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Chapter 80 - Chapter 80: The Ritual Of Bezel Started

(Said heroine was wandering through the hedge maze along with Allison when she heard a rustling on the other side of the wall she was next to.)

Lucky Girl: "Okay, Hex. Time for a surprise party."

(she said as she landed right on top of... Charmcaster, knocking her charm bag away as she picked it up.)

Lucky Girl: "Not so tough without your bag of tricks are you?"

(Charmcaster than scrambled away from Lucky Girl in fear as she held her hands up and gulped.)

Charmcaster: "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt anybody! I my uncle made me do it, I swear!"

Allison: "Why should we believe you?"

(Allison asked as she tore through the shrubs with her blade arms as she dissolved her armor.)

Charmcaster: "My name is Charmcaster. The other girl is my older sister Enchantress. We're Hex's nieces. You know what he's like. I can help you!"

(she said.)

(That was when they saw one of the hedges on the opposite side burst into flames as a hole appeared to reveal Scarlett with smoke emanating from her hand as she crossed her arms.)

Scarlett: "I'm a pretty good judge of character."

(she said as she put her hand to Charmcaster's mind before she closed her eyes and opened them again to reveal they were glowing as she saw the images flowing through her own before she stumbled back.)

Scarlett: "I don't think she's lying."

Allison: "You're telling the truth?"

(Allison asked.)

Charmcaster: "Yes."

(Charmcaster said, bowing her head.)

Charmcaster: "I can help you! Hex wants the Keystone of Bezel. It's in your bracelet."

Lucky Girl: "Duh, I know that. He wants it to magnify his power by tenfold."

(Lucky Girl said.)

Scarlett: "Actually, there's more to it than that."

(Scarlett said.)

Scarlett: "If he performs the Ritual of Bezel with the Keystone at the highest point during the eclipse, he can recreate all the other charms you destroyed."

???: "Making new friends, Charmcaster?"

(a familiar voice said as Enchantress walked towards them.)

Charmcaster: "Stay away from her!"

(Charmcaster said as she sighed.)

Scarlett: "Relax... I don't think that I'm doing anything with this lady by me."

(she said once Bayonetta stepped out with a gun pointed to her.)

Bayonetta: "Be a good girl."

(she said as Scarlett nodded to her.)

Hex: "Just what I hate... traitors!"

(Hex shouted out as he faded through the hedge bushes and revealed that he was levitating the twins and Max.)

Lucky Girl: "Guys!"

(she said as Scarlett, Bayonetta and Allison prepared.)

Enchantress: "I won't let you do this, uncle!"

(Enchantress said as she took her bag back from and pointed it towards her uncle.)

(Small stone bat creatures flew out and grabbed Hex by his cloak and hood and carried him into the air, causing him to lose his focus as Ben, Jen and Max hit the ground.)

Hex: "What?! Enchantress! Charmcaster! How dare you betray me!"

(The bats then carried him away before dropping him into the nearby swimming pool.)

Lucky Girl: "I guess you two are legit."

(Lucky Girl said.)

Jen: "Now let's go finish the job before Hex can dry off!"

(Jen said, cracking her knuckles.)

Charmcaster: "Our uncle is going to be real mad at us, isn't he?"

(Charmcaster asked.)

Allison: "Good point."

(Allison said.)

Allison: "Family comes first."

Ben: "Then Enchantress, you go with Grandpa, Allison and the witch."

(Ben said.)

Gwen: "Me, my cousins and Scarlett will handle your uncle."

(Gwen said.)

Gwen: "We can take care of your sister."

Enchantress: "Oh thank you!"

(Enchantress said as she took Lucky Girl in a tight hug.)

Enchantress: "Thank you! I could never forgive myself if anything happened to my sister."

Scarlett: "No time to waste!"

(Scarlett said as she set off at a pace as she ran along with the twins, Gwen and Charmcaster running alongside her.)

Lucky Girl: "Is it me or was that a bit weird?"

(Lucky Girl asked.)

Ben: "You're a superhero now."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "Trust me, people act weird around us."

Scarlett: "How do you think I feel being in charge of an entire kingdom?"

(Scarlett asked.)

Scarlett: "I have thousands of people depending on me to provide for them. Almost everybody I know treats me differently from everyone else."

