Chapter 18: Anxious
When everything relaxed, Scott removed the roots and the hostages ran away. They searched for an exit and when they found one, a hostage had been held by a rock and it seemed the building was still collapsing as Thomas used his speed to rescue them. By the time Thomas got the hostage, the rest of the rocks had fallen and they couldn't escape.
'THOMAS!' Scott shouted as dust flew past him and the hostages. The hostages then helped Scott up as electricity charged through the atmosphere and by the time Scott looked back, Thomas had made it. They all cheered as Scott ran and hugged Thomas. During the moment, there was croaking as a creature had made its way to them. 'Oh no,' Thomas said.
As Aries saw a clear opening, she landed and dropped Ethan and Clementine as she morphed back into her normal self. 'What the flip!' Ethan exclaimed as Aries ran for the fig tree and ate all the figs. Clementine and Ethan then stared at her as she said, 'What? I'm hungry!' 'We're not looking at you, we're looking at that,' Ethan said as he walked in front of the tree and The M.E.N.S.I.O.N. building caught their eye.
They ran as fast as they could until Ethan fell and his eyes glowed. He fell into The M.E.N.S.I.O.N building but it wasn't destroyed as a scientist ran past him and chased for a room. The scientists had then placed a tape into a microwave as the leader of The M.E.N.S.I.O.N called them to attend to something important. As Ethan tried to touch the microwave, he began floating as he got back to reality and awoke to Aries and Clementine shaking him.
'I'm awake!' he said as they stood back. They eyed the ruined building as Ethan said, 'There's a tape inside a microwave. I think we have to find it,' 'Is that what you saw?' 'Yeah, only one way to find out if it's true?' He said as they walked over there.
The building was horrible. There was leaking water dripping on the electrical cords as shockwaves made their way through the plugs. 'Any idea where the microwave is?' Clementine asked as Ethan looked up and saw it. 'How are we going to get up there?' Clementine asked as Aried morphed into her ultimate form and flew them to the floor. As she morphed back, Ethan instantly tried opening the microwave held him back as there was a cord connecting the machine to the bottom floor.
'Not sure if you noticed but there was water leaking on one of the electric wires. Do you want to get shocked?' Clementine said as Ethan replied, 'Well, how are we going to get the tape?' he asked as Clementine looked at him and held his hand towards it. Ethan's hands then blasted a light beam towards the microwave as it exploded and a hologram appeared on top of it. A woman was present and she said the following:
"To whoever is seeing this, M.E.N.S.I.O.N. has been destroyed, with no hope of being repaired. I'm recording this as I've found something so sinister that my life is expected to end today. The leader of The M.E.N.S.I.O.N. is not who you think he is, neither is the whole building. Scientists are supposed to discover or retain data and evidence to prove an understanding. But that's not the case. I've found out that Menia isn't our home. We aren't from this planet. We come from a planet that has food. Life. Water.
I don't know how we got here or how life was built here but I'm sure, we aren't brought here for a good purpose. Be careful, you may think that The M.E.N.S.I.O.N is over but it's far from over. Their plan has just begun and the first one is called Tadum,' The woman said as the hologram disappeared. They were speechless until Clementine said,' So are you telling me Tadum was part of The M.E.N.S.I.O.N?' 'I guess so. But the real question is, why?' Ethan said as Aries called them over.
'You think this will stop Spirit?' Aries asked as they grinned.
Scott immediately formed a barrier but realised that Ethan hadn't commanded their powers to activate as the creature broke down the barrier. The hostages ran as Scott formed a branch sword and attacked the creature. The creature roared as smacked Scott to the rock across while Thomas speed ran around it and when a tornado had formed, he jumped and shocked the creature. The creature then groaned and fell as Thomas ran to Scott and helped him up. When they turned around, more and more creatures appeared as Spirit made his way to them.
'It had to be you,' Thomas said as Spirit laughed. 'And you guys will be my score. If I don't get rid of your little brats, they might steal this power away from me,' 'It was never yours, you bit-' Thomas said as Spirit made his mouth shut. The creatures then took both of them while the hostages hid away. One of them then coughed and Spirit stood still as he walked closer to hear again but when he heard an explosion, he jumped on the creature and made his way to the scene.
