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"Aagh!"
Rose screamed as she was blown off of Cerberus by a blast from one of the shadow creatures. Her eyes widened as she saw the ground coming on fast. The blow had near paralyzed her, so she wouldn't be able to flip and land safely in time. She squeezed her eyes shut, prepared for death, and…! Monkey Fist caught her in his arms. When she realized that she was still alive and breathing, Rose gathered enough courage to open up her eyes. Her face flushed pink as she saw who her rescuer was.
"Thank you, Monkey Fist."
She said, smiling. Monkey Fist nodded.
"You're welcome."
For a moment, the two were silent. Then…
"Um, Monkey Fist? You can put me down now. The paralyzation effect has worn off, so…"
Monkey Fist flushed as well and quickly set her down.
"Sorry," he muttered. Rose coughed, still red, too.
"So, um, back to battle, then."
"Right."
Both parted and ran the other direction into battle. Rose flew into the air, using a flying kick to knock two shadow creatures down in one blow. Monkey Fist ducked two blasts that came his way and effectively knocked the users out.
Meanwhile, Yori and the ninjas made their way through the battlefield, no shadow creatures left standing in their wake. Kim's family were exceptionally strong, as well. The twins, having helped Wade with the gadgets, were wielding them threateningly at any monsters that approached. Wade also appeared to be holding his own, using a blast-a-ray gun to shoot down any shadow creatures that came near him.
The shadow creatures appeared to be losing. But just when the last one had fallen, new ones appeared, larger and stronger than ever.
"Uh-oh," Rose muttered.
"Retreat! Take after the other Knights!"
Wade shouted, and ran off. Everyone quickly followed. Rose took out the poor minion who was supposed to be taking charge of the battle and took off after everyone else.
Meanwhile…
Kim ran up to the front law of Middleton High School. She cast a grin up at the help Shego had called in.
"Thanks for helping. You got Shego's call, then?"
Bonnie smiled down at Kim from on top of the pyramid of cheerleaders.
"Eh, we owe you. Now get going. If the world's taken over or destroyed, I'll never make it to my facial tomorrow. So get going, Kim, and save the world. Or else."
Kim grinned up at her and ran into the school building, chuckling slightly. Bonnie and Kim had become fine friends over the year, but sometimes Bonnie kept some of her old sassiness. Still, she helped Kim out from time to time. Anyways…
As Kim raced in, the rest of the Knights present followed, Dark Knight and the army of shadow ninjas following him. Bonnie grinned down at the cheer squad.
"All right, girls, let's take these suckers down."
The girls all nodded, "Right!"
Bonnie, leapt down using a flying side kick. If one had seen the cheer squad in action now, one would have laughed at their attire. They had all donned Kim's mission outfit for their mission. The girls kicked, punched, leapt, and all in all, did a really good job at kicking the shadow creatures' butts.
Inside, Kim raced down the halls of her high school, flipping off of the lockers to gain more speed. Ron raced after her on an air bubble. (He crashed into a locker, though, and decided to stick to plain old running after that…)
"Fancy meeting you here!"
Kim kept running, but quickly glanced back to look at the speaker. She grinned, "Indeed." Rose grinned back at her. Monkey Fist stormed ahead.
"If you two are going to keep talking, stay back here and take care of the other shadow creatures."
He said impatiently. Rose and Kim glared at him.
"Men!"
The growled in unison.
"Women! OUCH!"
Kim had jumped off of his head in order to flip in front of him, and she had not done so lightly. Rose chuckled and ran in front of Monkey Fist, as well. (Without pratically stomping on his head, of course.) Kim's family and Wade soon caught up. Sierra almost ran into Kim as she skidded to an abrupt stop.
"Kim!"
The six-year-old whined, rubbing her nose. Kim pointed to the gym.
"That so wasn't here at cheer practice!"
She exclaimed. Ron whistled.
"Whoa."
That one word pretty much summed up how the gym looked. In place of the center of the room, a part of the floor had been ripped off to form a giant crevice with stone stairs leading down into what the group assumed was an underground cave. Rose nodded.
"It is described thus in the book. This is it, all right."
"Bad guys here! Bad guys here!"
Rufus squeaked in alarm and crawled right back into Ron's pocket.
"It think that's our cue to get the heck outta here!"
Monique said, and took the lead as she ran down the stairs. Sierra, despite the situation, snickered.
"More like get the hell outta here…"
"SIERRA!"
Her parents shouted.
"Sorry, Mom and Dad…"
Sierra apologized. Her tone of voice suggested that she really didn't mean it, but they didn't push the issue any further. Cerberus scooped the child onto his back, along with Kim's family, Monkey Fist, and Rose, and then ran after the rest of the group. Jim grinned in excitement.
"We're riding on a legendary three-headed dog that protects the Underworld!"
"Cool!"
His twin agreed. Kim glared at them.
"Get your twin heads in the game, you two. We're almost to the chamber."
Mego cast a frightened look backwards.
"And I think we have company!"
He shouted. Indeed. All shadow creatures had came after them, with Dark Shadow leading them all.
"Look!"
Sierra was the first to notice the book. It sat on a stone table, a bright light shining down upon it; it invited all to bask in its glory. Everyone sped up, intent on nabbing the book first. Shego jumped over all and snatched the book from its place, but was then kicked in the side by a snake shadow creature and was forced to let go. Drakken tried to get it back, but was thrown aside to land on top of Shego by a wolf shadow creature who was currently wrestling with the snake creature for the book. The others had similar results when they tried to get the book. Last but not least, Kim dove into the middle of the brawl, and grabbed the book, but was roughly kicked in the back and let go. The crime-fighting cheerleader tumbled head over heels and finally came to a stop. She looked up to see who had the book. Sierra had jumped up and snatched the book in midair once Kim had let go. Rose, who had landed beside Kim, smiled and stood up.
"Thanks Sierra. Now, I need to read from the book."
As Sierra turned to face her, Rose gasped. Sierra's eyes were completely blank, devoid of all spirit. The young one walked through the sea of shadow creatures, who parted to let her through. She stopped in front of Dark Shadow and handed the book to him.
"No…"
Shego whispered. And Dark Shadow's cackle echoed throughout the chamber.
Author's Notes: Ooh, cliffie! The next chap will come as soon as possible. (No pun intended.) School's coming up. I'm now officially a teenager since the date of August 25th, and I have a few more responsiblities. My tae-kwon-do training is going up a notch, and I'm having major writer's block with Powerful Alliances, my new KP story: The Footsteps of Fate, Ivy Rain, Poison Heart, A Dark Wind, (Yu-Gi-Oh fic) my other new Yu-gi-oh fic, my new new Inuyasha fic, my Series of Unfortunate Events fic, my Phil of the Future fic, my That's So Raven fic, my Lizzie McGuire fic: Spirit, WOOHP, my Harry Potter fics, my Avatar: The Last Airbender fic: The Elements of Life, my Xiaolin Showdown fic: The Dark Dragon, my American Dragon: Jake Long fic, my Drake and Josh fic, and I JUST DON'T NEED ANYMORE PRESSURE! (coughs)
Sasha: (shivers) Um, yes, anyhow, please review nicely. Good day.