Golden Sun: The Alchemy Wars
Chapter IV: An Old Foe's Return
"NO!" Isaac shouted, reeling in the agony of what he was seeing.
"MIA, HEAL HER! DO SOMETHING!" Isaac frantically screeched. Mia attempted to heal Jenna, but to no avail.
"I can't do it Isaac, she is beyond healing" Mia said softly.
"No, no, no. . ." Isaac moaned, "Felix, please, revive her do-do something. . ." he pleaded as he dropped his Sol Blade and fell beside Jenna.
"I'll try Isaac" Felix replied, his voice shaking.
Ivan's eyes caught something in the shadows, moving swiftly, but suddenly, with a slight swish, so miniscule, that unless you were concentrating you couldn't hear it. Ivan looked around again, convincing himself that it was only his head.
Felix gave up, and turned to Isaac, his voice about to crack "It's too late, Isaac. Nothing can save her now."
An eerily calm and cold voice rang out "Yes, indeed, you are all much too late to save your poor Jenna. As you can see, she has been effectively disposed of."
The group looked about in fright, unable to locate the voice.
"I'm afraid you won't see me" the voice called once again, "I am effectively hidden. It would be for the best if you would all just leave, just as Jenna should not have come."
"You monster!" shouted Garet. "Look what you've done! You have no idea who you are messing with! Us Adepts are THE Adepts, the ones that lit the lighthouses! Now you have no chance to live. We'll find you, and you'll be made to pay!"
"Spare me the lesson" the voice sighed, "I know exactly who you are. Who could forget? You were striving so hard to stop poor Saturos and Menardi from lighting both Mercury and Venus Lighthouses, only to discover later on that they needed to be lit. Or how YOU yourself, GARET, almost fell off Jupiter Lighthouse and died trying to save MIA, while Agatio and Karst took on IVAN and ISAAC. I know who you are, and I can see that your threats are empty."
"In fact," the voice said smugly, "you are all to frightened and grief-stricken to do anything anyway. What a wishy-washy group, I'm surprised you made it far enough to become part of my plans."
Suddenly, Ivan had an idea. He huddled the group together.
"It doesn't matter if you make a plan or not, you can't even see me, much less beat me" the voice tried to distract them. In the huddle, Ivan laid out his plan.
"All right, Isaac, ready your Sol Blade. Felix, be prepared to back him up with Odyssey. Garet, we'll need you to give us some physical shielding with some spells, and Sheba, you do the same for magical shielding. Mia, be ready to heal anyone who gets hit too hard. I will cast Reveal, and the instant I do, our enemy will be visible. Isaac, you attack with the Sol Blade, then Felix with Odyssey, and if he doesn't go down, standard battle plan from there. Ready, on my count. . . 1. . . 2. . . 3. . . REVEAL!!!"
The room suddenly lost all of it's dark and shadowy corners, and everything was, well, revealed.
Isaac looked up in the air, and saw a figure floating almost directly above them.
"aaaaAAAAHHHHhhh!!!" Isaac yelled as he jumped up and swung his Sol Blade with all his might. The figure skillfully dodged by floating to the side, and then disappeared in a flash of Psynergetic energy, reappearing behind him.
"ODYSSEY!" Felix launched his attack.
"DIAMOND BERG!" the figure replied, crushing Felix before his Psynergy had come to full power.
"Ugh. . ." Felix dropped, wounded, but not mortally.
"Everyone, battle formations!" Ivan cried desperately to try and organize the group.
"Not a chance," the voice responded, "FREEZE PRISM!!!"
Wave upon wave of ice struck the group, and the only one left standing was Isaac.
"Well then, now you see that you are no match for me."
Isaac gaped, as he got his first clear look at his attacker for the first time. "It can't be. . . Alex?"
Isaac's eyes raced toward the pedestal where the ancient artifact that kept Mt. Aleph sealed beneath the earth once stood. It was gone.
"Yes indeed Isaac, it is I. It was so kind of those petty thieves to decide that they were going to steal that artifact. Otherwise, I might have never gotten out. But as you can see, I am here now, and that means the world as you know it is coming to an end" Alex replied coolly.
"I-impossible. . ." Isaac stuttered.
The rest of the group began to rise, strength renewed thanks to Mia's Wish spells.
"I'm afraid I have no time to fight you all over again, nor the energy just yet. I am not back to my full power, what with having been released so recently and all. But rest assured, we shall meet again soon, and when we do, all of the Golden Sun's power will belong to me!" Alex teleported away, nowhere to be found.
"Ohhh, my head. . ." Garet muttered, "What happened to the guy we were fighting?"
Isaac turned around, a look of pure fury on his face. "Alex is back," he seethed with rage, "and we are going to stop him."
"I think we better return to Garet's house and hear the whole story, then we can decide what to do, and maybe gather a few allies to form a larger army" Ivan said, "After all, if what you say is true, then we are going to need an army for sure. Alex is a master at planning, and he is one up on us in Alchemy knowledge. We need a strategy."
And so, they set off to Garet's house, to make plans for the quest which was unfolding. . .
