Dark Tower:
Silver circular pulses in the form of beams, and dark laser-like beams were being fired back and forth between Raven and Darkness, while in mid-air on their dragons. They would occasionally charged each other, allowing their dragons to fight one another, and then they would separate. Although Darkness was able to find an opening and attack, Raven would summon a sound-like shield coated in silver that would protect her. This struggle between both of them went on for a while, as Lloyd could only watch from undercover, since he wanted to make sure that he would catch Darkness by surprise. Also, something inside of Lloyd was preventing him from interfering with the fight.
'Not yet... you don't realize what power hehas,' the disembodied voice spoke to Lloyd's mind.
'But I can't just stay here,' Lloyd thought, replying to the voice.
'Just a little longer,' the disembodied voice said.
Then Lloyd saw Raven attack the Overlord with a quick beam of silver, as the beast was hit and started falling towards a building that was under it.
As Raven watched the Overlord fall on the building, and as he struggled between consciousness, she noticed that Darkness wasn't there. Then she sensed a large amount of dark power above her, as she looked up to see Darkness land right in front of her. He kicked Raven off of the Silver dragon with a power-enhanced leg, as she went flying onto the balcony of the dark tower, while the Silver dragon disappeared. Raven fell towards the balcony floor and rolled a few times until she stood on her stomach in front of the curtains. Darkness used dark wind to fly himself forward, as he landed near the edge of the balcony.
Raven was able to pick herself up slowly, as she held onto her side with one hand, and held onto the side of her face with the other. She looked up at Darkness with determination in her eyes and a scowl on her face. Darkness looked at Raven with an amused smirk.
"Shall you stop fighting me now Raven? It's already been proven that your no match for me, so may you please give up already," Darkness said, as he walked a few steps towards Raven.
"No! I will never give up! I am a kunoichi. I will never quit!" Raven said, as she took her hand away from her face and charged it with silver power.
"Oh dear girl... you still think you can win. You know nothing of the time before, or what befalls you now..." Darkness said, as he closed his eyes, and started to charge his right hand with a burgundy and black energy.
Raven shot a silver ball of energy towards him, but Darkness suddenly ran at the speed of sound, as the silver ball missed. Raven looked around for a moment, but then she was kicked in the back by Darkness, which sent her towards the railing. She was able to pick herself up quickly, but when she turned towards Darkness, he already shot his attack at her. The burgundy beam with a black mist surrounding it shot at Raven, as it encircled her in it's essence, while Darkness continued using the attack.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Raven screamed in anger and pain, as she felt the beam piercing her very being with continuous pulses.
"Yes! I got you now!" Darkness said with a smirk, but then his eyes widened when he saw a flash of gold.
"NOOOOOO!" Lloyd screamed with righteous fury, as he jumped in front of the beam and pushed it skyward with his hands that were encased in golden energy.
Darkness stopped his attack, as the rest of it disappeared into the sky. He looked forward with a more stoic expression, as he saw Lloyd standing in front of Raven with a fierce look in his eyes, Lloyd looked at Darkness with anger, but he felt pain in his hands from deflecting the attack. He stood in a fighting stance towards Darkness, as he looked from the corner of his eye at Raven. She was unconscious on the ground, as Lloyd noticed that she was still breathing so she was okay.
However, when Lloyd looked towards Darkness, he looked downward and remembered something that Sensei Wu had told him. Lloyd's eyes widened, as he realized that the situation he was in was already predicted.
'U-Uncle's dream... the dream about me protecting Raven from a hooded personwith the Viporeon Pearl... I-Ithought the pearl beingpale had something to do with Raven but... it wasn't. The pearl was reflecting Darkness... he's the First Purple ninja, so the pearl in Uncle's dream was showing who he was! This whole time! The answer was right there and we didn't seeit!' Lloyd thought, as he looked up at Darkness in some surprise to his revelation.
"Aw, are you nervous boy? I mean, after our last confrontation, I'm surprised you made it this far," Darkness said, with a dark smile.
Lloyd growled a bit and said, "I'm stronger now Darkness."
Darkness snickered and said, "I don't think you are. Actually, I think your much weaker now."
