Family
Chapter 108 Funeral and Developments
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Maja and her forces returned to the lair with Diana's corpse wrapped up in a cloth. Laser Wizard was given the task of taking the clone's remains to Pyro and his team and telling them what happened. Pyro and his team were called to the base's lab where they found Laser Wizard standing awkwardly next to a medical table that had something wrapped in a cloth.
"What is the meaning of this?" Asked Pyro as he gestured to the cloth covered object.
"Well...you know that Maja and Diana had this really big plan to go after Huntress Wizard. Diana and Maja captured Huntress Wizard and had her taken to this special little hunting area to fight. There was a big fight between Huntress Wizard and Diana and well things didn't go exactly...well." Said Laser Wizard as he looked down and rubbed the back of his neck.
Maleficent walked past Laser Wizard and removed the cover to reveal the remains of Diana. The clones starred at their dead comrade. Frost and Jinn had looks of grief on their faces, Pyro and Maleficent had solemn looks on their faces, and Luceline and Mitsuhide just had expressionless looks on their faces. Pyro turned to Laser Wizard.
"You may leave us."
Laser Wizard nodded and quickly left the room. The clones went back to stare at Diana's body. They starred at it silently for several minutes, until Frost finally spoke.
"What should we do with her body?"
"We're going to give Diana a funeral." Said Maleficent.
"A funeral? Tell me how is Diana's death different from any of the other organization members's deaths? She died like the others and it was her own fault she died." Said Luceline with a snort.
"But...Diana was one of us. She was a clone and a member of this team. We...owe her a funeral because she was our friend." Said Jinn stunned a little bit by Luceline's cold words.
"One of us? I suppose were all clones, but other then that none of us are the same. Diana may have been a member of this team, but she was one of our weakest members, she was never a friend to me, but simply a underline or a useful comrade at best." Said Luceline with a huff.
Maleficent's eyes narrow and she let out a growl, before she flew forward and slammed a fist into Luceline's face sending her flying to the other side of the room and crashing into a wall. Luceline let out a tiny groan as she slumped to the ground. Frost and Jinn's eyes went wide as they starred at Maleficent who glared at Luceline.
"How dare you talk about Diana like that! Diana was a loyal member of this team and she fought as hard as anyone else, until she died and I will not have you talk about her as if she was a useless solider!" Roared Diana as her skin became more reptile like and horns sprouted from her head.
"I'll admit that was a nice punch you threw there, but if you think you can intimidate me with your strength, your sorely mistaken. I will talk about as Diana as I please and I'm going to put you in your place dragon." Said Luceline as she wiped some blood from her mouth and stood up.
Two horns then sprouted from Luceline's head and a bronze halo appeared hovering above. Maleficent let out a growl as she advanced towards Luceline, who just smirked and walked towards her. Jinn and Frost starred at the two women in fear not sure what to do. Pyro just calmly watched the scene. Frost looked at Mitsuhide for assistance.
"Aren't you going to do anything?" Asked Frost.
"Why should I care to get involved? Diana simply lost to a stronger warrior and if our comrades want to fight about how she should be treated let them fight. If whoever wins still wants to fight, I'll fight them." Said Mitsuhide as he crossed his arms.
Just when it looked like Luceline and Maleficent were about to hurl themselves at one another a wall of black flames appeared between them. Both fighters turned to see Pyro starring them down with his right hand engulfed in black flames.
"That's enough. Diana will get a funeral and she will be spoken of with respect. She was a valuable member of this team. The rest of your are valuable, but I will not tolerate any disrespect or feuds among our ranks. That goes especially for you Luceline." Said Pyro.
The fight was knocked out of both Luceline and Maleficent who lowered their arms and changed back into their more humanoid appearances. Pyro waved his hand and the black flames vanished. The prince then ordered the others to leave the lab as he went to have some arrangements to get a coffin for Diana. All the other clones left the lab and Luceline found herself walking down a hallway with Mitsuhid. The Nephilim looked at the undead ninja warrior and got a wicked idea.
"You know Mitsuhid you and I are kind of alike. We're both incredibly powerful and full of potential, yet our skills are underused. Pyro and a few of the other clones have gone out to do missions, yet were the ones that end up being stuck here." Said Luceline.
"What are you getting at?" Asked Mitsuhid.
"Well I think you and I should form our own little alliance to help each prove our worth to Pyro and the rest of the organization. You and I should go out and cause a little havoc of our own. The way I see it we need to come up with something that'll forward the goals of the organization. I have a couple of ideas that I think you'll like." Said Luceline.
"I'm listening." Said Mitsuhid as they continued to walk down the hall.
"Ha! I got this undead psycho to side with me, now all I have to do is prove my worth and when the time is right I'll get rid of Maleficent and maybe those unless fools Frost and Jinn. Once they're all out of the way I can take my place in the organization's inner circle. I could get my own universe if I please the Lich and Crimson." Thought Luceline as she told Mitsuhid a few of her ideas.
Little did the clones know, they were being watched. A small section of the hallway wall seemed to peal itself off before shifting into the form of Dimentio. The jester was scratching his chin in thought about what he overheard.
