Out of Luck
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A man was thrown into a wall of what looked like a jail cell and several more guards were sent flying as purple explosions appeared. Out of the smoke came a fifteen year old girl with silvery grey hair and the girl was wearing a maroon coat and she opened a small pouch on her hip and she pulled out a small ball that arched with energy and she walked down the prison throwing multiple balls at the guards and threw them away. A guard closed a door in front of the girl before it blew open and the guard rolled across the floor, the girl then approached the only cell door in the corridor and she looked inside before she took out some powder and threw it at the door. "Fallum Quarca Daminigan," she chanted and the door blew off its hinges.
"Charmcaster, I've been waiting," Hex who was the person inside the cell said to her.
"Major jailbreaks aren't easy to pull off you know," Charmcaster told Hex.
"You will show me respect my dear niece. Or you will suffer the consequences," Hex told his niece.
"Yes, uncle," Charmcaster said.
"My staff," Hex said and Charmcaster pulled out his staff.
"The magic must have drained out of it or something, but I swear it's not my fault," She said as the staff flew into Hex's hands.
"Its power can be brought to life only in the hands of a master magician," Hex told her as he sent two bolts of energy at two guards approaching them and both were sent into a wall. "Now. To find the keystone. The moment of alignment is nearly upon us," Hex told his niece as he made a hole in a wall. "Once I have completed the ritual and gained its powers, I shall take my revenge on the one who imprisoned me in this festering sewer," he said as he and Charmcaster stood on the cells door and it flew out of the hole.
Meanwhile on a mountain road and bus was teetering on the ledge and the bus was filled with old people and it was about to fall before someone grabbed it and pulled it back onto the road and the old people saw Four Arms tear the back of the bus off. "It is okay everybody. Everything's alright now," she told them before she went to walk off.
"So you're not going to help us off my strong girl? Who raised you anyway?" an old man asked her.
"Oh be a dear and carry me would you? My bunions are killing me," an old lady told her.
"Your bunions my butt. My new hip is out of whack, I should go first," another old lady said and Four Arms sighed before she walked back to the bus. Meanwhile in the RV Gwen was looking at stuff on her laptop before she held up her Lucky Girl mask.
"Lucky Girl, I wish you were more than just a costume," she said as Daisuke walked back into the RV.
"Sometimes this hero thing gets really old," she said walking up to Max.
"You should be proud of yourself Daisuke, those old folks would have been in a real pickle without you to help them," Max told her.
"I know that. But for once, I would like one summer day where I can just hang around and do nothing. Like Ben and Gwen," Daisuke said.
"Hey!" Ben exclaimed.
"You should appreciate what you have. I only got to be Lucky Girl for a few hours," Gwen said.
"Really? Was that it? Because with all the bragging you did it felt like weeks," Daisuke said before Gwen threw a pillow in her face. "The worst part of it, was when those old ladies asked me to go with them to a magic convention in Las Vegas. As if," she said throwing the pillow away.
"Magic convention?" Gwen asked with a smile. Hex and Charmcaster were standing in front of a large fire and Hex started to chant.
"Darkara Dorokey Aghosto," the fire became massive and billowed smoke into the sky as an image appeared. "The keystone of Bezel. Reveal to me your location," Hex said and a circle appeared with a blinking dot.
"Well it was nice seeing you again Uncle, I'm outta here," Charmcaster said walking off before a bolt of energy hit the ground in front of her and she turned to look at Hex whose eyes were glowing yellow.
"You may leave my service only when I say you can," he told her.
"Yes, uncle," Charmcaster said. The next day the Rust Bucket was parked outside the Magic Convention is Las Vegas and the gang walked inside where they saw several lame tricks being performed and three kids dressed in outfits playing a game.
"Magician of the Year Expo? It's all cheap junk and grossed out tricks. I thought it was going to be real magic. Not cheesy magic," Gwen complained.
"Hey check it out," Ben said making Gwen and Max look at him. "Fake bugs in ice cubes. Fake barf, fake dog poo," he said.
"We get it Ben. As long as we're here we might as well look around," Max told him.
"Hey guys! Look at this," everyone turned to see Daisuke standing beside a hat, she reached in and pulled out Veemon. "I pulled a Veemon out of my hat," she said with a grin and the other three chuckled. Gwen soon found a small stall filled with necklaces and bracelets.
"I don't suppose you have any real magical artefacts," she said to the lady behind the table.
"What you see is what you get honey," she told Gwen who looked around and she grabbed a blue and yellow bracelet with a small red charm in it and it glowed making Gwen smile as she slipped it onto her wrist.
"I'll take it," she told the women.
"Find something you like?" Max asked her.
