The monster was even more fearsome up close. It had sharp, black claws and it seemed that it had a halo of swirling dark blue surrounding it. It was a fearsome looking creature. Olivia didn't want to be engaged in battle with the monster, even with the help of her magnificent cats.
Then, just as her confidence perished, she saw a mother and father cat huddling over their little kitten. She saw the fear in the family's eyes. She knew that she must help them. She must help them and the rest of the villagers.
She whipped her head around to face the creature. She held her tiny, tiny pocket knife as Crystal made a magical shield, Bandit tried to read its mind to find out why it was here, and Spider readied his bow, pointing it at the beast. Olivia knew that, at least at the moment, she was the weak spot of the group. She wondered what the importance of the gems, string and notebook and pen was. Why had she felt the need to bring them on her mission?
Then, Spider launched himself at the monstrous creature. He shot arrows from the magical bows at the monster with unearthly speed. The arrows blasted into a million pieces of splintered wood and steel like grenades. Once Spider landed, his bow, arrows and quiver disappeared. In their place, Spider drew a sword. But, just as he drove it into the creature, it threw him off. With a thud, Spider was thrown onto a burning catnip shop. Crystal rushed to his aid.
Suddenly, Olivia knew the use for her notebook. She whipped it from her pocket, snatching the pen with it. Then, she wrote a single word as quickly as she could: Fall.
The monster fell. It groggily attempted getting up, but failed. Olivia thought about what she should do next. She was thrilled that she could help her cats. Then, she had an idea. She wrote in the notebook: Freeze.
The monster froze. He was uncased in a layer of ice. Now, Bandit would have an easier time reading its mind. Bandit blinked gratefully at her, then turned back to his work. His necklace was now fully visible. His eyes were closed. After a while, the monster began to un-freeze. At that very same moment, Bandit awoke from the ruffles of the creature's mind.
Olivia once again wrote the word freeze on the page, but nothing happened. A voice inside of her told her that she could not use the same word over and over on something. It was like it had to recharge.
Panic took hold of her. How could she stop it. Bandit couldn't do mind control on such a powerful being, Spider was hurt, and Crystal was helping him. It circled back to Olivia.
Olivia wrote: Lion. Then she tossed the string at her enemy. The string instantly turned into a lion and began to fight the translucent creature.
Then, lastly, Olivia scrawled: Block, her instincts taking over as she wrote.
There was a blue energy block above her and Bandit's heads.
"Why is this creature here?" Olivia shouted over the sounds of the battling lion and beast.
"It is a robot-operated mirage of the real thing, so it doesn't have much of a mind. The robot operating it was created by a group of scientists working for a man who's name is unknown even to the robot. The man is referred to by the robot and scientists as 'Master'.
"Apparently, he runs everything in huge mansion. He is closely guarded 24 hours every day, has multiple taste-testers, and traps all over his mansion. I did not find his goal in attacking Cleopatra's State."
Olivia felt like she had been covered in ice. She said nothing, shell-shocked. Suddenly, she pulled out of it and gasped as though she had been pulled out from deep water. "Scientists? Guards? Traps?"
"Deja vu?" Spider asked, smiling teasingly as Crystal helped him over to the protective energy block.
"Spider," Bandit began to scold. "This is not the time to be funny! There is a lion and robot-operated merage engaged in battle just beyond this floating blue energy block shield!"
Olivia stifled a laugh. Yeah, we live regular, normal lives. She thought. She knew that Bandit would kill her if she said the out loud. The thought made her smile despite her efforts to keep a straight face.
Then, she heard the lion that she had conjured slam into the energy shield. She poked her head out from underneath the energy block. She gasped when she saw that the lion had crumbled into precious gems.
She gaped at the pile of gems for a while until, suddenly, the robot-mirage thing tossed a house at the blue block of energy. The energy block crumbled into jewels just as the lion had.
Olivia ran with Spider in her arms. She feared for her and her cats' lives. Crystal made blocks of gems around the mirage's feet, anchoring it to the ground. Though the gems were strong, they did not hold it longer than three seconds. The mirage pulled its feet out of the gem cases and flung itself at the group.
"A waste of good gems," Crystal sighed regretfully.
Olivia frantically wrote: Scarab. And whipped a sapphire out of her little gem bag. She chanted the word, and then she tossed the sapphire at the mirage. The sapphire turned into a beetle in midair. At first, Olivia was disappointed that her mind had suggested the word.
Then, the moment the scarab touched the mirage, millions coated it. Soon, all you could see was a mass of wriggling beetles encasing a robot mirage. This gave Olivia time for her final spell.
Olivia wrote: Banish. And, with that, the mirage began to blink in and out of existence, weaving between the boarders of life and non-existence. After half a minute, the mirage stopped. It seemed as though it was being erased. Fragments of it disappeared. Slowly, the creature vanished, forever gone.
Banish. The word echoed through Olivia's head. She wanted to shake it out from her ear like you would water after swimming. Olivia just hoped that, even for the terrible creature that had nearly killed so many families, banishment was not painful.
-KittyLover8
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