And again, I took a mega-long time to put this up, sorry people. I had it written out for sometime, but then the Tala/Hru moments seemed so "strange". I was debating whether Tala would have attack Hru back or not.never mind, read it and you'll see what I'm talking about! XD Plz review, I know everyone's quite busy, and that's including me! ^^ An egg HATCHED, lol! :P It's a kawaii, chibi creature!!! Just imagine great cuteness and you'll know what it looks like! And it's exactly the same creature as the owner's Bit Beast, why? You'll find out later. ^_~
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Chapter 38: Psychic Control
"I've been waiting for you..." the Psychic Warlock said, his voice spooky, "I knew you would come, I am Psychic, I can predict the future." He was clad in armor with an orange cape and he was holding a giant axe.
"Loony," Carly mumbled, "Here we go again, we've heard it all before; you'll win, we'll lose, you'll kill, we'll die, you'll destroy, we'll cry, you'll prevail, and we're history. It's getting quite old!"
"You have come for the Psychic Scepter," the Psychic Warlock said, as if he was in great meditation, "As I have predicted."
"Oh great," Kai muttered, "A fortuneteller."
"Tell me," Tala mumbled, "Why else would we be here? A half-witted monkey would be able to tell us that!"
"And we'll get it!" Holly told him angrily, "I suppose you think it's funny, tearing down the Psychic Palace to build this stupid grid of clear tiles!!!"
"You don't appreciate my Force Field?" the Psychic Warlock asked, "Hmmm? Very well." He released a huge blast of energy from his hand and suddenly there was no pressure, "There, I called off the Psychic pressure."
Tala looked suspicious, "Why would you do that? It was your advantage."
"It still is," the Psychic Warlock sneered, "You see, all that energy that created the pressure went inside me and filled me with greater power to destroy you! Let the battle began!!!! Come forth my Psychic Sorcerers!!!"
"I should've known it was too good to be true," Johnny muttered.
Four faceless figures came forward, they were clad in armor as well and each carrying an axe. They had no faces, underneath their hoods were nothing, they were mute, and they didn't talk.
"Eeeeewwwwww!!!!!!" Kailee shrieked, horrified at the sight before her.
Johnny scowled, gripping his own axe tightly; he seemed to have taken their choice of weaponry as a personal insult.
"Bring it on!!!!" Enrique snarled, holding his star mace, "I'll get that Psychic Scepter, I didn't come here for nothing!"
With a roar of rage the Psychic Warlock started the battle, "KILL THEM!!!!!"
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"Group up and take one Psychic Sorcerer each! Curse it, spread out!!!" Johnny shouted, "Enrique you pursue the Warlock, be careful!!!! We'll help you."
Kai and Holly led a sorcerer away to the east with Kai pulling Kailee along since his sister had frozen in fright.
Ray, Willow and Cassandra had lured another sorcerer to the west.
Tala and Hru paired up and headed south with one sorcerer.
Max, Carly, Johnny stayed in the center to fight the last sorcerer who refused to budge.
Enrique chased after the Psychic Warlock north.
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"Bunch of creeps!" Carly somersaulted around, confusing the sorcerer and then blasting out Ice. To her surprise, the Psychic Sorcerer blocked it with a flicked of its bony wrist.
Max tried his rifle, firing rapid gunshots at the monster, but the sorcerer just raised its hand, glowing orange and stopping the bullets in midair. Max watched, shocked, as the bullets reversed direction and shot back at him, luckily, Johnny pushed him aside gingerly.
"He's too strong with those Psychic powers!" Carly cried, dodging as the Psychic Sorcerer sent out blasts of Psychic energy, "YIKES!! WATCH IT YOU MORON!!!!!"
Suddenly the Psychic Sorcerer's eyes glowed orange and Carly couldn't move at all. She winced as the monster raised his hand and Carly floated up in the air, yelling helplessly.
"Carly!" Johnny yelled, "Put her down you freak!!!"
Carly turned pale as the Psychic Sorcerer blasted a hole in the Force Field, revealing the empty blackness. "Johnny!" Carly yelled, fear audible in her voice, "Do something!!!"
Johnny and Max both froze, they knew that if the Psychic Sorcerer released his Psychic hold on Carly, she would drop to eternal darkness.
"JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!"
