Crossing Smurfs –
Sparks literally flew every time the Minotaur and Sam clashed weapons, and with the Shadow Smurfs, attacking every chance they could get, made it very difficult to concentrate on one target in particular. Sam found himself backing away several times, but quickly found an opportunity to dash forward and clash swords to ax once again. Only when he noticed some of the Shadow Smurfs try to sneak away towards the hill, did he ever stop combat with the Minotaur on purpose. At the moment, he had destroyed ten of the Shadow Smurfs. "Those weapons will be mine!" the Minotaur called out and sent five Shadow Smurfs in to attack. "What do you need my swords for anyway?" Sam asked as he continued to fight. "Only with your swords can I obtain the full power of Lady Light before she becomes immortal, and become the most powerful of all creatures." the beast said, admitting his ambitions. Sam continued to fight, feeling all his muscles still screaming in pain from struggle and fatigue, the two hours he rested was not enough for his poor body to recover from the long run he endured to get here. Yet still he pushed forward, if not for himself or the Smurfs than for Smurfette alone, she was his reason for this battle, and he kept that in the forefront of his mind. His mind and body working separately, it was as if he were in another world, the slashing and stabbing were just figments to him. Within his mind, all he could see was Smurfette as she smiled at him, playing Smurf Ball with her friends and walking throughout the fields with a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Before he knew it, almost all of the Shadow Smurfs had been slain, leaving the Minotaur and Shadow Papa to deal with.
Smurfette turned in her sleep, feeling unsteady about her dreams, until she sat up with a start. "Oh dear!" she gasped, "I just had the unsmurfiest dream ever!" and she began to look around, finding herself back into her mushroom house. "Sam?" she called out, but with no answer she began to worry. Quickly throwing her covers off of her, she quickly noticed that for close to sun up, it was quiet in the village, she could see the dark sky just barely turning blue. "It's close to sun-up!" she screamed, and instantly ran out to find him. Looking to his house, she knew, he wasn't there, then she remembered what they stumbled upon more than 24 hours ago. "The dam!" she called out and ran as fast as she could to get to him before the sun did.
"Quickly my little Smurfs, we're almost there." Papa called to them all, Hefty, Handy and Blacksmith all pulled a large wooden device behind them, pulling at the same time slowly advancing towards their destination. "Are you sure this invention of yours will work?" Hefty asked as he struggled with the weight. "Absasmurfly, this will let those Shadow Smurfs have a taste of the sun's light during the night." Handy responded. "We're here!" Papa called out and the three Smurfs quickly got to work as the others watched Sam fight the one battle only he could successfully win. Handy quickly set up his device and gave it a once over. "The Smurflight is ready for action Papa Smurf." he announced. Papa watched as the Minotaur lifted his ax and slammed it into the ground, from the blades impact rose a new swarm of Shadow Smurfs, "And not a moment too soon. Aim it at those Shadow Smurfs." he ordered, and Hefty with Blacksmith's help, moved the device into position. Handy struck two small rocks together and the inside of the device quickly lit ablaze. The light of the fire bounced around the inside of the metal chamber, increasing the light potency and firing it in a beam. The Minotaur backed off quickly and every Shadow Smurf in the lights range, dispersed into the shadowy mist they were made from. "YES!" Handy shouted and the other Smurfs all cheered in their success.
As Sam fought off Shadow Papa, the Smurfs kept him from getting swarmed, by pointing the light strait at the Minotaur to keep him from summoning more. Suddenly they all heard her calling, "SAM!" Smurfette called out. Sam locked blades with Shadow Papa again, pushing as hard as he could against the villain, "Smurfette!" he whispered to himself, and pushed even harder, making Shadow Papa slide back before finally tripping and falling on his butt. Sam turned only to watch as Smurfette neared the barrier, "No!" he whispered to himself and ran to meet her, trying to keep her safe. The moment she actually exited the barrier, the Minotaur smiled and lifted his ax, despite the light shining into his eyes. Even Shadow Papa reeled back one of his axes and aimed it at her.
It seemed as if everything was in slow motion, Smurfette and Sam running towards each other, the two villains readying their attacks, and the sun as it finally peeked over the horizon. Shadow Papa turned in horror as the Sun's rays finally hit him, and his screams of pain were the only things left of him. The Minotaur Turned in pain as the real sun slammed him in the eyes with its light. Smurfette could only watch as Sam stiffened up and stopped running, before dropping his swords and flopping down on the ground. When she reached him, she tried everything to get him to wake up again, "Sam, Sam wake up!" she told him over and over again. "He will not awaken little one, his soul belongs to me." the Minotaur grunted out, and with that, a small ball of light seeped out of Sam's back, and traveled towards the hulking behemoth, still shielding his eyes. Smurfette screamed in frustration, before grabbing both of Sam's swords, and almost charged at him, until Hefty and Blacksmith, both grabbed her arms and dragged her back towards the barrier, as the Minotaur used his free hand to encase Sam's soul. He then looked to where he thought the swords were only to find Smurfette struggling against the two strong Smurfs and Handy dragging Sam beyond the barrier. "NO!" he shouted as the female Smurf was dragged back into the safety of the barrier. The beast removed his arm from his face, letting the sun shine into his eyes, and struck the barrier with his ax. The Ax bounced off of the invisible shield, and cracked unnoticed near the handle. "Blasted female! You will be hunted until I have possession of those swords." he shouted and actually vanished into a puff of black smoke. Several moments went by, before anyone spoke to Smurfette, and it was Hefty who did, "Smurfette?" he whispered, and reached for her. Smurfette responded by bursting out in tears and the loudest shout of despair they had ever heard from her. She then dropped to her knees next to Sam as he lay there and cried her eyes out at his side.
End of the Chapters.