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Chapter 3

"Catch!" Globox shouted as he threw the ball through the air.  It flew a good distance before being caught by a smaller glute, who was then burried by the others.  The Baby Globoxes squeaked at each other, each one trying to get the ball away from the other.  Finally, the one who had caught the ball crawled out from under the pile, ball still clutched in its hands.  It ran back towards Globox, preparing to throw the ball back to his daddy.

The other baby globoxes scrambled to their feet to try to catch their brother before he could make the throw.  He wound his arm back and threw the ball to Globox, knowing his victory was at hand.

It was not Globox who caught the ball, however.  Another person had entered the small clearing without the globoxes noticing.  A clawed hand caught the ball in midair before it could reach Globox.  The glutes stared in horror at the intruder.  It was humanoid like in appearance with thick, brown skin to make it invincible and long, thick claws on its hands and feet.  An ugly face with a big mouth looked down at the babies from under the hood on its head.  There was no doubt in their minds what this creature was.  It was a knaaren.  And not just any knaaren, Globox saw, but Reflux, the knaaren Rayman had defeated long ago.

Seeing their terror, Reflux chuckled and squeezed the ball, causing it to pop and deflate.  "Where is Rayman?" he asked.  "I got a score to settle with him."

The group of people stood outside the Shades Against Evil building, a soft breeze blowing past them, warning of ill fortune.  Rayman, Ly, Aneishen, and Alaesia were going to return to Rayman's world to take Yehaiel and Ameaj home.  Ly would stay and prepare for any trouble in their world while Alaesia teleported Rayman back to this world so they could catch up with the rest of the group later.  Aneishen was just going so she could see some more of Rayman's world.  Dorithmir, Fhuyt, Shigyu, Neshae, and Bujit were going to start the journey to find out where the pieces of the Starbone were kept.  All they were waiting on at that moment was Fhuyt.

When he finally arrived, he seemed a bit rushed.  "Okay, Rayman, you need to go back to your world, right?"  Rayman barely had time to nodd before he continued.  "And you two will meet the rest of us on the way, correct?"  Alaesia nodded.  "Okay, one portal coming up."

He held out a hand and the mist from the ocean next to them came together and swirled, changing to black, gold, and purple.  "Good luck to you." he said before Rayman jumped through.

When Rayman reached the other side of the portal, he saw all the Globoxes in a clearing looking up in horror at a knarren.

What?! Rayman thought.  Not knaaren in the forests again. He remembered well what happened last time knaaren appeared in the forests.  It was a moment later that he recognized the knaaren.

"Rayman!" Reflux smiled at him.  Alaesia and Aneishen came out of the portal, followed by Ly holding Yehaiel amd Ameaj.  "I was wondering when you were going to show up." He dropped the deflated ball and walked towards Rayman.  "I've been waiting a long time for this!"

Rayman got between Reflux and his children, determined to protect them no matter what.  But in reality, he wasn't sure what to do.  The only times he had been able to defeat Reflux he had only broken his staff or the sceptar stolen from the knaaren king.  What killed Reflux in the past was the magic backfiring when the sceptar exploded.

But then that brought another problem.  Reflux was supposed to be dead.

Before the knaaren reached Rayman, he suddenly was lifted off the ground by some invisible force.  Rayman didn't need to turn around to know that Alaesia had picked Reflux up with her soul powers.  At least Reflux's body still had a soul.  Otherwise her powers would be useless against him.

With the ease of one of the baby globoxes throwing the ball before it was deflated, Alaesia flung the knaaren into a tree.  While Reflux was out of the way Ly ran to Globox.

"GLobox, take the kids and get out of here." she told him.  "It's not safe for them here.  And from the looks of things it won't be for a while."

Globox nodded and took the two twins in his arms.  Then he and the baby globoxes fled the scene, leaving Rayman, Alaesia, Aneishen, and Ly alone with Reflux.

"What is that thing?!" Aneishen asked.

