Well here it is folks! The huge battle! Hope you're ready for it because I sure am!
Willow pulled her knees to her chest as the robot got closer to the tomb. Why Trent? Why him of all people? He didn't deserve this. No one did.
She then felt her mother's arms wrap around her.
"We'll get him back, don't worry." Arwen said.
Willow clutched to her arm.
"I hope so..." She said.
"Everyone, brace for landing." Chiro said as Arwen went back to her seat.
Willow clicked the seatbelt and winced. Her scar was burning wildly. She placed a hand on it and sighed, Diamanda must be going nuts over being around such evil.
The robot landed outside the tomb and everyone made their way out.
"Arwen, maybe you should stay behind." Antauri said.
Arwen glared.
"No way, remember I have powers like my daughters. I can handle a bit of combat." She huffed.
Antauri paused then nodded.
"Hyperforce! Let's move out!" Chiro said and they all made their way inside.
They walked through the dark corridors, avoiding certain traps along the way.
"I don't like this...it's too quiet." Otto muttered.
"Gibson, do you detect any life readings?" Chiro asked.
"They're a floor below us, we need to take a path from over there." Gibson said pointing to a doorway on the right.
Otto turned on his communicator.
"Hey Mandarin, you doing ok?" He asked.
Mandarin paused before speaking.
"Huh? Oh yes I'm fine." He said, getting over his discovery.
"You sure? You sound kind of off."
"I was just thinking." Mandarin sighed, looking at the blood samples.
Otto blinked but kept the communicator on.
As everyone kept going down they brought out their weapons. The tension and anxiety getting thicker with each step. They then entered a huge dark room.
Before anyone could use some sort of light, the room then lit up and everyone shielded their eyes.
Skelemandarin walked out of a hole in the wall.
"Well...this is nostalgic to me. Kind of like our last battle was set up, only now," he smirked.
"I will win this time!"
Then several formless slithered into the room, weapons ablaze.
"This is it? Seriously?" Nova sighed, this is going to be too easy.
"Where is Trent?!" Willow demanded.
Skelemandarin smirked.
"Funny you should ask where he is."
The Hyperforce felt someone walking in behind them.
"Oh! There he is now. Your timing is impeccable."
Everyone coiled in shock when they saw Trent, however it was clear that it wasn't the Trent they knew. His overall aura was darker than before. He looked to the others and smiled darkly.
"Hey Willow, how's it going?"
Willow's breath caught and she shook.
"No..."
"I said I would give him back to you if you handed yourself over. However, I wonder if you're going to want him back now." Skelemandarin said.
"What did you do to him?!" Jinmay demanded.
The clone held up the crystal he used before.
"Valina left behind many bountiful gifts when she died. This crystal was one of them. Thanks to it I can have anyone turned over to my side." He explained before sighing.
"Alas, it only works in one use. However I'm happy with what I did. I have a very useful ally. Did you get the blood?" He asked Trent.
Trent held up the syringe.
"Right here." He said walking past the others.
He joined up with Skelemandarin and gave him the syringe.
"Now what will you do? Do you really wish to fight against us?" Skelemandarin asked.
Everyone was at a lost for words. Chiro looked to the others.
"If we have to get him back, then we gotta."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Monkey team! Let's get him!" They all then lept foreword.
They were soon met by a sea of formless. One nearly kicked Amanda in the head before she used her ice shards to slice it down.
"Lightning kick!" Chiro kicked away several formless before charging at SkeleMandarin and Trent.
Trent lifted one hand and sent a wave of electricity to send Chiro back.
Jinmay leapt over him and shot out missiles from her hands. The two dodged them and Skelemandarin morphed a sword from his hand.
He tried to go for her head but Jinmay kicked him over the skeletal monkeys back.
Trent watched over the situation, the evil in his heart growing. His eyes trailed to Willow, who used her pyrokinesis on the formless. Soon an idea grew in his head as silently continued to watch.
Antauri and Willow were then back to back as Willow picked Antauri from the legs and spun him around, using his claws as some sort of saw.
Otto kept blocking several attacks and sliced one formless down.
"Otto you might want to look to your left."
He turned and dodged a huge formless's attack.
"Scritch Scratch Doom Thrower!" He yelled as he sliced down the formless.
He sighed and smiled.
"Thanks." He said to Mandarin.
"Please, anything to finish him." Mandarin huffed.
"Oh! So you are here!" Skelemandarin chirped as he tried to get Otto from behind.
Jinmay was too busy fighting off other formless, which the skeletal monkey used as a diversion.
