Part 6
Note to readers: Sorry for the long wait to update this story folks. It's just that I've been so busy trying to study for my exam and quizzes as well as keep up with my assignments. To make up for my late update, here's Part 6. Part 7 would be the last part of this story before I put it to a close. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout the making of the story. I would especially like to thank the group called Gereo A for their support as well as the person called Anime Master Zero. It was stories like theirs that helped me to keep going with my stories no matter how tough it may be. Now, without any further ado, here's Part 6. Give me all of your honest opinions about it. Enjoy and thank you once again for your patience.
"Hmm. This has become more interesting, Shade," Nightmare Parasite said to its vampire creation as it watched the scene unfold in its home dimension through the bubble-like screen. "That boy Miguel transferred the last remaining portion of his own energy in order to give Shadow the ability to transform into his Chaos Form."
"Do you think that this poses as a threat to your plans, master?" asked Shade as the two of them continued to look at the scene that was developing in front of them.
"Well no, not one bit, my creation," the powerful clone of Chaos said to the vampire while still locking its three green eyes on the bubble screen. "In fact, it's the perfect opportunity for me to test out the full extent of Kanzenda's potential. The cells that I've implanted into that creature is starting to mutate even as the Ultimate Life Form is transforming into his most supreme form. Now all we got to do is just sit back and watch as both he and that girl magician fight my creation to the death in the Shadow Realm."
"And if Kanzenda were to fail in his mission, master? Do I still have to follow the orders that you gave me?" the vampire asked his creator just as he saw a nod on the liquified creature's head as he turned his full attention back towards the scene on the bubble monitor to see the coming battle's outcome.
As she tried to understand what was happening, Mana began to see Shadow transforming in front of her very eyes. She saw his night black fur turning into a shining silver coat. The now silver spikes that she saw began to become charged up and solid as the rest of his body finished its transformation. The red streaks that are on his body still remained the same as she saw him floating in mid-air. As she saw him standing still before her, the female magician saw an huge aura of yellow and silver energy surrounding his entire being.
Mana then saw the light that he emitted starting to force the huge form of Kanzenda away from their direction as far as he could while covering his face. But that wasn't what surprised her the most. What she was surprised about is the incredible amount of energy that she was feeling. To her, it was as if the pharaoh himself was standing before her.
"Sh...Shadow! Is that really you?" Mana asked the once black hedgehog as she saw him turning towards her direction with a mild smile on his face.
"Yes, it's me, Mana," Shadow answered with a tone that matched that of a mature male in his voice. "What you're seeing now is the form that I've taken for whenever I've absorbed a large amount of Chaos Energy within my body. For the moment, you may call me Super Shadow. Right now though, I'm more concerned on what happened to Miguel for when he gave his power to me."
With those said from the now silver hedgehog's mouth, the female magician turned her full to where Miguel was and saw him lying unconscious on the ground. As soon as the light that she saw only lowered its intensity to that of a lightbulb, Mana began to see the huge form of the fused creature in front of her starting to advance towards the body of Shadow's human friend.
"Now that the kid is out of the picture, now is the time for me to rip his body apart like a twig!" shouted Kanzenda as he picked up speed for his advancement just as he made a dark spear of energy appear in his hands. "Dark Spear!"
Just before the monster could have the chance to impale his energy weapon upon the human teen, she heard the mature voice of Shadow saying to the huge beast, "I don't think so you freak of nature! Chaos Force!"
As soon as she heard him saying those words, Mana began to see the silver hedgehog lifting his hand towards Kanzenda's direction and before she knew what was happening, she saw the ugly creature stopping in his tracks in mid-air with his weapon in hand. The female magician was amazed for when she saw Super Shadow forcing the huge creature to stop with such a powerful force at his command.
"I'm amazed that Shadow was able to harness such energy!" Mana thought to herself as she continued to see the scene before her. "I can't believe that Miguel himself was able to give that much power to Shadow just before he passed out. Is that the power the Star Sword that Shadow's friend has? Whatever it is, it was able to give Shadow the power he needs to even the odds. He even managed to gain enough power to cause that huge monster to stop in mid-air as if he were nothing!"
As she finished her thoughts, the female magician began to hear Shadow once again speaking to her with his mature voice, "Mana, I'm going to first transport Miguel back to his world using the power of my own Chaos Control so that he wouldn't be in the way once we start our fight. I have a feeling that it's going to be quite a mess in here for once it begins."
As soon as she nodded her head in agreement with her lover's words, Mana began to see the super-powered hedgehog pulling his hand over his human friend's unconscious form and began to shout out, "Chaos Control!"
The female magician then saw Miguel's body being enveloped by emerald-colored light just before he vanished from sight along with his Star Sword. Just as she began to arm her staff towards the huge blinded creature, Mana heard Shadow saying to her, "Mana, I'm going to start attack that thing from above while you attack his tail!"
For when she nodded in agreement at the silver hedgehog's words, Mana started to gather energy within her staff and shot a bolt of violent energy towards the long tail of Kanzenda. As soon as the powerful burst of dark purple energy collided with the huge beast's tail, the female magician heard Kanzenda beginning to scream with pain as she saw his tail burning with flames caused by her attack. She then saw Super Shadow starting to unleash a volley of Chaos Spear attacks upon the monster's upper body as it began to back away a bit from them a bit. Just as she saw it doing so, Mana saw the super-powered hedgehog flying towards Kanzenda's huge form as he rammed himself onto the creature's body like a huge cannon ball.
As soon as she saw him backing away from the huge beast, the female magician started to say to Shadow as she stared at the huge creature, "Shadow! What you did to that creature was amazing! The strength, the speed, and the power that I saw was incredible for when you attacked Kanzenda!"
"Don't start thinking that this battle is over yet, Mana," she heard Super Shadow saying to her with a very serious tone of voice as she saw him still looking at the huge beast, "I've only managed to rough him up a bit for when I've launched that tackle on him. That huge Monster is just only going to keep coming at us unless I put an end to this madness right here and now!"
