by Martial Arts Master
Flint and all related characters copyrighted by Saban, Fox Kids, and Fox Family. I made up Shadow Boy, though. This chapter will set up the romance, but again, the romance won't come until later. With that said, read the story.
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The next morning...
"So there you are!" Pteri said, after our heroes, now joined by Getalong and Leafy, had finally discovered where Shadow Boy was meditating.
Shadow Boy stood up.
"Yeah, I'm right here!" Shadow Boy said. Then he noticed Getalong and Leafy.
"Well, well, I haven't seen YOU two before," Shadow Boy said to them.
"We're here to kick your butt!" Leafy shouted.
"You and what army, punk?" Shadow Boy said.
Getalong got an idea.
"Hey, let's get along!" Getalong said, shooting her love beam at Shadow Boy. Shadow Boy snorted in disgust and created a wall of swirling black energy in front of him. The love beam disappeared when it hit this energy wall. Then, Shadow Boy waved his hand and the wall disappeared.
"I'm not falling for any of your stupid love tricks," Shadow Boy said. "Is that all you've got?"
"No way!" Getalong shouted. "Getalong shape-shift to Getalong-Master!"
Getalong appeared to be in deep concentration. But she wasn't shape-shifting. Finally, Getalong gave up.
"Remember last time?" Tony said. "You CAN'T shape-shift to Master form, so just forget it!"
"Tony, that's not nice!" Sara said.
Suddenly Shadow Boy jumped up into the air, surrounded himself with black energy, and charged at Getalong like a comet.
"Oh no you don't!" Leafy said, also flying up into the air. Just as Shadow Boy was about to hit Getalong, Leafy crashed onto his back, sending them both to the ground.
"Ow, that hurt!" Shadow Boy said, blasting Leafy away from him with a black laser.
Leafy got up.
"I bet you couldn't take me on in my Master form!" Leafy said.
"Maybe you'll be a worthy opponent for me if you do shape-shift," Shadow Boy said. "So go ahead."
"Leafy shape-shift to...!" Leafy began, and his body glowed blue. Leafy got bigger, until he was in Master form.
"Leafy-Master!" Leafy-Master finished.
"Ah, so you're not weak like that stupid Cupid wanna-be," Shadow Boy said admiringly.
"How dare you call her weak!" Leafy-Master said.
"Well, what are you gonna do about it?" Shadow Boy asked.
Leafy-Master shot some pollen at Shadow Boy. Shadow Boy melted into shadows and slid into the ground, dodging the pollen. Then he slid towards Leafy-Master.
Leafy-Master flew into the air so he wouldn't fall into the now shadowy Shadow Boy. Shadow Boy re-formed back into his human form.
Shadow Boy jumped HIGH into the air, so high that he could barely even be seen. Then he shot dozens and dozens of black energy bolts at Leafy-Master.
Leafy-Master flew out of the way, going up in an arc and grabbing Shadow Boy. Leafy-Master sent them both spiralling towards the ground, but at the last minute, Shadow Boy disappeared in a burst of black energy, leaving Leafy-Master crashing into the ground alone.
"This isn't working; he's too powerful!" Tony said.
"C'mon, Tony, have a little faith! Leafy-Master will beat him!" Flint said confidently.
Shadow Boy reappeared in another burst of energy, and then hovered in the air. He surrounded himself with black energy and charged straight down at Leafy-Master like a comet, just as he had done before.
Leafy-Master stood up and flew out of the way.
Leafy-Master then flew above Shadow Boy and sent some more pollen at him.
Shadow Boy did a back-handspring, out of the pollen's way. Then he created a black knife and threw it through the pollen.
Leafy-Master flew to the side, but the knife managed to scratch him a little.
Everyone else was watching, worried.
Shadow Boy grabbed Leafy-Master and prepared to throw him to the ground, but Leafy-Master suddenly doused him with more pollen.
"AAAAAAH!" Shadow Boy screamed, plummeting to the ground. "I can't move!" Everyone else cheered.
"Now to finish you off!" Leafy-Master said. Leafy-Master flew downward with one leg extended, ready to stomp Shadow Boy.
Shadow Boy pulled the same teleportation trick he'd tried before. But this time he didn't reappear for a long time.
"Hey, where'd he go?" Sara asked.
"I dunno," Flint said.
"Beats me," Tony said.
Leafy-Master was looking back and forth, hoping to spot Shadow Boy.
He was about to give up on hope spotting them when suddenly he heard Getalong shout, "LEAFY-MASTER LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!"
Leafy spun around to see a black energy cloud forming into Shadow Boy.
Shadow Boy suddenly created a black syringe, and before Leafy-Master could move, Shadow Boy stabbed it into Leafy-Master's belly, injecting the black liquid within.
Suddenly Leafy-Master began to feel very cold. It was like something was robbing him of body temperature.
His last memory before slipping into oblivion was hearing Shadow Boy say, "You fought well, so this won't kill you."
Then, Leafy-Master knew no more for a long time...
To be continued...
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Ok, the third chapter's done. The romance between Getalong and Leafy won't appear until later. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.