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Chapter 19: Perfect end to a Perfect Day

Me and Chris bolted up the stairs with Swift running beside us at our pace so he could explain.

"Sclera decided to show up, in person this time."

"But even if he was a good fighter, we could beat him with sheer numbers, right?" I asked.

"Oh, did I forget to tell you? He brought friends." Swift said sarcastically. Exploding through the front door, we got to see how many "friends" Sclera brought along, and there were plenty. We were met with a huge army of destructive, skilled, tiny…mecha chao. I didn't know if it was supposed to be ironically funny or a slap in the face. They spanned my entire field of vision, and I could see my friends scattered among the monstrosities, them being taller. Each of them a cold silver color, along with piercing red optics that made each look demonic. Instantly a group of them turned and charged at us, following a set attack pattern that had been wired into their A.I.

"Chaos Soul: Activate!" Swift and Chris morphed in an instant and tore me away from the battle. Sonic set me down behind a nearby bush so the robots wouldn't see me.

"Stay here, I'll try and find Nika." He assured me and ran off at top speed. I sat there, listening to the deafening noise of the robots clanking metal; though not for very long, I couldn't stand feeling useless. I snuck along the tree line, trying to see Nika through the foliage. I didn't see her with anyone on the field; it made me a little nervous. Without warning, a few of the mecha chao set their sights on me, their optics glowing red. I froze, I didn't know if I could take them, but that just gave them the chance to pounce. They rose into the air, landing on my legs and back as I tried to run. They were heavy, made to slow someone down. Then, one of them bit down on my leg, it was painful! They were not sharp teeth though, more blunt, made to squeeze and not tear. I collapsed to my knees, trying to pry it and the others off of me, but it held strong. I looked for some sort of weapon I could use against them, but the most I found was a measly twig. I yelled, even though I shouldn't have, because that would attract more. I closed my eyes and tried to get up, but my leg felt like it had cramped up to the highest degree. I closed my eyes, waiting to black out from the intense pain…but just like that, it was gone. A huge sigh of relief came from my body as I looked to find the source. And there he was, Gale, holding the creep by its little chao tail. He flicked it away effortlessly. He held out his hand and helped me up, my leg throbbing immensely.

"Where'd you come from?" I breathed.

"Where else? The forest." He answered, "Where is Nika?"

"I don't know." I replied. He ruffled through his pockets, and pulled out a chaos emerald. He then whistled a three note tune, and in an instant Crimson was there.

"Where did you get that?" the dark chao asked.

"I found it in a tree hole; it makes me wonder why Sclera hasn't been searching for these things."

"What are we waiting for, then!" Crimson complained. Gale sighed and held the chaos emerald to his morpher to recharge it, pressed the side button, then the silver one…

"Chaos Soul: Terios! Gale yelled and transformed into Shadow. He swiftly picked me up bridal style and ran into the forest.

"I thought the battle was the other way?" I said, puzzled. Shadow was silent, I had no idea where he was taking me, but I couldn't object because we were already there. In a small clearing, Fiona was having a staring contest with Sclera. I had never really seen him up close, so it was kind of scary to see him. He had bright yellow eyes that shone like moonlight, and his pupils were very light, so light that it almost seemed he had none. He had Sonic like spikes and yellow highlights on them. You could see his evil smile piercing though the shade of the trees, he had two power bands like Shadow, but none one his feet, which wore plain grey boots. He had a long dark jacket on, with grey camo pants and a plain black shirt. After I noticed this, I looked at Fiona, who was breathing heavily, her body heaving up and down to take in air. Next to her I saw Nika, also breathing hard, whereas their adversary looked perfectly fine, even comfortable. He glanced at me and Shadow, then back to Fiona.

"Well" he said in an almost gentlemanly tone "it looks like the cavalry has arrived. It doesn't matter to me though; I have plenty of time to play with you all." He was teasing us, daring us to come at him. Even so, none of us moved, and I could barely hear the sounds of breathing anymore. I was staring at Nika, willing her to look at me, if only for an instant…but no luck. Out of the blue, Sclera closed his eyes, which seemed to darken the rest of the clearing.

'What is he up to?' I thought. Then his body started to glow white, and his silver power bracelets turned black. 'We're in trouble…' was the only thing that crossed my mind as all three of us were blown back by the force of his transformation. I landed in the bushes, the twigs catching my clothes and making a scratchy landing. Sclera had turned white, and was glowing like crazy. I looked around; Nika had been blown in my direction, so f reed myself and limped over to her, ripping my clothes in the process. Nika's eyes fluttered open, and smiled when she saw me.

"How long have you been here?" she questioned.

"That doesn't matter, are you ready to kick some tail?"

"Always." I pressed the side button, and then the center one started glowing, I pressed it. The pain from my leg vanished, as well as my scratches from the bush, I felt my body changing, a familiar sensation to me now. When it finished, I searched the clearing for my friends. I found Fiona in a stream a little ways away, and Shadow not much farther.

'We're doomed,' Nika said. That's all anyone had time to say before Sclera charged at us, hovering a little above the ground.

"Chaos Control!" I heard Shadow say behind us as we were transported. I didn't know where he was taking us; I didn't know what was going on. We reappeared in the middle of the clearing, the mecha chao still after our friends. We took out the ones around us to make some room.

"Krystal!" Fiona called, I turned to face her. "I know him from somewhere, the eyes, the face, I have seen him before, I just can't remember where!"

"Wait, who does, Talia or Lina?"

"Lina!"

'That can't be…there are no mobians on Earth anymore.' I thought.

'Maybe he isn't a true mobian.' Nika thought. We kept fighting off the mecha chao, punches and kicks were flying everywhere, but the army never seemed to get any smaller.

"Where is Sclera?" Shadow yelled.

"I don't know, but I hardly think we lost him." I replied.

"You didn't." as if on cue, there he was hovering above us as we fought off his army. With one wave of his hand, the optics of the robots went black, they were powering down. Sclera lowered himself and faced Fiona again. "You are to come to my base alone three days from now. If you bring any friends I will not hesitate to destroy them, I have been making it easy on you for now, but disobey my orders and I promise you, you will pay for it."

(A/N: OOOOOOOOOHHHH! Exciting huh? Anyway, thank you NintEnzo for giving me Gale's battle cry! that is all i have to say.)