Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 31: Allen's Final Showdown
Robert was fully recovered, thanks to Katrina's potion, after he was held in hostage by Allen and was returned, being injured. He saw his companions, including his sister, waiting for his recovery. They were very glad that he was looking good and back in the good shape. So, he deserved a group hug from them, and they were all cheering and laughing happily together.
"Guys, don't tell me you're all waiting for me to get better, are you?" Robert chuckled.
"Well dude, that's your sister's idea though," Nick grinned.
"Yeah, that's true though..." Lorelei chuckled happily. "I told them to come and gather around so we're all waiting for you to get well soon."
"That's right!" said Serenity. "After you've been seriously injured by Allen, Phantom Angel turned herself in for the sake of your life."
"And this must be your chance to save her now, dude!" said Darren.
"Yeah, I'm about to do that right now," said Robert.
"Then, save my sister safely, dude," said Nick. "Just like you saved her multiple times than she saved you!"
"Oh, you bet I will, Nick!"
After Robert transformed into Masked Swordmaster, he was walking to the town plaza with determination. Every animal villager was looking at him while they were doing their business, especially Sammy and Jimmy. They gathered around the town plaza and watched him do something, but the white knight didn't seem to care at all. He looked at Serena who appeared in front of him and nodded as she used her magic to summon the portal. He entered the portal right away and headed straight to Emblem. As soon as the portal disappeared, the animals and the Slapjack brothers had no idea of where he's going. Nick, Serenity, Lorelei, and Darren had their fingers crossed and were hoping that the Duo of Justice would return home very soon.
Meanwhile, Phantom Angel was awakened and found herself in one of the rooms inside of Allen's house. She tried to open her eyes very slowly because she has no idea of how long she slept since Allen took her away from StarLily. As soon as she tried to get up, she found herself got tied up in black ropes. Her hands were behind her back while her wings and legs were in bind. She tried to loose up the ropes from her hands, but they were too tight and very hard to lose. She couldn't even use her magic to set herself free somehow.
"Morning, sleeping beauty, did you sleep well?" asked the sinister, familiar voice. Phantom Angel quickly turned around and saw Allen who was standing beside her, watching her.
"What's the big idea, Allen?" Phantom Angel asked. "You may have caught me, tied me up on your bed, and now you're watching me sleep? What are you planning to do with me next?"
Allen looked straight into Phantom Angel's eyes which made her a bit nervous and answered, "That's a very interesting question! I'll give you a hint...After what I did to Lorelei one year ago before she met you, perhaps I'm planning to do with you now!"
"Wait, what?! You can't be serious!"
"Am I now?" Allen pressed Phantom Angel's chin very hard, which it caused her pain. "How about you surrender your town to me? That is if I will release you..."
"Never! I'm not surrendering my town to you, you fiend!" Phantom Angel shook her head away from Allen's hand.
"Ugh! That's what he said to me the same thing! You're just like him! If he hadn't met you, then victory would've been mine!"
"This is exactly why Robert and I have a lot of common! And that's something you don't really understand!"
Allen grabbed Phantom Angel's neck and pinned her down to his bed. He gave her a very hard, sinister stare and sat beside her. The angel felt the pain in her neck from her enemy's grip that she almost couldn't speak.
Few moments later, Masked Swordmaster and the two guardians had finally arrived in Emblem. Unlike the last time, he and Neon had no effect on the dark poison crystal because of Katrina's special potion. The white knight sensed that Phantom Angel was inside of Allen's house, and she was in trouble. So, they rushed to the house right away and started to break down the door. Masked Swordmaster took out his guardian cannon while he was searching for Phantom Angel and Allen somewhere inside of the house.
Phantom Angel was struggling that she couldn't get Allen's hand away from her while he was choking her. She twitched her eye when she was looking at him. As soon as his face was closer to hers, a single tear fell from one of her eyes that she could hardly speak.
"R-Robert..." said Phantom Angel softly, as Allen was shocked to hear of what she was saying.
