Merry (Extremely Late) Christmas everyone! And also, HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's been about a fortnight hasn't it? Oh well, I guess that's what happens when you decide to get a chapter as good as you want to get it. I actually finished the chapter yesterday but decided to wait and post it in the New Year. A lot of rewriting went on for this chapter and I also had to update another story. My Internet is back to normal at least! Yay! Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and I hope you all have a Happy New Year! Don't ask me how, but my chapters are now somehow going beyond 10,000 words. Strange? This is the longest chapter I've ever wrote. Hope it's not too long.
Now for the review responses.
The Midnight Sniper: Thanks for thinking of the previous chapter as cool and yes, the Purge is supposed to be creepy. You suggested that Mr. Fears might have something to with Max's past right? That's a very interesting idea indeed. I'm not going to say your wrong or right and thanks for following this story!
Alpha Dragonis: Answers to your answers.
1) "Who are you really Heckler?" demanded Max.
"I am Relkceh!" retorted Heckler.
"Relkceh?"
"It's Heckler but backwards!"
"Really?"
"What's wrong with Relkceh?"
"It's not scary. If you're going to have a bad guy name at least make it scary. I mean Relkceh doesn't strike fear into the opponent's heart. Your pathetic on so many levels."
"Shut up!" retorted Heckler as he broke down into tears.
LOL.
2) Mr. Fears is an interesting character but he isn't going to appear in person at all this season.
3) Interesting theory. But they don't want Max to use as a slave or to posses him.
4) You'll find out soon.
5) A few people guessed arrangement, it's a good guess but it's not right.
Kawaiino Tenshi Kiki: Happy to know you thought the last chapter was really interesting. Glad you were also surprised that Frieda was the one attacking students all along. I love plot twists! Yes, the Purge will have all sorts of strange anomalies attached to it and it doesn't matter if your answers were wrong, I just like seeing what people come up with.
Now your first answer was that Heckler is an antagonist, right but a very minor one for this season. For you second question you put Mr. Fears down as some kind of Joker, nice answer, but wrong. But that's okay! For question three you thought they'd put an end to Max's plans. I actually liked that idea but they have nothing to do with Nemesis' Heir and won't be interfering with the Purge. And for the last question you put that Project G.E.N.E.S.I.S. was some kind of arrangement like for HD academy. While you are wrong, HD academy may not have something to do with it. (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
Turtleswift11: Yes, some teachers are "here to suck your blood!" Yes, Frieda made the blackouts so she could do her dirty work and make sure know one would notice she was gone. The hospital wing goes pitch black when there's no power. Although Frieda was defeated, not everything will go back to normal. If you really do have arachnophobia you probably aren't going to like this chapter too much then. And no, Project G.E.N.E.S.I.S. does not stand for what you put. But nice try though, I'll give you that.
MarsTwilight: I guess the previous chapter was awesome! Yes, comparing Heckler to someone like Doji is a good comparison, a good comparison indeed. No, Mr. Fears isn't Nemesis Heir, he has nothing to do with the Purge or chaos and order. Nice try though. Another good guess what that they would drive Max to destroying the world like in Unmei's vision, but once again, they won't have anything to do with that certain plot thread. And you suggested that Project G.E.N.E.S.I.S. has something to do with what happened to Nemesis after he lost to Gingka right. Well, that is interesting indeed. You're not right, but you're not wrong. (Wink, wink). The students still missing are the ones who got attacked in the tournament by possessed bladers, minus Frieda. So we have six bladers missing still. The other ones taken by Frieda were all saved when Max beat her.
Gingercookiessnaps: Yes Mana will be back for Season 2: Dark Prophecy! There are 12 chapters left for this season including this one! Which means this story will have 48 chapters all up! There will be another five chapters for the 'Chaotic Order' arc and six chapters for the 'Dark Oath' arc. Happy to know you thought the chapter was amazing and it's good to know you'll be reviewing more!
AlchemistWarriorDiamondDust: Things are getting intense and I'm glad you're excited! Yeah, Professor Viper is one of the teachers. He appeared ages ago in the chapter 'Darkness on the Move' but otherwise has only made cameo appearances up until now. It's not actually a reference to GX though. When I created the character, I wanted a name that suited him and his bey Serpent. But I couldn't think of anything. When the chapter came out, the character was named (working name) Professor Drake. Eventually, I decided to name the character Viper. I probably subconsciously got it from GX though. However, the characters are different. GX Viper only became "a bad guy" because Yubel manipulated him and was desperate to get his adopted son back. However, up until Viper was freed from his possession, he was wicked, evil and sadistic. He had no morals. But I did get some inspiration from GX to write this series.
Indestructible Black Rose: Firstly, nice new name. And secondly, yep, I made Frieda go evil. What better way to keep things interesting then by taking an innocent victim and turning them into a psychopath. Yep, Kiara and Solaria will be taking on a spider army this chapter, but it won't be as easy as it looks.
It's time for the chapter, and sorry this came later then the other chapters have been coming in. I finished the chapter but didn't like the way I'd written the end, the battle or the climax, so I scrapped it and rewrote all of the second half of this. Then I read over it again and decided I did a bad job by rushing to rewrite it. So I scrapped it again and took the whole second week to finish it. So as you can see, it took me some time to repair the damage and get it the way I wanted.
I'm also getting closer to putting up the website for this story and although Kawaiino Tenshi Kiki is drawing Max for me, I will put up "my original" concept art of Max. (Don't bag it out because it's really bad, I suck at drawing people). Now for the second chapter in the thrilling "Chaotic Order" arc and the "Purge" saga! MAKE SURE TO REVIEW WHEN YOU'RE DONE!
Chapter 37: Web of Deceit
"Mr. Smith!" snapped Ms. Lillie in fury as she stood over the Prince of Fire's desk. The blader had his head rested on some books. His eyes were closed and drool leaked from his open mouth. Ms. Lillie smashed her fist down on the desk again, but Max was unresponsive.
The biology teacher sighed in annoyance as she scowled at Max and held three fingers up. "Mr. Smith, I'm giving you to the count of three to wake up and pay attention to me!"
All eyes in the room turned to Max, but the blader simply snored.
"One!"
Nothing.
"Two!"
Squat.
"Three!"
The fire blader turned his head over and began to snore again.
"Three, two, one wake up!" erupted Ms. Lillie.
That was when Max leapt out of his seat and landed on top of his desk. He was still snoring and his eyes were closed. Still asleep, the blader subconsciously pulled out his launcher and attached his bey.
"It appears the countdown subconsciously reacted to Max and has placed him in a sleep walking beyblading state," Kenny commented as he examined Max.
"I want him to wake up!" snarled Lillie. "Not sleep walk! Wake up Max! You here me! WAKE UP!"
"Let It Rip!" stuttered Max as his ripped his launcher and his bey launched into the whiteboard, ricocheting off and smashing into the ceiling. It continued to bounce off objects, sending the class into a frenzy.
Half of the class was screaming and running around the room while the other half had taken shelter under their desks.
"What happened?" asked Blaze in annoyance from under her desk to the rest of Team Nova Flare, who were also hidden under their desks.
Kenny adjusted his glasses. "It appears when Ms. Lillie yelled at him, it triggered an instinctive move to launch his bey."
"Things can't get any worse at least," added Kiara. "But then again, this is Max we're taking about."
"Flame Sword Slash!" cried Max in his sleep as his bey lit itself on fire as it continued to bounce around the room. Now it was setting things on fire and the Red Knight emerged and began slashing randomly at things. The class was thrown into complete chaos now.
