Chapter 25:
All the villains were captured, and ready to be taken to their respective prisons. Just then Scott, Irma, Sho, and Hay Lin were coming up to the others with Nocturna encased in ice.
"Wow!", Cornelia said as Sho lowered Nocturna onto the wagon with Cedric, Miranda, and Wesley, who were all in their human forms. "She's not going anywhere for awhile!"
"Nice work, you two.", Angelo said to Hay Lin and Irma.
"Aw, shucks!", Hay Lin said rubbing the back of her head. "It was nothing!"
Just then, unnoticed by our heroes, Nocturna's ruby necklace began to glow. As the glow got brighter, the ice began to crack . Suddenly, Nocturna broke out of her ice prison and flew up in the air, surprising the Defenders, Guardians, and their allies.
"And now to do what I came here for!", Nocturna said as she dove down towards her enemies.
"Let her have it!", Ricky yelled as he fired a stream of water at her.
Taranee and Scott threw fireballs at her, while Sho and Cornelia made vine shoot up at her. Hay Lin and Tommy shot balls of air at her as Irma threw a ball of water at her. Nocturna quickly dodged their attacks with no problems. Angelo then flew up at her with electricity charged up in his right hand, ready to strike her. Once close enough, he tried to hit her, but she spun around, dodging his attack. But caught some of the electricity from the strike.
"Nice try, Defender!", Nocturna grinned as she continued on her way.
Will then fired a thing of electricity at Nocturna. With a smirk, Nocturna wrapped her wings around herself and spun around dispersing the attack. She then spread out her wings and flew towards Will.
"Your mine Guardian!", Nocturna said as she closed in on Will.
"What the......?!", Will said as she began to fly off.
But Nocturna was to fast for her, as she grabbed Will and flew up into the air.
"Will!", everybody yelled, fearing the worse.
"Let me go, fang face!", Will demanded.
"Oh, I will.", Nocturna said with a smirk. "But first, I'm gonna see what the energy of a Guardian taste like!"
To everyone's horror, Nocturna sank her fangs into Will's neck, and began to drink her energy. Will could feel her energy being drained from her as she began to blackout.
"Sho. Angelo. Somebody......... help me.", Will cried softly as she went unconscious.
The first two near them were Sho and Angelo, with the others right behind them. Seeing them closing in, Nocturna held Will by her wrist and let her hang in the air. With an evil grin, she let Will go.
"Catch.", Nocturna said as Will fell to the ground.
"No!", Sho said as he dove down to catch Will.
"So long fools!", Nocturna laughed as she teletransported away.
Once close enough to her, Sho caught Will in his arms. As he hovered in the air, Sho noticed the Heart of Kandrakar's light grow dim.
'Something's not right.', Sho thought to himself.
Suddenly, Will transformed back to normal, surprising Sho.
"What the........?!", Sho began to say. "Guys! Will changed back to normal!"
"The same thing happened to me when I was bitten.", Scott said. "Remember?"
"Wait!", Taranee said. "If Will is her normal self, then shouldn't we.........."
Suddenly, the other four Guardians changed back to their normal selves. One thought ran through their minds as they began to plummeted to the ground.
Fear!
"Taranee!", Ricky yelled as he dove towards Taranee.
"Ricky!", Taranee cried as she reached for Ricky as he got closer to her.
"Irma!", Scott yelled as he tried to catch Irma.
"Scott!", Irma yelled as Scott dove towards her.
"Cornelia!", Tommy yell as he flew towards Cornelia.
"Tommy!", Cornelia cried as she reached for Tommy's hand.
"Hay Lin!", Angelo yelled as he dove towards Hay Lin.
"Angelo!", Hay Lin cried hoping he would reach her in time.
"Gotcha!", Ricky said as he caught Taranee.
"Thanks.", Taranee said as she held on to Ricky tightly. "Will! Is she okay?!"
"I don't know?", Ricky said as he began to land.
