Legendary Fighters (The OLD Original Version)

Chapter 20 The Plan

Jack POV
Paityn threw a specter down and opened a portal, "Get in" he declared, I nod and follow him through. Once we're through, we arrive back at the giant place in Ark Mountain, where everyone else is, and begin to sprint, I pull out my phone, "Hello?" Zachary answered I tell him to gather everyone up because Dr. Umbra is here wreaking havoc on the Grand Aurora.
"Got it, Meet us at the secret tree" He maintained and hung up. I put my phone away tell Paityn where to go, but we both stop and hear screaming and monster-like growls. We turn around and see that woman with her baby running from a group of skinny, eyeless, flesh-colored aliens, Paityn looked at me, "Go, I'll handle this" he stated and sprinted after them. I turn back around and head towards the meeting place. It's wide open. I walk down the steps, but then I stop to hear that same eerie growl, I steer my face towards the sound and see the monster lunging at me on all fours like a tiger. It's too late. I can't shoot it in time. It's too close. I watch as the monster opens up its large mouth with its long, sharp teeth moving out of the way to reveal its gaping hole in the back, meaning that was its throat. Its saliva jumped out of its mouth and onto me, but before it could devour me, I hear gunfire in the back of the room, piercing the monster through its throat and come out right beside me. The monster collapsed onto me, which I instinctively threw off,
"Good Grief, first I get a call to meet up, then I have to save Your entitled ass" Conner sneered, walking over, holding his revolver above his shoulder, I get up and look at him with relief, "Now's not the time to complain..." I grumbled, getting in his face, "Dr. Umbra's attacking the Grand Aurora as we speak" Conner's angered expression changed to a slightly surprised one. He sighed and walked down the steps and dragged the dead monster's body by the neck,

"Come on!  Don't want to be late now, do we?" Conner reminded looking back at me for a short second.  I snap out of my thoughts and follow him down the secret hall. 

Meanwhile...

Eri was still in Paityn's room, jumping on his bed while watching her show, Screams of terror and the sounds of destruction were heard outside.  Eri stopped jumping and landed on her butt, she stared at the window with her adorable little leafy green eyes, her face was blank but with a little hint of surprise mixed in. She looked back on the TV and started jumping happily again,
"Uncle Paityn's got this..." she told herself before she started screaming the lyrics to her show, "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!!"

Back to Jack and the others...

Conner and I reached the secret room with the tree and then he dropped the creature's corpse in between the group. 
"Conner, What is that?" Zachary asked, gagging at the smell and sight of the dead creature, Conner pointed at the monster with his hand,
"This. Is known as a Sycamen, they're hellish monsters that are extremely agile, more agile than monkeys and they're also extremely aggressive, This is what Dr. Umbra's planning, another World Domination" he explained. Uh oh. A real threat. Ace was standing across from me, he looked somewhat more intimidating, mostly because he had some pretty insane firey wings coming out from his back. Wait.
"Ace, what happened to you? You look... Cooler" I admitted, he maintained a cool face,
"Now's not the time to talk about my powers, Right now, we stop the one who killed billions of people, including my dad!" he started. Damn. Talk about Cool. Conner crossed his arms and placed his foot on the Sycamen, "So what's the plan, Captain?" everyone, including me, looked at Zachary, he opened up a map of the whole Grand Aurora,
"Ok, knowing Dr. Umbra, he probably hired some pretty powerful people and spread them across the Grand Aurora. My guess is he placed one in each town..." Zachary pointed at a town called Virtual Falls, "There's one here" he stated before pointing at another town, this time it was called Blossom Village, "Here" and then he pointed at a big town, "And here..." he finished, the town was called Crimson Creek, "Take them down, and then we'll be able to take down Dr. Umbra a lot easier, Sound like a plan?" he declared, Conner stopped him right after that statement,
"Hold on, how do you expect us to get there in time before there's another incident?" he asked, Zachary thought about it and then shrugged. I thought about it too. Who could help? Who could bring us to our destination in a snap? If only I knew someone that could just open Portals and send us places. Oh, wait. I shot my hand up like a kindergartener, "Yes, Jack?" Zachary called, I put my hand down, "I know someone!" I replied. He looked surprised and impressed, "Really? Well, who is it?" he asked, I moved forward to the center of the group, "He calls himself Specter, he can use portals to take us anywhere" I explain, Richard smiled from the corner of my eye, he was standing next to Ace, I did not know he was here.
"Oh yeah, Him, Yeah he works here" Richard explained, we all turned to him, "What!?" we all gasped, except for Richard. "Yeah, he works in the library and sometimes helps maintain the building from having crimes" Oh! That's what he does for a living! He must get paid a lot to have such a nice apartment. Zachary looked back at me, "Well... Then It's official, Jack, you go fetch Specter and we'll defend the civilians, then we can go and catch the people he's hired, sound like a plan?" He declared with a confident smile. We all looked at him with a serious face, "Yes, Sir!"
"Good, now, Legendary Fighters!" he shouted, standing with pride, "Time to attack!"