"Yeah. This kind of reminds me of…" she was cut off by screamed from outside and everyone ran outside to see a man in a strait jacket hanging by a rope to a helicopter that was out of control.
"That's not part of the act," Max said as everyone looked at Daisuke.
"I know. Hero time, yay," she said sarcastically running off, the helicopter flew through some power lines and one of them set the rope on fire and Stinkfly flew in and grabbed the underside of the helicopter.
"Hold on. Everything is under control," she said as the tail rotor of the helicopter flew off. "Or not," she said as the tail rotor flew towards Ben and Gwen saw it coming.
"Ben look out!" She shouted and Ben turned and gasped, Gwen jumped over a car and then flipped over another car as her new bracelet glowed and she tackled Ben out of the way and the tail rotor smashed into a car.
"Whoa. How'd you do that?" he asked and Gwen looked at her bracelet.
"Just lucky I guess," She told her cousin before running off. Stinkfly spat goo at a building before she shot goo from her eyes and the helicopter stopped flying.
"Hold on a little longer," she told the man hanging upside down as the rope snapped and he screamed and Stinkfly flew after him. Gwen in her Lucky Girl outfit jumped onto a car and then onto a bus before she jumped off and she caught the man and both of them landed in an awning and Gwen jumped down to the ground and set the man down. "Lucky Girl?" Stinkfly asked landing beside Gwen as the crowd cheered them both.
"Don't even start about me cramping your style," Gwen said.
"Actually. I'm glad to finally get some backup. But how did you get your Lucky Girl powers back?" Stinkfly asked and Gwen smiled. Back in the RV, Gwen was looking at her laptop which had the charm on the bracelet on the screen.
"Looks like one of those Charms of Bezel," she said.
"But you destroyed them in that cemetery right?" Veemon asked her.
"I thought I did," Gwen answered. "But this is the legendary lost keystone. It's rumoured to increase ten times the powers and skills of the one who uses it," she said.
"Well the legend seems to be true," Daisuke said.
"You are so lucky," Ben told his cousin.
"It's not luck. It's magic," she replied. The gang soon were back inside the magic convention watching various magician's perform their tricks.
"And remember folks the magician of the year will be crowned in a few hours during the solar eclipse. Now please welcome the Amazing Alan," A man said and a cloud of smoke appeared before a blonde haired man appeared with a box on wheels.
"For my first trick, I need a volunteer," the man said and Daisuke walked up.
"I'm your girl," she said.
"What's she doing?" Veemon asked.
"Tiny girl goes in, but what comes out will amaze you," the Amazing Alan said as he put Daisuke into the box.
"They won't be the only one amazed," Daisuke said before she was locked into the box.
"Abra cadabra…." The magician trailed off as the box shook violently and Wildmutt jumped out and roared and the crowd applauded while Ben, Gwen, Veemon and Max looked at Wildmutt unamused. The skylight suddenly shattered and red smoke flew in before reforming into Hex.
"Hex!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Hey, you're ruining my act," the magician on the stage said.
"I have no time for amateurs," Hex said as the magician went flying into Wildmutt sending both off the stage. "Give me the keystone of Bezel!" He demanded and Gwen gulped. "If its magic you want. It's magic you shall have!" He shouted and he held his staff out and explosions erupted.
"Hex is up to his old tricks again," Max said.
"Looks like a job for Lucky Girl," Gwen said before running off, Ben meanwhile took out his blaster and it turned into his Exo-suit.
"Hand over the keystone. Or I shall destroy you all!" Hex warned the crowd.
"You forgot to say please," Gwen said as she landed on the stage in her outfit.
"The keystone. And Lucky Girl," Hex said before Wildmutt tackled him and bit down on his staff. "Charmcaster do something," he said.
"Yes uncle," She replied before opening her pouch and several metal rings flew at Wildmutt's back and she turned and snarled at Charmcaster before turning back to Hex and he pointed his staff at her and Wildmutt was sent flying into the air and she smashed into a stall. Ben ran at Charmcaster who threw rings at him and he was sent flying back before a bowling pin hit her in the head and she looked at Veemon and Max. She tossed a small ring at them before it grew to a massive size and Veemon and Max ran away and jumped behind a stall. Gwen then kicked Charmcaster in the face sending her to the ground.
"If you're paling around with Hex, you're no friend of mine," she told her before Hex grabbed her arm.
"There are two kinds of luck child. Let me show you the bad kind," he told her.
"Guess what. I'm not just lucky anymore. I am totally kick butt," Gwen said grabbed Hex and flipping him over her and slamming him to the ground.
"Even with your new powers. You are no match for a master magician," Hex said standing up. "Now give me the keystone!" He demanded before Wildmutt pushed a speaker down and he rolled out of the way and Wildmutt roared.
