Where there's light...
Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun or any of the characters, I just like the games.
Wasabe!? I know it's taken longer than usual for me to update, but winter break is just one day away, and I can't stand waiting! So I've been too excited to write. But, I feel calm now, so I present chapter seven now happily!
Chapter Seven: Venus Lighthouse
"So...why can't we fly over to Venus Lighthouse?" asked Garet for the third time.
"Because...the energy released is too much. It lends the demons more power." Ivan replied irritably.
The party had been sailing for two days now, maneuvering their way to the Venus Lighthouse.
"Hey, I see something! I see something!" Mia called out from the crow's nest. "Where!?" Ivan cried. He muttered a quick spell under his breath to increase his vision.
"Over to the north-west! It might be the lighthouse!" Mia called back. Sure enough, a few minutes later the party could see the citadel's of the tower rising above the horizon.
"Uhmm...one problem." Said Jenna.
"Yeah?" asked Ivan.
"How do we get into the lighthouse?"
"What're you..." then Ivan realized it. The base of the lighthouse had collapsed! Stupid! They had no way of entering the lighthouse!
"Don't worry. There is a way." Felix said, stepping out of the hold as he spoke.
"When I jumped off the lighthouse to save Sheba those two years ago, I noticed what appeared to be a dock or port built into the basement of the lighthouse."
"Come to think of it, you're right! I didn't notice it much though..." Sheba said thoughtfully.
"Well, if that's the case, we're OK!" said Isaac.
It was almost nightfall, however, by the time they reached the lighthouse.
"There it is! The dock!" Felix called out. They steered the ship into the hole built into the cliff under the lighthouse.
They moved in pitch darkness until the wall suddenly burst into brightness with the light of torches suddenly lighting. The port was gloomy, dark, and looked as if it was as old as the cliff itself.
"This is so creepy..." Sheba said quietly.
"Isaac...I'm scared..." Jenna moved in close to Isaac for support, which he gladly accepted.
"This carvings on the wall...they're from the Lost Age!" Picard said.
The party looked in awe at the stone carvings in the walls. There were black monsters that were probably the four demons, a golden spear, a sword stuck in a pedestal, strange runes...
In a short time, though it seemed like forever, the party came to the stone dock, where they tied up the ship. They walked forward a bit, until a great stone door blocked their way.
"It's written in Lemurian old script," said Picard. "Thou who seek peace to the land, place the Grand Blade in its tomb."
"What does it mean?" asked Felix.
Ivan suddenly had a flash of insight. "Isaac! Your Gaia Blade! It came from this lighthouse!"
Isaac grinned. "Ivan, you are one smart guy." Isaac drew the Gaia Blade from its sheath. It was glowing green and vibrating slightly. "Whoa...it's never done this before."
"Isaac! The pedestal is over here!" Mia called out. Indeed, the stone pedestal was there, just to the right of the stone door. However, there was something wrong.
"The slot is too big! The Gaia Blade cannot fit in it!" Isaac said in despair.
The party thought for a while, then Garet snapped his fingers. "Gaia Blade's unleash...the Titan Blade!"
Isaac nodded. "Yeah, but it only works against monsters, I've tried using it out of battle before."
"But the blade is glowing and shaking, right? Maybe it's supposed to be used now." Sheba said.
"Alright, here goes. Everyone, stand back!" Isaac faced the pedestal, then thrust the sword into the air. "TITAN'S BLADE!!" Isaac yelled. The blade howled as the massive unleash crashed into the pedestal. The pedestal cracked in two, and the door slid open. "YES!" Isaac cried. Jenna ran up and hugged him, and there was mirth among the party.
Except Ivan. "Stay alert guys. I sense that evil..."
Immediately the party grew quiet. "It's the fire demon this time, right?" Mia said. "Yeah, Earth's elemental partner." Picard replied. They stepped through the door to another hallway, covered in cobwebs and lined with more torches. Up ahead they saw a glowing green light.
"What in hell..." Felix said.
"It's the Venus Star!" Sheba cried.
Indeed, it was. The star was resting on a marble pedestal. It was inside a hollow groove and was emitting the green light people saw at the top of the lighthouse.
"So this is where the stars go..." breathed Jenna.
"Do you think it's like this at all the lighthouses?" asked Mia.
"Probably." Replied Ivan.
"Too bad you won't live to find out!" a voice called out from the darkness.
Suddenly, the party was warped up to the lighthouse aerie! The giant green ball that was the Venus Star's energy glowed radiantly against the backdrop of the starry night sky.
"What in the..." Felix started before Garet cried "IT'S THE DEMON!"
A giant black form leaped from off the Venus Star. It was coated with fire, which leapt off it like the black form was on fire. "You may have sealed my brother, but he was always weak. I have the pure power of Mars! And with it, I shall burn you all to the bone!" The black form began to change then. The flames died off as color came to the black shadow. Firey red hair appeared all over it. A large, ape-like face appeared, with giant arms and legs. A flaming sword appeared as well.
The end result was a flaming ape-like demon with a burning sword.
"My name is Surt, Lord of the Dark Flame! My brother, Skizzik, was foolish to fight you when his powers were not full. But I am complete once more with Venus' power, and you will all die in the name of my master!" Then Surt blasted fire at the party, who ducked out of the way. "Know the power of our GOD!" Surt yelled. He then lunged at Isaac, who parried with the Gaia Blade. Suddenly, Isaac's gauntlet burst into flame!
