[A/N: Hi all! I must apologise for the long delays. I've been trying to plan out the next phase of this story before posting.
This fight will be three/four chapters long. If you are interested with the party's equipment (in general) as they will be equipping different weapons at certain points of this lengthy fight:
Eight (Hero): Zombie Slayer Sword, Swallowtail Boomerang, Demon Spear (since everyone is using that wicked spear) & Magic Shield
Yangus: Bandit Axe, Über War Hammer, Hell Scythe, Bardiche of Binding Scythe (chance to fizzle targets) & Iron Shield
Angelo: Holy Silver Rapier, Cherion's Bow (recovers 30mp as a tool), Rune Staff & White Shield
Evil Jessica: The Sceptre of Trodain (technically it is the Godbird Sceptre, which is now cursed with Rhapthorne's soul)
Jessica: Her own fists. (Aw poor Jessica I feel so mean) However, she will have a weapon later on but I won't spoil anything just yet.
I've been looking on YouTube to see what players have equipped their party members and how they fought during the boss battle, against Evil Jessica. So I've tried to mix up the variety of weapons to give this flight a bit of flair. There will be other weapons that the party will find and be using along the way; however, you (the wonderful reader) will have to read it to find out. So then… Let the battle commence!]
Chapter 10: Duels of Duality - Part 1 (Demise)
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Now prepare yourselves to die at my hand!"
Evil Jessica takes her opportunity to attack the Trodain guardsman first. He jumps back but, in return, attacks back with his Zombie Slayer sword. The other two party members were too hesitant to attack her. Angelo uses the Rune staff to cast Kabuff to raise the party's defence. Yangus defends unsure what to do. Certainly for a bloke like him didn't want to interrogate Eight's assault. The bandit was simply scared because he didn't want to physically hurt Jessica in battle, knowing too well that his brute strength was unmatched. Who could blame him? She is their friend (or was until she picked up the sceptre with harbours Rhapthorne's soul). They did not like having to fight her (three rough-and-tough males going against a classy lady) but they had no choice. The beast that controls Jessica mind and body had forced the three of them into this complicated battle.
The party did the same tactic for the next round. Eight and Evil Jessica attacked each other. Yangus defending again and Angelo using the Rune staff to raise the party defence. Realising that Eight was doing most of the fighting, he hangs back to order his team mates to help him. "Come on guys! Get your act together! I can't take her down alone!"
"Easy for you to say, guv!" Yangus cowers as Evil Jessica, who suddenly appears in front of the bandit, crashes the sceptre down onto his Iron shield. Still keeping his eyes focused on the possessed Jessica, he turns his head shouting at the templar knight. "Oy Angelo! 'elp your sorry arse 'ver here, will ya!"
"I don't want to…" The templar knight sulks as he stands solitude with his head down in defeat. He puts his Rune staff away indicating that he wasn't going to fight. His head hangs in shame. Eight notices this (Angelo standing in the back of the battlefield as he is the party's main healer) as he immediately signals to his comrade, Yangus, to take charge in fending off Evil Jessica. Eight draws closer to comfort the distorted templar knight. "Angelo… We need your help! I thought you said you were ready for the battle!"
"I know but I… I can't do it…" Angelo solemnly confesses turning his head away. His gloved-hands tighten and shake nervously. "I don't want to hurt her."
"Of course none of us want to hurt her and I'm sure she doesn't want to hurt us too but crying over spilt milk won't solve anything! That's why we need to work together! You're the healer and your abilities can help us last longer in the battle! More importantly, Jessica needs your help! Confronting her is the only way to save her right now…" Eight justifies lightly placing a hand on his elbow.
"Having a problem, over there, gentlemen?" Evil Jessica startles the two males as she whacks Yangus away with her profane sceptre. The bandit skips backwards; keeping check of his Bandit Axe, now reunited with Eight and Angelo. Yangus and the Guv look at each other before nervously glancing at the sulky templar. His gloved-hand finally grips firmly onto the sword handle. Beneath his silver hair lies anger in his blue eyes. He breathes in sharply but short.
"No… We are just getting started!" Angelo hissed drawing his Holy Silver rapier from his sheath.
"Oh jolly good! I was beginning to wonder whether you foolish idiots were going to chicken out this fight! Regardless, the heir of the sage, David, will come to me and die!" Evil Jessica twirls the sceptre upwards and then swipes it aside leaving herself completely open.
