"Wait, where are we going?" asked Zoisite. "And why do we have our Silver Millennium battle gear?"
"It is time," said Kunzite solemnly. "We must take down the Thunderbird."
"Hang on," said Jadeite. "I'm not familiar with that one."
He pulled out his book on mythological creatures.
"Ah," he said. "This one is a myth for sure. There is no bird with a 40 ft. wingspan that can shoot lightning out of its eyes. Further, it says it causes thunder, but we all know friction in the clouds causes that!"
"Wait," said Nephrite. "Jadeite, you believe in the Sasquatch and the Yeti, but not the Thunderbird?"
"Well," said Jadeite. "We met the Sasquatch and the Yeti. But the Thunderbird is not real."
Suddenly they heard a clap of thunder.
"Fear not," said Kunzite. "This is expected at the Thunderbird's nest."
That's when a huge bird with a 40 foot wingspan arose from the top of Thunderbird peak.
It started flapping its huge wings, making a strong wind current and filling the sky with lightning and thunder.
"Hold you ground!" commanded Kunzite.
"I'm trying!" said Jadeite. "I'm not as strong as you!"
That's when all their primitive spears and Nephrite's scythe were tossed out of their arms and flew off into the horizon.
Zoisite was lifted off his feet and tossed into the distance.
Jadeite was the next to go.
"Hang tight, Nephrite!" encouraged Kunzite. "We can still beat the beast!"
Nephrite was holding onto a rock.
"Noooo!" he yelled. "This was a stupid idea!"
That's when the rock was rooted from the ground and tossed.
But Nephrite leapt off at the last second.
"It's over, Thunderbird!" shouted Kunzite.
He leapt into the air and shot a dark energy beam.
The Thunderbird closed its wings defensively, and absorbed the attack.
The Thunderbird was now infuriated. He shot lightning out of his eyes straight for Kunzite, and Kunzite put up a protective bubble.
But it was still a direct hit, and Kunzite was greatly injured.
The Thunderbird started flapping its wings like mad, and let out a loud shriek that shattered their eardrums.
Nephrite regained composure and leapt into the air at godspeed.
He spawned a sword in his hand and threw it, but it did no more than clip some of the Thunderbird's huge feathers.
The Thunderbird did one huge wing-flap, spiking Nephrite into the ground like a volleyball.
Kunzite and Nephrite climbed to their feet, but it was a struggle.
That's when the Thunderbird did the unthinkable. It landed on a rock right in front of them and started screeching.
"Wait!" called Jadeite running back into the fray. "It's time to fight lightning with lightning!"
"No!" yelled Nephrite, but it was too late.
Jadeite shot lightning out of his palms.
The Thunderbird absorbed it and let out a shriek.
That's when it returned the attack at tenfold, tossing Jadeite back into the distance.
Kunzite threw himself at the Thunderbird, making it lose its balance.
"Now!" he yelled.
Nephrite also threw himself at the beast, and the beast was toppled.
Each held down a 20 ft. wing.
"Oh no!" yelled Nephrite. "We have no one to throw punches at its exposed torso!"
"This was poorly planned!" admitted Kunzite. "We're lucky we lasted this long but soon the beast will get its footing again!"
That's when a miracle happened, and Jadeite came flying through the storm riding a plane.
He piloted the plane straight into the Thunderbird's exposed torso.
Kunzite and Nephrite leapt out of the way, and the Thunderbird was hit directly.
The plane exploded, and Jadeite unfortunately didn't jump off in time and died in the attack.
"Wow," said Kunzite. "This must be the best day of our lives if we could defeat the Thunderbird."
That's when the Thunderbird arose from the smoke.
"NO!" was Kunzite's last word.
The Thunderbird let out a powerful shriek erasing Kunzite from existence.
Nephrite tried to bolt for it, but he was zapped to oblivion.
As for Zoisite, he was killed by the winds early in the fight.
FIN
