Professor Du's Powers – Technopathy
Professor Dill's Powers – Dimensional Storage
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Almost instantly, as soon as Jin had finally gained some energy and more power, he raised his hands, the same holographic waves escaping and forming into his barrier.
The protection shield thankfully stood intact and no longer was it hovering over into incidental spaces all over the Royal Palace.
"We need to head back and find Wendy," Yoongi exclaimed, his back leaning on their leader's body as he tried his best to retain his energy.
"Yerim," Professor Du called out, "use your clairvoyance to see who we have been attacked by." She commanded.
The chestnut-haired girl ran to one of the edges of the barrier and her eyes again formed into those crystallized ones she had shown during the practice battles.
Her vision and sight moved through trees and bushes as if she was flying through it all. Her eyes caught sight of a girl who had long fiery orange hair. She turned around and Yeri caught a glimpse of Sana, one of the members of Twice.
She smiled and laughed, an eerie silence following afterwords. Moving forward, Yeri then saw Nayeon in fighting style outfits. She wore a black magical sealed bodysuit that helped her mobility and protection against some weaker spells. It was tight fitted and had many extra gadgets around for help. She looked ready for combat and seemed more prepared than any of the students of Majestic Academy. The gloves on her hands were tethered and torn, making Yeri wonder if she had caused the massive two orbs.
Sooner or later she caught glimpses of all the Twice members, including Tzuyu, who were wearing the same combat clothing, as if preparing for war.
Getting nervous, she wondered what she had gotten herself into coming here. She knew that help would come eventually but just how much longer could they hold off? Everyone outside seemed ready to attack and finish it off for good.
Suddenly, her breath hitched, fear instilled in her body as she noticed the successive person.
He was tall and handsome, his shoulders broad and his muscular body exposed due to the tight fitted bodysuit he was wearing. His black hair was sleeked back, a rough white beard forming on his chin and cheeks, he seemed taller somehow and just the image of his intimidating and cold eyes make her knees shake in panic.
"Professor Dill is attacking the Royal Palace."
"........."
"What?" The shock and confusion could be heard as Professor Du stopped tracing her steps back and forth.
"He's here with Twice. They all seemed to be clothed in warrior outfits. He had a whole army behind him. They must be here to fight."
"Has anyone from the Royal Castle woken up yet?" Jin asked.
"No, not yet." She replied.
"I think it's best if Jin navigates us to the sixth building, that's where the King and Queen reside. We need to clarify to them what's going on." Miss Clio suggested, the rest of the elders agreeing with her.
"No, " Professor Du commanded.
"But Headmistress what choice do we have-"
"My parents are pathetic," she exclaimed, glaring back at her staff. "They will avoid the fight, they will send their guards who will be extremely incapable and it will only cause more death." Some students flinched at the harsh use of words.
"Trying to warn them about this will only lead us nowhere. It will be a waste of time and energy. We have no one here to properly defend us. The barrier that protects the royal castle has been destroyed... We protect ourselves now."
"But Headmistress-"
"Students," Professor Du spoke, cutting her off. "Do not be scared. We must not show any signs of weakness or fear, because that will lead to our enemies victory. We must stand strong, we must think fast on our feet, and most importantly, we must help each other and work together. Because if there is one thing that we have that they don't, it is years of friendship and companionship. We all have known each other for years, we all know each other's strengths and weaknesses, so now we must show them what we are made of."
The students stood up, scared but determined. This was their headmistress speaking, raising them from their scared and horrified souls into the protection and morality of her words. They respected her, and in her bravery and honour, they stood up, intimidated but determined.
Unpredictably, another magic orb hit.
This time, it smashed into the barrier, making Jin fall to the ground as everyone stumbled due to the impact.
He screamed in pain and agony, as the rest of the students tried to get back on their feet, to protect their school, to protect Jin, to protect themselves, and most of all, to protect each other.
Many of them joined hands and gave their energy to Yoongi, who transmitted all of that stamina into Jin, recouping him once again.
Professor Du stood up, standing beside Yeri and Irene. The three of them looked out into the distance, squinting their eyes as they noticed forms and shadows moving through the darkness. They caught figures and heard sounds, and they foresaw what was happening.
"Jin!" Professor Du yelled, her voice extremely loud. "Take us to the ground and remove the barrier!" She screamed. Jin stared at her in horror, thinking that their headmistress had gone crazy.
"I can't do that! They're coming they might hurt us!" He yelled back, refusing to do so.
She looked back, a flame burning in her eyes, lighting up the dark sky with determination and courage. "I said," she demanded, "Let us go."
Trusting her he reluctantly manoeuvred
the barrier and tried aiming to land everyone safely on the ground.
"Students!!" Professor Du roared, her voice deep and echoing in the trapped barrier.
