A legend is born
I do not own Legendz or the characters that are in the story; I only own the characters that I've written from my imagination.
Kidnapped
It was just another day for the kids and their LegendZ partners as they did some spring cleaning within their free time. The gang was moving stuff around as they tried to make the place look more presentable for their LegendZ partners to live in whenever they came to the warehouse to hang out with one another. Kato and the other kids were pushing or lifting around crates that they could handle while their partners carried the much heavier crates around.
"I think that these crates should go into the far right corner of the warehouse," Kim said as she began to get into another argument with Tim on where the crates that they had been moving should go.
"And I say that we should move these over grown boxes into the farthest corner within this whole stinking building!" exclaimed Tim in disagreement as he glared at Kim stubbornly.
"There they go again," muttered Adam in exasperation as he watched the two teens bicker between each other before placing the crate that he had been carrying down on the ground next to the other crates.
"Indeed," said Tiger as he stopped pushing a large crate across the floor before he turned to watch the two teens as well. "Sometimes I can never understand you humans."
"Oh…and how's that?" asked Adam as he turned around and raised a curious eyebrow at the tiger/wolf that was standing behind him.
"Well…one minute you humans start bickering between each other over something stupid like a toy or a ball, and then the next thing you do is turn around and make up with each other. *sigh* what amazing yet puzzling creatures you are?"
"Look who's talking," retorted Kai as he walked past the tiger/wolf with a box cradled in his arms. "You guys are the puzzling ones around here."
"Oh…and how is that?" questioned Tiger as he frowned after that young human boy.
"Hmm…let me think," Kai hummed in thought before he finally answered Tiger's question. "You guys said that you only awakened near the time the earth is at its end, yet you say you want to protect it. What's up with that amigo?"
"The reason why we want to protect your earth is because it wasn't our time to awaken yet," replied Tiger before he continued to push his crate across the floor again.
"Not your time to awaken?" echoed Lilly as she looked over at Tiger in confusion after she gave Izumi the box that she had been carrying a second ago.
"Yes," replied Tairo as he placed a large crate down on the floor of the warehouse. "We were awoken a little too early to start any wars on this planet."
"And I wonder whose fault that was?" questioned Adam as he turned an accusing eye on Shiron.
Shiron was helping Typhoon stack some crates on top of each other when he suddenly sensed someone glaring at him from behind. Shiron frowned before he turned around to look at Adam in exasperation.
"Will you stop blaming me already," grumbled Shiron as he glared down at Adam. "The other LegendZ had already been awakened long before my coming."
"He does have a point Adam," stepped in Typhoon as he looked over at his human partner, "Some of us LegendZ did wake up before he did. I should know, because I was one of the few who had awoken before Shiron arrived."
"Yeah," muttered Adam before he added something else into his sentence. "But from what I heard from Greedo, Shiron here was said to be the general that will bring forth the LegendZ war by starting it him-self."
"Adam, would you just lay off," said Kato as he walked over to his eldest cousin with an annoyed look on his face.
"No, I won't lay off!" barked Adam hotly. "It his fault that we're all caught up in this war!"
"Hey, I was the one that had awakened him so it way half my fault as much than it was his!" added Kato as he defended his LegendZ partner. "If you want to blame someone then blame me!"
"Hey, no one's blaming anyone around here," Shiron stepped in as he quickly separated the two humans by placing his tail between the teenage cousins. "Right now we should be more worried about fighting our enemies instead of biting off each other's heads."
"Shiron is right you two," spoke Typhoon as he tried to calm the two boys down. "What happened happened and there's nothing we can do about it except to keep on fighting in protecting your home planet from the war that is about to come and that means we have to work together as a team."
Kato and Adam looked up at their partners for a moment before they turned to glance at each other again. Shiron and Typhoon were right, now wasn't the time for them to quarrel with each other.
"I'm sorry Kato," Adam apologized with his eyes cased downwards towards the floor. "I didn't mean to start pointing fingers at your partner."
"That's okay," reassured Kato with a soft smile. "I would have probably been in the same position as you if I were the oldest sibling within the family."
Adam raised his eyes up to look at Kato for a moment before giving his cousin a small smile. Shiron smiled as he slowly lowered his tail from between the two boys when he was sure that it was safe to do so. The others had stopped working, or in Tim's and Kim's case, bickering, a few seconds ago when they saw that a fight was going on between the two cousins. Blaze let out a sigh of relief when he saw that another fight had been prevented before he went back to work again.
Blaze had run away from his father's wrath two days ago and had been living in the warehouse with Greedo, along with Tailor and Tiger. His friends would bring around food and clothes for him from time to time. Blaze was glad that he had Greedo with him for protection when he was staying in the warehouse all night and he was also glad to have friends that would always look out for him.
Izumi and Lilly looked at each other a little uneasy for a moment before they went back to moving the boxes around. Izumi and Lilly didn't like to see the older kids within their group fighting with each other. It was like seeing their parents fighting between each and the two girls didn't want to see anyone getting hurt over a stupid argument.