Simon shot the Queen of Order a deadly glare. "Thanks for jinxing us," he complained.
Kiara shrugged. "I didn't mean it."
"Well now he's setting the room on fire," added Blaze.
"Let's just knock his bey out then," suggested Kiara as she took out Solaria and attached it to her launcher.
Simon nodded. "Good idea," he said as he pulled out Gryphos.
"Let's do this then," declared Blaze as she and the gang stood up and aimed their beys.
"Let It Rip!"
Gryphos, Solaria and Phoenix shot from their beys and soared towards Swordsman.
"Burst Blast!" ordered Simon.
"Firestorm Fury!" added Kiara.
"Immortal Flame!" commanded Blaze.
"Counterattack Swordsman!" roared Max as his bey beast swung its sword and smashed into the oncoming beys before they had a chance to land or attack. They were sent crashing through the empty turtle tank in the corner of the room and came to a stop.
"It also appears you attacking warned Max's subconscious of a threat," Kenny stated, who was still hidden under a desk.
By this time the fire was spreading, and starting to engulf the room.
"Enough!" erupted Mana Valkov as she stood up behind Max and readied her launcher and bey, Ice Fox.
"Let It Rip!"
Ice Fox shot from Mana's launcher and soared towards the Red Knight.
Max, still asleep, smirked. "Hit them Swordsman! Flame Sword Slash!"
The Red Knight turned and swung its blade, but Fox dove to the side and bounced off the wall before smashing through the Knight and shattering him.
"Now let's get rid of that pesky bey Fox!" ordered Mana as her bey launched itself into the air.
The black bey went flying and ricocheted off a wall and smashed into Swordsman, sending both beys smashing through a window and landing outside.
"Now Fox!" ordered Mana as a jet black fox leapt onto the windowsill from outside and let out a cool blast of ice that put out all of the fires in five seconds flat.
The class clamed down and Mana sighed as she recalled her bey and it sped up through the window and landed in her hand.
"Tackle him!" shouted Simon as he, Kiara and Blaze lunged at Max and tackled him to the ground just as Swordsman burst back into the room. But Sierra was ready.
"Let It Rip!"
Thunder Angel rocketed from its respective launcher and smashed into Swordsman head on, the impact was enough to knock the bey out and end its rampage.
"Wake up Max!" snapped Blaze as she smashed her fist into the back of the fire blader's head.
"Ow!" Max whined as his eyes burst open and he clutched his head in pain. "I swear Mum, I didn't put a ferret into your bed! I swear to God! Don't take away Flame Swordsman please!"
The Prince of Fire had woken up but appeared to be a half a sleep still and was bawling his eyes out.
"Snap out of it!" erupted Kiara as she picked Max up by the collar and slapped him across the face.
Max immediately stopped crying and then shook his head about for a few seconds. He then casually stated, "What's for lunch?"
"Idiot!" Kiara cursed as she pushed Max to the ground.
"What did I do?" the Swordsman blader protested. "And why does my head hurt?"
"The head hurting was courtesy of Blaze," Simon explained as he helped Max up. "And while you were sleep blading you kind of ruined the room."
He gestured to the ruined room as Max examined it.
"I did all this in my sleep?" Max stated in disbelief. "But I've never sleep walked or done anything like this before."
"Look Max," commented Kenny as he sat himself down at his desk and pointed at Max's hand. "Your crest."
Team Nova Flare all laid their eyes on Max's hand, which had his order crest glowing brightly.
"Is it possible your crest somehow activated in your sleep and made you do all that crazy stuff?" suggested Kiara.
Max shrugged. "It would appear so."
"Here's your bey Max," Sierra interrupted as she held out Flame Swordsman to Max. She herself had only just picked up her Thunder Angel.
"Thanks," Max replied as he took back his bey.
Kenny turned to face Mana, who sitting up at the back of the class all casually as if nothing had happened.
"Thanks for helping out," he said.
Mana nodded but didn't say anything otherwise.
Ms. Lillie stood up and did her best to fix her singed hair up. She was a fairly large lady with long red hair and green eyes. She wore a purple and orange dress and had pale skin.
"Well that was a disaster," she groaned and set her deadly gaze upon Max. She placed her hands on her hips. "And what do you have to say for yourself Mr. Smith?"
"Uh…get to bed earlier…?"
Ms. Lillie growled and shook and angry fist at the Prince of Fire, who coiled back in fear. The biology teacher then checked her watch and sighed.
"It appears that will be all for class," she said. "However, you will be starting your biology project in pairs today for homework."
She walked over to what remained of her smashed desk and picked up a clipboard and flipped through the pages attached to it.
"Listen carefully now," announced Ms. Lillie as she began to read names out. After about a minute, she came to the last two names. "And the final pair will be Mana Valkov and Max Smith. Class dismissed."
It didn't really matter because the bell went about ten seconds later. Mana however, wasn't happy. She knew Max was a strong blader and all, but a school worker? No. Max had yet to pass a single exam and was on thin ice right now with most of his teachers. Actually, thin ice wasn't the right word for it. On extremely thin ice was a better word to describe it.
Max turned in his seat to face Mana, smiled and gave her a thumbs up. The Fox blader simply groaned and dropped her head down onto her desk.
"How are you feeling today?" asked Sierra as she, along with Team Nova Flare entered the hospital wing and walked towards Ninel.
Ninel was sitting up in bed, reading a book. She placed her book down as the gang entered and replied with, "Better. I should be back at school tomorrow."
"Good," Max commented before turning his attention to the kids he had rescued last night from the clutches of the chaos possessed Frieda.
"Still worried about the kids still missing huh?" Simon said as he stood next to Max with his arms crossed.
The Prince of Fire nodded. "Yeah," he said quietly. "Makes my insides burn with anger. I mean these chaos nuts are ruining everything. But right now there's nothing we can do."
"I'm sure something will happen again soon that will shed some more light on things," Kiara piped up. "It's been doing it by itself so far."
"But have you noticed the enemies we are facing seem to just be getting stronger," Blaze noted. "I mean, Morgan, Regina and Unmei were really powerful and Frieda was able to evolve her bey into Dread Scythe Virgo. I mean, we're battling on a whole different level here."
Kenny agreed as he typed on his laptop. "Our beys have been taking some pretty heavy hits lately. Some almost catastrophic. I don't know how long our streak of luck will last."
Max sighed and looked at his teammates. "True," he stated. "It's been rough. We've been pushed to our limits. But we can't afford to lose. This isn't a game anymore. We're talking about an evil that matches that to Nemesis. And if we fail, everyone at this academy is going to bite the dust first. All those kids that came here to beyblade and dreamt of becoming a pro. There's no way I'm going to let Nemesis' Heir and this 'Zygor' whoever he is to mess with us and win. That means we need to bring our A game if he want to win."
Kiara sighed. "I guess it's just a matter of seeing where this takes us next and hope we can push through."
The group of boys tiptoed their way through the assembly area and towards the teachers building. There were five of them, each wearing a full black ninja outfit to hide their identities. Each troublemaker was also armed with a different coloured paint can.
"This is going to be so cool," one of them laughed before the boy tiptoeing behind him slapped him over the head.
"Be quiet you baboon," the slapping boy warned in a whisper. "We don't want any teachers catching us."
"Fine…"
The group edged their way towards the teachers building, sticking to the shadows and moving along the walls.
The boy at the back stopped when he noticed some rustling coming from a large bush near by. He eyed the bush carefully and tapped the boy in front of him on the shoulder.
"Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"There's something in the bush…"
"You're an idiot."
"I'm not messing around man…there's something in that bush…"
"Quit being a wimp."
"I'm not a wimp dude. I'm trying to warn you that there's something in that bush watching us…"
"Toughen up Princess or I'll-"
He didn't get to finish; a thin web line shot from the bush, caught him in the stomach, and pulled him into the bush all within a second.
The boy he was just talking too froze in fear, his eyes wide - staring at the bush without blinking. His legs trembled in panic and he whimpered quietly.
"Guys…"
But the group had already slinked away behind some trees a few meters away, leaving the boy all alone. Unprotected. Vulnerable. And unguarded to the dark creature that waited patiently for the right time to catch its prey.
"Guys…"
A large hairy shape emerged from the bushes and grew to a large size. The boy screamed silently as a large web shot from the creature's mouth and trapped him in a cocoon of silk.
The large arachnid immediately disappeared into the shadows, taking the boy stuck in the cocoon with it.
The group of boys was yet to notice what had happened. It took them a few seconds to realize that two of them were missing.
"Were there not more of us?" one of them asked nervously.
"I think so."
"Then what happened?"
That was when they heard a huge screech and froze in fear. They slowly turned around to see a giant arachnid looming over them. It pincers were wide open and its large body shadowed them.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Within a second, they were all trapped in one giant silk cocoon, and soon their screams became muffles, and soon fell silent. The giant spider let out another roar before melting away into the shadows.
Only one boy remained now. He had moved ahead of the group much earlier to keep watch for teachers. He held his small walkie-talkie to his mouth and said into it, "Frozen Berry, this is Black Badger. The coast is clear. Repeat, the coast is clear. Move in. Rodger."
He turned the talkie off and waited for a reply or for the boys to come to his position. But the yard was still and the boys were nowhere to be seen.
The boy frowned and talked into his talkie again. "Guys. What's going on? Where are you all?"
He waited for a reply, but there was nothing. That was when a chilling breeze came through the yard and the boy's skin became layered with goose bumps. He shivered also as a chill went down his spine. He could feel something was wrong.
"Over here."
The boy jumped. "Who said that?"
"Me."
"Who are you?" the boy gulped.
"I'll tell you if you come down here."
"Down here?" The boy swallowed nervously as the breeze came up again and directed him into a dark alley between the teachers building and the gym. He began to move in even though he wasn't sure if he should.
"Where are you?" he questioned.
"I'm here."
A shadowy figure emerged at the other end of the alleyway. Their body and face was covered in shadows, masking their identity. Their voice was also mysteriously distorted, making it impossible to tell whether the figure was male of female.
"Do you know what happened to my friends?" asked the boy.
The figure grinned. "Oh do I."
"What happened to them?" pleaded the boy.
"They stepped into a spider's web and became tangled. Then the spider came, and took them."
The boy gave a puzzled look to the figure. "What are you talking about?"
The figure pointed up. "I'm talking about that."
The boy looked up and cried out in horror as he saw a large huntsman spider sticking to the higher parts of the alley walls. It opened its mouth and a large web line smashed into the boy and ensnared his entire body except for his head in a silk cocoon. The spider crept down and took hold of the cocoon with two of its eight legs.
"Help! Help! Help!" screamed the boy in horror.
The figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing their identity by exposing themselves to the moonlight, and walked up to the boy.
The boy's eyes widened in shock. "Wait? What? If can't be you! This is impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible."
The figure placed their hand on the boy's mouth and then removed it, leaving a web over the lips to stop the boy from screaming.
"Enjoy the rest of your night. Now you can scream as loud as you want."
The boy's tried, but it came out all muffled from underneath the web. That was when the huntsman crawled away and vanished into the shadows, taking he boy with it.
The figure grinned up at the moon.
"Soon, Master Zygor. Your army will be here and the souls needed for the Dark Lord's resurrection will be delivered to you on a silver platter."
Max navigated his way through the halls of the Winter dormitory. He was searching for Mana's room so they could start their biology project.
The Prince of Fire came to a door, sighed, stopped at it and adjusted his jacket.
"Is this Mana Valkov's room?" asked Max as he knocked at the door.
"No!" shouted a voice from in the room.
It had been the exact same thing for the last twenty minutes. Blaze had given him Mana's room number, but it wasn't right. It was another of the Phoenix's Bladers pranks and Max had walked right into it. He could almost hear her laughing right now.
"I'm going to get you Blaze,' Max thought in annoyance as he came to another room. He sighed as he knocked on the door. Before he could ask if it was Mana's room however, her voice rang out.
"About time. Where have you been?"
"I got pranked," groaned Max, his shoulders slumped.
"Alright you can come in, it's open."
Max took hold of the knob on the door and turned it. He lightly pushed the door open and peeked inside. The room wasn't very lit and could be compared to walking into a darker side of a Winter Wonderland. The walls were painted a midnight blue colour with white snowflakes. A brown dresser stood in a corner with a picture on top. There was also a special stand where Ice Fox lay. There was also a desk with a lamp on it. Mana herself was sitting in dark blue pajamas on a bed with a midnight blue bedspread. She was busy typing on her laptop.
"You going to come in or not?" piped up Mana without looking away from her laptop.
"I'm going," stated Max as he pushed the door open fully and entered the room. He closed the door behind him before walking to the desk and sitting in the swivel chair. He spun around in it like a little kid.
Mana looked up at Max and glared at him. "How old are you?" she questioned.
Max opened his mouth. "I'm…"
"Don't answer that," Mana interrupted before the Prince of Fire finished. "It was a rhetorical question." She thought for a moment before saying, "You do know what a rhetorical question is right?"
"Uh…" Max stuttered. "I know this!" he cried as he wracked his brain. "It's the uh…it's the thingy…that…I have nothing…"
Mana lowered her head and sighed in annoyance. "Perfect, I have Super-Idiot as my partner in a biology project."
"Super-Idiot?" questioned Max, who had not been fully listening to Mana and was spinning on the chair again. "Is he a superhero you made up? I mean, how would a 'Super-Idiot' catch bad guys if he's an idiot? Or does his idiotic powers make others idiotic or does his clumsy nature always make him save the day by accident?"
Mana's eye twitched in annoyance. "I meant you're a Super-Idiot!" she snapped.
Max stopped spinning and frowned at the Ice Fox user. "How am I the idiot?" he asked in confusion.
Mana gritted her teeth in frustration and growled. "You're that much of an idiot that you don't realize you're an idiot."
"That was a bit harsh," replied Max. "You wouldn't like it if I called you an idiot for no apparent reason."
Mana face palmed herself and under her breath grumbled, "Idiot."
Max folded his arms and starred at Mana. "Did you just call me an idiot under your breath?" he demanded.
Mana shook her head and responded innocently, "Of course not." She then coughed, "Idiot," immediately afterwards.
Max glared at the Ice Fox user. "You just did it again!" he said.
Mana raised an eyebrow and played dumb. "Did what?"
"You said that I was an idiot," Max answered.
"No I didn't," denied Mana. "You must have misheard me you idiot."
Max fumed and jumped off the chair and dabbed a finger at Mana. "You just did it then again!" he cried. "You called me an idiot!"
Man glared at Max. "What are you talking about Max? I never said such a thing. I think you should get your facts right you idiot."
"Wow," Max said as he calmed down. "You are something aren't you? You're a real piece of work you know that?"
"Keep telling yourself that you idiot," Mana shot back as she continued typing.
