Sorry for the extra long wait . . . But, I wanted to kinda let all of you sweat it out a little. So, here it is, the final chapter in the Beryl Saga. I want to thank all of you who read this, and sent me feedback. I had a great time writing and posting this, and again, I thank all of you for making it better! So, enjoy!
When we last left our heroes.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Beryl screamed in pain.
"That's right! Let me know how much it hurts!"
"FUUUUUCK YOU!!"
"You'll pay for that one!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Beryl screamed as the other knife was stuck in his palm.
"You know, slayers blood is very valuable. Now for the part where I slowly cut your heart out and . . ."
And now, the final conclusion.
JC and Lance crashed through the glass, throwing as many knives as they could on their drop down, killing 12 vampires. When they landed, the door to the lower level exploded out into the main room and Justin, Joey and Chris entered. They stood there for a second looking over the scene. Their observation of the situation was soon cut short, as they had to fight off a team of vampires that tried to stop them.
"I was waiting for your entrance!" Lord Samuel said, as the five Chosen Ones killed their targets and regrouped in the middle of the warehouse. "By the dark of night, the end is near, bring them fright and show them true fear!"
Everything started to go dark for the Chosen Ones. Before their eyes were their greatest fears come to life.
Before Joey stood Maggie in full vampire form. On the floor surrounding her were five bodies, four of them his best friends, fellow band and teammates, and the last one, Beryl.
"What's the matter Joey? Not happy to see me?" She said coming towards him.
"No, you're . . . you're . . ." Joey stuttered.
"Dead? I was dead when you met me, to begin with! Remember? Remember how you let me die? I was fine until I met you, but then you had to go and change everything!"
"No . . . you . . . You didn't! Y . . . you're not real!"
"Oh, but, I am! Oh, look! You let me die, so why should it be any different with your friends? You couldn't save them either! Now they're dead, and you're next!"
"N . . . no!"
Chris was back in the dungeon. Surrounding him were his 4 best friends and fellow band and teammates.
"Hey guys, come on, get me out of here!" Chris said.
"Why would we wanna go and do that?" Justin said as he and the rest of the guys turned to him with vampire faces.
"No!"
"Yup! You thought you could be all courageous and save Beryl all by yourself!" Joey said, "But you just got yourself captured!"
"Without you there to help us, we lost and were turned! Thanks! This is the best feeling in the world!" JC said.
"You know you're the weakest of all of us! How could you alone, save Beryl?" Lance said.
"I . . . I'm sorry!" Chris said breaking down into tears.
"You're pathetic! Look at you! The oldest of us, and the stupidest!" JC spat out at him.
"N . . . No . . . I . . . I . . ."
"Don't worry, you'll join us in just a second!" Justin said as they all got closer.
"No!!"
Justin stood in the middle of a graveyard. Floating in front of him was Sammy.
"Sammy!" Justin said happy to see her.
"You failed me! I trusted you and you couldn't even save me!" She said with hate in her voice.
"B . . . but . . ."
"You couldn't even save me, so why should I have expected you to save your friends?!? I trusted you and you let me down! You let THEM down!" She said as lightning flashed, showing 5 gravestones with the names of the members of *NSYNC on them.
"I . . . I didn't mean to . . ."
"'I didn't mean to'" She said mocking him, "Some fighter YOU turned out to be! Chosen One? More like the weak link in the chain!" She yelled followed by a laugh. "Well, now it's time for you to join the fait of your friends!"
"No!" Justin screamed as fire filled Sammy's eyes.
Lance stood in a familiar underground temple. JC stood in front of him with a familiar medallion hanging around his neck.
"You know, you were right!" JC said with ice in his glare.
"Josh?"
"It feels so good!"
"No!" Lance said staring into his lover's emotionless, icy blue, eyes.
"Yes!"
"What did they do to you?"
"They? More like YOU! My worrying about you caused me to be turned!"
"The medallion!"
