Heroes From Above: The Birth Of An Epic Saga
Disclaimer: I do not own the Powerpuff Girls. They are the Property of Cartoon Network and Craig McCracken. However I do own the ideas for this story.
A/N: Ok folks. Here is Ch.4. The action is about to begin… R+R!
CH 4. Leonia's return
One quiet night in a forest in central Europe, all of the animals are asleep. The moon was clear in the night sky. The wind can be heard blowing softly towards the east. Suddenly the silence was broken, by the trampling and snapping of twigs stepped on by many feet. Ten figures were walking down a hilly, and rough forest trail. They were dressed in black cloaks, and their hoods covered their heads. They trudged on for a mile or more, until they came along a clearing. They moved to the center of the clearing, and stopped. The figure in the lead took out a small leather bag. He walked around the center of the clearing, sprinkling the bag's powder like contents on the ground. After he completed his task, the powder on the ground resembled some kind of ancient symbol. The figures gathered around the symbol and began to chant in an ancient tongue. The symbol began to glow in a dark red color, as smoke suddenly rose from it slowly. "It's is time, master Leonia will cover the earth in darkness once again!" grunted one of the hooded figures, as he gave a devilish grin, brandishing hideous fangs that shone in the moonlight.
Suddenly the smoke thickened, and then there was a bright orange flash of fire. When the smoke cleared, a balrog stood in the symbol. The balrog was at least eight feet tall, with many spines that grew out of his thick hide. In his right hand, he holds a large scimitar, with a skull shaped carved diamond embedded in the hilt. In his left, he holds a staff, with a steel skull at it's tip, and it glowed in a dark purplish color, as it emitted a dark wisp of smoke from the skull's mouth. One of the figures spoke, "Master Leonia, welcome back to the living! All hail, Leonia, King of the dark!!!" With that, the ten figures dropped to their knees and bowed, while they hailed Leonia. "My, my, the most loyal of my minions, how nice of you to greet me here." Leonia spoke with a vicious grin. The figures took of their hoods to reveal their hideous, horrifying faces. Most of them were demon chiefs whom once fought in Leonia's demon legions, while the others were orc shamans. The lead demon in the group spoke, "Master, after you were destroyed, many of us fell. Only a handful of us, survived the glorious human bands." As he said that, many of the other demons groaned as they remembered the past. " We went into hiding underground, only to come out during the night to raid towns." The demon continued. An orc warrior beside him added, "We are currently building up our forces in preparation for the day we will unleash our onslaught upon this world. Master, soon we will help you reclaim your control over this vast land!" Leonia smiled, and said, "This world shall tremble in my reign of terror!" The demons and orcs suggested that Leonia should return with them to his makeshift fortress in the underground caves that Leonia's minions took refuge from the human civilization. Leonia smiled and put on a large cloak that his minions gave him, and followed his followers through the forest, towards the cave.
Brick woke up in a cold sweat. It was 4 am at night, and everyone was asleep. Brick was sleeping when he woke up from a nightmare that just seemed too vivid. "What was that? That was some creepy dream. That's the last time I had more than 3 burritos before going to bed!" he thought. He looked around, and noticed that his brothers were still fast asleep, apparently unfazed by Brick's gasp into the night as he woke up. Brick noticed Butch muttered something in his sleep, "Buttercup…cutie…" Brick also noticed that a little drool was forming on Butch's open mouth. "Must be dreaming about Buttercup again, what kind of dream is he having this time?" Brick thought. Brick then lay back down and closed his eyes. He tried to sleep, but woke up a minute later. "Ah, rats! I can't sleep. I guess I just go down to the danger grid and get a workout." He thought. He threw off his covers and trudged across the carpet in his room. He hovered down the stairway, and into the Professor's lab. The lab was divided into two sections. One, being the room where professor Utonium does his chemical experiments, the other being the room where the professor invented and kept his mechanical contraptions, including the danger grid, which is a high tech training hologram projector designed to help the PPG train against certain foes. Brick hovered to the danger grid, and typed the initiation code on the console outside the hologram chamber. 'Good morning, user, please enter username and password.' The computer displayed on the screen. Brick typed in the information, and the machine revved up. 'Good morning, Brick, please select training type.' Brick selected the target practice training, and selected it to be at level 16. He stepped into the hologram chamber, and said, "Start program." He spent the night shooting targets with his eyebeams…
Meanwhile, Leonia arrived at the mouth of the cave. His minions and him went down the cave, after making sure that nothing had followed them. As they got deeper, they took off their cloaks, and gave them to a demon that is guarding the outer part of the cave entrance. They then traveled further down, and they stopped at a massive gate. The guard at the opening of the gate saw Leonia, and bowed down. As he got up, he said welcome back to his master and let the Balrog and his minions in. Leonia was led to a throne room, which he then went and sat upon it. His ten loyal minions sat in chairs placed beside him. They told him about their current plans to mark their return to the surface as a significant force. Leonia listened, and groaned. " Those plans will never work as you planned." He said. He explained that even if they spent a little bit more time training more warriors, they will still be dealing with too big of a risk, especially the fact that Leonia is still weak. He told them that prior to his defeat 3000 years ago, he sealed his strength, power, and malice in ten dark seals. He then sent them out to be hidden elsewhere in the world, so in one day, he will return to break the seals and regain his power. He told them that he took a big risk that day, and that sealing away his power, was the reason why the human hero so easily defeated him.
