Chapter 7
Emily started screaming as she left the ground.
"Ace I don't think that this is a good idea." Mark said. "What if she can't fly?"
"We need to know the limit of her powers." Ace said.
"There are other ways of doing that."
"Ace put me down." Emily said as he went higher.
"Emily do you trust me?"
"Of course."
"Then you trust me to catch you." He said as he let her go.
Emily screamed as she fell and closed her eyes tightly.
She could hear Mark's cries of terror.
'This is it.' She thought to herself.
The next moment she heard Ace crying out in triumph and Mark and Sparx's sighs with relief.
She opened her eyes and gasped when she found that she was floating just inches from the ground.
"I knew it." Ace said as he came to Emily's side. "Are you alright?"
Emily shook her head. "How do I move?"
Ace laughed and grabbed her by the arms and lifted her higher in the air.
"No Ace I don't want to."
"You need to learn."
Mark laughed as he watched Emily try to stead herself in the air.
"This is hard." Emily said as she tried to hover in the air.
"It is but I think you're getting the hang on it. Now try flying around."
Emily was wobbly at first but soon enough she was zipping around the room.
"You're a natural." Ace said. "You can take a break while I power up." He flew down to his transformer and started powering himself up.
Emily flew down to Mark.
"That was amazing." He said.
Emily smiled. "It felt amazing."
She suddenly scrunched up her nose and frowned. "Something is wrong."
"What is it?"
Emily shook her head. "This is bad."
"What's wrong Emily? Tell me."
She looked to Mark with a serious look on her face. "Lord Fear has gained the rest of the Amulet of Zoar. It's just my pieces he hasn't gotten."
Mark widened his eyes. "How do you know?"
"I could always feel when a piece was found."
Mark turned to Ace and Sparx to see that they were slowly flickering like there power was slowly draining away.
"That isn't good." Sparx said. "I just recharged but I already feel weak."
"That is because you are weak." Came a voice behind them.
They turned to see Random Virus standing behind them.
They saw that his power was slowly draining away as well.
"Random." Ace said with caution.
Mark turned slightly to Emily. "Be careful around him."
Emily nodded as she looked at his red eye. "I know who he is. It looks like he's chosen Lord Fear's side."
Mark nodded in agreement.
"Random you are on our side." Ace said. "Remember that you are my friend and that you are a Lightning Knight."
"I have no friends and I am no Lightning Knight."
"Yes you do. Remember."
Random Virus shook his head and looked to Emily. "Give me the girl."
Sparx and Ace stepped in front of Mark and Emily.
"I don't think so."
Random let out a frustrated cry. "I'm sick of all you do gooders. You're all weak. Let me through." He used his claw hand to whack Ace and Sparx out of the way.
He then rolled over to where Mark and Emily were hiding behind the couch.
"Emily get behind me." Mark said.
Emily shook her head. "No you don't have your Lightning Gauntlet on you." She said as she stood in front of Mark.
"You weak little girl. Come here and face me."
Emily shook her head. "I am not your enemy Random Virus."
"You are weak. That means that you are my enemy." He grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and threw her across the room.
"Emily." Mark cried out.
Random then turned to Mark and raised his claw in the air.
He was about to strike him when his claw hit something invisible and was thrown backwards to the ground.
"What?" Mark said as he turned to see Emily had her arms raised to Random Virus.
Emily smirked. "Force field baby."
"Emily keep the force field around Random." Ace said as he and Sparx stood in front of him.
Emily nodded as she put the invisible force field around Random Virus like a prison.
Random tried breaking loose but found that he couldn't no matter how much he tried.
"Let me go you cowards."
"Sparx use your sword." Ace said as he aimed his fists at Random.
Sparx nodded as she brought out her sword and unleashed pink lightning onto Random Virus.
Ace did the same thing.
They stopped when Random started to short circuit.
"That's enough."
Emily let the force field go and fell to her knees.
"Are you alright?" Mark asked.
Emily nodded. "I'm fine."
Ace slowly walked over to Random who had his eyes closed.
"Random my old friend."
Random opened his eyes and Ace saw that his left eye was green.
"Ace?" Random said as he looked around. "What am I doing here?"
"It's okay old friend."
Random noticed Emily standing by Mark. "You."
Emily shrank back. "He's going to turn evil again."
"You need to get out of here Amulet Girl." Random said. "You're putting everyone around you in danger. Lord Fear is coming for you. You are his key to the end of this world."
"Random it's okay." Ace said as he put his hand on his shoulder.
Random shrugged it off. "You need to get rid of her."
Ace shook his head. "She needs protecting. She can help us send Lord Fear back to the 6th dimension. Are you with us my friend?"
Random sighed and nodded. "I'm with you." He looked back at Emily. "Lord Fear's scum will be here any minute for you."
Mark ran to his bag and got out his Lightning Gauntlet. "I will help fend them off."
Emily shook his head. "No you shouldn't be fighting. You're not involved in this."
"I've been involved with this since the moment they came into this world. Listen to me Emily. You are my friend and as my friend I will protect you."
"Isn't that sweet." Came a voice behind them. "I hate sweet."
They turned to see Lady Illusion, Anvil, Pigface, Googler and the Rat standing behind them.
