Thunder and Lightnings Adventures

Thunder and Lightnings Adventures

Chapter 3-The Time for Action

The smoke cleared from the electronics section of the store. The crystal was giving off some smoke to indicate that it was going at a very high speed before it came crashing down. The crystal was dark, and somewhat Illuminating from the inside. Lightning was a few feet away from the crystal just staring at it. He didn’t know what to think. He just lost his best friend and now, he doesn’t know what to think. Lightning moved closer to the crystal, still staring, and as he moved closer he started to tear up a bit. Lightning was on the urge to crying when he heard a voice come from behind him. It wasn’t Thunder’s voice, but it sounded like...

“Lightning! What’s going on?” He heard his friend Shadow from across the section. Lightning turned back to see him running up towards him. He just looked back towards the crystal and stayed quiet. “Lightning... Tell me what happened”

“He’s gone” Lightning finally said, shutting his eyes tightly, holding back his tears.

“Who is? Is it someone we know?” Shadow asked trying to see if there is any clue as to who died.

Lightning just shut his eyes even tighter and started to sniffle a bit. “We knew him very well. Too well” Lightning said, almost on the urge of bursting out crying. Shadow was still confused as to who it was but started to sniffle knowing it was someone he knew. They both sat there, looking at the ground or at the crystal, wondering what’s gonna happen next. Lightning got up from the ground and started to walk away from the crystal. Shadow only looked over at Lightning and left in another direction.

Lightning bursted through the house door and started to search around the house for something. He searched everywhere, under the beds, under the stairs, in the cabinets, even under the T.V. stand that is almost impossible to move without Thunder. Lightning just growled when he couldn’t find what he was looking for.

“Urrgh, where could he have hid it?” Lightning said, still searching around the house. He went into Thunder’s room and just stopped. Memories of his best friend now surfacing into his mind. Lightning turned to face a wall of pictures that decorated the wall. He was looking over certain pictures that him and Thunder shared other adventures with. “I remember this one, this is the one where we had to travel all the the way to Las Pegasus. This was the first adventure we had together, even though we almost lost” Lightning put the picture back down on it’s spot and it sunk down a bit. “Huh? What the…” Lightning was confused as to why the picture sunk down like that. Lightning didn’t think much about it, he was more focused on finding what he was looking for. “Need to stay focused, just for Thunder. He would tell me right now that I need to focus” Lightning sat on Thunders bed, now going into a deep thinking mode. Lightning remembered when they found the device. Thunder told him something about where he would hide it that day too.

“Lightning, for the last time, i’m not gonna tell you where I hid the device” Thunder was sitting on a chair in the dining room, preparing for what seemed to look like a meeting.

“Why not? What if evil hits and you're not around to use it? What do I do then?” Lightning sat across from him, hoofs crossed to show how annoyed he was.

Thunder looked just to the left of him and just sighed. “Fine, if you wanna know where I hid it, I’ll tell ya”

“Really?” Lightning sat in anticipation, waiting for Thunder to tell him.

“Yes I will but, not straight out. I’ll give it to you in a form of a riddle. An easy riddle”

“Auugh, I hate your riddles when you want me to find things. I never find them anyways” Lightning put his head on the table, wrapped in his hooves.

“Listen closely because I’m only gonna say it once. ‘The device you seek seems to give you some appeal, just look into our past and the device will surely reveal’ There, now either try to find it or let me get ready to go buy the property for my shop” Thunder shut a briefcase to show that he is almost ready to leave.

“What do you mean ‘Into our past?’” Lightning was sitting up more confused than ever trying to figure out Thunders riddle.

“I don’t know, maybe something to do with our past? Something that we might have done in the past? Something we may have kept to show our victories? That’s all i’m giving you, now I’m going to leave and get this property. I’ll leave you here to find the device and stuff. I’ll talk with you soon”

