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Cardcaptor Sakura Themed Story
Chapter 6: Chapitre V
(by Arcademan, added on 2005-08-29 14:08:17 AEST) [Discussion Topic]

Earth-AU2: High above the Antarctic Continent...

After some slight meditation, Mystique Rose called upon her mystical
powers to stop and then seal the tear in the ozone layer in the
atmosphere above the Antarctic, unaware of the very recent turn of
events between Arcademan and The Darkness.

"Once I begin, I cannot be interrupted less the forces of chaos rip
throughout the region." she told herself, since Mystique Rose\'s
sorcery is based on Egyptian Ankh magick...very powerful yet takes
total concentration to control its full force, in which she will be
using...hence the meditation before the spell. After mutterring an
ancient spell, she begins to glow brightly as the spell starts to
repair the damage.

From behind, The Darkness sees the sorceress' bright aura. "She is a
very powerful sorceress indeed...almost a rival of The White Wizard
himself. Now with my own power, I shall strike her down like I did
her comrades earlier. However, as he makes his final approach, a
blur of crimson and blue crashes into his side, intercepting the
attack.

"You thought you could beat me so easily, Darkness?" Arcademan stood
in front of the archmage, cracking his knuckle anticipating the next
attack.

"Foolish mortal. You may be the legacy of the White Wizard but I
sense only darkness within you...the stench of that accursed
Powerstar masked it in our first meeting. If we are of the same
nature, why do you align yourself with Light? Join with me and we
can rule the world!"

Arcademan stared back at The Darkness with piercing eyes. "Though I
may be of Darkness, I fight for The Light with all the being in my
body. Enough talk...let's rumble!!!"

"Very well..." and The Darkness lunged at Arcademan. The hero dodged
the attack and then countered however the dark being became
intangible, Arcademan\'s fist going through only a shadow. Then he
noticed his fist and right arm slowly turning pitch black as he was
being swallowed by The Darkness.

"Damn\" muttered Arcademan as he strained to expulge the dark force
from him when suddenly a bright light struck Arcademan, causing The
Darkness to release his hold and scream out in pain.

"Thanks, Flora." As Arcademan shook off the effects of the attack,
Flora and BattleTech focused their attacks on The Darkness, the
faerie with a sunburst blast and the android a missile attack. Both
attacks hit dead-on however The Darkness stands his ground and
starts to laugh.

"Is that all you can do?!! I clearly over-estimated you all." But
Arcademan looked at his enemy again.

"Heh. My super-vision says you\'ve been weakened but he won\'t admit
to it."
Arcademan's thoughts are broken by an attempt by The
Darkness to once again stop Mystique Rose from repairing the ozone
hole, the one created when he was resurrected from his underground
prison.

BattleTech moved in as a living roadblock...

ROCKET LAUNCH ATTACK!!!

As he launches the missiles, The Darkness absorbs the android\'s
body. After a slight hesitation, a loud explosion rocks the area.

"Damn you all!!! I\'m not at full strength so I'll leave you for now.
Next time we meet, you will pay for hurting me the way you did!!!"
and The Darkness disappears, leaving BattleTech in a crumpled heap
of cracked and melted metal.

"System...shut...shutting...downnnnn...*"

The glow around Mystique Rose finally dies down as she completes her
task. The hole has been sealed as she drifts down to the icy surface
and looks at Arcademan and Flora, then sees the mangled form of
BattleTech.

"We won the battle but paid a terrible price for it." was the only
thing Arcademan could say.

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Earth-S: Fawcett Forest...

The three Marvels flew into the very heart of The Darkness however
found there wasn't a solid body to strike. As they flung their fists
around, the heroes realized they were only striking to what amounted
to empty air.

"Holy Moley! We\'re getting nowhere this way, Big Brother!" said Mary
Marvel to Captain Marvel.

"You're right! We need to find a weakness in order to beat this dark
being."

Junior chimed in. "At least in this state, he can\'t strike back at
us..." but before he could finish his statement, The Darkness formed
a solid black hand and grabbed Captain Junior by his cape and swung
him around a few times, then before Cap and Mary could react, The
Darkness threw Junior full force into the other two. All three went
crashing into the ground violently. Bulletman and Caitlin O\'Malley
ran to the crater where the three Marvels crashed only to find them
crawling up and then back on their feet, none the worse for wear.

"You guys all right?" asked Bulletman as Captain Marvel dusted
himself off. "We\'re all fine however this doesn't solve our problem.
We can't touch The Darkness yet he can touch us...and hard. Though
we may have the Stamina of Atlas, our powers are finite. We know of
nothing about our enemy...his limits or weaknesses...all we can do
is continue on and try and find out all we can about him."

