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Chapter 9 - Isaac Holmes, Detective of Ghostly and Sorcery
(Stardash Ship – Cockpit)
Taiyo and his companions were at the cockpit for summoning Eldstar to bring Kalmar the second Star Spirit as Luigi held the Kalmar's card as Eldstar used his energy to revive Kalmar as the card spun around itself and brighten with the light before diminished to reveal Kalmar.
Kalmar was calmness and nonviolent Star Spirit. He has the mustache and teal eyes.
"Good gracious! How long have I trapped in the card?" Kalmar said, twisting his back and pointy hands before he turned to the others. "Oh. Hello, everyone. I am Kalmar, the calmness Star Spirit."
"It is for you to welcome back to me." Eldstar replied, floated next to him.
"Eldstar. I'm glad you're okay." Kalmar said.
"You still had the sensation of relaxing like old times." Eldstar smiled.
"Likewise. I'm off to the lounge area and have relaxed." Kalmar said, flew off to the door and left.
"Well then, I should take the rest." Eldstar replied as he is glowing in bright light and splits himself into three orbs that directed to Taiyo, Mario, and Luigi.
"I guess that Kalmar likes having relaxed." Taiyo admitted.
"Speaking of relaxing, how about we go into someplace to relax?" Luigi suggested.
"Oh yeah. Where should we go?" Votus said.
"I know where to look." Mario said.
(Ocean Between)
Stardash Ship is heading towards the next world called Transylvanian Monster Realm which has the Big Ben Tower and Tower Bridge on the topside and the Hotel Transylvania was upside down of it.
(Stardash Ship – Lounge Deck)
Taiyo and others walked onto the transport stand as Luigi pressed the remote before they transferred themselves into the world.
(London – Tower Bridge)
Taiyo and others were looking around the surroundings when they arrive. They realized that they were standing on the Tower Bridge.
Taiyo walked to the handrail and looked down at the Thames River.
"Cool." Taiyo said.
"This is Tower Bridge, one of the iconic symbols of London. That means we were in London." Mario replied.
"So what if the Heartless comes back?" Taiyo asked.
"Who knows? But if they get here at any time, we dealt with it." Votus replied.
The Heartless showed up from the wisps of darkness, consisted of Gargoyles, Fat Bandits, Soldiers, and Wight Knights.
Gargoyles are the Emblem Heartless and based on the mythological monster spirit. They have dark grey skin is covered by a dark purple bodysuit with roughly stitched-on light purple sleeves that end in a gold zig-zag trim and jagged edges. The purple color extends to cover their heads and horns, and the horns also feature black stripes. Like other Heartless, the Gargoyles have golden eyes and craggy maws, but they can unhinge their jaws to fearsome proportions. Their talons are long, but not nearly as alien as their dark grey feet, which are spindly and two-toed. Their leather-like wings are also pointy and sharp, particularly the tops which resemble spires, spearheads, or even a portion of the Nobody symbol.
Wight Knights are the Emblem Heartless and bear a strong resemblance to the mummy character from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Their grayish-blue skinned, almost skeletal figure is wrapped in patches of white gauze bandages; the head is completely covered in them, save for a gap that reveals a bright yellow eye in a shadowed face, and the Knight's 'plume', a simple angular-spiraled antenna. Wight Knights also have a "ribcage" of six sharp barbs that surround their chest and Heartless emblem, large hands, and long barbed fingers and toes.
Fat Bandits were the variant forms of Large Bodies. Fat Bandits boast the blue skin, turbans, face masks, and curled-toe shoes of their skinnier counterparts. Their dress is stereotypically Arabian, in keeping with the area they tend to be seen most in, and is bright and colorful, probably to distinguish them from the similarly shaped but more muted Large Bodies. Fat Bandits are clad in orange, pointy-shouldered vest trimmed in a light yellow, light orange wristbands, a yellow sash, and bright green baggy pants, the warm colors serving as a warning of their Fire-based magic abilities.
"Maybe right now." Votus commented.
Taiyo and Mario have summoned their Keyblades; Warrior's Key and Ignition Flower.
"Let's go!" Taiyo replied.
