We've been hacked??

Hi folks, just got back from holiday. As he told you, Tempest called me during my holiday and asked if I had posted anything. I told him no, so he said something weird and hung up. So I read the blog and what do you know, there's a post? T has obviously deleted since, because it's not there anymore, but I can't help but get the feeling someone is trying to mess us ip. Still nothing major, but just thought I'd let you know.

Training Session Part 2

After fighting Tingle and Playwrite, it was Don's turn. "Okay, Don doesn't have any powers, but he is extremely skilled at karate. So I wouldn't be too surprised if anyone loses. His training means he has a really high agility, and may be fast enough to avoid our attacks. Diffy creates the best illusions, illusions that can fool anybody or anything. You'll have trouble fighting against this if you don't know when an illusion has been made."
So, after my advice, Skyblade faced Don. "How are you going to beat me? I have powers and you don't." "You don't always need powers to win." So Skyblade launched his attack, a slab of solid air, and hurtled it towards Don, who wall kicked between it and the real wall, jumped from the top and landed on Skyblade. "OWWWW... that hurts like hell!!!" "Well, that'll teach you not to misjudge your opponents. NEXT!!!" I went next. "I know my power won't work against you, Don." "Yet you still wish to face me?" "Oh, I still have a trick up my sleeve. BRING IT!!" So Don charged straight at me, fists flying, ready to hit. Just as he neared my face, I let out the power Tempest had given to me. "How do you like my Chlorine Breath?!?" After Don had recovered using Healthbar's sunbeam, MaxMin went against him. He shrank down to a really small size, small enough to fit in a tiny crack in the floor, and when Don walked over to look, grew again and knocked Don onto his feet. But as Don fell backwards, his foot caught MaxMin's chin and sent him flying backwards as well. "That had to hurt" Skyblade said. After recovering again, Don faced Incogntio. "You can't kick what you can't see!" he said turning invisible. "We'll see.." And Don just stood there, shut his eyes and listened. Within a few moments he had sped towards a point in the room and knocked Incog's feet out from underneath him. "Hey!! That's not fair!!" "Says the guy with powers going up against a guy without." So up went Glutton. He immediately surrounded Don with a ring of acid, but Don was ready. He jumped over the acid, and caught Glutton with a punch to the stomach. Just as the punch hit, Glutton threw up more acid, but it hit the ceiling, causing it to collapse on both him and Don. Another draw.
After some healing and a quick ceiling repair it was Diffy's turn. "T, Diffy don't wanna fight Rag!! Diffy like Rag!!" "But it's only training Diffy, you don't have to worry." Tempest told him. "Do we really have to fight a little kid? This will be sooo easy!!" boasted Glutton. "Not sure Diffy likes this friend of yours Rag, might have Diffy teach him a lesson.." "Bring it on fuzzball!" "You got it!" Within a few moments, Glutton had started screaming. "What did I tell you about NOT using the whole nightmare illusion Diffy?" "Sorry T, but he asked for it!" So Diffy stopped and Glutton calmed down. "Who's laughing now? Certainly NOT you!! But Diffy is!!" "To be fair Glut, you asked for it."
Incognito stepped up next. "Can you use your power on a person you can't see?" "Dunno, never tried." "Well let's find out." Incog vanished and Diffy concentrated at the place where Incog was. Within a few minutes again, Incog was visible, and sitting in the corner of the room muttering to himself and crying. So next it was my turn. Before Diffy could manifest an illusion, I ran over to him and grabbed hold of his arm. I absorbed part of his power, so his power was not as strong, and the part I absorbed I used to create an illusion of my own. It wasn't long before both me and Diffy were laughing hysterically at each other. Another draw. So up went Skyblade. Now, he did something really quite clever that showed just how much his control over his power had improved. He created a solid room of air, and made it surround Diffy. He then forced all normal air out, just long enough for Diffy to start swaying and to fall to the floor, unable to breath. After releasing Diffy, Skyblade told us all "I know it seemed a bit harsh to knock a kid unconscious, but it is only training, and our real enemies would show no mercy..." "It's ok Sky, you could have killed him, but you only made him unconscious. That shows true heart." And of course, that round went to Skyblade. MaxMin didn't have any way of stopping Diffy. The illusion that was created for him made it seem as if he was stuck mouse size, and that a cat was constantly after him. So Diffy won again. You'll have to go over to Tempests blog for the final part...


