Stand By Me? Ch. 8
"Heighton View Gym, this is PB speaking. How may I assist you?"
"Can the crap Phoebe." Kei snapped at the other junior. "Your friend Mew
and Ele have just walked in to a trap. They should be able to handle
themselves, but you need to get over to Kyoko's gym and help us."
The red haired girl laughed nervously as she looked around the gym. "I
really don't have any powerful bishonen Kei."
"What about me?" AJ said as he pulled his sunglasses down on his nose.
"And Howie's been staying here the past week. You know we can all go to our
mega levels."
Putting a finger to her lips asking the other member of the honorary
bishonen group that followed Blue's Nick back to the gym to be quiet, PB
turned back to the phone and sighed.
"I can try to use some of Madame Blue's bishies, but I'm not sure how
well they'll listen to me... I just got my job here as the receptionist, and
somehow I became the junior leader."
"Whatever. Just get over here fast. And bring her Goth TK, Takeru
Takaishi, Hikari Kamiya. They've got some wicked powerful attacks against
light and dark types."
"Got it." PB sighed as she finished scribbling down the names of the
bishies she would be taking. "Any other requests?"
"Hurry." Kei flatly stated as she hung up the phone.
Turning to AJ, PB stood up and stared her "friend" in the eyes. "Get
Howie and these guys ready for me. I'm going to try to talk to Blue or
someone."
"Blue, are you alright?" Mateo whispered to his trainer as he sat on the
ground, outside of the van, and far away from the psychic shield that was
guarding the Genisis labs.
"Remember this one time that we got so smashed and I went out and got
this tattoo?" Blue said pointing to her navel. "This hurts a million times
worse."
"It's because you're not used to being without your powers." Mateo
reached in to his pocket and pulled out a cigarette. "And I wasn't with you
when you got that tattoo. That was Carter."
"Really?" Blue said, rubbing her temples, "I could have sworn I was with
you that night."
"Non." Mateo turned his back to her and sighed. "You haven't wanted to
speak to me, except about business and battling, ever since I evolved."
"Oh yeah." Blue chuckled as she laid back on the grass. "You told me to
go to hell. I think I'm there, boy, do I think I'm there right now."
"Shut the hell up." Mateo laughed, his sapphire eyes twinkling as he
shoved his half used cigarette inbetween Blue's lips.
"I'm glad we broke up." Blue laughed, half choking on the smoke she
inhaled. "You're trying to kill me by giving me lung cancer."
"If I was trying to kill you, I'd just whip up an Ice Wolf Bite right now
while you couldn't stop me."
Both Blue and Mateo stopped thier banter as they stared at her HV jacket.
The cell phone was ringing.
"Bonjour?" Mateo asked as he turned the phone on.
"Mateo!" PB cheered as she drove along the highway, with the bishonen and
bishoujo in her Sunfire. "Are you guys all right!?!"
"Maybe." Mateo started to worry as he heard the engine of the car, and AJ
and Howie singing their road songs in the background. "What's wrong Bitch?"
"Kei called me and said that you guys were heading in to a trap, and I'm
heading to Kyoko's gym in order to find out what's going on and help them
out. Is Blue or Ele there?"
"Madame is right here next to me. Ele's going in to Genesis with everyone
else."
"Shit." PB whispered as she turned in to Kyoko's gym's parking lot.
"Well, get them out of there. It's a trap. I'm out."
Mateo pushed the button to hang up the phone, and placed it back in
Blue's coat pocket.
"Well, we're just plain f***ed." Mateo stated as he stared into his
trainers eyes. "Apparently, this is some sort of trap, and PB, Kei, and Kyoko
are going to do something at Kyoko's gym."
"Oh my God." Blue whimpered as she stared in the direction of Genesis.
"Ele... Nick..." She grabbed Mateo's shoulders and shook him. "Listen. You
go in there and get Ele. I'm strong enough for one teleport to Kyoko's place.
Get them out of here, then all of you need to get over to that gym."
"Blue, I don't think you should expend your energy like that. You're not
at all up to full strength, and I KNOW how much teleport drains you..."
"It's an order Mateo."
The blond lowered his eyes as he handed his trainer her coat.
"Oui, Madame."
"What are THOSE?" Kei stated as she stared through her sunglasses at the
AJ and Howie that PB had brought with her. "When did Heighton View start
dealing in honorary bishies, much less ones from some boy band?"
"These are my two strongest bishies." PB smiled as she pushed the two
forward. "I'm sure you've heard of the psychic class Howie and fighter class
AJ. I also have Blue's GothTK, Takeru, and Hikari, as requested."
Kyoko smiled. "Good. We'll need all the help we can get." She walked over
to the couch and sat down. "Now, since Ele and Mew are off fighting in some
trap, we've got to save Hotura. She's in the Genesis lab down the street. I'm
pretty sure that they don't have any huge defense systems there, since it's
just the R&D lab, but we've got to watch for anything."
The gym leaders, juniors, and bishonen all stared down the hallway, where
the black-clad Blue had just collapsed after appearing in a flash of light.
Howie and Hikari ran over to her.
"She's pretty much drained." Howie sighed as he touched his hand to her
forehead. "I think she needs to go to the hospital."
"Wait..." Blue choked out the word. "Mattie... going... Ele....
Shinigami.... here..." The blond catgirl passed out at the final word.
Howie's eyes rolled white as he chanted a few words over Blue. The Gym
leader started to levatate as he stood up, hands still outstretched over the
woman. "I'm going to teleport her home. I think Takeru and Hikari should come
back with us, to keep her well enough until we get her to the infermary."
Kyoko and Kei both nodded, while the hysterical PB struggled to hold back
tears.
"Whatever it takes you guys." Kei smiled as she nodded to the bishonen
and bishoujo. "If what she said is true, Ele and the guys should be here at
any time."
In a blinding flash of light, only Keirra, Kyoko, their bishonen, and PB
remained in the gym.
"Damnit..." PB whispered. "They took GothTK and AJ with them."
Mateo ran through the grounds that Genesis's main training and growth
facility was located.
"Ele!" He screamed as he saw the gym leader's back, her short blond hair
hanging loosely behind her. "Blue's gone to Kyoko's! We need to get out of
here!" Mateo stopped about twenty feet from Ele; staring wide eyed at the
demon in front of Ele, who was getting ready to attack. Surely that couldn't
be Shinigami, well, at least Ele's Shinigami... or could it?
His eyes began to glow a bright sapphire as he concentrated the cold
enery to his hands. If he couldn't stop the demon, perhaps he could slow it
down, so the others could help defeat it.
"Get your Quatre out!" Mateo screamed as the Shinigami's eyes started to
glow purple. "Holy attacks can defeat dark ones!" Sighing one last time,
Mateo stopped when he was close enough to the demon to make sure his attack
would hit. "Ice Wolf Bite!"
The mass of cold energy connected with the demon, stopping him mid
attack. Mateo's hands still blazed blue, like his eyes, waiting to attack
again, if needed.
"Quatre! Use your Purify NOW!" He screamed, as his own attack began to
recharge. "Everyone else, run back to the van! We've got to get out of here!"
The angel of light summoned a holy spell, and casted it on the Shinigami.
The dark purple of his eyes, began to recede to the normal violet that they
normally were.
"Use it again." Mateo whispered as he picked the Shinigami ice cube up
and carried it toward the van. "As long as he stays frozen, we can touch him,
and as long as you keep using purify, he won't try to attack. Let's get him
out of here Q-man."