Chapter 20
Our Knights in Shining Armor
Serenity eyes were wide open in fear. She felt Weevil's tail clench her form even harder and whimpered. Weevil smirked in triumph. She was just as weak as he thought she would be. He loosened his grip and pulled his tail back for another blow.
The girl smiled and brought her staff in front of her. Quickly, she twirled it like she had seen some of the performers had done at her eighth birthday. Serenity saw the white sparkled forming around the staff and twirled even faster. Weevil's tail came thundering down upon her. "TAKE THAT!"
Lifting her staff (which was still twirling) over her head, Serenity repelled the blow. Weevil howled in agony. When his tail hit the spinning staff it had burned immensely. "You little brat!" he cried.
"I don't want to fight you! I apologized for killing the bug," Serenity said. It wasn't in her nature to fight or to kill.
Unfortunately, her enemy was ready to kill her in the most painful ways he could think of. Also, he had some other plans up his sleeves. "Saying sorry won't bring it back," he said.
"It was a bug!" Serenity cried, exasperated.
"To you maybe!" Weevil slammed his tail into the ground. Like before, bugs crawled onto her. Serenity immediately felt sick to her stomach. Angry with the boy, she felt her skin turn white hot. The bugs 'screamed' in agony and fell to the ground. They were fried to a crisp.
Serenity flew back into a nearby rock. She felt her bones crack and screamed. She fell to the ground in a limp pile. Feeling herself being lifted up into the air, she saw that it was Weevils hand. She tried to make her skin white-hot again, but her energy was draining fast.
Her staff lay uselessly on the ground. She bowed her head in defeat. The battle was over. Weevil was victorious. "I win," he said and clenched her even harder in his grasp.
Serenity felt herself begin to black out. At least when the bugs were eating her, she would be too weak and tired to watch or feel anything. I hope the others will be okay. That's all that matters, she thought and prepared herself.
There was a slicing noise and then a scream. She felt herself falling, falling, falling…and then land into some ones awaiting arms. The screams continued. Serenity was a bit frightened. She opened her eyes weakly. Her eyes lighted up when she saw who had caught her. "Seto," she breathed and then hugged him as hard as she could (which wasn't that hard at all).
The person who had saved her was indeed Prince Seto. He had arrived just in time. He had been running out of the castle when he saw the light shield at work. Running in that direction, all he could think about was getting there in time. That's all that mattered. When he had arrived, he saw Serenity in the clutches of the most ugly creature the Prince had ever seen (other than his stepfather of course) and unsheathed Avenger.
Jumping onto the creature's tail of the creature. Climbing up, he found that the creature was just a mass of bugs. Slightly disgusted he made into to the top. The thing was so interested in the girl he hadn't noticed Seto. Using this to his advantage, Seto jumped into the air and sliced straight through the beast.
Using a regular sword, the sword would have gotten stuck in the beast and Weevil wouldn't have noticed. But it was the Avenger that Seto was using that had dark magic in its blade that could kill an ordinary man with a tap form the tip of the blade. The bugs died and Weevil fell to the ground screaming.
Serenity was caught right before she hit the ground. Seto watched as she cautiously opened her eyes and watched them light up to the sight of him. He felt an overpowering sense of joy that he had only felt a couple time and that was when he was with Mokuba. His heart swelled when she threw her arms around his neck and laughed in happiness. "I'm so happy to see you!" she cried and tried to hug him harder, which felt like a regular embrace.
Feeling awkward, he coughed and said, "Likewise."
Smiling, the girl giggled and asked if she could be put down now. Blushing in embarrassment, he opened dropped her onto the ground. "How did you find me? Where are the others? Did you have to fight someone? If so, who? Where's Joey?"
He walked over to her staff and replied, "Light shield. I don't know. Yes. My stepfather and I don't know."
Smirking (or was he smiling), he watched he bewildered face. "Now my turn," Seto said as he handed back the staff, "Who was that and why were you fighting? Why didn't you attack it? Are you hurt? Do you feel well?"
"He said his name was Weevil and I accidentally squished one of his bug friends and he kind of morphed into that thing. I did attack him but it didn't work. Yes and I feel fine."
"Where does it hurt?"
"My left arm but-"
"What's wrong with it?"
"Huh?"
Looking at her arm she saw that the scratch on her arm was gone. What happened to it? "Did it heal by itself?" Serenity asked.
"I guess the light element has healing abilities," Seto said.
