Chapter 7: They came from beneath
Previously, our heroes became celestial warriors under the new pure and white chi. Still, they have a long way to go in order in reclaim their homeland...
At Chima...
"You failed me Dragonis!"
"Forgive me my lord, I was almost close to accomplish my mission until they interfered!"
"What does "they" refers to?"
"You know the answer because it was a blast from the past." Now that Dragonis said it, Dragemperor did recall and let him go. Then, "Okay, I bet da mythical tribes are gonna make things harda for us ta fulfil our goal!"
"I know Sharking. I can s-s-s-see that he is dis-s-s-sturbed by the fact that our old enemies-s-s-s had been mentioned." While Serpendusa and Sharking discussed about it, Dragemperor was still seething in rage over what happened before and...
"Sharking!"
"Yes Dragemperor!"
"Mobilise your tribe and prepare for a full scale invasion to the Kingdom of Light!"
"Ho-kay! I'll go and ready my boyz ta battle!"
"But it wouldn't be enough to weaken them so the other shadow tribes will lend part of our tribes for you to command and they will assist in the assault."
"Hey tanks for dat!"
"It's-s-s-s not a problem to me. Becaus-s-s-se I have a new warrior ready to battle in the frontlines-s-s-s." Soon enough, a serpent escorted by Serpendra appeared but he's not a serpent. He has right metallic arm attached to his right gauntlet because he's wearing them on both hands, a metallic tail and part of his head is metallic and his right eye is replaced by a red cybernetic photoreceptor eye. "This-s-s-s here is-s-s-s Serpentron. He's-s-s-s the deadliest, most lethal, cunning and dangerous-s-s-s serpent in my entire tribe!"
"But Mi'lady..."
"No buts-s-s-s Serpendra!"
"S-s-s-sorry!"
"He can help you win this-s-s-s battle Sharking."
"He looks like a monsta but he's a useful powahouse ta me."
"Leave everything to me, I will annihilate them all get back at them for what they did to me in the past!"
"Very well, do what must be done and whatever you do, do not fail me!" Dragemperor ordered as Sharking and his army departed for the invasion. "Dracrosis. Is it complete?"
"Almost my lord, the Hellhound tribe is working on the Beaver tribe to finish the task."
"Good, once it's complete, it will power up dark matter channelling itself into dark energy and it will eclipse Chima...Forever." Dragemperor and Dracrosis laughed menacingly as nearby, "Mi'lady, is the dragon emperor and his advisor high in spirits? I think they are drunk-KSH! ACK!"
"You do not question the dragon emperor's behaviour!" Letting go of Serpendra's tongue, Serpendusa slithered to her collection of stone statues of the animal warriors. "All look very good especially this one." she said examining the statue of...Lagravis.
Back at the Kingdom of Light...
Now that all acquired the celestial power, Laval and Li'ella went for a walk around the kingdom while the rest went exploring. "I like this place. It's all white and no speck of dirt around here. I wonder why?"
"The colour white symbolises purity and cleansing." answered a unicorn who is on a lookout. "Uh...what are you doing?"
"I'm on guard duty. Usually, I would keep watch from any external threats that will threaten our kingdom. My name is Unicode and I'm Unicrown's most trustworthy servant. I presume you're one of those from Chima."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Laval and she is Li'ella." The two shook hands. "So Unicode, how was life like in the Kingdom of Light."
"We live in prosperity under our leadership rulers. They care for us and are fair-minded and sagacious as the books says. All 3 of them are well-respected by us for we pledged our loyalty to them and are willing to serve our rulers with the same characteristics and attributes." While Unicode is explaining his statement to Laval, Cragger, Worriz and Razar are watching the manufacturing of battlecruisers. "I wish I have my own flagship.'
"Me too."
"So do I my friends. I might even buy it at a high price."
"So guys, what will you name your ship if ever you own one? For me, I will name it the "Crocodile Crusader."
"That's lame! For me, I'll call it, "Night Wolf"
"Nonsense my friend, I will name mine, "Delusion Raven" because my pen pal Nohemon has a pet crow who can use a move linked to delusion."