That was the last time Thunder ever talked about the device. Lightning was now sitting in the seat he heard this riddle from and seemed to be contemplating on what Thunder could mean by his riddle. Thunder sometimes knew how to make his wording seem very complicated and skeptical like. “Into our past…. What would he mean by that? Something we may have kept…. Wait! Something we may have kept from our victories…. The only things we kept from our victories was the device and those….” Lightning jumped from his seat and rushed back up the stairs. He went back into Thunders room and stared at the wall of pictures from their adventures. “Clever Thunder. Very clever” Lightning knew it was these pictures that had something to do with it but, didn’t know what he had to do with them. He looked over at the one that sunk down when he put it down. “If i’m thinking this correctly, it’s about our adventures in chronological order. Which one was our second one?” Lightning looked over all the photos and racked his brain to figure this out. He looked over a photo of them in Manehattan and seeing the crown of Queen Chrysalis. “This was our second adventure. I now remember because after this adventure, we got into an argument about becoming the defenders of Equestria and, of course, Thunder won” Lightning saw that this one was on a wall instead of a surface. “Do I push it in?” Lightning pushed the picture gently and saw that it went inwards toward the wall. Lightning smiled a bit at how crafty all this was. Lightning knew Thunder was a pony to make traps but, never thought he would be able to build a locking mechanism this crafty. Lightning looked back at the pictures and saw that four of them were still untouched. He went over towards another picture and saw they were in Canterlot. In the background, he saw a statue of them on top of Discord's throne. “I remember this one very well. Thunder wouldn’t stop having fun instead of actually saving the day” Lightning pushed the picture and it went inwards, just like the last. Lightning looked at the other three and looked over them carefully. “This was our fourth since we had to stay in Ponyville for this fight with Tirek. I couldn’t get over the fact that I couldn’t fly because of him” Lightning pushed the picture in and looked at the last two pictures. “Our fifth was the battle between Sunset Shimmer, except we had to go back to being humans for that one” Lightning pushed that picture in and the last one that wasn’t pushed in. He heard many gears and metal creaking as the lock became unlocked. Lightning looked around where it could be opening from and before he knew it, he saw a world of darkness around him.

“Ugh. Where am I?” Lightning awoke with his head throbbing with pain. Lightning looked up slowly and took his surroundings in. He was still in Thunders bedroom but, now with a door near the pictures. He was finally on all four hooves when he started to look around for any other changes. Nothing different. He looked back at the door and started to walk towards it. He put his hoof on the door handle and turned it. Lightning opened the door and was amazed at how the room looked. It was a nice castle looking room with the trophies they have had recieved from all of their adventures. It had Queen Chrysalis crown, Discord's throne, Sunsets’ broken amulet, Tireks horn, Celestia and Lunas corrupted necklaces, and Starlight Glimmers staff. “I can’t believe Thunder kept all of this. I thought we were gonna give it to a museum” Lightning walked past all of their souvenirs and saw that there was one slot he didn’t see yet. It was the one at the far end of the room. Lightning knew this had to be the device and trotted up to it.

He saw that the device was surrounded by a barrier of some sort and couldn’t see or reach it because of that barrier. Lightning looked around the slot to see if there was a button to stop this barrier. There was nothing. He saw, when he was looking, a plaque underneath the slot. It showed two pictures. One of a pegasus, and the other of a unicorn. Lightning didn’t know what this meant to him. He saw that their were two small buttons underneath each plaque. “Maybe I should press the pegasus one since I am a pegasus but, Thunder is a unicorn. Thunder would make it a unicorn for sure” Lightning pushed the button for a unicorn and he heard gears grinding. He saw a target fall from the ceiling from a place far away. “Oh. I see. Thunder would press this so he can prove it’s him probably. Maybe the pegasus was for me and I would have to do something to prove it’s me” Lightning pressed the unicorn button again and the target disappeared into the ceiling. Lightning proceeded to press the pegasus button and waited for something to appear for him. He saw a board and four other buttons come down from the ceiling.

A question appeared from the boards dim light. “Who won the right to be the one to light the torch for the party we had three years ago? What?” Lightning didn’t know what party they had three years ago but, he does remember a torch lighting and the fact that Thunder wanted someone to challenge him to have the right to light the torch. The four answers read: Applebloom, Thunder, Shadow, and Sweetie Belle. Lightning went into the back of his mind to try and find out who did light the torch. “It couldn’t of been Thunder for sure since it was his party and wanted someone else to light it. As for Shadow, I think we both knew that he couldn’t win the argument since Thunder was the opponent. So, it was one of the CMC, eh?” Lightning still couldn’t remember who lit the torch that night. He really didn’t want to find out what happens when he got the answer wrong. Lightning kept going back and forth from Sweetie Belle’s button and Applebloom’s button. Lightning tried remembering back deeper into that day but couldn’t think of anything. “Sweetie Belle is really good at arguing but Applebloom does know how to convince anypony to believe her. Urg! Which one was it?” Lightning kept going back and forth between both buttons starting to build up a sweat. He finally pressed one of the buttons at random and shut his eyes in case something happened.