Charmcaster: "So this is what being good feels like."

(Charmcaster said as she ran alongside them.)

Charmcaster: "I think I like it."

(They arrived at the swimming pool to see Hex rising from the pool on a waterspout as Scarlett summoned a bow and aimed it at him before charging it with energy.)

Jen: "The watches are still in the red."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Ben's going to have to wait."

Lucky Girl: "We can't wait!"

(Lucky Girl said as she jumped up... before falling directly to the ground.)

(Jen glared as she fired an energy blast at Hex, which he tilted his head to avoid as Scarlett fired her arrows at him, which he dodged with his telekinesis.)

(Charmcaster glared as she readied her charm bag.)

Hex: "Give me the Keystone!"

(Hex shouted as he used his telekinesis and levitated Gwen over and he grabbed her arm... only to find nothing in the bracelet.)

(That was when he was hit by a triple whammy by Scarlett's magic-charged arrows, Jen's energy blasts and Charmcaster's small discs.)

Hex: "We will see each other soon and finish our business then."

(Hex said as he vanished in a puff of red smoke.)

Jen: "Well that was weird."

(Jen said as Lucky Girl looked down and gasped in horror.)

Lucky Girl: "The keystone! It's gone!"

(Lucky Girl gasped.)

Charmcaster: "Enchantress."

(Charmcaster realized as she sighed.)

Charmcaster: "She always was the black sheep of the family."

(That was when Allison and Bayonetta ran over with a gasp as Scarlett glared.)

Bayonetta: "I tried to stop her."

(Bayonetta said, clearly annoyed.)

Bayonetta: "But when I realized she had the Keystone it was too late."

Scarlett: "It's not your fault."

(Scarlett said, putting her hand on her friend's shoulder.)

Scarlett: "She had us all fooled. It could've happened to any of us."

Jen: "It doesn't matter now."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "She and her uncle are going down. No offense, Charmcaster."

Charmcaster: "None taken."

(she said.)

Charmcaster: "All that matters is that we stop them."

(In other side.)

Hex: "Playing innocent was genius, my dear."

(Hex said as Enchantress bowed her head to him.)

Hex: "But you should've informed me first."

Enchantress: "Yes, uncle."

(Enchantress said.)

Enchantress: "It was actually Charmcaster's idea to come up with the plan to help them, but apparently, for her it wasn't an act. She was always the weak one."

Hex: "No matter."

(Hex said as his niece handed him the Keystone.)

Hex: "Soon I shall have enough power to destroy all my enemies and rule the world!"

(Scarlett and Bayonetta helped Max to his feet as they laid him against the Rust Bucket and he sighed.)

Max: "I turned my head for just a second and 'wham!'"

(Max said.)

Max: "When I came to, Enchantress was gone."

Lucky Girl: "All that 'My uncle made me do it' stuff was just an act!"

(Lucky Girl said with a glare as she shot to Charmcaster.)

Scarlett: "She's innocent, Gwen."

(Scarlett said.)

Scarlett: "I read her mind, I found absolutely no wickedness in it."

Charmcaster: "It's true!"

(Charmcaster said, putting her hands up.)

Charmcaster: "I had nothing to do with Enchantress' deeds."

Gwen: "She needed to get close enough to me to steal the Keystone."

(Gwen said as she took off her mask with a sigh.)

Gwen: "Some hero I turned out to be."

Jen: "Right now, all you should care about is how to stop Hex and Enchantress before they recreate all those other charms."

(Jen said.)

Ben: "Wait, Scarlett."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "You said that the ritual had to be performed at the highest peak during the eclipse."

Gwen: "And the highest point around here is..."

(Gwen said as they looked up to the replica of the Space Needle.)

(Hex and Enchantress glared as they leaped towards the Space Needle before landing on it as some tourists came up the elevator to the top.)

(Hex glared at them and pointed his staff at it as one of the tourists immediately hit the button again, closing the elevator doors as Hex sealed them shut with a heat beam from his staff.)

Hex: "I do not want to be disturbed!"

(he said.)

Enchantress: "Yes, uncle."

(Enchantress said.)

(They looked up to see the moon slowly move behind the sun.)

(The Keystone began to glow in Hex's hand and he glared at the eclipse and began to chant.)

Hex: "Barban Hextida Zerzam! Barban Hextida Zerzam!"

