Dawn of a New Era
Chapter 28: Ending the Suffering
Mandy's Point of View (Citadel of Bone):
The pain and anger I felt was increasing with every passing day that my Mistress had me wait to attack, wait for the Dark Ones to awaken. The bad thing about that was I had little patience for waiting that I was pacing up and down the hallways of my Mistress' fortress, now sideways and deep into the dark area know as the Pit of Doom. Its dark energy was powerful, I couldn't believe how much more… destructive I felt when I was standing above it. It was hard to contain my adrenalin rush and obey my Mistress' orders.
Come Mandy… it is time. My Mistress' voice flowed threw my head. And I loyally obeyed, walking out of my room and outside of the Citadel of Bone, where I found myself above the Pit of Doom. I used my rocket pack to jump off the Citadel and land next to my Mistress. She stood there on the edge of the stone circular platform, looking down into the dark energy below, the soon to be passage of the Dark Ones into this world.
"Isn't it wonderful Mandy?" She said to me. "This power is so great, so dark. It reminds me so much of the dark lord before his passing, oh how I wish I could have saw his face beyond the dark mist that brought me to his ways." She sighed. "I will fulfill the task he was not able to in his will he entrusted me. I will release the Dark Ones and plunge all life into darkness, and take revenge on the Hyper Force." She then turned to me. "And you my dear will fulfill your father's dying wish too, take out those who killed him and end those who stood in his way. The second Hyper Force who killed him and both Hyper Forces stood in his way. You have many battles to fight, but let the darkness of your father and myself course threw you, let your emotions run wild, and kill anyone who stands in your way." She then focused her energy in a small dark black ball in the palm of her gray skinned hands and in a sudden movement, forced it into my chest. I had no choice but to scream. The pain, it was too much to handle.
"What did you do to me?" I was able to gasp between breaths. I fell to the ground in pain.
"Do not fight it Mandy. Let this darkness consume you; let your emotions run wild. Only then, will you be able to avenge your father." Her words pierced me harder then any weapon could. I let the pain my body felt fill my soul and subjected myself to the dark.
When I was able to stand, the pain was no longer there, I was numb, but not so numb that I could forget about my father. I activated my sword and shield, seeing now that they had become black in color, glowing in it even. The power that was now inside me was just shimmering off of it. I wasn't weak anymore.
"Ready yourself Mandy; I need you on high alert as I prepare to free the Dark Ones. As I do so, if anyone comes here that is not a formless, kill them on sight." My Mistress told me, walking toward the inside edge of the stone ring.
"Yes Mistress." I said in a dark tone. I activated both my weapons at pull power, and there I waited, ready to fulfill my revenge for my father. Look out Hyper Force. You're going down.
Jasmine's Point of View:
The dawn had come and passed quickly today. The sun was now nearing close to the top of the sky, mid day. My father and I had placed our units into places and we were now only waiting the order to charge in.
From where I stood, I could see the massive amounts of formless on the other side of the barren land, near the rock formation the surrounded the Pit of Doom. They might have out numbered us, but we could out maneuver them easily, but the numbers on their side still might get in our way.
From the way Gabriella and Uncle Gibson placed us, my team and I were at the back of the line, with my father and mother's team in front of us, and before them were the others that were to accompany us here to the Pit of Doom. The Super Robots were both left with the others back at the city. Midnight had grown to her larger form, standing by my side, waiting to tear the formless to shreds.
"Remember everyone; Jasmine's team needs to get inside to stop Skeleton Queen. It doesn't matter if we get stuck outside or not, just hold off the formless and believe in them." My father turned to me. "Jasmine, we're all counting on you and your team. But this is what you should remember no matter what, give it your all, and no matter what, we'll still love you." I cried at my father's words, hugging him one last time before we got into our stances again.
"Hyper Force, Go!" My father called. The allies in front of us ran forward first, and then my father and his team behind them, and us last. I saw the Sun Riders at the very front of the line. The cut threw a large portion of the formless with their first attack, but in the next second, all those formless were replaced by new ones. The two feline people, Nikita and Naguto sprang forward and sliced many formless to pieces, and Alianna and her son Alan, took out another whole bunch with their electric whips, but many more replaced the ones that had just soon been destroyed. My father's team then had a go at it; all of them taking out all the formless that blocked the entrance to the Pit of Doom. More formless came around though, trying to get in the way, to delay, to stall us just for a little bit longer for their queen. We weren't going to let that happen though.
"Let go team!" I shouted. We all sprang forward toward the Pit of Doom's walls. The single entrance was blocked by the formless that arrived on the sides of the door, none came from within. Which meant that Skeleton Queen needed peace and quiet for this ritual. Everyone ahead of us blasted threw the formless again, this time making us a path threw to the Pit of Doom. With no moment's hesitation, my team and I made our way passed everyone and into the Pit of Doom.
