Chapter 5: Equal Power For Equal Work

The girls stood beside Vince, ready to fight. However, it was not the form of a gang attack; instead, the monsters took turns attacking. Five of them attacked Vince, unknowingly making him stronger. Then, as his power built up over his limit, he released the red energy and transformed... into a purple beast with a long tail and two long, straight horns on it's head. He then took his own attack cycle, rushing forward and beating one of the main wyverns senseless. Calling to the girls in a growl, he told them, "Listen, if I die fighting, go into my bag and find a large, shiny feather and hold it above me. It will revive me." The sixth monster moved in and attacked Clover, instantly giving her the same power Vince had received. Noticing ths, Vince told her to charge her power and release it. Clover followed the instruction, and quickly released the red aura and called "Big Bang Crush!", then ran forward and released a lightning-quick barrage of fist attacks that instantly critically damaged the monster. Vince looked over to Clover, only to see more of the red aura trailing off of her. 'But how?', Vince thought, 'How does she have this much power?!' "Blondey, release your energy again!", Vince called. Clover wasted no time, having sensed the excess before. Quickly repeating the previous process, she took off into the atmosphere with a scream of "Comet Cruise!", and brought down a single punch with the power of a meteor on the same creature, killing it. The next creature sent a flying sickle at Sam, damaging her slightly. She too received the same power that Clover had, and, not wasting any time, quickly released her power with a cry of "Seeryu Death Tunnel!", instantly annihilating the nearest monster. She sensed her excess, and before Vince could tell her, charged her power and released again, calling "Keeryu Life Stream!";suddenly, a steady current of enchanted water came down on all four, healing them all.The next creature attacked Alex, and gave her the same power that her friends had received. Releasing her energy, she cried "Slash-Wave Tunnel!", causing a number of wind enhanced blades to rush at the wyvern, killing it. She quickly epeated the process, calling "French Chef Press!", Rushing foward and turning the next monster into thin slices. Vince followed suit and attacked with a blinding flare of massive explosions that decimated another creature. Then, from nowhere, he saw a second flash of blinding light; realizing that it was coming from his left side, looked that way to see the girls ascending into the air. With Sam's shield, Clovers hands, and Alex's sword in the air, a giant ray of light shot into the starlit sky above, transforming as it went into a large moon. The moon then turned backwards and came crashing down on the last of th wyverns, killing both. With the battle complete, the world once again contorted and returned to normal. Sam, Clover and Alex descended to the ground, the look of astonishment and awe on Vince's face awaiting them. "Come on! Let's not waste anytime; there may be more up there waiting for us. Let's move!", Vince commanded; the girls lost no time in obeying. As they began to run, the blades on Sam's shield retracted, Alex's sword created a sheath and latched itself to her back, and Clover's gauntlets fused into her hands and wrists. As Vince led the way, the girls came to a three-way silent conclusion: fighting in this world was more fun than doing so in their world. Vince thought silently to himself, 'Well, this could actually get interesting. I'll guide them for a little while at most. When they become strong enough to fight on their own, I will leave them and come back here.' As they wore off the last of the adrenaline that had pumped though their bodies throughout the battle, they silently hoped that there would be another soon.