Disclaimer, I do not own any characters of placed spoken of in this story except for the original ones, this story is written for fun and may contain spoilers.
Chapter 7
If You want something done right...
Everyone was behind cover as they heard footsteps coming closer and closer, the intruders were nearly here. The Angel Troupe wondered what was going on as Takuto had as many soldiers in the room as he could and Lucas and all of his friends were armed and ready for combat. Despite the dangerous situation where they were all backed up in a corner Lucas thought he heard yawning.
"What is going on?" asked Forte.
"You have a hit out on you those people are here to kill you and the rest of the Angel Troupe" said Lucas.
"What, why?" asked Mint.
"We think that one of you might be like us and so the person we are fighting doesn't want us to get any more friends" said Sakura.
Amu then called out her three Shugo Chara which shocked nearly everyone in the room except the group of course.
"Miki, lets go" said Amu.
"Okay Amu" said Miki.
"My heart unlock" said Amu.
There was a flash of blue light and Amu now appeared dressed as a painter.
"Character Transform, Amulet Spade" said Amu.
"What should we do Amu?" asked Su.
"Stay down and keep yourselves safe" said Amu.
"Gottcha, we'll cheer for you, go, go Amu and friends" said Ran.
"This is ridiculous, no one is trying to kill us" said Forte.
She then stepped out of cover as the men dressed in armour and armed with machine guns entered the room. Forte then tried to talk to them put they pointed their guns at her and opened fire, Lucas managed to pull her back behind cover just before they shot her.
"So no one is trying to kill you huh" said Etna.
"Okay maybe someone is trying to kill us" said Forte.
A shoot out then broke out as Lucas and the others shot at the intruders, trying desperately to hold hem back. Lucas and Train shot at them with their guns, as did Forte who had joined the fight. Aigis shot at the intruders and Takuto ordered his men to fire, Lester and Takuto also opened fire on them. Snow shot ice spells at them while Sakura pulled out a card and tapped it.
"Shot card" said Sakura.
A strange bolt of some kind then appeared and whizzed around the room and hit the intruders causing them to fall to the ground. Syaoran shot thunder bolts at the intruders and Mir used her son magic to force them back. Everything seemed well until Aigis was shot in the shoulder and many of the soldiers were killed by the intruders. Aigis fell to her knees in pain as Sakura and Amu tried to help her. As the intruders numbers started to diminish Etna and Lyner jumped out from behind cover and took out several intruders with their sword and spear. Slowly the intruders retreated and returned to their ships. Vanilla then took care of the wounded and healed Aigis and several others who had been wounded. The soldiers we then tasked with chasing down the remaining intruders and they left leaving the group, Takuto, Lester and the Angel Troupe who seemed to be expecting something from them.
"Okay, what is going on" said Ranpha.
"Apparently someone has put a hit out on you and wants you dead" said Lester.
"We got a call not a while ago informing us of this and so we have been taking steps to ensure your safety" said Takuto.
"That is understandable but explain this lot, who are they and what are they doing here?" asked Forte.
"How rude, I thought old people were kind" said Mir.
"I'm not old" said Forte angry.
"If you say so" said Mir.
"Now, now, listen we are not your enemy, we are actually on your side" said Maria.
"….I don't understand" said Vanilla.
"Let me explain, this is going to be hard to believe but for a while now we have been fighting an evil madman and his army of Hexes" said Sakura.
"We don't know their true intentions but they have caused much harm and have been attacking multiple parallel worlds, the madman is named Michel and he has been reviving and recruiting nut cases for some grand scheme he has" said Snow.
"This nut and the others came this close to gaining the power of Pandora but we stopped them, thank you very much" said Etna.
"So what you are tying to imply is that this Michel put up the hit" said Chitose.
"Yes" said Syaoran.
"But why?" asked Milfeulle.
"Have you noticed how we're all wearing Gauntlets asked Aigis.
"Yes but I didn't think anything of it" said Takuto.
"Only those who can travel parallel worlds stand a chance at fighting Michel but not everyone can go from one world to the other" said Syaoran.
"In order for us to travel the parallel worlds we need a Demi which is what Joy and Pan are but a Demi will not take anyone with the through worlds, only those who have signed a contract and been given a gauntlet can travel the worlds" said Amu.
"So we signed a contract but there are a few things that we should mention, one not everyone can sign a contract, only those that are chosen by a Demi can and two if you stray for the goal of the contract then you will die of a heart attack" said Train.
"That is a bit scary" said Mint.