The two looked back at the form of Weevil. The bugs he had worshipped were slowly eating he up. Serenity looked away. Grabbing a hold of his hand, she pulled him next to her. They walked beck to the castle, hand in hand, and began to search for the others.
Joey woke up and almost pulled this blonde hair out. Where the hell was he? Where were the others? That Arilean prince better not be with Serenity…
He growled and got up, looking around the room, he saw something in a faded light. Wondering where the light was coming from, he walked over. When he was almost about to reach it, he slammed into something hard. He fell back and landed on his backside. He was cursing loudly while holding his nose.
Angry, Joey kicked the air in front of him and howled in pain. He had hit something hard. Getting up (while rubbing his butt), he put a hand out and felt glass in front of him. He heard noise coming form the other side of the glass and watched as a throne appeared, then a man sat in the throne, and finally a boy walked over to the throne. "Father," the boy said quietly.
The prince watched the scene before him and instantly remembered this scene. He hated how this ended. That boy was he. The man in the throne was his father. Coren. "Yes, Joseph?" inquired the king.
"Father, my teacher is being cruel to me. He won't let me use two arrows at once," Little Joseph whined.
Coren chuckled and said, "Stop whining you little baby. Go cry somewhere else you stupid, ugly brat."
Joey shuddered with the younger version of himself. The bad part was coming soon, the part that made Joey unable to ever forgive his father. "Father," Little Joseph asked, "Have you been drinking again?"
Joey watched as the younger clone was grabbed by the collar of his shirt and forced to drink the whiskey the king always kept by his side. He watched as the boy forcefully swallowed the drink. The image faded away and the glass wall disappeared. "What a terrible memory."
Hearing a scream, Joey jumped up and unsheathed his blade. He knew whom that scream belonged to and by the sound of it, she was in trouble.
The teeth of the dinosaur glistened in the light. Mai could see herself reflected in them. Her face was one of utter shock. She was amazed to see a dinosaur, even though it was about to kill her. She was also surprised her attacks didn't work.
Rex slid down the T-Rex's back and smiled evilly down at Mai. "So…how do you like your present situation?"
Mai spat at the boy. She used her wind powers so it defied gravity and smacked him in the face. Rex wasn't fazed though. He wiped the saliva off and his smile widened. "I was going to be nice and let you die really quick, just a one-gulp thing. But now I think I'm going to make you feel every teeth this dinosaur has and then leave you there to die."
"I don't think so."
A piece of the wall flew at the T-Rex and it feel to the ground. Mai was released form its grip. She quickly jumped away from the best. She turned to where the piece of wall came from and she saw none other than Prince Joseph. "Joey!" she cried.
They hugged fiercely and Mai kissed him gently. Both of them blushed. Joey ran a hand through her hair. "Are you okay?"
"I'm here aren't I?" Mai said.
"Hey loved birds. I'm still here and so is my friend," Rex called and the T-Rex roared.
Mai's eyes turned a violent shade of violet (lol) and the bands around her wrists burned with a silver glow. She felt the air around her begin to speed up and she made a circle shape with her hands. A ball of wind formed. She screeched as she threw the ball at the boy. He was to shocked to move but the T-Rex batted it away with a flick of its tail. "My powers are useless against the dinosaur," Mai said to Joey.
"I'll kill Rex then. He must be the life force for the dinosaurs he summons."
Joey charged at Rex. The dinosaur swung its tail at the boy. The ground underneath them began to shake and huge chunks of it flew up to protect Joey from the blows. Rex was right in front of him now. Rex stared in wonder as the chunks of earth surrounded them., preventing the T-Rex from getting to them and from Mai's view.
"Who are you?" Rex asked.
Joey simply shook his head and unsheathed his sword. "Does it really matter?" He asked solemnly.
Mai watched as the dinosaur disappeared in a puff or white smoke. It was like he hadn't even been there. If the dinosaur was gone that meant Joey had killed Rex. Mai felt a bit said. She didn't really approve of killing, though if she had to do it, she would.
The ground that had blocked her view fell away and Joey drifted over. They walked out of the ballroom and back into the castle where they had first gone. They needed their friends now.
Okay, so everyone has faced there problems and Gozaburo, Weevil and Rex are finally dead (yay). Now our heros will have to face their greatest battle and Marik will have a larger part and so will Fatima. If you figured out a secret of mine, try to guess! Fatima says something at the end of the SAG that can give you a hint and so can another chapter.
-Em