Chapter Twenty-One: The Battle Begins
"Attack!", Shadon ordered of his Shadow Horde. "Destroy them! Destroy them all!"
The Shadow Minions charged at the group of heroes, that stood in their way.
"Let's start this off right!", Angelo said, as he made his Dragon Blade flame up. "Hey Taranee! How about combining our powers?!"
"Why not!", Taranee said as she shot a fireball at his Dragon Blade.
"Dragon's Flame Wave!", Angelo yelled as he did his attack.
Once the attack was fired, it had way more power, thanks to the extra juice Taranee gave to Angelo. It took down a mess load of Shadow Minions, as well as two Shadow Golems.
"Whoa!", Angelo said as he saw what his attack did, thanks to Taranee's power boost.
"Alright now!", Taranee said. "Now if that happens when me and you combine powers......."
"Then the others should be able to do the same thing!", Angelo figured. "Everybody, team up! Element to element! Combine you powers to do major damage!"
First was Irma, who covered Cassidy's Dragon Ring Blades in water. Cassidy then focused her own power in them.
"Dragon Hydro Cutter!", she shouted as she threw her ring blades at the Shadow Minions.
The water surrounding the ring blades began to spread out further, while freezing, forming large rings of ice, that cut down several of the enemy troops. On their return trip, the ice on the ring blades, broke off as they cut through some more Shadow Minions. When Cassidy caught them, they were shined from the bits of ice that were still on them.
"Now that was cool!", Cassidy said as she and Irma high-fived each other.
"Oh yeah!", Irma said.
Next was Nigel and Cornelia, who combined their powers, as he came down in the middle of a large group of Shadow Minions, with his Dragon Fist, and she with her right foot.
"Earthquake Strike!", they both yelled as they struck the ground, sending a very powerful shockwave of energy, blasting away Shadow minions, within twenty feet of them.
"Nicely done, Ms. Hale.", Nigel said as he uppercutted two Shadow Minions.
"You weren't so bad yourself, Mr. Ashcroft.", Cornelia said as she sent a group of Shadow Minions flying with her telekinesis.
"Delta Burst!", Malcom and Marcus yelled as they combined their Axe Wave and Dragon Hammer Blast attacks."
The attack wiped out a huge group of Shadow Minions.
"Oh yeah! We bad!", Marcus and Malcom bragged as they clanged their weapons together.
As they ran off to fight more Shadow Minions, Caleb, Matt, and Mr. Huggles were ready to combine their power to take down some Shadow Minions. First, Caleb sent a energy wave from his sword, while Matt made it go faster, by shooting it with his eye beams, along with Phobos's energy blast. And finally, Mr. Huggles hit the floor with his fist sending a shock wave at the attack, making it go even faster. Once it struck, a group of Shadow Minions, it exploded taking out a large group of Shadow Minions.
"Not bad.", Caleb said as he charged forward.
"I agree.", Phobos said as he blasted a hole in a Shadow Golem.
"Let's go, Huggles!", Matt said as he flew into battle, with Huggles right behind him.
"You ready, Will?!", Nerissa asked as she jumped in the air. "It could be fun."
Will then flew towards Nerissa, who had she Dragon Staff out and aimed at the floor. Will them held on to it as they fell towards the floor. Both looked at each other, smirking as they got ready to do their attack.
"Quintessence Pulse!", they both shouted as they neared the floor.
Once they landed, they slammed one end of the staff on the ground sending a powerful shock wave, of electricity, out from around them at the Shadow Minions, destroying them in a huge puff of black smoke.
"Whoa!", Will said looking around at all the smoke the Shadow Minions made. "That was sweet!"
"I know!", Nerissa said as she and Will fought off some more Shadow Minions.
"Shall we, Hay Lin?", Eric asked as he jumped up in the air, with his Dragon Katana.
"Let's!", Hay Lin said as she flew up with him and held on to his Dragon Katana with him.
Once she touched it, it glowed brighter than it ever did.
"Dragon Tornado Cutter!", they yelled as they began to spin around, creating a twister around them.
The twister then went towards the Shadow Minions. Soon many Shadow Minions got sucked up into the twister. Sounds of slashing and cutting could be heard as puffs of purple smoke popped out of nowhere in the twister. Then the twister went upwards and faded. Hay Lin and Eric then landed on the floor, both happy at how many Shadow Minions they wiped out.
"That was so,...... wow!", Hay Lin said happily.
"Told you it was cool!", Eric said. "Now let's finish the rest of them."
"Right behind you!", Hay Lin said following right behind Eric.
