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As Matt was about to answer, Stacy grabbed Sara from behind and threw her into the wall. Stacy pinned Matt with a nasty look, she was not in the mood for interference, her look was a clear warning to stay away. Matt was about to throw a punch at her when he heard Mark yell; he'd never heard Mark express such pain before. Jezebel held her hands out in front of her with her fingers splayed, Mark sat slumped against the wall, his face screwed up in agony. As Matt drew nearer, he could feel the cold they radiated; Jezebel was throwing everything she had at Mark he realized. What could he, a mere mortal, do to help? He utilized the only thing he had, wrestling. He blindsided her, she was so intensely focused on Mark that she'd forgotten about him, shoving her to the ground. He stomped on her with all his fury. She was the one responsible for everything; for increasing Amy's neck injury, for Trish's scar, for his own kidnapping, for all the pain his friends had suffered. He did all he could to keep her grounded, an elbow drop, a leg drop then he lifted her off the ground a little and smashed her down by her head. Matt left her limp body on the floor and ran to Mark's side. Mark's skin was as cold as Trish's had been, his eyes closed as though asleep, blood seeping from a deep cut in his arm. Matt shook him frantically, managing to tear enough from his own T-shirt to wrap around Mark's arm in hope of soaking up the blood. Mark's lips moved but no sound came out. Matt shook him harder, his desperation increasing.
"Mark! Wake up! We need your help, now!"
First his eyebrows moved, then his eyelids flickered. He took in Matt's frantic expression then the searing pain in his own arm. The coldness seemed to fill his bones, to have a hold on everything in him, he though he could beat this, beat her. "What's happening boy?" he asked softly
"Quite a lot" replied Matt, breaking into a relieved smile.
He helped Mark lumber to his feet, leaning heavily against the wall. There was a scream; Stacy had power bombed Sara to the floor
"We've got bigger problems" said Matt quietly "Sara can handle it"
As if to emphasize his point, a hot white light seemed explode out of Sara, sending Stacy flying backwards. She lay still, not moving. Sara got up, brushed her hands off and walked over to the guys.
"Is she..?" Matt asked tentatively, nodding towards Stacy
"No, but it'll keep her down for a while"
Mark was speechless, he stared at his wife in wonder. "You've got..."
"Powers" she finished "so it appears, surprised myself when I found out"
There was an ear-splitting screech and Jezebel rose from the floor, it wasn't finished yet
*
Amy jumped and landed on Rob's stomach, he gasped from the pressure. "Hey, I am not that heavy" she said angrily, slapping him as hard as she could
"Nice way to keep him grounded" Jeff said smiling
"We aim to please" she matched his smile
Trish slowed her beating of his knees, gasping for breath. Amy held Rob's arms out the way so that Jeff could get good shots in. They were all beginning to tire. Trish stopped, putting the wood down
"Is there anyway we can immobilize him without killing ourselves in the process?" she said
"Nothing yet" replied Jeff between punches "he just keeps going"
"Well we're gonna have to think of something, sounds like someone up there needs us" said Amy, looking upwards
The voices were getting louder as well as the crashes and bumps. Amy couldn't shake the feeling that she should be up there. As Jeff paused, Rob kicked out hard, striking Trish across the face and sending her down. She lay motionless, a cut on her forehead beginning to bleed. Jeff immediately stopped punching and leapt to her side
"Trish! Wake up!" he begged, taking her into his arms
She moaned and stretched a hand out, pushing against Jeff's head in an effort to make him go away, as though waking her up from sleep. He smiled at the childlike gesture and butted against the hand playfully. Trish opened her eyes and looked up at him, her fingers beginning to gently explore his face until they reached his lips
"Guys, now is not the time!" Amy's voice loudly interrupted
She was still straddling Rob, trying to prevent him from getting up or knocking her out with his educated feet. Trish hurriedly disentangled herself from Jeff, pressing a finger finally against his lips and grabbed one of Rob's legs with one hand, the other wiping the blood from her forehead. Jeff grabbed the other leg and exchanging evil smiles, they simultaneously lifted the legs and slammed them down, thrusting an elbow into each knee. Rob would have yelled but Amy was punching him in the face. Jeff and Trish continued to work on the legs and knees, sweat beading their skin
"Couldn't we tie him up or something?" said Amy desperately, her hands beginning to sting
"What with?" shot back Jeff
"Lift him" said Trish abruptly, standing back
Jeff grabbed him under the arms while Trish lifted his legs. At a nod, they threw him as far away onto the stone as they could. There was no sound, Rob waited, lifting his head to take them in as they turned to talk to each other
"He wants to keep us down here so we'd better keep him down here too" concluded Amy. Before the others could answer, Rob rushed them from behind, slamming Trish into a wall and Jeff onto the ground. He smiled at Amy, she tried not to look nervous, it seemed to be up to her now
*
"We're finishing this now" Jezebel said low and smooth "just like you said Mark" Sarcasm dripped from the last word, Mark clenched his jaw and glared at her. Jezebel rose into the air and shot two green electricity balls at them. Sara held her hands out, closed her eyes and concentrated. Heat seems to radiate from her, that white light appeared, melting the balls.