"I got you!", Tommy said as he caught Cornelia.
"My hero.", she said as she breathed a sigh of relief. "Is Will okay?"
"Not sure.", Tommy said as he landed on the ground.
"I got you Irma!", Scott said as he caught her in his arms.
"I knew you would.", Irma said before she kissed his cheek. "But what about Will?!"
"She's just knocked out.", Scott said as he landed. "She just needs a little time in the quintessence healing chamber."
"Did you really think I'd let you fall?", Angelo said as he caught Hay Lin.
"Never lost hope.", Hay Lin said with a smile. "Oh, no! Will!"
"Don't worry.", Angelo said as he landed. "She okay. We just need to get her to Kandrakar."
"Then let's hurry!", Sho said as he landed next to Angelo, with Will in his arms.
"We'll come back for the Metamoor creeps later.", Angelo said as he, Scott, Tommy, and Ricky set the girls on their feet.
"Think again!"
Everyone turned to see Nocturna standing with Wesley, Cedric and Miranda, who were now free of their shackles. Wesley then pulled out a small gem and used it to open a fold.
"Until the next time fools!", Wesley laughed as the four of them ran through the fold, leaving the Geckomen and Lurdens behind.
"This was all a setup!", Irma said. "They wanted some of Will's energy the whole time!"
"We'll worry about that later!", Angelo said as he opened a fold to Kandrakar. "Right now, Will is our main concern!"
"We'll be back for the Lurdens later.", Taranee told Thomas
"We'll hold them here for you.", Thomas said.
"Go tend to your friend.", Tanara said. "That's more important."
"Thank you.", Hay Lin said before they all went through the fold.
Once in Kandrakar, they all headed for the healing chambers, where Alfor was waiting.
"Hurry young one!", Alfor said to Angelo as he moved away from the quintessence healing chamber. "Take Will into the healing chamber!"
Alfor then used his powers to make the chamber doors open. Sho then handed Will over to Angelo. Angelo then headed into the chamber.
"We'll be out soon, guys.", Angelo said as the doors closed.
The other just stood there and waited and prayed for Will to recover soon.
In the Shadow Realm, Wesley, Cedric, Nocturna, and Miranda walked up to Phobos, Necra, and Nerissa, after their battle with the Guardians, and Defenders.
"Here's is what you asked for, Nerissa.", Nocturna said as she reached into her mouth and pulled out a ball of pink energy. "The energy of the Keeper of the Heart."
"Excellent.", Nerissa said. "Now we just need energy from the Keeper of the Star Heart."
"Will this do?", Cedric said as he handed Nerissa a ball of white energy. "I absorbed it when he and young Will blasted me with their power. It took me awhile but, I was able to separate it from the Guardian's power."
"I also have some of his energy from the attack of his I dodged.", Nocturna said as she handed Nerissa a small ball or white energy.
"These will do nicely.", Nerissa said as she combined both balls of white energy. "Now once I combined both powers with my own, I'll have to power to form my Dark Guardians!"
"And with them, we'll destroy the Warriors of Kandrakar!", Necra said with a wicked smile.
"Dark Guardians.", Phobos said with a mirk. "I like the sound of that."
An hour later, in Kandrakar, Sho, Scott, Irma, Cornelia, Tommy, Ricky, Taranee, and Hay Lin were waiting for Angelo to come out with a fully recovered Will.
"This has to be Nerissa's doing!", Taranee figured. "She must need some of Will energy for something."
"The question is, what is that something?", Tommy said. "And when is she going to strike?"
"The main question is, where are they hiding?", Cornelia questioned.
"They're in the Shadow Realm.", Sho replied.
"Why didn't we think of that before?!", Ricky said as he slapped his forehead. "They're in the one spot we can't go to!"
"What do you mean?", Irma asked.
"In the Shadow Realm, our powers are cut in half.", Scott said. "The energy there weakens our connection to our Aurameres."
"Which means they know that we won't go there.", Taranee said.
