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: The fifth chapter is here! The heroes will engage Leonia for the first time. Read and review people. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 5: First EncounterIt is the night before Leonia's forces will assault Townsville. Leonia is sitting on his throne, listening with interest, as his advisors reported their progress in preparing his minions for war. "Master, each of our elite councils has six hundred warriors who are eager and ready to fight at your command." Kradisgh, one of Leonia's elite councils, spoke. "I'm pleased, Kradisgh. Keep me informed about the troops' progress prior to our invasion on this, Townsville, tomorrow." Leonia replied. "Yes, my liege." Kradisgh replied, and was about to walk out of the throne room, when Leonia spoke, "Oh, I almost forgot to inform our elite council, that I will have a council meeting with them tomorrow to discuss how we are going to attack. That includes you, Kradisgh." Kradisgh just nodded, and walked out.
Leonia decided that he should familiarize himself with his legions, so he stepped out of the throne room, and told his guards he will be walking around the fortress, and inspecting the preparation for war with his own eyes. He walked around in many of the lengthy tunnels on the fortress, passing many of his minions whom going to training facilities. They hailed him as they walked past. He saw orc shamans working on their sorcery on dummies in one room. They were casting spells of considerable power on the dummies, occasionally setting them on fire or tearing them to pieces. Leonia grinned, as he walked further through the passageways. He came upon a warrior training facility, where several orc and demon warriors were practicing their swordsmanship on spinning wooden dummies with blades attached to them. They stopped training to salute Leonia as he came into the room. He nodded, and went to strike one of the dummies with his right hand. The warriors were surprised, when Leonia destroyed the dummy with his bare hand without much work. "That was nothing. When I get all my seals, my power will be unimaginable." Leonia muttered in amusement. His minions applauded their leader's strength, and vowed to him that they would not let them down. "See that you keep your word, my minions!" Leonia roared, as he left the room.
Leonia was just about to return to his throne room, when he found another door that led to another room, with a pretty big interior. He became curious with what was inside, and walked in. He was surprised to see at least twenty-five griffins, which were beasts with the head and wings of a giant eagle, and a lion's body, being tended to by the demon caretakers. But these griffins were not ordinary griffins. They were undead griffins. The odor of decaying flesh was floating freely in the room. One of the demons tending to a griffin noticed Leonia's presence, and went to greet him. "Master, nice to see you drop by. These undead griffins are very powerful. They can be of great help to our troops on the ground." The demon grunted. "Impressive." Leonia replied, as he continued to look at the beasts. "Can they be destroyed easily?" He asked. The demon shook his head, and said, "No, they are very hard to defeat by the crafts the humans now possess. Also they have very powerful abilities." The demon continued to explain that the griffins could reproduce themselves really fast, so their numbers could increase in alarming rates. "We enchanted the first griffin with a cloning spell, and it was very successful. Now we can increase our flock of griffins from fifty griffins to two hundred in just a week, master." The demon muttered with excitement. "I'm very impressed!" Leonia uttered. "How many will we have by tomorrow?" He asked. The demon replied that they would have at least seventy griffins the next day. "Good!" Leonia spoke, and with that he left the room, thinking to himself. "Alas, these griffins can really aid me in my attacks. Who can stop griffins that refuse to die easily? I hardly think that's possible." He thought.
Brick woke up that night, his face covered with sweat. "That monster, he appeared again. It seemed so real. Who is this, Leonia, and what does he want?" he thought. He went to the bathroom to splash his face, and he questioned himself about those "dreams" he was having. He went back to bed, and was finally able to doze off after a couple of hours had passed. He woke up the next day, to see that Blossom sitting by his bedside. "Good morning! Did you sleep well last night?" She inquired, with a giggle. "You overslept again, your brothers had some trouble trying to wake you earlier." She said. Brick groaned and spoke, "Argh! I got nightmares last night, kept me up for a couple hours!" He then went on to rub the sleep from his eyes. "Awww! Poor thing. Are you going to be okay?" She asked. "Yeah. I'll be fine." Brick replied. Blossom gave him a peck on the cheek, and left the room. Brick got up and stretched. "What was that nightmare supposed to mean?" he thought. He then shrugged off his thought and went to freshen up, and prepared for school.