Taiyo dodged when Fat Bandit spits the fireball from its mouth and hitting its back with his Keyblade, kept swinging in the other directions until Fat Bandit slammed his fiery fist on Taiyo who quickly blocked it by holding his Keyblade vertically. Taiyo cast the Graviga to weaken Fat Bandit and finished it off with a downward slash. The three Gargoyles dived down to attack Taiyo, but he jumped over them and slashed each of them before exploded into a puff of smoke.
Mario cast the Firaga spell to burn the Wight Knights which incinerated into oblivion. Soldiers swiped their claws at him as Mario blocked them by holding his Ignition Flower horizontally.
"Pyro Meteors, descend!" Mario shouted.
The flaming meteors falling from the sky and destroyed four Soldiers completely. Mario then lunged through the Fat Bandit with the powerful right slash, disintegrating it into a puff of smoke.
Luigi and Yoshi are fighting the bunch of Gargoyles and Wight Knights as Luigi destroyed the Gargoyles with his Spark Barrage and Yoshi used his Rocker Punch to smack the Wight Knights, disintegrating them.
Geno extended his photon blades and slashes each of the Soldiers and Wight Knights. Two Fat Bandits were using their flamethrowers at the teen android-puppet, but Geno swiftly somersaulted away from them and summoned the Comet to bring down the stars-like ethereal energy upon them in the collision.
Utopia shooting some beams at Fat Bandits and Soldiers, weakening them. Then he used the magic telekinesis to lift the Fat Bandits and Soldiers and tossed them out of the bridge into the River Thames.
Votus impaled through the Wight Knights with his adamantium shield, crumbling into the ashes as Soldier charged after him, but Votus blocked the attacks and bashed it many times until the Soldier is falling apart into oblivion.
Gargoyles and Wight Knights are tackling down on Utopia and Votus.
"Utopia! Votus!" Taiyo replied as he, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Geno ran over to them, but they halted by the squirts of venom and corrode on the road in some directions.
"What the? The venom is corroded on the road?" Yoshi asked.
"Naughty, naughty." Someone called out.
Taiyo and his companions glanced at the dark purple cloak figure with green snake scale patterns all over it.
"You better behave to be nice to someone else." A female figure said.
"Like you, of course." Yoshi retorted.
The lady in dark purple cloak giggled. "My, my, my. Be polite to the lady when talking. I have introduced myself."
A female figure removed her cloak and tossed it away, revealing her identity to them.
She is the Chinese female teenager with long black-haired ponytail, her eyes were green and dyed in emerald on the top part of it, wearing the dark green scaly-skinned armor decorated silver clouds and snake patterns in them on her body chest, a silver hair clip on the back of her hair which resemblance the snake's mouth with green eyes and dried green snake coat around her waist. She has dark green eyeliners and light green lipstick.
"It's Verta." Verta smirked as her legs turned into a long dark green snake tail.
"Oh my gosh, it was her!" Mario exclaimed.
"You mean this lady?" Yoshi asked.
"Who's Verta?" Taiyo asked.
"You guys had no idea who she is. She is the daughter of Ganondorf." Mario explained.
Taiyo and others were gasped in shock which made Verta scoffed lightly and morphed back her tail into legs
"Don't bother me about my father. Now, where's Yixato?" Verta asked.
"He is not here anymore which means we can't tell you where he is." Taiyo replied.
"Then that's fine. Take the orb out from Geno, hand it over to me nicely and your friends will be unharmed." Verta said.
"Well, we're not playing with your dirty tricks." Luigi replied.
"You heard what Luigi says. This orb stays with me." Geno added.
"Fine then, we have to do this a hard way. Fight me so I can let the Heartless freed your friends." Verta said smugly.
"So that's it? Just one of us to volunteer?" Mario asked.
"Of course, I will pick Taiyo." Verta replied.
"Why do you want him for the fight?" Votus asked.
"You see, Yixato was the non-existent Nobody but sharing the connection with Taiyo's heart. I want to know about Yixato." Verta said.
"Excuse me?" Utopia asked.
"That was the special occasion that Ganondorf told about. Now, on one condition; if any of you try to interfere. I can use my fangs to inject the venom on your two companions so quickly. Got it?" Verta said and then asked.
"Yes, I heard you." Taiyo affirmed.
"We better stayed out of the fight, guys. Otherwise, we will lose them." Mario said.
"Positive." Geno agreed.
"Be careful over there, Taiyo." Luigi called out.
