Grinning with sadistic glee so uncommon to him,     
Krakken sent a blast of solid wind into the surprised       
villian's ribcage, shattering it and sending blood trickling
out of his mouth in small rivulets.  Evil UA doubled over,  
trying to catch his breath with bruised lungs being raked by
broken ribs.  A small, visous stream of blood oozed out of 
his mouth, staining the floor with the acrid taste of       
violence.  An evil man was badly hurt, yet, despite all of  
his instincts, Krakken couldn't help but feel that something
was wrong...
Thinking over Kyle's order Pyro looks at the others then at    
Kyle "Screw this, I'm not taking orders from you!!!!" Pyro  
pulls out his Krimson cannon "Let's see you survive a hole  
in your #$^#@$& STOMACH!!!!" He fires a full intesity beam  
at pointblank range, hitting Kyle square in the guts. 
"Stop! He didn't attack you! Leave him alone!" Zelda burst  
out, getting up off the floor, finnaly, "Despite all he's   
done in the past, it's the past!  Please!"                  
Entropy suddenly steps between Kyle and the Evil UA.  "Kyle,
I won't allow this.  Even the most hideously evil creature  
deserves justice.  Why don't you just send him off to limbo 
like you did with UA?  That way, he'll live, but he'll      
suffer.  Not only that, but he won't be able to get out.  If
you persist on killing him, I may have to take...Special    
actions against both you and him."                          
Ganthet slowly prepares to destroy the evil UA, but
stops.  "No," he rumbles, "if he is to die, it will be in an
honorable manner. Someone else will have to kill him, not   
I."
Tala rises as well, heading towards the evil UA. She doesn't do   
anything, just stares up at him. Frowning, once again.
 She had watched Kyle get hit, and hoped he was feeling all 
the pain he placed on Zelda by doing this..hmm..there was an
idea. Then she shook her head.                              
Zealen's suit glows green for a moment, and then it stops. A
few minutes later, a protoss body begins to imerge, and then
a full protoss body is lying there. "What happened?" Zealen     
asks. He stands up and walks to Zelda. "Oh 
yeah, I think I remember what happened."                    
Kyle stands.                                                
"Psi-shield, buddy.  You ferget I c'n read thoughts.  An' I 
can't send him t'limbo.  Only a person whose crystal's      
broken while on the planet is sent there.  Anyone who enters
willingly will be trapped."                                 
"Guh--s-shoulda killed me while you had the chance!"  UA     
morphs his wounds, then grabs Zelda by the neck.  He holds a
spiked hand by her temple.  "Now, I don't know what's going 
on, but I can guess.  My alternate bro's been replaced by   
blondie over here.  Well, I'm getting out of here, and Zelda
comes with me, or I give her a new AIRHOLE!"

CHAPTER 7
Razis shot a protection sphere up around Zelda seperating   
her from UA .                                         
"Razis Flame STRIKE" the wave of fire shot out of his hands 
with fury.                                                  
"No, I dont think so" said UA and teleported Razis and his  
firewave away.                                              
                                                            
Razis appeared in some large room. There were Vile          
everywhere. "Oh crap" said Razis about to fire off power    
after power when he realized they were all asleep.          
Razis let out a sigh of relief, he could get out of here    
without a fight if he was real real quiet.                  
                                                            
                                                            
About thirty miles from the Crystal Castle sits the two     
remaining ships of the Dark Empire the home of many Darkens.
They had remained dormaint for the last three weeks since   
there lord, Deatcon McTorn had perished.                    
They were not taking there revenge right away. They were    
smarter then the Vile, they were planing out there acttack. 
And bringing there new lord to rise. The lords followers    
chanted the words over and over again. "Dear Lord we serve  
you, dear lord we honor you, bring the Dark Empire to glory,
are lord are savior, rise Lord Brakis to victory".