He heard something being typed on the board and opened his eyes. It read: “You are correct! Hey Lightning, if you're reading this then that means you unlocked the device you really so badly wanted. If you were having trouble, I’ll explain to you why it was Applebloom who lit the torch. Applebloom was the only one who could match my arguing skills but, still couldn’t best me at it. Anyways, congrats and take it, you earned it.” The slot for the device started to open up and the buttons and board were being lifted up towards the ceiling. Lightning looked back towards the slot being opened and couldn’t wait to get to use the device. When the slot opened up, his mouth dropped. He didn’t remember the device looking so small. It was a small device with a few buttons and a screen on it. There was a power button and two knobs to turn on the top. Lightning turned on the device and saw that there was a picture trying to form on the screen.

“Get back to work!” Lightning heard a voice come from the screen yelling at somepony. The picture was getting more clearer so he can now see who was on the other side. The other pony was looking in the other direction from the screen and was talking with another pony fellow.

“Um, hello?” Lightning said, not knowing if he could speak to the pony in the screen. The two ponies on the screen turned to look at Lightning and both of their jaws dropped. “You guys can hear me, right?” Both ponies shook their heads and starting to talk faster. The pony that yelled dismissed the other and walked towards the screen.

“Are you Thunder or Lightning?” The pony asked.

“Lightning” Lightning responded. “Maybe he’s easy to talk to”

“Prove that your Lightning by naming something only Thunder or Lightning would know” The pony sat back and waited for an answer. Lightning just sighed at his question.

“Or not *Sigh* Why do ponies have to be so difficult?” Lightning wracked his brain for something and remembered something. “Towards the end of our last adventure, I had to... Seduce... Starlight Glimmer in order to get her plans.... Turns out they were fake and I did all that for nothing” Lightning was a bit embarrassed at the fact that he had to say something like that to someone he didn’t know. He looked back at the screen and saw that the pony on the screen was typing away on a computer.

“Hmmm.... Yep, it’s true and it says only you and Thunder know that. So, what you need Lightning?” The pony on the screen didn’t seem to care for what they did during their adventures but instead only cared for helping them.

“First off, who are you? Second, why are you there? I thought that this was a device to detect evil?” Lightning had other questions but knew that introductions were first before anything more.

“Whoa there! I thought Thunder told you about me? If not, i’m the ‘device’ that can detect evil and my name is Specter. I am the pony that can help you find the location of evil but not who is behind the evil doing” Specter started to type away on his computer and looked at another monitor while Lightning was thinking of his next questions carefully.

“So, you can detect evil but not find its source? That’s kinda lame but is there anything else you can do?” Lightning knew this pony could probably be more help but needed to find out from him.

“Well, I would be able to help more if you could get a sample of the evil magic for me. Wait... Shoot. I just remembered, you’re not a unicorn like Thunder. *Sigh* That’s fine, you can still get the sample but you must get a unicorn to get the sample” Specter looked towards the third monitor to his left and started typing away again.

“Alright well, how do I collect the sample when I get a unicorn?”

“Just put it in a container or glass vial for now. After you get the sample, get back to me” The screen turned off from Specter saying those last words. Lightning looked away from the device and towards the trophies from his and Thunders adventure.

“This is for my very best friend” Lightning started, walking towards Discord’s Throne. “I learned so much from you as these adventures progressed. I learned that even though things seemed fruitless, you still find a way to save the day. Even if you have fun while doing it” Lightning looked towards Starlights staff walking slowly towards it. “I also learned that you sometimes have to be evil in order to beat evil. Even if that evil actually turns out to be something you’re not comfortable with” Lightning shuddered at his thoughts and started walking towards Sunsets necklace. “During this adventure, I learned that even the biggest evil fiends can have a soft spot. This one seemed bleak but, you found a way to turn it around, even if that way was to use our friends as bait” Lightning gave a weak laugh, remembering that he used his friends as the bait. Lightning stared down towards Queen Chrysalis crown at the other end of the room. “That adventure taught me to be someone I’m not to get what I need... Only if it worked for real life” Lightning walked down towards Tireks horns shedding a small tear. “Even though this was a tough adventure for me, I still learned that ponies who sacrifice themselves to help are the true heros” Lightning wiped his tear from his eye and walked towards the final trophy, the two Princesses corrupted necklaces. “And this adventure taught me the most important lesson of them all” Lightning shed a few more tears remembering back to their very first adventure. “This one taught me that even the weak can overthrow the strong, even though we just arrived in Ponyville, we still somehow found a way to be the ones to save the day. Who knew name calling could be so effective during an adventure” Lightning started to cry a bit at all the memories rushing into his mind.