Everyone stared at her, horrified.
"We are being attacked by a very powerful enemy! And I need every single one of you on your feet and prepared to fight for your lives!" They all listened, appalled and astonished at what she was saying.
They slowly reached the ground as more and more figures were seen jumping around and running amongst the tall trees and twilight.
"Remember it's okay to lose, just relax and believe in yourself." She muttered, "These are the words I have always lived by. These are the words I have always taught you and told you to live by and honour every single day of your lives that you are alive. Belief is a feeling of absolute certainty. If you want to achieve or accomplish anything in life, you need to get certain you will achieve it. You must believe in yourself! Beliefs control results! Because you will never take action towards something you don't believe is possible! You can train all you want, you can earn as much education as you can, it doesn't matter! If you don't believe you can do it, you will never accomplish it!"
"Do you think in the war Bighit could have managed to defeat the humans if they didn't believe in themselves? Do you think we would still be alive here right now if we didn't believe in ourselves? No! Not a chance! They went out there in battle and they fought, believing that they can conquer and that they can achieve great things! And that's how they managed to achieve great things!"
"The enemy is dangerous and it's here to kill us all, I know it. We don't have a chance. We must fight! Because that's what we were trained so long to do! To fight! Whether it was in life, whether it was mentally, whether it was physically or magically, we were all trained and destined to fight and to believe in ourselves so we can always remain victorious! Henry! Twice! The Army! The Robots! They are nothing compared to our camaraderie and our ability to work hard and believe we can conquer!"
They landed on the ground, figures and faces more viable to their eyes. Attackers coming, ready to hurt and take lives.
"We are great fighters! We are great believers! We are great people and we have great strength! You might think, standing here in your pyjamas, tired and weakened, you might not have a chance, but you are wrong. You have the strength, you have the power, you have the mentality, you can do it! We will succeed! Maybe not immediately! But absolutely and definitely! This goal that we have! This dream, this fight that we have to win, this dangerous path that we are going to take. I will accomplish and live through it! I will!! Your belief in yourself controls your results! Because you will need to take action towards something you don't believe is possible!"
The barrier slowly and slowly retracted, leaving them defenceless. Professor Du bent down and rested her palms on the muddied ground.
Her eyes glowed light blue, her iris' cracking in the middle, as the light shone so bright the students had to cover their sight of vision. Blue flames stretched out from her eyes and burned by her eyelashes.
Abruptly, the students felt some energy at their feet. They looked down and noticed the same shade of blue dancing around their feet. It touched their feet and then started to make its way up their bodies.
They noticed they were magically getting clothed into fighting gear and outfits. Everyone wore something somewhat different, with weapons being handed to them according to their strengths and powers.
"Today! We will fight!" She growled. "I want you all to stand up and show these imbeciles what you are capable of! They think they can attack us and destroy us all! But we must make them realize where they stand! And that is below us! So my fellow soldiers! Fight! Fight to victory, because right now only we can defend ourselves! And we will not stand helplessly and get obliterated! We will show them we need no damn help from some useless Royals and their pathetic army of soldiers! We can defend ourselves! And we will defend ourselves!"
Twice came into vision, and an army of followers and robots behind them, ready to attack at their command.
"I used to say, it's okay to lose as long as you stand up again! But Today! There is no room for failure and loss! We will not need to stand up because we all are already dominating and standing over all our enemies who wish to defeat us! We cannot lose today! So show these motherfuckers who's boss!!"
The barrier completely broke down, Rosé sat beside Jin, healing as much as she could.
The enemies didn't even get a chance to attack because they were engulfed in the huge amount of students that took over. They attacked with their full force, either using their magical abilities or showing off their skills in using weaponry.
It was a full-scale battle, people were injured, hurt, killed, and wounded. No man stood in his place, in fear of death and in fear of facing danger, they all staggered- no, they marched forward, heads raised high and adrenaline burning through their veins.
In the distance, or rather up in the air, both the Principals fought a heavy battle.
Henry, finally having the chance to take his revenge, did not hesitate in striking her with his best spells. Emerald mostly blocked, not having much time to form an incursion of her own.
"Techno-blade!"
A sword formed in her hands, long and majestic. It was sea-green in colour and glistened in the dark as Emeralds very own magic surged through the weapon.
She pointed her sword at him as he stopped for a moment to observe before smirking and again, striking her.
They fought like this for a while, hovering above everyone, chasing each other and attacking whenever there was an opening.
Both of their swords brawled and clanged, the sound of magic clashing erupting through the loud and boisterous fields of the Royal Castle. Each of them was fairly injured and weakened, having to keep up such an intense battle.
After seven years of avoiding each other, after so long, facing each other and having to go head-on, both of them felt an immeasurable amount of pent up frustration.
