Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:33:02 GMT
From: Blake Alexander <writemeastory@juno.com>
Subject: Tales Of The New Phoenix chapter 8

This is not my first story, but I think this is going to be where I
flourish. My previous stories lay in hibernation awaiting the day I decide
to pick them back up again. ("Learning Curve" in Boy Bands, and "Johnny
Boy" in High School) I've never had as many Ideas running around my head as
with Tales Of The New Phoenix. I don't know exactly how fast I will be able
to get chapters out, so please don't kill me. And, as you can see by my
title, I am going to have a character based on The Phoenix from Marvel
Comics. I am going to go a bit of my own way with the Char. so any die hard
fans, please refrain from hurting me, ok? My experience with the Phoenix is
limited to the cartoon, and the Dark Phoenix comic book saga. I do hope to
hold true to the heart of the character, but will be making some changes
just as was made with The Bat Man. Now, on to the boring stuff.

I do not own any of the following:

Nsync, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Pink, Christina Aguilera, The
Wallflowers, and any other celebrities. I also know nothing of their sexual
orientations.

Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and all related characters.

The Anita Blake Vampire Hunter book series by Laurell K. Hamilton.

The Vampire Chronicles, Tales Of The New Vampires, The Mayfair Witches, all
series written by Anne Rice.

Buffy & Angel television series.

Star Wars

Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek DS9, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek The
New Frontier, Enterprise television series, movies, and novels.

I'm briefly mentioning Power Rangers here, I don't own them either. :P

I am restating; I do not own any of the above mentioned, although I wish I
did. Those make tons of money. I do not know the sexual orientation of
anyone mentioned for certain. Everything I write is purely fiction from my
mind. Please don't sue me, I am a poor college student and have nothing. If
you are under aged, go away. This site is for adults. Warning to the closed
minded, gay fiction is about to start.

I've received a few E-Mails. I will respond, I promise. I'm in the middle
of my finals right now and just... am way too frazzled. I'm actually
considering setting this story down until after finals, but I keep seeing a
flaming bird behind my eye lids. This section of the Phoenix Story will be
ending with Chapter 10, I think, and then "The Story of the _____ of ____"
will begin. (What? Those two words would give away WAY too much. 8^D )

PS, I know that the story focuses very little on JC so far, that will
change I promise you. I plan to have him become a major, major, MAJOR part
of the story in time. Also, the next Chapter will focus on him and Blake
mainly. Only 2 more in this story, exciting huh?




Chapter 8:

Sunday, September 9, 2001

	The scene I returned to broke my heart. After finding a deserted
place to land and change I headed for Andreas place. After much arguing
with a cop stationed at the entrance to the building, I got inside to see
her. She was being held by Josh, sobbing, on the couch. I went over and sat
next to them and hugged her. She looked at me and opened her eyes.
	"He told me to use it. That he was willing the ring to me. And to
go back to his apartment and get the large green lantern from his
room. It's the charger. He died in my arms Blake. He died in my arms, and I
couldn't do anything to stop it." She stood up and walked to the window,
looking at the street bellow. I couldn't think of anything to say. "We saw
you bring in the murderer. Thank you for finding him."
	"I also found the person who had him do it. It was a vampire,
working for the ones we're tracking. He's dust Andy. And the ones who did
this to him will be as soon as I find them." I stood and walked over to
her. "Maybe you should put it on. It was his last wish." She nodded, and
tuned to us. She slipped it loosely over the middle finger on her right
hand. When she noticed how loose it was she went to pull it off, but it
glowed green and shrank to fit her perfectly.
	We looked at the ring in amazement, and then an aura sprang up
around her. Her hair bounced around her hair as if there was a wind
whipping about her, but Josh and I felt nothing. Then the light around her
body focused on her eyes. She got a far off look as if she were somewhere
else, then she fell to the ground.
	Josh and I both ran to her side to make sure she was alright. Her
eyes flew open and she started giggling. "Oh my god, the energy! I feel
like I could fly to the moon. This is incredible. I know how to use the
ring! It's like; the knowledge was dumped in my head. Blake, what's
happening?"
	"I think you just replaced Ryan as the Green Lantern. The question
is what are you going to do with your new found abilities?" I helped her
stand up, and she walked straight back to the window. She looked down at
the last of the officers, cleaning up the crime scene, and then turned back
to me.
	"Simple. I'm going to fight in his place. I always envied you your
powers, now I'm on more equal footing." She looked down at her clothes,
closed her eyes for a moment, and then pointed her new ring at the
ground. The glowed and then there was a bright flash. Josh and I both
turned away, then back at her. She was standing there, dressed in all
black. Above here heart was the Green Lantern symbol. Strapped around her
neck was a green cloak. She wore an emerald green mask over her eyes, and
her stud ear rings were replaced with green gem stones. She looked at me
and smiled. "Don't call me Green Lantern. Green Lantern died in the line of
duty. I'm The Green Falcon."
	"Careful." Josh walked over to us both. "You don't want to fall
into the same trap Batman did. He named himself Batman, then met a Robin,
Night Wing, and a Batgirl. You may be starting a trend here in the bay." We
all laughed at that for a bit.
	I turned back to Andy. "What do you say Green Falcon? Should we go
get our fallen comrades charger, then go kick some ass?"
	"Yeah." She turned and started walking for the door. I cleared my
throat.
	"Uh... sis, there are quite a few cops out there. You may want to
change back into your street clothes." We laughed as she turned pink in the
cheeks.
	"Don't laugh at me! I'm new to this whole superhero thing." She
closed here eyes, and with a flash was back to normal.

