Chapter 22:
A/N: Just so you all should know, these Guardians, Matt, Caleb, and Blunk in this chapter are fakes. More like energy clones. And just so you should know, the six hybrids have normal human-like hands with fingernails that allow them to climb trees and stone surfaces. They walk on their hind legs now. But, they can walk on all fours to run quicker if need to. Their bodies are more like the bodies of Gargoyles. And I'm talking about the ones from the Disney show. If you need to know what they look like, go to YouTube to find out. Angelo, Joel and Micheal will have the build of Goliath, while Alchemy, Cassidy, and Nerissa will have the build of Angela. All six of them have their normal faces and hair mind you. Angelo and Micheal have dreads by the way.
And now back to the story!
There the Hybrids were, ready to fight the ones they faced when they were ten years old!
"What are they doing here?", Alchemy questioned as the seven Humans and Passling stood there ready to fight as well.
"I don't know!", Joel said. "And now isn't the time to ask questions!"
"I say we fight and send them running!", Micheal said.
"But they have powers like us!", Nerissa said.
"And we're older now!", Angelo said. "We each can take one of them each if we take to the air!"
"That could work!", Cassidy said. "Two of them can't fly!"
"Then let's go for it!", Micheal said as he took to the air.
The other Hybrids took to the sky as well hoping to lure the Humans that could fly into chasing them. Sure enough, the Guardians and Matt flew after them. The Hybrids then splitted up in different directions each with someone after them. Will went after Joel, Irma after Cassidy, Taranee after Alchemy, Cornelia after Angelo, Hay Lin after Micheal, and Matt after Nerissa. Caleb and Blunk followed after Matt as he was chasing Nerissa. But before they got far enough, a ankylosaurs swung it's tail and accidently hit Caleb and Blunk sending them flying hard towards a set of rocks making them blow up into two things of dark violet smoke!
"Now that's weird!", Nerissa said as she was flying towards the mountians that kept the dinosaurs in the valley they lived in. "Well, at least now I only have one of them chasing me!"
Nerissa looked back to see that it was Matt who was chasing her.
"But why did it have to be him?", Nerissa questioned with worry as she was flying away from him.
As she all got further away, Skrag flew behind Matt, at a distance. Aquos and Terros saw this and flew after him.
"What are you doing, Skrag?", Aquos asked as he and Terros flew with him.
"Keeping up with the one known as Nerissa!", Skrag replied.
"Why?", Terros questioned. "Isn't the copy of that Human suppose to catch her?"
"No.", Skrag said. "Just corner her so Master Dragas can step in."
"And save her!", Aquos said figuring things out. "Now I see Dragas' plan! He's using the copies of those Humans to scare the Hybrids!"
"Namely Nerissa.", Skrag said. "Dragas will fly in and save her and talk her into joining her."
"Think it'll work?", Terros asked.
"As long as Draganos stays out of the way, yes.", Aquos replied. "And with that pineapple Tarka dropped among his food, he'll be sleeping for a while."
"And with the other Hybrids busy with those other copies, Nerissa will be all alone.", Skrag said. "Alone for Master Dragas to turn to his side."
"And where do we come in?", Terros asked.
"We make an appearance when the time is right.", Skrag said. "But we have to be close by to do this."
"Then let us make haste!", Aquos said. "Dragas will want us on time!"
The three of them picked up the pace to be there for their master when he made his appearance to Nerissa. As for the other Hybrids, they had problems of their own.
Alchemy vs Taranee
"Whoa!", Alchemy yelled as she dodged one of Taranee's fireballs. "That was close! I have to find a way to beat her and get back to the others!"
Alchemy then remembered that she was flying over the forest. A smile grew on her face as an idea popped in her head!
"I got it!", Alchemy said as she turned to face Taranee while flying backwards.
"Catch me if you can!", Alchemy teased before she formed a fireball in her hand and threw them at Taranee.
Taranee quickly dodged the fireball only to see Alchemy dive down into the forest. Wasting no time, Taranee dove after her! Once down in the forest, Taranee was scanning the area looking for Alchemy. Suddenly, she was hit by a fireball which sent her falling to the ground! After gaining her senses, Taranee looked up to see Alchemy hovering in the air looking down at her.
"What's the matter?", Alchemy questioned in a teasing tone. "To hot for ya?"