Kai rolled his eyes at Adam before he looked over at his older sister, Kida. Kida was helping Tailor out in moving a box to the left corner of the warehouse by directing him on where he should go.
'At least two people are getting along with each other,' thought Kai before he continued on with what he was doing.
Kim and Tim blinked in surprise before they turned to look at each other after what they had just witnessed between their best friend and his cousin.
"Those two fight almost as badly as we do," stated Tim to his friend.
"That's because Kato is starting to feel the pressure of this whole saving the world situation," said Kim as she placed her left hand on her waist.
"You think so?" asked Tim as he turned to look back at Kato again.
"I know so," replied Kim with a nod of her head.
"You know kids; it is very rude to talk behind someone else's back," said Tairo as he stepped into Kim's and Tim's conversation by lowering his head to talk to the two teens privately. "Especially when you're talking behind your best friend's back."
Kim and Tim looked down at the ground in shame before the winged lion walked away from them to continue on with his work along with everyone else that had began to move the boxes around again.
Unknown location
Ben was sitting on the edge of his bed as he gently un-wrapped the bandage from around his right arm before he looked down to see that the wound on his arm was almost fully healed. The only thing that Ben was wearing right now was a pair of blue jeans.
"Looks like I'm almost back to my full strength," Ben mused before he stood up from his bed with a black T-shirt in his left hand.
Ben sensed a presence behind him before he turned around to see his partner appearing before him.
"Your father wishes for you to come to his office right away," Ranshiin informed his partner as he knelt behind Ben with his draconic head bowing low towards the ground.
"Thank you Ranshiin," said Ben before he pulled on his T-shirt.
Ben soon walked over to his bedroom desk where his gauntlet laid in waiting for him. The 14 year old boy gently traced his fingers over the smooth metal edges of the gauntlet's plating for a moment before he picked it up and slipped it onto his left hand.
"Let's get going," said Ben as he turned around to face his partner and held his left arm out in front of him.
"Yes, my master," voiced Ranshiin as he bowed his head one last time at Ben.
The dragon soon turned into the black wind that would always be seen blowing around Ben when he was fighting against Kato and his team of friends in battle. The black wind circled around Ben for a moment before it disappeared into the black crystal that sat on the backhand of the gauntlet. Ben lowered his arm to his side before he walked out of his room and made his way down the hallway towards his father's office. As he walked down the hall Ben spotted a figure leaning up against the wall of the hallway. Ben soon got a better look of the figure as he drew closer to the being who was actually a person.
The person was a dark haired teenage boy that looked to be around 16 years old. The color of the boy's eyes was unknown for they were hidden behind a dark pair of shades that sat on the brim of the teen's nose. Painted on both sides of the boy's cheeks were black stripes that stretched out across his face. He was wearing a black leather jacket over a white sleeveless muscular shirt, black jeans and black combat boots. Two golden hooped earrings were pierced into the boy's right earlobe. The boy had a superior aura around him as he coolly leaned up against the right wall of the hallway.
Ben frowned at the 16 year old as he stopped to look at the teen in front of him.
"What are you doing here within my old man's business building Gareth?" growled Ben in displeasure.
"Hey, chill man," said the teen, Gareth, calmly. "You're old man let me into his building. He said that he needed my help with something."
Ben narrowed his eyes in suspicion: "And what kind of help is that?"
"Your old man said that you and the other rookies within this building are having a bit of trouble in fighting a couple of mangy kids." Gareth replied as he pushed him-self off the wall while crossing his arms over his chest. "So he asked me to come by to his work office and help you kids out in fighting against these rebels."
"And what's in it for you?" questioned Ben as he glared up at the 16 year old before him.
Ben had known Gareth long enough to know that this teenager only cares about money and him-self, so if anyone was ever partnered up with this guy then they'd better watch out. Gareth was known to stab his partner in the back by leaving them alone within the heat of battle where their enemies can easily take them down when they were at the end of their limit.
"What else man, for the money of course" scoffed Gareth with a smirk. "It's like this Benny-boy, you're old man is paying me tongs of cash just so that I can help you and your team get rid of those wimpy kids. It should be a snap for Shadow and I when we face those little brats."
"Don't underestimate these kids when you meet them Gareth." Ben warned in a serious voice. "They have some pretty powerful LegendZ on their side, so watch your back."
With that, Ben walked past Gareth and began to make his way down the hall once again towards his father's office. Gareth smirked as he watched Ben walking further and further away from him.
'I'm not the one who should be watching my back, rookie.' Gareth thought with a chuckle before he walked down the hallway in the opposite direction.
Night time at Kim and Lilly's house
Shiron slowly descended from the sky as he landed on the concrete ground of the street before he knelt down on his left knee. He turned his head to look over his shoulders to glance at his passengers who sat on his back. On the dragon's back was his partner, Kato, and Kim who was holding onto the sleeping form of her 10 year old little sister, Lilly.
