NightWarriors: The Battle Against Time

Part 2 of 3

By JJ

Author's Note: All Darkstalker characters are copyrighted to Capcom. This whole story line is fictional and fan based nothing more. This story is for my Mom, Roberta B. Rivera rest in peace.

JJ's timing was just right. The blade of his sword broke into pieces. This made TJ think he had won, but the fact was JJ had something up his sleeves. Suddenly as the blade broke, there was a great power build up. His sword's true blade came out, with the force of his sword awakening; the dark energy ball TJ fired at him was cancelled out. TJ was enraged at what just had happen as he clenched his hands hard. His eyes became a bright red as he instantly vanished, to just reappear in front of JJ.

JJ has never seen someone that moved so fast. He was too slow compare to TJ's speed. He just flew back and rolled backwards after he hit the ground. He didn't even see the attack TJ just did, as he slowly stood back up; TJ hit him again with out mercy. JJ flies further right into a near by building. TJ laughs some, "How does it feel to know I will kill you and all that is important to you?" JJ arose out of the building; this made TJ stop laughing.

Before JJ could figure out which way is up, TJ struck him down. He hit the ground and creates a small crater. He screamed in pain, this brought TJ great joy and pleasure. He picked up JJ from the crater just to punch him in the stomach then kicked him away. JJ rolled across the ground, when he stopped he held his stomach; the force of TJ's punch made him throw up. TJ looks over at Felicia and walks over to her. He picks her up by the throat and smiles evilly.

JJ struggles to get on his feet. Then he realizes TJ had Felicia by her throat. He yelled at TJ, "LET HER GO!" TJ looks back at his brother, "Why would I want to do that, this is your only true weakness, my dear brother. So I will exploit it." Morrigan fired a Soul Beam at TJ; she was in the shadow once JJ made himself appear she was scared of showing herself until now. She had enough of TJ and wanted to end the fight and save her only friend. TJ stopped the Soul Beam in midair, "What a fool you are, Morrigan." He raised his other hand towards her, "For you interrupting me twice, I give you to death as a present."

Three energy beams powers up around his hand, "Tri-Star Beam. NOW DIE, MORRIGAN!" The Tri-Star beam flew towards Morrigan, too fast for her to block them or dodge them. Before they hit her JJ got in the way and took her hit. He hit the ground hard and caught up blood. It seems that this attack had done in JJ for good. JJ moves slightly and TJ was enraged by this, by all means JJ should be dead. JJ slowly gets back to his feet, "How…how did you survive that attack that I seen you get hit by from Zero?"

TJ laughs some, "So you want to know, my dear bother. Well then I will tell you…"

As the portal closes behind JJ, Zero was happy with what he has done. He disappeared in a flash. TJ opened his eye and got to his, "Fool, you make sure your opponent is dead." He places his hand where he was hit by the blast. He disappeared to only reappeared about 50 feet from the base. He slowly walks towards the near by city, as his wound slowly heals itself. He wasn't happy about taking a hit from Zero and was going to plan his revenge along with his plans of world domination.

JJ gasp some as he struggled to stay on his feet, "I couldn't even survive something like that." TJ gathered all his energy together; "I can arrange your death, my dear bother." JJ should have kept his mouth shut; he didn't have any energy to fight back. TJ's last attack took a lot out of him. JJ stood there barely able to stand as TJ fire his final attack, "Dark Fury!" His attack flew towards JJ; the dark energy was two large rays of beams that twist in the air as they flew towards him. JJ breathing began to slow down and time itself seem to be slower then normal.

This large of energy spelt the end of JJ, then suddenly he heard a familiar voice, "I love you, my son. Live and carry on for me." JJ let out some tears, "Mother…." Time just suddenly stopped completely. He was standing there in complete emptiness. Before him was a young woman in her 20s, with long brunette hair, tan skin, hazel eyes, and short in height. JJ stood there in shook he knew who this woman was, she was his mother. He just collapses on his knees as he began to cry, "This can't be happening, not again, not now. I can't go through this again."

His mother walks over to him and kneels down, she hugs him so tightly, "My son, my loving son. How I long to hold you again. I waited to be with you again." He was shaking he hugged his mother back and all he could get out was, "Please, don't leave me…" His mother smiled some, "I never left, I was always with you. I have been in your heart this whole time. Stand my son, be strong." JJ stood up, "I don't know about this." His mother slapped him; he rubbed his face, "Owe, what was that for?" His mother simply replied "Forgetting all I taught you." He rubbed his face, "Still, was it that necessary?"

