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Arcademan:
Photo Album 2: Orb-Necro



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The main bad-guy of the story, Orb-Necro was actually two villains: Necromancer and the Orb Master. Both were caught in an explosion during their battle with Arcademan however instead of dying, both their souls and body merged into one, hence the intense hatred for the hero.

Arcademan:
CHAPTER 3

Santa Claus led Orb-Necro across the compound to the stables.
Fumbling around in his pocket for the key, he inserted it into the
lock and turned the knob. Inside several stables with reindeer were
present. The sight of the archmage terrified the poor animals and
they backed up within their stables. After walking through, Santa
pulled back the curtains at the end of the rows, there it was...

The red sleigh that Santa Claus rides every Christmas.

"So here it is...and somewhere within it lies the means of time
travel that will aid my master in conquering the universe. So, Mr.
Claus, how do the reindeer factor in with the operation of your
sleigh?" asked the villain.

"Merely decoration. The sleigh and its controls work on a tachyon
theory and will power, which is why I only use it once a year."
answered the elder Claus in a depressed tone.

"Your cooperation is most appreciated. Continue to do so assures the
safety and well fare of your wife and the elves. No harm will befall
them...for now."

Indeed. For the elves were all locked in a spare storage room for
toys with shadow creatures standing guard just outside of the room.
Meanwhile, in the main castle bedroom, Mrs. Santa Claus was locked
in her bedroom, similar creatures outside of her bedroom as well.

"Heaven to Betsy. Papa is certainly in a pickle." thought Mrs.
Claus. "Fortunately I have an ace hidden up my sleeve...or more
precisely, in the top drawer." She opened the top dresser drawer
where a small transitor device was hidden. She pressed the red button on it.

"Hopefully help will be on the way soon."

Back at the Arcade Brigade headquarters, Striker and Arcademan were
heading from the control room to the main room as Flora hopped out
from the shower and joined them.

"Ah...I feel so much better now. Nothing like a good watering to put
you back in the spirits." said Flora, who was standing behind the
two...with no clothes on.

"Flora!!! For goodness sakes, put some clothes on! Geez!!!"
Arcademan rolled back his eyes as Striker could only shake his head
in disbelief.

A wave of a mystical hand and Flora's plant-like costume appeared on
her..."Party pooper!!!" yelled Flora as she stuck her tongue out at the
two heroes.

Suddenly an alarm came from the control room. Striker ran in to
check out the source of the disturbance.

"Says here it's coming from...The North Pole!" as Striker typed in a
command on the keyboard. Soon, a picture came on the monitor screen.
It was Mrs. Claus.

"Arcademan?!! Is that you?!! It's Mrs. Santa Claus. We've been taken
over by some strange shadow beings and they took Santa someplace.
Can't stay on. Please come as soon as possible..." and the
transmission fades and then stops.

"Shadows...sounds like the work of one of Lord Pyrogod's minions.
Couldn't be Destrux. He's still out of commision after our last
battle. Sakura Kinomoto, Parillusia and myself made sure of that."
Flora interrupted Arcademan.

"Wait a minute? That was...Mrs. Claus? As in Santa Claus' wife?
You're kidding, right?"

Striker turned to the puzzled pixie. "I'm afraid what you saw is
very real, Flora. Worse, with Christmas just a few days away, this
could spell trouble for the entire world."

"I'm on my way, Striker. Stay here and handle anything else since
all the other heroes are on Christmas breaks and vacation. Flora,
help out Striker. I'll report back once I arrive at the North Pole."

Flora quickly grabbed Arcademan's arm. "I wanta go! I want to meet
Santa Claus and see the North Pole! Please! Please! Please!!!"

Arcademan rolled his eyes up. "Flora. It's kind of cold up there. You thought it was cold here
tonight...it's worse up there. Being a plant pixie, you're vunerable
to cold and frost more so than mortals." Flora was giving the hero
that puppy-dog look."

"For the love of God!!! Fine, come along but dress warmly. That shoulderless dress,
short skirt and barefeet combo you wear is definitely out."

