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Season Three Episode Twenty-Five: "Endgame, Part Two" Chapter Five
Hearing came back first. "Al? Al can you hear me?" Alchemy heard the voices of her parents and Mrs. Lin, full of concern. She opened her eyes, wondering how she ended up flat on her back.
Sitting up, she asked "What happened?" Then she remembered the Dominators, and why she had returned to earth. Looking around, she asked "Did it work? Are they okay?"
They're fine, thanks to you." Yan Lin answered. She stepped aside, letting Alchemy see the five former Dominators on the floor several feet away. Judas and Courtney were sitting, the rest laying down, but all were conscious.
The Oracle knelt down next to Alchemy. "You succeeded in your task, but it very nearly depleted your powers. You need to rest for a time to recover."
"I don't have that luxury." Alchemy answered, struggling to her feet. "The others need me."
"You'll be no good to them in this condition." Yan Lin said. "At the very least, take a few minutes, sit, drink something with some sugar in it. You need to get some strength back."
Alchemy tried to protest, but felt her feet about to slide out from under her. "Well, maybe I could use that drink." She said. Martin came with a chair which Alchemy plopped down into.
As the Guardians' parents and the counsel stood close around Alchemy, Judas managed to pull himself to his feet with Anthony's help. "Gimme a hand will you?" he said to his father, "I've got somethin' I need to do."
Assisted by Anthony, Judas walked over and got Himerish's attention. He held out the Heart of Zambala, still on it's chain. "I think you're the one I should give this to." He said.
Smiling, Himerish accepted the Heart. "Thank you." He said. "I will keep it safe until it can be returned to Ironwood."
"Good. And, listen, I don't suppose you could apologize to him for me as well? I'm starting to think I've made a lot of mistakes lately." Judas said.
"I'll talk to him." Alchemy said.
Himerish locked eyes with Judas. "We all make mistakes. What matters is that we learn from them. I am pleased to see you may be on the right path to do so…"
As Neera pulled Will ever closer, Matt screamed with frustration. His powers were of no use in severing the silk cord binding Will. As he was about to rush headlong regardless of the consequences, he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Not so fast mate." Raythor said, "I've got a plan." Matt leaned in close as Raythor quickly explained.
"Let's do it." Matt said.
Will struggled to get free but the webbing held her tightly. Then, moments before she would have been in the Dark Queen's grasp, the attack came: Sandpit surged in, sliding under Neera's feet, changing his form into thousands of small, hard balls of sand totally covering the floor. Neera began to slip and slide on top of the spheres. Then came Matt and Raythor, charging hard, ramming into Neera, pushing her backwards. As they pushed, Sandpit moved as well, ensuring that while Neera was standing on, for all purposes, ball bearings, they had clear floor to use.
With the Dark Queen distracted, Taranee, helped by Cassidy mimicking her fire powers, was finally able to burn through the silk strand and free Will. "Thanks guys." Will said as they pulled her free and worked to unwind the webbing around her legs.
Meanwhile, Matt and Raythor, now joined by Napoleon and Kor, continued pushing Neera back. All of a sudden, Neera had no more floor; she had been pressed back all the way over the edge of the balcony. She fell with an ear-splitting scream. As Sandpit reformed behind them, Raythor said "Wasn't so hard."
Having freed Will's legs, the other Guardians came and stood next to the Regents. "It can't be this easy." Irma said.
"Agreed." Elyon answered. "Even if Neera can't fly, she's bound to have another ace up her sleeves."
Moments later, a think strand of silk shot past them all, anchoring itself to the Fortress wall. "And there you have it." Irma said. "Told you so." Together, Taranee, Will, and Cassidy, boosted by Miranda's power and helped by Matt, tried to burn through the cord, but nothing happened.
"She's made this one stronger. Only natural seeing as her life depends on it." Will said.
Hay Lin said "I'll be right back." She flew out over the balcony edge and down. After several minutes she returned. "She's coming alright. As far down as she is, and as slowly as she's climbing, we've got about ten minutes before she makes it back."
"So now what do we do?" Cornelia asked.
"There's always Zenith." Will answered. "But losing control, I hate to take the risk."
"Maybe we don't have to lose control." Elyon said. Everyone stared at her. "I think it's time I told you guys something…"
Before Elyon could begin, Miranda said "We'll need Al for this. I'll go get her since I already know what Elyon's gonna tell you." She then flew up towards the giant fold.
"What have you been hiding from us El?" Cornelia asked.
Taking a deep breath, Elyon began "Okay, it's like this…"
When Miranda made it back to the school, Alchemy was still seated, finishing an energy drink Martin had produced from somewhere. "So this is where I find you." Miranda said, "Lounging around while the rest of us work." Both girls laughed, the Miranda continued "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, we're good here now. And I think I'm okay now as well." Alchemy replied. She stood and handed the empty can back to Martin.
"That's good, because we need you, now. It's time." Miranda said.
Alchemy looked at Miranda, her expression serious. "Omega?" she asked.
"Omega." Miranda confirmed.
Alchemy tested her wings, found she had enough strength to fly again. "Then let's do it." She said. Together, they flew up towards the fold to Kandrakar…