Chapter 26: Chapitre XXVI
(by Arcademan, added on 2006-09-21 13:15:28 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
With Black Adam's hand tightly clutching The Darkness, a flash of light appeared and Eclipse stepped out of it. "Adam! It IS you?!!" Black Adam stared at the girl. "Eclipse?!! You have returned?!!"
The Darkness chuckled. "Now that BOTH of you are now here, I can proceed to destroy the both of you, along with this little mudball you call home!!!"
Without warning, there was a loud, deafening explosion...then there was complete silence as everything was as still as death.
However...the silence did not last. Behind a shimmering shield of light stood the heroes of the Arcademan Universe, provided by their resident magician Mystique Rose. Nearby, Eclipse shielded Black Adam from the blast with the shadowlight within her.
The Darkness began to laugh out loud. "Now that I have your attention, please direct your attention to the being standing behind me. As the smoke began to clear, a huge figure stood well over seven feet tall, muscles upon muscles all over its body, entirely colored in green from head to toe. Two words came from the lips of Flora... "Invincible Man!"
That got an almost immediate reaction from Black Adam. "Mister Mind!!! I wonder what came of you during the recent battle of Earth-S!" Though he had never met the being known as The Invincible Man, he had heard the tale of how the alien worm created an artificial body to do hand-to-hand combat with his arch-nemesis Captain Marvel. Marvel defeated him and sealed the body with a powerful combination of metals called Marvelium. In a later battle, Mr. Mind coaxed a magic user named Maiden Moonbeam to free the body and once again wrecked havoc on Earth-S. Captain Marvel Junior, along with the rest of the Marvel Family and a visiting Flora from the Arcademan Universe defeated him however Moonbeam lost her life in the battle, which was how Flora remembered the bulking green creature.
"See. I knew these heroes would be awed by such flawless greatness, my dark ruler!" Mr. Mind was on the shoulder of The Darkness. Looking like a common green worm except for the goggles and the radio box speaker he wore as a necklace to amplify his voice, he suddenly disappeared and shortly The Invincible Man moved a few steps closer to the group of heroes. "I told you I'd be more useful than that egotistical Doctor Sivana. Now we shall have a bit of fun!" As he flexed the muscles of his creation, it looked as though the sun high in the sky began to grow dimmer.
"Help me defeat the legacies of The White Wizard and I shall give you this universe to do as you please!!!" bellowed The Darkness as the heroes took a battle stance to defend themselves against the new threat to their world.
Meanwhile on Earth-S: Within Fawcett Forest...
"Do you sense it now?!!" said the man in a long, flowing red costume but upon a closer look, didn't entirely look like a man. On his head sticking out from the white hair were dog ears.
"It's faint but I do sense it nearby." said the girl. She wore a green and white sailor suit and skirt, typical clothing for a Japanese schoolgirl and carried a bow and arrow set. "By the way, have you found any clue on where we're at?"
"Not an idea. I remember coming to your place in the future on mamy occasions. This place smells like a future time but the air here...stinks like rotten smoke."
The girl saw a crumpled newspaper nearby on a rock inside the cave and looked at it. "It's printed in English so we must be in America." On the top of the paper the date printed said June 17, 2006.
"We are back in my time according to this. At least we can..."
"Shhh, Kagome!!! I hear somebody coming!" Drawing his sword, the man took a stance.
"InuYasha...the Shikon Jewel fragment is nearby. Whoever's out their has it in their possession!!!"
Outside near the cave, Dr. Sivana was leading The Darkness toward the back of the structure.
"Damn you, small man!!! If you're going to try and double-cross me again, I'll make you and this world pay dearly for such insolence!!!" yelled the dark mage.
"Before you take that tone with me my liege, let me show you what I remembered finding recently." As Sivana removed a crop of rocks by the side of the cave, he pulled out an old metal chest and opened it. A glowing purple gem shined upon both of them.
"Such power from that gemstone..." said The Darkness. "If I combine my powers with this, those accursed Marvels and their damn wizard Shazam will fall before me. Dr. Sivana, you shall rule this world after all."
"Thank you, my dark lord." said the sniveling scientist yet his thoughts were different. "What use will I have of ruling a dead world. As much as I hate to admit it, I must seek out Captain Marvel and work with him to defeat The Darkness."
Tomoeda, Japan: The park across from the city hospital...
Loud clangs of metal echoed from the park. For passerbys, the scene had the making of a play or costumed performance but the battle taking place was real as Kurogane was swinging his sword at Sakura, who was doing her best to deflect his advances and tried to mount a counterattack. For a fleeting moment, it looked like she would succeed but without warning, Kurogane side-stepped the attack and swung around behind her, knocked the sword from her hand, foot swept her to the ground and pointed the tip of his sword up to her neck. Sakura pulled herself back up and bowed to Kurogane. "I'm sorry, sensei."
Kurogane looked serious at the young Cardcaptor. "Though you need much more training, I am impressed on how much you've learned in such a short period of time." Fai, overhearing the conversation shouts out. "Kuro-pai...you're getting soft and your face is turning red!" Hearing this made the ninja from Japan yell out and chase the wizard of Seresu around the park. The others laughed at the comical situation. Then Arcademan focused his attention to the otherworldly Syaoran, Yusuke Urimeshe and Botan.
"That's the story of The Darkness as far as I know. The aspect of him is only one-third of the being as his presence is also being felt on my homeworld as well as another Earth called Earth-Shazam. My job is not only to defeat the archmage but to destroy him once and for all." The thought of destroying the enemy got a raise from Yusuke.
"It's about time! I'm itching to test my powers against The Darkness. I managed to win in a Demon Tournament against the most powerful beings of Demon World. I'm ready to bring it on!" As the group brought themselves together to discuss a plan, Mokona's eyes opened wide and yelled out "Syaoran!!! Princess Sakura's feather is nearby and getting closer!!!"
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