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Chapter Twenty Three
"My lord, our attack force will be ready within this hour," a dark- haired man said. The tall, muscular man replied, "Excellent. Eliminate the entire continent of Gondowan and then Angara. If even of the Gondowanians or Angarians survives, I will kill you right along with them. Do not fail me, Gerald." The first man nodded quickly and rushed off.
Alex looked over the Eastern Sea. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He turned to his brother. "Picard, look out there. It's a ship!" he said. His brother followed his pointing finger and exclaimed, "More than one ship! Perhaps Ivan has been captured and is currently on one of those boats." Alex replied, "I sure hope so. There is no doubt that something happened to him. He's been gone for several days now."
The boats finally landed, and Alex and Picard approached cautiously to see what was happening. A man on one of the boats turned to the man behind him and whispered something which neither of the brothers could quite catch. The other man nodded and began whispering something to the other men on the boat. The first man stepped off and said, "Greetings, friends. Are you from the continent of Gondowan?" Alex replied, "This is Gondowan, but we are both from Angara. Are you from another continent?" The man said, "My name is Gerald. I come from the continent of Lemuria. My army and I wish to find shelter for the night. Perhaps you could lead me to a city?" Alex shook his head. "I'm afraid the closest city large enough for your entire army would be Tolbi. It's atleast a whole day's walk." He then leaned over to Picard and whispered, "Try not to let on that we have psynergy. I don't trust these men. There's something going on here and I don't like it." Picard nodded and slowly slid a dagger out of it's sheath behind his back.
Ivan laughed as he looked at the vines he had been assigned to climb. "Is that all? If this training made my brother as strong as he is now, I would think it would be harder than this." Saturos replied, "Very well then, if you think that is too easy, I'll make it harder. Robin, come here!" Robin entered the room and said, "Yes?" Saturos gestured at the vines and said, "Little Ivan wishes for a harder challenge. Now me mustn't give him anything too easy?" Robin snickered and looked back at the vines. "That should do," he said, although it looked just the same to Ivan.
Ivan looked down to the ground. Robin and Saturos looked small from so high. He reached his hand up to grab another vine. Just as he reached for a vine, it disappeared, causing Ivan to lose his hold and fall. As he flew through the air, he desperately tried to think of something. He cast tornado. He was immediately caught and flung into the air. Within a second, he was past where he had fallen off. Ivan reached his arms over and managed to catch the vines. From down below, he heard Saturos say something. Suddenly, all of the vines disappeared and again Ivan found himself flying through the air. "Tornado," he whispered, and suddenly shot into the air. He grabbed the ledge at the top of where the vines had been, and pulled himself up. To his amazement, a huge fenrir stood in front of him. 'Shoot, my sword and staff are at the bottom,' thought Ivan, 'and I've hardly got any room to stand. I guess I'll have to use my psynergy.' Ivan tried to cast shine plasma, but he couldn't. 'What? Is this some sort of trick? Am I dreaming again?' he asked himself. His thoughts were interupted though as the fenrir jumped at him. The boy leapt over it's heads full of sharp teeth and landed on it's back. He reached forward with both hands and balanced with his legs. Without wasting any time, he grabbed the two heads and slammed them together again and again. 'Wimpy, stupid dog,' he thought arrogantly. Suddenly, the dog pulled one head free and turned to bite Ivan's arm. He cried out in pain and slammed his fist against it's nose. With a small hop he landed on the ground beside the angry dog and kicked it with all his might. He followed the kick with a punch from the right hand and then jumped into the air and brought his other foot down on it's back. It moaned in pain and fell silent. Ivan grinned to himself and leapt off the platform. Before landing on the ground, he stopped himself with his wind power. He used his psynergy to lightly land him on the ground a few feet away from Saturos and Robin. "How did I do?" he asked. Saturos replied, "You really need to learn how to control your power to make yourself fly. When we attack Vault, that could be helpful. If you can't learn to use it perfectly by that time, I will send you with the group to rebuild Imil and Bilibin for the Lunpan empire. Both groups are going at the same time." Robin looked at Ivan's arm and sighed. "Potent cure," he said. Golden rings surrounded his arm and Ivan's wound was immediately healed. Ivan felt a lot of power flow into his arm and slowly to the rest of his body. Robin was moving his mouth but no words came out. Again and again Ivan felt power enter his body. Soon, Robin fell to the ground breathing heavily. Ivan turned to his brother and asked, "What happened?" The older boy said nothing but stood back up and walked off.
