of wind wrapping around the crafted piece of work.
Parts of the ice that somehow kept the flames and lightning shocks within were overtaken by pieces of the earth when he lifted his right hand and prepared four arrows of darkness.
A white magic circle appeared beneath his feet, and he mumbled words in a completely different language as his eyes seemed to dull of emotion and charge with so much force, I was shocked his body could contain all that magic.
The dark creatures were already scrambling back to the lands they had come from, but it was far too late as Calvin moved in a swift rotation and shot one of each arrow in all four directions.
North, West, South, and East - the four black arrows suddenly multiplied into various elemental arrows through the night sky that was growing lighter.
It was like the sky was raining arrows as they arced through the sky and began to make their dramatic collision with the running dark creatures, who were unprepared for the attack.
And downfall.
The impact was unified as the land and water exploded in various colors. Eerie screams of pain shot out through the sky, but Calvin wasn't done as he prepared four more arrows. These arrows were different; they were pure white.
The bow of elemental magnitude was consumed by white light, and we watched in utter amazement as Calvin proceeded to release each arrow in the same pattern as before. The single arrows didn't need to multiply. They grew quadruple their size as they headed towards the ground.
The last of the dark beings that survived the aftermath of his attack would be nullified with this purifying move. The arrows collided into the earth and everywhere was flooded with light that blinded me and the rest of the group.
My eyes were forced to close, and I didn't open them until the light behind my eyelids seemed to dim dramatically.
Opening them slowly, I noticed the complete tranquility that surrounded us. The waters were calm, the lands that were damaged by the attacks were restored and healthy, and we noticed the first sight of the sunrise as the sky began to shift colors.
I continued to keep the platform in its solid perfection, but I was emotionally blown away by how he'd delivered a blow like that and was still standing firmly.
Charles didn't realize his prodigy was in front of him all this while.
He lowered his bow, which burst into tiny white specks of dust before he pulled his glasses out and slipped them back on his face.
"We can go now," he calmly stated as we all stared at him in astonishment.
"Show off," the Trouble Four said in unison.
All Calvin did was smirk before he glanced over to Jade. "Who's taking Jade to the medical center?"
"Me!" all four of them said once again and even lifted their hands up like we were in a classroom.
"And won't pass out by the time they get there," he added.
"Aww." All four of their arms dropped and Jade weakly giggled. "Looks like Tanner's taking me."
"That wasn't the original plan," Calvin noted while his cheeks began to blush.
"Smooth plan ruined." Zackery laughed between huffs. "Fuck, my ass is tired."
"You make it seem like your ass did all the work," Zion breathed.
"And knowing Zackery, he actually meant his buttocks,” Zeke teased.
"He can't even sit down without complaining. You really gotta do some butt exercises or you'll cap out in group sex, Zackery." Zeus shook his head.
"Fuck! I wasn't referring to my actual ass!" he snapped. "And I’ve got amazing stamina!"
"Are you talking about ball on the court stamina?" Zion inquired.
"Or in the bedroom stamina? Because we all know I'm in the lead in that ranking." Zeke was grinning from ear to ear.
"Tanner's right there!" Zackery whined and pointed to the very man as he scooped Jade up with ease. Jade was smiling but her eyes were already closed as she rested her head against Tanner's chest.
"If your ass can't handle a battle like that, you'd be crippled by a rod," Tanner replied and the four of them all turned to him to literally gawk at his response.
"You so didn't say that," Calvin stated while fixing his glasses to further sit on his nose.
"I did." Tanner smirked and turned right around. "Trust me. I can take a few rounds of ass exercises."