The time has finally come. Leonia was pacing back and forth in his chamber. "Where are my elite councils? I told them to meet me here prior to our attack!" He muttered to himself. After he said that, his elite leaders rushed in, asking for forgiveness for being late. "Hmph! See to it that you won't be late again!" Leonia barked. "Yes master!!" His elite councils replied in unison. Leonia then sat down and discussed tactics with his minions. They plan to attack Townsville in waves. The first wave will be led by fifty of the Marzul, with six hundred orc warriors. They are instructed to attack central Townsville from the south. The elite councils of Leonia's hordes, commanding at least seven hundred demon warriors, will lead the second wave of attackers. Leonia himself will attack by air with about seventy of the trained undead griffins, and their riders. "Destroy every defender! Don't relent your attacks! Don't underestimate your foes. Fight with ferocity, my minions! Place fear in their hearts!" Leonia yelled. His minions growled with ferocity and eagerness to cause havoc. "Go now, and raze Townsville!!" Leonia commanded. And with that Leonia's forces march out of their fortress and into a portal towards Townsville.
Meanwhile, the kids were in Pokey Oaks Elementary doing the things they usually did. Buttercup was doing the usual things, like teasing the class bully, Mitch. Blossom just finished her homework and got bored, so she took out a book on Algebra 2/Trigonometry. It was her favorite subject. Brick saw her doing that from the corner of his eye. His eyes bulged like a bullfrog when he realized that Blossom was working on advanced mathematics. "Whoa, you're a little genius!" He muttered in bewilderment. As usual, Bubbles was scribbling on a piece of paper, while Boomer admired her drawing. "That's a nice drawing you got there." Boomer complimented. "Thanks!" Bubbles replied. Suddenly, the hotline rang. Blossom got up and rushed to answer the phone. "Powerpuff Girls, we need your help! There are monsters terrorizing citizens downtown. Hurry!" The mayor exclaimed. Blossom sighed, "More monsters. When will we have a moment's peace?" She thought. She replied to the mayor that she, her siblings, and their friends would be right there.
Back at downtown, the first wave of Leonia's hordes had arrived. The Marzul were zigzagging from wall to wall, building to building and raining fiery darts onto the citizens below. The warriors following behind them were scaring and killing the innocent civilians, while they tried to flee from the fiery projectiles. The heroes finally arrived; realizing the horror of such an attack had already begun. Brick blinked several times as scenes from his dreams suddenly appeared before his eyes. "Oh my goodness, what I saw in those dreams, they are real. This was what it was about. I must do something. I must! From what I saw, there would be something terrible that will happen." He thought as he realized the urgency he and his comrades must do to thwart this catastrophe. "Boomer, Butch!!! Go to the southern end of this street, and engage the enemy there, I have a feeling their reinforcements will be coming from there! Girls, handle the warriors trying to kill the fleeing citizens! I will deal with those things throwing those fiery things." Brick told his comrades.
As the girls and Brick's brothers flew off to engage the enemy, Brick flew towards the group of Marzul and attacked them. He threw several punches at them, and many of them just got knocked back. Brick fired his eyebeams at them, but it seems that they are quite resistant against his attacks. They slashed at him with their swords, but they missed as Brick barely dodged them. "They are good!" he muttered. He fired more of his eyebeams but they did not harm the Marzul. Suddenly, he began to glow in a reddish color, and he felt a little bit stronger. He fired a couple more beams at the enemy, and after a couple tries, one of the Marzul fell from the sky, and disintegrated. Brick began to concentrate and he started taking down the Marzul, one by one. He was making great progress, when one of the Marzul threw a container at Brick. The container exploded, covering the area with thick black smoke. When the smoke cleared, Brick realized that the Marzul were gone. "Darn, where are they now?" He muttered. He shrugged, and just flew off to join his brothers in defending the downtown area against invading orc warriors.