"You fool, he's already dead at your town!" Allen argued. "It's pointless for you to call out his name! And there's no one else that can save you now!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion that caused the bedroom door to break down. Allen and Phantom Angel quickly saw of what's going on and who or what caused the explosion. Surprisingly, Masked Swordmaster had arrived with his guardian cannon along with the two guardians by his side. Phantom Angel was very glad that he's here just in time to save her, but Allen, on the other hand, was not very amused to see him.
"What the...?!" Allen growled. "How was that possible?! I thought you were buried in the graveyard or something, Goldstein! But how on earth can you still be alive?!"
"First, you mistreated my little sister; and now, you suffered my girlfriend long enough, Allen!" Masked Swordmaster shouted, as he pushed Allen away from Phantom Angel and threw punches at him a couple of times. Then, he used his guardian cannon to aim at him. "Guardian cannon shockwave!"
Masked Swordmaster blasted Allen away with his cannon as the dark knight fell out of the window and onto the ground. The white knight set Phantom Angel free, and they safely embraced each other. She knew that the miracle lipstick that Katrina gave her worked out like a charm. Masked Swordmaster was already aware of this because the panther already explained it to him.
"How did you get here?" Phantom Angel asked.
"Let's just say your guardian gave us a helping hand," Masked Swordmaster replied, as he turned to Serena who winked at the dynamic duo.
"Oh, thank goodness! By the way, what happened to you exactly from another day? Lorelei and Darren were so worried about you after they found out you disappeared somehow."
"Yeah, I'm about to explain this to you right now. So, do you remember the time when Allen caught me from our dreams?"
"Yes, of course I remember that! So, what happened after you got captured?"
Masked Swordmaster began his explanation to Phantom Angel, Serena, and Neon about what happened to him. It happened one day ago when he woke up from his dream, he found himself that he was not in his hotel room. He was somehow transported to Allen's house and quickly stood up on the floor. As soon as he saw Allen in the flesh, he quickly transformed and attacked him right away. But when he lost the battle, the dark knight threw him out of the house and stabbed him with the dark poison crystal shard. The white knight couldn't move and was too weak because Allen attached the crystal on his side. He knew that his power alone could not defeat Allen, and he suddenly passed out. That was the end of the heroic knight's explanation.
"If I would've known that Allen offered you a deal, then I should've told you that he was really planning to set you up," said Masked Swordmaster. "He said that to me in front of my ear when I became weak. I could've stopped you and warned you that it was nothing but a trick before you turned yourself in..."
"But if I turned down Allen's deal, then you will die..." said Phantom Angel. "I don't really want anything happened to you ever again, Masked Swordmaster, not even like this! What would Lorelei react if your life is in peril?"
"She'll be very disappointed, I know..."
"That's exactly my point there! But to put that aside, there's something I have to ask you..."
"And...what would that be?"
"After we defeated Allen, what will you be doing in your life?"
"Uh, no offense, but why do you have to ask that question by the time like this?" Serena interrupted.
"And Allen may show up in any minute now!" Neon added.
The Duo of Justice ignored the guardians and continued to have a conversation for a while. Before Masked Swordmaster could answer Phantom Angel's question, Allen suddenly appeared and flew right back up to his room. He glared at them with his flashing red eyes and the dark purple aurora was surrounding him by the dark poison crystal's power. Luckily, the guardians warned them that he has returned so the dynamic duo prepared for battle against him. Allen took out his powerful spear and attacked the Duo of Justice right away. They quickly dodged his attack and jumped out of his house right away.
"Are you alright?" Masked Swordmaster asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Phantom Angel replied. "What about you?"
"I'm alright!"
"So, what do we do now? Allen is insanely powerful than before..."
"Then, why not let us help you both instead?" Serena asked. "Phantom Angel, do you remember the time when we defeated Teb with our powers combined?"
"Yeah, but what about it, Serena?" Phantom Angel asked.
"We're going to combine our powers again to defeat Allen!"
"Ah, that's a great idea, Serena!" said Neon. "It's a worth of shot!"
"Alright, let's do it!" said Masked Swordmaster.