As Darkness slowly approached Lloyd with a growing sinister smile, Lloyd readied himself to attack by charging-
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"What?" Lloyd said in surprise, as he tried to use his golden power, but nothing happened.
Then he tried to use green energy, but nothing worked at all. He couldn't use any of his powers.
"W-What happened? Why can't I-gasp-" Lloyd said as he realized what Darkness probably did to him.
"Oh, you see it now Lloyd? That last attack wasn't exactly a normal one... It had a few things linked to it, especially on the part of locking your powers up," Darkness said, as he continued to slowly walk towards Lloyd.
"No, no!" Lloyd said, as he tried to use his powers and even summon his Golden dragon, but it didn't work.
Then he turned towards Raven when he heard her stir and sit up.
"Raven!" Lloyd said, as he bent down on one knee next to her.
"L-Lloyd?" Raven said, as she shook her head and looked up at him.
"Lloyd!" Raven said in happiness, as she jumped forward and hugged him, which he returned the hug.
"How sweet," Darkness said, mockingly, as Lloyd and Raven turned towards him.
They both stood up quickly, as Lloyd stood in front of Raven to protect her.
"You two have no powers to use against me. It's too bad isn't it? Now, there is no one who could stand a chance against me," Darkness said with a sinister expression on his face, as he slowly approached them while charging dark power into his right hand.
"W-We can't use our p-powers?" Raven asked Lloyd, as she tried to use some of her silver power in her hands, but it didn't work.
"He locked them," Lloyd replied, as he still stood protectively in front of Raven, and she placed her hands on his left shoulder, with some fear.
"Now it's time to make this world into the way I want it to be. Poor. Little. Ninja!" Darkness said, as he laughed into the sky, while Lloyd and Raven were slightly shaken, but still stood their ground.
Then a sudden beam of white and red energy, from almost behind Raven and Lloyd, shot at Darkness and pushed him passed the curtains and into the dark tower. Lloyd and Raven gasped in surprise, but then they saw someone jump in front of them, about a few feet ahead.
"Ryan!" Lloyd said, as he recognized his hooded friend.
"Ryan?" Raven asked, confused.
"Go Lloyd," Ryan said, as he extended his hands outward.
"What? B-But Ryan, I can't let you fight him alone," Lloyd said, as he took a step forward and Raven followed him.
"Go now Lloyd. Take Raven and leave," Ryan said, without turning around to look at them.
"But Ryan..." Lloyd said, sadly.
"I already told you before we got here. Your mission is to take Raven and go, not to start a fight. Your not ready to fight him yet, especially now," Ryan said, referring also to the fact that Darkness locked their powers.
"I know, it's just... I can't leave my friend behind," Lloyd said, referring to Ryan.
Ryan signed and turned towards Lloyd, with a sadness that he couldn't mask behind his eyes and said,
"I know that Lloyd. But I can't let my friends be killed. Go. Please."
Lloyd looked down sadly, as Raven looked at Ryan in surprise and sadness. Ryan took a moment to look at both of them, but then he turned around since he knew that it would hurt him more to look at them any longer, knowing that he couldn't leave with them.
"Go now. He's not going to stay down long, and I can only buy you so much time," Ryan said, as he charged his fist with white and multicolored energy.
Lloyd looked up, and then he nodded, as he turned towards Raven and held her hand. Raven looked at Lloyd and nodded, and then they started running towards the stairs that were near the side of the balcony.
"Stay strong Ryan," Lloyd said before he left.
"You too," Ryan said, as he could sense that Darkness was moving towards him.
As Lloyd and Raven ran quickly down the stairs, Ryan took a moment to breath in and out, as he waited for Darkness to come forth. He heard footsteps, as Ryan looked forward with more fierceness, while Darkness emerged from behind the torn curtains.
"So you decided to get in the way... then I can assume that you helped Lloyd get this far huh?" Darkness said with a stoic expression and a fake little smile.
"Darkness. You have caused enough damage and problems for everyone. What is it that you are hoping to achieve?" Ryan asked, as he stood in a fighting stance.
"Oh dear boy, you really think you can fight me... but about your question, well..." Darkness said, as he stood in a fighting stance as well, and added,
"I have my reasons, and you will see soon enough."
