Doomsday Rider VIII: Part Three by yugo149 |  |
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Previously, on Doomsday Rider VIII, Sabre and Ieru fought while Rider, Shadow,
Boomdogg, Anubis, Kentan and Lot to the past to battle a demon named Jendrak,
who has appeared in the present time with one goal in mind: perfection. The mysterious
jewels are far more powerful now than five hundred years ago, and if Jendrak obtains
the other four, it may mean the fall of Neopia.
Ieru rushed forward and began to hammer away at Jendrak
with punches and kicks, moving as fast as possible for Ieru. Jendrak reached
behind Ieru's body, grabbed his tail, and slammed him to the floor. Ieru stood
up almost instantly, panting. Jendrak sneered.
"What, is that all the best you can do, Ieru?"
Jendrak asked mockingly. "You are a disgrace to demons everywhere, you know
that?"
"Shut up!" Ieru shouted, waving his arm furiously.
"You're the one that came back to life to absorb the six Elemental Gems, just
so you could have revenge on those who gave you what you deserved!"
"Touchè," Jendrak responded. "Though I am far
more powerful now than you could ever dream of becoming!" he shouted, picking
Ieru up by the throat and tossing him as far as he could. Ieru sailed through
the air for miles at an incredible speed. He broke through the wall of the power
plant for Neopia Central and landed with a clang and the hard metal floor. Ieru
looked up as Jendrak came in through the hole in the wall, and landed gently
on the floor.
"You are a pity, Ieru," Jendrak said, kicking
Ieru in the face. Ieru slid across the floor and stopped right in front of a
large, metallic pillar, which was generating electricity and sending it to the
remaining portions of the city. Jendrak hoisted Ieru up, and hurled him into
the pillar. Ieru's eyes went blank as electricity surged through his body and
shot across the room, causing brilliant explosions all around. Ieru's body shook
violently as the electricity continued to surge through him, until one explosion
of sparks from the pillar dropped Ieru. He slowly slid down the pillar, fell
to his knees when he touched the ground, and fell forward, landing on his face,
his body limp and motionless.
"And now that he is out of my hair for all eternity..."
Jendrak began, turning to look out through the hole in the wall. "Nothing stands
between me and destroying this wretched planet," Jendrak said, cackling and
darting out through the hole.
* * *
"I wonder what was out here?" Zing-Lau asked as we landed where the flash
of light had come from.
"I don't know, but whatever it was, it left while
we were on our way out here." I said, shrugging.
"I'll bet it was that Jendrak character," Shadow
said.
"Shadow, we both know that we destroyed him,
there's no way it could be him!" I said.
Zing-Lau donned a very worried look. "Oh, no.
This is not good. Jendrak... yes, it is him. I'd recognise this style of destruction
anywhere."
"What do you mean, 'style of destruction'? Have
you and Jendrak met before?" I asked.
"Yes, many years ago, when I was about your owner's
age, Doomsday_Rider. Jendrak is a fearsome beast. We must not allow him to perfect
himself. If he becomes perfect, then this planet will be doomed and there will
be absolutely nothing we can do about it." Zing-Lau explained. "He has already
gotten two of the six Elemental Gems. If we can manage to keep at least one
away from him, then we will still stand a chance. Not much of one, but a chance
nonetheless, and when the stakes are like this, we will need every window of
opportunity that we can find."
Elsewhere...
Jendrak landed only a few yard away from a brilliantly
glowing purple jewel. Jendrak stepped nearer, and picked it up. "Aah, yes. The
Dark Gem. I believe this will make a nice addition to my collection of Elemental
Gems." Jendrak said, hurling the jewel into the air. It entered his body and
a small, golden plate of armor appeared on his left knee. The jewel appeared
in the core of the armor plate, and Jendrak's strength increased. "Oh, ho. Stage
3, yes, wonderful indeed. Only three more before I am perfected and am invincible,"
Jendrak said, taking off to search for the next jewel.
* * *
"Is this an Elemental Gem, by any chance?" Shadow asked, holding up a fist-sized
yellow jewel. Zing-Lau looked at it.
"Yes, that is the Light Gem. If we can keep
this one away from Jendrak, we might just win. The more of these we can get
hold of, the better our chances of defeating Jendrak." Zing-Lau, said, grinning.
Suddenly, Shadow's eyes darted back and forth.
"What was that?" Shadow asked.
"What was what?" I asked in response.
"There was... a movement... I think. There's
nothing now, it must've been my imagination." Shadow said, turning around. A
figure leapt from the shadows and hit Majin Shadow on the back of the head,
nearly knocking him out, and causing him to drop the Light Gem. The figure picked
it up, and threw it into the air. The jewel went into the figure's body, and
a gold plate appeared on its right knee. The Light Gem appeared on the plate,
and the figure's strength increased once again. It was Jendrak, who had now
ascended to a more powerful form.
"Aah, yes. My fourth stage. I'm not at full power
yet, but I'd wager I can defeat the three of you," Jendrak Stage 4 taunted.
"Whoever wants the first shot can have it." He said, letting down his guard.
Shadow stood, went into his hyper form stage 2, rushed forward, and began to
fight Jendrak. Jendrak swung a punch at Shadow, who leapt back long enough to
avoid the attack, then went back to attacking. He uppercut Jendrak in the chin,
catching him off guard. Jendrak stumbled back and formed a golden ball of light
in his hand. He pointed his open palm at Shadow.
"Dark Kanena," he said calmly, and firing the
attack. Shadow fired his own Dark Kanena and the two attacks collided. Jendrak
stopped his, and swatted Shadow's away when it got close. The two went into
a swift battle, their attacks blurring together. One punch from both ends sent
the two reeling back, and they stood, flying, staring each other coldly in the
eye. Majin Shadow smirked.