"I'll take care of this" she called over her shoulder
"Sara, wait" began Mark before pain took over
Matt steadied him, wrapping one of Mark's arms around his shoulders. "Careful big man, you've done enough, let her go now"
Sara fired one of her own light balls at Jezebel who dodged and fired another at Sara. Sara rolled out of the way and ran at the wall, running up and jumping off it, spearing Jezebel to the ground. She leapt away and fired a mass of light at Jezebel. Unable to defend herself, Jezebel covered her face with her hands, the heat seemed to engulf her and attempted to melt her very core. Suddenly she roared, the air tingled with electricity as she got to her feet. Sara kicked her in the gut and swung a punch at her face. Jezebel ducked and went to sweep Sara's feet from underneath her; Sara managed to cartwheel out of the way and kicked Jezebel in the face, sending a light ball after her for good measure. Jezebel sat up, a red mark beginning to appear on her cheek, her eyes glowing again. The air was thick was electricity now.
"Do you have a name?" she asked
Sara nodded, crouching low, ready to fight
"So do I" Jezebel said "Jezebel"
"Lightning" Sara said as the coldness began to prickle over her skin. A warm yellow glow surrounded her, sealing off from the cold. Matt felt the cold enter him, he felt Mark wilt beside him, he had to stay standing to keep Mark up. His legs began buckling, desperate to lie down. He braced himself and moved round so that his back was against the wall. Suddenly white light surrounded them, melting the cold. But something else was happening; the walls were beginning to tremble. The hot and cold meeting had cause ripples of power to splash out and now they were shaking the very foundations of the house.
*
"What the hell is happening?" exclaimed Amy as the floor began shaking, causing her to stumble Rob's smile faded, this evidently wasn't part of their plan. He barreled towards her but the floor shaking threw him off balance. Amy kicked him in the face then hit a low blow, making him double over in pain. She shoved him to the floor, no man no matter how super powered he was, was immune to that. Jeff and Trish were sitting up, looking dazed. Amy hurried carefully to their sides.
"We have to get out, this place is going to collapse!" she said as the shaking became even more violent
"What's going on?" Trish yelled, a hand to her sore head
"Something's ripping this place apart, whatever's going on upstairs," Amy yelled back
Dust began showering down on them, pieces of plaster splintering and falling. Amy dragged the couple to their feet, feeling that urgency again to get upstairs.
"We need to go find the others," she said turning towards the steps up into the house.
Rob stood in the way, smiling, not an RVD smile, a malicious angry smile. "Going somewhere?" he asked
"This place is going to crumble," yelled Jeff "Let us through"
"You're going nowhere" Rob suddenly swung a punch, Amy yelped and ducked quickly. Jeff caught the fist and wrenched the arm around. Trish drop- kicked Rob's bad knee, making him fall
"Get going Amy" she yelled, pulling her hair off her face
Amy nodded wide-eyed and hurried up the steps. With a last glance back, she threw the door open
*
"This place is falling apart," yelled Matt to Sara
She nodded, springing out of the way of a falling lump of plaster. She dived over to where Mark and Matt stood huddled by a wall, still surrounded by the light. Jezebel laughed, no longer a deep velvety chuckle but a harsh raw laugh, triumphant and mocking
"Destroyed" she cried, the debris seeming to avoid her "just as you said"
Before the others could say anything, she dropped to the ground and raced out of the room, protected from the rapidly falling debris by her own mysterious invisible shield. Sara slipped under Mark's other arm, taking some of the weight off a weary Matt
"Go and see if there's a safe route out of here, I've got Mark" she yelled
"You sure?" Matt called back doubtfully as he ducked out from under Mark's arm
"Didn't you hear her? Get going" Mark ordered, pushing Matt forcefully away
With a quick nod, Mark began making his way across the room, dodging plaster as he went.