(The Keystone was enveloped by a glow and floated to the top of the radio tower: the highest peak in Vegas.)

(Down below, the Rust Bucket drove up as Scarlett and Bayonetta appeared next to it through a portal while Charmcaster appeared in a puff of smoke as they looked downward.)

(Everyone got out of the RV as they grouped together and watched the eclipse forming in the sky.)

Max: "We're running out of time."

(Max said.)

Max: "The eclipse is still a few minutes away."

Scarlett: "Okay, I have a contingency plan."

(Scarlett said.)

Scarlett: "Bayonetta and I are strong enough to stop him should he succeed. You guys take on Enchantress. Then Bayonetta and I take the charms back home to Cinnibar where they can't be used to harm anyone ever again."

Gwen: "Guess it's up to you five."

(Gwen shrugged as Allison stuck her hand out and absorbed the metal from the Rust Bucket in preparation.)

Jen: "I don't know."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "We'll still need some help. You still feeling lucky?"

Gwen: "What can I do without my powers?"

(Gwen asked.)

Ben: "Hey, you never needed powers to help us before."

(Ben smiled.)

(They then looked to see the security guards swarming around in fear as the tourists from before got out from the bottom of the elevator as they sighed.)

Allison: "Elevator's out."

(Allison sighed.)

Allison: "Now what are we going to do?"

Ben: "Easy for Stinkfly."

(Ben said as he pressed his Omnitrix and tried to transform only to find that it was still charging.)

Ben: "Oh man. The stupid watches aren't working yet."

Max: "But that window washer's platform is."

(Max said as he pointed to it as the washer ran away.)

Scarlett: "You guys take that."

(Scarlett said as she looked up.)

Scarlett: "But for the ones of us who can fly on our own..."

(Bayonetta transformed into a crow, Scarlett transformed into a red eagle while Charmcaster started levitating on her own power.)

Charmcaster: "See you guys up top."

(Charmcaster said as she and the others floated up while Max ran for the platform.)

(Ben and Jen smirked.)

Jen: "And we have an idea for our own rides."

(Jen said as the twins ran into the Rust Bucket while Allison waited outside for them.)

Allison: "What are you waiting for? Go to Max."

(she said.)

(Gwen nodded as she ran for the platform as well.)

Hex: "Barban Hextida Zerzam!"

(Hex chanted as he and Enchantress looked on as the Keystone started giving out energy sparks.)

(That was when they heard a whistle as Scarlett and Bayonetta transformed back and aimed their weapons at him with a glare while Charmcaster flipped through her spellbook as she landed on top of it.)

Scarlett: "I am a firm believer in karma, Hex."

(Scarlett said, drawing her sword up.)

Scarlett: "And you're about to get yours."

Enchantress: "What are you doing, Charmcaster?"

(Enchantress asked.)

Enchantress: "All I wanted was for us to have a better life!"

Charmcaster: "If that means hurting others, then I don't want it!"

(Charmcaster shouted.)

Charmcaster: "What would Dad say if he found out about what you're doing?"

Enchantress: "You said you'd never mention our father!"

(Enchantress shouted.)

Charmcaster: "I'll only apologize when you do!"

(Charmcaster said as she unleashed out her dark purple figures as they grew into the stone beasts that surrounded Enchantress.)

(She glared as she threw her own figures, revealing larger white beasts that growled as they stomped down on them as Charmcaster gasped.)

Charmcaster: "Curses! My magic's not strong enough to combat her yet!"

(Charmcaster said.)

Scarlett: "Well ours is!"

(Scarlett said as she sliced through a large white beast and glared.)

(She then pointed to another one and fired a large red energy blast from her hands while the camera transitioned to Bayonetta as she glared and flicked out a scythe that separated into three blades.)

(She then gave out a shout as she sliced through it into giant chunks, which she then blew apart with her heel guns as she gave out punches and kicks to the other ones as portals opened and giant heels and fists made from her hair appeared and blasted through them with ease as she glared.)

Lucky Girl: "You didn't really think you'd get rid of me that easily, did you?"

(Lucky Girl asked as she appeared over the edge, seeming to be levitating.)

Lucky Girl: "Now give me back the Keystone or deal with the awesome powers of Lucky Girl!"

[To Be Continued...]

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