"You can talk all you want," Max smirked. "But you can't deny that I bet you at beyblade. You can't deny that I'm the better blader. And you can't deny that your Ice Fox is inferior to my Flame Swordsman."
Mana shot Max as a deadly glare and closed her laptop. She got up off the bed and walked over to the stand that had her bey on it. She picked it up and attached it to her launcher.
"It appears a rematch is at a call," challenged Mana.
Max grinned and rolled up his sleeves. "A rematch huh? Sweet, I could go for one. Don't get your hopes up though. Me and my buddy Swordsman are like playing tennis against a brick wall. You can hit it as hard and as many times as you want, but we'll always just return the favor harder and faster then you did."
"Ice Fox and I will make your blood run cold and send Swordsman bellow zero!" retorted Mana.
"Not if Swordsman obliterates you first!" Max declared as he took out hi fiery bey. "And cooks your Fox for lunch!"
Before some more trash talk could be exchanged, the window in the room shattered and a giant hairy leg came through and smashed into Max, knocking him into the door with a crash. His bey slipped from his grip and fell to the ground. Mana was faster then the Prince of Fire and leapt to the corner to avoid the incoming attack.
"Let It Rip!"
Ice Fox zoomed from its launcher and collided with the giant spider leg, sending blood spurting and also causing the creature outside to screech in pain. But the attack for Fox wasn't enough to stop the spider, and it flung its leg upwards, smashing Fox into the ceiling.
"A little help here Max!" called out Mana as the leg attempted to jab her. She managed to dodge to the side but knew it was only a matter of time until it got her. "Today would be nice!"
Max grumbled as he rubbed his back and looked around for his bey. "Just a second," he responded. That was when he saw it, lying on the ground near Mana's desk.
The fire blader ran forward but the spider leg flung to the side, smashing Max into the wall with a crash.
"Fox!" shouted Mana. "Ice Meteor!"
The black bey dropped down from the ceiling and stabbed the spider leg with its performance tip, now covered in ice. A large amount of blood splashed out of the wound and a high-pitched screech sounded from outside. That was when a web line shot into the room, catching Fox and pinning it to the wall.
"Fox!" cried Mana as she ran to her bey, only for the leg to smash her over the head and knock her to the ground.
Max growled in anger as he leapt to the desk and grabbed Swordsman. "Eureka!" he cheered in triumph. That was when the spider leg came down on the desk, smashing into pieces. The Prince of Fire managed to scramble away in time, only for a piece of the ceiling to fall of and clip him on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
"Look out Max!" warned Mana as she managed to stand up, but she was too late and the huntsman leg caught Max with its special sticky hairs and lifted him up.
"Oh shit!" Max cursed.
"Do something already!" shouted Mana.
"Like what?" asked Max in response as the huntsman smashed his head into the ceiling but held onto him. He cried out from the impact but didn't get knocked out.
"Launch your bey!" suggested Mana.
Max snatched his launcher from his belt and connected his bey. He aimed it for the head of the spider outside and cried, "Let It Rip!"
The red bey shot forward and smashed into the eyes of the huntsman, causing it to recoil back and drop Max with a scream. The fire blader fell to the ground with a thump but quickly recovered.
"Now go Swordsman!" ordered Max. "Flame Burst!"
The fiery bey let loose a wave of fire onto the body of the huntsman, burning it and causing it to fling its seven other arms into the building, causing it to shake.
"Return Swordsman!" commanded Max as his bey leapt back into the room while the large spider outside began to burn.
"What the heck is going on?" asked Mana as she freed her bey and set it in her launcher again.
"I think we were just attacked by a giant spider if I'm not mistaken," Max responded.
"No shit Sherlock," retorted Mana. "What I'm asking is how this is happening?"
That was when a thought struck Max. 'It must be Zygor,' he thought.
"It's coming back!" cried Mana as the huntsman attempted to knock the bladers to the ground with its leg, but they managed to duck the attack.
"Let It Rip!" roared Mana as Fox sprung from her launcher and smashed into the spider leg, knocking it back.
"Nice!" complimented Max.
"Wait till you see this! Fox!" exclaimed Mana as she threw her hand into the air. "Special Move! Snowstorm!"
A pure black fox with royal purple eyes burst from its bey and blew hard, unleashing a storm of snow that covered and froze the leg of the huntsman.
"Now Max!" signaled Mana.
Max saw his chance and went for it. "Go Swordsman! Special Move! Flame Sword Slash!"
The Red Knight emerged from its bey and drew its flaming sword. It then charged at the spider leg and slashed, severing it from the body of the spider. A flow of blood burst and leaked from the wound as the severed leg fell to the ground of the room.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" was the only sound that could be heard for twenty seconds. The huntsman went into a rampage and used its remaining legs to rip the roof off of the room and reveal itself to its foes.
"Let's tag team this bitch!" cried Max.
Mana nodded in reply. "Let me take the lead! Fox! Special Move! Dance of the Ice Fairy!"
Beautiful wings sprouted from Fox and Mana concentrated hard, soon parts of the giant spider began to freeze over via Fox's power.
"Now get them Fox!" commanded Mana as the black fox appeared once again. It leapt upon the head of the spider and vanished into it, forcefully freezing the entire spider solid.
"Cool," commented Max.
"He's all yours," said Mana as she recalled her bey and gestured to the frozen spider.
Max cracked his knuckles. "My pleasure!" he fist pumped the air and declared, "Swordsman! Special Move! Chimera Fury!"
The Red Knight held its sword up and the flaming Phoenix and Salamander burst from the bey and combined together to form the powerful and almighty Chimera.
"Sick 'em!" cheered Max with a smirk as he pointed at the spider. The Chimera replied with a roar and charged at the spider. It began to slash, blast and burn the spider. It also began to break off three frozen legs, and the spider began to scream extremely loud. So loud that the ice that covered it shattered and the beats fell back into the shadows, and melted away.
Max recalled his bey, sighed and stated, "That's something you don't see everyday."
Team Nova Flare, Mana, Sierra and Professor Viper stood in what remained of the Ice Fox user's room. It had been messed up quite a bit. There was glass, plaster and wood everywhere. The carpet had been ripped up. The window wall and most of the ceiling had been broken off. And nearly all of the furniture had been destroyed in the battle. Mana, now back in her normal attire, sadly walked over to a picture of her parents, which had miraculously survived the assault and picked it up. She brushed it off and walked over to a bag near the door that contained all of her stuff that had survived. She carefully placed the picture in and zipped the bag up.
"That's everything," she said as she tried to keep calm but angrily growled, "I can't believe a giant spider assaulted my room!"
"How did a giant spider come to be in the first place?" asked Sierra.
Viper, along with Kenny was studying the severed spider leg carefully. They were looking for something to prove the spider wasn't organic: Animatronics, robotics. But there was nothing to show this. The whole leg was completely organic, blood, bones and all.
Kenny was typing data in on his laptop while looking up info on spiders and arachnids.
"I just can't see how a spider could have grown to this size," Kenny stated in disbelief. "It just sounds impossible."
"Indeed," answered Viper. "But this is definitely the doing of chaos energies. I can feel the chaos energies escaping the dead leg. This was definitely done by Zygor or at least, someone with chaos powers."
Mana looked around to see if anyone else was confused by what Viper was saying. She frowned in confusion when no one did and crossed her arms. "What do you mean by chaos energies?"
"We never told her did we," said Simon as the gang looked at each other awkwardly.
"What's going on?" demanded Mana as she looked around at everyone. "Someone now!" she snapped. "I want to know why my room and myself nearly was turned into demolition zone!"
