In the last chapter...
"Okay.", Irma said. "We're here. So, where's the Griffin?"
"Maybe he went out to get somethign to eat.", Stephen said.
"Please don't tell me that we have to wait for it to come back.", Cornelia complained as she sat on a rock.
"Are you really going to complain about waiting?", Matt questioned. "It could be worse."
"And how could it be any worse?", Cornelia questioned.
Suddenly Fire, Air, Water, and Earth appeared in the air above the cave.
"Hello, friends.", Fire said with a smirk. "Did you miss us?"
"That's how.", Matt said as they looked up at them.
"You just had to ask it.", Irma said. "Didn't you, Corny?"
Chapter 5:
"How was I suppose to know they'd show up?", Cornelia questioned.
"Now isn't the time for this you two!", Will said.
"But it is time for you to do what we say!", Earth said.
"Why would we do that?", Hay Lin questioned. "Eric and Angelo are free! You jave no bargining chips!"
"Is that so?", Water questioned. "We have one last thing to use."
"Take a look over there!", Air said as she pointed towards the left of them.
Everyone looked towards the direction Air was pointing to see a large set of boulders and rocks set up to fall.
"Have the Griffin give Earth some of it's power or we'll cause a rockslide that will ruin the farmlands of the village below!", Fire demanded.
"Oh no!", Hay Lin said.
"You wouldn't!", Peter snapped.
"They would.", Matt said.
"Those people did you no wrong!", Will said.
"And we won't do them any wrong.", Earth said. "As long as you do what we say!"
"No way!", Cornelia said.
"Cornelia!", Taranee said not believing what her friend said.
"Even if we do what they want, they'll let the rockslide happen so they can escape!", Cornelia replied.
"Well, aren't you the smart one.", Water said with a smirk.
"Why you dirty...", Stephen began to say.
"Forget this!", Earth snapped. "Ramos! Your Mistress needs you!"
Then, from out of no where, the Ramitar looking creature Angelo and Eric saw when they first began their search for the Griffin came running up the mountain side and jumped up on the cliff where the Griffin's cave was.
"What the heck is that?", Irma questioned.
"This is Ramos!", Earth said. "My most loyal warrior!"
"Now and forever, Mistress Earth.", Ramos said with a deep voice, as he bowed to Earth.
"Well, this isn't good.", Will said.
"For you it isn't!", Water said.
"Get rid of them, Ramos!", Earth ordered.
"As you wish, Mistress Earth.", Ramos said as he turned toward the Guardians their boyfriends.
Ramos looked down at Matt and Stephen and smirked.
"I'll save you two for last.", Ramos said before he ran towards the others.
"He does know he can't fly right?", Eric said as the other flew up into the air.
Suddenly, Ramos leaped high into the air towards them.
"With ups like that, it doesn't matter!", Peter said as Ramos got closer to them.
Ramos was about to grab Will, but she blasted him with an energy blast that sent him falling into a canyon.
"Now that had to hurt!", Irma said as they all flew down to where Ramos landed.
"Let's add some fun to this.", Earth said as she flew towards the pile of rocks and boulders. "Stop this, heroes!"
Everyone looked to see Earth use her powers to get the rockslide going!
"This just keeps getting better!", Peter said. "What now?"
"If Cornelia can slow the rockslide, me and Angelo can melt the rocks while Hay Lin or Eric cools it off!", Taranee said.
"Eric is down there with the others fighting that Ramos guy.", Hay Lin said. "But I can cool off the rocks you and Angelo melt."
"Let's do it!", Cornelia said as she, Taranee, Hay Lin, and Angelo flew ahead of the rockslide. "I hope this works!"
Cornelia flew in front of the rockslide amd used her powers to slow down the rockslide.
"Anytime now guys!", Cornelia said as she was holding the rockslide at bay as much as she could.
"On it!", Angelo said as he and Taranee fired powerful flames at the boulders and rocks.
