- Battle City Angels –
Chapter 4: A Magician Against A GodTea Gardner tossed and turned as she slept. She rolled to her left and BANG! Tea sat up rubbing her eyes.
"Mom! I told you to stop pushing me out of the bed just to wake me up!" Tea looked around only to see that her mom wasn't there. She sat on cold stone. Her head bobbed around as she scoped the scenery!
"Holy crap! When did I take a trip to the mountains," screamed Tea as she climbed from the icy ground. Tea shuddered as the cold wind stung her skin and penetrated it to the bone. Tea couldn't believe where she was. The sky was a dark gray like an imminent thunderstorm was about to strike. Thunder rumbled in the air and it had begun to drizzle. Tea decided it wasn't safe to be hanging out on an open cliff if a hazardous storm did hit for she would be blown right off the mountain's edge. Tea began to climb over rocks as the small rain pellets struck her skin. It wasn't raining hard at all but the rocks had already become slightly slippery. Tea continued on her voyage trying to find safety until the storm passed.
"Where did everybody go," Tea asked herself. Tea stopped and stood up on a rock and looked around, squinting to get the best possible vision. Tea cupped her hands around her mouth.
"Serenity! Serenity! Where are you?! Mai! Ishizu! Can anybody hear me? Is ANYBODY out there," screamed Tea, only to hear her voice echo in the distance as it bounced off the rocks. No one responded. All was silent except for the occasional rumbling thunderclouds and the sound of the raindrops splashing against the rocks. Tea sighed and turned back to the rocks to continue climbing. It seemed like she had been scaling the mountainside for hours. Her arms had begun to burn and the muscles in her legs had become tight. She continued climbing though. Tea finally reached a peak that went down. The air was tight and she had begun to pant for air. As Tea stood on the top of the peak her foot slipped, sending her falling down the opposite side of the mountain. Tea screamed as she fell for, it seemed, forever. Tea's arm hit a sharp rock, cutting the top of her forearm. She flipped forward as her head dove over feet. Tea finally came to an abrupt stop as he forehead crashed into a giant stone leaving a bloody wound on her head and leaving her unconscious. Tea layed on the cold wet rocks as the blood from her head stained the gray stones. The rain pitter patted against her back. The wind cut through her hair as the young brunette layed in the deserted mountains, wounded and passed out.
"Wake up Tea! You want to save these poor fools don't you," said a nasty growling voice in the air. Tea opened her eyes slowly as she layed on her back. She raised her head and touched her head slightly as the burning sensation ran across her head. Tea fought to sit up.
"Who's there," said Tea as she fought to say words. Tea stood up, wobbling to keep her balance. She looked straight across from her. Her eyes widened and goose bumps scattered over her entire body. Her stomach turned and she felt like she was going to pass out again. Across from her on another cliff stood none other than the ever hated and evil, corrupted, diabolical, sinister, mad, incongruous (OKAY! I'll stop w/ the descriptions)………Yami Marik!
"You! How? There's no way! I thought Yugi destroyed you," screamed Tea as she began to sway trying to stay conscious with the nasty open wound on her forehead. Yami Marik smiled like an insane person from the hospital would, with his eyes wide and the veins protruding from his face.
"You dumb fool! When me and that pathetic, weaker Marik switched places in the duel, it just set me up to be sent back to this desolate prison! But enough about me! You haven't even noticed what is hanging below each of our cliffs did you," laughed Yami Marik. Tea and Yami Marik were standing about 30 feet apart, each on separate cliffs; separate mountains to be more exact. Tea looked below Yami Marik's cliff and there hung, upside down by his feet,……BAKURA! He was unconscious though. Tea bent down on her knees and looked under her stony cliff. None other than the infamous Seto Kaiba hung there.
"Let them go," screamed Tea as she stared into Yami Marik's eyes with anger. Yami Marik began to laugh sinisterly.
"Why not," replied Yami Marik as he waved his hand in the air. The chains that held Seto and Bakura to the cliffs began to loosen and they began to slowly descend off the cliff.
"NO! STOP!" Tea screamed and pleaded to Yami Marik. He put his hand down and the chains stopped loosening, leaving Bakura and Seto still hanging from the two cliffs.
