Chapter 9:
A/N: From now on, the Guardians from the reality Cole is from, will be known as the A-Guardians.
For example: A-Irma = Alternate Irma
Enjoy!
Once Angelo hit the water, his grip on Will loosened as Irma and swam towards him.
"Angelo!", Will screamed as she got a hold of him, along with Irma.
They swam him towards the edge of the pool, where Leonas and Malcom were there to pull him out of the pool. Cornelia along with Taranee and Hay Lin, got out of the pool to see if Angelo was alright. They all saw the burn mark on his back. It burned through his costume, which surprised and scared them.
"Can you speed up his healing, Cornelia?", Marcus asked Cornelia.
"I'll try.", Cornelia said as she began to use her powers to heal Angelo, along with his own quick healing factor due to the sun light, that was shining down on him.
"Let's give you a boost of power Cornelia.", Will said as she grabbed the Heart. "As well as give us some defence. Guardians unite."
In a flash of light the girls were in their Guardian forms and ready to fight. Cornelia went back to healing Angelo's wound.
"Come out, who ever you are!", Malcom demanded. "Come out, or we come after you!"
"As you wish!", a voice said.
Malcom and the others looked forward to see five figures standing before them. One of them was a young teenage boy with long straight brown hair, and piercing brown eyes. He also had wings. The right wing was white, while the left one was black. He wore a white shirt with black angel wings on the front, with black pants with white angel wings on both legs, and black boots. In his hand was a large sword with a black hilt and black and white angel wing on both sides and a white blade.
"Is that a Zweihander in his hand?", Malcom questioned.
"How do you know these things?!", Sam asked his cousin.
"I read it in a book.", Malcom replied. "You should try it sometime."
"Um.... guys!", Irma said getting everybodies attention. "Look who's with him!"
Who they saw shocked then all.
"Is that....... us?!", Hay Lin questioned.
"I think it is!", Will said. "Well, the four of you at least. Where's my copy?!"
"I am Cole Angelheart!", Cole said pointing his sword at Will. "Hand over Will, or face our wraith!"
"Will, how does he know you?", Leonas asked Will.
"I don't know.", Will said. "But, maybe I can talk to him, and find out what's going on."
"Be careful,Will.", Hay Lin said worried for her friend.
"Don't worry.", Will said. "I'll be okay."
"You'd better be.", Irma said with a small smirk. "Or I'll kick you butt myself."
Will couldn't help but grin at that comment as she flew towards Cole and the four Guardians that were with him.
"Here she comes!", A-Hay Lin said as Will flew towards them.
"Well that was easy.", A-Cornelia said.
"To easy if you ask me.", Cole said as he stuck his sword in the ground. "Be ready for anything."
Once she was close enough, Will landed on the ground and walked up to them slowly.
'Okay, Will.', Will thought to herself. 'Just be cool and find out what they want. And maybe zap who ever blasted Angelo.'
"I don't like this.", Irma said. "What if they try something?"
"Then we'll kick their butts!", Sam said. "We outnumber them nine to five!"
"Well that Cole guy was able to take down Angelo with one shot.", Marcus said. "So, I suggest we be careful."
"Good point.", Leonas said.
"I don't think it was him, who blasted Angelo.", Malcom said.
"Why do you say that?", Taranee asked.
"Because the energy from the attack felt the same as you and the girls' energy.", Malcom replied.
"They must of combined their powers.", Irma figured.
"But I thought it needed five Guardians to do that kind of attack.", Hay Lin said. "Like how we defeated Phobos."
"True, but the four of us did it before.", Taranee said. "It just wasn't as powerful."
"Oh yeah.", Hay Lin said remembering the time they did that. "It only knocked that guy out for a few minutes."
"How's Angelo doing?", Marcus asked Cornelia as she was still healing him.
"I'm almost finish.", Cornelia said. "But they're a few pieces of rock and wood in his wound, that I have to take out."
"Then let me get rid of the rocks and wood.", Malcom said walking up to them. "You work on healing him."
"Right.", Cornelia said as she continued to heal the wound.
Malcom focused his mind as he use his telekinesis to pull the pieces of wood and rock out from the wound. As he was doing that, Cornelia was able to heal Angelo faster. While they were doing that, the others were keeping their eyes on Will as she was walking towards Cole and the alternate Guardians.
Once Will was a feet from them, she stopped and looked at the Guardians that stood before her.
'They look like the others.', Will thought to herself. 'Could they be Astral Drops?'
"Okay, I'm here.", Will said. "Now what do you want?"
"Don't you recognize me, Will?", Cole asked. "It's me.... Cole."
"Sorry, but I don't know you.", Will said. "Now tell my why you guys attacked Angelo!"
"Because he, and his friends, took you from us!", A-Irma said.