*
A shudder rumbled through the foundations of the building. Trish, rearing back for a kick, was thrown to the stone floor. Her hands were beginning to bleed now because of the falls she'd taken onto the stone, lots of her cuts having been reopened.
"Jeff we have to get out, we're going to get buried," she said, her voice becoming more desperate
Jeff, who was about to slam Rob to the ground, stopped as the foundations pitched and rolled, sending him off balance. Quickly Rob wrenched himself out of Jeff's grip and delivered one of his jumping kicks to Jeff's head. He sprang towards the steps leading up into the house
"Fools" he spat "have a nice last night"
He disappeared out of the door, leaving Jeff and Trish down below. Trish stumbled over to Jeff, grabbed his arm and unsteadily helped him to his feet. He gasped, trying to get the air back into his lungs and took hold of one of her hands
"Lets go" he yelled above the shuddering roar
They began zigzagging their way towards the steps Rob had disappeared up, not speaking just gripping hands and determined to get out.
*
The night air was refreshingly cool against Matt's face as he looked out of the front door. As he was about to go back inside to get Sara and Mark, a motorbike roared up in front of him. The rider was clad in black pants and a black jacket, a black visored helmet covering her face with a lot of dark red hair spilling out of the back
"Matt get on quick, I found her bike around the back" Amy's muffled voice rose from inside the helmet
"I have to get Mark and Sara out" he yelled "Trish and Jeff as well"
"Are you kidding? That place is going to fall to the ground any minute" she said back "I saw Trish and Jeff a few minutes ago, they're heading up to find the others"
Matt looked back at the building; bricks were falling to the ground at a rapidly increasing pace, the ground beneath him shaking. He looked at the figure on the bike who frantically beckoned to him to get onto the back
"How do I know?" he said suddenly "how do I know who you are? Why should I trust you?"
"We haven't got time" she said exasperated
"Yes we have, I'm not getting on"
Impatiently, she yanked the visor up on her helmet. Hazel eyes stared out at Matt. "Happy? No scars, no green eyes, now get on"
Matt broke into a relieved smile and ran to the bike. The building walls were starting to crumble behind him, causing a deafening rumble to fill his ears. He hopped onto the back as she revved the engine and as soon as his feet left the ground, the bike roared off down the road, away from the shattering building. Matt held onto Amy tightly, she smiled beneath the visor, sending a silent undetectable message to Eternal, thanking her for the mind deceivers, making Matt think what she wanted him to. Eternal sent her a message back; she was lying low waiting for a chance to escape and regroup with Reckless. The rider laughed, that deep velvety chuckle again. Once again, she had the upper hand, leaving some seriously wounded opponents behind, she had surpassed her aims but it wasn't over yet, not by a long shot.
Read, enjoy, review! Can you believe that we've reached the end? It's true, but don't worry, I shan't be leaving Matt to the mercy of Jezebel, I will be writing a sequel soon. Mega thanks to the people who reviewed all the time I wrote this, u made it all worthwhile.
THANK YOUS: Fallen Angel: u deserve the most thanks for updating for me when I couldn't do it myself and continuing to do so when I could, lol. I am so grateful for ur constant support with this story, here's to our great joint story!
BizGirlCharlie: Thanks for pestering me into writing more, lol. I think it was this story that spurned us into contacting each other, what a start of a beautiful friendship, lol. Thanks
Liz: The person who reviewed every chapter I think! I am so grateful that u did, mucho thanks for doing so as now we're gonna write a joint story.
Other peeps who deserve a mention are: FemalePhenom, Cat Lea and Tempest for their continued reviews and support, thanks guys!