"What do I have to do to get them," asked Tea. She knew Marik had some twisted game up his sleeve, she just had to be smart enough to keep her head in the game and win (A/N: and what are the odds of her doing that! LOL! Okay, I'll quit hating on our heroine!). Tea stood bold and confident.
"What do you want Marik?! Do you want a duel? Is that what you're after," questioned Tea. Tea waited for an answer.
"That would be fun but how about we try something new," grinned Yami Marik. Tea looked at Marik very confused.
"What are you talking about Marik," asked Tea with her arms crossed over her chest. Yami Marik pulled out his deck. He pulled a card out of it, not letting Tea see it.
"I say we duel, BUT instead of the old fashioned dueling like always, I say we become the monsters and duel for REAL," cackled Marik. Tea reached into her pocket pulling out her deck. She had revised it a lot but she had just never really considered herself to be a good enough duelist for tournaments.
"What do I do Marik," asked Tea as she held her deck in her hand.
"Pick one card out of your deck and then we will use the power of the Shadows to become one with the card. Then we will duel……TO THE DEATH!" Marik began to laugh, and it got louder and louder, to where his laughter roared over the thunder and wind. Tea looked at the maniac and she shuddered.
"BUT, you see Tea! You see your friends down below?" Tea looked down to see the two young men still hanging from the cliffs. All of a sudden the chains that held them from the cliffs began to glow. Seto's chain began to glow a vibrant pink (A/N: Haha! "Seto" and "pink" in the same sentence is so funny! Sorry if I ruined the mood! !). Tea's card began to glow pink. Bakura's chain illuminated a bright yellowish gold as well as Marik's card. Marik raised his card to the air. Tea followed in his actions.
"Tea! If I die the power of my card fades and the energy that holds your friend, Bakura, fades as well and then he'll plummet off the cliff, hundreds of feet below, and die! However, you will have saved Seto! If you die then….well, you die! And Seto goes with you! But! You will have salvaged Bakura's life." Marik knew how much Tea disliked Seto and that is why he had him hanging from her cliff. He knew Tea and Bakura had a strong friendship and maybe that way Tea would just die willingly.
"This sucks! Why'd I have to get stuck trying to save Seto Kaiba's life! For all I care the fool could go sky diving without a parachute for all the grief that bastard has put us through…..but he still is a human. I don't wanna have to die to save Bakura though," thought Tea. She knew she had to try to save them both but she didn't know how yet. The two enemies held their cards in the air and then each person began to glow.
"I invoke the power of The Dark Magician Girl," screamed Tea as she began to glow in a neon pink. Armor attached to her and the staff materialized in her hand. She was now an ultimate spellcaster. Marik began to glow and he began to laugh like usual.
"Ha! You will never survive! I invoke the power of the Winged Dragon of Ra!" Tea looked at Marik in disbelief.
"But how?! Yugi took that card from Marik after Battle City Finals," screamed Tea. Yami Marik just grinned.
"This is the Shadow Realm! There is an opposite of EVERYTHING here! The actual physical card may lie in Yugi's deck but the spirit of that card will always rest in me!" Marik began to glow and it blinded Tea. Marik was surrounded in gold armor. Sharp gold shoulder plates covered his upper torso with a gold chest plate. He wore a gold bottom that looked like an armored kimono. Gold gloves went up to his elbows with very sharp fingertips. On his back protruded two very large golden wings also with very sharp ends. The helmet finished off the magical uniform in the shape of Ra's head. Marik was complete. He flew into the air.
"Are you ready to rumble, Tea?!" Marik looked down on Tea. Tea lifted her head and looked at Marik in the dark thunderous sky. Tea jumped from the cliff, flying into the air, her hair blowing in the wind and the rain hitting her in the face. Marik and Tea levitated in the air waiting for the first move.
"Do you really think you can beat me Tea? I am a GOD! You and your pathetic spells cannot take me down," laughed Marik as he flew forward at the speed of light putting his shoulder in Tea's gut. Tea buckled over as she flew backwards into the side of the mountain. Rocks flew through the air as Tea collided into the mountainside. Tea pried herself out of the large crater and flew back at Marik.
