Soulcalibur High

By : Tsubasa Caligrapher

Chapter 26

Disclaimer : I don't own Soulcalibur. Yet. Hahahaha. I will take over Namco soon enough !

Author's note : And it seems like the winner of the poll was ... Xianghua !

" I don't know what the heck is going on but we need to find out soon ! Come on ! We have to check up on the others ! " yelled Talim as she ran.

" Hold on there girl. We can't go out looking like this. Come on, even if everyone is frozen, we have to change Tally. "

" Hmph. Fine. " and they all hurried inside to change into some battle gear. They're going to have to fight who did this sooner or later. Talim sadly looked at her frozen burd as she ran up the stairs. They soon came out, out of their pajamas and fully clothed.

" First of all, let's go to Ivy's house. Ummm. Any of you guys know where she lives ? " asked Talim, just then realizing that they never went to Ivy's house before.

They all just looked at eachother blankly.

" Fine then. Plan B then. On to Cassandra's house ! " and they sprinted over as fast as they could. They proceeded up her mile long yard to finally reach her mansion.

" Ha. ha. ha. How does she get up here ? " said Lynette tiredly.

" Ummm. Her butler drives her. " Yunsung and Talim clearly pointed out.

" Ohhh yeaahhhh. Hehehe. " she blushed from embaressment. They proceeded towards Cassandra's front door and turned the doorknob to see that it was unlocked.

They looked at eachother, thinking the same thing. ' After yesterday, Cassandra would be the most cautious one out of all of us. She wouldn't just leave her door unlocked. I got a bad feeling about this. '

And they charged in, to find everyone also frozen !

" Damn it ! It seems like it already got here. "

" Wait. We don't know that yet Yunney. Let's go see if we can locate her first. "

They nodded and split up. After searching the mansion for about half an hour, they heard Lynette call down from the upstairs.

" Hey you guys ! I think I found her ! " Talim and Yunsung rushed up the stairs and headed to a giant bedroom chamber. They saw the frozen Lynette kneeling beside her sleeping sister.

" Wow. She might seem mean sometimes but she really cares about her sister eh. "

" Yeah. That just means that we have to clean up this mess faster. " said Yunsung.

" It seems Cassandra was left frozen. So now to Plan C. Next destination is Xianghua's house. " stated Talim and they rushed to their other friend's house.

" Hi ya ! " as they neared closer to Xianghua's house, they saw that she was on her front lawn and was fighting what seemed like a giant red eyeball with pieces of armor floating around it, making a human figure.

XIanghua bent low and did a leg sweep, but she was not done there. She kept on spinning 360 degrees and used the momentum to launch herself up into a cartwheel.

Even before it could fall from the sweep, it was hit with two more devastating kicks that launched it, crashing it into her garage door.

" Xianghua ! " the trio stood side-by-side next to her.

"I am so glad you're here. When I woke up, I realized that everything besides me was frozen. Then when I went out here, that THING attacked me, right from the clear blue sky ! "

" Well, we've been through the same hell you've been through. But now we're here right ? " said Yunsung. When they all looked back the spot where the thing was, they saw a huge dent but that was all.

" Where the hell did that thing go ? "

" Not now Yunney. We have bigger problems. Tally, let's hurry up and follow it. "

" Yeah. Yunney, you stay here and catch her up with the details ok ? "

" Yeah. Sure. You guys go on ahead. "

And Talim and Lynette went on as Yunsung explained what they knew so far to Xianghua. After constant running, they realized that they were lost. There were run-down buildings everywhere and they realized that it was actually a broken construction site.

( Thunder Rumbles ) " Oh geez. I thought everything was frozen ! So why do I sense a storm coming ? "

" This solves another piece of the puzzle. "

" What ? Huh ? Hello ? " she waved her hand in front of Talim's face but she was too deep in though to even notice.

' I guess I was right. Somebody chose to freeze only people and not nature. That's why it went from light to dark and the fact that a storm is coming. So it seems that we're dealing with something supernatural. Dang it, and when I thought that I could finally have a day off from all this business. '

" Woo Hoo ! Hey ! STOP IG-NOR-ING MEEEEE ! " she screamed in Talim's ear.

" Aaaaaagggghhhh ! What the heck is wrong with you ! " she yelled. Her ears still ringing from the yell. Lynette was about to say something back but then lighting flashed.