Yangus quickly turns to Eight and Angelo. They nod to each other as they march towards the wicked witch in unison, Yangus in the middle, Eight and Angelo taking the end side. Unsure of what to do, Evil Jessica swipes for Yangus. He charges forward blocking and pushing her back with the Iron shield. Before she could get a chance, Eight and Angelo take the sides catching her off guard. As she removes the staff away from Yangus' Iron shield, quickly, she rotates her weapon to defend the dreadful blades. The group moved in too quick as they surrounded her in a triangle formation each trying to find an opening. Evil Jessica spinning and twirling herself, and the sceptre, round deflecting all incoming attacks from different angles. She hops, off the floor, to evade the leg sweep and slams the tip of the sceptre onto the ground causing a shock wave sending the three males to stagger back. Without thinking, Eight, Yangus and Angelo charge forward. Evil Jessica smirks lightly already predicted their plan.
Suddenly, she leaps high into the air, back somersaulting, using Rhapthorne's magic to help her levitate. She raises the sceptre in the black sky looking down at her opponents. The party of three struggle to see her hidden in the black sky.
"Look out!" One of the maids shouts out of the blue.
Eight, Yangus and Angelo instantly lunge back, towards the townsfolk, to avoid Evil Jessica, who crashes the sceptre down causing the stonework to crack. She stands up throwing the sceptre aside to remove the dust mocking the three males. "Pitiful humans! You won't be able to defeat me!"
"Let us cut to the chase! Your desire is to annihilate the sage: to kill David! Those other meddlesome pests are your closet friends, I see… But yet, you seem nervous! Frightened by your own shadow?" The evil woman clarifies folding her arms below her chest with confidence.
"I will fight them! But I will not kill them!" Jessica simply stated keeping her gaze at her clone.
"You defy your master's wish, again?" The clone questioned.
"I am not defying anyone! The Lord of Darkness only wishes for what he desires: to eliminate every heir of the sage. Anyone can beat those three!" Jessica points out to justify her answer.
"You are certain that you will win? They are your friends after all? Are you really going to destroy them? Or are you too scared to overcome your fear?" The clone asks. She was deliberately trying to knock Jessica's confidence with her witty words.
"I want to prove to them that I am to become greatest sorceress ever! They are my friends but I certainly will not be held responsible to bury them alive! In fact, I'm going to save everyone and you won't stop me!" Jessica confessed boldly. She tries to get passed but her evil self, who now stands in front blocking her path. Jessica growls angrily as she squares up her shoulders. "Out of my way!"
"You will have to go through me first!" The clone spat as she pushes Jessica's shoulders. Jessica staggers back but recovers quickly. She lowers her chin with her hands naturally apart taking her stance. "Fine! I figured that I would fight you at some point! Let's dance!"
"Pleasures all mine!" The wicked woman bows taking it as a compliment.
Jessica begins her assault on the woman. Having no weapons, she had to rely on her fists. Luckily she has experience fighting barehanded, thanks to King Trode, Eight and Yangus's guidance. Jessica throws a right hook, followed by a left. Both missed. She then executes a left front kick, from her leading leg, transitioning into a right-handed uppercut followed by a spinning back fist from her left. The woman snatches the back fist pulling Jessica into her nasty side thrust kick. Jessica hangs back covering her stomach from where the woman had just kicked her.
"Pathetic! You really are weak!" The evil woman mocks watching Jessica struggle to overcome the pain.
"Shut up!" Jessica snarls as she raises her guard. "I will not be beaten by the likes of you! I'll make sure of that!"
"Really? I beg to differ! You fight like a girl!" The woman mockingly exaggerates.
"But I am a girl, idiot!" Jessica argues as she suddenly executes a flying front kick snapping the evil woman's head back. She keeps her composure but examines the serious Jessica with caution.
"Good! He! He! He!" The evil woman placated. Her bulging veins begin to grow and expand as if they were going to burst any moment. Jessica silently gasps but doesn't display her emotions. She assesses the evil woman, who maliciously smiles. "Now it is my turn… To unleash my wrath!"
SLASH! SLASH! CLING! CHOP!
The three men were battling their way hard. They failed to land a single hit on Evil Jessica. She was too quick for them. She easily evaded their brute force and blocked their strong wielding attacks. Evil Jessica manages to rotate the sceptre in different areas aiming for Yangus. He winces and stammers back although the impact wasn't too bad thanks to his sheer bulk keeping him steady and strong.
