Jinx was sitting on a beach with her family. It was her, her brother,mother, and father. She could hear the waves crashing to the shady floor.
Jinx opened her eyes and jerked her body. "Is something wrong, sweetie?" Her mother asked.
"It's…it's nothing." Jinx said as she looked in the corner to see a creature walking around on the beach.
(Was born with this. Not a lot of people can see these things.)
Jinx looked down at her hand to see blood. "That's right. I…was in the middle of it, huh? This…is a memory. When I was happy. Me and my family loved going to the beach when I was younger. Damn, it's been so long since I've….seen them. This is the day…that the jinn I saw on the beach…brutally attacked my brother along with others in the water. People thought it was a shark attack. My mom and brother both died that day. My father doesn't even talk to me anymore."
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Jinx looked up at the night sky. She smirked as blood poured from her mouth. Jinx couldn't feel her leg. It had been blown off from Lily's attack.
"What…even happened?" Jinx chuckled. Jinx looked to her left to see Jodi knocked out and bleeding from his head.
Lily was passed out in front of Jinx. "What…happened here?"
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(Mine was faster than yours, Rock. This is one of my rituals…enjoy.)
The area shined a beautiful golden color. Rock,Joey,Natalia, and Amber were all caught inside of Ahana's ritual.
Everyone couldn't move and was stuck in a trance-like state. Joey could see and feel everything, but couldn't move or speak.
(My…my body! Why's happening to my body?!) he thought. Joey tensed his body, trying to break free from Ahana's spell.
Ahana took a deep breath and pointed at the four. "Which one does first?" Ahana pointed at Rock. "You'll be the first!" Ahana flew towards Rock and held out her hand. (I'll crush his skull! Then, I'll kill Amber by ripping out her heart!)
Ahana was shocked to see Jaden jumped out of Sho's shadow. (This boy…is immune to jinn energy attacks and rituals?!)
Ahana quikcly moved out of the swords way and did a cartwheel to the side. Jaden kept on pursuing her as she dodged each attack with ease.
"Die!!" Jaden yelled in anger. Ahana laughed as she landed a punch In his stomach. Ahana's fist ripped through Jaden's insides. She could feel his spine in her hand. "Oh, yeah. That's the spot!" She laughed.
Sho emerged behind her. Ahana used her eyes and twisted Sho's arms and legs. Breaking them in the process.
Amber could see Joey's body covering in veins. (Joey!)
"St…op….IT!!!" Joey managed to muffle out. Ahana took her attention off of Jaden to look. (Rock is gone?!)
"You're so focused on killing that you aren't even utilizing your powers to their full potential." Sho chuckled while blood shot out of his mouth. "Kebushie…had already warned me on two of your rituals. My shadows can go outside of the barrier and I can teleport people out if I'm not cuaght within it. This ritual only hits those who were hit in the beginning of the cast." Sho explained as he looked to his right.
Ahana turned her head. Jaden jabbed the sword into Ahana's stomach. Ahana used her other hand to stop him from pushing it in any further. A couple hundred yards away, Kebushie and Rock were on top of his mighty rainbow dragon.
"Oh, yeah!" Kebushie yelled as the dragon took a deep breath.
Ahana tightened her grip around Jaden's arm. "I'm not letting go! Not until you're dead!" Jaden yelled.
Ahana squeezed his arm so hard that his hand was crushed off and fell to the ground. "Not yet!" He yelled as he used his other hand to push the blade in deeper.
"Auuughghhhh!!!!" Ahana then grabbed Jaden by his throat and began to squeeze.
"JADEN!!" Joey yelled as he bursted towards Ahana with incredible speed.
(His body is almost immune to jinn energy in that form. Not worried. Joey cannot overpower me in physical strength.) Ahana ignored Joey and focused on killing Jaden.
(This sword is making me weaker! Every second it says in me, the weaker and slower my ability are.)
Joey stood on top of Ahana's shoulders. He began punching her repeatedly. Ahana wouldn't budge.
Joey then used both of his hands and pulled Ahana by her head. Again, he wasn't strong enough. "Get off of him!" Joey yelled.
Rock and Kebushie prepared to shoot. "Jump in front of it!" Kebushie yelled.