"Whatever!" said Flora in a sarcastic tone. Waving her hands, she
changed into someone a little more suitable for the trip.

Striker tossed Arcademan a few items. "Some heat packs just in case
plus a couple of special surprises for such an emergency."

Arcademan and Flora fly off into the night sky and start heading due
north. "Wish us luck, Striker!" yelled Flora.

Arcademan turned to the pixie. "I don't believe in luck."

To be continued...

Arcademan:
CHAPTER 4

Arcademan and Flora continued their flight towards the North Pole
when suddenly the young pixie started to slow down. Both of them
decided to land for a moment. Flora dropped down to her knees
shaking uncontrollably.

"N...n...never been so...so cold in...my l-l-life..." chattered
Flora.

Arcademan sighed, then took off his cape and wrapped it around the
half-frozen Flora. Then he opened his belt pouch and pulled out a
special potion.

"I told you it was going to be cold, Flora. Even with my
invunerability, I can also feel the extreme cold. This should help
you deal with it, albeit for a little while." He released the
contents of the potion and Flora began to warm up once more.

"Thank you, Arcademan. Sorry for being such a bother to you." said
Flora in a rather dejected tone.

Arcademan turned to her. "Yes, you are a pain in the neck but
honestly...I wouldn't have it any other way. Are you strong enough
to continue on to the North Pole?"

Flora smiled warmly and nodded to him, then the two took back to
flight.

Santa yelled angrily to Orb-Necro "You got what you wanted, now free
my wife and the elves and leave us in peace!!!"

Orb-Necro slightly laughed and then turned to the jolly fat
man. "Not yet, Santa. You must teach me how your time device works."

"That was not part of the plan!!!" Santa was now furious.

"I decided to amend my previous demands. Don't forget about Mrs.
Claus and those little elves. Their fate rests upon your next
decision" mocked the archmage.

"Fine. Get into the sleigh and I'll give you a demostration." As Orb-
Necro and Santa hopped into the sleigh and began the power-up
sequence he thought to himself..."Hopefully Mama remembers our
little 'emergency' protocal. If she did, help should be on its way."

At that exact moment, Arcademan and Flora were standing at the North
Pole...no signs of any castle or workshop or any structure save for
the pole itself sticking out from the ground.

"Arcade...where's Santa and the castle? Is this some sort of cruel
hoax? It isn't funny!!!"

Arcademan grabbed Flora. "Hold on tight. All will be made clear
shortly." He began to vibrate at a high rate of speed and soon Santa
Claus' castle and workshop came into focus.

The only word Flora could say was "WOW!!!"

To be continued...

Arcademan:
CHAPTER 5

Arcademan and Flora made their way over to the main castle and
noticed the lack of activity for the time of year.

"Arcademan, can you see anything inside?" asked Flora.

"Hmmm...afraid not. My x-ray vision doesn't work since the buildings
are mystical in nature. Guess we do this the old-fashioned way."
Arcademan slowly opened the front room and the two heroes walked in
where they noticed no one inside.

"Flora, check out the kitchen and dining area. I'll scope out the
upstairs." On that note, the two split up and take up the search.
Arcademan floated up over the stairs as to not make any noise however
his acute hearing was picking up some sounds from the master bedroom.

As he peeked around the corner of the wall, he saw two shadow
creatures standing outside of the bedroom door. Quickly, he charged
the two, the first one he punches and uses flash-vision on the second
one, rending both of them unconscious. He knocks the door down where
he sees another shadow creature as well as Mrs. Claus, who was
sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Watch out! He has some sort of gun!" yelled Mrs. Claus as the enemy
fired his dark ray gun. Thanks to her warning, Arcademan easily
dodged the ray and took one quick punch to take out the shadow.

"Are you all right, Mrs. Claus? It's me...Arcademan."

"Yes I'm fine. I'm so glad you got the emergency signal. My husband
was taken away from a being...wearing a brown and gray cloak, glowing
eyes and some sort of globe floating behind him."

Arcademan said but one word. "Orb-Necro..."

Arcademan and Mrs. Claus came down the stairs to the main living room
area.

