#5 - Power Of Three: Part 2
The liquid in the cauldron glowed brightly in malicious green for a few seconds. A ball of green flames emerged victoriously from it and descended to the ground in an explosion. A hideous-looking female humanoid materialized amidst the smoke. She wore body-to-toe black armour, her green curly hair neatly tied into buns, her eyes tainted with evil. She raised her right hand, and a long brown staff immediately appeared. She grabbed it and was ready for her mistress' command.
Back at Ramster High, Kit's dance practice had just ended. "See you girls next week!" Kit bade goodbye to her dance mates and headed towards her locker to get her books. She sensed someone following her and darted behind a corner. The person followed Kit but soon lost sight of her. Kit appeared from behind the wall and grabbed the person's arm. "OUCH!" shouted the girl. "It's me, Kit!" Kit looked at her closely and realized that it was her friend.
"Linda? Why are you following me?" asked Kit curiously.
"I'm sorry, please don't be angry," apologized Linda sadly.
"I'm not angry. What's up? Is anything wrong?" asked Kit concernedly.
"Well..." mumbled Linda.
"What's wrong, Linda? What's going on? Please tell me," Kit urged. Linda started crying. "CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME? STOP CRYING!" yelled Kit. Linda began to wail.
"I'm sorry, just stop crying!" Kit hugged Linda. "What happened? Tell me slowly," asked Kit altruistically. Linda started to wipe off her tears and backed away from Kit. Just then, Kit saw some bruises on Linda's arm.
"WHAT HAPPENED? How did this happen?" Kit questioned Linda while examining her bruises. "Who did this to you?"
"Ella... Bianca," replied Linda weakly. "You mean that bully from 11th grade? Why did she do this to you?" asked Kit angrily.
"She wanted money from me, but I refused to pay her. So she and her gang beat me up," replied Linda again.
"That bitch is gonna pay for doing that to you!" Kit swore to Linda and ran off towards the canteen.
Meanwhile, in Sheepersia, Replimika was on top of a mountain looking down at the villagers. "Wahaha..." she laughed evilly, then waved her staff at the village, creating some sort of energy field around it. All of a sudden, evil counterparts of the villagers emerged from their bodies and started attacking them. The village was in chaos. Tasukoi sensed the danger and headed towards the village.
At Ramster High, Eddy and Falcon were walking towards the canteen when they felt their pendants glowing. "Eddy..." whispered Falcon. "Let's go! Where's Kit?" said Eddy. Just then Kit ran past them and into the canteen. "KIT!" shouted Eddy. Kit did not turn back as she continued running. Falcon and Eddy followed closely behind. Kit stopped beside one of the tables, where a bunch of girls were busy chatting. Kit confronted Ella Bianca.
"Ella, why did you do that to Linda?" asked Kit furiously. The other people were shocked by her, wondering how she had gotten the courage to talk to the school bully in such a demanding tone.
"Well, well, what do we have here? Who's Linda? The weak stick we bashed up this morning?" replied the surly, buffed girl, standing up. The other girls at her table laughed.
"For your information, she's not a weak stick! You should pick on some body your own size, BITCH!" shouted Kit. Eddy and Falcon were watching her, stunned yet amazed. Eddy was smiling. "Should we help her, Eddy?" asked Falcon worriedly. "Nah, I think she can handle one lousy bitch," replied Eddy. Both of them laughed, forgetting that Sheepersia was under attack.
"What did she just call me?" Ella asked her friends at her table. The other girls did not reply.
"Oh, you didn't catch that? I called you a bitch, you dog!" replied Kit, smiling. Fuming, Ella slammed her hand onto the table and attempted to slap Kit across her face. Kit took the incoming hand and twisted it, throwing her onto the floor. Ella moaned in pain. Just then, Eddy and Falcon felt their pendants glowing again. They hurried towards Kit.
"Well, sister, if you ever bully anyone again... be prepared to see me again!" warned Kit. The people in the canteen clapped in approval and were very impressed by Kit. Falcon and Eddy ran towards Kit and dragged her from the scene.
"What's up, guys?" asked Kit happily.
"Oh, you didn't feel your pendant?" replied Eddy. Kit took out her pendant and saw it glowing.
"I'm so sorry, I was so angry just now that I didn't feel it," apologized Kit.
"You're forgiven. Good job by the way, dealing with the school bully," commented Falcon.
"We really gotta go now," said Eddy.
The trio ran out of the canteen and into an alley behind the school. They concentrated their energies and teleported to Sheepersia. Tasukoi was trying to calm the villagers but were attacked by their counterparts. He waved his staff and froze all the attackers. Eddy, Falcon and Kit ran towards him.
"What's going on, Tas?" asked Kit.
"This is some strong shadow magic we're dealing with. It must be-" Tasukoi began, but was soon interrupted by Replimika, who descended in front of them.
"Replimika. I knew it," continued Tasukoi.
"Hey, old man, long time no see!" greeted Replimika rudely.
"OH MY GOD, SHE'S SO UGLY!" yelled Falcon, frightened.
"Awww... ain't that rude? Now, now... meet my friends!" commented Replimika as a dozen of wolf minions appeared from out of nowhere.
"Let's go, guys!" commanded Falcon. "Fiery Falcon Blaze!"
"Icy Eddy Freeze!" shouted Eddy.
"Thunder Kit Power!" announced Kit. They transformed and began fighting with the wolf minions while Tasukoi worked on the evil counterparts Replimika created. Falcon and Kit summoned their weapons while Eddy took off the net from his back and created an enormous gust of air that slammed into the minions, throwing them against trees. Falcon created a ring of soaring flames, trapping the minions within. Eddy and Kit finished them off by releasing icicles and bolts of lightning at them.
"Not bad, not bad at all!" commented Replimika.