"How are you three holding up back there Kato?" asked Shiron out of curiosity.
"We're doing fine," replied Kato before he turned to look at the sleeping form of Lilly who lay quietly in Kim's arms. "But it seems that Lilly here has drifted to sleep while we were flying over the city."
"Well she did work pretty hard today by helping Izumi move around some of the boxes within the warehouse," stated Kim with a chuckle.
Shiron and Kato also chuckled before the dragon of wind raised his right hand up to his left shoulder to where Kim was sitting. Kim gently handed her little sister over to Shiron as she laid Lilly down on the dragon's leather gloved hand before taking the short cut down to the ground with Kato. The two teens quickly slid down Shiron's back before they landed feet first down on the ground. Kato and Kim ran around to the front side of Shiron as the dragon lowered his hand down towards ground level.
"Here you go," said Shiron as Kato gently gathered Lilly up into his arms.
"Thanks buddy," said Kato before Shiron was engulfed in a tornado as he shrunk down to his mouse form.
Shiron flew over to his partner's right shoulder and sat there as Kato and Kim made their way towards the house.
"Today has been quite dramatic," said Kato as he began to strike up a conversation with Kim.
"It sure has," replied Kim with a smile as a small chuckle arose from her throat. "Especially when Kai started to sneeze after all that dust flew up his nose. It was so hilarious."
Kato also let out a chuckle as he nodded his head in agreement before they came up to the door of Kim's and Lilly's home. Kim dug her left hand into her left pocket of her jeans for a moment before she pulled out her house keys. Kim slipped the key into the key hole before she unlocked the door. The two twelve year old teens soon entered the house with Lilly still sound asleep within Kato's arms. Kato and Kim made their way up the stairs to the second floor before they took a right turn and walked up to a door that stood on their left. Kim opened the door to a room that she shared with her little sister.
The room's walls were painted dark blue with boy band posters hanging on the right wall of the room while some horse posters were hung on the left wall. In the room was a bunk bed, a wooden bedroom desk and a full view mirror that hanged on the left wall near the side of the door's frame. The top bunk had dark blue bed sheets while the bottom bunk had light green bed sheets with a stuffed light brown teddy bear sitting near the pillow's left side which suggested that the bottom bunk belonged to Lilly.
Kim lifted the top bed sheets of the bottom bunk before Kato walked over and laid Lilly down on the bed.
"There we go," whispered Kato as he stood straight back up again.
Kim sat down on the edge of the bunk bed and began to untie the shoe laces of Lilly's runners before she gently pulled them off of her little sister's feet. Kim placed Lilly's runners down on the floor near the foot of the bed before she picked up the teddy bear and tucked it under her little sister's left arm. Lilly curled up into a ball as she cuddled closer to the teddy bear that she held in her arm while a smile came over her face. The two teens looked down at Lilly's sleeping form for a moment before Kato pulled the covers over the 10 year old girl. Kato and Kim quietly walked out of the room while gently shutting the door behind them. The two friends slowly made their way down the stairs as they began to talk quietly between each other.
"Thank you for getting us back home tonight Kato," voiced Kim as they came up to the front door.
"Hey, that's what friends do for each other," said Kato as he and Kim stood in front of the door while facing each other. "We help each other out when times are tough."
Kim nodded her head in agreement before Kato opened the front door: "Blaze and I will pick you and Lilly up tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon after lunch."
"Okay," said Kim, "Just be careful when you're going home tonight."
"Don't worry," Kato reassured Kim before he pointed to the winged mouse that sat on his shoulder. "I've got Shiron here to watch my back."
"Oh yeah, I forgot," said Kim with a chuckle, "Silly me."
The two friends shared a good laugh with each other before Kato stepped outside onto the patio. The twelve year old turned around to briefly face Kim.
"Shiron and I better get going," stated Kato with a smile. "We'll see you and Lilly tomorrow, alright?"
"Okay," said Kim with a nod. "Goodnight Kato."
Kato nodded his head back at Kim before he made his way down the steps with Shiron flying ahead of the boy. The little winged mouse was soon engulfed by a small tornado before he grew into his dragon form again before kneeling down on the concrete road near the sidewalk as he waited for his partner. Kato ran towards his dragon partner with Shiron lowering his right gauntlet hand down towards the ground with the twelve year old boy quickly leaping into the dragon's offered hand.
Kim watched from the doorway as Shiron lifted Kato up to his left shoulder with the boy quickly swinging himself up onto the dragon's shoulder. Kato turned to wave at his friend with Kim waving at him back before Shiron spread out his wings and took to the skies. Kim watched as Shiron flew farther and farther away from her house before she closed the door of her home behind her. She made sure to lock the front door before she went upstairs to get ready for bed.