"Flora?!! Where are you?" yelled out Arcademan. There was no response.

"Maybe something happened to your friend? I'm not sure how many of
these shadows are around." said Mrs. Claus in a worried tone.

Arcademan felt a cold wind from the kitchen and noticed the back door
open. Then he turned back to Mrs. Claus.

"Where does the back door lead to?"

"The toy shop. Oh, no! The elves!!! They may be in serious trouble,
Arcademan!"

"Flora must've thought the same thing too. Please wait here and lock
the door behind me." Arcademan then handed her a small metallic disc.

"Press this if you're in trouble and I'll come. I'll see about the
elves and try to find what Orb-Necro did with Santa. You have my word
on that!" Then the hero rushed out of the house and headed towards
the toy shop.

Meanwhile, within the toy shop, Flora had run into a couple of shadow
creatures. As they attempted to grab her, she ducked under the two
and firmly planted her hands on the floor...

"HELL'S IVY!!!"

Nothing happened.

"Damn! There's nothing but ice underneath the house...no plants to
summon. Have to do it without my plants!" She decked one and it
instantly crumbled. The second one grabbed her around the neck and
tried to choke her but she gave it a judo toss and watched the shadow
shatter on the floor. As she looked up, Flora noticed roughly a dozen
more shadow creatures moving in on her.

"I'm surrounded! Man, this is going to hurt BIG time!!!" muttered
Flora.

To be continued...

Arcademan:
CHAPTER 6

Flora flew across the room to a door. When she opened it, she found
all of the elves in there, being guarded by even more shadow
creatures.

"Seven hells!!! More of those bastards!!! I've only one chance.
Elves, quick! Get in the corner and prepare to duck!" Flora stood in
the middle of the room and began to glow with awesome energies. As
all of the shadow creatures closed in on the plant pixie, she
suddenly flew up and shouted...

"DEATH BLOSSOM!!!"

Spinning wildly in place, thorns and spikes thrust out in all
directions from her, striking every shadow within the room,
destroying them. After a few moments, Flora stops and then collapses
onto the floor. Arcademan then comes running into the room.

"Flora!!! Are you all right?!!" As he bent over to pick up the semi-
conscious pixie, Santa's elves came out of hiding and crowded around
the two heroes.

"She saved us, Arcademan. Will she be okay?" asked Dingle, the head
elf of the crew. He had met Arcademan before in a previous adventure
and the two knew each other.

Arcademan picked up Flora with stronge yet gentle arms. "Yeah,
Dingle. It's the after-effect of the 'Death Blossom' ultra attack.
All she needs is rest...and a warm place. I'll take her back to the
main house. I need to check on Mrs. Claus. Come with me, Dingle and
we'll compare notes." and the three headed back to the house.

When Flora finally opened her eyes, she found herself lying in bed
in front of a roaring fireplace. She looked up and saw Arcademan,
Dingle and Mrs. Claus at the side of the bed.

"Where...am...I? Are the elves...safe?" asked Flora in a still-
weakened tone.

"You're in the master living room. You've beaten the remaining
creatures. Now stay put and I'll go see about rescuing Santa from
that psycho Orb-Necro." As Arcademan prepared to leave, Flora cried
out to him.

"Arcade...I'm not recovering that fast...no plants around. Don't
know if I can survive here too long..." and she passes out.

"Damn. I knew I shouldn't have let her come with me. This icy realm
and absence of plant life is slowly killing her."

Mrs. Claus turned to Arcademan. "Concentrate on finding my husband
and saving Christmas. We have a greenhouse out back where we grow
Christmas flowers. We'll take your friend over there to recuperate."

"Thanks, Mrs. Claus...Dingle. I best be on my way." Arcademan flew
off to the stables where the sled and reindeer were kept.

As Mrs. Claus and Dingle helped Flora up and headed to the
greenhouse, Dingle asked Mrs. Claus "Will he be able to find the
master?"

Mrs. Claus answered back. "Arcademan MUST succeed for he does not
Christmas will be nothing but a memory to everyone throughout the
world. Godspeed, Arcademan."

To be continued...

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