Sage looks up at the side of the cliff. He wasn’t sure why Osmun had brought him here, this early in the morning and he probably didn’t really want to know.
“For today’s event,” Osmun starts, and Sage looks over at him. “You’re going to climb to the top.” Sage looks back at the cliff face.
“You’re kidding me. That’s it?” This was going to be easy, he thinks. Not much of an event.
“But before we start, I need you to close your eyes,” Osmun says.
“My eyes?” Sage instantly think of some sort of prank, but knows Osmun enough to know he wouldn’t pull something like that on him.
Osmun gives a small nod, and Sage complies. Nothing seems to happen, other then Osmun poking him. “You done yet?” he asks before suddenly feeling drained. He opens his eyes, and looks up at Osmun. “What did you do?”
“I negated your energy control,” Osmun says.
“You what!” Sage yells at him.
“Its so you can’t cheat your way to the top,” he says, seemingly unaffected by Sage’s yelling. “You still have your strength, your stamina and your brain. You just can’t use your energy to fly, jump or boost yourself.” Osmun looks at Sage. “And you can’t use it to go into Super Saiyan.”
Sage scoffs. He couldn’t control that even if he wanted to. “Give me back my energy!”
“I didn’t take it,” Osmun says and floats up into the sky. “But if you want that control back, I’ll be waiting for you at the top.”
“Osmun!” Sage yells as he disappears. “Stop being a monkey unkle and get back here!” Osmun doesn’t turn around. “Osmun!”
“You relied too much on Heath and Oleander!” he yells back, but out of sight. “Now they’re gone.” Sage clenches his teeth in anger. It should have been him. It should have been him!
“I’ll kill you!” he yells out and Sage hears it echo.
“Then come up and make me dead,” Osmun shouts back. “And I’d hurry. The Agnatha and Candiru are coming fast and you’re bleeding energy like a wounded animal.”
