Chapter 37:

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"Susan.", Susan Vandom heard a familiar voice say to her. "Wake up Susan."

"John?", Susan said as she slowly woke up. "What happened?"

"It's a long story.", John said as Susan sat up rubbing her forehead.

"Oh no! Will!", Susan said fearing for her daughter. "Where is she?!"

"She's safe, Susan.", John said. "They didn't get her, or Angelo."

Susan got a good look at where she was.

"Why are we in a cage, John?", Susan asked.

"Again, it's a long story.", Yan Lin said. "We were waiting for you to wake up, before telling the others."

"Others?!", Susan questioned.

John then pointed behind Susan. Susan turned to see the Lairs, Cooks, Hales, and Lins sitting, behind her.

"What's going on?", Susan asked.

"Yes mother.", Joan Lin said to her mother-in-law, Yan Lin. "You said this had to do something to do with our daughters."

"So these are the parents of the Guardians?", a voice questioned from the shadows. "No wonder they kept you in the dark about their secret lives."

"Who's that?!", Elizabeth Hale asked.

"Phobos.", Yan Lin replied.

"Phobos, huh?", Tom Lair questioned. "What does he have to do with our daughters?!"

"Plenty.", Phobos said as he came from out of the shadows, with Cedric, Miranda, and Frost by his side. "Your daughters, have been a thorn in my side for far to long! They've been ruining my plans, every chance they could get! And now, we have you! Their parents!"

"What about my son?!", Anna Lair demanded.

"And my Lillian?!", Elizabeth added.

"Where's Peter?!", Lione Cook questioned.

"Your other children are fine.", Nerissa said to the Lairs and Hales as she came out of the shadows, with Paul next to her. "We had no use for them. But Peter is another story."

"What did you to my son?!", Theresa Cook snapped. "Where's Taranee?!"

"Your son is right here.", Paul said as Peter flew up to the cage, in his Dark Guardian form, with Nigel, Eric, and Martin at his side.

"Peter?!", Theresa questioned. "What did they do to you?!"

"What did you do to all of them?!", Joan Lin questioned.

"Gave them what they wanted.", Paul replied. "They wanted the power to defeat the Defenders."

"Defenders?", Harold Hale questioned.

"You know them as Scott, Ricky, Tommy, Sho, and Angelo.", Necra replied as he appeared next to Phobos.

"Is this true, John?", Susan asked.

"I'm sorry, Susan but yes it is.", John replied as he faced Susan and the other . "The boys, like your daughters, were chosen to be protectors of not just Earth, but of many other worlds."

"What are you talking about?!", Theresa asked. "My Taranee wouldn't be caught up in all of this!"

"You mean all those stories you told me, when I was a kid, are true, mom?", Chen Lin asked his mother.

"Very true, son.", Yan Lin said.

"Allow me to tell the tale, old friend.", Nerissa said as she held up her staff, showing a projection on the stone wall. "You see, a long time ago,............."

The next day, everyone met up at the Defenders home.

"So this is it?", Cornelia asked as she looked at the large hourglass.

"We'll have five days.", Will said.

"But what about Chris and Lillian?", Irma whispered.

"I got this one.", Scott said as he came out of the kitchen, with two mugs in his hand. "You two want some hot chocolate?"

"I love hot chocolate!", Lillian said as she took one of the mugs.

"Me too!", Chris said as he took the other one.

"You're giving them cocoa?", Taranee questioned.

"Just watch.", Ricky said as Scott stood behind Chris and Tommy stood behind Lillian.

Lillian and Chris wated no time in drinking the cocoa. Sho then took the mugs from them and backed away slowly. Suddenly, Chris and Lillian started to yawn.

"I feel sleepy.", Chris said as he rubbed his eyes.

"Me too.", Lillian said as they began to fall backwards.

"Sweet dreams, little senorita.", Tommy said as he caught Lillian.

"Goodnight kiddo.", Scott said as he caught Chris.

"What just happened?!", Cornelia asked.

"Don't worry, Cornelia.", Tommy said as he laid Lillian on one of the couches. "She's just sleeping."

"I slipped in a special powder in their cocoa.",Scott explained as he laid Chris on another couch. "They'll sleep for about a good two hours."

"Add that to the five days that time will be stopped, and they'll be safe and sound.", Ricky said.

"I'll keep an eye on them.", Napoleon said as he sat on one of the chairs there.

"Can I borrow some of that stuff?", Irma asked. "I may need it if I ever have to babysit Chris."

"Same for me with Lillian.", Cornelia said getting a laugh from the others.

"Okay guy.", Will said. "All joking aside, we have to find our families."

"So what do we do?", Irma asked.

"We have to focus on Yan Lin, and my uncle.", Angelo said. "The Oracle told us that through them we may be able to find them all."