"Finders keepers," Gwen said.
"And losers weepers," Charmcaster said throwing two small rocks at Gwen.
"Is that your best?" she asked before the rocks grew into rock monsters. "Actually…that's pretty good,"
"Hey. Pick on someone your own size," Ben said as he jumped down and kicked one of the rock creatures away, Wildmutt jumped off the stage and landed on Charmcaster and roared.
"Get off me dog breath!" She shouted and something flew out of her pouch and hit Wildmutt and sent her skyward and she landed on the ground, Charmcaster took out several balls and threw them at Wildmutt. "See ya fido," the balls exploded and the floor gave way making Wildmutt fall into the hole.
"Little help, Gwen," Ben said as he wrestled with one of the stone monsters, Gwen ducked under the other rock monster's attack and she grabbed it and slammed it into the other one and both of them shattered. Charmcaster was then hit by a crate that was pushed into her by Max and Veemon.
"Enough!" Hex shouted and he swung his staff and the four of them were sent flying into the maze that was outside the building.
"Where's Daisuke?" Max asked before three rock creatures rolled towards them and everyone ran off as the monsters chased them through the maze. Hex and Charmcaster then dropped into the maze.
"Find them and drive them to me. Like lambs to the slaughter," Hex told his niece.
"Yes, uncle," she said running off. Max, Gwen, Ben and Veemon ran down the maze before they all split up and Max, Ben and Veemon met up with a stone monster running at them. Wildmutt jumped down and smashed the golem to pieces before she turned back into Daisuke.
"Dai. Are you okay?" Veemon asked his partner.
"Yeah. Where's Gwen?" she asked. In another part of the maze Gwen heard a noise on the other side of the hedge.
"Alright Hex, time for a surprise party," she said before jumping over the hedge and she kicked Charmcaster sending her to the ground and she picked up her pouch. "Not so tough without your bag of tricks are you?" Gwen asked as Charmcaster stood up.
"I didn't mean to hurt anybody. My Uncle made me do it I swear," she said
"Why should I believe you?" Gwen asked.
"My names Charmcaster, I'm Hex's niece. You know what he's like, he won't take no for an answer. I can help you, he's after the keystone in your bracelet,"
"Duh," Gwen said. "He wants it to magnify his powers,"
"That's not all. If he performs the Ritual of Bezel with the keystone at the highest point in the city during the eclipse, he can recreate all the other charms you destroyed," Charmcaster told Gwen.
"Making new friends Charmcaster?" Hex asked as he walked through a wall and held his hand up and Daisuke, Veemon, Max and Ben floated into the air. "Give me the keystone. Or watch your friends suffer a painful demise,"
"I won't let you do this uncle," Charmcaster said as she took her pouch and bats flew out towards Hex.
"Charmcaster! How dare you betray me!" he shouted as the bats picked him up into the air and dropped him into the nearby pool and Max, Ben, Daisuke and Veemon dropped to the ground with a thud.
"Now let's finish the job, before Hex can dry off," Gwen said.
"My uncle is going to be really mad with me. Isn't he?" Charmcaster asked.
"Okay, then go with Grandpa. Ben, Daisuke, Veemon and I will handle your uncle," Gwen said.
"Oh thank you," Charmcaster said hugging Gwen tightly. Gwen, Daisuke, Veemon and Ben then ran off.
"That was weird," Gwen said.
"Hey, you're a superhero now. Trust me. People act weird around us," Daisuke told her as the four of them neared the pool where Hex rose into the air on a waterspout. "My watch is in the red still. We need to wait,"
"We can't," Gwen said as she jumped before hitting the ground. Hex then grabbed her wrist and when Ben, Daisuke and Veemon jumped at him, his eyes glowed and the three of them were suspended in the air.
"Give me the keystone!" Hex shouted at Gwen before he smirked and let Gwen go. "We'll meet again soon. And finish our business then," he said before vanishing.
"What just happened?" Veemon asked before Gwen noticed the keystone was gone.
"The keystone! It's gone. Charmcaster," she growled. Hex appeared on a rooftop and he walked over to Charmcaster.
"Playing innocent was genius my dear. But you should have informed me first," he told her.
"Yes uncle. But I had to think fast when Lucky Girl surprised me," Charmcaster said handing the keystone to Hex.
"No matter. Soon I will have enough power to destroy my enemies and rule the world," Hex said. Back at the Rust Bucket, Max was resting against the RV holding his head.
"I turned around for a second and bam. Charmcaster was gone," he said.
"All that my uncle made me do it stuff was just an act. She just needed to get close enough to steal the keystone. Some hero I turned out to be," Gwen said taking off her mask.