"Watch her fangs, the poisonous will slow you down." Yoshi warned him.
"I can keep that on my mind, thank you." Taiyo replied.
Verta smirked as she stepped forward and took her fighting posture while Taiyo held his Keyblade firmly.
Verta scurried forward like a ninja assassin before she jumped up to the air and landed him with a kick as Taiyo blocked her kick with his Keyblade horizontally but she changed her leg into the tail, grabbing the weapon to lift Taiyo and throws him to the ground as Taiyo halted himself by skidding. Verta rushed to him before giving the pack of punches as Taiyo tried to stand on his guard with his Keyblade until Taiyo cast the Thundaga to stun her which sent Verta to the ground. Verta grunted at him in pain before she spits some venom spurts at Taiyo who managed to evade from the venom sprays and Verta quickly chased him as she whipped him with her tail, but Taiyo managed to dodge it while he was running.
"Stay still!" Verta firmed.
Taiyo ran up on the wall to the top bridge using the Free Running as Verta slithered all the way up to follow him which surprised Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Geno, Utopia, and Votus.
"Did you see that Taiyo can run up on the walls?" Yoshi asked.
"Guess he has grown faster to learn." Luigi replied.
"Indeed." Mario concurred.
Taiyo was now on top bridge's roof as Verta lunged onto him by grabbing him and smashing him onto the roof of the bridge. Then Verta strangling Taiyo's neck and he is going to choke to death.
"What's the matter? Can't catch your breath?" Verta sneered.
"How about chill out instead?" Taiyo choked.
Taiyo then blasted at her face with a big chunk of ice as the Blizzaga spell stunned Verta, letting him go of her tail grip and Taiyo quickly strikes her, followed by an upper slash, left slash, diagonal slash and downward slash which caused pushed her back away. Verta transformed her long tail into her legs before she ran to him and swung her leg at Taiyo who managed to block with his Warrior's Key vertically. Verta counterattacked him by dashing punch onto his face and kicked him into the gut, making Taiyo almost fell over the roof and grabbed on the ledge.
"Taiyo!" Mario said, looking worried at him.
"Keep on fighting!" Geno replied.
Verta set her foot on Taiyo's hands and squashing them, nearly breaking his fingers as Taiyo cringed in agony.
"I thought you are going to best on me. Perhaps, I will give you the hand like this!" Verta muttered.
Before she stomped on the hands, Taiyo teleported himself and vanished.
"A teleport?!" Verta alerted.
Taiyo reappeared behind her as he knocked her down by slamming his elbow on her. Verta gets up, growling at him before she sweep-kicked at his feet, but Taiyo jumped back and tossed his Keyblade at her which collided the snake demoness straight back at the wall. Taiyo quickly placed his Keyblade against Verta's throat.
"Concede your defeat and leave my friends alone." Taiyo determined.
Verta giggled at Taiyo's determination. "Your words are so heroic, but not enough."
Then she quickly morphed into half-snake form, quickly wrapped around him and tossed him out of the roof as Taiyo falls down to the bridge before he got crushed on the road.
"That's gotta hurt!" Votus complained.
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Geno rushed over to Taiyo.
"Taiyo, you're okay?" Luigi urged.
Taiyo grunted in pain as Mario held him over his right shoulder.
"You are lucky to survive the fall." Mario commented.
Verta jumped down in front of the group.
"Now, hand it over to me!" Verta ordered.
"No, we can't give the orb to you!" Taiyo growled.
"But I can." Geno stated.
"What?!" Taiyo, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi confused.
"Geno, don't give it away to her!" Utopia said as the Gargoyle Heartless pushed his head down to silence him.
"Geno, you made a promise to Rosalina to protect the Observance Orb with your life." Mario replied.
"I know, but I cannot let them suffer if I don't give up the orb. That was my choice." Geno explained.
Geno walked to Verta and opened his chest to reveal the Observance Orb before he takes it out and shutting himself down as his body goes limp and colorless.
"No!" Luigi shouted in dismay.
"Geno was shut down after he took out the orb. Without it, there's no way to bring him back online." Mario worried.
"Darn him! Why did he take the risk for us?!" Votus yelled.
"He deserved for our lives." Utopia answered with a solemn look on his face.
The Gargoyles and Wight Knights were releasing Utopia and Votus before they joined up with Verta who takes the Observance Orb from Geno and held it with a smug expression as the yellow orb was glowing brighter.
