Chapter 12
:I love you too. Always and forever.: Gaea said to Rini, gathering the strength that she would need for the task ahead. She felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Degen wiped the tears from her face with a gentle finger and kissed her open mouthed. It was warm and loving, giving her the confidence that they were doing the right thing. She kissed him back allowing his tongue to slide along hers. When they pulled apart they looked each other in the eyes and sent love and devotion to the other through their ice blue eyes.
:Oh, get a room!: Athena said, lightening the mood.
:Please! Spare us!: Solanara cried in feign disgust. Gaea and Degen laughed and pulled apart. They turned back to face their future and linked minds. All four of them closed their eyes and cried out in unison.
"Spirits of the Light! Give us the strength and will to use your power to destroy our enemy of the Dark!" They could feel the 5 Elementals gather around them to give them power. It surged threw them, one at a time.
:This is never going to be enough power. Even if we each use one Element. It still won't be enough, we need all 5!: Then like a blot of lightning, an idea hit her. :Wait! What if we could use all five at once, each of us! That would finish Othi and her Dark One off for good!: Gaea smiled at her brilliance.
:Gaea, that suicide!: Degen began to protest.
:Is that not what we were prepared for? We knew we were going to die and what would happen, we just didn't know how. Well this is how. I know it was meant to be.: Degen could feel the certainty in his lover. He shrugged.
:You're right. I guess. Fine, let's do it.: He kissed her again and went back to standing next to her. She smiled and turned to face Othi once more. She was now about 15 feet off the ground with her arms coming closer together above her head. {When they touch, that's the end.} The thought frightened her, but she knew that it had come form the Spirits to warn her to hurry.
"Spirit's of the Light, as one unite!" In a rush and a flurry, all five Elementals swam and twisted together, swirling in the air. Othi seamed oblivious to everything, blinded by her previous victory. All of a sudden the rushing and swirling stopped and a silver power reached out and filled Gaea, Degen, Athena and Solanara. They had no time to waste on ohhing and ahhing over the new power or the consequences that it would bring them. They gathered all the power that they were given, which was more than had ever been use by a mortal, and flung it at Othi at the same time that her hands had touched causing their powers to clash in the middle of them.
Gaea, Degen, Athena and Solanara pushed their silver power toward Othi, but the dark one had other ideas. She showed up to stand next to her little avatar, and help to push their darkness upon their enemies of the Light. It was a battle that lasted who knows how long. Soon, Gaea began to tire. Just then she felt another presence in the back of her mind, then another and another. She felt 9 other people in the back of her mind.
:Senshi? Serena? Rini?: She called out. She felt them smile in support.
:Yes, we're all here, even Luna and Artemis, who you've not met yet.: Rini said back. :He's Luna's Husband, he guards Mina and the planet of Venus.: She felt Degen clasp her hand, he felt them too as did Athena and Solanara. {They're supporting us. They know what we're doing. Oh Gods! Help me, don't let me lose concentration or guts now!} Gaea thought.
:We're here for you, this is beyond one, and for all.: Came a voice so familiar that she nearly wept.
:Mother?: The tears that she thought would never again fall again, sprang into life.
:Yes Dearone, I'm here for you to.: She then felt the 10th mind touch hers. She squeezed Degen's hand and went back to concentrating.
The Dark began to over power them. Their power wasn't enough. The Dark One was going to win. {I can't let it win! I can't see all that I labored to build be destroyed. I can't let everyone who loves my die because I couldn't do it! No! This is for you Mother!} With al her will, she dragged up all her remaining strength and power. Everything that she had saved up all her life, emotions, strength, and power, she pulled it out of the corners of her mind and body. She could feel Degen and their bonded doing the same. She opened her eyes and shouted just as the dark was approaching them. It loomed in front to them ready to gobble them.
"In the name of the Light!" She put everything she had into the silver power that flowed through her body and air. She saw it shake and quiver as Degen and their bonded did the same. The Light shot forward and up the Dark devouring Othi and the Dark One.
