Family
Chapter 456 Golem Guards
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
In Waterfall, Magica, Morbidia, Gateaux, Natasha, Treasure Knight, General Pig, and General Sheep had arrived at a cave that was supposed to lead them to the Vault of Valefar on their raft. They secured their boat with some rope and headed into the cave to find some treasure as well a map that Valefar supposedly had that would lead them to Horror's Hand and other magical items of power.
A few miles away at another cave that lead to the Vault of Valefar, Lord Crump and several X-Nauts had arrived in their X-Ship. Crump jumped off the boat with several of his troops and headed into the cave. Crump was on a mission to get the crystal star that Valefar had in his treasure horde. This was Crump's best chance to prove himself to Grodus and secure his position in the X-Nauts.
Deep within the chain of caves and tunnels there was a massive chamber that contained a huge horde of gold. In the center of the horde was a large golden throne with the demon known as Valefar sitting in it. Valefar was a silver and black humanoid wearing a gold monocle over his right eye, a gold colored hat with a large brim and fancy red cloth tied around it, a open gold colored vest with red sleeves, gold armor on his right shoulder, a gold metal gauntlet on his righthand, black pants with a red coat-like tail hanging on the back, and gold metal boots. Valefar's open vest revealed a silver rib cage filled with gold coins. He had no real midsection, but he did have a visible silver spinal column connecting his top half to his bottom and legs.
Valefar was a demon of greed who spent many years gathering gold and other treasures. He enjoyed gambling and torment anyone who dared tried to steal his treasure. Over the years Valefar had purchased and obtained many security devices to protect his horde. At the moment two magical mirrors floated over to him and showed him live images of the two groups entering his cave system. Valefar smiled and chuckled with glee as he pushed a button on his right throne arm to deploy a couple of his guardians.
"Let the fun and games begin." Said Valefar.
In one cave Magica and her group were walking along, when suddenly four large icicles came flying towards them. Magica quickly raised a purple magic barrier in front of herself and the others and the icicles slammed into it and shattered.
"Not bad intruders, but you're magic won't save you from me." Boomed a voice from above.
Magica and her comrades watched as a large blue golem that consisted of a chest, arms, and a pyramid shaped head with a sharp toothed smile and eyes descended from above and hovered before them.
"Who are you?" Demanded Treasure Knight.
"I am Axel, one of Valefar's guardians and I shall destroy you!" Boomed the golem before he charged forward and punched the barrier.
The barrier cracked as Axel brought his fist back and punched it again. Axel punched the barrier a few more times and it shattered knocking Magica back. General Sheep pulled out his pistol and shot Axel a few times, but the bullets didn't phase the guardian. Axel swung his arm and swatted General Sheep sending him flying and crashing into Gateaux knocking them both down. General Pig leaped at Axel with his sword, but was swatted aside and sent crashing into a wall. Morbidia struck Axel with a fireball making the golem reel back. Treasure Knight fired his anchor at Axel stricking him in the chest making a few cracks appear on his body. Axel recovered and fired some icicles at Treasure Knight, but Magica stepped in front of him and raised a protective barrier in front of them that the icicles shattered against.
"Time to end this." Said Magica as she summoned dozen shadows to her aid.
The shadows swarmed Axel and grabbed his arms.
"Unhand me!" Yelled Axel as he tried to yank his arms free, but the shadows wouldn't let go.
Treasure Knight noticed a large stalagmite hanging above Axel and fired his anchor at it. The anchor struck the stalagmite and it fell down towards Axel. The stalagmite destroyed Axel's head and smashed through his body before impaling the ground. Axel's body went limp before it crumbled to bits.
"If we encountered a guardian like that we must be getting close to the treasure." Said Treasure Knight.
The others agreed and they continued on down the tunnel.
Back in the treasure room, Valefar watched Magica and her allies defeat Axel.
"Not bad. I might actually give them treasure or maybe not outright destroy them." Said Valefar.
In another cave Crump and his troops were walking when a fireball suddenly came flying by forcing the X-Nauts to dive to the ground to avoid getting hit. Crump and his underlings looked up to see a red golem that looked like Axel descend from above and hover before the group.
"I am Foutch, one of Valefar's guardians and I shall reduce you to ash!" Bellowed the guardian as he flung fireballs at the intruders.
Crump jumped out of the way to avoid being hit, but a couple of his troops were hit and were immediately burnt to a crisp before they crumbled into piles of ashes. Several of the X-Nauts flung themselves onto Foutch and tried to wrestle the golem to the ground, but Foutch easily threw them off and killed a few unlucky X-Nauts with fireballs. Crump realized, he and his forces stood no chance against the guardian, but luckily he brought a secret. He pulled a remote out from his pocket and pressed a button on it.
Back at the X-Ship a small pod metal pod with a glass dome flew out and headed towards Crump's location. The pod arrived and Crump jumped into it and pressed a couple of buttons. The pod sprouted a maroon colored chest with a big white X on the front, two legs, and two arms with pinchers at the end.
"Behold the Magnus von Grapple!" Yelled Crump as he piloted his machine towards Foutch and delivered a couple of powerful punches to the guardian.
Cracks appeared on Foutch's body as he was struck and sent crashing into a wall. Foutch recovered and began to fly around Crump and began to hit him with fireballs. Crump's robot bucked under the onslaught and Crump pushed a button on his controls. The claws of the Magnus von Grapple detached themselves from the arms and flew forward on jets like rockets and stuck Foutch making him stop his attacks and made more cracks appear on his body. Crump made his machine charge forward and delivered a powerful kick to Foutch that shattered his body to bits.
"Let's move on." Said Crump to his remaining troops.
The X-Nauts continued on down the tunnel.
"Another tough group. This is setting up to be good." Said Valefar with a grin as he looked at the magic mirror.
The teams of Magica and Crump had conquered the golem guardians and now were closer to the vault and their treasure goals.
To be continued
Glossary
Rayman: Axel and Foutch