"You're certainly right about the first part that you've just said, hedgehog!" Mana heard the loud voice of Kanzenda saying to her lover as she saw the huge demon starting to pick himself off the ground where Shadow just pushed him again. "But you're sadly mistaken for if you think that both you and your girlfriend are going to defeat me!
"Just because that the female managed to sever my tail a bit and you were able to just slam into my body, it still means nothing to me! Thanks to the powerful cells that my creator, Nightmare Parasite, put into my body, I could exceed the power of any life form on this planet ten fold! Observe as I transform into a form that is nothing like the one that you're seeing right now!"
As soon as she heard the huge monster finishing his mad speech, the female magician suddenly saw Kanzenda's body beginning to act strangely. Just as she thought that it was nothing to worry about, Mana saw his body starting to become larger by the second. She also saw his face beginning to become more repulsive than it was before as well as his arms and legs. The female magician soon began to see huge and spike-like horns growing right out of the elbows of Kanzenda's arms as well as on the knees and ankles of the monster's legs. That was when she saw the beast's fangs becoming the shape of that of a huge dragon's that looked as though they could crush the bones of any animal or pure steel.
Then Mana began to see huge beast starting to go on all fours like a huge lion readying to pounce on its prey. Suddenly, she saw the huge creature's entire head transforming into something very different. The female magician saw Kanzenda's face starting to becoming like that of a wild animal as she saw a third eye appearing on his forehead along with three sharp and long horns on three corners of his head that's covered by his long hair. As she heard the huge beast growling like as if he were hungry for his next meal, Mana began to feel her body shaking with fear as she saw the huge monstrous licking its huge tongue at her direction.
"Shadow! Kanzenda's now transformed into another creature!" she shouted to the silver hedgehog just before she heard the huge roar of the beast echoing throughout the entire area of the Shadow Realm. It was so loud that it could've made any creature that came within distance go deaf in an instant.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" she heard Shadow responded just as the female magician saw him gathering large amounts of multi-colored energy within his hand just before he shouted out his most powerful attack. "Chaos Nightmare!"
As soon as she heard him shouting out those words, Mana began to see a powerfully enhanced version of the attack that the hedgehog had used on the huge monster before he transformed charging itself towards its target. When she saw the powerful storm of energy colliding with Kanzenda's newly transformed body, the female magician suddenly saw the monstrous creature being surrounded by an aura of pure darkness all over his now mutated body. Just as she the attack raging all over the demon like a swarm of bees, Mana soon began to see that the hedgehog's attack had no affect whatsoever on the beast. All she saw the attack do was just managed to give it a scratch but that was all it did.
"What in the world! My Chaos Nightmare had no affect on it at all!" she heard her hedgehog lover saying. "I guess that form that Kanzenda has taken now gives him the ability to surround himself with an aura that repels any kind of attack that's been thrown at it."
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You're certainly correct about that, you silver-spiked freak!" Mana heard a monster sounding voice saying to Shadow as she realized that it was the new huge monstrous form of Kanzenda that spoke. "You see, for when Nightmare Parasite infused the ones called Kanzel and Mazenda that your human friend Miguel have fought with its own cells, they not only were able to create me but granted me powers and abilities far beyond your comprehension.
"Such as the power of my Dark Aura that you're looking at now. It is able to repel any oncoming attacks that are thrown at my direction, including your so-called Chaos Nightmare. So no matter how powerful the attack might be, neither you or your girlfriend would be able to pierce through the power of the Dark Aura! It's capable of withstanding even the most powerful of all attacks, like one that could destroy the planet. Even if the planet's long gone, I'll still remain thanks to the powers of the Dark Aura!"
"But that just couldn't be possible!" the female magician shouted out in surprise not believing the words that the huge beast said to them. "There's no way that the power of darkness could be used to create a defense that strong!"
"Oh, but I'm afraid that it is quite possible, little girl!" she heard Kanzenda saying while Mana saw the huge beast beginning to ready itself to pounce on his prey. "As long as I've got this aura of darkness to shield me from any of your attacks, there's no chance for the both of you of surviving from what I'm about to unleash upon you! Now here I come!"
As soon as she heard those words, the female magician saw the large beast starting to jump towards their direction with its fangs and claws bared at them.
As he saw the large beast advancing towards their direction at an incredible speed with its fangs and claws baring at them, Super Shadow quickly grabbed Mana by her waist and avoided being nearly cut to shreds by Kanzenda's assault using the warping abilities of the Chaos Control. For when both he and the young female were transported at a safe distance, the Chaos Emerald-powered hedgehog looked at Kanzenda's huge form with amazement and fright on his face as he saw still saw the aura of darkness surrounding his entire body.
"This is just great!" Super Shadow thought to himself as he looked at the huge creature while thinking of a way to stop him. "Not only did that Dark Aura of his was able to block my Chaos Nightmare, but it blocks anyway for either me or Mana to fight back! There's got to be a way to get rid of that creature's huge defense so that the two of us could attack him together. There's got to be a way to get rid of it. There's got to be a way to..."
Just before the silver hedgehog could finish his thoughts as both he and Mana landed on the ground, a thought just struck his mind. A thought that he didn't think about up until now. He quickly turned his attention towards the female and said, "Mana, I think that I might have an idea that could get rid of that thing's Dark Aura. But I would have to need your help in order to do so. Do you know any type of magic spell that could break any type of strong magical barriers or seals?"
As he received a nod from Mana's head, Super Shadow heard the large roar of the Kanzenda's form and prepared himself as his hand gathered powerful yellow Chaos Energy within it. The super-powered hedgehog then started to throw another volley of his Chaos Spear attack towards the huge animal-like Monster's body. He saw the sharp yellow projectiles of energy collide with their target as they bombard themselves upon the aura of darkness that Kanzenda shielded himself with. He then turned his full attention back towards the female magician's wandering face as he heard her words.
"I think that I might have a spell that could break through that creature's aura of darkness, Shadow darling," Mana said as Shadow saw that she was worried about something. "It's something that I've learned for while I was back in Ancient Egypt five millennia ago.