	After leaving the building, saying good bye to Josh, and heading to
the place I landed at earlier, we were off into the sky. After flying for a
while, Andy looked over at me.
	"I really like the way the Phoenix forms around you. Do you mind if
I steal that? I think it would be cool to have a theme going on between
us." I smiled at her question.
	"Go right ahead." I watched at the slight green aura surrounding
her flared, then burst into the form of a falcon the same size as the
Phoenix. We both urged our forms to give out a cry and flew towards Ryan's
apartment. When we were nearing it, I changed direction. Andy kept going
for a bit, then noticed my changing directions and followed.
	"Where are you going, Ryan's place is back that way." She pointed
over her shoulder even as I started letting the Phoenix Form fade.
	"I know that. But do you want everyone to know we're coming. We do
this to create confusion about our courses. So no one will know where we
land. Just like when we walked blocks away from your place to take off. In
this darkness, no one should be able to really spot us." She nodded, and
shrank her Falcon Form to a pale aura around her body. We changed
directions again and landed on the rooftop across from Ryan's place. There
were cops everywhere.
	"How are we gonna get in there?" Andrea was looking at all the cops
parked outside, and I was scanning the building for Ryan's windows.  I
spotted them, then I used my enhanced vision to look into the windows. I
checked one after another until I spotted Ryan's Bedroom. I zoomed in more
and saw the Green Lantern in the mirror across from his bed. I checked the
room psychically and sensed one officer in there taking some notes about
his search. He didn't take a second glance at the strange green lantern. I
urged him to look in the other direction and levitated the device to the
window I opened it and brought the object out and sped it quickly to us. I
let my powers drop and the officer went back to his duties.
	"That's how. Let's go." We both quickly took to the sky, heading
back towards Josh's and my house.

	When we got home Josh was waiting. "Blake. Jessica just called. She
needs you to call her back. Official business." I nodded and grabbed the
phone. Jessica picked up on the second ring.
	"Blake. I have a proposition for you." Jessica sounded nervous.
	"What's going on Jessica?" I sat down allowing my street clothes to
reform around me.
	"The Watchers Council is worried about the events going down in the
Bay Area. They have no idea what the heart of this is, but they know for a
fact that they don't have the man power to combat it. They need you and
Green Lantern." My heart shrank at her mentioning Ryan.
	"He's dead Jessica." I said looking at Andrea. She had also changed
her clothes back. She turned and walked to the window looking towards the
moon.
	Jessica sighed at her end. "This is bad Blake. I think you became a
super hero at a bad time."
	"I don't think anyone actually plans to become a super hero."
Jessica laughed at what I said. A dry, tired laugh.
	"You'd be surprised. Listen. The Watchers Council is prepared to
offer you pretty much all their resources. In other words, a position as a
slayer. Our ranks have been cut by just under two thirds. You are, and
Green Lantern was, the most powerful defenders in that part of the
world. And if this evil is deciding to center on your town, you are our
last best hope. You will receive your own Watcher as well as training,
weapons, and a crime center. Anything and everything that the Watchers
Council is able to give you to help fight this." I thought over what she
had told me.
	"Will they be able to help train a new GL?" I looked at
Jessica. Josh had moved to her side, holding her as they looked out at the
sky. They were both talking lightly.
	"What do you mean? I thought that Green Lantern had died." I stood
and headed for the kitchen. The joys of a cordless phone.
	"Well, he transferred his ring to another person. The ring is the
source of power behind the Green Lantern. I know who has the new ring. Can
this Watcher help train her?" I poured my self a glass of juice.
	"I suppose," Jessica sounded very tired. "The Watchers Council
doesn't have much info on the Green Lantern Powers. But he will be able to
help train you guys on how to fight Vampires and Demons. After studying
your abilities, I'm sure he can help you develop them." I walked back out
to Andrea and Josh.
	"Green Falcon, how do you feel about getting a trainer slash
leader? We are going into a big fight very soon against the people
responsible for Green Lanterns death." I covered the mouth piece to keep
Jessica from hearing Andreas voice.
	"Well... I guess that's cool. We are both pretty new to this gig."
I nodded and put the phone back up to my ear.
	"Ok Jessica, we agree." I walked to the couch.
	"Ok, you need to go meet this guy as soon as possible. Do you have
a pen handy?" she gave us the address of the house out watcher would be
at. After a bit of pleasantries we both hung up. I turned to Josh.
	"Do you know anything about these Watchers?"
	"Not really. Just that they are associated with the Slayers." Josh
came over to my side. "What do you think about this?"
	"Well, I trust Jessica. If she says this is a good move, I'll do
it." I stood up, draining the last of my juice. "Andy, I think we should go
meet this guy."
	She turned to me crying. "Ok." I was about to say something but she
stopped me. "Blake, I just want to keep my mind occupied right
now. Tomorrow I'm going to call my old psychiatrist and I'm going in. Don't
worry about me. I want to take Ryan's place. He was a good man, and I won't
let his fight die with him. Let's go. We are going to a house so we should
probably go by car."

