Irma : Took you long enough.
Me : Hey, it's not easy to juggle between school, exercise, extra school activities and other stuff.
Will : Well, at least you're here.
Me : Now, time for the disclaimer.
Cornelia : storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., or anything else of the show.
Me : Now the week long wait of the story...
Chapter 14 : Medimn vs. Meridian (Part 1)
The guardians and Regents were finally in Meridian thanks to Blunk informing them. The girls were in the palace, as it was completely empty. All they could hear was their own breathe and their footsteps. 'Hello...' Cornelia called out, but all they heard was echoes.
'Wonder where they could be,' Hay Lin stated.
'Blunk, where is Elyon and the rest of the guards,' Will asked.
'They at base, fighting bad guys. Blunk don't want go,' Blunk said.
'Oh yes you will,' Will replied as she grabbed Blunk's shirt collar before dragging him out the palace.
Meanwhile, at the second base, there was a battle between two worlds. One is from the homeworld, Meridian, while the other was Medimn, the invaders. Elyon, along with Caleb, Raythor and Vathek were in one of the tents, figuring out a strategy while Aldarn, Gargoyle, Sandpit and the rest of Meridian's army were fighting off the enemy. 'We can call up the archers to head up onto the cliffs,' Caleb suggested.
'Go and tell them, every strategy is critical,' Elyon said as Caleb ran out of the tent. Raythor was moving some of the figures on the map to find out the best strategy on how to attack the enemy without loosing too many men. 'There is too many of them,' Raythor stated.
'We have to hold them here, until the guardians reach us,' Elyon replied.
'But our army will get wounded if this keeps up,' Raythor protested.
'We need to try to hold them,' Elyon said.
'If the guardians can't make here in time?' Vathek asked.
'Then we will have to join in the battle, or fall back to our last base,' Elyon stated as she sigh. The others were looking at each other before continuing on the battle plan.
In the third base, Tynar and Julian were in the tent, discussing a trap for any possible attack. 'We can have boulders here, and here,' Julian stated as he pointed at the map.
'And we can dig up holes here, before covering them up,' Tynar continued.
'I wonder how the first and second base is doing,' Julian stated.
'Don't worry, they got Elyon, Gargoyle and Sandpit to help out,' Tynar stated when a messenger entered their tent. He then gave a letter to Julian before leaving. Julian then open up the letter before reading it.
'No...' Julian said as he look away from the letter.
'What's wrong Julian?' Tynar asked.
'The first base has been taken over by the enemy. And the second base is now under attack,' Julian stated as Tynar was as shocked as he was.
'Then what can we do?' Tynar asked.
'We will proceed to planning out the traps for the enemy. And I have a feeling that we will receive some guest,' Julian said as Tynar nodded. He and Julian quickly left the tent before ordering the men to dig up holes, move the boulders and gathered up leaves for their trap.
Back at the guardians and the Regents, they were on their way to the base. 'Hang in there Elyon, we are coming,' Will said as Blunk was leading them to the base.
'I just hope Elyon and Caleb is alright,' Cornelia said.
'They will be, but we need to hurry up,' Matt stated as he was carrying Mr Huggles.
'Yeah doll, the kid is right,' Napolean replied.
'Thanks, and don't call me kid,' Matt shot back.
'Anyway, can we look for any signs of Zarla after the battle? We haven't heard anything about her,' Taranee said.
'We will, but first we need to fight the enemy,' Will said.
'And where are we going anyway?' Hay Lin asked.
'Now that you mention,' Will stated before they stopped. She then starred angrily at Blunk.
'Blunk know where base is. But Blunk got bit confused,' he admited.
'Blunk!' the group cried out.
'Either you get us there faster, or we drop you in a lake,' Will threaten the Passling.
Blunk led them to the right direction of the base, much to the girls and Regents frustration. Will wanted to hurry to help Elyon and the others, so they hurried up. Hay Lin then wondered how was Irma doing back at Medimn.
In Medimn, Irma was done with her work, but she still had one more thing. The note she read told her that she needed to get to the other work. But there was more. 'The king wanted to talk to me about a secret? I wonder what could it be. I hope it is freedom,' Irma said as she walked down the hall.
As she entered one of the room, she quickly held her nose as the stence attacked her nose. 'Ugh! What is that familiar smell!' Irma complaint. She then noticed that it was the guards uniform that reeks the whole room. She had to clean them all before the king gets back. She was delighted that she was the Water Guardian. She closed the door before locking it.
'Well, here I go,' Irma said before she called out the water around her surroundings. It obeyed her command as water was emerging from the window and between cracks on the wall. She then moved the basket filled with dirty guards uniform before dumping them on the floor. As she done that, she accidentally dropped the walkie-talkie, that the rebels gave it to her after Will gave it to them, into the pile. 'Oh great! Just what I need!' Irma cried out.
She knew that if she clean the pile while the walkie-talkie was still in there, she would loose her only communication to her friends. She held her nose before she shoved her hand into the pile. She was searching for the walkie-talkie as she moved her hand around. She was gagging to the smell as she couldn't held her breathe for too long. 'Man, how I wish I was back at school than this,' Irma quipped.