"Yeah I know but everything is fine with how it works, we did have everyone but then something happened, two of our members vanished and left their gauntlets behind" said Lyner.
Lucas then pulled out the three gauntlets and showed them to everyone.
"The two gauntlets then changed and they also gave us a third gauntlet, when we looked at the contract we realised it had changed and that we had three new members to look out for" said Lucas.
"Okay but what about the little people" said Ranpha.
Amu then changed back to normal as the Angel Troupe stared at Ran, Miki and Su.
"They're Shugo Chara, I'm surprised you can see them" said Amu.
"This is Ran, Miki and Su, they are part of Amu's soul in a sense and are how she can accesses her powers" said Snow.
"Okay, that sounds believable to me, just like flying pigs and the tooth fairy" said Lester.
"It's the truth, if you don't believe us then that is your problem" said Lucas.
"I think they are telling the truth" said Takuto.
"What makes you think so?" asked Lester.
"I can tell they have a god heart and their eyes don't seem to be lying" said Takuto.
"You goof" said Lester.
Everyone then heard a warning alarm as the ships that the intruders were on fled from the ship and all of the controls returned to the ship.
"We have control over everything again, they are leaving" said a pilot.
"Good but it isn't over" said Maria.
"What do you mean?" asked Chitose.
"Michel doesn't give up that easily, think of them as pilot fish, just the calm before the storm" said Etna.
"Then what comes next is..." began Forte.
"The daddy fish, the storm, Michel and his minions" said Aigis.
"We need to get the Angel Troupe off this ship" said Lucas.
"There is an escape pod for emergences" said Takuto.
"Then lets hurry before Michel blows us out of the sky" said Syaoran.
The group then ran out of the bridge and tried to find an escape pod, Ran and Su stayed in the bridge while Miki transformed with Amu again, meanwhile a lone ship was watching as all the assassins and bounty hunters fled from the ship. Inside was Michel, Eric and another person who was dressed in Viking like clothes.
"They didn't last long" said Eric.
"How disappointing, how about the Angel Troupe?" asked Michel.
"All members are still alive master" said Eric.
"They didn't even kill one member, oh well if you want something done right then do it yourself, contact Eonia Transbaal and his fleet, we may need their help" said Michel.
"Sir if I may, why kill all of them, isn't it just more noble to only kill those you need to" said the man in Viking clothes.
"There won't be any mistakes if we kill them all, but you're right, killing them isn't worth it and seeing as I can tell who it is when I look into her eyes I will just kill the one for today" said Michel.
"Thank you sir" said the man in Viking clothes.
The three of them disappeared as Lucas and the others continued to run down a long corridor. Lucas and the others had no time to waste as they knew Michel would strike soon and fast. Lucas and the others continued for a bit but then Lucas felt something odd. Lucas was sure that he felt the presence of someone else but nobody except his friends were there. Maria then approached Lucas and looked at his with a look as if to tell him that see felt it too. Lucas drew his sword as he walked down the corridor, the others looked confused as well as a bit scared. Lucas looked around but there was nothing, Takuto, Lester and the group then approached him leaving the Angel Troupe behind to keep them safe as they al knew something was wrong.
"Something is wrong here" said Lucas.
"I know" said Maria.
"I can't help but feel like we are being watched" said Pan.
"There is no one else around" said Lester.
"Michel is powerful, I think he might be aboard the ship" said Lucas.
As soon as Lucas said it they were surrounded by Hexes, cutting them off from the Angel Troupe.
"What the...where the hell did they come from?" asked Etna.
"The walls, they came out of the walls" said Snow.
The group began to fight off the Hexes when they heard an evil laugh, Michel then appeared along with Eric and a new person who was dressed in Viking clothes. He had black hair and brown eyes and was quite muscular, he carried a powerful hammer around that looked very heavy.
"Hello Lucas" said Eric.
"You" said Lucas as he tried to get to Eric.
"Who is that guy?" asked Train.
"My name is Matt Vonhargin, I am a servant of Master Michel" said the strange man.
"So he has you in on this too" said Maria.
"Maria, is he like you and Lucas?" asked Amu.
"Yes, he too was created by Michel, he is a legendary warrior that has killed many people, I once knew him as did you Lucas but that is in the past" said Maria.
Everyone drew their weapons and got ready as they fought through the Hexes and tried to get to the Angel Troupe.
"The Hexes will keep them busy so we can kill the newbie" said Michel.
