Destined: The Six

29. Castle Is Free

          Castle was trapped deep underground. As one would suspect, that was not enjoyable. Each day, he struggled, hit the walls of his small container, tried to destroy it with lightning, anything. He wanted to defeat those meddling kids so that he could finally rule the world. That's what the man with the white coat promised. He would rule the world, as long as he defeated those Destined.

          After days of trying to destroy an admittedly powerful prison, Castle felt one of the pylons break. He knew that that destroyed one of the shields the Destined had used to trap him. After a great deal of more hitting and shocking, Castle knew that it would only be one more shield until he could escape.

          A day or two later, the beautiful life Destined girl--Heather, her name was--destroyed her pylon. That made Castle able to finally free himself. Shattering the weakened container that held him before, he flew up to the surface. Castle reminded himself to thank Heather. He would almost feel sorry for defeating her. He resolved to give her a quick and merciful death.

          "OTTO! MALARKEY! HERMAN!" Castle called to his Elite Metal Monkeys. The three commanders flew to his side.

          "Wonderful! The boss has escaped!" Otto cheered.

          "I can't believe you took that long!" Malarkey roared.

          "I sure feel sorry for those Destined now," Herman droned.

          "No time for celebration, anger, or feeling sorry, my monkeys," Castle told them. "Now is time to destroy those meddling kids."

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          Jeremiah was happy. Now he wasn't the only person with a blessing, but Heather was still figuring out how to use it. The blessing of the rose allowed Heather(or any life Destined that destroyed that pylon) to command a swarm of rose petals that worked like blades. They seemed to be able to cut through anything except for Belle's Awakened Impervium, which Jeremiah thought was a given.

          Speaking of Belle, Jeremiah went to talk to her later. He knocked politely on the door first, of course. Belle answered immediately, without cursing in French or closing drawers. "Hey, Jeremiah. What's up?" she asked him.

          "I just wanted to congratulate you," Jeremiah told her.

          "Congratulate me? On what terms?"

          "Considering the fact that you, who is afraid of metal monkeys, charged to help me fight a giant spider before a creature solely made to fight by my side was willing to."

          "Valid point."

          "Anyway, I just wanted to come by for that. I think you're beginning to improve."

          "That's the samurai way, shadow man."

          Belle's car was immediately next to Heather's, so Jeremiah had to go through hers. Heather had her Dress of Eradication standing on a mannequin next to her bed. She was doing her magic yoga again, this time with rose petals circling her. When Jeremiah walked in after knocking, Heather spoke to him. "I like how this outfit is flexible and light. It's easy to move around in. I may use these as my battle clothes," she told him.

          Jeremiah, carefully giving the rose petals a wide berth, agreed with her and moved on. He actually was looking to talk to Dylan today. Jeremiah knocked on Dylan's door. Dylan answered after a moment, probably taking a second to realize someone knocked. "Afternoon. How's by you?" Dylan asked, letting Jeremiah in.