"It was less messy!"
"I won't let you be turned!"
"It's too late! I already am!"
"Well not for long!" Lance said as he swung his sword and cut off the medallion.
"What? NO!!!" Evil JC yelled.
"YES!" Lance said smashing the medallion that had turned him evil at one time.
JC stood in the middle of the room totally unphazed by the spell.
"And that was supposed to do what exactly?" He said catching the attention of Lord Samuel.
"B . . . But what happened to your worst fear?!?" Lord Samuel said in total shock that the spell didn't work.
"I've already faced all my greatest fears in real life!"
"And I can conquer my fears!" Lance said after breaking the spell.
"You free Beryl, I'll tango with Knight boy!" JC telepathically said to Lance. "So, you think you're some big bad ass who can defeat us? We've dealt with worse! And more powerful too!" JC said pissing Lord Samuel off.
Lance ran over to Beryl to free him, as he got closer and closer to Beryl, more and more vampires were trying to stop him. Using his sword, and a few stakes, he managed to fight off and kill all who opposed. When he reached Beryl, he sliced through the magic chains that were binding him and pulled out both knives that were stuck in his palms. Free from the chains, but weak from the blood loss, Beryl fell to the floor and started to feel his powers returning to him. Once he was strong enough, he healed himself and was back to full strength, powers and all. Lance ran over to the others, still fighting off the vampires that tried to stop him, but this time, with Beryl's help. He tried to get them to snap out of the spell, but wasn't succeeding.
"Beryl, undo the spell!" Lance commanded.
"I can't, they have to face their fears themselves!" after staking a vampire.
"Well help them!"
"Cover me!"
Beryl went over to each of the guys while Lance fought off all who attacked. He first went over to Justin and put his hands on Justin's temples, causing a white light to fill both of their eyes.
"Face your fear, it's all an illusion, you can conquer it!" Beryl said telepathically.
Scared out of his mind, Justin was trying to escape from Sammy. The fire continued to fill her eyes, and he backed away, tears filling his eyes. Lightning flashed, and rain started to fall. Sammy stuck her hands out towards the graves of Justin's four best friends, and summoned them to rise. They started to climb out of the dirt, and appeared as if they were some sorts of zombies. Justin looked around in total fear, he was too scared to try and fight them off, all he could do was continue to walk backwards, unknowingly, closer to an open grave that had his name on it. Just as he was at the foot of the ditch, his foot slipped on the now wet earth, and he almost fell. He looked behind him and saw the ditch, and just as he turned around to face it, lightning flashed and he saw his name on the tombstone. Frightened at what he saw, he tried to run away backwards, but bumped into something blocking his way. He turned to see the four zombies standing in front of him.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" He screamed, as the four pairs of hands suddenly pushed him into the ditch. "NO! NO! NO!" He continued to yell, as his one time friends started to throw dirt on top of his body. "PLEASE!! NO!!!" He screamed, continuing to cry. Dirt started to fill his mouth and cover his body, he was now starting to suffocate, when he heard a voice tell him,
"Face your fear, it's all an illusion, you can conquer it!"
All of a sudden, as if out of nowhere, Justin gained a sense of courage. Although he couldn't breathe, and was losing consciousness, he knew what he had to do. He closed his eyes and concentrated. As he focused his energy, an orange glow covered his body. He focused harder, and all of a sudden, all the dirt that was thrown on top of him, shot up into the air, setting him free from his crypt. He knew what he had to do, he had to prove that it was an illusion, and defeat his fear.
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to do this!" He said as he started to chant a spell that bound the zombies, and made them return to their graves. After they were taken care of, he brought his attention to Sammy. "And now for you!" He said as he shot a lightning bolt towards her.
"It's a fight you want, huh? Then a fight you'll get!" She said descending to the ground, and standing face to face with him.
"No fight, just doing to you what you did to me." Justin said as he grabbed her and held her tight in his grasp.
