Different Time
and Space
Chapter 6
Chloe's Struggle
The
only characters here I own are the ones of the next generation and the bad
guys.
"Wait, Priscilla," Chloe murmured, "We can't leave quite yet."
"What do you mean?" Priscilla demanded, "We have to get the orb and staff back."
"Yes, I know," Chloe said, "I want them back too. But look." She pointed to the ground that looked burned where the many aliens had stood and some that lay slain. "The poison burned through the grass."
"So?" Ivy muttered.
"I can re-grow it," Chloe voiced. "They killed all the flowers and grass."
"Chloe, they messed it up pretty bad," Gwen said, "it will take all of your strength to clean this up."
"I'll be all right," Chloe said. "Besides, aren't you tired of looking at those stains on the grass?"
Gwen sighed, "Well, I would prefer it to be green. Okay, go ahead."
"Can't you do that later?" Ivy demanded, "We've got to hurry up!"
Murdock elbowed his sister, "Just let her do it."
"And don't wilt it either, Ivy," Chloe commanded.
"I wasn't going to," Ivy said.
"This won't take long, everyone," Chloe said, "If you want, you can go on ahead without me."
"No, Chloe," Link said, "I think they'd want to see this. Can I help?"
She smiled, "Sure you can."
She stepped onto the killed grass and shed away all her armor until her sailor outfit came on. It was the first time she became Sailor Spring since she got her new armor. In her hand appeared the Silence Spring Glaive. Sailor Spring held her weapon horizontally over her head and shouted, "SPRING FULL BLOOM!" It began to rain very hard and then she cut a line in the grass, serving as an irrigation canal.
Link knelt down and put his hands into the grass. A purple and yellow glow went over the whole meadow. The stains disappeared and the grass and flowers began to grow. It was beautiful.
Sailor Spring smiled as she picked up a wildflower, smelt it and stuck it behind her ear. "Don't you just love spring?" she asked everyone.
"I do!" Murdock answered, just a bit too loud.
A few others mumbled some, "oh, yeah's," and "Uh, sure, I guess so's"
Following his sister's action, Link picked up a flower and smelt it too. "Ah."
Ivy grinned, "Can you speak any louder? And what's wrong with, Autumn, you idiot?"
"Everything grows in the spring."
"And in Autumn comes the harvest," she said, "that's when people look forward to something to eat! I'm still starving!"
"Remind me to take you fishing before we leave," Murdock sighed.
Chloe decided to stay as Sailor Spring as they followed Priscilla and talked. Murdock followed her closely. Link didn't seem to mind. He was following Ivy quite closely too.
"Would you like a flower, Lady Ivy?" Link asked.
Ivy almost started laughing. She couldn't believe the gesture. It was hard to believe that years ago, Sekhmet and Anubis hated each other with a vengeance and somehow those genes did not pass along in this case.
"A flower?" she mumbled.
"For you."
"Well, okay," she smiled and took the flower without knowledge that her cheeks were red.
"Hey, Ivy," Gwen whispered to her, "you look good in your seasonal colors."
"That's the color of my armor, genius."
"And your cheeks!" Gwen shouted.
"What?" Ivy looked the shininess of her gauntlet and saw that Gwen was right.
"Well, at least they're not green!" Gwen started laughing.
"You did this, didn't you?" Ivy accused.
"No, that's the thing that's funny! It's real! Ahahahahhahaaaa!"
"Quiet back there!" Priscilla shouted.
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Sekhmet couldn't believe what he was seeing, "someone change the channel!" he ordered.
"This is a one-station TV, mate," Sai joked.
Sekhmet ignored the comment and looked at Anubis, "This is your fault!"
"Mine?" Anubis mumbled.
"You always somehow manage to mess everything for the rest for everyone!" Sekhmet roared.
"What did he do?" Michelle asked.
"Michelle, are you blind?" Sekhmet demanded, "that, that boy gave a flower to Ivy!! She's too young to be dating!"