It took her about ten minutes to finally found the walkie-talkie. She put the walkie-talkie back into her pocket before she continued to clean the uniform. It took her about an hour to clean all the uniform.
The whole room was odourless as she was satisfied with the work she had done. Since there wasn't anything else to do, Irma hurried to her bedroom before taking a long, deserved, bathe.
Back in Meridian, Elyon, Raythor and Vathek had joined the battle. But they soon realised that they were greatly outnumbered. 'Elyon, we need to fall back to the third base,' Vathek cried out.
Elyon was having a hard time deciding whether they should fall back to the third to hold them off, or stay and fight. She then noticed that the army were getting exhausted from the battle. Some of them were wounded while the others had retreated to the third base. She closed her eyes as she made her decision. Once she opened her eyes, she had finally decide about it.
'Fall back to the third base!' she called out. Raythor and Vathek were both satisfied at Elyon's decision of retreating instead of staying to fend off the enemy. The army hurriedly retreat to their last base, where they had to make their stand. Elyon created a giant wall to slow the enemy down while the rest of the army retreated.
Caleb quickly placed something under a pile of dirt before joining the rest of the army to the third base. 'I hope they made it,' Caleb said softly as he held some kind of switch. They then heard the wall that Elyon had made was broken down. Caleb knew that it would be soon to press the button on the switch he was holding. 'Here it goes,' Caleb stated before pressing it.
Then he heard a loud explosion at their base. Caleb wanted to make sure that their weapons won't be used against them as he destroyed them. He also knows that most of their weapons and equipments were back at the third base. 'Third's time the charm,' Caleb said as he ran along side the army.
The guardians and Regents were still flying. 'Blunk, why aren't we there yet!' Cornelia cried out as she was getting impatient.
'Erm, Corny, I don't think we needed to ask him anymore,' Hay Lin stated as she heard an explosion thanks to the wind and air around her.
'What do you mean?' Will asked as they all stopped.
'I heard an explosion a few miles away from us. Which means that we are close by, to the third base,' Hay lin stated.
'Then we better hurry, because I have a bad feeling that the attackers are going to destroy the third base if we don't hurry up,' Will said as the rest of the group nodded. They then resumed their flight, towards the direction to the third base.
In the third base, there were guards everywhere as the army from the second base had finally entered the base. Some of them were wounded while the others were exhausted from the battle. Tynar was giving one of the army some food while Julian and the rest of the guards were covering up the holes while preventing any of their men dropping into it. 'Hurry up guardians,' Tynar stated as he looked up.
'The queen has been sighted!' a guard yelled from the tower.
'Well, I think it is safe to mention that the second base has fallen,' Tynar said softly as he look upset about it.
Elyon, Caleb, Raythor and Vathek were spotted, running towards the base. They all looked exhausted from the battle they were in. Elyon and Caleb entered the tent while Raythor and Vathek went to check on the army. 'We need to make our last stand here!' Caleb cried out.
'I know, but we need to find a way to decrease their army,' Elyon protested.
'We just dug up some holes and placed some boulders on the cliffs, but I don't think that it would work perfectly as it can only hold them for a moment,' Julian explained.
'Where are the guardians,' Tynar stated.
'They will be here, just wait,' Elyon replied.
'Enemies spotted!' a guard cried out.
'Well, this is it,' Elyon stated.
'Yeah, we will stay and fight those enemy,' Caleb said.
'We won't back down on you, my queen,' Tynar said.
'And I will never leave my son alone to fight those guys,' Julian said.
'And we won't retreat,' Raythor said as he stood at the entrance to the tent.
'Then lets hurry and join the battle,' Elyon said as they all exited the tent.
They quickly got into gear while Elyon created a wall between the base and the route to the village. She then joined the rest of the army as they got into battle stance. 'Easy... easy...' Julian stated as he waited for the right time.
The enemy were advancing as their mechanism were being controlled by them. What they didn't know was that there were traps waiting for them. 'Attack!' one of them called out. They all charge up towards the last base.
'Wait for it,' Julian said as some of the guards were getting nervous about it, while the others tried to be brave and grip harder on their weapons.
The enemy were advancing rapidly without realising on where they were heading until it was too late. Some of them dropped into the holes that Julian and his men had dug while boulders has been pushed to destroy the mechanism. But most of them had managed to dodge the boulders and the holes as they quickly advance towards the base. 'Leave no prisoners!' one of them cried out.
'Lay your weapons down!' Julian ordered. The first line of guards moved their weapons down, pointing at the enemies. 'Charge!' he called out as they all attack. They were now on their way to fight the last battle with Medimn. 'Hurry up Will,' Elyon said softly as she flew towards them with her hands filled with light.
Will and the rest of the guardians were about to reach the third base. 'Hang in there Elyon, we're almost there,' she said.
Will the guardians and Regents be able to reach Elyon and the rest of the army in time? What's the king planning to tell Irma/Aliria about a secret he kept from her? And what would happen if the girls found out about a specific object they found back in the cave? Find out next...
Sorry for the late update. The reason has already be explained back at the top. Anyway, this is a two part chapter, again. Cause this is a battle between two sides, so it has to be long. And I know that this chapter is a bit short too. So, leave some reviews for me, please. Thanks.