Otto blocked one of Skelemandarin's blows.
"I will say, it will be nice to have you watch all of your friends suffer by my hand!" He said.
Mandarin was silent and his clone thought he got to him.
"Otto was I always this pretentious?" He asked before Otto giggled.
Skelemandarin growled and tried to knock Otto off his feet but he jumped and kicked Skelemandarin. Skelemandarin quickly got up and punched Otto in the chin.
Gibson used his spin shocker on the formless on his right and saw Trent watching. He ran towards him, tranquilizers in hand but Trent turned and used his magic to have him float in the air before sending him to the wall. Gibson tried to get up, but formless goop covered his arms and legs, holding him back.
Sprx turned to him.
"Gibson!" He yelled, not knowing that Trent snuck up behind him.
He electrocuted Sprx and sent him to the same wall, the goop trapping him.
Skelemandarin looked at him, holding Otto down.
"What are you doing?!"
Trent looked back at him.
"I got a plan, don't worry." He chirped before Chiro tried to grab for him.
"Trent! We're your friends! Think what you're doing!" He pleaded.
Trent laughed.
"Are you kidding me?! This is the best I've felt in years!" He yelled before creating a dark ball and thrusting it at him.
Chiro dodged it and tried to leap at him but Trent thrust two fingers into Chiro's stomach, full of electricity.
Chiro yelled before was thrusted into a wall. The goop formed around him instantly.
"Chiro!" Nova yelled before a formless kicked her.
Amanda was then held by two large formless and placed onto the wall. Otto was also thrown to the wall. Arwen tried to blast the other formless away with her magic but was soon grabbed by two formless.
"Mom!" Willow yelled before she was kicked in the stomach.
Antauri tried to rush over to her but Trent stood before him.
"Sup?"
He used his dark magic to knock Antauri out right in front of Willow, who clutched her stomach in pain.
Mandarin looked at all the screens in panic. This was bad! Really bad! Everyone was captured and he could barely do a thing about it!
"Oh it must be terrible not being able to help, right?" Skelemandarin walked up to Otto.
Mandarin gripped the edges of the control panel.
"I'm sure you want to help, I'm sure you want to beat my face into the dirt and tear me apart." He said before shrugging.
"But you can't! Shame you won't get to see your friends die in person!"
Mandarin growled. How dare he toy with him like this!
"Oh! But do be careful! We don't want the poor baby to get stressed now would we?" Skelemandarin asked.
"Leave him alone..." Otto wheezed.
Skelemandarin glared at him.
"Was I talking to you?" He harshly asked before going to Trent.
Willow shook as Trent held Antauri over her head.
"Well, now what are you going to do Willy? Your friends are held down, your lover is out cold, and I am with your enemy. Soon your friends will be destroyed!" Trent taunted.
He then looked off to the side.
"Unless...you do something for me."
Willow stood up, shaking slightly. She glared at the two.
"Willow don't!" Arwen yelled.
"You become Diamanda again, and I won't kill your friends." Trent offered, dropping Antauri.
Willow stared at the silver monkey before looking at Trent.
"Willow don't do it!" Nova yelled.
"Willow so help me-!" Mandarin began.
"Willy..." Amanda choked.
Willow looked to everyone else.
"It's that simple Willow. All you have to do is shake my hand. For me?" Trent asked softly, holding out his hand.
Willow bit her lip, really thinking on it. They can save her if Diamanda takes control. They can.
She looked at Trent and grabbed his hand.
Trent smirked as Formless began to take the team away.
"Willow no!" Arwen screamed.
Mandarin shook. No, this wasn't happening!
"Now come Willow, there is much work to be done." Trent said.
"You swear you won't kill them?" Willow asked.
"Of course I won't. We made a deal remember?"
Skelemandarin grinned as the three walked off. Perfect.
Everyone was thrown into a cell and it was locked tight. Antauri was then brought back and had everything explained to him.
He gripped the bars, he couldn't save her.
Arwen grabbed her phone and quickly texted Brittany.
"What are you doing?" Nova asked.
"Brittany might help." Arwen said.
"Help?!" Amanda asked.
Arwen huffed.
"Look,I know it sounds crazy but she does want to talk and help." She said.
"Help?!" Amanda asked again.
"Ughhh okay! We need a plan!" Chiro groaned.
"We need to break out and take Mandarin 2 down!" Sprx huffed.
"Yes we got that,but how are we going to do that? Diamanda could take control any time by now." Gibson said.
Everyone thought on it.
"Antauri, you take on Diamanda." Arwen said.
Antauri looked over at her.