Angelo chants 'Midheal' within the next turn. The bandit didn't need it but the templar knight healed him anyway, just to be on the safe side. Yangus thanked Angelo rubbing his arm that was now healed. He turns to Trodain guardsman commenting this difficult brawl. "She's tough, guv?"
"Yeah… Tell me about it!" Eight agrees with him quickly testing his Zombie Slayer sword. It was still in good condition.
"I knew this fight would be complicated! Really now! I do not like where this is going!" Angelo now confesses to the Trodain guardsman and the bandit with worry.
Evil Jessica smiles with delight upon hearing that comment. "Don't worry! You'll find out soon enough! How about you brats take a nap!"
"Eh! Wot are you on 'bout?" Yangus questions with a fury look in his small rounded eyes. Eight begins to panic, knowing that Evil Jessica was about to do something wickedly cruel.
"Kasnooze!" Evil Jessica leers casting the wicked spell. Eight and Yangus didn't get infected. Angelo, however, falls into a deep sleep.
"No!" Eight cries now looking at the sleepy Angelo.
"Kasnooze, again!" Evil Jessica casts once more. Now, Yangus falls into a deep sleep. Angelo falls into an even deeper sleep. Eight, who still remains unaffected by the sleepy spell, shakes his comrades by the shoulders desperate to wake them up. "Yangus! Angelo! Wake up! Guys! Wake up!"
"What are you going to do now?" Evil Jessica teases. She walks slowly as if she were about to strike the Trodain guardsman down. However she stops as something hard hits her on the head. She immediately scans left and right determined to find who had thrown a rock at her. "Who did that?"
"Leave them alone!" An unexpected voice hollers out of the blue.
"David!?" Eight exhales softly upon realisation.
The servant, David, had managed to conceal himself inside the dog cage along with Sir Leopold. It is unknown why he would hide there but he did. Evil Jessica beams as she alters her footing now, in slow motion, strolling towards the cage. "Ah! The heir of the sage! I've been looking for you!"
"Get away from them, you bitch!" David hisses towards the evil girl with the sceptre hurling another stone at her. She catches it with her left hand crushing it instantly and allows the dust fly away.
"Some balls you've got to confess that from your dirty foul mouth! He! He! I like that in a man! Indeed I like a lot of it! It makes you very daring!" Evil Jessica seductively slurs in her speech.
"Just leave them alone!" David shivers cowardly concealing himself in the dog cage. He nervously clenches his fists tight on the bars. He certainly did not like the evil girl, who continues flirting, and toying, with him explicitly.
"You better hang onto your trousers, boy!" She warned sending a malicious smile.
Eight cursed under his breath because he could not act quick enough. He grits his teeth, angry with, himself, for not realising the annoying spell that Evil Jessica had casted made his team fall asleep. Now she is going to stalk David and kill him. What can the Trodain guardsman possibly do? His eyes widen in shock now having thought of a bright idea.
"Wait a minute! I can cure Yangus and Angelo myself within one turn!"
Eight nods as he raises his arm in the air and throws it down. Mysterious magic symbols surround the guardsman as he chants a useful spell to help his fallen teammates. "Tingle!" He shouts. Yangus and Angelo wake up instantly. Eight wastes no time dawdling as he hurls his Swallowtail boomerang towards Evil Jessica directly hitting her on the head. She turns slowly to see who had hit her. "What's this!?"
Without hesitation, Eight catches his Swallowtail boomerang and points it towards his target ordering Yangus and Angelo to stop the possessed Jessica. "Quickly now! Keep her away from David!"
Yangus performs 'Helm Splinter' decreasing her defence slightly. Angelo followed up by performing 'Falcon Slash'. Finally, Evil Jessica notices that the bandit and the templar knight were awake and immediately rushed in to assault her. She flies forward, through the middle, diving into a forward roll and stands in her stance. Eight was there lifting his sword above his head. She side step dodges it, leaps up, pressing on hand on Eight's bandana half twist turn over his head. As she lands Eight horizontally strikes again. She skips back avoiding the blade as it scarcely cuts her purple blouse.