"I've managed to learn it in my spare time while in that time my master was still my teacher in the art of magic. Of course, despite that, I was a bit of an day dreamer. Hee! But, I'm not too sure if it would work since the energy that I'm sensing from that creature is so high. I wish that my master were here with me right now so that we could break this thing's barrier together."
As soon as he heard those words come out of the young female's mouth, Super Shadow began to say to her with a serious and yet concerned tone of voice as he turned to face her while putting both his hands over hers, "Don't worry about it, Mana. You have more than enough power to eliminate Kanzenda's barrier with.
"And don't you forget that I'm here with you as well. I'll lend you all the power and help that you need in order to preform your task. I'll keep this guy busy while you focus on trying to get that spell down. I don't know how long this form will last, but I hope that it's enough to buy you enough time to put up the spell. I know that you could do it, Mana. Good luck!"
With those words, Super Shadow began to charge himself towards the huge Monster's form while leaving Mana onto think about what she could do about the spell as well as his words.
As she saw his silvery form flying off at high speed towards the huge Monster, Mana began to become flustered with what Shadow had said to her while at the same time thinking about the words to the spell that she had been working on from five millennia ago as a human being.
"If I don't do this right, then we're done for," the female magician thought to herself as she tried her best to remember the incantation to the spell that could break through Kanzenda's aura. "But I have to stay focused. Shadow is depending on me to start the spell in order break through that creature's huge defense. He knows that I would be able to get the right. I just have to keep that in my mind and think straight in order to look for the right words to the spell. Well here it goes."
That was when Mana began to see words written in Ancient Egyptian text appearing right in front of her eyes as she recited the chant to the incantation silently to herself. She then began to speak in Ancient Egyptian for as she continued to remember the incantation. Just as she ended the chant to the spell, the female magician opened her eyes and saw the huge tip of her magic staff pulsing with large amounts of energy.
As she turned her full attention back towards where her silver knight in shining armor was fighting Kanzenda's huge form, Mana saw that Shadow was beginning to have a few problems with trying to keep the monster from attacking her. She saw the super-powered hedgehog bombarding the beast's body with numerous spears of yellow energy. But the female saw the energy bombardment only ended up colliding with the dark energy shield of Kanzenda's Dark Aura as it only did little damage. Mana also saw the huge monstrosity swiping one of his huge sharp claws up to Shadow's direction just as the hedgehog avoided the near collision of the attack.
"Well, I hope that it works because if it doesn't, we're all done for," she thought to herself before she began to shout out to Shadow, "Shadow! I'm going to fire the spell towards Kanzenda's body right now! Move out of the way now!"
When she saw him nodding his head in response to her words, Mana saw the silver hedgehog moving away from the Kanzenda's dark shrouded form. As soon as she saw him clear out of the monster's path, the female magician then fired off a powerful wave of misty green energy at the large creature for when it stood still for the attack to bombard at its entire being. However, she felt a powerful surge of energy shocking her with bolts of electricity as she continued with her spell. That was when she saw the huge creature trying to keep up the defense of the aura of darkness.
"Kanzenda is trying to resist the spell's effects," the female magician thought to herself as she continued to concentrate on her spell. "It seems that he's using all of the power that he has in his body to keep it from disappearing. But I won't give up that easily. I have to keep up the spell for as long as it takes. I must use all of the power that I have to brake that aura of darkness. I have to get it to break...right, NOW!"
For when those thoughts were done, she finally let out all of the power that she could muster within her body and launched her spell at full power. The female magician saw the aura of darkness fading from the body of Kanzenda's hound like form as it broke up like shattered glass as she tried to regain her breath from trying to break through huge beast's shield. That was when Mana began to launch another attack towards the monster's body, but this time it was able to deal him a great amount of damage despite the amount of energy that she loss in order to maintain her spell as well as launching her assault.
As soon as she saw the enormous creature backing away a bit with a huge painful roar, the female magician heard the voice of Shadow saying to her, "You did it, Mana! That spell of yours worked! Now that the freak doesn't have his shield to hide behind anymore, it's time for me to have a little target practice with him! Chaos Spear!"
When she heard the silver hedgehog shout out those words, Mana began to saw a horde of spears of yellow energy swarming over the huge monster like locust. As she heard Kanzenda's huge form crying out in pain from the assault that was delivered to him, the female magician soon started to conjure up another batch of green energy within her staff before it turned into a dark violet color.
"Dark Magic Attack!" she shouted out before just as she let the enormous sphere of dark energy loose towards its target before she felt her body almost giving out on itself.
As she saw her attack colliding with the demon's huge beast body, Mana saw that it was able to deal a great of damage to him for when the huge spherical projectile hit. For when she saw the huge beast beginning to retreat, the female magician heard Shadow saying, "Mana! We've got to hit that thing now while he's too weak to defend himself! Chaos Nigh...!"
Before she could have the chance to hear the rest of her lover's words, the female magician began to hear the loud and terrible roar of Kanzenda just before she saw a powerful wave beam of dark energy firing towards Shadow's direction. "Shadow!" Mana shouted out as she saw the silver hedgehog being pushed by the powerful wave of dark energy before he crashed towards a nearby stone wall of the Shadow Realm.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Do you mortals think that you could actually defeat me that easy!" the female magician heard the voice Kazenda shouting to them as she saw his huge monstrous figure emerging from the shadows. "Just because that girl magician was able to break and destroy my Dark Aura, doesn't mean that I'm through! I may be a bit damaged from what you two delivered to me, but I can fight you with everything that I have. Now I'll show you two what I mean for when I do...this! Dark Flare Wave!"
As soon as she heard those words, Mana suddenly saw the beast beginning to become engulfed in dark purple flames that erupted from beneath his feet. Before she knew what was happening, the female magician began to see the flames charging towards her direction like a barrage of fiery violet spheres. However, just before they could have the chance to hit, Mana quickly started to chant a spell and erected a powerful magic barrier around her being as she saw attack hit the shield.