"So, what do we do now?!", Hay Lin asked getting impatient.
"Well, for one, Will's going to need a good night's sleep.", Sho said. "Getting drained like that weakens you, even after you've been in the healing chambers."
"Just like Orube.", Irma said.
"Right.", Scott said. "After that, we just do what we normally do. Enjoy what little peace we can get, and train when we can."
"Something tells me we're going to need all the training we can get.", Cornelia said.
In the quintessence healing chamber, Angelo was sitting by Will's side as she was healing from Nocturna's attack. Suddenly, Angelo heard Will moaning as she slowly sat up.
"Where am I?", Will moaned as she rubbed her forehead.
"You're in our healing chamber.", Angelo said as they sat on a gray cloud, as lightning flashed around them. "How you feeling?"
"Better.", Will said as she yawned. "But a little woozy."
Will then began to fall back onto the cloud, only to be caught by Angelo, who lowered her down slowly.
"You need to take it easy.", Angelo said. "The bite marks may be gone, but you still need a good nights sleep."
"Think I can use this to skip school tomorrow?", Will asked with a grin as she looked up at Angelo.
"You're not that jacked up, Will.", Angelo grinned. "You may be a little weak, but you'll be able to go to school. Besides, tomorrow, we'll be helping you girls find your Zenith Forms. As long as nothing happens in school tomorrow."
"Meaning?", Will asked.
"Well, after what happened to the other girls, with their ex-boyfriends, and Martin, who knows what Matt might try.", Angelo said.
"Good point.", Will said. "But if he does, I'll just use my weakened state to get a little pity out of him."
"That is so wrong!", Angelo said. "I like it!"
Both friends started to laugh, which echoed through the chamber.
"So, you ready to get out of here?", Angelo asked as he got to his feet.
"Let's motor.", Will said as she slowly stood up, feeling a bit weak. "I guess I'm not up to full strenght, yet."
"I told you, you were going to need some rest.", Angelo said as he crouched down. "Here. Get on my back."
"I'm not that weak!", Will protested.
"Girl please!", Angelo said with a grin. "If it were Sho, you wouldn't say anything!"
Will then turne a shade of pink, in the face.
"Just as I thought.", Angelo said. "Look, Will. When Scott was bitten, it took me and Tommy to help him back home. So, there's no shame in getting on one of your best friend's back. Now let's go!"
Angelo then crouched back down, so Will could hop on his back.
"Fine.", Will said as she got on his back. "But your hands better not wander!"
"Yeah, that's why I'm doing this, Will!", Angelo said with a small laugh as he looped his arms around her legs. "I just want to feel your tussy."
"Tussy.", Will said with a small laugh as they neared the door. "You said tussy."
"I did. Didn't I?", Angelo asked with a grin.
"How much longer are they going to be?", Hay Lin asked as she paced back and forth.
"Relax Hay Lin.", Irma said as she stepped in front of Hay Lin, to calm her down. "Will will be okay."
"Two to one, she's woken up and is on her way out, right now.", Ricky said.
Just then the doors to the quintessence healing chamber began to open.
"You're good.", Taranee said to Ricky.
"If only it would work when it comes to cash.", Ricky said as they walked towards the chamber doors.
Everyone looked hoping to see Will walking out. Only they saw Angelo walking out, with Will on his back.
"Hey guys.", Will said looking at everybody. "How's it going?"
"Are you okay?", Taranee asked with concern.
"Don't worry guys.", Will said as Angelo walked on. "I'm just a little tired. Angelo says all I need is a good nights sleep, and I'll be fine."
"Just ask Scott.", Tommy said. "After hauling his butt back home, after his time in the fire healing chamber, he was pretty much okay after a good nights sleep."
"I wasn't that heavy!", Scott argued.
"That's what you think.", Tommy said. "Up there gonna fall asleep while we were walking with you."
"That was pretty messed up.", Angelo said. "That was a lot of dead weight we had to move around."