"There are more where they came from, fools!", Shadon said as more Shadow Minions came through the dark fold.
"You've got to be kidding me!", Matt said."
"For every Shadow Minion you take out, three shall take it's place!", Shadon gloated. "Face it, heroes, you're finished!"
"Well, this sucks!", Irma said as she fired a blast of water at some Shadow Minions. "What will we do now?"
"We could try and combine our powers!", Malcom suggested.
"We can do that?!", Eric asked.
"It's risky!", Marcus said. "But in this case, I'd say it's worth the risk! Plus the blast may close the dark fold!"
"I say we go for it!", Will said. "It may be our only hope!"
"I'm game, if the rest of you are!", Angelo said.
"Sounds like a plan to me.", Phobos said.
Once the rest of them agreed, they got in a circle and focused their powers and formed a large ball of energy, as the Shadow Minions circled around them, ready to pounce.
"Take them out!", Shadon ordered.
The Shadow Minions then jumped at the heroes. Just as the Shadow Minions got close enough to the group of heroes, they released the concentrated energy. The burst of energy, wiped out all the Shadow Minions and continued on its way towards Shadon, who blocked the attack with his Shadow Halberd. Even though he blocked the attack, Shadon still felt a good amount of the attack. He then looked to see the energy fly towards his dark fold.
"NO!", Shadon yelled as the energy hit the dark fold. "My Shadow Minions!"
Shadon aimed his Shadow Halberd at the dark fold and fired a beam of dark energy at it, trying to keep it open. But it was too late, as the dark fold closed.
"Looks like you're out of an army, Shadon!", Cassidy gloated.
"And with no way out of here, you're finished.", Taranee said.
"You think so?", Shadon questioned. "If there's one thing I've learned, from fighting heroes like you, it's to always have a back up plan!"
Shadon then raised his Shadow Halberd in the air as his six shadow orbs, in his armour glowed.
"Lend me your powers, my Shadow Generals!", Shadow ordered, as he brought his Shadow Halberd back down.
"This isn't good!", Nigel said.
"What do you mean?", Matt asked.
"One Shadow General was bad enough!", Eric said. "Now there all in one person!"
"And that one person is their leader!", Nerissa replied. "Not good!"
"Now let's see.", Shadon said. "Which attack shall I do first? Let's try this one."
Shadon then put his weapon away, preparing to do his attack. He then clapped his hands together, getting everyones attention. He then held out his hands, spreading out his fingers as they began to glow at the tips.
"Aw, crap!", Nigel said. "Not this again!"
"Everybody look out!", Caleb yelled.
"Shadow Beam Strike!", Shadon yelled as dark purple beam of energy fired from all ten of his fingers.
Just like with Shada, the beams began to ricochet off the walls coming back at the group.
"Heads up!", Angelo yelled as he dodged a beam.
"Whoa!", Irma yelled dodging another beam.
Everyone dodged the beams, as they continued to ricochet off the walls. Shadon then clapped his hands together, like Shada did, when he faced the Dragon Knights. Once he did, the beams then came together in the center of the area, making a powerful blast, that knocked everyone back in different directions.
"I forgot how bad that hurt.", Angelo said as he slowly got to his feet.
"That was a lot of power.", Cornelia said, as everyone else got to her feet. "Where did that come from?"
"From one of the Shadow Generals.", Caleb answered.
Taranee then noticed that the shadow orb on Shadon's right shoulder became clear. Showing that it was now empty of power.
"Guys!", Taranee said getting everyones attenyion. "Look at his right shoulder! The orb there is empty!"
"You right, Taranee!", Nerissa said as she noticed the empty orb. "That means......."
"If we get him to do the other five attacks..........", Malcom began to say.
"Then he'll be at his normal power!", Angelo said. "Hey, Shadon! Is that all you got?!"
"Only one way to find out.!",Shadon said as he jumped into the air. "Shadow X-Slash!"
Shadon then waved his arms in an "X" pattern, sending a powerful wave of energy at everyone, knocking them down hard. After a few seconds, they all slowly got to there feet, hurting for the attack.
"Oh yeah, that hurt.", Irma said as she and the others got to their feet. "How many are left?"
"Four.", Cassidy said as she saw the shadow orb, on his left boot went empty.
"Let's just hope we can survive them all.", Phobos said.
"Allow me to handle these fools, master.", Necro said as he stepped forward, with a broadsword in his hand.
"Do your worst, Necro!", Shadon said as he jumped over the group, and headed through the first door to the Chamber of the Aruameres.
"See you later, fools!", Shadon said as he walked off.