While she saw the attack continuing to collide with the her magical defense, Mana did her best to try to maintain the power of the shield with what little power that remained in her body. "This barrier I've created is strong, but the attack that Kanzenda is throwing is much stronger," she thought to herself as the female magician continued to maintain power of her energy shield while at the same time noticing her outfit starting to revert back and forth to her original one. "Even with the power of the green gemstone that those beings gave me, the power that I'm feeling within Kanzenda's attack is just incredible for me to stop.
"If this keeps up, then my magical barrier would fade away, leaving me too powerless to even fight back! Already my form is starting to revert back to its original state as it continued to drain me of my new powers. If only there was a way for me to counter attack."
As if to answer her thoughts' question, Mana suddenly saw a powerful beam of yellow energy started to appear from behind her and collided with the huge body of the monster, causing the beast to back away. Before she could have the chance to think about what or who caused the beam of yellow light, the female magician started to hear the voice of Shadow shouting out, "No one does that to me or Mana and gets away with it! Chaos Nightmare!"
When she heard those words come out of the silver hedgehog's mouth, Mana began to see an electrical storm of multi-colored energy surrounding the huge form of Kanzenda. As she heard the loud cries of agony and pain coming from the large demon hound, the female magician saw the countless number of spikes on its back beginning to gather dark energy within their tips. Before she could have the chance to think about what the creature was planning to do, Mana suddenly saw beams of dark energy shooting out of the huge thick spikes of its back.
When he saw the barrage of sharp pointed dark energy spears charging themselves towards their direction, Shadow soon started to fly himself towards Mana's direction and went behind her just before he spoke.
"Mana, I'm going to give you a small portion of the power that Miguel gave me in order to transform," the silver hedgehog said as he put his hands over hers just as he started to transfers small portions of his power into her body while he did his best to erect a crystal-like dome energy shield around himself and the female magician. "It should help boost up your abilities a bit. I'll do what I can to shield us from that monster's attacks while you begin that magical wave attack of yours.
"However, I don't know how long the barrier would last, but it should be able to buy you enough time to gather the remaining portions of your own energy to launch one final attack on that thing. It may be a bit risky, but it's the only opinion that we have left. Now, let's take this guy down together."
As soon as he received a nod of her head as the answer to his question, the Ultimate Life Form continued to transfer small portions of his own Chaos Energy into his lover's body. While feeling the powerful impact of Kanzenda's dark barrage of energy spears, the silver hedgehog heard Mana beginning to recite a spell in a language that he'd never heard before in his life. Just as he was beginning to become a bit fatigued and dizzy with trying to maintain the large defense that he surrounded themselves with, Shadow began to see the tip of her staff gathering with large amounts of energy within it.
Just before he felt his entire body give into the fatigue that he was feeling, Shadow started to say to Mana, "Mana, are you ready yet? I can't keep up the barrier's energy for much longer! We have to strike now before my barrier fades away!"
As he continued to try to maintain the energy shield around themselves, the silver hedgehog was starting to become drained of all his Chaos Energy as well as his own physical energy as the barrage of dark spears bombarded themselves at his defense. Just as he felt that he could no longer maintain his own Chaos Form, Shadow heard the voice of the female magician saying to him, "Shadow! I'm going to start firing my attack now! I have enough power to launch it at Kanzenda! Drop the barrier now!"
While nodding his head as a response to the female's words, the Ultimate Life Form lowered the huge energy barrier around himself and Mana as he kept his hands over the female's. "I can't allow you to have all the fun and get yourself hurt now can I?" he said to the female magician just before he received a smile on her face as a response.
Shadow then turned his full attention back towards the large hound form of Kanzenda as he saw the beast snarling at them while at the same time giving them both a menacing grin on his ugly face. Unfazed by the intimidating look, the silver hedgehog began to focus all of the remaining Chaos Energy from within his own body in order to combined his own Chaos Nightmare attack while at the same time amplifying the power of Mana's magic. As soon as he began to started to see the large beast opening his mouth with huge amounts of dark power gathering in his jaw.
"Mana! It looks like that creep is going to blast us into oblivion with that big mouth of his!" the Ultimate Life Form said to the female magician. "Let's give this guy everything that we have and send him back where he came from! Are you ready?"
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be, Shadow!" he heard Mana's voice responding to his words as he saw her giving a wink of her eye before she turned her full attention back towards Kanzenda's huge form. "All you have to do is tell me when you're ready so that we could launch it together! Hee!"
Right after he gave the young female a grin of his own, Shadow soon focused his full attention back towards Kanzenda's huge mutated form. As he saw the glow of the huge monster's mouth starting to grow even more intense than it did before, the Ultimate Life Form soon began to signal Mana into launching both of their attacks as they shouted their ultimate attack.
"Chaos Diffusion Nightmare Wave!" they both shouted in unison as the energy from their hands exploded into a huge wave of multi-colored electrical energy storm that began to charge towards the huge monster.
As she saw the enormous attack fire itself towards the enormous creature before them, Mana was soon caught in awe at the result that their combined attack created. When she saw their attack collide with Kanzenda's huge form, the female magician heard the monster scream with agony and pain as the energy from their attack was eating away at his body. While continuing to see the once terrifying beast being reduced into nothing but a puddle of green slime, Mana soon turned her attention away from the scene for when she began to notice that a bit of Shadow's own great power was being drained from his body as well as him starting to collapse on the floor.
"Oh, my...Shadow!" she thought to herself just before she saw the silver hedgehog's entire body turning back into its natural black color as he began to collapse on the ground. Mana also noticed that she herself was soon transformed back into her own original state, but at that moment she didn't care.
As soon as she went over to his side, the female magician said to Shadow with a tone of worry in her voice as she shook his body, "Shadow! Are you going to be alright?"
"I'll...be...alight, Mana," she heard the black hedgehog responding to her words as she saw him breathing in and out in order to get air into his lungs. "I was...a bit...drained for when...I've transferred most...of my own Chaos Energy...to you in order...for the both of us...to combine our attacks...to finish off that...freak. Is...Kanzenda really...gone?"
