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Season Three Episode Nineteen: "M.A.C.E., Part Two" Chapter Five

Judas stared at the Guardians. "Okay, here's the plan." he though to his teammates. "We focus on Elyon. They'll be extra cautious of their precious queen after all. Then when the time is right, I make my move."

"And what move is that?" Courtney asked.

"Trust me, you'd be proud." Judas thought. "Now, let's go." Following the plan, four of the Dominators split and went in different directions, looping around and converging together on Elyon's location. The fifth, Sandra, held her position and waited for the right moment to use her powers.

Judas and Bess attacked from the left. Blasts of hate and rage were fired at the queen, who managed to dodge them both, only to turn and see, too late to react, a blast of Uriah's fear power coming from the other way. Fortunately, Cornelia blocked it with a telekinetic shield. Less could be done about Courtney, who ran a dive bombing attack, zipping straight down from above and tackling Elyon to the ground.

Will and Taranee tried to engage Judas, but he simply teleported to the opposite side of the battleground and made another run towards Elyon just as the girl managed to throw Courtney off with an energy blast. Seeing Judas' attack coming, Cassidy positioned herself between Irma and Hay Lin, each of whom was busy with a different target. Channeling their powers, she launched a water attack from her left hand, and a wind blast from the right, freezing Judas in his tracks.

Recovering, Elyon flew back into the air. "Thanks Cass." she said.

Seeing her leader out of the fight, Bess dove down and struck the ice with all her might, freeing Judas from his frozen prison. "Now I'm really mad." he thought. "Sandra, go for it."

Sandra started to cover the battlefield in an aura of despair. Before it could have any effect though, Sandra herself began to weaken. She looked towards the source of the power drain and saw Miranda and Alchemy. The Grumpers also saw. "Al… Alchemy?" they both exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's me. Y'know, for someone I thought of as friends once upon a time, you've really gone off the deep end."

Anger flared through Bess. "I'll show you off the deep end you little…" She jumped towards Alchemy, creating a lethal mass of rage energy as she went.

Will teleported in front of Alchemy. "Miranda, can you give me a little boost?"

"Coming up." Miranda answered. "Hope!" the blue light flowed around Will, who felt her powers increasing. She let go with all she had, a tremendous electrical surge that struck Bess squarely, disrupting her own energy and throwing her backwards.

Will glanced back at Miranda. "I could get used to that!" she exclaimed.

Seeing his chance, Judas made his move. He teleported directly next to Ironwood. Before the tree could react, Judas grabbed the Heart of Zambala out of Ironwood's grasp and teleported away. The Guardians saw, too late to stop him.

"Whoa. How did he do that?" Taranee wondered. "Hearts can't be taken against their keeper's will…"

"No. But My will has been weak since my failure." Ironwood said. "I felt I did not deserve the Heart. Perhaps that was enough…"

Judas stood atop the pinnacle of the temple, with two teammates on either side. The Guardians lined up in front of them, hovering in the air. He called out a challenge. "The way I see it," he said, "It's now two hearts versus two hearts. We're evenly matched now. And we play dirty. Why don't you just give up and save yourselves the trouble?"

Irma answered "The way I see it, it's five verses nine. The ball's in our court now. Why don't you just give up and save yourselves the trouble?"

Hearing an odd sound, Alchemy looked behind herself and saw the Zambalans arriving at last. "Five to nine Irma?" she said. "Looks to me like five to about nine thousand. I like those odds."

Staring down nine Guardians and the revived Zambalan army, Judas spat out a curse and opened a fold. "Next time, we really will be even." He said. The Dominators retreated through the fold and Zambala was once again in the hands of it's people…

Half an hour later, back in human form, the Guardians met in Will's apartment. "Judas with the Heart of Zambala…" Elyon mused. "This is bad any way you slice it."

"No kidding." Irma agreed. "But at least Zambala is free again."

Will said "Yeah, it's not a total loss. Maybe we should break out the map, see if they came back to earth through that fold…"

"Tomorrow." Cornelia said. "It's past midnight and we've got school."

"Alright." Will agreed with a yawn. "Anything else before we go?"

Irma said "Just that these four need their own name." She motioned towards the new Guardians and Elyon. If we're witch, then they're… what?"

"M.A.C.E." Cassidy said. The other girls smiled.

"I like it." said Caleb. "A mace is hard to learn to use, but it's a really good weapon once you master it."

Laughing, Cassidy said "Actually, I was thinking of the spray. But that works too."

Elsewhere in Heatherfield, the Dominators were flying together. "Where too?" Uriah wondered.

Judas answered him "Where do you think? We're heading back to the old hotel for now. It made a good hideout before, and it'll work again. Now be quiet and let me think. The Guardians are so very dead after this embarrassment… I just have to figure out how."

Flying on in silence, they soon arrived at their old hideout. Inside, Courtney said "Well, now that we're here I'm beat. I'm going to bed."

"Same here." Bess said.

Then, there arose the sound of soft laughter. "Going to bed?" A familiar voice said. "That's very rude when you have guests. But then again, rude is what I've come to expect from you." Prince Garix stepped out of the shadows. "I'll tell you what. Return mother to me, and I'll let you sleep… …forever…." Behind Garix, soldiers began filing into view…