Chapter 23 is here! Last chapter, the fight against Zongazonga began. They managed to take out ZZ's initial army, but then Dina's entire family was easily defeated, the Vivoteens were returned to their medals, Jonathan was revealed to have taken the form of his copy of Thanatos, which he protected the others as, and Kira got eaten by a Z-Rex. This takes place where it left off, and it's in the only remaining fighter's POV. On with the chapter!

Chapter 23: Vs. Zongazonga Part 2

*Argis' POV*

I'm the last person who can stop this demonic monster. He's about to transform, but I can't stop him. I can't do anything. I flew over to the Z-Rex and sliced its head off. It died, but it didn't turn into a medal or disappear. It just fell and stayed there.

The flying skull released itself from Jonathan's body, which fell to the ground. After transforming into a zombiesaur, he kicked it aside. Me and Jonathan's Thanatos were the only people that could fight him.

Other than my vivosaurs, that is.

"Fine." I said. "Let's do a fossil battle, then!" I shouted. "If I win, you have to return to Hell!"

"And if I win, I get to kill you once and for all!" Zongazonga shouted.

"Deal." I said.

I released three vivosaurs: A Giga Spinax, a Nycto Ace, and a Teffla. I enchanted them with chaotic energy, enhancing their strength and giving them new powers. He unleashed two more Z-Rexes.

"Let's go!" I shouted.

"You're wasting your time!" Zongazonga shouted.

"Actually, before the battle actually starts…" I said. "All of you! Return!" My vivosaurs returned to me. I walked to the AZ position and summoned the human forms of Frigi and Igno.

"So you're the master of the legendary Vivoteens?" Zongazonga said. "And I see you're fighting alongside them. This just got interesting."

"So the Vivoteens have existed for longer than we thought." I said. "Good to know."

I got the first turn, so I used Demonic Blast on Zongazonga, taking out a quarter of his LP. I had Frigi use Winter Storm, freezing all of them in ice, then shattering it and using the shards to deal additional damage. The Z-Rexes were hurt badly, but Zongazonga still had about two-thirds of his LP left.

"Igno! Frigi! Team skill! Legendary combo on Zongazonga!" I shouted. The two flew at Zongazonga with elemental swords and stabbed him with them. The swords exploded, doing severe damage. Then they fired energy through him for more damage. I flew over and did the same thing, leaving him with less than a quarter of his LP.

"End turn!" I shouted.

"Necromancy!" Zongazonga shouted. He did his evil stare at me. Dark flames grew around him and a strange wave of energy engulfed me. I knew it was supposed to cause random status effects and deal damage. I was immune to most of them, but there were two that I was weak against.

The attack only took out about a quarter of my LP, but it poisoned me and put me to sleep.

Damn… I thought as I drifted off to sleep.

*Frigi's POV*

"Damn." I said. "She's asleep, and she's poisoned. That's a bad combo."

"Yeah, I know." Igno said. "I wish we could use Rallying Cry…"

"Z-Rex!" I heard Zongazonga shout. "Zombie Roar!

The attack was out of range, but the annoying scream did damage to all of us. I still didn't understand how that worked, but it did.

"End turn!" he shouted.

"I'll try something." I said. I used my energy to try to heal Argis, but it didn't work. "Oh, well." I said. "Let's just hope she lives." I turned to Igno. "Use Eruption!"

He threw a magma sword into the middle of the enemy team, which exploded into a column of lava. When the blast stopped, the only one left was a very weak Zongazonga.

"Ice Arrow Barrage!" I shouted as I created two ice crossbows and fired at machinegun speed at the giant monster. It took him down easily.

"No!" he shouted. "This can't be happening! I will not lose to a couple of kids!"

Instead of dying, he fired a blast of black fire at us, defeating Igno and nearly killing Argis.

"No!" I shouted. I turned back to him. "Take this!" I shouted. I flew at him and sliced his arms off with ice blades. I surrounded myself with energy and flew right through his chest, causing him to self-destruct. His skull returned to normal and shattered. A portal opened up and the fragments and his spirit returned to Hell.

"I hate you…" he said as he went through the portal.

"I hate you, too, Zongazonga." I said back.

Argis woke up shortly after that.

"You beat him?" she asked. I nodded. "Where's Igno?"

"He was defeated in the aftermath of the battle." I said. "Zongazonga wouldn't go down without a fight."

"Well, we should get out of here before the castle collapses." She said.

As if on cue, the castle started crumbling beneath us. Argis was too weak to use her powers, and I couldn't do much, either.

"I'm not letting you die this time!" someone shouted. I looked up and saw Jonathan with chaotic wings on his back flying down towards us. He caught Argis and I returned to my medal.

*Argis' POV*

Jonathan flew us to an island I didn't recognize.

"Why are we here?" I asked.

"A friend told me to meet her here." He said. "I have no clue why."

"By the way, what happened to Kira?" I asked.

"Honestly, I don't know if she died or if she was sent somewhere." He said. "Someone might have rescued her, because the Z-Rex disappeared during the battle."

I hadn't noticed that. It's possible she was still alive, though not likely.

"My friend told me she was in the middle of the island." He explained. "That's not far, so let's go."

We reached the location he referred to. I immediately noticed seven familiar faces.

Dina, Jen, Kira, Diana, Ken, Sam and Lacunae were standing in front of me.

"You guys are alive!" I shouted in excitement. We all ran up to each other and group-hugged. Lacunae stayed behind. It was a little awkward, but I didn't care.

"I rescued them and brought them here to revive them." Lacunae said.

"Thank you." I said.

"Glad you're back, Lacu." Jonathan said, shaking Lacunae's hand.

"I'm surprised you were so excited to see us." Dina said after we broke up the group hug.

"I was upset over losing my friends. I lost my family when I was really young and I couldn't stand losing you guys, too." I explained.

After a while, we said our goodbyes to Jonathan and Lacunae, and I opened a portal to Ribular Town for everyone. Rupert, Dina, and Dina's family went to Dina's house, Todd and Pauleen went to Todd's house, and Selena, Banette, and I went to Selena's house. I don't know where Jonathan and Lacunae went, but it really didn't matter to me.

Other than the fact that five people were revived and got to stay in the real world, and all of them except one had demonic powers, everything was back to normal.

That's all! Keep reading and reviewing!