Marques was enraged upon hearing this. Weapons or not, he would not be denied the crystals or the trophy of this princess. He immediately jumped over the table and grabbed Technacalice. His soldiers were at his side in an instant, defending him from the Loonatics and the princess' guards. "You will marry me and then tell me where those crystals are!"
"What makes you think I will do as you ask? This isn't your planet, you have no power here!" She struggled to get free.
"Oh, I think I do, young lady. If you don't give me those crystals, I will personally kill, skin, and cook your friends for our wedding feast." Techna's eyes narrowed into a glare. She may have been a princess again, but she wasn't going to act like a fairytale one that needed saving. "Starting with the roadrunner." He growled.
Tech's eyes started to glow green again, a brighter green than ever before. "That does it! You want the crystals so bad? Fine…" She kicked Marques in the knee, making him drop her to the floor. She got up and raised her head like a real warrior princess and called out, "Here they are! Crystals of Coyotus, I call upon your powers! I am Technacalice Electrica Coyote, daughter of Mariam and Gadget Coyote, keeper of the crystals." A strange white and green light suddenly appeared over her head. Marques looked hungrily at the light while everyone else looked scared.
The crystals were highly dangerous and were rarely used for the reason that if one person dared to try and control them, they would lose their life after their task was finished. Without an heir, the crystals would automatically fall to Rachel's care as the sister of the keeper.
Techna glared at Marques and finished the incantation. "As the keeper, I call upon your powers. Defend they who wield your crystals, defend your people and its allies, and defend my friends." As she finished the spell like phrase, the white light separated into different colors and seemed to blast towards different people.
"What is going on? You have asked them to defend, and yet they flee? What have you done?" Marques growled.
"Each crystal represents something else and protects something important as well as amplifies its powers. Being the only one who could activate them didn't mean I was the only who could use them."
A yellow light passed through Ace and he noticed a small crystal shape seem to appear on his chest. "Whoa! Yo, Tech, what's da deal with this?" The yellow light then enveloped him and he seemed to be covered in a crystal like armor that covered his uniform. "Whoa!"
Rev, Slam, and Duck each had something similar happen to them with their own colors covering them. Lexi looked up as a pink light flew above her and then shined through her crystal necklace, transforming her gown into a set of knight's armor similar to her space suit designed by Tech. Tech called out to her confused team, "Think of it as an upgrade."
Marques glared at the young princess and grabbed her by the throat. "What have you done!"
Tech glared at her captor as if she was back in uniform once more and not afraid of anything. "I activated, ugh, five of the six crystals, urk, the others died because… because they tried to control the power all alone… I found the secret… the secret of the crystals…" Marques attempted to strangle her until a shiny, red blur hit him and grabbed her. The blur slowed down and Rev placed the princess down gently with concern in his eyes. "Thanks, Rev."
Rev nodded and went back to helping the others as they found their new crystalized uniforms increased their powers as well as made them stronger against the attacks of the vicious coyotes' weapons. The royal court ran amuck, trying to get out of the way of the fight. Rachel and Eaze had activated their firepowers and were already leading the court and the others out of the dining room. James leapt between the princess and some of the horrid coyotes with a sword from one of the unconscious knights. "Princess, get out of here, I'm sure they aren't done yet!" Just as he said this, he was knocked down by four Coronian coyotes.
"Where is the last crystal, foolish girl? Why are these fools wearing the others?" Marques howled, as he got closer to Tech. The other Loonatics were preoccupied with the other ruffians and she was on her own against this power hungry coyote. "WHERE IS IT?"
She smiled that dangerous coyote smile. "There's a reason that I was set in charge of the crystals." She backed herself up against the wall. "You see, we've been lying about something…I did have a power before the meteor crashed, it's what makes me the only logical person to care for the crystals as my grandmother before me did." Marques leered at her, towering over her, waiting for the answer to his question. He didn't care for history, only power.
"Where is it!"
Tech's eyes glowed a harsher green than ever before, showing a ferocious and terrifying intelligence. "Did you know each crystal represents something? Yellow stands for honor." As she said this, not only did Ace's uniform glow, but the Guardian Strike Sword in his hands started to glow as well.
"What da heck?" Marques turned to see the startled bunny take a quick pause to grasp the fact that he was glowing more and then resumed fighting.
"The purple shows honesty and simplicity." Slam began to glow intensely, not that he worried about it. It made him stronger. "Orange shows courage and humility, though at first I was a little worried about placing that in Duck's suit." She chuckled as Duck managed to glare at her quickly before returning his focus back to the fight. His whole body glowed as his "Eggs" became more and more powerful. "Pink shows adaptability and grace." Lexi smirked as she showed off some definite grace in her fighting moves. She started to glow an intense pink. "And Red shows loyalty and compassion." Rev smiled as he noticed his speed increase. He was glad he had let Tech place the stone from his pocket into the triangle of his uniform, as it now glowed proudly.
"That isn't answering my question, you foolish wench!" Marques pinned her against the wall with one hand over her ribcage, holding her up three feet.
"You're the fool. I said there were six crystals. I've only named the five you see active. I haven't yet named the sixth and final crystal or its power." She glared at him with a dangerous gleam in her eyes. "I also haven't said where it is, or who is guarding it." She then looked to her friends who were now done with their own battles. She was the only one who hadn't finished off her opponent, and it didn't help that none of her abilities were offensive.
"Don't play with me, little girl. Tell me or I shall destroy you and your friends!" Marques tightened his grip while the Loonatics could only stand back in fear as their teammate and friend was being threatened.
"I'm not playing, Marques. You still have no clue what you're getting into. Back off now, and you can return to your kingdom without suffering." Marques' grip only became tighter on her. "Very well, have it your way. The sixth Coyotus Crystal is green, and it happens to represent inventiveness as well as wit, cunning, and in a way, being wily." She herself suddenly started to glow. "And the sixth crystal, unlike the others, can't be placed as jewelry or clothing, instead, it's a person." She started to glow brighter. "The sixth crystal is me." An amazing energy mixed with her powers given to her by the meteor just a few years ago. The result was a brilliant explosion to which the others were blinded from.
When the Loonatics managed to see again, they saw a stunned, and scarred, Prince Marques who was tied up neatly with an ash-like blast over his face. Technacalice was nowhere in sight. Tech on the other hand was back in uniform with her hair in a ponytail and her powers showing in her fists as she concentrated on turning any metal into something to hold the prince's men. "I really hated that. No wonder the others all died when they activated the sixth crystal. Honestly, it's like it's booby-trapped or something. Definitely a last stand use. Good thing I separated it from the others, would've blown higher than a plasma-crystal generator..." She was muttering to herself. She looked towards the others and smiled that wily smile that meant she was pleased with the results of one of her latest inventions. "Sorry about that, but that last crystal is also known as the 'Death' crystal. I'm the first to use it without actually dying though. It helps that I know how to use the powers properly… and it probably helped that I can regenerate." She grinned as she collapsed to the ground, exhausted from using her powers in such a way and from the events of the last week. Rev carefully carried her to her room.