"Don't worry about that right now. We need to stop Hex and Charmcaster before they recreate those charms," Ben told her.
"She said the ritual would be created at the highest point in the city," Max said.
"And the highest place around here is…" Daisuke said before looking up at a large tower. Hex and Charmcaster flew down and landed on the roof of the tower as the eclipse approached.
"I do not want to be disturbed," Hex told his niece as the eclipse nearly arrived and he held the keystone in his hand. "Barban Hextida Zerzam," he chanted and the keystone glowed. "Barban Hextida Zerzam," the keystone then flew to the top of the tower and glowed. The RV pulled up to the tower and everyone ran out.
"We're running out of time. The eclipse is about to start," Max said.
"Gwen, we're gonna need help," Ben told her.
"What can I do without my powers?" She asked him.
"You never needed magic powers to help before," Daisuke told her and she smiled.
"But how do we get up there?" Veemon asked.
"That window washer platform might help us," Max said and he and Veemon ran towards it.
"And I got something else in mind," Daisuke said running into the RV while Ben pressed a button on his Exo-suit and wings shot out and he took flight while Gwen followed Max and Veemon.
"Barban Hextida Zerzam. Barban Hextida Zerzam," Hex chanted as lights shot out from the keystone.
"Did you really think you could ditch us that easily?" Ben asked as he landed on the tower and Gwen arrived on the window washer platform.
"Now give us the keystone or face the awesome power of Lucky Girl," Gwen said.
"This is totally bogus. She has no power left. It's some kind of trick," Charmcaster said and Hex held his hand out and lifted Ben and Gwen who was standing on Veemon and Max's shoulders into the air and threw them all to the ground.
"You're little stunt has gained you nothing," Hex told them.
"You should know magic is about misdirection," Gwen said and Hex looked to the side and was hit by Daisuke flying on her hoverboard.
"Oh yeah! I forgot how much fun this was," she said.
"Dai! Hex is…" Ben tried to warn her before Hex jumped onto the hoverboard.
"I shall not be denied my destiny as ruler of the world!" He told her.
"That's not happening on my watch!" Daisuke told him as Hex swung his staff and she ducked under it and pushed Hex and he nearly fell off the board before he kept swinging his staff at Daisuke and she kept ducking.
"Hey Charmcaster! Heard any good stories lately!? Gwen asked her as she, Ben, Max and Veemon ran at her, Charmcaster threw a ball at them and it exploded sending the four of them flying and they landed on a rollercoaster and Charmcaster threw another ball at the controls and the roller coaster set off. Hex meanwhile kept swinging his staff at Daisuke as her Omnitrix beeped.
"Oh yeah. Hero time!" she shouted before Hex knocked her off the hoverboard and she slammed down on the dial and turned into Wildvine.
"Nice," she said and she held her hands out and they shot vines at the hoverboard and pulled her back up to it and she landed and the hoverboard flew back to the tower and crashed. Wildvine stood up and ducked as Charmcaster threw balls at the tracks and Wildvine gasped as she saw the coaster fly off. "No!" She shouted jumping down with her legs attaching to the balcony and she grabbed the ride and she grabbed Gwen as she fell off and she sighed in relief.
"I will take it from here Charmcaster," Hex told his niece.
"Actually, I've been thinking. I get the charms and the keystone and you get squat," she said tossing some balls at him and they exploded sending Hex flying. "I just needed a master magician to perform the ritual," she said before she turned back as the eclipse arrived. "The power of Bezel will soon be mine!" she shouted as the charms of Bezel appeared.
"Get over yourself," Gwen said picking up Hex's staff.
"That staff only works in the hands of a master magician," Charmcaster said and Gwen held the staff and it fired an energy bolt and sent Charmcaster into the wall.
"How come that worked?" Gwen asked as lightning cracked in the sky. Wildvine looked up and her hands extended and wrapped around the five charms and destroyed them and a purple mist emerged from Charmcaster and Hex's staff.
"Do you know what you have done?" Hex asked her.
"Saved the day," Wildvine told him as a purple mist emerged from Hex as well and he then collapsed. The keystone then fell to the ground and Gwen picked it up and the eclipse ended. The Omnitrix then timed out and Wildvine turned back into Daisuke. Gwen put the keystone into the bracelet and sighed.
"The magic is all gone, and so is Lucky Girl," she said.
"Hey, there are other ways to be a hero," Daisuke told her.
"Like what?" Gwen asked and Daisuke held out her hoverboard.
"Hop on," she said and both she and Gwen jumped onto the hoverboard and flew off. Unknown to both of them the keystone glowed dimly indicating some magical power was still inside it.
The end of the chapter
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