Entropy hangs his head, eyes shut and hands at his sides.   
"I warned you, Kyle.  I told you to leave us be and give UA 
back.  I warned you.  But you had to do it, didn't you."  He
suddenly looks up, shifting into Ankhell with his eyes solid
red.  "DIDN"T YOU!?!"  He pulls out his sword, an aura of   
red energy appearing around him.  He points the blade       
directly at Kyle. "San Sum Arkaiis Mortuum...Doraquis       
notoris Mortuum...Catharus nataais Mortuum...Necronomicus   
Phonixius es MORTUUM!!!!"  His body is a flaming form now,  
barely able to envision the form once standing there.  And, 
with a Phoenix's cry, erupts into the form of the legendary 
beast,   swooping directly at Kyle with flaming talons 
outstreched.  Kyle chuckles at the attempt.  "Heh.  Used to 
have a cousin who could do that.  Nice touch.  Even so, I   
know holograms when I see 'em."  He fires a beam of psionic 
energy at the beast, which simply reflects back into the    
ground, leaving the Phoenix unharmed.  Another cry erupts   
from the massive flaming form, and Kyle is visibly shocked  
to see it's real.
"Oops!  Our time is up!  But, before I go, just to let you  
know I'm serious, next time this happens, I'll do THIS!"  UA
takes a giant hand and hits Ganthet into a wall, sahttering
his chest like a wallnut so you can see through his         
translucent back.  "Ta."  With that, he teleports.  Kyle    
looks at them.                                              
"You all are pitiful.  By now, we could've been--" a        
teleportal opens under him and he's gone.                   
"UA?" Krakken asks.                                         
"UA." Zelda says.                                           
"I suppose we have to rescue the $@)*$&." Pyro says.        
"Yep." Zelda says.                                          
"I have something here for...whoever's now in charge."      
T.I.M says, landing by the CFs.  He morphs into a humanoid form and
holds out a wrist band.  "This is an inhibitor band.  It can
cut off a person's special abilities for as long as they    
wear it."
Ganthet picks himself up, and mutters a handful of things   
not suitable for younger viewers. "I reaaaaaaaly don't like 
him."  Then, he asks the question on everbody's mind.  "With
UA gone, who shall lead us?"                                

CHAPTER 8
Zelda shrugs, "We've been without a leader before, we can   
handle it. Okay, ideas anyone?" she asks, looking around at 
the other CFs.                                              
The Phoenix looks down at Zelda.  "I cannot sustain my form 
for long, but I have the power to transport us to Kyle's       
location and, perhaps I can weaken him enough for Entropy   
and the rest of you to make a dent in him.  I can only be   
summoned once a month, however, so expect no further help   
from me.  I only wish I could assist you more, but I cannot.
 Now, Shall we go?"                                         
"Here's my idea" Pyro says, "If Kyle shows again, we gut    
the $#^@$^. I don't like him, I don't trust him. Heck, UA   
was a jerk, but this guy is a flaming $^*^%$*#"  

Razis creaped across the floor +What is this place some kind
of sleeping room+ thought Razis.                            
He could see a huge door ahead he tiptoed across the floor. 
The Vile were to huge that they nearly touched the ceiling  
as they slept. +That rules out flying+ thought Razis he     
would have to tippy toe around the Vile.             
Suddenly a nearby Vile rolled over, his arm swung out as he  
changed possesion as he slept.                              
Razis had to jump over the arm as it swung under him. It was
a graceful jump with a not so graceful landing. Razis lost  
balance a landed right on his face with a loud thud.        
He picked himself up only to see the Vile wakeing.             
"Oh dear"                                                   

Zealen looked around at the Crystal Fighters.      
"Looks like Kyle might have to be are new leader." He       
replied. "Even though we all think he is scum." Zealen      
looked around and his Orange Eyes begain to pulsate. "Oh,   
great. Call from Protoss Prime." HE opens his suit and      
reveals a communicator. He begins talking in his own        
language and looks up to them. "Our scientists discovered a 
new metallic alloy, one strong enough to withstand Psionic  
Powers, bad for us Protoss, good against Kyle." A sudden    
jerk in his face, and everybody new he was smiling. 
"Whatever we are going to do, if you want me around, do it  
quickly."  said the Phoenix, wrapping its wings around      
itself to provide some extra concentration to maintain the  
form.                                                       
''Wait a second! Who says Kyle has to be the new leader?    
What do we have to base it on? I think it should be a CF    
with experiance.'' Rupay stated to them.                    
"Rupay has a point.  We should not even think of making Kyle  
our new leader.  UA is gone, we must except that.  I pity   
that he is in limbo, not alive, not honorably dead, but we  
must move on.  I would recomend, as Rupay said, one with      
experience...Zelda, or Nity."
 "Yeah we are going to have to figure out where the evil UA sent
Nity, I hope he is okay" says Zelda. 
Nity's emergency light begins to flash.                                                      
"Whatever we do, we should move." Krakken states.  The CFs  
run out and split up.  Half heads for where Nity's comm is, 
and the rest head for the known base where Kyle is sure to  
be held.                                                    
"We should let that @Q*@$* Kyle fry." Pyro says.               
"It's not our way." Zelda says as they make their way.       