Justin, Sheba, and Garet waited impatiently for Alex and Picard to return. "What's taking them so long?" asked Garet angrily. Justin replied, "Calm down, they've only been gone a few hours. They said they were planning to cover the entire eastern part of the continent." Garet glared at his friend for a few seconds, but then seemed to forgive him.
Gerald drew his sword soundlessly and signalled to his officers to do the same. Quickly, the entire army drew their swords and began to come nearer and nearer to Alex and Picard. They had their backs turned and were leading them to Suhulla, and appeared to not notice the army's actions. Soon, Suhulla appeared in front of them. Gerald grinned at his companions and shouted, "Pyroclasm! Fireball! Inferno! Dragon shield! Razor Blaze! Heat Screen!" Alex and Picard turned and tried to eliminate as much as possible of the flames. Picard's blood went cold as he realized the man was not aiming for them. He was aiming for the city. "Garet..." he said quietly, and threw the dagger he had been holding between the eyes of Gerald. The man fell down without a sound and the entire army sprang on the brothers. "Frigid Flood!" shouted Picard and Alex at the same time. Water erupted from the ground and many men fell. However, in comparison to the original size of the army, not many were dead. Hundreds more came from all sides to surround the two friends. One officer said, "You! You killed Commander Gerald! For this you shall pay with your lives! Dragon Wind!" Alex and Picard felt hot wind fly past them. This was too much to handle. Both brothers fell to the ground within a second of each other.
The three friends heard burning from outside the building. Upon exiting the inn, they saw many dead bodies and burning buildings. Garet beckoned to the other two to follow, and they rushed out of the city. Outside, they saw many more dead bodies, but they didn't appear to be from the city. Hundreds of men were coming towards them. They ran over many bodies, but two in particular caught Garet's eyes. The bodies of Alex and Picard. They drew their swords and rushed towards the army. Before they were in range, the leader of the army shouted, "Dragon Wind!" and Justin fell to the ground. Garet and Sheba were in front of him and didn't notice, and so kept running. The officer said, "Pretty tough, or else Jupiter or Mars adepts. This isn't going to be easy." Another man near the front of the army shouted, "Mother Gaia!" The result was Sheba and Garet falling to the ground.
Ivan flew into the air and came down with both feet below him on the back of a fenrir. He heard the noise of a bone cracking, and contentedly watched the fenrir collapse. He brought his elbow down on a rat's face and whirled around into an ice gargoyle. Suddenly, he saw a troll rushing towards him. Flying into the air, he barely was able to dodge the swing of the huge club. He came down at the same time as drawing his sword. Hovering above the trolls head, he taunted it and finally shoved the sword into it's throat. He lowered himself to the ground and removed the sword. Without delay, he turned and hurled it directly into the side of a grand golem. The golem seemed hurt, but turned and lumbered towards him. Ivan cast spark plasma and watched the golem sizzle and fall to the ground. His training was complete. Next: the Jupiter Clan.
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Ok, for those of you who are Justin, Sheba, Alex, Picard, and Garet fans, DON'T WORRY! They still have important roles to play, whether dead or alive. See ya in the next chapter! I hope this is what you wanted, but it you have suggestions of where I should take this story next, feel free to go ahead and suggest them. Also, if you feel this story is leaving out one of your favorite characters, again tell me. If you like the way the story is going, tell me that too. I have a plan that I hope will make all of you readers happy, so keep reading and reviewing.
