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Chapter 28 - CH.22 The Reality of Scourge Don

Don walked through the flat lands of the Rufty Mountains. It was a dark and stormy night, it was foggy as well. Through the fog was hard to see, covering the night sky and hiding everything else, like it was an entire empty void. There was nothingness. No Elementanites, no animals, no beasts, just a flat valley with fog surrounding it. Don thought hard about his friends, but he ignored the fact that they tried to save him from Incarceration. He didn't want to feel guilty, and he tried his best to not feel guilty, it worked. The tattered clothes were basically from the fight with the Grolian Beast, and the Rufty Mountain's beast. Scourge Don felt antagonistic, but really hasn't done anything else antagonistic for the past few hours. Then, of course rain had to fall from the sky. A thunderstorm occurred, and lightning was already flashing the sky. Though Don couldn't see it, he could hear it well. His beaten tail swayed slowly from behind, and his wings twitched. He knew that he made the right choice, the best choice in fact. If his friends were really his friends, he'd still be with them. But now, since he's convinced, he's isolated.

A small clang was heard across the field, Don's head perked up as he looked across the valley. Then dark celestial energy flared from his eyes, as he saw a pink Power Gem sitting on the ground. It was hexagonal and shiny, surely Don had one Power Gem, which was the Incarceration Gem. Ever since he got captured by the beast, it tied him in the vines with thorns, ready to eat him as a meal. But when Don found the Incarceration Gem, sitting right next to him, he took it, and transformed into someone that we know now…. Scourge Don. See, Don had free will. Either he stayed a good guy, or he became a bad guy. He didn't use the gem to betray his friends and become evil, the gem made him evil. The gem made him remember the past memories that he had with his friends, and they were the worst. Which took him over, and encouraged him to stay in this form. He hadn't used it once to get back to normal, because he didn't know how to. He couldn't transform back into his normal form, even if he wanted too. So he just accepted it. He'll just be Scourge Don, forever.

Don walked towards the Power Gem, and he kneeled down at it. The rain fell on it, making it soaking wet. Don took it anyway. As he got up to take another glance at the gem, a burst of orange mixed with red flames flashed right at him. He moved to the side quickly to evade the attack, then he instinctively turned to find the assaulter. He saw someone walking towards him out of the fog, it was Krane. The Krane that attacked the group back in the Grolian Forest, the one who used to be a Zenith but isn't anymore. He was walking out with another fellow, Overbrawl. One of Power's most powerful enemies yet. Krane had the Spirit Element, an element that allowed him to use two things at the same time. One, fire, two, spiritual energy. His spiritual energy is violet, like Don's celestial energy, but it's much darker than Don's. Krane cracked his knuckles while Overbrawl sneered at Don.

"We've finally found you… it took a long time you know," Overbrawl said, crossing his arms.

"What do you want?" Scourge Don clenched his fists tight, speaking in a vile dark voice.

Krane snapped his fingers, "We're only here for a little bit of action, and information…"

Celestial energy radiated around Don's body, "What information?"

"Maybe some Zenith information, do you know anything about Incarceration? Two answers, yes or no," Krane replied.

Don stood there, silent. Then he adjusted his crooked mask, as the rain poured from the sky. His suit became soaking wet from the water that it started to become tight.

"The only information I can give you is a no…"

"Great! Great! Now without Incarceration on the menu, we can continue our plan," Overbrawl said, peering at Krane with a smile.

Don cocked his head in confusion, "What plan?"

Krane scratched his neck, looking down at Don with a sly face, "Well, let's just say we separated the Power Gems, that way Incarceration won't find them. Now we gotta find them after separating them."

"That makes no sense. If you had the Power Gems already, why don't you go somewhere where Incarceration isn't there, to keep it for yourselves? Separating them doesn't make any sense," Don added.

