Hi guys. Chapter 10 is finally up. I hope you enjoy it. The melee fighting will be in the next chapter but since I'm not good at fight scenes, it may take a while to get finished. Anyway, read and review!
The next day, as soon as the bell rang for the last class of the day, Hilary followed Marie out of the class, with the Bladebreakers right behind her.
"Marie, I know we've been on rocky terms lately, but I'd like a chance to clear the air. I want you to come with me to the park. My friends from out of town are going to meet me there and I'd like you to meet them," Hilary said.
"Alright, sure," Marie said.
"Can we come and visit too?" Tyson asked, looking at Marie hopefully.
Hilary turned to the red-head and shook her head in refusal. "This is a girls-only meeting," she said.
"Why girls-only?" Marie asked.
"Because the boys would only serve as a distraction and I want you to get to know the girls without any undue interference," Hilary answered.
"I guess that makes sense. Sorry guys," Marie said, giving the Bladebreakers an apologetic look.
The boys looked crushed, and trudged away out of the school.
"Don't feel too bad Marie, you'll see them later in the evening," Hilary said, smiling.
"You're right. Well, let's go," Marie said.
When the two got to the park, Mariam, Mariah, Emily and Julia were in fact waiting.
"So you're the infamous Marie Hilary has told us so much about," Emily said.
"You're certainly a looker, I'll give you that much," Mariah added.
"Well, thank you," Marie said, smiling at Mariah.
Enjoy the compliment bitch, because that's the only good thing about you the pink-haired blader thought.
"And who are you?" Marie asked Julia.
Julia didn't pretend to be nice and was glaring at Marie. "My name is Julia. I've been waiting to meet you."
And beat you to a pulp, you beyblade stealing slut! She added in her mind.
"So, what are we going to do today?" Marie asked.
"We're going to find out just what the hell you did to the Bladebreakers!" Mariam yelled.
"What are you talking about?" Marie asked.
"Sorry Marie, but this isn't a social visit, it's an interrogation," Hilary said, her eyes now hard.
"Girls, I seriously don't know what you're talking about," Marie said.
"Oh really? Then can you explain why the boys have basically become your love slaves?" Mariah asked, her eyes narrowed as well.
"Love slaves? They just really like me is all," Marie said. Nervousness was beginning to creep into her voice.
"No, they don't just like you, they are infatuated with you to the point of neglecting their beyblading duties. Also, before you came along, Tyson loved me, yet when you show up, he forgets I exist and his whole world revolves around you!" Hilary said accusingly. At this point, she was trying to keep herself from crying and showing weakness.
"And it's not just Tyson! Hilary tells me that you've been kissing MY boyfriend Ray too and you're gonna pay for it!" Mariah said.
Marie's demeanor seemed to change and she smirked at Hilary. "So that's what this is about. Well it's not my fault the boys took such a liking to me."
"Like hell, it isn't! Wasn't it you who said that the boys fell for you 'as if they'd been given a love potion'? Marie, I'm just gonna come out and say it. I think you're a witch, and you're gonna tell us what you did to the boys, one way or another!" Hilary said.
Marie laughed at the indignant girl. "Hilary, I knew you'd catch on. You were right; I'm not a normal girl, although I'm not a witch by any means." She then turned to the rest of the group. "Unfortunately for you, there's nothing you can do to break the spell I've cast on the Bladebreakers."
"That's what you think! You're a beyblader, aren't you? We challenge you to a match! If we win, you undo whatever spell you've cast on the boys!" Julia said.
"But isn't four against one a little unfair?" Marie asked.
"Don't care! Take out your beyblade, now!" Mariam said.
"Alright, if that's really how you want to settle it."
Marie, Mariam, Mariah, Emily and Julia all took out their beyblades.
"Let it rip!" Julia said.
"Trygator, go!" Emily said.
"Thunder Pegasus, get her!" Julia yelled.
The two blades slammed into Marie's, pushing it back. Marie's blade went back and around but was intercepted by Sharkrash and then slammed into by Galux. Though knocked back, the black blade showed no sign of fatigue. The four blades surrounded Marie's going in a circle.
"Sharkrash, Abyss Fire attack!"
"Galux, Mountain Cat attack!"
"Thunder Pegasus, Toda La Fuerza!"
"Trygator, Alligator Bites attack!"