"Wait a minute, you have a pen-pal?!"
"Yes my friends, here's a picture to prove it." Taking it out, it shows Razar and Nohemon together with their weapons in their fighting positions. "This is crazy!"
"Yeah, how did you connect with him?" Just then, Lavertus along with Pegastorm and Pegasurge passed by and saw everything. "Hey Razar you got a pen-pal? I too have one. Look!" Lavertus took out picture of himself and his pen-pal which is a Leomon. While Lavertus and Razar talked about their pen-pals, Cragger and Worriz were left confused.
In one of the towers, Eris and Flinx can be seen enjoying the view of the kingdom while Gorzan, Rogon and Bladvic are exploring the weapon workshop. "Dude cool toys.'
"Impressive tech. I wonder who is able to design such weapon capabilities?' Just then, a unicorn entered the workshop surprising the trio. "What are you doing in my workshop?"
"Uh...sleeping?"
"This place is restricted to no one but me, Unicorno. Weapons expert here."
"Hey, I am an expert of technology if you ask me." Rogon exclaimed. "I don't recall that but...ah never mind! Whatever you do, don't touch anything breakable!" Unicorno warned them as he went to work using his horn to emit an electrical power that connected some pieces of metal into a weapon. "Now that is some Beam Cannon you've made from your shiny horn." Rogon commented. "Hey how did you know I was making?"
"I can tell because technology's my game."
"Interesting. Tell me more about your genius-intellectual stuff." If you ask them, Rogon and Unicorno began good friends in tech while Gorzan and Bladvic did nothing but listen to their conversation.
Back to the watchtower...
Laval, Li'ella and Unicode are still at the tower chatting when Unicode stopped. "Something wrong?"
"Yes Laval..." Without haste, Unicode took out his binoculars and checked the surroundings. "What did you see?"
"Well Li'ella, I saw..." He gasped. "Not good. Laval! Activate the security system now! Alert the whole kingdom!"
"Why?"
"JUST DO IT!" Without haste, Laval ran and found a red button pressing it. The entire kingdom has been alerted as Fluminox, Pegastar and Unicrown were having a meeting when Sir Fangar burst in. "The kingdom is on high alert. Do you know what that means?" The 3 can tell as they hold the meeting and ordered, "Battle stations! All tribes to arms now! Defence positions and repel the assault!" Pegastar ordered as around the kingdom, all the mythical tribes are preparing for battle.
Back at the watchtower again, "So who's attacking us?" asked Laval.
"Sea for yourself." Lending him his binoculars, Laval looked at the sea(the kingdom is surrounded by the ocean)and saw numerous submarines emerging, "Only one shadow tribe can navigate through the seas."
"And they are none other than..."
Underwater...
"Whoo hoo! My own Sharktronic Submarine Tank, the Leviathan is tha pride of da Shark Tribe! It's tha biggest, baddest an hevaly armed vehacle in da tribe!" Sharking boasted as he scanned the battlefield in his computer in his aquatic vehicle. "Sharkula, iz everything in position?"
"Everything iz set boss!"
"Perfect! Open fire! Launch em all!"
From the kingdom...
"Uh guys? The submarines have something hidden in their hulls or launching areas. I think they are..."
"TAKE COVER!" Unicode pushed Laval aside as a ballistic missile nearly hit them. "I got a bad feeling about this." Li'ella stated as she helped Laval and Unicode up. Then, the trio looked out to see Sharktronic Subs launching hundreds of ballistic missiles as they blasted everywhere on the kingdom. "We got to repel the assault. Follow me! We got not much time left!" Unicode ordered as he and the lions moved out.
