Chapter 4 Destiny

"Yah!" Said Noheart as he swung into Joaquin who easily side stepped the attack. Noheart quickly recovered himself and thrusted again at Joaquin's chest. Joaquin ducked and avoided the attack. "Stop dodging and fight me!" Noheart said angrily waving his sword up in the air. His anger put out some wind energy which caused Joaquin to be thrown a little unbalanced. After that had passed, Noheart charged right in slashing. Joaquin did a swift circular motion with the marine saber thrusting Noheart's sword away from his. Joaquin struck down with an overhead strike which Noheart blocked and quickly countered with a kick to Joaquin's stomach knocking him back. Noheart followed up with the force by lifting up decent sized rocks and bashed them against his former apprentice which caused him to turn his head away. The dark shade quickly ran in thrusting in with his sword at his waste. Joaquin instinctively flipped backwards into the air sensing the attack and dodged what would have been a sure strike. Joaquin landed on both feet but stumbled falling to the ground. Shimmeringstar clutched at the treated wound on his side and winced in pain. Noheart seeing this stopped, put his saber away and stretched out with two open hands. Joaquin opened his eyes but was too late as he now felt the shock of Nohearts lightning searing through his entire body. He winced from the attack as it caused even more unbearable pain upon his wound. "Feel the power of the dark side and die!" Noheart said as Joaquin cried out in pain.

"Joaquin!" Shouted Wishbear as she ran towards the battle but was immediately blocked by Aqua bear. "Get out of the way! I have to help him!" She shouted.

"You mustn't." Wishbear ignored his answer and tried to go through the caring guardian; but he grabbed her firmly around her waist, picking her off of the ground. "Do you want him to fight Noheart again?"

"No." She said as she stopped kicking her teal blue feet.

"Then you must not interfere." He said as he gently placed her to the ground releasing her. "I know that this is hard for you to watch. But have faith that he can beat this guy!" Wishbear nodded, and returned to watching the battle. Joaquin was now continually being shocked as the carebears watched helplessly in concern for there new friend.

"Now I have you! Now prepare to die! Mohahahaha!" Joaquin struggled in pain but managed to get his sabers down below his legs blocking Noheart's purple lightning. "What no!" Noheart put even more power into his attack determined to put an end to this. However, Joaquin slowly got on his own two feet while blocking Nohearts attack simaulteousnously. Joaquin held his ground and planted both of his feet and blocked Noheart's attack deflecting the lightning back at him.

"NOOOOO!" He agonized in pain. Joaquin crept in closer sending more of the lightning back into Noheart's body which caused a short explosion knocking Noheart backwards to the ground. "No this can't be! How can I be losing to you even injured! You'll pay for that!" He quickly came to his feet transformed into a bull and came charging at Shimmeringstar. Joaquin barely got out of the way as Noheart stopped himself and reset and came charging at him again. "You won't escape me a second time!" Joaquin put both sabers away and reached out with both hands with his right foot in front of his left. Noheart charged right into him but was stopped to a walk as Joaquin's feet dug into the ground until the bull came to a complete stop. "What! Impossble!" Joaquin grabbed the bull by the throat and lifted him up into the air and slammed him head first into the ground. The carebears cheered him on.

"Way to go Joaquin!" Shouted Wishbear.

"Get that bully," Shouted Braveheart Lion. "Show him who's boss!"

"That move is very effective!" Said Tenderheart bear gulping.

"How do you know its effective?" Asked Goodluck bear.

"Because I experienced it for myself." The brown bear answered clutching onto his own throat. Joaquin let go of Noheart and activated both sabers holding them crosswords just above his opponents throat. "Do you surrender? Or do I have to get rough?" Said Joaquin with his eye brows twitching and teeth clinched. When Noheart opened his eyes and became aware of just what happened, he immediately began to beg for mercy.

"Please don't kill me. I give up!" He said surrendering.

"Then release me from my contract from fulfilling the Dark Syth Prophecy!" Noheart just stood there silently like a deer caught in a headlight. "RELEASE ME!"

"I-I- re-re-release you!" He shouted with a tear that came down out of the bulls eye knowing he had now lost all hope of Darkage ever fulfilling the dark syth prophecy. All of the carebears cheered.

"And just to make sure you don't try anything underhanded." He said as he reached down on the bulls throat and plucked his amulet away which caused him to turn back to normal. "Now that I've taken this away from you, I know you don't have much power." He said as he walked away.

"Joaquin look out!" Shouted Braveheart Lion. Joaquin quickly turned and saw Noheart trying to grab him with both hands. Joaquin's hands began to glow as he cupped them together and...

"Kashikakayha!" He shouted as he thrusted his arms forward releasing a bright blue energy line knocking Noheart backwards.

"Way to go Joaquin!" Shouted Nobleheart horse pumping his fist into the air.