There was a pause. Evil Jessica lowers her chin. She looks down at herself seeing a clean horizontal line that just cuts on her purple blouse below her assets. Evil Jessica glares at them as her small pale hand starts to tremble. "So… That's how you want to play…"
Jessica throws a series of left and right punches at the evil woman, trying to land a hit on her. However, she kept missing as each attack was avoided. The evil woman just laughs with joy catching Jessica's right fist in her right pale hand. The evil woman pulls into the mage for a deadly uppercut in the ribs. She then withdraws her left arm and swings it back with speed backhanding Jessica in the face. Jessica steps away now holding her stinging cheek. She snarls, bringing her hands together to chant a spell. The evil woman clicks her fingers, evaporating the magic spell. Jessica throws her arms out expecting for a spell to form in the palms of her hands but there was nothing.
"What!?" The mage examines her small hands in confusion trying to puzzle why her spell failed. She withdraws them and examines them with a dumbfounded look on her face. The evil woman, standing a few feet away from her, continually teases her. "Oh I'm sorry! Did I break your concentration?"
"Stop tormenting me!" Jessica shouts in annoyance. She stamped her foot as she moves into a grounded but fierce stance.
"Chill out! You know we have to do something about that temper of yours because it is really bad, I must say!" The wicked woman gestures with her hands.
"Look! I refuse to play your childish mind games!" Jessica scowled, having smashed her closed fist onto the wall behind her causing it to shatter some of the brickwork. She moves herself away from the wall to avoid herself being cornered.
The evil woman deliberately drives the mage up the wall with her witty comments. "See what you did there? You cracking the wondrous brickwork that belongs to Rhapthorne, the Lord of Darkness!" She begins to sing into a merry song to deliberately drive Jessica up the wall. She continues her torment her. "You really are off the wall! Ha! Ha! HA!"
"Shut up! Just shut up!" Jessica growls in frustration, marching forward directly to her as if she wanted to throttle the woman. She misplaces her footwork having nearly tripped over. Luckily, she regains her posture. The evil woman giggles at her. She turns her body sideways, placing her hand on her cheek, pouting her lips. "Do mind the gap, dear!"
"I said SHUT UP!" She quickly hurls a right elbow that catches the evil woman's shoulder. Jessica naturally charges a fireball in her left hand firing directly for her clone. However, the clone jumps to the side watching the fireball exploding the brick wall. It leaves a huge hole, with a few brick crumbling down, which open another entrance to the prison room. Jessica breaths hard, letting her steam off from the fireball that she had casted. The evil woman claps her hands with excitement. "And there you have it! Breaking down the fourth wall!"
"Laying on thick, are we?" Jessica remarked sarcastically to the wicked woman, now clenching her hand, from where she had fired her spell, shuts tight into a menacing solid fist as her red knuckles rapidly begin to burn lightly.
"Don't you start throwing a tantrum at me! You're the one who is putting a big hole in it? Well, literally, I must emphasis!" The clone justified.
"ARRGH!" Jessica screams with fury, now pushing her feet off the floor with force, flying fast and her hands aimed at the evil woman's throat. She had pushed her so hard as the two of them tumbled into the next prison room, where Jessica had shot her fireball, and roll onto the hard stone floor. The evil woman instantly pushes Jessica off as she crouches one knee to the ground.
"That's it! Let it go! I want to see you get angry! Come at me if you dare!" The evil woman challenged.
"You are so dead!" Jessica spilled her words of hatred towards the evil woman. She immediately lunges herself for her clone version yet again.
"KAFRIZZLE!" Evil Jessica commands. The spell she chants begins to circle her as they mystical patterns fly up into the dark clouds and slowly start to expand.
"Look out!" Yangus hollers upon seeing the red circle of fire that swirls above the dark clouds. Eight manages to break to lock on the caged door with his boomerang. He then throws the caged-door to one side, snatching David by the scruff of the neck and flees. Sir Leopold also follows them out. The Kafrizzle plummets down aiming for the dog cage sending a massive howl of flames. The townsfolk cower in fear. There was so much damage as the stonework was torn. This was bad news for Eight, Yangus and Angelo. Evil Jessica's magic was really strong. The aftermath of the dog cage, she just blew up, was just enough to prove the evil sorceress's dominance. If she continues to set the town a light then there will be no town left.
"He! He! He! That's not all I have to offer!" Evil Jessica beams with delight. Eight gasps in shock. "How about some Kasizzle!"
She points the sceptre in direction where the northern checkpoint is. The orange flames rapidly parade along the rooftops of some of Arcadia's houses. The crowds of people cower upon hearing large explosions from the flames that crack the stonework.
"And how about some Kacrackle!" The evil girl chants once more.