"It's working!", Taranee said as the rock and boulders started to heat up and meld together.
When Taranee and Angelo were done, the rocks and boulders were melted together looking like magma.
"You're up, Hay Lin!", Taranee said and she and Angelo stopped with the flames.
"Here we go!", Hay Lin said as she blew a cooling wind at the magma.
When she was done, the rocks and boulders were fused together in a way to look like it had always been there.
"Well, that takes care of that!", Hay Lin said.
"Then ler's go help the others!", Taranee said as they all flew down towards the others, who were fighting Ramos.
"Well, that was pointless!", Air said as she and her other three friends watched their enemies fly down into the canyon. "Didn't think about them doing that, did you Earth?"
"Don't start with me, Air!", Earth said. "Besides. Ramos will keep them busy long enough to make the Griffin give me some of it's power!"
"And what of these two?", Water asked as he looked down at Matt and Stephen.
"They are nothing!", Fire said as he heard something coming out of the cave. "And here comes the guest of honor."
Sure enough, the Griffin came walking out of it's cave. It's wings were golden yellow and long. Just like the feathers on it's head. It's talons were sharp and ready to tear it's enemies to peices. It's eyes were sharp and showed cunning. It looked around to see Matt and Stephen standing on it's cliff while Fire, Air, Water, and Earth floated in the air.
'Who are you all, and what do you want of me?', Griffin questioned to them all telepathiclly as he let out a yawn.
"I am Earth!", Earth said as she landed in front of the Griffin. "I am here to ask that you grant me some of your power!"
'Are you now?', Griffin asked as he turned towards Matt and Stephen. 'And who might you two be?'
"I'm...", Matt began to say.
"They are enemies of your friends!", Water said as he, Fire, and Air landed next to Earth. "They are here to steal your power for themselves!"
'Are they now?', Griffin questioned. 'Cause from where I'm sitting, they look pretty harmless to me.'
"We're not your enemies, mighty Griffin.", Matt said. "Me and my friend, Stephen, came here with the Guardians of Kandrakar to ask that you grant the Earth Guardain and one of us some of your power."
'I see.', Griffin said.
The Griffin then turned to look at Earth, Water, Fire, and Air.
'Then you must be the ones that are after the powers of me and my friends for some kind of revenge!', Griffin said. 'And you have the nerve to lie to me?'
"If you'd just hear us out, I'm sure...", Fire began to say.
'There's nothing to hear!', Griffin snapped. 'You'll get nothing from me!'
"Then I guess we'll have to make you give us your power!", Earth said as she, Fire, Air, and Water took to the air.
"This is going to be fun!", Air said as she formed a twister.
'For me that is!', Griffin said as he flew at the four of them.
Down in the canyon, Will and the others were doing there best to fight Ramos. He may of been big, but he was fast! Once he got to his feet, Ramos quickly jumped up and grabbed Eric and threw him against Will, sending both of them against the canyon wall.
"That's two down!", Ramos bragged. "The rest of you will be no problem!"
"We'll see about that!", Irma said as she and Peter froze Ramos in his tracks with their ice powers. "Now that's stopping him cold!"
"Let's hope it last long enough for us to meet the Griffin.", Will said as she and Eric got to their feet.
"Man did that hurt!", Eric said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"How do you think I feel?", Will questioned. "You were flung into me!"
"It wasn't my fault!", Eric said. "He tossed me at you!"
"Sure.", Will said jokingly. "That's what they all say."
Eric then noticed that the ice holding Ramos was begining to crack quickly!
"Um... guys!", Eric said as he saw the ice crack some more. "He's breaking out!"
Irma and Peter were about to freeze Ramos again but he busted out, jumped up and grabbed Peter and threw him against the canyon wall knocking him dizzy. Next was Will, who tried to hit Ramos with a energy ball, only to be knocked back with a shockwave Ramos made by clapping his hands together hard! The shockwave knocked Will back into a tumble roll against the canyon wall!