Thunder Pegasus was suddenly surrounded by lightning and slammed into Marie's blade. Soon after, Sharkrash was surrounded by fire and attacked in the same way. Trygator's attack power was increased and slammed into Marie's blade as well. The blade seemed to be off-balance, so Galux took the opening and launched into the air, coming down on top of Marie's blade hard, then bouncing off and landing upright, still spinning.
Marie's blade was almost on its side but was still spinning erratically and when Marie narrowed her eyes in concentration, the blade somehow righted itself.
"A valiant effort girls, but I guess it wasn't enough," Marie said.
"Alright, I've had enough of this!" Mariam said. "Sharkrash!"
The bit-chip began to glow and a vortex of white light shot up into the sky. When it dissipated, the blue, armored shark appeared.
Mariah, Emily and Julia all followed her lead and called their bit-beasts as well. Marie didn't seem to be fazed by this turn of events. In fact, she smirked.
"Impressive, but let's see if they can stack up to my bit-beast."
"So you do have a bit-beast! Just another in a string of lies, huh Marie?" Hilary said.
"I suppose it is, but that knowledge won't help you now." Marie turned her attention back to the battle. "Lilith, come forth!"
The black blade's bit-chip began to glow, but instead of white light, the vortex that emanated from the blade was crimson red. When it finally disappeared, the girls gasped in shock at what was before them. A beautiful, naked woman with very long dark red wavy hair split down the middle with one end covering the entire front part of her body and the other end going down her back. She had two gigantic bat-like wings sticking out of her back and framing her body. There was also a long scorpion tail sticking out of the small of her back and it was wrapped around her waist.
"What kind of bit-beast is this?" Julia asked.
"This is a succubus. A female demon that is able to put men completely under her control. She gives me the power to put boys under my love spell. Historically, a succubus would drain a man of his life energy for sustenance, but my bit-beast feeds off the sorrow and hatred of humans. I go in, make boys fall in love with me and then once I've had my fun, I leave them high and dry, devastating them and giving Lilith more power. It's even better if I break up an existing romance because Lilith then has the despair, anger and resentment of the scorned female to draw from as well as the boy's eventual heartbreak."
"So you cause heartbreak and misery just to give your demon more power? Well, that stops here!" Mariam said. "Sharkrash, attack!"
The beast charged at Lilith but the demoness flapped her wings creating a gale force wind that blew Sharkrash back and it slammed into Trygator. Lilith flew up and stared down her opponents.
"Thunder Pegasus, shoot her down!" Julia shouted.
The winged horse charged up lightning in its mane and a ball of electricity formed in its mouth which then shot forward as a beam toward Lilith. The demoness flew away from the attack. Galux tried a leap attack, but she dodged again.
Lilith looked at her opponents and a devious smile slowly crossed her face. Her scorpion tail twitched and before any of the girls or their bit-beasts could react, it whipped all four of them in a straight line. The hit was so powerful that the bit-beasts went back into their beyblades immediately and the blades themselves stopped spinning.
Mariah, Mariam, Emily and Julia looked at their beyblades in shock.
"It looks like I've won," Marie said with an evil smile.
"Why is your bit-beast not back inside its blade?" Hilary asked.
"Well you see, I know that somehow, you Hilary, were able to at least temporarily break my spell over Tyson, and I can't let you interfere with my plans. So I've decided to kill you and your friends and Lilith will allow me to do that."
The demon seductress growled and her eyes glowed red. Marie began to glow as well. The sky darkened. Images of her began to spread out to the left and the right until there were a dozen of them and then the glow left and standing in front of the group were 13 identical girls.
"What the hell?" Mariah asked.
"If you think making more of yourself is gonna stop us, you're wrong!" Mariam said.
"Oh but these copies are not ordinary," Marie said. The 12 duplicates opened their mouths in malicious smiles and revealed sharp fangs. "These copies are vampires and they will drain you of your life energy."
Hilary got into a jujitsu fighting stance. She didn't know that's what she was doing, she was merely copying what she'd seen on many action movies.
"We're not going down without a fight!" she said glaring at Marie.
Marie laughed. "If you think you can defeat them, go ahead and try, but I'll tell you now, it's a pointless exercise. You're merely prolonging the inevitable."
"We'll see about that!" Julia said, her fists up and ready to fight as well.
The other girls got into fighting stances of their own and prepared to face off against the copies. They weren't sure if they could win, but they were going fight like hell trying.