Ha! It's finished. I'm gonna be dancing and I'll post the last chapter before next Friday. If you guys review a lot, I might even get it up in the next few days.
Previously on Vixen:
Alfea has reopened, and there has been some celebrating. However, Avery felt that something was wrong, and her beliefs are likely to be true as Aether awoke the four elements to attack as creatures without human bodies.
Episode 25: How Far We've Come
The girls of Vixen were flying toward the park where the four blasts of energy originated, as best as Kaida could calculate off the top of her head at least. Suddenly, the ground shot up and knocked Trend, who was lagging at the back of the group, out of the air. The other five stopped and turned to see a woman form from the dirt.
"Gaea…" Angel mused as the head turned toward her and the other four still in the air.
"No," Kaida said. "Gaea was human. This creature…"
"Is just dirt that moves of its own accord," Emerald said. "So it won't hurt if we give it a good thrashing." She shot several emerald arrows at the creature.
Trend shrieked as the arrows passed right through the creature and she had to dodge them. "Don't do that again, please," she called out.
"I think are attacks are going to need to be a bit bigger," Kaida said. "Cicky, see if you can keep it from dodging. Angel, Avery, we can use blasts to try to destroy it."
Cicada shot some webbing at the creature as it came at the five still in the air, tying it between two trees. However, when Kaida, Angel, and Avery shot attacks at it, it simply broke up into dirt and fell to the ground, the Element Stone landing on top.
"I recognize that," Angel said approaching it, but it sank into the ground, which began to rumble. "I think it's the stone that has possessed the dirt."
"The stone couldn't have just done that on its own," Kaida said.
"So it was whoever Agni was working for," Avery said. "I knew it was—" Avery was hit back by the dirt woman.
"Dragon Fire!" Angel yelled and hit the woman, burning the vines and the grass and singeing some of the dirt so that it sank back down and disappeared.
"Follow it," Avery yelled. "It'll lead us to whoever is behind this."
"No," Kaida said. "We have to tell Miss Faragonda. Warn her in case there's more than just a dirt creature out there." Avery frowned, but nodded and the six Vixen sped off in the direction of Alfea.
"All girls with water and ice based powers, come help me!" Miss Griffin yelled when the fire creature sped through Cloud Tower, setting most of the halls on fire. "Put it out if you can, if not, then get out as quickly and safely as possible."
Frosty, Ebony, and Bryony, however, had a different problem. The fire creature had circled around them and the flames were high, licking the ceiling high. As much as Frosty tried, she didn't have the power to put it out. All three girls were sweating and coughing.
Suddenly, the creature was thrown back and Enola, their roommate, stood holding a fire extinguisher pointed at it. She sprayed it at the ring of fire and the three Bux fell out of the circle, all coughing and flushed. "Time to go," Enola said, spraying the fire creature again.
"Not quite yet," Frosty said and turned her powers on the creature along with the extinguisher. The creature dove out the nearest window, heading back where it had come from. Frosty then turned and used her powers to put out all the fires throughout Cloud Tower. "Miss Griffin, what was that?"
"I'm calling Faragonda and Saladin to find out," she said to her girls and disappeared into her office.
"Uh, girls, I don't think we'll need to warn Alfea," Emerald said as the Vixen approached the school. The grounds were flooded and water was splashing high, attacking the fairies flying off the ground.
"What's happening?" another girl yelled
"The water must be alive or something," another girl responded.
"What brilliant observations you have," Cicada said rolling her eyes and shooting at the sprouts of water.
"Well, technically," Kaida began, "it's possessed, not alive."
"This is no time for technicalities, Kaida," Trick said. She pulled out a surfboard from nowhere and jumped into a wave yelling, "Kowabunga!"
"Miss Faragonda," Angel shouted as she flew straight to the head mistress, not even bothering to dodge the water, just using a shield to keep from getting hurt or wet. "How could this be happening? The other Vixen and I already got attacked by an earth creature."