CHAPTER 9
Tala goes along with Zelda and Pyro, wanting to get another      
chance to study Kyle..perhaps if she could figure out what  
made him tick..that would help them all out.                                                       

The Vile spark to life as they notice Razis.                
"Oh sweet Goddess what have I done to earn such a           
punishment" Razis says to the heavens.                      
The Vile rush.                                              
The Vile dive for Razis opening some space to fly. Razis    
shoots up as a Vile swipes at him and misses then slams into
the ground.                                                 
In the last week Razis' Crystal had revealed a new power to him
but he had not yet had a chance to use it.                     
"Well lets see how this puppy works" Razis said hovering in 
the air as the Vile shifted from diving for him to jumping  
at him. "Razis Crystal Razor BOMBS" crystalin balls flew    
from his hands. They sliced gashes in Vile when they hit    
+There razor sharp+ Razis realized.                         
The balls headed for the walls and something unexpected     
happened they Ricocheted and bounced.                       
Flying around with furious speed. Each time bouncing they   
gained speed.                                               
Razis had to manuver instictively to avoid them. A couple   
caught him leaving deep gashes.                             
+I suspect this power was not intended for enclosed areas+  
"I think this is what UA would call getting a dose of your  
own medicine".

"If  UA really is..gone..and we can't bring him back, I guess
we DO need a new leader...but this guy seems to think       
strength is all a leader needs when that really should be   
one of the qualities far down on the list..." Zelda said to 
Tala and the others she was with, "Even if he is a Crystal  
Fighter."                                                   
"Indeed, strength is something somebody doesn't need."      
Zealen stated, with his arms crossed. "Mind, Spirit, and    
Magic often destroy strength, Age also, And I have all of   
that." He looked at them all and shook his head. "Even      
though I may not have enough Crystal fighter experiance, I  
have been alive for 4089 years. And that new Protoss alloy  
should come in handy."
Krakken was looking a little annoyed. "I agree that either Zelda or     
Nity should be the temporary leader. And as for Kyle, I've  
decided to hold on frying the little $#@^. But if he     
steps out of line at all, noone's gonna stop me from        
turning him to a pile of ashes"
Tala nods. "Strength of mind and spirit are more important..A    
leader must be able to inspire others, not have their       
hate..or utter dislike."                                    
 "I think that if any one should be leader..it should       
perhaps be you Zelda or Eme perhaps"             
 Tala glanced around, having voiced her opinion on the       
matter.

Kyle is sedated and strapped onto a table inside evil UA's lab.  
UA works some machines.                                     
"Excellent.  I know enough from my spies about you that I   
can take your power and use it against the Crystal Fighters.
Soon, they will be destroyed!"

CHAPTER 10
 "We will figure this all out later, right now lets just focus on saving
that low life Kyle" says Tala.
"The question is, how do we get there or better            
yet, WHERE IS THERE?!"  Pyro questioned.                                    
"I can find our way there, who is coming with me?" A few of 
the crystal fighters nod, and Zealen's eyes glow. His Psi   
Emmitters imite a medium shaped blade, like a longsword,    
from his emmitters. "And for Pyro." He opened his suit and  
took out a large gun and handed it to him. "It is a Protoss 
weapon that was used a long, long time ago. We used them    
before we realized PSI was stronger. Thats a very long time 
ago. It is a Protoss Fireball Laucher, with a extra firebolt
launcher on top."                                           
Zelda sighs then nods at Zealen, "All right, let's go." she 
says.                                                       
Ganthet draws his sword, raises it to the sky, and shouts,  
"For Ultra Avenger!  This battle is for him!" 

