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Chapter 10: Lord Nightshade's Plan

The winged wraith jumped at them ready to slash every one of them in one swift swipe. Most of them ducked but Jack and Chris jumped barley avoiding the blade. Nightshade looked up only to see Jacks foot coming right for his face. Dodging the kick he failed to see the real attack, from behind him both Chris and Destiny elbowed him using their electricity as a boost in both speed and strength.

"What! How did you do that?!" Lord Nightshade was very confused at what had just happened, he had never been damaged this badly so early in a fight. In anger he swung his sickle to try and hit them but by the time his blade was there, they were by their friends again. Now the wraith was just absolutely livid. "No one makes a mockery of me! NO ONE!" The area around him started to turn black and the things around him started floating near him before disintegrating. Many of the items on the shelves and grounds started floating near him before disappearing and after around a minute Gabriel had realized what was happening. The items were disappearing because something kept eating it! A deadly type of bacteria was surrounding the wraith and no one could even touch him anymore!

"Well this is new." No one had expected the wraith to be this easy to damage but this difficult to get past his defenses.

"Just leave it to me guys." Jack said with a grin on his face. "Now I get to try out my new strength for real!" He saw a semi-circular shaped crack in the ground and saw his chance. He ran over and stomped it from the other side of the crack, launching it from out of the ground and catching it with both his hands as it flipped in midair. "Now this is more like it!" He heated it up so much it caught fire, and with both hands he jumped in the air and threw the chunk of flaming floor at the wraith. The smoke from the flames blocked the view of what had happened but everyone heard that something got hit and the chunk broke apart into little pebbles. When the air cleared there was a black orb in the middle of the smoke. It slowly unwrapped itself only to reveal the wraith without a single scratch on him. "What?!" Jack along with everyone else was surprised to see the wraith without a single injury after that attack.

The wraith started to chuckle and then started laughing. "You fool! As long as this Destructive Emergency Auto Defender or D.E.A.D. virus for short is around me, you won't even be able to touch me! This certain virus is a killer bacterium that will eat anything that still lives and even inanimate objects. Now that I have released the virus, I will personally spread it to EVERY known wizard in the spiral!" He started laughing again knowing the wizards could do nothing about it.

"Well this is fantastic. Now we're all totally fu-!"

"We're not boned yet Jack! I've been working on a special potion back at my dorm that has the power to cure any disease and destroy the virus. The catch is it's still in its prototype stage, using it now can do either two things. It can destroy that virus, or it could help spread the virus ten times quicker than it's supposed to. It's a risky chance, but it might just work." Gabriel had explained.

Jack gave him a thumb up and said "Go get it we'll buy you some time." Gabriel immediately fled the battlefield to retrieve the potion.

Gabriel ran past the dark cave in what seemed like a second and sprinted across Triton Avenue, passing the still smoldering arena. If Gabriel didn't hurry then Chris, Destiny and Jack would lose power and won't be able to stall any longer. Knowing this he ran as fast as he could go.

Back at the battle field the band of fighters were doing everything to prevent the wraith from spreading the deadly virus. Jack set his hands on fire and started to fight the wraith in hand to hand combat. Chris and Destiny electrocuted their bodies but everyone else was vulnerable. Chris and Destiny protected the others not using anymore energy then they had to, just to buy Gabriel even more time.

As he ran into Ravenwood he ran into the boy's dorm and unlucky for him, his dorm was all the way across campus. He ran past everyone on campus and made his way to his dorm. He opened the doors and grabbed the blue potion and ran out. Now he only needs to make it back to his friends in time.

Jack was thrown back by the bacteria and the wraith tried to pass through the doors but Chris and Destiny were there to stop him. Nightshade tried several times to get past Jack and the others but was cut off every time he tried.

Gabriel rushed past the commons and finally made it into Ravenwood. He ran to his own dorm after entering the boy's dorm but his own dorm was on the other side of the campus. He broke open his door grabbed the potion and left as quickly as possible. He booked it out of the dorms and rushed past the commons but when he made it to the shopping district a large crowd made it nearly impossible to get back to his friends. He had 2 choices, either blow the crowd up or go along with the crowd. Not wanting to be a rouge wizard he chose to wait impatiently.