At the shores, "Whatever you do, do not let the kingdom fall!" a Pegasus ordered as several Pegasus, unicorns and phoenix armed with Starblaster Laser rifles and melee weapons readied for battle. Then, mini-subs were seen advancing towards the shore and once they hit land, their jaws opened and dragons, serpents, sharks and hellhounds poured out firing their weapons and clashing with the mythical tribes. Among the subs launched, a cybernetic serpent emerged from one of them. "Take no prisoners-s-s-s! S-S-S-Slay them all!" Serpentron ordered as he used his metallic tail to swat a unicorn and using his metallic right arm to punch a Pegasus.
Meanwhile. Cragger, Worriz, Razar and Lavertus were struggling to avoid the explosions of the ballistic missiles. "What are you waiting for? Get inside!" Pegastorm ordered as he and Pegasurge boarded a battlecruiser. "This is gonna be fun!"
"Yeah! A joyride it will be!" There inside, they ran into Pegastar who's commanding the fleet. "Battlecruisers, Storm Bringer, Tornado Wing, White Star and Shining Wind, follow my flagship, Galaxy Nova to battle!" As the battlecruisers took off to attack the enemy from the skies, "My friend, you too have your own flagship?"
"Well Razar, it is my ship and yes, I own it."
"Can I play with your toys in the ship my friend?"
"Uh...okay...you just control the starblaster turrets. That's all." Pleased, "Well my friends, we can have some fun." They cheered and ran to the twin gatling 6-barrelled turrets. "I'm gonna enjoy this!" said Cragger
"Let's rain lasers!" cheered Worriz as they opened fire like frenzy raining lasers on the subs.
Back at the underwater...
"Oh look, They're using da bigga kroozas ta boom us! Lucky I have a litta surprise ta counta their air powah! Sharkula, do it! Initaite them all!"
"Whoa boss, just chill and enjoy da battle commandament."
"Yeah thanks and take command! I shall break some bones for fun!"
At the shore...
"Dude, need some help?" the Pegasus, unicorns and phoenix who were fighting the enemy turned to see Unicrown, Unicorno, Gorzan, Rogon and Bladvic charge to fight alongside their allies while at the water, "I could have sworn the subs can fly." Bladvic stated sleepily as he spoke the truth because the next thing they knew it, some of the mini-subs emerged from the sea and flew towards the battlecruisers. " How did the Shark Tribe manage to enable aerial mobility?"
"Well Unicorno. The wings of the shark sub act as aerial wings granting them flight capabilities."
"You are something Rogon." He then handed him a Star Booster Cannon and they fired particles of blue energy beams at the Sharktronic Sub Tanks that are now reaching land to assist their allies. "Let's see what I can do!" Gorzan stated as he charged punching shadow warriors. Then a hellhound readied a weapon when "BDOW!"
"Cool..." Amazed by his new power, Gorzan fired light energy from his hands while Bladvic who is wide awake, fired laser beams from his eyes. "Best day of our lives!" Just then, Sharking emerged. "Time to break some calcium!" All watched as he put a dark chi in his body and unleash dark energy.
Meanwhile...
"We have to hurry!" Unicode, Laval and Li'ella are still hurrying. "Where are we going?"
"To a restricted area where I am the only one who can be authorized to enter!"
"What is it then?"
"Well you might need to know this because we are heading to the heart of our kingdom which is our only essential power source to prosper our kingdom. It is known as the Crystal of Light."
"Crystal of Light?"
"Yes, during the war, the shadow tribes tried to steal our precious artefact to weaken our power. Countless times we battled and all the time defeated they are."
"And what happened?"
"After that, I was assigned to safeguard this artefact because during the war, I held my ground to repel the enemy and was therefore the only member to enter the restricted area!"
"Cool! And you need us since we're with you the whole time right?"
"Indeed. We better hurry, we're almost there!"
In the air...
The battlecruisers engaged the flying shark subs as they fired missiles. "Where's Fluminox?" Lavertus asked Pegastar. "He'll be here shortly in his Blazing Star."
"Blazing Star? What's that?" He got his answer when some of the flying subs were shot down and a flaming battlecruiser accompanied by 2 others arrived to reinforce their allies. Inside the Blazing Star, "I've got a new ship to cleanse the area. You know what to do?" Foltrax, Frax and Firox nodded and yelled: "It's Blazing Time!" Instead of the actual one from before, the battlecruiser along with the other 2 which were known as the Molten Wing and the Flame Drive fired barrages of flaming blasts at the subs destroying some of them including those in the sea.