"We actually stole the rest of the Power Gems from you guys, and we had to separate them so then Incarceration," Krane repeated, staring at his watch. "Now why didn't we just keep them? Because Dreadixz specifically ordered that we must separate them, to make sure that nobody else finds them. He said that when I hold stuff for too long, they'll burn because my flame ignited my left arm. I had no choice but to release the Power Gems and send them into different places. By means I mean Foreshade, the Rufty Mountains, and Celestia. And, we also have to assassinate Incarceration. Not from Dreadixz, but in our terms. He doesn't know."

Krane scoffed, "I can tell you're lying you know…"

"Where is Incarceration?" Don snarled at them, "You think I'd tell you where he is, never…"

Overbrawl clenched his fists as his ripped scarf swayed from behind, "I guess this is a sure fire kill if he's not gonna tell."

"You're right Overbrawl, let's get this over with already," Krane's arms ignited in flames. Don stared right into their souls, the two stared right back at Don. The three charged at each other. As Don charged at lightning speed, he jumped over them and slid right behind them. He dashed towards them with both daggers out, right behind Krane. He jumped and tried to slash Krane with the daggers, but Krane spun around to throw in a flaming punch to the gut. His fists collided with Don's gut, sending him flying into the air while creating an explosion. Overbrawl launched himself into the air, flying towards Don.

He grabbed Don to pull him closer and punched his body, which sent Don spiraling back. Don shook his head, however, and he launched himself back towards Overbrawl. They both clashed in the air, throwing in back-to-back punches and kicks. Then Don front-flipped to axe kick Overbrawl's head. This created a flat shockwave in the atmosphere, sending Overbrawl descending back to the ground. As Don flew back to the ground with his beaten-up wings, Krane looked up at him with his fists charged with violet energy and flames. He started to fire flame blasts and violet energy blasts rapidly at Don. Don swiftly moved in the air, shifting from left to right, dodging each blast that came at him. He took out his chains as he landed onto the ground, throwing them right at Krane.

They caught Krane and wrapped around him instantly, then as Overbrawl came running towards Don with chaotic energy in his arms, he spun Krane around and threw him towards Overbrawl. Krane got slammed onto Overbrawl, and they both tumbled to the ground. Don reeled all of his chains back and walked towards them silently.

"Is that all you've got?" he said as celestial energy crackled. Krane looked up at Don as he got up, "We were just getting STARTED!" He blitzed towards Don to throw in rapid punches to the head and gut, missing all of them. But he spun around quickly to throw in a devastating side kick that slammed onto Don's cheekbone, sending him sprawling across the battlefield at maximum speed. Overbrawl came running towards him as fast as a cheetah, then he blasted himself into the air with an explosion right behind him. He charged up his fists with chaotic energy and got close to landing in front of Don. He punched him while creating an explosion at the same time. This caused Don to get sent flying into the air, but Don didn't back down. He faced Overbrawl and then took out his daggers. As Overbrawl blasted towards him again in the air, Don instantly launched himself even closer to Overbrawl. He grabbed him and threw him back down to the ground, and Overbrawl crashed through the flatlands. Don then spun around and teleported onto the ground while running at maximum velocity at the same time, celestial energy trails following him as he went. Krane fired violet energy blasts, and Don dodged all of them, only getting hit by one, which was an explosion he barely escaped. Krane teleported right in front of Don to spin around and give him the meanest fiery uppercut known to man. His fists glued onto Don's chin, sending him skyrocketing into the clouds.

Don's cape was flailing behind him, and then he looked to the right only to see Overbrawl flying towards him with orange chaotic energy crackling around him. He had his arms wide open like he was about to hug someone, but instead, it was worse. One of his hands touched the side of Don's torso, then Overbrawl fired a nuke-sized explosion that shook the sky. This sent Don spiraling back to the ground, only for Krane to swoop in and grab him at light speed. Krane was running at light speed, his legs looking like a blur through the flatlands. He sped through tough and hard rocks, holding onto Don's neck. The pain inflicted through Don's body got worse and worse as Krane ran and ran. Then Krane jumped, spun around, and slammed Don into the ground. Violet energy started to crackle around his arm, then he threw him up into the air. As Don ascended like a rocket, Krane launched towards him, looking like a star instantly shooting up to the sky. Then he punched the living celestial out of Scourge Don, creating an insane violet energy explosion and shockwave that was the size of a nuclear explosion across the entire place. Don crash-landed onto the ground like a meteor and started rattling across it.