- Posted using electrical energy absorbed via Chaos Touch to control my iPhone

Training Session Part 1B

T arranged for us to meet at the VHS base. So I got the team together and told them about training. "I guess it would help..." said Skyblade. "Personally, I don't think I need to train. I have enough experience." Quell told me. "It's your choice, I can't make you." I told him back. So off we went, while Quell went to visit a friend in another country. We met T, Playwrite, Diffy, Tingle and Don in the basement of the shop. I told my team in a brief meeting of the powers of these VHS members. "Tingle can detect forms of concealment, like lies and stuff. Playwrite can basically control minds, can't remember what Don does, and Tempest won't fight us (yet? Maybe when we've improved more?) So we first take on Tingle in one-on-one fights. Both Glutton and Skyblade beat Tingle (Tingle being unable to stop a slab of air and super strong puke.) Maxmin drew against him and Incognito and I lost (I knew I would lose, I've seen the things Tingle can do.)
Once we had all recovered, we all went up against Playwrite. Five against one didn't seem very fair on him, the others thought, but I knew Playwrite too well, and thought it wasn't very fair on us. Rather expectedly (for me anyway) we all lost, and the whole time, Playwrite just read his book!! More on training later folks!!

More training needed - Urgently!

It just occurred to me, but we seriously need more training on power management and other stuff. Might see if T can get some of VHS together to help us out. It came to me when I remembered our fight with Nightshade. We only won because Incog was invisible and knocked him out while we were all knocked out ourselves. So T, when you get a minute, WE NEED HELP!!!

A case of the munchies

As usual, I got up yesterday morning, had breakfast and got ready for college. But something caught my eye. On the front of the local paper, was the headline 'Champion eater wins again!' So I read the article. 'Seventeen year old David 'Glutton' Slater has done it again. The Cumbrian lad has vanquished all opponents in yet another eating contest. With his total of twenty-three wins under his belt, but still staying as thin as a twig, everyone wonders what his secret is. "It's just exercise" he tells us. "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." There will be a contest here tomorrow, so if your entering, you had better watch out. 'Glutton' will be here as well.'
I put down the paper and called the rest of the team, telling them to meet at the contest tomorrow. But I couldn't get hold of Quell for some reason. Oh well, his loss.
So back to the present. We all met at the contest as planned, except for Quell (he obviously didn't get my message) and waited for the end, when we confronted the winner, Glutton. "Hello Glutton. We heard about you in the paper, and we know your secret." "How can you know? No-one knows, least of all those imbeciles out there. They really think I shift all this weight with exercise?" "Well then, how do you shift it?" "That's for me to know and for you NOT to find out!!" and with that, launched a steaming liquid from his mouth and covered the roof. "You think  that's going to stop us?" And then there was a crash, everything went black. All we could hear was "Yep, I do." and footsteps walking away from us as we faded into unconciousness.
After what could have been a few minutes or a couple of hours, we all woke up to find Quell, busy removing what was left of the roof from the top of us. "See what happens when your not here Quell?" "I'm sorry, I was visiting my family." "Well thanks for the help." Just as we were freed from the rubble, a loud explosion sounded from outside. "Time to go!" I shouted.
We all ran outside to find Glutton staring at a shady looking guy, dressed in a cloak and wearing a hood. "You must be eliminated. My master demands it." "Well, not today mister. Iv just about had enough of you guys trying to kill me." The shady guy looked confused, but the resumed his attack on Glutton. He created balls of bright blue liquid, and lobbed them at Glutton, who responded by making more of that green liquid appear from his mouth. But he missed one, which hit him right in the stomach and knocked him out cold. "Quick, we have to help him!" I said. "Why?" asked Skyblade. "Look what he did to us." "Our objectives are to stop evil doers. Gluttons not evil, he just thought we were out to kill him. But that hooded guy does intend to kill. We have to stop him." So just as the hooded guy stood over the motionless body of Glutton, readying his finishing attack, he received a blow to the back head from a giant MaxMin fist. "You really shouldn't try to kill people, u'know?" he said laughing. We teleported back to base with a still unconscious Glutton and waited for him to wake up. After an hour or so, he sat up, ready to attack. We told him he was safe now, and that we saved his life. "I guess I owe you guys an apology. You still want me to join?" "Always. Welcome to the team, Glutton!"

