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Season Three Episode Twenty-Two: "The Harder They Fall" Chapter Five
Dean and Susan were still watching the news coverage of the army's closure of a large area of town, hoping to catch some indication of what was happening with Will, when the phone rang. Susan answered on the second ring. "Hi Mom." Will said. "I figured you were probably seeing something on T.V., so I thought I'd better call."
"Are you okay? Is anyone hurt?" Susan asked.
"We're all fine. Listen, we've gotta make a quick trip to Meridian, but when we're back it's celebration time. Prince Garix is down for the count."
"That's good news. I assume celebration means the Silver Dragon?"
"Yeah." Will answered. "See you there in about an hour." She hung up.
"Well?" Dean asked as Susan hung up on her end.
"They're all okay, and it's one problem down one to go." Susan let out a pent-up sigh, relieved that her daughters' life had gotten at least a little less dangerous for awhile.
After hanging up, Will looked over her shoulder, back to where Prince Garix still lay on the ground. Aljax, barely alive, had been dug out of the rubble and laid next to his leader. Will flew back and rejoined the other Guardians and General Stanrych.
"Quick thought." Taranee thought to them, "We're gonna be carrying him into the infinite city prison, in full view of guys like Phobos. Guys who are still in the dark on the fact that there are more of us now than there used to be." She glanced at Miranda and Alchemy. "Maybe our newest Guardians shouldn't be there. It'd mean an edge if anyone escapes."
"Good thinking." Elyon agreed. "I'll switch back into my royal robes once we get through the fold."
Alchemy thought "We'll go start getting things ready at the Dragon for the party." Cassidy, Miranda, and Alchemy flew off together.
"They aren't going?" Stanrych asked.
"Prior commitments." Will said. "Anyway, let's get the big guy moved before he wakes up." Will opened a fold and Cornelia lifted Garix and Aljax telekinetically.
Elyon said to the General "I suppose you'd like to come?"
"My superiors won't like that Garix is in your custody instead of ours." Stanrych answered. "It'll help if I can tell them that I saw him physically behind bars with my own eyes."
"I thought as much." Elyon replied. She motioned to the fold. "This way. You just walk through."
Meridian. Upon arriving, Will used the Heart to turn Elyon back, and the Queen magically changed her clothing into Meridian royal robes. As they walked towards the gateway into the prison, Julian and Vathic met them and bowed before Elyon. "Welcome home your majesty." Julian said. "How may we serve?"
Stanrych and Anthony stared at the young Queen. "You weren't kidding to the detective." Anthony said. "You really are the Queen here?"
Elyon giggled. "Yeah." She turned to Vathic. "Temporary prisoners for the Infinite City. Just until we can get access to Kandrakar again. I trust there's room?"
"Of course your majesty. This way." Vathic led the Guardians into the prison chamber.
Watching from his cell, Phobos broke into open laughter when he saw Garix. "I must say, I'm impressed. Defeating the spawn of the Dark Queen is an accomplishment worthy of songs and epic poetry." Phobos said. "Oh, do put him in this empty cell near mine, I'll enjoy taunting him about his dear mother."
"You're in jail Phobos." Vathic said, "Letting you enjoy something would ruin the point of the experience."
"As they moved on into the next chamber of cells, Stanrych asked "Who's laughing boy back there?"
"My brother." Elyon answered without slowing down or bothering to elaborate.
"Did I say something wrong?" the General wondered.
"It's not your fault." Irma said. "That guy just gives 'bad seed' a whole new meaning.
Soon they arrived at a pair of empty cells. Garix was placed in one, and Aljax in the other. Vathic worked the room's control panel, activating the energy bars at the front of the cell.
"And there you have it." Taranee said. "He's not going anywhere for a long, long time."
Soon, everyone was back on earth. The Guardians excused themselves and flew away. Once they were out of sight, they teleported to the Silver Dragon, and spent the remainder of the evening relaxing and celebrating their victory. At the end of the night, as everyone was preparing to go home, Cornelia said "I feel bad bringing it up, but we've still got one more job to do before this whole mess is wrapped up."
"The Dominators." Alchemy said. "You know, they could be trickier than Garix. I mean, we wanna stop them without actually hurting them. How could we do that?"
Will yawned. "No idea. And frankly, I'll start worrying about them again in the morning. Right now, all I care about is going home, going to bed, and not thinking about the next problem just yet."
"Hear, hear!" Irma said, making everyone laugh.
At Sheffield, the Dominators stood in front of the poster. "I had totally forgotten, with everything else that's happened to us." Uriah said.
"Same here." Courtney agreed.
"Can we go Judas?" Sandra asked.
"What the heck? Why not." Judas answered. "Dunn boy, ladies, get your tux and dresses… We're going dancing…"