"What are you talking about?", Will asked. "Those are my friends! And Angelo is my boyfriend!"
"No he isn't!", A-Hay Lin said. "Cole is!"
"Those..... posers, kidnapped you and brainwashed you into thinking you were their Will!", A-Cornelia said.
"Whoa!", Will said backing up a little. "First off, Angelo IS my boyfriend! And trust me when I say that I was NOT brainwashed!"
"Please listen, Will.", A-Taranee pleaded with Will.
"I'm sorry, but you got the wrong girl.", Will said as she began to fly off. "I hope you find who you're looking for, but you have to leave. Now!"
"Okay.", A-Irma said as Will flew back to the others. "We tried being nice about this! Now we get rough!"
"I agree.", Cole said as he flew after Will. "I don't like this, but we hae no choice."
"Will, look out!", Hay Lin yelled towards Will.
"Huh?!", Will turned around to see Cole behind her. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm sorry.", Cole said as he was about to grab Will. "But, I you leave me no choice."
Cole was about to grab Will, when she teletranported away from him, and appeared next to her friends.
"What the.......?!", Cole said as she vanished. "She's quick!"
"You okay, Will?", Taranee asked as she and the other gathered around Will.
"Yeah!", Will said. "They think I'm their Will!"
"So they must be from another reality, like us.", Malcom figured.
"So, we just explain that to them.", Hay Lin said.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake under them. They looked forward to see, their Cornelia knelt down, with her hands on the ground, while the other alternate Guardians and Cole were flying at them, ready for battle.
"That may be easier said then done, Hay Lin!", Irma said.
"Irma, Hay Lin, Taranee!", Will said getting their attention. "You three take care of your alternate selves! "I'll take on their Corny!"
"Ying-Yang is mine!", Leonas demanded as he changed into his feral form.
"Ying-Yang?!", Sam questioned.
"One wing's white, the other black.", Leonas said. "Work with me here, little Bro! Work with me!"
"We'll be defence for Cornelia, while she heals Angelo!", Malcom said.
"Let's go guys!", Leonas yelled as he charged at Cole.
'He's unarmed!', Cole thought to himself as he saw Leonas coming at him. 'So, be it!'
Cole then put his sword away. Leonas saw this and figured something.
"I take it, you follow the warrior's code.", Leonas said as he did a flying round-house kick at Cole, which he dodged.
"Of course.", Cole said as he landed. "You may be my enemy, but I refuse to fight an unarmed man!"
"I'm not your enemy!", Leonas said as he dodged Cole's right hook. "That Will isn't your Will!"
"Lies!", Cole yelled as he barraged Leonas with punching and kicking combos. "I'll defeat you and anyone who stand in my way, to get Will back!"
Cole then finished with an uppercut, sending Leonas flying back a few feet. Feeling that he was finished, Cole walked past Leonas as he headed towards Will.
"Hey!", Leonas yelled as he began to stand up.
Surprise, Cole turned to see Leonas on his feet. Leonas took his fighting position, and wiped a thing of blood from his mouth.
"We're not done yet!", Leonas said.
"Then let us continue.", Cole said as they both charged at each other.
Elsewhere, the two Irma's were standing, facing each other, waiting for the other to make the next move. Irma made the first move, as she fired a stream of water at A-Irma. But, A-Irma fired a stream of water as well. Both streams collided, bursting the water everywhere.
"Well, that was pointless.", Irma said as the water rained down on them both.
"I was thinking the same thing.", A-Irma said as she formed a large ball of water. "Try this on for size!"
A-Irma then threw the ball of water at Irma, who flew out of the way of it.
"My turn!", Irma yelled as she threw her own ball of water at A-Irma, who dodged the attack.
But when she thought she was safe, Irma split the ball of water in half and had them catch A-Irma. Thinking she had won, Irma flew up to A-Irma.
"Ha!", Irma gloated as she tapped on the water ball A-Irma was trapped in. "Not so tough, now, are you?"
Irma then saw a smirk on A-Irma's face. Not knowing what was going on Irma didn't notice the ball of water A-Irma threw at her moments ago until it was to late.
"Oh-oh!", Irma said as she got trapped in the ball of water. But what made matters both balls of water connected, making one large ball of water.
'Well this is just great!', Irma thought to herself as A-Irma swam at her.
'I'm so going to beat her down!', A-Irma thought to herself as she threw a punch at Irma.
Both Hay Lin's were going at it throwing and dodging each others wind slash attacks, trying to get the upper hand.
'No matter what I do..........', Hay Lin thought.
'.......she either dodges my attacks, or blocks it with another!', A-Hay Lin thought, thinking the same thing as Hay Lin. (Creepy huh?) 'Let's see.......'
'.........what she thinks of this!', Hay Lin thought, thinking the same as A-Hay Lin. (Again creepy!)
