Chapter 38: Big Air

In Chaotic, Sidney was battling in the Crellen Drome. Her opponent was a girl called KiruKrista. They were battling in Glacier Plains. She was battling as Verlina, riding on a Snowmobile through the snow. KiruKrista was battling as Rellim. 'Just 2 more Creatures to beat and this match is mine.' Sidney thought. "This Location's already got you beaten, Krista." Verlina said as Rellim moved around behind her unnoticed. "Here in Glacier Plains, even Rellim's best water attacks are as cold as ice." "Then let's see you freeze from THIS!" Rellim called from afar, firing a Frostblight. But because they were battling in Glacier Plains, the attack was weakened, creating nothing but a small cold beam. "That attack couldn't even make ice cream." Verlina said, charging her Snowmobile towards Rellim. "Neuro Freeze!" Rellim fired 2 beams of ice from his hands, freezing Verlina in a huge block of ice. "Get your way out of that, Majorina." Rellim taunted. But then, Verlina started to glow red, causing the ice to start melting. And then, the ice was blasted away by Verlina's Gladiator's Fire. "You took your best shot. Now here's mine!" Verlina fired her Fluidmight at Rellim, hitting him and coding him.

As Verlina and Krista reappeared in the Drome, Verlina chuckled with success. Krista, a young, beautiful Caucasian-African girl with chestnut braided hair with pink streaks, a purple hoodie, grey jeans and white sneakers, sulked a bit from losing her 5th Creature.

In the Port Court, Minnie, Robbie, Gisele, Nika, Tom and Sarah watched. "Nice one, Sid!" Robbie cheered. "Sidney and Verlina are a lean, mean, Drome battling machine!" Minnie said. "They sure are." Nika said.

As Sidney transformed back, she looked at the board. Sidney had Verlina, Seeryn and Dradogus left. "Great. I've got 3 Creatures left. But Krista only has-" She started to say, but she stopped herself, looking at Krista's last Creature. It looked like a magenta version of Maxxor. "I've never seen one of those before." "That's Vailnora, an OverWorld Elementalist. She's also a relative to Maxxor's family." Krista explained.

"Sid better be careful." Gisele said. "Careful of what?! Vailnora's the only Creature on the board! She can't use any special abilities, even if she has one!" Nika exclaimed. "She may not need an ability to win. Look at Vailnora's card stats. She's not like Maxxor, Prantix, Accato or even Cromaxx. She can use air attacks." Tom said. "Whoa!" Minnie said. "We better warn Sid." Sarah said, preparing to call Sidney's scanner. But then the alarm beeped in the Drome. "Too late, hon. We're locked out." Tom said.

"KiruKrista, activate the Location randomizer." The Drome Master instructed. Krista spun her randomizer, landing at the next Location. "The next Location: Ravanaugh Ridge." "Vailnora attacks Verlina!" Krista declared, tapping her Vailnora and transforming into her. Vailnora looked almost like Maxxor, except she was magenta with white line markings, her hair was wavy and silver, and she wore a copper breastplate and tunic. Sidney tapped her Verlina and transformed into her best Creature friend. "Let's get Chaotic!" She said as everything went white.

In Ravanaugh Ridge, Vailnora stood in the middle of the land. But then, Verlina came out the forest on her Snowmobile, modified for rocky transport. She then fired Heat Rage from her hand, but Vailnora clouded her position with fog. Verlina's attack hit the fog, but Vailnora had just vanished. Verlina looked around. "Up here, Majorina!" Vailnora called. Verlina looked up and saw Vailnora, flying on a tornado around her legs. That made Verlina gasp in shock. Vailnora attacked with Windslash, knocking Verlina off her Snowmobile. She then blasted her with Power Pulse, knocking her into a rock wall.

Tom, Sarah, Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika were just as shocked. "Did you know Maxxor had relatives who could fly, Mr. Majors?" Minnie asked. "Yeah. Maxxor told me about them, but I've never any of them before." Tom said. "I've never seen any Chaotic player with a Creature like Vailnora."


(Intro)


"Thunder Shout!" Vailnora shouted, knocking Verlina back into the wall and dropping her energy to 40.

