Chapter Six: Final Fight of FURY!
The first thing that Guy woke up to was a sense of flying through the air! Finally! Thought Guy I can fly! After all this time, he had gained the power of flight like he always wanted! Then a brief pressure was felt on his back and the sound of splintering wood could be heard! This repeated two more times before SheZow final came outside the courthouse and slammed into the pavement! Yep, La Bruja's sledgehammer hit really threw SheZow through a loop!
Lying there in the pavement, both the sensations of pain and memories began to flood back into SheZow's mind! He remembered entering the courthouse and sitting through La Bruja's 'trial'. He remembered how he used the True Heart's Desire Locket to free all of the people of Megadale from La Bruja's spell of hate! He remembered (and he was willing to admit it might not have been the smartest move) rubbing his victory in La Bruja's face and her explosive transformation! Followed by her first strike, which apparently had smashed him through the courthouse and out onto the street! Ouch!
Slowly picking himself out of the impression he had made in the pavement, SheZow looked on a good news/bad news situation. The good news was that thanks to the jumbo screen installed across the street, everyone outside the courthouse was immediately cured! The bad news was…La Bruja had rushed outside and was about to smash SheZow! Quickly rolling to the side to avoid the hammer strike, SheZow instantly leapt to his feet (almost forgetting that he had just been thrown through several walls…though his body was quick to remind him). Rubbing his back to try to alleviate the pain, SheZow noticed something…off about La Bruja (other than the demonic form which she was currently in).
La Bruja was snorting and snarling like a wild animal, and the light in her eyes seemed to glow even more ferociously than before! Her muscles were tense, eager to go for the kill! While it was true that La Bruja had always hated SheZow, there was always a certain…playfulness to La Bruja's antics. This…this felt like La Bruja had fallen under her own spell of hate! SheZow was of a mind to use that hate to his advantage!
"What's the matter, Bruja?" mocked SheZow, hoping to throw off La Bruja's concentration, "Your looking a little impetuosa right now!" The fact that Guy knew Spanish had always added more to La Bruja's previous insults in that language. So it seemed like it was time for her to get a taste of her own medicine! Her reaction, however, didn't really fit into SheZow's hastily formed plan.
La Bruja, after hearing SheZow's insult, began to laugh. Not a quick little chuckle or even a little chortle, we are talking about full, out of control, maniacal laughter! After a few minutes of this, La Bruja began to calm down, though the hate never truly left her eyes. She stared back at SheZow and began her own little monologue:
"You still don't fucking get it do you SheCOW! When you broke my spell, you released all the energy used to fuel these…peons' hatred of you! WHERE DID YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO GO?! The Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy still apply to magic, you know! Oh what am I saying? You probably don't pay enough attention in school to know what those are, do you? Well too late for that now!
"It is with greatest disgust, however, that I have to admit this one thing to you…you were right! I spend too much time gloating, when I should be KILLING YOU! So, that means…no more clever pratfalls…no more curtains one or two…JUST PLAIN CURTAINS FOR YOU, SHEZOW! Now die!"
And with that, La Bruja charged straight at SheZow, lifting the sledgehammer for an overhead strike! Quickly rolling back out of the way, SheZow narrowly avoided the strike…and boy was he glad he did! The sledgehammer left an imprint in the pavement an inch deep with cracks forming around it! If the strike had connected…Guy wasn't sure the street cleaners would be able to scrap him of the street! He needed help fast…
"This is the Megadale Police Department! Drop the hammer and put your hands in the air!" declared Officer Hamdon from the recently formed line of police officers and Bloodhound cruisers! Yes, after the spell broke, the police got their act together just in time to help out SheZow! Whether they will truly be able to help is still a question…
La Bruja looked at the policemen with contempt in her eyes when she asked, "Are you serious?! You idiots can barely handle Spit Bubble, and now you think to challenge me?!" La Bruja laughed in a mocking tone before she continued, "Well then (creaking her neck) come and get me!" And with that La Bruja charged on all fours like a beast at the line of police men and vehicles!
Trained in dealing with super crooks, the police instantly opened fire with their tazer rounds, hoping to at least stun the demoness! Unfortunately, it appeared that she did not even feel the shots as she charged the line! Eventually, the drivers of the Bloodhounds brought the Gatling guns online, desperate to stop the onslaught! Again unfortunately, La Bruja was too quick and easily dodged the shots fired, laughing like a lunatic all the way! When she closed the distance, she forgoes the hammer and went straight to hand to claw combat, slashing and throwing police officers here and there!
