Vol. 16

Chapter 64

The next day at the amusement park, Selina with Luna along was preparing to be on the look out for Ellie's date. "Selina, what happened to the mission to search for the Deity? I told you many times, but you weren't listening to me, were you?" Asked Luna.

"No, I listened. But as a sensitive girl, I have to find out how my best friend's romance turns out. You understand?" Explained Selina.

"Honestly, you aren't listening to me at all."

"And what are you doing here?"

"As a sensitive messenger from the Moon I have to see how my stupid warrior turns out. You understand?" Mocked Luna. Selina came to a stop when she saw Ellie walking with Manny.

"Hey, there they are." Selina ran to them.

"Wait, Selina!" Luna cried out. She followed Selina into a outdoor stage were the magician was performing. She saw the show's sign reading, 'The Magnificent Abra!'. The show started with a man popping up on stage wearing extravagant clothing that can be use in the 19th century. Smoke was growing by his feet as he swish around his cape.

"Magnificent Abra is here!" The audience (mostly children) cheered loudly. The magician prepares himself. "For my first trick I need a volunteer." All the children had their hands up eager to be on stage. The magician chosen his victim and lay the child down on a table. "I call this trick Asrah Levitation!" Sitting on the benches at the back, Ellie was enjoying the show with Manny.

"Manny, I'm glad you left that stupid costume behind." She mentioned. Manny giggled a bit.

"On the contrary, I have it in my backpack. If you get in trouble, I can transform right away." Manny admits. Ellie just brushed it off. The magician perform his next trick.

"This next trick is the Aztec Lady!" The magician put one of his assistants in the box all tied up and cut the box in fours. The crowd was going wild. From afar, riding on the carousal, Admete was keeping a close eye on Ellie with the Sunstone in her hands.

Sunstone, turn that girl into a monster. Admete activated the stone and aimed it at Ellie's back. Before anything Luna's sixth sense was triggered. Luna looked around to see where the energy is coming from. She quickly scan through the area and found Admete on the carousal ride with her Sunstone. "Samos!" Admete blasted the beam of light coming towards Ellie. Ellie was still watching the magician and giving the applause. As she was clapping, she accidentally dropped her handbag. She bend down to retrieve it. When she did bend down, the beam of light missed her by a hair and continue to go in that direction. Ellie felt a frightening energy go past her. The beam of light finally hit someone, the magician. Instantaneously, he transformed into a man that is to be feared and his outfit became something of a wizard would wear. The children in the audience thinks it's part of the show. "He transformed into a wizard! Now it's a Wizard Show!" The Wizard took his stand and introduced himself.

"Evil Wizard is here!" He said proudly, the magician's assistants were confused of what's happening. "Evil Wizard?" They wondered. Admete felt embarrassed about the situation as she continues to ride on the carousal.

"Oh no! What a goof up!" She admits. The Evil Wizard sacred away his assistants by making of a illusion of a monster. The ladies ran for their lives. Then the wizard created a handful of dice in his hands. "Saw and Box!" He threw the the dice at the audience and each die smashed onto the persons face. Ellie and Manny avoided the attack by ducking down to the floor. The wizard threw some at his manager who became furious. "What the hell are you doing?!" Selina and Luna saw the whole commotion not knowing exactly how it happened.

"Luna, what's going on?" Selina asked.

"It was Admete's doing." Luna explained. Selina saw Ellie all alone and vulnerable in the middle of the whole fiasco. As for the children, who ever got hit with the die, they end up being locked in a box and a magic saw begins to cut them in half.

"Ellie!" Selina shouted out. The Evil Wizard stepped down from the stage and walked up to Ellie. With more dice in his hands.

"Saw and Box!" Before he threw them at her, Selina quickly ran for Ellie.

"Run, Ellie!" Ellie turned to see Selina running up to her.

"Selina!" Selina took her by the arm and dragged her away from the nut. That same nut saw them leaving quickly and grew awry.

"Don't run away." He yells out.

"Stop!" Said a voice. Manny in his costume jumped off the stage and Ellie saw him getting into action.

"Manny!" Ellie yelled out in worry.

"I, Guardian Manny, will protect Ellie!" He went into his back pack and pulled out a handful of tempura shrimp. "Tempura Shrimp Attack!" Manny yelled out. The crazy wizard got confuse of the situation.

"Manny, don't!" Ellie called out.

"EAT SHRIMP!" Said Manny as he threw the food at the menace. It only bounced off of him. Manny then charged at the wizard using his back pack like in a pillow fight. "You jerk!" The wizard raise his arm and smack Manny away from his sight.

"Manny!" Ellie cried out. Manny was trying to get but couldn't due to his injuries.

"For Ellie...I, Guardian Manny..." with all his pride and spirit he got up on his own two feet. "...will die...to protect her!" He told him off.

"Manny." Ellie was amazed by his stamina.

"Upon the Rule of Diana, Lend me Your Light!" Selina transformed as the same with Luna. Manny charged at the monster once again to give him a punch, but the enemy dodge and gave Manny two of his great punches and a massive kick to the stomach. Ellie couldn't bare to watch Manny being ripped apart.

"Manny!" She screamed. Manny was getting up even slower as the wizard stood above him ready to give him the next blow.

"Ellie...hurry...run." Manny demanded her before he fainted. Ellie couldn't do it and instead ran to him.

"MANNY!" She ran in tears. The wizard saw her coming and threw a handful of dice at her. A pair hit her and she ended up in a box with a saw cutting her in half. "Noooo!" She screamed in fear.