Johnny jerked his axe angrily, smashing into the Psychic Sorcerer's body. He whirled his axe in the air and sent out a blast of Astro power from his palm, stars flew out of his hand, exploding into everything they hit. The star attack managed to knock the Psychic Sorcerer's arm astray so Carly was moved safely away from the black hole. But Johnny wasn't done yet, he brought his axe down onto the sorcerer's head, killing the monster. The Psychic hold on Carly was broken and she fell down...
"You are SO lucky," Johnny told her, shaking his head as he caught Carly in his arms.
Carly blushed, smiling at her friend, "Thanks a bunch Johnny, I own you big time." Besides from being shaken, Carly seemed fine.
"That was close," Max shuddered, "Too close."
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"You'll never defeat me," the Psychic Warlock sneered, "Such a weak pathetic human."
Enrique flung his star mace at his enemy, "We'll see!!!! Take this!" But his aim was way off and the Warlock merely dodged and fired. Enrique stumbled on the ground and got up, his eyes burning with rage. They dueled, with Enrique rapidly losing. //It's no use, I'm just not strong enough,// Enrique thought miserably, the courage dying from his eyes, //I can't do anything right, I'm just a loser.//
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"Ray!" Willow yelled as the Psychic sorcerer they were fighting, lifted Ray on his Psychic hold and threw him harshly on the ground after. She ran to him, touching his wounded body.
"Ow!" Ray cringed, pain twisting his face, "That...was...a harsh...fall. Something's broken."
"Oh Ray!" Willow cried, tears filling her eyes, "Don't move."
"That's it!" Cassandra snapped, slamming her trident into the Psychic sorcerer as she conjured a massive wave to wash over the sorcerer.
But the Psychic Sorcerer wasn't so dumb, he froze the water attack with his Psychic hold and sent it back to Cassandra and Willow, washing then away roughly.
"Argh," Cassandra yelled, "I've never had an attack used back against me before!"
Willow shot out rapid blasts of Darkness, but those were blocked as well, "It's no use! We have to double team him, I'll create a diversion, and you attack him."
"How are we going to do all that and protect Ray as well?" Cassandra demanded, jumping out of the way of the axe.
"Go ahead," Ray said weakly, "I can protect myself just fine..."
"Okay," Willow gathered a blast of a Dark energy in her hands and hurled it at the Psychic Sorcerer, her attacks have become remarkably stronger ever since she retrieved the Dark Scepter. The Psychic Sorcerer raised a Psychic wall and tried to block the attack while Willow forcefully shoved hers forward with all her might.
"My turn," Cassandra said while Willow and the sorcerer fought for the upper hand. She hurled her trident at the Psychic Sorcerer and struck him in the back. Then she fired out Water blasts from her hand and watch in grim satisfaction as the sorcerer withered in pain. Willow regained control of her Dark energy blast and slammed it into the Psychic Sorcerer while Ray staggered on his feet and launched his own Fire assault on the enemy. With a mute cry, the Psychic Sorcerer vanished.
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Kai glared as the Psychic Sorcerer they had lured sniggered at them silently, like he knew something they didn't, "What's so funny you faceless freak???" He fired out a blast of thunder as the sorcerer blocked it with Psychic wall.
Holly snuck up back and took a good shot herself with her Light blasts. Kailee hurried to Kai so she could hide behind him, but then...
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Kailee shrieked in fright.
Kai and Holly both whirled around. The tile Kailee had been standing on vanished and she almost fell into the black hole down beneath. She was desperately gripping onto the edge, but slipping every sec.
"Kailee!!!!!" Kai cried, rushing to her. But suddenly the tiles before them were vanishing and appearing at random places, making it impossible to choose a path to walk. Kai gritted his teeth, "Hang on Kailee!!! Man! I can't move, I can't use Dranzer, I can't do a single thing!"
The Psychic Sorcerer sneered at them silently, the disappearance and reappearance of the tiles continued, leaving Kai and Holly extremely confused.
Kai growled, looking helplessly from the Psychic Sorcerer to his sister, "I'm going to..." Suddenly Kai felt the pack on his back wriggle around, "What the hell-?" Kai opened the pack and the egg rolled out, bouncing around on the ground.
"Kai!" Holly cried, "You're going to break the poor thing!"
"I didn't throw it out," Kai retorted, "It started bouncing around like a rubber ball!"
The Psychic Sorcerer didn't look very pleased to see a yellow egg bouncing around (but how can you tell? He has no face...). He aimed blasts of Psychic power at the egg. But the egg dodged the blasts purely by accident, bouncing around as if it was having fun.