"Take this Marik," screamed Tea as she shot a pink energy ball at Marik. It impacted with Marik's chest plate and dissolved. Did Marik just absorb her attack?! Tea looked at Marik with disbelief.
"What happened," screamed Tea as she stood in a defensive position. Marik was silent.
"Poor, poor stupid Tea! I told you, I am GOD! Do you think you can really stop me?!" Marik raised his hand to the air. Thunder rumbled in the air and the wind blew harder. Then, a lighting bolt struck…..Tea! Tea screamed as the armor she wore intensified the shock. She fell from the sky hitting a mountain cliff. Smoke lifted from Tea's armor.
"Maybe it would be easier if I just gave up! This is futile! I'm not going to get anywhere trying to fight a God like this! Bakura. Seto. Please forgive me," thought Tea as she closed her eyes. Marik laughed at the weak girl.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I knew you were weak! No one can withstand the awesome power of Ra!" Marik slung his head back and cackled some more. Tea opened her eyes. This was her chance to strike! His guard was down! (Insert music – "Let The Bodies Hit the Floor" – if you have it, play it! If not, put some really kick ass music on as you read the rest of this! It puts you in the mood for this scene!)
"Dark Magic Attack," screamed Tea as everything around her turned black and a dark bolt of energy shot Marik in the face. Marik flipped backwards as he went head first into a mountain. Boulders fell loose and descended down the giant space of the two mountains, barely missing Bakura. It was on and Tea was fueled! Tea launched herself at Marik who was still stuck in the mountain. Tea grabbed Marik by the throat and shoved her knee in his gut. Spit flew from Marik's mouth and he gasped for air. Tea finished off her combo by putting an elbow in Marik's chin as he was bent over. His eyes began to roll. Tea was whooping his ass and she had caught him completely off his guard. Marik gasped as he tried to regain his breathe. Tea went for Marik again, breaking his skull as she smashed her staff across the back of his head. Marik flew down the open gap of the mountain. The air pounded him in the face! Tea landed on his back with her feet using Marik as a human surfboard all the way down to the bottom of the mountain. Tea jumped off his back as he crashed into the sharp, jagged rocks at the bottom of the mountain causing an explosion of rocks and dirt. They were finally on the ground, where Tea preferred to be. She waited to see if Marik emerged from the rubble with her staff in front of her, positioned as if she were getting ready to sword fight. The rocks were still. She could not see Marik for all the stones and boulders that enveloped him. Then the rocks began to move.
"He can't be alive! I just opened the biggest can of whoop-ass ever on him," screamed Tea, as she stood straight up. The rocks and boulders that covered Marik burst away as giant flames exploded from underneath them. There stood Marik with blood trailing down his face and his entire armor surrounded in flames.
"Nice job Tea! You do have some spunk in you, but kiss your life goodbye! Say hello to my Phoenix Mode!" Marik held his hands out in front of him and his gloves began to glow. BAM! A giant spiral of fire exploded from his hands and was aimed straight at Tea. The fire was a million times the size of Tea and she watched as it raged towards her. The red tint reflected from her eyes as it came closer. Tea froze. What was she to do? It was killer enough she was fighting Ra connected with Marik, but to have to face Phoenix Ra was beyond anything she could stop!
"Oh God," screamed Tea as the Flames swallowed her and kept going into the mountain, baking the base of the mountain. The flames continued going as Marik held out his omnipotent gloves of Ra. The fire began burning a hole through the mountain. Marik was going to make sure Tea was dead! That she was nothing more than a pile of ashes, if even that much was left of her! Finally he stopped and the fire ceased. Tea was nowhere to be seen. Smoke towered where the streak of fire trailed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! The annoying little spore is dead! I won," laughed Marik as blood ran into his eyes causing his eyes to turn a pale red. Marik felt something on his shoulder. He turned. TEA?! Tea stood behind Marik with an evil grin on her face.
"It's called teleportation, moron," said Tea as her fist glowed black with electricity surrounding it. Tea punched Marik in the face busting his nose. Blood splattered all over her armor as his nose crunched all to pieces! She felt the bones in his nose shatter. Marik grabbed his face in agony as the pulsing sensation of his broken nose extended through his entire face. Marik fell to the ground as he continued to hold his face. Tea put her boot on Marik's throat cutting off his ability to breathe. His eyes bulged as he grabbed the base of Tea's boot trying to remove it. He couldn't. He had lost so much blood and his own strength was fading.