"Will!", Irma cried as she watched her friend fall to her side.
"And now for the last two!", Ramos said as he horns began to glow.
He then ran at Eric with great speed as his horns glowed brighter.
"Power Bash!", Ramos yelled as he hit Eric, sending him flying towards the canyon wall, knocking him down.
"And then there was one.", Ramos said as he jumped at Irma.
Before Ramos got close to Irma, Hay Lin flew in front of him and hit him with a twister of wind which sent him flying back a few feet. Next was Angelo and Taranee who combined their powers and blasted Ramos with a powerful fireball. The hit knocked Ramos back at least twenty feet!
"I tire of this!", Ramos snapped as he jumped to his feet and got ready to charged at them again.
Cornelia then sent a large boulder flying at Ramos, who caught it and tossed it aside.
"Is that all you got?", Ramos snapped as he walked towards them.
"How about this!". Peter snapped as he began to fire a powerful blast of water at Ramos.
But instead of water...
"Argh!", Ramos yelled as he was hit by a thing of blue lightning!
Everyone turned to see blue electricity circling Peter's hands.
"What the heck?", Peter questioned as he looked at his hands.
"How did you do that?", Irma questioned as she flew up to him.
"I... I don't know.", Peter said as the electricity faded from his hands.
"Well, the Leviathan was able to do it.", Will said. "Remember!"
"Yeah!", Irma said. "She used it on that squid creature! So that means that..."
"We can too!", Peter said as he and Irma both were able to call up some blue lightning and hit Ramos with it.
"Aaaaaaah!", Ramos yelled as he was blasted by Irma and Peter's combined attack.
Ramos dropped to one knee as he glared at Peter and Irma.
"Give up?", Irma questioned.
"Never!", Ramos snapped as he stood up. "It'll take a lot more than some lightning to stop me!"
Cornelia then brought up some thick vines and wrapped them around Ramos tightly.
"How about that?", Cornelia questioned with a smirk.
"Let me go!", Ramos demanded as he tried to get free of the many vines that held him.
Angelo and Eric then flew at Ramos and grabbed the vines that held Ramos, and took to the skies.
"Don't worry...", Angelo said as they were flying upward. "... it'll be over soon!"
Once they were high enough Angelo and Eric began to dive, still holding the vines while spinning around, making it a spiral dive. As they dove down towards the ground, Ramos could feel the wind push against him. Once they were close enough to the ground, Angelo and Eric let Ramos go, sending him crashing toward the ground spinning, while they were able to pull up in time. Slowly getting up, a very pain filled Ramos tried to gather himself, only to be frozen in a block of ice by Irma and Peter.
"Well, that was fun.", Eric said as he and Aneglo landed in front of the others.
"Yeah, well let's not try that move any time soon.", Angelo said as he tried to steady himself. "It kind of makes me dizzy."
Angelo almost feel if it weren't for Taranee and Will grabbing his arms.
"Easy there, big guy!", Will said with a grin as she and Taranee helped Angelo balance himself.
"Eric, is use to doing spins at great speeds.", Taranee reminded Angelo. "You're not."
"I know. I know.", Angelo said as he got his balance. "It was still fun though."
"So, what do we do with Ramos here?", Irma asked as she knocked on the block of ice Ramos was trapped in.
"Leave him for now.", Will said. "Right now we have to get to the Griffin!"
Wasting no time, they all flew up to the Griffin's cave. Once up there, they saw the mighty beast fighting with Fire and his friends. And winning! No matter what they did, the Griffin was able to block their attacks with telekinesis or dodge their attacks with his speed.
'Is this all you have?', the Griffin questioned. 'I tire of this!'
The Griffin them hit the four of them with a telekinetic blast, sending them crashing down towards the cliff of his cave.
"Whoa!", Cornelia said as she saw the power the Griffin showed in it's attack.
As Fire and his friends got to their feet, the Griffin landed in front of them.
'Leave this place!', the Griffin demanded. 'You annoy me!'