In the sky above the city
Shiron flew through the sky as the cool wind of the night's air blew across both his face and the face of his partner. Kato quietly sat on Shiron's shoulder as the wind played with the strands of his hair while he stared blankly ahead of him. The young teen just couldn't get todays conversation out of his head. The reason why Shiron and the LegendZ were appearing on earth was because someone was forcing them to awaken. If that was true then who was the one that is causing this havoc? Kato's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Shiron began to speak to him.
"Hey Kato, you okay?" asked Shiron as he turned his head to look at his partner.
"Huh…?" replied Kato before he quickly shook his head to clear it. "Oh yeah, I'm…I'm fine."
Shiron wasn't convinced as a frown made its way onto his muzzle: "Are you still upset about the argument that you had with your cousin today?"
"No…that's not what I was thinking about," said Kato with a shake of his head. "I was thinking about who would want to cause a LegendZ war and destroy the earth in the process. What does this person gain by destroying the planet?"
"I don't know Kaze No Saga," replied Shiron with a sigh as he turned his head to look forward once again. "All I know is that we have to keep fighting so that we can protect your planet from any destruction that might come upon it."
"While also making sure that we don't cause any unnecessary destruction in highly populated areas." Kato added as he patted the side of Shiron's neck.
"That too," said Shiron with a nod of agreement. "And if we all work together then we might be able to stop whoever is doing this to your planet."
Kato smiled up at his partner before he gently leaned up against Shiron's neck to seek warmth from the cold wind that blew over his body. The flight home was quiet for the two friends as they flew over the brightly lit city of New York.
Unknown location: Lab
A group of scientists were wondering around the lab to check on their progress within their work while some of them were working at their computers that read the brain waves of their experiment that was in a glass tank which stood in the middle of the room. One lone scientist was standing in front of the glass tank with a clipboard in his left hand as he wrote something down on the pad of paper with a pen in his right hand before looking up at the glass casing again. Inside the tank was a ball of green light that slowly twisted and turned behind the glass it was trapped in. The scientist carefully wrote down a few more notes on his clipboard before he was startled out of his mind by a voice that suddenly spoke up from behind him.
"How are the tests coming along with this new specimen?"
The scientist nearly jumped three feet off of the ground from the voice that snuck up on him before he quickly turned around to face the person behind him. Standing behind the scientist was the man who controlled the company and the people who worked within his business. The man's whole figure was covered in a dark shadow so it was hard to see the face of the person.
"Oh…they're coming along smoothly yet slowly sir," replied the scientist nervously. "Only two more weeks until the test subject is completely awakened."
"I'm tired of waiting, isn't there any way to speed up the process in awakening this LegendZ?" questioned the man in an impatient voice.
"I'm afraid not sir," replied the scientist as he sadly shook his head. "For you see…if any sudden changes disturbs the test subject's awakening, even the slightest, then we'll wind up with an out of control LegendZ on our hands. The golem that we had awakened a few days ago was the result of a LegendZ going rogue because we've awakened it too suddenly. The same thing might happen again if we awaken this LegendZ too soon."
The man within the shadows gave out a displeasing growl before he calmed down: "Fine…I'm giving you and your team of nerds two more weeks to awaken this LegendZ, but if I don't see any changes within those days then you're going to wish that you had never entered my company. Do I make myself clear?"
"Y-y-y-yes sir," stuttered the scientist in fear before he watched his boss stomp out of the room.
Unknown location: Lobby
Ben was sitting in a leather chair that stood near a coffee table within the lobby. Sakura, Ken and Gareth were also in the lobby with him. They were all seated around the table as they waited to hear what Ben had to say to them.
"Okay you three, listen up." Ben began as he started to explain the mission that they will be taking. "The mission that my old man had given us to do tomorrow is this. We are to capture one of the children within Kato's group and bring them back here."
"Don't tell me that we're going to go after that little girl again," groaned Ken as he looked at Ben with weary eyes.
"No," replied Ben before he pulled out a photo from his left jean pocket. "The child that we're going to capture is this girl."
Ben placed the photo down on the coffee table to show the trio their target. Sakura and Ken blinked in surprise while Gareth only stared at the picture with an uninterested look on his face.
"You mean that our next target is this little shrimp?" questioned Sakura as she looked at Ben while pointing at the photo that sat on the surface of the table.
"That's right," replied Ben with a nod of his head. "And failure is not an option on this mission, so here's the plan…"
Next morning in the afternoon: Central Park
Kato, Kim, Blaze, Tim and Lilly were all walking down a pathway within Central Park. The older kids were watching Lilly run a few feet ahead of them before she stopped to look at a few flowers that were growing in a flower bed that sat near the edge of the path.
"Boy, your sister sure is perky today," stated Tim as he watched Kim's sister bend down near the edge of the flower bed.
The 10 year old began to smell one of the violets for a moment before she stood up and took off down the pathway again.
"Well what do you expect?" said Kim as she looked at Tim with a smirk. "Lilly is only 10 years old for crying out loud and she just needs to blow off some extra steam."
