Chapter 17 - The New Masters
In Area 51, Anthony finished telling Sharpe what happened with Alec. All four people present were increasingly worried about what Alec could do with a Descendancy Medallion in his possession.
"Hopefully, Alec won't know how to use it," Jenna said. "From what I heard, the other Companions knew only because they knew of the original campaign 1000 years ago."
"True, but Alec did read up on Arcadia before now," Sharpe pointed out. "I don't think the information told how the Descendancy Powers worked, however."
"So, it's a waiting game," Lars said. "We'll have to wait for Alec to make the first move, since we don't know where to find him and the Past Sight power didn't help."
Anthony, who had been silent throughout the discussion, then spoke up. "I have no choice then...Jenna, Lars?"
Jenna and Lars looked towards Anthony, and watched as Anthony clutched his hand over the Descendancy Medallion on the chest of his armor. Suddenly, a glow appeared in his hand, and two copies of the Medallion were in it.
"You two should have these," Anthony said. "I was planning on giving them to you if you passed a test on the Little Planet...but the situation is dire now."
Jenna and Lars took the Medallions and attached them to their own armors. "Th-thank you, Anthony," Jenna said. "But...how do we use them?"
"Draw all of your power within yourself," Anthony explained, "and focus it on the Medallion."
Jenna and Lars did so...and suddenly the two students found themselves wearing copies of the Armor of the Gamemaster. The Armors were even fitted to their dimensions.
"Wow..." Lars said. "The Powers...incredible..."
After looking at the Armors for a while, Jenna and Lars deactivated the powers and were back in their Mastertech armors. It was at that moment that T-Bone walked in.
"We have people keeping regular reports on all areas of Arcadia," T-Bone said, addressing the three Gamemasters. "So far, no one's seen hide nor hair of Alec."
"Great..." Anthony said with a note of worry, and then turned towards Jenna and Lars. "Guys...I need to check up on something on Mobius. Contact me as soon as Alec shows up."
"We understand, Anthony," Jenna said, realizing what he was going to do. "Go."
Anthony then ran towards the portal room, leaving Sharpe and T-Bone wondering what he was up to. "Where is he going?" Sharpe asked.
Lars then spoke up. "He's going to check on a friend..."
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As soon as Anthony had arrived, Amy immediately ran up to him and grabbed him in a tight hug. "The sight of Alec attacking her frightened her so..." Mary explained. "She thought she could defend herself against him, but..."
"I understand," Anthony said, still hugging the now sobbing hedgehog. "Hopefully we'll be able to stop him. I even gave Jenna and Lars Descendancy Medallions so they could use Sir Eric's powers."
It was then that Amy broke out of the hug, and reached for the Medallion on her own armor (which she hadn't removed yet). After removing the Medallion, she tried to press it into Anthony's hand. "Here..." she said, choking back some tears, "I don't deserve it..."
"Yes, you do..." Anthony said, pushing it back towards Amy. "You fought very bravely against Alec...you were just overpowered by him. Don't doubt yourself like this..."
"You really think I did well...?" Amy asked, looking up at Anthony.
"Of course..." Anthony said. "You've changed much since you've begun training...and now you're capable of defending yourself quite well."
"I suppose..." Amy said, replacing the Medallion on her armor and then leaning into Anthony again. "I just wish I didn't give him that Medallion..."
"Don't worry about that," Anthony said. "We'll stop him. Besides, him getting that Medallion wasn't your doing."
Amy nodded in understanding and leaned back against Anthony, returning to the hugging position. Anthony continued to comfort the young hedgehog, though his mind was focused on where Alec could have disappeared to. He didn't have long to wait, as his communicator began to speak.
"Anthony, it's Lars," the communicator said.
Anthony released the hug and spoke in his communicator. "Go ahead, Lars."
"You're not going to believe this..." Lars stated. "Alec is in Death Valley...and he wants to meet with us."
"Huh?" Anthony said, confused. "What for?"
"Not sure. He contacted Sharpe, apologizing for the trouble he caused, saying the drugs finally wore off. He wants to meet with you and the other of Sir Eric's descendants to see if there was any permanent damage, but didn't want Sharpe around for fear of being arrested without letting him explain."
"I see...what did Sharpe say?"
"He said that we should go ahead and see what Alec wants," Lars said, wrapping up. "Since the three of us are the only ones with Sir Eric's powers, we are the only ones that can fend him off if he goes crazy again."