His mother just raised her hand and JJ flinched, "Ok, ok. I will use what you taught me. Press on in all the hardships and what ever life throws at you, remember that there is someone that has it 10 times as bad as you." His mother nods, "Right and remember, I love and I will always be here for you." She begins to disappear, he reached for her, "Don't go, not yet, please." His mother smile was all the was left before she said in the wind, "I must, and it is not your time. Fight hard and believe in yourself. I believe in you, except the strength I have given you in your life and use that. Good bye, my son." JJ yelled at her, "NO, PLEASE, MOTHER!"

A massive burst of energy came out of JJ before he was hit by TJ's attack. He cries, as he screamed, "NO, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" TJ was shocked, "What is he doing, this energy couldn't be coming out of him, there is no way." JJ fell to a knee as he covered his face as he cried. TJ looked at him, "What are you doing? This is not the place or time to cry, but I will make you cry for something." He aimed his hand at Felicia; "I will kill the one you so deeply love. I will kill, Felicia." JJ clenches his hands and just appeared in front of TJ's aim.

TJ was caught off guarded by what he just did. TJ coughed up blood as he was punched in the stomach. JJ had tears running down his face, "How dare you." He opened his hand and fired a single shot of energy of protons into TJ. TJ stumbled backward, "You bast…." Before he could finish his sentences, JJ punched him in his face. TJ stumbles again, but before he could recover, JJ fired a large beam of pure light energy at him.

When the beam hit TJ, he was sent flying. JJ was hurt by this attack but just struggled it off. TJ's skin was burned off some, "How dare you, injury me." JJ held out his right hand and his sword flew to his gasp. TJ was too injured to fight back, he gets to his feet and JJ kicked him down. His eyes were filled with hate. TJ just laughed, "Come on, end my life. Become like me, I see that rage and hatred towards me, so just end it." JJ clenches his sword and brought it up to end TJ's life. TJ knew if JJ did this, he would heartless. He would a monster and he would have no hope of becoming human again.

JJ thrust his blade towards TJ's heart, but before he could pierce TJ's heart; he heard a faint stop. He stopped and saw Felicia moving some. He groped his sword and ran over to her, "Felicia." He knelt down to help her up as she said, "Please, don't give in to what he wants you are better then that I know you are." JJ looked at her, "How long did you know I was here?" Felicia smiled as she looked up, "By your sent." JJ smiled and hugs her, "Felicia…I love you."

TJ slowly got up, "How touching. NOT! You let your guard down, dear bother. For now I can kill you with your own sword." JJ looked back at him, before he could grab his sword away from TJ. TJ grabbed the sword, but his victory was short lived. The sword began to electrocute him with very high levels of protonic energy. TJ dropped the blade and scream in pain as he stumbled backwards, "You win this time brother, but when we meet again. You won't be so lucky." TJ called for his sword and it came to him. He grabbed the hilt and disappeared in a flash of light with evil laugher filling the air.

JJ clenched his hand hard, but he stopped when he felt Felicia's paw grabbed his fist. He looks at her, "You ok?" She nods some, "I will be fine, but there others, they need our help." JJ nodded, "You are right." He went over to Donovan and checked his pulse; "He is alive, just barely." Felicia screamed in horror, when JJ heard the scream he turned to her, "What is it?" Felicia cried, "He got John, with a silver knife. We are too late, he is dead."

JJ goes over to John, "John, come back to us." Just then the symbol of destruction appeared, there was a bright light from John was his injury faded away. JJ just said, "Mom?" Felicia looks at him, "What is it?" He shakes his head, "Nothing, just someone close to me seems to want John to stay here." Felicia looks at John as he begins to move. He open his eyes slightly, "Where are am?"

JJ smiles at him, "Well you where in a fight and I came here just in time to save you." John notices JJ, "YOU AGAIN!" Felicia calms John down, "Not now, John. Ok?" John just huffs some, then looks away. JJ placed him on the ground, then notice that Mai-Lee and Hsien-Ko missing, "Has any one seen the Ghost twins, and I mean Mai-Lee and Hsien-Ko."

Felicia shakes her head, "I can only remember that they where here, and now they are not." She took a heavy blow so she couldn't remember that she saw TJ take Hsien-Ko away from Mai-Lee. JJ notice Anita was knocked out, he walked over to her and picked her up, "John, take Donovan. I know of someone that can help us." John looks at him, "And who are you to give me orders?" JJ looks back at him, "I am the only answer to all this madness, is who I am, John." John knew he was right, but he didn't want to admit to that. John picked up Donovan the best way he could and followed JJ, as he began to walk towards the city.