"Verlina's losing energy fast! Vailnora is really awesome!" Minnie said. "She sure is. I wonder why we've never seen her in a Drome match before." Nika said. "Good question, lass." Robbie said. Tom and Sarah continued to watch Vailnora with interest.

"Ash Torrent!" Verlina blew ashes from her mouth, clouding up around Vailnora. "Gotcha." She said, thinking she had Vailnora trapped. But then, Vailnora electrocuted her with Lightning Burst.

"Sidney was in total control of this match!" Minnie exclaimed. "Now she's falling behind!" Gisele said. "I've never seen an OverWorlder that powerful." Nika said. "Vailnora has to be powerful. She protects a part of one of the greatest secrets in the OverWorld." Tom said. "You mean…" Robbie started. "The main secrets of the greatest sources in Perim themselves?" Gisele finished. Tom and Sarah nodded. "Vailnora belongs to a special group of Elementalists in Maxxor's family. They protect the great secrets of the elements located in the OverWorld." Tom explained. "Vailnora protects the secret of air in a secret cavern in Ravanaugh Ridge." Sarah added. "Have any of you guys ever been there?" Minnie asked. "No player has. Those caves are full of element powered traps. They're impossible to get to." Tom said. "Or at least, I thought they were." He muttered, loud enough for only Sarah to hear.

Verlina fired Pebblestorm, but Vailnora dodged the attack and fired Inferno Gust, knocking Verlina down. 'She's too fast for my attacks, but I still have one more Mugic.' Sidney thought, casting Verlina's last Mugician and activating her last Mugic. "Skysong Arpeggio!" The Mugic played in key as a blue-grey beam hit Verlina, increasing her wisdom. "Oh YEAH!" She shouted, feeling her mind power up.

"Alright! Sidney's wisdom attacks are gonna be wickedly tough now!" Minnie said. "Plus, her wisdom increase will make her as smart as Bodal and Ulmar combined!" Gisele said.

"Mind Mash!" Verlina shouted, firing Mind Mash from her head. Vailnora tried her best to dodge the attack, but she was hit and knocked down. Verlina smirked and walked towards the fallen Creature. But as Vailnora recovered, she noticed a certain stone near the rock wall. She crawled over towards it and slammed her palm on it, opening a passageway into the wall.

Sidney's group gasped at this. "A secret passage into the caves! So cool!" Nika exclaimed. "I didn't know that was there." Tom said with surprise. "Neither did I." Sarah said.

As Vailnora escaped into the caves, Verlina followed, slipping through the passage before it closed. When she got in, she saw that the caves were flowing with different wind streams. "Wow! This place puts the Storm Tunnel to shame." She said, impressed. Just then, Vailnora appeared and blew Verlina away with Hurlicane. Verlina got caught in the wind streams, blowing her all over the place. But she managed to grab onto a tree root hanging from the ceiling. But Vailnora flew up after her. Verlina fired Hydro Balls from her eyes, but Vailnora dodged the attack and hit Verlina with Progressive Speed, coding her.

Sidney's group was disappointed by this. "Sid's Verlina…coded." Minnie groaned. "Yeah. What a total bummer." Nika said. "Not for us." Sarah started to explain. "Yeah. Now we know how Krista got her Vailnora scan." Tom said. Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika were confused. "Those wind caves are connected throughout all of the caverns in Ravanaugh Ridge." Sarah said. "So, they also must go…" Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika remained silent, but knowing the answer. "Exactly. The exact cavern where Vailnora protects the secret of the air element." Tom said. "Ah." All 4 kids said. "Seeryn attacks Vailnora!" Sidney declared on the screen.

Sidney transformed into the Elemental Fire Servant. "This time, it'll be one Elementalist against another." She said. Krista transformed into Vailnora once again. "May the best Elemental win." She said.

