Chapter 14: A Battle

Gemma's eyes opened wide. She was back in the throne room of Bloody Mary, who was staring into her face. Gemma looked down, saying, "I saved that baby." Mary gave her a weird look. "What did you say?" Gemma glared at her. "I saved that baby. You were wrong. I have saved lives. I am a Guardian!"

Mary looked a little startled, shocked at the change of confidence. Gemma stood up, making Mary back up. "You can try to bring me down, but I know why I'm here, now." Gemma stepped confidently towards Mary, staring the short woman down. "Now, let me go back to my friends. No matter what you do, I will escape." Gemma put out her chained hands. "Let. Me. Go."

Mary was scared, now. The fear shone in her dark eyes. Then her eyes went blank, quickly followed by the typical hardness. She straightened herself, saying, "Fine, you are a Guardian. But you've killed many people, Gemma. And soon you will kill more. You've made a horrible decision, Gemma, from which you and your friends will suffer."

Gemma ignored her and turned her attention to the ground, trying to use her powers. Mary saw what she was doing and called the guards. "Stop her!" The guards scrambled forward to stop Gemma, but before they got to her she lifted her chained hands in the air. Fog shot up, consuming the room. Rain began to pour. The temperature dropped.

This time, though, the temperature dropped to freezing in a matter of seconds. The mortal guards froze to death, surrounded by the ice that came from the fog. Gemma had frozen, as well, but was immortal, and unfroze her body excluding her chained hands. She ran to a frozen guard, made the ice come off of the sword, and used it to break the chains.

Now ready to battle Mary, Gemma called down the fog. Mary was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly feeling a presence behind her, Gemma turned around just in time to dodge a lightning bolt from Mary's hand. Gemma fell to the ground, surprised at Mary's newest power. The woman laughed. "Forgive me for not speaking of this, Gemma, it was rude of me."

At that, she let loose another bolt of lightning. Gemma jumped into the air, forming a cloud that she could stand on, narrowly avoiding a shock. She formed a thunderstorm in the high ceiling, hoping to drench her adversary. Mary was ready, and formed her own thunderstorm. The clouds fought each other as Mary and Gemma threw strong winds at each other, soaring on their personal clouds.

Finally, Gemma hit Mary with a gale that knocked her down. Gemma lowered herself as Mary grunted, struggling to get up. The two enemies looked at each other, one standing confidently, the other lying on the ground weakly. Mary stared in fear at Gemma, wondering what she was going to do to her. Gemma glared at the small queen, defiance in her eyes.

Finally, Gemma made one last blow of wind at a window, shattering it. "I'm leaving. I'm going to tell the Guardians where you are, and you can't stop me." Gemma bowed. "Good day, your Majesty." Then she jumped out the window, forming a cloud to fly on. Mary stared after Gemma, then suddenly began to laugh. The laugh was mechanical, as if she was crazy. She stood up.

"Oh, Gemma, if only you knew. I know Jack Frost is anxious about you, but he is more anxious about his deal with Pitch. You'll find Frost first, and tell him where I am. He will tell Pitch, and Pitch will come to me. Since you and I did not join together, he and I will. And when we do, we will be the most powerful force in the world." She grinned evilly. "And no one, not even the Guardians, can stop us."

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