“I’m so glad you were able to learn something from all this, Lightning” A voice said from the entryway of the room. Lightning went wide eyed and started to slowly look towards the source of the voice.

“Thunder? Is that really you?” Lightning knew Thunder died but there was no doubt that was Thunders voice. Lightning finally got to see who it was. It was indeed Thunder. Lightning perked up after seeing Thunder and started to trot towards him. “I-I-I thought you were dead? You were crushed-”

“-by the crystal meteor, yes I know what happened” Thunder cut off Lightning and gave him a smirk. “I think I would remember my own near death experience. Anyways, I don’t have much time to stay” Thunder looked towards the room and studied it for a while.

“Stay? Wait, you’re leaving me? We’re a team though” Lightning was in shock from the words Thunder said. Thunder looked back towards Lightning with a smile.

“Don’t worry Lightning, it’s not like i’m leaving forever or something like that. I just need to be somewheres else for now. What I wanted to say before I leave is, we need the six in order to defeat this evil. The device may not know it but, we need the six in order to defeat the source of this great evil” Thunder was speaking a bit fast, almost as if he needed to get out of their. Lightning didn’t understand what his friend was talking about.

“Alright but, where are you going? Can I come with you?” Lightning didn’t want to leave Thunder but knew that when he said something seriously, he knew that he shouldn’t deny him.

“I wish you could but, only certain ponies can come where i’m going and you’re not one of them. I’m sorry but I must go now. Good Luck with the adventure” Thunder then used his horn to teleport out of the room. He left Lightning with a very confused thought in his mind.

“I need to use the six? The six... Six.. Six.... Wait, the Mane Six! That’s what he meant by ‘use the six’. How could I have been so forgetful?” Lightning got the device and rushed out the door as quick as he could. He gathered up a few other necessities just in case and started to head out the front door. It was night out. He could barely see anything but was still able to know where he was going. Before he could get even a few feet out the door, he heard his name being called in the distance.

“Lightning!” The voice seemed far away but, it could be closer than he thought. “Lightning!” He heard it again and it sounded like it was still the same distance. Lightning started to look around for the source of his name being called but couldn’t find where it was coming from. “Lightning! Over here!” It sounded a bit closer this time but still not close enough to know where it was coming from. “Lightning! Are you deaf!?” Lightning was looking all around for whoever was calling his name. He looked down the street and finally saw a figure within the darkness.

“Who is it?” Lightning yelled back, seeing the figure slowly walk towards him. The figure just started to wave at Lightning and started to become more clear to see now.

“Lightning? How come you didn’t recognize me?” Lightning still couldn’t make out who was there.

“Maybe because it’s too dark to see out here? Who are you since I can’t see ya” Lightning asked squinting his eyes.

“It’s me, Boulder. Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten about me already?” Boulder finally came into view. Lightning walked up to him and smiled at Boulder.

“Sorry. It’s just that it is dark out and stuff so I can’t really see much” Lightning started to walk again with Boulder heading towards the castle.

“Yeah, I know. Where you headin off to? You usually stay in when it’s this dark” Boulder asked, confused where Lightning was headed.

“I’m going to Twilight’s castle. I need to speak Twilight” Lightning cringed at that sentence, knowing why he had to go there.

“Why you need to go there? Also, where’s Thunder he’s usually with you” Lightning stopped dead in his tracks. He put his down and closed his eyes tight.

“No, I shouldn’t tell anyone else about what happened yet. Even though he is fine, I still find it a bit upsetting. I’ll tell them eventually” Lightning still had his head down, thinking about his friend. Lightning finally raised his head up and looked at Boulder. “He’s just at somepony’s house. He’s foal-sitting for somepony” Lightning then started to trot again and Boulder followed suit.