"No she's not," Michelle said, "she's 18 and a half! She can date if she wants too, Sekhmet, she's a big girl now!"
"As soon as she comes home, she's grounded!" he looked at Anubis, "you'd better ground your kid too!"
"Ground your son while you're at it," Anubis said, "you're son was being rather friendly to my only daughter!"
While they were fighting, Dais was laughing. Kale rolled his eyes with the 'I can't believe I know those men' look.
"What's so funny, Dais!?" Sekhmet demanded.
"Gwen is so funny!" he roared, holding his stomach. He pointed at Sekhmet, "Ivy was blushing like a ripe tomato! Don't feel bad, though, Sekhmet, it's an autumn color!"
With lack of air, Dais couldn't breath and his whole face was turning dark red.
"Stop laughing Dais," Sekhmet ordered, "I don't think that shade of red is your season."
Dais' laughter stopped and he frowned, "Tonight…when you sleep…!"
"Quiet," Kale grumbled, "I can't hear what Priscilla is saying!"
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Gwen let out a long sigh as her laughing subsided and wiped the tears away from laughing so hard. Priscilla was talking as they were following her.
"When we find the hideout," she explained, "which is east of here, I will change it to the one from our dimension."
"You can do that?" Joy asked, "how?"
"I've never done it before," Priscilla admitted, "but I'm willing to give it a try."
"If you've never done it before," Ivy grumbled, "how will you know it will work? You might end us up in some world with giant flesh-eating ants!"
"Shh, don't put ideas in her head," Gwen whispered to her.
Priscilla sighed, "Let's press on."
They soon came up to a huge wall surrounding a building. The war ladies' armor wore away and so did the armors of the girl ronins, placing them back as sailor scouts.
"What's this?" Sailor Winter demanded and looked at Sailor Summer, "We don't have time for games, Sailor Summer!"
"I'm not the one doing it," Sailor Summer said. "Whoever has the orb is probably using it to take away the power of our armors."
"Oh no!" Sailor Hardrock Venus cried, "I've got a wedgie again!"
However, the new warlords and ronins didn't seem to have a problem with it. Stone began to flirt with Sailor Torrent Mercury.
"Joy, is that you?" he asked, "You look so…so beautiful! I have to kiss you!" he began walking up to her with open arms and puckered lips.
"Your brother is hitting on me again, Hardrock Venus!" she cried.
"But why isn't your brother hitting on me?" she whined.
Lee blushed and looked away.
Lee placed his arms on Torrent Mercury's shoulders and tried kissing her, "Stone now's not the time!"
"But I must!" he protested, "I have to kiss you!"
"MERCURY CHILLING MIST!" she sprayed a mist of ice cold water into his face, freezing it for a second. Sailor Torrent Mercury stepped back.
"What happened?" Stone asked when the ice melted.
"Your face was on fire," she lied, "and I had put it out."
"You saved my face from burning?" he asked a smile coming upon his lips, "Oh, thank you!" He tried to kiss her again, which resulted in her having to chill his face again.
"Okay, I lied," she said, "your face really didn't catch on fire, I just thought you needed to cool off!" She huffed and closed her arms.
"Lee, I don't think your sister likes me," Stone whispered to him.
"Well, if you'd stop hitting on her maybe she'll come to you!" he said, "don't you know how shy we are?"
"But it's not fair," Stone groaned, "when can I get some Joy in my life?"
"The fortress is right behind this wall," Sailor Torrent Mercury said.
"Now how do we get over it?" Sailor Halo Jupiter asked.
"I can get someone up there easily," Sailor Hardrock Venus bragged.
"Oh, no!" Sailor Torrent Mercury mumbled, backing away, "I don't think so!"
"No, not you," Sailor Hardrock Venus said, "It's not your turn." She looked over to Sailor Strata Moon. "I think that time has come, Strata Moon."