Taranee quickly flew after Alchemy as she flew away from her! Knowing the forest well, Alchemy was able to manuver she way through there. Taranee on the other hand wasn't doing so well as she was hitting a random branch every now and then. Suddenly, another fireball came flying at her! Taranee dodged it quickly! But when she looked forward, Alchemy was gone! Taranee looked around but didn't she her! But Alchmey could see her as she was flying right at her from up above! Once she was close enough to her, Alchemy ignited herself on fire making herself look like a giant fireball!
'I'm glad our garments don't burn up when I do this!', Alchemy thought to herself as she kept the fire going.
By the time Taranee saw her it was to late! Alchemy hit her and they both hit the ground! Once they hit the ground, Taranee blew up in a puff of dark violet smoke! Alchemy looked at the smoke as it went into the air vanishing slowly.
"That was weird!", Alchemy said. "The last time they were here, they didn't turn into smoke when they took a hard hit! Something isn't right here! But right now I have to find the others!"
Alchemy then flew off to find the others as fast as she could!
"I just hope they're doing okay!", She said as she picked up the pace!
Micheal vs Hay Lin
Micheal was taking Hay Lin on as he was flying at her trying to ram her. But she was just as quick, as she dodged his advance and followed with a kick which sent him tumbling a little.
"Stop doing that!", Micheal snapped as he turned around and glared at Hay Lin.
Hay Lin said nothing as she smirked at Micheal. Micheal was about to attack her again when he remembered something that Draganos taught him once.
If possible, use your enviroment to your advantage, in battle.
"Now how do I do that when I'm in the middle of the air?", Micheal asked himself as he hovered in the air.
Micheal then looked up at the clouds the moved slowly through the air.
"I got it!", Micheal said with a smile.
He then flew at Hay Lin at great speeds! But instead of trying to hit her, he flew right by her fast enough to make her spin a few times! Once she balanced herself, she saw Micheal fly into the clouds. Hay Lin wasted no time flying after him! Micheal looked back to see Hay Lin follow right behind him through the clouds.
'That's it.', Micheal thougth to himself as he kept flying. 'Just a little bit more!'
Once thought enough clouds, Micheal flew down through them, with Hay Lin right behind him! Once in clear skies, Micheal quickly shook the water he got on him, from the clouds, off. Hay Lin, on the other hand, kept flying at him at great speeds. Micheal saw this and smiled.
"Perfect!", Micheal said as she hovered in the air.
Hay LIn noticed that Micheal had stopped flying and stopped herself. When she did, she noticed that some water was dripping off of her. She then saw that Micheal was taking a deep breath. Once he had inhaled enough air, Micheal blew it out at Hay Lin! Once the cold air hit her, the water on her began to freeze quickly! Once her wings froze, she began to fall to the ground quickly! Micheal dive right after her to make sure his plan worked. Once far enough, Micheal watched at Hay Lin crashed to the hard ground and blew up into a cloud of dark violet smoke!
"Wow!", Micheal said as he saw what happen. "Was that really a Human? Doesn't matter right now! I have to find Nerissa!"
Micheal then flew off in search of Nerissa, hoping that she was okay!
"If she get's hurt, I'll crush whoever hurts her!", he said as he flew through the sky.
Joel & Cassidy vs Will & Irma
Will and Irma were flying around searching for Joel and Cassidy, not knowing where they were hiding. But Joel and Cassidy were in a bubble underwater. A bubble Cassidy made so the two of them could stay underwater until they came up with a plan.
"We can't stay here forever!", Cassidy said. "We'll have to leave sometime."
"I'm thinking! I'm thinking!", Joel said as they looked up to see Will and Irma fly by. "My attacks would do some damage if I could hit them!"
"But they dodge your attacks!", Cassidy said. "That's why we're hiding now!"
"I know! I know!", Joel said as he looked at Cassidy. "And they dodged your attemps at freezing them!"
"If only we could get them to stay still long enough for us to hit them!", Joel said as he was thinking. "Wait! That's it!"
"What's it?", Cassidy asked.
"I know what to do!", Joel said.
Flying above the water, searching for Joel and Cassidy were Will and Irma. Suddenly, Joel shot up out of the water, surprising the two as they turned around to face him.
"Looking for me?", Joel asked with a smirk as the two Guardians looked at him.
'That's it!', Joel thought to himself. 'Keep your eyes on me!'
Just then Cassidy slowly stuck her head out of the water. She then took aim and shot a beam of ice at the two freezing them! Once frozen, Joel fired two powerful beams of energy at the two of them! Once they hit, the ice they were trapped in shattered and the two of them blew up into two clouds of dark violet smoke.
