Chapter 4: Another Book

The next morning, Alan who is in charge of surveilling other cities and towns discovered Isabelle's dark kingdom and army. He reported back to Kylie and Jen about them. They agreed to attack right away. But first, they needed to gather together again. At the round table, everyone showed up to plan the attack. Jen decided on who should go to the palace and who should be outside fighting the army.

"Kylie, Peter, Kenny, Sam, Packard, Nick, Will, and I will go face Isabelle and whatever she has in the palace. The rest of you will fight against the demons outside, making sure none of them hurt the Natives."

Jacob thought it was bias for Jen to bring all of her first team and one from her second. "Why not anyone from Kylie's team?"

"I thought they were the strongest. No offense Kylie's team. But if you want to come along, then I'm fine with it. That leaves six people facing the demons and nine inside. I have a feeling that Isabelle has more powerful demons inside. Will you guys be alright?"

Dennis reassured her, "Don't worry. We got this."

Jen smiled and nodded. Kaitlin who was sitting on Kylie's lap then spoke, "I want to fight too! Can I come with you, Mommy and Daddy?"

"It's really dangerous though for a small girl like you," Jacob said.

Kaitlin made a face towards him, "I'm not small! Didn't I mention that I was a sky dragon slayer? I bet I can beat even beat you for airbending." Jacob shook his head.

Peter said, "I like that attitude, Kaitlin. You're definitely coming along to show your skills."

"Yay!" she exclaimed.

"Sure, why not?" Jen laughed. "Also, since no one will be guarding home base. We'll have to bring along the Hearts. Kylie, I trust you that you'll protect them."

"I sure will!"

"Last thing, if you guys do see Isabelle," she paused for a moment. "please don't hurt her, not too much at least."

"We understand," Alan said. After the meeting, Kylie quickly grabbed the Hearts and wore them as necklaces. Everyone transformed and flew towards the Oblivion Gate. As the Guardians who try to go in the palace, some demons who could also fly try to stop them. Kylie used one of the Hearts to block them but can only do so temporarily. They could see the Red Lotus attacking them too. Jen decided to use one of the convergence spells of turning their bodies into their elements. It won't defeat the minions faster but it can outrun them.

Jen shouted, "Become your element! Guardians Unite!" Everyone who was going inside turned into their element. Jen and Kylie had lightning bodies and Kenny had a fire one. They dodged the Red Lotus' attacks and successfully went inside the palace. Their bodies returned back to normal and looked around. The place had many hallways and felt like a labyrinth. The walls and floor were mainly made out of plain stone.

"Isabelle made all of this?!" Peter asked.

"I can do better," scoffed Sam.

"Can you sense where she is?" Jen asked to Sam. "since you think you're so good in earthbending."

Sam stomped on the ground to use his seismic sensor. He made a confused face.

"What's wrong?" Jen asked while smiling.

Sam tried to find an excuse and crossed his arms, "Isabelle probably put an enchantment spell on it. Not my problem." Jen knew he couldn't sense anything because she already tried it herself. She wanted to see how Sam will take it.

Even though the Guardians cannot sense Isabelle, she can sense them. Sitting cross-legged on her throne, she pulled the Nightmarium from her belt and flipped some pages. "Ah, here's a good one. One of the Generals of Phobos' demons was named Sozin. He had a body of a lobster and man." She skipped some past stories of him to find some interesting facts. "Sozin was ordered to separate Kylie's team. So when they were fighting off a swarm of dark creatures, Sozin managed to zap the members to different regions on Earth." She skipped some things again. "Now he has lightning powers and speed. Nightmarium, I summon General Sozin to follow my orders!" After the book stopped glowing and Sozin coming out of it, he was right in front of her bowing.

"Princess Isabelle, what are your orders?"

"I like the sound of that. I want you to separate the Guardians who are inside the palace now. Then you can kill whoever you like. I'll get more minions to help once I regain my energy. Now go!"

"Yes, Princess," he left in a flash.

The ten Guardians continued to walk around the maze-like halls. Sam sensed someone coming fast towards them. "Someone's coming!" They got into stance and stayed on guard. Only Jen, Kylie, and Kenny were able to see Sozin better than the others. Sozin easily zapped the other Guardians. Kylie remembered him and was a bit stunned that he's back. Jen and Kenny blocked Sozin's zaps and went to attack him. But another zap, and Jen and Kenny were gone. Then he turned around to face Kylie. Everyone was gone just like last time when her team disappeared. She was still standing still in front of him. Sozin was about use his lightning attack on her but Kylie used instant transmission to teleport somewhere else. Her mental state was not ready to fight so she thought fast to leave for now. But everyone was at different sections inside the kingdom.

Isabelle looked through the shelves that Phobos teleported through from his library. As she skimmed through the bindings, one caught her attention.

"D.J.S. Dj's?" she tried opening the book but a spell was keeping it close. "Phobos, why can't I open this?"

Phobos talked to her telepathically, "I do not know as of now nor have much memory on this book. But I thought it may be one of the most powerful demons here. I did not write about it but I keep it to see if one day I might. Maybe when you gather enough dark energy to have the Heart of Demons inside you, you can break the spell."

"I will. This demon will be mine," she shrunk the book and put it on her belt next to the Nightmarium.