JJ knew of only one man that would help him. The only friend he knew he had, a mad scientist by the name of Doctor Nick Lanner Knowbell. JJ stopped looks back where they were; Felicia asked him, "What is it?" JJ looks at her, "Morrigan, she was here. But she is gone." Felicia blinks some; "Morrigan was here?" He just nods and leads Felicia to the doctor he knows. Since they where in the U.K. still, JJ knew where they would be able to find him.

Taking about ten hours and thirteen minute, they finally reached the one doctor JJ trusted. JJ looks up at the doorway. John looks at him, "I am not having the best feeling about this place, vampire. You sure about this?" JJ just walks up to the door, John growls softly to himself. JJ knocks on the door, the best way he can, since he was holding Anita still. A voice from behind the door orders, "I.D. yourself or leave." JJ sighs some; "It is hard to I.D. myself since you might not remember me, Doctor Knowbell." The door opens and Knowbell came into view; "I know of only one person in this crazy world that world see me as a doctor still."

JJ nods his head and smiles, "Only because you are still a doctor in my eyes." Knowbell laughs some, "Come in then, bring your friends too. Though, what is it that you need me for?" JJ lifts up Anita, "For this child and her adult companion, they need your medical help." John in his werewolf form still came into Knowbell's sight. He screams in terrier, "WEREWOLF!" John sighs, "Still not use to that." JJ shakes his head, "Calm down, ok. He is on our side." John looks at him and blinks some; he was surprised at what JJ said. Now he thinks he might be too hard on JJ.

JJ places Anita down and goes to Knowbell, "Please just treat them, then we will leave." Knowbell nods and goes to examine Anita and Donovan, after John places Donovan down. John steps away and stands near the door. Felicia wasn't notice because she decided to be her cat form and she stays near JJ. All three of them waited until Knowbell was done with his examination. He turns to the three, "The male has it the worst, but I can treat them." JJ nods at him, "Good, please do."

Knowbell started work on Donovan, trying his best to keep him alive. He looks back at JJ, "This will be awhile, so go sit or do something." JJ nods and takes John along with Felicia in her cat form to a different room. He sighed some as they enter the other room, "Still can't wrap my head around how TJ is alive." He was trying to keep Felicia from remembering how he mentions his mother. Felicia turns into her cat-girl form, "Not so fast, I heard you say something about your mother." JJ sweat drops some, "Ok…Ok, Felicia. I will tell you about my mother."

The year is 2006 August 09th, after being the strong stubborn woman JJ's mother was. She let her family know she was dying of breasts cancer. The outlook didn't look so go; five years of not doing anything about it was her's and her doctors' secret. She was lying there on the hospital bed. She looks at her son, "JJ, I want you to remember something. I love you and I will be with you always. Be strong, meho. I need you to start taking care of things." JJ tears up some, "Mom, you are strong I know you can beat this. You have to stay. I don't want you to have your life end like this." His mother sighed some, "Meho, listen. I am sorry for being so hard on you, I am sorry for anything I did wrong and I am sorry for everything that I have done to hurt you. I love you, meho." JJ kisses his mother cheek and hugs her, "I love you too, mom." Five days later on the 14th of August 2006, JJ lost his mother.

Present day, JJ begins to cry and Felicia tries her best to confront him. She holds him close and rocks him back and forth with him. She hushes him and kisses his forehead some, she was tears up by this. She never knew that he lost his mother. She was slightly jealous that he knew his mother and was raised by her. She never knew her own mother, but she knows that she just shakes off this jealousy.

Knowbell heard his story after he was done fixing up Donovan and Anita. He tears up some and sighs some. He left Felicia and JJ alone, "So sad." This day was hard on everyone, but no one had it as hard as JJ had. The pain and sadness of the lost of his mother was still fresh to him. The pain of his mother's death and him never getting the chance to say good-bye to her or hug her one last time. This haunts him to this day, but one day he will get over it. He loves Felicia, but she is kind and understanding to his pain. She would wait until he heals to express her love to him.

To be continue…

Note: On August 14th, 2006 Roberta B. Rivera finally went in the arms of her lord and saver. About four years later the pain of never saying good-bye does aunt me, but I press on. My mother, Roberta, died of breast cancer, would a cure have saved her? Maybe, but that is the past and this is the present, more has to be done to get a cure for cancer. I promise myself once I have the money, that I will devote time and money to the cure of all cancers. Because no one needs to go through the pain and sadness like I did. To you, my mother; I love you and miss you everyday. But I know you are in a better place. I want all my reads to do something for me, hug your mothers and tell them how much you love them, because like my mom said, you don't know when it will be the last time you hug and say I love you to that person. So in short show your mothers some loving and hug them. And tire not to fight with them so much.