The Angel Troupe then tried to run but then Michel put up a force field in the corridor to prevent them form running away. Michel moved closer to them as Forte took out her gun and started shooting, she shot Michel in the head but the bullet bounced of of him. The group was trying desperately to get to the Angels as Michel knocked Forte's gun out of her hand and then lifted her up by her neck and looked into her eyes. He looked deep into Forte's eyes as she looked deep into his, he then sighed and threw her into the wall next to her, Forte was knocked unconscious and seemed like she wasn't going to get up.
"It's not her" said Michel.
Michel them moved on to Ranpha who tried to punch him but Michel dodged all of her punches and then grabbed and twisted her foot when she tried to kick him. Again he picked her up by the throat and looked deep into her eyes, Ranpha could hardly breath and felt like she was dying. Michel let go of her and she fell to the floor, Michel let out a chuckle as Ranpha coughed and looked up at him.
"Not her either, doesn't look good for you Lucas, this new member of yours isn't these two great fighters" said Michel.
"Shut up, you'll be regretting what you did to them" said Lucas as he fought through the Hexes.
Mint, Vanilla, Chitose and Milfeulle then backed up as Michel smiled at them, he then tried to pick up Vanilla but her pet rabbit on her shoulder attacked him yet he swiftly battered it away. He then picked up Vanilla and looked into her eyes, again her threw to the ground and then grabbed Chitose by her hair and pulled her towards him. By this time Forte had recovered and pointed her gun at Michel and opened fire. She shot Michel in the heart and everyone expected for him to fall or at least gasp for breath but instead he turned still holding Chitose by her hair and everyone looked at him shocked. There was no bullet wound on him now and the bullet was at his feet, he smiled and then Forte's gun broke into a million pieces like it had been cut by a sword, but there was no way Eric or this Matt had moved an inch so Michel had to be the one who did this but they didn't even see him draw his sword. Michel finished with Chitose and threw her aside, it seemed that she wasn't the one they were looking for, he then turned his attention to Milfeulle and walked towards her. Takuto and the others then tried desperately to get the Hexes out of their way, Takuto more so as he grabbed Milfeulle's head and looked into her eyes. He shook his head and pushed her aside, his gaze then turned to the last remaining Angel Troupe member, he smiled as Mint looked at him scared. It was Mint, Mint was the new member that they had been looking for. It shocked all of them and Michel smiled as he walked towards her with his sword in hand.
"It's Mint" said Amu surprised.
"Why didn't we realise it" said Sakura.
The group fought as hard as they could as the other members of the Angel Troupe tried to stop Michel but were all subdued by Eric and Matt. The group fought so hard and by a stoke of luck one of them got through the Hexes and got past Eric and Matt. Mint backed up as Michel closed in on her.
"So it appears that you are the new member, tough luck" said Michel.
"I can't read his mind, what is he, someone help" thought Mint.
"Now then, die and please die painfully" said Michel.
He prepared his sword as Mint closed her eyes, people shouted out her name as Mint heard Michel's sword cut through the air. There was a slash and a cutting sound and in that moment all voices and noises stopped. Mint felt fine as if the sword hadn't touched her, she then opened eyes to notice a small bit of blood on her clothes, yet it wasn't hers. She looked in front to find the member of the group standing there, the whole group looked mortified and the member was shocked. Michel and the others didn't expect this but were equally pleased, for the person who stood in front of Mint, the one whose blood was on Mint's clothes was none other than Syaoran. Syaoran had in the few seconds he had stepped in front of Mint and took the blow of the sword for her, Michel's Katana was now in his chest, at first he couldn't believe it but then Michel pulled out the sword and Syaoran grunted as he fell to the floor, barely hanging on to life.
"Syaoran!" shouted Lucas.
"No, Syaoran" cried Sakura.
"How could you" said Snow.
"Damn you" said Mir.
"You're a dead man Michel" said Train.
"Silence, it is this foolish idiot's fault, he shouldn't have gotten in my way, what a fool to save you like that, doesn't he value his own life at all, this is why I will never understand you, a person should value and protect their own life, nothing else matters" said Michel.
"How dare you say that about Syaoran" said Sakura who looked very sad and equally angry.
She raised her star wand and pulled out a card as her anger and rage appeared.
"Fiery" said Sakura.