"So the little Nephilim has convinced the skeleton to join her on a few secret missions. That could be trouble. I should be on the look out for them, but there little plan has given me an idea." Said Dimentio as he teleported away.
Miles away at the Candy Kingdom a bandaged up Huntress Wizard was being pushed around in a wheelchair by Hunter Wizard. Finn, Phoebe, and Jake were hanging around the two wizards and Huntress Wizard was giving them the details on her battle and her boyfriend coming to her rescue. Phoebe was overjoyed by the news since Hunter Wizard was alive that meant her mother had been wished back to life and she was somewhere on another planet. Finn was happy to see his girlfriend happy and that gave him hope that maybe one day he would be reunited with his own mom.
While this was going on Bubblegum and Braco had taken Neddy to a local park to play with some other candy children. The day was nice and there seemed to be a traveling magician in the park performing all kinds of magic tricks for the park goers. The magician's name was Florence and he was a humanoid being with light yellow skin and green hair dressed in a black top hat with a yellow flower on it, a long white shirt with a black vest, a green overcoat, black pants, and black shoes. Florence entertained the kids by magical making flowers appear in his hands, which he passed out to the girls and then he took off his hat and a flock of doves flew out of it and into the sky. The kids were greatly enjoying the show.
"Alright for my next trick I need a volunteer." Said Florence as he looked at the crowd and then pointed at Neddy. "You there young sir, I feel a great power from that says you'll be an excellent helper."
Neddy went over to Florence and stood next to him. Florence pulled out a large metal spoon and held it up.
"Now you shall witness the power of the mind. With a little magic and self confidence my assistant here will bend this spoon without touching it. But first what is your name child?" Said Florence.
"I'm Neddy." Said Neddy nervously.
"Well Neddy, I can sense you are a very special child. Now I want you to focus on the spoon and imagine that it's bending. Ask your inner self for help and concentrate." Said Florence as he held the spoon up.
Neddy starred at the spoon and sent a mental message to Gee asking her for assistance. The consciousness was a little suspicious about how Florence had told Neddy to ask his inner self for help. It could just be a coincidence.
"Alright Neddy focus on the spoon. My power is your power." Said Gee's voice inside Neddy's head.
"But we've never tried to do anything like this." Thought Neddy.
"True, but we won't know, until we try. I believe we can do it." Said Gee.
"Ok let's do it." Thought Neddy as he pointed his hand at the spoon.
Neddy felt a surge of power course through his body as he focused on the spoon. After a few seconds the top of the spoon bent forward. The other kids gasped, while Florence grinned with approval.
"Let's give Neddy a round of applause!" Said Florence.
The kids clapped, while Florence walked over to Neddy and they both bowed. The show ended and the kids started to leave. Florence looked at Neddy.
"You know Neddy, you have a great talent and you have potential to do amazing things." Said Florence.
"Thank...you." Said Neddy.
"You know Neddy I could use a assistant and I believe you would be perfect for the job. Now I don't mean as a assistant for my travels, but a assistant to help me in my shows whenever I come back to the Candy Kingdom. I wouldn't want to take you away from your folks or anything like that." Said Florence.
"That sounds neat." Said Neddy.
"Anyhow Neddy. I can see you have potential, but you haven't touch the surface of it. I can teach you how to use your gift, but not right now. When I return I will teach you if you wish to learn. Farewell." Said Florence before he turned around to leave.
Neddy watched the magician leave.
"What do you think Gee?" Thought Neddy.
"His an interesting person, who seemed to know about our powers. However I couldn't read his mind." Said Gee.
"You think we can trust him?" Thought Neddy.
"I...don't know. Maybe. Will just have to wait and see." Said Gee.
Neddy headed back to his parents and they headed back to the castle.
Florence was outside the Candy Kingdom, when Nero suddenly stepped out from behind a tree.
"That was a risky move you took, though I'll admit your disguise is impressive." Said Nero.
"Thank you I glad you like." Said Florence as his appearance began to change and the man changed into Dimentio.
"I must ask why you've taken an interest in that prince?" Said Nero.
"Two reasons. You have your eyes on a kid with great potential, so I found one of my own, secondly if I train Neddy, he could become a wrench in the organization's plans. Though I'm not sure yet what difference Neddy can make, he could stop the organization's plans or he could delay them. Either way it'll be interesting to train the boy and see what happens." Said Dimentio.
"Will the boy be in any danger?" Asked Nero.
"No I will personally see that no harm comes to him." Said Dimentio.
Nero nodded with approval and the two of them teleported away.
Miles away in a large clearing Pyro and his team stood around a coffin sitting on a pile of twigs in a middle of a clearing in some woods. The coffin had Diana's remains in it and the clones were each putting a flower on it. After everyone put a flower on the coffin, Pyro blasted the pile of twigs with a blast of red fire setting the twigs and the coffin on fire.
"Goodbye Diana. Your were a loyal and noble warrior who will be missed. Your death will not be in vain and we will avenge you. Diana fought for our dream of becoming great and her spirit will live on through each of us as we continue to move forward towards the end. We will succeed!" Said Pyro as he and the others watched the coffin burn to ashes.
To be continued.
