As the
protagonist group entered Wisteria, all of them have split apart into several
groups, each fighting different antagonists of Wisteria. Alex and Van had a
draw while Peter and Maggie agreed to put their complications aside. Amy and
Jenny have taken a rest from their battle while William lost against Shirley
and Huy through their bond. Lastly, Yessenia and Omar had a crucial battle
where Yessenia had to use all her might in order to win. Matt and Shirl
therefore concluded their own battle after Shirl had come to her senses. At
this moment, Alex used a forbidden spell that could possibly injure his magical
essence. Cataclysm was the name of the spell. What will Matt decide now that
Wisteria is in a definite state of loss?
Episode 163 – Battle at the Highway, the Power of
Friendship
The Cataclysm continued to splash
through the while city of Wisteria. Near the end of the tide, Huy was thrown
against a pole, followed by Shirley being thrown against him, and then William
after Shirley. Matt and Shirl were nearby the group of three along with the
whole area with Alex and the antagonists. Yessenia and Omar stopped short by a
large house right below the highway. Maggie and Peter were getting closer to
the highway. Van was left at an empty field about half a mile away from the
highway where everybody else was at.
~~~
At the actual battlefield with Tony,
Alex was lying on the ground without holding a single breath. He was completely
out cold. Michael made his eyebrow shield vanish. He held tightly onto Alice
while the Cataclysm was flowing moments ago. Tony and Jaime both used their
shadow powers to protect themselves in a veil of shadow while the water flew
past them. Michael said slowly, “W-What… magical power.” He was amazed, but
also surprised at how Alex could have done such a thing even after he was
almost out of energy to begin with.
Alice said to Michael, “Dang it. Is
Alex okay?” She tried to run towards him but Tony threw a shadow in front of
her. She was pushed back onto the ground.
“Do not move.” Tony said in a
threatening tone.
“Tch!” Alice had a few scratches on
her face. “You can’t tell me what to do. It’s like you’ve changed since middle
school.”
“Nobody’s going to get in my way. I
need to find the strongest person. The strongest one, to kill all those South
El Monte students!” He created an extremely large shadow, the same height as
Alex’s cataclysm.
Jaime did not know what to say. He
still only stood there. From the cataclysm, Matt finally woke up. “Mm…” He
moaned.
~~~
Jenny was shaking Amy’s arms from
the top of the Wisterian buildings. “Amy, Amy! Please, wake up. We are in
danger.”
Amy twitched and then she rubbed her
eyes. “Hm… Huh?”
“Wisteria looks like it’s getting
worse.” Jenny pointed at the floor from high above. “The whole city looks a lot
messier than before. And over there! That dark shadow!”
Amy sat up as quick as possible.
“Whoa! Don’t tell me everything’s… not working?”
Jenny grabbed Amy’s hands, “Amy, we
should run over there, fast! Tony might still be on the run and we must stop
him.”
Amy blushed. She was glad to see
that Jenny’s innocent, sparkly eyes showed compassion to stop Tony, to be on
Matt’s side. “Mhm!” Amy nodded with pride.
~~~
Tony’s large shadow followed him as
he walked towards Alex. “I don’t know what your problem is.” He said to Alex.
“It’s like you value human life, even to those who are weak.” Alice and Michael
listened carefully. “If vermin like you cannot even survive against the
strong…” Jaime was about to open his mouth. “Then why still live?!” Tony made
the shadow fly towards Alex like a spear.
Alice closed her eyes. “Oh no!!” She
screamed. Jaime looked away and Michael tried to make a sword out of his
eyebrow but he was too slow!
At that moment, the shadow stopped.
It struck against something really quickly. “What’s this?!” Tony was
astonished.
“… ‘Then why still live’?” The voice
said. “You think surviving Earth for fifteen years is worth nothing? You think
Alex does not deserve to live? You think anybody
weaker than you doesn’t deserve to live at all?!” Matt had a Fire Shield in
between himself and Tony. Nix was also next to him.
“Oh. It’s you.” Tony jumped away.
“Matt!” Alice smiled with a blush.
Matt made the Fire Shield go away.
His eyes were the color of flames and his aura was completely red, also mixed
with orange and yellow. “Why should we even bother to fight each other?”
William, Shirley, and Huy woke up from their exhaustion from battle. “Can’t you
just find another way to figure out who is the strongest student in El Monte?”
Yessenia and Omar could hear him from below the highway. “Instead, we should be
helping each other become stronger all at once. Because…” Jaime turned back to
the scenery. “WE ARE ALL FROM EL MONTE!!” Matt yelled in anger. Jaime’s eyes
widened even more.
