Double Trouble

"Sandy!" Michael screamed as he ran to the white cat. He was stopped by a crystal wall though, keeping him away. Sandy saw him and ran. As she got closer he could see tears in her eyes as something slithered out of the darkness behind her. "SANDY!"

Glowing, purple tendrils shot out of the darkness behind her and grabbed her legs, dragging her into the abyss. "Maishul!" She cried as she tried to dig her nail into the ground, failing to even slow herself down.

"NO!" He screamed. Silver slime covered his body and turned him into the Silver Sentinel, letting him shatter the crystal barrier and fly to the girl. "TK Sword!" He yelled, slicing the tendrils around her legs, before creating a barrier between them and more of the tendrils. "I've got you," he whispered, helping Sandy up and throwing the remains of the tendrils off of her. "Are you okay, Sandy?" He asked, hugging her tightly.

"I-Michael, look out!" Lucy screamed, pulling out of his embrace and pointing behind him.

"What? Lucy? H-AHHH!" The Sentinel screamed in pain as he felt something rip through his back and through his chest. He slowly looked down to see a bloody, ruby colored shard impaled through him.

"Sentinel…" A pair of voice giggled, as Michael looked up, seeing thousands of crystal shards above them. "DIE!" Crystals fell from the heavens and Lucy screamed in agony as she was torn apart by the crystal rain.

"LUCY!" Michael gasped, finding himself on his bed. He wiped away a cold sweat from his forehead before getting out of his bed.

"You okay, Mike?" Blur asked, flying over.

"I'm…I'm fine. Just a nightmare," he sighed, nodding his head.

"You've been having a lot of nightmares lately. You okay?"

"I'm fine, Blur. Don't worry."

"Alright…Oh, by the way, try and be good today. Your mother and I are very disappointed in your recent actions," Blur joked, wagging a wing like an angry father would wag a finger.

"I know, I know," Michael sighed, before smiling at Blur. He grabbed his scarf and wrapped it around his neck as he exited the room.

"Alright, kids, today is something a little different," the PE teacher explained as the kids walked into the gymnasium. They all stood on the basketball court as he entered a large closet and pulled out a cart. "Dodgeball!"

"Uhh….Hmmm…" Michael nearly fell asleep standing up, but was awaken by Daisy shaking his shoulder.

"Hey, Mike, come on. You're on my side," she explained, leading him to the left side of the court as Paulo, David, Abbey, and Tess all stood on the right. The two walked over to Lucy, who looked at Mike and then looked away. "Come on you two. We have to work together here," the yellow mixed cat sighed.

"Start!" The PE teacher blew the whistle and the two sides ran to the middle line where the balls were lined up. The game began and already kids on both sides of the court were being hit, falling to the ground.

Abbey caught a ball and saw Daisy distracted. He raised the ball up and his girlfriend saw him. He could see the look of fear on her face and felt the ball slip from his hand.

"SUCKER!" Lucy yelled, throwing another Dodgeball, hitting him right in the gut.

"Oof!" Abbey grunted as the teacher whistled and Abbey left the court.

"Sorry, Abbey!" Daisy apologized as she watched her boyfriend walking onto the sidelines. She stared at the cat, who merely smiled in response. She looked down to a see a rubber ball at her feet. She picked up the red ball and gently tossed it into the air and into the arms of an opposing teenager.

"Daisy, you're out!"

The yellow cat smiled and ran over to Abbey, followed by wrapping her arms around his. The boy smiled back as the game continued.

Eventually the game came to a point where Michael and Lucy were the only ones left against half a dozen students. Lucy was ready, moving left and right as she dodged the rubber balls. Michael was less graceful, but remained untouched as the game continued.

Michael, may I try?

"What did you say?" The Korat repeated, ducking under a ball.

"I didn't say anything, jerkface!" Lucy replied, before being hit by a rubber sphere.

"Lucy, you're out!" The PE Teacher declared.

I want to try. I want to learn about your culture, do you recall? I believe I can understand more if I take a more direct motion towards this recreation event. Also, I would like to know the average reaction rate of the average adolescent human.

Are you joking?

I do not joke.

Um…Alright. Go for it.

Taking direct control.

Michael closed his eyes and LEGACY opened them. The alien lifeform looked around through the eyes of the teenager before raising a hand to catch a thrown ball. LEGACY looked at the item before raising a hand to catch another.

"Liam, Stacy, you're both out!"

The four remaining kids all stared as LEGACY dribbled both of the balls, one in each hand. He looked at each of them and quickly grabbed both of them and slamming them together, catching another ball between them.

"Whoa," all of the students whispered as LEGACY began to dribble all three balls at once, moving his right hand between two of them.

"Adrenaline. Excitement. The chance to prove that you are better than others. The chance to impress others and increase your own social rank. Interesting," LEGACY mumbled before throwing two of the balls. Two girls were hit, and the teacher ordered them out of the game, leaving only two left.

