Chapter 12 — Homeward Bound Disasters, Part 2
It took a while, but Dotty managed to use the Watcher device to track where the B-Jet was. It was flying at the northwestern point of the Amazon. She (along with Spunky, Canyon, Fancy, Hippity and Floppity) used the teleporter to regroup with the rest.
Within an instant, the Legendary 12 were back together again.
"Everyone okay?" Sweet asked.
"Yes." Dotty reported.
"Good." Sweet then dashed into the rainforest land, knowing how to get to the Amazon Base on foot.
"Shouldn't we make a plan first, before moving into unknown territory?" Mac questioned.
"Mac, this is the Amazon... Sweet should know exactly where he's going." Canyon pointed out.
Mac turned his head nonchalantly. "That's not why I asked. It's certain that we're gonna run into trouble, as we have at most of the other bases."
Mystic was using her crystal ball. "Trouble's what he have, alright... the inner portion of the Amazon is on fire, and spreading with every second!" Mystic alerted the eleven in attendance.
"The rainforest is burning?" Dotty exclaimed. "We can't let that happen! For one, that's where the base is... but what's worse is that if the fire spreads far enough, it's gonna feel like a hell on earth!"
"Floppity! Use your Whelmen spell with my tornado." Fleece initiated, generating the white whorl again, and sending it over the Amazon. Floppity used her top-level water spell with the tornado, creating a heavy rainfall to cool the flames once it got to the inner part of the rainforest.
"It'll get there eventually." Floppity announced.
"We're forgetting one thing, y'all..." Hippity said.
"What?" various L12 members replied.
"Sweet's in there by himself, and he probably knows by now that his old home is ablaze! He's gonna flip!"
"I know..." Mystic responded, "and here's more good news: Wrinkle and the rest of his gang are there too."
"Well, let's shut up and catch up!" Aurora stated, signaling the other ten to follow him into the rainforest, to get back with Sweet.
Wrinkle and his syndicate (except for Burn, Bruno and Reptilius) were already round the Tower (barrier-less) inside the rainforest. All of the running around was all apart of Wrinkle's plan: to stay out of surveillance of the Bean Titans, while keeping them busy with the scions. It was until they created another distraction with the Acolytes' help, by destroying the Aeons while Wrinkle could sneak into Sweet's domain undetected. The only thing left to do was to sabotage the Towers, starting with the one that stood on the "origin".
Wrinkle stood before his organization. "It is clear to me and to all of you as well, that victory is close at hand!" he said, raising his fist up to declare the victory. His allies joined him in this.
Suddenly, the fires around the base and the rainforest land disappeared.
"What happened to the fire?" Wrinkle questioned.
"You're gonna get some fire all right... RIGHT HERE!" Sweet (Legendary Power) yelled, punching Wrinkle with such force, that it sent the bulldog crashing through trees, far out towards the other side (east) of the Amazon.
"Holy crap..." Scurry murmured, looking to the direction where Wrinkle was hit into.
"I don't know if you guys know this or not... but you're threatening my home. I won't let you!" Sweet shouted, beginning to heavily assault Wrinkle's Syndicate with his Berserker Barrage—breaking out his metal claws from his hands and slashing swiftly and relentlessly at the twenty or so foes. They could not stop him from attacking; Sweet was quite driven.
Eventually, Sweet put them all into one pile, looking to finish them off. Reptilius suddenly appeared, in front of his comrades.
"Final Flash!" Mac entered, firing his bright yellow blast at the reptile, who held it in place. "Sweet, you don't have to do this by yourself..." Mac said, trying to get through to him.
Aurora jumped in second. "Aurora Blast!" (superior of Aurora Beam)
Third, Kuku. "Fulminating Darkness!"
Fourth, Mystic. "Graviton Blast!"
Fifth, Canyon. "Elecroclasm!"
Sixth, Fancy. "Maelstrom Bolt!"
Seventh, Spunky. "Giant Spike Rush!"
Eighth, Dotty. "Dimension Wave!"
Ninth, Hippity. "Cataclysm!"
Tenth, Floppity. "Tetra Genesis!"
And last but not least, Fleece. "Heaven's Wrath!"
Reptilius was on the brink of losing control of all eleven forces. If Sweet added his, he would be finished.
"We've said it before, Sweet." Fleece uttered. "Wherever you go..."
"We follow!" his eleven allies said at the same time.
Sweet nodded, feeling the unity between the group. "Thanks, guys. Now, let's finish this. Blazing Phoenix!"
"Legendary Blast!" shouted the 12 of them, as all of their moves converged as one.
"No!" Reptilius yelled.