The Duo of Justice took out their crystal weapons so the guardians could infuse their powers into their weapons. Serena infused her guardian powers to Phantom Angel's staff and Neon infused his powers to Masked Swordmaster's sword. Allen jumped down from his room and found the dynamic duo so he was ready to attack them.
"Once I am through with both of you, I shall rule the world full of darkness no matter what!" Allen exclaimed. "Humans and animals will bow down to me as not just the mayor, not just the president, but the god as well! And Goldstein, I'm about to take you down first since I have no idea of how you're still alive!"
"Fine with me!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed, as he quickly stopped Phantom Angel who was about to take Allen down. "I accept your challenge, Allen! This time, it's going to be different, unlike last year!"
"Oh, we'll see about that..."
"But Masked Swordmaster, I'm not so sure if you can fight Allen alone," said Phantom Angel quietly.
"Don't worry, I'll defeat him this time," said Masked Swordmaster in full of courage. "As long as I have the power of the pure crystal and you by my side, I'll be fine. Just trust me on this, okay?"
"Okay, I trust you as always!"
After Phantom Angel moved away and headed for the safe place, Allen and Masked Swordmaster were facing off against each other. The dark knight punched his rival's face, but the white knight grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. Allen immediately sat up and quickly knocked Masked Swordmaster down by using his low kick. He used his dark spear to kill him off, but the heroic knight dodged his attack and countered it with his crystalized sword. Their weapons were clashing together while the two knights were pushing them by force.
Phantom Angel was watching the scene and noticed that Allen was a bit stronger than Masked Swordmaster. She saw her ally was sweating a lot more than his nemesis. She quickly took a look at the giant dark poison crystal where the town tree was used to be there. Without either of the knights watching her, she headed to the town plaza and began to investigate the crystal. Phantom Angel realized that it might not be destroyed on the outside, but there could be a weak point to destroy it on the inside.
"Phantom Angel, do you have a plan?" Serena asked, as she appeared in transparent because she infused herself to Phantom Angel's crystal staff.
"I believe I do..." Phantom Angel replied. "Serena, you did say that we cannot destroy the crystal on the outside, right?"
"Yeah, that's exactly what Neon said..."
"That's true alright, but did he say anything about the inside?"
"What? W-Wait, where is this going? I-I mean, he didn't say anything about the inside though..."
"Then, why not destroy it on the inside instead? It's a worth of try."
"Girl, I think I know where this is going. So, let's get moving, shall we?"
Phantom Angel summoned the portal to enter the dark poison crystal's interior dimension. As soon as she was inside, the whole area was covered in dark purple shade and the lightning was black wherever it struck. She quickly dodged the lightning bolt and tried to avoid it from getting electrocuted. She quickly used the magical barrier to protect herself just in case if the lightning struck again. She began to look around to see if there's a weak point in sight. Until few seconds later, she finally found something that was round with red, purple, and black altogether.
"Aha, core of darkness at two o'clock high!" Phantom Angel exclaimed.
"Good work, Phantom Angel!" said Serena happily. "You've found the dark poison crystal's weak point! Remember about one of the hard trainings I taught you in the past? Allow me to lend you my power so you can destroy that thing! Are you ready for this?"
"Yes, I'm always ready, Serena! Here we go! Phantom light ring blades!"
With Serena's power, Phantom Angel summoned the multiple ring blades to destroy the dark core. The first layer of the core was completely demolished and revealed its second layer. The angel called out her another attack to destroy the second layer.
"Phantom celestial light arrow!" Phantom Angel called, as she used her crystal staff to circle around her from head to toe.
The celestial arrows destroyed the dark core's second layer one by one. As soon as the layer was cracked open, it showed the third and final layer of the core. Now, it was getting smaller so Phantom Angel could break it down and the dark poison crystal would be destroyed.
"Pure light force dagger!" Phantom Angel called, as the light daggers stabbed the shrunken dark core and it was completely broken into pieces.
Meanwhile, Allen and Masked Swordmaster continued to face off against each other. This time, the white knight's force was getting stronger somehow than the dark knight's. Allen wouldn't believe his eyes that he was supposed to be stronger than his rival. Masked Swordmaster pushed him away with his sword and called out his attack.