Both Hay Lin's then flew at each other while forming a ball of air in front of themselves.
'Please let this work!', Hay Lin prayed to herself.
'This had better work!', A-Hay Lin thought to herself.
Both were flying at each other at full speed with balls of air as a shield, trying to knock each other out on impact. Once they hit, they both were sent falling to the ground, unable to move.
"OW!", they both cried as they went unconscious.
"Give us back our Will!", A-Taranee demanded, as she threw another fireball at Taranee who made a fire shield, blocking the attack.
"She's not your Will!", Taranee snapped. "We all came here together!"
"That's not what "he" said!", A-Taranee yelled as she fired a stream of fire at Taranee.
"He?!", Taranee questioned as she formed another fire shield, blocking the fire stream. "Who's "he".?!"
"He told us you took Will, and brainwashed her!", A-Taranee snapped as she poured on the heat.
'Now I'm starting to get things!', Taranee thought to herself. 'I just have to get her to see what's going on! But, I have to beat her first! And I know just what to do!'
After a few seconds, A-Taranee stopped her attack thinking she beaten Taranee.
"That shoukd do it!", Taranee said as the smoke started to clear. "What the.........!"
A-Taranee looked to see Taranee on fire. It was as if the fire was like a second skin.
"How are you able to..........?!", A-Taranee began to question before Taranee cut her off.
"It's little something my boyfriend taught me!", Taranee said as she flew at A-Taranee. "It's called the Afterburner!"
Taranee then came at A-Taranee with both fist out, hitting her and knocking her to the ground.
"Because after you hit your opponent with it, they still feel the burn!", Taranee said as the flame around her faded.
She then landed next to A-Taranee.
"Now you're going to tell me everything about this guy that said we took your Will from you!", Taranee said as she grabbed A-Taranee by her shirt.
"You fight well.", Cole said as he dodged on of Leonas' punches.
"You're not half bad yourself.", Leonas said as he blocked one of Cole's kicks. "Let's see what you think of this!"
Leonas then jumped in the air. He then aimed himself at Cole as he came back down with his claws, that were now glowing, aimed forward. He then started spinning around and around at a fast pace.
"Spiral Claw Attack!", Leonas yelled coming down at Cole.
"Not so fast!", Cole said as he turned black and split of into three versions of himself.
Leonas hit one of the copies turning it into black smoke.
'What the heck?!', Leonas questioned as he sprang to his feet to see two Cole's.
"One was bad enough!", Leonas said looking at the two. "I got two of them now?!"
"Which is the real me?", one of the Cole's asked Leonas as he walked away. "By the time you find out, I'll have Will and be gone from this place."
"Oh no you don't!", Leonas yelled as he jumped at the departing Cole.
"Don't forget about me!", the other Cole said as he jumped in front of Leonas.
"Beat it!", Leonas demended as he punched that Cole.
Once he hit that Cole, it tuned into a thing of black mist, that began to surround Leonas. Leonas tried to move away from it, but for some reason couldn't move.
"What's going on?!", Leonas questioned.
"That particular copy was made of a special mist of mine.", Cole said as he kicked Leonas. "One that holds any living thing that touches it in place, for a limited amount of time."
Cole then delivered a series of blows on Leonas. Cole then charged some energy in his right hand and uppercutted Leonas, almost knocking him out.
"You fought well, but I'm on a mission.", Cole said as he walked away from Leonas.
"I tried guys.", Leonas said before going unconscious.
"Now to get Will and get out of here.", Cole said as he walked on.
Moment earlier...........
At a far off distance unseen by anyone, was the cloaked man, who sent Cole and his friends there in the first place. As he watched the battle unfold, he smiled to himself.
"That's it fools.", the cloaked man grinned. "Fight your brains out! When you're all to weak to go on, I'll swoop in and take this realities Keeper."
He then held up the crystal ball, that held the Will that Cole and his friends were looking for. Will looked to see her fellow Guardians fighting another set of Guardians and Cole fighting with an African-American teenage boy.
"Cole! Guys!", A-Will yelled as she began to beat against the walls of the crystal ball. "I'm over here! Hay Lin! Please, Hay Lin! Can't you hear me?!"
"No, she can not.", the cloaked man said causing Will turn and face him. "And your precious Cole can't sense you either. He truly believes that the Will down there is you!"
"Why are you doing this?!", A-Will demanded. "Why are you after two of us?!"
"Because I need two of you to open a fold to free my master.", the cloaked man said. "And once he is free, he shall rule all realities! Mwa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"
All A-Will could do was sit there and hope her friends would save her in time.
A/N: Things are heating up on both sides! Taranee has taken down her alternate self, thanks to what Malcom taught her, and is determine to get some answers! But who's going to take Cole on, now that Leonas is down for the count? And will our cloaked man make his move?! Read on to find out.