"AAAAHHH!" Isaac yelled in terror as the fire quickly moved its way onto his tunic. In seconds he was engulfed in flames.
"So easy! In seconds not even the ash will be left!" Surt cackled.
"Mia! Water psynergy!" Picard shouted. The water adepts both cast douse on Isaac, putting out the flames. He was badly burned and unconscious, but alive.
Mia set to work healing him while Picard unleashed Shade to buy some time. The Djinn cast its watery barrier around the party, effectively blocking Surt's flame attacks.
"That will do you no good!" Surt roared. He swung his sword at the barrier, almost destroying it.
"Granite, help out!" Felix yelled. Now two Djinn were blocking Surt.
The shield was enough to protect the party, but not for long. 'This guy is too powerful...' Ivan thought. 'What can be done?'
Sheba suddenly raised her hands. "Spark Plasma!" she yelled. The purple bolts rained down from the heavens, but Surt only laughed.
"You defeated Skizzik with this pitiful psynergy? You're not worthy to die by my blade!" Surt then absorbed the energy from the attack, then fired a large fireball at Granite and Shade's barrier. It broke, dissipating the fireball but leaving the party vulnerable.
"SCATTER!" Garet yelled. He grabbed Isaac, who was starting to wake up and dodged another fireball from Surt.
"Diamond Berg!" Picard yelled. A giant ice block formed around Surt, but melted almost instantly.
"Hah hah! Not even water can quench my power!" Surt laughed. He swung his sword sideways, firing a blade of molten steel at Picard. It connected, throwing Picard back against a pillar.
"Damnit! Nothing works!" Felix yelled.
"What can we do?!" Jenna cried out.
"Pray for a quick death!" Surt answered. He then powered up another fireball, which he hurled at Garet. "YAAGGHH!" Garet, in panic, raised a wall of fire around himself.
"FOOL! You cannot block fire with..." but Surt was cut off as the fireball entered the flame wall and disappeared. The wall burst higher for a second.
'That's it!' Ivan thought. "Jenna, Garet! Use your fire psynergy!"
"WHAT!? Are you insane, Ivan!? It'll only make him stronger!" Jenna yelled.
"Just do it, Jenna!" Ivan yelled back.
Garet didn't argue, however. "Pyroclasm!" he shouted. Giant flames shot out of the ground at Surt. "What do you think you can do against me with that?!" Surt said scornfully.
Suddenly, the pyroclasm shot up higher and hotter. "What?! My strength!" Surt yelled. When the flames died down Surt seemed smaller than before, and weaker.
Mia understood. "That's it! His own psynergy is so strong, other fire psynergy absorbs all the extra power!"
"Yeah! We can do this!" Sheba yelled.
So Jenna and Garet cast their fire psynergy over and over at Surt. Everytime Surt tried to counterattack, the fire adepts just used their psynergy to absorb it.
After a few minutes of this, Surt was much weaker. "You...fools...you cannot seal...ME!"
Surt threw back his head and roared. The energy from the Venus Star seemed to be pulled into him as Surt burst into giant flames again. He then shot a huge fireball at the ground, which exploded.
"AAAARRRRGGGHH!" The party cried out. The explosion was tremendous, throwing the group all over the place.
After a while, the smoke cleared, revealing a feeble-looking Surt barely standing.
Finally...killed you...fools...now to get my...power back..." Surt then turned to face the Venus star and started absorbing again.
"No you don't..."
"What?!" Surt spun around to see Picard and Mia still standing.
"As Mercury adepts, we are strong to your psynergy." Said Mia.
"Jenna and Garet drained your power. Now, we finish you!" Picard said.
"Diamond Berg!" Yelled Picard.
"Glacier!" Mia yelled.
The giant lumps of ice formed around the demon.
"No...stop!" Surt tried to repulse the ice, but was too weak to do so. "NOOO!" The ice finally froze the demon. Piard then rushed forward with his sword and struck the ice, shattering it and the demon.
"We did it!" Mia said happily.
"Yeah. Let's revive the others now." Picard said soberly.
It took a while, but the party was revived, and the group returned to the ship to rest. They agreed to push out of the dock, though, before resting.
Isaac lay awake later that night, staring up at the dark sky. A gray twilight of dawn began to form on the eastern horizon.
"Awake?" he heard Jenna say to him. He felt her lay down next to him.
"Yeah. I've been thinking. Only two demons are sealed now, and we've still got three to go. Do we even have a chance?" Isaac said.
Jenna took awhile before responding. "Of course we do. After all, we survived last time, right?"
Isaac smiled. "Yeah, we did."
He got up and embraced Jenna. "I promise you, we will do this together. And we will stay together...forever."
They sat like that for many minutes, as the sun began to rise. Unknown to them, Felix watched them from atop the crow's nest. He smiled, then said to himself "You two have really gotten far."
Soon, the new day began.
I promise and deliver! Nice long chapter for you here! And it's gonna keep going still. Who's this Evil God? I warn you; I doubt I will update until the first day of winter break, so try reading this installment over three days or so. Later!