Seeing this, "Uh boss, I tink dey're tryin to pound fyer and lazers at our vehicles. I tink we need da big boyz to land and covah us!" Fro the transmitter, "Ya not need ta worry. Our objective iz ta keep' em busy while that cyborg serpent gits da prize dat awaits da dragon emperor. He should be getting it by now."
At the bottom of the temple...
"Alright we're here! Let's hurry!" Laval, Li'ella and Unicode entered the restricted area and hurried to the bottom. "This is where the Crystal of Light is located?"
"Yes Li'ella. We should be here." When they arrived. "Wow! It's big and shiny!" Laval exclaimed as in front of them is the crystal which is as big as a refractor. Suddenly, "LOOK OUT!","CHT!" All dodged it and noticed as shrike throwing knife on a will. "Impres-s-s-sive. But not nearly." Soon enough, Serpentron appeared as he transformed his right cybernetic arm into a pulse cannon. "S-s-s-so we meet again, Unicode. It's time to cripple you into what I am now because of my permanent defeat from you!"
"Bring it on scale-freak!" Serpentron clashed with his sharp cybernetic tail while Unicode used his lightning sword. "Whatever you do, do not let the Crystal of Light, fall into the wrong hands!" Unicode then threw a laser sword and an electric axe for them to use in the fight against Serpentron. "Even if you outnumber me, I can still defeat you all!" He declared as his cybernetic eye fired a devastating laser beam that broke through the wall and it hit the Galaxy Nova's engine arrays!
There inside, "We've been hit!" Pegasurge reported as he analysed the data in the main computers. "Get the ship repaired ASAP before we go down."
"Wait, go down to where?"
"To the abyss." Okay, Pegastar was serious so all those on board quickly went to work when some of the dragons entered the ship. "Crap! Things are lighting up here!" Worrriz exclaimed as a dragon used his dark axe to chop hi but he abandoned the turret and somehow, "VEEOW!"
"Worriz, did you just shoot laser from your hand?"
"Yeah Cragger. I guess this is the power from the white chi?"
"Well my friend, you cracked the code." Soon enough, the trio opened fired driving out the dragons and managed to back up the Pegasus for them to repair the engine arrays.
At the shores, "None of ya cant stop me!" Sharking engaged the enemy sending a lot them flying with hi fists and fins. Wielding twin finblades, he broke through the lines for his army and faced the heroes. "Dude, can't you just brighten up?" Gorzan asked brightening his face. "AARGH! Dat's not nice! Tryin ta blind me with light? Ya know it's our weak spotty but we will triumph soon enuff!"
"Eat hot laser shark boy!" Rogon and Unicorno who are riding on a unicorn vehicle which is a War Wheel Tank fired a huge laser at Sharking from the horn cannon mounted at the front but the shark used dark power to resist it. Then, speedorz, bikes and tanks from the Unicorn tribe emerged to reinforce the ground force. "Hahaha, you call tis an armey? I got an armey too but it's more powahful dan urs!" From the sea, Sharktronic Submarine Tanks landed on the shore opening their mouths to release speedorz and warriors and after that, fired their jaw cannons making it a full-scale ground assault between both sides.
Back at the core of the temple...
Laval, Li'ella and Unicode are still duelling Serpentron as the cybernetic serpent unleashed multiple deadly weapons like a right shoulder mounted rocket pod that fired triple rockets, dual wrist dark energy blades on both wrists on his gauntlets and a flamethrower projector on his left gauntlet. "Is this guy a killing machine or a deadly bounty hunter?"
"Neither Laval." Unicode replied dodging a wrist blade slash. 'He's the darkest deadly warrior we have faced in the past."
"Unforgiving I am to you now ever s-s-s-since you made me into my new appearance! I will make you taste death physically, mentally and emotionally!"
