In the last chapter...
"Look out!", Matt yelled warning the others.
Everyone turned to see Jeron, Larra, and Victor on their feet and ready to attack. But instead of attacking, Larra clapped her hands together releasing a bright flash of light.
"Can't see!", Taranee said as she covered her eyes.
"Where are they?", Joel questioned aas he and the other covered their eyes.
"Hey!", Will yelled as she felt someone grab her roughly. "Let go!"
"Will?", Matt called out as his vision started to clear.
Once his and the others' vision cleared, they saw that Jeron had Will while Larra was flying towards Talon and Angelo.
"We win.", Victor said with a smirk as he stood along side Jeron. "You lose. Big time!"
Chapter 26:
"Let her go!", Matt demanded.
"Fat chance!", Victor said with a smirk as he pulled out a thin gold circlet, that had a small shard of the Dark Crystal in the center, and placed it on Will head. "And now the fun begins!"
Seeing this was Talon who had a smirk on hi face when he saw Victor place the circlet on Will's head.
"Finally!", Jeron said as he pushed Angelo away with a powerful energy blast.
Angelo was about fly at Jeron, when he was hit by an energy blast, from behind, by Larra. He turned to see her hovering in the air.
"If I were you, Protector, I'd be more worried about your Guardian friend.", Larra said with a smirk.
Angelo then looked down to see Will being held by Jeron.
"Will!", Angelo caled out as he began to fly down towards her.
'Neta! Now!', Talon called out to her telepathiclly.
'Gladly!', Neta said as she began to focus her psychic powers into the orb where the Dark Crystal shard and the thing of red hair was in.
Suddenly, a beam of energy shot out of the orb and went up into the sky! Once high enough, it came back down to where the others were! It went directly towards Will and Jeron! Will looked up in time to see the beam hit her! Or more likely, the shard on the circlet! Once it it, Will began to feel a burning sensation throughout her body. She then let out a scream of pain.
"Will!", Matt cried out fearing for her.
"Let her go!", Hay Lin demanded as she and the others were ready to fight.
"You heard her!", Taranee snapped. "Let her go, now!"
"Now if I didn't do it for the Regent, then what makes you think I'll do it for any of you?", Jeron questioned with a smirk as he kept his hold of the still screaming Will.
"Then I'll make you let her go!"
Jeron looked up to see Anelo flying right at him, ready to strike!
"Aw, crap!", Jeron said knowing what was coming.
Once close enough, Angelo decked Jeron with a hard right knocking him down as well as making him drop Will, who was still in pain as the dark purple aura was around her.
"Jeron!", Larra cried as she flew down towards Jeron.
'Get ready Neta.', Talon called out to Neta telepathiclly.
'Oh! I'm ready!', Neta replied. 'Just give me the word!'
'It'll be soon, my love.', Talon he laned next to Jeron.
Every few seconds, Will would let out a scream of pain with the purple electricity that ran up and down her body every few seconds.
"Will!", Matt said as he was about to pick Will up.
"Matt, stop!", Angelo said as he landed next to Will. "Do not touch her!"
"What?", Matt questioned.
"It's to dangerous to do anything right now!", Angelo said.
"But Will is in pain!", Taranee said concerned for Will.
"We know, Taranee.", Nigel said. "But rigth now, we don't know if touching Will, while in this state, is safe for us or her."
"Oh, I wouldn't touch her if I were you all!", Talon said as he walked towards them.
"Stop this!", Hay Lin demanded. "Free Will from what you're doing to her!"
"Oh, I don't think so!", Talon said as Victor stood next to Larra.
"Why are you doing this, Talon?", Angelo questioned. "You were one of the best Wing Knights we had! You wanted to be the Protectoer for crying out loud! And now you're hurting one of the Guardians! You have to stop this before it's to late, Talon!"
"Don't worry about me! For I'm going to be the Protector! And she's gong to make it happen!", Talon said as he pointed at Will.
"How is Will going to make you a Procetor?", Joel questioned.
"Wait and see!", Victor said as the aura around Will faded away.
Will then slowly got to her feet and looked around at everyone.