Rick could see Joey and Ahana struggling. "But, we'll hit Joey and Jaden." Rock yelled out as the dragon was about to unleash it's breath.
Kebushie ignored Rock and pushed him in front of the beam.
"Mother-"
Rock flipped and made his feet touch the blast. "Phantom fist!"
(I'll use the momentum and land my phantom fist!)
"Move…out of the way!" Rock yelled as he was getting closer.
Joey put his energy into his fist. "Take this!!"
Ahana used her eye to snap Joey's arm. Ahana began to pull. She was trying to rip Jaden's spine out from his body. Jaden tightened his grip and kept her in place. "I won't let you go!"
Ahana put her leg out and was using it to slowly pull Jaden by his spine.
"Ahana, stop it!!!!" Joey yelled.
"You all have to move now!!!" Rock yelled.
Jaden used his small energy and managed to push Joey back. Joey held out his arm, reaching for Jaden.
"You fool! You'll die, Jaden! Don't you understand that?" Ahana said with laughter.
"Phantom fist can ruin you! If I'm dying…I'm taking you out with me!"
"Amber and Natalia will be caught in the blast. You willing to sacrifice them just to kill me?! Two innocent women? Huh, Jaden?! You gonna make the call this time?" Ahana said.
"Shut up."
"You gonna pray to the angels for their safety? Just like…when your parents were killed? Did you get on your knees and beg for their life? Did they help you?" Ahana mocked.
"Shut up! My sister…will be the only survivor. You die here, demon!" Jaden and Ahana yelled as the blast hit them head-on.
Rock leaped through the blast and pulled his fist back. "Phantom….fist!!!"
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Joey managed to scoop Amber and Natalia out in time. Joey tossed Amber off of him and focused on the large dusty area.
"Jaden….?"
A shadow was walking towards the three. Ahana emerged from the dust. Jaden and Rock's heads were in each hand.
"That….sure was a close-call, Joey-boy." Ahana sighed as she tossed both of their heads to the side.
"What a decent plan. You and your friends suprise me, Joey."
"Just…what are you?" Joey asked. "What? Not upset about thw deaths anymore? Have you been broken that much? You can stop all this, brother. YOU!" Ahana said.
"This is your choice. You took this route. You-"
"No. You did. Why is it that you care for these things? You are better than them! Humans aren't special, Joey. Unemotional beings."
"Unemotional?! What is this nonsense! You…are human, Ahana!" Joey yelled in anger.
"Oh? Ahaha! When you look at the world…what is it you see? Beauty? Equality? Peace? No! These…these animals all…all are evil. Humanity is evil, Joey-boy. These are borders…all share this lonely planet in this galaxy. Can't even get along with each other. Why have borders on a planet you all share? Why look at someone differently because of their gender,race,beliefs, ect. It's fine to have opinions, but you all…seem to hate each other. Hell, the rulers of countries and all over the world are evil. More evil than citizens. Politicians will start wars that they know will cause major death and change the environment. Yet, they do it all because of fear, wanting power, wanting resources, ect. But you all follow them and will fight in these wars. Millions are dead, all because a group of old-heads wanted to fight! That's not right…and it's not right that humans will go into war without even fighting against their own politicians or people who started it. Humans want to conquer everything. The world you're protecting is run souly on power. That is the main reason why countries own nukes. They know all of the catastrophical things that will happen is they are used. The country with the most fire-power will most likely not be messed with. Unless another country can match that energy or simply beat it in battle. That's all humans are…just want to conquer. If an extraterrestrial species were to come to Earth, I'd tell them not to talk with humans. Humans will most likely, if the alien species or peaceful and weaker in technology, will try and take them over. All humans on this planet fear of another race being stronger than the other. That's all. Don't want to be weaker or else I'll be conquered or destroyed. Genders can't even get along. Women and men all across the globe are fighting. Genders and races can't get along. On top of that, humans all do their best to compete against each other and to destroy each other, rather than help. Imagine if every nation and all people came together. There would be nothing that humans couldn't do. But, as I said, humans only care about power and conquering others. Those traits…are what make humanity evil and useless. You shouldn't feel any sympathy for a being who's like that. For a being that'll kill another living creature without mercy or a second thought…isn't worth saving. I've killed animals in my life. I've taken the time to think about all of it. Humans will kill and conquer. That's it, Joey. People stepped over you all because you were weaker than them. That is the true meaning of humanity. All of their lives…are meaningless." Ahana closed her mouth and took a deep breath.