"Kai!!!!" Holly cried, "Get the egg back, we have to
rescue Kailee!!!"
"What am I supposed to do???" Kai snapped back, "Call 'Egg, come back?' Hang in there Kailee, I'll think of
something!!!!"
"Hurry!" Kailee whimpered, close to tears, "I can't hold on much longer..."
Part of the yellow egg cracked and a golden tail poked out.
"It's hatching!!" Holly cried while the Psychic Sorcerer glowered.
The shell of the egg broke off and two large friendly eyes peeked out, a short squeak came out from its beak. Then the bird-like creature flew out, its golden wings sparkling, its long feathery tail drifting in the air, and its eyes large and curious.
"It's a phoenix!" Kai said, groaning, "A baby phoenix, how's that supposed to help me???!! It can barely fly!!!" Indeed, the baby phoenix swaggered in midair and looped around in confusion.
"HELP!!!!!" Kailee cried.
The Psychic Sorcerer seemed to have taken a dislike to the newborn and began firing at it. The baby phoenix squealed and dodged the attacks awkwardly.
"I'll never reach Kailee!" Kai yelled, "The tiles never
stay still!! I don't know what to do!"
Holly was using her Light blasts to block the sorcerer's assault on the baby
phoenix. The little newborn started to
fly towards its master, Kai, then he followed Kai's gaze and looked at Kailee,
helplessly dangling before the black hole.
It shot down and nipped Kailee's bag with its beak. The phoenix tugged hard and with surprising
strength for its tiny size, it hauled Kailee safely to Kai before dropping her
on the ground.
"Kailee!" Kai hugged his sister tightly, Kailee in return started to cry. Kai looked angry and he threw bolts of shocking thunder at the Psychic Sorcerer while Holly hurled an explosion of Light energy. Caught in the middle, the Psychic Sorcerer disintegrated.
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"PUT ME DOWN!!!!" Hru screamed, kicking furiously in the air.
"CURSE YOU, PUT HER DOWN!" Tala yelled, looking enraged. He fired from his lazer gun, but to his annoyance his attack did nothing.
With the Psychic Sorcerer's hold on her, Hru felt her body go numb and she couldn't reach for a Spirit Sword.but wait.or could she? Gasping, Hru felt her hand grasp her weapon and point it at Tala's chest.
"Whoa whoa whoa," Tala said, backing away, his blue eyes wide in shock, "Wait, don't, stop. Hru! What the hell are you doing?"
Hru cried out when attacks exploded out of her weapon towards Tala, //What's wrong with me??? I can't move. I can't stop my weapon from firing.I can't do anything!!!//
Tala tumbled to one side, "Hru, stop attacking me! Have you forgotten that we're on the same side????" He gasped as Hru's sword nearly missed his face, holding up his gun to block the blow. He fell back; blocking Hru's assault, "Stop it!"
Hru wanted to stop, but she couldn't, she couldn't even open her mouth to say that she couldn't move. She felt her arm being lifted again and her sword was once again dangerously close to Tala's face.
Tala stumbled back some more, backflipping onto his feet, "Stop it Hru, I don't want to hurt you. Don't make me use my gun, just put your weapon down. I know you and I don't really get along, but this is taking it too far!" Tala gasped as Hru paid no heed to his words and blasted her infamous Spirit Killers at him, nearly striking him through the chest. "HRU!"
//I can't stop.// Hru thought desperately, //I can't.otherwise I would.he's controlling me.// She tried to force her arm back down, but it wouldn't move, the Psychic powers on her were too strong and she couldn't fight it. //Down, down, DOWN! Come on, drop it! Anything! Just don't make me fire again!// Hru thought desperately, her mind screaming. A distance behind her, the Psychic Sorcerer lifted his arm in the air and slowly pointed Hru forward, moving his arm silently in the motion in which he wanted Hru to copy.
"Have you gone mad????" Tala shouted at her, gripping his gun very tightly, "Stop this right now! I'm warning you Hru, don't take another step closer! I-I'll shoot you."
//And I don't want to be shot! I can't stop, oh Tala, you stupid fool! Can't you see that someone's controlling my body? You stupid, stupid jerk! Open your eyes, even though you drive me nuts, I'm not going to kill you!// Hru thought angrily. //If only I could speak, but I can't even open my mouth! Screw this!! NO!!!// Hru felt her arm shudder in pain when she tried to stop the Spirit Attack from flowing out of her hand, not only did trying to resist the Psychic control have no effect, it caused her whole body to vibrate in pain.