His minions then spoke, " We must find these seals then! Or else, the light will purge our darkness from this earth once and for all!" One of the orcs then spoke up, " Yes! We must find them, I for one, will not see the orc race perish from this earth without a fight!" he said this with disgust, as he thought of the human warriors who slew his companions so many years ago. Leonia silenced the commotion, and told his minions that the seals are now hidden somewhere, that even Leonia will not be able to find them with ease. "Bring me a hundred of your best warriors, my generals." He spoke to the minions seated in the chairs beside him, "I will empower them to have the power to seek the seals, and that way, the seals can be found much easier." The demon chief on Leonia's right, Kradisgh, shouted in a demonic tongue, and the doors of the throne room flung open. One hundred vicious looking demon warriors came forth, and hailed Leonia. "Good, good. I will empower them, and they shall be known as the Marzul, seekers of the seals!" Leonia boasted. He began to chant, and the demon warriors morphed into dark slender beings. They carry swords of terrible power, and they wear a black suit of mail, that is incredibly strong, despite its lightweight. "It is done. Now go, my Marzul! Go and find those seals!" Leonia commanded them. At once, the Marzul turned around, and rushed out in a flash, out of the caves, and started going to every town and country in the world, in search of the first seal.
Brick, has just finished blowing up another hologram target, when the clock flashed: 5 AM. Brick turned off the danger grid, and hovered back to his room, and went back to bed. He woke up with a groan a couple hours later, when he found Blossom, jumping on and off his bed and saying, "Wake up, Brick! You're going be late for school! You don't want to get a tardy on your first day, do you?!" Brick just groaned once more, and smiled. "Okay, okay, I'll get up. Will you get off me now, sweetie? You're crushing my legs!" He uttered, as Blossom realized that when she sat down on his bed to shake him away, she was sitting on his legs. "Opps, sorry!" She said, giggling as she flew out of his room, and down the stairs. "Breakfast is at the table, hurry up and dress will ya?" she called from downstairs. Brick answered back, and looked around. His brothers are already up and downstairs. "Man, I'm a deep sleeper, aren't I?" he thought. He quickly got dressed and freshened up, and hovered down to the breakfast table. He ate his breakfast, and sped off with his brothers and the girls to Pokey Oaks.
While he was in school, he was excelling at just about everything. Ms. Keane, who was the teacher at the school, was asking the class a question. Brick raised his hand to answer, and as Ms. Keane called on him, he spoke out his answer. He was cut short, when he suddenly felt a strange presence. He trailed off as he was trying to figure out what it was. "Brick, dear, are you okay?" Ms. Keane asked him. He broke out of his trance, and said he was fine. "What was that? Surely something I never felt before." he thought. Meanwhile, a few miles from the school, ten suspicious looking persons were walking around, and they appear to be look for something. One of them accidentally exposed the tip of its dark sword. Turns out, some of the Marzul are now searching for the first seal in Townsville. As the Marzul get closer to the school, Brick suddenly felt the presence stronger. "There it is again! What the heck is it?" he thought.
The Marzul walked away, and Brick felt the presence fade. Soon, Brick did not feel the presence anymore. Meanwhile, the Marzul has walked into downtown Townsville, and suddenly, they stopped in their tracks. They felt something dark coming from underground, in one of the busy roads in downtown Townsville. One of them said, " The first seal, it's down here, we must return to tell Master Leonia, the dark lord will be pleased!" With that, the Marzul vanished into thin air, leaving the citizens who are witnessing these figures in black cloaks, totally bewildered.
The Marzul returned to the caves, and told Leonia about the first seal's location. He was also told of the military base that was stationed in Townsville. Leonia then decided, "We shall attack this, Townsville, with our fearsome warriors. Once I get my seal, the human defenders will be powerless against us!" he said with an evil laugh. But his generals told him that the armies are still training, and will have to require some time before going on the offensive. "How long?" Leonia demanded. "Not long, my liege." Kradisgh replied. Leonia then agreed to wait 2 more days, and then they will attack. Leonia began to scheme his tactics, after dismissing his minions. "Townsville, will be mine, and the seal, will be broken!" Leonia whispered to himself, as he chuckled evilly.
A/N: Well, that's it for CH.4! It came out a little earlier than I expected, I had a little extra time on my hands! :P Well, stay tuned for Ch. 5, "First Encounter". The battle is about to begin! R+R, and have a nice day!