She now turns to point the sceptre in the opposite direction. A huge ice shard drops from the sky freezing the rooftops as well as a section of the large mansion. Dominico, who was inside of his workroom, stumbles and falls onto the ground. He gets himself up, off the floor, groaning in pain as he holds his lower back for support. "Grah! Stupid wand waving bimbo!"
Back outside near the fountain, the evil girl laughs with confidence.
"Oy! I don't remember Jessica learnin' 'hem spells!" Yangus exclaims out of the blue.
"It is the sceptre! It is bestowing her magical powers to overthrow Arcadia!" Angelo explains, pointing his finger at the oversized glowing staff.
Eight turns now facing the evil girl. He quickly hurls his Swallowtail boomerang at her. "Jessica! I order you to stop this right NOW!"
"Make me! HA!" The evil girl roars deflecting the incoming boomerang with the sceptre. Evil Jessica rips open the fabric of space with the sceptre! Some shadows emerge from another dimension!
"Well, we should cast accelerate but since Jessica isn't with us I guess we should-" Angelo half finished as he appears stunned by the shadows.
Yangus hangs his mouth out to dry. "Wot the fuck!"
"Where did they come from?" Eight interrupts catching his Swallowtail boomerang in the making. He gasps, panicking once more as he frantically observing the three shadows that appear before him and his comrades.
"It looks as if Jess has made some new friends on the other side!" Angelo pointed out.
"Lets get rid of them, guv!" Yangus grips his bandit axe tight, snarling at the shadows.
Eight wastes no time using 'Crosscutter Throw' to damage the shadows. Yangus simply attack with his axe to wipe out the shadows individually. Angelo changes his weapon using the Cherion's bow that he picked up at Rydon's Tower. He fires several shots hitting the enemies at random. He regains magic points in the process. Evil Jessica watches the party of three destroying the three shadows. Evil Jessica rips open the fabric of space with the sceptre, twice in a row! Some shadows emerge from another dimension!
Now there were six shadows in total, three on each side of her. She smirks confidently. "Now this is a fair fight!"
"Lets put an end to them quickly!" Angelo ordered the party, ignoring Evil Jessica's comment.
However, it didn't help that Evil Jessica kept attacking, and casting 'Kasizzle' and 'Kacrackle' every turn, freezing and burning her opponents. This caused Angelo to use 'Multiheal' to heal the group. Eight orders Yangus to psyche up and take down Evil Jessica alone. Yangus reaches 50+ tension and attempts to use 'Helm Splinter' but Evil Jessica smoothly dodges the attack. Yangus growls in frustration, having lost all his momentum. Eight had enough with the shadows who kept attacking them with their fury claw swipes and their relentless cold breath. So he casts 'Zap' to eliminate the group of shadows once and for all.
Once they were wiped out, Evil Jessica slowly gazes at her sides seeing the shadows disappeared.
"Does anyone have any bright ideas?" Eight offered to the group.
"Oy guv! I've got an idea!" Yangus clicked his finger as he quickly whispers the plan to both Eight and Angelo. Once they nodded, Yangus decides to take charge of the leading role They creep then they leap for her. "Now... On three, chaps. One... Two... Three... GET HER!"
"RAWH!" Evil Jessica roared as a shadow of Rhapthorne's briefly shows his face explicitly behind her.
"ARRGH!" The men screamed in unison now retreating upon seeing the horrifying image. It soon vanishes.
"Get her!?" Eight questioned the bandit.
"That was you whole plan?" Angelo half teased.
"At least it were worth a try!" Yangus breathed, whilst trying to recover form the surprise. "Cor Blimey!"
Evil Jessica smirks delightfully, once more, now focuses on attacking the men individually.
Suddenly, the three shadows appear. Then another six emerge from the blackness. Finally another three shadows make an appearance. Now, there are twelve ghastly shadows. They begin to surround Jessica in the corner of the prison cell.
"Go!" The evil woman orders the shadows to attack.
The mage frantically scans left and right unsure what to do. She quickly shuts her eyes tight and cowers bracing herself for the incoming impact. The dozen lot of shadows roar as they fly for her.
FLASH!
Jessica cautiously opens an eye to take a peek. She jumps with surprise both eyes and mouth wide open. "Arrgh! Hey! Where did they go?"
"Lets just say they went into other dimension!" The evil woman confessed now folding her arms.
"WHAT!?" Jessica cries, turning her head to face the evil clone. She strolls towards her demanding to know the answer to her question. "How is that even possible!? You just summoned them a few minutes ago, didn't you?"
