(Welcome back to the next installment of the newest fight. Lincoln is about to take on a demon and a sorcerer. Let's hope he has what it takes. He'll need to have it for his sister's sake.)
Diamondhead and Zartax were right on top of each other, as the diamond alien threw a punch at Zartax's gut. The demon groaned from the punch, but managed to catch the next punch from Diamondhead and threw him into the wall.
"Pitiful." Zartax spat.
Diamondhead got up looking unharmed, "I'll show you who's pitiful!" he extended his hands out and fired diamond shards at the demon.
Zartax stood his ground as the diamonds pelted him. He fired red lasers from his eyes and hit the alien forcing him to back up. Diamondhead once again engaged the demon, as Zartax spoke, "I must admit, as far as enemies go you're holding out better than most."
"Thanks for the compliment!" Diamondhead answered, before spin kicking the demon back.
The black scaled demon flew up and dove at Diamondhead pinning him to the ground, "I don't know what you are or where you came from, but you will make a fine trophy when I conquer this world."
"Not in this life time!" Diamondhead punch Zartax off him, only to hear the Omnitrix beep, "No! Not now!" in a flash of green he became Lincoln again.
As Lincoln stood dead center of everyone, Astorix and Zartax were in shock, "This can't be." Astorix gasped.
"The diamond creature is a mere child?" Zartax asked in disbelief.
Lincoln laughed nervously, while looking all around him, "I'm in major trouble here."
Astorix scowled, "More than you can imagine, boy."
"His soul will be mine!" Zartax declared, as he swooped in and tried to grab Lincoln. Lincoln with no other alternative ran around for his life while screaming in fright.
The cultists cheered for their demon master, while Astorix held the medallion that controlled them close. Lincoln who had just avoided a blast of fire from Zartax's mouth, ducked behind a pillar, "If the Omnitrix doesn't time back in I'm demon chow. And even if I did somehow take down Zartax, I got save Lucy and the others to."
Zartax poked his head out from the other side of the pillar, "Worry about saving yourself, child!"he tried to grab Lincoln, only for the boy to jump away.
"Wow. All those exercise drills Lynn forced me to do with her are paying off," Lincoln told himself, before noticing the medallion around Astorix's neck, "That medallion is how he controls everyone. I need to get that away from him," he looked seeing the Omnitrix activate again, "Only one alien can help me right now. Please make it work!" he slammed down on the dial, as Zartax dove right for him.
In a flash of green, Lincoln was gone leaving the demon and his servants in confusion, "Where did he go?" Zartax looked around, as did the various cultists.
Suddenly taking the sorcerer by surprise, Ghostfreak appeared before him. The ghost alien grabbed the medallion from around his neck, "I'll take that!" he hissed before flying away from him.
"My medallion!" Astorix cried.
Ghostfreak presented himself like a wide open target, "Come and get me, Zartax!" he mocked.
"Taste my breath of fire!" he spat a stream of fire at Ghostfreak.
The ghost alien hoping he would do that, pulled the medallion out and threw it into the fire resulting in it melting. Astorix seeing this, cried out, "No! Without the medallion, they're no longer under my control!"
The three watched, as all the cultists snapped out of their trances, with Lucy speaking to her friend, "Haiku, what's going on?"
"I think we've been brainwashed." Haiku answered.
"Freaky." a teen goth boy gasped.
"Look!" A teen goth girl pointed up at Zartax and Ghostfreak.
"A real ghost!" a goth boy gasped.
"And a freakin' demon!" another goth girl gasped.
"And he doesn't intend on ruling you with a just cause!" Ghostfreak warned them, "Take cover now!"
The Goths feeling too freaked out even by their creepy standards, listened to the ghost alien and headed for cover around the crypt. They watched as Ghostfreak flew around and attack Zartax. As they did, Haiku spoke to Lucy with guilt in her voice, "Lucy, I think we all played a part in this." all the other goths started feeling guilty for what they did too.
"We got to do something about it." Lucy answered.
"But what?" one of the fellow cultists asked.
Haiku spoke, "If we can get the scroll of Gothika from Astorix, we can use it to reverse the summoning and send Zartax back to the netherworld."
"Let's pile on him and take it from him." one of the goths suggested.
"Good plan, but I can get it from him an easy way, but I'll need you to keep him distracted." Lucy answered. The goths nodded, and were ready to put the plan into motion.
Astorix watched at his master as Ghostfreak fought, "Yes, Master, show them all your true power!"
"Hey!" Lucy popped in like usual. This like all always made Astorix jump in fright, resulting in him dropping the scroll which Lucy caught, "Thank you."
