Chapter 26

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Tom had waited a whole day without talking or saying anything. He didn’t have much faith in the fact that hardly any of the Centaurs could stand to be near him, let alone like him. Sighing, Tom was making ready to get started when he heard the familiar sounds of hooves in his living room. Stepping out, he saw King Tonk and about 30 warriors waiting for him. The king nodded to him, and in turn, each warrior pledged their skills to Tom. A little confused, Tonk took him aside afterward and explained. Many had heard that Tom had gone with the Queen to rescue the king. They, though not impressed, had wished to go the next time to battle with Tom and the king.

Tom laid out his full plan, leaving out almost nothing. Tom told Frilly that the warriors were going to one spot and he was going to the tower again as he felt that Malamon would be there this time. The warriors were going to check out another place he felt Malamon might be. Frilly became worried, Tom, sir, if you’re caught there with no one to help you, Malamon could kill you. Frilly was extremely worried now. How could he endanger himself like this!?

Tom just shook his head. Frilly was being overly cautious a lot more these days. Tom was beginning to wonder just what was going on with her. First, flashing the king and the warriors to where he was going to send them, Tom was about to leave when Frilly rushed to him and begged him to be careful. Staring at her for a moment, Tom could get nothing from reading her. It was like she had triple mind protection. Hmmmmmmmm, he’d have to check into that when he finished this. With that, Tom flashed out and was near the tower. Linking with the king, he asked him to keep his eyes and mind open in case he saw something or needed to bring them to where Tom was. Looking around, Tom checked on everything that he had planted the week before.

An hour later, after telling Frilly he was going to search the tower more, Tom felt a major jump in power flashing in nearby where he was. Contacting Tonk, he was about to flash them in when Malamon attacked. Letting Tonk and the warriors know, Tom froze all of Malamon’s cronies, sending them to the outskirts of the amusement park, directly opposite of where he was. Malamon began to laugh when he saw all his men had vanished, “so you’re concerned about my men? HA! You’re softer than I thought, now you know why you’ll never beat me.” Tom just smiled at this. Confused for a moment, it only seemed to enrage Malamon more. Smiling more, Tom felt the final piece move into place. Laughing, Tom knew now that he’d won no matter what.

Red-faced, Malamon screamed at Tom, “why are you so fucking happy? You can’t defeat me!” Malamon, getting madder and madder, didn’t notice the activity on the outskirts of the park. Tom reached in and ripped another power strand loose, causing a high-pitched scream from Malamon.