At Iron Pillar, Vailnora searched the pillar for Seeryn, until they saw each other outside the pillar. "Lavalanche!" Seeryn fired Lavalanche from his hands. "Cyclone Slam!" Vailnora fired Cyclone Slam from her hands. The 2 attacks collided. "Vailnora is one of the great Elemental Guardians. She's used to facing danger and staring it down." Vailnora explained. "Neither of us has any Mugic. We can't use BattleGear at Iron Pillar. So, all we can do is attack!" Seeryn flew after Vailnora as she flew back into the pillar. Vailnora fired a Lightning Burst, but Seeryn easily dodged it. "Confusion!" Seeryn fired Confusion from his head, hitting Vailnora, making her loose her focus and crash into several iron beams. As she recovered, she saw that Seeryn had circled in front of her, hitting her with Torrent of Flame. As she escaped, Seeryn chased after her.

"That works for Sid. Vailnora's pretty fast. But the turns at Iron Pillar are really tight, and she knows how to navigate through each one. Advantage-Seeryn." Nika said. "Probably, but I don't know." Robbie said. "What do you think, Mr. Majors?" Minnie asked. But Tom and Sarah were already gone.

Seeryn chased Vailnora all throughout the pillar. But then, Vailnora smashed her head against a beam, disorienting her for a minute. Then Seeryn tackled her into another beam. "Sudden Flare!" He fired Sudden Flare from his chest, hitting Vailnora.

Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah had just arrived at Ravanaugh Ridge. "Okay. Where exactly was the rock Krista used to open the passageway?" Sarah asked. "There." Tom said, pointing to the very rock.

Seeryn continued to fly throughout the pillar. 'Ha! That tornado flying chick can't match my blazing-hot moves' Sidney thought. But then, Seeryn rammed into a beam himself and landed on a holding rod just as Vailnora caught up to him. "Well, that was a shock. And here's another!" Vailnora released a flurry of Lightning Bursts. The iron conducted it and sent it to Seeryn, electrocuting him and coding him.

Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah inspected the rock. "So, how did she open the passageway?" Sarah asked. "I think she just pressed down the rock." Tom said. "Let's see." Sarah said. She pressed the rock down and the passageway opened. "Yes!" Tom and Sarah cheered as they raced into the passage. They then saw the wind streams, seeing how wildly the winds were blowing. "Well, if Krista could make it through here, so can we." Tom said. "Right!" Sarah said. The married couple started to head into the windy cavern.

But they weren't the only ones looking for Vailnora. Outside the main cavern entrance, bad news was coming. Klesh was lurking about, armed with a Flux Bauble. He was on a mission to capture Vailnora and learn the secrets of the air element. Seeing that no one was following him, he entered the cavern.

Tom and Sarah continued their way through the cavern, but finding it hard due to the winds. "Great, Tom! At this rate, getting to the cavern this way should take us…forever!" Sarah exclaimed. But then, Tom got an idea. "Unless we ride our way there." He said. Sarah got that certain look on her face, knowing what her husband was planning. Tom took her hand and they both jumped into the wind streams. The winds carried them throughout cavern. "NOT YOUR BEST IDEA, TOM!" Sarah screamed as they were blown deeper into the caves.

Nearby, Klesh received a call on a calling crystal. He answered it, seeing it was Chaor calling. "Well?" Chaor asked. "I have successfully entered the caverns in Ravanaugh Ridge, Lord Chaor. I'm now heading towards the Air Chamber as you instructed." Klesh reported. "Good. Once you reach Vailnora, activate your Flux Bauble. Flux through Perim with her until you reach a Location near Gothos Tower, then contact me immediately." Chaor ordered. "Yes, my lord." Klesh said, ending the call before continuing, not knowing that Tom and Sarah were here too.

Meanwhile, things weren't looking good for Sidney. She was battling as Dradogus against Vailnora in Glacier Plains. Apparently, Krista was a huge Glacier Plains lover. So, every Location in her Location deck was Glacier Plains. "This doesn't look good for Sid." Robbie said. "Yeah. Dradogus is having a rough time in Glacier Plains." Nika said. On the screen, Dradogus was struggling against the cold weather in Glacier Plains. "I'm afraid our big Warbeast friend is about to get really cold feet." Gisele said, sipping her soda. 'Come on, Sid.' Minnie thought.

As Dradogus continued, Vailnora flew up to him from the glaciers. "Time to put that beast down." She said, attacking with Tornado Tackle. The attack picked up a pile of snow and hit Dradogus. The poor OverWorld Warbeast suffered from the coldness of the attack even more. Vailnora then shouted Thunder Shout, sending Dradogus into a glacier and getting his head stuck.

Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika cringed from what happened. "Ice wedgie." Gisele whimpered.

Dradogus struggled and pulled, trying to get free from the ice as Vailnora got closer and formed a Hornsabre in her hand.

Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah were still being blown in the wind streams. Then, the winds slowly died down. "I think our wind trail ends here." Tom said. "Oh, thank goodness. I was starting to get sick from this ride." Sarah said, holding her stomach. As the winds finally died out, Tom and Sarah landed gently back on the ground. "Alright then. Let's keep moving." Sarah said. "Wait!" Tom said suddenly, stopping his wife. "What's wrong?" Sarah asked. "It's Klesh." Tom said, looking out from behind a wall. Sarah looked too. Klesh was lurking nearby, heading into another cave. "What's Klesh doing here? Why would he come here?" Sarah asked. Tom thought about it until he gasped as he suddenly realized. Sarah gasped as she realized too. "Vailnora!" They said.

Dradogus continued to try and pull his head free from the ice. But to no avail. But then, he got an idea. "Fire Stream!" He blew Fire Stream around the ice, melting it at a rapid pace and finally pulling his head free. "Well, that was a wasted effort!" Vailnora called from above. "You may be free, but you're still stuck!" She fired Fearocity from her Hornsabre, hitting Dradogus head on.

Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah continued to sneak deeper into the cavern, being careful not to alert Klesh to their presence. They followed Klesh to a big locked door. Klesh fired Magma Burst, melting the door. Sarah gasped, almost too loudly. Tom clapped his hand over her mouth and pulled her back to hide behind the wall. They then carefully peeked back out, but saw that Klesh was gone. As they wondered if Klesh had already gone ahead, Tom felt a drop of drool land on his shirt. The 2 then looked up and saw Klesh above them on the rock wall, preparing to attack. "Time to port!" Tom called, pulling out his scanner. "Good call!" Sarah exclaimed, pulling out her scanner. But Klesh trapped them both in a stone cocoon with Flashwarp. As Tom and Sarah struggled to get free, they fell on their backs. Klesh then leapt down and landed on top of them. "I should have both and your wife for dinner, Tom Majors. But lucky for you, I'm pressed for time at the moment. But interfere again and my next attack will be a Magma Might!" He warned, licking Tom and Sarah across their faces, much to their disgust. "Now if you both'll excuse me, I have an Elementalist to capture for Chaor." Klesh walked away through the door and into the next cave. "What do we do now? We can't let Klesh capture Vailnora and take her to Chaor!" Sarah exclaimed. "I don't know. We'll have to figure that out when we can." Tom said.

Vailnora blasted Dradogus again with Fearocity. "Well, Majorina, Glacier Plains may have been a bad Location for my Rellim, but I'd say it's worser for your Dradogus!" She said, chuckling. Dradogus was worried for a second. But then, he saw the sun's rays and got an idea. 'That's it! Mommark said that Dradogus' special attack is boosted by the sun! I gotta use the sun and use Dradogus' special attack!' Sidney thought. Dradogus blasted Vailnora with Ember Swarm, then followed up with Heat Rage, knocking Vailnora down. Dradogus then looked back to where the sun was. 'The sun's rays are on the other side of the glacier. I gotta get there fast!' Sidney thought. 'But it's too cold to fly. Guess I'm continuing on foot.' Dradogus started climbing the glacier.

Meanwhile, after managing to get up, Tom and Sarah moved in sync in their stone prison to continue following Klesh. After passing through the door Klesh melted, Tom and Sarah saw that several of the traps that were set were blasted and burnt down. Klesh had passed through another door, presumably leading to where Vailnora resides. "Klesh is really serious with catching Vailnora." Sarah said. "Yeah. Whatever Chaor wants those secrets for, it's not good for the Alliance or for Perim." Tom said. "We have to stop him!" They continued on past the wrecked traps and after Klesh.

Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika watched as Dradogus continued up the glacier. "Girl! This no time to go ice climbing!" Gisele shouted with worry. "And here comes Vailnora!" Minnie called.

