CHAPTER 18
Much later, it was early in the night as Nack and The Raiders were wandering around the Tech City Cemetery looking for the demon.
Razi placed a hand to his forehead as he walked with the rest of the group. "How could this have happened?"
"Yeah, Razi", Maxcell spoke when he turned to the beaver. "I thought you had full control of that thing?"
"I don't know what happened. He just went berserk."
"And took that diamond", Nack added bitterly.
"It's not my fault", Razi spoke out.
"It's totally your fault!" Maxcell shouted. "Now we're out looking for the diamond and the demon!" He began to slap and punch Razi.
The hits Maxcell inflicted on him didn't hurt him severely. They were just light hits but Razi tried to stop him from hitting him, "Hey! Don't hit me!"
"You deserve it, you little weirdo!"
"Razi had then began to hit him back, "Who are you calling a weirdo?"
"You! Weirdo!"
Zena turned to the two who were slapping at each other in annoyance. "Oh give me a break."
Damon couldn't help but to chuckle in amusement as the sight of them fighting. "All right! Nerd fight!"
In aggravation, Nack walked over to the two and pulled them from each other. "Hey! Break it up!"
Razi pointed at Maxcell, "He started it."
All Maxcell did was flash his middle finger to him.
"I don't give a damn who started it!" Nack shoved both of them to the side and walked away from them. "We should be worrying about one thing and that's finding that demon."
"But what'll happen when we do find that thing? You saw how fucking big he got and how he threw that hedgehog and demon around like rag dolls", Zena spoke.
"She's right", Damon added. "If they didn't have a chance with it then what chance do we have with it?"
While Nack was thinking, he had suddenly heard voices coming near them. He looked around until he saw Shadow, Ker, and Tikal walking around the graveyard. He panicked and had hoped that they hadn't spotted them yet. He looked over to a huge bush across from them. He practically pushed everyone behind the bush, "Get down!"
Damon peeked through the bush as he watched them walk around like they were looking for something. "What are they doing here?"
"They're probably looking for that demon without a doubt." Zena turned to Nack, "What do we do?"
"We let them find that demon for us", Nack replied with a smirk.
Tikal looked around the dark cemetery, "Are you sure that demon's around here?"
"I'm positive. I feel it", Ker spoke as he continued to look around.
Shadow stared at the black crossbow Tikal held in her hands. "Where'd you get that?"
Tikal looked down at the crossbow that she had in her possession. "Oh this? Rouge gave it to me."
Shadow lightly sighed and rolled his eyes, "Should've known." He suddenly saw Ker stop in his tracks.
"Hold it", Ker had spoke.
Shadow and Tikal had immediately stopped walking and looked at Ker in concern. "What's wrong?"
"Shadow, do you feel that?"
Shadow paused and concentrated on feeling the presence of the demon. "Yeah it's close."
With worry, Tikal looked around until she saw a huge tree being thrown in their direction. "Look out!"
They all scattered, making the tree miss them just in time.
Tikal fell to the ground after she had dodged the tree. She looked up only to find a tall, gray creature with multiple big spikes on its one shoulder. She studied his appearance more and noticed that he still had one arm. "Oh my…" Her body froze as she saw the demon eject a huge spike from his arm.
Ker saw the spike flying towards her direction, "Tikal, move!"
She shut her eyes tightly when she couldn't find the courage to move her body. She then felt her body being picked up and carried away before the spike had hit her. She opened her eyes only to find herself in the arms of Ker. She smiled in relief at the sight of him, "Ker, thank you."
He gave her a warm smile as he put her body back down to the ground, "Don't mention it."
Shadow stood next to the them and focused on the demon standing before them. He took his gun out of his holster and pointed it at him. Before he could fire his weapon, the demon had sent a powerful hit that was strong enough to knock him to a nearby tree causing him to drop his gun to the ground.
Tikal saw the demon attack him and shouted in worry, "Shadow!"
Ker glared at the demon and watched as he regenerated his arm. "Shit! He could grow his arm back!"
Tikal saw the demon regenerate his arm as well, "Oh no!"
Ker stood in a fighting stance, "We just have to weaken him like last time." When he saw Shadow charge towards the demon, he decided to do the same.
The demon saw Shadow try to hit him with his glowing green fist, but he easily caught his fist and sent him flying back.
Tikal raised her crossbow and started to fire at the demon.
The arrow pierced into the demon's body but it seemed like it didn't take any effect. The arrows were stuck in him but it didn't slow him down.
Ker fired his handgun at him multiple times, but the more times he fired, the close the demon got to him. It was only a matter of time before the demon sent a powerful punch to the side off Ker's head. He fell to the ground while dropping his gun.