"A knaaren." Alaesia told her.  Reflux got back to his feet and roared at the small group.  "They're invincible so magic isn't going to help us much."  She picked Reflux up with her soul powers again and flung him against another tree.  "Though we can wear him out a bit if I keep this up."

WHen Reflux stood again he reached up to the sky, calling clouds to the clearing.  Lightning flashed, coming to the ground and striking the ground next to Rayman.  He jumped to the side, remembering the two attacks Reflux was combining.  Aneishen tried to make the lightning strike Reflux instead, but the knaaren merely put up a transparent shield of power to block the attack.  Meanwhile, everyone was having to dodge lightning strikes.

"Keep shooting lightning at the shield!" Rayman called to Aneishen.  "I have an idea!"

Aneishen nodded and continued her lightning attack.  Sure enough, the longer she held it, the smaller the shield seemed to get.  Eventually it disappeared entirely.

Reflux seemd caught off guard for a moment.  He shook his head and began shooting yellow balls of energy at Aneishen.  Alaesia quickly got in front of the weather sorceress and put up a fire shield of her own, making the balls of energy bounce off in different directions.  Some of them hit Reflux, causing him to cry out in pain and surprise.

Seeing this, Rayman wound up his fists, shooting them at the balls and causing them to shoot back at Reflux.  Ly picked up a stick and started batting the balls at the knaaren as well.  The knaaren stopped shooting at Aneishen and swayed back and forth for a moment, dizzy from the damage.  But then he shook his head to clear it and glared at Rayman.

The knaaren's limbs began to grow bigger and bigger as his body grew taller.  Large lumbs nearly covered his skin as he grew many times his original height.

"How is he doing that?" Alaesia asked Rayman.  "I thought the way he was able to do that last time was because he had the sceptar."

"I thought so too." Rayman said.  "But apparently, the sceptar gave him all the power he needed.  Andre was the one who still needed the sceptar afterwards.

With an unearthly shriek, Reflux brought one of his massive, clawed fists down to the ground, sending the four into the air.

Description
Chapter 3

"Catch!" Globox shouted as he threw the ball through the air.  It flew a good distance before being caught by a smaller glute, who was then burried by the others.  The Baby Globoxes squeaked at each other, each one trying to get the ball away from the other.  Finally, the one who had caught the ball crawled out from under the pile, ball still clutched in its hands.  It ran back towards Globox, preparing to throw the ball back to his daddy.

The other baby globoxes scrambled to their feet to try to catch their brother before he could make the throw.  He wound his arm back and threw the ball to Globox, knowing his victory was at hand.

It was not Globox who caught the ball, however.  Another person had entered the small clearing without the globoxes noticing.  A clawed hand caught the ball in midair before it could reach Globox.  The glutes stared in horror at the intruder.  It was humanoid like in appearance with thick, brown skin to make it invincible and long, thick claws on its hands and feet.  An ugly face with a big mouth looked down at the babies from under the hood on its head.  There was no doubt in their minds what this creature was.  It was a knaaren.  And not just any knaaren, Globox saw, but Reflux, the knaaren Rayman had defeated long ago.

Seeing their terror, Reflux chuckled and squeezed the ball, causing it to pop and deflate.  "Where is Rayman?" he asked.  "I got a score to settle with him."

The group of people stood outside the Shades Against Evil building, a soft breeze blowing past them, warning of ill fortune.  Rayman, Ly, Aneishen, and Alaesia were going to return to Rayman's world to take Yehaiel and Ameaj home.  Ly would stay and prepare for any trouble in their world while Alaesia teleported Rayman back to this world so they could catch up with the rest of the group later.  Aneishen was just going so she could see some more of Rayman's world.  Dorithmir, Fhuyt, Shigyu, Neshae, and Bujit were going to start the journey to find out where the pieces of the Starbone were kept.  All they were waiting on at that moment was Fhuyt.