As Matt was about to answer, Stacy grabbed Sara from behind and threw her into the wall. Stacy pinned Matt with a nasty look, she was not in the mood for interference, her look was a clear warning to stay away. Matt was about to throw a punch at her when he heard Mark yell; he'd never heard Mark express such pain before. Jezebel held her hands out in front of her with her fingers splayed, Mark sat slumped against the wall, his face screwed up in agony. As Matt drew nearer, he could feel the cold they radiated; Jezebel was throwing everything she had at Mark he realized. What could he, a mere mortal, do to help? He utilized the only thing he had, wrestling. He blindsided her, she was so intensely focused on Mark that she'd forgotten about him, shoving her to the ground. He stomped on her with all his fury. She was the one responsible for everything; for increasing Amy's neck injury, for Trish's scar, for his own kidnapping, for all the pain his friends had suffered. He did all he could to keep her grounded, an elbow drop, a leg drop then he lifted her off the ground a little and smashed her down by her head. Matt left her limp body on the floor and ran to Mark's side. Mark's skin was as cold as Trish's had been, his eyes closed as though asleep, blood seeping from a deep cut in his arm. Matt shook him frantically, managing to tear enough from his own T-shirt to wrap around Mark's arm in hope of soaking up the blood. Mark's lips moved but no sound came out. Matt shook him harder, his desperation increasing.
"Mark! Wake up! We need your help, now!"
First his eyebrows moved, then his eyelids flickered. He took in Matt's frantic expression then the searing pain in his own arm. The coldness seemed to fill his bones, to have a hold on everything in him, he though he could beat this, beat her. "What's happening boy?" he asked softly
"Quite a lot" replied Matt, breaking into a relieved smile.
He helped Mark lumber to his feet, leaning heavily against the wall. There was a scream; Stacy had power bombed Sara to the floor
"We've got bigger problems" said Matt quietly "Sara can handle it"
As if to emphasize his point, a hot white light seemed explode out of Sara, sending Stacy flying backwards. She lay still, not moving. Sara got up, brushed her hands off and walked over to the guys.
"Is she..?" Matt asked tentatively, nodding towards Stacy
"No, but it'll keep her down for a while"
Mark was speechless, he stared at his wife in wonder. "You've got..."
"Powers" she finished "so it appears, surprised myself when I found out"
There was an ear-splitting screech and Jezebel rose from the floor, it wasn't finished yet
*
Amy jumped and landed on Rob's stomach, he gasped from the pressure. "Hey, I am not that heavy" she said angrily, slapping him as hard as she could
"Nice way to keep him grounded" Jeff said smiling
"We aim to please" she matched his smile
Trish slowed her beating of his knees, gasping for breath. Amy held Rob's arms out the way so that Jeff could get good shots in. They were all beginning to tire. Trish stopped, putting the wood down
"Is there anyway we can immobilize him without killing ourselves in the process?" she said
"Nothing yet" replied Jeff between punches "he just keeps going"
"Well we're gonna have to think of something, sounds like someone up there needs us" said Amy, looking upwards
The voices were getting louder as well as the crashes and bumps. Amy couldn't shake the feeling that she should be up there. As Jeff paused, Rob kicked out hard, striking Trish across the face and sending her down. She lay motionless, a cut on her forehead beginning to bleed. Jeff immediately stopped punching and leapt to her side
"Trish! Wake up!" he begged, taking her into his arms
She moaned and stretched a hand out, pushing against Jeff's head in an effort to make him go away, as though waking her up from sleep. He smiled at the childlike gesture and butted against the hand playfully. Trish opened her eyes and looked up at him, her fingers beginning to gently explore his face until they reached his lips
"Guys, now is not the time!" Amy's voice loudly interrupted
She was still straddling Rob, trying to prevent him from getting up or knocking her out with his educated feet. Trish hurriedly disentangled herself from Jeff, pressing a finger finally against his lips and grabbed one of Rob's legs with one hand, the other wiping the blood from her forehead. Jeff grabbed the other leg and exchanging evil smiles, they simultaneously lifted the legs and slammed them down, thrusting an elbow into each knee. Rob would have yelled but Amy was punching him in the face. Jeff and Trish continued to work on the legs and knees, sweat beading their skin
"Couldn't we tie him up or something?" said Amy desperately, her hands beginning to sting
"What with?" shot back Jeff
"Lift him" said Trish abruptly, standing back
Jeff grabbed him under the arms while Trish lifted his legs. At a nod, they threw him as far away onto the stone as they could. There was no sound, Rob waited, lifting his head to take them in as they turned to talk to each other
"He wants to keep us down here so we'd better keep him down here too" concluded Amy. Before the others could answer, Rob rushed them from behind, slamming Trish into a wall and Jeff onto the ground. He smiled at Amy, she tried not to look nervous, it seemed to be up to her now
*
"We're finishing this now" Jezebel said low and smooth "just like you said Mark" Sarcasm dripped from the last word, Mark clenched his jaw and glared at her. Jezebel rose into the air and shot two green electricity balls at them. Sara held her hands out, closed her eyes and concentrated. Heat seems to radiate from her, that white light appeared, melting the balls.