"Let's do this.", Ricky said.

They all formed a circle that was formed in the order their elements. It was like this: Will, Angelo, Irma, Ricky, Taranee, Scott, Cornelia, Sho, Hay Lin, and Tommy. They all held hands and began to focus on Yan Lin and John Vanders. Slowly, but surely, they began to fell them. Soon they knew where they were!

"Florana!", they all shouted.

"They must of decided to go there to lure us out!", Sho figured.

"How could they hide themselves from the Oracle's vision?!", Taranee questioned.

"I don't know.", Angelo said as he opened a fold for Florana. "But were going to find out!"

"First things first.", Will said as she pulled out the Heart. "Guardians, unite!"

"Defenders, unite!", Angelo said as he held up the Star Heart.

Once the words were said, Will was covered in a ball of pink light, while Irma was in a ball of water, Taranee in a ball of fire, Cornelia in a ball of green light, and Hay Lin in a ball of air. They then floated in the air as they began to transform into their Guardian forms. At the same time, beams of energy hit each of the boys as they were covered in their element. Scott was covered in fire, Tommy was in a small twister, Angelo was in a thing of lightning, Ricky was in a thing of ice and water, and Sho was in a twister of the dust in the room.

Irma- "Water!"

Taranee- "Fire!"

Cornelia- "Earth!"

Hay Lin- "Air!"

Will- "Quintessence!"

Once the the light faded, the girls were in their Guardian forms.

Scott- "Fire!"

Tommy- "Air!"

Angelo- "Quintessence!"

Ricky- "Water!"

Sho- "Earth!"

The elements then faded away to show the boys in their Defender forms.

"Now to stop time here on Earth.", Angelo said as he turned the hourglass over.

At first, they felt nothing. But Scott went to look out the window to see a bird floating in mid-air, stuck in mid-flap.

"I think it's working.", Scott said.

"Cool!", Irma said as she saw the same bird.

"Then let's not waste anytime guys.", Hay Lin said.

"Let's go.", Will said said as she went through the fold, she opened.

Cornelia and Irma walked up to their younger siblings and stroked their heads.

"I'll be back, Lillian.", Cornelia said as she kissed her sister on the forehead. "And with mom and dad."

"Be safe twerp.", Irma joked before kissing her brother on his forehead. "I'll be back."

"Napoleon will keep them safe.", Tommy said.

"They're in good hands.", Scott added as they went through the fold.

Once they all went through the fold, it closed behind them.

On Florana, in the dungeon of a hidden palace, the parents of the Guardians were still trying to take in what they were told about their daughters.

"So, let me get this straight.", Susan said. "My daughter, and her friends, have been fighting the forces of evil, for the last few years?!"

"Pretty much.", John said.

"And you used to do this too?", Chen asked his mother.

"Yes, son.", Yan Lin replied. "And you shouldn't be so worried. Hay Lin is a great Guardian. All of the girls are. And I'm betting that right now they, along with the boys, are heading this way right now, to rescue us."

"I still find this all hard to believe.", Tom said.

"Think of it like this.", Yan Lin said. "Your daughter is taking after you, in a way. As a Guardian, she helps protect those in need, and stops any wrong doing."

"So they're like inter-dimensonal cops.", Tom said.

"In a way, yes.", John said as he leaned against the cage bars.

"My daughter, the cop.", Anna said with a grin.

"To think our little Hay Lin has been living a secret life.", Joan said. "And why are you so calm Chen?"

"Like I said, earlier.", Chen Lin said to his wife. "After all the stories mother told me, when I was a child, I guess part of me was ready to accept all this."

"John?", Susan said as she walked up to John. "Was Jacob........ you know........"

"Yeah. He was.", John said looking at Susan. "After he died, I took his place. That's how it is with the Defenders. It stays in the family. Guardians, on the other hand, are picked at random."

"And somewhere along the line, both teams end up meeting.", Yan Lin said.

"I still find it hard to believe that our Cornelia does this kind of thing.", Elizabeth said.

"It is quite strange, but I feel a bit proud of our daughter.", Harold said.

All the other parents agreed with Harold about that, when they thought about their daughters.

Well, almost everyone.

"How can you all be okay with this?!", Theresa questioned. "Our daughters are fighting monsters!"

"Calm down, Theresa.", Lione said to his wife. "Our Taranee must be special to of been picked for all this."

"I still don't like it!", Theresa said. "And so help me, when this is all over, I'm going to put an end to it!"

"Surprise, surprise.", Susan whispered to John sarcastically.

"So this is where they have our parents?", Hay Lin asked as she along with the other Guardians and Defenders looked upon the place, that was built into a mountain.

"Looks like.", Will said as the Heart of Kandrakar was pointing toward the palace.

"So, how do we get in?", Ricky said.

"In chains!"

