The Sages Reborn

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Carson thought for a bit, then spoke again, "I have this feeling in my gut saying I should go after my element. What does light magic do?"

[Kaito Akimoto]

"No clue! I don't think I've seen Houston use it." Rez had made it to the bottom of the stairs Houston was atop. He looked up and saw the King in his now rather sorry state. "Houston Keene. You live but you are not the same." Rez began to ascend the stairs.

[The King]

"Rez..." Houston's voice trailed off as he saw his old friend. Houston turned around away from Rez, "Go away! Leave my castle and me be!"

"Houston, be reasonable," Sol said trying to calm Houston down.

Rez continued up the stairs towards Houston. Houston's aura flared again, the pressure itself breaking windows throughout the castle.

"I said stop, Rez!" Houston yelled, "Leave my sorry ass be! I don't want to hurt you..."

Even with the warning, Rez continued up the stairs towards Houston. Houston turned around to face Rez.

"I said LEAVE THIS PLACE!" Houston yelled as a blast of lough thing shot out sending Rez flying into the wall at the bottom of the stairs. Houston began descending the stairs towards him.

"You are an old friend, Rez, and that is why I will let you live," Houston said, his voice now calm again, "But I ask you to leave me be. I know why you are here, and... and... I can't help you, not after what happened."

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Carson began approaching the king with fast, his hand clenched into a fist.

[The King]

Houston shot lightning at Carson, but the bolt seemed to deflect off of him rather than strike. Houston tried again, but achieved only the same result as before.

"Who... Who are you?" Houston said, memories flashing back. It was Carson, and, while years ago, he remembered the scared child's face as he was saved while his friends were crushed under the concrete that was their apartment building. Tears welled up in his eyes as he remembered their screams.

[Kaito Akimoto]

Rez stood, the lightning have tattered his robes. He said nothing and continued walking towards his friend. Just before Rez was blasted away by Houston, he pushed everyone else to the sides. He was going to get through to Houston, but he wasn't going to let anyone else get hurt, even if he almost died. "Houston..." Rez was hoarse, that blast hurt more than he thought.. "Come with me, my old friend. You don't have to be alone, you don't have to drown yourself in alcohol. If you continue down this path, I will show you where it ends."

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Carson stopped in front of the King's guilt ridden face.

"You know damn well who I am," Carson said. Carson then landed a swift punch to the King's gut, "My friends died that day, and I began to idolize a worthless drunk of a king. I thought you might be able to help me find out more about my friends, but I guess you can't do that with whiskey constantly going down your throat."

Carson grabbed the glass out of Houston's hand and downed the whiskey like it was water. He smashed the glass against the wall and walked out of the castle, got in a cab, and headed to a bar on the other side of the city.

[The King]

Houston crumpled to his knees from the punch. His aura faded as he knelt, silently sobbing. As Carson left the castle, Houston wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words. Sol flew in front of his face.

"We need to go with Rez," Sol said, "We can make things right."

Houston knew what Sol said was true. Gathering his pride, he slowly stood up, and looked at Rez.

"Come upstairs," Houston said, hoarsely. Houston then turned around and began walking towards his room, "Bring her others, too."

[Kaito Akimoto]

Rez got everyone, picking up Lye. "Come on." Rez followed Houston. "We found Lye. He's alive."

[The King]

"Good," Houston replied. In his fit of rage, the paintings of his ancestors had fallen off the walls. Entering into his bedroom,Houston changed into his going out clothes: a pair of blue jeans, boots, a t shirt with the attribute wheel on it, and a flannel over shirt, unbuttoned. He grabbed his emergency adventure kit, his old BBBA communicator, and went into the bathroom. He came out with a much cleaner cut beard.

"Couldn't get rid of it," Houston said, slinging the bag over his back, "Let's go find Carson."

Houston left his room and went to the front door, waiting for everyone.

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Carson arrived at the bar, and walked through without giving notice to the bouncer, who was on his phone. He sat down and ordered a whiskey-coke and watched the brawling match on TV. The brawling World Cup again, this one between Brazil and Egypt. Brazil was up, but Egypt was no pushover.

[Kaito Akimoto]

Rez stood by Houston. He decided to wait before saying anything about the Dark Bakugan, along with what he and Carson had been discussing. "What happened Houston?"

[Riv Ulman]

Ryek sighed. He had no idea what Huston was talking about." What happened? Why was Huston in such a sorry state?" Ryek asked, confused at what could befall a man who saved countless lives. He then saw Huston with his old communicator." Oh don't worry about bieng tacky or anything. I've had mine on up until about last week. Now its time to do some universe saving... Again."

[Nakamura Takashi]

A man in a kimono sits at the bar that Carson is at. He slowly takes a sip from a glass that he keeps rotating. A young lady sits to the right of him. She keeps eyeing the room, but keeps a close eye on Carson. Another girl, who could be no older than a teenager, keeps eyeing her food that she keeps taking bites off. The man in the kimono chuckles as the girl to his left quickly chows down on her food.

[Silan Jester]

Everyone had moved on ahead, but Silan was still standing in the same spot. Frozen.

"Why... Can't I move?" His expression was terrified, his eyes were wide and his pupils were pin points. His frame trembled and his hair had a sort of frizz to it that showed it was beginning to stand on end. "It's just another guy... Right?!? Then why?... Why is he so powerful?... Like... The Jokers... He'll kill us!!" His thoughts were interrupted by a hand on his shoulder.