Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic (Part I)

C14: Attack of the Order - Glitch vs Pokemon! (2)

Every fiber of his body ached.

From the tips of his fingers to the depth of his bones, all were crying out, a howl of the bitter end. Kai was no stranger it, but never had he experienced such pain; spread thoroughly into him.

If it was, the roar woke him up.

The rope had almost loosened around him, but Kai couldn't take his eyes off Peter's face.

The wizard was horrified beyond recognition. Half of his face was already swollen. The remaining half had turned pale blue and white. The colors of fear, terror, and confusion lingered on his face.

Kai had to look beyond Arlen. There he stood, behind Shae's pitiful figure, and over Simon's broken body. Wrapped under an ugly coverlet, holding a wand.

Mr. Beedle stepped forward, his sunken eyes beaming with just rage.

Peter stumbled back, one step at a time.

"WHO WAS IT?" Mr. Beedle roared, blasting the rocks and moss rolling away.

Peter, the wizard; No! Peter, the fool answered by pointing his wand at the legendary wizard.

"SO IT WAS YOU!" Mr. Beedle said, lifting his wand. All the heat vanished suddenly, and the chill came running to take its place. A breath of frozen air escaped Kai's mouth. Then he heard that. The same word he had heard many times by now. "EXPELLIARMUS!"

When Kai had seen it the first time, it was just a scarlet light. The second time, crossing over the sea, he didn't even notice that. He had expected a flash this time, or worse, a bolt of lightning. What appeared, though, was a pillar. A pillar of holy light.

The pillar shot straight towards Peter. Dickon got caught by the pillar's edge and flung off to the cliff's boundary some dozens of meters away. Peter wasn't that fortunate. The Pillar hit him, engulfing his figure from top to bottom. And then a broken kite fluttered in the sky.

Kai never saw him again. Hundred meters. Two hundred meters, or even farther. But no sound of Peter crashing on the rocks reached him.

Kai threw the heavy ropes aside and stood up. Strength seemed to have abandoned him, though. The first step he took brought him to his knees. In a single attack, he had lost more than half of his HP. And for the first time, his SP had been damaged, too. He felt tired, feeble, and powerless.

Now get rid of the other two, Kai thought, turning his head towards Mr. Beedle. What the...?

The boldness and power the old wizard had shown weren't there anymore. He was quivering like a leaf before facing the storm. His head was twisting from left to right, and then up.

"IT's here..." Mr. Beedle the Bard mumbled, shaking. "... DE... DE... DEA..."

Kai looked at Mr. Beedle, but all he saw was a terrified old man.

Suddenly, Mr. Beedle chose a random direction and ran off.

Kai saw a blur chasing the mad wizard. It was the woman. She wasn't the strongest of the two Order's Contestants, but she sure was the fastest. And she had the gun.

"Simon! Red!" Arlen shouted, almost running behind her. "Hold the other one."

But Arlen didn't need to give that order. The round-faced, long-braided man had already stood himself between Arlen's disappearing figure and Kai.

The man grinned.

Kai gave a meaningful look to Simon and held the longsword with both of his hands. When he looked back, the man's hand wasn't empty. There was some kind of ball in his right hand. Its top half was red, and the bottom white.