There was a long silence before Joey opened his mouth the finally speak.
"You….aren't wrong. Yet…you aren't right, either. Ahana…don't you see our powers? We could've changed the world. We…could've changed people." Joey said as tears ran down from his eyes. Why?….why take this route? You can't just talk bad about Jackson,Jodi,Alastor and everyone else. We…we all had faith in you. We have you all we had…we loved you, Ahana. We did. Those…humans…were the closest thing you had to family." Joey said as he struggled to stand.
Ahana's eyes grew from suprise. "Closest thing to family?" Ahana could see it. She remembered her, Kebushie, Adrienne, Jinx,Rock,Hercules, Amber, and Alastor all going to the arcade and playing games together.
Ahana smirked at Joey. (He really is…something.)
Joey stood up straight. "Let me do this, please. I'll give you the fight you're looking for. It's me you want, right? Let me take everyone else that survived here out of the town. It'll just be me and you." Joey said.
Ahana thought about it and closed her eyes to look into the future. She opened her eyes and paused for a moment. "Yep." She said calmly.
"I'm going to take you two out of here." Joey said to Natalia and Amber. "Joey? What are you doing?! You'll die! You cannot beat her on your-"
Joey shushed Amber by putting his finger on her lips. Joey leaned in and lightly hugged Amber. "Know that I forgive you." Joey said with a slight smile. "This is my battle. Trust me." Joey said with a nod.
Amber's eyes were getting watery. She pulled Joey in and gave him a tight hug. "You…needed a hug for a while, now. I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, sorry, Joey!" She cried.
Kebushie jumped off of his dragon and slowly walked towards the group. "No…way."
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Jodi opened his eyes to see Jinx on top of Lily. Lily was passed out on the ground. Jodi tried to use his energy, but couldn't cast it.
"I don't know what she did…but she canceled our powers! Jodi, you must understand! She's a threat to all we've worked for!" Jinx cried as she raised the blade over her head.
"I remember…my love. The one love…no one in my entire life knew about." Jodi whispered.
Jinx raised her eyebrows and quivered.
She turned her head to look at Jodi. "My lover…died from murder. I couldn't save them, so…I wanted them to be with me forever."
Jinx stood over Lily and dropped the blade from shock. "How…did I forget?"
Jodi stopped crawling. He looked up at Jinx. He managed to get on both of his knees. "I was ripped away from my mother, lost a brother, and now…if you kill an innocent girl…I'll lose mostly everything I've wanted. Please, Jinx. Don't kill Lily. She's the only person to give me a chance…and loved me for me!" Jodi cried.
Jinx thought about what Jodi said before. "The memory of my late husband…is now inside my head? I…didn't know." Jinx looked at Lily and back at Jodi.
"Please, don't kill her." Jodi put his hands together and lowered his head. "I beg you! Don't take her away from me, Jinx!"
"How did you know…about him? He was a jinn for so long before…before I-"
"That jinn…I remember Ahana telling me about it. This was before I knew she could minipulate memories, but she told me about your husband. I know…I know you managed to break your connection with him. Jinx, your husband was killed as a jinn. It was the jinn…Joey and Jackson fought at the school. That was him. His memory…was also manipulated I think. Don't take her from me too."
Jinx stepped away from Lily and walked towards Jodi. "He thought I was dead or something?" She asked with a cold stare.
"What I've been told."
"I see…"
Jinx slowly put her blade away and took a few steps back. "Knowing that makes me better, Jodi. However…I must…so what I promised to one of them."
Jodi's eyes rised as Jinx sprinted towards Lily. "I have to kill someone!!" Jinx leaped into the air.
Jodi ran and jumped in the way of Jinx's blade. Jodi could feel the blade hitting his heart.
"You…damn idiot!!"
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Next Chapter: The Showdown