"Let go of me!" She yelled.
"Afraid I can't do that!" Justin said, his voice now coming from behind her. "Something I learned a long time ago, a mirror spell! I think it was YOU who helped me with that, right?" He said as he stuck his foot on her back, and pushed her into the grave he once was in. "Rest in peace Sammy." He said as she fell in, and he brought his hands together, causing dirt to bury her whole.
Beryl Next went to Chris and did the same, just as he finished, all attention was brought to the front door, where Rob, in full werewolf form, stood after throwing 3 vampires around.
The four guys that Chris called brother were closing in on him. They all had fangs and were now attempting to change him. Justin was the first to lay his hand on him, but just as soon as he did, Chris heard a voice say,
"Face your fear, it's all an illusion, you can conquer it!"
Suddenly, it all made sense to him now. He knew he was rescued, and that he didn't cause them to be turned. All he had to do now was defeat them, and find a way out.
"My hands and chest may be chained, but my feet aren't!" He said as he kicked Justin in the balls.
"You're gonna pay for that one!" JC said as Justin fell to the floor.
"If this isn't real, that means that the chains aren't either . . ." Chris thought to himself, then attempted to teleport. It didn't work, and he got shocked, but at least he shocked JC with him. JC fell to the floor along side Justin, and Joey and Lance were now closing in on Chris. He focused harder and tried to teleport again. This time, it worked, and he was now behind the two. "Looking for me?!" He said punching Lance in the jaw, and kicking Joey in the stomach. He got in a fighting stance, just as Justin and JC got back up. "Now it's MY turn to have some fun!" Chris said, as he turned invisible. He teleported back to where the chair was and picked up the chains, then reappeared and started twirling them around, using it as a weapon. He knocked out Joey, and bruised Justin pretty bad. He broke of the legs of the chair, and stabbed the two of them, causing them to turn to dust. He then swung the chains and caught JC and Lance by the necks. He jerked the chains hard, causing their necks to snap, and their bodies to turn to dust before it could even hit the floor.
"No, you won't! I know you won't!" Joey said as Maggie came closer to him.
"You don't know anything!" She said smiling wickedly.
"Don't do this!"
"Too late!" She said jumping on top of him, causing him to fall to the floor.
He was just about to give up hope when he heard a familiar voice say, "Face your fear, it's all an illusion, you can conquer it!" and just as Maggie was about to bite down into his neck, he flipped her off.
"I said, No, you won't!" Joey yelled flipping back up to his feet.
"You wouldn't fight me now, would you Joey?" Maggie said, her face returning to normal, and a sweetness heard in her voice.
"That's not gonna work!" Joey said as he turned his hand into a stake. "I'm sorry Maggie!"
"Joey! NO!" She screamed as he stabbed her and she turned to dust.
Beryl brought his attention back to what he was doing. After doing the same to Joey, Justin snapped out of his trance and soon after so did Chris and Joey.
JC and Lord Samuel were viciously fighting, JC managed to get the upper hand. He took out a stake and threw it in Lord Samuel's direction. Just as it was about to hit him in the heart, a black light flashed and his armor appeared on his chest.
"Enough child's play!" Lord Samuel said with fury in his eyes and voice, "I may not have him, but you'll do just fine!" He yelled, grabbing JC by the neck and slamming him up against the table.
"Put him down!" Beryl yelled in rage, "It's me you want and it's me you're gonna get!"
"I'll finish you just like I did your pathetic little family!" the Lord said throwing JC all the way across the room.
While flying through the air, Chris teleported caught JC and just as they both were about to land on a stack of crates, teleported back to the floor.
"Th . . . thanks Chr . . . Chris." JC said in a little pain.
While all of the fighting was going on, Sarah realized that this was a good time to escape as any.
"Fuck this! I'm getting out of here while I'm still undead!" She crept over to the table and grabbed the 2 jars of Beryl's blood. After managing to get to the doorway to the lower level, she led a small group of followers to a boat on the dock and made a smooth get away.
