It had begun. The five gatekeepers had been separated, and now Chaos was searching for them. Though he had sent allies over the world to capture them, he still had his personal vendetta. The ones who took high priority were Highspeed and Scarlett, or known to him as Ancient and Scar. He knew about how they were both shot, and had learned how the only one protecting them at this moment was Jamie. As he sat in his palace of ice, he whispered quietly to himself "It won't be long now. Not long until I have my revenge!"
As he sat in the bedroom, Jamie watched Highspeed and Scarlett sleeping. There was nothing else to do, and he was about to fall asleep himself. It was late at night, and as he looked out the window, he saw the streets almost completely empty, few people out and about. As he sat down, he heard something from the street, the sound of cars.
"That's weird, there's hardly ever any cars down this street at night......and why am I thinking there's more than one car?" he said, looking out the window to investigate. Sure enough, there were five pairs of headlights coming down the street. He also noticed something that filled him with dread; the cars had a badge that said Nightrise on the sides.
Clearly, the Old Ones had decided to start revealing themselves to the world. As the cars stopped, the passengers started to make their way towards the building, charging through the doors. Jamie could hear them coming, realising it wouldn't take long for them to reach the room. He looked to Highspeed, who was still out cold and pale as ever.
"Come on Highspeed.....wake up! Please wake up!" he started saying, almost shouting into Highspeed's ear. Just as he got up, the door was smashed open, and there was what looked like a small army of people in combat jackets, each of them armed with a hand gun.
"Stay where you are and we will not fire!" one of the men said. Jamie stood up, his hands behind his head.
"So, this is who Chaos sends to capture us?" a voice, familiarly overconfident, called out. Jamie smiled as Highspeed started to wake up.
"Remain still or we will open fire!" another man said.
"Okay then, fire.......but just try and hit me," Highspeed called, appearing to disappear. "Peek-a-boo!" he called, now behind the men.
As gunfire filled the hallway, Highspeed dashed away, showing off by leaping from wall to wall. As he landed behind the men, the symbol on his hands, a blue gem, started glowing, and at once, the men froze, encased in ghostly energy. As the men tried to break free, Highspeed aimed at the wall, then threw them at the wall.
As the men fell, broken and beaten, Highspeed grabbed them again, moving them out the window and lowering them slightly above their cars. He let them go, causing the men to land on the cars and set off car alarms.
Highspeed and Jamie looked out the window, seeing the men limp back into their cars and drive off. As he turned round, Highspeed collapsed, out of breath and completely exhausted.
"Not bad for just waking up," Highspeed said, a cocky smile on his face.
"Do you ever go two minutes without ticking someone off, friend or enemy?" Jamie said, helping Highspeed to his feet.
"So, where's everyone else? I mean, did they expect me to wake up and fight them myself?" he said, sitting down.
"Everyone got separated. You, me and Scarlett are the only ones here, and Scarlett's barely alive," Jamie said, seeing the look of despair in Highspeed's face turn to anger.
"So, the five are separated again and the Old Ones are probably taking full advantage of it," Highspeed said angrily, his symbols starting to glow red.
"Calm down Highspeed. If you become Demon here, then you could end up dead from exhausting your powers," Jamie said, hearing something outside. As he went to look out the window, the wall collapsed, revealing a small army of familiar robots.
"Not now," Highspeed said, looking to Scarlett, seeing her so still, looking as though she was already dead. He then looked at the robots, anger building up inside him.
"If any of you avoid the scrap heap, tell Scorpia they're never going to take Scarlett from me again!" Highspeed yelled, smashing an invisible force into the robots and sending them to the ground, crumpled beyond recognition. Jamie looked at the mess of robot carcasses, his eyes widening. As another wave came in, the leader of the group, a Scorpia agent with two large jet boosters on his back.
"So you're the one our contacts are after. Guess this'll be pretty easy," the leader said, ordering the robots to attack. As the bullets fired, Highspeed fell to the ground, dark blue fur growing over his body, with random silver patches. His hands and feet became claws, while his head became more feral. The wings grew on his back, and his teeth grew into large fangs. Nightmare had awakened again.
As the bullets rained down around them, Nightmare moved with incredible speed, leaping from robot to robot, tearing them to shreds and scrap.
"What.....retreat!" the leader shouted, flying away as fast as he could while robot parts continued to litter the street. When all the robots were scrap, Nightmare landed in front of Jamie.
"So, how do you change back?" he asked, a little uneasy when he saw Nightmare's large claws and teeth, which were now starting to disappear. He stood on his hind legs, now in human form with his fur disappearing.
"I really need to take anger management classes," Highspeed said, rubbing his head and a little shaky on his feet.
"At least Scarlett's still......" Jamie said, quickly glancing in her direction. She was only just breathing, but she was pale and motionless.
"We need to try and wake her up," Highspeed said, walking over and kneeling at her bedside. He placed his hand on her forehead, finding it was cold. His eyes started to water, knowing she could just lose any sign of life in an instant.
"She could die at any minute...." Highspeed said, his eyes still watering.