Darkness ran towards Ryan, as Ryan ran towards Darkness. When their powers clashed, it made the sound of rolling thunder and lighted that part of the sky like lightning.
Lloyd and Raven:
As they ran down the tower, Lloyd was explaining to Raven that Ryan had come to help him save her, and that he wanted to help the ninja instead of Darkness. He briefly told her about Ryan's past, and that Ryan helped him get as far as he had made it into the city to rescue her. After that, Raven told Lloyd about what Darkness was showing her in the city, about the Lizarians, and that Darkness had given her the new/old Purple Ninja gi that she was wearing. Lloyd asked if it was poisonous or if she felt faint, and Raven replied that she already fainted moments ago with Darkness' attack, but that the clothes were fine.
When they finally made it to ground level, Raven and Lloyd kept running away from the tower. However, they stopped running when they realized that there was really no where else to go to on foot.
"Wait... what's that sound?" Raven asked, as she heard something, but she couldn't use her sound power to distinguish it.
"What is that?" Lloyd asked, as he heard the sound growing louder.
Then they looked and saw something light blue heading towards them from the streets ahead. They stood looking at it as it grew closer, and then they were able to distinguish the sound as the humming of an engine. When the vehicle finally came closer, Lloyd and Raven gasped when they saw that Lucy was driving it. She stopped in front of them, as she waved and said,
"Lloyd! Raven! You're both alright! It's me Lucy! Of course, Ha Ha, you can obviously see that."
Lloyd and Raven looked towards one another and smiled, as they turned towards Lucy.
"You came just in time," Lloyd said, while Raven nodded.
"Cool! Come on let's go. We're going to regroup with the others," Lucy said.
"The others are here?" Lloyd asked, referring to the Ninja, as Lucy nodded.
"I hope they're okay," Raven said, as she and Lloyd jumped on Lucy's vehicle and sat in the back seat, which was large enough to fit both of them.
"I'm sure they'll be okay. Let's roll," Lucy said, as she revved her engine, and then she started driving away from the tower.
As they started driving, a thundering sound boomed above and behind them, as Raven and Lloyd looked behind them toward the dark tower.
"Ryan," Lloyd almost whispered.
"Ryan? Where is he?" Lucy asked.
"He's up there on the tower. He's fighting Darkness so that we could escape," Lloyd said, before Raven could stop him.
"WHAT?!" Lucy screamed out, as she swerved her vehicle and looked towards the tower.
"My Ryan... wh-what are you doing? Fighting him alone..." Lucy said, almost whimpering.
Lloyd looked at her in surprise, while Raven looked at her sadly, but then she gently placed her hand on Lucy's shoulder.
"Lucy, I know you must feel mixed up right now, but Ryan gave us a way to escape from Darkness. I-It's the only way he could think of. We have to leave, while we still have the chance..." Raven said, as her eyes became misty and she looked towards Lloyd.
Lloyd looked at her, and he realized that she looked at him as if she was imagining if he was up there instead of Ryan. Then Raven turned back towards Lucy, as she could feel Lucy sniffle by the jerking movement of her shoulders. Raven also said,
"I know it's hard to leave him there to fight Darkness, but this is our only way to escape now. He wanted us to go. He knew what he was doing. We can't let this time he gave us go to waste. W-We have to go. I'm sorry."
After a split moment, Lucy placed her hand on Raven's and patted it, as she revved up her engine. Raven sat back, as Lucy turned the vehicle around and kept driving.
"O-Okay. Okay. Let's go, quickly," Lucy said, as her tears were brushing through her hair since she was driving pretty fast.
Lloyd looked towards Raven, and he wrapped his arm around her and said,
"That was a brave thing for you to say Raven. Even if it hurt you to think about it, you still told her what she needed to hear," Lloyd whispered in Raven's ear.
Raven sniffled and said, "I could only really tell her that because I pictured how it would feel..."
Lloyd held Raven close, comfortingly, as she laid her head on his shoulder. Lucy looked at them from the corner of her eye and she smiled, as she looked forward.
'That's why you wanted to save them Ryan...' Lucy thought, as she gained her courage to press forward.