Chapter 4: Chapitre IV
(by Arcademan, added on 2005-08-07 11:36:40 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
"This is very interesting..." thought The Darkness. "My body is
divided amongst three worlds...each containing the powers of the
ancient wizards that originally banished me. Now as I look on,
their 'champions' race toward me since my arrival has set off a
chain of destruction that threaten the existance of innocents. Come
then and I will show you the true powers of The Darkness!!!"
TOMOEDA, JAPAN...
Sakura, Syaoran, Kero and Tomoyo met together to assess the
situation.
"The magicks I'm sensing...it seems as powerful if not even more
powerful than Clow Reed...and it's coming from the east." said the
Cardcaptor.
"That was where we first ran into that storm. Definitely not a
coincidence." added Syaoran as he pulled out his Derivator Board and
muttered some mystical words. A beam of light emerged from the board
and pointed to the seashore east of the city.
Tomoyo sounded a little worried. "I thought when you captured all of
the Clow Cards and turned them into Sakura Cards, you became the
world's most powerful magician?"
Kerberus knotted his brow. "Maybe, this magic we're sensing is NOT
from this world. In any event, we need to investigate it."
Everyone agreed and sped off to the ocean front. Once they arrived,
they finally saw it...THE DARKNESS!!! A void of darkness shaped like
a human being, devoid totally of light within him and around his
form.
"Ah... I feel the presence of Clow Reed...yet?" His glowing eyes,
the only source of light in the area, stared at Sakura. "You
magicks...I sense it...it's MORE powerful than Clow Reed...and in
one as young as yourself. You don't deserve that power. Prepare to
meet your destruction!" A wave of his arm and a blast of black
energy leap from it toward the group. Sakura pulls out a card and
yells...
"SHIELD!!!"
An energy shield erects itself however as the black energy crashes
into it, the shield shatters like a rock hurled through a window.
Kerberus shot out a wall of flame at The Darkness as Sakura
shouted "Syaoran! Take Tomoyo to safety! Kero and I will attack!!!"
Syaoran took Tomoyo over to a set of trees. "Stay here until the
danger's past!" Tomoyo told him "Please...be careful and don't let
anything happen to Sakura!"
Syaoran nodded and ran back to Sakura as Tomoyo started her video
camera to record the battle...
FAWCETT CITY, INDIANA: EARTH-S...
Caitlin O'Malley waved her hands in the air with a mystical
gesture. "The forest reeks of magick...dark...ancient...EVIL magick.
We best still be on our guards, people."
Bulletman looked over to the south part of the forest and noticed
something strange.
"Marvels! The sky...it's totally pitch dark...even though it's in
the middle of the day!"
Captain Marvel studied it for a moment. "Holy Moley! It's as though
the world stops at the edge of the dark patch. We better go
investigate it. Jim, you and Cait stay behind just to be on the safe
side but be prepared for anything. Whatever created that storm must
be a very powerful mage at best!"
As Cap, Captain Marvel Junior and Mary Marvel flew toward the void,
a pair of lights appeared, as though it was a pair of glowing lights
as the darkness began to take the shape and form of a human being.
"I know not who you are, flying humans however you all bear the mark
of the wizard Shazam, one of the wizards who had banished me. Your
team was powerful to disrupt the storm but now, you shall feel the
true power of THE DARKNESS!!!" as a beam of black energy flows from
his eyes and strikes all three Marvels, forcing them back albeit
only briefly.
"Ohhh...I felt that! That almost hurt!" said Mary Marvel as she,
along with Cap and Junior shook off the effect of the blast.
"Junior, fly to the left. Mary, you take the right and I will fly
straight at him. Let's go!!!" As three steaks of color headed toward
The Darkness...
ANTARCTICA: WITHIN THE ARCADEMAN UNIVERSE...
"Okay, Arcademan. My magicks have fully regenerated. We can continue
on with our mission." said Mystique Rose.
"I'm glad you have recovered. BattleTech, do you have a lock on the
position of that dark void you detected earlier?" asked Arcademan.
"Yes I have. Furthermore, according to Flora, it is most definitely
mystic in nature. However, we still have to address the more
immediate threat in the expanding ozone hole above the Antarctic
continent, not to mention our inability to contact Arcade Brigade
headquarters."
Flora interrupts. "I'm betting that surge of dark magic is the cause
of the disaster. We need to find out who's causing it and prevent it
from destroying our world. Let's go!!!"
Arcademan looked to the south with his telescopic
vision. "Hmmm...it's pitch black over there. No visible stars or
lights. We must check this out. Mystique Rose, I'll leave it up to
you to fix the ozone hole. Can you do it by yourself?"
"I'll try my best, Arcademan!" Rose gave Arcademan a wink and a
smile and levitated up to the atmosphere.
As Arcademan, BattleTech and Flora flew into the dark void, a deep
voice boomed all around the trio.
"I sense the powers within your beings. One is a faerie, then the
sorceress, who as I speak attempts to undo my damage, another a type
of being not known by me..." referring to BattleTech, who was an
android, a simulation of life. "However you...man of red. Your
powers...and the symbol on all of you...the symbol of The
Powerstar...the symbol of The White Wizard! He who had banished
me!!! Now you shall feel the power of THE DARKNESS!!!"
A blast of black energy rose from the form of darkness and shot out
toward the heroes. Flora erected a mystic shield, as did BattleTech
with a force field. Both stopped the blast but at the same time
destroyed the shield and force field. The resulting flash of light
from the explosion blinded the heroes for but a moment however as
their sight returned, The Darkness was no longer in front of them.
"Damn! Where did he go?!!" yelled Arcademan.
BattleTech began to run a program. "He is moving due north at
approximately at 120 kilometers per hour."
"He's after Mystique Rose! We must stop him at all costs!!!" shouted
Arcademan as the three raced after The Darkness to prevent that from
happening...
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