Max rubbed the back of his head and laughed. "You see it's a long story and I wouldn't want to bore you-"
"Give me the short version then Max," growled Mana.
The Prince of Fire took a big deep breath before speaking extremely fast. "You see there are these crazy chaos people trying to awaken Nemesis' Heir with chaos powers and those kids in the tournament who started using dark moves were possessed and the kids they defeated were getting infected with some dark energies and so when a possessed blader lost they and anyone they defeated would fall into a coma and then Frieda came back as a chaos possessed maniac with a new dark bey and I had to defeat here and you see we're all like trying to stop them by using order energy which is something me and Kiara have because I'm the reincarnation of this legendary figure called the Crimson Hero and Kiara is the current blood line descendant to the original Goddess of Light and that makes her the current Queen or Order and the rest of us are deciding to help out and beat the bad guys although Viper was originally on the bad guys side but he was just being possessed as well and then defected over to us and now he likes help us out and is almost like our inside man and then the whole thing started when I battled Luke and my power first manifested and I got these fully sick special moves like Phoenix Fury and I won and then Artemis appeared already possessed in her first battle and by defeating Frieda she infected her with some kind of dark energies we guess and then Regina got possessed in her battle with Aiya and she won and infected Aiya and then she got Morgan high on dark energies and they won their tag team battle and of course then Unmei appeared and was already a whack job because she was being possessed by her ancestor Diana who wanted revenge on me because the Crimson Hero stopped her in her time and because she needed my energies to sacrifice everyone in the school in order to gain the "ultimate" power as she put it but of course I defeated her and vanquished Diana for all eternity and stuff and I also got this cool Order crest thingy when I battled two chaos henchmen named Hermes and Athena and they were like totally trouncing me but then I got these cool powers and I wiped the floor with them and Kiara also revealed her powers to us when I had a dream about the past concerning the original Queen of Order and the original Queen of Chaos who is also Jaden's ancestor and that's why she hates Kiara and all and so now we're trying to find some of the students who fell into comas you know the ones who got defeated because they then fell into comas when the one who defeated them lost and only Frieda came back but she was like chaos empowered and she had this bey called Dread Scythe Virgo and it was really creepy because she used have a pretty bey and now her bey was like a zombie bey and all but I defeated her but she fell into a coma again although we're not sure she was in a coma because she was the one making blackouts happen and was the one who attacked Terry and Ninel and so basically overall we need to stop these chaos people lead by some named Zygor and all and we've been doing that by beating the possessed bladers you know how Simon and Blaze drew with Morgan and Kiara drew with Regina and I beat Unmei and I also beat Artemis and in a battle outside of the tournament but I still freed her and so we've all been pooling our resources and powers together to stop Zygor and potentially save the world from being destroyed by Nemesis' Heir and all and we're the only ones who can do it right now and all and that spider was most likely coming after me and I was here and that's why it destroyed your room and now I really wish I didn't say that because you're probably going to murder me in which case please don't because I'm too young to die and have so much to live for and by letting you know about all of this we're trusting you to possibly help us out you know because there's no limit to our little resistance I guess you could call it and we need all the help we can get to stop this threat and save the academy and the world and if you promise not to kill me I'll let you kill the spider that demolished your room but back to the point will you help us and if you do that would be really appreciated and all and now I'm getting close to suffocating because I haven't taken a breath in the last few minutes that I've been speaking so I'm going to end on one of my favorite quotes from a movie known as the Trueman Show and it's "In case I don't see you, good morning, good afternoon and goodnight!"
The fire blader's face had gone purple by the time he was done and he fell to his knees while gasping for breath.
"You really need speaking lessons," was all Simon could say. "For one, you didn't stop or take a break and I'd hate to see that speech written down. Also, that wasn't what I'd call short."
Max looked up to Simon and stared at him. "I…did…the…best…I…could…"he puffed.
"Is he being serious?" asked Mana.
Blaze nodded. "Yep."
Mana sighed before turning to Max and bursting with, "SO IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I NO LONGER HAVE A ROOM!"
Max stepped back in fear. "I didn't mean it," he protested as he held his hands up ready to block some kind of attack.
Mana was fuming but managed to calm herself down. "You're lucky that I believe your story because of the giant spider and you're also lucky that I'd rather kill the spider then you."
Max sighed in relief.
"Is it possible another student like Frieda could have done this?" questioned Kiara as she turned to the Professor in the room.
Viper thought for a moment. "I suppose it is possible," he replied as he bent down and picked up a piece of a spider web.
"Mr. Jones and campus security will be here soon," Simon commented.
"I guess we better go," added Blaze.
"I think there's something else we should check out," explained Viper as he stood up and adjusted his jacket. "Some screams were heard outside the teachers room earlier this night but no one was found at the scene. The teachers suggested it was a prank, but perhaps…"
"It was another attack," finished Blaze.
The gang now stood in the courtyard near the teachers building, searching for any clues that may lead them to deduce that these "giant spiders" have been about.
"Has anyone found anything yet?" asked Max.
"No," replied Simon.
"No," replied Blaze.
"No," replied Kenny.
"No," replied Viper.
"No," replied Sierra.
"No," replied Mana.
"Yes," replied Kiara as she held up piece of a spider web, similar to the one Viper had found in Mana's room earlier.
"Bingo," commented Max.
"So those large spiders have been doing this for a while now then," added Blaze.
"What do we do now?" asked Sierra. "Can we track a giant spider with just its web?"
"I don't think so," answered Viper. "I guess we'll just have to wait for another attack and hope we can stop it and figure out what's going on."
That was when the ground shook, and a faint hiss was heard briefly.
"I think there's something out here with us," whispered Kenny in fear as the group froze.
"Nobody move," warned Viper quietly. "We mustn't alert it to our presence."
That was when a giant spider leg burst from the bushes and slammed down onto Viper, Kenny and Sierra, smacking them into the ground.
The bladers still standing drew their launchers, but before they could even reach for their beys, the spider shot web strands, creating a thick webbing around their hands with the launchers and stopping them from being able to set their beys.
"Nuts!" cursed Max as the spider launcher another attack with its giant leg. The bladers leapt out of the way but the spider took this chance to web up Simon and Blaze in a cocoon.
"Crud!" Simon stated as he squirmed in the cocoon.
"Fuck!" added Blaze.
"We have to do something!" cried Max.
"We can't use our beys though!" retorted Mana as she looked at the web that had trapped her hand.
The spider used one of its powerful legs to knock a tree over, and Max, Kiara and Mana ducked for cover.
The spider turned its attention away from them and back to Viper, Kenny and Sierra who had just recovered from being stomped on. It shot out a large web and trapped them in a cocoon.
"Perfect," groaned Viper as the spider picked up the large cocoon along with Simon and Blaze's and began to run away to the library building.
"It's running?" questioned Max.
"We have to follow it!" declared Kiara. "We have to save them!"
"I just want revenge for those things destroying my room!" added Mana as the three ran towards the library building. They watched as the spider made it to the top, before mysteriously vanishing into the shadows.
"Where'd it go?" asked Max in disbelief.
Kiara shrugged. "Not sure! But it must be at the top of the tower!" She pointed to the doors to the building and they ran towards them.
Max grabbed the handles, but they were locked. They tangled with the thick webs on their hands, but it was fruitless.
"Looks like we'll have to get in ourselves," commented Kiara.
"I'll knock it down," declared Max as he ran back before charging forward at full speed shouting "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
As Max neared the door, Mana stuck her foot out, tripping the Summer Dorm blader and he fell into the door with all of his weight, the impact being enough the bust the door open. Max fell down onto the ground immediately after the doors broke open.