"Oh, okay," she groaned and slowly walked up to her, "Just don't throw me too high!"
"Don't worry," Sailor Hardrock Venus told her, "I don't think you'll fly too far!"
"What does that supposed to mean?" Sailor Strata Moon demanded.
"We can talk about that later," Sailor Wildfire Mars muttered, "I'm getting some bad vibes."
Sailor Strata Moon jumped up onto Sailor Hardrock Venus' hands and she flipped her up onto the high wall. She nearly went off of it but Sailor Spring used telekinesis to keep her from falling down.
"I made it," Sailor Strata Moon called.
"Do you see the fortress?" Rini called back, who was still in her armor.
"Yeah," she said, "but I don't see any ninjas."
"Okay, who's next?" Sailor Hardrock Venus asked.
"Thanks, Sailor Hardrock Venus," Sailor Torrent Mercury said, "but I know another way to get there. MERCURY FROZENT CURRENT!" She put her hands out in front of her and formed a walkway of ice and skated across it.
"Sailor Halo Jupiter?"
"Nah," she sat down Indian style closed her eyes and levitated over the wall.
Sailor Hardrock Venus groaned and looked at Sailor Wildfire Mars, "now don't tell me you have some fancy way of getting over the wall too."
"Uh," she mumbled, "not really."
"Well then, it's time to fly!"
Sailor Wildfire Mars ran up and jumped on Hardrock Venus' hands and she lifted her up in the air.
"Not soo high!" she screamed but she made it to the edge.
"Anyone else want to go?" Sailor Hardrock Venus asked.
They all found their own way to get on the other side; rather it was over, through, or under the wall. She groaned and jumped up on the wall.
"Wow, pretty creepy, huh?" She said.
"Let's get the orb back," Rini ordered.
They entered the fortress, waiting to be welcomed by a horde of ninjas but there was no one around. It was dark and empty.
"What's going on?" Yvonne asked.
"It has to be a trap," replied Kenneth.
Sailor Spring took one step and stiffed up. She could not move.
"What's the matter?" Link asked his sister.
"Something's wrong," she whispered. "I can't move."
She closed her eyes and then opened them. They looked so blank, so hazy.
"Sailor Spring, what's wrong?" Sailor Summer asked.
"There's someone here," Sailor Winter said, "come on, show yourself!"
There was a scratching sound and then a small flicker of light as someone lit a candle. An old man was lying down on his back with his hands crossed, palms against his shoulders. A younger man sat before him, palms together. He looked right at Sailor Spring, "Thank you for being the perfect shell for my father."
"What?" Link shouted, "you're using my sister as a shell for your father?"
He did not answer.
"Answer me!" he screamed. "Why my sister? If you want a new shell, pick me!"
He did not answer again.
"Why Sailor Spring?" Sailor Autumn asked.
"Because she's young and strong," he answered her, "She is perfect."
"What gives you the right to use her body?" Sailor Summer demanded, "Your father is dead so leave her alone!"
"He will take over her mind and body," he said.
"Who are you?" ordered Sailor Strata Moon.
"Zeke."
"Did you steal the staff and orb?"
"No," he replied, "I just have it in my possession."
"Sailor Spring," Winter said, "can you hear me?"
Something opened her mouth and when it moved to speak, it was not her voice that escaped from her tongue, but an old man's "Sailor Spring is no more!" He used her body to attack Sailor Winter but she backed up and then he couldn't move.
"She's restraining him!" Zircon cried.
"I will not let you use my body to harm my friends!" Sailor Spring shouted.
"I control you now!" the voice growled.
"I'm going to fight him in my mind," Sailor Spring said to her friends, "no matter what happens, don't interfere."
"Wait," Link said, "but is there anything we can do?"
"While I'll be in my trance," she explained, "I'm helpless, so you'll have to make sure I'm not disturbed, otherwise, it won't work."
"Good luck," he wished and she closed her eyes again.
