Hey guys, Blitz Chick here. Just gonna say sorry if the last few chapters were lacking in action or anything. I've been a bit busy. But thank you to my reviewers! HydraMan. EXE, SithKing Zero, and everyone else who I've left off to make sure I don't spell your name wrong! Okay, here goes the chapter.
Starfire awoke and shook the dirt off her back. Finding her bearings, she set off again in the direction of what she hoped was home. Still, her mirage/ spirit guide of a young Bass hovered in front of her patiently.
Working her way across the landscape, Starfire glanced at her guide. "Why are following me?"
The spirit shrugged casually. "I don't know, why am I?"
With a shake of her head, Starfire laughed. It may not be the real deal, but this spirit Bass still acted like him!
Abruptly, Starfire ground to a halt. Some sixth sense within her was going wild and told her to stop.
This surprised the two other Navis standing before the small orange Navi too.
"I thought you said she was blind." Hissed FreezeMan.
"She is!" TorchMan replied sharply. "I just don't know how she could've known…"
"What do you want from me TorchMan?"
Both Navis grinned maliciously at each other and began to circle the golden Navi before them.
"It's not what we want," FreezeMan chuckled slyly, "No, it's what ShadowMan wants."
Angling her head towards the voice, Star grimaced. "FreezeMan! You're here too? What does ShadowMan want with us?"
Cackling evilly FreezeMan continued to prowl around his prey. "Us is not an option! Your companions are now dead, and soon you will be too! Then there will be no one in the way for ShadowMan to claim the title of strongest!"
Starfire tried to reason with TorchMan. "Listen to this nonsense TorchMan! Once ShadowMan has what he wants he'll get rid of you! What can you possibly gain from a harebrained scheme like this?"
"We will be his second-in-commands." TorchMan stated plainly. Pointing one of his burner arms at Starfire, he spoke again. "And now it's time for you to die!"
With her head bowed, a shadow was cast over Starfire's brilliant blue eyes. When she spoke again, she and her invisible guide spoke as one.
"So be it."
Exploding into action, Starfire rocketed out of the way of the jet of flame that came her way. "CYBER SWORD!"
Shooting a pulse of ice from his palm, FreezeMan froze the ground in front of the dynamic little Navi.
Sliding across the ground, Star went crashing from ice to dirt. Spitting the grit from her mouth, she rolled out of the way of a freeze blast, swiping with her Cyber Sword at FreezeMan's legs. The orange Navi was rewarded by a cry of agony from her opponent.
Switching weapons as she stumbled up, the ordinary Cyber Sword transformed into an Aqua Blade. Lunging towards where she hoped TorchMan was, Star gave a small yell.
"Keep them talking or you'll never be able to find them!" Cried the spirit Bass.
TorchMan slammed one of his arms into the ground. "FIRE TOWER!"
Gulping nervously, Starfire felt a bead of sweat slide down her neck. If she didn't move, that fire tower would engulf her! With a cry of defiance,
Starfire threw herself to her right.
And landed in the middle of the Fire Tower.
TorchMan had tricked Starfire by placing the fire tower to one side instead of right in front of him, where Star was.
A low moan escaped Star as she lay on the ground. Abruptly, hands picked her up and flung her away.
"You really are pitiful." Drawled FreezeMan. Smirking, he watched the little Navi struggle to sit up.
"Program Advance! A-Z CANNON!" Pointing her cannon in the direction of the voice, Starfire let loose a barrage of laser fire.
From where she lay, Star could hear FreezeMan's scoff. "Feh! You're hardly worth the time."
"ShadowMan was right," Bragged TorchMan, "This is fun!"
Gritting her teeth, Starfire dug deep into her reserve battle chip data. "LONG SWORD!" Dashing forward, the golden Navi slashed wildly, hysteria threatening to take over.
Laughter rang all around Starfire as she unknowingly sliced downwards at TorchMan.
"Barrier."
For several moments, time seemed to freeze. Star hung in midair, the shattered pieces of her Long Sword hanging before her. Crashing to the ground, Star brought her arms up to shield her face from the falling pieces of Long Sword.
A sharp kick from FreezeMan sent Starfire skidding across the sand. She whimpered quietly before looking at her brother, who was standing before her, arms crossed across his chest.
"O…Oniichan….please….help me…."
Shaking his head, the young black spirit shrugged. "You can do it yourself Starry!"
Coughing, Star felt a little bead of sweat slide down her face. "C-Can't….no more…Battle Chip data…"
Smiling a smile that was somewhere between innocent and malicious, Bass sighed. "Oh, I'm not so sure about that! You still have one trick up your sleeve…"
In a moment of realization, Star's eyes grew to the size of small saucers. "B-But…"
"But what? So what if they find out!" Bass exploded. "If they do, screw them! You're powerful enough to wipe them out single handedly if you wanted to!" Then, in a more gentle tone, Bass leaned down and took Star's face in his hand. "You have that kind of power inside of you. I'm proud of you for getting this far on your own, but every now and then, you've got to get a little extra help."
"We don't have time for this!" Thundered TorchMan. "Let's delete her and get it over with!"
Bass backed away from Starfire. He nodded. "Go for it."
With a defiant nod, Star curled her frame into a ball.
At that same time, both Navi assassins chose to launch their attacks.
A great column of smoke and fire erupted from the place where both attacks met, sending sand flying.
Unshielding his eyes, TorchMan squinted through the smoke. "Did we get her?"
FreezeMan was about to answer when he saw it. A figure through the smoke. It was standing, battered and beaten, but defiant.
Starfire stood, engulfed in a golden flame that rippled across her body and radiated the power that she held.
Recoiling, TorchMan stared. "B-But how!"
An explosion erupted from the palm of Star's hand, ripping through TorchMan like a shinai (Japanese sword) through rice paper. Turning, she faced the stunned FreezeMan, eyes blazing like blue flames.
"W-What kind of Navi are you?" He whispered.
A devilish grin spread across Starfire's face. "I," She stated, her hand glowing with unearthly power, "Am the strongest."
In a burst of golden yellow light, FreezeMan was gone, and so was Starfire's invisible guide. With a smug grin, Starfire dashed off again.
Sam Rebena watched her good friend Chaud Blaze pace in her kitchen. This didn't worry her too much, except now she was worried he'd pace a hole in the floor. "Chaud, sit down please! We have to get started on our homework!"
The white-haired boy looked at Sam, his deep blue eyes. "It's been too long."
"Yeah, it HAS been too long since I aced a quiz in math! Please Chaud…"
"No Sam, I'm talking about our Navis!" Chaud flopped into a chair opposite his blue-eyed girl friend. "It's been a week and no sign of them1 I'm getting really worried."
With a sigh, Sam pushed some hair the color of coffee with cream out of her eyes. "Chaud, if Bass doesn't want to be found, he's not gonna be found that easily." Leaning back in her chair, Sam sighed. "I wonder where Star is right now…"
A loud crash emitted from a screen on the wall. Leaning against the wall, battered, beaten, and holding her side, Starfire was grinning devilishly. "You rang?"
