Percy's POV
Something was definitely not good.
The sky turned an eerie dark color, and lightning flashed everywhere. There was a chilly breeze in the air, but it burned my skin with ice... Does that make sense?
"This is bad," Delian said as we sped up, looking for Harry. "It's always sunny in Divitio. Unless..."
"Unless what?" I asked, practically bursting out of my skin.
"Unless something very, very bad is happening," Ellie mumbled.
The darkness was now so thick that Ellie had to make a purple glowing orb to light the way. We ran through the forest, looking for any sign of Harry.
Suddenly, one dangerously close lightning bolt shot down from the sky and there was an eerie laugh. Time stopped. Fallen leaves and water droplets hung in mid-air, and Ellie, Delian and I seemed to be the only things moving around. "Damn," Delian mumbled. "I know that laugh."
"D-Delian," Ellie murmured, clutching her brother's arm, "I-it can't be. Can it? He was supposed to come on the first day of Salza. Not today."
"Who?" I asked, even though it was pretty obvious. Fuego was here. And Harry was out there somewhere. Alone. Defenseless.
"Fuego must've messed with my powers," Delian stated miserably, "so he could attack us when we weren't prepared."
Ellie and I remained silent, watching closely for any sign of movement. Then I saw it. Out in the distance, a blaze of light. Shining, shimmering, splendid (Wow, I just sounded like Aladdin). "What's that?" I asked Delian, pointing at the light.
"The Flames!" Ellie exclaimed, running at full speed. "And they look like they're preparing for battle. Fuego must be close!"
Delian and I hurried after her, and I began summoning tendrils of water to form a huge tidal wave behind me.
"Percy," Delian said, summoning water of his own, "Remember everything I've taught you. Relax, think of the ocean. You'll be able to do anything. We can do this."
Can we?
Then I remembered what Harry said. "Well, we've got to, right? What other choice do we have? Even if we don't like it, it's in our hands. We've GOT to do it."
I summoned all my courage and ran with the great rulers of Divitio, preparing myself for the worst.
Harry's POV
"Harry Potter," he screeched in a voice that sounded like scraping metal, "It is an honor to meet you. My name is Fuego. Now, I believe we've got business to settle."
I realized my hands were trembling, and I couldn't find my voice. This guy was so much more than Voldemort. His voice alone sounded like it could kill you. "Well, Mr. Potter," he continued, walking around me and sizing me up. "Do you know why I'm here?"
"You want to destroy the future," I said, surprised by the steadiness of my voice. "You want to become Ultima."
He laughed and filled the air with thunder. His fierce gaze looked like it could burn anything. He looked intently at me.
"That was my former ambition, Mr. Potter," he chuckled evilly. "I take it Deliantex did not tell you my full story?"
He waited for me to reply, but I didn't, so he continued. "Before I entered existence, Zalphia was a happy place, full of harmoniously living Ezixirs. But I was created when the Northern Volcanoes erupted at the exact same time. The Ezixirs tried to fight me, but I was unstoppable even at the age of one day.
"The Ezixirs began respecting me. They became my army. They thought that if they joined me, they could become powerful, too. And so they did. I trained them to become warriors. I planned to become Ultima, and they were supposed to be my Ultimate Force. When we came to Divitio about three hundred years ago, we almost destroyed the future. But those wretched siblings..."
"If you mean Ellie and Delian," I said, feeling braver now, "Then they can defeat you again. Three hundred years or not!"
"Let me finish, boy!" He erupted angrily, and then calmed down. "They defeated us. The Ezixirs shunned me. They wanted to join the siblings, feeling they were more powerful than me, the ungrateful little fools. But guess what? I burned them down. Every single one. I destroyed Zalphia. I turned their world to ruins. And I could do that with all the other worlds, you know. But my time is up. My life span is three hundred years. That ends on the first day of Salza. I need someone to continue my evil. The choice has been made, but there are two candidates. I planned to use both, but one will do."
"Whoever they are," I said, gathering my energy to the core, preparing to release my Essence, "We're going to defeat them. We'll bring them down."
Fuego once again laughed like thunder. "Oh, that would be fun to watch."
"Endura Senthis Armoure!"
I felt my stag Essence erupt behind me. My pumped up Essence and I started to attack, but Fuego resized himself. He was as big as my Essence, and he moved forward so fast that he was a blur.
I launched Sphere Shot after Sphere Shot, and followed up with my strongest Energy Pulse. Fuego dodged all the Sphere Shots, but my Energy Pulse managed to hit him in the chest, and he stumbled back. I used this as an opportunity to approach him and use Swift.
