Chapter 9 - Possessed by Hate
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Cervantes and Triton had a hand-to-hand, Sword to trident battle. While Triton was the king of the sea, Cervantes was also a determined, bitter man. The 2 constantly landed in stalemates in their fight.
But a few feet away, 3 skinny, sickly looking pirates were taking on 2 very healthy women, a liberated King Eric, and Tiger, who was fast as lightning bursting from the pools and tackling his victims to mount them and punch them repeatedly like an MMA fighter.
Eric and his adversary were throwing punches, and while the pirate seemed to be stronger, Eric was smarter, and was able to avoid getting hit, and able to lay strikes which eventually took out his opponent.
Melody's adversary was very thin, and not very strong. Melody was able to get behind him and put a finger to the pressure point of his neck, a trick she had learned from her grandfather during a trip to Atlantica during the annual wargames.
Ariel and Tiger, on the other hand, took the same opponent. Ariel was swinging and missing, so Tiger did most of the work when he flew out of the water and tackled. During their 2 on 1 scuffle, Ariel was able to trip her adversary, and then Tiger mistimed his jump from the pool, and as he flew through the air, Ariel accidentally punched him in the face!
"Ahhh!" Tiger grabbed his nose.
"Tiger, i'm so sorry! Ariel quickly apologized
"Auntie Ariel!" Tiger held his nose.
The pirate rose up from his trip, but Tiger quickly threw a punch, and knocked the pirate over. Ariel then finished the job by dropping her knees on his head, knocking him out cold. She got up from beating her adversary, as well as Melody and Eric, who had also taken out their adversaries.
"Is King Triton ok?" Tiger asked
the 4 turned over to witness Cervantes throw his foot out, and kick King Triton off his balanced tail.
"hahaha!" Cervantes laughed, turning to the stones. With his sword, he quickly pried them from the wall.
"No!" Ariel cried out
As soon as the stones were pried from their spot, Cervantes lifted them from the sand.
"I...I...REVENGE!" Cervantes then held the stones over his head.
And like his adversaries feared, the spirit of Zeeonx rushed from the holes on the wall, and flew into Cervantes' body with a full head of steam. Cervantes began to scream as his body became possessed, and his soul devoured. but at the same time, he had an undeniable, almost satanic look in his eyes that fuelled him to a more powerful being.
"We unite! I have...I have the ultimate power!" Cervantes began to float off the ground of the cave and into the air. his body glowed purple, the color of death.
"Spain...will...suffer...for it's sins!" Cervantes, or rather, Zeeonx taking possession of his body, began to laugh.
Triton began to charge the trident. He fired a beam at the liberated Zeeonx, knocking him back, but only lightly. Zeeonx laughed.
"Hahaha! You mere mortals!" Zeeonx threw a ball of energy at Triton, sending him flying back into his family behind him. Ariel was fretting over her father's hit.
"Daddy, are you ok?" Ariel asked
"I'm fine, Ariel! Get up, stop him!" Triton ordered
"The stones! If we placed them back, would that seal him away?" Asked Melody
"There's only one way to find out!" Said Tiger
"We can distract him! Tiger, Ariel, Melody, go around him in the water, Eric, Grab the sword, come with me!" Triton delegated his family around.
Ariel and Melody activated their shells, and the lights engulfed them, turning them into mermaids. However, they only had a few minutes of energy, so they would have to act quickly, as they dove into the pools in the cave.
Meanwhile, Triton and Eric, Now equipped with Cervantes's Dropped sword, double teamed Zeeonx, and took him from the front and back, But Zeeonx's energy powers were great, and Eric and Triton found themselves evading attack repeatedly.
Eventually, the 3 merfolk burst from the pools to the wall, and then towards the stones which had fallen to the ground after Zeeonx dropped them. With Melody and Ariel now back in human form, and Tiger watching their back with his spear, They began to try and force the sapphire back into it's hole. Melody began to push it with her hand, but it didn't wan't to go back in so easily.
"Melody, your feet, try that!" Ariel instructed
Melody then kicked the sapphire, in the hopes it would go back in. With a few kicks, it did!
Zeeonx then realized what was happening, and turned to face Ariel and Melody! But in his haste, Eric stabbed him with the sword, and then Triton tackled the spirit and tried to hold him back from attacking. Meanwhile, Tiger remained at the ready to drive his spear into the spirit if he got close enough.
Then Melody began to place the ruby into it's place. But it was harder to do.
"Here!" Ariel picked up her daughter by the waist so her feet were free to kick. With all the extra ballast, Melody began to stomp the ruby into it's place. Then with one last stomp, The ruby was re-embedded into the wall!
Zeeonx then began to scream! The spirit began to fall back behind the mysterious stones, and he was sucked out of Cervantes's body, who had now fallen to the floor in a heap.
The 3 armed men, Eric, Triton, and Tiger, all began to pierce the fallen pirate with their tools of death, Eric with his sword, Triton with the trident, and Tiger with the spear.
And when the screams of Zeeonx ended, the cave calmed. A few seconds passed as the group breathed heavily from their brawl.
General Kirk rushed into the room with some sailors.
"Sir! We are reporting that the pirates have either been eliminated, or have surrendered! We have taken complete control of the White Viper!" General Kirk noticed that Triton and his group had done the same.
The whole party cheered at their victory.
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