"Only steam?" teased Tim as he raised an eyebrow up in amusement.
"Okay you two, ease off," said Kato with a chuckle. "Right now, let's just enjoy this beautiful day together."
"Yeah," spoke Blaze in agreement before he asked Kato a question that suddenly came popping into his head. "By the way Kato, where are your cousins? Shouldn't they be enjoying the day with us as well?"
"No, actually they're off shopping somewhere with Tailor," answered Kato with a shake of his head. "Adam and his siblings took Tailor to the mall to buy him some new clothes."
"Well when we first met Tailor his clothes weren't exactly in good condition, so he could use a good wardrobe change," said Tim with a shrug of his shoulders before Kim suddenly slapped him upside the head. "Ow! What was that for?"
"That was for talking behind Tailor's back" replied Kim with a scowl on her face.
Tim began to rub the back of his head in pain before he started to grumble angry words under his breath while Kato and Blaze only smiled at each other in amusement.
"Serves him right~" sung Blaze.
Kato let out a light chuckle before he suddenly sensed something and quickly stopped in his tracks with Blaze stopping beside him. Tim and Kim quickly noticed their two friends had sudden stop and they quickly turned around to face them.
"Hey, what's the holdup you two?" asked Tim curiously.
Kato's smile had completely vanished from his face and was replaced with a serious frown. Blaze also had the same frown on his face before he turned his eyes up to look at Kim and Tim.
"We're about to have some unwelcomed company," warned Blaze before the group suddenly heard a scream from up ahead of them.
"Lilly!" cried Kim in fear when she recognized the scream of her little sister.
"Let's go!" shouted Kato as he and the group quickly ran down the path that they had been walking on a few minutes ago.
Kato and the group quickly came to the place where they heard Lilly's scream and what they saw made their blood boil. Lilly was struggling in the grip of a goblin LegendZ that held both of her arms by pinning them down to her sides. Lilly was kicking around wildly as she tried to get out of the goblin's iron grip.
"Let me go you ugly dirt ball!" shouted Lilly in anger.
"Sorry kid, no can do," cackled the goblin in amusement. "Cause you're coming with me whether you like it or not."
"She's not going anywhere with you slime-ball!" growled Kato as he ran towards the goblin before he punched the creature right in the eye.
The goblin howled out in pain as he lost his grip on Lilly, who quickly ran over to her older sister. Kim instantly embraced her little 10 year old sister as relief began to wash over her heart.
"Oh Lilly, thank goodness you're safe," whispered Kim in a shaky voice.
Kato quickly ran back over to his group before he stood in front of Kim, Lilly and Tim. Blaze ran up to Kato's side as the two of them got ready to fight against the goblin. The goblin growled in anger as he rubbed his right eye in pain before he dropped his hand from his face. A large bruise began to form around the goblin's right eye as the LegendZ glared at the human children that stood in front of him.
"Whoa, looks like he's going to wind up with a signer there," said Tim with a chuckle as he pointed a finger at the goblin.
"Yeah, I guess I just don't know my own strength sometimes," said Kato with a smirk on his face.
"Why you little punk!" hissed the goblin in anger as he glared at Kato. "You'll regret messing with me."
"Not as much as you'll regret messing with me and my friends," stated Kato as he lifted his left vambrace arm up in front of him with the crystal facing towards the goblin. "I like you to meet a very good friend of mine, now Shiron…REBORN!"
The crystal began to glow on Kato's command before a burst of wind suddenly erupted from out of the jewel. It soon took on the familiar form of the wind dragon as Shiron flared his wings out with the wind dispersing around him.
"You called Kato?" asked Shiron before he glared down at the little goblin that stood before him.
"Uh-oh," muttered the goblin when he saw Shiron glaring down at it. "This isn't good."
Blaze and Kato quickly turned to look at Kim, Lilly and Tim who all stood behind them.
"You guys get out of here, go find Adam and the others," said Kato to his two friends. "With goblin showing up here in Central Park then Ben and his gang won't be too far behind."
Kim and Tim quickly nodded their heads at Kato before they took off running the opposite way down the path again. Kato quickly turned to look at Blaze who was still standing beside him.
"You should also go with them Blaze," voiced Kato. "They'll need someone to protect them incase this could wind up being a trap."
"You got it," replied Blaze with a nod of his head before he took off after the others.
Kato soon turned his attention back on Shiron who was still glaring down at the little goblin that stood in front of him.
"Now…where were we?" questioned Kato to his partner.
"We were just about to punch this guy's lights out," answered Shiron as he cracked his right knuckle in anticipation.
"Ha! You think that you can take me on!" shouted the goblin in a brave voice. "You forget that I'm not the only goblin that you'll be facing."
With that said, the goblin quickly snapped his fingers and that was when 50 more goblins appeared from out of nowhere. Shiron and Kato weren't really fazed by the number of goblins appearing in front of them as they only smirked in amusement.