"Whom are you talking to?" the younger man demanded. Two other dressed up ninjas came up behind him.
Sailor Winter raised an eyebrow, 'He can't see them,' she thought. She smiled and looked at Link, "They can't see you!"
"Who?" Link mumbled.
"The ninjas," she replied, "they don't know you're here. All they see is us!"
"They can only see us?" Sailor Strata Moon said, "and not our brothers?"
"Correct."
"Wow."
"It's him!" Sailor Wildfire Mars shouted, pointing at the ninja to the dead man's son's left, "He was the one who took it!"
"Him?" Roland asked. "Are you sure?
"I'm positive," she said and raised her voice, "You! You came into our home, stole the orb and blinded my father's tiger! Let's stab you in the eyes and see how you like it!"
The ninja laughed and waited for her to charge him. When she threw a punch, he grabbed her fist and pushed her down.
"Let me go!" she hissed.
Roland pushed the ninja away and he wasn't sure who could be attacking him. "Let my sister go!" then he punched him in the face.
"My father really loved that tiger!" she snarled, taking out a charm, "MARS CHARM BURST!" she threw it at his face and he caught on fire.
He began to scream and roll out the flames but his flesh was charred to the bone.
"Attack them!" the short young man demanded and the whole room was surrounded by the ninjas.
One threw a ninja star at Sailor Torrent Mercury.
"MERCURY EXLODING BUBBLES!" The bubble consumed the star and it froze, falling onto the ground. "MERCURY ICE CHASER!" Ice came out of the ground and went toward the ninja who attacked her and put him in a cage of ice.
"Just so you know," she shouted, "we're not leaving until we put you all on ICE!"
Someone tried attacking her from behind but her brother saved her.
"FREEZING WAVE TIDE!" A huge blast of water hit the ninja, knocking him into a wall and freezing him. He nodded at Joy.
"Thanks, Lee," she said.
"Anytime, love."
The man who took over Sailor Spring's body stepped into a corridor while the ninjas fought the sailor scouts.
Though Sailor Spring looked like she was defenseless, Link and Murdock were there to keep her safe. The ninjas could not see them so when one tried attacking her from behind, Murdock attacked them. If one tried attacking her in front, Link stood in front to keep them at bay. They had no idea they were even there. Her face was twitching and eyes were fluttering as she was fighting inside her mind. It clearly showed that she was doing quite a showdown with whoever tried to take over her body.
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"The ninjas cannot see them," noted Trista.
"Why?" Kale asked.
"I'm not sure," she said, "maybe because Priscilla switched the two fortresses."
"What's the matter with Chloe?" Hotaru asked with concern. "Why can't we tell what's going on?"
"She'll make it out just fine, Hotaru," Anubis promised, wrapping a comforting arm around her, "She can do it."
"I just wish I knew what was going on," she sighed.
"Me too," Anubis agreed, "me too."
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Inside her mind, Sailor Spring confronted her possessor. All around her were wildflowers waving in a soft wind. It was bliss. But then, she saw a shadow ahead and it began to kill the flowers as the shadow grew.
"No!" she cried.
Someone in her armor of the reaper walked forward and stopped about ten feet in front of her. It was the man who took control of her body, only he looked younger.
"You're wearing my armor," she muttered. "Who are you?"
"Soro," he said.
"Why did you choose me?"
"Because you're the perfect container for my soul," he said, "my old body has grown old."
"That wasn't your real body, was it?" she demanded, "When the shell gets too old, you hop to another body and kick out the soul that belongs to it, don't you?"
"That may be."
"You're sick!" she snarled, "I am going to cut you down to size!" but before she could attack him, he held out his arm and her glaive disappeared, followed by her sailor outfit. She reached a hand to her chest, wearing a long black shirt and black leggings. "No," she whispered, stepping back and clenching her hand to a fist.