Mana soon began to give him a smile across her face as well as a sigh of relief for as she nodded her head as a response to Shadow's question. "Yes, I believe so," the female magician said to him as she looked over at back the small puddle of lifeless ooze. "I don't seem to be sensing any trace of that huge monster's great power or life force on what's left of his body. It's now nothing but a harmless puddle of..."
Just before she could have the chance to finish her sentence, Mana began to hear the sound of a couple of people moaning with pain and agony. That was when she realized that the sound was coming from the place where she saw the lifeless puddle of dark green slime at. When she turned her attention back towards where the large puddle was, the female magician saw two mouthless humanoid type demons that looked as though they were torn to shreds by a pack of wild wolves. One looked male with green hair that looked as though it were electrocuted with electricity as she also saw his upper body separated from his lower. She also noticed another monster that is female with long red hair and nails that looked painted on. But from what she could see, the woman-like demon is just as bad a shape as her partner.
Just as she was about to react to the sudden appearance of the two monsters, Mana heard the voice of Shadow saying to her for when she noticed that he finally managed to regain his breath, "From the looks of those two, I'd say that they're pretty badly beaten up to attack us, let alone lift a finger. I doubt that they even have the power to maintain their forms."
Before she could have the chance to respond to his words, the female magician soon began to turn her full attention back towards the two monsters for when she began to notice the two of them fading out of existence without leaving a single trace. But that wasn't the only thing that she noticed disappearing. The entire shroud of dark clouds of the Shadow Realm seemed to disappear from sight as Mana saw the whole area around her and Shadow returning to its original state before their unexpected trip. When she saw the presence of the Shadow Realm fading from her sights, the female magician quickly scanned her surroundings and saw that they at the very top of the same building for where they have fought with the Bras Demons from before.
"Shadow! Look! We're back to where we were before we were transported to the Shadow Realm!" Mana said to the black hedgehog as she helped him to get back on his feet. "How in Ra's name could this have happened?"
"This must've happened for when both of those monsters disappeared," the black hedgehog answered as he did his best to stand on his very feet. "Well, I doubt that they would be back after that huge attack that we gave them. They're too weak to even lift their claws at us let alone fight."
"I know. You've told me that already," Mana replied with a cute giggle as she looked back at Shadow with a worried expression on her face before she began to ask about his well-being. "Are you sure that you're alright, Shadow? I mean, you looked pretty drained of your energy for when you've given me some of your power."
"I'll be fine, Mana," the black hedgehog responded to her with a calm tone. "Once I get a little rest, I'll be alight. Right now though, I'm a bit concerned about Miguel. Is he here with...?"
As if to answer her lover's question, the female magician heard the voice of Shadow's friend Miguel shouting out to them as she saw him approaching, "Hey guys! It's about time that you two showed up! I was beginning to worry that you wouldn't make it! So, did you two beat that freak?"
Just before she could have the chance to speak, Mana heard the voice of Shadow saying, "We sure did, Miguel. Though, we both saw two of the monsters that you've fought with a while ago appearing out of the huge monster's remains and got away before we returned to this world. How are you doing by the way?"
"Well, thanks to that nap that I've taken since transferring some of my own power to you, Shadow, I feel a lot better," the human teen said with a smirk on his face just before turning serious. "But right now that's the least of our problems. The people down below this building contacted the local authorities about what's going on up here and now a S.W.A.T. team has just gathered down below the entrance and is heading this way as well as their helicopters."
"Then I guess that we have no choice but to leave here before this world knows all about my existence as well as Mana's," the female magician heard Shadow saying to his friend while at the same time listening to the sounds of loud roaring of machines coming towards their direction in the sky before she felt the black hedgehog's hand on her own. "Miguel, would you care to do the honors? I'm still a bit weak from that attack that both me and Mana launched at that Monster."
While hearing a chuckle from the human teen as she saw him nodding to Shadow's request, Mana saw Miguel pulling his enormous weapon from his back and carefully touched the surface of its silver blade just before it began to glow with a brilliant silver light. "The two of you better hold onto each other tight," she heard Miguel say to the two of them as he too began to glow with silver light. "The last thing that we need is for any one or two of us to get lost in between dimensions. Once we get back to my home, I want to hear everything that's happened to you two. From the looks of you guys, I'd say that it was a pretty hard battle."
Just as the light began to grow brighter, the female magician saw Shadow taking a hold of the young man's arm that was on the sword's blade and said to his friend, "Okay, Miguel! We're ready! Just shout out the magic words and get us out of here!"
While seeing a nod coming from Miguel's head, Mana felt the grip of the her lover's hand becoming tighter as she turned and saw the black hedgehog facing her direction with a normal and caring smile on his face. Just before she could respond to Shadow, she suddenly heard the voice of Miguel shouting out, "Chaos Control!"
Before she knew what was happening, the female magician felt herself being pulled into a tunnel of emerald green light as she continued to feel Shadow's hand holding hers as the three of them traveled to their destination.
As the two of them arrived back into the place where their savor was found, Kanzel and Mazenda fell to the ground as they felt that their bodies didn't have the strength or the energy to travel anymore. All they could do at the moment is rest and allow their bodies to regenerate themselves. The male Monster was the first to speak his mind out loud.
"I can't believe this!" he shouted as his voice echoed throughout the distorted dimension that both he and his partner are in now. "Not only that we fail in conquering the boy's world and killing him, but we were both beaten by a black hedgehog as well as a girl in a lame sorceress outfit! When I get my hands on that so-called "Ultimate Life Form", I'm going to tear that black skin of his so that I could feast upon the pain that he endures!"
"Speak for yourself, Kanzel!" Mazenda responded to her companion as she did her best to maintain her form as well. "The one who's going to make those two suffer is me! I swear, on the name of Ruby-Eye himself, that as soon as we recover and regain our strength, I'm going to go back to that world by myself and enjoy tearing the blonde hair of that pretty little magician girl for when I get my hands on her! I'm going to make her and that hedgehog boyfriend of her regret ever having to mess with me! So keep your sights on something else!"