"Give me that scroll!" Astorix was about to attack her, only for all the goths to dog pile on the sorcerer to buy Lucy some time.
Lucy went over to the pedestal and was about to read the scroll, only for Zartax to see her, "No! I can't go back to the netherworld!" he dove in to attack Lucy, much to her shock.
"No!" Ghostfreak shouted, as he flew after him and tackled him from the side and onto the ground, "Hurry!" the alien ordered.
Lucy began reading the scroll in the same tongue Astorix used. As she read the enchantment, the flames of the torches once again intensified, and the pentagram on the floor began glowing. Suddenly a portal opened up in the floor and Zartax felt it trying to pull him in.
"No! I won't go back! Not again!" Zartax tried to fly away, only for Ghostfreak to grab him and glare him in the eye with his single purple one.
"You do not belong here, demon!" Ghostfreak declared, before punching Zartax in the face sending him downward and into the portal screaming before it started closing.
Astorix who pulled himself out of the pile of goths saw what happened, "Master!" he called, as he looked seeing the Seal of Gothika still in its place. He ran to grab it, only for Ghostfreak to remove it from its slot.
"Can't summon your master without this, can you?" Ghostfreak waved the seal in front of him.
Lucy held the scroll up to one of the torches, "And without this, you can't read the chant to summon him." she lit it on fire, and it burned to dust.
Astorix growled, and frowned at everyone, "I assure you, we are not finished here. We will meet again, and mark my words. My master will walk the earth again!" he used dark magic to vanish into thin air.
The goths gathered around Ghostfreak who spoke, "Thanks for assist, everyone." he told them.
"Thank you for saving us." a girl replied.
"What about the seal?" a boy asked.
"It needs to be destroyed so it can't be used like the scroll," Ghostfreak explained, "In the meantime, you should all head home. And promise you won't join any real cults like this anymore. Just stick to your normal Goth groups and clubs."
"We promise, but could you tell us your name?" one girl asked.
"Ghostfreak." he answered.
"Fitting." a boy smirked and nodded in approval.
"Before you go, could we?" Lucy asked, as she and Haiku motioned to Ghosfreak's claws.
Ghostfreak thinking they wanted to shake his ghostly hands held them out to the two. The two girls took his claws into their hands, before making him caress their cheeks, "Hey, what're you?" the alien asked in confusion.
Lucy and Haiku hummed in joy, as they made Ghostfreak stroke them, "This un-dead feeling is so nice." The Loud goth said in delight.
"It's like Paradise." Haiku added showing a softer side that no one has ever seen.
Ghostfreak pulled his hands back before it got too weird, and spoke, "Well, I hate to fight and run, but I got to destroy this seal. You all get on home, all right?" he went intangible and flew through the ceiling.
Lucy looked to Haiku and spoke, "He was so handsome."
"I know." Haiku agreed. And with that the Goths left the crypt and made their way home.
Ghostfreak flew all the way to the junkyard and threw the seal into the incinerator when it was bound to melt, "I got to get back home before the watch times out." he flew off.
As Ghostfreak flew across town he was closing in on his house, but heard the timer beeping, "Almost there!" he flew in through his window and changed back, "Touchdown!" he said quietly.
He curiously peeked outside his room and saw Lucy quietly walk up the stairs. Playing it cool, he opened the door and pretended he just woke up, "Lucy, what're you doing up?"
"Lincoln," she gasped quietly, "I was-I was just getting a drink of water. What're you doing up?"
"Got to use the john." he motioned to the bathroom.
"You go ahead," Lucy motioned him to go forward. Lincoln walked down the hall, but stopped before his younger sister and embraced her. This took Lucy by surprise, "What's all this?" she asked in confusion.
Lincoln answered, "No reason, just felt like giving you a hug."
Lucy decided to return the embrace, while feeling glad she made it home. When they broke, the girl spoke, "Goodnight, Lincoln."
"Goodnight, Lucy," Lincoln said, as she went into her bedroom, and Lincoln went to the bathroom in case she got suspicious. Inside the bathroom, Lincoln splashed some water on his face and spoke to the viewers, "That was scary having to fight a demon. ARGGH will never have anything on this. But the good news is the demon is locked away again, the scroll and seal are destroyed, and my sister and all those brainwashed goths were freed. All in a nights work." he raised his brows multiple times to show how proud he was of himself.
(And so Lincoln with the help of Lucy, Haiku, and the Goths defeated Astorix and sent Zartax back to the netherworld. But is this the last Lincoln has seen of the two? Who knows. Don't miss next time where Lincoln has to evade a group of bounty hunters sent by Vilgax to retrieve the Omnitrix. See you until then.)