Chapter 36:

Seeing Nerissa and Paul sitting next to them, in the restaurant was surprising to Scott, Irma, Cornelia, and Tommy, but they weren't about to show it.

"What are you two doing here?!", Irma snapped.

"Aren't we aloud to have a meal, before taking you all out.", Paul questioned.

"Last time we sent you and your Dark Guardians packing!", Tommy said.

"That was then.", Paul said. "This is now. Meet us tonight, at midnight at Shell Beach!"

"And make sure it's just you Guardians and Defenders.", Nerissa said as she and Paul stood up.

"Don't be late.", Paul said as they walked out of the restaurant.

"We have to call the others!", Cornelia said as she pulled out her cell phone.

As she began to call the others, Scott and Tommy paid the bill, while Irma had the leftover food put in a bag. Once that was taken care of, they left for home, to prepare for their fight with Nerissa, Paul, and their Dark Guardians.

Shell Beach, at 11:55 P.M.

There they were. The Guardians and Defenders at Shell Beach ready to face off against Nerissa, Paul, and their Dark Guardians.

"So how did the dinner go?", Irma asked Taranee, trying to break the tension.

"It went pretty well.", Taranee said. "My parents are warming up to Ricky."

"And Peter?", Cornelia asked.

"He tried to start something, but it didn't work.", Taranee replied.

"You know, that pizza you and Will made was pretty good.", Hay Lin said.

"I must admit, it did have a unique taste to it.", Sho said.

"I told you you'd like it.", Will said.

"I may make one tomorrow.", Angelo said looking around the area. "But first, where are Paul, Nerissa, and their goon squad?"

"Well, we are a bit early.", Scott said.

"But they should still be here!", Ricky said.

"Sorry to keep you waiting.", Nerissa said as she, Paul and their Dark Guardians appeared in front of them.

"Now let's get this over with!", Paul said. "But first, let us introduce our fifth Dark Guardian!"

Out from the shadows walked a familiar face, the Guardians knew.

"Frost?!", Taranee questioned as they all noticed that he was dressed like the other Dark Guardians, with the symbols of a lightning bolt and a mountain on his top.

"Hello Guardians!", Frost said with a smirk. "It's been a while."

"Attack, Dark Guardians!", Paul ordered.

Frost was the first to strike as he shot a lightning bolt at Will and Sho. Next was the Dark Guardian with the flame and ocean wave on his shirt, as he went after Taranee and Ricky. Then the one with a mountain and a twister went after Cornelia and Tommy, while the one with a ocean wave and a flame went after Irma and Scott. And the one with a twister and lightning bolt went after Hay Lin and Angelo.

"So how did you escape without Elyon knowing, Frost?!", Will questioned as she shot a lightning bolt at him.

"They still think I'm there!", Frost laughed as he dodged the attack. "Right now, there's a copy of myself sitting in my cell. No ones the wiser!"

Suddenly, a large rock came and hit him on his side.

"You'll be back in your cell soon!", Sho said as the rock floated next to him.

"We shall see!", Frost said as he made some sharp rocks fly at Sho.

Sho then moved the large rock to block the sharp ones coming at him. Seeing her chance, Will blasted Frost with a thing of electricity. stunning him. Seeing this, Sho hit Frost with the large rock again, sending Frost to the ground.

"Im not finish yet!", Frost snapped as he flew up at them. "I've only just begun!"

"Let's see what you got, Sparky!", Angelo said as he and Hay Lin charged at the Dark Guardian with the twister and lightning bolt on him.

The Dark Guardian then blasted them with a air ball with electricity in it. Angelo then grabbed the attack and threw it back at him.

"We're ready this time!", Angelo said.

Hay Lin then blasted a powerful gust of wind and made the ball of electrified air move faster towards the Dark Guardian. The Dark Guardian blocked the attack by raising his arms up in defence. But once he brought his arms down, he saw Angelo's fist coming at him! Angelo was able to knock off the Dark Guardian's visor. Once he did, he and Hay Lin were shocked to see who it was.

"E-Eric?!", Hay Lin questioned.

"No way!", Angelo said.

"Way!", Eric said.

"Let's see what you got!", the Dark Guardian with the mountain and a twister said as he made some vines shot up at Tommy and Cornelia.

Thinking quickly, Tommy shot forth blades of air at the vines, cutting them up. The Dark Guardian, thinking quickly, flew at Tommy with rocks covering his right fist.

"See how you like this!", the Dark Guardian snapped as he punched Tommy in his stomach, sending him flying back against a larger rock.

As Tommy slowly got to his feet, the Dark Guardian stood above him ready to strike a powerful blow, a hand of sand came up and uppercuts him, sending him flying backwards!

"Back off!", Cornelia said as she had her hand on the ground.

