RISE OF LIGHT
Chapter 5
Part 1
Daniel's Scene
Daniel ducked his head and sprinted into the cover of the trees when he heard Vertrex shout.
"Light Barrage"
Obviously he was trying to give him, Kayla and Sophia cover while they made it to the cover of the trees. So he stayed down as beams of light flew randomly as he realized that Vertrex was spinning on the spot to make this kind this kind of wild firing. Then the beams stopped coming as he realized that Vertrex must've made his own move to the nearest cover.
After a few seconds he heard footsteps coming towards him. He thought quickly and decided to attack when the chance was right. So he waited patiently for the right chance. When the unknown dark user was only a few meters from him, he jumped out from behind of his tree and yelled as he pointed his hands at the dark user.
"Fire Dragon"
A fire beam burst from both of his hands just as the dark user, who had reacted very quickly to this sudden attack, too shouted as he pointed his hands at Daniel.
"Dark Blazer"
A dark beam erupted from his hands and as the both beams collided in the centre, both users were buffeted a few steps backwards as their powers exploded. Smoke hung around them from the explosion, hiding them from each other's view which gave Daniel time to decide what was going to do next.
Daniel thought quickly as the smoke slowly cleared. He realized this fight won't be as easy as he first thought it would be, realizing that the dark user is strong in power as well. Just as he was deciding on wheatear to try and hide somewhere else when suddenly the dark user jumped through the smoke as he hit Daniel squarely in the chest with his right hand.
Daniel made a small sound in pain as he was blasted backwards off his feat but landed back on them but before he could try to make a move the dark user again hit him but this time with his leg, kicking Daniel in the head sending him flying again.
Daniel grunted in pain as he landed on the ground roughly after being kicked in the head. The dark user was about to hit him again but this time he had the time advantage. He jumped back onto his feat and pointing his hands at the attacking dark user he yelled.
"Dragon Firewall"
Fire burst from his hands and hit the dark user in the chest. The moment the fire touched the dark user the fire suddenly engulfed the dark user in flames. The dark user screamed in agony as fire ripped at his skin. Then he jumped away from the flames which died away quickly and the moment he landed he pointed his hands at Daniel and shouted.
"Dark Blaster"
A high beam was blasted from between his hands and hit Daniel in the chest. Daniel didn't have enough time to avoid the beam and now he screamed in anguish as he felt the terrible power of the beam which blasted him a few meters backwards until finally slamming him into a tree. Daniel slumped to the ground with a grunt of pain, quite unable to move his body from the sudden pain he had felt from the shocking attack.
Daniel continued moaned as he thought his back was on fire and looking at how much pain he had dealt to the dark user compared to how much the dark user had dealt to him realising that these dark users are professionals. He looked up at the dark user who was slowly drawing closer towards him with an evil grin on his face.
"It hurts doesn't it?" the dark user said and he laughed with no humour in his laugh. "Let me put that misery of yours out quickly- oh!" the dark user exclaimed when Daniel suddenly started to rise from his slumped position.
"I'm not dying now nor will I ever die from evil gits like you!" Daniel roared before launching himself at the dark user totally surprising the dark user.
Daniel roared "Dragon Fist" and hit the dark user in the face.
The dark user yelled in pain as he felt the hot fiery power as it touched his face. He then was blasted away off his feat by the sheer force that was behind Daniel's attack and landed hard on his back a few meters away. He jumped to his feet clutching his face while screaming in agony as he felt his skin burn.
"You!" the dark user spoke menacingly pointing a shaking finger at Daniel "You will pay for this you insolent fiend!" he roared with rage.
"The only fiends here are you and your friends!" Daniel roared back and pointing his hands at the dark user he shouted "Now take this!"
After a few minutes of struggle Daniel realised he was getting weaker. At this rate he knew he won't be able to handle the enemy on his own. Now he hoped that the others were doing their best as he continued to struggle against the dark user. He now wondered what Vertrex was doing as he was the only one among them who was stronger than them all.
