The monster growled. "CALL ME YOUR MISTRESS! MISTRESS!"

  The fire warrior shook his head. "No, we won't." The Radiant stared at her with confidence, no fear, and filled with resolve. Bze took a step forward as he decred. "We are the warriors of order, the Radiant. Surrender, Margaret."

  "NO!" She growled, her gauntlet glowing while angry sparks emerged as she bared fangs. Her form grew more demonic, her skin turning red. "You brats will not deny me. Where did this resolve come from? You were on the ground at my feet, whining, weak, begging. Who were you talking to?"

  "Our consciousness," Aero smirked. "Don't you have that little voice that says 'don't do that."

  She roared. "Fine! I don't need you for my conquest! I will end all of you, then shred all your loved ones! Where is that little girl? I don't have her rage! I'll find her and drag her to your corpses."

  "No." Bze narrowed his eyes. "We're ending this. RADIANT! RIDE THE STORM!"

  The Mistress of Rage roared and unched a ball of red energy at them. The group avoided the balls by jumping away. The monster's eyes looked around before centering on Frost, then raced at her with a roar of fury. She swiped at the warrior, but the ice princess moved away, dodging each swipe. However, she failed to dodge one that sliced her skin. The teenage girl hissed, then jumped back while cupping her hands as ice mana began to form.

  "Ice Bst!"

  Thrusting her arms forward, an ice beam flew out and smmed into the rage beast. She was pushed back and into one of the pilrs, where it broke off and fell. As it crumbled, the mistress stood there injured and frostbitten. She growled while lifting up her glowing gauntlet.

  "Bright Strike!"

  A painful, burning kick to the face made her fly off her feet. The Radiant of Light nded on the ground, her right leg glowing. Without missing a beat, she raced forward as her leg shined. The Mistress roared in anger and used her glowing, rage-infused hand to swipe at her. Their strikes collided, halting each other. The Mistress used her gauntlet arm to hit, but the girl quickly brought up her arms to block just before being knocked back.

  The gauntlet radiated with power, prompting her to unch rage balls at them. The warriors of yellow and gray raced forward while dodging the multiple spheres. Bolt smiled as he spread his arms apart, two light bolts manifested in his hand. He leaped over a sphere and unched one of the lightning bolts at the rage monster. She blocked it by producing a small barrier with the gauntlet.

  The Wind Radiant clenched his fist, glowing gray as wind manifested around it. He thrust his arm.

  "Tempest Fist!"

  A wind-shaped fist flew out and struck her from the side. The beast angrily turned to face the warrior of wind. However, he raised his other fist and then performed six shadow jabs that produced more wind fists. The rage woman was struck across the body before falling over. She hissed, then flipped over to attack. However, to her surprise, six bubbles floated around her. She looked at each one, then faced the Water Radiant, who produced another bubble by blowing it from her mouth.

  The beast growled and walked forward, touching the bubble as she neared it. Unfortunately, it exploded. The force acted as if she fell 70 feet from the air and into the water. She fell into the rest of the bubbles, where they exploded around her.

  "Bubble Snap."

  The Water Radiant calmly scoffed at the rage monster. The mistress roared in pain. She glowed and unched a beam from her mouth around her. The group evaded the beam as it flew by. The electric warrior, still holding his lightning bolt in hand, leaped toward her with both hands together and smmed into her with an Electric Hammer. She smacked him away in response. A fireball struck her arm, causing her to roar in anger and pain. She clenched as she reached for the pilr, then noticed cracks on her gauntlet.

  "Why?" She looked around at the Radiant, gring at her defiantly. "Is my rage not enough?" Her eyes glowed. "You are just children. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT NUISANCES!" She picked up the pilr before unching it at them. Unfortunately for her, the group evaded the pilr.

  "Yeah," chuckled Bolt. "If we aren't being nuisances, we are not doing our job. It's in the 'Super Warriors Kicking Butt' handbook."

  "You are a fowl rage-infested cur." Frost crossed her arms. "Looking at you, I don't feel the need to be angry at you anymore, just... pity."

  "PITY! PITY!" she roared as the gauntlet started radiating while further transforming her into a demon. "No one pities ME!" She clenched her fist. "I wanted the process to be slow, not truly erase your personalities, so now." Her gauntlet rumbled with anger. "I'm going to break your bones, then convert you. Broken minds and bodies are better than healthy ones."

  "You wanted to kill us... but now you still... want to control us?" Aqua growled while trying to resist. "Make up your damn mind!"