When Shadow saw the demon reach out to Ker, he came back towards him with another powerful punch.
The demon turned to him and suddenly shot one of its spikes into Shadow's shoulder.
Shadow fell to his knees, holding his bleeding shoulder in pain.
A worried look formed on Tikal's face when she saw the demon grab Shadow and Ker around their necks. "Shadow! Ker! No!"
Ker and Shadow struggled to get out of the demon's grip but he was too strong.
The demon gripped around their necks tighter suffocating them.
Tears swelled in Tikal's eyes as she witnessed the horrific sight. "No!" She raised her crossbow back at the demon. "Leave them alone!" She fired more arrows into the demon's back but he wasn't even flinching.
The demon made a deep and menacing laugh, "It is useless."
Tikal fell to her knees and dropped her crossbow to the ground as tears streamed down her cheeks. She placed her hand to her forehead while she looked down onto the ground. "No", she sobbed. "They're gonna die and I can't help them." She suddenly saw a bright yellow light down on the ground in front of her. She looked and saw her crossbow giving off a gold glow. She watched as the black crossbow turned golden. "What is…" She slowly picked it and stood from the ground while holding it.
The light was so bright, it was blinding the demon making him drop Shadow and Ker to the ground. He tried to shield his eyes from the light. "What is…that light?"
Shadow and Ker strained their eyes while looking into the light.
"Tikal?" Ker called.
Shadow strained his eyes trying to find Tikal. "What's going on?"
When the light had dimmed, Tikal had stood there dressed in her old tribal attire. She studied at how she was dressed in disbelief. She wore a white tank top, a tan, red, and green tribal skirt that passed her knees by only a little, white sandals with white straps around her feet and legs, and she wore golden tribal wear around her head, neck and arms. "My powers…I feel them. My powers…are back…" She fixed her eyes to the demon and raised her golden crossbow at him. "I have my powers again!" She held the crossbow tightly in he hands as she aimed it at the demon. She placed her finger on the trigger, "Eat this, demon!" When she pulled the trigger, a golden arrow had shot into the demon's chest.
The arrow was shoved so deep, it pierced though the demon.
Ker thought it was the perfect opportunity for Shadow to attack the demon, "Shadow, now!"
Shadow picked his handgun off of the ground and pointed it at the demon. He shot three rounds into the demon's chest. "Take cover!"
They all took cover as the demon's body exploded from the inside.
The demon's insides had scattered all over the ground.
As everyone looked at the blood all over the ground, they spotted the huge diamond laying in the grass.
"There's the diamond!" Shadow exclaimed.
Before Ker could reach out to it, another hand had suddenly snatched it before he did. "What?" He looked up only to find the diamond in Maxcell's possession.
The chipmunk had handed the diamond to Nack. "We'll be taking that."
Nack held the diamond tightly in his grip, "I believe this belongs to us."
"Give that back to us!" Ker demanded.
"Sorry detectives, but we have big plans for this baby."
Shadow gritted teeth at the weasel, "Bastard!"
"Until next time, fools!" Razi threw down a small silver metal ball. When the ball hit the ground, a thick cloud of smoke had surrounded The Raiders.
Shadow tried to stop them but after when the smoke had cleared, they had mysteriously disappeared. "Damn! They got away!"
"And they still have that strange diamond with them", Ker spoke nervously. He turned to Tikal who was now wearing her original green suit.
Tikal stood beside the two, "It doesn't matter. What does matter is that the demon is destroyed and we're all okay."
Shadow made a nod as he agreed with her.
"Tikal", Ker spoke. "You saved me and Shadow."
A small blush had formed on her face, "I'm just so glad I could help."
"No" Shadow spoke. "You saved us and helped us to defeat the demon. Thank you."
Her smile had widened on her face.
"So", Ker began. "How did you suddenly get your powers to work again?"
Tikal shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. I just didn't want that demon to kill you and then everything just started glowing", Tikal explained as she began to walk out the cemetery with Shadow and Ker.
While not knowing it, a gray male fox with black hair who appeared in his late thirties wearing a matching brown suit was watching them from afar. He was standing on a tree branch while shuffling playing cards in his hands. "Well, well the detective team is still going strong. Interesting…"
Author's Note: Well it's a whole new year! Which means new resolutions and goals! This year I hope to continue writing and keep being inspired to bring you all many more stories! Cheers! And hoping for a good fresh year! Thank you all for your love and support!
In The Next Chapter…
Rouge: I can't believe this is happening…me…getting married!
Tonya: You're so lucky!
Tikal: You and Shadow must have been through a lot together huh?
Rouge: You have no idea…