"It's coming in fast!" Bert yelled.
Brian and Trevor tensed up as they watched Kraken speed through the water towards them.
"How could he still be living?" Trevor asked, "Ness destroyed him."
"Not enough I guess," Brian said shakily.
"Do you have a motor on this thing?!" Trevor demanded of Bert.
"Yeah," Bert answered shortly, "Usually move slowly to conserve it."
"Put it to full blast," Trevor said quickly and went to the back of the boat.
Kraken picked himself up from the water more and opened his mouth up wide. A pillar of fire erupted from its throat and singed the sky above Brian and Trevor.
"I guess my PSI fire beta won't do much here," Brian said with a nervous laugh.
"No, not at all," Trevor said, "It would only make him stronger."
"Well, I have my thunder alpha but it's nearly impossible to control where the lightning goes," Brian said, "I may wind up hitting us."
"It's up to me," Trevor said.
He stood firmly at the edge of the boat and stared at Kraken.
Kraken seemed to smile as it coiled around the boat and prepared to strike.
Trevor threw his hands up and cried, "PSI Repel Beta!"
The force of his attack caught Kraken in the head and it rocketed backwards in the water.
"Faster, Bert!" Trevor commanded.
Bert had the motor lowered in the water and was turning it to maximum power. He ran to the front of the boat and scanned the water.
"Eagleland! Up ahead!" he announced.
Brian spun around and could make out the distant land of Eagleland.
"Hold that thing off for a few minutes and we'll hit waters too shallow for it to follow!" Bert yelled to Trevor.
Kraken raced through the water towards the small boat.
"PSI Repel Beta!" Trevor yelled.
Again, Kraken was forced backwards in the water. It let out a roar of fury and spewed flames in all directions. It soon gained control again though and raced after them.
"PSI Repel Beta!" Trevor cried again.
And so back and forth Kraken went, never getting close enough to damage the boat with its fiery breath.
Trevor began panting as he held his stance firm and kept his gaze focused on the creature.
"PSI... Repel Beta!" he gasped as Kraken was again thrown backwards away from them.
"How much longer?!" Brian yelled, "He can't keep this up forever!"
"Almost there!" Bert yelled back.
"PSI Repel Beta!" Trevor wheezed.
Kraken flew backwards and Trevor's legs finally buckled and he fell to his hands and knees.
"Trevor!" Brian gasped and he ran to his side.
"No!" Bert shouted, "We won't make it! It's too close!"
Kraken sped through the water and was quickly gaining on them, it's mouth spitting fire with every breath.
Brian jumped to his feet and held his hand up to the sky.
"I have to try," he said slowly, "PSI Thunder Alpha!"
A bolt of lightning struck from a cloud but bent back upwards and struck nothing but the air.
"Darn!" Brian cursed.
"Can't... fail," Trevor murmured.
"I'll try again," Brian gasped desparately.
Trevor slowly forced himself to his feet.
"I...can't...fail," he gasped.
Sweat was pouring down his face and his whole body trembled.
Brian held his hand up again to the sky, but before he summoned his power, he felt a sudden rush overwhelm him. He gasped and turned to Trevor.
"Trevor," he stuttered, "What are you doing?"
Trevor had his hands held out again. His breathing came in short gasps and his teeth were gritted.
He shut his eyes tight and cried out in a loud voice, "PSI REPEL GAMMA!"
Brian couldn't see anything, but he could feel the tremendous force ripple from Trevor's hands and rocket through the air. It struck Kraken and sent it flying high into the air. It also pushed their boat through the water at a speed greater than its motor could ever achieve. Trevor fell backwards on the deck. Waves crashed all around them as the aftermath of the attack rushed forward.
Finally, the waters calmed down again. Brian saw that the boat was now very close to the shores of Eagleland.
"Wow," he breathed.
He looked at Trevor and gasped. He was laying very still on the deck.
"No!" he cried and ran to Trevor.
Brian knelt down and checked Trevor's pulse. He still had a heartbeat, but his breathing was slow and his eyes were constantly twitching.
"Brian..." he mumbled.
"I'm here," Brian answered.
