At Rixis, everyone was in total shock at the Green Giant's return. Then Vyse turned around to the GUN Commander and yelled; "Call off the Gigas, now!"
Fina continued, "Please! Grendel has destructive power beyond imagination! Please call it off!"
Then, the communicator on Vyse's wrist went off. "Vyse, what the hell happened?" Glider's voice bellowed from the watch. "Is that thing Grendel, the Green Giant?"
Blade's voice questioned, "Who was the idiot that got it awake?"
Aika then answered, "That guy with the different colored eyes over there. Let me put you on view mode." She then pressed a button that showed Blade and Glider's faces. Blade was shocked at what he heard, and who he saw.
"YOU!" The Commander bellowed at Blade's face. "Where are you?"
Blade sighs, and then asks, "Does this matter anymore?" Turning to Vyse, Aika, and Fina he then said, "Vyse, meet me at the Delphinus. We're dropping off the Ixa'Ness Demons, so you won't hear from them for a while. Aika, don't ever use View Mode when GUN's around. Fina, I need to know how you beat it a year ago."
Vyse answered, "Got it! See you in a few minutes!" and he turned the thing off. Turning to the Commander, he ordered, "You have to give us the Moon Crystal and the Chaos Emerald right now!"
The Commander scowled, "I don't take orders from pirates! Nor do I trust your kind!"
Fina then pleaded, "We need them to save the world! Do you think Blue Rogues are all bad?"
The GUN Commander was confused at this point, so Aika sighed, and continued, "Listen here, old man! If you want to help Arcadia, take on the Black Pirates. The Black Eight are the ones who want to rule the world, not us. Blade's on our side, and he's our reference to what we're dealing with in terms of Earth based forces!" She then calmed down, and asked, "I know you wouldn't trust Pirates, but we don't know if the Black Eight wants to attack Earth as well. Will you let us handle this?"
The Commander was a bit lost, but he sighed and answered, "Just this once… I'll leave this one to you. Blade's still a wanted mouse, so after you leave this region, don't expect an easy way in or out of it!" He then threw Aika the gems, and left the area. The Delphinus made perfect timing. when Grendel was nearing Rixis, and Blade and Glider was on the ship's deck.
Immediately on the bridge, Vyse took the helm of the ship. "We know what we're dealing with… but we have a new advantage to this fight… the Delphinus." Turning to his friends he smiled, "Any ideas on how we take it down this time?"
"Well," Fina suggested, "we could always knock Grendel back into that ravine like we did a year ago…."
Blade then stated, "Well, let's go with that, because it worked. Or we could always use the Moonstone Cannon to blow it to bits."
Aika asked, "Why not knock it in, and then blow it up with the Moonstone Cannon?"
However, Grendel had struck the ship with its backhand. The Delphinus quickly recovered, and Vyse ordered, "Aika; Increm spell! Fina; Sacres spell! Blade, Glider; cannons!"
After a couple spells to maintain damage and strengthen the ship for a while, Blade and Glider were going all sorts of trigger-happy on Grendel. Grendel was knocked back a bit by the awesome firepower of the Delphinus I, but not enough. The Gigas was obviously ticked off at cannons, and the giant lifted a really huge boulder, and threw it at the Delphinus. However, it didn't know that Vyse thought enough was enough. He's going with Blade's plan to just blow it up.
"Moonstone Cannon… FIRE!" Vyse ordered, and within minutes, the boulder had blown to bits big enough to only damage small islands. The beam was aimed a bit higher than Grendel's chest; it had struck Grendel's head! The great Green Giant was no more as it had fallen into the ravine completely decapitated.
Back at Horteka village, Vyse had apparently come to terms with GUN's Commander in Blade's eyes. "So, basically, if we can nab the Black Eight's leader first, Blade has a clean sleight," Vyse offered to the Commander. "If you take that guy down, we'll all go to jail. Agreed?"
Vyse had extended a hand, which the Commander shook. "Still, until this war of the pirates is over, neither you, your friends, or Blade, have a clean record. That means you're fair game after you leave Ixa'taka."
Blade for the first time in Ixa'taka, gave a full grin. That grin quickly faded, as Isapa tapped him on the shoulder. "Oh, Grendel…."
Blade then pleaded, "Call me Blade. Anyways, you were saying?"