Miss Faragonda shook her head. "I should have seen this coming," she said.
"You couldn't have known they'd be revived," Emerald said.
"There is a fifth element, the gods' element," Miss Faragonda said. "It was once told that this fifth Element was itself a being, but it was never proven to be true."
"But it was never to be proven false, either, right?" Avery guessed.
"You are correct," Miss Faragonda said. The water was beginning to retreat, leaving puddles all around the beautiful grounds of Alfea.
"Should we follow it?" Angel asked, turning to her teacher.
"Not yet," she said. "Everyone, prepare to fly to Red Fountain." She turned to the Vixen. "If this is indeed the fifth element, and if all of the earthly elements have been revived, then you'll definitely need the help of the Specialists and witches again."
"No way, Miss Faragonda," Avery argued, and the other five Vixen stood behind her in agreement. "We can handle it, just trust us."
"I do trust you," Miss Faragonda said. "But it is still too risky for you girls to go it alone."
"Take it down, boys!" Codatorta yelled as the air creature blew through the Red Fountain stadium, knocking everyone down.
"I can hardly even see it," Brandon complained as he threw a boomerang, then had to duck as it came flying right back at him, hitting Trine.
"Hey, watch it," Trine yelled, but then his cape wrapped around him tightly and he dropped his sword as he fell to the ground.
"Everyone, close your eyes," called out running out and between Marvel and Charm.
"Yeah, cause that's a good idea," Charm replied sarcastically. "Leave this to the experienced fighters, Mech."
The air creature flew at the three Specialists. Charm began shooting Morfix bombs at it, but it dodged. Marvel turned to Mech. "What do you have?"
Mech held out a can of spray paint. "Don't breath it in," Mech warned when the creature was right at them. He sprayed and as soon as he did, the air creature stopped flying at them. It was covered in paint, no longer nearly invisible, and it was considerably weakened. "Attack it now!" Mech yelled pulling out his sword. The creature, however, flew off quickly leaving the Red Fountain premise.
Before the boys could follow, Faragonda arrived with the fairies of Alfea and Griffin arrived with the witches of Cloud Tower. "I'm glad you arrived," Saladin said with a bow.
"It looks like the Bux, the Vixen, and the Specialists will have to work together again, to save the whole of Magix," Miss Griffin said. "My girls are ready."
"As are mine," Miss Faragonda said.
"I'll have my boys prepare a ship," Saladin said and turned to Charm. "I want you and your team to be ready immediately."
"And you have to destroy the stones to truly destroy those creatures," Faragonda added.
"Don't worry," Charm said. "We won't let you down." He nodded to the Bux and Vixen. "Let's go kick some elemental butt."
"Sorry, midget," Trine said to Mech as the three teams climbed into the ship. "You don't know enough yet to be a help. You gotta stay here."
Mech frowned as the hatch closed and the ship headed out. "I probably know more than you, Trine," he said as he trudged off, then spotted another ship that no one was paying attention to. "Or, maybe I'll just prove it to you."
"We're approaching the coordinates we calculated," Marvel announced as the ship closed in on the park that Aether had used to perform his ceremony. The Vixen all rushed to the windows to look at the ground.
"Scorch marks," Trend observed, "heading toward Cloud Tower."
"And a mound of disturbed dirt," Angel pointed at a different corner.
"This is where we need to be, alright," Emerald said.
"Then, let's go Vixen!" Angel yelled pumping a fist into the air. The six girls of Vixen all jumped up and transformed, flying out of the open hatch as the ship finally landed on the far edge of the park.
"Let's go Vixen," Frosty mocked with a dramatic roll of the eyes as she, Ebony, and Bryony walked out of the ship. "We're here to find that sunspot and put it out."
"Your concern for taking care of the rest of the elemental creatures is so touching," Trine said sarcastically.