The impact was made, creating a dust cloud. Afterwards, it was seen that the silhouettes of Wrinkle's Syndicate were floating away from the scene, motionless.
"Looks like they're done..." Spunky claimed.
Mystic double-checked. "Wait a second, guys..."
The Legendary 12 heard a familiar laugh. It was Wrinkle's, as he stood beside Snort (red male bull, one of his allies) when the rest of the dust cleared.
"Didn't I tell you all before? We are immortal, and there's no off switch for it!" Wrinkle said to them.
"How did you—" Sweet was cut off.
"I'll explain." Wrinkle uttered. "I knew that you couldn't destroy us, but just in case, I used a Protection Halo on my group—it's that ring you see around them. The Acolytes gave that to me... but the sad part is that it's a one-time deal."
"That's explains why they're safe, but why is Snort the only one you really saved?" Mac interrogated.
I used an Auto Phoenix to revive him... and for a really good reason. Snort, show them why."
"Yes, Master Wrinkle." Snort replied, biting his thumb to use a Summoning Jutsu. He placed it on a small pebble, and said, "Summoning Jutsu: Flaming Death Star" before tossing it up high into the air. After a couple of seconds, a gargantuan-sized purple flamed meteor floated in the sky.
"That... looks like trouble." Aurora stated.
"You are correct, sir! But, we're not done yet. Prepare yourselves for this one." Wrinkle suggested, pulling out the final red crest. "Scions of darkness, heed my call—for at your presence, all opposition shall fall. I summon the gate guardian of the great Dynast-King, whose scorching staff burns all with one swing. Erupt... Belias!"
At Wrinkle's command, a four-armed titan with a bright red torso and a flaming staff appeared. It had two "ram-like" faces.
"That's the last original scion." Dotty mentioned. "The esper of flame: Belias, the Gigas, who's related to Aries the Ram, as to its faces."
"I'm not done yet." Wrinkle said. "Allow me to explain. Belias here is powered by Snort's supergiant above us; he's now as strong as an Acolyte, and I doubt that you will be able to defeat him. Don't worry too much though, because the Flaming Death Star won't drop on us... in fifteen minutes. This puts you guys in a do or die situation... so what'll it be?"
Sweet stepped forward. "Wrinkle, you should know us better than that. The end will be just the same as San Francisco last time... we will stop you."
"We'll see. Belias, get on the roof." Wrinkle commanded the esper. Belias heeded, jumping very high and leaving a Heatwave behind—a transparent, but heavily heated force after jumping, depending on the air distance. With this jump, some of the rainforest began to burn again.
"Not again!" Floppity whimpered.
"Jeez... I wish we had more water power." Sweet murmured.
As a response, Mystic floated unintentionally and her horn glowed golden. Soon, after the last shine from the horn, Ears, Fortress and Crunch all appeared on the battlefield. Mystic dropped down on the ground; Aurora helped her back up.
"Okay, what just happened there? I'm not a genie..." Mystic said.
Mac turned to her. "But you are a magical animal." he told her.
"Thanks... I think."
Sweet analyzed the situation again. "All right then, since we're all here. Mac, Aurora and Ears: you're with me. We'll try to handle Belias. Crunch and Fortress: I'm trusting you two to handle Snort... and Fortress—I know that this is your first major battle, but try and work with us here, okay? *she nodded* Fleece, you lead the rest against Wrinkle. The clock's ticking... Titans, go!"
BATTLE 1: Crunch and Fortress vs. Snort.
While the Legendary 12 were busy previously, Crunch and Fortress have actually grown quite fond of each other, despite the differences between a unicorn and a shark.
Snort looked at Fortress. "I haven't seen your face before. I hope I won't be too rough on ya..." Snort said.
"I can handle myself." Fortress responded.
"Let's see if you can prove that. Blaze Blast!" Snort sent out a beam of fire at Fortress.
"I have just the counter for that. Water Release: Tearing Torrent!" Fortress rushed into the beam with her left hand first, as she had a spiral of water constantly generating in it. The effect doused the flames away and swallowed Snort in a sphere of water when she got to him, sending him backward before the water bursted when he hit the nearest tree behind him. Crunch stood back, seeing as Fortress had things handled.
Snort slowly pulled himself up. "No way..." he said under his breath, trying to catch it as well.
"Had enough?" Fortress asked.
"All right then. Try this one. Doom Flame." Snort said, without using any sort of energy to attack.
"You're not doing anything..." Fortress stated.
"I know."
Suddenly, a big flame dropped in from the supergiant in the sky, exploding on Fortress's back and knocking her down.