"You fool! You think you're powerful enough to stop me?!?" Lord Samuel said followed by a wicked laugh.
"No, but we are!" Beryl said as the 5 members of *NSYNC and Rob all started to walk towards them.
"Get them!" Lord Samuel commanded, but with no action, "I said . . ."
"It's just you and us!" Lance said.
"The final showdown!" Justin cracked.
Lance pulled out his cutlass and threw it to Beryl, then pulled out his Katana for himself. JC pulled out his staff and broke it down into 2 weapons. Justin had a flame waiting in one hand, an ice ball forming in the other and lightning flowing from his eyes. Joey and Chris each stood with their fists clenching a knife in one and a stake in the other, both in a fighting stance. Rob stood in a crouching position with his fangs showing, his eyes red with fire, growling and drooling.
Rob made the first attack, running with his werewolf speed attempting to attack Lord Samuel. He jumped in the air swatting a paw at the Lord's face, who just simply stuck his hand up, as it flashed a black light and Rob was thrown all the way across the room, landing on a pile of sandbags.
Justin seeing Rob transform back into his human form, cause him to make the next attack on the Lord. He ran forward, jumped up, did a flip and dropkicked the Lord, causing him to fall to one knee. Justin proceeded to throw flames, ice sheaths, and lightning bolts, all of which were blocked. The Lord held his two hands up and turned the fire and ice towards each other, causing them to cancel each other out and form a puddle on the floor. He then let the lightning bolt hit his chest, as he absorbed the electricity, then stuck his hands out and shot it back at Justin five times as strong, sending Justin flying through the air, Chris attempted to do the same for him as he did for Josh, but the Lord stuck his right hand in the air, moved it to the right and cause Chris to fly away from Justin, both of them hitting the floor behind the rest of the guys.
"We're never gonna last attacking him one on one like this!" Beryl said telepathically to the others.
"Go heal Just, Chris and Rob, and then we'll continue with our plan!" Josh responded.
"I can't leave his sight . . . it's me he wants to fight and it's me he's gonna fight!"
"Then who else is gonna heal them?!"
"You will!"
"I don't know how!"
"Search inside, you'll find it! Go! I'll hold off Samuel, I've done it before, I can do it again! I know how he moves!"
"But . . ."
"GO!"
As Josh ran towards his fallen friends, Beryl advanced towards the Lord. Lance was left standing with his sword raised, ready to help Beryl if he needed it. Josh knelt next to Justin first, he figured if he could heal Justin, then Justin could go help Chris while he helped Rob.
"Ok, I can do this!" Josh said to himself. "Just concentrate right? Search inside myself!" He closed his eyes and concentrated. He looked within his mind and heart, and something started to happen. He started to feel something rise within him. It was a new feeling, one that felt rejuvenating, it started to spread throughout his body, until it finally reached his hands, causing them to glow a bluish color. As he placed his hands on Justin's chest, the bruises he occurred from fighting Samuel, disappeared, and he opened his eyes. "I DID IT!" Josh said as he saw Justin come to.
"Wha . . . what happened?!" Justin said rubbing his head.
"No time to explain! Go heal Chris! I gotta heal Rob so we can finish this!"
"Since when did you . . ."
"NO TIME! GO!"
As Justin ran to Chris' side, Josh made a dash towards the other side of the warehouse where Rob lay on the pile of sandbags. He repeated the same ritual and soon enough Rob was conscious. But, since he didn't heal as quickly as they did, he was still out of it.
"Come on, you gotta get together!" Josh said slapping his face.
"Don't worry about me!" Rob said, his voice raspy. "Go do what you gotta do! It's all up to you now!" He said pushing Josh away. As Josh ran back to the crowd, now fully rejoined, Rob concentrated all his strength on changing him back to his wolf form, he'd be able to heal faster that way and be of more help to the guys.