"Not only do I have your armor," Soro said, an evil smile appearing on his lips, one that she could not see because of the faceplate. But she knew for sure that he was smiling at her defeat. "But I have your sailor abilities as well. You cannot protect yourself now. Your body and soul is mine!" he tightened his hands around the weapon he stole from her, "TREMBLE WITH TERROR!" He chucked the claw to Chloe and just as it almost cut her face, it stopped within inches from it. "What?"
Chloe's eyes were closed, "Did you really think I'd let you use my own armor against me?"
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"JUPITER THUNDER RING!" Sailor Halo Jupiter launched her attack to a ninja but he avoided the thunder ring. He was faster than some of them and maybe stronger too.
"Are you all right, Sailor Halo Jupiter?" called her brother.
"I'll be okay," she said, "I can handle this. Just watch my back while I take care of this guy."
"Just whom are you talking to?" her black-clothed opponent demanded.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" she hissed and charged him with a fist. He grabbed it and pushed her away, kicking her in the stomach. He hit her again across the face. "Ow," she fumed, "You're a bit tougher than you look."
Then the ninja tripped her, picked her up and threw her into a wall and a sickening crack was heard when her back made contact with it. As she slid down the wall, she was certain she could hear her father's voice and her mother's.
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"Sage, did you see what he did?" demanded Lita, "I'm just going to have to teach him a lesson!" she walked up to the window but Sage restrained her.
"We can only watch them," he said. "Queen Serenity and The Ancient told us to stay here and watch. We can't go there."
"This is making me crazy!" she hissed. "Look at her, she can hardly move! He could have broken her neck!"
"Our daughter will be just fine," Sage soothed. Phyllis, thought remember what I told you. Fight with your spirit. You cannot always rely on your body.
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Fight with my spirit, Sailor Halo Jupiter thought, That's it! She rid away all the physical pain she felt and rose to her feet. The back of her sailor suit was ripped up, revealing some scratches and it was possible she had a sprained ankle but she really could not feel a thing.
"How can she stand on that foot?" asked Sailor Torrent Mercury, "It looks sprained! And her knee is bleeding!"
"Wow, she looks totally out of it!" said Sailor Hardrock Venus. As the two girls were conversing with one another, a pair of ninjas ran up behind them and their brother's knocked their heads together.
"Thanks, Lee."
"Thanks, Stone."
"No problem," both Lee and Stone said at the same time.
Sailor Halo Jupiter held out her hand and motioned for the ninja to come forward. "You want another beating? Then you shall have one!" he backhanded her but she didn't even flinch. He striked her again and nothing happened. She just stood there.
"Why doesn't she do something?" Sailor Hardrock Venus groaned, "Come on, Sailor Halo Jupiter, fricassee 'im!"
Sailor Halo Jupiter tilted her head at the ninja as if ask if his attacks were supposed to hurt. She didn't' feel the pain he was trying to inflict. She balled her hands into fists and pummeled him like a steak. When his head was spinning, sparks were flowing over her skin.
"JUPITER HIGH VOLTAGE!" she reached out and picked him up over the ground. Electricity was bouncing off of him like he touched a fallen power line and his eyes looked like they were about to pop out. When he was throuoghly electrocuted, she dropped him onto the floor and came out of her 'trance'.
Sailor Torrent Mercury ran up to her and began to take her pulse.
"What are you doing?" Sailor Halo Jupiter inquired. "I feel fine!"
"Look at your knee," Sailor Torrent Mercury commanded.
She looked down, "Whoa! When did that happen?"
"Do you remember that?" she pointed at the electrocuted man at her feet.
"What about it?" Sailor Halo Jupiter asked.
"You made electricity fly out of his ears!" Sailor Hardrock Venus cried. "You were in some kind of trance."
"Like you blocked out reality," added Lucas.
"Well, I don't remember doing it," she shrugged.
"SUMMER DESERT MIRRAGE!"
The ninjas hallucinated that they were standing in the middle of the desert. They began complaining how hot it was and how they wanted a drink.
