Chapter 3
"Travis, Tiko get back. You don't want mess with these two." Shade said, his eyes never leaving his brother's.
"Who is this guy?" Travis asked Alex.
"Dae is Shade's older brother. We defeated him very early during the fight for the mamodo king. But he beat Shade up pretty bad before we got the opportunity to burn his book." Alex's voice shook with every word. The thought of possibly losing Shade to this maniac frighten her to her very core. Travis looked back at Dae, who was seemingly waiting for them to make a move. "Well Tiko and I won't leave you two by yourselves."
A sinister grin spread across Dae's lips, "I will gladly take you both on. Shall we show them true power, Lawrence?" he asked, his red eyes narrowing.
Lawrence nodded and opened Dae's book, "TaoDeagan!" He shouted. Dae laughed evilly as his arms began transforming into two sharp blades made of blinding white light. He ran forward, lunging at Alex with all of his might. Alex dropped Shade's book and covered her head. "Ion Rakerga!" Two lights, one of darkness and one of light came swirling through the air and collided with Dae's chest.
All anyone heard was a crash then Dae's ragged breathing. "Had enough?" Rahkshi said strolling into the restaurant. Zero was by his side with a half smile on his lips. "Get up Dae!" Lawrence ordered.
"Don't ever tell me what to do again." Dae said getting on one knee and looking in the direction of the new mamodo, "Just read another spell." He said, "I'll make them pay."
Lawrence looked through the spell book, before settling on the sixth spell, "BiraDaekan!" Dae rose to his feet immediately and began gathering light energy in his hands. Raising his hands high above his head, he fired the light out Rahkshi and Zero. "Loruche!" Another voice yelled in the chaos. Bright pink and red light wrapped itself around Dae's legs, causing him to miss his target. The light tossed him back toward his partner. "I normally hate violence but when it comes to my friends, I'm willing to make an exception." Amore and her partner, Marina appeared.
"Is everyone okay?" Marina asked closing Amore's book.
Dae's eyes widened with surprise, "Another one?" then he smirked, "It doesn't matter. I'll take them all out with one shot. Seventh Spell, Lawrence, now!" he shouted.
"Are you sure you can handle all four of them? I didn't come here to lose to a bunch of kids." Lawrence said.
"Don't question me! Just do it." Dae whirled around clutching his wounded chest. The two began arguing, seemingly forgetting who was behind them.
"Now's our chance…" Alex thought, "Travis, I have an idea."
"I'm listening." He said.
"If we combine Tiko's Rishai spell with Shade's Keazuk spell we may be able to blast them out of here. And have an opportunity to get at Dae's book."
"It's worth a shot. Did you guys hear that?" he asked the two mamodos.
Tiko and Shade nodded, "Let's do it." They said together.
Alex picked up Shade's spell book, "Keazuk!"
"Rishai!"
The two spells swirled together as they shot through the air toward their target. The spells collided with Dae's back, sending him into Lawrence's arms. "Dae?" he asked. But he didn't respond. Dae had been knocked unconscious. "You'll pay for this." Lawrence said picking up the mamodo and backing away from them. He turned and ran down the sidewalk.
Alex sighed happily and fell to her knees, "We did it."
"Don't get to happy. If I know my brother he won't give up." Shade said his back still facing Alex.
"Hey, that man dropped something." Amore said, sifting through the rubble and picking up a white piece of paper, "Does anybody know what this writing means?" she asked holding out the paper.
"Hand it here…" Marina said, taking the paper from Amore.
"It looks like a scientific name for a flower…a very poisonous flower." The children looked up and saw Alex's mom read over Marina's shoulder.
"It's the poison. It's gotta be." Zero said.
"Mom!" Alex said looking up in surprised. She had forgotten her parents were there.
"Alex what's going on?" Her father asked.
"I can't explain right now. Mom do you know where we could possibly find an antidote for this flower?" Alex asked.
