Chapter Five: Passing The Torch
"Why did you never tell me?"
Matt and the others returned home after the battle, and right now, Matt was trying to dig a little deeper into the past. But so far, his parents refused to tell the whole story.
Or, at least his mother.
"I'm not gonna tell you!" Matt's mother, Barbara snapped at her only son.
"You probably don't have to!" Matt cried, "I'm all ready a Guardian of Cyberspace, I'm the leader, I'm the Keeper of The Crystal of Shangri-La that you once possessed! I'm your son who's taking on the next generation of leading the Guardians of Cyberspace!"
Barbara slapped her cloth on the counter and turned to glare at her 18 year old son.
"Matthew Phillip Williams, tell me how you found out about the Guardians of Cyberspace and how long you knew about the world of Cyberspace..." Barbara demanded.
Matt just silenced, and stood there with his arms crossed.
"Now!" Barbara snapped.
"I knew about Cyberspace when I first met Jackie and Inez!" Matt answered through gritted teeth.
"You knew about it for seven years?" Barbara cried.
"I got sucked into the portal and ended up at Control Central, it wasn't my fault!"
"Then make an explanation of why you suddenly became the next Guardian of Cyberspace with your friends!"
"Because I'm your son! And I have the same family blood as you!"
"That is not a good reason, young man!"
"So you don't believe that I'm the new guardian?"
"Do you think you can play tricks on me, Matthew?"
"No!"
"Then you know the answer!"
"And youranswer isno!"
"No, I answer yes! Of course I believe you! I just wonder why you never told me!"
"Because..."
"Because what, Matthew?"
"BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME!"
Both the mother and the son silenced. Then, Matt broke into tears.
"You would think I was stupid at the age of 11." Matt sobbed, "At a young age like 11, no adult will believe you! Not even your parents! And you know how that feels! You knew Hacker for more than a decade, and you know that! Don't try to hide it, mom! I visited the past today, and you drained Hacker from his powers temporarily after returning from the Northern Frontier for the first time! You used Elements Unite to finish him off!"
"Matt, please!" Barbara cried, trying to hold back her tears, "I know I should've told you, but I thought the same thing as you did when you first found out about Cyberspace. I thought no one was gonna listen to me! Not even your father! Nor my friends, not even the animals except for Obi!"
"Well you could've at least told me!" Matt sobbed, "I would've believed you! I visited Cyberspace, and now I know how it feels like to be a leader of a group of Guardians that protect both Cyberspace and Earth! I discovered my powers at school after the lights went off and everyone was evacuated from the school!"
After a few seconds of silence, Matt burst into fresh tears and fell in his mother's arms. Barbara held him tightly, and rocked him reassuringly, also bursting into tears, but silently.
"Arf! Arf!"
"What's wrong, Obi?" Matt asked, scratching the back of the golden labrador's ear, "Did you find something again?"
Obi barked again.
"Obi, what's wrong?" Matt asked again.
Obi just kept on barking.
Then, Matt heard a somehow familiar hissing voice in his head.
Barbara heard the same thing.
"Give up, Guardians..." the voice hissed in the two minds, "Or perish in the Under World..."
"NEVER!" the mother and son yelled at the same time.
In an instant, a different portal opened up in Matt's room. A dark, murky portal.
"Matt!" Barbara cried, racing up the stairs, knowing that her son heard the same thing.
"Mom!" Matt called back, "Don't come in! It's too-"
Matt's words suddenly disappeared as he saw a gigantic serpent come out of the portal.
"Matt!" Barbara cried from the other side of the door, "I'm coming in! Energy Blast!"
Matt instantly ducked down as the door demolished into pieces from an explosion of energy from his mother's hands.
"Mom..." Matt managed to muster weakly.
"Your voice..." Barbara whispered, reassuring the guardian. Then, she looked up to face the creature. "Who are you?" she demanded.
"I am the Serpent of The Under World!" the serpent hissed, "Now is the time you will face your fate!"
As the Serpent lunged forward, something stopped him...
"It's over, snaky!" Jackie cried from another portal, after shooting an arrow at the serpent.
"Guys..." Matt whispered.
"Matthew," Barbara said, "The Crystal! Summon the Crystal!"
Matt stood up, and summoned the Crystal of Shangri-La.
"Crystal of Shangri-La, Absolute Energy!"
"Crystal of Shangri-La, Water!"
"Crystal of Shangri-La, Fire!"
"Crystal of Shangri-La, Earth!"
"Crystal of Shangri-La, Air!"
"Elements Unite!"
In a flash of light, the guardians were in their battle forms.
"Let's fight this guy off!" Matt called, and prepared to attack.
Well, here it is! Chapter Five: Passing The Torch! Here's a bit of a sneak peek for the next chapter...
"Guardians!" Matt cried, "Brace yourselves!"
As the creature lunged forward, the guardians unleashed their attack at the powerful creature.
And if you read Kim Possible fanfics, then here's a sneak peek for the next chapter of Kim Possible: The Demon Files #1...
"KP, open your mouth." Ron demanded.
"Uh, okay," Kim said, opening her mouth, "But why do I need to-"
"Do you want a sword or not?"
"Of course, I do!"
"Then, hold still! This is gonna sting a little..."
"OW!"
"Got it!" Ron pulled out a fang from Kim's mouth.
"Ron..." Kim quivered, "Is that my..."
"Wuh-oh!" Ron said sheepishly.
Kim's eyes narrowed in anger as she yelled, "RONALD DEAN STOPPABLE, YOU IDIOT! MY FANG!"
Well, until next time, see ya! ;-)
CelestialTime93