It takes them awhile but Zealen finally locates the Vile lair
where the evil UA is holding Kyle.
Zealen leads the CFs through tunnels and other areas. He opens a   
portal and they walk through, and find them selves in the lab, 
with Kyle. "Alright Kyle, times up!" Zealen makes magical   
gestures and points his right hand at Kyle. A Stasis Field  
surrounds Kyle, and he stops moving. "Ganthet, Zelda, Help  
me do this!" He opens his suit and a large mettaliac plate  
comes out. "This is the Protoss Alloy, if we get it on the  
field, he won't be able to get out!" He starts surrounding  
it with the alloy and hammering it.                         
+Sure hope this works..+ Zelda thinks to herself, but for   
some reason everything just seemed so hopeless...though they
appeared to have the upper hand.  She closes her eyes a     
moment, then helps Zealen lethargicly, concentrating        
on..nothing in paticular, but definatly not on what was     
happening.                                                  
"You Crystal Dopes are so GULLABLE!" UA shouts.  Kyle       
disappears.  A hologram.  Then, he 'ports the alloy away.   
"I used him as bait, knowing no matter how annoying that    
snot-nosed little punk was, you were gonna save him anyway. 
It's in your job description."  He jumps down and kicks     
Zealen.  Then, punches Zelda full strength.  He looks at the
grounded Zealen.  
"Your armor is just what I need to  focus and amplify Kyle's powers to 
destroy you.  Only problem is, it's occupied."  He sends a spike through the   
suit and through Zealen.  "But I can fix that.  Don't try to
used your PSI powers.  They're as useless against me as the 
other me.  Now, hold still."  He forms another Spike.  The  
others make a move but he 'ports them to the far wall.
"The rest of are for later" says UA then looks back at Zealen.  
"This may hurt!"  He sends the other spike down.                                       

CHAPTER 11                                                                            
+Ah, no wonder..+ Zelda thinks to herself looking at the    
seemingly-invincable evil UA, trying to recover from the punch 
and wishing she could withstand more, physically and then   
wondering if that would just be futile.  She took a breath  
and stood silently asking of her Crystal. For once, the     
change was quick and subtle.  She closed her eyes, +Rydia   
Water Vortex+ she said silently directing her magic and     
sending a cascade of water at  UA.
UA is knocked to the side by the water.
Zealen looks at Rydia. "Rydia, my suit, I can't make it." He
opens his suit and takes a glass beaker with blue blood in  
it and rolls it to Rydia. He starts to crawl out, but as he is halfway    
out, he notices a large whole in his body. "If I can't keep 
the suit I need, no one will have it cause they want it!" He
touches his suit and a bunch of electrical sparks fly thruogh
it. Zealen crawls out but is zapped by a bolt, and blows up 
in a mix of blue blood, white and grey flesh, and mechanical
parts. His suit then opens it's self and two legs pop out.    
Just then the two Crystal areas in his suit light up.         
"Initializing Protoss Backup Systems." His crystal falls 
out and Zelda grabs it. The suite then takes a step, and blows up. 
"Ack!" Rydia exclaims, again finding herself in possesion of
Zealen's Crystal.  +Why does everything have to be so..+ she 
started to think to herself.
''Not so fast.'' Rupay holds out her hand in the direction of 
UA. ''Rupay Dilusion Scatter!'' UA then starts seeing things
attacking him. In his efforts to fend them off he uses up   
his energy.                                                 
Taking advantage of evil UA's exhaustion, Krakken 
leapt out, a wind blast leading the way.  Even as the dense 
column left his hands, Krakken saw UA smiling         
wickedly.  The devastating blast was intercepted by a       
teleportal, inches in front of UA.  Even as the first 
teleportal closed, another one open up behind Krakken, his  
blast coming out of it, slamming him at the base of his     
spine.                                                      
    As his teeth clenched in pain and his lower torso began 
to lose feeling, a suddenly gigantic UA, using his    
mophing abilities to their full potential, lifted him into  
the air.  "Well, if it isn't the scrawny freak that broke my
ribs..."  UA's voice seem to come from far away,      
flitting around the edge of his conciousness.               
    Krakken groaned, then found himself being thrown towards
the air, towards Rydia and Pyro.  No longer aware of what 
was happening, his bulk collided with the wounded Zelda,   
seconds before his flailing leg caught Pyro across the     
face, sending both sprawling flat.  And through it all, that
voice that had seemed so distant laughed at them.           
Tala had tried to keep herself phased for most of what had  
been going on. But now..now was the time to do something.   
But what? Her magical attacks could be turned on            
her..unless...unless what? She had to think. If he could    
port..something that could strike many places..that was it. 
  Lightning.                                                
She slowly became visible, and lifted a hand into the air. 
Sparks of blue light began to arch through her fingertips,  
and she powered it with her anger at what he was doing to   
her friends.                                                
 She then pointed towards UA, fully visable, and tangable  
now, and spoke something. Lightning bolts raced across to    
where he was standing.                                      
 Striking around UA, and hopefuly, getting through any     
ports he might have set up. She saw one strike him on the   
chest, and smiled. Pay back time..hopefully one of the      
others could get in a hit now.                              