Everyone turned around to see Cranis with two members of his Wolf pack by his side.

"Cranis!", Sho said.

"Hello boys.", Cranis said with a smirk. "It's been a while."

"Not long enough!", Scott said.

"Why are you doing Necra's dirty work, Cranis?!", Tommy questioned the Wolf Pack leader.

"She gave us a good offer, for kidnapping those people from Earth.", Cranis confessed with a smirk.

"You just made two mistakes, Cranis.", Sho said. "One, you just confessed to us about what you did."

"And the other?", Cranis asked as more of his Wolf Pack surrounded the Guardians and Defenders.

"You just confessed about taking those humans, to their daughters.", Angelo said.

"D-d-daughters?!", Cranis said as he looked at Guardians, who were looking pissed. "Oh boy!"

"Ladies first.", Ricky said as he and the other Defenders stepped back.

The Guardians went to work fighting the members of the Wolf Pack. Soon the Defenders joined in the fight, knowing that they had to rescue the girls families, and Angelo's uncle.

Meanwhile, in the palace, Phobos, Necra, Nerissa, Paul, and the Dark Guardians were in the large room the Guardian's families, and Angelo's uncle were caged in.

"It seems that your daughters and their boyfriends are outside our palace, trying to fight there way in.", Phobos said.

"To bad they're seriously outnumbered!", Necra said.

"Let's see how they're doing.", Nerissa said as she shined a light from her staff onto the wall.

Suddenly, an image appeared on the wall. It was the image of the Wolf Pack, beaten, battered, bruised, and moaning in pain.

"Those fools!", Necra snapped. "With their great numbers, they still couldn't defeat those brats?!"

"Looks like your Wolf Pack is done for.", John said. "You know your next, right?"

"Don't forget.', Phobos said. "We have our other four warriors here as well!"

Suddenly, loud banging sounds could be heard from outside the room.

"What the..........?!", Paul began to question. "It can't be!"

After a few more bangs, the doors flew open with Cedric and Wesley flying through them! As the smoke cleared, Everyone saw the Guardians and Defenders standing there.

"So it seems you all made it this far.", Nerissa said.

"You've gone to far this time, Nerissa!", Will snapped.

"Did we now?", Phobos questioned. "And what are you going to do about it?"

"How about kick your butts!", Irma suggested.

"Bring it on!", Paul said. "Go, our Dark Guardians.

"Attack!", Frost said as he and his fellow Dark Guardians flew at our heroes.

"You ready, Will?", Angelo asked as he charged electricity in his hands.

"Let's do it!", Will said doing the same thing.

Once the Dark Guardians were close enough, Angelo and Will clapped their hands hard, sending a powerful wave of electricity at them. Once it hit them, they fell to the floor, unable to move.

"What was that?!", Paul questioned.

"Like that?", Angelo asked. "That's what I like to call the Quintessence Stunner!"

"And now for you four!", Sho said as they all flew at Phobos, Necra, Nerissa, and Paul.

"I don't think so!", Paul said as he whipped out a silver horn, with a dragon carved on it.

"It can't be!", John said as he recognized the horn.

"It is!", Yan Lin said as she recognized it as well. "The Horn of Kandrakar!"

Before John or Yan Lin could warn the kids. Paul blew the horn as loud as he could. Once he did, it's sound caused the kids to drop down to the floor in pain, as they covered their ears.

"Well, it seems the legends are true.", Phobos said as he looked upon the fallen heroes. "The Horn of Kandrakar causes great pain to their Guardians and Defenders."

"What is he talking about, John?!", Susan asked. "What's happening to them?!"

"The Horn of Kandrakar is a tool used to bring down any Guardian or Defender that have gone rouge.", John said. "The downside is, it also affects the good ones, too."

"They're just about to drop!", Nerissa said as she watched the Guardians and Defenders try to get up.

"Just a little bit more.", Necra said.

"We're not done yet!", Angelo said as the Star Heart began to glow along with the Heart of Kandrakar.

"Can't give up!", Will said as she began to feel new found strenght.

Will and Angelo slowly rose to their feet and began to walk to the cage their loved ones were in. Seeing this, Paul blew harder into the horn, and aimed the horn at them. Angelo and Will were only a few feet from the cage, before they blackout and fell to the floor, along with the others. The Heart of Kandrakar and the Star Heart were so weakened, that their glow grew dim. Suddenly, the Guardians and Defenders transformed back to normal selves. The parents of the Guardians looked on in horror, fearing for their daughters, who were helpless to do anything.

"That takes care of them.", Paul said as he held on to the horn.

"And with them out of the way, we're one step closer to obtaining our goal!", Phobos laughed along with his comrades.

A/N: After all that fighting, they get dropped by a mystical horn?! That's messed up! This just keeps getting better! I love this story!

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