Chapter Twenty Three
"My lord, our attack force will be ready within this hour," a dark- haired man said. The tall, muscular man replied, "Excellent. Eliminate the entire continent of Gondowan and then Angara. If even of the Gondowanians or Angarians survives, I will kill you right along with them. Do not fail me, Gerald." The first man nodded quickly and rushed off.
Alex looked over the Eastern Sea. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He turned to his brother. "Picard, look out there. It's a ship!" he said. His brother followed his pointing finger and exclaimed, "More than one ship! Perhaps Ivan has been captured and is currently on one of those boats." Alex replied, "I sure hope so. There is no doubt that something happened to him. He's been gone for several days now."
The boats finally landed, and Alex and Picard approached cautiously to see what was happening. A man on one of the boats turned to the man behind him and whispered something which neither of the brothers could quite catch. The other man nodded and began whispering something to the other men on the boat. The first man stepped off and said, "Greetings, friends. Are you from the continent of Gondowan?" Alex replied, "This is Gondowan, but we are both from Angara. Are you from another continent?" The man said, "My name is Gerald. I come from the continent of Lemuria. My army and I wish to find shelter for the night. Perhaps you could lead me to a city?" Alex shook his head. "I'm afraid the closest city large enough for your entire army would be Tolbi. It's atleast a whole day's walk." He then leaned over to Picard and whispered, "Try not to let on that we have psynergy. I don't trust these men. There's something going on here and I don't like it." Picard nodded and slowly slid a dagger out of it's sheath behind his back.
Ivan laughed as he looked at the vines he had been assigned to climb. "Is that all? If this training made my brother as strong as he is now, I would think it would be harder than this." Saturos replied, "Very well then, if you think that is too easy, I'll make it harder. Robin, come here!" Robin entered the room and said, "Yes?" Saturos gestured at the vines and said, "Little Ivan wishes for a harder challenge. Now me mustn't give him anything too easy?" Robin snickered and looked back at the vines. "That should do," he said, although it looked just the same to Ivan.
Ivan looked down to the ground. Robin and Saturos looked small from so high. He reached his hand up to grab another vine. Just as he reached for a vine, it disappeared, causing Ivan to lose his hold and fall. As he flew through the air, he desperately tried to think of something. He cast tornado. He was immediately caught and flung into the air. Within a second, he was past where he had fallen off. Ivan reached his arms over and managed to catch the vines. From down below, he heard Saturos say something. Suddenly, all of the vines disappeared and again Ivan found himself flying through the air. "Tornado," he whispered, and suddenly shot into the air. He grabbed the ledge at the top of where the vines had been, and pulled himself up. To his amazement, a huge fenrir stood in front of him. 'Shoot, my sword and staff are at the bottom,' thought Ivan, 'and I've hardly got any room to stand. I guess I'll have to use my psynergy.' Ivan tried to cast shine plasma, but he couldn't. 'What? Is this some sort of trick? Am I dreaming again?' he asked himself. His thoughts were interupted though as the fenrir jumped at him. The boy leapt over it's heads full of sharp teeth and landed on it's back. He reached forward with both hands and balanced with his legs. Without wasting any time, he grabbed the two heads and slammed them together again and again. 'Wimpy, stupid dog,' he thought arrogantly. Suddenly, the dog pulled one head free and turned to bite Ivan's arm. He cried out in pain and slammed his fist against it's nose. With a small hop he landed on the ground beside the angry dog and kicked it with all his might. He followed the kick with a punch from the right hand and then jumped into the air and brought his other foot down on it's back. It moaned in pain and fell silent. Ivan grinned to himself and leapt off the platform. Before landing on the ground, he stopped himself with his wind power. He used his psynergy to lightly land him on the ground a few feet away from Saturos and Robin. "How did I do?" he asked. Saturos replied, "You really need to learn how to control your power to make yourself fly. When we attack Vault, that could be helpful. If you can't learn to use it perfectly by that time, I will send you with the group to rebuild Imil and Bilibin for the Lunpan empire. Both groups are going at the same time." Robin looked at Ivan's arm and sighed. "Potent cure," he said. Golden rings surrounded his arm and Ivan's wound was immediately healed. Ivan felt a lot of power flow into his arm and slowly to the rest of his body. Robin was moving his mouth but no words came out. Again and again Ivan felt power enter his body. Soon, Robin fell to the ground breathing heavily. Ivan turned to his brother and asked, "What happened?" The older boy said nothing but stood back up and walked off.