"I'll take care of this" she called over her shoulder
"Sara, wait" began Mark before pain took over
Matt steadied him, wrapping one of Mark's arms around his shoulders. "Careful big man, you've done enough, let her go now"
Sara fired one of her own light balls at Jezebel who dodged and fired another at Sara. Sara rolled out of the way and ran at the wall, running up and jumping off it, spearing Jezebel to the ground. She leapt away and fired a mass of light at Jezebel. Unable to defend herself, Jezebel covered her face with her hands, the heat seemed to engulf her and attempted to melt her very core. Suddenly she roared, the air tingled with electricity as she got to her feet. Sara kicked her in the gut and swung a punch at her face. Jezebel ducked and went to sweep Sara's feet from underneath her; Sara managed to cartwheel out of the way and kicked Jezebel in the face, sending a light ball after her for good measure. Jezebel sat up, a red mark beginning to appear on her cheek, her eyes glowing again. The air was thick was electricity now.
"Do you have a name?" she asked
Sara nodded, crouching low, ready to fight
"So do I" Jezebel said "Jezebel"
"Lightning" Sara said as the coldness began to prickle over her skin. A warm yellow glow surrounded her, sealing off from the cold. Matt felt the cold enter him, he felt Mark wilt beside him, he had to stay standing to keep Mark up. His legs began buckling, desperate to lie down. He braced himself and moved round so that his back was against the wall. Suddenly white light surrounded them, melting the cold. But something else was happening; the walls were beginning to tremble. The hot and cold meeting had cause ripples of power to splash out and now they were shaking the very foundations of the house.
*
"What the hell is happening?" exclaimed Amy as the floor began shaking, causing her to stumble Rob's smile faded, this evidently wasn't part of their plan. He barreled towards her but the floor shaking threw him off balance. Amy kicked him in the face then hit a low blow, making him double over in pain. She shoved him to the floor, no man no matter how super powered he was, was immune to that. Jeff and Trish were sitting up, looking dazed. Amy hurried carefully to their sides.
"We have to get out, this place is going to collapse!" she said as the shaking became even more violent
"What's going on?" Trish yelled, a hand to her sore head
"Something's ripping this place apart, whatever's going on upstairs," Amy yelled back
Dust began showering down on them, pieces of plaster splintering and falling. Amy dragged the couple to their feet, feeling that urgency again to get upstairs.
"We need to go find the others," she said turning towards the steps up into the house.
Rob stood in the way, smiling, not an RVD smile, a malicious angry smile. "Going somewhere?" he asked
"This place is going to crumble," yelled Jeff "Let us through"
"You're going nowhere" Rob suddenly swung a punch, Amy yelped and ducked quickly. Jeff caught the fist and wrenched the arm around. Trish drop- kicked Rob's bad knee, making him fall
"Get going Amy" she yelled, pulling her hair off her face
Amy nodded wide-eyed and hurried up the steps. With a last glance back, she threw the door open
*
"This place is falling apart," yelled Matt to Sara
She nodded, springing out of the way of a falling lump of plaster. She dived over to where Mark and Matt stood huddled by a wall, still surrounded by the light. Jezebel laughed, no longer a deep velvety chuckle but a harsh raw laugh, triumphant and mocking
"Destroyed" she cried, the debris seeming to avoid her "just as you said"
Before the others could say anything, she dropped to the ground and raced out of the room, protected from the rapidly falling debris by her own mysterious invisible shield. Sara slipped under Mark's other arm, taking some of the weight off a weary Matt
"Go and see if there's a safe route out of here, I've got Mark" she yelled
"You sure?" Matt called back doubtfully as he ducked out from under Mark's arm
"Didn't you hear her? Get going" Mark ordered, pushing Matt forcefully away
With a quick nod, Mark began making his way across the room, dodging plaster as he went.