A touch of deadly Nightshade...

Here's an update on the situation. The world woke up this morning to find no light. Well, to be exact, hardly any light at all. The world was covered in twilight. A person called Nightshade contacted our base and told us not to bother trying to stop him. But we decided to try.
Anyway, at the moment me, Skyblade, MaxMin, and two newcomers, Quell and Incognito, are traveling to Chernobyl, where Tempest tracked Nightshade's base to. "Basically, all of us except Incognito will confront Nightshade. Incog, you'll be invisible when we enter his location so he doesn't know about you. Then when we have him talking, you'll go behind and knock him round the back of the head." "Sounds like a plan." "What if he has sensors? You know heat ones." "No problem, I'm invisible to infrared and x-rays as well." 
So with that, we arrived. It was a dark (obviously), dank place with no sign of life, except for a faint glowing in the distance. "Looks as though T was right." "Yeah, but that might not be a good thing." "What do you mean,  Quell?" "I've heard stories about this guy. He's really skilled at fighting." "Well, we have a secret weapon." I said nodding at Incog.
So we walked for what seemed like forever, carefully judging our footsteps (it seemed darker here. Perhaps Nightshade made it darker to stop people coming near?) until we were at a door. "Now Incog." "Ok." And suddenly he vanished. I knocked on the door and it opened. We stepped in and saw a strange looking figure, sitting on a custom throne. "I thought I told you NOT to try and stop me." "Yeah well, no such luck." "Then on your head be it.." He created a sphere of swirling darkness and light, and then threw it at MaxMin. The effect of the two opposite energies hit MaxMin square in the chest. And knocked him out. Nightshade then created more and more and started hurling them at the rest of us. Skyblade was trying to slice the spheres and create Walls of solid air, whilst I tried to absorb as much as I could. Eventually, we both fell as one sphere got past Sky, and the amount of absorbed energy became too much for me. Quell meanwhile was still standing, although appeared shaky. "You are stronger now than when we last met, my friend. But remember where your allegiance truely is!" "It is with Solar, Nightshade. You will not beat us. NOW INCOG!!" Quell collapsed onto the floor, just as Incognito hit Nightshade round the head with an iron bar. "Didn't know about me, didja?" 
With the master as good as dead, the spheres of energy that attacked us vanished, as did their effects. "Well done Incog, that was great timing." "Can we get back now, Rag?" "Sure, why not?" And as we opened the door, the sun shone bright into our eyes, and we knew it was over. We had saved the world from chaos. Not bad for a team that can't manage it's powers properly yet, ehh?

Seeing a bit clearer...

We arrived in Moscow to find an old lady screaming madly in Russian. "I sense another person with abilities here" "I don't see anyone or anything Quell. Are you sure your power's not playing up?" "No, my powers don't lie. Someone must be concealed here." "Can you follow them?" "I can try." 
So he did. And we ended up near an old abandoned house, right in the centre of Moscow. "The person we seek is within." "Good job Quell." So in we went. It was then Skyblade tripped over and fell on MaxMin, and I received a punch to the face. "What are you doing here?!? How did you find me?!?" "We're not here to hurt you!" "How do I know that!?!" "Please trust us!! We can help you! Just show us where you are!!" "I....I...can't. It won't turn off." "Quell, do your thing." "You got it." And within a moment, a person appeared before us, still slightly see-through, but visible enough to make out. "I can absorb the rest." I said, and doing so. "Thank you. My name is Incognito, and I am in your debt." "Can I ask you something?" "Of course." "Why was that woman yelling back at the station?" "That was ....a misunderstanding." "Oh ok. Listen, why don't you join us? Become a 'super' hero and help and we can help you manage your power. Deal?" "Sure. Why not? It's gotta be better than this place." "Well then, welcome to S.o.l.a.r!"