"I've still got a trump card up my sleeve," Shadow
said, beginning to enter his hyper form stage 3. It was more or less the same
as mine, except he had six antennae instead of just two, he was black and he
still kept the red markings along his cheeks.
"What the?" Jendrak asked, surprised by Shadow's
transformation.
"Hyper form stage 3," Shadow answered, his antennae
waving behind his head. "Now let's finish this," Jendrak sneered.
"Yes, let's."
Shadow raised one massive arm, and hurled a Dark
Kanena at Jendrak, who swatted it away and rushed forward. He threw a punch
that hit Shadow in the shoulder, forcing him back. He rushed forward again,
and kicked Shadow in the throat, stunning him. Jendrak then attacked Shadow,
bringing both of his fists down onto his head, knocking him out of his third
hyper form. He landed nimbly and sneered. Shadow stood, up, reduced to his normal
form, and went back up to his hyper form stage 2.
"You'll have to do better than that if you want
to defeat me," Shadow said.
"As much as I'd love to stay and finish this
fight, I really must be going." Jendrak said, lifting into the air and flying
off.
"Arrgh! Get back here!" Shadow shouted, chasing
Jendrak for a few feet. "That coward."
"Shadow! Jendrak could have destroyed you easily
during that fight! Be grateful that he didn't!" Zing-Lau shouted.
* * *
During his trip, Jendrak had absorbed one more Elemental Gem, which showed
up embedded in his forehead. He quickly approached the sixth and final one.
He landed gracefully beside it, and picked it up.
"Such a small object, and yet, such massive energy,"
Jendrak said, hurling the gem into the air. It entered his body, glowing brilliantly.
A golden plate appeared on his chest, and the last Elemental Gem surfaced in
the hole in the plate. Jendrak was now becoming perfect. The ground rattled
and split apart as the surrounding trees exploded into shreds of wood. Slowly,
golden plates of armor emerged from Jendrak's skin and took shape, conforming
to the shape of his body, causing it to appear as though it were all armor-plated.
Jendrak, having slumped over during his final transformation, stood totally
straight.
"And it's finally complete," Perfect Jendrak
said, clenching his fist tightly. "Soon, Neopia will fall, a new empire will
rise, and I will rule it all!" He said to himself, ready to cause the most destruction
ever seen. "I believe that the best place to start this campaign of annihilation
would be in the heart of the planet: Neopia Central." He said, taking off toward
the city. Behind him streaked a trail of golden afterimages.
* * *
Where Ieru's body lay motionless and lifeless, his body slowly became a thick,
black liquid. It formed into a puddle, and then solidified back into Ieru's
body. His eyes snapped open, and he stood up, his life restored. He stepped
outside, and noticed Perfect Jendrak at the top of a building. He flew up and
landed near Jendrak, ready to battle him if need be.
"Well, well, Ieru. I thought I had destroyed
you," Perfect Jendrak said without turning around.
"You did," Ieru answered. "But if you remember,
Jendrak, when my life is ended, my body will regenerate all of my energy and
bring me back to life."
"Oh, shoot, that's right... Figures. I think
I have you down for the count, and here you come back for more. Can't you just
learn your lesson the first time?" Jendrak questioned.
"Oh, shut up and let's do this!" Ieru shouted.
"Very well, if you wish to die so quickly,"
Perfect Jendrak said, finally turning around. "It's time to put this to rest,"
he said calmly as attacks of fire, earth, water, air, light, and darkness rained
from the sky. Ieru shielded his face as the attacks rained down, seemingly to
no end.
"This is insane," Ieru said to himself, as a
fireball collided with his forearm, causing him to wince. "I've got to end this,
no questions asked." Ieru rushed forward, towards Jendrak, moving as quickly
as he could, and slammed into Perfect Jendrak headfirst. Perfect Jendrak stumbled
back, and his body burst apart, becoming black and gold mist. The attacks stopped
falling, and the mist began to swirl, and reform into Perfect Jendrak. Jendrak
cackled before speaking.
"You fool, I am perfect. You cannot defeat me,
not a lowly demon such as yourself. My strength is much higher than yours!"
Jendrak said, sneering. Perfect Jendrak waved his hand once, and the attacks
again began to rain from the sky.
"Oh, just wonderful..." Ieru said, shielding
himself from the attacks once again. Ieru rushed forward, ready to pierce through
Perfect Jendrak again. A mere instant before Ieru's attack would connect, Perfect
Jendrak threw up a guard, sending Ieru reeling backwards. Jendrak lowered his
powerful arms and began to glow white.
"This entire city is going to go up in smoke!"
Perfect Jendrak shouted as a massive white ball of light emitted from his chest,
which engulfed the entire city, crumbling it as it went.
* * *
"What was that?!" Boomdogg shouted, seeing the enormous ball of light on the
horizon. Our two groups had rejoined mere minutes before the attack went off.
"I don't know, but I bet it was that Jendrak
psycho again," Majin Shadow said, stepping out in front. "It figures. But, I've
got a secret weapon to combat him." Shadow said, smirking.
"What?! You idiot! Why didn't you use your 'secret
weapon' earlier?!" I shouted.
"Because, if I had, it would've taken too long,
and I would've lost." Shadow said.
"You lost anyway!"
"What's your point?"
To be continued...
Next time, on Doomsday Rider VIII, Majin Shadow's secret weapon is revealed,
the battle between Perfect Jendrak and Ieru takes a turn for the worst, and
something terrible may happen, just as Zing-Lau said.
Nothing lasts forever, not even Neopia.…
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