"Alright, I'll meet you and Jenna at Area 51. Anthony out." Anthony shut off the communicator and turned towards Amy. "I have to go. Stay here."
"But...can't I help?" Amy asked.
"No...I want you to stay here. I don't want to risk you getting hurt again." Anthony then quickly left the home and headed for the nearest portal. Amy watched in fear, sensing that, despite the situation, something was going to go wrong.
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Anthony met Lars and Jenna near the outskirts of Death Valley, and all three soon rode their jet sleds towards the location Alec had indicated. Eventually, they reached a clearing where they saw Alec waiting, and Alec looked towards their direction.
"Good...you've come," Alec said as soon as the three of them had deactuivated their jet sleds.
"What's going on, Alec?" Anthony said, still worried about what Alec was planning.
"Like I said...I want to make amends," Alec said. "I was chosen to be a Gamemaster for the military, and I don't want to change that."
"You do realize you still have to answer for the attack on the base and on Dr. Light's lab..." Lars said.
"...as well as that attack on Amy..." Anthony said, trying to control his rage.
"I intend to, since that was the medication acting and not me..." Alec said, and then turned away from the three of them as if in thought. "But I need to do something first..."
"What?" Jenna said, worried.
"Well, those attacks were because I was turned crazed from the medicine," Alec explained. "I had no control...but now that I have control again, I realized that if I'm going to become a Gamemaster...with my power there's just no need for another..."
"What are you saying?" Anthony said, sensing evil intentions from Alec and gripping his sword.
Alec said nothing, and to the surprise of Anthony, Jenna, and Lars he suddenly transformed into a figure wearing a suit of armor...an ebon colored suit of armor. He then turned around and said, "I need to get rid of the three of you..."
"Dear God, he's still mad!" Jenna said, drawing upon her Descendancy Powers.
"It's worse..." Anthony said, as he and Lars drew upon their Descendancy Powers. "He's become a Dark Gamemaster..."
"I don't care if he is kin..." Lars said, "we need to take him down."
Alec grinned evilly and drew his own Sword of the Gamemaster, which materialized when he transformed. "Try...if you can..."
Suddenly, all four Gamemasters advanced, ready to fight...
In Area 51, Anthony finished telling Sharpe what happened with Alec. All four people present were increasingly worried about what Alec could do with a Descendancy Medallion in his possession.
"Hopefully, Alec won't know how to use it," Jenna said. "From what I heard, the other Companions knew only because they knew of the original campaign 1000 years ago."
"True, but Alec did read up on Arcadia before now," Sharpe pointed out. "I don't think the information told how the Descendancy Powers worked, however."
"So, it's a waiting game," Lars said. "We'll have to wait for Alec to make the first move, since we don't know where to find him and the Past Sight power didn't help."
Anthony, who had been silent throughout the discussion, then spoke up. "I have no choice then...Jenna, Lars?"
Jenna and Lars looked towards Anthony, and watched as Anthony clutched his hand over the Descendancy Medallion on the chest of his armor. Suddenly, a glow appeared in his hand, and two copies of the Medallion were in it.
"You two should have these," Anthony said. "I was planning on giving them to you if you passed a test on the Little Planet...but the situation is dire now."
Jenna and Lars took the Medallions and attached them to their own armors. "Th-thank you, Anthony," Jenna said. "But...how do we use them?"
"Draw all of your power within yourself," Anthony explained, "and focus it on the Medallion."
Jenna and Lars did so...and suddenly the two students found themselves wearing copies of the Armor of the Gamemaster. The Armors were even fitted to their dimensions.
"Wow..." Lars said. "The Powers...incredible..."
After looking at the Armors for a while, Jenna and Lars deactivated the powers and were back in their Mastertech armors. It was at that moment that T-Bone walked in.
"We have people keeping regular reports on all areas of Arcadia," T-Bone said, addressing the three Gamemasters. "So far, no one's seen hide nor hair of Alec."
"Great..." Anthony said with a note of worry, and then turned towards Jenna and Lars. "Guys...I need to check up on something on Mobius. Contact me as soon as Alec shows up."
"We understand, Anthony," Jenna said, realizing what he was going to do. "Go."
Anthony then ran towards the portal room, leaving Sharpe and T-Bone wondering what he was up to. "Where is he going?" Sharpe asked.
Lars then spoke up. "He's going to check on a friend..."
