Serenay Moon
Special L: Silent Threat 10: Unclear Future
©2003 Kitty Ocean 

 

Wind softly blew through the cave. The 5 undead youngsters waited for what Zach and his friends may do. But they just smiled. Simply smiled. They had been beaten, but now had new confidence again. So element against element didn’t work… on to plan B now!

 

“Here I come Faye!” Zach smiled and jumped forward. Ready for whatever may come, Faye ducked away. Zach had expected that, and kicked her in the back. He smiled, seeing Derak’s sunglasses fly through the air. “Hahaa!”  Zach grinned and caught the spinning sunglasses. “At your service Derak!” He threw them to his friend.

Derak caught the sunglasses and put them up. “Thanks buddy. Now let’s show them what we’re made of!”

“Fire wood!” Faye insulted them.

However, Zach was not insulted. Again, he just smiled… “You got the fire part right…”  He chuckled and raises his hands.

 

“Fire Wheel!” Nuria yelled and released her wheel of fire. Kitt was watching her nails, suddenly spotted a minuscule piece of dirt, and removed it. Then she noticed the ring of fire that was closing in.

“Oh, one sec.” She raised her finger and moved her head from left to right, as if she wanted to stretch it. Then she closed her hands, smiled, and released a wave of water. “So, when will we start to battle?”  Kitt asked grinning.

 

Qing Yuan was ready for battle. “Could you give me a hand?”  Derak asked. “My plants need some water…”

“Laugh as long as you wish, but you will go down!”

“Sure, sure…”  Derak sighed and was ready to fight. “You’re forgetting one thing. I was number 3 in the Moon Tournament!”

“And Kitt was number 2, and I still managed to beat her.”

“There you may have a point.” Derak admitted. Qing Yuan jumped up and released a wave of water. Derak raised his hand and a wall of flowers sprouted from the ground. “But I still think I’m gonna win.”

 

Mika had a battle that was a tad harder. Spirit doesn’t really have a weaker or stronger element. But, they had to trade opponents and Aure was the only one left. “You were really mean for what you did to Moka!”

“Why do you care?” Aure smiled. “He’s single, and if a guy is single, a girl is free to go after him! Or…?”

“I don’t care that he’s single or whatever you mean, Moka means the world to me! And if you play with him, I will punish you!” She raised her hands. “Gem Shatter!” This was enough to hurt Aure already! With a scream Aure flew backwards and crashed against the wall.

She flopped on the ground, her white ponytail breaking loose and covering her face. She panted heavily, releasing a small cough as well. Aure tried to get up, but she was too weak. “D…Dolan…”  She whispered and stretched her hand.

 

“Please… help us.” Faye gasped, having burn marks all over her.

“This can’t be happening…” Nuria whispered.

“You promised!” Qing Yuan hissed.

 

Dolan heard his comrades. “Thunder Wings!”  Moka yelled, and spread his arms. However, like this writer just said, Spirit is an element that doesn’t really have a stronger opposite element. With a wave of his hand he made a shield. However, Moka’s force was unexpectedly strong and Dolan had to do some effort to keep the shield up.

“Excuse me.” Dolan politely excused himself and walked away.

“Oh no you don’t!” Moka jumped at him. Dolan turned around and released the most sudden and unexpected wave of spiritual energy anyone had ever seen! Moka flew backwards and landed against Derak.

“Are you okay?!” Mika asked worried.

“Don’t let him get to the others!” Moka only yelled.

“You heard the boy!” Zach jumped up. “Stop it right there Dolan!”

“You actually think you can stop me?” Dolan turned back.

Kitt let her trident appear. “We don’t think Dolan, we KNOW! And if Moka has a plan, it never fails!”

“There’s a first time for everything!” Dolan went with his hand over the crystal in his belt. “Dark Crystal Belt!”  He yelled, and blew everyone away with his awesome energy.

 

Everybody shove far away, and when they looked up, they saw Dolan walking to his friends once more. “Gaia’s Rose!” Derak yelled and one of the vines managed to grab Dolan’s leg.

“Pathetic.” Dolan sighed. He was ready to use his attack to get rid of the vine, but Zach and Kitt stood ready, holding hands.

“Steaming Shower!” Both yelled at the same time.

Mika and Moka grabbed their hands as well. Both smiled at each other. “Cosmic Tornado!” And they too released their combined attack.

