Chapter 6. The return of Cain part two
"So… I don't suppose we can talk this out, right?" Tucker said, breaking the silence of the room. The trio was surrounded by ten of the medieval troll guards outside the maze.
"Guards attack!" Phobos ordered as his men begin to charge the former ghost hunting trio.
"Tucker, get behind us, we can…" Danny was cut off as Tucker shot one guard with his ecto-guns at the guard's face. To say the act took Danny surprise would be an understatement. "Tucker mind explaining, while we fight?" Danny said as he grabs one of the charging guard arms, kick in the knee cap and through him at the book shelves.
"While I was in Spain I did more than hitting on girls?"
"And being rejected and getting slapped, don't forget about that." Jazz respond as she dislocates one of the guard's arms and grabs his sword only to counter attack another guard attack, the swords clash and there was a struggle.
"Anyway, while you two were retired, I have been training. I met a retire ghost hunter who has a lot of military experience and training, long story short, he train me and get me better information about ghost technology." Tucker finished as one of the guards through a spear at him, luckily Tucker jump away from the attack and shot the guard while sliding down the floor.
"Enough!" Phobos order as the guards holds their ground and the teenagers did the same. "Phantom! Why don't we settle this manner between two rulers while our underlings fight out one and another?"
Danny was suspicious of the dark princess, wondering if it was some kind of trap, but on the other hand Jazz and Tucker could have a better chance escape if Danny keeps the Dark Prince distracted.
Danny reached close to Jazz and Tucker and talk quietly to each other thinking of a plan.
"Alright guys, here the plan. I keep Lord Voldemort distracted while you make a break from the castle. Tucker how many gadgets do you bring in your backpack?" Danny turns his best friend and gave a cautious look.
"Can you just phase through the walls and get us out of here?" Jazz asked her little brother.
"I can't there some kind of Aether surrounding the castle walls, the only reason I got through the maze is because it was some kind of pocket dimension, it didn't have this kind of Aether before, look like they upgrad the security since the last time I came here." Danny finished explaining as he turns to Tucker. "Tucker what you got?"
"I got ecto shields, some smoke bombs, and a grappling gun." Tucker finished as the two siblings eyebrow rise of the other at their friend. "What?" Tucker responds of his friend's reaction
"You seem really prepared for this kind of situation," Danny answered to his friend.
"What can I say, it pays to be prepared," Danny and Jazz didn't buy Tucker reason, but they figure it was questions for later
"Anyway, while I fight Goldilocks, you two have a better chance if you two split up rather than go as a group and get the hell out of here, we'll meet at the city near by the castle it shouldn't be too far by foot. When you two at the city head out to the slums if we're lucky we might meet the rebel leader, he has brown hair, wears a trench coat and appears to be fifteen. I believe his name was Caleb, if we can't find him we have to find one of his agents in the city"
"Not the best plan you made Danny, we are literally taking a gamble here, how do you even know this place has slums?" Tucker said to his friend thinking there were a lot 'ifs' in this plan.
"I explore some of the city while I was finding Will and you won't have any trouble finding slums, trust me they're not hard to find."
"Wait, what are your chance of getting out of here, did you forget that damn ring isn't working? You won't get that extra power." Jazz said to her brother worrying for his safety against this unknown enemy.
"The guy wearing a robe, I pretty sure I can beat him in combat, he's a more magical evil wizard, then Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat." Danny reassured his sister.
"Are you done Phantom?" Phobos shouted as he put on some black metal razor claws gauntlet.
"Take this you need it more than I do," Danny quietly told Jazz as he hands her the Fenton ecto-staff. "Cover your ears." Danny whisper to the two as they do as such.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Danny shouted using the Ghostly Wail blowing back both Phobos and his guard in the hallway of the castle, leaving some rumble of the castle wall by the impact.
"Well, that could have gotten better. NOW RUN!" Danny order as Jazz Tucker, head towards the hallway and run for their dear life.
"We better hurry, I pretty sure everyone in the castle heard the Ghostly Wail." Tucker said as he tosses Jazz a grappling gun and some smoke bombs.
"Tell me something I don't know?" Jazz said sarcastically.
"I accidently open month kiss a horse one."
"What?"
"That's something you don't know, now run!" Tucker shouted as more guards appeared in front of the duo that heard the Ghostly Wail.
