When Cithians Attack

  Chapter 23 A Severe Attack

  I stared at Pedro in disbelief. Who cared about those stupid rules? If we didn't hurry more people were gonna die. My fists clenched. "What do you mean, you can't? Open it!"

  "The rules-"

  “Who cares about the rules? People will die if we let them go! Open the gate!”

  “No.”Pedro turned away.

  I whirled on Richard, grabbing his shirt collar “Tell him he can open it.”

  "I can't, it's against the rules."

  "Can't you bend them?" I said, growing desperate. Time was running out.

  "I'm sorry, Skyrid..."

  I glared at the floor, sighing. "Then they've already won."

  “Perhaps not,” Pedro said.

  “What? How?” I was ready to try anything.

  “I could open a different colored portal, change the direction a bit so it isn’t exactly the same.”

  “Hurry!”

  Kaen shot a orb of darkness at me. Chaser pushed me aside. I landed hard on the hardwood floor.

  A black bolt of darkness hit Chaser in the chest. I realized Chaser had just made the ultimate sacrifice, for if I had stayed there Kaen would've hit me instead. Chaser fell to one knee, his shirt torn open.It looked charred. Cuts tore open on his chest. Blood bled out suppressively.

  He grunted in pain. I scrambled over to him. Touching his chest, I healed him. The cuts disappeared.

  Chaser stood up. He threw a beam of light into the air. Kaen threw a beam of Darkness into the air. Armor formed onto Kaen. A red helmet with streaks of black all over appeared on his head. I raised power orbs at Kaen. Richard pulled me back.

  “Let Chaser handle this. He has to learn how to defend himself on his own.”

  “I agree. My son has lost faith in Kursta. He needs to gain it back by himself.” Pedro said.

  I pressed my hands together. The orbs disappeared.

  “Is there any way I can help?” I said.

  “Yes. We need to open a portal” Richard said.

  Tan armor appeared on the rest of Kaen’s body.

  “I’ll call Anna on my Communicator.”I said.

  “Stop, you’ll interfere with Chaser!”Richard said

  “What?” I only wanted to help. Chaser needs it bad. I feel that I should help in any way I can. So I don’t see how I’d be interfering with his battle with Kaen.

  “The signal inference from your Communicator with their power rings will cause them to have malfunctions.”

  “I still don’t understand.”

  Richard glared at me.

  “Skyrid,you could’ve just cost Chaser his life!”

  The ground shook. I looked at Chaser. He threw a orb of light towards Kaen. Kaen threw a beam of darkness at it. Throwing a green beam at the orb, Chaser pushed it forward. Kaen moved his hands back and forth as his beam increased in power.

  Chaser’s fingers mimicked Kaen's. His forehead creased in concentration, the pain on his chest seemingly forgotten in the heat of battle. Sweat gleamed off his face. He wavered a little as his body battled to force the power out. He can't win. He's too weak.

  “We have to help him, Guys!” I said.

  “He’ll need Sayis powers to win.”Richard said

  Richard threw two green orbs into the air. They went into Chaser. Dark green orbs flew around him. Scaly green armor covered his body. His head turned into a gator’s and he sprouted a gator tail between his back and butt. Chaser chomped his teeth together.

  Those orbs flying around him went into his beam. Kaen tried to hold his beam for longer but, Chaser’s beam overpowered his and he fainted after his warrior form faded out. Chaser’s Sayis form faded out. He staggered towards us. His shirt was in shreds. Pedro gave him a extra one. He slid it on over his wounded chest. Gaping cuts had appeared on it.

  A reddish yellow orb appeared around Jaren trapping him inside. He shook in pain. The orb rose up into the air.

  “What’s happening to Jaren?”I asked

  “Warrior Power Possession. His powers are trying to take over.”Richard said

  “We gotta help him somehow!”I said.

  Pedro threw a milky white beam at the orb. It broke the orb in half. Jaren dropped onto the ground unconscious. I knelt down beside Jaren. Touching Jaren, I saw his eyes open. He stood up.

  “Nice work, Chaser.”he said.

  My communicator rang. Anna’s face appeared on it. Her face was covered in dirt. She constantly looked around the room.

  I could see a fireplace behind her. She must be in the living room.

  “Skyrid! I’ve been trying to reach you all day!”

  “Why?!”

  “Some members of Bloodshed are attacking the Castle.”

  “What?!Have you been hurt?”

  “No. But, several others have.”

  “Who?”I said.

  “Parser, William, Caitlyn and many other students.”

  “They hurt my Family!”Chaser said. He started to faint. Richard caught him.

  “Calm down, Chase. Or,you’re gonna hurt injure yourself more.”Richard said

  “ Parser has been hurt the most. He has had several burns to his body.” Anna said

  “Where at?” Chaser said

  “Mostly on his arms and shoulders. But, you guys really need to come over here and help.”

