Author's Note: I own nothing.
31 Final Betrayal
"Gwen makes this look so much easier than it." Jen grunted, the mana shield at the tips of her fingers the only thing between her and George and the building currently resting atop them.
"Can you move it?" George asked, trying not to shift and move his sword which was already dangerously close to Jen at these close quarters. Green lights flashed and Jen transformed into Stardust.
"Give me a minute!"
"Time is of the essence Jen."
"I know! This is a lot harder when I can't concentrate!" George stopped talking. Jen focused and shouted out a word. "Eradico!" The building atop them went flying the debris exploding outward.
"Quite the entrance." Jen grinned floating out of the hole, extending a hand to George.
"I am good at those." He smiled back as they turned to Vilgax. He was battering the seal again and Jen summoned a ball of mana and threw it hard. It slammed into him and he went spinning to the ground. But still the seal hadn't broken.
"Tennyson!" Vilgax howled in rage. "I will not be denied! I serve my masters will, he will be freed."
"You serve no will but your own! You always have." Vilgax howled in rage throwing another ball of energy at Jen, sending her tumbling through the air.
"Liar! I serve my master!" But Jen was good at telling when someone was holding back. Vilgax was using no more power against them then he had the last time they had fought. If he'd been truly gifted by the Dagon he could have been fighting them harder from the start. But that fact didn't matter long, now when Gwen showed back up under the control of the Dagon. She shifted into her full Anodite form and Jen stepped between her and the seal.
"Don't make me fight you Gwen. I don't want to hurt you." Kevin and George hung back slightly, Vilgax was simply watching as Gwen walked up to Stardust.
"You are a small one, powerful yes, with endless potential, but you lack the skills this one has." Gwen's voice wasn't her own as she lifted a hand and blasted at Jen. She dodged the first blast and the cavern shook as mana met mana in a clash that had the ground cracking and smoke rising from the air. Kevin dove to the side as a large bolder came crashing to the ground. Jen went flying buried in the wall of the cavern with a groan. "All raw power, no finesse." Gwen stepped up to the seal and began battering at it. George raced to the Stardust shaped hole in the wall. Kevin raced up to Gwen and yanked her around, away from the seal.
"Gwen, come back to me!"
"You cannot stop me!" He shook his head.
"You're wrong. I hope." He allowed the metal covering him to seep out over Gwen's purple skin until it cover her entirely. Once that was done, with a scream from her that set his teeth on edge, he pulled the metal back to him, leaving a helmet behind covering her head. She stumbled back to her human form and blinked at him, her eyes back to their clear forest green again.
"Kevin!" He pulled her into his arms.
"You're ok."
"Ok is kinda relative right now Kevin." Jen said as George pulled her from the debris. She was human again and her nose was bleeding. Jen leveled a hand at Vilgax, Taydenite growing from the ground around him.
"My master! I need more power!" But this time silence persisted. Jen glared.
"Looks like you're on your own now Vilgax." It was then that a ship came in through one of the now numerous holes in the cavern ceiling. Jen was sort of hoping that it was a Plumber ship, maybe someone had been off planet when all this went down but no, she was never that lucky. Instead Psyphon scurried out of the ship. Vilgax glared.
"You took your time."
"I am sorry my lord! It took time to gather everything you needed." Psyphon made to rush back into the ship.
"Not yet you idiot." Jen rolled her eyes.
"You really couldn't find anyone better than Psyphon to help you? You have sunk down pretty far Vilgax." Vilgax turned to her but a voice echoed out from the seal.
"You are all too late, the deed is done! The seal is broken!" The voice echoed around as the yellow light sheered through the cave. The seal crumbled away. But there was nothing left behind.
"Where is it?" Kevin asked. Jen shook her head racing with George to the spot where the ship had entered the cave. Kevin and Gwen caught up with them quickly. Looking up they saw a sight that had the very blood freezing in their veins.
"I am everywhere!" The beast was so large it filled the whole sky. It did sort of look like Vilgax's more aquatic form but it wore armor on its face and radiated power like nothing any of them had ever seen.