Team W.I.T.C.H. we're standing on a cliff witnessing the display of the plant creature destruction of the rail track, Cain was headding through the shadow testing how progressive these new patches of Guardians are.
"Will got any ideas?" Irma asks her leader.
Will took a deep breath, trying to remain calm and figure out how to deal with this situation without their power they were just teenagers with insect wings with terrible fashion sense. 'Come on Will get a grip, I was leader of the guardians for a reason not to sure what that reason is, but even powerless we still guardians and we got a job to do.' Will mentally said to herself as an imaginary light bulb appears atop of her head.
"Girls I got a plan, but it's completely reckless, especially considering we don't have powers." Will paused, thinking her next choice words she already made a decision and knows the risk of the situation she not going to force girls into this plan until they fully acknowledge the risk. "I'm telling this because were not fully training superhero team, were just a group of teenagers who just got on board of being Guardians."
"Will don't worry, we-"Hay Lin was cut off as Will put her foot down.
"This isn't like one of the bad guys we face we have no powers and we could die way easier so I'm asking again does everyone knows the risk." Will spoke once again to the girls as they were understanding the situation. "I got a plan, but it's risky and we don't have the luxury to debate about it at half hour a train is going to pass, we have to take this plant out before then, I distract the plant head and lead it to the portal if I can find it, this thing is a plant so it's bound to have roots make a fire towards to roots like we do when go to camp. Please tell me does everyone know how to start a fire?" Will ask the girls since she still doesn't know that much about them.
The girls nodded, much to Will relief.
"Alright, here goes nothing."
Back at Meridian castle Danny was staring at the rubble, preparing for Phobos to get back, he figures this wouldn't be easy and since all those times thinking the bad guy is down it always bite him in the ass.
"Get back up, that old trick keeps happening to me too many times that I came to immune to it!" Danny shouted as he got his fist up and prepare for the dark princess.
The rumble that cover Phobos exploded of the burst of mystical energy as Phobos raise up, but he no longer wears his black and red robe he is now wearing black and red skin tight armor that, his hat was also gone by the burst of energy.
"I commend you boy, for a long time I haven't felt pain since I take the thrown." Phobos said as he uses his claws to cut his hair to make it shorter to his shoulder for the upcoming battle.
"Don't worry, after I beat the snot out of you, you have plenty of time to deal with all your bruises, why were you after that jewel that Will have and what with the portals appearing at Heatherfield!"
"The dead don't get answers boy just a grave." Phobos finished as he lunged towards Danny.
Danny jumps out of the way of the attack, fire one of ectoplasm energy towards Phobos back, but Phobos form a yellow energy shield behind his back deflecting the beam. Phobos then made a huge leap behind Danny and tries to claw Danny back, but Danny counter this by ducking and hitting Phobos at the Shin.
Danny steps back away from Phobos and summons two ice swords and proceeds lunge towards to Phobos and try to stab him, however Phobos jumps away from the attack as he crashes towards one of the castle windows one would assume that would be the end of this little battle, but not the case of the two monarchs.
Phobos was at the midair outside the castle as he summons around him, what seem to be like unlimited swords, spears, mace, axes, daggers, and arrows all forms of yellow energy. The weapons began to swirl around Phobos until they form so fast they form four rings of energy around Phobos.
"During the first year when I took the throne there was a civil war in the Meridian of loyalist and the traitorous army that conspire against me, I use these abilities to wipe all those oppose me." Phobos grin as an outline of glowing yellow energy was forming around his body.
Phobos launches a blast of swords, spears, mace, axes, daggers, and arrows of energy at Danny, but luckily for Danny he summons the ghost shield of the incoming attack the only real damage was the castle.
'Okay, think Danny, turns out this guy is the combination of the 'he should not be named and the final boss of mortal kombat,' Danny thought to himself as he began to get on one knee unable to stand the of the force of Phobos attack. 'I don't have a choice I have to use it!'
Danny took a deep breath and began to meditate the ghost shield was gone, in its place a cocoon of shadow appear Phobos stop his attack and sour to sky distasting himself and the Cocoon.
'What is that thing I can feel a strong control of Aether around it?' Phobos went right back attacking the shadow cocoon with an endless barrage of weapons.