While Brick was fighting the Marzul, Boomer and Butch flew to their positions. As they arrived, they saw ten orcs, dressed in black suits of armor, charging towards them. "Whoa, ugly. Really ugly!" Butch commented. Boomer just smiled, and said, "Let's take them out." Butch nodded, and the two boys engaged the orcs, overpowering them after a while of fierce battle. The boys noticed that they have not experienced such a foe before, and the boys had some trouble defeating them. Just as Brick glowed in red, the two boys glowed in their respective colors, and suddenly felt more strength in them. They defeated the orc warriors, and stopped for a second to catch their breaths. "That was tough." Boomer muttered. His brother nodded, and was about to reply when he noticed a large mass of enemy warriors, marching slowly towards them from a distance. "We got more of them heading towards us bro!" He muttered, as he and Boomer prepared to defend Townsville from the hordes.
The girls were having a rough time fighting off the orc warriors as well, but they were able to defeat them after a while. The girls were escorting the citizens to safety, when ten armored personnel carriers rolled into downtown. They came to a stop in front of the girls. As the girls stared with excitement, the hatches on the armored personnel carriers opened up, and several soldiers stepped out. One of the soldiers ran over to Blossom and said, "Blossom, I am staff sergeant Johnson. I am stationed at the military base south of Townsville, and we detected the large group of monsters heading to town. We thought you could use some assistance." Blossom smiled, and told the staff sergeant that she and her comrades will be pleased to have their help. With that, the soldiers ran and got into defensive positions behind the rowdyruff boys. They are now prepared to defend Townsville against Leonia's hordes.
Brick startled Butch and Boomer when he landed beside them after he handled the Marzul. "Whoa, you scared us!" Boomer exclaimed. Brick just playfully socked his little brother, and asked, "What do we have?" "We got about five hundred of these ugly guys coming towards us." Butch replied. "They're closing in." Boomer interrupted his brothers' conversation to divert their attention to the orc warriors. The boys' glance was cut short, when the soldiers under staff sergeant Johnson arrived and reported to duty. "Whoa, we got ourselves some big guns!" Butch muttered, as he noticed that some of the soldiers were armed with rocket launchers. Brick smiled, and gave a thumbs-up to the soldiers, who were hiding behind sandbags and peering out to see what's coming. The tension was unbearable as the heroes prepared to meet the onslaught of the orc warriors. The tension was finally over when a loud roar was heard among the orcish ranks. The six heroes eyes widen as they saw the five hundred orcs charge at full speed towards them, closing the gap of a hundred feet in five seconds.
The boys charged right through the enemy ranks, using their eyebeams and punches to defeat their enemy. The girls stood behind the sandbags and fired their eyebeams into the fray, while the troops opened fire. Rockets and bullets flew into the orc battalion, slaying many of the mighty orc warriors. Buttercup was enjoying the action, and felt really excited fighting along side proud members of the United States marines. "Oohrah!!" She yelled, as she fired a volley of eyebeams at the enemy. The boys were doing just as well, as they killed and slew many of the orc warriors in the far end of the battalion. After several action packed minutes, the orc battalion was defeated. Many of the orcs were slain, while some managed to retreat and escape to safety. The marines cheered as they fired their guns into the air, while the six heroes hugged each other.
Six angels were watching the battle from heaven. "They fought hard and bravely. I think they are finally ready to carry out their destinies." One of the angels spoke. "Indeed." Another replied. "We must tell the lord that they are ready to rid the earth of Leonia once and for all." The angels replied in unison. The angels went to tell God that the battle has begun, and they must tell the kids, that they are destined to defeat Leonia.
The celebration was ended quickly, when one of the marines caught sight of a large group of hideous monsters charging towards them. "Monsters! More of them!" he yelled. "What?" Butch inquired. "More monsters!" The other marines replied, when they looked towards the south. The kids looked towards the direction the marines were pointing, and saw the seven hundred demon warriors rushing at full speed towards them. As the demons were charging, many of the demon sorcerers were casting fiery projectiles onto the marine defenses. A lot of the marines fled in fear and many were killed while they tried to defend against the horde. The kids attacked the demons, and found them harder than the orc warriors. However, Brick himself realized they were as tough as the Marzul, except a tad weaker. He blasted through a lot of the demons with his eyebeams, and told his brothers to concentrate their eyebeams at the enemy.