  "Leave us alone." Lumina gritted her teeth. "Our lives are our own. Nothing you do here will make us surrender."

  "FOOLS!" She quickly charged forward with her gauntlet radiating violently. She conjured up a ball of rage energy as she got close to them, then smmed it on the ground. The group yelped as they were caught by the attack and were knocked away. The Rage Monster lunged at the fire warrior with her glowing gauntlet. Bze growled and charged his Bzing Fist to counter. However, Lumina's Bright Shot struck the beast in the face, which caused her to lose focus. Noticing the window, he quickly grabbed the gauntlet.

  "WHAT!?" She tried to grab him with her other hand, but Aqua and Frost grabbed her arm. Bolt and Aero grabbed her legs while Lumina tched on to her neck.

  "GET OFF!"

  "NOW!" Still clutching the gauntlet, he gathered mana into his hand. "Raging Fire!"

  The others quickly held their hands toward the gauntlet as they channeled their mana.

  "Wondrous Light!"

  "Howling Wind!"

  "Blistering Lightning!"

  "Rippling Water!"

  "Freezing Ice!"

  "IGNITE!"

  The elements of order poured into the gauntlet, causing it to shake violently as cracks manifested. The Mistress of Rage gave a startled cry. "NO!"

  BOOM

  The gauntlet exploded in a burst of light, causing the group to be thrown away and the mistress screaming in pain as a combination of the elements and rage consumed her.

  Once the light died down, the Rage Mistress dropped to the ground in a heap. Groaning from the pain she received, she stared at her now damaged arm, no gauntlet in sight. The woman raised her head, reaching out to the rage particles.

  "No, all my work." Then her arm started to whither. Her body started to come apart due to the use of the gauntlet. "Ruined."

  "It's over." the warrior in red decred as he and the others approached her. They looked injured, and their clothes were torn. "You're done."

  She gred with hatred in her eyes as her body continued breaking down, then... she ughed. "Bravo! HAHAHA!"

  They were slightly shocked at her demeanor change.

  "Defeated? Quite right, but if you survive this. I hope your future enemies kill you!" She screamed loudly as the remaining rage energy gathered to her. The umbrel above de-materialized into energy, then flew toward her, removing the dome. Her body shattered into pieces as ughter echoed in the air. All the rage of the city condensed into a rge red orb. Then, it started to shrink while vibrating.

  "She's going to explode!" gasped the warrior in white in horror.

  "That might destroy the city!" shouted the warrior in blue.

  "Contain it!" shouted the warrior in gray.

  Tired, they gathered around and held out their hands. They closed their eyes, gathering what was left in their reserves, and created a barrier around the red orb.

  "DIE!" The red orb exploded yet was halted by their barrier construct. Unfortunately, the explosive rage of the mistress was trying to break through.

  "Guys, it feels like we're losing it!" shouted the fire warrior.

  The warrior in blue gazed at the crack formed on her end. "No! She's breaking through!"

  "KEEP TRYING!" shouted the warrior in yellow. "Marge is not allowed to destroy!"

  Tears started pouring from the warrior in orange as cracks started manifesting on her side. "I'm sorry everyone!"

  "Don't bme yourself!" The warrior in gray sounded exhausted as he spotted cracks on his side. "We're all tired."

  "We have to do something!" shouted the warrior in white. "Don't let her have this!"

  Quickly, Guardian dropped down and held out their hands, adding their own mana to the barrier.

  "Children, we are here!" The leader of Sword Unit shouted. "Good job!"

  "But..." grunted the fire warrior.

  "No worries." the muscur canokian shouted. "Guardian is to assist the Radiant."

  "Even if we're not Guardian." The bird cringed as she maintained the barrier. "We can't let this cause destruction."

  "But." growled the violet ninja. "We can't maintain this forever, so we need to unch it somewhere."

  "Where?" shouted the blue warrior.

  "TO SPACE!" shouted the yellow warrior. "The sun."

  "No," growled the canokian leader. "We don't know the effect it will have on the sun nor what will happen in space.'

  "Pilot." growled Reinstar. "To space. Where else?"

  The canokian sighed. "Fine, let's hope there are no repercussions." The man turned to Jake. "Countdown."

  Bze briefly gnced at the canokian, noticing something in him. Was it pride? He'll figure it out ter because the cracks in the barrier were persisting.

  "On three! One, two." He took a deep breath. "THREE!"

  They yelled with all their might, unching the barrier up in the air. The barrier flew above the city, past the stratosphere, leaving orbit and away from the Earth. When it reached a safe distance from the pnet, it exploded in a bright light. If one could hear, they would have heard the angry cry of defeat from the Mistress of Rage.