Tommy then got on his feet and was ready to fight. Not saying a word, he flew at the Dark Guardian, and kicked him up side the head knocking him back down.

"How do you like the dirt?!", Tommy said and Cornelia landed next to him. "Thanks for saving my but."

"My pleasure.", Cornelia said as the Dark Guardian stood up with his visor cracking.

Once it was cracked enough, it fell off to reveal the face of the last person Cornelia thought she would see there!

"P-Peter?!", Cornelia said in shock.

"This isn't good!", Tommy said.

"For you it isn't.", Peter said with a sneer.

"Let's heat things up!", Scott said as he fired a flame of fire at the Dark Guardian with a ocean wave and a flame on him.

The Dark Guardian fired his own flame at Scott's flame. Both were pushing against each other, trying to gain the upper hand! Seeing her chance, Irma gathered a massive amount of water from the ocean and held it over the Dark Guardian's head.

"Heads up!", Irma yelled as she released the water.

Before the Dark Guardian could react, he was hit by the falling water, which gave Scott the chance to hit him with his Inferno Fist attack, which sent his visor flying off his face. Both Irma and Scott were shocked to see who it was under it.

"M-M-Martin?!", Irma questioned as he took a step back.

"I don't believe it!", Scott said.

"Believe it!", Martin said with a smirk.

"Give me your best shot, Defender!", the Dark Guardian with the flame and ocean wave, on his shirt said as he formed a ice saber and flew at Ricky.

"Bring it on, poser!", Ricky said as he flew at him with his own ice saber. "Let's see what you got!"

Each time they clashed swords, their swords broke! But once it broke, they were able to form a new sword from what was left of the swords in their hands. As they kept clashing swords, Taranee had her short sword, made of fire, ready to make her own move. Once she saw the Dark Guardian move back away from Ricky, she saw her chance and flew at him ready to strike! Seeing Taranee coming at him, the Dark Guardian held up his ice saber, in an attempt to black her attack. To bad that when she swung her fire sword at his ice saber, it melted instantly, giving Ricky the chance to blast the Dark Guardian with a thing if ice.

"That should take care of him!", Ricky said as he and Taranee landed a few feet away from him. "Nice move with that fire blade, of yours, Taranee."

"Thanks.", Taranee said. "I didn't know I had it in me."

Suddenly, the Dark Guardian broke free of the ice! Once he did that, Taranee and Ricky saw half of his visor fall off.

"N-Nigel?!", Ricky questioned in shock.

"It can't be!", Taranee said.

"Looks like the secrets out!", Nigel said as he took the other half of the visor off.

The Guardians and Defenders were shocked to see that the four Dark Guardians, that attacked them after the dance, were their ex boyfriends, and Martin. They looked older and more built, but it was them.

"B-but how?!", Hay Lin questioned.

"You'd be amazed at what you could do when somebody wishes for something.", Paul said.

"What are you getting at?!", Angelo questioned.

"It's quite simple.", Nerissa said. "They were so jealous of you boys, that they wished for the power to crush you."

"And we gave it to them.", Paul said. "With the bonus of bringing out their darker side of course."

"So, they've been like this all week?!", Taranee questioned,

"The night when you and young Peter had your little argument, after he threatened to rat Ricky out.", Paul said.

"He fought me at first, but soon I was able to bring out his darker side. As well as the other three here.", Nerissa said proudly, as she ran her finger under Peter's chin seductively.

"Don't you touch him!", Taranee snapped as flames appeared in her glasses.

"Now, now Taranee.", Nerissa said. "Your brother is safe. As well as the other three boys."

"But if I were you all, I'd be more worried about your families.", Paul said. "Who knows what could happen to them."

"You wouldn't!", Angelo said.

"Wouldn't I?", Paul said with a smirk. "I'd hurry if I were you."

"He would!", Angelo said. "We have to check on your families!"

"Good luck with that.", Paul said as he, Nerissa and the Dark Guardians teletranported away.

Will and Angelo then transformed themselves and the others back to normal. Then the girls, along with their boyfriends teletransported to their homes.

"Mom! Dad! Grandma!", Hay Lin called out as she and Angelo ran upstairs to her home above the Silver Dragon.

Once they got upstairs, they saw that Hay Lin's home was ransacked.

"NO!", Hay Lin cried as she dropped to her knees.

"We'll get them back, Hay Lin.", Angelo said as he helped her to her feet. "I promise."

Hay Lin said nothing as she buried her face in his chest crying. Angelo just stood there and held her as she cried. Just then his cell phone rang. Hay Lin slowly pulled away, so he could answer it.

"It's Scott.", Angelo said as he answered the phone. "Give us some good news, man."

"They got Irma's parents too.", Scott whispered on the phone. "But they didn't wreck the house. And her brother is still in his room sleep."