"Well, well," spoke Kato as he glared at the goblins that surrounded both him and Shiron. "Looks like we'll be having a bit of fun today, you up for a bit of battling Shiron?"
"Oh yeah," replied Shiron with a nod of his head. "Let's get this party started!"
Blaze and the group
Blaze and the gang were running down the path that they had been walking down a few hours ago. Kim was holding onto her sister's hand as she led Lilly away from the battle that was going on behind them.
"Man, I can't believe that Ben and his gang decided to show up on our day off!" shouted Tom as he ran side by side with Blaze. "Why can't he just leave us alone for the summer?"
"I don't have an answer to that question!" barked Blaze as he glanced at Tim for a second before looking ahead again.
Kim and Lilly were running behind the boys with Lilly trying to keep up as much as possible before she suddenly tripped over her own two feet. The 10 year old landed on the ground with a thud before letting out a groan of pain as she slowly picked herself up.
"Lilly!" shouted Kim when she suddenly felt her sister's hand slip out of her own as she quickly turned around and saw Lilly on the ground.
Kim quickly made a 'U' turn as she raced back to get her sister. Blaze and Tim quickly stopped in their tracks when they noticed that Kim and Lilly weren't following behind them anymore.
"Hey, what's the hold up!" called Tim as he and Blaze quickly doubled back to help their two friends. "There's no time to rest now, we got to keep moving!"
"I'm sorry," spoke Lilly as she looked up at her older who was kneeling beside her.
"It's okay," reassured Kim as she helped Lilly to stand up again. "It was just a trip. Come on we need to get out of here as fast as we can."
"She's right," said Blaze. "We need to get to the mall where we can meet up with the others."
"Then let's stop talking and get moving already!" exclaimed Tim as he waved his arms around wildly in a panic.
"What's the hurry?" asked a voice from in front of the group.
Blaze, Kim, Lilly and Tim quickly turned to see a 16 year old boy standing in their path. Blaze quickly stood in front of the group as he glared at the teenager in front of him.
"Who the heck are you?" question Blaze.
"The names Gareth kid," replied the teenager with a smirk as he raised his right hand up to show that it harbored a silver gauntlet with a black crystal sitting on the back hand of the metal. "And I'll be taking that little girl off your hands."
Kim quickly pulled Lilly closer to her as the 10 year old began to feel fear rise up within her when she saw the 16 year old teenager glaring at her with a smirk on his face. She knew that this Gareth wanted her.
"If you want Lilly then you'll have to go through me and my partner first!" shouted Blaze as he got ready to protect his friends.
"Oh I'm going to enjoy tearing you and your LegendZ apart," Gareth chuckled.
Back with Kato and Shiron
Shiron was locked in a fist battle with the goblin's giant form as the two LegendZ fought against each other to see who the strongest LegendZ was. Kato watched from the sidelines for a while before he suddenly noticed that the crystal on his vambrace was glowing.
"What's going on?" questioned Kato as he looked down at his vambrace in confusion.
Kato's question was soon answered as the crystal shot a narrow beam of light towards a group of bushes. Kato stared in wonder for a moment before he quickly remembered when his vambrace had led him to his cousin, Kai, and how it pointed to Tailor when he became Tiger's saga six weeks ago. Kato frowned as he glared at the bushes in front of him before he began to walk towards them. Kato soon stopped within a few inches of the bushes before he jumped into the underbrush and pinned the person that he had found to the ground. The person that had been hiding in the bush was none other than Ken, one of Ben's team members.
"Get off me!" yelled Ken as he struggled to get Kato off of him.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Kato as he glared down at the boy he had pinned to the ground. "And where's your leader, Ben?"
"Ha! I'm not going to telling you anything," scoffed Ken as he glared up at Kato.
The two boys suddenly heard a crash to their far right that distracted them from their conversation. Ken and Kato quickly turned their heads towards the source of the sound and saw the giant goblin lying on the ground. Its eyes were in an anime swirl as a large fist mark imprinted its face. Shiron dusted the invisible dirt off from his gloved hands before he crossed his arms over his chest
"That takes care of him," muttered Shiron with a smirk as he glared down at Ken. "Now will you tell us what your team leader is up too?"
An animated sweat drop appeared on the side of Ken's head before he quickly turned to look at Kato again.
"What would you like to know?" asked Ken with a nervous smile on his face.
"Why did Ben send you to attack us?" questioned Kato.
"He wanted me to distract you so that another member of our team members could go after our target that we were originally sent here to capture."
"Who's your target?" questioned Kato as he pressed on with his interrogation.
"A small 10 year old girl that is always hanging around with you and your group," replied Ken bluntly.
A cold fear suddenly gripped Kato's heart after he heard what Ken had told him.
'Lilly!' thought Kato in alarm before anger filled up all of his senses.
"What do you plan on doing to Kim's sister?" demanded Kato as he grabbed the front of Ken's shirt and pulled him up so that they were face to face with each other.