:I love you too. Always and forever.: Gaea said to Rini, gathering the strength that she would need for the task ahead. She felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Degen wiped the tears from her face with a gentle finger and kissed her open mouthed. It was warm and loving, giving her the confidence that they were doing the right thing. She kissed him back allowing his tongue to slide along hers. When they pulled apart they looked each other in the eyes and sent love and devotion to the other through their ice blue eyes.
:Oh, get a room!: Athena said, lightening the mood.
:Please! Spare us!: Solanara cried in feign disgust. Gaea and Degen laughed and pulled apart. They turned back to face their future and linked minds. All four of them closed their eyes and cried out in unison.
"Spirits of the Light! Give us the strength and will to use your power to destroy our enemy of the Dark!" They could feel the 5 Elementals gather around them to give them power. It surged threw them, one at a time.
:This is never going to be enough power. Even if we each use one Element. It still won't be enough, we need all 5!: Then like a blot of lightning, an idea hit her. :Wait! What if we could use all five at once, each of us! That would finish Othi and her Dark One off for good!: Gaea smiled at her brilliance.
:Gaea, that suicide!: Degen began to protest.
:Is that not what we were prepared for? We knew we were going to die and what would happen, we just didn't know how. Well this is how. I know it was meant to be.: Degen could feel the certainty in his lover. He shrugged.
:You're right. I guess. Fine, let's do it.: He kissed her again and went back to standing next to her. She smiled and turned to face Othi once more. She was now about 15 feet off the ground with her arms coming closer together above her head. {When they touch, that's the end.} The thought frightened her, but she knew that it had come form the Spirits to warn her to hurry.
"Spirit's of the Light, as one unite!" In a rush and a flurry, all five Elementals swam and twisted together, swirling in the air. Othi seamed oblivious to everything, blinded by her previous victory. All of a sudden the rushing and swirling stopped and a silver power reached out and filled Gaea, Degen, Athena and Solanara. They had no time to waste on ohhing and ahhing over the new power or the consequences that it would bring them. They gathered all the power that they were given, which was more than had ever been use by a mortal, and flung it at Othi at the same time that her hands had touched causing their powers to clash in the middle of them.
Gaea, Degen, Athena and Solanara pushed their silver power toward Othi, but the dark one had other ideas. She showed up to stand next to her little avatar, and help to push their darkness upon their enemies of the Light. It was a battle that lasted who knows how long. Soon, Gaea began to tire. Just then she felt another presence in the back of her mind, then another and another. She felt 9 other people in the back of her mind.
:Senshi? Serena? Rini?: She called out. She felt them smile in support.
:Yes, we're all here, even Luna and Artemis, who you've not met yet.: Rini said back. :He's Luna's Husband, he guards Mina and the planet of Venus.: She felt Degen clasp her hand, he felt them too as did Athena and Solanara. {They're supporting us. They know what we're doing. Oh Gods! Help me, don't let me lose concentration or guts now!} Gaea thought.
:We're here for you, this is beyond one, and for all.: Came a voice so familiar that she nearly wept.
:Mother?: The tears that she thought would never again fall again, sprang into life.
:Yes Dearone, I'm here for you to.: She then felt the 10th mind touch hers. She squeezed Degen's hand and went back to concentrating.
The Dark began to over power them. Their power wasn't enough. The Dark One was going to win. {I can't let it win! I can't see all that I labored to build be destroyed. I can't let everyone who loves my die because I couldn't do it! No! This is for you Mother!} With al her will, she dragged up all her remaining strength and power. Everything that she had saved up all her life, emotions, strength, and power, she pulled it out of the corners of her mind and body. She could feel Degen and their bonded doing the same. She opened her eyes and shouted just as the dark was approaching them. It loomed in front to them ready to gobble them.
"In the name of the Light!" She put everything she had into the silver power that flowed through her body and air. She saw it shake and quiver as Degen and their bonded did the same. The Light shot forward and up the Dark devouring Othi and the Dark One.