The last chapter was really good and thanks jupitergirl for giving a good review and T and P as well for good reviews. Also thanks to Sentinel07 for his help.
Now on with the fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own golden sun or any of the characters. I only own Thomas, Josh, Elizabeth and, Serento.
Chapter 4: The New Threat
Previously: "You understand your mission?" asked Alex.
Before him stood a demonic headless warrior, one that was often deemed as the ultimate warrior. The being stood there in silence, but Alex seemed to think there was acceptance there.
"Good. Having the mighty Dullahan in my grasp should make things very interesting." smirked Alex.
On the Okra isle, Alex worked his way through the cavern to the center chamber.
"Ah ha, here it is." thought Alex.
Alex walked to the center of the inner chamber, where torches lit themselves to show the Catastrophe stone tablet. Alex smiled as he looked upon the tablet.
"Ancient Devil! Sentinel! Heed my voice and submit to my command!" yelled Alex. At his word, a booming voice reverberated throughout the chamber.
"You will not control us." said the voice, sounding as if it was coming from everywhere in the chamber. Alex expected as much from the guardians themselves, but he had more in store.
"I will offer you freedom if you follow my commands." said Alex in a rather convincing tone.
"Our...F-freedom" said the voice, as if asking a question.
"Yes, come forth and follow me. Do this and you shall be free from this accursed place" said Alex.
At his word, a huge armored knight appeared in front of Alex, while a goat-like creature with human hands and bat-like wings floated down from the sky. The armored knight was green in color, giving off an aura that repelled psynergy.
"We will serve you for our freedom." said the Ancient Devil and Sentinel together.
"Very good. I can assure that you will not regret your decision." smirked Alex. "Come now, we must awake the Ogre Titans and Valukar, along with the Star Magician."
"Understood Master." said the Ancient Devil.
"Good, very good." whispered Alex, grinning as he and the two guardians took their leave of the place.
Meanwhile, in a forest around Kalay, Matthew had been trying to teach Thomas and Josh some things about psynergy. Isaac pretty much figured that Matthew could do it, although Matthew wasn't that sure. Regardless, he tried his best.
At the moment, he was trying to teach them Ragnarok, which was one of his more basic skills.
"All right you guys, try hitting those tree stumps with Ragnarok. Remember how I told you to build up your psynergy." instructed Matthew. Josh approached them first.
"You remember what I said?" asked Matthew.
"Yeah, imagine a sword in your sights and striking down your enemy. Right?" asked Josh, to which Matthew nodded. Josh took a deep breath, focusing on the single tree stump in front of him. His hands began to glow with yellow psynergy as he felt the necessary power come.
"Ragnarok!" At once a psynergy blade appeared, striking into the tree stump, exploding with Venus power.
"Good job Josh. You're up Thomas." said Matthew. Thomas took his friend's place and looked at the second of the tree stumps. He took a deep breath and focused on the tree stump.
However, as he unleashed his attack, instead of Ragnarok appearing, a thousand small psynergy sword appeared, skewering the tree stump. Matthew was shocked at this development.
"Wow. What was that Thomas?" asked Matthew. Thomas turned to face him and smiled.
"That was Dagger Storm. It was something I learned from my dad. Million Daggers is another one I know. Weirdly enough, when we learned it, we couldn't learn Ragnarok afterwards. Perhaps I should have mentioned that." he said sheepishly.
"Well, it's a useful ability for sure." smiled Matthew. "Now then, with that information, lets-"
Before Matthew could finish, he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Thomas.
"Get out of here right now." said Matthew suddenly.
"What? What do you mean?" asked Josh.
"I mean, get out of here. Go find Karis and the others and tell them to come here. Quickly." said Matthew, reaching for his Sol Blade.
"Let's go Josh." said Thomas, not wasting any time. Josh sighed but followed him anyway.
"Why do you think he did that?" asked Josh as they ran.
"He must know something we don't." replied Thomas.
After Thomas and Josh were long out of sight, Matthew fully pulled out his Sol Blade.
"All right, come out. I can sense you're there." said Matthew rather emotionlessly. Suddenly, there was ruffling in the nearby bushes.
"So you could tell we were here. Interesting." said a male voice.
"Guess there's no point in hiding then." said a female voice.
At that point, two figured stepped out of the bushes. They were Blados and Chalis, two Tuaparang soldiers that were presumed to have been defeated. In fact, they hadn't been seen since the Chaos Chimera incident.
"I thought you guys were still fused with the Chaos Chimera." Matthew said plainly. Chalis giggled at his words.
"We were, for a time. But as you can see, we're back now." said Chalis.
"So where's King Volechek?" asked Matthew. The king had been twisted into the Chaos Hound before fusing with Blados and Chalis to become the Chaos Chimera. Likewise, the king hadn't shown up either.