ANOTHER PART OF THE LAIR
Razis ducked as a ball squealed by. Unfortunatly he ducked  
right into a fist.                                          
Razis was slamed into a wall and it collapsed behind him and
he fell into the next room.                                 

As the battle rages on, a large portal opens. A Large       
Protoss warrior steps out. He looks around and starts       
gathering pieces of Zealen's suit. UA tries to hit him, but 
it goes past his shield. "Little Brother, dead." He then    
opens his suit and places the many pieces of the corpse in  
his suite. He stomps his foot and everybody falls down, and a
few pieces of the ceiling fall down. "Who killed, Zealen?" He  
places his hands on his temples and a large squeking noise  
hops into everybodies brains.                                    
"Sorry.  Not today."  UA lifts his arms, and does something 
no one knew he could do.  He begins sending a lightning     
storm at all the CFs, wounding those fast enough to doge,   
nearly killing those who weren't.  That also goes for the   
protoss warrior.  Then, he hits the said warrior with an        
ice-storm encasing him in about twelve centuries worth of   
ice.                                                        
Entropy, wincing at his slightly singed wing, suddenly gets 
up and points his sword at UA.  "Blasdean Necronomicus Es   
Mortuum!"  He cries, activating the blade.  With another    
shout of "Mortuum!"  a black blast of energy shoots right at
UA, but he deflects it, just in time to meet Entropy's      
vicious left claw.
The Protoss Warrior Shrugs and the Ice begins to melt fast. 
He then walks over to UA. "You, kill Zealen? Yes!" He lifts his  
arms to hit him and his PSI Emitters emit a short sword     
blade thingie. His suit opens on both sides to reveal six     
robotic arms with the same shape. "Dalan, don't die." He    
then starts hitting UA rapidly leaving him bleeding in the  
torso and the head. He then opens a large portal, and walks 
through. 

CHAPTER 12
Razis hears screams as he goes sprawling through the wall   
into the next room.                                         
Razis looks around "Oh no!" he sees tons of people in       
shackels and restrained to the wall.                        
Some he recognize from his few trips through Crystilian     
villages. But there are other creatures he hasnt seen       
before, ones not of Crystilia origin, they are from other   
worlds captured by the Vile most likely.                    
In the center of the room is a man straped to a post with a 
Vile standing over him chanting. The Vile doesnt even seem  
to notice Razis.                                            
+Whats he doing+ then flames erupt around the man as the   
Vile stops chanting. +A sacrifice oh no+                    
Before Razis can move to help the man the Vile explode       
through the wall finishing it off and continue after Razis. 