Overbrawl went right behind him and fired another explosion that sent him flying into the air. Then Krane teleported right in front of him to sock him with an arm of flames, creating an explosion of flames. The explosion collided just as another explosion occurred from Overbrawl, sending Don skyrocketing into the air and then plummeting right back down to the ground like a meteor. As soon as Don crash-landed, it created a double-damaging celestial shockwave that ripped across the entire flatlands. Don was on his chest, bloodied as his battered clothes became even more tattered than before. Krane slowly levitated back to the ground while Overbrawl stood right next to him. Krane smirked, holding the pink Power Gem proudly. "Well, isn't this surprising? This is gonna be the new leader of the Celestianites? I doubt it…" "Should we finish this, Overbrawl?" "It's free, Krane, why don't we?" Overbrawl said as chaotic energy ran through him. Don's fingers twitched, and he looked up at Krane. "You really are something…" "I see what you're thinking about, killing me with one move. Well, I've already come up with a plan for that. So you can't do anything," Krane snickered. Scourge Don got up, holding onto his arm while a black, dark aura covered him. "You have not seen my full potential… Haven't you?" Don snapped his fingers, and in a flash, he transformed into KX Don. Reality shook itself, as if something pushed it. The two looked at Don in surprise, then celestial-like gods started singing the same lyrics. 

What an unpleasant dream, he'll get your love a chance, he'll get your love chance, get another chance, get a lover tonight!

Don walked towards the duo with celestial energy crackling in his fists, then he launched himself towards them, leaving behind a shockwave.

"VIOLENT VIOLENCE!!" struck Overbrawl's face as he zipped right in front of him, then it created a huge, earth-splitting celestial shockwave which sent Overbrawl flying back like crazy. Krane backed off, and then Don turned to him before he even left. He had trouble trying to read Don's mind, and then he was cooked. Don boosted towards him before he even flinched. Don punched Krane into the air once and kept him there. He started to throw in rapid punches at the speed of light, then he slowed down to throw in the final celestial punch to the gut, which created a huge explosion and celestial shockwave running across the field after shouting, "RAVAGE!" Krane got launched into the air, and then Don launched himself towards Krane at light speeds.

"What an unpleasant dream, he'll get your love a chance,""He'll love a chance, Hey yah get your, hey yah tonight"

He got above Krane, and then he lit his fists up in celestial flames. He then hurled his fists down at Krane shouting, "365 DAYS!!!" Ten large celestial energy-made fists shot out of the sky like meteors.

Then they came flying down towards Krane, glowing right behind him. They smashed the air one at a time, then the air shattered while creating a huge explosion larger than the biggest nuclear explosion ever recorded. Krane was flipping in the air rapidly, and then it was time for Don to do his ultimate move. He zipped towards Krane while he was descending from the sky, then he flipped rapidly in the air like he was rolling. Celestial energy intensified, and it turned black as it started to cover his entire body and crackle around it. He finally got close to Krane, and then he yelled, shattering the air, "VIOLET VIOLENCE!" This created a widespread explosion and shockwave known for destroying anything in its path. It was so big that it reached the mountains of the Rufty Mountains, breaking them and splitting them in half completely. Rocks were sent scattering in the air, and the entire place shook itself. Krane was shot all the way back down to the ground, crashing onto it while tumbling and rolling back violently, eating the dust.

