Chapter Twenty-Four: Shadon's Defeat
"But how?!", Shadon questioned. "How were you able to summon your armour and weapons?!"
"Let's just say, we've had help.", Eric replied.
"Yeah!", Cassidy grinned. "Turns out that there are beings, out there, that what you to go down big time!"
"I see.", Shadon said in a low angered tone. "Well, to bad they chose the wrong people to take me on!"
"We'll see about that!", Angelo said as he, along with the other Dragon Knights, took their fighting positions. "Let's end this guys!"
"Bring it on, you little pest!", Shadon said as he turn his fighting position.
The Dragon Knights then charged at Shadon, while Shadon charged at the Dragon Knights. Eric started the battle by throwing his Star Shield at Shadon who dodged it, only to be hit by Cassidy, and her Star Trident, leaving a nice little slash mark on the side of his armour. Next was Nigel, who uppercutted Shadon up in to the air.
'How are they so fast!?', Shadon thought to himself. 'It's like they gained a new power!'
Before he could do any thing, Angelo and Nerissa appeared above him, from out of nowhere, and slashed down on him with their swords.
"Argh!", Shadon yelled as the attack sent him crashing down to the ground kicking up a cloud of thick dust, on impact.
Once Angelo and Nerissa landed, the Knights gathered together ready to fight Shadon, once he got up. But after a few seconds, nothing happened.
"Did we beat him?", Nigel asked.
"I don't hear him getting up.", Nerissa said.
"Something's not right.", Cassidy said.
"Don't worry so much.", Eric said. "Maybe he is beaten."
"Cassidy's right!", Angelo said. "This doesn't feel right. He had enough energy to beat us at least five times over! He should be up by now!"
"Maybe the Great Dragons gave us a super charge.", Nerissa suggested.
"Maybe.", Angelo said.
"So, it was the Great Dragons who saved your hides!", Shadon said, from within the cloud of dust.
"I knew he wasn't finished!", Cassidy said.
"I'm far from finished, you little upstarts!", Shadon said as a gust of wind blew the dust cloud away.
What they sawm blew their minds. It was Shadon. Only he looked different.
A lot different!
"In fact, I'm just getting started!", Shadon said with a smirk.
His armour was healed and had a few new things to it. For one, he had spikes on the shoulder pad, of his armour, as well as on his boots, and gauntlets. On his headband he had two large curled horns. Coming out of the back of his armour were a set of large, and powerful dragon-like wings.
"What the heck?!", Nigel questioned.
"What happened to him?!", Nerissa questioned.
"You like?", Shadon asked. "This is the true power of my armour! And with it I shall crush you all! Shadow Wave!"
Shadon then waved his Shadow Halberd, sending a wave of powerful dark energy, at the Dragon Knights. Like before, the attack sent them flying back and against the wall.
"That felt good!", Shadon said as the Dragon Knights got to their feet slowly. "And yet you fools still get up!"
"What can we say?", Eric said. "We don't know when to quit!"
"Then, I shall end this now!", Shadon snapped as he held his Shadow Halberd up high. "Behold! The power of the Black Dragon Knight!"
Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared above them as violet lightning began to strike Shadon's Shadow Halberd. With each strike, the halberd began to glow with power. The Dragon Knights saw this and began to worry.
"What the heck is that?!", Angelo asked.
"I think he's gathering power for one final blast!", Cassidy said.
"That's not good!", Eric said. "How do we stop him?!"
"We don't!", Nerissa said. "We just have to hope we can survive the attack!"
"I don't think we're that lucky!", Nigel said. "I say we fight back! And hard!"
"What if we were to combine our powers?", Angelo asked Cassidy.
"Come again?", Cassidy asked.
"We pull our powers together, and put it in one big blast, to counter his!", Angelo explained. "It may be our only hope of beating him!"
"It's the best plan we got!", Eric said.
"You got a point there.", Cassidy said. "I say let's do it!"
"I'm game!", Nigel said. "Let's give Shadon a run for his money!"
"So what do we do?", Nerissa asked.
"The same thing we did in Kandrakar, when we were fighting the invading Shadow Horde!", Angelo said. "Only we put our weapons together and focus our energy in them and go from there."
Angelo then pointed his Star Blade towards Shadon. Next, Nerissa stood on Angelo's right, and raised her Star Whip-Blade, next to Angelo's Star Blade, while Cassidy stood on Angelo's left, and raised her Star Trident next to Angelo's Star Blade. Nigel crouched down next to Cassidy and pointed his Star Fist at Shadon, while Eric crouched down next to Nerissa ans pointed his Star Shield at Shadon.
"Let's do it guys.", Angelo said as he began to focus his energy. "Focus your power, and get ready to fire away!"
The others began to focus their power into their Star Weapons. As Shadon was gathering the last of his power, he looked upon the Dragon Knights as they were focusing their power.
'So, they want to play it like that, do they?', Shadon thought to himself as he finished gathering power. 'This should be fun!'
"This it it guys!", Angelo said as he saw Shadon point his Shadow Halberd at them. "You all ready to unleash the dragon's fury?!"
"Ready!", Nigel said as his Star Fist glowed.
"Same here!", Eric said as his Star Shield glowed.
"I'm ready to!", Cassidy said as her Star Trident glowed.
"Good to go!", Nerissa said as her Star Whip-Blade glowed.
"This ends now!", Shadon yelled. "Dark Dragon Blast!"
"Dragon's Fury!", the Dragon Knights yelled unleashing their power at the same time Shadon unleashed his.
Once the attacks collided, the battle for victory began. At first, they were dead even in power. That is until the Dragon Knights poured more power into their attack. Seeing this, Shadon began to panic.