“M-Matt…!” Jaime thought in his
mind.
Omar looked up at the sky. “That
kid’s got guts speaking up to Tony like that.” Yessenia watched the highway.
She chuckled a bit.
Tony clenched his teeth. He was
silent for a moment. Alice clapped her hands together “That’s right! We’re all
one big team!”
Michael turned away and said,
“That’s what my friends had a hard time understanding.”
Tony’s fists were shaking. “Do you
think that will stop? If that was true, then why hasn’t your friend group from
last year help you at all against my own Potrero group?!” He made the shadow
appear once more. It flew towards Matt.
Matt used his Fire Shield again. Nix
screamed, “Matt! The shadow is too strong!” Matt was being pushed back a few
feet and then eventually, the Fire Shield wore off and he was pushed on his
back. He barely had energy to continue casting the Fire Shield! Matt was
rolling away from the field, nearing the edge of the highway.
“Matt!” Alice yelped.
“Agh!” Matt held onto the ledges.
“It’s not over yet!” Nix flew towards Matt to help get him up from the ledge
but Tony made a shadow push Nix away. Nix flew against Alice’s arms.
“Gotcha!” Alice caught Nix. “Are you
okay?”
“Yeah, but…” Nix watched Matt.
Tony stood right above Matt.
“Pitiful. This is just too sad.” Matt held tightly on the highway. He was high
up from the Wisterian floor. “Your words were heartwarming, but not strong
enough. You see, you may have the heart, but you lack the strength.” Tony
stomped onto Matt’s right hand which was the only hand that was keeping him on
the ledge.
“DAHH!” Matt groaned out loud. Tony
stomped again. Matt led out a short yelp after each stop. “Agh! Being powerful
doesn’t always have to do with strength! ARGH!” Tony continued to stomp on
Matt’s hand. “It also has to do with the will to continue! I… won’t give up! I
promised to save Wisteria!!!” Matt’s left hand was shaking, but he was still
able to use it to grip onto the ledge.
Instead of stomping, Tony decided to
kick Matt’s hands so that they would slip off. “Nobody needs enlightenment.
Fall!!”
Matt’s hands slipped off the ledge!
Everything in his mind went blank and the whole area around him turned blank.
Death was coming in less than a few seconds. He closed his eyes. “I…”
“Matt!” Yessenia held onto him on
the Wisterian floor. “Do not even think about closing your eyes. That is just a
lousy sign for giving up!”
Matt opened his eyes right away.
“Y-Yessenia!”
“We are friends! Our bonds will only
make us stronger, not weaker. If anything, I will take care of Tony. You should
get a few minutes’ rest.” She stood up.
Omar stopped her. “But Tony is
extremely strong. How are you going to do this alone?!” He said while grabbing
onto his left arm in pain.
“I can at least try!” Yessenia ran
towards the highway entrance.
~~~
Tony was about to fly down with the
power of his shadow aura but a girl grabbed his sleeves. “Tony, don’t fight
anymore, please!” Jenny said with a blushed expression.
Tony did not want to attack her. He
knew she was the kind of girl who would never get attacked because many people
loved her as a person. “Tch! Get away from me.”
“But…!”
Amy interrupted them. “Tony! Even
your own comrades are against what you are doing. Look at how many people are
challenging you, one after another!”
Jenny clamped her hands together.
“Please?”
Tony took a few steps away. “I don’t
believe this.” He said angrily, “Nobody
understands me, or what? Jaime! Come on!” Tony began creating a large aura of
shadow once more. “I’m tired of all this opposition! You should all just stop
with the bickering!”
Jenny
covered her face with her hands. “It’s too windy!”
“Ah!” Amy fell backwards. She tried
to create a large beanstalk to support her but there were no plants on the highway.
“Wisteria’s soil should be enough! Come on, Beanstalks!” Large plants rose from
the ground near Omar and Matt, along with William, Shirley, and Huy.
Shirley held onto her pole weapon.
“The battle’s not over. These beanstalks should be our invitation to reach the
top of the highway!”
Matt began crawling onto the
beanstalk. Omar said to him, “Are you crazy? You can barely even use any more
energy.”
“A fight’s a fight. We have to stop
him. It was my promise to save Wisteria, no matter what it takes!”
“Not if it costs you your life!”
“It won’t!!” Matt insisted.
“Ergh…” Omar had nothing else to say
after how many times Matt did not listen.
~~~
Tony made monsters, shadow ninjas,
and many dark slimes appear all at once. It was basically a battlefield on the
highway. “Be gone!”