"Your the best!" Shouted Wishbear.

"Well, this fight is over." Said Lonesomeheart bear as Joaquin now stood with the carebears.

"Not so fast," Shouted Noheart as everyone turned around seeing him get to his feet. "I'll destroy you all!"

"How could he get back up after taking a hit like that?" Asked Brightheart racoon as he faced Joaquin.

"I don't know, but I think its time you carebears gave him his final farewell!" Said Joaquin as he let Noheart's amulet wave back in forth in his hand.
"Carebears! Line up!" Shouted Nobleheart horse. All of the carebears guardians, and cousins lined up. "Countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, STARE!" They all shouted in unison as their stare hit Noheart squarely upon his chest.

"AHHH! I'LL GET YOU CAREBEARS FOR THIS SOME DAY!" He said as he transformed into a tornado and took off into the air until he was gone.

"Yahoo! We won YEAH," Shouted Braveheart Lion in celebration while the rest of the carebears were jumping up and down. "Boy you really showed that Noheart Joaquin. Way to go!"

"Just did my duty to free myself that's all," Said Joaquin. "Oww!." He said as he clutched his waste in pain.

"Joaquin! Are you alright?" Said Wishbear as she ran towards him in concern.

"I'll be fine. I'm just in alot of pain right now," Said Joaquin as he sat down on the grass next to some small blue flowers. Wishbear sat beside him. "Boy what I wouldn't do for some advil extra strength right now, I have a gigantic headache!" He said while hanging onto his head with both hands.

"See I wrap up your wounds and here you are hurt again," Joaquin looked up to see a bear who looked totally different than all the other carebears. The fur of her body was grey all over except for the prominent tuft forelock flowing forward at the top of her head which was ultra violet, and also was her tail and forepaws from the wrist forward and her feet from the ankles downward. The top of her ears were also ultra violet while the inside of her ears were white. She also had shiny ultra violet eyes, while the heart on her nose was pink inside her cute white muzzle. Also unlike the the other carebears and cousins which had white tummy's around their symbols, instead this bear had a pink fur surrounding her tummy symbol which displayed a cross at the center sitting on top of a cloud with a rainbow that stood over the cross. Their was also three stars upon her tummy symbol. The first one was blue to the upper left of the cross had five points on it with bonds that went around what would have been considered his hands. This blue star looked very depressed which had a tear coming out of its eye. The second one was kneeling and praying at the foot of the cross which also had bonds. Then their was yet a third one which sat just above the rainbow to the upper left and its bonds were broken in two, and was now set free. Unlike the first two stars, it was no longer blue, rather it was yellow and was now wearing black sunglasses smiling with joy. "I see you reopened your wound again." She said pointedly as she reached for his waste where Joaquin's hands was squeezing the wound in order to prevent anymore blood loss. "I'm not going to hurt you Joaquin, but if I don't stop the bleeding and rewrap your wound, you will never get better." Joaquin slowly removed his hands away, staring at the doctor like a hawk every step of the way as she removed the bandages. "This may sting a little." She said as she dipped a cotton ball in some peroxide and pressed it firmly against the open wound. Joaquin winced in pain and pulled on some grassroots from the field.

"Careful," He said. "That doesn't tickle you know! Doctor bear or whatever your name is."

"The name is Redemptionheart bear," She corrected sharply. "But you can call me doctor bear if you'd like." She smiled at him compassionately. "Okay, I'm just about done. Now all I need to do is put some fresh wrappings around your wounds. But you must not fight or try to do any of that hero stuff anymore for at least a week or so or you'll end up right back where you started and I'll have to do this all over again. So please take it easy!" She said solemnly.

"Boy does that stuff stings," Said Joaquin. "But I promise I won't fight! At least not till these wounds heal up enough."

"That's what I like to hear!" Said Redemptionheart bear as she just finished wrapping around his waste.

"Thanks Doc." Said Joaquin in gratitude to Redemptionheart bear.

"Your welcome. Oh your arm is bleeding a little! Let me take care of that!" She said as she reached for a cotton ball and dipped it in the peroxide. Joaquin quickly got up and walked away. "Wait! I only want to help you! You must let me clean the blood around the wound before it get's infected!" Joaquin turned and faced the bear.

"I'll be fine. Besides, I've had enough alcohol rubbed on me for one day."

"But!" Redemptionheart bear protested.

"I'll be fine! Besides if it get's any worse I'll take care of it myself. I've dealt with much worse than this. You wouldn't happen to have some headache medicine would you doc?"

"Sorry. I left all of my drugs back in Carelot." Joaquin chuckled. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing. Its just the way you said it." Said Joaquin still smirking. "Wait a second, does anybody know where my back pack is?"

"Its back inside the ship," Said Wishbear. "Why?"

"If I'm not mistaken, I packed some headache medicine inside my back pack. Lets go."