Earth looked up at the Guardians and their boyfriends with a glare.
"You may of won this round, but this is far from over!", she said as she snapped her fingers.
Suddenly, Ramos appeared next to her still in the black of ice Peter and Irma foze him in.
"We'll meet again!", Earth said as she teleported away with Ramos.
Water and Air teleported away soon after, leaving Fire alone.
"There's still one more left!", Fire said. "And we'll find it before you do!"
Fire then teleported away.
'For all their talk, they're not that powerful.', the Griffin said as he turned towards the Guardians and their boyfriends. 'So, which of you is the Earth Guardian?'
"I am.", Cornelia said as she landed in front of the Griffin.
'I see.', the Griffin said. 'By looking at you, I can tell that you're head strong, stubborn, and are sometimes quick to anger!'
"Hey!", Cornelia said.
"He knows Corny well.", Irma whispered to Hay Lin getting a giggle out of her.
'But, I also see that you have a kind and caring heart.', the Griffin said. 'You shall use my powers well.'
"Um... thanks.", Cornelia said with a small smile.
'Now, which of you two shall also have some of my power?', the Griffin said as he turned to look at Matt and Stephen.
The Griffin looked from Matt to Stephen. He looked at Stephen and smiled.
'Yes. Leviathan told me of you.', Griffin said as he looked at Stephen.
"She did?", Stephen questioned.
'Yes.', Griffin said. 'She told me of how you wanted to be the one to use her powers with the Water Guardian but couldn't because the one she chose was better suited to wield the power. But I can see that you are better suited to wield my power.'
"Cool!", Stephen said.
'Stand beside the Earth Guardian please.', the Griffin said.
Once Stephen was standing beside Cornelia, the Griffin spreaded his wings and then held his wing forward. Suddenly, Cornelia and Stephen were covered in a ball of green light. A few seconds later, the ball of light faded away to show Cornelia and Stephen still standing there.
'Well, my job is done.', Griffin said as he flapped his wings and took to the sky. 'May the powers I gave you serve you well, young ones.'
Griffin then dove into the canyon and pulled up at great speeds through the sky. Everyone watched as the beast flew through the skies.
"And now, you two change.", Irma said as they all gathered around Cornelia and Stephen.
"Question.", Cornelia said. "How bad did it hurt you guys when you first changed?"
"I'll be honset with you.", Irma said. "You're not going to like it, Corny!"
"Don't call me... Aaaaah!", Cornelia yelled as she dropped to her knees!
"Argh!", Stephen yelled as he did the same.
"And here we go.", Angelo said as Cornelia and Stephen were each in a ball of green light.
"How long does this take again?", Peter asked as he looked at the ball of green light Cornelia was in.
"Not long.", Taranee said.
A few seconds later, the balls of green light faded to show Cornelia and Stephen in their Legend forms as they began to fall on their sides only for Peter to scoop Cornelia in his arms and Eric and Angelo to grab Stephen and hoist his arms over their shoulders. The others walked up to them amazed at their new look.
"Show this is Cornelia's new look?", Hay Lin questioned. "I sure didn't see this coming."
"I guess this shows her more active side.", Taranee said.
"I think it looks nice on her.", Will said.
"Which makes me wonder what your Legend form will look like.", Angelo said. "What do you think Irma? Irma?"
Angelo looked to see Irma looking Stephen up and down smiling.
"I think you're waisting your time.", Will said as she opened a fold for Kandrakar.
"I think you're right.", Angelo said as he and Eric carried Stephen through the fold followed by the others.
As the fold closed behind them, the Griffin landed on the cliff with a dead deer in his claws.
'Good luck to you, young ones.', he said as he went back into his cave to eat.
A/N: Well, after stopping a rockslide and a tough fight, our heroes have some of the Griffin's power. What will Fire and his crew do now that there's only one Beast of Legend to find? And how will Cornelia react to her Legend form? Last chapter coming up folks!
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