The wraith jumped at Chris and Destiny trying to swipe them with his sickle but they avoided the attack. That's when he saw his moment to escape. Knowing the other wizards could do nothing to stop him he destroyed the door getting out of the tower and finally making it outside.

"At last, every wizard will all DIE by my hands!" He laughed like an insane man, and quickly fled the area.

"DAMN IT! Gabriel where are you? We need that potion! It's our only hope of winning!" Just as the wraith was about to exit the dark cave a group of wizards seemed to be standing there, as if they were waiting for him.

"Are you the one they call Lord Nightshade?" a girl asked. She had blue eyes that could pierce your soul and long black hair flowing with the wind. She wore long blue sleeves with a black vest over the rest of the shirt. She was wearing black pants and black shoes. She had a mask on that covered the bottom half of her face. She had 4 others with her, 2 on each side. The original fighters caught up just in time to see the scene that was taking place.

"Ah just what I needed, test subjects." The wraith put on the creepiest grin anyone had ever seen and asked "And what are you names you little brats?"

Without missing a beat the masked girl introduced herself and one by one the others did so as well. "I am known as the Jackal, that's all you need to know about me you boney freak." She sounded fierce and a force to be reckoned with. She proceeded to put her hood and draw her sword for the upcoming battle.

"I am Genevieve Moondreamer of the storm school, I'm afraid we can't let you pass." She was wearing purple armor and purple boots. She had long snowy white hair and also had blue eyes, but she had a softer gentler look in them. As she put up her electric charged purple hood and unhooked her staff you could see a mysterious dragon marking on her left arm. She was a little shorter than the others but still threatening none the less.

"My name is Ryan Hexcaster and I think my name is enough." She had a tattoo of the death symbol on the back of her neck and wore a long sleeved black vestment with a cape on the back that had the death symbol on it and black boots. They both had red trimmings on them making them look even more intimidating. She took out her wand right after she introduced herself and prepared to fight.

"I am Brook Deathblossom and trust me when we're done with you; you're going to wish you're road kill." She had blue eyes and straight black hair and she wore what looked like a shirt on the top half of her body and a dress on the bottom half. She was wearing something that looked like an Egyptian sarcophagus crown on her head. She pulled out her deck of cards and her wand preparing to fight.

"My name is Vanessa Spiritblood and quit smiling like that! It's starting to creep me out." She had blood red eyes with long snowy hair and pale skin. She wore a blue jumpsuit under her brown cloak and she was barefoot. She took out 2 daggers from her sides and closed her eyes to improve concentration.

"Come on how much longer is this going to take?!" Gabriel muttered to himself. By this time he was in the middle of the shopping district surrounded by wizards. He was pinching the base of his nose looking quite annoyed. He couldn't wait any longer so he came up with a plan to speed up the pace of the crowd. He screamed at the top of his lungs "HEY EVERYONE! THE BAZAAR IS HAVING A HUGE GIVEAWAY OF THEIR BEST ITEMS!" Within seconds the crowd pushed and shoved its way to Olde Town and the Bazaar was flooded with wizards. Gabriel was almost crushed by the crowd but narrowly escaped running into Triton Avenue as fast as he could. He rushed past the arena that was being repaired and made it to the entrance of the dark cave, where he stopped and watched what was about to happen.

"Ryan and Brooke cover our backs. Vanessa, Eve and I will go up close for this battle." They went into a triangular formation around the wraith while the other 2 stood on opposite sides from each other so they can help in any way they can. As the battle arena forms under their feet the wraith makes his preparations and cracks a few bones while he's at it. Nightshade made the first moved and tried to attack the Jackal since she appeared to be the strongest. He swiped but she dodged and was about to attack his back but was interrupted by Seth.

"Don't attack the black moving thing. It's a deadly virus that can kill you easily!" Now she was hesitant about attacking him. Seth saw Gabriel and yelled again "Gabriel what are you doing just standing there?!" This snapped him out of the battle and made him realize he still had the potion in his hand. "Throw the potion already!" Lord Nightshade being aware of the potions power tries to take it from Gabriel by using the D.E.A.D. virus as multiple arms. He barley avoids the first deadly swipes then runs past the other arms. He was dodging the arms as best he could while also looking for the perfect area to throw the potion.