"It is you, after all," Trevor murmured, "At least one of those who will bring back the light."
"What do you mean?" Brian asked nervously.
"I've had dreams," Trevor said in a suddenly steady voice, "In them, dark clouds covered the Earth and a fierce storm began wiping out all existence of life, but then from out of nowhere, a beam of light broke through the clouds, and calmed the raging storm. 'For from out of the renewed darkness, a new light will emerge, taking shape as the six who mean to do harm only to evil and bring good will to all other things.'"
"I'm no light," Brian said shortly, "I can't even..."
"Listen," Trevor said quickly, "You have to move quickly once you get to Eagleland. You must find the others. You must combine your strength. Hurry and stop this new evil before it swallows the Earth whole."
"Who are the others?" Brian stammered, "Where can I find them? What is this evil?"
"You will find out," Trevor said, "It will show itself soon. It's already happening. You'll find it and you'll stop it."
"And what about you?" Brian asked, "Where will you be?"
"Find the others," Trevor mumbled, "Stop... the evil."
He let out a long breath of air and his eyes closed.
"Is he all right?" Bert asked, running up.
"He's passed out," Brian said, "I think he'll be fine but he needs to rest for awhile. Doing PSI takes a lot out of you. Plus, he mentioned he wasn't born with these powers so his body probably isn't built to handle a power like that."
"Sure did the trick though," Bert commented, "No sign of that Kraken character."
"It's a good thing," Brian said lowly, "That someone was here that could help."
He got up and walked to the side of the boat. He stared down at his reflection.
I was completely useless in all that, he thought to himself, I couldn't do a single thing to stop that monster. If it wasn't for Trevor, we'd all be dead by now. Why did I even decide to come if already I can't handle things? I shouldn't have done this.
"Here we are!" Bert announced.
Brian jerked out of his trance and looked at the town they approached. It looked pretty similar to Popo back in Raptorland.
"The small town of Toto," Bert informed Brian, "On the other side is the famous resort town, Summers."
"Is there a hospital I can bring Trevor too?" Brian asked.
"Sure," Bert answered, "Summers has one of the best places in Eagleland. Real state of the art, that place is. I'll help ya bring him in."
Brian nodded his thanks, unable to find anymore words to say.
Bert guided the boat up to a pier and docked. He helped Brian carry Trevor out and to the nearby hospital.
The nurses took Trevor and wheeled him into a room for tests.
"Well, I have to be going," Bert said, "Gonna anchor here for awhile. Don't really feel like going back in the water knowing that thing is out there now."
"Thanks again for bringing us here," Brian said.
Bert nodded and left the hospital.
Brian let out a heavy sigh and sank into a chair in the waiting room. Some time passed before a doctor approached him.
"You came with that boy in there?" he asked.
"Yes," Brian said, "Is he okay? Is he awake?"
The doctor looked partially away.
"I'm afraid it isn't as simple as that," he said.
"What do you mean?" Brian asked shakily.
"We've been running some tests," the doctor explained, "Trevor's brain wave patterns are steadily decreasing."
"I... I don't understand," Brian said.
"I'm afraid he's slipping into a coma," the doctor said.
"A coma?" Brian gasped, "But... what does that mean?"
"He'll have to remain here," the doctor said, "We will continue to monitor him and see if there is any way to help him, but I'm afraid we can't do much until he pulls himself out of it."
Brian tried to think of something else to ask, but the doctor's pager went off.
"I have to go," he said shortly, "I'm very sorry about your friend. Do you have a place to stay?"
"What?" Brian asked absently.
"A place to stay," the doctor asked, "I'd recommend the hotel here, but the prices are pretty ridiculous. They have a small motel in Toto now though."
"I'm fine," Brian said shortly.
The doctor nodded, patted Brian's shoulder and hurried off.
Brian wandered out of the hospital is a sort of daze. He slowly looked around the street and out onto the beach.
"Well..." he mumbled, "I'm in Eagleland, but now what do i do?"
He looked around and slowly walked down the long road.

Angela flew through the air.
"I guess I underestimated their speed," she mumbled to herself, "I'm having a hard time keeping up with them."