Just before Kanzel could have the chance to retort back with a comeback of his own, a voice appeared out of nowhere just as they heard him saying to them, "I'm afraid that for the two of you, neither of you won't be getting the chance to get your revenge. You won't even live to see your own lord and master being resurrected by Master Parasite for when I'm through with you two."
As soon as the mysterious voice finished his speech, Kanzel began to frantically scan all around the area that he and Mazenda were in while he spoke in a panicked tone, "Who the hell are you! Where the hell are you hiding! Show yourself and..."
Before he could have the chance to finish his sentence, the male Monster soon felt something jamming itself into his back and appeared on the front of his chest. When his eyes landed on the object that was impaled into his body, Kanzel soon saw that it was a human arm of a male that was sparkling with crimson electrical sparks impaled in his chest. As soon as the arm pulled itself out of his chest, the male Monster began to gasp with surprise and horror with the fact that a solid human hand was able to puncture through his astral body and was able to give him something that he was mostly giving humans as far as he could remember: pain. He then saw his wound beginning to flash with a crimson red color for as it began to spread throughout his body.
As he turned to face his attacker that punctured through his body, he saw that it was a young human male with aristocratic clothing with long wavy red hair that reached his broad shoulders. However, when he got a closer look at the person in front of his eyes, Kanzel soon saw a pair of huge bat-like wing appearing from behind his back as well as sharp fangs in his mouth. He felt himself gasping for air into his lungs as he did his best to try to keep from collapsing onto the ground from the burning pain in his chest while clutching it at the same time.
"(Gasp!) How...were you...able to...?" that was all Kanzel could say before he felt his entire body giving out on him before darkness completely took over his sight.
Just as she saw her partner falling to the floor laying lifeless without moving a single part of his body, Mazenda soon turned her attention back towards Kanzel's attacker and saw that he was far from finished. The female Monster watched with fear as she saw the human-like creature coming towards her direction very slow as his enormous wings spread wide enough to engulf her within their shadowy embrace. Never had she before encountered a creature that was capable of piercing through a Monster like he was a piece of meat. She never even felt any sort of fear that fell before her as she tried to back away from the creature that still approached her.
"Get away, you beast!" Mazenda said as she gathered a sphere of crimson energy within her hands as the human creature continued to approach her. "I'm warning you! I'll...!"
That was when she felt a powerful force starting to made the crimson energy ball vanish into thin air and began to pull her towards the human-like creature's direction. The female Monster felt helpless for when she saw that she was near enough for the mysterious attacker to strike.
"Wh..What are you! What do you want!" Mazenda asked the human creature-like as she began to tremble with terror. "And what do you plan to do with me!"
She saw the human male giving out a huge and menacing grin on his face before he began to speaking to her, "Heh! Heh! Heh! Well, if you must know before dying, then my name is Shade. Shade the Red Shadow. I'm a being that was created by the cells of Master Parasite with the intention of being one of the few Nightmare Generals of a powerful army that would soon rise to the surface of the universe to conquer it.
"As for why I am here, I'm just carrying out the orders of the master. You and your companion both failed to kill the boy Miguel and his two friends. Since the two of you failed in your mission, I'm afraid that there's no longer a reason for the two of you to live. However, there is one more thing that the master requires of you that even the two of you can't fail in."
"And what would that be?" the female Monster asked with her voice still trembling with fear as she saw the one called Shade put his face close to her ear just before he answered her.
"Well, it just so happens to be my supper time," she heard the voice of the mysterious visitor saying to her as she saw him licking his lips while at the same time revealing a pair of vampire fangs in his mouth. "Parasite told me that I could have as much as I want for as long as I bring the rest of your remains back to him. However, you won't be able to live to hear what the master has in store once I've sucked every ounce of your life force from your body! Now that it's time for me to dine on female blood. Even if that female happens to be a Monster. Heh! Heh! Heh!"
"Wait! What exactly do you mean by that!" Mazenda asked fearfully just before she felt the fangs sinking right into her throat as she felt her energy leaving her body. "What are you doing to me! Stop it at once! No! Noooooooooo!"
As it heard the echoing scream of Mazenda dying down a bit from its resting place, Nightmare Parasite began to chuckle to itself as it waited for Shade to return from his task.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! Shade must be having his dinner," it thought to himself for as the Chaos clone continued to wait. "From the sounds of those screams, I'd say that Mazenda isn't enjoying herself one bit. I just hope that Shade remembers to leave some leftovers for the rest of the two generals that would be joining our family soon. Hee! Hee! Hee!"
For as it continued to wait patiently for its servant, Nightmare Parasite was soon rewarded for its patience for when it saw Shade the Red appearing right before its presence with the two lifeless bodies of both Kanzel and Mazenda in each of his two hands with a bit of black liquid on his lips. The liquified creature soon started to observe the enormous amount of strength that its creation displayed in front of it while lifting the two Monsters' bodies by their necks without much effort. It also began to notice the large amount of energy that was now being emitted in the vampire's body as well as the change in its creation's bat-like wings which were now much more large and wider than they were before as well as noticing scales appearing on their surface.
"I'm guessing that you've had a good meal, Shade," Nightmare Parasite said to the vampire while feeling please with itself as it watched Shade continuing his hold on the two Monsters's bodies. "I've also noticed that your body has finally reached its full potential. Now you would be able to move from this dimension freely to any world that you choose. Not only that, but you could even withstand the violent rays of the sun itself as if you're a normal human being.
"But let's us get to important matters shall we? I'm pleased to see that you've managed to save a bit of what's left of your 'dinner' for me to experiment with. Now, I shall begin the next step in bringing the other generals to life as well as the fourth."
"What do you mean, master?" the genetic vampire asked his creator as he wiped the leftover liquid off of his lips while seeing Parasite began to manipulate the reality around the entire area before the two of them appeared in the area where Shade was guarding.