Kayla's and Sophia's Scene
"What was that?" Kayla asked Sophia when she heard a loud explosion sounded a couple of meters from behind them.
Sophia also looked over her should briefly before turning back to facing the two dark users. She realized that one of the boys was having a big battle with one of these dark users.
"Girls" the dark user called for their attention "Don't forget that we are your opponents. So prepare yourselves!"
The other dark user said in a mocking tone "But no matter how much you prepare yourselves, you will never win so I suggest you give up already if you want us to spare your lives."
Sophia sniffed scornfully. "What a big fat lie that is!" she said derisively.
The dark users shrugged their shoulders now looking more menacing than before.
"We thought we could give you the chance to surrender but I guess there's no option but to wipe you off the face of this world." the dark users said sneeringly.
Then both the dark users shouted as they raised their hands at the same time pointing at Kayla and Sophia.
"Blazing Dark Blaster"
Two dark beams burst out of both of the dark user's hands and the beams soared towards Kayla and Sophia. Sophia and Kayla reacted quickly, shouting their own beams while at the same time raising their hands pointing them at the dark users.
Kayla shouted "Fire Dragon"
Sophia shouted "Water Dragon"
Fire beam burst out of Kayla's hands while at the same time Water beam burst out of Sophia's hands. Their beams flew towards the oncoming beams and to their surprise their beams converged to form the united attack
Sophia said quietly "That's the 'Steam Burst Dragon' attack."
The 'Steam Burst Dragon' collided with the dark beams and for a few seconds before the beams struggled to decide which beam was stronger than the other before both beams disappeared.
"We did it." Kayla exclaimed in delight but Sophia didn't share it. She was observing the dark users intently as she was wondering what they were going to do next after seeing this amazing display of power.
The dark users smiled for a brief moment as they were taken aback at this sudden turn of events but now realising that they don't need to hold anything back they shouted.
"Dark Burst Dragon"
Two beams, much darker than before, were sent towards Kayla and Sophia.
Kayla and Sophia wordlessly used the same combo as they did previously.
"Fire Dragon"
"Water Dragon"
The two dark beams collided with the 'Steam Burst Dragon' for a few seconds when suddenly the dark beams ripped through the 'Steam Burst Dragon' beam as they hurtled towards Kayla and Sophia.
Kayla and Sophia didn't have enough time to avoid the oncoming beams. Kayla and Sophia screamed in pain as the two beams split, each hitting a person. Kayla and Sophia were blasted backwards few meters. They landed heavily on their backs and they started to scream in agony as the searing pain of the dark beams finally got to them.
The dark users were laughing horribly at Kayla's and Sophia's pain. They seem to enjoy the pain that was causing Kayla and Sophia to act to wildly.
"Anyone who gets hit by the attack 'Dark Burst Dragon' will feel pain that is unimaginable." One of the dark users said with a smile stretching over his mouth.
"Had enough or do you want some more?" the other dark user said as he to smiled at the pain that the girls were feeling.
Then they both continued to laugh loudly when suddenly they stopped laughing in surprise. Sophia had risen to her feet and so did Kayla. Even though they were in intense pain they would never give up, no matter how difficult the situation might be.
"It'll take more than that to take us down." Kayla said through gritted teeth.
"That's right. No matter what it takes, we will defeat you." Sophia shouted.
Then Kayla pointed their hands at the dark users while Sophia plunged her fist at the ground as they both shouted.
Kayla: "Fire Blaster"
Sophia: "Smashing Ground"
Kayla fired a huge fire ball at one of the dark users who took the blow without even attempting to avoid the attack. The dark user screamed in pain as the fire ripped at his clothes and burned the exposed bits of skin.
Sophia hit her fist against the ground very hard. Suddenly the ground beneath them started to shake when suddenly the ground ahead of her started to pop out long spikes out of the ground as it hit the other dark user. The dark user jumped to avoid the things that were popping out of the earth when suddenly one of them popped out and hit him straight in the head. He grunted in pain as he fell on the things that had come out of the ground.