Tucker and Jazz just finish the next batch of guards, Jazz was using the Fenton staff as a crotch, she was breathing heavily, and her face was covered with sweating bullets. Tucker was also breathing heavily as he was kneeling on one knee. The due was fighting groups of guard by every direction
"We can't keep this up…we have to split up." Tucker said as got back right up ignoring the exhaustion.
"Right see you at the Slums." Jazz said as she stands up straight.
"Try to avoid any guards instead of fighting them, run if you have to."
Just like that both Tucker and Jazz went through there opposite direction of the castle. The two were exploring the castle while invading the guards hoping to find an exit. Tucker went to the upper floor of the castle, hoping to use his grappling hook to attach the castle walls without being spotted.
Tucker then found a abandon room of the castle, the room looks like a kids room for a toddler accept its fool dust, he then saw a painting of a man and a women with blonde hair that seem at their thirties, he then saw a boy with blonde hair that seem at age 10, but what really got Tucker attention Tucker is that the women was holding a baby but that's not what bother him, what bother him that the baby have no head and everyone in the painting, it wasn't like someone rip the picture, literary that how the painting originally look.
"This place is just getting creeper and creeper, though I'd still rather be here, then the Ghost Zone."
Tucker was making his way towards to the balcony and using his enhance glasses to spout Jazz. Jazz was running towards the castle entrance the moment she appeared close to the exit guards appear from the right corner of the entrance, before they could spot her she hid inside one of the hays that the horse eats.
Tucker presses an ecto-laser gotten longer and form a different shape and they began to shape the handle of the first laser was gone, the barrel of the gun gotten longer, he then attaches the barrel into the other second laser. The two laser form into an ecto rifle, using his scope, he then began to fire the guards before they began closing the entrance.
Jazz just relies this was Tucker work she look up hoping to spot him, but she couldn't he was too high up of the castle to see with the human eye. Jazz run towards the entrance and escape the castle grounds.
Tucker sniper forms back into pistols and place the pistols back into his backpack and grab his grappling gun and about the aim towards the Castle walls, before Tucker could press the trigger a blast electricity hit him from behind enough Tucker was a knockout and was laying on the floor.
The attacker was a woman with a slim figure as her clothes were black dress, her skin was white, and her face was hidden with a black cloak, she was holding a mirror in her right hand.
The mirror began to glow and a man with a black cloak appears covering everywhere of his body.
"I have retrieved the boy as you ordered Lord Cain," Said the women in the black cloak.
"Please Nerissa there no need to be formal after all we are equals and why are you wearing that cloak you have a beautiful face don't you want to share it towards all of creation." Cain responded. Nerrissa blush at Cain comment under her hood, she composes herself and lifted her hood down showing a beautiful woman in her late twenties with black hair and light brown eyes.
"My apologize Cain." Nerrissa said strictly
"You seem troubling, care to share. Is it having something to do is why I ask you to retrieve Tucker Foley" Cain respond, knowing Nerrissa for years there nothing she can hide from without his knowing. "And you're also wondering why I just come to Meridian and kill the new Ghost King."
"Cain, this Ghost King's power is temporarily asleep now would be the perfect time to kill him. Instead, you ask me to retrieve an Earthling."
"When the lion lock target towards his pray, he must be hidden to the grass, he must become the nothing to not be seen, if I kill Danny right know it will bring attention to Kandrakar unknown to the Oracle the council have been spying at the new Ghost king planning for his assignation there reason they haven't made their moves is because there waiting for the Guardians to overthrow Phobos. If I kill Fenton right know Kandrakar will know that I'm still alive and they will focus their attention to me. When the deed is done, then they will serve as the head of the beast."
"For Mr. Foley he will be used for a theory I been working on for the leader and the king." Cain finished explaining as he about to turn off commutation. "Reach to your destination I will meet you there soon."
With W.I.T.C.H. Will was throwing rocks behind the plant monster, hoping to get its attention. It worked three heads of the plant creatures spotted towards Will, their heads stretch at her direction attempt to eat her then get back eating the tracks. Will ran she stop running when she spotted a cave, she went inside as the plant heads did the same. She went deeper into the cave try to keep the plants away from the tracks.
'Well, that was the crazy plan I ever come up with, if I can't find the portal I don't have to worry I just have to keep it distracted enough. Turns out those plants love meat more than train tracks, I just hope I don't get eaten.' Will thought to herself as she headed forward to the cave she stop when she spot the portal.