Crunch was alerted, jumping into the fight. "Aqua Jet!" Crunch yelled, using the [Pokemon] technique that is similar to Ears's Tornami Twister.
"Please..." Snort scoffed, punching Crunch in the face, knocking him back to Fortress's body. "Just give up, shark. I prefer to fight her anyways, at least, in the condition she's in now."
Crunch was standing back up, in front of his friend. "Over my dead body." he said, willing to protect her.
"Fine by me. Flame Whip!" Snort threw his arm downward, with a stream of fire following it, directed at Crunch.
"Crunch," called Fortress, as she saw the fire coming, "just move! You don't have to protect me!"
"I have to!" Crunch said, instantly ascending to his Metal Shark Mode, exhibiting his full power. "Scourge of the Seas!" he called out, as a massive, crushing current of water swerved in from the side. This feat put Snort out of commission and cooled off some of the burning Amazon, but it was at the expense of all of his energy. Crunch fainted afterwards.
BATTLE 2: The Legendary 12 and Ears vs. Wrinkle and Belias.
Sweet, Mac, Aurora and Ears caught up to Belias on the roof of the Tower. When the landed, however, Belias had already fired many Painflares at them—swift fireball-like blasts. Mac was caught off guard and hit by one of the Painflares, which was unusually unlikely.
"Those look painful..." Ears thought.
"They are... Mac hasn't recovered yet." Aurora replied.
"This oughta be fun." Sweet sacastically said, as Belias prepared to use his great Firaja move. "It's about to get hot up here... Ears, Aurora..."
"We're on it." Aurora said. "Aurora Blast!"
"Orb of Tornami, Ice!"
The rest of Titans saw this collision above, but then regained their focus, looking to finish Wrinkle quickly. They powered up fully and unleashed their best blasts. Some of which were improved: Hippity's Cataclysm to Terra-Cataclysm, Floppity's Tetra Genesis to Tetra Omega, Kuku's Fulminating Darkness to Morion Antumbra, Spunky's Great to Grand Spike Rush, and Dotty's new Alternate Dimension Wave.
Wrinkle saw this coming. "Typical. Reflective Wave!" Wrinkle said, turning the tables on the heroes.
"Psyshield!" Mystic quickly shouted, using her forcefield to protect her team. "We aren't falling for that again."
"Well, that's too bad... because I have something else up my sleeve." Wrinkle called out the word "Amplification", causing the reflected combined force to double in strength. This manuver broke Mystic's defense and caused the nine Titans to take severe damge. After the impact, the nine of them fell motionless.
Among the group of Titans, Fleece felt the most faint, feeling that she was going to die. When she closed her eyes, she found herself in a whole different realm. She was in the clouds, with the sun shining in the morning sky, standing over a verdant garden.
"Where am I?" she thought.
Fleece looked up to see an angel flying down to her, with something shining golden in her hands. "You are blessed, Fleece." the angel said to her. She handed the lamb what she was holding. It was the same golden feather that Fleece found at the Sky Base to heal Hippity and Floppity.
"What does this mean?" Fleece questioned.
"It represents you as the Blessed Angel..." spoke a deep, echoing voice.
Fleece was looking around to find out who was speaking to her, but could not find the male voice. She did find Ultima, floating nearby her. "Ultima?"
The scion nodded to Fleece and then pointed towards the sun, telling Fleece to look that way.
"Place that feather where it belongs on your body: the golden mark on your chest. You will know your true gift." the distant voice said again.
Fleece did just that, as a golden shine engulfed her and sent her back into reality. Her body glistened white.
Wrinkle's attention suddenly turned to Fleece, who was now floating in the air. She released a golden flash flare along with a great boost in her power—it was also her Salvation spell automatically taking place, revitalizing all of her allies. After that, the light settled down.
"What just happened...?" Wrinkle wondered, seeing that his enemies were 100% again.
He looked back up at Fleece, seeing her with a new image, while looking down at him. Her eyes were completely sky blue, her wool glimmered bright white, and she had golden wings. This was Fleece's Ascended Legendary level, Angel Mode. Her allies marveled at her sight as well.
"Unreal..." Sweet murmured, looking up to his wife.
"Galick Gun!" Wrinkle shouted, firing at Fleece. His blast vanished, as it got closer to Fleece; she was completely unharmed, still looking down on Wrinkle disappointedly. "Grr... Galick Gun! Galick Gun! GALICK GUN! GALICK GUN! GALICK GUN!" He fired five more times, each with increasing power. The first two vanished again... the next two, she avoided calmly by Flash Step... and the last one, she deflected with one bare hand. Wrinkle growled. "Why can't my blasts hit you?" he exclaimed.