“Alright, I bet he’s having a blast. Am I right?” Boulder bumped his shoulder and laughed a bit, being sarcastic when he talked.

“Yeah... I bet he is” Lightning only smiled a bit and stared ahead. “Listen, I don’t want to leave you but I have to get to the castle quick and it’s taking forever for me to walk there. I’m gonna fly there so I can go and come back. Alright?” Lightning really didn’t have time to keep hearing about his friend and he had to get Twilight as quick as possible.

“No problem. You need to talk with Twilight, it’s important stuff. I’ll see you around Lightning” Boulder turned away and waved back at Lightning. Lightning waved back and took to the sky, heading towards Twilight’s castle.

“You say that Thunder got crushed by a spiked meteor and lived?” A curious Twilight asked, taking notes as Lightning was explaining the story.

“Yes. I don’t know how he did it but, he came to talk to me when I was looking over some photos and stuff about our adventures in this world” Lightning was sitting on a small couch in the middle of the library section. Twilight sat across from him, writing more notes here and there. “I have a feeling something is still missing though. Like something inside of me is not there anymore” Twilight stopped taking notes and looked over at Lightning. She drooped her ears down when she heard him say that. “What? Is something wrong?” Lightning looked up, confused and worried about what Twilight will say.

“Nothing. It’s just that he might be trying to help you in a different way than you think” Twilight looked back with a small smile on her face, eyes starting to water up.

“You okay Twilight?”

“Yes. I’m just astonished that you haven’t figured it out yet” Twilight look at him at bit astonished. She was right, in a way.

“What do you mean I haven’t figured it out yet? Thunder survived the crash and now he is trying his best to help out. That’s what I figured out” Lightning got irritated from Twilight saying something like that. Lightning didn’t think she would say that to him.

Twilight opened her mouth to say something but, seemed to look a little ways behind Lightning. “You're right, I’m sorry for suggesting something like that. I just thought that was it but, I realize now he is helping in any way he can as we speak” Twilight smiled at Lightning and turned to look at the clock. “It’s getting late, I need to get some rest before I head out tomorrow”

“Where you heading off to?” Lightning said, tilting his head.

“The princess wanted me to go see her about this dark magic that is coming this way. I didn’t go earlier because she wanted to confirm it was dark magic” Twilight said getting up and putting the book she had back and putting her notes on her desk. Lightning lightly shook his head up and down before remembering that he had to come here for a question.

“Twilight?”

“Yes? Did you think of something?” Twilight said turning back towards Lightning.

“Thunder told me something, before he left the house. He said, ‘use the six’ and i’m only guessing that it’s the mane six he is referring to” Lightning said, getting up and moving a bit towards Twilight. Twilight remembered what Lightning was talking about earlier in his story and looked a bit towards her notes.

“Maybe. I’ll look into it with the princess and i’ll see what we come up with. That’s the most I can do as of right now” Twilight said, levitating her notes over to her so she can review them with the princess. “I will have spike send a letter to you as soon as we figure something out though. I promise, Thunder.... Will be there for you when you most need him” Twilight put a hoof on his shoulder and gave him that same small smile again.

“What is with her and giving me that smile? She thinks it’s gonna help me or something?” Lightning thought to himself, a little creeped out from that. “Right, thanks again Twilight. I should head home for the night. I hope you and the princess can figure this out as well. Oh, speaking of it, can you get me a sample of the magic from the crystal in the store?” Lightning pulled out a glass vial and handed it towards Twilight. “It’s something Thunder wanted me to do”

“Of course! If it helps you two in your research” Twilight levitated the vial and put in her already packed saddlebags. “I’ll get you a sample by tomorrow. Expect a visit tomorrow” Twilight waved goodbye and Lightning waved before he flew off into the night, heading back home.

Lightning was stirring in bed, having trouble going back to sleep. He kept waking up from his sleep from the event that happened in the store kept repeating in his head. Lightning sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes to look at the clock, which read 5:30 AM. He got up from bed and went downstairs to try to wake up before he went to see what else he could do to help. He put a pot of coffee on as he went outside to check the mail. There were about seven letters that day and most were for Thunder. He sighed at seeing his name and just went back inside to open the mail. He went to the dining room and started to open the letters for himself and read through them. They were just bills he had to pay for his service and for the house. Lightning put them aside and just stared at Thunders letters. Lightning knew it was rude to look through someone's mail without them saying so but, Thunder wasn’t there at the moment. Lightning picked up one of the letters and started to open it.