"Go Jazz!" I heard my father shout before the team and I got out of ear shot and we ended up in the center of the Pit of Doom. We ended up walking onto a stone platform that stood above a swirling black energy below. On the other side of the pit, we saw Skeleton Queen, using her magic to bring the portal open below her and release the Dark Ones from their imprisonment. We ran toward her, but were stopped when a black streak ran in front of us, bring us to s stop, and I felt it had sliced my shoulder, not much more then a layer or two of skin, but enough to bleed.
"You don't really think that I'll let you pass, do you?" The team and I looked up to see Mandy, no longer the monkey she once was. Her fur had darkened to the most eerie blackish orange color I had ever seen, and her eyes were now a darker blood red. One her hands were covered with a dark gray metal gloves that transformed into a black sword and shield, made of dark energy. "I hope you're ready for a fight, because I'm ready to get revenge for my father!"
She then lunged at me. Her looks had not been the only thing enhanced. Her speed was a lot like that of my father before I freed him. She raced around me, trying to confuse my senses, and then swung her sword at me. I felt the power of lightning inside me along what the power primate cover me in a protective layer of bright yellow electricity. My tattoos on the side of my face turned the opposite color then they had, now being a purple in color on my skin when they had been a yellow until my skin was covered. Just as Mandy's sword had come within inches of my face, I shot a shock wave at her lower abdomen, sending her flying back.
My team became covered by protective layers just as I had, and their tattoos changed just as mine had. Annabel's tattoo changed to a bright yellow while her body was covered in a bright purple colored energy. Rover's tattoo changed to a white while his body was covered in a crimson red colored energy. Rose's tattoos changed to a hot pink while her body was covered in a light gray, almost while colored energy. Gabriella's tattoos changed to a midnight blue while her body was covered in a light blue colored energy, and Olivia's tattoos became a royal blue while her body was covered in a bright green colored energy.
Our guardians on the other hand, had different forms then we had. Their tattoos began to glow a rainbow color, if that's possible, if not, that was just what my eyes saw. And their bodies didn't change to a complete color like ours had; their bodies had a white aura glowing around them. Midnight's claws turned white and June and Cobi's weapons turned that way took, the ones made of their power primate energy mixed with the energy of the guardians.
Mandy got up from the wall she had crashed into and charged at Gabriella this time. Gabriella turned to face her. An icicle appeared out of her had in the form of a sword and it clashed with Mandy's dark energy sword. Gabriella easily forced Mandy back into the wall again, then went in for the kill, but ended up hitting the wall. Mandy defiantly had improved since the last time they met. We all created swords out of our own element and looked around to find her. It was then that we heard a 'cling' sound behind us, and there most of my team turned to see Gabriella once again fighting with Mandy. Rover ran forward to help her, but I held him back.
"Wait Rover," I whispered to him over the distant sounds of ice on energy, sounding as if steel on steel. "This is Gabriella's fight to protect you from having to fight the whack job on your own, and she's been meaning to beat Mandy into the ground since she took control of Gab and almost took you from her on the Citadel of Bone. While Gabriella deals with her, we'll take on Skeleton Queen."
"Fine kid, but the minute she needs help I'm going back to help her!" He shouted at me as we ran toward Skeleton Queen on the other side of the platform.
"Wouldn't have it any other way Rover." We got closer to Skeleton Queen; ready to knock her out of the way to call upon the Dark Ones when a flash of orange moved passed us with a streak of blue.
Gabriella had followed Mandy when she had tried to save her Mistress, and now there was no way to protect her. Gabriella's icicle sword clashed with Mandy's one more time before it was knocked out of her hands and Gabriella shoved the ice sword into Mandy's chest. Gabriella then backed away, but Mandy didn't so easily give up. The rest of us all had to shove our swords into Mandy before she finally went down, blood spilled from her dying form.
"I'm sorry Daddy, I failed you." It was the final words she muttered before her last breath was drawn and then her body completely relaxed. She had passed one. Gabriella knelt down and closed her eyes with her hand and then we all turned to Skeleton Queen, our last foe to face here.
"You will regret this Hyper Force." The dead queen said, pulling her hands away from her work with the Dark Ones portal and stepping toward us. Now to kill her once and for all.
Witch's Note:
Hey people! What do you think of this chapter? I know its kinda hard to see another good baddy gone, but Gabriella got to stab her, I think Gab got to end it well.
Question of the Chapter: What scares you the most in life, or at all?
My Answer to the Question: My worst fear is the phobia of death, I'm afraid to die. I just have this horrible feeling that when I die, I'll be alone, in the dark, and that I had no point of being here in the living, I'm afraid of what's going to come after. I think I'll stop there; I've blabbered enough on that subject.
Remember to Review and Vote if you haven't, and try to guess at my new story, I'll be working on it after Dawn of a New Era is over, which is sadly in 4 chapters. Sad isn't it. (Tearing up) Also, this new story, to add to the clues, its all human, but it still involves dark powers and magic, and everyone is human. (I mean it is a high school, and I want to try it out!) Just take a guess! I just want to know what pops into your head!
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