Author's note: I forgot to say this in the last chapter, but Ogsmog, it's my name for that OverWorlder Tom used in Putting the Muge in Mugic. And Shipwreck Beach, I feel like that should be the name of the Location Banshor usually hangs around. I hope you like them. But for now, here's chapter 14.

Chapter 14: The Birth of Zaulnia-Terrix

Sidney was joining her mom on a scan quest near the Forest of Life. "I nearly had to skip breakfast so I could come out here. This better be worth it, Mom." She said. "Don't worry. If I know Wamma, it will be." Sarah said.

The mother and daughter continued deep into the forest, when suddenly, a familiar humanoid centipede Creature jump-scared them. "Man, I am too good!" She said. "It wasn't funny the first 20 times, Kamangareth." Sarah said. "I know. I'm sorry, Sarah. You know I can never resist." Kamagareth said as she crawled down the tree. "Anyway, this is my daughter Sidney. Sid, this is Kamangareth, Wamma's wife." Sarah introduced. "Nice to meet you." Sidney said, shaking the UnderWorlder's hand. "Pleasure's mine." Kamangareth said. "So, why'd Wamma ask us to come out here?" Sarah asked. "We thought it best to show you. As you humans say, seeing is believing." Kamangareth said, heading deeper into the forest. Sarah and Sidney looked at each other confused, but just shrugged and followed.

Kamangareth led the girls to the spot where Wamma was waiting. "Oh good, you're here." He said as Kamangareth kissed his cheek. "So, what'd want to show us, Wamma?" Sarah asked. "Uh Mom?" Sidney said, pointing out to the open. Sarah looked and her eyes went wide. A wound in a rock wall was causing a lava flood! "Wamma are you nuts?! The entire forest is gonna get destroyed!" Sarah said. Wamma shook his head and pointed down. An unfamiliar Danian was heading towards the lava flow. This Danian had Wamma's body, along with Kamangareth's body color and 4 of her legs, but bigger. On his back was a white centipede-like larva of sorts with one little pink eye and little beetle pincers. "Alright. Are we ready to do this?" The larva asked. "Aren't we always?" The Danian asked. Both of them laughed. "Let's do it!" The larva said. They got ready as the lava got closer. "Fluidmight!" The both shouted, firing a fist of water at the lava flow, cooling it down. "Nice work, sis." The Danian said. "Oh, stop. It's you." The larva said, blushing.

Sidney and Sarah were in total awe. "Who are they, Wamma?" Sarah asked. "Zaulnia-Terrix. Our son and daughter." Wamma said. "Our pride and joy." Kamangareth said. Sidney and Sarah pulled out their scanners. "Too bad we can only scan one Creature at a time, Mom." Sidney said. "Don't worry, Sid. We'll both scan one now, then get the other later." Sarah said. They both aimed for the unusual Danian and scanned him. When the scans were finished, both mother and daughter were surprised. "No way! That's impossible!" Sidney said. The scan's picture showed both Zaulnia and Terrix.


(Intro)


At Chaotic, Tom, Minnie and Robbie were waiting near the Imthor Drome for Sidney and Sarah. Sidney had a match scheduled at the Drome in a few minutes. "Here they come." Robbie said. Tom and Minnie looked to see Sidney and Sarah running towards them. "Am I late for my match?" Sidney asked. "No. You're 1 minute early." Tom said. "Where were you guys?" Minnie asked. "The Forest of Life. With Wamma and Kamangareth." Sarah said. "And we just scored the sweetest Danian Creature scan ever!" Sidney said, showing everyone her scan of Zaulnia-Terrix. Minnie was both surprised and confused. "Girl, what did you do? Hack your scanner?" She asked. "I don't know how it happened either, but I'm glad it did. You'll see. They're awesome!" Sidney said as she entered the Drome.

"Man. I'm getting the strange feeling of Déjà vu again." Tom said. "Me too." Sarah agreed, looking at her scan of Zaulina-Terrix. "What do you mean?" Robbie asked. "Well, back when we were about your ages, Kaz scanned an UnderWorld Creature similar to Zaulnia-Terrix. Their name was Borth-Mojar." Tom explained.

