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Season Three Episode Fourteen: "Dominators, UNITE!" Chapter Three

Following the flight path Judas had sent Matt on, the Dominators ran to the top of a hill and looked down where he had landed. "What the…" Uriah said.

"What are they doing here?" Sandra wondered. "How did they get here?"

"Aw who cares?" Judas answered. "Let's go have some fun."

Courtney said "Not so fast. There's a mystery here. First answers, then fun."

The Guardians and their friends watched the Dominators descend the hillside. Soon they were standing facing each other from about thirty feet apart. "Lair? How did you get here?" Uriah asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." Irma answered. "We at least were invited. I don't see your hall pass. Why don't you head on home? Your families miss you."

"Invited by who?" Uriah questioned.

"The Queen of Meridian you dope. And I know for a fact that she doesn't want you here tearing up her people's land and terrorizing them."

"And just who is this Queen?" Judas demanded.

Elyon started to step forward, but before any of the Dominators noticed the movement Miranda grabbed her hand and stopped her. "Bad idea." the shapeshifter whispered under her breath. "Don't make yourself a more tempting target than you already are to them." She then said to Judas "The Queen's in her palace where she's safe. Don't make the mistake of messing with the palace guard."

"Ooh, the palace guard. I'm shaking in my boots." Uriah said

Bess said "Yeah, really. Our Queen gave us some very nice gifts. Maybe we should go use them on those palace guards."

Taranee thought to the others "Okay, there's no preventing it. Let's just get this over with." After receiving agreement, she said to Judas "It looks like you're the leader. So tell me, which element did Neera give you control over?"

"You know about Neera?" Bess exclaimed. "How, unless… You? You're the Guardians she warned us about?"

"Just call us w.i.t.c.h." Will answered.

Courtney thought about that answer for a moment, then said "Oh I get it. Your initials. Cute."

"Oh yeah? Well then we're… uh… j.u.s.c.b. then!" Uriah said.

Elyon replied "That doesn't even spell anything."

Uriah floundered for a moment before shouting "Oh yeah, well… Bite Me!"

Miranda glanced at Elyon. "I know it's normally against the rules, but under the circumstances would you mind if I~"

"Go for it." the young Queen interrupted.

Miranda changed shape into a large panther. She ran forward, leapt, and pinned Uriah to the ground under herself. She flashed a look at the huge teeth in the cat-form's mouth and said "Still want me to 'bite you?'"

Uriah screamed in terror and unleashed a burst of energy, which threw Miranda off of him. As she fell she reverted to her human form, and was caught by Will and Irma, who asked if it had been worth it. "Totally." she replied.

Meanwhile, Taranee had noticed something. "What was that?" she asked. "Uriah's power blast didn't look like any of the elemental powers."

"That's because it wasn't." Judas said. "Elements? Lame. Neera's given us something much better that that." He raised a hand and summoned his power, creating a sphere of pure blackness. "Why settle for fire or water when you can have this?"

"What is that?" Irma said.

"What is it? It's the greatest force in the universe Lair…" Judas fell silent for a moment, then opened the battle. "Hate!" he exclaimed, and the black energy surged forward striking the ground inches in front of Will. She stumbled backwards from the impact while at the point of contact the plants withered and died.

Meanwhile, Bess was also jumping into action. She leapt high into the air and came down on top of Cornelia, barely missing her. As she struck, she called out "Rage!" A burst of red energy flowed from her hands and where it struck the ground a huge crater loomed open from the impact. Falling in, Cornelia used her earth powers to rapidly grow a large flower that broke her fall.

Courtney raised her hands and said "Avarice!" Suddenly, everything of value flew to her. Watches, rings, jewelry, anything and everything made of a precious metal was now floating around the girl. "It's all mine!" she exclaimed. "All mine to use as I see fit!" Courtney then repeated the word "Avarice!" and the stolen objects became weapons, lashing out to strike the Guardians before returning to their new master.

"Avarice?" Hay Lin questioned while blowing the attacking objects away from herself, "What the heck is avarice?"

Taranee answered "It's the old word for greed! She must have control to make anything worth something come to her to be hers." She then used her powers to melt the stolen objects into molten piles that fell to the ground.

Uriah found himself squared off against Irma. The Water Guardian summoned up an enormous globe of water from a nearby pond, which she held in suspension over her head. "What'dya think Dunn?" she asked. "Afraid of drowning?"

"Sure am." Uriah answered. "Thanks for the boost… Fear!" Yellow energy surged from Uriah's hands, taking control of the water ball which he dropped onto Irma, trapping her inside. "Now let's see how long it takes before you're afraid to drown!"

Caleb snuck up behind Uriah and grabbed him. "Let her go." he said.

"Or what? You got no leverage! I'll just let her drown for real."

"She's the Water Guardian dude. Water. She doesn't particularly need to breathe air." Caleb said. Uriah, shocked, looked towards the globe. Irma was sitting calmly in the center. She gave a mischievous smile and waved at him.

Meanwhile, Miranda stood, watching the fight and thinking. Thinking hard. Something was at the back of her mind. Something bad. Then it came to her. "Oh god…" she murmured.

Close enough to hear, Will risked a look away from Judas. "What's wrong?" she asked Miranda.

"It's just hit me. Will, I know what Sandra's power is going to be. It's the same one Neera had in mind for me, it's got to be, given what the others are. We need to get out of here, there's no way to know how bad it'll be."

Will communicated the warning to the other Guardians. "We can't just run." Hay Lin said. Elyon and Cornelia agreed.

Judas opened up with a powerful burst of Hate energy. The stream of power was aimed squarely at Elyon, who countered with a double stream of light. The resulting collision detonated, throwing both combatants off of their feet. While Cornelia and Caleb saw to Elyon, Sandra knelt at Judas' side, then stood and faced Elyon with a look of anger on her face. "Here it comes." Miranda thought.

Sandra raised a hand. "Despair!" she whispered. All around, the very light seemed to fade from the day. The winds died down and the ground grew cold. Everyone felt it, but Elyon was the target. She was taken by surprise. Never before had she felt so weak and helpless. It was as bad as when Phobos had revealed the truth to her, but this time she didn't even see any hope of survival.

As the Guardians gathered around their friend, Caleb shouted " What's happening to her?"

"It's Sandra." Miranda answered. "Neera gave her power over despair: she causes hopelessness and anguish and pain."

Matt yelled for Will. "Combined attack! We've got to stop her!"

"Right." Will answered. "Quintessence!" Will shot a bolt of lightning at Sandra, while Matt used his own powers to also strike the girl directly. The double attack knocked Sandra off her feet and stopped her attack on Elyon.

As the light and warmth returned to the day, Elyon recovered and stood. Judas also recovered and picked Sandra up onto her feet. The five Dominators stood side by side. "Let's pick it up." Judas said. He removed a crystal pendant from around his neck.

Taranee saw the pendant. "Guys, does that thing look familiar? You don't think…"

Judas held up the crystal. "Dominators Unite!"