As she struck, she began pontificating as she fought, "You cannot defeat me! My armor is like tenfold shield," she declared as tazer rounds bounced off her skin, "my teeth are swords," as she bite a police officer's gun in half, "my claws spears," as she struck the same officer with her claws, piercing his armor and throwing him in the air, "the shock of my tail a thunderbolt," while using her tail to knock several officers back, "my wings a hurricane," and with a flap of her wings, all of the assembled officers were knocked back, allowing her to walk up to a Bloodhound police cruiser, "and my breath death!" With that, she blew a stream of fire, melting the police cruiser (the driver got out safely)! After all that effort, La Bruja finished with, "J.R.R. Tolkien! That bastard really had a way with word! AHAHAHAHA!"1
While all this was going on, SheZow was regrouping with Kelly and Maz to come up with a solution! "So," stated SheZow simply, "anyone got any ideas?"
Max was the first to point out the obvious, "Can't you just use that necklace thingy of yours to stop her?"
"Unfortunately, La Bruja's hatred of SheZow is real! The reason the locket worked the first time was because the spell was making everyone hate SheZow! Now, the after effect of the spell being broken is powering La Bruja!" explained Kelly.
This prompted SheZow to ask, "How do you know so much about the locket? I needed Shelia to explain how it worked before I got to courthouse."
Kelly rolled her eyes and snarked, "I read up on it during your first episode of super-empathy! I never mentioned it because I didn't see super-empathy as a useful crime fighting tool! How was I supposed to La Bruja would use an emotion manipulation spell on the city!" Kelly began to huff and puff in frustration at herself for not seeing this coming! (Even though nobody saw it coming.)
"Look, right now we need to deal with the anger-fueled psycho demon tearing through the Megadale Police Force!" exclaimed SheZow, trying to get everyone on task before contacting Sheila with his ring, "Sheila, I hope you're up to date on the situation!"
"I'm always up to date on the situation." stated Sheila proudly, "Fortunately, I have some good news. It seems that La Bruja is burning through the extra energy she obtained at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, I don't believe the police officers will be able to survive the onslaught on their own. You need to get back in there and help them wear her out."
Looking back at the vicious brawl La Bruja was having with the Megadale Police Department; SheZow couldn't help but ask, "How long would it take her to burn off the extra energy?"
"At her current rate, anywhere between fifteen to thirty minutes." explained Sheila.
"WHAT?! Guy's fights with her don't last longer than seven minutes…and he usually loses them!" exclaimed Kelly, worried about her brother's safety. This statement did earn her an annoyed glare from her brother, who was fully aware of how La Bruja usually won the fights and didn't need her to tell him that.
"I've got to try something or else dad's going end up a street pizza!" declared SheZow, seeing as how La Bruja was getting closer and closer to Officer Hamdon! Rushing towards the fight, SheZow shouted, "HEY BRUJA!"
La Bruja, who was hold officer Hamdon in her claws, turned and saw SheZow coming towards her. Knowing he got her attention, SheZow stopped a few yards from La Bruja and shouted, "I thought you wanted to finish this! Why not put down the rent-a-cop and finish what you started?! Or are you too gallina to finish what you started?!" And with that, and to emphasize his insult, SheZow began to cluck and dance like a chicken right at La Bruja!
Now normally, this sort of childish taunting would have never affected Sartana in any reasonable fashion. She was usually too intelligent to fall for playground insults and banter, and Guy knew this! However, Guy was gambling on the fact that the combination of the negative energy La Bruja had accumulated from the broken spell and the fact that Guy had used her language to deliver the insult would be enough to set her off. This was the secret to Guy's successes as SheZow: the fact that he understood how a villain's mind works, his ability to come up with a plan on the fly, and his willingness to take any dangerous gamble for victory. Fortunately for him (depending on how you look at it), Guy's current gamble was about to pay off in a big way!
La Bruja was seeing red after SheZow's latest insult against her! Casually throwing Officer Hamdon like he was trash, La Bruja flew at SheZow like a missile! It was only because of his She-SP that SheZow was able to dodge La Bruja's first strike…which ended with La Bruja with her head imbedded in a wall! Stuck, rather comically, La Bruja vicious tried to pull her head out with no success! Finally, with a massive roar, La Bruja ripped her head out the wall, compromising the building structural integrity, leading to when she turned around to face SheZow, the building collapsing behind her!