"W-W-What happened?", Will asked.
"We'll tell you later.", Irma said. "We're just glad you're okay."
"Do it, Victor!", Talon said to his friend.
"Bombs away!", Victor said as he tossed a thing of small black orbs that landed amoung the young heroes.
"Everyone down!", Joel said as he grabbed Irma and dove for the ground!
Thinking quickly, the othe guys grabbed their girlfriends and did what Joel did, but once the orbs exploded, a powerful burst of energy was released stunning them all. Out of all of them, Will was the only one that was able to get to her feet. But when she looked around at her friends, it looked the same way as her dream!
"No!", Will said in fear as she backed away from her friends as they laid on the ground. "This can't be happening!"
"Looks like you're all alone now, Guardian!"
Will quickly turned around to see Talon standing before her as his teammates stood by his side battered and bruised, but alive. Rage and anger filled Will as she ran at Talon and his crew. But before she could get to them, they flew off laughing.
"And now to finish you all off!", Talon said with a smirk.
'I warned you that this would happen!', a familiar voice said to Will telepathiclly.
"Xin Jing?", Will questioned as she looked around.
'I warned you, but you wouldn't listen!', Xin Jing said with anger in her voice. 'But you wouldn't listen! Now your friends and your beloved are going to be finished!'
"Say your goodbyes, Guardian!", Talon said as he, Jeron, Larra, and Victor charged up for a group blast attack!
"I can't let this happen!", Will said.
'Then take the Heart!', Xin Jing demanded. 'Take it back and reclaim your title of Keeper of the Heart! Stop Talon and save your friends!'
"But Hay Lin is...", Will began to say as she looked down at Hay Lin as she began to come to along with the others.
'She is not worthy to be the Keeper!', Xin Jing snapped surprising Will. 'Nor is Angelo worthy of being the Protector! You should still be the Keeper and Talon your Protector! Now take the Heart and claim your destiny!'
"Something isn't right!", Will said as she looked at her friends.
'What are you waiting for?', Xin Jing questioned. 'Take the Heart from Hay Lin! Do it! Do it now!'
"Will? Are you okay?", Hay Lin asked as she and the other got to their feet.
"What hit us?", Irma asked.
"One of Victor's stun grenades.", Joel replied. "As you all saw, they release a thing of energy that stuns and knocks out a person for a bit."
"Note to self, watch out for those things.", Taranee said while rubbing her forehead.
"Guys! Something's wrong with Will!", Hay Lin said getting their attention.
"Are you okay, Will?", Matt questioned.
"I... I... I don't know!", Will said feeling scared as she dropped to her knees and clutched her forehead. "I'm hearing Xin Jing in my head! She's telling me to take back the Heart! But... But... It doesn't feel right!"
"Xin Jing? Isn't she the one who made the Heart of Kandrakar?", Nigel questioned.
"Yeah, but why would she want Will to take the Heart back?", Taranee questioned as she and Hay Lin knelt down next to Will.
"Why indeed.", Angelo said as he looked up at Jeron and company and started to ponder things. "Hay Lin! Taranee! I know this may sound wrong, but I need you two to read Will's mind!"
"What?", Hay Lin and Taranee questioned.
"Not cool, man!", Matt said.
"Look! I don't like the idea more than any of you do!", Angelo said as he looked from Matt to Will. "But that circlet..."
Angelo then reached to try and take the circlet off of Will head. But got zapped by the energy it had around it.
"Whoa!", Angelo yelled as he pulled away from it while shaking his hand. "That baby isn't coming off anytime soon! Besides. I thing there's more to this than I think there is."
Hay Lin and Taranee looked at each other and then at Will, who looked scared and confused. They then looked back at each other and nodded as they looked back at Will ready to go inside her head. Hay Lin held Will's right hand and Taranee held her left hand. They then held each others' hand forming a circle and began to focus on Will. Seeing this, from in the air, Talon glared at them.
"Crap!", Talon said. "Looks like this plan is a bust!"
"What now?", Larra asked.
"Plan B!", Talon said as he began to focus on Neta.
'You know what to do, Babe!', Talon said to her telepathiclly.
