The Realm Hero Chronicles: Round 2

Chapter 21: The Setup

The stillness of the jungle twilight was broken by the sound of pulse beams, screeching tires, and all-around yelling.

"Rise up, tribes of Chima!" Laval cried. "Don't let them get away with our Chi!"

"Easy said and done!" Cragger slammed his Speedor into the side of one of Terrence's silver trucks as they flew over a bump.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Macy shouted, trying to hang on to Cragger's Speedor and her mace.

If the Speedorz were flying in the race just hours before, now they were rocketing by in multi-colored blurs of metal, fur, scales, feathers, and skin; fueled by revenge.

"Your tails are toast!" Terrence snarled as he swerved to match the curve of the road.

"I don't think so!" Laval vaulted off his Speedor and onto the truck closest to him, drawing his Royal Valious. He lashed outward, striking two Tigions from behind. A loose Chi orb bounced behind him and he plugged it in, sprinting and striking in rapid movements only capable by the Chi's amazing power.

"Laval, duck!"

The Lion Prince dropped into an impressive split to avoid Eris' bola as it clocked the Tigion in front of him. The Eagle Warrior flew up and slammed her axe into the tire, blowing it out. Behind her, Rogon and Gorzan Chi-ed up and simultaneously slammed two trucks in the back of the pack.

Trucks toppled. Metal ground on metal. Chi orbs soared into the air, raining down like hail from the choking black smoke upon the Realm Heroes on the road.

Emily, at the helm of Laval's Speedor, released her grip on one handle to catch one of the glowing blue orbs. "Worriz! Catch!" The wolf caught it and plugged it while executing a perfect ground-smash and howl.

Four trucks over, the Nexo Knights and Alex slashed and hacked at Tigions. The Avatar Island members fought tooth and nail, elemental gouts punctuating the blue sky and emerald green foliage. Two trucks on their left, Alex challenged fourteen Tigions to a wrestling match. Lewis, wielding the Havoc Gloves, slammed a truck forty feet into the air before catching up with Wilbur as he shocked a record-breaking (at least for him) ten Tigions and set the silver truck ablaze in the process. Violet threw force field after force field; the purple energy knocking back several Tigions and sending them flying.

In short, an open and shut victory.....right?

Almost....Terrence's army outnumbered the Realm Heroes four-to-one.

"Cragger!" Laval gasped, watching his best friend get knocked into the air.

"Hang on!" Cragger twisted his body in mid-air and crashed (Vengdualize blade first) into a pack of Tigions. All of them flew back and into the road.

"Watch it, up there!" Naida (at the helm of Eris' Speedor) cried as she swerved madly to dodge the flying Tigions.

A bolt of lightning struck the closest tank to Danny. The ghost boy sprang into the air and blasted green ecto-energy at the source. "Azula!"

"She's mine!" The Avatar Island members shrieked in unison, nearly trampling each other to reach the former Fire Nation Princess.

"How flattering," Azula sneered before volleying another blue blast.

Zuko deflected it with lightning speed. "Not this time, Azula!"

"Fight me, Zuzu," Azula taunted.

Growling fiercely, the two Fire Nation siblings charged each other with fire daggers.

"Surprise, brother."

Cragger spun around to face Crooler snarling at him. "Crooler! I'm in need of a Crocodile-leather handbag!"