"Someone go find Zeke," she ordered. She looked at Duncan, "Thanks for volunteering, brother."
"Huh?" he mumbled.
"He can't even see you," she said, "so go, now."
"Why?"
"I think he has the orb," she explained. "Hurry up or the ninjas find the oasis in my illusion."
He sighed, "All right. Oh, and Gwen?"
"Yes?"
"You're right. About our ability to throw illusions being a gift."
"I know."
They smiled and then Duncan went to find Zeke.
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The chain wrapped around Soro's neck and the helmet fell off. "How can you still have a defense?" he choked, "you cannot transform either way. I have control of your mind and we have the orb and staff of the ancients."
"But you cannot take away any of my natural abilities," she said, "While I still have them. I am telekinetic. Do you know what that means? I can move things with my mind. You didn't know that, did you?" The chain grew tighter.
"You should feel privileged that I chose you," he mumbled, twisting inside of the chain's grasp, "I can live your life better than you."
"I'm sure you say that to all of your puppets!" she snarled, "You do not own my armor, my powers, my soul or my body! You do not have a say in any of it. My father was the warlord of cruelty and Tulpa told him close to what you just said to me. But my father is not the warlord of cruelty any more, but he is and always will be the ogre and he can be cruel if he really needs to be. Just wait till he finds out about this, he will tear you apart!" she gritted her teeth as she stepped closer, "Unless I do it first!"
"Let me out of here," he demanded.
"Now you know how it feels to know that you are not in control," she muttered, "but you've made a big mistake choosing me. Yes, I am strong. My mother is the scout of destruction. She could destroy one world with three words; my father can fight from dawn until dusk. Both had a little struggle with evil."
"And this is yours, young one," Soro muttered, "Look around you. The flowers."
"What?" she looked around and the flowers had changed to sulfur, "No!"
"Recognize that?" he asked, "It was something your father feared. Power too much to control. But how would you like to feel a bit more power."
"You worked for Talpa, didn't you?" she hissed.
"No," Soro said, "But I've heard legends about him and I know the story of the time he put Anubis in the pit of sulfur."
"It's not real," she said.
"Oh yes it is," and he wriggled out of the chains. "You are through."
"I don't think so," she snarled, "You are wearing my armor, you took away my sailor power and you seem to know my fears, but you really don't know me all that well do you?" she crossed her arms, "I am Chloe, daughter of Hotaru, Sailor Saturn, the soldier of destruction; Anubis, the warlord of Cruelty. I am Sailor Spring, the soldier of the season when the rains fall and the wind blows and the flowers bloom. My mother can destroy a planet but I can create one with the pieces that are left over. I can make things grow. I am the war lady of destruction. And I am, and always will be the one and only REAPER!" she stepped forward and picked up her helmet to form the rest of her armor. It was ripped away from Soro and back to her where it belonged.
"How could you?" he began, "you cannot!"
"I told you, old man," she hissed, "You cannot take over my body! I am immune to it! I cannot be used as a tool of darkness," she pushed the tip of her weapon on his chin, "You do not scare me. As the daughter of the warlord of cruelty, I can also make you QUAKE WITH FEAR!"
She performed her father's classic attack and chains held Soro motionless.
"This is not possible!" he shouted, "this cannot be happening!"
"But it is," she muttered, "Didn't you hear me? You chose the wrong guinea pig for your experiment and it's time to close the lab!"
Soro started to look older; "I will find a new body then!"
"You will no longer take away a person's right to use their own body," she snapped, "Besides, Soro, you should be tired from hopping to one body to the next. What you reap is what you sow and harvesting time has already passed. Now you will die for good! TREMBLE WITH TERROR!" The claw of her weapon shot forward like a bullet, straight through Soro's heart. "Rest in peace!"
He opened his mouth but no scream escaped. His head fell forward and he withered away like sand. The chains disappeared and so did the fake sulfur. The flowers bloomed and she became the sailor scout of spring, once more.