	The house was nothing more than a small place in the middle of a
neighborhood. We parked easily and went to knock on the door. After a few
moments a man who looked younger than Justin answered. "Hello, may I help
you?" He distinctly sounded British.
	"My name is Michael Phoenix, and this is Sarah Green. We are here
to see about the Neighborhood Watchers meeting." I decided to overlay the
entire greeting with clues, but keep it as normal sounding as possible
incase this was the wrong place.
	"Well, it's a bit late for a Neighborhood Watch Meeting. It is past
3 AM. But if you're here about meeting a Watcher from the Council, you do
have the right place." He stepped back with a smile, allowing us in. Andrea
and I looked at each other, and then stepped inside. "Welcome to the
Wayfare Manor. This building used to be much larger. After a fire 90 years
ago, the Council decided to sell the area around its heart and build a
smaller building. This way please." The house from outside looked much like
any other building you would see in San Francisco. Inside was tastefully
decorated in Old Victorian style. He led us to the stairway to the
basement. Inside there was a washer and a dryer, but nothing else. He led
us to a small doorway at the back. "It's a shame about the old Watcher and
Slayer. They worked so hard on this site." He punched a code into a pad
next to the door, and then the door slid downwards. Inside was a white
round room. Andrea looked at me, then we all stepped inside.
	The doors to the room slid closed as the basement door on the other
side slid back upwards. I felt my stomach lurch upwards as we the room,
which I now surmised was an Elevator, slid downwards at great speeds. It
slowed and then we shot forwards. "Our current destination is the Hole. We
are traveling deep bellow old San Francisco at about a hundred miles an
hour. One of my better inventions. People used to have to take a small
trolley." Within no time we were slowing again. Then the doors opened back
up. Welcome to the hole."
	The British man stepped into the large room we had arrived at. The
walls were all made of concrete and metal. The roof was at least sixty feet
above head, and the room itself had to be 1,000 square feet. There were a
dozen men working at packing and unpacking crates. "How did you get all
this in here? There can't be enough room in that elevator." I followed
close behind the British Man, Andrea at my side.
	"We are currently bellow Stow Lake, in the Golden Gate Park. About
700 feet below that is. Within the lake is a Elevator that can be raised
and lowered by command. It is its own airlock. There are various different
spells in effect that keep people from noticing any of this. Not to mention
port keys and flue powder." He pointed to a Fireplace near the
elevator. "There are other spells that keep wizards and witches from
getting in through that. Dumbledore Himself couldn't. This will be your
command base. Your homes will be getting mystical doorways that will allow
you to simply step in here."
	"Wait a minute. Mystical, wizards, witches, what is all this? I
thought we just fought Vampires and Criminals." Andrea was getting very
confused, and expressing it. I wasn't far behind her.
	"Let's sit down, and I'll explain as much as I can." He led us to a
small table off to the side of the room. "First off, my name is Devin
Charles. I'm a mutant; I'm guessing one of the first really. My power is
photographic memory on the scale of computers. I can analyze anything and
everything with the speed of the most powerful computers. I also don't
age. I'm 40 years old. I'm also a Wizard. A graduate of Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft And Wizardry. Ravenclaw through and through. I am a very
powerful wizard, and a very good Watcher. This room is about to be
outfitted with one of the most powerful computers in the world, the Oracle
2. Oracle one is currently in the Batcave in Orlando. Oracles Alpha, Beta,
Delta, and Gamma are stationed at various Watcher Instillations.
	"This room will also soon be mystically expanded. Right now you are
sitting in a room that is 1,200 scare feet. It will soon be tripled in size
without affecting any of the outside world. It will contain any number of
mystical supplies and a potions lab. It will also contain crime fighting
equipment and a library of ancient texts. It will also contain a training
area. We are in for a good fight. I spoke to Jessica about 20 minutes ago,
she mentioned a new Green Lantern. Is that you?" He indicated Andrea.
	"Yes. He died earlier today and passed the ring on to me." Andrea
nervously started spinning her ring.
	"Right then. Welcome to the fold. Here's the deal. As the new
Slayers of San Francisco you will be in charge of fighting all that goes
bump in the night. You will be fighting demons, rogue wizards & witches,