When he finally arrived, he seemed a bit rushed.  "Okay, Rayman, you need to go back to your world, right?"  Rayman barely had time to nodd before he continued.  "And you two will meet the rest of us on the way, correct?"  Alaesia nodded.  "Okay, one portal coming up."

He held out a hand and the mist from the ocean next to them came together and swirled, changing to black, gold, and purple.  "Good luck to you." he said before Rayman jumped through.

When Rayman reached the other side of the portal, he saw all the Globoxes in a clearing looking up in horror at a knarren.

What?! Rayman thought.  Not knaaren in the forests again. He remembered well what happened last time knaaren appeared in the forests.  It was a moment later that he recognized the knaaren.

"Rayman!" Reflux smiled at him.  Alaesia and Aneishen came out of the portal, followed by Ly holding Yehaiel amd Ameaj.  "I was wondering when you were going to show up." He dropped the deflated ball and walked towards Rayman.  "I've been waiting a long time for this!"

Rayman got between Reflux and his children, determined to protect them no matter what.  But in reality, he wasn't sure what to do.  The only times he had been able to defeat Reflux he had only broken his staff or the sceptar stolen from the knaaren king.  What killed Reflux in the past was the magic backfiring when the sceptar exploded.

But then that brought another problem.  Reflux was supposed to be dead.

Before the knaaren reached Rayman, he suddenly was lifted off the ground by some invisible force.  Rayman didn't need to turn around to know that Alaesia had picked Reflux up with her soul powers.  At least Reflux's body still had a soul.  Otherwise her powers would be useless against him.

With the ease of one of the baby globoxes throwing the ball before it was deflated, Alaesia flung the knaaren into a tree.  While Reflux was out of the way Ly ran to Globox.

"GLobox, take the kids and get out of here." she told him.  "It's not safe for them here.  And from the looks of things it won't be for a while."

Globox nodded and took the two twins in his arms.  Then he and the baby globoxes fled the scene, leaving Rayman, Alaesia, Aneishen, and Ly alone with Reflux.

"What is that thing?!" Aneishen asked.

"A knaaren." Alaesia told her.  Reflux got back to his feet and roared at the small group.  "They're invincible so magic isn't going to help us much."  She picked Reflux up with her soul powers again and flung him against another tree.  "Though we can wear him out a bit if I keep this up."

WHen Reflux stood again he reached up to the sky, calling clouds to the clearing.  Lightning flashed, coming to the ground and striking the ground next to Rayman.  He jumped to the side, remembering the two attacks Reflux was combining.  Aneishen tried to make the lightning strike Reflux instead, but the knaaren merely put up a transparent shield of power to block the attack.  Meanwhile, everyone was having to dodge lightning strikes.

"Keep shooting lightning at the shield!" Rayman called to Aneishen.  "I have an idea!"

Aneishen nodded and continued her lightning attack.  Sure enough, the longer she held it, the smaller the shield seemed to get.  Eventually it disappeared entirely.

Reflux seemd caught off guard for a moment.  He shook his head and began shooting yellow balls of energy at Aneishen.  Alaesia quickly got in front of the weather sorceress and put up a fire shield of her own, making the balls of energy bounce off in different directions.  Some of them hit Reflux, causing him to cry out in pain and surprise.

Seeing this, Rayman wound up his fists, shooting them at the balls and causing them to shoot back at Reflux.  Ly picked up a stick and started batting the balls at the knaaren as well.  The knaaren stopped shooting at Aneishen and swayed back and forth for a moment, dizzy from the damage.  But then he shook his head to clear it and glared at Rayman.

The knaaren's limbs began to grow bigger and bigger as his body grew taller.  Large lumbs nearly covered his skin as he grew many times his original height.

"How is he doing that?" Alaesia asked Rayman.  "I thought the way he was able to do that last time was because he had the sceptar."

"I thought so too." Rayman said.  "But apparently, the sceptar gave him all the power he needed.  Andre was the one who still needed the sceptar afterwards.

With an unearthly shriek, Reflux brought one of his massive, clawed fists down to the ground, sending the four into the air.