Justin, Sheba, and Garet waited impatiently for Alex and Picard to return. "What's taking them so long?" asked Garet angrily. Justin replied, "Calm down, they've only been gone a few hours. They said they were planning to cover the entire eastern part of the continent." Garet glared at his friend for a few seconds, but then seemed to forgive him.
Gerald drew his sword soundlessly and signalled to his officers to do the same. Quickly, the entire army drew their swords and began to come nearer and nearer to Alex and Picard. They had their backs turned and were leading them to Suhulla, and appeared to not notice the army's actions. Soon, Suhulla appeared in front of them. Gerald grinned at his companions and shouted, "Pyroclasm! Fireball! Inferno! Dragon shield! Razor Blaze! Heat Screen!" Alex and Picard turned and tried to eliminate as much as possible of the flames. Picard's blood went cold as he realized the man was not aiming for them. He was aiming for the city. "Garet..." he said quietly, and threw the dagger he had been holding between the eyes of Gerald. The man fell down without a sound and the entire army sprang on the brothers. "Frigid Flood!" shouted Picard and Alex at the same time. Water erupted from the ground and many men fell. However, in comparison to the original size of the army, not many were dead. Hundreds more came from all sides to surround the two friends. One officer said, "You! You killed Commander Gerald! For this you shall pay with your lives! Dragon Wind!" Alex and Picard felt hot wind fly past them. This was too much to handle. Both brothers fell to the ground within a second of each other.
The three friends heard burning from outside the building. Upon exiting the inn, they saw many dead bodies and burning buildings. Garet beckoned to the other two to follow, and they rushed out of the city. Outside, they saw many more dead bodies, but they didn't appear to be from the city. Hundreds of men were coming towards them. They ran over many bodies, but two in particular caught Garet's eyes. The bodies of Alex and Picard. They drew their swords and rushed towards the army. Before they were in range, the leader of the army shouted, "Dragon Wind!" and Justin fell to the ground. Garet and Sheba were in front of him and didn't notice, and so kept running. The officer said, "Pretty tough, or else Jupiter or Mars adepts. This isn't going to be easy." Another man near the front of the army shouted, "Mother Gaia!" The result was Sheba and Garet falling to the ground.
Ivan flew into the air and came down with both feet below him on the back of a fenrir. He heard the noise of a bone cracking, and contentedly watched the fenrir collapse. He brought his elbow down on a rat's face and whirled around into an ice gargoyle. Suddenly, he saw a troll rushing towards him. Flying into the air, he barely was able to dodge the swing of the huge club. He came down at the same time as drawing his sword. Hovering above the trolls head, he taunted it and finally shoved the sword into it's throat. He lowered himself to the ground and removed the sword. Without delay, he turned and hurled it directly into the side of a grand golem. The golem seemed hurt, but turned and lumbered towards him. Ivan cast spark plasma and watched the golem sizzle and fall to the ground. His training was complete. Next: the Jupiter Clan.
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Ok, for those of you who are Justin, Sheba, Alex, Picard, and Garet fans, DON'T WORRY! They still have important roles to play, whether dead or alive. See ya in the next chapter! I hope this is what you wanted, but it you have suggestions of where I should take this story next, feel free to go ahead and suggest them. Also, if you feel this story is leaving out one of your favorite characters, again tell me. If you like the way the story is going, tell me that too. I have a plan that I hope will make all of you readers happy, so keep reading and reviewing.