[The New Guardians have met with the Old Guardians to have their "final battle"]
Nerissa, Will:
Guardians Attack!
[Taranee, Irma and Cornelia fly up. Will and Nerissa fly, opposing each other. Will hurls a lightning bolt at Nerissa but she deflects it by waving the Seal of Nerissa as it strikes, deflecting it onto Will. Nerissa flies up]
Nerissa:
Quintessence!
[She makes the massive glass sphere lamp hanging from the ceiling light up, brightly, which blinds Will. Irma is knocked back by Cassidy's summoned water. Kadma sees Cornelia fly and uses trees to attack her, as she lands]
Cornelia:
[raises her hands to use her powers] No way, you're using my power against me. [To the trees] About face!
[The trees start to walk up to Kadma but she, with her powers, make them move back to Cornelia]
Cornelia:
About Face. About Face! About Face!
Taranee:
This isn't working! [fire appears in her glasses] Element versus Element. [She flies as Halinor unleashes fire which hits the pillars of the mall, which Taranee uses to miss them] They've got double our powers!
[Cornelia is trying to escape from the trees, Irma is trapped by water. Yan Lin unleashes a whirlwind at Hay Lin, but she just stands there]
Matt:
Hay Lin! You've got to fight back!
[She does nothing and the whirlwind hits her. She is knocked to the floor and is crying]
Hay Lin:
[quietly] I can't fight my Grandma.
[Yan Lin is charging up another whirlwind in her hand but is blasted by Will's Quintessence]
Will:
Then trade! Come on, trade with me! I'll take Yan Lin you take, ugh, what am I saying?
[Nerissa laughs, villainously. She slowly flies downwards to Hay Lin]
Nerissa:
Oh, by all means. Let Hay Lin and I have this dance. After all, she'll be needing a new partner. [The lamp turns and an unconscious Eric is strapped to it] Since they'll be nothing left of her old one...but a sunspot.
Nerissa:
[mocking] Oh, Grandma! My boyfriend’s a charcoal briquette! [[she laughs]
Hay Lin:
[Hay Lin clenches her hand and slowly gets up, she has now got all four limbs stretched out on the floor, her tears roll down onto the floor] So that's it.
Nerissa:
Yes...that's it. You lose. I win.
Hay Lin:
[She stands up but her head is still down] No, I mean that's how you survive the trauma, not by knowing everything will be all right, but [she lifts her head up] by having no other choice.
Nerissa:
What are you talking...?
[Hay Lin quickly turns around and unleashes a whirlwind at Nerissa, who is knocked back]
Hay Lin:
I don't have the luxury of breaking down right now, not when innocent lives are at sake!
[She flies up, sends a whirlwind to the gigantic lamp where Eric is hanging which is slowly lowered down as air is used below the lamp and Eric drops onto Matt]
Hay Lin:
Keep an eye on him, ok?
Matt:
Totally. Hey! Good to have you back.
Hay Lin:
Yeah. Right.
[Yan Lin flies over to Hay Lin but is struck by a lightning bolt from Will]
Will:
That's the answer. Guardians, switch partners, now!
[Irma and Cornelia are still trapped, but Will flies over to Irma and electrifies Cassidy, which releases Irma. Hay Lin flies over to Cornelia and unleashes a whirlwind onto the trees which breaks them. Taranee is dodging fire from Halinor and flies up, another fire beam almost hits her but Irma intervenes, and uses water to douse the fire. Halinor hurls fire at Irma but misses and Irma fires a torrent of water back, knocking Halinor into a pillar. Kadma uses telekinesis to hurl chairs at Hay Lin and Cornelia but Hay Lin deflects it back by creating a whirlwind type shield in front of her, which knocks out Kadma. Yan Lin flies over to Hay Lin, but Cornelia traps her by summoning vines. Irma turns around in flight to see Cassidy charging up a water beam and fires, but Taranee intervenes by unleashing a fire beam in front of Irma]
Taranee:
Will, you're a genius! Nerissa's thralls are heavy on power.