The two boys looked at one another and one of them tossed a ball into the air. LEGACY looked up at it as the other boy threw his ball directly at the Korat. The ball missed though as LEGACY bended his back in a perfect arch, his head touching the ground while his feet remained planted.

Without any effort, the grey cat caught the other ball and straightened himself out. With one last throw, the last kid was taken out, and LEGACY won the game. The teacher blew his whistle and the kids on Mike's team ran over to congratulate him.

"Hey, Lucy!" Paulo called out, running to the white cat. "Good game," he smiled.

"Lucy, you should try to be more aware of your surroundings. Perhaps next time you will not be hit," the machine advised. Unfortunately, due to his dull and blunt tone, the girl took it as an insult.

She glared at him and walked off as the teacher told everyone to hit the showers. Paulo watched her leave and he turned to glance at LEGACY.

"What the hell is your problem?" The Somali growled, before walking off to the locker rooms.

"…?"

I understand that my statement earlier was misinterpreted.

Yeah. It was. Michael waved goodbye to the rest of his friends as he walked home. He stopped and saw Lucy walking ahead, all by herself. Remembering his earlier conversation with the voice in his head, the Korat began running to her.

"Lucy!"

…Michael. Now is not the time for you to repair your friendship with Lucy.

What? But you said-

There is a Soulless created monster attacking nearby. We must naturalize it.

"What is it, jerkface?"

"Uh…Lucy, I really think we should talk about…you know…What you, what we said. Tell me when you're ready to talk…" Mike quickly jolted after saying that, running away from the Khao Manee.

"…Idiot," Lucy huffed.

I don't see anything, Michael commented as he flew through the air. He suddenly heard a scream and looked to the left and witnessed a mysterious figure attacking people at a large park. Nevermind. Our hero quickly landed at the scene and looked at the monster.

He saw a white, female cat with her back to him. Her body was completely covered in red rocks, acting like an armored suit for her. Her right arm had much sharper pieces of ruby on it, with long spiky fingers at the end.

"Sentinel…" The figure turned around and the Silver Sentinel saw her entire face was covered in red rock, save for her eyes, which were covered by blue stone, or it could have been possible that her entire eyes were turned into a blue stone.

"Who are you?"

"Call me Ruby!" She screamed, despite having no visible mouth. She charged at the Sentinel and threw a punch with her much larger and imposing right arm. The silver superhero blocked it, though, with a psychic shield. He then threw her back, sending her flying and crashing.

"Give up now, Ruby. I don't want you to suffer," Michael commanded.

"No. We can't surrender. We have to beat you!" Ruby screamed, slamming her hands into the ground. Suddenly red shards shot out of the ground below Sentinel, nearly impaling him.

"Yipe," he whimpered, lying between two spikes. Suddenly all of the spikes came to life, moving like tentacles. "Guh!" They wrapped around him and began to crush him, causing his armor to spark. The tentacles were destroyed though by a powerful telekinetic shockwave, freeing him.

"AHHH!" Ruby screamed, jumping into the air and turning her left arm into a hammer. She came down at him, but he flew out of the way, forming the TK Sword in his hands. She charged at him again and clashed her hammer hand into his sword, before firing smaller pieces of rock from her right hand. The Silver Sentinel quickly held onto the sword with his right as his left hand created a shield to block the sharp jewels. "We will not lose to you…"

"You keep saying we! But no one is-GUH!" Michael was taken by surprised as a figure shot out of the ground. It was another female cat, but instead she was green and her left arm was the sharper and bigger. Speaking of her left arm, her hand was squeezing our hero's throat. "Ack…Two of you? Let me guess…You're name's Emerald?"

"Yes, it is."

"And yes. Two of us. Half the effort taking you down!" Ruby announced, standing next to her sister.

"Double the pain we bring!" The sister began crushing Sentinel's throat, but he created a sharp, telekinetic blade on his foot and kicked her with it, making her let go of him.

Any advice, LEGACY?

Keep them both in your line of sight.

"That's not helpful at all," Michael whispered as he began dodging and punching the twins. He quickly shot into the air, but both Emerald and Ruby leapt onto him, making it harder to fly.

"Thanks for driving us to the mall, Janet," Abbey smiled.

"Yeah, thanks," Daisy added.

"It's no trouble, Abbey. You two have fun now, okay?" His foster mother parked the car and waited the two to exit before beginning to reverse it. "Call me when you're ready to get picked up!" She yelled, before driving off.

"She's really nice, Abbey," commented Daisy as they held hands and walked towards the shopping mall.

"Yeah, she is. I'm happy to have her and Kevin taking care of Molly and me."

The two soon entered the mall and began their shopping spree. And by that, I mean Daisy began her shopping spree and Abbey began carrying her newly bought clothes and perfumes like a pack mule. As the two walked towards the escalator, they heard a crash and screams. The Silver Sentinel, Emerald, and Ruby and fall through the ceiling and crashed onto a large fountain. People were already beginning to run out as the three continued their fight.

