Chapter 27: Doomsday's End Part 2
"AHHHHH! The pain....it hurts...so much." In front of the 00 cyborgs appeared the now battered body of Black Ghost. Parts of the distinguishing outfit had been torn of in the attack. Part of the facemask, mainly on the right side of the face extending from mid-cheek to the ear, had also been destroyed.
"Didn't Julie just say that she was taking care of Black Ghost?" Albert turned to Jet with a questioning look.
"Yeah, she said not to worry about Black Ghost, and that I should get back here." Jet caught himself. "She must have known that this was going to happen, but then who were we chasing then?"
"It had to have been the only person that we have yet to see. It had to have been Jedi!!!"
Banking left, Jedi tried to head back to the battlefield. But Julie was in the way!
"How do I know that you are really there? That this isn't a trap, and you are the bait. For all I know, you fell to the control of Black Ghost."
"I can't completely prove that. I can only ask that you trust in me." Jedi was desperate. The Dark Afterimage should be wearing off any second now, but if Julie wanted to, Jedi could be dead long before then.
"That isn't enough! I have a duty to destroy evil, and right now, you are the embodiment of that evil until you can prove that you aren't!"
"FINE!! You know as well as I that I have a deep love of liberty and freedom. The very ideas that created my home nation! If you believe that by destroying me that you will protect them, then so be it." Jedi lowered his head as though the attack would come at any second.
"I...I'm sorry." Julie backed away from him. "We need to get going back to the cyborgs, that is, if you would forgive me for mistaking you for that slime."
"Of course. Listen, Julie, how about after all of this is over we go find a quiet place somewhere and...." Jedi moved forward and took her hands in his. He had never been this close to her. Well, not that he could remember anyway. Never before had he wanted to kiss a girl, but now just felt right. He leaned forward and brought his hand behind Julie's neck.
"Jedi! Julie! We need you NOW!!! Black Ghost is thrashing the cyborgs, they can't hold him off much longer!" Areana's voice rang into their ears. This wasn't the time for romance, he had a job to do. And now he had someone by his side.
"Better get going, got a world to save." Jedi looked calmly over to Julie.
"Right, let's go!" Julie was blushing, but still managed to turn around and start her way back to the battlefield.
"JOE! Look out!" Françoise tried to warn her husband about the accelerated figure behind him. Black Ghost was still more powerful than all of their powers combined. There was nothing left for them to do, unless the two androids came and saved them soon, there would be no tomorrow. Today would be doomsday.
Chang, Ivan, and Albert had been destroyed. Black Ghost had snuck up behind them and blown them to bits with some sphere device. Jet's legs had malfunctioned, and he was now stuck up on a cliff. She herself had sustained major damage when she had tried to rescue Ivan, she hadn't gotten there fast enough though. His lost was the most painful of all, or a close second, if Joe was destroyed before her. Ivan had been under her care for as long as she could remember. He felt like a son to her. This was especially true since Dr. Gilmore died back in 2014.
"Need some help?" Out of nowhere came three blasts of energy. Each one hit Black Ghost and distracted him long enough for Joe to get out of the way. "How 'bout you cyborgs let us handle this. Well, that is I'd like Albert to stay behind if he is still around."
"What do you need me for? I am but a lonely actor, stuck in a battle between the angels and the demons of the stage!" GB's voice came from nowhere, but when you had the ability to look like anything, and were in a rocky area, you became a rock.
"I have a special acting job that only you can do."
"Oh? Is there a special commission involved?" GB pressed his belly button and turned into his normal self. He had been right beside Jet the whole time.
"YOU CHICKEN! You were hiding while the rest of us were being blasted!" Jet groggily lifted his arm to smack the actor up, but failed to do so.
"Well I must preserve my physique you know. So...Jedi. What's the part that you have in mind?"
"Oh, it's a very special part. One night showing. You will play the sidekick to a dashing superhero and the equally, if not more beautiful super heroine."
"Just your luck, doesn't look like I am doing anything else, so I'll do it!"
"And who am I, chopped liver?" Black Ghost appeared in the air above Jedi.
"No, I was thinking the lead villain. Or I was until you butted in. Now I am thinking that all you are good for is target practice." Jedi took aim with his left arm. "What do you think, Julie?"
"Sounds good to me. Betcha' that I can get a higher score than you!"
"I doubt that!" Jedi started firing.
"Think that pea-shooter will do any good against me?" Through his one visible eye, the Evil One looked on. "You've shown many new tricks that I would have thought impossible. You have turned into quite the little weapon. If only you hadn't been misaimed and made it to the Dortde home world with me. With you by my side, we could have ruled the universe by now! Oh well, I suppose that you aren't the only old dog that hasn't learned a few new tricks. Let me show you one of them." Around Black Ghost appeared a bubble of light, it began to expand. Soon it engulfed GB and Julie. Jedi was able only by some unknown grace to dodge the bubble.
"Think a bubble is going to destroy me?"
"No, but it will make things a bit more in my favor. 007 merge with me!" The bubble disappeared, and inside, Julie was unconscious! She was floating right beside Black Ghost. HE WAS GOING TO PULL THE SAME TRICK AS THE CYBORGS HAD BACK ON THE LEAD SHIP!
"BETH, go to hyperactive flight!" Jedi flew forward, and pushed Julie out of the way. The puddle that was Great Britain was now forming a bubble around him and Black Ghost. "I'm sorry GB, I only wish that my original plan had worked. Julie, I think that you will have to find that spot on your own. BETH, initiate!"
---5 seconds until Self-Destruct---
"NO!!! IT CAN'T BE! I WILL NOT BE DESTROYED!"
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"I finally can rest in peace." The soul of Jedi Rilet sighed deep within Black Ghost
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"Jedi.......no." Julie's eyes flickered.
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"JEDI! STOP THIS NOW! SURELY THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!" General Redding turned to his command. "EVERYONE INTO THE BUNKER!"
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"Thanks for the last bow, Jedi." GB was barely able to mutter anything through Black Ghost's control on him, it came out as a whisper. "At least I will leave the stage with a bang..."
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