Cave

Chapter 16
Luke was running back to his home.

"Never again," Luke mumbled to himself.

Unbeknownst to him, Jason and Alex were following a few feet back.

"What element did he use on you?" asked Alex.

"I don't know," said Jason. "Let's just keep following him and maybe we'll find out."

They tailed him for a few hours. They followed him through a stretch of plains and on top a mountain. They followed him up to to an opening on the side of the mountain.

Luke removed his human-sized backpack and went over to a stove. He filled a pot with water from a tap and put it on the burner. He turned on the burner. Inside his cave Luke had a fully stocked kitchen.

"Why does he have all this?" asked Alex

"I'm more curious about how he got a pipeline to connect to his cave," said Jason. Jason came out of his hiding place outside the cave. "Hello."

Luke spun around to see the man he thought he had killed earlier today. The expression on his face showed his emotions. He wasn't mad, he wasn't even angry, he was absolutely livid.

"Get out of my home!" yelled Luke.

He inhaled sucking the fire from the burner into his mouth.

"That explains the explosions," said Alex.

"Destruction Dragon's Roar!"

Jason didn't have much time to react. He immediately jumped in front of Alex.

"Black Shield!" Jason erected a large shield in front of him. The shield protected them both from the blast damage, but the shockwave still threw them both back out of the cave. They toppled down the side of the mountain, but managed to stop themselves from falling to far.

"Why won't you people just leave me alone!" shouted Luke. "I'm tired of being used!"

"Jason say this," said Mephiles. "'Calm down...'"

"Calm down..." repeated Jason.

"'No one's going to use you...'"

"No one's going to use you..."

"I've heard that a million times before!" Luke jumped in the air and fire surrounded his fist. "Destruction Dragon's Bomb Fist!" He punched the ground creating a large explosion leaving a giant crater. Jason and Alex had leapt out of the way just in time.

"Please just listen," Jason pleaded.

"I won't be tricked again!" Luke charged Jason his fist once again ignited in flames. But suddenly he stopped, his fist was one inch away from Jason's face.

Jason backed up before he could close that gap. He noticed thin black tendrils covering Luke's body, restricting his movement. He looked around him to see Alex with his hands out, black tendrils extending from his hand ensnaring Luke.

"Shadow Snare!"