Train to France and Quell

We've now been traveling for a few hours. We got on the channel tunnel train to Calais, and took our seats. After five minutes, a strange looking bloke stood up and came over to us. "Excuse me, are you guys possibly team Solar?" "Yes, that's us. How do you know that?" "I heard from a 'friend' about you, and guessed you might try to sort out this darkness problem." "Oh, ok." "I wish to join you and help you." "Wait a minute, how did you know it was us?" "Part of my power let's me sense others with abilities. The other part let's me quell those abilities." "Ok, cool. Just had to be certain you weren't a government spy. I'm Ragnarok, these are Skyblade and MaxMin." "Hello, my name is Quell." "Welcome aboard Quell!" 
And so it was another person joined us. After reaching Paris, I rang and asked T if he had found Nightshade's fortress yet. "Your in luck, Rag. Just this moment I was gonna ring you. It's in Chernobyl." "What?? The nuclear disaster Chernobyl??" "That's the one." "Greeaat. That sounds like fun. Oh I forgot to ask you, can you 'arrange' us some plane tickets to Moscow from Paris? We need tickets please." "Four?? Why do you need four??" "We met someone called Quell on the channel tunnel train. He heard about us and wanted to help. He can quell powers." "Oh, ok cool. I'll arrange those tickets for you." "Thanks again T." "No problem."
So we got a taxi to Paris International Airport, received our tickets, and got on board. 

A new day DOESN'T break....

I woke up this morning to find, well, that it wasn't morning!! So I rang T, also checking the time on my iPhone in the process. "Hi T, I was just wondering if you could tell me the time? I think my clocks are all wrong." "I think every clock must be wrong, Rag. Unless of course the sun has been taken." "Wait a sec T, I'm getting a message from the base." "Ragnarok, this is S.o.l.a.r base. I have received a message from an unknown source, but have traced it to somewhere in Russia. I will now play it- "Good day, S.o.l.a.r. This is Nightshade talking. I have taken the daytime of the whole world, and changed it into twilight. There is no hope for you to stop me, no-one can get into my fortress, without me seeing. You may have guessed already that I have contained all of the daily light within my stronghold." End of message." (You may have guessed by now, but if you haven't, T also fitted the base with an advanced A.I.) "Did you hear all of that T?" "I did Rag, and it doesn't sound good. With no light, the world will stop working. We need to sort this out, and fast. I will have to help from home, I can't risk being seen while I go to uni." "That's fine T. Actually, I'v got something for you to do. Can you hack a satellite and search for this 'fortress'?" "Leave it to me Rag." "Thanks mate." "No problem."
So with that, I got my 'teleport' button (another useful gadget T installed. We can use it to get from anywhere back to base!) and immediately warped to base (This method is sooo much more comfortable then teleporting with another person!) Once there, I sent an alert out to the rest of S.o.l.a.r and within a few minutes, everyone was there. I played the message from this 'Nightshade' person, and told them the plan. We were to get on a train to Moscow, (tickets courtesy of T's technopathy ; ) ) where by then we would have received a message from T telling us the location of Nightshade's fortress. After that, we had no idea what to do. So a quick call to T later at the station, and we all had unlimited travel tickets, we set off for Moscow, Russia, and to stop the evil Nightshade.