"This can't be happening!", Shadon yelled. "It can't end like this! Master I need you!"
"Shadon, you fool!", came a dark and eerie voice. "Can't you do anything right?!"
"What was that?!", Cassidy asked.
"Don't worry about it!", Angelo said. "Keep focusing you power!"
"I should let you fall at their hand!", the voice said. "But I need you to set me free! So I, the Great Black Dragon, bestow upon you more of my power!"
"Oh crap!", Nigel said.
"Not good!", Eric said.
Suddenly a beam of dark energy hit Shadon, giving him more power! Suddenly, his attack was gaining more power as it began to push against the Dragon Knights attack.
"Time to say goodbye, Dragon Knights!", Shadon said as his attack was getting closer. "For I win!"
"I won't give up!", Angelo yelled as his Dragon Armour began to glow. "I have to much to fight for! WE have to much to fight for! We have our families, and friends to go back to!"
"I promised myself, I'd go back to Taranee!", Nigel said as his Dragon Armour began to glow as well. "And I plan on doing that!"
"I want to see Hay Lin's smile again!", Eric said as his Dragon Armour glowed. "And you won't stand in my way, Shadon!"
"Life is a presious thing!", Cassidy yelled as her Dragon Armour began to glow. "I'm not going to let you take that from anyone!"
"Because of you, I was in the darkness for almost forty years!", Nerissa yelled as her Dragon Armour glowed. "I won't let you do that to anybody else!"
With new power in them, the Dragon Knights released all the power they could! And it was worth it! For that power over took Shadon's attack and sent it flying back at him, along with the Dragon Knights' attack!
"This can't be happening!", Shadon screamed as the attack struck him. "Nooooooo!"
After the the smoke cleared, they looked to see Shadon still standing. Only his armour was totally dented up and burnt.
"I still stand!", Shadon said as he props himself up with his Shadow Halberd, which is cracked as well.
"No for long!", Angelo said. "Hit him with everything we got!"
They then ran at Shadon, with their Star Weapons glowing.
"Star Fist Buster!", Nigel yelled as he hit Shadon in his chest.
"Star Whip-Blade Assault!", Nerissa yelled her Star Whip-Blade broke into smaller sections, and flew at Shadon, hitting him multiple times.
With each hit, his armour was getting cut or badly dented. Once her attack was done, the pieces returned back to the hilt of the sword. Next, Eric jumped up in the air, with his Star Shield ready.
"Star Shield Striker", Eric yelled throwing his Star Shield a Shadon.
The attack struck Shadon in his chest, sending a powerful shockwave through his armour! Once Eric caught his Star Shield, Cassidy then raised her, now glowing, Star Trident as a large ball of water slowly formed above her.
"Star Trident Hydro Freeze!", Cassidy yelled as she flung the ball of water forward.
Once the ball hit Shadon, the water froze him in place.
"I can't move!", Shadon yelled, as Cassidy ran at him, with her Star Trident at the ready.
"Star Trident Aqua Strike!", she yelled as she thrusted at Shadon.
Once she did that, Shadon's frozen armour, began to crack everywhere! Shadon looked on in horror, as Angelo came running at him, ready to strike to final blow! Once close enough, Angelo, with as much power as he could put in it, did a flaming double back flip kick, sending Shadon into the air. Angelo then jumped up towards Shadon as his Star Blade began to glow with power.
"Star Blade Slash Assult!", Angelo yelled as he began to slash at Shada's armour in fury.
Try as we may, Shadon was to weak to do anything to stop the assault. Once they were high enough, Angelo grabbed Shadon, and flipped him over and did a back-flip kick sending him crashing onto the ground. Once he hit the ground, his Black Dragon Armour shattered, leaving him in the same type of uniform they gotten from Grandpa Joe.
"So he was once a Dragon Knight?!", Cassidy questioned.
"I guess even the best of us can go bad.", Eric said as they looked upon the defeated Shadon.
"So, what do we do with him?", Nigel asked.
"Simple.", Angelo said. "He take him back to the Dragon's Guild, to receive his punishment."
"I don't think so!", said the same dark and eerie voice from before.
"Is that the........", Eric began to ask.
"The Great Black Dragon!", Nerissa said looking around.
Suddenly, a pair of yellow evil looking eyes appeared in the sky, glaring at the teens.
"You may have won this battle, but I still have a use for Shadon!", the Great Black Dragon snapped as beams of energy shot out of his eyes and hit Shadon.
"We shall meet again, Dragon Knights!", Shadon said as he began to teleport away. "We shall meet again!"
"And we'll be waiting.", Angelo said.
"You've been waiting for the right time to say that, haven't you?", Nigel asked Angelo.
"Yeah, I have.", Angelo said before they all busted out laughing.
"Can we go home now?", Eric said. "The others have got to be worried sick about us!"
"Somebody wants to get back to Hay Lin.", Cassidy grinned.
"Just like you want to see Phobos again.", Eric countered with a smirk.
"Let's head home guys.", Angelo said as he pulled out the Fold Key. "Next stop, Kandrakar!"
"We won't be coming out in mid-air will we?", Cassidy asked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Angelo asked.
"Well, no offence, but you are Joe's grandson.", Nerissa replied.
"We just kicked the butt of a guy who had the power to take over the world.", Angelo said. "I think I can open a fold that leads to solid ground."
"If you say so.", Cassidy said. "But if you don't, I won't say I told you so, because I told you so."
"Whatever.", Angelo said as he prepared to open the fold for Kadrakar.
Angelo then opened a fold to Kandrakar. One by one, they all went through the fold, leaving the Shadow World behind them.
A/N: What a fight! To bad Shadon got away! Our heroes have one heck of a victory party coming for them! I wonder what's going to happen next?!