Chapter 4:
There Nerissa was face to face with Nolan. A man she hasn't seen before in her life. And right now, she wanted answers!
"Who are you? Where am I?", Nerissa demanded to know as she glared at Nolan. "What have you done to me?"
"I am Nolan. And you are on Gardania.", Nolan said to Nerissa. "And all I've done was free you from your prison."
"My prison?", Nerissa questioned. "What are you talking about?"
Nolan then held up the jewel that Nerissa was trapped in. She then let out a gasp once she saw it, surprised to see the the jewel that she thought she left her former friends in with Queen Elyon.
"But I thought that I escaped from there!", Nerissa said still in shock.
"Did you?", Nolan asked her. "Think about it."
Then it all hit her! The happy little world she thought she had wasn't real. She wasn't with Julian again. And Caleb wasn't her loving son. She didn't rule Kandrakar and the Known Worlds. The Guardians weren't in there elemental forms and under her control. She then realised that she was trapped in the pendant this whole time.
"It wasn't real!", Nerissa said sadly as she dropped to her knees. "It was all a dream."
"Sadly yes.", Nolan said. "And now you are free and able to work for me."
"Work for you?", Nerissa questioned as she glared at Nolan. "Work for you? How dare you even think that I would do your biding?"
"Because you aren't strong enough to fight me.", Nolan said calmly as if Nerissa wasn't a threat.
"We shall see!", Nerissa snapped as she prepared to fire a thing of lightning at him. "Quintessence!"
She tried to fire a thing of lightning from her hand, but none came out.
"My powers!", Nerissa said as she looked at her the palm of her hand. "What have you done to them?"
"Nothing.", Nolan said. "I only freed you from the jewel. Your powers are still in it. Along with the other Guardian powers you used to bring back the other former Guardians."
"How dare you take what is mine!", Nerissa hissed with venom in her voice.
"Now, now, Nerissa.", Nolan said as he walked over to a stand that had seven orbs, that looked familiar to Nerissa. "I intend to make very good use of these powers."
"Are those... Aurameres?", Nerissa questioned.
"Why yes they are.", Nolan said as he held the jewel up to them. "All they need is something to fill them."
Suddenly, five balls of energy came out of the jewel. One ball of energy was blue, while another was red. Another was purple, while the next was green. And the final one was white.
That's five of the Aurameres filled with energy they need.", Nolan said. "And now for the other two."
Just then two more balls of energy came out of the jewel. One was yellow while the other was orange. Seeing this surprised Nerissa.
"How did you know about those?", Nerissa questioned.
"Oh I know plenty.", Nolan said with a smirk as the two balls of energy went into the two extra Aurameres. "I've seen all of what you and the other enemies of the Guardians done, Nerissa. And by seeing all of that, I know what not to do to get what I want."
"And waht is that, if I may ask?", Nerissa said.
"I'm going to do what you did and bring back the old Guardians.", Nolan said. "Not to mention give you two allies to fight by your sides."
"Are you now?", Nerissa questioned.
"Yes.", Nolan said as he turned and walked towards her. "And there's nothing you can do to stop me."
Back on Earth, the Will, irma, Taranee, and Cornelia had just arrived at Shell Beach with John Vanders via teletransporting. And sure enough they found Hay Lin sitting on a rock holding her knees to her chest crying with her head down.
"Let me talk to her.", John said as he walked up to her slowly.
"Think she'll listen to him?", Irma questioned.
"Sure.", Will said. "Believe it or not, he can be very comforting when it counts."
Once John walked up to Hay Lin, he sat next to her.
"Hey kiddo.", John said to Hay Lin getting her attention as she lifted her head up and looked at him.
"Mr. Vanders?", Hay Lin questioned in surprise. "How did you-"
Hay Lin then saw the others girls in the background with worried looks on her faces.
"Oh.", Hay Lin said softly. "That's how you got here."
"Yeah.", John said with a small smile. "I figured that it would be better if someone who's going through what you're going through talked to you."
"But you don't know if that Nolan guy took your parents.", Hay Lin cried.
"Come on now, Hay Lin. You and I both know that if Will couldn't see my parents, in the Heart, as well as Cassidy or Angelo, then something must be up.", John said. "And believe me when I say that I'm just as upset as you. I'm just handling it differently."
"I know.", Hay Lin said as she looked down at the sand. "It's just that this is the second time this has happened! I feel so-"
"Helpless? Powerless to do anything but wait?", John questioned as Hay Lin nodded. "I feel the same way, Hay Lin. But you know something. I'm not to worried."
"Your not?", Hay Lin questioned as she lookup at him.
"Nope.", John said. "Not one bit. You do you want to know why?"
Hay Lin only nodded as she stared at John.
"Because, deep down, I know that I'll see them again.", John said with a smile. "And I know that because it's going to be you and the girls and anybody else helping you that's going to help make that happen."
"How can you be so sure about that?", Hay Lin questioned.
"Because of something my mother told me after you all beat that Cedric guy and saved them.", John said. "She said that you girls are great Guardians and that the Heart picked the right girls for the job."
"Kadma said that?", Hay Lin asked.
"Yep.", John said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "Listen, Hay Lin. There's nothing wrong in being scared or worried about the ones you love. But when the time comes to fight, you have to be ready. Understand?"