I struck and dodged, because he matched the speed of my Swift perfectly. I grabbed hold of him with force, but he broke free and attacked again. I summoned a massive energy orb and split it into thirty, so all the orbs were surrounding Fuego. I launched them all at him and he yelled out in pain. It took a whole lot of my energy, though. Fuego was furious. He released energy from his hands and roared evilly.
Electrical waves pulsed out from Fuego's arms and locked me in mid-air. I felt like two huge and strong hands were squeezing me. The Electricity shocked me and burned my skin, and I felt my Essence disappear... I was drifting away...
Percy's POV
We crashed into the meadow and saw an epicly horrible sight.
Harry was gripped by an enormous electric hand in mid-air. Fuego seemed to be controlling the hand, and he was laughing like a maniac.
Ellie was the first to act. She released her purple wolf thing and lashed out at the giant red body. Fuego wavered, but he still held his grip on Harry. Furious, he thrashed about and created a massive flame tornado.
Delian and I quickly extinguished the flames, and I wrapped the water around Fuego's flaming red body, hoping to encase him. Delian saw what I was doing and followed my lead. We weaved our separate tendrils of water and tried to take Fuego down.
At that moment, Fuego roared angrily and the water around him evaporated into steam. He grabbed at Ellie, but she was agile. She nimbly dodged and struck with a purple pulse thing that Percy and I jumped over. Unfortunately for Fuego, he was too big to jump over it. He was knocked into the ground out of surprise and his grip on Harry slackened.
Delian launched sharp ice knives at Fuego. He deflected them with a flame shield, but it caused him to let go of Harry. Harry's body plummeted from the electric hand and landed with a sickening crrrrraaaack on the ground.
Ellie was so angry that her eyes started glowing purple. She lifted her arms in a deadly, graceful way and the earth started to tremble. Everything glowed purple and launched towards Fuego, who yelled in agony as rocks, fallen trees and other debris struck him. He suddenly burst into flames and threw the fiery sphere at us.
I summoned water from a lake nearby and used it to shield myself. Delian summoned up water to create a massive aquatic orb that swallowed Fuego's flames. Ellie used Storage to keep the flames, then she released the fire so it would attack Fuego instead. Fuego quickly extinguished the flames with a flick of his hand.
The Light Ladies suddenly rained down on us and surrounded Fuego. But...he was... smiling?
Then I realized the Light Ladies were morphing into ninja warrior dudes in all black. They nimbly touched Ellie and Delian, and they quickly became statues like the rest of the world.
The "Light Ladies" were actually Darkness Warriors in disguise.
"Thank you, my minions," Fuego cackled. "Perseus Jackson. Oh, how wonderful." He sneered evilly and approached me.
"Percy," he said in a voice that sounded like talons scraping a blackboard, "Tell me, why do you fight with Elypsa and Deliantex?"
"They fight for the good of the worlds," I yelled at him. "Unlike you, Fuego. You'll never destroy Divitio!"
"Sadly, that is true," he replied matter-of-factly. "But I've come to accept that. My life ends on the first day of Salza. That's why I'm looking for my successors."
"Successors?" I asked stupidly, momentarily forgetting my battle stance. "We'll take them! Lemme at 'em!"
"Perseus," he growled. "You show spirit. Good."
He released his electric-looking hands again and squeezed me in his grip. It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. Shockwaves ran through my body as the fist crushed me.
"Join the dark side, Percy," he growled. "You'll become leader of the Darkness Warriors. Picture it... A whole army of specially trained ninjas of darkness at your command. You can become Ultima, together with Harry Potter. The Two of Destiny, the Ultima. You will become even stronger. There will be no Deliantex to hold you back."
I thought of how good it felt to master Ice Surf alone, without Delian calling out my flaws. I was tempted to take his offer... but then I thought about Annabeth and Grover... Dad and Mom... Even Paul Blowfish...
"I'll join the dark side when the oceans dry up!" I roared, and I glowed sea green. Twenty water pillars rose like geysers from the ground, and all smashed against Fuego.
I fell to the ground and landed on my feet. I cleared up the steam. Fuego was gone. But so was Harry.
-oOo-
Agh, it was short, wasn't it? I know, I know, and I'm sorry. It was supposed to be longer, but I couldn't resist ending it there! It's sort of another cliffie... Well, sort of. It sure builds up the tension and excitement though!
So, any guesses where Harry is? Zalphia is in ruin remember? Completely destroyed. So where is he? MUAHAHAHA!
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