"It's quite simple, Shade," the powerful liquified creature responded to its creation for as it looked at the spheres of red, green, blue, and gray. "Not only that your little brothers and sisters are the only ones that are in this area, but there are two other beings in this area that were created right after you were brought into existence. All they need is the remaining essences of the two Monster bodies that you've just brought back for me. But first, we need to take care of your four siblings to give them what the need to arrive into existence."
As soon as those words were said and done, Nightmare Parasite began to turn its attention away from the four spheres of genetic liquid and towards Shade, who was still carrying the two lifeless forms of Kanzel and Mazenda by their necks. Then, the liquified creature started to lift its arm towards the two Monster bodies and began to concentrate its mind on its task. That was when four blobs of medium-sized greenish red genetic slime appeared right in front of the presences both Parasite and Shade. That was when the four balls of slime began to float towards the four larger and differently colored spheres infusing them with their power.
That was when the four spheres began to glow with an enormous amount of light that's almost as bright as the sun. Right after the light faded away, both the Chaos clone and its vampire creation saw human figures appearing inside of them. However, all that they could see of the figures were the shadowy silhouettes of their bodies. But they both can clearly see that from within both the red and the green spheres are both human male bodies floating within each of them. They also saw two female humanoid figures contained within the blue and gray spheres, each containing long hair as much as their eyes could let them.
"Hee! Hee! Hee! It seems that the genetic information from both Kanzel and Mazenda is enough to give your little brothers and sisters their new bodies and forms, Shade," Nightmare Parasite said to Shade while feeling satisfied with the results that it saw. "However, it still wasn't enough to bring your siblings to life.
"We still need the remaining components from other powerful and unique beings in order to bring them into existence. For now, we'll just let the four of them sleep. But right now, we have two of your own Nightmare General companions waiting for their own pieces of the genetic essences so that they could come to life. Come with me."
With those words said and done, Parasite began to leave the room with the four huge and differently colored spheres of liquid along with its vampire servant for when they both started to go farther into a different section of the area that they're in.
As soon as she got into her home, Maria began to change out of her outdoor attire and into something more comfortable. She put on a soft pink T-shirt with her pink pants pajamas that have pictures of cute bears on them. After finish changing, the young girl then began to slide out the digital memory card that she'd placed into her camera before her trip and pop it into her home computer to get a better look at the pictures that she'd taken a while ago.
"I've just got to see if those pictures that I've taken from that scene a while ago is real and not just some dumb life-like holograms that some game developers are using for some publicity stunt," she thought to herself as she typed in the command to see each of the pictures that she'd taken from the scene. "Well, I can see now that they're definitely not holograms or otherwise I wouldn't be able to see them through these pictures.
"Now, I know that the monsters on most of these are real, but what about the sudden appearances of both Shadow the Hedgehog and the Dark Magician Girl. The only thing that I was able to get on them both is the scene with the two of them hugging one another. But what I'm more curious about is what are they both doing in this world fighting off huge demons with wings? This just doesn't make any sense."
As she continued to examine the pictures that she got one by one, Maria suddenly took a final look at one of the pictures filled with nothing but the demons that she saw both the figures of Shadow the Hedgehog and Dark Magician Girl fighting. For when she got a close look at the demons on the picture, she noticed something that she hadn't quite notice before. That was when she began to gasp with surprise for when she realized what they really are.
"What the...? Those monsters are Bras Demons!" the young woman thought to herself as she continued to look at the picture in her hands with awe on her face. "These are the same type of monsters that I saw on that anime called The Slayers. Just what in the hell are they doing here when they should be blown to bits by Lina Inverse? Now that I don't get! Just what is going on around here? There's got to be a good explanation for this!"
Before she could think of a good explanation for what she saw, Maria heard her favorite music in her radio in her bedroom being interrupted just before she heard a male radio reporter saying with a serious tone in his voice.
"We interrupt your normally scheduled radio broadcast to bring you this news bulletin. Just about a few hours ago in Panorama City, a bizarre event has occurred near the building between Titus Street and Van Nays. A huge crowd has gathered around the building in order to see what caused this strange phenomenon.
Some young eyewitnesses say that they saw a pack of while demons with huge wings and horns hovering near the roof top of the building. Others say that they saw the creatures attacking what they claimed to be a flying black hedgehog with hover jets on its feet being accompanied by what most teens believed to be the Dark Magician Girl. A monster character that is associated with the popular animated series on Kids WB and part of the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.
"The local authorities believed that these eyewitness accounts were probably under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the scene. Many of the adult residents of the area, however, testified that these youths were telling the truth for they too saw the scene with their very eyes. A citizen, who happened to see the entire scene in the sky, was able to get to a local phone and called the city's proper authorities which in turn forced them to call in their S.W.A.T. Team. While arriving to the scene on board helicopter, one of the team members of the squad said that he saw a young man in his teens on top of the old building through his binoculars just before arriving near the building. This individual also said that he saw two more figures accompanying the young man just before they've vanished into a flare of green light.
"The numerous amount of reporters came towards the old building in Panorama for when they've heard the news about the event. Most of the tabloid newspaper press have already started concocting that the young man was being accompanied by alien beings from..."
That was all that Maria wanted to hear just before she turned off the radio by pressing its switch. She then returned back towards her computer where most of her digital pictures were being kept.
"Those damn tabloid newspapers would do almost anything for a story," the young woman thought to herself as she looked at the pictures that she took with her camera. "But that's the last of my worries.
What I'm more interested in is that young man that the radio guy just mentioned. I didn't see him for when I've taken those pictures of both Shadow the Hedgehog and the Dark Magician Girl. It could be that he could be from this world. If that's true, then it could mean that he could be a person that lives near that area.
But for all I know, he could've been transported along with both Shadow and Dark Magician Girl to another place, state, or country. Maybe even in another world. Who knows when I would be able to see those three again. I know that they're not a dream for a bunch of other people were with me for when that battle of Bras Demons occurred with both Shadow and the Dark Magician Girl. Not to mention the fact that the media is starting to soak this story up like a horde of locusts.
