THE ELEMENTS PART FIVE: THE DEMON CHAPTER ONE
"Hello. Are you going to challenge me? I wish to have a match with you, a real one," the demon smirked. Tom looked as Kristalla gradually walked away from the four. "It is okay, human. You may run away to find your friends. You have no power. The four, they have powers. The Elements are their power. Are we going to fight here? We can go anywhere."
"Where do you want to go then?" Tom asked. "We'll go anywhere in Perim to vanquish you."
"That is good to hear, Earth. You have quickly rejoined the group, I see. I have been observing you for an entire sun now, and the four of you make a wonderful team. I hate to code you so quickly," the demon smiled. He seemed to float above the tile floor as he moved towards them.
"Where do you wish to go, Earth? Or do you have a perfect location, Water. You are very headstrong, yet the group belittles you constantly. Do you really wish to stand by their sides as they murder me?"
"Every moment," Sarah said sternly. "Peyton, the Mepedian desert?"
"Sounds good to me," Peyton grinned. The four ran to port out of this area and into another, the demon close behind.
"You can never escape me. It is only us now, you, me, and your spirits waiting to move on to another world."
The four ported out and looked around the desert. The demon had not yet found them, so Tom created a large mountain with many caves. Sarah filled many with water and Peyton caused a fierce wind to blow through certain areas to hinder the demon if they had to hide there. They all then pulled up the file with their power background on their scanners.
"Peyton, Kaz, and I can create vortexes with each other's powers, and you can add boulders to it, Tom. We could use that to vanquish the demon," Sarah whispered. Tom shook his head.
"He's got better powers than us. We have to outsmart him, just like we would in a match, except that this really is life or death," Tom said sternly, listening to the sounds of the desert. No one moved as a breeze started a dust devil. It coiled around a cactus and became solid. The demon had arrived.
"Your planning is useful, but will it prevent you from perishing in my snow storm?" the demon called to them. Suddenly, they were inside of a blizzard and their scanners would not function. Kaz made fireballs in his hands and the group stayed warm while Tom created a tall cave to prevent the snow from reaching them.
"I hope this helps," Tom whispered.
"Nothing will help you fight me," the demon smiled from across the room. "I am Chaotic. I am the game, and you can do nothing to me that I have never experienced. You have no power here, only in your own world, but there you cannot fight me."
Kaz smirked quietly to himself as he superheated the rock above the demon. He then sent a powerful wave of fire that turned the rock into molten lava that fell onto the demon. The liquid rock was quickly cooled, however, and the demon was frozen inside of a tomb of lava.
"Quick, before he teleports himself again!" Peyton screamed. Tom sent huge boulders into the mass, Sarah and Peyton created a water spout, and Kaz watched as the demon's dematerialized form rose out of his lava cocoon. Kaz hit him with a fireball, knocking him to the ground.
"You are worthy opponents, but can you find me in Perim?" he asked, disappearing completely.
"Great, now we'll never find him," Kaz said hopelessly.
"But Kaz, we weakened him. He called us worthy opponents, and worthy opponents can fight the force opposing them. All we have to do is plan while we search. Where can the demon gather the most power to heal him?" Sarah asked. The group thought on her question a moment, then Peyton gasped.
"The magic school! That's where we got our powers, and that's probably where he got his!" Peyton exclaimed. The group nodded in agreement, turning to their scanners to port there, but it was dead.
"Looks like we get to walk," Tom whispered. Sarah smirked.
"I can create a river and you can help make a raft out of logs. You can create trees," Sarah smiled.
"Ooh! And I can make wind to go even faster!" Peyton yelled, echoing in the chamber.
"Come on, Major Tom, get them trees a-growing!" Tom nodded at the idea and thought of creating trees. Suddenly, a sprout began to grow from his fingers. He watched as it became a full-grown tree, and it was surprisingly light to him. He created another in his opposite hand and grew the two large enough to hold the group. He then made the trees die, making them into hollowed logs that would float. He used his vine snare to wrap around the trees, holding them together. His large raft was then complete.
During this time, Sarah was creating a river. Using hers and Peyton's mental maps of Perim, they concluded that the forest and the magic school were directly west, approximately ninety degrees to their left. Sarah then created a raging river towards the spot, and the river carved a perfect path through the cave wall, the desert, and everything else in its path. Once the path was completely stable, she slowed the pace of the water to where it was not dangerous, then she was ready. The group then lifted the trees into the water and slowly began their trek towards the forest. Five minutes into the journey, Peyton's stomach let out a gigantic growl. He laughed nervously, embarrassed in a way, and looked up to Sarah.
"Is there anything we can do to get this show on the road?" he grinned. Sarah looked to Tom.
"Use your vine snare to weave a sail. Then create another sapling as a mast," Sarah offered. Tom nodded and quickly weaved a long sheet made of vines. It acted much like a cloth sail, but it was greener. With Peyton's help, Tom created the mast and attached the top part using his vine snare. The raft was then ready, and Peyton created a strong yet gentle wind to guide them upstream as fast as possible. Soon, desert changed to a mountain range, then distinct hills and valleys, and then a rolling prairie, and further brought them to a vast, green meadow, and finally, to the forest near the magic school. The group then lit the raft on fire and made the river disappear. Tom restored the land to its original position, and Peyton led the way to the magic school to fight the demon like a warrior.