Ken didn't answer right away for he was stunned by how fierce Kato had become, but it was Shiron who finally brought Ken out of his daze.
"You'd better tell us now kid or else you'll wish that you had never messed with us," threatened Shiron with a growl.
"I…I don't know!" cried out Ken in fear. "All we were ever told was to capture the kid and bring her back to base, but there are rumors…"
"Rumors, what rumors?" questioned Kato as he suddenly became interested when Ken mentioned the word 'rumor'.
"W-w-well…rumor has it that Ben's father is doing some kind of weird experiments on people, such as small kids, that he had his men kidnapped over the past few weeks."
That was all Kato needed to hear as he let go of Ken's shirt, with the boy falling to the ground with a thud, before he stood up from the ground and ran towards Shiron. The dragon quickly lowered his right hand as he let Kato jump into it before he lifted his partner up to his left shoulder. Kato quickly leaped up onto Shiron's shoulder before looking up at his partner.
"Let's hurry Shiron," ordered Kato. "We've got to find Kim and the others before it's too late."
"Hang on tight," said Shiron in warning before he flared out his wings and took to the sky.
Ken sat on the ground for a while as he watched Shiron fly farther away from his line of vision before the boy flopped right back down onto his back with a sigh.
"Ben is going to kill me for this," muttered Ken.
Blaze and the group
Greedo let out a mighty roar as he battled against Gareth's LegendZ partner which was a gargoyle.
The gargoyle was a tall black creature with long skinny arms with four claw fingers on its hands. It had the face of a tiger with two long K9's that were the size of an adult's arm which hung down from its top jaw. The gargoyle had long white wild hair that grew down to its shoulders, two long black horns that grew on his forehead which bend backwards, long pointed ears and a long lizard tail that flicked behind it. The gargoyle was wearing a grey leather vest with its blood red wings sticking out of his shoulder blades, faded blue jeans that were held up by a brown leather belt and white cloth wrappings that were tied around the creature's talon feet. On the gargoyle's claw fingers were maroon leather fingerless gloves and sitting on the brim of the gargoyle's nose were a pair of rock star sunglasses that hid its eyes from view. The gargoyle was about the same height as Greedo if not a head shorter.
The gargoyle punched Greedo in the side of his face which made the dragoon stumble backwards for a moment before he punched the dark LegendZ right back in the gut. Blaze, Tim, Lilly and Kim were hiding behind a few trees as they watched the battle from the sidelines.
"Oh man, this is worse than watching a horror film," muttered Tim as he watched the two LegendZ fighting each other.
"Okay you two stay here with Lilly and don't come out until it's safe," said Blaze as he looked at Kim and Tim who were sitting beside him.
Kim and Tim nodded their heads at Blaze before he ran out of their hiding stop and headed towards the battle that his partner was in. Lilly clutched onto her sister's left arm in fear as she watched Blaze head straight towards the LegendZ that were fighting one another.
'I don't understand,' thought Lilly in confusion. 'Why is this guy trying to hurt Greedo and what does he want from me?'
The 10 year old girl's thoughts were soon interrupted when she suddenly felt a chilling wind blowing down her spine. Lilly slowly turned to look behind her before her face suddenly paled in fear when she saw who was standing in front of her.
With Blaze
Blaze quickly came to a stop as he stood 10 feet away from the battle that Greedo was in before he shouted up at his partner.
"Don't back down buddy!" yelled Blaze in encouragement. "Show this guy what you're made of!"
"You got it!" barked Greedo before he charged forward and delivered a right hook to the gargoyle's face.
Gareth calmly stood on the sidelines as he watched the two LegendZ fight against each before he turned his gaze on Blaze. The 16 year old had to admit that he was impressed by how much this boy had courage.
'That brat sure isn't backing down.' Gareth mused before he called out his LegendZ name. "Run that over grown lizard into the ground Shadow!"
"You got it boss!" exclaimed the gargoyle now known as Shadow.
"Did that kid just call me a lizard?" questioned Greedo in anger.
"Don't let him get to you Greedo," said Blaze. "Just keep your mind focused on the battle."
"Right!" exclaimed Greedo before he charged towards Shadow again with a snarl.
Shadow stood his ground for a moment before he and Greedo locked hands/claws with each other as they tried to overpower one another.
"Come on Shadow don't let that small fry beat you!" shouted Gareth to his LegendZ partner.
"Push right back Greedo, don't give in!" ordered Blaze.
The dragon and gargoyle glared fiercely at each other as they pushed against each other to see who was stronger. The battle would have continued on if it wasn't for someone screaming behind them. Blaze quickly turned around and saw Ben standing behind him with Lilly's left wrist held tightly within his right hand. Lilly struggled to get out of Ben's grip before she turned her head to look over at Blaze with eyes full of fear.
"Blaze!" cried Lilly as she looked at the 12 year old in front of her.
"Lilly!" shouted Blaze before he glared at Ben in anger. "Let her go Ben, or else!"