vampires, and also taking care of Criminal humans and mutants. Also the
occasional alien invasion. I'll tell you, it's MURDER keeping those under
wraps. We will have training sessions three times a week, and you will each
patrol 5 nights a week, offsetting it so that ever day of the week is
covered. You both, from what I hear, are ultra super powered so this should
be cake for you. I also understand from Jessica's report that you are both
new to your powers. Training will be essential to help build upon skill and
strength with your powers."
	He kept going, barely taking a breath. It was really quite
fascinating. "You will also have to report everything you encounter to
me. We must keep track of what's going on. I make reports to the Council,
you make reports to me. Before you leave here I will be giving you the
basic weapons. Two wooden stakes each, and two silver stakes. I don't want
you to think that you can just run off with the silver stakes and get
rich. In order to keep them from becoming damaged easily with the soft
metal, they are mixed with Steel. The silver content is high enough to deal
with that particular species of vampire. You will also each receive
communicators. I stole an idea from an old guilty pleasure, Power Rangers,
and designed a wrist watch communicator. It can transmit from here back to
London easily with the aid of satellites." I went to ask a question, but he
cut me off. "Please do excuse my rudeness tonight but I have much to brief
you on in a short amount of time. The Watchers Council has declared a state
of War. The problem is, we don't know who it is we are fighting. It may be
the vampires that attacked San Jose, we just don't know."
	"Dasro and Sanswah. Those are the two that led the attack." I
surprised myself that I got that out without him cutting me off.
	"Right, uh huh, names do not ring a bell. I'll contact the Watchers
Council and let them know. Now, I have a lot to do to get this instillation
set up, many spells to cast, and a computer system to set up. Can both of
you meet back here tomorrow night?"
	"I can." I stood following him to an open crate with two packs
setting in it.
	"I will be here. Anything to keep my mind off today." Andrea was
starting to worry me. She was doing everything she could to keep her mind
off what happened.
	"Right. Here are your packs," He picked one up and opened it. "Two
sets of stakes each, bottles of Holy Water, I also packed silver crosses
but any symbol of belief generally works as long as it's pure belief, guide
books to dark creatures, and your communicators. They are disguised as
simple Rolex watches, but if you do this," He pressed his thumb into the
glass of the watch, "and say contact you activate the communicator. You
then say the name of the person you are trying to contact, and a link is
set up. I will grab a ladies since I was expecting a male Green
Lantern. And if I didn't say it before, I am truly sorry for both of your
losses. Here are your packs, I'll be right back."  As he walked away I
looked at Andrea. "Sis, are you ok? You seem pretty out of it."
	"I have definitely had better days. I'll be fine. I know you're
thinking I'm throwing myself into anything to avoid dealing with it, and I
guess I am. But I will be tomorrow. Which leads to my next question, can I
stay with you tonight?" She looked like a lost girl.
	"You really expected me to leave you alone? Come here!" I pulled
her into a hug as Devin came back.  "Ok, here is your watch madam. Oh, by
the way, I didn't catch your names. Could you also give me your phone
numbers and Addresses?" We gave him the info; he explained the watches a
bit more. How to activate the beep and the vibrate functions. Gotta love
`em. Mine can even play the tune to Star Trek. Then he handed us a boot.
	"Why are you handing us a boot?" I eyed it suspiciously.
	"Just hold on to it, both of you need to be touching it. It has
about thirty seconds. A cab will be waiting to take you to your car. Then
you will be off. Be back at the house at 4:00 tomorrow. Until then, get
some sleep. You'll need it." Then all of a sudden I felt like I was being
pulled by my stomach. I closed my eyes tight and when the feeling went away
and I closed my eyes, we were standing next to a cab.
	"I guess Magic is real." Andrea opened the cab door for me.
	"I guess so." We told the cabbie where to go, and after picking up
my car, headed back home.


Now, if you haven't read the other stories in the "Tales Universe" go do
that now.

Tales Of A Real Dark Night (The series that started it all.)
celebrity/boy-bands/tales-of-a-real-dark-knight/

Marvel Knights
celebrity/marvel-knights/

Tales Of A Super Hero Band
celebrity/boy-bands/tales-of-a-superhero-band/

Tales Of A Young Mutant
celebrity/tales-of-a-young-mutant/

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