"Not good!", Angelo said.

"They got Irma's family?!", Hay Lin asked.

"Yeah.", Angelo said. "But they didn't get Chris."

"That's good.", Hay Lin said.

"There's more, man.", Scott said. "I know who took them."

"The Wolf Pack?", Angelo said.

"How did you know?", Scott asked.

"They left their calling card.", Angelo said as he looked at the large, red wolf paw print on the wall of the Lin's home.

It was the sign of the Wolf Pack!

"Same here.", Scott said as he saw the same thing on the living room floor of the Lair home.

"We better check with the others.", Angelo said. "Hay Lin's will be over there soon. You go check with Taranee and Ricky. I'll go check with Will and Sho."

"Gotha.", Scott said before hanging up his cell phone.

"Hay Lin?", Angelo said getting her attention. "I need you to go to Irma's place, and stay with her. Okay?"

Hay Lin just nodded her head as she wiped her tears away.

"I'm going over Will's to check up on her.", Angelo said. "But I'll be over Irma's as soon as I can."

"Be careful.", Hay Lin said before teletransporting away.

Angelo then teletransported to Will's place.

"Hay Lin will be here soon, Irma.", Scott said as they sat on the couch. "Then I'll head over to Taranee's to see what's going on there."

Suddenly, Hay Lin appeared in front of them. Irma saw the tears in her eyes, and knew what happened. No words were said as they hugged each other in comfort. Giving them their space, Scott teletransported to Taranee's house.

"Oh no!", Angelo said as he saw how messed up Will's home looked.

Angelo then saw the Wolf Pack sign on their living room wall.

"Will?! Sho?!", Angelo called out.

"Angelo?!", Will called out as she and Sho came walking down the hall.

Angelo then saw how tear streaked her face was.

"Aw, Will.", Angelo said as he walked up to Will and hugged her.

"They got her, Angelo!", Will cried. "They got my mom."

"It was they Wolf Pack.", Sho said.

"I know.", Angelo said as he and Will pulled away from each other. "They got Hay Lin and Irma's families. They didn't get Irma's brother though."

"Angelo?", Sho said. "There's more."

"What else hap.......?", Angelo began to ask, but stop once Sho showed him a familiar jacket.

"Uncle John?!", Angleo said as he took the jacket. "Ten to one, your mom got scared and called him."

"And he came running.", Will concluded.

"Knowing him, he teletrnsported here, with what little powers he has.", Angelo said. "He may of fought off some of them, but they got them both in the end."

Just then Tommy appeared before them.

"The Wolf Pack got Cornelia's parents!", Tommy said. "Lillian's safe though."

'Guys!', Scott called out to Angelo, Sho, and Tommy mentally. 'They got Taranee's folks too!'

"That's just great!", Tommy said. "What now!"

"Here's what we're going to do.", Angelo said. "Tommy, you go to Taranee's place and have her and Ricky go with you to Cornelia's and stay the night there. Sho? Take Will over to Irma's and stay with her and Hay Lin."

"What about you?", Tommy asked Angelo.

"I'm heading to Kandrakar and let the Oracle know what's going on.", Angelo said as he opened a fold. "He may already know, but Paul may of found a way to block his vision."

"I'm coming too.", Will said.

"You sure?", Angelo asked.

"Yeah.", she replied.

"I'll go over Irma's place.", Sho said.

"I'll be there as soon as I can.", Will said before giving Sho a quick kiss.

"I'll be waiting.", Sho said before he teletransported away with Tommy.

"Shall we?", Angelo said, letting Will go through first.

Angelo soon followed behind as the fold closed.

Once in Kandrakar, Angelo and Will told the Oracle what happened.

"So that explains why our vision was temporally cut off.", the Oracle said as he turned to face the other council members.

"The question is, where are they hiding?", Halinor pondered.

"They're not in Metamoor.", Will said. "Elyon would of felt Phobos's presents if he was there."

"And they're not on Valora.", Angelo said. "Or Necros and Tara would of felt Necra's presents there."

"There may be a way to find them.", the Oracle said. "But to do this will take all five Guardians and Defenders."

"What ever it takes.", Angelo said.

"What about Lillian and Chris?", Will questioned.

"Take this.", Alfor said as he handed Angelo a large hourglass. "Once you turn this hourglass over, time will stop on the planet it on."

"So, it'll be like we never left.", Will said.

"Yes.", Tibor said. "But, it will only last for five days. So make the most of it."

"We will.", Will said. "Now what do we have to do to find our families?"

"Here's what you must do.", the Oracle began to explain.

A/N: Just when you think things couldn't get worse, Nerissa and Paul have the Wolf Pack go and kidnap Guardian's parents,and Angelo's uncle! Will the Oracle's plan on finding their family members? And can they do it in five days?