"Tell me Marik, how does it feel to be the helpless one now," asked Tea as she pressed her foot harder into his throat. The muscles in Marik's neck began to stretch and snap. Marik grunted, as the pain grew greater. Then, in an instant moment of strength, Marik brought his left leg up, kicking Tea in the back and she stumbled forward and fell to her knees on the ground. Marik struggled getting off the ground. His Phoenix Mode had faded. He barely had enough strength to contain Ra within him. Marik raised his hands in the air and lightning bolts streamed down from the sky surrounding Tea. Tea screamed as the electric current fried her body. Her heart felt like it was going to explode. It wasn't beating! Did her heart stop?! Tea fell on her back and grabbed her chest as tears rolled down her face.
"Bakura. Seto. I'm trying! I won't give up," whispered Tea as she tried to keep her eyes open. She tried to breath but it hurt. Her lungs felt like they had been put through a blender and it hurt so much to inhale. Tea sat up as the smoke fumed off her armor. She looked down at her leg. There was a giant hole in her right calf. It was black and deep. When she tried to move it, the gap would gush more blood. Tea fought to regain her balance and come to her feet. The blood poured down her leg and into her luster boots. Marik glared at Tea. His left eye had swollen shut and his nose was out of alignment. Scrapes and cuts covered his face. The two stared each other down. It was coming down to the wire and the fight would soon be over. One of them would have to die! Tea closed her eyes and focused. Marik began to step forward towards Tea.
"Time to die mortal," screamed Marik as he ran at Tea with his glove raised in the air and his sharp fingers stretched. Tea seemed oblivious to his ranting. Marik brought his glove down, ready to slice Tea through the head. As his hand reached inches away from Tea's helmet she raised her arm above her forehead, blocking the chop. Tea opened her eyes and her eyes were glowing a furious blue. Then, laser shot from Tea's eyes and they smashed into Marik's chest plate and he flew from his feet. Marik sailed through the air and finally smashed into the ground. Dirt and gravel stuck to Marik's bloody wounds. They crunched as he stood.
"Why don't you just give up Marik?! I'm not afraid of you! You can't hurt me," screamed Tea as she used a levitation spell to lift a boulder and heave it at Marik. The boulder tore through the air and was headed straight for Marik. Marik jumped at the boulder, punching it and smashing it to millions of pieces. Tea looked in amazement as Marik did this.
"Don't count me out just yet! You will die before this fight is over," cackled Yami Marik as he jumped through the air, landing a kick on the right side of Tea's face. Tea felt her neck snap. She flew into the ground and sped across the hard, uneven stone ground. She layed motionless on the ground. More blood trailed from her forehead and leg. Her vision blurred as the blood continued to drain from her body. She battled to return to her feet but it was hopeless. Her strength had abandoned her and she felt her heart beat grow faint. She opened her eyes slightly to see a blurry apparition of Mai, Serenity, and Ishizu standing over her. Mai reached her hand down to Tea.
"Tea? Tea. Get up! You're strong. You can't let someone like him defeat you! Call upon the strength of your friends to pull you through this fight," said Mai's voice. She felt someone touch her head. It was Serenity.
"Come on Tea! Show that creep whose boss," cheered Serenity as she tried pushing Tea off the ground. Mai grabbed Tea by the arm pulling her to her feet as Serenity pushed her from the back. Ishizu grabbed Tea's other hand. Tea began to rise from the ground. Marik looked at Tea.
"What is going on," screamed Marik as he watched Tea's body rise from the ground on its own. Tea stood with her head bowed as she tried her hardest to concentrate and focus. She raised her head.
"Thanks guys," said Tea as she looked around. No one was there except Marik. What had she just experienced? She knew the others were there! They had to be! She felt them grab her and pull her from the cold ground! Tea continued to look around and then she felt them again. She felt the spirits of the three girls in her. They were strengthening her. A pink aura surrounded Tea and she closed her eyes as she felt the warmth of their friendship. Marik had no idea what was happening. Marik attacked Tea again, planning to smash his fist through Tea's skull. Tea looked to be in a trance. Marik came closer ready to splatter her brains across the icy granite ground. He launched the punch.
