Spectacular World

The Cold Realm

The plan had sounded simple when it had first been pitched. Royal used explosions, so Cinder should have fought him; Glacier used ice, so Phoenix would fight him. Finally, for Shift, he was going to fight Phantom. His powers and hers didn't really match all that well, but it was the best they had.

He really should have known better...

Of course, things wouldn't work out that way. He had hung around Hope long enough to know that, somehow, the perfect plan would always explode.

Things went horribly wrong right away.

They all came crashing down through the roof, following after Cinder. She had led the charge, using her insane strength to literally jump above the top of the castle and come down hard with a single powerful kick. Her leg shattered the roof and allowed them all to fall through the ice castle, which began to shatter and break apart. As soon as they appeared above the dining area, they all got ready to strike but were instantly thrown off as the music that had been playing cut off.

Pied screamed for help, and that caused the other three villains to snap out of their stupor. Glacier was the first to act, and without hesitation, he jumped toward Pied, attempting to grab at the boy's face. Before the villain could, though, Cinder managed to use the roof as leverage and jumped down with great speed.

Her arms wrapped around Pied, holding the boy tightly, but as soon as she grabbed him, Glacier's hand landed on her back. There was a bright white flash, and then, in an instant, Glacier, Cinder, and Pied were all gone.

Shift felt his eyes go wide, and he crashed through the shattered table and hit the ground hard. "W- Where the hell did they go?"

Phoenix let out a loud curse and grew a pair of wings, stopping his fall. "Shit! Glacier must have had a realm power or something!"

"Why weren't we warned about this before!"

"Because clearly, I didn't know! It's the first I've seen him do something like this!"

Shift went to say something, but he felt a sharp pain as something smashed into him and exploded. He felt himself get flung back, and he rammed into the wall of the ice castle, breaking through it. Before he could recover, something smashed into him, and he looked up, seeing the rage-filled eyes of Royal. The two of them tumbled out of the castle and began to fall to the snowy lands below.

Phoenix went to fly out, but before he could, he noticed the people that had been serving the villains food. Now that Pied was gone, everyone suddenly regained their sense of self and began to panic or scream as they woke up in an unknown place. Phantom jumped toward one and grabbed a man by his head. Her hand sank into his flesh, and she twisted her body and threw the person as hard as she could at Phoenix.

Phoenix flung his arms out and caught the man, but as he was distracted with that, Phantom ran toward one of the walls that was still intact. The villain ran up it and flipped off the side of it, twisting her body. She brought her foot down hard and rammed it directly into Phoenix's head. The boy's body was insanely durable, but it caused him to lose his sense of balance, and he slipped. He crashed into the ground with a painful thud. He rolled the civilian he held out of the way of harm just in time as Phantom dropped down and landed on his gut. Both of them glowed, and he felt himself suddenly fall through the floor. It wasn't breaking apart, though. Instead, he was being phased through it.

His body got about halfway through the floor before Phantom jumped off of him, and her power wore off. Suddenly, matter twisted and overlapped, and the next thing Phoenix knew, he was no longer intangible, but he was still in the wall. Pain exploded through him, and he screamed out as the ice tore into his body.