"Come on, Daisy!" Abbey ordered, grabbing her hand and leading her to an exit.

Ruby looked at her sister and she nodded, jumping off the fountain and looking for something as the twin fought Sentinel. Emerald grabbed the superhero's fist, but grunted as his knee slammed into her stomach, cracking her stone skin. The rock quickly repaired itself as she lifted the Silver Sentinel up by his hand and threw him aside. He stopped in midair though and flew right back at her, attacking her with a flurry of punches.

"You'll do!" Ruby declared, reaching for Daisy.

"NO!" Abbey roared, pushing his girlfriend behind him and standing between her and the supervillain.

"Cute. You'll do," she mumbled, grabbing Abbey with her small hand and forcing him into a headlock with her superior strength.

"Abbey!"

"Try it, kid," Ruby growled, aiming her spiky hand at Daisy.

"Daisy…Get out of here! I'll be fine!"The Abyssinian assured, as he was pulled away from his girlfriend.

"Sentinel!" The superhero looked at Ruby and his unseen eyes widened as he saw Abbey was being held hostage by the villainess. "Surrender or you'll have this boy's blood on your hands."

Michael, continue to fight. Do not let one life stop you.

The Korat gritted his teeth as he slowly relaxed, dropping his stance. He tried to concentrate on a very precise telekinetic attack, but before he could, he was punched by Emerald.

"We're going to enjoy this," the green sister giggled, before grabbing the hero and throwing him into a nearby store. She jumped off the fountain and followed the Sentinel into the shop, finding him rising from a pile of clothing. She slammed her fist into his gut and then threw him out of the store and to Ruby's feet.

"What's wrong, tough guy? You can dish out, but you can't take it?" She teased, holding Abbey tightly in her hold.

The Sentinel was suddenly picked up by Emerald and thrown back to the ground, on his back. He watched as the jade colored villainess lifted up her foot and began to stomp on him, cracking his visor with the first hit.

"We need him alive, sister," Ruby warned. "And I want to have my fun with him before he blacks out!"

"Of course, sister," Emerald laughed, kicking the Silver Sentinel's ribs before stopping.

Michael, if you refuse to fight, then I will fight for you. Taking direct control.

LEGACY, don't! Michael's begging fell upon deaf ears though as his body moved on its own.

LEGACY grabbed Emerald's foot as she tried kicking their body again and tossed her aside, making her crash on the ground. He held up his hand and the villainess was suddenly pushed deeper into the stone ground, creating a small crater.

Ruby quickly attempted to slit Abbey's throat, but she was suddenly hit on the back of her. The boy took this chance to escape her grasp as she turned around to see Daisy holding a metal bat she had picked up from one of the stores.

"Big mistake!" Ruby screamed, attacking the teenage girl with her right hand. Daisy fell back, but did not completely avoid the sharp hand. It hit her right shoulder, cutting it and drawing a significant amount of blood.

"Daisy!" Abbey cried, before picking up the metal bat his girlfriend had dropped. He swung it with all his might, but Ruby grabbed it with her left hand and pulled it from him. "You're next!"

"NO!" Michael roared, as LEGACY allowed him to retake control. He flew into the female evildoer and attacked her with a flurry of punches, forcing her back. "Get her out of here! NOW!" He ordered Abbey as his fist shattered a portion of Ruby's face. The teenager nodded and picked up Daisy bridal style, before running out of the mall.

"Sister!" Emerald gasped, seeing Ruby's red skin being shattered. She forced herself up from the telekinetic prison and freed herself. She dashed at the Sentinel while turning both of her hands into hammers. She punched the armored superhero with one of them, followed by slamming into the side of his head with the other.

The Silver Sentinel held his head as he tried to ignore the pain. He looked up and saw Emerald embracing her unconscious sister. "Next time, Sentinel!" She them slammed her hand onto the ground and green rocks shot out of the ground and formed a dome over them. The dome then began to dig itself into the ground, with an emerald wall plugging up the hole it left.

"…Daisy," Mike whispered, looking at the doors she and Abbey had just gone through. He stood up and floated out of the ruined mall, finding ambulances and policemen outside. The dogs and cats all looked at him, but he focused on Abbey, who was holding Daisy's hand. The yellow cat had bandages over her shoulder and was shaking but seemed well. Abbey looked at the superhero, before looking away.

"Freeze! You're under arrest!" A young policeman commanded, aiming his pistol at the masked cat. The Silver Sentinel quickly took off flying, leaving everyone whispering and watching him vanish over the horizon.

"Hey chief, we've got someone who said they wanted to talk to you."

"Bring him in," Duncan sighed. The door opened and closed and he glanced up from his paperwork to look at the man who had stepped in. "Yes? And you are?"

"Hubert Schindler. And I have a proposition for you, Mr. Davis…"

END

So there we are! New villains and strange plot related things going on! Isn't this exciting?

No?

Oh well.