A fire like creature then appeared and burned away all of the Hexes, the group had no idea Sakura was this powerful. Lucas, Maria and the others then charged at Michel, Eric and Matt with rage and anger. Lucas duelled Michel with Maria and allowed Mint to escape with the other Angel Troupe members, she was still in shock from what had happened. Lyner, Mir, Train and Lester fought Eric as Amu, Train, Snow, Etna and Aigis fought Matt. Sakura rushed to Syaoran's side and cried as she tried to help up the barely living Syaoran. Takuto helped Sakura and the two of them took Syaoran to the infirmary. Lucas and Maria fought wildly, not holding back against Michel, Lucas picked up Syaoran's sword and then fought Michel with both his sword and Syaoran's.
"How could you, you heartless monster, I'm going to kill you" said Lucas.
"Why, because you couldn't protect someone who was in your care" said Michel.
"Shut up, this is all your fault, damn you, you hurt Syaoran, a person that has yet to even live his life is now fighting for it because of you" said Maria.
The others fought ferociously against their opponents as anger filled them with a first for revenge.
"You murderers" said Snow.
"This is war and this is what happens in war" said Eric.
"Indeed casualties are expected" said Matt.
"How dare you, Syaoran is no casualty" said Amu.
"Have you no honer or dignity, your pathetic attacking a kid who was trying to protect someone" said Etna.
"If there are going to be any casualties then it is going to be you and your Hexes" said Mir.
"Damn right" said Lester.
The group fought their hardest, Eric and Michel seemed pleased, only Matt seemed to be regretting what Michel had done and seemed to be questioning him. However the three of them regrouped and looked at their opponents as they surrounded them.
"That's it for today, wouldn't you say so master?" asked Eric.
"Yes, today is a tie, this is no victory, today we both lose" said Michel.
Eric and Michel then laughed as the three of them disappeared, everyone was concerned about Syaoran and rushed to the infirmary to check on him. The group entered the infirmary to find Syaoran on a bed with Vanilla standing over him trying to heal the wound. Sakura was at his side crying and Takuto and the Angel Troupe were all around watching him was the doctor tried to help him.
"How is he doing?" asked Lucas.
"Not good, I'm going to have to put him on support, his survival now depends on how strong a person he is" said the doctor.
"….the wound is healing but for some reason it isn't healing like the other wounds I have treated" said Vanilla.
"That would be Michel's work" said Pan.
Despite what Vanilla said the wound healed quickly because of her and her healing powers yet Syaoran still had weak vitals. The attack must have put to much strain on him and so the doctor put him on a machine and closely monitored his vitals.
All we can do now is hope, the only think we can do for him is let him rest said doctor.
Lucas then placed Syaoran's sword below his bed for him, the doctor then made them all leave as Syaoran needed to be left in peace.
"Can I please stay with him, I won't cause any problems but please let me say" said Sakura.
"Alright but only you" said the doctor.
"Thank you" said Sakura.
The others said goodbye and left Sakura with Syaoran, the Angel Troupe, Lester and Takuto then began to bombard them with questions to which they had to answer.
"Who or what the hell was that guy?" asked Forte.
"That was Michel Paradox, he is the one we are trying to stop, he has resurrected all kinds of villains and is causing disasters all across the worlds" said Joy.
"What did he mean by it's me?" asked Mint.
"It is you Mint, you where the one he really wanted to kill, you are a gauntlet user like us" said Snow.
"He didn't want to risk you becoming one of us and so orchestrated this whole thing" said Mir.
"But now he knows who I am" said Mint.
"He might try again" said Amu.
"I don't think so, I think that he knows that Mint will ether not join us or join us and there is nothing he can do about it, that bounty will most likely have disappeared by now said Pan.
So now I become one of you" said Mint.
"It is your choice, you saw him and how powerful he is, you can continue your life or join us and help but is initially your choice" said Maria.
Mint was shocked for a moment and thought about what she should do before they were disrupted by Ran and Su who had been hiding in the bridge. Amu turned back to normal as Miki reunited with the other three.
"Amu we have got a problem" said Ran.
"What's wrong?" asked Amu.
"We were told to tell you all to head to the bridge" said Su.
The group got moving but Ran and Su wondered where Syaoran and Sakura were, Miki then filled them in and the three of them slowly crept in to see them. Meanwhile the others rushed to the bridge, they hastily entered it and Takuto took his space as commander. Everyone immediately saw the problem, they were now surrounded by hundreds of battle ships, a mixture of Hex ships and ships from this world. Everyone watched as Michel appeared on screen with another man and Eric and Matt, at first Takuto, Lester and the Angel Troupe were shocked to see this person, it was as if they knew him.
"Remember me?" asked the man.
"Eonia Transbaal" said Takuto surprised.
"But he's dead, I saw him die" said Lester.
"Hate to say we told you so" said Etna.