Oscar stepped up to the falcon, interrupting. "Actually, i think I can answer that. With SCIENCE! The Shard's seem to be forged by natural huge elemental energy deposits, like insane amounts, soldifying together. Like real crystals being made, but with less periodic table style elements and more magic type elements. But they've certainly been forged like this artificially to be used as weapons. The energy is transferred to the person wielding the shard, and the energy is absorbed from the surroundings by the shard. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, the energy being 'used up' is it going back into the atmosphere. Like a cycle of power, where the only object is time! But, energy is used in the transfer anyway, so for the power of a natural element wielder to be given to a shard weilder the shard itself would have to have far more energy than actually gets to us. Like, one of these things could power a factory forever! Essentially, they can give out far more power than any natural elements, but it can change a lot, while natural energy tends to be at a constant. And at least a quarter, maybe more of the total energy is used in the transfer and goes back into the atmosphere instead of getting to us." He finished his little speech, coughing to clear his throat.
"Well, it really doesn't matter. If Ichor can still absorb the energy, and you have no training without it, and the shard's are more powerful than you ever get to use... he'll be stealing far more power from the shard's than you ever got from them in the first place." Skylor spoke. "Trust me, I know a lot about copying elemental powers, but that... whatever he is... is on a new level. We still don't have our powers back and he's probably got all of them." Oscar was very confused. "Wait, Ichor? Who's that?" Skylor seemed frustrated on the other side. "You don't know?" She seemed to be angry at the others. "You could at least tell those kids what they're supposed to be fighting!" She groaned. "Ichor is the Captain, or General of this ship or whatever. Not sure, it's like he has a new rank everytime we see him and it's just gradually ascending. I'm pretty sure Squid ships don't have a Supreme Majester Lord General Emperor rank. But enough about that, he's some sort of golden alien. Bald head, golden skin, looks pretty old, sort of wrinkly and scaly. Like a turtle. All we've seen is his face, walks around in a suit of golden power armour. It seems to have the same technology built into it as the Junkers do in their element rays. He absorbed all our powers, and just tossed us around with that suit until we were out. Kai's... still not too happy about that one. I don't think anyone is. I think he has some sort of latent element though, I tried to use the Amber element to copy our powers back but all that happened was a huge golden flash and i blacked out. Whatever it was, it was certainly powerful. But yeah, he trapped us here now and he wants every element to control the Elixir, the lifeblood of the universe. And he still has our powers. So excuse me here for being a pessimist, but I think we may have very much lost." Oscar was starting to freak out. He turned back to the others, speaking quietly to Ari. "Uh, Ari? I know we've sort of been working on the whole shard thing since we met because of them, but... do you think maybe we should... y'know, instead of just somehow going into space and trying to fight that guy, we should just train, hunker down in this Very position, enjoy our last few days/weeks of life, and then just fight him and most likely die when he eventually shows up? I mean, the ninja don't seem in TOO much danger, he seems to want them alive and any time we have to prepare is good. We might have a chance that way, and if not we die slower! Or we could run off into space and definitely die by death by space. 100% chance, something up there will kill us, even if not the evil golden space turtle." He looked around to everyone else, speaking louder and addressing all of them. "Because we all know that you're going to do that." He then realised, his victorious tone leaving him for a more sad one. "... even if I say not to, aren't you..."
