Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:23:20 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Purser Subject: Order of Light chapter 1 Disclaimer: I don't know any of the celebrities mentioned in this story, so I don't know what any of their sexual preferences are. This is totally fiction, meaning it's FAKE none of it is real, except the boyband N'SYNC. As usual if you ain't 18 or older don't read this, and if you're offended by homosexual acts...why are you here? In any case enjoy the story. Author's Note: J.C.'s thoughts are in the <,>'s, Lances are in the (,)'s and Justin's are in the *'s. any future thought signs will be noted as they come up. I awoke one morning very early. I looked at my clock; it read 2:30am. I felt weird. There was a voice in the back of my mind. Whispering, "They will take you to your destiny, you are in danger go with them." I had no idea what the voice meant, or who "they" were. It was early and I was tired, so I lay back down and go to sleep until I had to wake up the next day. As I slept, I had a dream. In this dream some creature was attacking me. This creature had goat-like legs, big muscles, broad shoulders, horns, and a mouth covered by a hooked beak, like a hawks his hand had 3 fingers that had razor sharp nails on them. Its eyes glowed red with the fury of Hell. I lunged forward and I sidestepped its attack, lifted my leg and axe-kicked it in the back, it fell to the ground. Something came over me and I knew what to do; I lifted my hand up and thought fire. Fire came out of my hand and engulfed the creature. It let out a loud cry as it burned to ash. I turned around to see five hot guys, they looked familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on who they were...wait a minute, They? Could they be whom the voice spoke of? I looked at them puzzled. Just then my alarm went off. ON the radio was "Gone" by N'SYNC. It clicked those guys...they were...N'SYNC! I thought of it as slightly strange...okay VERY strange that I had heard that voice then had that strange dream, then the song. I got out of bed and went into the bathroom. I looked into the mirror. I was only 2 weeks since I had graduated and turned 18. I was 6' tone, but not overly muscular, I had a hint of abs, a nice chest, and broad shoulders. I had short black hair that I spike with crystal blue eyes. After brushing my teeth I got into the shower. After I showered I put on some blue jeans and a t-shirt, and walked downstairs. After wondering where everyone was I noticed it was a weekday, mom was probably at the office, she was a lawyer for a very powerful law firm here in L.A. I decided to go eat, see some friends, then go from there. I walked out the door grabbing the keys to my Lexus, being born into a family of money has its good points, and off I went. I drove to a place I know where the rich and famous go to eat without the press all over them. When I arrived I handed the valet my keys and walked into the restaurant, now I know what you're probably thinking. You're thinking that I'm under dressed to be in a fancy place like this. I'm actually not this is a pretty casual place exclusively for the rich and famous, the only difference between here and Applebee's in that rich and famous people come here to escape the press. I was quickly seated. I was looking at the menu when, wouldn't ya know it, N'SYNC walked in. They spoke to the person at the door, and the young man started leading the other 5 young men...MY DIRECTION. Now this is getting STRANGE! First the voice, then the dream, then the song, and now this! The young men stopped at my table.(Hope he doesn't think we're crazy and run off those demons could be here any minute). Lance was the first to speak. "Are you Thomas?" he asked. "Um...last time I checked." I replied. "Why do want to know?" I questioned. *God he's hotter than I thought.* " You're in danger, you need to come with us now." Justin spoke. The voice in my head spoke again only this time instead of whispering it yelled, "Go with them!" I'm beginning to think I should get my head checked. Slowly I get up and follow them out of the restaurant. When we got outside I went to get my keys of the valet, but J.C. grabbed me and said, " Our car is this way we don't have time to waste." I followed them to their car, and we all piled into the big SUV. Once out of the parking lot I asked, "What's this all about?" Lance replied, " Your destiny, you're in grave danger now there are things that are looking for you." "What kind of 'things'?" I asked. "Bad things." J.C. stated. Ok so about now I'm thinking that these 5 pop stars are off their rockers and I need to get my head checked for just following them. When all of a sudden this thing hits the hood with a loud thud. Lance slams on the brakes and the car comes squealing to a halt. Whatever that thing was it flew off the hood into the street. The 5 young pop stars get out of the SUV to investigate.. As they get closer to the creature it jumps up and tries to grab J.C., but he does a back flip and dodges the claw. Seeing this I get out of the SUV just in case the guys need help or I have to run away from this thing. As I get closer to it I realize it's the beast from my dream. It starts to fight with the guys knocking them for a loop. Suddenly, it looks my way, and stops fighting. It starts walking towards me, and Justin sneaks up behind it and punches it in the back, the beast turns around and throws Justin across the street, and charges towards me, like in my dream I sidestepped the creature and axe kicked it in its back, knocking it to the ground, only this time instead of having a feeling come over me, I know what to do. I raise my hand think of fire and fire appears in my hand and engulfs the beast in flame. It cries out in agony as it burns to ashes. I turn to the guys and they all have this stunned look on their face. Joey turns to Lance and says, "I thought you said he hadn't learned to control his powers yet." Lance replied, "He hasn't that was just a defensive reaction." As he walked over to Justin who had been knocked out, and waved his hands over Justin, a green glow started to form around Justin's body, and in a matter of seconds the light faded and Justin woke up. "Ouch, what happen is Tom ok? Where's the demon?" he asked. "Tom killed it in a defensive reaction." Lance stated. Justin got up and walked to the SUV with the rest of the guys, they all piled in and then I got back in. I was confused beyond belief as to what just happened. "What was that?" I questioned. "One of those 'bad things' J.C. was talking about" Chris replied. "So, what happen with the fire? And what was the green glow about?" I inquired. " You were born to fight the evils of the world, so were we. Everybody that was born with powers is part of a team of 6, we are five of the team. Lance is the healer and the seer, meaning he gets visions that's how we knew where you were and your name, J.C. is the fighter, with superhuman agility, speed, stamina, etc. Joey is the morpher, he changes his body into different objects or people, Justin is the weatherman so to speak, he controls the weather, I am the teleporter of the group, I can teleport. You are our sixth member, the elemental. You can control the elements earth, air, fire, and water, but all of us have some basic powers, like barriers, and the ability to telepathically talk or read minds." Chris said. "Wow," was all I could say. Somehow this all made sense, despite the fact that it was so unbelievable. "Um...guys where are we going?" I asked. "Our training center." Justin answered. Ok that's it for this chapter. The next chapter will have some more explaining and some training, possibly romance? Well check it out next time to find out who hooks up. E-mail me @ Diablo19666@yahoo.com or you can AIM me @ diablo19666