"Well I hate to burst your bubble but it looks like our fight has to be postpone until this is dealt with!"
"What do you mean?"
The two of them glance over their shoulders in sync. Armies of shadows maliciously smile, grimacing with their hands with delight. Their shadowy hand flicker wildly. Some of them laughed, others licked their lips. Where did they come from? This was very bad indeed.
"Hold on! I thought the shadows obey your commands!?" Jessica points out now having her hazel eyes on her clone version of herself. The evil woman shrugs her shoulders not caring.
"I would like to think so but because these shadows belong to the Lord of Darkness, I have no authority over them!" The evil girl chuckles a little as she explains. "In short, you are just a minion carrying out Rhapthorne's duty to set these shadows free and to fend of the travellers in the other world? Great going genius!"
Frustrated, the short-tempered mage charges and shoots another fireball. The clone quickly avoids another fireball from Jessica. She mocks the mage for having repeated the same mistake yet again. "You missed!"
"Didn't I tell you to shut up?" Jessica snapped with fury as she uses both hands, at the same time, to double punched her.
The evil girl catches them with both of her hands. The two of them draw close, locked their arms and were now struggling against each other. Jessica's arms tense using all her might to overthrow the evil version of herself. The evil girl does the same but chuckles to her own amusement. "Oh, I almost forgot."
"What?" Jessica grunts determined to find out.
The evil girl leans into Jessica inches away from her face. She then whispers in her ear. "Rhapthorne has full control of this battlefield! His mind and body are still capable to manipulate monsters and humans. Some say his body is so big that it contains enough cursed power to contort the space-time continuum itself! After all, he is the Lord of Darkness and very soon your friends shall devour into corpses!"
The wicked woman laughs, each time they slowly getting louder and louder. Jessica's eyes widen in shock. How could she have forgotten? Her friends were there, fighting, risking their lives to save her. There was no time for her to dwell these thoughts now. She uses all her might to force the evil clone to stagger back from the break. Jessica instantly cast a 'Crackle' spell, hoping it would hold her opponents off, to give herself time to make her get away.
The evil witch cast six shadows once more. Instead of attacking, with her magic, she decides to hang back, forgetting that she was supposed to dispose the sage's heir. Despite this, she laughs to her own amusement as she watches her shadows do her bidding for her. They were slowly disassembling the party's formation.
The sinister six shadows were defeated. Eight, Yangus and Angelo continue their assault against the possessed Jessica. Yangus loses his Bandit axe. Angelo quickly switches his weapon for his Holy Silver rapier and dashes in with his neat sword work. Eight changed his battle formation, now hovering at the back, continually hurling his boomerang with a combination of 'Crosscutter Throw' and 'Power Throw' hitting Evil Jessica bit by bit. Yangus had enough time to equip his Scythe, having the Bardiche of Binding, now charges in for the attack along side Angelo. The attacks were too heavy for Evil Jessica to block and since she found no room to evade the attack (cornered) she took the impact instead. Seeing an opportunity, Eight changes his Swallowtail boomerang for his Zombie Slayer sword, jumps forward, using 'Falcon Slash' and does a spinning side thrust kick aiming for Evil Jessica's stomach. She takes the hit having now moved away from the men. She was about to make her assault until a blade stops her from moving. Eight bravely stand in front. He points the tip of his blade at her giving a sign of warning.
He orders her to surrender. "Stop where you are! Surrender, Jessica! Its over!"
"HA! I beg to differ!" Evil Jessica smiles to herself. She had thought of a devilish idea. She wildly opens more fabrics. Not twice but defiantly more than thrice. Shadows were appearing from another dimension in dribs and drabs. There were ten. No twenty. Cripes at least fifty of them that gather round the fountain.
"Wait- What on earth!?" Eight stammers in disbelief looking up at the mysterious horde of shadows.
"Curses!" Angelo snaps in fustration. "This fight is going to be much longer than we'd expected!"
"Cor fuckin' Blimey!" Yangus muttered in awe struck.
Evil Jessica hovers herself perching on top of the statue of Dominico devilishly showing a thick smile at the town. Evil Jessica clutches two hands on the sceptre and raises it into the thick air. The sceptre lightly begins to shimmer as it glows into the deep black sky. What will happen now?
"This will be a fight to remember..." The evil girl mutters out loud with pride. She then lifts her head high to witness the blue lightening that strikes as she confronts the disdainful sky.
"Shadows! Devour this pitiful paradise!"