"Hey giant plant monster your missing your dinner." The plant roar and head towards Will direction. "See you on the other side." Will said as she enters the portal.
With the rest of W.I.T.C.H. the girls spotted the roots of the giant plants, Taranee then start a fire by using two stones it work and it began burning the roots.
"Alright, it worked." Hay Lin shouted with joy as the fire was spreading further to the plants.
"I just hope Will is alright." Cornelia said worrying for their friend she want to argue so much that this a dangerous plan for Will's part, but they didn't get the chance to go debate and Will knew that.
Before the girls could head off and get back to Will, the giant sharp vines of the plant started to beat the fire when the fire was gone and before the girls could do anything else the roots began to regenerate as it was never burn.
This shock the girls as they realized all their attempts were for nothing and realize that Will was in greater danger than she thought.
"How is that thing not dead!?" Irma shouted
"I don't know, but we got to warn Will before she gets eaten." Taranee started as she was trying to keep her cool, but in truth, she has never been more worry, she's afraid that Will might die and those people from the train is going to die all their plans were for nothing.
Before the guardians can do such a thing vines wrap around them in a tight squeeze.
Cain watched the whole thing knowing that the guardians would have tried to burn the roots.
'The alpha plant, the only way to kill such a beast is destroying the three at the same time if both one heads is cut off it will simply grow back. The guardians, where doom when their powers were gone, sad truth the weak die and the strong rule it doesn't matter what you believe either it's religion or ideals. The leader is about to learn that lesson with the cost of being digested alive.' Cain thought to himself as he summons a portal and left the guardians.
Back with Will, she was in a valley close to the city of Meridian she was hiding behind a giant boulder. The plants heads were coming closer to Will direction they keep going closer and closer until they stop. Will was keeping calm the best way she can, she decided to take a peak and saw something that nearly give the teenage girl a heart attack, the plant's head were heading towards a group of children playing kick ball, they were unaware of the plant was coming, Will run towards the kids as fast as she can.
"RUN, GET OUT OF HERE!" Will shouted to the top of her lungs, the kids heard her from the distance and they spotted the giant plant creature. The kids ran as the plant was coming to a close approach. It looks like all the children are going to be alright until one kid trip on a rock. The middle plant was about to eat the little girl until Will finally reach the plant and push the girl aside and instead of the little girl getting eaten it was Will.
Will wasn't going to die so easily, she uses all her strength she had to stop the plant's mouth from closing.
"RUN!" Will shouted to the girl as she did just that and to Will relieve the girl run away from the plant reach.
Will uses all her strength, but it was useless Will lost her grip she began to fell downward to the plant throat. Like a snake catching its prey the muscles of the plants throat began to squeeze Will, they will continue to squeeze her until her bones are crushed before being digested. Will try her hardest to climb up, but it was pointless the muscles were getting too tight, the pain was horrifying.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Will scream from the pain she began closing her eyes, everything was black.
'So this is how I die being bug eaten by the giant plant monster boy, that's ironic,' Will thought to herself as the muscles of the plant began to consume her body. Will began to lose hope until an image of her mother came towards her, the thought of never seeing her mother again, the thought of never saying goodbye race through Will's brain. The muscle was growing tighter and tighter until they consume Will hand.
Just when all hope is lost Will woke up, using all her strength reaches out her hand and grab one of the muscles and she began climbing up.
'No, I'm not going to die like this, I'm going to survive, and I'm not going to be useless or some damsel in distress.' Will thought to herself as she climbs forward. "YOU HEAR ME I'M NOT GOING TO DIE SO EASY!"
Will keep climbing up as she was reaching closer away the throat, trying her best from the tight squeeze, she was reaching close to the mouth until a vine from inside the plant began to grab her thigh and began to drag her down, Will grab one of the muscles as her life depended on it which it was.
"Oh! No you don't!" Will shouted as she let go the muscle and tear the thigh part of her pants legging. It instead drags Will down it took some Will boot and parts of Will legging, rushing towards the plant almost seeing the light Will was almost there until more vines appear and they grab her left thigh, her right arm and her throat, the only thing supporting her was her own arm she trying her best to ignore the tight squeeze of the vines.