"Are you finished?", Scott asked, getting annoyed.
"Yeah, yeah.", Angelo said as he opened a fold for home. "Let's get Will home. Or at least to our place, for some rest."
"Sleep sounds good.", Will said yawning.
"We'll see you later, Alfor.", Tommy said as they headed for the fold.
"Until we meet again young ones.", Alfor said as they fold closed behind the kids.
Once through the fold, the kids saw that they were in the basement of the Defenders home. Angelo change the guys back to their normal selves and they all headed upstairs to the living area of the place. Once in the living room, Angelo laid Will down on the couch.
"Where have you all been?"
Everyone turned around to see Orube standing before them. She also noticed Will laying on the couch, looking pretty tired.
"What happened to Will?", Orube asked.
"We were sent to Valora to help take care of Phobos and Necra's cronies.", Cornelia said. "That Nocturna chick got a hold of Will and....."
"Drained her, like she drained me.", Orube said.
"Yeah.,", Sho said. "She just needs a little rest, and she'll be back on her feet."
"You seem to be up and about.", Irma said.
"A little rest does a body good.", Orube said as she stretched some. "And why didn't you all bring me along for the fight?! I have a score to settle with Nocturna!"
"You're not the only one, you know.", Scott said.
"I wanna piece of her too.", Will said.
"Fine!", Angelo said. "The next time we fight them, all three of you can beat the crap out of he! Will that make you three happy?"
"Yes.", the three of them said.
"So what are we going to cook, guys?", Ricky asked as he headed into the kitchen.
"I have no idea.", Tommy said.
"Hey we got some ground beef in here!", Ricky said looking in the refrigerator.
"We do have some pasta and tomatoe sauce.", Sho said.
"You ladies up for some spaghetti?", Angelo asked.
"As long as you have meatballs in them.", Irma said.
"And garlic bread!", Hay Lin said.
"We can make that no problem.", Ricky said.
"Oh! I can make a salad!", Cornelia said.
"Since when do you make stuff like that?", Irma asked.
"Since last month.", Cornelia answered as she headed for the refrigerator. "I've been taking a few cooking lessons from my mom. You guys don't have any lettuce, or cucumbers. Or anything to make a salad!"
"Yes we do.", Sho said as he pulled some seed packets out of the cabinet. "Here they are."
"So you use your powers to grow them yourselves.", Cornelia said.
"Yep.", Sho said. "The way I sees it, you get fresher vegetables, and it's a bit like training for me. You know, controlling how fast the fruits and vegetables grow and all."
"You should of seen the first time he tried it!", Ricky laughed. "You never lived until you've seen a cucumber blow up the way it did!"
"That was something to see.", Angelo said. "Ever since then, Sho's had great control in growing the fruits and vegetables."
"Let's see.", Sho said as he walked over to a thing of flower pots, with soil in them. "We need lettuce, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and carrots."
Sho then put the seeds for each vegetable they needed in the soil.
"Some water if you please, Irma.", Sho said.
"No problem.", Irma said as she walked up to the flower pots.
Irma then made a small rain cloud and had it rain over the pots. Sho and Cornelia both then made the pants grow nice and healthy. Cornelia then took the vegetables and washed them off and made the salad in a large bowl. While she was doing that. Angelo and Hay Lin were making meatballs, while Ricky and Taranee were cooking the pasta. Scott was heating up the sauce, while Tommy was making the garlic bread. Orube was setting the table, while Will, was resting on the couch.
Within a half an hour, they had the food all ready. Everyone sat at the table, ready to eat. Orube was at one end of the table, while Angelo was at another. Hay Lin was on Angelo's right, while Will was on his left. Next to Will was Sho. All the others sat to one they liked. After saying grace, they began to eat their meal, and enjoy what peace they could get. For they knew that trouble was coming.
A/N: Looks like Nerissa is about to put her plan in action! Hopefully, Will will be at full strenght to fight when the time comes. Cause it looks like trouble's a brewing!
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