"What's happening with the orb?" Luigi asked.
Verta gasped as the Observance Orb grew brighter and suddenly her mind is about to enter into vision.
(Verta's Vision)
Verta was found herself standing in a white background and looking around the void place with a doubtful expression.
"Where am I? What is happening to me?" Verta asked.
Then she heard the female's voice echoing all around her.
"My little snake girl… Let your heart of darkness overshine by the light."
Verta saw the blue ball of light floating around her until it brightens and revealed as the elderly woman. She wore her Chinese long black and red robe with purple pelt around her waist and post-modern Tai Chi shoes. Her hair has tied the knot on the back, embedded with snake collars and eyes were moderate red.
"Who are you? Tell me where I am." Verta demanded.
"You have forgotten me for all these years. I am your mother…" Verta's mother revealed.
"No! No! It can't—" Verta concerned as she yelped in pain when her head is hurting.
"You see, your memory was coming back. In that moment of time, you remembered me, my love." Verta's mother replied.
"Leave me alone!" Verta yelled as the white background began to flash with the bright light.
(London – Tower Bridge)
Verta was startled back after she recovered from her vision, dropping the Observance Orb in the process as Taiyo and others were in bafflement
"What is going on?" Mario asked.
"Beats me. That woman snake got cooked on her head." Votus said.
Verta quickly grabbed the Observance Orb, unaware of Geno's lifelessly body began to recolor a lot faster and getting up to stand which surprised Taiyo and others. Geno extended his Photon Blades from his arms, making Verta's attention at him.
"What?! You're alive?!" Verta shocked.
Just before Geno halted his movement when he saw someone was floating behind the snake demoness. A strange man wears his blue robe with self-fabric waist ties and black pants. Verta senses the strange man's presence before turning around to see him.
"Who the hell are you?" Verta asked.
"Drop that orb when no ones get hurt." A strange man firmed.
Then he conjured his Runic Mandalas and bashed her which made stunned her, dropping the Observance Orb before Geno quickly grabbed it and concealed it into his chest. Verta tried to spray her venoms at the new ally before the strange man quickly summoned the Flame Chain Whip that the whip was made of enchanted flames and wrapped around her left arm as the wizard tossed her at the opposite side from the group. Verta growled before she gestured the Heartless to attack the wizard who outstretched something with his finger to summon the Soul Sword with glowing green mystical energy blade and sliced them with left and right diagonal slashes before they exploded into a puff of smoke.
Taiyo and others were amazed at the sorcerer's skills.
"He's good!" Taiyo said.
"I had never seen that wizard able to fight the Heartless. How did he harness the mystical energy like that?" Utopia awed.
Verta snarled at him with a slightly surprised look after the sorcerer has finished all of the Heartless.
"You defeated the Heartless with your magic?! Very well, it's your turn to face me now." Verta said.
Verta transformed into half-snake form before slithering rapidly towards the man who changed his skin into white with light green runic sigil patterns only for her to phase through him.
"What?!" Verta shocked.
Taiyo and his friends were in utter shocked.
"Did you see that?! She just ran through him without touching!" Votus replied.
"Is he a ghost?!" Luigi said, feeling that he was scared of ghosts since he met the other ghosts from the haunted mansion.
"Who are you again?" Verta said with a scornful look.
"I am called my Detective Isaac Holmes. Not to be confused with the name because I am the sorcerer." Isaac affirmed, summoning his Runic Mandalas.
Verta tried to attack him but Isaac bashed her several times as his magic shields dissipated and conjuring the otherworldly blue fireballs before shooting the two fireballs at her which staggered the snake demoness back. Isaac quickly grabbed her before he flew with her to the air higher as Verta struggling to get free from the grip and attempting to strike him back, but due to his ghost form. Verta conjured the magic wisp of the green snake at Isaac to bite him which caused him reacted to dodge the bite and he threw her down to the bridge, collided on the road.
"She is down, guys." Luigi replied.
Verta grunted in agony as her face was covered in bruises as she turned at Isaac who descended to the bridge and landed in front of her.
"How did you beat me like this?" Verta asked.
"I am more trained highly skilled wizard than the other sorcerers. Snake Demoness, leave now." Isaac said.