Tea grabbed his wrist and shoved it down to his side and kneed him in his crotch! Marik growled in anguish as he grabbed himself. Then Tea put both hands on Marik head, one next to each ear. Her eyes opened and were glowing a vibrant red. She pushed her hardest against Marik's head. She felt the bones in his head crunch and blood shot from his nose, tarnishing her boots. She forced down as hard as she could. Marik's skull completely caved in and Tea could feel the spongy brain that was beneath it. Marik quit moving and his limbs fell to his sides. Tea let go as his bloody body fell to the ground. His head lay at her boots as if bowing down to her. His eyes were wide open as he died. Blood surged from his eyes like tears. It discharged from his mouth like vomit. He was dead. Tea was victorious. She backed away from Yami Marik's dead body. His blood unfolded across the bitter, hard ground. It seemed to be growing like it was trying to reach her. Tea started to stumble backwards.
His blood flowed faster across the ground, chasing Tea. Tea began to blast the ground with energy blast as his blood hunted her. It was blood, what was shooting it going to do? It wasn't like she could kill blood. Tea turned and ran and only ran into a corner. She was trapped. The blood fought to reach Tea but had lost all power to continue chasing her. The blood solidified turning to stone. The stone had a domino affect trailing back to Marik's dead body. The blood turned to stone and then Marik's lifeless body turned to rock. He was a taciturn statue. Then a thought struck Tea…..Bakura and Seto! Tea ran from her corner and looked up the mountain side. Sure enough, Bakura was plunging down from the sky above her. Tea raised her rod to the air and Bakura stopped. He was levitated in midair. Tea slowly brought Bakura to the ground. Then Tea closed her eyes and in a blink, Seto was laying next to Bakura.
"I love these damn teleportation spells," thought Tea as she looked over to see if Kaiba was still breathing. Bakura opened his eyes to see Tea in a Dark Magician Girl outfit.
"Hi Tea," said Bakura as he shot up, "It's not Halloween! Why are you wearing that absurd costume?!" Bakura looked Tea over.
"Good Lord! You're not going through some kind of identity crisis are you?!" Tea laughed. She held her hands over her wounds and then they were gone.
"And Marik said being a spellcaster was worthless! I don't see him putting his skull back together," thought Tea as she helped Bakura off the ground. Her armor faded away like a ghost as she and Bakura stood together. Tea walked over to Kaiba's unconscious body.
"Yo Kaiba," screamed Tea as she kicked Kaiba in the side of the head. He began opening his eyes. Tea kicked him again.
"Time to wake up! I saved you! Hello!!!" Tea kicked him again, harder! Kaiba jumped to his feet.
"What the hell is your problem Gardner," hollered Seto as he shoved Tea in her chest making her fall to the ground. Bakura crossed his arms and took a step back from the two of them. Tea jumped up and punched Kaiba in the eye and then kicked him in the groin.
"Don't mess with me! I just kicked the living crap out of that statue over there," said Tea as she pointed to the statue of the dead Marik. Seto paid no attention as he was bent over on the ground trying to bring feeling back into his manhood. Bakura put his arm around Tea and they began to walk away. Seto jumped up, "Wait for me you fools!" The three of them walked away through the giant canyon of the mountain and in search for the rest of their friends.
Again! I am up at 12:30 trying to finish this and listening to some Britney Spears on Crack song blasting in my ear just to keep me awake! It's some Techno song gone horribly wrong! WHY BRITNEY SPEARS?! It sounds like something they would play to drugies in a rehab center just to give them some kind of high! Well I hope you enjoyed Tea's fighting and mushing Marik's brain all over the place! If you're a big Marik fan, too bad! At this point I don't care cuz I'm sleepy and I probably have like a million of grammar errors just cuz my eyes are fuzzy! I had way too much fun killing Marik in this chapter just because I had to watch him for an entire season torturing all of my favorite characters…especially Mai! I'm still bitter over those three episodes. Damn that Marik! Well Good night and I'll update soon!