He finally slowed down, and then he stopped rolling. He was on his back, facing up. His eye had purple cracks surrounding it, and blood slowly gushed from his chest. Don teleported right in front of him, as the smoke slowly moved its way out of the destruction. He looked down at Krane, and then he covered his exposed eye with his claw-like gloves. He got out of his KX form and sighed. He kneeled down to pick up the Power Gem, and then said one more thing to him, "Weak…" As soon as he was about to walk away, he heard the shout of Mason. "DON!" Scourge Don sighed as he fixed his mask by putting the ripped pieces together. He murmured, "Not them again…"

Mason, with the rest of the crew right behind him, appeared from the fog.Don turned and then looked away from them. Mason tried to get his attention, "Don! Look! Just come back, alright?!""Never," Don said as he shot a glare towards him. "I'm tired of the mocking, I'm tired of the laughing, I'm tired of the embarrassment… I'm going to show you all who I am from inside…."

Mason sighed, sounding like he was going to give up. "Look, Don, we know who you are from the inside already. You don't have to show us if we've already seen it…." Javier joined in, "He's right, we've seen you do more than that! You fought a Hydra all by yourself, and you still won!" "You were able to take down Overbrawl with ease after what we just saw," Lonnie also chimed in. Sophia didn't say anything, because of her personality until William shoulder bumped her into saying something. "You're strong, but you're still our idiot!" Jocabed stepped in, seriously. "You're the reason why everyone's alive! Right?"

Nothing touched Don. The words did nothing… It wasn't Don's fault. Don couldn't control it after using the gem. Even though he wanted to come back to the crew, he was never able to because of Scourge Don, the one he is now. He's lost his own free will, he wasn't able to do anything about it. He isn't Don anymore, he's Scourge Don. The Don that completely shattered the real Don, by Incarceration's manipulation technique, and took over his body and mind with the Incarceration Gem. He's a new him. So sadly, and reluctantly, Don walked away and just said, "No…"

At King Dreadixz's Castle (Prison Room): Everybody sat down against the wall. They were sitting right behind a large cage with stone bars, and there were two guards standing right in front of the cage. There was no light, it was completely dark. Though it was day, Foreshade was always dark.

 It never had light for such a long time, nobody knew why. The 5 just stared at the guards, guarding the prisoners. One guard turned to face one of them, and he scowled at them. "What is with the staring?!" Olsen shrugged, "Because we have nothing else to do. So we might as well just stare." 

The guard pointed his spear at Olsen, "Keep it up and you'll see what will happen to your face…" 

Olsen stayed quiet. A few minutes had gone by, and then Dreadixz walked up to the guards in his human form. "Alright you guys, time for your break. Now get out of here," he said, narrowing at them. The two guards left, while Dreadixz followed them out, leaving the 5 on their own. Prince broke the silence, "Baby Shark! Do doo do doo do doo! Baby Shark! Do doo do doo do doo! Baby Shark! Do doo do doo do doo! Baby Shark! Mommy Shark! Do doo-"

"CAN WE NOT SING BABY SHARK PLEASE!" Demaurion shouted in rage. Prince sighed, "Fine, just trying to get over how boring this place is…." Olsen tapped Prince on the shoulder. Prince turned to him, raising his eyebrow. "What?" 

"Look," Olsen said, his voice full of awe pointing at something. Everyone looked, and it was a preserved statue of Queen Stellar's—rear end… The men looked at it, their faces full of astonishment. Archie spoke like an average England man from the 1700's, "Magnificent, I must say." "The Lunaranites really do have good taste," Prince said while nodding. "Don's so lucky to become the next King of the Celestianites," Olsen said while wiping a fake tear. 

Ella rolled her eyes, "Can you guys stop being weird and just find a way to get out of here?!" "Nah, I'm not missing out on premium booty," Olsen said nonchalantly. Ella face palmed in frustration, and then she noticed a Power Gem sitting right next to them. But it was only away from the cage, where they couldn't reach. "Guys, look!" Ella said while pointing at the Power Gem. Though the other guys were not looking, Ella smacked Prince back to reality until he finally took a look. "THERE'S A POWER GEM!" he yelled silently. Everyone turned their gaze to the Power Gem, and then Prince turned to Demaurion with a smirk, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Everybody smirked, then Archie asked, "While we try to escape, can we take the statue with us?"

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