Kayla and Sophia looked at their work with a grim smile etched on their faces. They were quite pleased with them selves but suddenly both the dark users stood facing them, anger quite evident in their faces.
"You little fools" A dark user shouted at them menacingly
"Now you've done it. I'll kill all of you!" the other dark user roared.
"That's not going to happen!" Kayla shouted and Sophia baked her up "It's you who will perish instead!" Sophia shouted.
"Big words but lets see if you will be able to achieve it!" the dark users roared and with that Kayla and Sophia continued to struggle against
After another few minutes of this struggle, Sophia and Kayla realised that they don't have much energy left to continue this struggle at the current rate. Kayla was hoping that Daniel would win his fight and come and save her before its too late. Sophia on the other hand was wondering what Vertrex was doing. She just hoped that both Daniel and Vertrex were doing well in their fights and that they will come to their rescue before it's too late.
At that exact time, Daniel was also wishing that he could get help from anyone.
Vertrex's Scene
"Light Saviour" Vertrex shouted.
Two beams burst out of his hands and hit the two dark users who were attempting to trap him.
The dark users yelled in pain as they were blasted in mid air but they landed back on their feet. They straightened up and faced Vertrex who looked angry.
"Your strong young light user." One of the dark users said to Vertrex.
Vertrex shrugged the complement away like it meant nothing to him. "Why are you complimenting me about how strong I'm at using my light powers when both of you are dark users?" he asked them irritably.
"Hey, we are not like our comrades who don't value how powerful our opponent really is." The shorter dark user said indignantly
"We're just impressed with you fighting use both when your friends are struggling to fight with only one opponent." The taller dark user added in.
Vertrex gritted his teeth. "That's probably because those other dark users are stronger than you idiots." Vertrex said angrily.
"Hey! We're trying to kill you but damn you're totally good at both defence and attack." The taller dark user said smiling at him.
"The way you're trying to get at me is very stupid actually." Vertrex told them.
"Whatever." was all that the smaller dark user said before shouting.
"Celestial Darkness"
A huge beam was blasted from his hands which soared towards Vertrex who simply dodged it by jumping into the air. The taller dark user took the opportunity to fire his attack at Vertrex while Vertrex was still n mid air.
"Dark Zapper"
Dark lightning was fired from the taller dark user's hands but Vertrex shouted his own attack at that exact time.
"Light Flash."
For a second Vertrex was visible then suddenly he disappeared and the 'Dark Zapper' soared away into the air while on the ground the dark users exclaimed Vertrex's sudden disappearance.
"What?" the taller of the dark user exclaimed then suddenly Vertrex reappeared in front of him.
The taller dark user opened his moth as he prepared to shout 'Dark Shield' but it was already too late.
Vertrex shouted "Spiral Masquerade"
Vertrex started to punch the taller dark user rapidly here and there for a few seconds before finally with his last punch he sent the dark user flying.
The dark user grunted in pain as he smashed into a tree while the smaller dark user shouted an attack at Vertrex.
"Dark Imprisonment"
Vertrex was suddenly surrounded by a round black barrier which kept him getting outside. Vertrex shouted "Fist of Light" and punched the barrier with no avail.
"Damn!" Vertrex cursed. "What is this?" he asked the smaller dark user who was helping the taller user into sitting up.
"It' called the 'Dark Imprisonment'. It basically imprisons anyone the user has used it upon and the imprisoned person has no way of breaking out of it." And he smiled at Vertrex.
"Dam it!" Vertrex cursed again then suddenly he felt something strange.
"What-!" Vertrex said when he suddenly felt a strange feeling but before he could try to find out the taller of the dark users spoke to him.
"So … even you've sensed it ah" he said and laughed. Vertrex looked at him, a little puzzled.
"What?" Vertrex asked the dark user.
"Your friends I mean." The dark user said finally and a chill replaced the anger he had been feeling for a while.
"What about them?" Vertrex asked him quickly, dreading the worst.
