Chapter 30

Even as the cage was appearing, everyone was thinking the same thing. This was, of course, that Ryan was going to lose very, very badly. All of our heroes had seen Ivy's powers in action, and some had even been on the receiving end before. With no evidence that Ryan had special powers of his own or any immunity to Ivy's powers, it seemed as though he had no chance. Even the four or so minions he had left at this point were wondering why their boss didn't want their help. For them to have wanted to follow that guy they must have been unbelievable stupid, which explains how they still didn't notice that they were being picked off one by one.

Ivy faced Ryan and the two stared each other down. Then, it began. Ivy started by using her telekinesis and throwing Ryan against the side of the cage over and over. Then, without stopping in between, she used her painkinesis to drain whatever strength he could have had left. He writhed in pain on the ground, crying out. Eventually Ivy stopped and looked down at the broken man on the floor. He looked up with a whimper to see Ivy creating a huge fireball. Suddenly, Ryan grinned and the fireball exploded, sending Ivy into the side of the cage. Outside, Frus rushed to the side of the cage, wishing he could help Ivy.

Ryan dashed over to Ivy and punched her in the stomach repeatedly. Then, he kicked her and she banged off the side of the cage again. She tried to use her hydrokinesis, but all that appeared was a light trickle. She looked up at her ex-boyfriend and weakly asked, "How are you doing this?"

Ryan sneered and answered in a whisper, "I'm cheating." Suddenly the sides of the cage had eyes and there was creepy high-pitched giggling.

Ryan began to attack again, and Ivy tried to think of a way out. Ryan had been able to inflict huge amounts of damage while her guard was down, not to mention whatever the creatures pretending to be metal were doing to her. Then, she remembered something. It was from her book, the one that had started this whole thing. It had stuck in her head because it was funny.

"Hullabaloo and howdy-do, musty prawns and Timbuktu, Elsie-bye and higgledy poo, kick 'em in the dish-pan hoo hoo hoo!" shouted Ivy. Ryan started acting as if he was having a seizure. At the same time, little fairy things started to float out of the cage. The cage vanished. However, Ryan recovered and tried running. He didn't get far, though. He was caught by Saga and Maria.

"M-my demons! Where are they?" stammered Ryan, wondering why he wasn't getting any help.

"Oh, see, even though you turned out to be a bigger threat than we thought, the type of demon you chose for minions was still about as smart as a shovel. We took them all out while no one was paying attention," explained Maria.

"Except that one," said Saga, pointing to a fat one who was picking his nose. "You notice that he still isn't helping you."

"Now, if you look behind you, you'll see my great-great-granddaughter is already recovering. She's going to beat you silly, then we're going to leave," said Maria.

The screams are best left to the imagination. Except for Ivy and Saga, everyone had a disturbed look as they headed back to Maria's territory, working together tomoveYgrene. Now, a new task law ahead of them: Finding a way home!

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