"Oh, you're all too tough for me!  Save Kyle and yourselves,
if you can."  UA 'ports away, laughing at them.  Taunting   
them.  Baiting them.                                        
Kyle tries to use his psi powers to get off the table he's  
strapped to.  No good.  Somehow, UA had managed to cut off  
his abilities.  He's trapped.  Then, evil UA appears.            
"I thought I sent ya t'limbo!"                              
"Nah.  You sent my goody-goody counterpart.  I'm the genuine
article.  And I'm going to use you against the team you so  
wanted to lead."  He begins typing on some machines.  "Oh,  
and they did come looking for you.  In fact, Razis is on the  
other side of that wall.  Too bad he doesn't know it yet."

+Atleast there is  more room to fly in here+ Razis thought  
as he lifted into the air just out of the Vile's grasp.     
+Now to help that poor guy+ "Razis Crystal Hail STORM" he   
thought he might try this again. A single large chunk of    
hail formed in the air and fell towards the man.            
The man screamed as the flames licked at his flesh.         
"Razis Fire Ball" the huge ball of flame shot from Razis'   
hands catching the huge chunk of hail instantly melting it  
causing water to pour over the man. Steam rose as the flames
fell.                                                       
Razis stayed a loft in the air where the Vile couldnt reach 
him. He could see one charging up to shoot a bolt of        
lightning and quickly moved out of the way before he could  
release the lightning.                                      
Razis continued this tottally out of harm for they took to  
long to charge the energy to get him. He was hoping to wear 
them out.                                                   
They were definitly getting annoyed.                        
Suddenly there backs pertruded outward and the skin began to
tear and massive wings were released out of there backs.    
+WHAT????+                                                  
The wings began to flap and they took to the air.           
"Since when do you guys do that" Razis screamed "You guys   
always have to be making yourselfs harder to beat dont you".
Razis was scared there were to many for him.                

CRYSTAL CASTLE BASEMENT                                             
Striker pounded on the walls of her cell. No use she couldnt
even put a dent in it not even in the form of Ganthet. It   
was made out of some kind of metallic substance, maybe      
admantium or maybe something even stronger she wasnt sure.  
She did however come to the conclusion that it had to have been
one of the CFs that were more advanced in the technology    
business. Probably UA or Pyro. Maybe even Coda before he    
perished. She continued to pound on the walls of the        
seemless cell. But the effort was virtualy futile.          
                                                    
JUSTAR                                                     
Sentinei watched Striker in the mystic pool pondering over  
what had happened to her. He knew something had gone wrong  
when she was being reconstructed in the special room he had 
made in Justar. But what had happened why had she come out  
pure evil with one goal in mind, the goal to destroy the    
Crystal Fighters.                                           
Sentinei also wonderd why Striker wasnt simply destroying   
her cell and getting away. He knew she had an unparrelel    
amount of power. She had released some kind of power and        
defeated him, a demigod.                                    
She had released a power that had nearly killed him.        
Maybe something had been released when she reformed,         
something evil.                                             
But why wasnt she using that power now. Maybe when she left 
Justar she had simply forgot about it.                      
Then there was something else, something was wrong with the 
world of Crystallia itself. Something he couldnt quite      
figure.                                                     
But he couldnt concern himself with this stuff right now. He
had to finish healing the wounds Striker had given him. He  
had to heal before the Ealians arrived at Justar with there 
evil content.                                               
Chaos was soon going to fall all around Sentinei and the    
Crystal Fighters and he wasnt sure if there was anything he 
was going to be able to do about it.                          

Razis readied to get plumeld by all the Vile but then he saw
the crystal balls he had made come bouncing out of the other room   
towards the people chanied to the wall. They wouldnt be able 
to do anything they couldnt get out of the way, they would 
be cut to pieces by the bouncing razor sharp balls.         
"NO!!! Razis Tornado STRIKE!!!!!!!!" the tornado swooped and
caught the balls just in time. "Lets see how you like this" 
Razis brought the tornado back at the Vile. The Vile tried  
to stay a loft but the winds where to strong and they were  
sucked down into the tornado and ripped to shreds instantly
by the balls whirling inside it.
There screams were like a stake through his chest. Even if  
it was the Vile it was still a violent way to go. He hadn't  
been so violent before, He figured it was the Nity in him   
that did it.     
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