'Of course I do!', Neta said. 'Leave it to me!'
As Taranee and Hay Lin were reading Will's thoughts, they saw all that she was going through since she gave the Heart to Hay Lin. The pain and sorrow she felt as well as her hiding it all from everyone.
'Oh, Will.', Hay Lin thought to herself. 'Why didn't you tell us about all of this?'
Then Hay Lin and Taranee saw the nightmares Will was having. Nightmares that have been plauging her for a while.
'Are you seeing this, Hay Lin?', Taranee asked her through their link.
'Y-Yeah!', Hay Lin said. 'But why would Xin Jing want Will to take back the Heart?'
'I don't think it was Xin Jing talking to Will.', Taranee said. 'I think it was someone else! Someone who wanted to turn Will against us!'
'Talon maybe?', Hay Lin questioned.
'That's what I'm thinking!', Taranee said. 'I think we better tell the others.'
'Don't worry.', Hay Lin said. 'I've been show this to the others.'
'Really?', Taranee questioned.
'Yeah.', Hay Lin said.
'And you're right, Taranee.', Nigel said. 'Talon is behind this!'
'But it's not him that's doing this!', Joel said.
'Then who's doing this?', Matt asked.
'Neta!', Angelo said.
'The green girl?', Cornelia questioned. 'But she's not here!'
'Oh, yes she is!', Angelo said. 'Show yourself, Neta! I know you're around here somewhere!'
'Oh well.', a voice said to them all getting their attention. 'It was fun while it lasted. Looks like you found me out! And I was so close to tricking Will into taking the Heart from Hay Lin. Oh well! Guess we'll have to settle for taking your friend without the Heart!'
Suddenly, Hay Lin and Taranee were pushed out of Will's head by a telepathic burst. Hay Lin and Taranee began to fall back only to be caught by Angelo and Nigel.
"You okay?", Nigel asked Taranee as he helped her to her feet.
"Yeah.", Taranee said as she gathered herself. "They've been messing with Will this whole time!"
"Say what?", Cornelia questioned.
"Since they found out that I had the Heart, they've been giving Will the nightmares we saw!", Hay Lin explained as Angelo helped her to her feet. "She's been second guessing herself for a while now, because of that Neta girl going in her head and pretending to be Xin Jing while trying to convince Will to take the Heart back!"
"That dirty, little...!", Irma yelled. "When I get my hands on her, I'll...!"
"You'll what?"
Everyone looked up to see Neta, in her Dark Wing Knight form, hovering in the air with Talon and the rest of his team.
"Get Will out of here now, Matt!", Angelo said.
"Come on Will!", Matt said as he was about to pick her up.
"I don't think so!", Neta said as she held the orb that was still holding the shard of Dark Crystal and the thing of red hair, in it. "She'll be coming with us!"
The orb then began to glow with a dark purple aura. Then, from out of nowhere, a dark purple beam shot out of the orb and hit Will knocking everyone back, but not off their feet. Everyone looked at the beam as it covered Will in a dark purple glow. As it did this, Will stood up trying to fight the power that was flowing in her, but it was to much to fight! Neta then waved her hand over the orb stopping the beam. Once that happened, Will's eyes changed from their normal brown color to an eerie dark violet color.
"Will? Are you okay?", Hay Lin asked as she took a few steps towards her.
Then, with out warning, Will shot a thing of lightning at Hay Lin! Thankfully, Angelo was there to catch her in time! Everyone looked at Will to see her with a twisted smile on her face.
"What are you doing, Will?", Matt questioned.
"I'm sorry, but the Will you're looking for isn't here right now! And she won't be back for a long, LONG time!", Will said with a grin as she formed a large ball of lightning ready to strike at her former friends.
"This won't end well!", Joel said knowing that things were only going to get worse.
A/N: Well folks, there you have it! If some of you haven't figured it out before this chapter, it was Neta that was messing with Will's head. And now they've turned her evil! And it only gets worse from here! Cause Talon has big plans for Will and her powers! The only question is, can the others stop him and save Will? Looks like you'll have to read on to find out!
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