As the sky began to turn pitch-black around the five again, Caitlin
looked around her surroundings. "Yes...the sensation of ancient,
evil...DARK magick is back once again. Well...if it is indeed a
being of Darkness, how about I throw some light on the subject!!!" A
wiccan of powerful magicks, Caitlin spreads her arms out and in a
short moment, glows as bright as the sun itself. A loud scream came
from above as the sky cleared up, revealing the shadowy figure
called The Darkness.

"There he is!!! Strike now!!!" yelled Cap as both he, Mary and
Junior zoomed with the speed of Mercury and struck the archmage
three times in rapid succession. This definitely staggered the dark
being to the forest ground. As he stood back up, he was surrounded
by all five heroes.

"Very good, students of Shazam. You caught me off-guard, like your
mentor and those accursed wizards did 500 years ago. I\'m not up to
full strength yet but when I am, you will fall, along with this
pitiful excuse of a world." As The Darkness leaped up into the air,
Captain Marvel Junior grabbed his leg.

"You're not going anywhere until we get some answers!!!\" yelled
Junior. Before he could react, The Darkness turned into a giant
black lightning bolt and exploded. He continued on above the smoke
from the sudden explosion and soon was clear out of site.

"Whew! That was close!" said Caitlin as she erected a shield at the
last possible moment, protecting herself and Bulletman however the
force of the lightning-induced explosion changed the Marvels back
into Billy and Mary Batson and Freddy Freeman. Billy shook off the
dust from himself, then turned to his sister Mary.

"Are you okay, sis?" But before she could answer, Bulletman yelled
out "Freddy!!!"

The young boy, caught in ground zero of the blast, was laying
motionless on the ground, no spark of life coming from him.

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Ground Zero: Tomoeda, Japan...

The three: Sakura, Syaoran and Kerberus took a defensive stance as
The Darkness prepared for another wave of attack.

\"You! Young girl with the staff!!! Your powers reek of the wizard
Clow Reed yet it seems to be more powerful. You are a threat to my
existance so you must die!\" Then The Darkness extended his hands and
shot out bolts of lightning at Sakura.

\"HOEEE!!!\" yelled Sakura as she was caught off-guard but at the
last possible moment a blur of yellow stepped in between the two,
followed by an explosion...

It was Kerberus as he falls to the ground in pain.

\"DAMN!!! That really hurts!!!\" as he attempted to rise from the
ground, only to fall back down in a semi-conscious condition and
then changed back to Kero.

\"Kero! Are you all right?!\" yelled Sakura as she ran over to her
fallen friend, not paying attention at another blast of lightning
chasing her down...this time, it was intercepted by Syaoran\'s sword.

"OW!!! That\'s shocking. Sakura!!! We need to attack...I don\'t think
I can fend off another attack!" Sakura, confused by the swiftness of
The Darkness' attacks and Kero's injury was weighing heavily on her
mind as her lapse of judgment appeared to get the best of the
Cardcaptor as another blast headed toward her and certain doom when
a shield appeared from out of nowhere and saved her and the others.

"The Mistress of the Cards is under my protection. I promised to
protect her with my very life if necessary!"

Sakura looked up as she, Kero and Syaoran said in unison "Yue!!!"

"Bah! Another creature with the smell of Clow Reed's magicks! Are
you prepared to die along with your precious mistress, winged fool?"
mocked The Darkness but now the advantage of surprise was no longer
his as Sakura, now with the determined look in her eyes, pulled out
one of her Sakura Cards and struck it with her staff...

"FIREY!!!"

Along with Yue and Syaoran calling forth the lightning elemental
force, the three combine their forces and hit The Darkness with
everything they got. The archmage extends his arm to deflect the
powers, then is forced to extend both arms as he began to struggle
against their attack.

"Their powers...more than I imagined. I underestimated their
determination and in my weakened condition, they have a chance of
defeating me. I must retreat for now and continue to recharge my
powers and reunite with my other souls."

The Darkness turned to his attackers and said "I decided to let you
live for now so I shall take my leave for now. Make peace with
whatever Gods you worship for when we meet again, you all will
DIE!!!" On that note, The Darkness gestured and threw a massive
fireball at the group.

"Sakura!!! QUICK!!! Shield us!!!" yelled Kero as Sakura pulled out
the card and shouted...

"SHIELD!!!"

It deflected the blast and temporarilly blinded everyone. As the
world came back into focus and sight, the enemy had vanished.

"Everyone okay?!" asked Syaoran as everyone nodded to indicate they
were fine.

Sakura looked over at the clump of trees. "I bet you Tomoyo got some
great film of us in battle, as usual..." However for some reason
Tomoyo didn\'t come out.

Sakura walked over to the trees. "Tomoyo? Where are you?\" As she
reached a spot behind the trees, she saw a horrible sight...her best
friend, laying face-down on the ground motionless in a pool of her
own blood.

"TOMOYO!!! NOOOOOOO!!!" screamed Sakura as she began to cry
uncontrollably, the others racing over to see Sakura crying over her
fallen friend.
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