"Antauri? By himself?" Otto asked.
Arwen nodded.
"Whenever we had to fight her, one of us has to really talk to Willow. Tell her how much we love her and how she can fight her off. That usually works, however a different person has to talk to her each time." Arwen explained.
Antauri thought heavily on it.
"It sounds contrived but it'll have to work." Mandarin huffed.
"Mandarin. I'll do it, Arwen." Antauri said.
Arwen nodded and smiled. If anyone could save her daughter, it was him.
"Mandarin can you try to find her on that computer?" Jinmay asked.
"I can try." He said before searching Willow in the area, using her blood as a tracking signal.
"What about Trent?" Amanda asked.
"We could try that thing that turned me good again." Sprx said.
Everyone was about to agree but Mandarin started clearing his throat.
"Excuse me?" He asked.
"We'll explain that later, that does sound like a good idea. However we have to keep him still." Antauri said.
"And the clone?" Jinmay asked.
"Knock him out!" Otto chirped.
"Yes please!" Mandarin sighed.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"She's at the top of the tomb,. I'm guessing the others are with her." Mandarin stated, sounding slightly annoyed.
Everyone nodded.
"Then let's go up there and help her!" Arwen said, forming long icicles on her fingers and slashing down the bars, with Amanda helping.
Brittany received the text minutes later.
"Brittany! Willow's been kidnapped, Trent has turned evil, and we're all imprisoned! You need to get to the Tomb located in the Savage lands and hurry!"
Brittany cursed herself, she knew something was up when Trent asked for her blood! She ran out of the cafe and used her teleportation powers to get there as quickly as she could. She tried to think of a jungle like tomb but due to her not knowing this planet very well she had a hard time finding the specific place. Only around twenty times did she finally get inside a tomb like area. It was so close to night now, so seeing was hard. She took out a flashlight and began to look around.
Brittany heard some talking coming from above and looked over a flight of stairs. She began to walk up them , growing nervous. She then made it to the top of the tomb, where a giant skull-like fortress sat on and what seemed to be an altar. The talking was growing louder now and she walked towards the noise. She then saw Trent looking at something.
Trent saw her and smiled.
"Brittany, I knew you'd come. I have something for you." He said, moving away a bit.
Brittany shone her flashlight on the altar and saw Willow tied to it. Her eyes were shut.
She gasped, horrified and angry.
"What have you done?!" She demanded.
"Why I am bringing Diamanda into this world." Trent shrugged.
"No!"
"She will take control once I use your blood on her." Trent cooed.
"No I won't let you do this!" Brittany said, feeling so guilty and stupid.
"You've been torturing her for years! What makes this any different?!" Trent asked.
"I couldn't help it! I didn't know she couldn't control her powers that badly! I never wanted this!" Brittany yelled in anguish.
Trent titled his head.
"And would it have mattered? Would you have just let yourself keep bullying her?"
Brittany clenched her fists.
"You clearly don't understand anything! I couldn't help it! I never wanted to bully her, I wanted to talk to her! But something in her powers made me do it!" Brittany shouted.
"Still, you did it. And now you must deal with the consequences. So why don't you stand there and let yourself be a sacrifice or something? I'm sure you'll get forgiveness that way." Trent said, shooing her away.
Brittany looked at Willow. Both Trent and Willow were sucked into all of this. Her heart ached at the sight of her suffering, it was a familiar ache too.
"No.."
Trent shrugged.
"I guess after all these years you just don't care-"
Brittany quickly morphed a battle axe and waved it at him.
"Hold your tongue or I'll remove it! Willow wouldn't want this..." She said going over to her.
"Come on, I'll help you both." She said trying to break Willow free.
Trent's dark magic tried to grab at her but she threw down her axe.
"I want to help you Trent! Something clearly has taken over you and I don't want to fight you but I will if I have to!"
Trent snickered.
"Since when has a bitch like you ever helped-?"
"I told you to hold your tongue!" Brittany yelled before swinging at him.
Trent laughed and backed up as the two began to fight, Skelemandarin watching.
"Well...that was very interesting." He said as he took out the syringe.
He poured some blood onto his finger tips and lifted Willow's shirt.
Willow stirred slightly. The skeletal monkey then rubbed the blood on her scar, making it glow. Willow then groaned loudly and breathed heavily, the dark energy pulsing through her veins.
"Finally, after all this time. She will finally be here." He said before cackling as Willow leaned back and screamed, a dark gust of wind overpowering her.
Her necklace that her deceased father gave her began to glow brightly.
Thank you for reading! See you in the next chapter