  “What about Kaiser?”Pedro said

  “He’s betrayed everyone and joined Bloodshed. He said he wanted to be with the winning side.”

  I heard explosions. The sound of metal clashing made Anna’s voice fade out.

  “Are you okay? Those explosions sound close.”

  “It’s just the battle outside the castle, Sky. The battle seems to be getting worse though.”

  “We’ll come then. You’ll have to open a yellow portal on your side though. “

  “How exactly do I do that?”

  “Is Fader or Kama there at the moment?”Richard said

  “No, it’s just me.”Anna said

  “Where’d they go?”

  “They’re protecting the students.”

  “Never mind. Just focus your powers into a circle and think of bringing us there.”

  “I’ll try that then.”

  Anna closed her eyes. She lifted into the air. Her hair lifted halfway up into the air too. Beams of light shot out of her hands. She fell back down. Her eyes opened.

  “Darn! What am I doing wrong?!”

  “You’re trying too hard. Just relax.” Pedro said.

  She closed her eyes again. Rising into the air, she shot beams of light in front of the Fireplace. A yellow portal appeared. Those beams hit against the portal, reflecting back at her. She slowly fell to the ground.

  “Anna!”I screamed.

  Pedro opened the same portal. We all stepped into it. Appearing on Anna’s side, we found ourselves in the living room of my dorm. Anna was sprawled out on the floor, unconscious.The room was in disarray. The window was gone and furniture was all over the place. The cushions were torn apart and the stuffing had been thrown around the room. I knelt down and touched Anna , She awakened.

  “What happened here?”I asked.

  “Bloodshed raided the dorm. They appeared to be looking for something.”Anna said

  I remembered leaving my pendant.

  “Oh, shoot!”

  I ran down the hallway and went into the boys’ dorm. I opened my dresser’s top left drawer. I threw the clothes out of it. My pendant is basically a black string with a upside down metal triangle attached to the end of it. It was gone.

  “Where is it?!’I screamed

  Randomly, I opened several different drawers. I threw the clothes out of them. I still couldn’t find it. Squatting, I threw my books out from under my bed.

  "They have the pendent!" My heart froze. This was bad. No, this was worse than bad.

  "What? Are you sure?" Pedro asked, eyes wide.

  "Yes. I looked everywhere. It's gone. They have it." I sank to the grou
nd.

  “This is bad,”Anna said

  "But Furliceo's locked up, so no one can use it," Chaser said

  “Actually, he escaped with the help of Vade Markson."Pedro said

  "What?" I jumped to my feet. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?"

  “There wasn't any time.”Pedro said

  “That's no excuse.”

  "Skyrid, calm down," Anna said, putting a hand on my shoulder. "We should be figuring out a plan, not fighting ourselves."

  I sighed. "You're right. Sorry guys."

  "Now," Anna said, turning to Pedro. "Who's Vade?"

  “He’s my Son. And, the Creator of the Darkomegian Procedure.”Richard said

  “Didn’t Kodyack perform that?”I said

  “Yes.”Richard said

  “So that’s why Nancy needed Kodyack.”

  “Exactly. And, I have a feeling they're gonna use your pendant.”

  “What for, exactly?”

  “A part of the Helios can give you enough strength for your body

  to gain another set of power rings.”

  “But, I thought they could only do that with my help or self-sacrifice.”

  “Skyrid, I’ve been keeping a secret from you.”

  I was speechless. This is exactly like when I found I was a Cithian. I was pissed then and I am now. I glared at him.

  “Don’t keep secrets from me!”

  “It’s for your own good, Skyrid.”

  “What haven’t you told me?” I said

  “The reason why your dad was kidnapped.”Pedro said

  “Tell me!”I said

  “Former Sayis’ can activate the parts.”Pedro said

  “Why can’t we destroy them again?”Anna said

  “They can only be destroyed by both of their creators, Adagar and Gadrid . Gadrid is dead.”I said

  “Right. Are there other ways?”Anna said.

  “Not that we know of.”Richard said.

  We all crawled outside as the wind whistled. A portal appeared. Out came a army. At the front of it was Drayer, Furliceo, and Nancy. A flag rustled in the wind. It had a bloody sword on it. Nancy held it in her left hand.

  Their feet stomped the grassy ground as blood dripped from their armor.

  “Brace yourselves.”Nester said.

  “There’s gotta be thousands of them.” I said.

  “We know. You’ll all have to use your training.”

  The Army grabbed their bows. Arrows flew at us. Pedro put up a yellow wall again. They still pierced through though. One of them, flew towards Chaser. I jumped in front of him, it flew over me and pierced his heart. I knelt down beside Chaser.

  “No!”I said.

  Tears flowed down my face. I shook him.

  “Speak to me, Chaser!”

