Darkness Triumphant 2
Series Two: The Darkness Advancement
A/N: The killing off of the main character was purely intentional. In other words; it had to be done to ensure the continuity of the series and the ability for our hero to make a return later in the series. Just a reminder, I do not own any of the characters or series, except the ideas that I have come up with to make this story work. For those who don't like what I do…remember this is purely what if stories, and I don't own anything….sorta.
Prologue:
They say the stench of death is stronger then the stench of defeat, but to The Army of Light, defeat was stronger right now, because Phoenix Ascendant was now dead. Toby and Sara weren't happy at all. Hell, Toby was almost going into a rage right now, but holding back like the Goblin King had taught him too because of his half breed abilities.
Surveying the area, Keiichi and Belldandy looked out on the devastation that had been caused by the earlier battle with the Harald and the Phoenix Megazord.
"It is sad," said Keiichi, "That there wasn't another way to stop Marcus."
Belldandy stared at Keiichi and sighed, "He was dark of heart ever since Jason and he were friends, always wanting to be better and smarter, and stronger; he got his wish, he became a Harald of Darkness, now he suffers in his own darkness, and Phoenix is dead because of all of this."
Toby laughed, "No, Phoenix isn't dead, he can't be." But he had a forlorn look like maybe he was.
Two small hover transports were spotted flying out from Riverdale; they had troops on them which would take over the island and then transport The Army of Light back to Riverdale for further orders.
Cheryl and Dilton were on the main transport, and they both had looks of surprise on them, going to Gandalf they saluted him."
"Archie and Company teleported out as the battle started, they said it was the cowardly thing to do, but at the same time, they didn't feel brave enough to fight; though they did mention that Phoenix is dead."
Gandalf nodded, "Yes, the only way to defeat Marcus was to activate The Judgment Gate, but it became corrupted after Marcus' friends shot out red spheres of light to modify it, so the only way for Phoenix to defeat The Harald of Darkness was to use The Grave Gate; now Phoenix is either dead or trapped somewhere in the Spirit Zone."
Toby looked up from where he was. The kid was always brooding; Sara and Grantis (Goblin King) thought it was because of his half breed upbringing, but it was because he was in love with the Troll Princess, he wanted to marry her; there were a few 'people' in both kingdoms who knew this, but neither did the Troll King or his consort and neither did Grantis and Sara…….But that's for a different story.
Looking up, he pulled out a dagger and started drawing something that looked like a Gate made out of bushes. Sara recognized it immediately. "That's the Holly Gate," she said, "Some legendary Gate that is the only mortal realm open gate to the Spirit Zone."
Everyone looked to Gandalf who was now Commander of the group, he would have to make the ultimate decision.
"We go to wherever the Holly Gate is," he said, "We try and rescue John, but if we don't, we need a second way out, we still have a war to fight."
"Lets move," said Toby, "It's in Riverdale."
"Riverdale?" asked Cat, "But that would explain…."
"Yeah," said Keiichi realizing it as well, "It's the other Entrance to Hell Gate, the first one was in Sunnydale, and Riverdale has a different one."
"Then…." Said Sara hesitantly, "We could destroy the Gate and destroy the demons?"
"No, said Bell, "This Holly Gate is a Hell Gate, but it's a Gate that has a spell of protection, the Sunnydale gate had no right to be there, and that's why it got destroyed."
"Right then," said Gandalf, "Lets move."