Isapa then chuckled, "Oh! Now then, a mysterious girl told me to ask you if you really wanted to find your friend- what was his name again…- Zenth?"
Blade was shocked, and then asked, "Zenth is actually in Arcadia?"
King Ixa'taka then laughed. "Apparently, he does want to find his friend. Here." The King handed Blade a piece of paper, and then as GUN left, he then said, "May Quetya aid you on the rest of your journey! And may she assist you in stopping the Black Eight's wrath!"
Blade then replied, "And may Quetya's powers assist you in recovering from the siege." Turning to Centime, he asked, "Could you keep things under control here? I hate to see the Black Eight attack such a forested area again."
One of Centime's orphans cheered, "We'll see to the safety of the place!"
And with that, Vyse's team headed back to Crescent Isle, as Blade started reading the clue that was left for him: "Scarred into the desert near the sacred temple."
At the Black Eight's unknown headquarters, Vigiro crawled in, still sweaty from being shot at, stabbed in the hand, forced to walk in the desert, and getting his butt kicked by a hedgehog and two ninjas.
Baltor then laughed, "Tough week, Vigiro?"
Vigiro then muttered, "Shut-up, Baltor…. This coming from the guy who's never even gotten close to beating Vyse once."
Guybrush Treepwood banged his fist on the table. "You both need to shut your traps! This coming from an ex-Valuan Admiral who lost his entire crew, and got his ass kicked by a hedgehog! During the time you've been gone Vigiro, this Blade menace has already taken on the Ixa'Ness Demons… and won. I think they've been grounded for five months… and the last Black Eclipse of the century is in two! We only have two months to reclaim the Chaos Emeralds, capture the Moon Crystals, and perform the ritual… and we've already lost No. 5's A, B, and C."
Baltor knew when to shut-up if the third in command has to say anything. Vigiro then asked, "Where's Lord Bane?"
"No. 4 went on his own little quest to secure victory over one of our enemies." Guybrush answered, and they waited….
In the Nasr Desert, Da Ninja pulled out his double Sutuku Daggers from the sand, and wiped his face of sweat. Zenth did the same with his long sword.
"Think it's noticeable, Zenth?" Senshi asked before falling on the sand in exhaustion.
Zenth collapsed, and barely made out a "Yeah… Blade should notice it."
Lori reappeared, and giggled. "You two have been slaving away at this message? How about you two take a rest before we give the next clue?"
Zenth was fast asleep, so Senshi nodded, "Yeah. The next clue is in Esperanza, so we'll rest there anyways." Lori picked up Zenth, helped her boyfriend up, and warped them to their destination.
Back on Earth, Dixie was staring out into the sunset. Blade and Zenth must really miss this, the young Seeddrain thought to herself. "But is waiting really enough?" she asked, and answered, "Nope. It's about time I brought both of those boys home."
"Sorry, little girl," a voice coldly said from behind her, and causing Dixie to turn around. It was none other than Lord Bane- that midget leader of the Zivilyn Banes for who forgot. He then continued, "But you're coming with me."
Dixie took out four of her Chakrams and asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"
Knowing he's not going to win like this, he then answered, "I'm Lord Bane, one of the legendary Black Eight of Arcadia. I happen to know who Blade is."
Dixie then thought, How does this jerk know who my friends are? Dixie then threw one of the Chakrams, which Lord Bane had dodged. Once it came back, the poor girl found herself surrounded by four of Lord Bane's minions. "Damn it… this guy's good."
Right when they were about to hold her down, Dixie used a wind burst to push back the four Zivilyn Banes, and quickly killed all four with a few wind slices.
Just then, a magical silver portal opened up behind her. Seeing more Zivilyn Banes appearing she had to make a choice. I could stay here and get captured by these freaks… or bail and go through the silver portal… BAIL! And she did bail, jumping into the silver portal.
When Lord Bane was about to go after her, the portal closed. "Damn. At least that goes to Arcadia… but where?"
Minutes later, Dixie woke up in a room. "Are you okay?" A voice asked her, and then Dixie's eyes met those of Emperor Enquire.
END OF PART TWO
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Well, Vyse has saved Blade's butt, Zenth has started testing Blade's will, and Dixie is now on Crescent Isle. Not bad after part 1, now that I've regained control of the story. It looks like the war's only going to get more complicated in part three… that should have at least over five chapters. Kingdom Rider92 out!