  “He’s dead, Skyrid. There’s nothing you can do.”

  “No!”

  “Why’d have to be you?”

  “Skyrid, you gotta keep fighting.”Anna said

  “Why should I?”

  “It’s what Chaser would want!”

  “She’s right.”Pedro said.

  “He’s gone.”

  “You gotta keep going with the fight though. We could lose your dad, too!”

  “You’re right.”

  I wiped my tears with my sleeve.

  “Good. Everyone, turn into your warrior forms.”

  We all turned into our warrior forms. Since I have already showed you everyone else forms, I’ll only tell you about Richard’s at the moment. He had an amber-colored helmet and aqua armor everywhere else. Also, he was holding a light grey staff with orange specks mixed in on it. On the top of the was the Sayis’ Symbol ( A circle with every Sayis symbol on it) and it was spinning around like a top.

  At the top of the circle and halfway around it was a metal band. We all walked out into the battle. Fader walked up to us.

  “What do we do, Pedro? Bloodshed outnumbers us!”He said

  “We fight. We didn’t give up in the First war like this, and we’re not gonna now either!”

  “Pedro’s right! We have to fight for Chaser and my dad.”

  “Thank you, Skyrid. But what I meant was, I want all the warriors in training to help fight this war.”

  “But they’re...” Kama said.

  “Untrained? Yes, I know, Kama. But if I would’ve let them fight this thing earlier, we wouldn’t have lost my son!”

  “Your son is gone?”Fader and Kama said in unison.

  “Yes.”Pedro said.

  A tear ran down his cheek.

  “I’m sorry. Chaser was a good student though.”Fader said

  “And, a great fighter.”Kama said.

  “Yes, he was... and... a true friend.”I said

  “I’ll gather the students together.”Fader said

  “And, I’ll find the teachers we have left.” Kama said.

  “Wait. Skyrid, call your army out!”Pedro said

  “How?”

  “Just focus on them really well and they’ll appear from a green portal.”

  I closed my eyes and focused on the Kazakian Warriors. When I opened my eyes, a green portal appeared and a army of warriors dressed in samurai armor stepped out with Zeddark leading them. Zeddark came up to me.

  “You called us, Kazaka. Why?”

  “There was an attack. Look!”

  Zeddark turned around.

  “A challenge it looks like.” he said.

  “Exactly. We’re outnumbered.” I said

  “Yes. But if we die, we die with honor.”

  Pedro and Fader gathered all the students together as we all marched up to the Bloodshed Army. Furliceo walked out in front of his Army and shot two beams of darkness into the air. He wore my pendant.

  “Pedro, I was right. Furliceo has my pendant.”I whispered

  Pedro looked at Furliceo.

  “Yes, he does. Your dad, Alex must’ve activated it.”He whispered

  “He probably didn’t do it willingly though.”

  Furliceo turned into his Sayis form and turned to his army.

  “Bring out the prisoner.”

  The army split in half. No one said a word. My dad strode down the middle of the line, his feet unsteady. Silver chains manacled his hands and ankles. His brown beard was back, scruffy and long.

  “What’d you do to him, Furliceo?”

  “He’s possessed and my prisoner of war.”

  Furliceo laughed and looked at Richard.

  “How does it feel to see Alex in your place, Hecticmaker. By the way, it’s nice to see you in that form again.”

  “What does he mean?” I whispered

  “I was once...”

  “My prisoner.”Furliceo said.

  Furliceo put my Father in a orange orb and he floated above us uncontrollably. His army came together again and we met in battle. I went towards Furliceo.

  “Furliceo! I want a rematch!”

  “Rematch? Your brother saved you last time and who’s gonna save you now?”

  “You’re just bluffing!”

  “Am I?”

  “It doesn’t matter. Fight me!”

  “Alright. I never back down from a challenge.”

  Furliceo and I backed up from each other three steps. He shot a beam of Darkness at me. I jumped into the air and turned into my Mythical Creature Form. Furliceo laughed.

  “You’ve grown more powerful! But, that form is ugly.”

  I roared with my lion head and shot a orb of light at him. Furliceo tried to shoot out a orb of darkness but, his Sayis form started fading in and out.

  “What’s happening to me?!”

  The beam hit him. I shot two yellow orbs into the air and caught them. I turned back into my warrior form. A grey portal appeared and the wind blew. A centaur with the body of a pegasus and the tale of a lion stepped out.

  “It’s called the Sayis Curse, Furliceo. When you mess with Death, your powers are weakened.”The creature said

  “Who are you??
??Furliceo said

  “The Ultimate Sayis, Pegula Sayis.”

  The Pegula extended his hands. My warrior form faded out.

  “Presenting, my son, Bradley Greenson.”

  Bradley came out. I ran up to him.

  “Bradley! I thought you were dead!”

  “The Darkness cannot destroy an innocent being.”