Chapter 31: Chapitre XXXI
(by Arcademan, added on 2008-06-23 10:11:33 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
Chapter 31
At a flip of a card, Sakura's star-staff transforms itself into a sword while Syaoran pulls out Hein...a flaming sword of immense power and with a primitive-type yell, both individuals leap into the crowd of shadow-creatures like a bowling ball into pins, slashing back and forth any darkness that moved. While the battle was continuing, Kero, flying at top-speed arrived at Yuuko's spacious mansion. As he approached, he saw the mysterious woman from Clow Reed's past looking out the window at the war taking place, a bottle of sake at her side. She briefly reached over first to open the window, then at the sake bottle and poured herself a glass and gulped it down.
"Kero. What brings you here...not that I'm surprised since this entire situation revolves around your present master."
"Yuuko, we've never met brfore but obviously you know quite a bit about me and thanks to Clow Reed, he's told me alot about you, girlie. Tell me...are you planning on doing anything about this or are you willing to let the world go to hell in a handbasket?" Kero's voice has a twinge of desperation within it.
Yuuko took another gulp of sake and then set the glass down next to the bottle. "Well, if you know me, you know I can do something about this...for a price. However the only person capable of paying such a price is Arcademan and he's already turned me down."
Kero looked puzzled for a moment. "Wait! Arcademan already gave you his sword and it rejected you and sealed you inside your house. Oh ho!!! Are you telling me...?"
Yuuko smiled. "Ah...you figured it all out, Kero. That was simply a ruse on both of our parts. The time was not ripe however we had to fool everyone, including The Darkness that my involvement was not a factor. The battle is going as planned and when the final encounter occurs, a pact between Arcademan and myself will take place that will either save or destroy the world and yes, the price will be high."
Kero had an uneasy look on his face and said "Well, Clow Reed told me never to trust you but I have no choice right now. Since we're both waiting for the end, can you pass me over some of that sake and maybe you have some sweets and stuff laying around..."
On the world known as Earth-S, Captain Marvel, Inuyasha and landing in the Gyro-Sub outside, Spy-Smasher and Kagome met outside of an apparently abandoned laboratory where the young girl sensed the power of the Shikon Jewel which originated from Earth-S's past. Razor claws and a powerful fist make short work of the metal door as they step inside and look around. Nothing however evidence sowed someone was in the lab recently.
"Damn! We're too late!" snarled the half-demon. "Kagome, why didn't you tell us they were gone? Surely you could've seen the jewel moving away from here with them!"
Kagome, with a surprised look on her face shook her head. "I...I don't know what's going on, Inuyasha. I can still sense the jewel in here but I can't pinpoint an exact location. I don't understand..."
"Hold on while I adjust my goggles to infra-red and take a look around." Spy-Smasher lowered the goggles over his eyes and after scouring the entire room, saw something under the floor emitting a power source. "Marvel, about 10 feet ahead of you under the floor!"
"Understood!" With a powerful swing, the World's Mightiest Mortal smashes through the wooden floor and concrete and reveals a sealed machine humming with power. Grabbing it and setting it on a table, a beam of light shoots out and a familiar picture flashed on the wall with an equally familiar voice...Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana.
"Heh! Heh! Heh! If your watching and listening to this, then you figured out what's going on, you Big Red Cheese! Nice little invention of mine...it simulated the energy of that glowing purple gem so if somehow you were homing in on its energy signature, then you were fooled! We're long gone and already close to figuring out the secrets of the power. Since you possess the wisdom of Solomon, you should already know where The Darkness and myself are going. Better hurry and catch up...unless you can't figure it out in time, then you might as well sit back and watch the world grow dark! Heh! Heh! Heh!!!" and the message ended.
"So...that's why I was fooled. They faked it!" Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. Inuyasha turned to Captain Marvel. "So where are they heading with the jewel, Big Red?"
"Only one place...the center of space and time...The Rock of Eternity!"
Three hours ago, Black Adam left the greatest heroes of the Arcademan Universe to fend against The Darkness and a fellow villain from his home world of Earth-S, Mister Mind in his super-powerful body of The Invincible Man. That being used the very powers of the universe itself for its super-strength and the only thing capable of deflecting its source of energy is the world's mightiest metal...Marvelium. After zigzagging around the world collecting certain metals, materials and ores, Black Adam landed on the base of Mt. Everest and began using his Shazam powers to forge the materials together to create the marvelous metal, the echoes of explosions in the background as the fight continued on at th top of the mountain itself. Adam thought to himself "Interesting. Under normal circumstances, I could care less for these humans but my hatred for The Darkness is stronger. It's likely because of him that he made me the man I have become. Perhaps my life would be entirely different without meeting him...No! I'm losing myself in useless thought! I must finish this and rejoin the battle."
Very quickly, Adam finishes creating the marvelium and fashions it into a room with an open door. Flying halfway up the mountain, he sets the room down and flies the rest of he way to the top. Once he reached the top, Black Adam sees a most horrifying sight... |
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