Chap. 3
To The Tower
"YOUR WHAT!" Raven and Neuron yelled back in surprise. But Nightstalker paid them no heed. Sword in hand, he ran to the battle. Just as Sara dodged a blow that shook the pavement, the bat let loose a burst of shadowfire that blasted Cinderblock back into a nearby building. "Must you always do that?" the fox asked, as she turned to face him. "I've missed you too dear." The bat replied. "I know, but I could have gotten him." Sara argued. At that moment, Cinderblock rose up and hurled another car at them. Luckily, the two of them heard it in advance and flipped out of the way. Landing on their feet, 'Stalker said, "Maybe we should wait until later to settle this?" "Good idea." Sara agreed, as a golden light began to cover her. It began to harden and soon she was covered in a suit of golden armor, her helmet in the shape of an angelic warrior's face. Holding her wristblade high, she motioned for 'Stalker to charge, which he d almost immediately.
"What the hell are we seeing?" asked Neuron, as he watched the two Knights fight on. "I think it's one of the other Knights." Raven answered. "I'd heard that the position of Light Knight had gone to someone else. But I didn't know anything about this." "You mean the wife thing?" "No, I mean the fact she's a fox.. Yes the wife thing. Did you have any idea?" "I never even knew Brett had a wife."
Meanwhile, Nightstalker and the Knight called Lightweaver continued to attack Cinderblock. The monster had a tremendous amount of strength, but the tow of them seemed to have only one mind between them. Every move one of them did was complemented by the other. When 'Stalker kicked Cinderblock's legs out from under him, 'Weaver slammed onto his fallen body. However, Cinderblock was not so easily defeated. He got back up and threw a chunk of rubble at the Knights. They dodged it easily, and then 'Stalker rammed into Cinderblock, driving him into a nearby building. However, he did not go through all the way, leaving Cinderblock trapped in the framework of the stone building. Seeing that the monster was trapped, the bat fell to his hands and knees in front of the monster, just as his wife began to run towards them. Using the Shadow Knight as a springboard, she leapt off and delivered a huge dropkick straight to the villains face. Flipping off again, the Light Knight landed right by 'Stalker, just as he finished standing up. They looked at Cinderblock for a moment, then without warning, his body fell out of its prison and onto the ground with a huge thud.
"That went well." The bat commented, as he pulled off his helmet. "I'd say so." Agreed the fox, as she pulled of hers. "Don't we usually do something when a plan comes together like this?" "I think so, but I'm not sure if I'm rusty or not." Brett replied, smiling. "Let's find out." With that, he took his wife in his arms, pulled her to the side, and they shared a passionate kiss. After a moment, they pulled away, only when they realized that Raven and Neuron were staring at them. "I think you still have it." Sara said jokingly, as they turned to face the young heroes. "Uh Brett, is there something you'd like to tell us?" Neuron asked. "I guess so. Guys, this is my wife, Sara Dalle. Sara, these are Raven and Neuron, my new teammates." "What do you mean new teammates?" Sara asked, turning to face Brett was confusion on her face. "Well, I'm kinda joined up with 'em right now." "You didn't tell me anything about that." "Well, he's kept things from us too, apparently." Raven added. Brett looked extremely sheepish at that moment, knowing that he was in trouble on both ends. He quickly tried to explain, to the point where he was talking to both of them at once. "Well look Rae, you guys never asked me anyway…. Wait that sucks…. Uh,… Sara look I tried to tell you, but I couldn't find you. I mean, I know you left a few addresses and stuff, but you never responded to what I did send… no that's worse… Look guys, I just didn't think it mattered that I had a wife…. Oh God I'm bad at this…"
Thankfully, Neuron stepped in and managed to save his friend. "Look ladies, I'm sure that Brett has a perfectly good reason for this. Rae, maybe he had a reason he couldn't talk to us about his wife, that we can see separated from him along with the other Knights, and whom he obviously loves very much. And Sara, I'm sure he did try to contact you, but if you were on the road so much, it's certainly possible that you didn't get any sort of word from him." The speedster's logic finally managed to make a point, as both girls nodded in agreement, which caused a sigh of relief from Brett. "Look, why don't we just go back to the Tower, and we can work it out there?" Neuron asked. "Sounds like a good idea." Raven agreed. "Sure." Sara nodded. "But what about the walking cement pile over there?"
"I wouldn't worry. If you hit him hard enough to knock him out, I don't think he'll be getting up for a while." Raven said. "Well then, let's head out." Sara said. "Which way to this Tower?"