"I don't understand how you will defeat me."
"With this-s-s-s!" Serpentron took out a dark chi powering himself. The heroes and Unicode too chi-ed up and all are equally and powerfully matched. "Impres-s-s-sive. But not nearly!" He used his spiked metallic tail to smash but Unicode jumped off and fired a lightning blast from his horn. Serpentron resisted it by activating a dark energy shield on the side of his metallic arm to block it. 'Hit him from behind!" Laval and Li'ella jumped in the air and together slashed the cyborg serpent from behind. "SHING! AAGGHH!" The cybernetic serpent felt it and his metallic parts start to malfunction. "Nice job disabling him." Unicode exclaimed. However, "You are too late..." Hissing a bit, Serpentron suddenly pressed a button on his armour and rebooted himself. "What?" all exclaimed. "Not yet you fools-s-s-s, the real fun begins-s-s-s now!" Serpentron took out another dark chi but instead, threw it at the Crystal of Light corrupting the artefact. "What have you done?!"
"The dragon emperor's treas-s-s-sure is-s-s-secure!" The Crystal glowed darker and unleashed darkness! Fro the air and land, all stopped fighting to see it. "Whoo-hoo! He did it boyz! Now we finish em with our secret weapon!" Sharking cheered as the tanks opened their jaws revealing mouth turbines. "Oh no...RUN!" Unicrown ordered as the mouth turbines bean to power up, sucking in anything like the speedorz and bikes shredding all the metal into a million pieces. "Did I miss anything?" Bladvic woke up from his nap. "You're lucky to be alive otherwise, you would have been shredded up organically." answered Unicrown as they continued to wait.
Back at the core, the Crystal of Light is becoming dangerously unstable until it made a dark explosion. "Too dark!" Laval exclaimed as it cleared and Serpentron smiled saying, "Well it's-s-s-s time I claim it for the Dragon Emperor!" He switched his pulse cannon to a scissor claw and grappled it grabbing the crystal. "You will do no such thing!" Laval grabbed the crystal in response but Serpentron used the scissor claw to throw Laval off. Li'ella ran to help him up. "He's getting away!" Unicode seeing this tried to stop him but the cybernetic serpent activated a jetpack and burst out with the crystal. "Sharking do you read me? I got what we came for. Withdraw the attack!"
"WAT? I wus just havin fun shredin stuff and ya want ta call off da attak?"
"Just do it!" Sharking looked confused but, "Alright boyz, change of plans! We're gettin outta here now pronto!" All the shadow warrior looked surprised but all did as told as the subs dove back into the sea and the tanks switched back allowing them to enter and within sometime, all withdrew. "See ya layter losers!" Sharking called out as he boarded his own sub. There inside, "Sharkula! Take us home! I wanna have my meals!"
"Roger that boss!"
After the enemy withdrew their attack, all gathered as the kingdom is under repairs. "It's peculiar that the enemy withdrew the attack." Fluminox briefed. "Indeed, I wonder why?" Pegastar wondered. "Somehow, what was their main purpose of attacking us?" added Unicrown. That's when Laval, Li'ella and Unicode came out. "They took it!"
"Took what?" asked Flinx. Pegastar telepathically gasped. "It's impossible. They took the Crystal of Light!"
"Moreover, they corrupted it and took it away!" added Unicode. "And we got beaten by a cybernetic serpent!" added Laval. "Cybernetic?" asked Cragger. "Never mind that, how did it happen?" demanded Unicrown. Lavertus thought for a while and asked. "Do you think the attack is just part of a diversion for them to smash and grab?"
"I think we have our answer." said Fluminox. It was worrying for the mythical tribes for the crystal is the heart and the source of their power to presere the kingdom. "Just one question. Now that they took the crystal, what are they gonna do with it?" asked Laval. All looked to the horizon as the shadow tibes can still be seen withdrawing...
What a strategic lan the enemy had and the heroes never expected that. So what will the crystal be used for? What will our heroes do? Chapter 8 coming soon...