In the Drome, Sidney was setting up her deck to play against her opponent. A young lady named Gabriella. As she was setting up her Creatures, Minnie called her on her scanner. "Sid, don't you think you should test out Zaulnia-Terrix in the Beta Drome first?" She asked. "Don't worry, they're awesome. Trust me. I know what I'm doing." Sidney assured, ending the call. "Yeah. Reminding me of myself at that age." Tom said, earning snickers from the others. Sidney smiled and dragged her newest Creature to the last empty spot in the middle on the frontline.

"Ladies, lock your decks." The Drome Master said. Both girls locked their decks and revealed their teams. Gabriella had Arias, Blügon, Zalic, Owis, Dractyl and Donmar. Sidney had Sukoval, Zaulnia-Terrix, Lhad, Blazier, Drakness and Verlina. "Hey! You can only battle with one Creature at a time!" Gabriella said, eyeing Sidney's new Danian. "Zaulina-Terrix is considered to be one Creature. One unusual Creature. Majorina, you may attack first, and perhaps you will see Zaulina-Terrix in action." The Drome Master said. "You bet I will." Sidney said, activating her Location randomizer. "The first Location, Lake Morn." 'Let's see. I should target someone easy to test out my new Danian.' Sidney thought, looking through Gabriella's frontline. "Zaulina-Terrix attacks Zalic!" She declared. She tapped her selected Creature and transformed into her newest Danian. Gabriella tapped her Zalic and transformed into the humanoid scarab beetle.

Suddenly, Sidney felt a little woozy. Her vision started doubling. Having 2 heads was proving to be a little difficult. "Is anything wrong, Majorina?" The Drome Master asked. "No, I'm- We're fine. Let's get Chaotic." Both heads answered.

Sidney struggled to walk in a straight line along the shore of the lake. She then looked at the lake and decided to try an attack. "Fluidmight!" The 2 heads called, firing a fist of water into the lake, causing a mini tidal wave. "Oh yeah, baby! I got the mojo working!" They both said as they jumped across the rocks. "Yeah, but you missed something." A voice called. Sidney turned both her heads to see Zalic standing near a rock cave, holding a Plasma Pounder. "Me." Zalic took aim and fired plasma at the Danian, sending her into the lake. 'What am I gonna do? Zaulina-Terrix must be good in the water somehow.' Sidney thought as she sank. 'I gotta tap into their minds and find out what they know.' She started to tap into Zaulina and Terrix's minds to try and find a way out of the mess.

Zalic walked up to the lake. "Now to exterminate the pesky freakshow." He said, readying his Plasma Pounder. Suddenly, the water began bubbling. Then all of a sudden, Zaulina-Terrix shot out of the water, riding a wave. Zalic was in shock from the sight. "Riptide!" Zaulina-Terrix yelled, sending the wave down on Zalic. 'Now to finish this.' Sidney thought. As she prepared her final attack, Zalic grabbed his Plasma Pounder and blasted Zaulina, knocking her off Terrix.

Tom, Sarah, Minnie and Robbie gasped from outside at what Gabriella did.

Both Zaulina and Terrix slowly stood up, shaking off their pain. "Big mistake. Now you're outnumbered." Terrix said. "And you're about to feel the sting." Zaulina said. "Hail Storm!" Terrix tried to blow the attack from his hands. Nothing happened. "Rock Wave!" Zaulina slammed down on the ground, trying to make the attack. Again, nothing. Just then, Zaulina and Terrix started walking funny. 'My head! I can't think straight!' Sidney thought as her mind started to spin from having Zaulina and Terrix separated. "Now then. Which should I finish first? How about both?" Zalic said, blasting both Creatures and coding them at the same time.