"At least she'll be replaced by Scar from the past, we'll still be able to beat the Old Ones," Jamie said, trying to comfort him.
"But then she won't remember anything about this present life," Highspeed added, his voice shaky. Before Jamie could say anything, Highspeed leant over Scarlett, kissing her on the lips, whispering "Please be okay. Please wake up."
As he stood there, Jamie's eyes widened, unable to believe what he'd just seen. As Highspeed got up, he walked over to what was left of the window, looking over the street as it started to rain. He levitated outside, floating in the rain.
"Is this how you......spend your nights?" a voice said, weak and trembling. Highspeed couldn't turn round quick enough, seeing Scarlett, still pale and a little shaky, standing there, a smile on her face. He flew back inside, trying to fight back his joyful tears.
"I thought you were.....I mean.....I'm glad to see you're okay," Highspeed said, letting Scarlett hug him as he stood there. "I don't want to lose you again," he whispered, holding Scarlett tight.
"Uh guys......" Jamie said, pointing outside to a large, golden light flying towards them.
"If the Old Ones don't get the message this time......" Highspeed said, letting go of Scarlett and readying for a fight. He looked below, seeing strange energy bind robot parts together to create a monster of a creature. It growled just before golden energy hit it in the back.
"Hope you don't intend to leave me out of this party?" a voice called out, just as a boy landed in front of Jamie. He was wearing completely gold or orange, with golden hair and orange eyes. He also had jet fighter wings and a jet booster on each heel.
He jumped into the air, his golden hair seeming to burn with golden flames. He fired another blast of golden energy at the creature just as a piercing scream sounded out.
Below was a girl with dark blue tinted hair, firing blasts of sound at the monster. Between the screams and energy blasts, the creature started to fall apart.
As it fell to the ground, Highspeed glowed ghostly blue, grabbing the monster and smashing it into the ground, shattering it into pieces.
"So, you're Highspeed, that MI6 agent?" the girl asked, making Highspeed jump.
"How do you know who I am?" he asked, his eyes carefully observing the two newcomers.
"You're probably going to jump a mile when you hear this but, we're formers Scorpia assassins who've decided to help you fight this threat of the Old Ones," the tall, golden boy said, landing beside the girl.
"If you don't believe us, just ask the team MI6 have standing in for you," the girl said.
"MI6 replaced us already?" Highspeed asked, his voice showing a hint of annoyance.
"Anyway, the name's Frequency, and this is Sunstorm," the girl said, pointing at the boy.
"So, what do we do now? If we stay here, Scorpia and Nightrise won't be back quick enough to capture us," Jamie said, still looking cautiously over Sunstorm and Frequency.
"The only reason they won't be back here quick enough is because we'll already be gone," Highspeed said, levitating back up to the room. He started packing essentials into two backpacks, floating back down and handing one to Sunstorm.
"So I guess you trust us," Sunstorm said as Highspeed put his backpack on his back.
"As long as you don't give me reason to throw you into something," he said sarcastically, watching as Frequency strode over to a car.
"Hope this doesn't give you reason to," she said, picking the lock and getting into the passenger seat.
"You know how to drive?" Scarlett asked, now a little stronger.
"Part of a Scorpia agent's basic training," Frequency replied with a smirk.
"Just don't try to kill someone," Highspeed joked, putting the backpack in the trunk.
"Does that include you if you insult my driving?" she asked, stepping out.
"You two seem to be the best of friends," Sunstorm said, stepping between them.
"Would you stop fighting long enough to get out of here," Jamie shouted, making Frequency and Highspeed relent.
"Hope you can keep me in your sights for longer than a second," Highspeed said, smirking.
"Didn't think anyone was this bad. He's worse than Shockblast, and that's saying something," Frequency muttered to Sunstorm as she got into the driver's side.
"This could be a long journey," Sunstorm sighed, already slowly rising into the air.
"Let's just go before Nightrise show up," Jamie said, showing he was fed up with Highspeed and Frequency's bickering. Frequency breathed deeply, trying to relax, then started the engine and put her foot on the accelerator pedal. As the car pulled away, Highspeed nodded to Sunstorm, the two of them keeping right next to the car. So far, no-one had tried to stop them, but someone was watching them.
It was a Scorpia agent, wearing a cloak to keep him disguised. He pulled out a device, speaking into it.
"They've already left. Should we pursue immediately?" he asked, hearing the dark, unworldly whisper that could only belong to Chaos.
"Let them run for a while. Keep them in your sights. Besides, I have something in store for Ancient, or whatever he's calling himself now," Chaos answered, already starting to laugh evilly and darkly. The agent looked down as the car sped down the street, then to the boy running alongside it.
"Oh how lucky you are Chaos needs you alive," he started to say, pulling his hood down before continuing "cause if I wasn't working for him, you'd be dying slowly and painfully right now, and I'd be enjoying every second of it," Deathwing said, his face scarred from their last encounter. He watched as they ran, then opened a pair of dark, black wings, making him look like an angel of death as he watched Highspeed running. "The next time we meet, will be the last time," Deathwing thought to himself as he hovered there.