The New Elemental God

"We will definitely be better off without him."

"He was so clueless it was borderline narcissistic." And more giggles.

Adam found the cowards, his former closest friends talking shit about him in his funeral. 

"I'll talk to his father later to see if I get him to invest in my app." Said his best friend since middle school.

In his veins the blood was so hot it felt like he was boiling from the inside out. 

"Shh!" A feminine voice came from behind, leading them to a momentary panic attack. "This is not the place."

The group parted to make way for a tall young woman, all dressed in black who whispered under a white tissue. She moved to the front, catching the immediate attention of Adam's parents. 

Holding back for a second she whispered with her mouth covered.

"Drinks on me tonight."

Without hesitation, the woman walked right through the God's Soul. On her way to the first roll, she kept whipping her dry eyes as she whimpered in a terrible act. 

Adam was so furious he wouldn't dare to move. From the back he watched the woman who betrayed him hug both his parents as if she didn't know what happened that night.

"We were waiting for you, Jenifer." The mother said in a relieved tone, as the girl arrived late and interrupting the whole ceremony.

"I couldn't get out of bed. I was so devastated I didn't know if I could make it. It hurts too much to be without him."

"It's okay, darling, we'll be okay." 

From the outside Adam couldn't believe he dated that woman his entire life. All that time he was blind by love and did not see how self-interested she actually was. Even at that moment he still loved her and that's what left him paralyzed. 

With all his strength, the young God wanted to rage at her and his friends for playing him. But he couldn't, not with his family there.

Interrupting Adam's thoughts, he heard his father. 

"Do you want to say a few words, Jenifer?"

A strong breeze blew over them, dropping leaves and messing people's hair.

"What is there to say about Adam…" 

 To think they all grew up together was embarrassing for Adam. As she began, the group went back to whispering the meanest things.

"I don't know how she does that."

"She cheats with the guy's best friend and two days later goes to his funeral looking like Jackie freaking Kennedy?!"

"I'd sleep with her…"

On the other end of the corridor of chairs, Jenifer dabbed at invisible tears, her voice trembling as pretended to struggle with words caught in her throat.

"He was the love of my life!"

As a final act she burst out crying and turned to Adam's father to hide her face on his chest. 

Adam's insides twisted with the scene. It was disgusting to see such a person take advantage of other's pain. What made the young man feel even more ashamed of himself was the fact that he never suspected her or any one of them.

 The trees dropped more leaves, even though there was no wind blowing at them. 

In the middle of that filth, Adam strained every muscle, his fury and frustration threatening to blast forth. The force he was using to keep it all inside was so intense that it began to affect the very ground beneath him.

On the back the little group was still hiding stifling giggles, while the other viper was abusing his parents' compassion. 

A tremor miles deep got people to fuzz around in their seats. At the front, his grandma had to be helped by someone behind her, not to fall off her chair. 

Alerted to the risk his family would be exposed to if he freaked out like he did with the God's, Adam closed his eyes. Against his nature, he relaxed his shoulders forcing himself to let go of his anger for the time being. 

Few seconds went on before the shaking stopped completely. 

The chatter got louder and Adam ran to check on his family. Jenifer was still too close to his father as he and his mother were talking to the elderly lady. 

"Maybe we should take you home, mother."

"No! I want to say goodbye to my boy."

Famous for her firm words, the woman stood up pushing everyone aside so she could stand on her own.

A sad smile blinked on Adam's lips as he walked by his grandmother's side. At the coffin she put her hand over it and the boy felt her touch for a moment. 

"Grandma is gonna miss you but don't' you worry." 

Ever since he was a little kid, Adam always wondered how his grandma always knew what he was feeling. Even when she was in a different dimension than him, she still understood him better than anyone. 

"Just find your peace, my boy."

Unexpectedly, his sight became blurry, driving him to rub his eyes so as not to miss one second of that moment. As she closed her eyes, Adam felt when her tears damped the grass just as another tremor hit the ground beneath them. 

With low mobility, the old lady fell with the force of the Earth. Right by her side, Adam tried to hold her but she fell through his ghostly arms. 

The moment the Earth God's hand got in contact with the soil he knew.

It was not an earthquake, something was causing the tremor and it wasn't him.

"Adam!" Calder's voice struck like thunder. "I warned you." 

Clouds closed the skies, turning day into night in the blink of an eye. People started to scream and stumble on chairs, while trying to leave. 

"Someone help them!" 

Before his eyes, his family was on the ground trying to hold on to anything that would allow them to stand up. He was yelling for help but no one besides Calder could hear him. That was when the Water God landed to address Adam who was watching over his family.

"Stop this Adam, or they'll get hurt!"

Desperate, the Young God turned to Calder with wet eyes. It wasn't him but he didn't know what was causing it. 

"Do something!" Adam was begging for help. 

Suddenly, among the chaos, it stopped. 

Everyone went quiet. Calder and Adam exchanged looks. They knew it wasn't over.