The kids fought hard and bravely, and the tide seemed to be turning. The defenses were holding quite well. The kids stopped suddenly in their tracks, when they heard a loud deafening screech. Brick look up, to see seventy flying beasts flying overhead. On each of them, was a demon. "Griffins!" Shouted Boomer, when he realized what they were. In the middle of the flock of Griffins, was Leonia, riding on the biggest Griffin of all. The smell of decaying flesh finally reached the girls, and Bubbles groaned, "Phew! They stink!" The defenders watch with horror, as the griffins unleashed black blasts from their mouths. When the blasts hit the defenders, many of the marines were killed instantly. The dead rose up as zombies and attacked the other marines. Chaos and confusion was spreading. The marines fired their weapons at the winged beasts, but they weren't very successful. The six heroes flew towards them and avoided the blasts. They knocked off many of the demon riders, causing the griffins they were riding on to flail and fly away in confusion. The boys concentrated their eyebeams, and remarkably, they were able to disintegrate the griffins. Leonia saw this and realized that he must hurry. He signaled a group of the demon riders to follow him to the seal's location. "Hurry! Or our efforts will be lost!" He growled. The demons flew after him, with the six heroes in pursuit.
Leonia and his minions landed in Townsville square. Before the kids arrived, Leonia ran towards the center of the square and punched a hole into the ground. He kept punching the ground until it made the hole big enough to let him in. As the other demons and their griffin steeds stood on guard, he dug the ground beneath the hole, desperately to find the seal. "I can feel it!" He growled to himself. With one more slash with his hands, he revealed a dark red stone with ancient engravings on it. He grinned devilishly as he picked up the stone and broke it. "I am a little stronger now! And I can feel the locations of the other seals now. I will go now to recover the rest of the seals, and regain the rest of my power!" He thundered. He ran out of the hole to discover his demon guards and their griffins slain. In front of him, the heroes stood.
"Persistent ones aren't you?" He muttered loudly, as he brandished his fangs. Bubbles whimpered lightly. "Who are you, and why are you attacking our town?" Brick demanded. "I am Leonia, the dark lord. And you are in my way in my world conquest!" Leonia replied. "You will have to fight us first then!" Brick replied with a scowl. With that, the heroes charged at Leonia unleashing an onslaught of combos at him. Leonia grimaced when he felt the blows from the boys hit, but the girls' blows were ineffective. The boys noticed that the girls couldn't take him on, so they told the girls to take cover. The boys unleashed attack after attack. But Leonia was still too strong. Leonia pretended to slash at the boys with his scimitar, but he fooled them and went on to cast a spell with his staff. The boys were hit by the blast and knocked back fifty feet. Boomer got up again, but he realized that his brothers were knocked out. The girls looked on from the sidelines, feeling helpless against Leonia.
Boomer was just dodging blow after blow, as he tried to wake his brothers up. He then got really frustrated and started to concentrate on his abilities. Leonia was stunned when a flash of blue light was released from Boomer. When the flash faded, Boomer was a little dizzy, and he almost passed out. Leonia grinned, and thought that Boomer's attempt to buy time was a failure. He charged towards Boomer, ready to bring his scimitar down and destroy Boomer once and for all. He did not get the chance, when Brick got up again, and parried the blade. Boomer shook off the stars, and realized that he has revived his brothers. The boys then fought with new strength against Leonia. Leonia was distracted by Butch's attack, when Brick came up to him and landed a strong upper cut. Leonia flew several feet into the air and crashed on the ground.
The boys approached Leonia slowly, when suddenly he sprang back up. He walked towards them a little bit, but he collapsed on his knees a little bit later. "You are worthy foes. But I am not so easily defeated. I received my prize, and I shall go now to retrieve the other seals containing my power. You may have saved your town today, but we will meet again!!" He growled, and then he roared with a delirious laughter. He got up again, and yelled to his surviving demon riders. They swooped down and picked him up, and they fled southwards, and into a portal. The kids flew after him, but they were too late to catch him.
The heroes flew around town, realizing that the demon warriors have fled back through the portals. They surveyed the damage to downtown. It wasn't too serious. But the dead were in a quite disturbing amount. "At least we were able to do something. This could have been a lot worse." Blossom commented. Brick nodded and replied, "Yeah, but I have a feeling that the bloodshed does not stop here." The others nodded in agreement. They decided to fly home to rest, and think about the events that have happened.
A/N: Whew! Finally! CH.5 is finally done! This was a really exciting moment. Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and stay tuned for Ch.6, "The boys' destinies." As for now, Good day, and read and review please!