After all that, Minnie tried calling Sidney, but she wasn't answering. "Why isn't Sidney answering?" Minnie asked. "Would you after that?" Robbie asked. "I was right. Zaulina-Terrix has the same properties as Borth-Mojar." Tom said. "Wamma never steered me wrong before." Sarah said. "You guys scanned them in the Forest of Life, right?" Minnie asked. Sarah nodded. "Let's go find Wamma and find out more about Zaulina-Terrix." Minnie said. "Right." Sarah said. "We'll stay and keep watching Sid's match." Tom said.

Sarah and Minnie ported to the Forest and started looking for Wamma. "Wamma!" Sarah called. Wamma and Kamangareth were resting nearby when they heard the girls calling. "Wamma!" Minnie called. Wamma soon came into view. "Easy! Do I look like H'earing to you?" He asked bitterly. "What's going on?" Kamangareth asked. "You 2 brought Sidney and Sarah here to scan Zaulina-Terrix." Minnie said. "Sidney just made a jerk of herself in her Drome battle." Sarah said. "Not our fault. Sidney was in a rush to get back to Chaotic." Wamma said. "Yeah. You guys transported back before you heard the whole story." Kamangareth said. "Whole story? What's up with them?" Sarah asked. "Well, sit back and relax and we'll tell you." Kamangareth said.

[Flashback]

"It went back about a couple years ago. I was training some new Mandiblor recruits for the Tribal Alliance. Among them was Zaulina-Terrix. Kamangareth and I agreed that when they came of age, we would allow them to join in recruitment. But since they were vestigial twins and were practically attached to each other, they spent more time fighting each other than their opponents." Wamma narrated.

Zaulina and Terrix prepared to face-off against Mallash. Wamma and Kamangareth watched from the rafters. But Zaulina's constant movement was really irritating Terrix. "Will you stop moving?! I'm trying to concentrate on battling Mallash, and your wobbling isn't helping!" Terrix said. "Don't blame me! It's my body shape!" Zaulina argued. Mallash fired a Torrent of Flame from his Pyroblaster. "Look out!" Terrix yelled. Zaulina looked up, but got hit by the fire attack. Terrix glared at Mallash. "Nice attack. Here's a better one. Riptide!" He fired his water attack from his mouth, but Zaulina jolted up and landed on his head, messing up his aim. "Hey! Butt out, larva!" He said out of anger. "How can I when my butt is attached to yours?!" Zaulina argued. Wamma shook his head in disappointment. Kamangareth looked on with worry. "Vine Snare!" Mallash called, summoning several vines out of the ground and wrapping around Zaulina and Terrix. They both struggled to get free. "I can't break these vines!" Terrix said. "And I can't reach them with my pincers!" Zaulina said. Mallash then fired a Blaze Barrage from the Pyroblaster, hitting the vestigial Danians. When the smoke cleared, everyone had a complete shocked look on their faces. Zaulina and Terrix had been separated. Even they were shocked.

"And that's how Zaulina-Terrix split up. After they got over the shock, they were both pretty happy about finally splitting up." Wamma continued.

"Finally! I'm free from your wretched back and free to move about on the ground without your constant complaining!" Zaulina said. "I'm glad you're off my back. All you do is mess up my concentration and yak, yak, yak! And now I'm gonna beat Mallash and join the ranks of the Tribal Alliance!" Terrix said. Then he charged towards Mallash and held out his hands, preparing to attack. "Hydro Balls!" He called. But nothing happened. "Uh. Megaroar!" He roared. But again, nothing. Wamma and Kamangareth now were both really worried. Mallash fired a Torrent of Flame from the Pyroblaster, striking Terrix right in the chest and sending him into the wall. "With attacks like that, you barely need enemies." Mallash said. Just then, Zaulina pounced onto Mallash and wrapped around him. "Ignore him, Mallash! I'm a more worthy opponent! Coil Crush!" Zaulina said, squeezing Mallash. But it did nothing.

"Just like Terrix, Zaulina wasn't any match for Mallash." Wamma narrated.