  Back on Earth, the group watched the small speck that appeared as a blip in the universe. Once it dissipated, the Radiant fell on their butts, exhausted from the battle. They were bruised and bloodied, but they were still alive. The fire warrior breathed a sigh of relief. "We won."

  "YEAH!" the lightning warrior shot up in the air. "WE ARE VICTORIOUS!"

  "How do you have so much energy?" groaned the ice warrior.

  "Wait for it." The water warrior had a small, cheeky smile.

  Quickly, the electric warrior colpsed on his back.

  "Timber." The wind warrior smirked at the fallen warrior. "You knew that would happen."

  "Worth it."

  "Um..." The light warrior turned to all of them. "After finding out the reason... I... feel bad about not feeling bad. She was spoiled; what set her off was giving away a horse." She sighed. "I thought she was persecuted, but."

  "It was her pet, probably." The electric boy said. "I love Buddy Pug, but giving him away won't lead me to go to war with society."

  "People get angry over anything." The leader of Sword spoke up. "She fell victim to her own rage and... what she found." His eyebrows furrowed. "Javo, Reinstar, tomorrow, head to Salem to investigate."

  "You think it is still there?" The jolly man asked in a serious tone.

  "Whether it is there or not, we don't want anyone else to find it." He gazed at the children. "No training for the next five days. Rest, and we will resume."

  The group nodded, relieved they did not have to work hard for the next few days. They had barely stopped her campaign and saved the city. The mistress will not pgue them anymore. Bze frowned.

  "I need to head back." Bze slowly stood up as his transformation wore off. The others reverted as he spoke. "Wonder if mom woke up by now."

  "Yeah," Amy said. "All the rage left them, so they should be fine without her."

  "I will monitor the entire city. Those who had their rage retaken will be closely monitored." said the bird woman.

  "Donut Party?" asked Ryu with excitement.

  "Donut Party!" Sam formed a smile. "I know a pce."

  "Hold it." Tanya slowly stood up. "I feel we need to make the donuts and not buy them."

  "Sounds like a good idea." Christina smiled.

  "Excellent." The brown-haired girl cheered. "Do you mind if we use your kitchen?" She looked at each Guardian.

  "Yes." Pilot shrugged. "Just clean after you are done."

  "And leave some for us." Javo held a thumbs up.

  Jake nodded. "Right."

  -Later, Ishida Household-

  "Odd that the game was canceled." Ms. Ishida spoke while watching TV with her kids. "I don't remember what happened, but I do feel less irritated."

  "That's good." smiled Tina.

  "Although." She sighed. "My coworker did ask me out again. I declined."

  He felt a little gd, but a moment ter, guilt started manifesting. "Why?"

  "I noticed how he felt about you despite asking one of you to come along. Can't have him in my life."

  "Good." The young girl nodded. "If he does not like us, then he is no good."

  The spiky-haired teen still felt bad. "Yeah, but things did happen, kind of hard to ignore."

  "I feel fine, though... why everyone colpsed is strange. They chalked it up to a big sor fre." She gazed at the TV from the news showing the red spark of the mistress's defeat from the sky. "Curious, but that's the wonders of the universe. I hope nothing else happens.

  "Nothing too bad." said the boy. "Mom, do you mind if my friends come tomorrow?"

  "I don't see a problem." She said.

  "Thanks, mom."

  -The Hub-

  "That is the report." Pilot stood in front of the monitor where he was talking to the gray-haired old man, the head of Guardian.

  "Interesting." The old man rubbed his chin. "They are already moving in stride. I guess having the young girl at the Hub was not a bad idea."

  "It was a close call." Pilot frowned. "If she were not there, they may have fallen under her power."

  "Maybe, but there is also the scenario they would have fallen even with words of encouragement. Consider this a victory and help them prepare for the coming days."

  "I gave them five days off of training."

  The old man chuckled. "Huh, you're being lenient."

  "They earned it, but the next thing I am about to tell you, please do not disclose to anyone yet, Sir Zeracakja."

  Zeracakja narrowed his eyes at the seriousness of the tone. "You wouldn't call me Sir. What is wrong?

  "Tomorrow, I am sending Javo and Reinstar to Salem to track an artifact... that led to the birth of Mistress M."

  "What exactly?"

  "She cimed to have gotten a tablet that held an eye with rectangles encircling it."

  The leader grimaced at the description. "So... you believe she discovered..."

  "Yes, a manuscript of the old tyrant, Valcron."