The thirteen teens were carefully surveying the area, looking for where the creatures of Aether might be. Suddenly a voice boomed above them and they all looked up to see a man coming from the sky. "It took you long enough to get here," he said landing before him and immediately the four creatures appeared at his side. "Fairies and witches working together, now that is interesting."
"Who are you?" Frosty asked, looking the man up and down.
Aether smiled. "I am the ultimate element, but you may call me Aether."
"What do you have against the schools of Magix and why did you force others to do you dirty work?" Angel asked, her fists clenched.
"Keep you anger down or you'll set something on fire," Aether laughed. "You possess the Dragonfire, do you not?"
"So what if I do?" Angel asked. "It's what I'm going to use to destroy you and your creatures."
Aether laughed. "Maybe if you had a pure Dragonfire, you'd be able to injure me, but your power is diluted with another, and you are too weak."
"We'll see about that!" Angel yelled and attacked Aether. He jumped into the air, and instead of coming back down, the tip of his head stayed where it was, and the rest of his body grew, coming to the ground as he became a giant.
"My pets, attack!" Aether yelled, his voice booming.
The four creatures leapt forward and the Vixen and company responded. The Bux surrounded the fire creature. "How do you like being surrounded?" Ebony asked. "Let's put out this light." She shot a darkness spell at it. It dodged, and erupted in stronger flames, causing all three witches to jump backwards and put up magical shields for protection.
The specialists were all being careful as they leapt, dodged, and attacked the air lady. They had all taken off their capes to do so, and were restricted to using hand tools, and specifically, thin ones that couldn't be affected too much by the wind. Granted, every time they tried to slice through the creature, it went right through her as she was, essentially, air.
"This isn't working," Brandon said after jumping right through her with no effect.
"Really, you think?" Trine questioned.
Vixen split into two groups to fight the two remaining creatures. Angel, Trend, and Emerald were fighting earth while Avery, Cicada, and Kaida were fighting the water creature.
"Dragon Fire!" Angel yelled, firing at the earth creature, seemingly trying to set it on fire or melt it, whatever would come first. The creature sank into the earth and came up under Angel, burying her from the waist down before it turned to Trend and Emerald. Emerald ran at the creature, two emerald swords in her hands, and swung at the creature, cutting through it several times, but it kept reconnecting itself. Meanwhile, Trend was trying to pull Angel from the dirt. "Trade!" Angel yelled after a few tries. "Emerald, help me out here!"
Emerald turned to Angel and turned her swords into a shovel and quickly shoveled the dirt away while Trend was able to hold the creature at bay, by shooting an attack at it, then flying away quickly.
The water creature quickly knocked Cicada out of the immediate fight by surrounding her almost completely, forcing the fairy to use a great deal of energy to blast the water creature off her. She then fell to her knees as the creature charged at Avery and Kaida. The two each shot at it, halting its progress and causing it to back away for a few moments before assaulting again. This time, just Avery attacked with her sword, and the creature was mostly unaffected. It then turned and knocked Avery off her feet before attacking Kaida again. This time, when she attacked, her fireworks barely even made him try to dodge and she was quickly knocked to the ground as well. She put up a shield and held it for a few moments, her eyes squeezed shut.
"We need to regroup!" Charm yelled when it became clear that they weren't about to win the way the fight was going.
The thirteen students all gathered together quickly, and the four creatures all began speeding toward them. Emerald acted quickly and built an emerald dome over all of them and Charm added a Morfix bottom so that the creatures couldn't get them from below. Emerald held her hands up to use her powers to hold the dome together as the four creatures began pounding on it. Everyone looked at one another, no one ready to speak and everyone afraid to stay quiet as well.
Next time on Vixen:
The Vixen girls, the Bux, and the Specialists continue to fight Aether and his creatures, improving after Trine gives them all directions. However, Aether still seems to be undefeatable. Will they be able to destroy the godly element? Or will he conquer Magix? Find out on the last episode of Vixen: Year One.