Dolan was already captured by earth, and now water and fire danced around him. Spirit and air added their own dance, and Dolan screamed of pain!

“Dark Crystal…” He started praying. “NOW!” Rays of light erupted from his body, becoming wider and wider. Then, a sudden explosion blasted all the attacks away. The shock wave went through the cave, and while his own friends tried to hide, Zach and his friends were too late. They smashed backwards, hitting the sharp walls of the cave hard, and landing roughly on the ground.

Silence filled the cave. Dolan stood in the middle of the cave. “ G… Good…”  He puffed, flashing from solid to more ghost-like. The crystal on his belt was flashing as well.

“Dolan!” Nuria yelled worried.

Dolan turned around, his long jacket dancing along. A smile was on his face. Nuria sighed relieved, when she saw their leader walking to them. Whatever would happen, Dolan would never give up on his friends!

“Stop him!” Mika screamed.

Qing Yuan stepped up, followed by helping Aure. Aure smiled a thankful smile, and Faye got up as well. Nuria clenched her hands together. “Don’t worry.” She smiled. “Everything will be all right… Dolan will protect us.”

Suddenly Dolan stopped walking. His eyes widened open. “Don’t count on it…” A new voice filled the cave.

A young looking man blocked the path from Dolan towards his friends. However, his eyes were not young. They were old, beyond years. As if he had lived from the beginning of time.

“Who is he?” Zach’s voice was the first who filled the cave.

“You may ask him.” Kitt pushed him forward.

“Okay…” The man started and folded his arms. “The exit is behind you.”

Dolan stepped back. “S… Sire…”

“Oh, good to know you still consider me your ruler.” The man continued. Then he held a hand up. A light appeared from it, and the jewels disappeared from Aure’s ears, Faye’s arms, Qing Yuan’s neck, Nuria’s finger and Dolan’s belt. They reappeared in the man’s hand.

He looked at them, with a not so happy face. “What a waste of merchandise…” He mumbled. “No one wants to buy second hand jewellery.” He turned around. “Maybe Persephone would like some new jewels… and Cerberus could always use a new belt… or 2… or 3… otherwise the other heads will be jealous…”

Confused Zach and the others watched him walk. “Wait!” Dolan yelled, almost tripping.

The man turned back. “You know Dolan… you are gambling right now. The best option is to go back, hide in the darkest corner of my realm and never to show your faces again.” His voice was dark and gloomy, and Dolan and his friends knew they’d better not gamble any longer… with the God of the Underworld…

“…Dolan?” Nuria took his arm.

“It’s over Nuria.”  He whispered.

“No!”  Faye yelled. “It ca-”

“It’s over!” Dolan yelled. “I’ll find an other way… I promise.”

 

After Dolan and his friends had left, Zach and his friends were not really assured yet. Okay, this… strange man had suddenly showed up, and saved them from Dolan and his friends, but who was he?.

“Eh… excuse me sir?”  Zach started.

Hades turned around. “Huh, what? Oh, no need to thank me. You have an old friend to thank for that. If she hadn’t told me what those kids were up to… anyway, I gotta go.” He let an hourglass appear. “I think dinner should be ready soon.”

“An old friend?” Kitt looked at Derak, who shrugged. “Wait, who is…?” But Hades was already gone. “Who could have been that friend?”

Moka took Mika’s hand and walked towards a corridor. “I have no clue, but all I want right now is to get out of here.”

Derak nodded. “Yeah, we have a lot of cleaning up to do…”

“I don’t think you can fix the damage that has been done.” Zach pondered.

“Good.”  Kitt admitted. “I don’t want to live here any more. This place is haunted! Who knows, maybe Courage is next!” A shudder went through the friends.

“Anything but Courage!” Derak decided. “And to be honest, I’d rather move as well.”

“But, to where?” Mika asked.

Moka smiled. “I know a place. Big enough for all of us. As far as I know it’s collecting dust right now.” He turned to Mika. “At least, if you won’t object…” He said.

Mika nodded. “I would love to return home…”

“Your home?” Kitt wondered. “I don’t know… where is it?”

“Quite far from here, but it’s empty.” Moka admitted and stepped in the sun. “What do you guys say?”

Zach saw the dump that once was their house. “Eh… okay. So… shall we try and find some stuff that we can still use?” With a little breeze, the house collapsed before their eyes.

Silence filled the group. Nobody had an idea what to say, until Mika spoke. “Moka also has a creditcard…”

 


The end

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