Vailnora came up behind Dradogus, nearly hitting him with Airize. 'There's no way I'm gonna make it!' Sidney thought with worry. "Now I'm gonna blow you away!" Vailnora said. "Malevolent Blast!" She prepared a Malevolent Blast with her Hornsabre. Dradogus felt trapped. But then, he had an idea. He opened his wings and grabbed the wind from the attack, blowing him up to the top of the glacier. But his energy dropped all the way down to 5. He struggled to reach the top.

Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah made it through the door and stumbled upon what looked like a shrine. This was the exact Location where Vailnora holds the secrets to the air element. Klesh crept up to the shrine where he thought Vailnora was resting. Just then, Klesh was attacked by a Fearocity. Tom and Sarah looked on as Klesh was pummeled by the air attack. Then Klesh collapsed and went unconscious. Then there, in the air, floated down Vailnora herself. "I don't receive unannounced visitors from Chaor." She said strictly.

As Vailnora closed in on him, Dradogus finally reached the top, letting the sun touch his scaley skin. He then turned to face Vailnora, powering up his special attack.

Minnie, Robbie, Gisele and Nika were surprised by what Sidney was planning. "Holy overcharge! Dradogus' special attack!" Gisele exclaimed. "Sid, you are a genius." Minnie said.

Vailnora was surprised and fired a Tornado Tackle. But Dradogus, being powered up by the sun, just simply swatted the tornado aside. Now Vailnora was surprised and shocked. Dradogus inhaled deeply as he prepared to fire. "No! No, no! NOOOOOOOO!" Vailnora screamed, trying to fly away as Dradogus fired his ultimate attack at her and coded her.

Meanwhile, back at the shrine, Vailnora broke Tom and Sarah free from their stone cocoon. "I have only seen pictures of humans. You both have very unique appearances." She said. "Thank you, Vailnora." Tom said. "I'm Tom Majors. And this is my wife, Sarah. We're good friends of the Tribal Alliance. And of your cousin, Maxxor." "Ah, yes. Maxxor did speak of you, a certain human who saved his life. And the woman who saved Queen Illexia from Kolmo. I was starting to think I might never meet you 2." Vailnora said. Tom and Sarah smiled. "You both are brave to try and warn me about Klesh. You deserve a reward." Vailnora said. "Well, if it wouldn't be too much trouble-" Tom started to say as he and Sarah held out their scanners. "Chaotic scanners. You wish to scan me and my shrine for your game?" Vailnora asked. Tom and Sarah started to sweat, not knowing how to answer that question. "But of course, you may. Any friend of my cousin is a friend of mine." Vailnora said with a smile. Tom and Sarah sighed with relief. "Thank you, Vailnora." Tom said, scanning Vailnora. "We won't let you down." Sarah said, scanning her too. "And I won't let you 2 down either." Vailnora said.

Back in Chaotic, everyone, including Krista, sat down to celebrate everything that had happened. "To a very good day. To Tom and Sarah saving Vailnora. And to Sidney's Dradogus obliterating Krista's Vailnora." Minnie said. "Yep. You really let me have it back there, Sidney." Krista said. "I sure did." Sidney said, fist-bumping Krista. "I wonder what's gonna happen to Klesh." Nika said. "I'd say Klesh is in for an imprisonment at the Pits." Sarah said. "Wouldn't be the first time." Tom said. Everyone laughed at that.

They were right. Vailnora had brought Klesh to UnderWorld City and Takinom imprisoned him in his old cell in the Pits. At that moment, Maxxor, Takinom, Mudeenu, Odu, Smildon and Ri'oha had come to his cell. "You went to Ravanaugh Ridge to kidnap my cousin and bring the secrets of the air element to Chaor!" Maxxor said, fueling with anger. Klesh felt himself sinking in shame. "But now, we offer you a chance to walk a new path with the Alliance." Takinom said as Maxxor calmed himself. That shocked Klesh.


New Cards:

Creature: Vailnora

OverWorld Elementalist

Courage: 60

Power: 75

Wisdom: 70

Speed: 75

Elements: Air

Mugic: 2

Energy: 80

I follow what my heart says in the name of my cousin, Maxxor. -Vailnora

Location: Shrine of Air