"GAH!"
Pickle screamed as he was hit by Zhan Tiri's magic. He hissed, feeling himself weaken a bit as he glared up at the demoness towering over him.
"You... are... GOING DOWN!!"
He raised his wand at her, who yawned as she blasted him down again. She went over and grabbed her wand, breaking it into pieces.
"Oh, isn't that just too bad?" she mocked as her eyes glowed bright. "It seems your out of luck, little green truck…"
"Stay away from my friend!" Stripes snarled as he zoomed over to him.
"How pathetic," Zhan Tiri rolled her eyes and shot the tiger truck down, much to Pickle's shock.
"STRIPES!"
Pickle drove over to help him when a tire punched him. He yelped as he was knocked down. He turned and growled to see Calvin towering over with Krisha, who had a bat in her tires.
"Oh no..."
Pickle gulped and backed up against the wall behind him. Krisha smirked but just as she was about to hit, Zhan Tiri stopped her.
"Wait." she spoke with an evil grin. "Don't kill him."
"What?! Why not?!" Krisha demanded.
"Little Pickle here could be of use to us…" Zhan Tiri answered with a smirk.
"I'll never tell you anything!" Pickle snarled.
"Yes… I know," Zhan Tiri chuckled. "but you could be useful as bait for Blaze and Crusher,"
"NO!!" Pickle backed up from them.
"Ah, that IS a good idea…" Calvin cackled.
"At least the little cucumber has some uses…" Krisha sneered as they towered over the green truck, who looked up at them in horror as he was surrounded…
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"Hey, I'm getting the hang of it!" Blaze beamed as he moved the scepter to create small flames and taking them back again, so they don't cause another forest fire.
"Good work, bro!" Crusher smiled. "Lemme try!"
Blaze tossed him the scepter. Crusher caught it with ease and pointed it up at the sky. Soon, the Sky Diamond glowed, and rain fell from the clouds above them.
"Wow..." Blaze gasped.
"Yes!" Crusher cheered. "I did it!"
"Congratulations, friends," Roarian smiled. "You are progressing quite well,"
"Thanks, Roarian," Blaze beamed. "But... can we take a break for a while?"
"Of course," Roarian agreed.
"Oh good!" Crusher slumped down in exhaustion. "We sure could use a break..."
"Come on. Let's go for a swim in the lake. It'll help us cool off." Blaze suggested.
The brothers zoomed to the lake and hopped onto the water with a splash. They laughed before sighing as they laid back to relax.
"Man... this feels great!" Crusher sighed.
"Yeah, it is," Blaze giggled.
Roarian chuckled and wanted to relax himself, but as he attempted to, his sunstone glowed in alarm.
"Hmm…"
"What's the matter, Roarian?" Blaze asked.
"There seems to be something that my sunstone can sense," Roarian hummed in thought. "Something that does not feel good..."
"Something not good?" Crusher frowned.
"What do you mean, Roarian?" Blaze asked.
Before the flying lion could answer, there was a ringing of a phone, and Blaze took out his phone to answer the call.
"Hello?"
"BLAZE! CRUSHER!" Zeg's voice echoed through the phone. "Stripes knock out badly in alley way, and Pickle kidnapped by villains!"
"WHAT?!" Crusher shrieked. "HOW?! WHAT?!"
"We didn't see," Starla's voice soon came. "We split up to get better ground until we heard a scream. When we got here, Stripes was already knocked out, and Pickle was already gone,"
Crusher was hyperventilating as he fell on his tires. Blaze held him comfortingly.
"Don't worry, Crusher, we'll get Pickle back,"
"I… I can't believe they went after Pickle, of all people…" Crusher sobbed.
"It seems like our return is a necessity," Roarian spoke. "And since you've mastered the spells you need with the scepter, we might as well,"
"Let's head back to Axle City!" Blaze claimed.
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"AAAAAAHHHH!"
Pickle screamed as Calvin used a taser to electrocute him. He pulled on the chains in attempt to escape, but it only caused him more pain as he fell to his tires, panting.
"Ah, I love the sound of pain and screaming," Calvin cackled.
"Don't kill him yet, we still need him alive for bait," Zhan Tiri reminded him.
"Right, right," Calvin sighed in disappointment.
"You'll never get away with this!" Pickle yelled.
"I think we will, you pesky little cucumber!" Krisha cackled.
"IM A PICKLE!"
"Whatever," Krisha scoffed. "How long for us to wait, Zhan Tiri?"
"Patience, Krisha, they will be here very soon," Zhan Tiri smirked.
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"Stripes is in a coma too?!" Phoenix cried out as the tiger truck was laid on another bed that was beside Darington. "How?!"
"Zhan Tiri, Krisha and Calvin were pretty merciless." Starla hissed.
"Wait, where's Pickle?!" Sparkle asked.
"He was captured by those freaks," Starla replied sadly. "But don't worry-- I think Blaze and Crusher are on their way back."
"GUYS!"
The group all turned Roarian, Crusher and Blaze flew back to the garage with the help of Roarian's sunstone. Crusher landed with a thud, a worried look on his face.
"Oh, my babies!" Phoenix gasped, hugging them. "We were so worried."
"Are you all trained up?" Watts asked.
"Yep, and we're ready to face Zhan Tiri, Krisha and Calvin!" Blaze declared.
"And ready to get Pickle back!" Crusher added.
"Be careful, guys," Gabby warned. "Somehow, they're more powerful than ever!"
"We'll be ready for them!" Blaze smirked. "We just need to know where they are,"
"Bad guys up there!" Zeg pointed to the giant dark tower in the center of the park.
"Okay, Crusher... you ready?"
"Ready," Crusher nodded. "Let's do this!"