“What are you doing?!” came a voice from the living room.

Lightning jumped and put the letter down and turned to see Thunder there looking at him. “I was just.. Uuhhh.... Checking your mail?” Lightning said, giving a weak smile while laughing nervously.

“Really now? Oh, well then I guess you wouldn’t mind if I went through all of your stuff in your closet, right?” Thunder started towards the stairs slowly with a smirk on his face.

“No. That’s not necessary. Come here and open your mail” LIghtning put Thunders mail down and slid it towards him. Thunder looked at his mail and smiled.

“I think figuring out who this mysterious pony is more important than some mail. Leave it there, I’ll be back for it” Thunder started to turn to leave but the sound of a chair sliding back made him look back towards Lightning.

“You're leaving.... Again? Can’t you let me go with you this time?” Lightning was worried about Thunder. He hasn’t been himself lately ever since yesterday.

“You remember what I said, only certain ponies can go where I’m going and right now, it’s not your time to go with me yet” Thunder said frowning at Lightning. Thunder started to look away from Lightning, ears drooping.

“You okay? You don’t seem to be yourself lately” Lightning said, getting up from his seat and walking towards Thunder.

“I’m fine. You know me, I don’t crack that easily” Thunder said. Lightning got a sense in his gut.

“He’s lying to me. I can’t believe he would. *Sigh* I know that I can’t get anything out of him until I actually get something to show he is” Lightning looked at Thunder, disbelief in his eyes.

“I have to go now, I will be back as soon as I find something new out. See ya later Lightning” Thunder walked out the front door, leaving a very dissatisfied Lightning.

“Why would my own best friend lie to me? No matter, I’ll deal with him later on” Lightning heard a knock on his door. “Coming!” Lightning yelled walking up to the door. “Thunder you gotta make up your mind if your gonna stay or…” Lightning opened the door to reveal Twilight and Fluttershy.

“Hey Lightning. Since I was on my way back to my castle, I decided to drop by a bit early” Twilight said with a smile. That smile, why that smile?

“Oh, that’s fine. Just asking though, why is Fluttershy with you?” Lightning asked as they both walked in.

“She’s here to help me explain a few things… I hope” Twilight said, looking at Fluttershy.

“Oh, I will Twilight. Especially for someone that’s going through a lot right now” Fluttershy said, looking at Lightning with sad eyes. Those eyes just seemed to melt all the anger out of Lightning and made him feel at peace.

“Well, I hope it’s good news since i’m not in the mood for some bad news. Also, did you see Thunder on your way out?” Lightning said, sitting down on the chair in the living room. Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other and back towards Lightning.

“Well, you see Lightning, about Thunder and when you’ve been seeing him…” Twilight started. Lightning knew where this was going and wanted to tell her to stop where she is but, something in him prevented him from doing so. Something in him wanted to hear what she had to say. “You see, when we went to check the meteor you told us about… We got the sample you wanted me to get but, we also found.... found....” Twilight couldn’t bring herself to say it. She didn’t want to say it either.

“What Twilight is trying to say is that.... Thunder’s traces of DNA was found there and with a medic team there....” Fluttershy said, starting to tear up and hug Twilight a bit to try and calm her down. “They confirmed it’s from Thunder and that… *Sniffle* It’s from dead flesh” Fluttershy was in a full cry mode now.

Lightning couldn’t believe it. He heard somepony say that to him from somepony he thought never imaginable. Lightning had a face of shock, disbelief and horror on his face. Lightning didn’t want to accept it but, hearing it from Fluttershy sounds more believable. Lightning’s mind was racing, he didn’t know what to think of all of this. His heart doubled in speed, his mind was processing many thoughts at once. Lightning looked up at Fluttershy and Twilight and next to them was… Thunder. Thunder had a face to show how much he tried to keep the truth from him. Lightning looked at Thunder for a few seconds more, and his colorful world around him started to fade from his sight. Lightning only heard the thud of his body hit the ground, and the sound of two voices screaming to him. Lightning tried his best to stay awake but, his vision soon turned black.