Mallash grabbed Zaulina by her neck, uncoiled her from around him and tossed her. She landed next to Terrix. "Zaulina!" Terrix cried, rushing to his sister's side. "Are you okay?" He asked. "Yeah. I'm okay." Zaulina said. "Listen, this isn't gonna work. If we keep fighting each other and by ourselves, we'll never be useful to either our queen or the Alliance. So, how about it? Shall we work together a brother and sister?" Terrix asked. "Best idea I've heard all my life. Let's do it!" Zaulina said. Terrix helped Zaulina up and placed her back on his back, both getting ready for Mallash. "Ready?" Terrix asked. "Ready." Zaulina said. "Whirling Winds!" They shouted, conjuring breezes of wind from Terrix's hands, blowing Mallash into the wall and rendering him unconscious.

[Flashback End]

"And from that day, Zaulina-Terrix became a great warrior for the Alliance." Wamma finished. "I knew it. Zaulina-Terrix is exactly like Borth-Mojar. They're both no good unless they stick together." Sarah said. "We gotta get back and tell the others." Minnie said.

The girls ported back to Chaotic and hurried back to the Drome. "How's the match going?" Minnie asked. "Too close for comfort." Robbie said. "They're down to their final Creatures, and Sid's in trouble." Tom said. Sidney was attacking Donmar with Verlina at Cordac Falls. Verlina was equipped with an Ice Cloak, while Donmar was equipped with a Pyroblaster. "Did you talk to Sid? Did she get our message about Zaulina-Terrix?" Sarah asked.

Verlina continued to block Donmar's fire attacks with her Ice Cloak, but she couldn't last much longer. Her energy was down to 15. Donmar launched a Rustoxic from his hand, coating around Verlina. 'Verlina's finished. But I can still bring back one Creature. I just hope they were right.' Sidney thought, activating her Chorus of Cothica Mugic to activate the Song of Returning, bringing back Zaulina-Terrix. Donmar fired a Lavalanche from his Pyroblaster, coding Verlina on contact.

Back in the Drome, Gabriella was surprised to see that Sidney brought back Zaulina-Terrix. "You brought back Zaulina-Terrix? Isn't it less embarrassing to just quit?" Gabriella asked mockingly. Sidney stayed silent. "Alright then. Your funeral." Gabriella said, activating her randomizer.

Sidney carefully trailed through the Gloomuck Swamp as Donmar looked for her. 'One Creature. I'm one Creature. 2 names, 1 Creature. Just need to stay together.' Sidney thought. Just then, Donmar appeared and blasted her with a Torrent of Flame, nearly knocking Zaulina off Terrix. "Well, looks like the bug stops here." Donmar said. "Maybe. But this is where the hunter becomes the hunted." Sidney said, finally getting her mind in sync with both Zaulina and Terrix. "Fluidmight!" They fired a fist of water from their chest, blasting Donmar into the muck. Donmar got back up and fired a Power Pulse from his hands. The Danian duo ducked down to dodge the attack. They fired Delerium. from their heads, hitting Donmar's and making him get a headache. They then eyed the tree behind him. "Buzz Burst!" They fired a sawblade towards Donmar, but he recovered and dodged to the side. "Missed me." He said, holding up his Pyroblaster, not noticing the sawblade cutting through the tree, causing it to timber. "You blew it, Majorina! You should've brought back one of your other Creatures instead of that pathetic pair of-" The tree fell on top of Donmar, coding him and making Sidney the winner of the match.

At the Port Court, everyone toasted to Sidney's victory. "Here's to you, Sid." Minnie said. "And to Zaulina-Terrix." Tom added. "You really kept it together out there, Sid. Just like your Uncle Kaz did with Borth-Mojar." Sarah said. Sidney was about to sip her drink, but then she had a thought. "Wait!" She shouted, stopping everyone. "What's wrong, Sid?" Tom asked. "If we're toasting Zaulina-Terrix, should we use one straw…or 2?" She asked. "Oh boy." Tom muttered. "Not again." Sarah muttered.


New Card:

Creature: Zaulina-Terrix

Danian Mandiblor

Courage: 40

Power: 50

Wisdom: 40

Speed: 25

Elements: Air, Water

Mugic: 2

Energy: 50