Suddenly, Wrathnar appeared with the dark magic and stands behind Verta.
"Wrathnar!" Taiyo shouted.
"No one hurts my sister." Wrathnar grunted.
"That's your sister?" Isaac replied sarcastically.
"What are you doing here? This is my job alone." Verta muttered.
"I am watching you at all times for my sake." Wrathnar answered.
"You two get out of here. I don't want any threats in my world of humans and monsters." Isaac warned.
"The humans and monsters' world? Is that where we came?" Geno asked.
"I think we were in the right place." Utopia said.
"Come on!" Wrathnar replied.
Verta and Wrathnar are leaving out of their sight as Isaac walked forward to the group.
"If any of you want to ask the question, follow me." Isaac said, using the Sling Portal spell which is the pathway to the London Chancel and stepped through the portal.
Luigi is still scared about the ghost of Issac and shivered as Mario slapped him in the face to snap out of him.
"Luigi. You don't have to be scared, he saved us." Mario assured.
"Okay…" Luigi trembled slightly.
"Geno, how are you still active without the Observance Orb?" Taiyo asked.
"This Observance Orb gives me the Life Connection that could allow me to stay alive if the orb is removed and I am still retained of its capabilities." Geno answered.
"Good to know. That was a relief." Utopia said.
"Anyways, we better go in there." Mario replied as he, Taiyo, Luigi, Yoshi, Geno, Utopia, and Votus walked to the portal.
(London – Alleyway)
Wrathnar was leaning against the wall with folding his arms and glared at Verta who turned away from him. Plus, they are hiding from the citizens and concealed their presence.
"For the last time, I don't need your help." Verta retorted.
"Well, I did save you. You are letting yourself ambushed because you are too weak to do it yourself." Wrathnar scolded.
"I knew I should take that orb quickly if I can't let my mind get behind the past." Verta muttered.
"That would have been a true disturbance when you haven't concentrated." Wrathnar replied.
"I was concentrated! So, leave me be!" Verta scowled.
"Don't speak of this, sister! I am way ahead of you ever since I got beaten brutally and keeps me getting stronger for each month. But my father still cared about you, because I am the first blood of Gerudo to the throne while you are just the second-best but adopted. At least you are on the mission trying to find Yixato which is very problematic, and your memory condition was deteriorating." Wrathnar smirked.
"How can you be so concerned about me?" Verta asked.
"I simply have something I never forget; caring. Even more so dependable. We are siblings to our father Ganon and taking care of each other. If you had those things from me, you will be like me, but you don't so you are you." Wrathnar mocked, making Verta scoffed.
"I am recommending temporarily support. Would you agree, Verta?" Wrathnar said.
"I agree but don't get in my way." Verta replied as she jumped to the wall, then another and landed on the top of the building.
Wrathnar was watching her with an ambitious expression. "Next time, I had the chance to be worth to my father.
Wrathnar puts the reminiscent Majora's mask on his face before followed her on the building as the armored female figure was watching them from standing on the light pole and removed her helmet as it turned out to be Shade the Echidna.
Shade was the last survivor of her kind from Chitablins' invasion in her homeworld Nocturne and Ganondorf killed the leader, Imperator Ix for sending the Tetrahedron into somewhere around the Multiverse. She has orange fur, a peach muzzle, and lilac eyes rimmed by a patch of much lighter (almost white) fur, each with a single, short eyelash that curves off to the side. She has seven dreadlocks with a lighter zigzag pattern near the ends hanging from around her head, noticeably shorter than Knuckles', which may be caused by her headband, and a small, black nose and zigzag tail, akin to that sported by Knuckles and Tikal.
"So, Wrathnar joined her. Not really surprised." Shade said before she started to follow them.
Author Notes: The heroes visited into the world of humans and monsters (Based on the Hotel Transylvania series), a snake demoness named Verta, trying to find Yixato and ended up meeting Taiyo and his friends so the two of them fought until Verta wins and Geno gave the Observance Orb up for sparing Utopia Magus and Votus' lives. However, upon her physical contact with the Observance Orb and recalled her past memories back but Verta forced it back and then the sorcerer, Isaac Holmes who had won against the snake demoness as Wrathnar come to save her and retreated. Taiyo and his heroic travelers were beginning on the adventure in London with full of mysteries and mystic crimes. Don't forget to review after reading this!