"No! Not when I so close!" Will said with determination in her eyes.
With Cedric he was organizing some packages at his bookstore, he stops packing when he heard someone come in. Ironically, it was the same person that enters the store who stole The Stone of Threbe.
It was Elyon Brown wears the Stone of Threbe as a necklace.
"May I help you?" Cedric said to the teenage girl.
"I think I stole you a jewel from your window display." Answered the true queen of Meridian.
"Oh, it's not jewel it's practically worthless,"
"I don't know why I took it, it's not like me, hear it's yours." Elyon said in an confuse and yet guilty tone.
"Wait, No!" Cedric shouted, but it was too late the future queen already took of the star.
"You should keep it." Cedric said to the teenager trying to recompose himself, this was a perfect plan to take out the Guardians and the king at the same time.
"No thanks, the thing kind of creeps me out." Elyon responds as she steps back and about to left the store
"Before you go perhaps you would like to work on my book store, I could use a bit of help of packing."
"Sure, it's the least I can do for stealing your …Uhm prop was it." Elyon answered as she face Cedric.
"Yes a prop that's what it was."
Back with Will, she was still inside the plant fighting for her life against the plant trying to eat her, around her neck the Heart of Kandrakar began to glow pink and iris of Will eyes are beginning to glow pink then just a second the pupil and sclera began to glow pink. The electricity began to form around Will body until they cover her skin and her clothing.
Then suddenly a burst of electricity consumers the three heads of the plants, leaving massive explosion that could be heard from a village close to the Valley.
Will transformed back to her human form without the Guardian outfit or her wings, leaving her bruise and knockout body on the floor. Standing right next to her near death body was Cain looking at her like she was the only person in interest. Cain has seen the display of the burst of mystical energy of Quintessence he then felt a presence of one of hill ally.
"So I take it, you want to see the how powerful is the new leader of Kandrakar, Nerissa." Cain respond as Nerissa appear behind the tree watching Will struggle of fighting the plant.
"I still don't know why you have an interest in her it took her almost dying to use Quintessence. The sooner she wakes up, she would still have no idea how to use the life energy."
"Careful Nerissa, that kind of thinking is what got Goliath killed, there will be a certain point of time she will become your rival."
"You're a psychic know?" Nerissa responds sarcastically.
"Not at all, just the words of an old fool."
"You still haven't asked my question why took interest in her?" Nerissa asks once again.
"Before I answer did you have him tied up?" Cain asks Nerissa as she nodded. "Alright, I let you on a secret during the tragedy that occur to you, the Heart of Kandrakar decided to make four guardians instead of five and did you find it strange that the first time in history that the keeper of the heart is someone outside of Kandrakar."
"You can understand what the Heart of Kandrakar thinks?" Nerissa said in surprise never thought it was possible.
"When my mother and father ate the forbidden fruit, it gave them the knowledge to understand what the hearts say it pass down to me and my brother, however during each generation goes by that knowledge fades and become nothing."
"So if the Heart haven't picked Will, who did?" Nerissa ask Cain as the two have been walking away from.
"Question for later, right now let's see the battle between the arrogant prince and the true king." Cain did just that as both he and Nerrissa began walking away from the area as they saw a group people making their way towards them.
'In truth, I lied, I know who exactly chosen Will.' Cain thought to himself as he looks towards the sky. "It was you, God."
Sorry for the long wait, I was busy fixing my grammar and spelling errors of my previous chapter thanks to my Beta reader, Heroman45. I just wish I can add more of this chapter but I assure you things are going to heat up.
This chapter was main focus on Will rather than introduction of Cain. I made the scene of Will fighting the plant to show her there was a reason she become the leader and not just because she's the main character. Will understand the situation and willing to put her own life not just to safe other people life's but the life's of her friends and even willing to make tough choices and not close minded. It also because of her determination of getting out the Alpha- plant is also another reason she's the leader.
I suppose you wondering how is Nerissa young instead of being old, well that question will be answer during the story goes on.
As for why Cain took Tucker, yet again that question will appear when the story goes on, you just have to wait until the next chapter.
Also I believe Nerissa is from Kandrakar since humans are there and there been other guardians from other worlds as it shown at the comics.
My only hope for this chapter is I didn't turn Cain into a villain Gary sue.
If there any question PM me. Until then, have an awesome day