Only by squinting could she make out the figures flying far in front of her. She was flying low now since she was over the Dusty Dunes Desert and she figured there wouldn't be a risk of anyone noticing her. Every now and then the wind blew the sand around and she had to fly higher to avoid getting caught in it.
"I wonder who they are," she thought aloud, "Kayla seemed very anxious for me to figure out what they were up to. I should have asked her what happened. I've never seen her like that."
Angela could soon make out skyscrapers in the distance. By squinting, she saw the far off objects descending to the ground.
"They're going to Fourside!" she gasped.

Kayla wandered around the cemetary in Threed.
I remember reading about a village with creatures named Mr. Saturns, she thought, Rumor said the road to their village was hidden somewhere in this cemetary. They were said to have been a big help to the legends. It's scary to think about it, but that creature with all the arms that attacked us... I've seen its picture in the history books. It was around in the old war. If it's happening again, I should find these Saturn people and get them to help again.
Kayla pushed some shrubs aside and looked everywhere for some sign of a road.
"This is useless!" she yelled in frustration.
'Kayla, can you hear me?' echoed a soft voice in her head.
'Angela?' Kayla replied.
'I've tracked these... people, or whatever they are' Angela reported, 'They're in Fourside.'
'I'm on my way' Kayla answered.
She quickly ran out of the cemetary and picked up speed as she focused her mind.
Suddenly, she disappeared with a banging sound and a flash of light.

The echoes of Angela and Kayla's telepathic conversation reverberated through the air.
Within a dark chamber, a loud snort echoed through, followed by a loud roar.
"So it begins," a hissing voice stated.

"Mako, be on guard," Poo warned, "It's a Starman."
"Not just any Starman, Emperor," Supreme Starman answered, "I am the Supreme Starman."
"Remind me to get your autograph," Poo retorted.
"I'm sure you'll want it after I'm done," Supreme Starman shot back.
"I know what is happening," Poo declared, "I know your dark forces have returned."
"Do you?" Supreme Starman mused, "How studious of you."
"You know you cannot possibly succeed in your dark ambitions," Poo said, "You will once again be beaten back by the forces of light and goodness."
"Talk talk talk," Supreme Starman complained, "That's all any of you people do anymore, but tell me this, great Emperor Poo. If I am so destined to be defeated by the likes of you, then how come I have already been able to leave Ness within an inch of his life?"
"You lie!" Poo hissed.
"Not today," Supreme Starman laughed.
Poo focused his mind on Ness. To his dismay, he could only find a weak signal in return.
"What have you done to him?" Poo demanded, "It must be some means of treachery. No honorable means would have slowed Ness down."
"Don't you understand?!" Supreme Starman snapped, "This is has gone beyond honor and dignity. Power alone is the factor to be considered, and sadly for you, it seems that I am the one who holds the power... to kill you all!"
With that, Supreme Starman held out his finger. His visor grew red.
"Infector Beam!" he hissed.
A red beam shot through the air at Poo.
"Reflector!" Poo yelled.
A shiny shield formed around him. The beam struck it and bounced back to Supreme Starman.
Supreme Starman quickly jumped out of the way.
Poo wasted no time and rushed towards Supreme Starman. He unsheathed the Sword of Kings and swung it towards him.
Supreme Starman quickly leaned back and avoided the sword.
Poo quickly spun around and swiped again. Supreme Starman jumped out of the way, but Poo came at him again and again with furious swings of his sword.
Supreme Starman held out his hand to fire a beam at Poo, but Poo saw and quickly sliced with his sword.
Supreme Starman let out a piercing scream that arose all the people of Dalaam.
Poo slowly stepped back and held his sword firmly in position.
Supreme Starman sank to his knees and clutched his hand in agony. Four of his fingers lay on the ground lifeless.
Mako let out a gasp of surprise. He always knew Poo was exceptional but he never saw him in a true fight before.
Poo slowly rose into the air as a golden aura began to swirl around him and then engulfed his sword.
"Allow me to show you what happens to those who threaten my kingdom," Poo said.
He held his sword out and pointed it at Supreme Starman.
"Eternal Light of Kings!" he cried.
