Chapter 10: Sam's Honor

Sam and Peter continued to fight over who should battle against Trevor. Kylie had enough and told Peter to let Sam fight and to continue healing her. She was still weak but held the Hearts close to her. Peter followed her orders and returned to her. Sam got back into his fighting stance and prepared to fight against Trevor, the guy who Sam had always held a grudge over. Trevor took the first step and was about to firebend. Sam was able to sense the second he took the first step through seismic sensing, and he earthbended the ground so that he slipped. Trevor almost lost balance but jumped instead and used fire to boost himself higher. Sam looked up and saw him about to attack on top of him. The earthbender made a fist out of rocks and shot it towards him. Trevor dodged it and landed somewhere else. He then used both fists to make a fire wall surrounding Sam. Sam made an earth pillar below him to get out of it. He was able to make a tall one since the ceiling was broken and you can see the gray sky. Trevor shot massive fireballs at him who dodged each of them.

"This is getting boring," Sam mumbled. When Trevor was done shooting at him, Sam stomped on the pillar in a pattern while his arms also moved in a procedure. What he did was that he formed multiple pillars on the ground where Trevor got hit by one near him. Then Sam made them crumble down except the one he was one. Trevor tried avoiding the falling rocks and not being crushed by them. But after all of them fell, Sam did not see Trevor anywhere but sensed him still alive. The firebender used a fire explosion with a fire aura around him to remove the debris.

"Is that the best you can do, the great earthbender Guardian?" Trevor teased.

Sam made an annoyed face. He lowered his pillar to ground level. The dust from the falling rocks was still in the air. He put his hands out in front of him and his palms facing downwards. The ground was shaking a little and Trevor prepared whatever he was about to do. Sam tucked his arms and put his hands into fists while stomping the ground with one foot backwards. The dust in the air and ground created a fog in the battlefield.

Peter was shocked at Sam's skills, "Did he just dustbend? I thought only airbenders can do that."

Kylie corrected him, "No, it's a technique that skillful earthbenders can do. Ones that understand how elements overlap each other and work in unison." Peter looked at her curiously. "It's what Guardiankeepers always have to keep in mind about."

Sam smiled at the successful attempt. "Thanks Nick," he thought. "for teaching me this."

Trevor tried clearing the fog with fire but it did not seem to work. Sam had the clear advantage now since he can still sense him. He earthbended lots of rocks to hit Trevor in multiple directions. While doing so, Sam was thinking about all the Guardians and how much they mean to him. His brother, Packard, was the most important person to him. But he started to care more about the others after he tried searching for Jen ten years ago. He was alone for the ten years and it gave him enough time to think. His first signs of his change were when he cared for Jen when she was with Kenny. If his feelings for her were the same when he first met Jen, then he would not care whatever Kenny wanted to do with her. Now, he wanted to protect his friends and especially his brother. It was his time to make it up to them.

When Sam was done attacking and the fog cleared up, Trevor was nowhere to be seen.

"Wait, he was just there. I just sensed him," he thought. Sam felt a painful blow on his back which made him fall to the ground frontward. Trevor was behind him and shot a fireball on his back.

He walked towards him and said, "I hope you didn't forget that I don't only have fire powers but also dark magic. The added dark magic can be very useful to sneaking up to you without you able to sense me." He grabbed Sam's hair so that he was kneeling but his back curved towards him. Then he put his thumb on his forehead and the other on his heart. Trevor could steal someone's bending just like how he did to Jen.

"No Sam!" Peter shouted. He could not do anything or else Trevor would take Sam's powers immediately. Kylie was really worried as well.

"You'll never be able to defeat me," Trevor said. Sam's eyes were wide open with fear. He started to have flashbacks of when he betrayed his team. It was a really hard decision for him but he knew that it was only to help his team more.

"Say goodbye to your precious earthbending powers," he was about to swipe his hand away which would take away his powers for good.

But at the same time Sam shouted, "Earth Star Power!" The ground where the two were crumbled below them. Trevor's chi-blocking was considered as a dark power so the collided powers formed the dragon slayer magic. The two were falling but Sam was able to grab the aura and obtain the magic. Trevor used fire to boost himself up while Sam flew back up. A momentarily green aura appeared around Sam. They landed on either sides of the sinkhole.

Peter and Kylie stared at amazement. Sam smirked and looked at Peter, "You're not the only dragon slayer here, Peter."

"I guess not," he laughed a little.

"Earth Dragon Slayer Magic?" Kylie whispered.

"No," Sam said. Kylie was surprised that he heard him. "It's Iron Dragon Slayer Magic." Although Sam used Earth Star Power, he was a master in metalbending. He was not able to show it here because there were no metals around.

Trevor got a bit worried, "So what!? You still won't be able to beat me!" He made huge wave of fire directly towards him. When he stopped, he saw Sam's arms that were different. With Iron Dragon Slayer Magic, Sam was able to turn any part of his body into iron scales. His iron arms had a red spot where the fire hit him. He did not feel any pain but felt them being warm. Sam put his arms down and turned them back to normal.

"What are you?"

Sam held his breath and said, "Iron Dragon…" then shouted, "Roar!" A gray energy wave came out of his mouth. Trevor was hit directly and smacked on the wall. Sam transformed his right arm into a large steel blade with spikes on the side that spun. "Iron Dragon Sword!" He leaped forward across the sinkhole and slammed his arm down where Trevor luckily dodged away from.

Trevor had underestimated dragon slayer magic. "Stop!" he yelled while on the ground with a hand out.

Sam made a scary face where his eyes were wide open and his face had a furious expression. "Not until I finish you."

He changed his arm back to normal but clapped his hands together above his head. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art!" Both of his arms turned into a gigantic iron sword bigger than the first. It evened sparked with electricity for a bit. "Karma Demon: Iron God Sword!" He slammed the sword down on the ground towards Trevor. This attack basically destroyed anything in its path where it was hit. Since Trevor was in the middle of it, he was directly hit and destroyed. He finally returned to the Nightmarium.

Sam changed his arms back again. He said to himself, "I did it, Packard." He fell backwards with his arms out. He laughed a little because of his victory and his achievement of getting dragon slayer magic. Peter picked up Kylie to move where Sam was. He started to heal Sam who needed it more.

Kylie noticed the last attack he did, "To use 'demon' and 'god' in one attack must be a very powerful one."

Sam stared at the sky, "Yeah, but once I took the aura, it was as if I had it this whole time. I knew all the attacks that it had."

"Same," said Kylie. "I would have never said the secret art that my magic had. But I just knew what to say."

"Same goes with me," Peter added. It was a mystery later to be discussed.