"Oh they're still alive. Still kicking those stubborn fools." The dark user said.
"But it's only a matter of time now before they're history" the shorter dark user said.
"No..." Vertrex said quietly.
"Give up light user. You'll never make it to save your precious friends. Never!" the taller dark user told him.
"NO!" Vertrex suddenly roared. "I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!" and with that he started to roar his lungs out trying with his might to break free of this imprisonment. His friends meant everything to him and he won't let them die that easily.
"What's with this power!" the smaller dark user exclaimed looking at Vertrex in awe. The taller dark user was also looking at Vertrex's struggle at trying to break free of the imprisonment.
"RAAAAHHHH!" Vertrex roared, his power growing in power causing the imprisonment barrier to struggle to hold the amount of power Vertrex was unleashing. Suddenly the imprisonment broke and all the power that Vertrex summoned exploded into the air, causing dust to rise and buffet the dark users.
"Ah damn." the smaller dark user shouted as the dust slowly cleared. "He broke free of the imprisonment with just sheer power but that's impossible."
The taller dark user was thinking about the same thing but he had felt something strange about the light boy. When the boy was summoning all his power, he had felt something strange, a power that resembled like that of the power of darkness that the Dark Master controls, emanating from the boy.
Now as the dust cleared he saw the boy clearly. Hair shrivelled which was covering his eyes and he wasn't looking at them but at the ground. The smaller dark user raised his hands but before he could say or do anything when Vertrex disappeared. For a moment there was silence except for the wind whistling when suddenly Vertrex reappeared right behind both of the dark users. He touched the taller dark user with his right and the smaller dark user with his left.
Vertrex said quietly "I don't have the time to play games with you." and with that he roared.
"Heavenly Shockwave"
Both dark users started to scream their lungs out as thunder went surging through their bodies, electrifying their body parts from functioning normally. After a few seconds the dark users stopped screaming. Vertrex released them and they thudded on the ground unmoving.
Now Vertrex looked up and sensed with great relief that his friends are still there. So he started to reach them before it's too late as he thought this before he dashed away
"Hang on everyone. I'm coming!"
Chapter 5
Part 2
Daniel's Scene
Daniel was breathing heavily as he struggled to continue the fight. He had used up his energy fighting for however long he has been fighting with this dark user. He could see the smile increase on the dark user's face at the lack of struggle Daniel was putting up. Daniel really thought this might be the last time he will see the world but he felt regret that he couldn't see Kayla before dying in the hands of this monster.
Suddenly Daniel saw the smile disappear from the dark user's face just when a hand grabbed his arm. Looking around he saw Vertrex standing there holding his arm and smiling at him. First the first time he thought Vertrex really is a hero. He just didn't know how glad he was to see Vertrex there standing right beside him against the dark user who had given him trouble for a while now.
"Looks like you've beaten my friend into a pulp." Vertrex said looking back at the dark user.
The dark user said nothing but before he could do anything Vertrex said quietly.
"Light Flash"
Vertrex and Daniel disappeared from spot which made the dark user puzzled. For a few seconds he couldn't tell where they were when suddenly he felt their presence again. So he headed the direction where their presence was located at.
Kayla's and Sophia's Scene
Sophia felt drained and so did Kayla. They used up their power too much and now they don't even have a reserve to help them defend themselves from the two dark users who were looking at them laughing.
"How does it feel to be powerless?" the one dark user taunted them as the other dark user laughed with no humour in his laughter.
Sophia didn't even have the energy retort. She looked at Kayla who was silently crying. Sophia felt sorry for her as she realised how much Kayla really wanted to see Daniel right then.
Suddenly someone materialised right in front of her and Kayla. She looked at the back of the person realising that it was Vertrex. Relief stole over the tiredness she had felt and looking towards Kayla she was happy to see that Kayla was also happy to see Vertrex there.
Vertrex looked over his shoulder at Sophia and Kayla and smiled at them. Turning back to face the two surprised dark users as they were surprised to seem him here.