She screamed and ran for cover, but not before dragging Talim along with her.

" Whoa ! Ah ! " Lynette was pulling her so fast that Talim was having touble dodging the rubble and jumping over junk. She spotted a large piece of cardboard stickout out and quickly ducked under it as lighting struck again.

" Ah. Hehehe.. If you didn't notice, I'm afraid of thunderstorms. "

" La- DUH ! "

" Hey ! You don't have to be so harsh ! "

" Lyne- woah ! There it is ! " Talim pointed to the sky to see the monster flying around. It suddenly plumetted into the ground and moved it's body parts around until it formed what seemed like a capsule.

Talim and Lynette cautiously walked over to it. Lynette carefully reached her hand out till it was about only a foot away. She reached out a little bit more then something hit her, literally.

" AAaaggghhhhh ! " they screamed as they felt pulses of energy surge through them as they were brought up into the air.

" HA ! " Talim saw a hammer and reached out for it. She pulled back Lynette's hand and threw the hammer to inctercept the energy path. Since the energy stopped, it was starting to build up then even before they could reach the ground, they were blown back by the erupting energy.

" Umph ! " they flew back into a pile of dirt. They slowly got up and saw a visible azure shield now surrounding the capsule.

" Puh ! I guess trying to touch it wasn't the best plan ever was it ? " said Lynette while she blew a strand of hair out of her face.

" Nooo. It was a great plan. " Talim replied sarcastically.

" Hmph. Fine then. Well, so what are we going to do about Mr.Electric Field over there ? "

" Well, we can't really get near him without getting electrocuted again can we ? "

" Nope. I guess we can't. I wonder what Yunsung and Xianghua are up to ? "

Back at Xianghua's house, they were dealing with thier own problems. They just realized that Xianghua twisted her ankle when she kicked the abomination.

" Ow. Ow. OW ! "

" Fine. Just stop moving around. "

" OW ! Just give me that already ! " and she took the roll of bandages from her friend. She tried to take care of her injury by herself but realized that it was impossible. She angrily threw it back at him.

He smiled and went back to work. After about half an hour, he was finally finished.

" Whew ! " he sighed as he wiped his sweat off his forehead.

" God dang it. That took you forever ! "

" Hey ! Not my fault. "

" Fine. But what can we do to help. We can't leave everything up to Lynette and Talim. "

" You're right, hmmm, what was our first plan ? Oh yeah ! Hey Chai, do you know where Ivy lives ? "

" Umm. Yeah. Actually I do. She lives in the rich part of town. "

" Why am I not surprised. All of our friends these days are secretly rich. "

" Huh ? "

" Never mind. "

" Fine then. Hurry up Yunsung, let's go. " and they slowly advanced towards Ivy's location, good thing that it wasn't really far away. After a while, they stood in front of a dark brooding mansion.

" Wow. This is interesting. But I did kind of expect this from her. "

" Yeah yeah yeah. Ok now Yunsung, time to go check up on Ivy. "

They slowly proceeded towards the front door and pulled it open.

" Hmm. Unlocked again. "

As they searched around, they saw that everything was pretty normal.

" Woah. I guess even Ivy has a elegant side. " they were in a giant hallway and were staring at a large portrait of Ivy, wearing a beautiful crimson gown and sitting gracefully.

" I hate this ! Why can't we find anything ! " and Yunsung angrily punched the wall next to the portrait and it made a sound.

" Wait. What ? " and Xianghua tapped the wall and heard that it was hollow. She motioned Yunsung over next to her and they both pushed the picture aside to see a secret passage behind it.

" Whoa. I thought this happened only in movies. "

" Ooook then. Let's hurry up and go into the deep, dark tunnel. "

" Fine. But we better hurry ! " and he rushed down the long winding stairs until he reached a big wooden door. He slowly reached out ... and backed away.

" You open it Chai. "

" Why don't you ? "

" Well ... because ... "

" You coward ! "

And she reached towards the door. She threw it open and saw...

ANOTHER CHAPTER COMPLETED ! So, how was this chapter ? Will Talim and Lynette come up with a plan to defeat the monster ? What did Xianghua and Yunsung discover in the secret passage of Ivy's home ? Tune in for the next chapter ! And please review !