"Not bad? You haven't see anything yet!" replied Falcon. Falcon stood between Eddy and Kit with his sword raised in the air. Eddy held his net out while Kit raised her trident, and they aimed their weapons at Replimika. Falcon's sword ignited in fire and released flames at Replimika. Eddy's net started swirling and icicles shot out of it towards the evil being. Kit released massive bolts of lightning at the creature. At the last moment, Replimika used her staff to create a transparent shield that deflected all of the attacks.
"What the..." mumbled Kit. Replimika smirked maliciously and threw her staff into the air. It spun rapidly till it created some sort of vortex. Green essence drifted out of it and swirled to the ground, forming clones of the warriors, except that their suits were of a darker shade. The warriors seemed stunned, but were nonetheless ready to fight again. "Let's see how you fair against yourself!"
Meanwhile, Tasukoi had managed to disperse all the evil counterparts created by Replimika. Just then, a plan to defeat Replimika struck him, and he hurried home. The warriors were still fighting their evil counterparts but were soon overpowered by them. Their evil twin knew their every move and reflected all their magical attacks back at them.
"I can't believe this..." muttered Kit restlessly.
"They're too strong..." wheezed Eddy.
"We can beat them, guys. Since we can't fight ourselves, we'll have to fight one another!" announced Falcon tiredly.
Falcon took flight and flew towards Eddy's counterpart and slashed him with his sword. It yelled and vanished into thin air. "NO, they realized it!" hissed Replimika. Eddy followed behind him and created an enormous gust with his net that sent Kit's evil twin flying. He shot icicles at it and it shattered. Kit ran towards the last standing clone and drove her trident through its armour, breaking it and the clone melted to the ground.
"It doesn't matter, you warriors are going to die anyway!" Replimika scoffed as she threw her staff into the air once again. It spun more rapidly than before, creating an even bigger vortex, which began sucking everything into it. Just then, a white beam shot at the vortex, neutralizing it. Replimika turned and looked towards the direction of the white light's origin. A floating apparition of an old man with long beard was beside Tasukoi. "DIE!" screamed Replimika, as she charged towards the old man. He showed no sign of fear and floated towards the incoming creature. "Mika, can you hear me...?" whispered the old man. Replimika stopped in her tracks, holding her mutated head with both hands. The warriors watched in amazement.
"Mika... I know you can hear me... I know you're still there. You can fight this... fight it, for me," said the old man.
"GO AWAY!" yelled Replimika, pressing her head even harder.
"Mika, fight the evil! Fight it! I know you can do it, Mika!" urged the old man, eyes filled with emotion. Replimika yelled in pain and began glowing brightly as a large amount of purple energy rapidly escaped from her body. When the last bit of purple energy flowed out, she stopped glowing and transformed into a beautiful lady.
"MIKA!!!" shouted the old man as he shifted into a human-like form to hug the lady.
"TEACHER!!!" cried Mika as she embraced her teacher tightly.
The warriors were really confused as they materialized into their human forms.
"Okay. What just happened?" asked the confused Eddy.
"He's Lord Evo, the master of shadow magic, and also Mika's master," replied Tasukoi.
"Don't you mean Replimika?" asked Kit.
"She's Mika, a very beautiful lady, before evil overwhelmed her righteous mind that turned her into the hideous Replimika," explained Tasukoi.
"And now she has changed back... because?" questioned Eddy.
"She won. Her righteous side, that is," Tasukoi grinned.
"I'm really sorry, teacher, for doing everything I've done..." said Mika apologetically.
"What's done cannot be undone! You should be glad you won against evil," replied Lord Evo. "And stop crying, Mika, you won't look pretty like that." Mika stopped crying and turned to face the warriors. "Thanks you, warriors," she thanked them gratefully. "No, thank your master. I'm sure we were goners if he didn't stop you," replied Falcon.
"I mean, thank you, guys, for saving Sheepersia. Wolfia is a persistent creature, and will stop at nothing to achieve her motives," explained Mika.
"It is our duty. We're glad you won. Please take care from now on!" said Eddy concernedly.
"Take care of each other, you two owe it to yourselves!" announced Kit.
"Thank you very much, we'll be going now," replied Lord Evo as he and Mika disappeared in white sparkles. Shortly after, Tasukoi collapsed to the ground, feeling extremely exhausted. "Tas!" exclaimed the trio.
Tasukoi woke up in his room and saw the trio.
"Tas, are you feeling all right? You must have drained your energy summoning Lord Evo," said Kit.
"Yes, I'm feeling all right. I just need to rest more. That's all," replied Tas. Quat leapt to her father's side. "Daddy!" Tas did not reply as he drifted off into a deep sleep.
"Your daddy's going to be okay. Don't worry," Kit reassured Quat as she patted the cute sheep softly on its head.
At Wolfia's lair, Wolfia was more pissed off than ever. "I'll not stop here! Whatever it takes, they'll PAY!" exclaimed Wolfia furiously.
Meanwhile at Ramster Plaza... Falcon, Eddy, Kit, Silent, Koyo and Yuna were eating in a restaurant.
"So, what happened today? Please tell us!" asked Yuna excitedly, while shaking Kit's left arm.
"Stop! You're hurting me! Fine, I'll tell you!" said Kit as she brushed Yuna's hands off her arm.
"I'm all ears!" said Koyo.
"Well... we fought ourselves, saved Sheepersia and witnessed an unbelievable transformation!" replied Kit proudly.
"That's all?" questioned Yuna sarcastically.
"That's more than you can imagine, Yuna!" replied Eddy as he laughed. While Eddy and Kit were being bugged by Koyo and Yuna, Falcon rested lazily on his chair, his mind filled with serious thoughts, as he crossed his hands into each other. Silent looked at him, feeling slightly impressed by his quietness.
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