"I wouldn't go making threats at me if I were you," said Ben coolly as he pulled Lilly closer to him. "Not while your two friends' lives are hanging near the claws of death."
At his words, giant crab suddenly appeared from out of the trees. It held a coil of rope in its smaller pincer while attached to the rope were the unconscious forms of Tim and Kim. The giant crab held its larger pincer near the two 12 year old kids' throats as it slightly opened its claw and got ready to slice Tim's and Kim's heads off.
"No don't!" shouted Blaze. "Don't hurt them, please!"
"Then you'd better surrender to us now or else," said Ben as a smirk appeared on his face.
"Don't do it Blaze!" cried Lilly before she whimpered in pain when Ben quickly tightened his grip on her wrist.
"Keep quiet," said Ben as he glared down at the 10 year old.
Blaze clenched his hands into fists as he glared at Ben in anger before he decided to do what the 14 year old told him to do.
"Greedo…back down," ordered Blaze in a small voice.
Greedo let out a growl before he unhooked his claws from Shadow's claw hands. He began to back away when suddenly a white blur shot out from the sky and slammed into the giant crab. The force of the blow made the giant crab lose its grip on the rope before the blur quickly caught the unconscious forms of Tim and Kim.
"What the heck!" exclaimed Ben in anger before the blur landed on the ground as it revealed its true form to the group.
The blur that had attacked the giant crab was none other than Shiron in his elemental fusion form. He gently placed Tim and Kim on the ground before the dragon of wind turned to glare at Ben in anger. Lilly smiled when she saw Shiron standing before her as hope began to rise up within her heart.
"You just made a terrible mistake in messing with my friends Ben," growled Shiron. "Now prepare to pay the price!"
Ben clenched his jaws in anger before he shouted at Gareth: "Gareth fall back, we've already got what my old man wanted."
Gareth nodded his head before he raised his gauntlet up in front of him: "Shadow, come back!"
Shadow quickly dissolved into a black mist before he disappeared into the black crystal of Gareth's gauntlet.
"Hey, come back here!" snarled Greedo as he tried to grab the last wisp of the black mist with his right claw hand before he watched Gareth running away towards Ben. "We aren't finished our battle yet!"
"Sorry you over grown fire lizard, but we've got other things to do now that we have what we wanted from the start!" exclaimed Gareth with a smirk as he stood beside the 14 year old before a black wind started to blow around him, Ben, the giant crab and Lilly.
"LILLY!" shouted Shiron in Kato's voice as he quickly shot forward to grab the 10 year old girl.
The black wind hindered Shiron's attempt by knocking the dragon away from the crab LegendZ and three humans. Shiron stumbled back about two feet before growling in anger. The wind soon grew into a tornado that nearly knocked Blaze off of his feet before it slowly died down and disappear into thin air. All was quiet again within the park as Shiron, Greedo and Blaze all stood in utter shock. The dragon of wind let out a snarl as Blaze and Greedo stood behind him in disbelief.
"I can't believe it," muttered Blaze as he shook his head slowly. "Those creeps just took Lilly away from us."
Shiron clenched his claw hands into fists before he threw his head back and roar out in an anguish fury.
Unknown location: Lilly
Lilly found herself being thrown to the metal floor of a prison that she will be kept in for a while. The 10 year old sat on the floor as she glared up at the person that threw her into the cell. The person that was glaring down at Lilly was none other than Ben himself.
"You better make yourself comfortable here kid," said Ben. "Because in about a few weeks you'll be just another experiment that my old man will use like every other human he had sent his men to capture."
"I won't be in here for very long you big jerk," growled Lilly boldly. "Kato and Kim will find me, you just wait and see!"
"Keep dreaming kid," said Ben before he slammed the cell door close and locked it.
Lilly kept glaring at Ben as he walked away from the cell before she brought her knees up to her chest. The 10 year old wrapped her arms around her legs before she rested her forehead on her knees and began to cry.
'Kim, somebody…anybody, help me,' thought Lilly as she prayed for anyone to hear her cries of help.
Unknown to Lilly, someone did hear her cries.
In the Lab
In the glass tank the spiritual green energy of the LegendZ about to be awakened suddenly began to shake before it temporarily changed into the form of a humanoid beast. It quickly changed back into a ball of green light before any of the scientists noticed the change. One of the scientists blinked when he thought he saw a change within the brain waves on his computer, but when he looked at the screen again he saw the same slow waves that he had seen so many times before.
"I must be working too hard," muttered the scientist as he rubbed his eyes tiredly before he got up to get himself a cup of coffee.
The spiritual energy pulsed again when the scientist turned his back on the glass tank before it settled back down. It was a sign that the LegendZ is about to be reborn sooner than anyone had expect it to, but who the new LegendZ will be is a mystery.
To be continued
Sorry for the long wait guys, I just didn't have a good idea to start this chapter. I hope you like it.
White Hunter, howling out to you and the spirits!