They were remembered of their past together, of all the mistakes they made, of all the struggles they went through, and all the quarrels, anguish and hurt each of them had to get past. They were reminded of their past mistakes, of how their relationship had been such a failure that led them to where they were now.
Seven years ago their hearts for each other were filled with love and devotion, now you'd be surprised just how much hatred they held for each other. And it all showed in how intensely they fought. Never before had either of them wished so desperately to destroy the other. Never before had they used so much of their magic and abilities to defeat an enemy. Never before had their hatred and frustration motivated them this much.
Emerald managed to block an attack from Henry but not before he was able to kick her into the far distance.
She was knocked into a tower made of marble and fell into one of the terraces of the second building. Her sword fell to the side, leaving her week and defenceless. Henry hovered above her before landing on the edge of the terrace, his hard and menacing glare turning into one of amusement and satisfaction.
"Finished already, Emerald?" He teased, playing around with his sword.
"Don't call me that." She spat, breathing heavily as her arms wobbled from extracting so much power. She hadn't fought anyone in so long, and it was obvious he had been practising more.
"Why so?" He asked, acting innocent. "Oh, right. Isn't that what your dead sister used to call you?"
"Shut up! No one calls me Emerald!" She exclaimed, getting fired up. "And don't you dare speak of Aurora like that!" She said feeling defensive of her sister.
"Like what? I only called her what she is. Dead."
Emerald rose from the ground and ran towards him at full speed, and energy bomb forming in her right hand.
But before she could launch it, he swiftly moved behind her and seized hold of her waist. Yanking her wrist, he raised it so she wouldn't be able to touch him.
Emerald squirrelled under his hold and screamed in frustration. Henry moved her to the edge of the terrace and forced her head to look down at the battle happening.
"Look, Emerald." He demanded, noticing she had closed her eyes so she wouldn't witness the horror he was trying to make her see. "Look!" He threatened, shoving her head harder on the cement.
She reluctantly opened her eyes. The scene that laid in front of her made her yelp in pain and agony. She felt her heart crying out in misery, tears slipping down her cheeks and landing on the ground a couple of feet below her.
She saw the lifeless and injured forms of her students, on the ground, bleeding as they looked at her. A cry of agony left her lips as she stared, unable to tear her eyes away.
She noticed the Royal Guards had finally arrived at the scene. She wondered where her parents- The Royal King and Queen were and sighed exasperatedly as she figured they would be hiding in some hidden room of theirs. The Royal Guards were of no help, and she had forecasted that this would have happened. This is why she informed Hoseok to ask the Headmaster of Transformers High to get the police department and actual army soldiers here.
She reckoned that staying at the Royal Castle, the guards would've been spoiled. And that's exactly what happened. They were incapable of fighting and her very own students did a whole lot better performance.
Albeit all the pain she felt for students and their sacrifices, a proud smile made its way up her lips.
Henry noticed this and his amused smile was replaced with one of anger.
"You think this can hurt me?" She whimpered, spitting out blood from her mouth. A taste of iron was left in her mouth as she chuckled, confusing him. "You don't know how proud I am of them,"
Frustrated, he pulled Emerald from her long luscious black hair and threw her into a wall, causing her to shriek and fall to the ground in pain.
"You killed off all of them!" He screamed, walking up to her weak and bloodied body. "You're the reason they're all going to die on that battlefield!" He howled in her face.
But all she could muster was a small smile. This infuriated Henry, questioning if she was sane enough to realize all the trauma she was provoking in young children.
"They're parents would be proud of them..." She whispered, feeling a sense of pride rise within her. She raised such hard-working and courageous novices, she had given them the right resources and mindset to work and achieve their dreams. And she was proud of all they had accomplished.
"They've don't great...." She muttered, "even if you kill them now, nothing will change. They will be known as courageous role models for the new generation. Their deaths will be honoured and remembered forever." She whispered slowly, her voice gradually fading into silence.
"And no one will give a shit about you, no matter what you achieve in the future. You will always be remembered as someone who killed thousands!" She spat, the blue flame in her eyes dissipating into the air.
"I will kill you." He growled, his anger rising and a new feeling of determination swelling through his body. "And then we'll see who will be remembered."
At the end of his sentence, his sword dissipated. He raised his right hand and pointed it at her vulnerable and shaky body. She breathed in and out unevenly, realising what he was about to do. She tried to move but felt a jolt of pain surge through her chest and stomach. Unable to use her right arm, she tried her best to put forward her left arm to protect herself.
"Fury of Oblivian!"
So, it's an all-out war. In the next chapters, you will see our mains fighting and it's gonna be a long ride.
We're also nearing the revelation of Yoongi and Lisa's parents!
Word Count: 3100
~Hazel