"Yes," she whispered, holding her arms up, "I did it!"
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"Chloe, can you hear me?" Link asked.
She blinked a couple of times and her eyes looked the same as before. After she had defeated Soro in her mind, her body gave out and she fell back. Fortunately for her, Murdock caught her.
"Are you all right?" Murdock asked.
She moved her head back to look in his eyes, "Of course I am," she replied, smiling and then she looked at Link, "I told you I could do it!"
"I made the ninjas hallucinate," Summer said, "It's working so far." She looked up at them and some began to take of the black clothes. "A little too good."
"Now that you're back with us," he said, "let's get what we've came here and get out."
"You mean these?" said Zeke. Duncan stood behind him.
"Just hand them over and no one will get hurt," Murdock said, forgetting that the ninjas could not see him, which made him wonder why he did not get an answer soon enough.
"He can't hear you, Murdock," she whispered and looked at Zeke, "Give them back to us now or I'll make poison run through your veins instead of blood!"
He was not impressed, "If you really want these back, then you'll have to prove to me that you do."
"Oh, believe me," Autumn sneered, "we will! AUTUMN VENOM LEAF SMOTHER!"
She blew many poisoned leaves into the man's face. When the attack subsided, it didn't seemed to phase him. He used the staff to protect himself.
He held the orb higher and ten separate symbols began shining. It took away the powers of the inner sailor scouts, leaving them in their street clothes.
"Oh powers!" Robyn shouted.
"That explains why our armor disappeared," Joy mumbled, "You used the orb!"
"And now you are nothing!" Their offender shouted. "Get them!" he ordered his ninjas. "Why do you just stand there?"
"It's so hot in here!" the whined.
"NET OF DISORDER!"
A giant web surrounded Zeke and pulled him up to the ceiling. The room looked jumbled up, like the ceiling was the floor and the walls were all meshed together.
"What is all this?" he demanded. Then he was finally able to see Duncan and the others. "Where did you come from?"
"Give us the orb and staff," Duncan said, "and we will go."
Summer's illusion on the ninjas stopped and they looked up at their master.
"What are you doing up there?"
"You fools, you're the ones that are up! I'm still on the ground!"
Duncan smirked but stopped himself before he could laugh. Gwen was right; it was kind of funny to watch people being confused. He ended the illusion.
"Give us the orb and staff," he repeated.
"What was that? Some kind of trick?"
He nodded, "I'll do it again unless you give us what we came for."
"No," he used the staff and orb to weaken the scouts.
The seasonal scouts became humans like the others. The only ones left standing were the male warriors and warlords, Rini, Vincent, Monica, Kenneth, Yuli and Yvonne. They did not have the staff and orb from the other dimension so the warriors and warlords were not affected. There were also two symbols missing from the orb, the earth and the sun.
Different colored lights flew toward to the 9 remaining ninjas and they were wearing the armors of the war ladies and female warriors. Nine women walked forward as the new sailors.
"You cannot beat us with our friends' powers," Rini hissed. She looked at Vincent, Monica and Kenneth, "come here and join hands with me."
They did as she said and armor somewhat like Kenneth's appeared on Vincent but gold in color. His black cape had the earth with the sun on the right side with sunbeams connected them. A huge sword appeared in his hands. One side had the earth and the other the sun. Monica's new armor looked like Rini's but it was in gold and red and she also had a pair of swords, one the sun sword and one the earth sword.
"How did that happen?" Monica asked.
"We're warriors," Rini said simply and she looked at Zeke, "You can't stop us! We're the defenders of Earth and we will continue to fight Earth," She took out her swords and held them out, the earth sword on the side of Monica and Vincent and the moon sword on side of Kenneth, "day or night!"
Oh
man, I'm sorry this one took so long! I'll try to get this thing finished ASAP!
The next chapter "Earth's Defenders" is next.