Now, what am I suppose to do with these pictures that I've taken? I doubt that they'll be looking for me since everyone in the area were too much in a panic to even notice me take a couple of shots. But I can't just put these pictures up on my site and claimed to have actually taken them from a live scene. I guess that all I can do is just tell them that I just made them using my computer and just post them as digital artwork."
With those thoughts aside, Maria began to type away at her computer and made the necessary changes she needs for her site. After about a half hour of putting in her images on her website site's forum, the young teenage girl began to get off of her chair near her computer and lie on her soft bed covered in soft purple sheets as she began to think some more. She also turned her attention towards her digital clock and saw that it was almost 10:00 p.m.
"But, if all of it wasn't a dream, then what are all those Bras Demons doing here in this world along with both Shadow and the Dark Magician Girl to begin with? This just doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe if I've found that young man that the radio guy was talking about, then I can get some answers. I can even get him to tell me how he met them in the first place. Boy would that be a story. (Yawn!)But for now, I think that I'll just relax and see how the people of my forum think about those pictures that I've added for when I checked on my site in the morning."
With those thoughts done in her mind, the young teen began to close her eyes wearyingly as she began to fall asleep.
"Do you think that it's wise for us to just let this young woman know about what just transpired in her world?" the female asked her two companions as she continued to look at the scene with the human known as Maria Eliza lying asleep on her bed. "It's a big risk that we're taking in just allowing this one human girl to live with the knowledge of there being creatures and beings from worlds and realms that are beyond her own."
"I wouldn't worry about that, sister," the sibling of the female being said to their elder companion. "The people of Master Arias's world are still under speculation about the scene that has happened in their city. We shall see to it that the information that the local media of that world won't be able to get the information to convince the people about the outer worldly phenomenon. It's the only way for the people of Master Arias's world to live peacefully without putting the entire population of the planet into total panic and chaos."
"I happen to agree with the method that your brother has suggested, fair maiden," the elder being replied to his two companions' words as the three of them turned toward the image of Miguel Arias, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Mana. "Now is not the time for the people of Master Arias's world to learn of the truth about other worlds outside their own.
"For now, we'll just let this one human girl to live with the knowledge that she gained. Even though that she has actual pictures of the phenomenon, the people that looks at them will only see them as a fantasy and nothing more. From what the three of us heard from her thoughts, it seems that she thinks the same way. But eventually, she will soon find Master Arias's location as well as his purpose.
"However, his future with Sylphiel will remain intact. They are certainly right for one another as it is their destiny. They may have a few problems ahead of them, but their love will pull them through no matter how tough the path is."
"Well, you certainly have proved to be right in the past, wise one," said the female member of the mystical overseers with a relaxed tone in her voice. "You were right for when Master Arias is the one destined to have the Star Sword as well as using one of the ancient and forbidden spells to defeat the wizard Ixis Naugus. Not only that, but he and the maiden Sylphiel were both able to harness one of the many abilities that once lie dormant within their bodies, allowing them to gain the powers and abilities of other beings. Such as the astral spell the Ra-Tilt gained by Master Arias as well as the Chaos Control that was gained by Sylphiel."
"Let us not forget both the mobian Shadow as well as the young magician female Mana," the male being said to both his sister and elder. "Their role in this is important as well. They both proved that they could harness the stones' incredible powers that we bestowed upon them as well as work together like a team. It would only be a matter of time before they discover their true purpose.
"With the bond that these two started developing towards one another, these two were able to see each other more than just mere comrades or brother and sister. If it weren't for us intervening for when Nightmare Parasite threatened Master Arias by sending in its two resurrected agents, then the one who calls himself 'The Ultimate Life Form' wouldn't have been able to fill the huge void in his heart."
"The one that he knows as 'Maria Robotnik' was certainly helpful in bringing the black hedgehog back into his senses for when we brought her from beyond for that moment," said the female mystical being while continuing to watch the scene with both Shadow and Mana starting to laugh towards one another with smiles on their faces as the young female hugged the black hedgehog like a stuffed toy. "She was able to convince the black mobian to accept this mission as well as go on with his life in happiness another as we are seeing right now.
Let's just hope that Nightmare Parasite doesn't choose to use this to its advantage. From what we saw in his battle with the fusion creature named Kanzenda, he was quite enraged for when he saw Mana being hurt by that creature. The power that he unleashed upon the huge creature was enormous. However, it could also affect his concentration as well as his better judgement. But what I'm most concerned about is how Nightmare Parasite was able to fuse the two Monsters Kanzel and Mazenda into a entirely different and yet powerful creature."
"I would have to agree with you, sister," replied the male sibling with a worried tone. "Nightmare Parasite was able to elude our senses by warping both time and space in order to hide it's location.
"It's powers have certainly increased dramatically since its first encounter with both Master Arias and his friends. If it was able to resurrect beings from the dead and pull their souls from beyond, then it could only be a matter of time before it could reach its full strength again. That fusion creature Kanzenda could only be the beginning."
"But if that's the case, then what is that creature really up to?" the elderly mystic said to his two companions. "All that the three of us could do is just wait for the Chaos clone to make its move as it tries to conquer Master Arias and his friends. However, I have faith that they would be more than enough for Nightmare Parasite to handle. With the addition of the young female magician named Mana, they should be able to put a stop to that creature's madness once and for all.
"But if something unexpected were to happen, that is the time that we shall intervene so that whatever evil force chooses to oppose Master Arias's destiny, we would put a stop to it. For now, all we could do is just wait and see what happens. We've made a promise to the Silver Lord that we would keep the peace within all realms for when we were created. Even after his death, we keep this promise to this day.
"For now, all that we could do, without having the human and his friends knowing that we are involved with their destinies, is just watch and see what is to come. Let us pray that at the time of the Silver Lord's return, he would bring peace to the entire cosmos once more as he did many millennia ago. Good luck, Master Arias. You're going to need it for the battles to come."
End of Part 6.