"We have to stop Shadon, before he gets to the Aurameres!", Will said.
"What about this guy?!", Eric said. "I don't think he just going to let us go!"
"Me and Marcus will take care of him!", Malcom said.
"Not alone you won't!", Phobos said as he stood next to Malcom.
"Malcom.", Irma said sadly.
"Don't worry about us!", Malcom said. "Stop Shadon, before he gets to the Aurameres!"
"Let's go, Irma!", Cornelia said as she and Hay Lin dragged her along.
"You three better make it through this!", Will said.
"Don't worry, Will.", Marcus said. "We don't plan on dying today."
Once the others were through the door, Marcus and Malcom closed the door, keeping Necro in the room with them and Phobos. Necro ran for the door, only to be blasted by, Phobos.
"We're your opponets now!", Phobos said as his hands glowed with energy.
"So, if you want to go any further, you'll have to go through us!", Marcus said as he, Malcom and Phobos took their fighting stances.
"Very well.", Necro said as we took his fighting stance. "Let us fight to the bitter end!"
Necro then charged at the three, ready for battle.
"Let's do this!", Malcom yelled as he, Marcus, and Phobos charged at Necro.
Beyond the doors, the others were trying to catch up with Shadon as fast as they could. Soon, they spotted Shadon walking towards the door that lead to the Chamber of the Aurameres.
"We have to stop him!", Taranee said as they got closer to him.
Shadon then turned around, facing the group. He then raised his Shadow Halberd.
"Shadow Wave Burst!", Shadon yelled as he slammed his Shadow Halberd into the ground, sending a powerful shockwave through out the area of the temple, to which those on the ground jumped up from.
"We're not falling for that one, Shadon!", Cassidy said as the shadow orb on his left shoulder went empty.
"And now you only have three powers left!", Hay lin gloated.
"Then I better use the next one well.", Shadon said with a smirk.
Suddenly, two more Shadons appeared. Then two more after that. And two more after that.
"What the, hcck is this?!", Caleb asked.
"He's using Shade's power!", Cassidy replied. "This isn't good!"
"Then again, the clones aren't that strong!", Nigel said as he wiped on out with an uppercut.
"That's not our real problem!", Nerissa said.
"What is?", Angelo asked.
The Shadons then fired shots into the air, through their Shadow Halberds.
"Heads up!", Eric yelled as he shielded Hay Lin from the downpour of energy beams.
Caleb went and shielded Cornelia, while Nigel did the same for Taranee. Matt shielded Will, but was feeling the attack, just as Mr. Huggles was as he shielded Irma. Seeing this Shadon walked through the doors of the Chamber of the Aurameres.
"Finally!", Shadon said as he walked towards the Aurameres "The power is mine!"
"Not as long as we're hear!", Will snapped.
Shadon turned around to see the Guardians and Dragon Knights ready to fight Shadon. He looked futher to see the two Regents, and Caleb knocked out on the floor.
"So it's the ten of you against me.", Shadon grinned. "I like my odds."
"We'll see about that!", Will said as she along with the other Guardians focused their power and blasted Shadon with everything they had.
The Dragon Knights watched as the power kept being poured on. But soon, their energy was beginning to weaken. Soon they were running out of energy. Shadon just stood there as if nothing was phasing him. Afetrwards, the girls just dropped to the ground, to weak to move.
"Are you done yet?", Shadon asked looking at the drained Guardians. "Looks like you are."
Shadon then looked at the Dragon Knights.
"And what of you five?", Shadon asked them as the shadow orbs on his chest plate and head band went empty. "After all you've seen, do you five think you have any chance of beating me? I've just used up the last of my shadow orbs against your little fairies over there. And I'm still at full power! So ask yourselves, do you really want to do this?"
The Dragon Knights looked at Shadon, then at each other, and then back at Shadon. They then put their weapons away.
"What are you guys doing?!", Cornelia asked in shock. "Kick his butt! It's what you were picked for!"
"We can't beat him.", Nigel said.
"Nigel!", Taranee said sadly, in a soft voice.
"After all we did, he's still at full strenght, ready to fight us.", Eric replied.
"Eric, don't give up like this!", Hay Lin cried.
"Sorry, Will.", Angelo said. "But, we see the truth now. Shadon is to powerful for us. I'm sorry."
"No.", Will said sadly.
Angelo then looked up at Shadon.
"You win, Shadon.", Angelo said. "We give up."
A/N: What the heck are our heroes doing?! They can't give up! They have to kick Shadon's evil butt! Is this truly the end?!
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