Chapter 2. Enter Ace Lightning
Ace Lightning, former Lightning Knight, soared through the darkness, searching for the creepy Carnival of Doom. As he looked around he spotted a large area that had a red banner at the entrance. Ace landed and approached the banner. In highlighted yellow words it said: The Carnival of Doom!. Ace smiled and entered the carnival. A walkway of stands was right in front of Ace, and at the end was the House of Horrors. Ace frowned. "This placed has Lord Fear's name written all over it..." said Ace staring around. The carnival was deserted, not a person in sight. If only Ace hadn't split up with his fellow Lightning Knights, Sparx and Random Virus, he would have some company. As he slowly walked down the walkway, he didn't notice he was being watched...
High on a a tent roof, Dirty Rat, a henchman of Lord Fear, evilly watched the Lightning Knight walk by. Dirty Rat was a small, but fat rat, with large and dirty ears and a fat tail. The weird thing was he had bat wings and was dressed up like a clown. "Hahahaha! Looks like Ace Lightning has popped in for a visit" laughed the rat and he flew off into the House of Horrors. Going through the doors he went down a flight of stairs and went through a set of wooden doors. This led to a great staircase, which was covered in cobwebs. Dirty Rat opened up a trapdoor and flew down the stone steps. He came to another door and he could here some eerie organ music coming from the other side. He opened the door and flew inside the room. The room was quite small and has statues and ornaments scattered all over the place. At the back of then room, stood a old organ and playing was a boneman in blue clothes. This was Lord Fear. Fear's loyal staff, Staff Head, a frog with bat wings and a orb on it's head, attached to a wooden stick, was moving his head to Lord Fear's deadly music. "Such blood curling music...and to think you never had a lesson" commented Staff Head. Fear nodded. "You flatter me my loyal staff" replied Lord Fear. Dirty Rat flew over to Staff Head and whispered something to him. Staff Head gasped in terror. "My lord!" cried the staff. "What!?" cried Lord Fear, slamming his bony fists down on the organ keys. "Ace Lightning has entered the carnival..." Staff Head whimpered. Lord Fear's scary looking face changed into a evil smile. "Perfect, now let's give our guest a real welcome" he said standing up and seizing his staff. He walked out of the door and entered a door on the left. Dirty Rat followed. The room was covered in fabric material in many colours, from ceiling to floor. Many crystal balls and stars hung from the ceiling. In the corner, a woman sat, sitting by a mirror. "Snookums, Ace Lightning has dropped by for a visit...shall we go and greet him?" said Lord Fear. The woman stood up and faced him. "Let's, my lord..." she said and grinned.
Meanwhile, Ace stood by a post, holding his only piece of the amulet. A sudden green mist appeared and Ace pulled out his Lightning Lance, ready for battle. A shadowed figure marched out of the mist. It was Lord Fear and he looked angry. "So, we meet again Ace Lightning..." he said. "No time for a greetings Fear, now cough up your piece of the amulet!" shouted Ace. "Funny, I was just about to say the same thing!" cackled Lord Fear and fired green beams from his staff. Ace front flipped into the air and landed behind Lord Fear. Ace swung his lance and struck the villain in the back, knocking him over. Ace stood over Fear as he lay on the ground. "Your finished Fear and you know it!" cried Ace. Then a sudden force slammed into Ace's back, knocking him onto the dead grass. Standing above him was Lady Illusion. She was a green skinned woman with a spider on her head as hair. She wore a pink battle costume with black lines running down her legs like spiderwebs. She wore a red cloak and in her right hand was a hovering crystal ball. She tossed at the hero and damaged him more. It exploded on impact. Lord Fear stood up, and rubbed his wounded leg. After a mighty battle once, Lord Fear ended up with a limp for life. "Well done my lady..." said Lord Fear. "Thankyou my lord..." replied Lady Illusion and laughed menacingly. Ace was unconscious and not moving. "Anvil! Pigface! Dispose of this garbage!" announced Lord Fear. Out of the shadows came a giant rhino with a muscular body. He was dressed in rags and had a deadly iron anvil attached to his arm. He also had wore a barrel and a dustbin lid on his shoulder. His head was large and had beady little eyes, but razor sharp horns. Behind Anvil came a small and fat wild boar. It had muscular arms like Anvil, but was short and had short legs. He wore a striped shirt and stitched trousers. His head was massive and had a small red eyes. He had a large pink nose and sharp tusks. His mouth revealed small sets of teeth, but a massive tounge and a revolting breath. Anvil picked up Ace by the leg and he and Pigface marched off to a dumpster. Anvil dropped Ace inside it and closed the lid. "If Ace Lightning get in way, Anvil will smash him!" shouted Anvil as he and Pigface walked away into the darkness.
Lord Fear sat in his room standing by the window. "Soon Ace Lightning will awake and go on a hunt for the other amulet pieces...but then he will slowly lose his powers until I will be able to destroy him once and for all!" said Lord Fear. "But your lordship, what if the other Lightning Knights show up?" asked Staff Head. "Ah yes! Do not worry, Lady Illusion can take care of Sparx...but Random Virus will be even easier to corrupt! Hahahahaha!" replied Fear and laughed madly. He then turned to Dirty Rat. "Rat! Go and fetch Googler..." declared Lord Fear. "I don't know where he is boss?" said Dirty Rat. "Oh, very well, I shall go and find him myself" sighed Lord Fear "The rest of you, return to your posts and prepare to welcome that pitiful Lightning Knight". "Yes my lord!" said Lady Illusion and she exited the room, followed by Anvil, Pigface and Dirty Rat. lord Fear then sat down at his organ and smiled. "Pretty soon, the Lightning Knights will fall and I, Lord Fear, shall rule the universe!" announced Lord Fear. "I'm so proud of you my lord!" cried Staff Head. "Muhahahahahahahahahaha!" laughed Lord Fear and began to play a horrible tune on his organ!