The two opponents stared each other down, their weapons drawn, waiting for one of them to make a mistake. SheZow gripped his Laser Lipstick nervously, while La Bruja gripped her Sledgehammer of Hate with anger! Their eyes glared at each other, challenging his or her opponent to make the first move! The world falls silent, waiting for the climatic confrontation to begin…
With a simultaneous battle cry, both SheZow and La Bruja rushed at each other, weapons ready to strike! Leaping into the air, both combatants swung their weapons, hoping to get first blood in the first move! Instead, the Sledgehammer of Hate and Laser Lipstick collide, forcing the opponents to struggle for dominance! Energy crackled along their weapons and between their glaring eyes, the buildup leading to….
BOOM!
A massive explosion of energy forces SheZow and La Bruja to split up and a crater to form in the middle of their struggle! La Bruja lands with her clothes tattered and her wings unfurl, breathing heavily from the exertion. SheZow, looking slight better in the sense that only his cape was in tatters, lay on the ground, both from the explosion and from being tired. I can't take much more of this! thought SheZow, finally understanding what he need to do to keep La Bruja occupied until her time ran out.
"You know," began SheZow, panting from his lack of breath, "if you…wannna take a break…I'd be totally for it!"
Glaring back at SheZow, La Bruja gave her response while also panting, "I could…do this all day…you little…puta!"
"I sheriously doubt that!" declared SheZow finally catching his breath and throwing in a pun because he knew how much La Bruja hated them! Drawing his Laser Lipstick back into fighting position, SheZow waited for La Bruja's next move. He didn't have to wait long: La Bruja picked up the wreck Bloodhound police cruiser and threw it at SheZow! Quickly, SheZow sliced the cruiser in half before blocking La Bruja's follow-up strike!
"You're starting to get predictable!" SheZow said the last word in a sing-song, mocking tone. La Bruja snarled before unleashing a series of strikes with her hammer and claws! Fortunately, she was not thinking clear, making it easy for SheZow to block almost all the strikes! All he got was a few minor tears in his costume, which he showed off to La Bruja. With a massive roar that would have fit better coming from a T-Rex, La Bruja unleashed a massive cone of black fire at SheZow!
Leaping out of the way on top of a nearby building, SheZow watched as La Bruja screamed and raged, seemingly without losing energy! Lifting his ring to his face, SheZow contacted Sheila, "Sheila, come in! When is La Bruja supposed to lose her power?!"
Sheila appeared on a hologram to answer, "Fortunately, your taunting actually served a purpose in this instance. La Bruja is using a lot more energy than she was before. A few more outbursts and she should be running on empty."
"Should?!" asked SheZow incredulously. He was barely surviving the current onslaught, how long could he last at this rate! Taking in a deep breath and letting it out to help calm down, SheZow leapt down, faced La Bruja and said, "That all you got! Hope you had you second wind, cause it's time to really get started!"
La Bruja was fuming! The cocky attitude of SheZow was really starting to get to her! And the worst thing was that La Bruja was running close to empty as is! She was fully aware that if she ran out of energy, she wouldn't be able to escape SheZow on her own. But she couldn't just leave…her pride wouldn't let her! Thankfully, La Bruja had already taken some precautions, distasteful though they were…
With a final charge, La Bruja brought her hammer down, again hoping to finish SheZow quickly! Only SheZow blocked the hammer with his Laser Lipstick again, causing to the handle shaft to crack and break under the strain! La Bruja staggered back, finally losing enough energy to transform back into her human form and collapse onto her knees! Her head facing the ground, La Bruja did not pay attention to SheZow holding his Laser Lipstick to her head!
"It's over!" declared SheZow, tried but feeling victorious. There was no way La Bruja would get away this time.
La Bruja chuckle mirthlessly before replying, "No…it's not over…the war has only just begun!" With that statement, SheZap rose from La Bruja's shadow and dragged her away! Jumping forward, SheZow missed catching La Bruja by inches! Standing up SheZow glared at the shadows, ignoring the cheers of the crowd and police officers. For La Bruja was right! The war really had only just begun!
Disclaimer: I do not own SheZow, and I HATE having to say that! Well this fight took a lot out of me. Sorry I couldn't get it in time for New Year's Day, but it was fight filled like I promise! Between my internship and the new game I got for Christmas, I am vexed to find time to write! Next will be the epilogue and an announcement about my future fan fiction plans! I am going to take a week long break to clear my head though! Happy New Years!
1 This whole paragraph is a reference to the Hobbit story, where Bilbo meets Smaug! Now I haven't seen the movie version of this event (The Desolation of Smaug) but the story version always felt compelling. Tolkien really did know how to write a story and I hope I am even half as good!