"I guess my friends have tried their hardest to defeat you but I guess they still got a long way to go." Vertrex said smiling.
The dark users moved a few steps but in those steps that they took, Vertrex took hold of Sophia's and Kayla's arms and said quietly.
"Light Flash"
They disappeared just as he had disappeared with Daniel. For a few seconds the dark users couldn't sense their presence when suddenly they felt their presence again. Their presence was a few meters away from them. Not wanting to waste time they dashed towards the location that they have sensed their presence at.
Vertrex's Scene
"Are all of your ok?" Vertrex asked them as Kayla and Daniel hugged each other.
"We'll be fine once our wounds are healed but what about you?" Sophia asked him.
"I'll tell you once we're out of this mess." Vertrex said then sensing the dark users closing on them he straightened up to face their arrival.
Sophia gasped when suddenly three dark users appeared around them. Sophia tried to stand but Vertrex laid a hand on her gently pushing her back down. Then straightening up he looked around at the dark users as all of them looked eager to finish him and his friends off.
"I suppose you're desperate to try and destroy me and my friends I suppose." Vertrex said.
Sophia was looked around at the dark users, fearing that they've been surrounded. She thought Vertrex had a plan to escape from these fiends but it looks like Vertrex has just signed their death warranty.
"We're going to live." Vertrex said reassuringly to Sophia. She looked at him but was speechless for words.
"This is getting boring." One of the dark users said.
"Yes it is. Let's end it!" another dark user said
The three dark users shouted different attacks at the same time.
Dark user 1: Dark Meteor
Dark user 2: Dark Blaster
Dark user 3: Dark Cosmic Blaster
Three beams were fired from each of the dark users but at the same time Vertrex shouted "Light Shield" as he spread his arms wide.
The three beams collided with the barrier protecting him and his friends. The barrier and the beams struggled for a few seconds before the beams and the barrier disappeared. Then Vertrex raised his hands and spoke at the same time.
"You have tried to kill my friends over and over again and now you're doing the same thing. You all will pay for that!" Vertrex shouted.
Vertrex clapped his hands together as he roared "Tera Force!"
A giant circle was drawn around them, encasing them inside the circle. Once the circle was connected, a wall of power started to rise from the ground. A wall of shivering power had risen where the circle was drawn. Then all at once the wall swept away from them, destroying everything in its path. The dark users were caught in this sweeping and they too disappeared as dust hung around them making it impossible to see.
As the dust cleared away after a few minutes, there were no signs of the dark users anywhere around them. Sophia was shocked at the destructive power that attack that Vertrex had just used.
Now Vertrex turned around to face them smiling. They realised that he was happy that the dark users were gone for good and they felt the same way.
"Phew." Vertrex sighed in relief at the disappearance of the three dark users. "Well, looks like the dark users underestimated their opponent." Vertrex said smiling at his group. They just looked at him in silence.
"Vertrex" Kayla began, drawing his and everyone's attention towards her. "So do we keep going towards the village?" she asked him.
"No not we wont … not in your current state anyway. Once you've all been recovered, then we'll get going to the village. That's a heavy beating you guys got yourselves so for now rest is the only option." Vertrex said.
They didn't argue but simply tried to get comfortable in the place they were in. Daniel noticed where they were. This was the place where they had split up to fight the dark users.
"We won't need to unpack our back to set up a camp or anything. I'll just get the mats so you can lie on it will you're recovering from your wounds." Vertrex said, sensing the question that was rising in Daniel's thoughts.
A few minutes later Daniel, Kayla and Sophia were lying on the three mats that Vertrex got from his, Daniel's and Sophia's bags. Then he too sat down with them and started to talk about how they handled the dark users until he had reached them.
While they were talking Vertrex sensed something sudden but the moment he sensed it was gone. He wasn't sure what it was but he knew he has to be more careful from here on as even he might be in trouble to help his friends if they were in the trouble that he had seen them in today against those dark users.
As Vertrex listened to their story, a mysterious figure was watching them out of the shadows of the trees.
END OF CHAPTER 5