Will:
But light on free will. Without constant instructions, they can't keep up.
Nerissa:
But, I can.
[She sends a lightning bolt from the Seal of Nerissa, which hits Will]
Nerissa:
[Lightning is coursing around her arms and in the air around her, her hair is raised, blowing in the wind] DO NOT PRESUME TO TEST MY POWER!
Irma:
[Irma manipulates the water to grab and twist around Nerissa, holding her in mid air] Aww, can't I presume a little?
[Hay Lin unleashes a whirlwind at Nerissa, making her crash to the ground. Cornelia manipualtes vines to entangle Nerissa, the vines slowly tie her hands and legs]
Nerissa:
Help me, you fool!
Yan Lin:
How, Mistress?
[Nerissa grunts]
Nerissa:
Kadma! Dispatch these vines!
[Kadma is surrounded in a circle of fire. Taranee appears in the lower part of the screen, in flight]
Taranee:
Kadma's a little preoccupied now.
Cornelia:
Hey, you could always give them back their free will!
[She raises her hand and uses telekinesis to push back Nerissa and Yan Lin. Hay Lin sends a whirlwind which deposits Halinor and Cassidy]
Hay Lin:
But then my Grandma would never do your dirty work.
[Irma sends a flood of water over Kadma, dousing the fire, as it does so]
Irma:
Not Yan Lin. Not any of them.
[The wave carries Kadma over to the other Old Guardians]
Will:
[With the other New Guardians, slowly flying down] Kind of a Catch 22, huh? Kick Butt Warriors or Butt Kick Slaves! Your call, girl!
[Nerissa stands up]
Nerissa:
I can admit when I've...miscalculated. [She slowly flies up] Congratulations, "W.I.T.C.H"! The battle goes to you. But the war...is far from over. [She creates a fold]
Will:
Hey! We made a vow. No running!
Nerissa:
You made the vow, not I! [She walks through the fold, followed by the other Old Guardians]
Will:
Man! She is such a cheater!
Taranee:
Hey, what can you expect from the Decency Challenged?
[Hay Lin is sitting on a crashed tree. She sighs. Cornelia and Irma fly down to join her]
Cornelia:
Hey, you ok?
Irma:
Yeah, you're not gonna go all catatonic again, are ya?
[Taranee flies down]
Taranee:
Irma!
Irma:
I'm just saying.
Hay Lin:
I'm ok.
[Will flies down]
Hay Lin:
Look, I'm sad or whatever. I mean, more than sad. But this, this is what we do, this is who we are.
[Cornelia, Taranee and Irma nod]
Will:
We're Guardians.
Taranee:
Totally.
Irma:
Tell me about it.
Hay Lin:
We face whatever trauma comes. Whether it's as stupid as getting braces or as terrible as, as...losing your grandmother to the dark side.
[The other Guardians crowd around Hay Lin closer. Taranee and Irma put their arms on her and Cornelia holds her hand]
Cornelia:
As long as we face it together.
[They all put their arms around each other. Eric groans]
Matt:
Uh, ladies? Hate to interrupt the group hug, but...
[Eric wakes up to see Hay Lin in the middle and everyone else back in "normal" form]
Eric:
Uh, what's going on? where am I? And, how did I get this golden tan.
Hay Lin:
Don't you remember anything?
Eric:
I'm not even sure what day it is. And... [notices the mall] what the heck happened here?! Was there an earthquake, or something?!
Hay Lin:
Or something.
Eric:
Well, is it, is it gonna be ok?
Hay Lin:
It will be. I know it.
Eric:
Hey, you! When did you get braces?
Hay Lin:
[covers her mouth] I know! They're kinda ugly.
Eric:
How could anything look ugly on you? Besides, they're only temporary. And they're so [he claps] shiny!
[Hay Lin squeals, lifts her hands in a cute fashion up to her face, jumps over to him and kisses him]