"Yes.", Hay Lin said as a few more tears flowed down her face. "I just don't want to lose my Grandma."
John saw the saddness in her eyes and pulled Hay Lin into a hug as she began to cry.
"Let it out, Hay Lin.", John said in a comforting voice. "Just let it all out."
And that's what Hay Lin did. She let out all the sorrow and fear she had as she cried on John's shoulder. The girls soon came up to her and gave her comfort as best they could. After Hay Lin was finished crying, she wiped her tears as she got off the rock and on to her feet.
"So, you ready to go save your grandmother and the others?", John asked Hay Lin as he stood up from the rock.
Hay Lin nodded with a small smile.
"Good.", John said as he patted her on her head. "Now all we have to do is wait for any word from Kandarkar."
"And that may take a while.", Taranee said.
"So, what do I tell my parents until we rescue my Grandma and the others?", Hay Lin questioned.
"Tell them that she decided to go spend some time with my parents.", John said. "To be honest, it's sort of true."
"You have a point there.", Hay Lin said.
"It's the best idea we got.", Taranee said.
"Then let's head back and wait for any news from Alfor or the Oracle.", Cornelia said.
In agreement, the girls took John and teletransport back to the Vanders' home. Meanwhile, on Gardania, C.H.Y.K. along with Joe and Anghelo were sitting in their cell when the cell door open. Everyone looked to see an elderly Nerissa with an energy bubble floating inside the cell. Once she was in the cell the bubble landed on the ground and vanish releasing her.
"I figured you all would like to spend some time together.", Nolan said through the small barred window of the cell door. "Have a fun reunion. I'll be back with something for you all to eat. Can't have you all dropping dead on me from hunger or thrist. Now can we?"
Nolan them left to bring them something to eat and drink. Leaving his captives alone.
"Looks like the gangs all here.", Nerissa said as she sat a a bench in the corner of the cell.
"Welcome to the party, Rissa.", Cassidy said with a smirk. "Hope you have fun, cause we're not going anywhere for a while."
"Cassidy. It's been a while.", Nerissa said as she looked around at the others. "And he even got you Halinor. Now that's something that amazes even me."
"If I were on Kandrakar, Nolan wouldn't of gotten me.", Halinor said.
"So, you were on Earth.", Nerissa figured. "No doubt visiting the girls."
"So, any ideas on what he plans to do with us?", Kadma asked.
"He's using my old plan of bring us back into action.", Nerissa said as she looked at Joe and Angelo. "Plus add two more to his forces."
"What? Me and Angelo?", Joe questioned.
"Looks like.", Nerissa said. "I had some extra power stored in the jewel, I was left behind in. Seems that Nolan knew about it, and is now using it. I must say, he has talent."
"To bad his plans may cause all kind of trouble.", Angelo said.
"He looks a lot like you did when you were younger, Joe.", Nerissa said as she got a good look at Angelo.
"That's my grandson.", Joe said with a smile. "He's even best friends with the current Keeper of the Heart."
"Then he's definetly your grandson.", Nerissa said with a grin.
Suddenly, the door of the cell opened and Nolan walked in with two energy bubbles. One held seven different colored cups of water and the other held seven small things of bread.
"Enjoy your meal.", Nolan said as he made the bubble holding the bread seperate into seven smaller bubbles. Each holding a small thing of bread. "And don't foget your drinks."
He then made the bubble holding the cups of water seperate into seven smaller bubbles. Each holding a different cup. A blue cup went to Cassidy, a red cup went to Halinor, a purple went to Yan Lin, a green cup went to Kadma, an orange cup went to Joe, and a yellow cup went to Angelo.
"Do you think there's something in the water?", Angelo asked Cassidy as he grabbed the yellow cup.
"No idea.", Cassidy said as she took the blue cup.
"Of cousre there isn't any poison in your water!", Nolan said. "Why would I put poison in your water?"
"He makes a good point.", Joe said. "Why poison us, when he needs us for what he has planned?"
Everyone shrugged their shoulders before drinking the water and eatting the small piece on bread. Angelo then looked around at everyone and saw that they were okay.
"Looks like I was wrong.", Angelo said.
Angelo then looked at Nolan as he had a smile on his face. Suddenly, Angelo started to feel dizzy. He the looked at Cassidy to see her lay down on the bench and fall asleep.
"Ca... Cas... Cassidy.", Angelo said as he tried to get up but fell back on the bench. "What's going on?"
"You're about to have a nice good night's sleep.", Nolan said. as he looked around at the others to see them fall unconscious.
"But you... But you said... that you didn't put anything in our water.", Angelo saisd as he started to go unconscious.
"No. I say that I didn't put any poison in the water.", Nolan said. "I didn't say that I didn't put anything else in it."
Angelo then fell unconscious with the others. Noan then smiled as he looked at the unconscious people before him.
"Soon all will be ready.", Nolan said as he closed the cell door. "And soon I shall have what I need to get what I want!"
Nolan let out a sinister laugh as he walked away from the cell.
A/N: Well, Hay Lin is ready to fight when the time comes for it, thanks to John. But now Nolan gave C.H.Y.K.N., Angelo, and Joe something that knocked them out! What's going to happen next? And will the girls be able to save them before Nolan does what he wants to do with them?
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