Tala gasped when the Spirit Attack knocked his gun out of his hand, landing it a few feet behind him and the next thing he knew, there was a horrible pain in his shoulder. Though dazed turquoise eyes, he looked up weakly into Hru's eyes and saw her blade slice past his shoulder.
//Oh. My. Gosh. No. No way. I DIDN'T do that. I didn't! I still can't move.I can't believe that I stabbed him! This is just one big nightmare! Someone make it stop! It's no use, I have no control over my body anymore. I can't move, can't talk, can't do a thing!// Hru felt sick and frightened as she was unconsciously made to lift her sword once again, the gleaming blade towering over Tala who was still on the ground, clutching his bleeding shoulder. //Tala, move, please! I don't want to do this!//
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"I can't defeat him..." Enrique gasped, falling on the ground, "The scepter...have to get it..." He gripped his star mace, glaring at the snickering Psychic Warlock. Enrique's power was no match of the warlock's, especially since he was so miserable. His depressed mind made his Psychic efforts feeble and weak.
"You pathetic boy," the Psychic Warlock laughed, "I'll give you a real party." With a wave of his hand, orange glowing orcs appeared and surrounded Enrique, "My backup army, very well trained, I'm too bored of you to fight, I'll let these Orcs finish you. They're all bound with Psychic energy of course." The Warlock continued to laugh.
Enrique was too exhausted to get up and face the new wave of monsters, he had just about given up.
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Beyblader-grl: XD YAYZ! *very* cute dialogue. ^_____^ I like the Tala/Hru part. Hahaha, very funny! ^^
Riona Angelheart: @_@ Omg, I didn't even know that you've read this. XD
Becs: XD Hopefully, ne? Carly's always on the edge, you should read my other fic, she's even MORE on the edge than in this one. X_X
UniGirl: *sweatdropz* You're gonna yell at me for taking so long to update, I just know it. :P Whaddya mean I won't write mush? *cough* Skip one of the later chapters. Not really intense mush, but some stuff, well, it IS romance!
Elemental Water Mistress: O.O! I'm not evil! XD I was only kidding tho _, I think I'll stop his suffering soon. :P
Resident Oddball: I don't think I've seen you before, but welcome my realm of reviews!!!! YAYZ! Omg, little dragons, SSSSSSSSSSH!!! You're gonna give part of it away!
~*~Prodigious girl*~*: @_@ You can be the unique one, almost everyone like Tala/Hru scenes from what I've gathered. They're the most commented. :P Max/Kailee is coming soon, I believe, if I have my star charts worked out right! ^^
dreamer-gurl3: I'm sarcastic everyday so I don't mind. XD
Driger&Dragoon: *moves slowly away* You're talking like you KNOW me. O.O! If you want to see her take things far, my other fic would be for you! XD What's a spin-off??? O_o
whisper*2*imaginary: *hugz* Yay, you're here! Enrique has tonz of nicknames *nodz* O_o
bimbo-blonde: :P, Tala and Hru were getting along in last time and this time Hru's trying to kill him. ^_~ Real ironic!
Reicu: Awwwwww..no pictures. Too bad. ;_;
kai-cutie-angel: Enrique's self-confidence is dropping. _ Don't worry, they'll make up! Oooopz, you DIDN'T hear that from me.
Jazzy Jade Gurl: *pokez* Yayz review! Tala's always smiling *cough*smirking*cough* at Hru. *pokez again* I wish you'd update your fic, but I know you're very busy.
RBMIfan: You missed the intense sudden bonding. XD No, I'm kidding, too bad it never lasts long. XD
Kakashi Lover 4 Life: I've never watched Naruto. O_o Is it good? People keep telling me it's way too overrated. ???
Just-some-girl1: This - isn't soon, but it's an update! XD
Emerald skies: *gaspz* You called Tala a you-know-what. I've always associated Psychic with orange or purple, I'm weird, I know. :P Otherwise, what color would you have me use? O_o
Thedigimonbabe: She's veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery *insertz hundreds of verys* stubborn!
Kerry: LOL! Tala IS gorgeous though! XD Sweet bonding moments are always kawaii! ^^