Chapter IV: An Old Foe's Return
"NO!" Isaac shouted, reeling in the agony of what he was seeing.
"MIA, HEAL HER! DO SOMETHING!" Isaac frantically screeched. Mia attempted to heal Jenna, but to no avail.
"I can't do it Isaac, she is beyond healing" Mia said softly.
"No, no, no. . ." Isaac moaned, "Felix, please, revive her do-do something. . ." he pleaded as he dropped his Sol Blade and fell beside Jenna.
"I'll try Isaac" Felix replied, his voice shaking.
Ivan's eyes caught something in the shadows, moving swiftly, but suddenly, with a slight swish, so miniscule, that unless you were concentrating you couldn't hear it. Ivan looked around again, convincing himself that it was only his head.
Felix gave up, and turned to Isaac, his voice about to crack "It's too late, Isaac. Nothing can save her now."
An eerily calm and cold voice rang out "Yes, indeed, you are all much too late to save your poor Jenna. As you can see, she has been effectively disposed of."
The group looked about in fright, unable to locate the voice.
"I'm afraid you won't see me" the voice called once again, "I am effectively hidden. It would be for the best if you would all just leave, just as Jenna should not have come."
"You monster!" shouted Garet. "Look what you've done! You have no idea who you are messing with! Us Adepts are THE Adepts, the ones that lit the lighthouses! Now you have no chance to live. We'll find you, and you'll be made to pay!"
"Spare me the lesson" the voice sighed, "I know exactly who you are. Who could forget? You were striving so hard to stop poor Saturos and Menardi from lighting both Mercury and Venus Lighthouses, only to discover later on that they needed to be lit. Or how YOU yourself, GARET, almost fell off Jupiter Lighthouse and died trying to save MIA, while Agatio and Karst took on IVAN and ISAAC. I know who you are, and I can see that your threats are empty."
"In fact," the voice said smugly, "you are all to frightened and grief-stricken to do anything anyway. What a wishy-washy group, I'm surprised you made it far enough to become part of my plans."
Suddenly, Ivan had an idea. He huddled the group together.
"It doesn't matter if you make a plan or not, you can't even see me, much less beat me" the voice tried to distract them. In the huddle, Ivan laid out his plan.
"All right, Isaac, ready your Sol Blade. Felix, be prepared to back him up with Odyssey. Garet, we'll need you to give us some physical shielding with some spells, and Sheba, you do the same for magical shielding. Mia, be ready to heal anyone who gets hit too hard. I will cast Reveal, and the instant I do, our enemy will be visible. Isaac, you attack with the Sol Blade, then Felix with Odyssey, and if he doesn't go down, standard battle plan from there. Ready, on my count. . . 1. . . 2. . . 3. . . REVEAL!!!"
The room suddenly lost all of it's dark and shadowy corners, and everything was, well, revealed.
Isaac looked up in the air, and saw a figure floating almost directly above them.
"aaaaAAAAHHHHhhh!!!" Isaac yelled as he jumped up and swung his Sol Blade with all his might. The figure skillfully dodged by floating to the side, and then disappeared in a flash of Psynergetic energy, reappearing behind him.
"ODYSSEY!" Felix launched his attack.
"DIAMOND BERG!" the figure replied, crushing Felix before his Psynergy had come to full power.
"Ugh. . ." Felix dropped, wounded, but not mortally.
"Everyone, battle formations!" Ivan cried desperately to try and organize the group.
"Not a chance," the voice responded, "FREEZE PRISM!!!"
Wave upon wave of ice struck the group, and the only one left standing was Isaac.
"Well then, now you see that you are no match for me."
Isaac gaped, as he got his first clear look at his attacker for the first time. "It can't be. . . Alex?"
Isaac's eyes raced toward the pedestal where the ancient artifact that kept Mt. Aleph sealed beneath the earth once stood. It was gone.
"Yes indeed Isaac, it is I. It was so kind of those petty thieves to decide that they were going to steal that artifact. Otherwise, I might have never gotten out. But as you can see, I am here now, and that means the world as you know it is coming to an end" Alex replied coolly.
"I-impossible. . ." Isaac stuttered.
The rest of the group began to rise, strength renewed thanks to Mia's Wish spells.
"I'm afraid I have no time to fight you all over again, nor the energy just yet. I am not back to my full power, what with having been released so recently and all. But rest assured, we shall meet again soon, and when we do, all of the Golden Sun's power will belong to me!" Alex teleported away, nowhere to be found.
"Ohhh, my head. . ." Garet muttered, "What happened to the guy we were fighting?"
Isaac turned around, a look of pure fury on his face. "Alex is back," he seethed with rage, "and we are going to stop him."
"I think we better return to Garet's house and hear the whole story, then we can decide what to do, and maybe gather a few allies to form a larger army" Ivan said, "After all, if what you say is true, then we are going to need an army for sure. Alex is a master at planning, and he is one up on us in Alchemy knowledge. We need a strategy."
And so, they set off to Garet's house, to make plans for the quest which was unfolding. . .