While Tori was producing her phone to do the math, Ion quickly did it in his head. ~150+136=300-14. So together they were about 286 pounds. He didn’t feel like being a showoff so he let Tori quickly work it out. Having grown up in the days of ‘you won’t always have a calculator in your pocket’ had left an impact. At least on quick math like addition and subtraction.

”Holding on.” Ion said when he was ready. Well, as ready as he would ever be for flying on a plot of dirt.

Then they were off. The initial feeling of Ion’s stomach dropping had him feeling like he had boarded a roller coaster. The excitement of flying through the air had Ion’s power turning on. To onlookers they were like a purple glowing mass atop flying earth. ”This is amazing!” Ion shouted.

When they finally landed, Ion stepped off onto the dirt and found his sea legs again. He then looked to Tori, his power still surrounding him in a corona of St. Elmo’s fire. ”That was fantastic. How do you not do that every day? Just… Everywhere!” Ion said wishing he could fly. Sure his power was cool, allowing him to burn through metal, but flying was just a level of freedom he wished he could have. ”I would if I could. Forget having an electric car… I would take to the skies to get everywhere.”

Tori couldn't help but let out a big old giggle at how much fun Will was having with her powers. Or more specifically her ability to fly on a solid platform of dirt. She had read about the theory of geokinetic flight in the past, but never had the opportunity to test it out for herself until she came into her powers. It was interesting how something she once dreaded having immediately after the earthquake could bring so many people joy just displaying it.

"I'd do it more often, but you know the whole flying on a patch of land thing kinda turns some heads in the big old community."

Though it didn't stop her from doing it when she was in her Gaia costume since the helmet and goggles helped protect her identity from people who would want to do her and her family and friends some harm. After her mother found out about her sneaking out at night and fighting crime she simply said, "Real life is not a comic book. There are consequences to fighting crime in the real world," and as bad as Tori didn't want to admit it, her mother was right. But how else was she supposed to make up for the earthquake that killed so many people back in the plaza that she tore down? If people ever found that out they'd likely lynch her back in Kansas City.

"Any request for what I should do next?"

Tori had a point. Flying around NYC would turn a lot of heads and while mutants shouldn’t have to hide their powers, it made a lot of sense to keep some cards close to your chest. Hold a few surprises back for when you need them.

”Ah, well that makes sense. Lots of people love to hate what they do not understand. And many will not even try.” Ion said, his power continuing the fire away.

Ion wasn’t building up much charge so the corona was all that was there, but he could feel his power opening up. The power allowing more current to be pushed out. So when Tori asked for requests for what was next, Ion grinned. He had an idea.

”I have an idea. Follow me.” Ion waved and turned to jog toward the hedge maze. ”There’s a volleyball court this way. With a sand court.” Ion was bearing his teeth in excitement thinking about his plan. ”Sand is just little granules of glass. Heat them up and they melt together. Hit them with lightning and you create fulgurites. Fossilized lightning— Oh, it's this way. I bet, if you shape the sand in the air I can create custom glass sculptures.”

Tori suddenly grinned really big even showcasing her pretty white teeth she kept clean regularly as she got the idea Will was getting at.

"I see where you're getting at. Let's do it!"

Tori followed Will over to the sand based basketball court and then looked down to the sand. As luck would have it sand was one of four substances that she could manipulate that belonged to the soil of the earth. Tori lifted up her hands and carefully removed a medium size square out of the sand court and lifted it high up in the air for Will to hit.

"Go nuts!"

Excellent! Tory was picking up what Ion was putting down. So she followed Ion to the volleyball court and lifted a nice chunk of sand for Ion. Ion, who had spent the last few minutes letting his power run, was ready to unleash it.

”Okay… Once you see the arcs, don’t get too close. I can only control this a little.” Ion said then after a moment the corona shifted to full electrical breakdown. Arcs of electricity flowed off Ion like a Tesla coil. They hit the ground, arced up and around to connect to other arcs. They went everywhere. He stood on the far side of the sand to keep Tori as far as possible as he got his hand a few inches away from the sand.

”Might want to close your eyes.” Ion said before he channeled his power into a single bolt of energy with his maximum amount of current. High enough to cut steel and upwards of 100 million volts. The short distance kept the sound down as there wasn’t as much of a vacuum created by the single bolt of electricity traveling like a mini lightning bolt. ”Okay. Now there should be something cool inside the sand.”

The arcing electricity faded and the corona returned over the next few seconds as Ion held his hand over the ground and drained himself of charge.

Tori kept her distance. She didn't need to be told twice about the dangers of electricity and then there was the fact that he said he had little control over it. Then the factor that electricity was actually one of her powers weaknesses as it could just carve its way through any solid object she could manipulate. Tori was hoping she would never have to battle an electric user, but we didn't always get to choose our battles.

Tori closed her eyes at the suggestion and waited for the light to die down before reopening them. Will had said there would be something cool in the sand now and Tori didn't know what that would be as she was hesitant to approach. Was she supposed to do something now too? Tori obviously wasn't a telepath and she was kinda glad she wasn't. Everyone's thoughts inside your head? Tori had a bad enough time sorting out her own thoughts let alone all the thoughts around her so respect to telepaths.

"Is it safe to approach now?"

Tori asked if it was safe to approach, to which Ion nodded. Once the electricity was no longer arcing off his body it was safe to be around him. The worst someone might get from him when his corona was up was floating hair.

”Yeah. It’s safe.” Ion approached the sand and stuck his hand in, digging around for a second before pulling out a fulgurite. Fossilized lightning. A piece of glass made from the sand as it was superheated by the lightning. The glass followed the shape that the lightning had taken though the sand. Ion looked at it a moment before handing it to Tori. ”With the sand in the air I can control the shape better. It isn’t being grounded out immediately by the Earth.”