S.o.l.a.r Observatory

A little about our new base. First of all, tempest helped us fix it up. He added hidden cameras and all sorts of high tech sensors around the outside of the base, just to let us know if anyone was snooping around. He also managed to get hold of some VERY big tv screens, which we use as display monitors, and of course for watching tv programs ; ) . The massive telescope was fixed as well. There was extra space added incase we had any new members want to join.
But not only did T help fix the place up, he gave me 2 things. The first was a ring with a dragon on, the second a glass vial with a black sludge-like liquid in. "Okay , that ring will nullify your chao touch, but won't let you learn to control it more. Should help avoid any more 'Wasp' incidents. Second, that vial contains a synthetic power that I like to call chlorine breath. You can tell what it does, BUT only use it in dire situations. It'll knock out an enemy or two, but it'll sting the back of your throat like hell." "Ok. Thanks T!" "No problem Rag." That's it for now folks!

A new ally and an uncertain future...

Me and Skyblade received a message the other day. It was kind of weird, not only because it was from Precog, another member of VHS, but the fact that it was addressed to solar, which Precog never knew about. That was his power though. Precognitive visions, hence the name. He was killed back at the cliff when VHS was still together, and no-one mentions his name anymore. But he did leave loads of envelopes with names printed on. One of these messages told us to go to Cornwall, more specifically the Eden Project, because someone needed help, and that that someone would later become a member of the team. So we insisted the help of Zodiac's Dragon. We asked if he wouldn't mind teleporting us to the Eden Project, and then back again when I called him. So in a very short period of time of about two seconds, me, Skyblade and Dragon all emerged, Dragon the only one not feeling remotely sick (that's because he's the only one of us who's teleported before (Tempest says you never get used to that feeling.) I walked over to a tree and looked up. Yep, we were at Eden all right. But then I sensed something. I looked down to see a glowing pink stick. I picked it up curiously and then suddenly caught fire. Instictivly, I threw it down and thought 'well that was weird.' It was then we heard a roaring "Help!! Somebody come here quick!!" So we ran to find the source of the sound. We didn't need to run far before a giant person was bent over, trying to avoid smashing the roof. Me and Skyblade quickly snapped to action, him using his power to create swords of air to slice the restraining plants, whilst I  tried to absorb this new persons ability and suppress it. After quite a big struggle, we finally got the situation under control. "Thanks for the help guys. You have no idea how strange it feels to be that tall. My name is MaxMin by the way." "We're Ragnarok and Skyblade. That's Team S.o.l.a.r." "How did you know this was gonna happen?" "A friend told us." "Ok." "He also told us you were willing to become a member." "Oh, is that so? Well I guess I do owe you, and now I can't really go anywhere else incase this happens again. I guess I could join you guys." "Cool, nice to have you on board. Welcome to S.o.l.a.r!" "Thanks, guys!" "Guess I'd better ring Dragon now. "Hello, Dragon? It's Ragnarok here. Yeah, we're ready to be teleported back now. Ok see you in a bit. Thanks." Ok guys, he's on his way." "So who is this Dragon bloke then?" " He was the leader of a group called Zodiac. His 'Dragon' power is Pyrokenisis. Anyway, Zodiac, and VHS,  now both led by Tempest, are working together to defeat a powerful evil." There was a loud ripping noise and Dragon appeared. "Time to go it seems. Dragon, you wouldn't know of any abandoned observatories or planetariums would you?" "I do know of an observatory a few miles away from the old VHS base young master. I could take you there if you wish, but it would be the last journey I make today.
"Yeah, take us there if you can manage it please. You're a good mate." "As you wish young master Ragnarok, and thank you for that statement." 
So with another sickening feeling, we were all at the observatory Dragon described. "By the way, I sensed a great power back at Eden. I'v sensed it before." He then muttered something about 'interdimensional residue of temporal spacial wave' before saying "I must get back now, need to rest, shouldn't have done that. See you again, young masters."  And with that, he was gone, and we were left to look round our new base. I had to call Tempest in to help paint and 'techno' the base up to standard. "Don't forget to call any time you need me Rag. If any of you guys need help with training or anything else as well, just let me know. Got that?" 
And so it began, the legacy of S.o.l.a.r. But, shortly after Tempest had left, we found a note. Hidden where I and only I would find it. A note from Precog. A warning about how a secret will try to undo what we'd done. Not just us, but VHS and Zodiac too. And a member of S.o.l.a.r was the root of it all...