Finally seeing the perfect place he chucks it as hard as he could and the potion hits the base of the virus. The black virus started to grow and grow and in no time at all the wraith started to mutate and grow himself. He was now 15 feet tall and his D.E.A.D. virus turned into a gigantic ball above him. "Any last words you little brats?" the ball looks as if it was about to explode. The potion had failed. They all watched and gritted their teeth as he was about set off the mother of all killer bombs. No one said a thing and just watched his ticking time bomb expand more and more. "I thought so. Have fun in hell you little brats." The bomb grew until it was the size of a mountain and everyone in Wizard City could see the bomb.

Nia and Brianna ran outside of Bartleby to see the giant bomb. After a moment they saw that it was coming from Triton Avenue and ran as quickly as they could. The wraith finally detonated the bomb, making the giant black ball disappear in a blinding white light. No one could see the results of the bomb due to the temporary blindness everyone was in. Once their vision came back they were surprised they were even alive. They cheered thinking the bomb didn't work but when they looked up the both the 15 foot wraith and the giant bomb were still there. The bomb was in mid explosion but they looked closer and saw both of them were frozen! They saw someone hovering next to it. It was Connor!

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF WIZARD CITY! THIS THING WILL ONLY BUY YOU 5 MINUTES! GO NOW!" He shouted as loud as he could. His voice reached up until the Shopping District and of course it caused mass chaos. Everyone ran to Bartleby and opened up the spiral door running into random worlds. "You guys get out of here to!" He shouted at the group of fighters. The second group of fighters looked at each other and nodded. Before she completely fled the Jackal looked back at Connor.

"Frostbreath. You better come back; you still owe me a rematch."

"I can't promise you that I'll live. But if I do … no doubt we will have that rematch." She left leaving the scene quickly. The original group still stood their ground. "What are you still doing here?! Go before it's too late!" He yelled at them but they hesitated to run.

"We aren't leaving without you Connor! You've protected us since day 1! We can't leave a friend like that!" Seth finally responded.

"As much as I'd like to go with you guys I can't. The only reason why this hasn't exploded yet is because I'm keeping it stable. You guys have to continue without me. Just don't get in as much trouble alright?" Everyone gritted their teeth knowing they could do nothing to help. They finally decided to leave their protector, their savior, their friend. Everyone made it to the spiral door in time but there were only 6 people in the group. Someone was missing!

"Alright this is going to be a risky move." Connor's plan was to destroy the bomb without it completely destroying the city.

"Need a little help?" a voice came from the ground. Connor looked down to see Gabriel with his arms crossed with a straight serious face on.

"I thought I told you to get out of here!"

"I know you did. But this is my mess and I will gladly pay the price for my own mistake!" Gabriel shouted back. The ice started to crumble and the wraith started to become free again.

Connor smirked and said "I respect you Gabriel. You're man enough to face your own mistakes. As long as you're here, I could use that help."

The others watched Wizard City from Krokotopia and prayed for Connor and Gabriel, hoping they both make it out alive. Another bright light filled the skies blinding everyone for a short time again. When their vision returned Wizard City was still there and no one seemed hurt! Ambrose checked in with the other worlds and sure enough nothing had happened!

"Good news everyone! Everyone is alive and well!" Ambrose announced.

"But at what cost. Connor and Gabriel still haven't shown any signs that they are still alive." From that comment Seth clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"NO. I refuse to believe 2 of my best friends are dead!" with that he ran into the spiral door returning back to Wizard City.

"Seth wait!" Sabrina ran after him worried for him. The others followed after the both of them.

The city may have survived, but the land was in ruins. He returned to Triton Avenue and searched through all the rubble but no luck. He went back into the dark cave looking for any signs of his best friends but still no luck. Eventually Seth found Connor's trident and part of Gabriel's clothing. He kept searching but after he completely searched the cave nothing else was in there. The others finally caught up with Seth. He was just standing in the middle of the road looking at the piece of clothing and the trident. In an effort to honor his friends he stuck the end of the trident in the ground in front of the wraith's tower and putting the cloth through the trident. Tears left everyone's eyes as they left the cave, without the friends they once knew and loved.

I just reread this and it actually pulled my emotions. Maybe I shouldn't have ended this chapter like this. I feel so bad for ending it just like this.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

I'm letting you know I'm still accepting OC's, I'm sorry I … I just need a moment.

Happy New Years guys, hope you had a great 2012!

I'll cya later

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