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Justice for the Moon, Chapter Eighteen

~ Oh really Princess? Maybe you should tell your friend not to be so hasty! For I have the crystal! ~

His royal dumbness Malice appeared in front of us as we stood discussing his latest trick. "Now Princess Serenity, how could you have been stupid enough to let your guard down and allow the crystal to be destroyed." He paused as he saw five warriors before him, each gripping their preferred weapon. "Now, now, there is no cause for transformations. Because if any attack hits me, well the Princess feels it too. I have the crystal now and only she has the power to destroy me, but to do that she must be in control of the crystal and you cannot kill me Lord Malachite, because if you do, she dies. Sayonara kiddies!" He disappeared.

As always, my encounters with him left me fuming. "It's true, whatever we do we're in a Catch 22 position. To kill him, I would need to hold the crystal now. You cannot kill him because the crystal binds us together. If you were to try and kill him, he could deflect it through the crystal to me, same for if you tried to kill me, it would automatically go to him, but he could still deflect it. Also, if I die in any circumstance, it would not affect him." I hated knowing all about the crystal.

Zachary looked up dejected, "So there's no way we can stop the dark side from rising now?"

"No, not without even a part of the crystal," Nathan sighed wearily.

"What are the options left?" We looked at Justin who continued, "Do we tell the scouts and the prince? Do we let Malice take over?"

"There is nothing we can do, the scouts do not trust us. To them, it would look like we are still the NegaVerse generals they hate and that Serena's been brainwashed." Malcolm said.

"But what about the Moonlight Wanderer?" All eyes on me.

"I highly doubt it, they probably think I'm dangerous. I didn't exactly make a good first impression did I?" We were all weary with the battle, injuries were slowing us down. "Luna and Artemis might be reachable, considering the monitor thingy we saw." I heard sniggering.

"Monitor thingy?" Justin chuckled.

"What? Give me a break, I'm tired!" I tried to reason.

"Yes, but that's not exactly the most princess-like thing to say, is it?" Zachary teased.

"Well excuse me for not knowing the technical thingy . word, and stop it," I could see them all laughing at me, "come on! I have something to tell you, but I don't want Malice to hear."

"You think he's still listening?" Nate asked.

"Not a clue, but I don't want to take any chances. Any ideas where we can go?"

We were silent while we thought about it. "I do." Zach said, "Gather round into a circle and concentrate all your energy to me, I'll direct the teleport."

A few minutes later we were in a deep forest. "I give you, the heart of the Amazon Jungle." Zachary said with pride.

"Oh, I thought we were in a forest," I said to Justin who was on my left. He laughed at my stupidity.

"So?" Mal prompted me.

"Oh right, of course. Well Malice doesn't have all the crystal; Sammy has a tiny particle encased in his necklace. I can use that and we can get the scouts to help."

"You brother wears a necklace?" Justin asked.

"And what is wrong with that? It's just a piece of black string tied with a bit of crystal hidden inside it. I don't think he even knows what it contains. And before you ask, Luna and Artemis are going to make the scouts listen, and if they don't well I'll be making an appearance, but it won't be a tearful reunion."

"When are we going to attack?" Nathan enquired.

"Tomorrow. Mal, can you create a strategy?" He nodded. "Great, Justin I need you to try and figure out how Malice got the crystal. Nate you need to cook because I'm hungry," I grinned at him, "Of course, on a more serious note, can you check that there are no unexpected traps set for us around the camp?" Another nod, "And Zachary, can you research the ways to see through Malice's traps, and memory charms? Good, I have two cats to go see." We teleported to our different places.