He stood up, brushed himself off and growled at Mana.
"You did that on purpose," he stated.
"It helped you open the door didn't it," replied the Fox blader.
Max grumbled, "Fair enough," as they entered the library building. The entry had a marble floor and statues around the place. There were two doors on either side that led to different sections of the library while a third door straight ahead had a staircase leading to the top of the tower and to store rooms and offices.
"We can rip our webs on that sword statue," suggested Kiara as she pointed to a white state of a knight carrying a sword.
The bladers ran up to it and used the tip of the sword to slice off the webs on their hands and their launchers. They immediately took out their beys and attached them.
"We better be prepared for anything," warned Max as they began to walk up the staircase towards the top of the tower.
"What do you think the point of the giant spiders are?" asked Mana in curiosity.
Max shrugged. "Don't know, possibly one of Zygor's plans perhaps. Maybe he wants to use them as soldiers or something."
"But why are the spiders attacking and stealing people," Kiara questioned.
"If what Frieda said about the Purge was true then they're probably taking people to steal their souls," Max assumed quietly.
After a few minutes, they came to the final flight of stairs and looked up at the door, which was covered in cobwebs.
"Guess this is it," said Max as he took a step, that was when the building trembled and the Prince of Fire paused. "What was that?" he asked.
Kiara gulped. "I think that might have been a…"
CRASH!
That was when the roof of the where they stood was pulled off and a large spider stood in the night, roaring at them.
The three bladers aimed their launchers up and shouted, "Let It Rip!"
Swordsman, Solaria and Fox shot from their respective beys and up towards the spider. However, the large huntsman used one of its legs to batter the beys away and roared.
That was when Mana saw it, a large stump on the spider's body. It had only seven legs! It was the same spider that had attacked her room earlier.
"It's payback time!" roared Mana. "Crush it Fox!"
The black fox leapt out of its bey and lunged at the huntsman's head. But the arachnid was faster and it shot a web at the fox that shattered it. The web kept going and actually pinned Mana's bey to her abdomen.
"Shit!" she cursed as the spider then shot out another web that trapped her in a cocoon.
"I'll save us!" declared Max as he prepared for an attack, only for the spider to smash him down with its leg and then smash his bey into his groan. "Mother fucker," he squealed in pain.
Kiara ducked out of the way and up the stairs as the spider shot out another web that entangled Max in a cocoon of silk.
The spider proceeded to pick up Mana and Max's cocoons with its pincers and vanished into the night.
Kiara pointed to the cobweb-covered door and shouted, "Bust it open Solaria!"
The ruby bey shot forward and set it ablaze before bursting through the door. Kiara recalled her bey and ran up the steps and through the door.
That was when she saw it, a white bey arena stood in the center of the roof. At one end stood a dark figure and behind them was a large spider web which held Max, Mana, Simon, Blaze, Kenny, Sierra, Professor Viper and the boys who had been attempting to vandalize the teachers building. They were stuck to the web by their wrists and ankles. Attached to the other side of the web were two large spiders. One was the seven-legged huntsman, while the other was a funnel web.
"It is up to you to save them Kiara."
"Who are you and why do you want with my friends?" demanded Kiara as she took her place at the arena opposite the shadowy figure.
"I plan to sacrifice their souls to the spider god Athena and amass a giant spider army. For every soul I take, I get a large spider to do my biding. Soon your friends will be taken. But you see you're the current Queen of Order. If I take your powers I can build a large spider army just by beating you!"
"If you think I'll lose to someone like you then forget it!" roared Kiara as she attached Solaria to her launcher and aimed it at her opponent. "Me and Solaria will burn your spiders into ash!"
"You have confidence I'll give you that," chuckled the figure as they stepped out of the shadows. "But this is one battle you can't win."
Everyone gasped as they examined the figure, which was now visible in the moonlight. She was female and had her dark brown hair sticking up in eight different points, giving it the look of a spider. She wore a long sleeve plain brown shirt, a long dark purple cloak with a hood and light brown pants. It was none other then Aiya.
"Aiya?" everyone stated in shock simultaneously.
Aiya grinned. "I have been chosen by my master to finish where Frieda failed. I will amass his army!"
"So you're just like Frieda," replied Kiara.
"Oh I'm better then Frieda!" laughed Aiya as the black dots on her skin covered her completely and her eyes went completely white. She then took out her bey, Poison Arachne and everyone watched as shadows coiled around it and evolved the bey with dark powers.
"So this must be your knew bey," Kiara commented.
"Oh yes," snored Aiya. "This is Venom Arachne!"
The dark bey had a purple energy ring with stripes, a silver 'Venom' fusion wheel with eight large spikes, and a black spin track and performance tip. In addition, the face bolt was also purple and pictured the purple outline of a spider.
"Arachne and I will poison you to death!" taunted Aiya crazily as she took out her launcher and attached her bey.
"Our lives are riding on you Kiara!" panicked Viper as he eyed the fangs of the funnel web spider above him.
"We have complete confidence in you!" cheered Max.
Kiara nodded and diverted her attention back to her opponent.
"Prepare to lose!" she challenged.
Aiya's eyes widened with pleasure. "Bring it on!"
"Three!" cried Kiara.
"Two!" added the captives watching.
"One!" finished Aiya.
"Let It Rip!"
Arachne and Solaria launcher into the clear white arena and spun around, keeping distance from each other.
'Okay,' thought Kiara. 'I'm not sure what kind of tricks Aiya will pull in this battle so I'll let her make the first move. If I can figure out her strategy then maybe I can win this quickly and free everyone.'
Aiya starred down Solaria and kept focused on it. She didn't show any signs of wanting to attack.
Kiara frowned. 'Is she going to move or anything?' she thought.
"Something wrong?" giggled Aiya as her right eye bulged. "Is there something bothering you?"
"I'm fine," retorted Kiara. "I'm just planning the battle out."
Aiya shook her head. "If you think you'll win that way then you've been horribly mistaken. It will take more then careful and precise planning to overcome me and Arachne." She folded her arms. "Maybe you should give up now and I'll make your end merciful."
"Never!" snapped Kiara.
"Circling around and around won't do anything," snickered Aiya.
"Fine!" growled Kiara. "If you won't move then I'll make you! Roar Solaria! Show them your power and ferocity!"
Solaria moved away from the edge and spun towards Arachne, which made no move to get out of the way. Solaria hit dead on, the impact being enough to send Arachne spinning away. Aiya didn't seem to care and was completely unfazed by the attack.
"That all huh?" spat Aiya in disgust.
Kiara death starred the Venus Dorm blader. "Again Solaria! Barrage Attack!"
Solaria launched itself forward and clashed with the opposing bey. It was ripping its powerful attacks into Arachne and was easily knocking it back and dishing out tones of damage.
"All right Kiara!" cheered Simon. "You're kicking her but!"
"Looks like you've gotten overconfident," sneered Kiara to Aiya who still didn't seem to care how much damage her bey had taken.
"I'm seeing what you can dish out," Aiya replied coldly. "But so far, I'm not impressed. You attack with power and strength, but I almost feel as if you're holding back. I'm insulted."
Kiara growled in rage and threw her hand out. "Solaria destroy them!" she roared in fury as the golden Lioness burst from her bey and charged at Arachne. It raised its paw and smashed it down, the slash sending Arachne flying into the air.
The Queen of Order pointed to the sky. "Meet them head on Solaria!"