Just as Josh rejoined his team, now fully assembled. Beryl was starting to get the upper hand on Samuel.
"Throw the bombs on my mark!" JC telepathically told Justin, Lance and Joey.
The Lord flipped Beryl off of him and had his back turned towards the Chosen Ones, giving JC the perfect time to give the order.
"Now!" JC yelled, getting the attention of Lord Samuel.
They each threw one pellet, the smoke crowded around the Lord, who didn't have time to block what was coming at him.
"Beryl, the armor!" Joey yelled.
Beryl somehow knew what he was talking about. It was as if the spirits of his dead family were now flowing through him. The smoke started clearing and they threw the last of the pellets. As the smoke filed around the Lord, flashes of light shinned through the florescent blue smoke. Beryl saw this as his chance to strike. He swung his sword across the Lord's chest, then teleported behind him and swung it across his back. As the smoke finally cleared, the guys watched hoping it had worked. The Lord stood there shocked as his armor fell off and hit the floor, turning from bright silver, to a dismal black.
Beryl dropped Lance's sword, picked up Lord Samuel and pinned him against the table. He waved his hands and shackles appeared on the Lord's wrists and ankles. With victory in his eyes and heart, Beryl said,
"You tortured and killed my family, you hunted after me, and you captured and tortured me and my friends. There is no revenge that can undo all the pain you have caused me. Staking you would be the easy way out. So it is without any doubt that I do this!" He held Lord Samuel in place with his left hand wrapped around his neck. He then put his right hand up in the air, and a bright white light flashed and out of nowhere, a gold, jewel encrusted cross, appeared in his hand. The guys of *NSYNC, the Chosen Ones, stood back and watched Beryl confusedly. "Let all the innocent souls you've tortured be free with your death!" Beryl sited as he brought his hand with the cross down forcefully over the Lord's heart. Lord Samuel let out a violent scream as he was being burned with the cross. As Beryl stood over him the cross started to glow a vibrant red color. "Be free!" Beryl shouted.
As those 2 words were said, the spirits and souls of everyone Lord Samuel had ever tortured and killed started to shoot out of his body. Beryl started to shake; he was beginning to lose his grip when one by one, five hands held down his hand and the cross. JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, LansteN, and JC, the Chosen Ones, all felt the power of the cross and soon started to shake with Beryl. Just as they were about to lose their grip, a blue aura started to form around all 6 guys. As they struggled to hold on, 5 spirits started to circle around them. The 6 men gained strength from the 5 spirits. The last spirit exited Lord Samuel's body, his spirit. The bright blue aura flashed sending Lord Samuel's spirit up into the heavens and the 6 slayers collapsing on the floor.
Beryl awoke in his bed, sitting beside him was Joey, who was dabbing a washcloth over Beryl's forehead.
"You're awake! Finally!" Joey said with a smile on his face.
"W . . . what? H . . . How long have I been out?" Beryl groggily asked.
"About a week and a half."
"Is he . . . did we . . ."
"Yes, he's dead. And with his death all of those lost souls are now at rest."
"W . . . Where are . . ."
"The guys?"
"Y . . . yeah."
"They went home. We're done touring and they needed time to relax and be with their families. Also, there's some legal stuff that has to be worked out, but you don't have to worry about that, or them."
"A . . . Are you ok?"
"Yeah. Aside from feeling like I had a hangover for a couple of days, I'm fine now."
"How did we . . . we get out?"
"Rob came to full strength and with the help of Aunt Gladis, brought us back here."
"Is he . . ."
"He's fine! It's you who I'm worried about." He said continuing to stroke his forehead. "Now that you're awake, once you have the strength, we can finally talk about where we stand."
"I . . . I'd like that!"
Joey leaned down and gave Beryl a long passionate kiss. He would tell Beryl that Sarah had escaped with the jars of his blood once Beryl was back to normal. Right now, he just wanted to be with him.
The End?
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