Brent Cosmos: A Hero's Quest

Chapter 15: Super Fighters to the Rescue!

    As I woke up, I felt strange. I was still dizzy from the gas, but something else was wrong. I felt weak. Like all of my energy and strength was being sucked out of me. Also, it felt like I was stuck to something. My arms and legs were spread out and I couldn’t move them at all. I finally opened my eyes all the way and saw that I was stuck to a giant spider web. The threads of the web shined with a rainbow glow that shimmered in light. It was plain to see that this was no ordinary web…it was magical.
    “Glad to see you’re finally awake,” said a female voice. I moved my neck down as much as I could. There I saw Ballista standing there looking quite pleased with herself. I tried to move to attack her, but I just couldn’t get out of the web no matter how much I struggled. “It’s no use. That magical web saps all of your power and strength. There’s no way you’ll be able to get out of it yourself.”
    “What…what are you gonna do to me?” I asked weakly.
    “Nothing…yet,” Ballista said with a smirk. “You’re final fate will be left to Wrecker. But right now you’re needed.”
    “Needed?” I said.
    “What you and your friends said was true. Misty would never marry Wrecker. But once she hears that her precious hero is in our possession, she might just change her mind.”
    “No,” I muttered. I tried to move with all the might I could muster, but it was no use.
    “Don’t feel to bad Cosmos. Wrecker thought it would be best to make you a special guest at the wedding. And once it’s over, you won’t have to worry about anything anymore. The world will witness your demise, and you’ll be out of our hair forever.”  
    Hearing Ballista say that made me finally understand what Wrecker’s plan was for me. First he was going to make me watch as he takes away my best friend; the one person in the world who I care for most, the one person who truly believes in and understands me. Then he was going to destroy me while the world watched, triumphing over me at last, proving once and for all that he is the most powerful force on Fury. Then with me defeated, the world would be easy pickings for Wrecker, the Dark Legion, and all the other villains on Fury too.
    “It won’t work,” I said. “Even with me gone, the rest of the Super Fighters will still be around to stop you.”
    “Oh please,” Ballista said with a laugh. “Without you to lead them, that little circus troop of yours is nothing.”
    “You’re wrong,” I said. “They’re all true heroes. They can stop you jerks, with or without me.”
    “Well, I guess we’ll just have to see about that,” Ballista said as she began to walk out the doorway. “Oh, and just in case you manage to escape somehow…” she then took out a little brown spider and placed it on the ground. She the shot out a white ray of magic from her finger. The ray hit the spider, making it grow to a humungous size. “This little guy will make sure you stayed tangled up.” She then closed the door. I could hear her wicked laugh as she walked down the hallway. This was bad. I couldn’t let Wrecker destroy me and I definitely couldn’t let him marry Misty. Still, right now there was nothing I could do. I only had one chance to get out of this: my friends.
    Meanwhile outside of the fortress, the rest of the Super Fighters were still dealing with Cyclops guard. It was still trying to avoid touching them because of Diablo’s monster repellent, but it was trying its best to get them with its club and laser eye. The Super Fighters were doing all they could to fend it off. Just then, Ruby was over come with a strange feeling.
    “Ughh…” she said as she touched her forehead. “You guys, I think Brent may be in trouble!”
    “We’ve got our own problems to deal with right now Ruby,” said Adojo as she dodged another one of the Cyclops’s laser blasts on her paintbrush.
    “Alright, no more playing around,” growled Fang. He then jumped up straight towards the Cyclops’s chest. “Mega Claw!” He then slashed both of his claws in an X-shape with a flurry of red energy. The Cyclops roared in pain. It then raised its hand and slapped Fang back onto the ground. “Hey, it touched me!”
    “Oh no!” said Diablo. “The monster repellent must be wearing off!”
    “Then we’ve got to finish this now!” said Mighty.
    “Right!” Fightbot agreed. “C’mon guys, all together!” The Super Fighters then all lined up side by side and got ready. They then all unleashed their attacks.
    “Big Punch!” Fightbot said as he threw a punch at the air. An energy fist then shot out towards the Cyclops.
    “Psy-Blast!” said Ruby. A pink blast of energy then came out of her antennae.
    “Shadow Beam!” said Mighty. A dark blast of magic then came out of his staff.
    “Element Burst!” said Diablo. A concentrated blast of fire, water, earth, and wind then came out of his alchemy staff.
    “Sonic Hooooooooowl!” said Fang. Powerful sound waves came out of his mouth as he yelled.
    “Rainbow Canon!” said Adojo as she held up her paintbrush like a bazooka. A rainbow laser then shot out of the tip of her brush. All of the attacks then combined as they shot towards the Cyclops. The Cyclops roared as the attacks hit it. The raw power was just too much for it. Soon it fell over, defeated.
    “Well, that takes care of that,” said Fang.
    “Now let’s go bail out Super Freak,” Adojo.
    “Super Fighters, GO!” said Fightbot.
    “You know that really works better when Brent says it,” said Mighty.
    “Oh shut it,” Fightbot replied. The team then charged into the castle. Once they made their way through the corridors they found themselves in the main chamber, face to face with the Dark Legion.
    “Well, well, well,” said Slither. “If it isn’t the SSSStupid Fightersssss.”
    “Nice Slither, nice,” said Ruby.
    “Where’s Brent?” Fightbot asked.
    “Wouldn’t you like to know?” Primech replied.
    “Look,” said Fang. “For once can we just skip the back and forth hero/villain banter and just get to the part where we kick your collective butts?” Chimera’s lion head roared. “What did you say?!” Chimera roared again. “You take that back you little creep!” Chimera growled and huffed. “Oh that’s it!” Fang then leaped up and pounced on Chimera. They then wrestled all around the room like lions fighting in a den.
    “Oh Fang…” Adojo said with a sigh.
    “You really should keep that pet of yours on a leash,” said Ballista.
    “Don’t start with me witch,” Adojo snapped. Ballista then shot out a red ray of magic. Adojo ducked and dodged it. She then flicked her brush and a splatter of black paint hit Ballista and knocked her back into a wall. Adojo smiled smugly. Ballista snarled.
    “Looksss like it'ssss going to get ugly,” said Slither.
    “Well, you don’t have very far to go,” said Ruby. Slither hissed and lunged at her. Ruby flew up to dodging. Their hypnotic gazes locked. It was on!
    “Careful Ruby!” said Fightbot.
    “Ugh! You and your emotions!” said Primech. “If you didn’t have that stupid heart, you’d be the most powerful android in the world.”
    “As usual Primech, you’re wrong,” said Fightbot. “My feelings make me the most powerful android in the world!” Primech turned his arm into a blaster and shot out a blue laser. Fightbot jumped up to avoid it. He then shot his rocket fist right at Primech’s face, knocking him back. Fightbot then came down with a viscous kick to Primech’s chest. They began fighting. All of the Super Fighters were engaged in super battles with the Dark Legion. All except the Mystic Brothers.
    “Looks like we’re the odd ones out,” said Diablo.
    “Yeah, where’s Wrath and Carnage?” said Mighty.
    “Maybe it’s their day off or something,” said Diablo.
    “Hey, I got an idea,” said Mighty.   “While they’re all fighting, why don’t we go try to find Brent and Misty!”
    “Sweet idea bro!” said Diablo. “You’re on fire today!”
    “Oh yeah!” Mighty said. The brothers bumped fists as they ran off into the fortress. While the rest of the team was fighting, it would be up to the Mystic Brothers to save the day. Crap!