"To use a popular act in the history of magic as a dirty trick, of all things! I don't think the David Copperfield will appreciate that!" Said Selina as Guardian Moon, standing on top of a building. The wizard saw her and threw at her the dice.

"Away with you!" He yelled out. Selina jumped down, dodged every dice and landed with a perfect ten!

"For the love of justice, the pis-off guardian warrior, Guardian Moon! Under the name of Diana, I will defeat you!" Appearing between the two, Admete showed up with a giggle.

"Well, so long as I get the result, I suppose." She said in a sarcastic mood.

"Admete!"

"I've been waiting for you, Guardian Moon. There is a favor I need to ask of you."

"What is it?" Selina stood her ground on the stage as Admete jumped right into her space.

"I want you to hand over the Iris Gem you took."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Selina took a step back.

"Then do you want all those people trapped in the boxes to be cut in half? Within a few seconds, those saws will slice right through their bodies." Explained Admete. Selina was stuck on deciding on the public's fate as watches the saw getting closer to the middle of the box.

"Oh, no." She said.

"Now, hand over the Iris Gem!" Admete demanded. Selina was struggling. "Now, now, now, NOW!" Admete grew impatient.

"Alright! Take it easy!" Selina put up her hands in surrender, she slowly put one hand in her pocket and pulled out the yellow Iris Gem. "There." Admete had a face of amazement.

"Very good girl." Admete slowly took the gem from Selina, but before she could get a good grip on it, a branch knocked her hand out causing her to drop the gem. Admete grabbed her hand in pain and looked to see who it was. "You!"

"Guardian Earth!" Selina yelled out in surprise. Eddie stood his ground with his wooden baton.

"I will not let you have the Iris Gem." He spoke.

"SILENCE!" Admete flash attack him with a beam of flower petals which turned into thorns. Eddie twirled his baton so fast that it block eery single thorn. Selina saw the gem on the ground and grab for it. The wizard saw Selina making her move and threw at her a bunch of dice. Selina saw the incoming dice and dropped flat on the ground as she did that, the gem slipped out of her pocket and bounced along the ground. Admete heard the glass like sound and turned to see the gem rolling around taking her focus away from Eddie. He took the opportunity to extend his baton into a staff and attack. Admete dodge his staff which instead hit the ground making a gaping hole. Admete quickly blasted him with spikes. Eddie jumped up in the air avoiding her attack, he position his staff like a spear and dive down to her. Admete stood there until the last second. She vanished leaving behind her signature petals. Inside one of the boxes, Ellie was counting her blessings.

"Guardian Manny is fighting for me..." Then she fainted. Selina took out her discus and set it to it's silver shine.

"Silver Moon, Watch My Aim!" Selina whipped the disk in the air and it blasted through. "Not so strong!" The discus power down and sneaked up behind the wizard and knocked him over the head making him drop to the ground. The discus flew back into Selina's hands. She again set up the disk to it's white shimmer. "White Moon, Heal My Aim!" Selina through back the discus and it flew over the wizard sprinkling it's glitter all over him. The wizard transformed back to the magician, who lay on the ground in exhaustion. Selina wiped the sweat off from her forehead and watched the boxes and saws disappeared setting the people free. Luna smiled as she watches from afar.

"Hey, Selina did pretty well by herself." Luna commented. Selina was running to the gem when a twirling of petals appeared beside the gem, Luna knew who was coming and she leaped for the gem. "DON"T!" She growled. Admete in her full form grabbed the gem and used her arm to block away Luna's attack. Luna shut her steel like jaws on Admete's arm, crushing it. Admete was in major pain but not for long. She used one of her force attacks and blasted Luna away, sending her across the floor knocking her out. Admete bleeding saw Selina approaching.

"The Iris Gem!" Selina yelled out. Eddie gave his divided attention to Selina.

"What!" Eddie was shocked. Admete with a massive injury, grab hold and tightly to the gem as she floated up in the air, giggling away like a mad woman.

"I've got the Iris Gem."

"No! Give it back!" Selina demanded. Eddie flung out one of his razor leaves at the mad woman.

"Farewell." Admete disappeared immediately before the leaf can touch her.

"Damn that Admete woman!" He grunted.

"Shit! My Iris Gem!" Selina flipped.

"I will get the Iris Gem back." He said.

"That would be great."

"Great for me." He said rudely, "When I get the Iris Gem back, I will keep it. Farewell, until we meet again." He walked off without looking at her.

"BASTARD!" Selina yelled out at him. Luna shrugged off the knock-out and sat beside Selina and tried to calm her down.

Later on, when everything was back to normal, the magic show kept going and the children kept on watching. "The Magnificent Abra is here!" The children were cheering away.

"That was some show, wasn't it?" "It was awesome!" Commented the kids.

"Now for my next trick!" The Magician continue. Ellie and Manny still in his costume were enjoying the show from the back.

"Thank you, Manny. You were wonderful." Thanked Ellie. Manny blushed by her words.

"Call me Guardian Manny."

"Guardian Manny..." Ellie said it, Manny smiled. Later on that day turned to night,

"Selina...You lost the Iris Gem, what a big mess!" Said Luna as she was sitting on Selina's bed. Selina just stared out the window. "Are you listening to me, Selina?" Selina took out the pocket watch and opened it.

Tell me, who is that guy...Is Guardian Earth an enemy after all? I don't understand. Selina thought back of what he said.