The Sword of Kings lit up immensely and shot a piercing beam at Supreme Starman. It struck and exploded. Supreme Starman's screams filled the air.
"You did it!" Mako yelled.
Poo slowly came back down to the ground and sheathed his sword.
"That was truly amazing to see," Mako marveled.
"I'm afraid it is nothing compared to what you may see in the future," Poo answered grimly, "Supreme Starman's appearance only confirms my fears. The forces of evil have once again returned to ravage the lands. As I said before, we must go to Onett."
"That's where the legendary Ness lives, right?" Mako said, "Supreme Starman mentioned he was injured."
"I'm afraid that may be true," Poo responded, "Which means our presence is needed even more."
"I am ready to meet this challenge," Mako stated.
"Take my hand," Poo instructed, "We'll travel by PSI Farewell."
A rock fell down the rocky cliff behind them.
Poo's ears perked up as two unseen fingers pointed themselves at Mako and Poo. A red glow arose high in the air behind them.
Poo gasped, "Get down!"
He shoved Mako to the ground as he spun around, unsheathed his sword and flung it through the air.
A monstorous beam already was rushing towards him though and struck the ground in front in him.
The ground exploded upwards, rocketing Poo into the air. Supreme Starman quickly tilted his head to the left, narrowly avoiding the sword as it struck the rocks next to him.
Mako rolled over to avoid the debris and quickly sprung to his feet. He looked around.
And that," Supreme Starman growled, "is what I do to those who foolishly ridicule ME."
Mako looked at the cliff in shock. He ran to it and looked over the edge.
"No..." he moaned, "Father? FATHER!!!"
His cries only echoed down the mountain and he heard no response
"That's two down," Supreme Starman gasped, "Or make that three once I dispose of you."
Supreme Starman leapt off the small cliff and soared towards Mako.
"You murderer!" Mako erupted.
He spun around and swung his arm at Supreme Starman, yelling "PSI Thunder Beta!"
Two bolts of lightning struck Supreme Starman simultaneously. He yelled in surprise and flew backwards and into the stony wall.
Mako quickly raced by him and gathered his speed.
Supreme Starman burst out of the wall and turned towards Mako, but a bang filled the air and Mako was gone.
"All right," Supreme Starman, "I'll kill you later, then."

Georg stood firmly in his place as he watched Supreme Starman through an orb.
"Allowing himself to be injured," he growled, "The fool. He better return to full strength soon or else the plan will be ruined."
"Georg," a shrill voice spoke up.
"What is it, Elder Mook?" Georg asked.
"The master calls for you," Elder Mook replied.
Georg turned around. "Very well," he said and walked off into a narrow path.
He followed the winding path until it reached a doorway. He placed his hand on a red panel next to the door and a blue light scanned his hand. The door slowly slid open and Georg stepped inside.
"Ahh, Georg," a hissing voice said, "SO nice of you to come."
"Master Rygwar," Georg answered and bowed his head.
"Come into the light," Rygwar ordered, "so I can see you better."
Georg walked up towards Rygwar. As he entered the light he looked upon Rygwar.
He was a small figure. His skin was pale green and his eyes were of a marroon color. His body was thin and frail and his breathing always came in short wheezes. His hands came to six long fingers and his feet were split into two sharp talons. His head was wide and curved backwards into two spikes. A long tail waved about behind him with a curved blade on the end, but even the blade did not look very menacing.
Rygwar sat in round sphere that floated above the ground. He had a panel in front of him to move the sphere around the room.
"The war is starting, Georg," Rygwar hissed.
"Yes, master," Georg replied.
"Already events are playing out as were predicted," Rygwar said, "The five have already begun."
"And we already have one being held at Stonehenge, sir," Georg reported.
"And we must make him useful, Georg," Rygwar said, "A boy such as he is, he could become an excellent warrior, but we must make sure he is on the right side before that happens."
"We are already conducting tests on all the prisoners, master," Georg replied, "They will all prove useful in time."
"And what of the Four?" Rygwar asked.
