Shane Porteous - The Battle of Ebulon - A Shared Anthology

As everyone started leaving, DWW noticed that Turtle wasn’t following them. “Aren’t you coming?” She asked.

“Yes, I will be there,” Turtle said. “But you won’t see me.” With that Turtle used her magic and disappeared.

Confused, DW followed the rest of the group as they headed to the observatory.

At the observatory the members of Heroes United were impatiently awaiting Asantra’s arrival.

“You’re finally here!” Wonder Wolf said as Asantra and her group entered, “Where were you?” Her question was answered when she saw the rest of the group.

“I’m sorry,” Asantra apologized. “Trom made me fetch them to go with.”

“The important thing is everyone is here and ready to go,” Black Cat said. Then to be sure this statement was really true she asked, “ Is everyone ready?” When everyone confirmed that they were Black Cat said, “Star Power, lead the way into Ebulon!”

“But, the voice hasn’t returned.” Star Power said.

“Well, get it back,” Spy Girl said impatiently. The Spy Girl was one of the only human member of the team with no superpowers. She was just a regular, but well trained, girl with gadgets.

“How?” Star Power asked.

To avoid any in group fighting, Black Cat said, “What were you doing when the voice came to you the first time?”

“Sleeping,” Star Power said.

“I doubt Ebulon has the time to wait for Star Power to get to sleep,” Asantra said.

“You’re probably right,” Black Cat said thoughtfully. “Star Power, try calling out to the voice with your mind. This has always worked with your teammates and enemies.”

“Yes, but I know who they are so I can send them thoughts. I don’t know who the voice is attached to,” Star Power said.

“Try anyway,” Wonder Wolf said gently.

“Just focus on how the voice sounded as you send your own thoughts,” Chihuahua suggested. “Maybe that will help.”

Star Power did this. Star Power thought, There was no response so Star Power tried again. Once again he got no response. Getting frustrated Star Power unintentionally thought out loud,

The voice said.

Star Power apologized.

The voice then said,

Star Power asked.

It replied.

Looking at his teammates and giving a quick nod to them, Star Power began following the voice in his head. The voice led them to the other end of Fountain City and right into the Fountain City graveyard. The voice instructed.

“We have to dig,” Star Power informed his teammates.

“In a graveyard ?” Chihuahua whimpered.

“Yes,” Star Power said. “And at a grave.”

“If that’s what the voice says to do, then that’s what we do,” Black Cat said.

Star Power then led everyone to gravestone number 23 and began digging. Chihuahua, although reluctantly, helped, as did Trillman. When they had dug a deep enough hole for everyone to fit through they noticed a staircase leading down. “Let’s go,” Star Power said.

At the bottom of the stairs was a small room and two tunnels. Star Power asked the voice.

It answered.

Indicating with his tail the direction they would be going, Star Power led the group through the tunnel on the right. As they got to the end they were very confused, for at the end of the tunnel was a wall. The wall was made of stone. Star Power asked.

The voice answered.

Star Power asked. The voice did not answer, this was a problem they would have to figure out for themselves.

“Well, how do we get past the wall?” Spy Girl asked.

“The voice didn’t tell me,” Star Power replied. “We are on our own now.”

“Oh, that’s great,” Spy Girl said, “The voice asks for our help then won’t tell us how to get to the other side of the wall! There has to be a way though.”

“I agree,” Black Cat said. “If there wasn’t a way into Ebulon, the voice wouldn’t have called for our help.”

“Maybe the wall isn’t real,” Wonder Horse suggested. “Like that one time.”

Wonder Wolf knew what time Wonder Horse was referring to, even though no one else did and said, “Maybe.” She went up to the wall and checked it everywhere. “It’s solid stone,” She reported.

“My claws can cut through anything,” Black Cat said. “I could probably cut through it.”

“Yes, but that would still take a long time,” Spy Girl said. “We need a faster way. Maybe Wonder Horse can break it down.”

Wonder Horse went over to the wall and gave it the hardest kick he possibly could. The wall didn’t even move, much less break. It should have, but it didn’t.

“Anyone else have any ideas?” Black Cat asked.

“Well, the voice called to Star Power. Maybe there was a reason he specifically got the message,” Asantra said.

“What do you mean?” Star Power asked.

“You aren’t the only member of Heroes United to have psychic powers,” Black Cat said quickly catching on to what Asantra was thinking. “So maybe you have the power to break this wall.”

“What can I do?” Star Power asked.

“Use your powers, it’s all you can do,” Spy Girl said.

“Well, okay,” Star Power said. As he said this the star shaped marking on his head began to glow, and as his the glow got brighter they were able to see something happening to the wall. Unexpectedly an image began to appear on the wall. The image was of the sun. Then images of a star and the moon also began to appear. Underneath Star Power saw these words: Shine a light on that which has the most. Star Power wondered.

“Has the most what?” Grizzly Girl asked.

“The most light, I’m guessing,” Cosmo said.

“Well that would be the sun,” Spy Girl replied.

Star Power was about to use his powers to light up the sun when Black Cat stopped him. “Wait,” She said. “I think this is a trick question.”

“Why?” Star Power asked, “The sun always shines brighter than either the stars or the moon.”

“Yes, but think about it,” Black Cat said. “What is the sun?”

“A ball of gas?” Asantra asked.

“Well, yes…” Black Cat answered, “But what else is it?”

“My powers come from starlight but are often most effective in the daytime,” Star Power said thinking he figured it out.

“Exactly,” Black Cat said. “And how is that possible.”

“Because the sun is also a star,” Star Power replied.

“Right.” Black Cat praised him, “Which means…”

“I need to light up the star!” Star Power exclaimed. This is exactly what Star Power did next. As his light shone on the star the wall began to fade and eventually disappeared completely. The heroes stepped past where the wall was and as they did, they entered Ebulon. As soon as everyone had gone through the wall suddenly reappeared, but now that they knew what to do, this wasn’t going to be a problem.

Upon entering Ebulon, the first thing they noticed was how cold it was. Black Cat observed that it must have snowed recently. Luckily besides fur, the animals were all in their superhero costumes so they were warm enough. The humans were a little cold but aside from Spy Girl, all of them could turn into some kind of animal. Spy Girl’s costume was weather adaptable so she quickly changed it into a winter suit. The witches and Sampson all had the ability to magically head themselves internally so they didn’t feel the cold either. Trillman and Screetche were the only two that would remain a little cold, but they weren’t freezing so they were okay with it. Besides they were here to help Ebulon and nothing was going to stop them from doing this.