"Don't you get it, Wrinkle?" Fleece asked. While she was in Angel Mode, her voice was calm, and it had a short reverberation effect as she spoke. "You have too much hatred within you. And for what... something that you couldn't get when you were young? *sighs* Allow me to free you for a while." Fleece then snapped her fingers at Wrinkle; she used her Stun Spark to instantly paralyze him.
Wrinkle tried to move, but failed. "What the...? What did you do to me?"
"It's as I said... allow me to enlighten you. Heaven's Shine!" Fleece replied, unleashing her intensified version of her Heaven's Wrath. It was a great and very powerful beam of blinding light.
"NO!" Wrinkle shouted, being hit by the intense light. Since he had a heart filled with malice, she condemned him to a year without confrontation, rendering him unable to fight after Heaven's Shine.
"You deserved that." Fleece said.
"Wh-wh... what did you do to him?" Sweet asked.
"Is that important right now?" she asked in return, pointing at both the Flaming Death Star and Belias.
"Never mind."
"We'll deal with the burning meteor now. You guys keep Belias busy." Fleece looked down at Floppity. She called her.
"Hmm?" Floppity acknowledged.
"I need you to use your Whelmen and Hurrigale on the supergiant, in that order."
Floppity casted those spells, as the water (Whelmen) engulfed the floating meteor and doused the flames, and the wind (Hurrigale) created a rainfall with the water, causing the whole Amazon to be cooled down again. This also weakened Belias, as the scion was under Immobilize when the fire on the meteor disappeared.
However, Belias was charging his Firaja move again.
"Not today!" Sweet yelled, jumping into the all-powerful move while exhibiting his full power. He too gained his Ascended Legendary level, Ryūjin Mode, as he was able to withstand the intensity of Belias's attack. Sweet grew a mane around his neck, flaming hair (similar to the shape of Renji Abarai from Bleach), and a flaming red dragon's tail.
Mac looked back to Fleece. "You guys might wanna hurry up... I don't think we may last."
"Hippity." Fleece called next.
"I'm on it." he replied, jumping up with as much strength in his fist as possible. "Meteor Crush!" Hippity hit the meteor so hard, that it was forced out into the atmosphere. The sky returned back to normal, and Belias was unable to do anything. The heroes were not through yet.
"Heaven's Shine!" Fleece said, firing towards the meteor.
Sweet put out his left hand at Belias and the other at the skyrocketing Death Star. "I'll do the honor of taking you as an esper, Belias. Welcome to the team. Dual Blazing Phoenix!" Sweet said, firing two of his signature blasts in both directions.
For one, Sweet defeated Belias and took the red summon crest. Also, his other Blazing Phoenix combined with Fleece's attack on the meteor, creating their Paradise Phoenix. It destroyed the gigantic rock when it reached outer space and created a fireworks show.
As the heroes earned their victory, Shockmutt secretly came and took Wrinkle and Snort. "They think they've won... no matter. They'll soon realize that this war is far from over." she thought, before disappearing with her associates.
Fleece's Angel Mode features faded, seeing that the battle was over. "Mission... completed." she murmured, beginning to fall down.
Sweet (also back to normal) used a Flash Step, to catch her. "You did great." he told her.
After the battle, all of the Bean Titans came out of the Tower, as it was now safe to roam. The Angels (the four bears) dispelled their barriers, and the data between all of the bases was successfully processed and shared.
Meanwhile, Crunch and Fortress caught up with each other after the battle. Fortress kissed his cheek.
"Whoa... what's that for?" Crunch asked, shocked.
"For protecting me."
"I thought you didn't want it."
"I know... that you like me." Fortress said to him.
"What about you?" Crunch asked.
"I just kissed you, didn't I?"
"Yeah, on my cheek."
Fortress shrugged. "I don't want to make it official so soon..."
"Okay, that's fair." Crunch replied, realizing that she wants to take things step-by-step.
Sweet met up with Fleece again.
"Fleece, what happened before you got your Angel Mode?" he asked.
"I found myself in this heavenly place... and an angel came down to give me that golden feather I had before. Then I looked to see Ultima."
"Wait... isn't she that light esper you fought?"
"Yes, and I thought that I was about to fight her again. Instead, it was as if she was on my side. If that's the case, then the other twelve espers will support us as well."
"Let's hope so... they were tough enough to fight, even by themselves." Sweet said. "As of right now, we can get some rest and head back to the main base."
They both walked inside the Amazon Base, arm in arm.
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That's it for this long big battle around the world of the Titans. They now wield the powers of the 13 original scions of darkness.
There will be more Bean Titans Adventures coming up.