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As soon as Anthony had arrived, Amy immediately ran up to him and grabbed him in a tight hug. "The sight of Alec attacking her frightened her so..." Mary explained. "She thought she could defend herself against him, but..."
"I understand," Anthony said, still hugging the now sobbing hedgehog. "Hopefully we'll be able to stop him. I even gave Jenna and Lars Descendancy Medallions so they could use Sir Eric's powers."
It was then that Amy broke out of the hug, and reached for the Medallion on her own armor (which she hadn't removed yet). After removing the Medallion, she tried to press it into Anthony's hand. "Here..." she said, choking back some tears, "I don't deserve it..."
"Yes, you do..." Anthony said, pushing it back towards Amy. "You fought very bravely against Alec...you were just overpowered by him. Don't doubt yourself like this..."
"You really think I did well...?" Amy asked, looking up at Anthony.
"Of course..." Anthony said. "You've changed much since you've begun training...and now you're capable of defending yourself quite well."
"I suppose..." Amy said, replacing the Medallion on her armor and then leaning into Anthony again. "I just wish I didn't give him that Medallion..."
"Don't worry about that," Anthony said. "We'll stop him. Besides, him getting that Medallion wasn't your doing."
Amy nodded in understanding and leaned back against Anthony, returning to the hugging position. Anthony continued to comfort the young hedgehog, though his mind was focused on where Alec could have disappeared to. He didn't have long to wait, as his communicator began to speak.
"Anthony, it's Lars," the communicator said.
Anthony released the hug and spoke in his communicator. "Go ahead, Lars."
"You're not going to believe this..." Lars stated. "Alec is in Death Valley...and he wants to meet with us."
"Huh?" Anthony said, confused. "What for?"
"Not sure. He contacted Sharpe, apologizing for the trouble he caused, saying the drugs finally wore off. He wants to meet with you and the other of Sir Eric's descendants to see if there was any permanent damage, but didn't want Sharpe around for fear of being arrested without letting him explain."
"I see...what did Sharpe say?"
"He said that we should go ahead and see what Alec wants," Lars said, wrapping up. "Since the three of us are the only ones with Sir Eric's powers, we are the only ones that can fend him off if he goes crazy again."
"Alright, I'll meet you and Jenna at Area 51. Anthony out." Anthony shut off the communicator and turned towards Amy. "I have to go. Stay here."
"But...can't I help?" Amy asked.
"No...I want you to stay here. I don't want to risk you getting hurt again." Anthony then quickly left the home and headed for the nearest portal. Amy watched in fear, sensing that, despite the situation, something was going to go wrong.
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Anthony met Lars and Jenna near the outskirts of Death Valley, and all three soon rode their jet sleds towards the location Alec had indicated. Eventually, they reached a clearing where they saw Alec waiting, and Alec looked towards their direction.
"Good...you've come," Alec said as soon as the three of them had deactuivated their jet sleds.
"What's going on, Alec?" Anthony said, still worried about what Alec was planning.
"Like I said...I want to make amends," Alec said. "I was chosen to be a Gamemaster for the military, and I don't want to change that."
"You do realize you still have to answer for the attack on the base and on Dr. Light's lab..." Lars said.
"...as well as that attack on Amy..." Anthony said, trying to control his rage.
"I intend to, since that was the medication acting and not me..." Alec said, and then turned away from the three of them as if in thought. "But I need to do something first..."
"What?" Jenna said, worried.
"Well, those attacks were because I was turned crazed from the medicine," Alec explained. "I had no control...but now that I have control again, I realized that if I'm going to become a Gamemaster...with my power there's just no need for another..."
"What are you saying?" Anthony said, sensing evil intentions from Alec and gripping his sword.
Alec said nothing, and to the surprise of Anthony, Jenna, and Lars he suddenly transformed into a figure wearing a suit of armor...an ebon colored suit of armor. He then turned around and said, "I need to get rid of the three of you..."
"Dear God, he's still mad!" Jenna said, drawing upon her Descendancy Powers.
"It's worse..." Anthony said, as he and Lars drew upon their Descendancy Powers. "He's become a Dark Gamemaster..."
"I don't care if he is kin..." Lars said, "we need to take him down."
Alec grinned evilly and drew his own Sword of the Gamemaster, which materialized when he transformed. "Try...if you can..."
Suddenly, all four Gamemasters advanced, ready to fight...