*
A shudder rumbled through the foundations of the building. Trish, rearing back for a kick, was thrown to the stone floor. Her hands were beginning to bleed now because of the falls she'd taken onto the stone, lots of her cuts having been reopened.
"Jeff we have to get out, we're going to get buried," she said, her voice becoming more desperate
Jeff, who was about to slam Rob to the ground, stopped as the foundations pitched and rolled, sending him off balance. Quickly Rob wrenched himself out of Jeff's grip and delivered one of his jumping kicks to Jeff's head. He sprang towards the steps leading up into the house
"Fools" he spat "have a nice last night"
He disappeared out of the door, leaving Jeff and Trish down below. Trish stumbled over to Jeff, grabbed his arm and unsteadily helped him to his feet. He gasped, trying to get the air back into his lungs and took hold of one of her hands
"Lets go" he yelled above the shuddering roar
They began zigzagging their way towards the steps Rob had disappeared up, not speaking just gripping hands and determined to get out.
*
The night air was refreshingly cool against Matt's face as he looked out of the front door. As he was about to go back inside to get Sara and Mark, a motorbike roared up in front of him. The rider was clad in black pants and a black jacket, a black visored helmet covering her face with a lot of dark red hair spilling out of the back
"Matt get on quick, I found her bike around the back" Amy's muffled voice rose from inside the helmet
"I have to get Mark and Sara out" he yelled "Trish and Jeff as well"
"Are you kidding? That place is going to fall to the ground any minute" she said back "I saw Trish and Jeff a few minutes ago, they're heading up to find the others"
Matt looked back at the building; bricks were falling to the ground at a rapidly increasing pace, the ground beneath him shaking. He looked at the figure on the bike who frantically beckoned to him to get onto the back
"How do I know?" he said suddenly "how do I know who you are? Why should I trust you?"
"We haven't got time" she said exasperated
"Yes we have, I'm not getting on"
Impatiently, she yanked the visor up on her helmet. Hazel eyes stared out at Matt. "Happy? No scars, no green eyes, now get on"
Matt broke into a relieved smile and ran to the bike. The building walls were starting to crumble behind him, causing a deafening rumble to fill his ears. He hopped onto the back as she revved the engine and as soon as his feet left the ground, the bike roared off down the road, away from the shattering building. Matt held onto Amy tightly, she smiled beneath the visor, sending a silent undetectable message to Eternal, thanking her for the mind deceivers, making Matt think what she wanted him to. Eternal sent her a message back; she was lying low waiting for a chance to escape and regroup with Reckless. The rider laughed, that deep velvety chuckle again. Once again, she had the upper hand, leaving some seriously wounded opponents behind, she had surpassed her aims but it wasn't over yet, not by a long shot.
Read, enjoy, review! Can you believe that we've reached the end? It's true, but don't worry, I shan't be leaving Matt to the mercy of Jezebel, I will be writing a sequel soon. Mega thanks to the people who reviewed all the time I wrote this, u made it all worthwhile.
THANK YOUS: Fallen Angel: u deserve the most thanks for updating for me when I couldn't do it myself and continuing to do so when I could, lol. I am so grateful for ur constant support with this story, here's to our great joint story!
BizGirlCharlie: Thanks for pestering me into writing more, lol. I think it was this story that spurned us into contacting each other, what a start of a beautiful friendship, lol. Thanks
Liz: The person who reviewed every chapter I think! I am so grateful that u did, mucho thanks for doing so as now we're gonna write a joint story.
Other peeps who deserve a mention are: FemalePhenom, Cat Lea and Tempest for their continued reviews and support, thanks guys!