THE FINAL BATTLE

Alex's ship was on crash course with a Black Hole. Alex had been put to sleep, so he wasn't aware of his coming doom. Meanwhile, Julian knew that if he helped Alex out of his circumstance, he would die. But he knew, if he did help Alex, he would defeat King Drake, and peace would return to his kingdom, though he would not be there to run it. He was able to cancel out Negative Queen Iris's spell, and destroy the black hole. Alex was confused. Where was Gretchen? Julian appeared in the spot she was supposed to be in.

"Alex," he said, "once again, Gretchen is in dire peril. My castle was turned into the Mage Lair when Drake, my son, took over."

"DRAKE WAS YOUR SON?" asked Alex,

"Yes," said Julian, "but I disown him now, you must kill him if there is to be any hope for Niax. This is my last act as king. Once I have helped you along, to where you can continue for yourself, I shall perish."

"WHAT?" asked Alex. Julian told Alex where to go, and he reluctantly obeyed. When they reached the lair, it looked bright, and had some guys in gold armor stood around the perimeter.

"This is all an illusion," said Julian. "A negative copy if Iris was made, and she has changed the castle and herself to make it seem all is right again. IT IS NOT. You must to the throne room, and call out Negative Iris as the fake she is. Then you must defeat her in combat. Goodbye Alex and Good luck." Julian disintegrated. Just then, Alex's ship was shot down, and he fell towards the castle. A few gold guards began to shoot at him. Alex pulled out his sword slashed them without slowing down. He put himself in a Diving Position to fall faster.

Alex's powers made a mental compass, pointing to Gretchen's location. He began to sprint to it.

Meanwhile, Gretchen was held in a safe while a party was going on in the throne room. Negative Iris had made herself look like the person she was copied from, and King Drake disguised himself as a much younger Julian. The real Julian had been cursed to be an old man. Once the party was over, which would be in five minutes, she would be killed.

Alex was half way to the throne room, and had five minutes to get the rest of the way. If a guard tried to stop him, he would slash them without stopping. Finally, he leapt into the throne room, and kicked Queen Iris in the side of the face. Shock spread through the room, as a few guards began to drag him away from the Queen, who was crying. Alex then shouted,

"YOU'RE NEGATIVE QUEEN IRIS." Time seemed to freeze. The bright colors faded to gray, the guards and guests faded into thin air. The disguises also faded, now showing Queen Iris looking much like Witch Gretchen, only with fair features, no glasses and no overbite.

"Jones," said Drake, in heated rage, "you've ruin my plans! I ought to kill you, but I feel merciful, if you surrender, I will kill you and Gretchen, but spare your planet." Gretchen opened what was now a metal cabinet,

"Don't listen to him Alex," said Gretchen, "If you surrender or lose, Earth gets destroyed. You can't let him live."

"Thanks Gretchen," said Alex, before striking a battle pose, "I wasn't gonna let him live anyway. YOU BOTH DIE TODAY."

"Child," said negative Iris, "You are so rude, didn't your mother teach you to respect your elders?"

"Yeah," said Alex, "but she never mentioned those threatening the planet." The fight began. Iris began to blast a million or so energy bursts at Alex, and he dodged, but wasn't able to dodge a punch from King Drake. Alex stumbled, and suffered a blast from Iris. He pulled out his sword and slashed Drake across the chest, and then leaped and punched Iris in the face.

"WHY WON'T YOU DIE?" screamed Drake,

"Because I have a certain girl I have to protect," said Alex, "and I won't let you hurt her." Alex then kicked King Drake in the stomach and did a karate chop to his head, then deflected another blast from Queen Iris, sending back to her. King Drake grabbed Alex by his neck, and sent him flying through a wall. He ended up in a secret room. He saw a gun that looked exactly like the one he used to beat Witch Gretchen when Templar tortured him. Alex grabbed it and put it around his shoulder. He ran in the room, and stabbed King Drake in the stomach. As he lay dying, Alex took the gun, charged up a massive blast, and fired. The blast opened up a hole in Iris's chest. Alex ran and stabbed the black heart. She began to glow brighter and brighter.

"ALEX," Shouted Gretchen from her hiding spot, "SHE'S GONNA EXPLODE. IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN IT, YOU'LL BE VAPORIZED."

"MOVE OVER," said Alex, diving into the cabinet. His mark appeared and made in indestructible. When the explosion cleared, they stepped out. There was no life around. They heard the sound of shattering glass.

King Drake Vessel had fallen from the ceiling, and shattered. A golden ball came from the glass, and another one came from the ceiling. They merged together, and formed Queen Iris!

Alex and Gretchen bowed before her.

"Arise, heroes. You have saved Niax, and released me. Tales of your heroism shall be forever told." Suddenly, Julian stood before her.

"The gods gave me a chance to live for my actions." Iris waved her hands, reversing the spell that was put on Julian, making him a young man again.

"I shall now send you home." Said Iris, she waved her hands, and Alex and Gretchen seemed to disintegrate, their pieces sucked in by a gold portal.

Back at 3rd Street School, the kids played, though a blanket of sadness covered them. A portal appeared on the ground, and they ran from it. It spat out several small chunks, which merged together to form Alex and Gretchen! Alex had succeeded, they had returned home. All the kids came to greet them, as the parents were called to be informed of the return. When suddenly, another portal came, and from it came King Drake!

"WHAT?" asked Gretchen and Alex, "HOW?"

"You forget," said Drake, "I can kill and make copies of myself. You may have thwarted me in Niax, but I will kill you here." Alex grabbed Gretchen and the gun he got from the first fight. The gun turned from a massive shotgun to a gun that looked like a pistol with an extra-long barrel. Alex fired, and a massive beam shot out, and hit Drake. He turned completely reddish orange, and seemed to pop. Long story short, King Drake would never bother anybody, ever again.

Alex and Gretchen stood there, and then fainted at the exact same time. They called in the nurse.

"They just need a lot of sleep."

Alex woke up what seemed like a few hours later. He looked at his surroundings. He was in an unfamiliar room. He left the room, and heard the sound of clattering plates. He walked down a flight of stairs. He saw two people, Gretchen's Parents.

"You are awake." They said, "Have a seat," Alex did so. "You saved our daughter, we will never forget this."

"Speaking of Gretchen, where is she?" asked Alex,

"She woke up before you did and is now freshening up." Alex was finally reunited with his parents, and he and Gretchen have since been dating.

THAT IS THE END OF THIS STORY.