As Ethan and Clementine tried removing the weapon, they accidentally powered it up and it lit a blue light. 'What is this?' Clementine asked as Ethan breathed in and his eyes glowed white as he landed in a scene. Ethan saw Spirit laugh as Thomas and Scott's powers were being extracted from them. He saw the blue and green hue make its way into Spirit as he became more powerful. Ethan tried to stop what was happening but fell out of the vision and back to reality. 'Damn it!' he exclaimed as Clementine questioned what happened. 'Spirit is going to take Scott and Thomas's powers. We have to get moving,' 'But what about the weapon?' 'We'll have to take it with us,' Ethan said as Aries took a bite of the fig she had taken earlier and morphed into her ultimate self, flying away with Ethan, Clementine and the weapon.
When they arrived, one of the creatures from earlier attacked Aries as she morphed back. Ethan then formed his beam sword and sliced the creature's head in half as more came. 'You gotta be kidding me!' he said as he jumped and blasted the one that was chasing for him but didn't see the other as it grabbed him and hit him against the floor. Aries then formed two huge fireballs as she threw them at the creatures and they burned down.
'There's more coming,' Clementine said as one of the hostages caught Ethan's eyes and before he knew it, roots had tied around his legs and he fell. Aries tried to help him but someone super speeded around her and weakened her. When they saw Scott and Thomas, behind them was Spirit as extra creatures arrived.
'This is interesting. I wanted powers from these two dweebs but found out that Ethans might be the right one to rule over Menia,' Spirit said. Ethan tried forming a beam sword but Spirit somehow burned his arm and the sword disappeared. 'I wouldn't do that if I were you!' 'Why are you doing this? What will you gain!' Ethan exclaimed. 'Revenge. They left us here on this planet, all of us, to be eaten by these bloody monsters. We struggled to survive. Hoping that maybe, just maybe, they didn't forget about us and would return... But they didn't. Months had passed by and we were starving. I knew if I had more power, I would take back what's ours and hunt those who abandoned us!''But revenge won't solve anything. In the end, you'll get the Planet but the people would've died and then what? Who would you be getting revenge for?' Ethan said as Spirit stood quiet.
He was too furious to care about anything as Spirit connected the unknown device to Ethan and prepared to extract his power.' NO!' Ethan yelled as Spirit pulled the lever. As his powers were being pulled, Ethan knew what he had to do and he said, 'LIGHTER LIGHTER, BRIGHTER BRIGHTER, GLOW!' and the machine exploded sending everyone across. Ethan then stood up as he helped the rest of the Dimensions up but everyone stopped as Spirit laughed. 'You just don't get it. I can't be stopped and I'll never stop,' He said as he transmuted into a gigantic shadow.
The shadow then held all of the Dimensions in the air as the hostages below sucked in the shadow and choked to death. They tried fighting against this toxic air but it was rising and the Dimensions knew what would happen next. 'Once you're dead, your powers will be mine!' Spirit said as Ethan had an idea. 'Mine... That's it. Clementine, you need to claim your powers,' Ethan said, trying to breathe. 'But how? It's in him.' 'You need to take them. Even though they are in him, they don't belong to him. It's yours, Clementine. And that's something that none of us possess. Take back what's yours,' Ethan said as the mist covered them and all the Dimensions held their breath.
Clementine understood what Ethan meant. She remembered all the times she and her powers saved the day and stopped creatures from harming her and her friends. She then opened her mouth and breathed the air in. She didn't die. She looked around and saw darkness as she moved towards the machine that extracts powers and connects them to her. Clementine then took the wires and when she saw Spirit, she said 'The darkness will always be mine,' as she stabbed them into him.
The darkness then made its way through to Clementine but once it felt her, all of it left Spirit and entered her, making blackness move around her. When she opened her eyes, it was pitch black and then she blinked and the whole of Menia burst into darkness, killing every creature and Menian, including Spirit.
When she opened her eyes, she saw The Dimensions and ran to hug them. They smiled and chuckled until Clementine took a step back and they saw her beautifully designed black new dress. 'Wow. I got an upgrade but not this cute,' Aries said as they laughed. The hostages then came out of their hiding spot as they all ran around The Dimensions and hugged them. The room was filled with joy as a new portal opened up. Ethan then had an idea as he told the hostages to come with him and he made a portal open the place where they could inhabit. 'Even though we aren't allowed here, I think it's perfect for you guys,' he said as a little one hugged him. As the little one was walking away, she gave a last stare at them and said, 'Find Dr Robertson and Save Menia, Dimensions,' entering the portal.
They then held each other's hand as they walked through the portal together for the first time with their powers.
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