"Pure light sword slash!" Masked Swordmaster shouted, as he cut off Allen's dark spear in half.
"H-How is that possible?" Allen asked. "T-This is not supposed to happen! Grr! That fortune, Katrina gave me from last year, was nothing but laughable! She said to me that I was defeated by the duo of light. I wouldn't believe such a rubbish fortune so I completely ignored it! Until now, it was true...But still, I WOULD'VE CHANGED THAT FATE, AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DEFEAT ME!"
"Allen, you cannot deny your fortune," said Masked Swordmaster, feeling less pity. "Even if you tried to change it, your fortune will stay the same no matter what!"
"Oh, who asked you, Goldstein? Nobody wants your pity, okay? As I said before, you still cannot defeat me!" Suddenly, the dark poison crystal, from Allen's necklace, was starting to shatter into tiny pieces. "What?! No! T-This can't be happening!"
Masked Swordmaster wouldn't believe his eyes that the dark poison crystal started to shatter. Then, he and Allen immediately saw the giant dark poison crystal was beginning to crack somehow. Suddenly, Phantom Angel returned from the dark poison crystal's interior dimension. She was very exhausted after she destroyed its weak point. Masked Swordmaster rushed to her and caught her in time before she fell to the ground.
"Phantom Angel, are you okay?" Masked Swordmaster asked, being worried.
"Y-Yeah...I-I'm okay..." Phantom Angel replied, breathing heavily. "I just...I used up all my magic and energy to destroy...the dark poison crystal's weak point..."
"What's that?" Neon asked surprisingly, as he suddenly appeared in transparent. "The dark poison crystal has the weak point?"
"H-How on earth did you do that?" Masked Swordmaster asked curiously.
Before Phantom Angel could answer, Allen walked very slowly and glared at the Duo of Justice. As soon as he watched the dark poison crystal breaking up and falling apart, he was shock and realized of why he was losing his crystal power. Finally, he glared at Phantom Angel who was fully recovered from exhaustion after she destroyed the dark core.
"You angel freak, what did you just do?!" Allen asked angrily.
"Let's just say I finally discovered your crystal's weak point, Allen," Phantom Angel replied, as she was starting to grin. "Since I destroyed the dark poison crystal's core, you're powerless now."
"B-But that can't be! There's no way you can destroy it, and you simply cannot defeat me!"
Allen began to charge right through the Duo of Justice with his battle cry. But they quickly punched him at the same time and knocked him to the ground.
"He's all yours now, Masked Swordmaster!" said Phantom Angel, winking at him. "Just give him the grand finale!"
"You got it!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed, as he took out his crystalized sword. "Neon, lend me your power so I can end my enemy's lifetime!"
"Will do, and I will give it all I've got!" Neon exclaimed.
With Neon's power infused with the crystalized sword, Masked Swordmaster began to launch his powerful, ultimate attack and shouted, "Purified sword stab!"
Masked Swordmaster stabbed right through Allen's stomach with his crystalized sword. As soon as he removed it, Allen collapsed and was turned into dust. The white knight was so relieved that his troubles were finally over. All of the sudden, he was all worn out and fainted so quickly. Phantom Angel caught him just in time and hugged him very close. She noticed he could hardly breathe and started to have the chills.
"Masked Swordmaster?" said Phantom Angel softly.
Serena and Neon were separated from the heroes' weapons and checked on Masked Swordmaster. They knew that something would've happened so soon.
"Phantom Angel, there's something that we must tell you," said Serena.
"You see, Masked Swordmaster took the potion that Katrina gave him was starting to wear off..." Neon explained.
"Wait, so you're trying to say is that the potion is not permanent?" said Phantom Angel anxiously.
"Unfortunately, it's the temporary one I'm afraid..."
"B-But that can't be! He was supposed to stay strong, not like this!" Phantom Angel looked back at Masked Swordmaster who was out cold. "Oh no, Robert...just stay with me please!"