Shirl was standing behind one of the
beanstalks that Amy made. She asked herself, “Um… should I do something? I
don’t know anymore… Uh…” She was completely confused.
Shirley used the angle of the
beanstalk to run towards the highway. She turned her head and said to Huy,
“Come on! Let’s go! William, are you going too?”
Huy followed and William said in
shame, “I don’t know if I should…”
“That’s fine.” Shirley giggled. She
suddenly said angrily, “Hurry up, Huy!!”
“You adapt fast…” Huy rolled his
eyes.
Nix flew out of Alice’s hands. “I
will fight too!” It spewed a small amount of fire.
Alice laughed softly. “Eheh… Not
that much…”
After a long stare, Jaime decided to
fight. “Peh!”
“Finally, Jaime! It has been
awhile!” Tony joked.
“Whatever.” Jaime seemed indifferent
about the situation. “Shadow Ball!” He created a dark ball of shadow in front
of him so that nobody would get nearby.
“Icicle Rain!” Shirley jumped up
from the beanstalk in a surprise.
“Spinning Boost!” Huy followed
Shirley to attack a few more dark digicells.
Amy made the beanstalk disappear
since she could not do two plant spells at once. “Leaf Gale!” She made a spiky
vine spin itself towards the dark slimes.
Yessenia swung her long sword. “I am
glad to see us all still fighting lively!” She slashed a few of the dark slimes
along with the shadow ninjas. “Hrah! Hah! Gust Slash!!”
Nix spewed a small flame on a dark
slime. It began melting. “Yes! Even I’m useful!”
Michael joined the group. “Have a
taste of this scimitar!” Michael cut the rest of the dark slimes. Nobody
bothered to take on Tony and Jaime yet since they were so far away.
“Haha! Funny! I can still make more
monsters appear.” Tony created more dark slimes and shadow ninjas.
Matt glided up above Tony.
“Haaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!” He flew down with tremendous speed.
“What the?!” Tony quickly made a
shadowed force appear above him.
Matt punched the shadow and the
ground below them vibrated. “It’s not over until I say it’s over…!”
“How are you still up? You should
have died in the fall earlier!”
Matt was still pressed against the
shadow. “With my friends, I know I’m not alone! Pain hurts less when you’ve got
others behind your back!” The shadow was about to shatter. “You’re about to
break!”
Jaime made his own shadow punch Matt
from the side. Matt suddenly stood and then he dropped to the floor. Tony began
chuckling hysterically. “Heh… heheh… You almost forgot that Jaime was here. How
reckless.”
Matt punched the dirt floor. “Ergh!
What the hell!”
Tony pointed at the group, “Look at
your friends. They can barely survive the amount of monsters that I summoned.
They are fighting for their lives only to find out that they will eventually
become tired and die on the spot.” Alex was nearby, watching them. He was too
exhausted to move or say anything. Jaime said nothing at that. Tony opened his
arms. “So Matt, it looks like you can be potentially strong. Why haven’t I
noticed you as much as Yessenia or Omar before? You’re an interesting guy.
Strong in elemental power, but not as high in academics as most others.”
Matt said slowly, “Your theory on
knowledge equaling elemental power… is totally jacked up!” Matt coughed.
“Oh? What makes you think that?”
“I’m only stronger than you think,
because…” Matt yelled, “I care about my friends! I care about the whole city of
Wisteria with my heart!!”
This sparked Alex’s mind. He
remembered when Matt did not even notice Alex’s face back at the concentration
camp. He also remembered how Matt was so careless and reckless on searching for
Jaime the more dangerous way. He could remember all of Matt’s ignorance, yet
his words at the moment were the most contradicting.
“I WANT TO SAVE WISTERIA!!” Matt
said even louder. The voice echoed throughout Wisteria. Although, most people were
already gone by now…
~~~
-NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW-
Venus:
Hi hi hiiii!!~
Matt:
Er… what are you doing here at a time like this?
Venus:
What, can’t I be cool too? Not that you’re cool at all.
Matt:
Um, ouch?
Bunhong: I, the grand hero of Elk Village, has finally arrived!
Prepare to meet your doom!
Alice:
What the heck am I watching?
Matt:
You shouldn’t be asking… You just need to get used to him.
Amy:
Ehe… it’s just a common thing that he does all the time. It’s no problem
really.
Venus:
IT IS A PROBLEM. Do you know how many times I-
Matt:
So anyway, stay tuned! Next time on episode 164, When Lightning Strikes, the
Broken Promise!
Venus:
Are you even listening to me?!
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