"That's not for you to know. We're just here for a little payback." snickered Blados.
"I don't think so." said Matthew, bringing his Sol Blade to the ready position. Blados and Chalis smiled to each other and nodded, preparing themselves for the battle as well.
Meanwhile, nearby, a small figure was watching them from the bushes. A little girl with red hair.
Thomas and Josh ran as quickly as they could to Kalay, entering the city without delay. They rushed immediately to Isaac's house, where Karis and everyone else was waiting.
"Oh hey guys, what's the rush?" asked Tyrell. Thomas and Josh came to a stop in front of them, huffing and puffing the whole time.
"Matthew told us to come back here and get you guys. I think he believes that there's danger nearby." said Thomas.
"What kind of danger?" asked Karis.
"He didn't say. He just wanted us to come find you." said Josh.
"Well, if Matthew is that anxious, we should do it." said Tyrell, prepping his own weapons. Suddenly, something came to Rief's mind.
"Wait a second. Has anyone seen Liz?" he asked. Everyone shook their heads, which immediately scared Tyrell and Karis.
"Oh no, I bet I know where she is." said Karis.
Matthew blocked a sword strike from Blados, and gave himself enough time to dodge Chalis' swipe at him. Fighting them both at the same time alone was tough, even for Matthew. He was beginning to near exhaustion.
"Feeling a little tired?" sneered Blados. Matthew shook his head and readied himself again. However, when he looked, he saw Blados but Chalis wasn't there.
"Oh, what do we have here?" giggled Chalis.
"Ow, let me go!" said a high feminine voice that Matthew instantly recognized.
He turned around to see Chalis holding a little girl by her collar off the ground. It was Matthew's 10-year old sister Elizabeth, or just Liz as most people called her. Like how Matthew resembled Isaac, Liz was a near perfect look of Jenna, inheriting her red hair, which was a little more than shoulder-length and pulled into a ponytail, and red eyes. She wore a red short-sleeved dress underneath a brown vest-like garment on her chest. Underneath her dress, she wore black leggings with red boots. She had tiny little fencing gloves on her hands. A light blade was strapped to her waist.
"Liz! What are you doing here?!" asked Matthew, exasperated that she would come all this way.
"I wanted to spend some time with you. You almost never do anymore." said Liz, struggling to breathe with Chalis' grip on her collar.
"Aw, how sweet. I wonder how easy it would be to break this tiny little neck." grinned Chalis.
"Don't you dare do anything!" yelled Matthew as his hand glowed green, unleashing a Growth spell at Chalis. The attack was successful enough to cause Chalis to lose her grip on Liz, who fell to the ground but quickly got herself up. Her hands began to go to her blade.
"Stay there Liz! I'll handle this." said Matthew.
"Really now? You're looking a little puckish to be saying such things." grinned Blados.
Matthew hated to admit it, but he was right. His psynergy was nearly exhausted. Suddenly, Blados and Chalis got together, a large dark psynergy ball forming between them. Matthew gasped as this happened. Blados and Chalis didn't show a lot of dark psynergy during their battles with them, but this was certainly new.
"Dark Sphere!" They unleashed the ball at Matthew, who could barely even lift his own hand up to call on what little psynergy he had left. He was nearly certain that the attack was going to land a direct hit.
"Fireball!"
To Matthew's surprise, a simple Fireball psynergy came in front of him, blocking the Dark Sphere for the most part. Matthew was still blown back a bit by the force of the blast. He looked to his right and saw Liz standing there, fire psynergy still brimming from her hands.
"Oh, so the little brat has some talent after all." laughed Blados.
"Oh well, it's no problem. I'd say we've already got what he needed. You got off lucky this time." giggled Chalis. At their word, their bodies were engulfed in light, teleporting them away.
"That….was too close." muttered Matthew as he finally few, too exhausted from psynergy loss to stay upright.
"Big Brother!" called Liz as she ran to him. She immediately starting gathering her psynergy in her hands, making them glow red again.
"Aura!" she called out as her hands glowed with the healing energy. To be honest, she still wasn't that good with Aura, as she hadn't been learning psynergy use until recently. She only had very basic skills, and they were overall kind of weak. She was lucky that Blados and Chalis didn't turn to her after her Fireball attack, otherwise she would have been dead in seconds.
However, Matthew starting laughing a bit at Liz's healing attempt.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"I don't have any physical wounds Liz. Aura isn't going to help with psynergy loss." he grinned, which in turn made Liz smile, glad that her big brother wasn't hurt. Seeing her smile, Matthew did what he could to give her a thumps up.
"By the way, good Fireball there." he smiled, which in turn made Liz smile from ear to ear.
"Well, we do have the best parents in the world." she giggled.
It wasn't too long after that that Karis and the others showed up. Tyrell was a bit disappointed that the battle was already done, although Karis was more concerned with getting Matthew back home.