“Roy! Look!!” Toby patted Memis on the neck to signal him to stop. “There are the Defenders!”
Roy got off Memis’ back. On their way to the scene of the fight, Memis jumped back down to the streets. There was a massive traffic jam since the scene had been blocked so no human would get into danger with wild Morpho Mons going on a rampage. “Dear lord…”
Famfay, who‘d just caught up with the three of them, came to a halt next to Roy. “Darling, this looks really dangerous…”
“Don’t worry, Famfay – we won’t get involved. We’re just watching—”
“Hey newbie!!” One of the Defenders from the scene ran up to them. Toby recognized her as one of the third-years, a girl with ombre butterfly locs and dark skin – Lachelle Simmons. “You on the dog! We could use your help!”
“Huh? Me?” Toby shook his head. “I thought the first-years shouldn’t interrupt your work.”
“This is an exception! We need someone to distract the Morpho Mons so we can tranquilize them! There are too many and we can’t defeat them the regular way! Usually my girlfriend would take care of this, but we can’t reach her! And your partner looks fit enough to take on this task!”
“Wraaf?” Memis tilted his head.
Roy crossed his arms with a worried look on his face. “This seems very dangerous though… Maybe you should call another Defender to do this.”
“We don’t have the time!” Lachelle looked up at Toby. “Please, I promise Bronze and I will watch your back.”
“Ahh – I’m – ” Toby swallowed. “Sure! We’re in! Just tell us what to do!”
“Wonderful! Just follow my lead!! And you – ” She turned towards Roy. “Go to Jackson Street, right around here! We don’t have enough staff to keep the traffic and the people at bay!”
Roy nodded. “Will do. Please – ” He shortly glanced at Toby. “Take care!”
“Come on, this way!” Lachelle guided Toby to the scene of the fight, where two Defenders, an apprentice and three partner Morphos were fighting and preventing damage. There were four medium-sized Morpho Mons and two small ones at the scene, all seeming frantic and aggressive. “Everyone! I got us a rider! Commence tactical maneuver D-03!”
Toby was confused. “D-03…?”
“Oh right, you didn’t go through all the tactical commands yet. Well – you as the rider will now pose as a distraction, and we remaining Defenders and partners will bring down the enemy with surprise attacks from the back!”
“Ah – okay – ”
“It’s all gonna be fine, okay?” Lachelle turned to the scene. “BRONZE! You and Skip have an eye on the lil’ newbie so that he doesn’t get himself killed, okay?”
Toby clung onto Memis. “W-What?!”
“Will do!” The redhead apprentice gave Lachelle a thumbs up.
“Off you go, then!” Lachelle gave Memis’ back a slap, and he started running.
“This might be a bad idea – ” Toby swallowed, he felt fear building up, but he knew this mission depended on him. “HEY! You MORPHO MONS! OVER HERE!!” Toby shouted and waved his arms, trying to garner the attention of the attacking Morpho Mons.
And it worked.
Soon they stopped attacking the other Defenders, and focused their attention on the moving blue lightning that was Memis, guided by Toby so he wouldn’t run into lamp posts or walls.
“GRRRAAAGHH!!” One of the larger Morpho Mons, which was kind of shaped like a dinosaur with big claws, got dangerously close to the two with its bites.
“Aaaah – Lachelle, please hurry!!” Toby clung onto Memis, highly concentrated, but also scared.
“Hold on, newbie!! We almost got them!!”
All the smaller Morpho Mons had now been captured, and two of the bigger Morpho Mons were brought down with targeted attacks. The remaining two however had even the experienced Defenders struggling.
“To – hhh – by – hhh –” Memis panted. “I’m getting exhausted - I can’t run much longer!!”
“Memis, hang in there,- we’ve almost got it- don’t slow down- otherwise the dino might bite my head off!!”
“Wahh… Waahhh…”
Toby could feel Memis panting get stronger and his acceleration decreasing. “No no no no- Memis! Lachelle, what should I do?!”
“Aahh – ” Lachelle brought her hands to her head. “Try – Try to attack them! A quick blast or something, anything! So the others can attack and bring them down!”
Toby took a deep breath. “Memis, listen – when I bring you to a halt now, I want you to blast the biggest wall of ice you can! Okay?”
“Ah… yes – got it!”
“Okay – !”
Quickly Toby pulled back Memis to make him do a 180 turn, then making him stop. “NOW!!”
“RAAAAH!!” Memis‘ mouth opened wide and a huge blast of icy wind and snow shot out of it, catching the two Morpho Mons unaware.
“SKREEE!!” “Skreeeee….” Frozen from the sudden shock of the ice, the two were easily restrained by the Defenders.
Memis panted loudly, and so did Toby. He still had an adrenaline rush from just seeing two Morpho Mons, both bigger than Memis, charge at him.
Finally, the situation was under control.
Toby jumped down from Memis‘ back, so weak in the knees that he almost fell over.
“Good job, newbie!!” Lachelle walked up to the two. “You are incredibly brave!”
“Thank you…” Toby straightened his back, trying to gain back his composure. “So – what are we gonna do with the big Mons now – ?”
“We have contacted the team, they will be brought to the containment and testing facility. Your job is done here. You’re free to go back to your regular patrolling services.”
“... Thank you, Lachelle.”
“Well done, really.” Lachelle smiled at him. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a first-year maneuvering a Morpho Mon that well.”
“I’m – I’m flattered…”
“Well, we will head off now —”
Suddenly, the sky went dark.
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“I DEMAND you to CLEAR the streets now, young man! Or I will CALL the police!!”
“Sir – please – ” Roy raised his hands. “The operation of the Defenders is still ongoing. The street will be cleared in a few minutes. If I could ask you for a bit more patience…”
“If I, AS A CITIZEN of this COUNTRY, want to drive to work, I have the RIGHT to DO so! Even at my OWN RISK! And I will NOT let a BRATTY TEENAGER tell me otherwise!!”
“B-Bratty?! Sir, will you – ”
And as the sky turned dark, Roy looked up. “W-What?”
“ROY!!” Famfay ran up to him. “It – It must be Scorpio!! I can feel his presence!!”
“I – S-Show me!”
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