"Supreme Starman has already succeeded in eliminating Ness and Poo as threats," Georg said, "We are currently trying to track down the one they call Jeff, but it is proving to be more difficult than expected. We know he works in an old laboratory he inherited from his father, but he must have some cloaking device over the lab making it hard for us to locate it."
"The young Andonuts' knowledge of PSI rivals even my own," Rygwar answered, "We must do well to not underestimate him. He may not posess any of the miraculous PSI powers, but he knows how to effectively exploit all of its weaknesses."
"I am hoping that tracking him down won't be as difficult any longer," Georg said, "Now that Ness has been immobilized, I am sure Jeff will return to him. They will attempt to reforge their old force."
"An event that we must not let happen," Rygwar insisted, "There is enough to concern ourselves over without having those meddlesome bunch running around.
"I assure you they are well within our capabilities of dealing with at this point," Georg said, "I also should mention some unusual news that I have learned from our scouts in Raptorland."
"Yes?" Rygwar said.
"Details have arrived surrounding the young Brian's reasons for arriving in Eagleland. His town was attacked by a group of cyborgs led by one named Porkle."
"Cyborgs?" Rygwar mused, "How very interesting. It seems that this planet has even more surprises up its sleeve."
"We have tried tracking these cyborgs, but they are moving too fast. So far it is unclear what their intentions are."
"I'm not concerned over their intentions," Rygwar spat, "They're intentions are irrelevant. I am only concerned over their existence, and even more concerned that you lot are incapable of dealing with Earth-made creatures such as them."
"Yes, master," Georg said nervously, "But we aren't even sure if they are Earth-made, after all."
"You see nothing," Rygwar said simply, "Waste no more time here. You must send a force to eliminate these cyborgs. The propose a risk greater than your comprehension could grasp."
Georg took a step back.
"As you wish, master," Georg answered, "I will send out a legion under Elder Mook to track them down and take care of them"
"See to it that they don't take long," Rygwar ordered.
Georg slowly bowed and left the chamber.
Rygwar rotated his spherical throne and hovered over to a low table. He reached out and picked up a large piece of paper with his hand. Several statistics and graphs littered the paper.
"This was one thing Giygas was right about," Rygwar said to himself as he looked over the graphs, "This planet is by far the best candidate for the procedure, and once everything is in order, absolute power will once again belong to our kind!"

The loud clanging sound woke Robert up from his dreamless sleep. He sat up on the cold, hard floor and looked around.
It was very dark were he was except for a dim light high above. He could see that he was a complete mess. His skin had blotches of dirt on it. His hair was a tangled a mess. His shirt was halfway ripped off and a tear ran down the outside of one of his pants legs.
He stood up and winced as his side ached.
"You're awake," a low voice said.
Robert spun around and insticively reached for his gun but of course it was not there.
A boy slowly walked into the light.
Robert no longer felt that he looked bad after seeing this boy.
He appeared to be a couple years younger. Fresh bruises ran up and down his body. His right eye was swollen shut. His clothes appeared to have been shredded and now hung from him like dirty rags.
Robert opened his mouth to speak but he could find no words.
"Yea, I look pretty bad," the boy said, "I know it."
"What have they done to you?" Robert asked.
"Things..." the boy said, "Terrible things. I feel pity for you because you have yet to experience it."
Robert slowly swallowed and looked around again.
"What is this place?" he asked, "What is its purpose?"
"The only purpose I have seen so far is torture," the boy answered, "Evil. That's the only way to describe the creatures here. Pure evil."
The door to their cell suddenly swung open and a robot slid in.
"Prisoner 4237," it said in a mechanical voice and looking at Robert, "You will come with me."
Robert looked at the robot and studied it.
"Very well," he said and walked towards the door.
When the robot turned its back to Robert to lead the way, Robert quickly spun and around and kicked with all his might.
His foot connected with the base of the robot's head and its head flew off.
"Malfunction!" the robot yelled, "Malfunction!"
Robert quickly ran to the robot's head and smahed it to bits.
"Whoa..." the boy gasped.
"I think these guys have had enough fun for one day," Robert said, "How about we get out of here?"
A small grin appeared on the boy's face. "I think I'd like that," he said, "I'm Michael."
"Robert," Robert answered, "Now let's get going!"