The Lioness let out another fierce roar as it leapt into the air and uppercut Arachne with its paw.
"What do you have to say about that?" taunted Kiara as her foe's bey came crashing down into the arena, creating a small explosion.
Aiya looked at Kiara solemnly, her eyes narrowed and her mouth shut tight. She didn't reply straight away to Kiara and instead appeared to be studying her along with Solaria. "I see your bey holds hidden power. It has seen civilizations rise and fall. It is perhaps a worthy opponent. But you still aren't using your full power. My bey has yet to have taken any serious damage."
Arachne emerged from the dust, almost completely unharmed from the onslaught it had been forced through by Solaria.
Kiara gritted her teeth. 'Looks like I've got a battle on my hands,' she thought. 'But there's no way I can lose.' She looked to her team, trapped in the giant spider web behind Aiya. 'I can't afford to lose!'
"Solaria!" she declared. "Special Move! Firestorm Fury!"
Aiya grinned devilishly. 'She took the bait,' she thought.
"Blow them sky high!" Kiara ordered as her bey unleashed a wave of fire towards Arachne.
Aiya burst into laughter, stunning Kiara. "You really are a fool aren't you? Like a fly, you've flown straight into my web! Special Move! Venom Reversal!"
A pitch black spider burst from its bey and quickly weaved a web in front of it, the fire pushed forward, but the web was increasingly strong and could not be burnt through. That was when the fire was converted into a purple energy and was flung back at Solaria.
"Crap!" cursed Kiara as the redirected attack smashed into her bey and sent it spiraling out of control.
"Hah!" spat Aiya in triumph. "Looks like I got out without a scratch from that exchange! You on the other hand, took quite a bit of damage!"
Kiara shot her opponent a deadly stare. "Shut up!" she snapped.
Aiya chuckled grimly. "Losing your temper I see. It appears your ego is not the only thing that's burning."
A confused Kiara asked, "What do you mean something else is burning?'
Aiya pointed down at the arena. "Take a look."
Everyone's gaze adjusted to the arena, where they noticed a long strip of it, the same direction Firestorm Fury had just been on, had become incinerated.
Kiara's eyes widened in shock. "What the heck?"
Aiya giggled. "Did I forget to mention something? Oh, that's right. This arena is composed of silk. It's one large and well prepared cobweb."
"But that means…" commented Max quietly.
"I can't use any fire moves or risk collapsing the arena around Solaria and causing myself a stadium out," Kiara finished for him.
"Exactly!" hissed Aiya. "Fortunately for me, my bey is well adjusted to this arena and can take full advantage of it! You could say this is my home ground!"
'Shoot!' thought Kiara angrily. 'I can't use my strongest moves or risk making myself lose. But so far she hasn't even attacked properly, so I should still have a good chance of winning if she wants to make this simply a stamina battle.'
"Weave your web Arachne!" commanded Aiya, who finally seemed to be actually getting into the battle. "Attack Solaria!"
The dark bey zoomed forward and prepared to clash with the Queen Lioness.
"Nice try but that won't work!" retorted Kiara. "A head on assault is useless against me!"
Aiya's right eye bulged again. "Who said I was going for a head on strike?" she loafed.
"Huh?"
As Arachne neared Solaria, it dodged to the side and spun around the opposing bey before backing off.
"You've been caught in my web," declared Aiya evilly.
"What web?" demanded Kiara.
"The web my bey just secretly tangled you in!" retorted Aiya as Solaria attempted to move but found it couldn't.
"That's why her bey spun around Solaria," observed Kenny from the web. "It was just so she could pin Solaria down."
"Not good," commented Sierra next to the bey mechanic. "Now Solaria is completely wide open against attacks."
"Let the onslaught begin!" snorted Aiya as her bey rushed forward and smashed into the defenseless Solaria, which was forced to take the full blow from the attack.
"Gah…" Kiara cringed as she felt a slash mark burst across her chest and blood leaked from the wound. "Oh crap!"
"Arachne!" ordered Aiya crazily as her bey sped forward and spun around Solaria at high speeds. Kiara screamed as Solaria was bombarded by the bulky spikes that formed Arachne's fusion wheel.
From Kiara's waist all around leaked blood and she fell to her knees while coughing violently.
"It doesn't stop there!" cried Aiya. "I'm going to torture you to death!"
Kiara death starred her opponent. "Bring it you bitch!"
"Your wish is my command!" mocked the Arachne blader as she threw her arm out. "Special Move! Venom Snipe!"
"Did she snipe?" questioned Simon as he watched the battle upside down from the web.
"I think so," answered Blaze beside him. "Which means bad news for Kiara."
A large black spider emerged from Arachne once again and faced off against the Lioness who materialized into the arena as well for battle. However, its back legs were stuck to the ground by webs. It was still ready for battle however and let out a roar of challenge.
The Spider hissed in return and dashed forward and slammed the Lioness in the face with one of its legs. With the wild beast briefly distracted, it sank its fangs into the Lioness' neck, causing it to roar in pain.
Kiara herself coughed up a puddle of blood and clutched her neck in pain as she suffered through what felt like a vampire sinking its teeth into her.
"You know what they say," taunted Aiya. "No pain, no gain. And there's a lot more pain coming up! Time for the true sniping to begin!"
The Black Spider began to shriek and then multiplied all around the Lioness, which was now surrounded and outnumbered.
"Field of Venom!" exclaimed Aiya as she threw her arm into the air. "Kill the Lioness!"
From each Spider, came a spitball of green poison which all flew into the Lioness and exploded on impact, causing the golden lion to howl in pain.
Kiara herself coughed up some more blood as multiple wounds sprung up across her body. At the same time, she suddenly felt light headed.
'What…what's…happening…to…me…' she thought in a daze.
"Oh no!" panicked Viper. "Kiara is getting poisoned by all of those venom snipes! She's losing consciousness!"
"What a pity," spat Aiya. "I thought she'd last longer."
"Don't give up now Kiara!" shouted Max. "Everything's riding on you winning!"
'He's right,' the Queen of Order thought as her Crest of Order lit up and provided her with the energy needed to regain composure.
"Oh good," grinned Aiya. "It would have been boring if I'd won like that! But I'm afraid you'll still lose as Solaria is still stuck to the ground in my web!"
Kiara bunched up her fists. "I can take anything! And you better hope it'll work because if it doesn't, then me and Solaria will hunt you down!"
"Challenge accepted!" retorted Aiya. "Arachne! Special Move! Sonic Roar!"
The multiple spider copies surrounding Solaria all began to shriek, creating a wall of sonic screams.
"Not good," commented Mana as the Lioness gave a roar of suffering and shattered from the impact.
Kiara herself gritted her teeth and closed her eyes as the pain surged throughout her body.
'Just hold on and wait for my time to counterattack,' she thought as she tried to stay on her feet.
"Let's kick this into the next gear!" loafed Aiya. "Special Move! Venom Drive!"
The dozen fake copies of the Spider all lunged forward and smashed into Solaria, releasing a giant explosion of green energy that caused Kiara to fall to the ground in pain as she violently began to vomit blood.
"It appears only one more attack will be needed to crush you!" Aiya declared devilishly.
"Don't count me out yet," responded Kiara as she managed to stand despite the amount of blood she was losing. "It's time for my counterattack."
"Excuse me," growled Aiya whose eyes narrowed.
"Your big attack destroyed the webs holding down my bey," Kiara pointed out.
Aiya's eyes widened in shock. "So you've escaped," she noted.
Kiara nodded and wiped some of the blood from her mouth. "Pounce Solaria!"