"That was weird!", Joel said as Cassidy flew up out of the water.
"Yeah!", Cassidy said. "I don't think Humans turn to smoke."
"What every they are, we have to find the others and help them!", Joel said as he and Cassidy flew off to search for the others.
"Right behind you!", Cassidy said as she fell with Joel.
Angelo vs Cornelia
On the ground, in the middle of the valley was Angelo and Cornelia fighting hand to hand. They were either blocking or countering each others attacks. Angelo, taking a chance, hit Cornelia with a telekinetic blast, sending her flying a few feet away from him.
'She tough!', Angelo thought to himself as he stared Cornelia down. 'But why isn't she using her powers? From what Joel told me, she had the same powers as me!'
Cornelia suddenly ran at Angelo and did a flying kick, that he dodged easily and followed with a swing of his tail and hit her, sending her flying several feet!
'So, why isn't she using her powers?', Aneglo thought to himself. 'Unless... she doesn't have any powers!'
Taking a chance, Angelo struck his right hand into the ground and focused his energy. Suddenly, a large dirt hand came out of the ground and grabbed Cornelia before she could fly off. Angelo then had the dirt hand pull Cornelia into the ground. But once she was pulled neck deep into the ground, she blew up into a thing of darl violet smoke!
"Okay.", Aneglo said with a raised eyebrow. "That was weird. That black winged human didn't do that when me and Joel beat him. Oh no! Nerissa!"
Angelo then took to the sky in hopes of finding Nerissa!
Nerissa vs Matt
Flying as fast as she could, Nerissa flew up and through the mountians, of the valley, in hopes of getting away from Matt. But no matter how fast she flew, he was right behind her!
"Why can't I shake him?", Nerissa questioned as she turned around and fired a ball of electricty at him only for Matt to dodge it. "Go away! Leave me alone!"
Not knowing the mountains there, Nerissa nearly clipped her right wing on a jagged rock!
"That was a close one!", Nerissa said as she kept fly! "There has to be a way to get away from him!"
Nerissa then saw a narrow passing that was slim enough for her to go through.
"That can work!", Nerissa said as she flew towards the passing.
Once close enough, Nerissa folded her wings so she could go through the passage. Once though it, she spreaded her wings and continued to fly! Nerissa then looked back and saw that Matt wasn't flying behind her.
"Ha!", Nerissa said thinking she lost him.
But when she faced foward, there was Matt flying right at her!
"What the..."
Before she could finish, Matt struck her with his tail and knocked her onto a cliff! As she slowly got to her feet, Nerissa saw Matt land in front of her.
"Why are you chaasing me?", Nerissa questioned as she had her hands charged with electricity. "What do you want from me?"
Matt said nothing as he walked towards Nerissa as she backed away from him. She would of tried to fly off, but she was afraid that he'd blast her like last time. But the more she backed away, the more she was getting to the wall of the mountain the cliff, they were on, was attached to. Before she knew it, she was against the mountain wall with Matt walking towards her getting closer and closer. He was only a few feet from her when the nightmare she used to have came flooding back to her! She then let loose a powerful blast of electricity at Matt.
"GO AWAY!", Nerissa yelled as she let loose her attack!
The attack knocked Matt back close to the edge of the cliff! But he didn't go over the edge as he stopped himself from falling.
"I'm not afraid of you!", Nerissa snapped as her hands crackled with electricity. "I won't let you take me away!"
"And neither will I, young dragon!"
"Huh?", Nerissa questioned looking around.
Nerissa then looked up to see Draganos flying down in his Hybrid form in front of her facing Matt.
"You've bothered this dragon for the last time!", he said before firing an energy blast from his mouth.
Once the blast hit Matt, he blew up into a thing of dark purple smoke.
"And that is that.", Draganos said as he turned to face Nerissa. "Are you okay, young one?"
"Thanks to you I am, Dra-"
Nerissa paused as the sun came out from the clouds to shine on Draganos, only to show that it wasn't Draganos! He looking the way Draganos did when he took his Hybrid form. Only he was black.
"You're not Draganos!", Nerissa said as she backed away slowly.
"No young one.", the black dragon said. "I am Dragas."
A/N: Well, it loks like Dragas' plan is going as planned so far! Question is, will he get what he wants? Read on to find out.
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