The Golden Lioness leapt from the dust of the last attack from Arachne and landed on top of the real Spider. It began to claw and bite at its eight eyes, causing the arachnid to screech in pain.
"Throw her off Arachne!" commanded Aiya desperately and the spider grabbed the Lioness with one of its legs and threw the beast off. It landed safely and growled at the eight-legged creature.
"Special Move!" declared Kiara as she threw her hand up. "Queen Lioness Rising Sundance!"
The Lioness began to dash around the Spider at high speeds, creating a light that blinded the arachnid and Aiya.
"Attack now!" ordered Kiara as her bey beast leapt forward and sent a shattering slash to the Spider, creating a slash mark across Aiya's face.
She screamed in pain and growled furiously at her foe.
"Arachne! Venom Blast!" commanded Aiya as her bey beast opened its mouth and let out a green whip composed of venom energy. "Slaughter them all!"
The Spider moved quickly and whipped the Lioness directly in the back, causing Kiara to gasp in pain as a large wound appeared all down her back and leaked out a tone of blood.
"Solaria return the favor!" ordered Kiara as her beast ran forward and head-butted the Spider, the impact knocking it back and giving Aiya a splitting headache.
"Now push forward and finish them off!" cried Kiara as her bey rushed forward and clashed with Arachne, creating a storm of sparks.
"This will be one attack you can't deflect!" roared Aiya. "Arachne! Dark Move!"
Two balls of dark energy appeared in her hands and she pushed them together to create a larger one and threw it at her bey. Arachne exploded with green energy that surged throughout the whole arena.
"Venom Backlash!" screamed Aiya as her bey let loose an explosion of green energy that began to take up the whole arena. The energy was also rushing towards Solaria, and it had nowhere to go.
"End of the line Summers!" laughed Aiya hysterically. "End of the line!"
Kiara watched helplessly as the attack blasted her bey and damaged it thoroughly. The Queen of Order herself felt the dark energy and pain surge through her body and attack her organs and cells. She began to violently vomit up puddles of blood and her wounds all opened up to max, releasing even more blood.
"Kiara!" shouted her friends as she vanished into the green explosion along with her bey.
"It's over!" exclaimed Aiya as Kiara emerged from the smoke, only to fall to the ground with a crash and splash as she fell into the blood her body leaked.
"Kiara…no…" Max stuttered in horror and shock. It then turned to anger and he growled in rage at Aiya. "You little fuck! When I get out of this web, I'm going to fucking kill you! No one hurts my friends and gets away with it! YOU HERE ME! I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL TAKE YOUR BEY AND USE IT TO SKIN YOU ALIVE!"
Everyone was silent, even Aiya. No one had ever seen Max get so angry before, and his eyes had become fully red and his crest was glowing brighter then ever before. In addition, a faint bit of black was also in it.
Max fumed and his blood boiled. Soon, his order energies began ripping through the webs that held him and he fell to the ground and landed. Her looked up at Aiya, who was too stunned to say anything.
"THIS IF FOR KILLING MY FRIEND YOU FUCKING BITCH!" roared Max as ran to Aiya and punched her to the ground, blood spurting from her mouth. "I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" he cried as he picked up Aiya by the collar and began furiously punching her non-stop.
"Max stop!" Mana finally cried.
"This isn't you Max!" added Blaze.
"Don't do something you'll regret!" Simon also cried.
"IT'S TOO LATE!" Max snapped as he threw Aiya to the ground with a crash. "SHE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HERSELF FROM KILLING MY FRIEND! NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE HER REGRET HER DECISION!"
'It's like he's become possessed by his inner demons,' thought Kenny.
"YOU AIYA! WILL DIE TONIGHT!" hissed Max as he conjured a knife or red energy and prepared to plunge it into her heart.
Aiya finally seemed to regain her senses and unleashed a burst of green energy that knocked Max back and smacked his head against a pole, knocking him out. His order knife turned into energy and floated out to Kiara's body and entered her.
"It's over!" Aiya declared. "Kiara Summers is dead and she will be used to bring forth my spider army!"
"Not if anything to say about it have," stuttered Kiara as she managed to stand and face her opponent.
"She's alive!" cried Sierra in joy.
"How did you survive!" protested Aiya.
"Max's energy," said Kiara. "I was truly one of his friends. His power somehow revived me."
"Doesn't matter!" spat Aiya. "You still lost!"
"Not yet," Kiara replied as her bey emerged from the smoke, still spinning. "Let's finish this!"
'Max,' she thought. 'I'll take your power, and use it to win!'
"Arachne!"
"Solaria!"
The two beys moved away and absorbed energy from their owners, increasing their powers. Solaria glowed ruby red, while Arachne glowed a dark green.
The two bladers looked at each other and prepared for the final clash.
"Roar Solaria!"
"Howl Arachne!"
The two beys launched towards each other and collided, creating an explosion of red and green energy. The wind was blown outwards from the blast and the two bladers pushed forward.
"This will end you!" screamed Aiya as she generated a ball of green energy and threw it at her bey, the energy creating an explosion that forced Solaria back.
"I will win!" retorted Kiara as her crest glowed and she created her own ball of ruby energy and thrust it into her bey. This created an explosion that countered Arachne's, and both canceled each other out before their beys created another explosion that sent them flying into the air.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the both exclaimed as their beys shot downward and clashed as they smashed into the silk arena, shattering it but their beys battled on in midair.
"SOLARIA!"
"ARACHNE!"
The Lioness and the Spider emerged and tangled with each other. Solaria charged in with a claw ready for a slash, while the Spider went in with its fangs opened ready for a bite. The two beasts smashed into each other and created yet another explosion that blasted away the bey spirits.
The two bladers focused and put all they could into their attacks as their beys battled in the air. Sparks flew through the air and the battle was creating a light show of red and green.
The two bladers roared as their beys flew back before coming in again and blasting each other.
"DARK MOVE! VENOM BACKLASH!"
"ORDER MOVE! LIGHT OF SOLARIA!"
Arachne unleashed an explosion of dark green energy while Solaria charged and unleashed a ruby light that obliterated the dark green energy and pushed itself and Arachne into the ground with a crash. The final explosion sent both bladers flying back and landing with a crash. Both were unconscious.
Everyone watched as the smoke cleared, waiting to see who had won and who had lost. And from the smoke emerged…
To Be Continued: Next Time – Into the Woods
Coming to realize that the remainder of the missing students will eventually reappear as chaos possessed maniacs, the gang prepare themselves. Soon, the mysterious "Heavenly Queen" arrives and begins purifying all the students, turning them into completely obedient slaves based on fairytale characters and literally takes over the school. Even the gang is eventually forced under the spell except for Simon, who is forced to take on the "Queen" alone. And if he loses, the academy will be trapped in stasis forever and he'll be forced to be the Queen's slave and lover for all eternity! Can Simon stop the Queen and her diabolic fairytale, or will the Queen be the only one to have a happy ending? Meanwhile, Max deals with the fallout of his anger and powers when he attacked Aiya and begins to question his own morality.
Hope you all found this chapter satisfying and all! Did I make you all angry with the cliffhanger? We'll find out more about Max's little violent out burst next chapter! Next time Simon will step up for a battle with Gryphos to face the "Queen!" Expect a lot of fairytale references next chapter because the "Queen's" mission is to have the ultimate "Happy Ending!" And Simon is the only one who can stop her. So keep your eyes all peeled for the next chapter and the conclusion to this battle and tell me which chaos student YOU think will appear next chapter! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT!
ALSO, HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN!