Chapter 8: Power of the Elements

As the light began to fade, Sasha saw Charlie descending from mid – air in a black form fitting suit with a white dot and gloves. As his paws touched the ground, he looked himself over.

"What the heck just happened?" were the first words out of Charlie's mouth.

"What is the meaning of this?" demanded Belladonna.

Suddenly, they all heard Annabelle's voice.

"Charles, you've been given the Power over the Elements of Fire, Water, Forest, Lightning, Earth, Steel, Air, Ice, Darkness, and Light, as well as the Power of the Sun and Moon," Said Annabelle.

"I have powers too, now" Exclaimed Charlie.

"Yes, I was aware of the ever growing threat of my cousin and of the Anti – Christ's return, so I took action and created a new breed of Guardian Angels to fight back against her and you and Sasha are the first many," Explained Annabelle.

"Enough of this, I'm here to take the Anti – Christ pup with me and when I do, I'm coming for you and your little girlfriend too," Said Belladonna.

"You stay away from my beloved Sasha, you psychopathic hellhound," Yelled Charlie.

"Huh, Charlie," Said Sasha confused as she overheard Charlie talking with Belladonna.

Suddenly, Belladonna leaped and made a grab for Jake. Charlie saw her and moved in front of Jake to protect him. Suddenly the white dot on Charlie's suit changed to the symbol of Ice, then his gloves turned light blue and a freeze blast shot out at Belladonna. Belladonna was instantly frozen in a block of ice.

"You're on thin ice

Suddenly the ice began to crack and then it exploded, sending shards of ice everywhere. Belladonna stood there unfazed.

"That all you got?" said Belladonna.

Charlie's dot changed to the symbol of Lightning, then his gloves turned yellow and an electric blast shot out at Belladonna, but it barely affected her.

"Sorry, Chucky. I may be a fallen archangel, but I'm still an archangel none the less. And the only thing that can kill an archangel is another archangel, like my goody-goody cousin Annabelle, and even though I'm evil, she would never kill her own cousin."

"Well if I can't kill you, then I will just have to trap you," said Charlie. Then he looked at Jake. "Jake, I'll need your help." He then leaned down and whispered into Jake's ear.

Jake nodded as he took Charlie's hands.

"By the powers of light and darkness, I open up the gates of hell," shouted Charlie. Charlie and Jake both concentrated really hard as the Lightning bolt on his suit changed to Ying Yang symbol set sideways.

Suddenly the ground began to shake. Then in the middle of the ally a hole opened up in the asphalt ground. A dark hole to hell. A vortex of wind began to blow into the hole, threatening to pull anything nearby into the pit.

"No!" shouted Belladonna.

Sasha then regained consciousness and saw what was going on.

"Hey, Belladonna," Yelled Sasha as Belladonna turned to face her.

"Take this!" said Sasha as she stretched out and expanded her arm and punched Belladonna in the muzzle. Belladonna fell backwards and was sucked into the pit. Carface and Killer, who had since gotten to their feet, tried to grab her as she was falling into the hole, but were sucked in as well. They screamed as they fell back down into hell. Then the hole magically closed and the ground looked like it always had.

Charlie and Jake collapsed onto the ground, exhausted from the strain of keeping the gates of hell open for so long.

"Charlie, are you alright, please, say something," Said Sasha in a worried tone as she lifted him up with her expanded hands.

"Uh, um, I'm fine," Said Charlie as he caught a glimpse of Sasha.

"Huh, you know, I never noticed how amazing you look in that uniform," Replied Charlie as Sasha blushed under her fur by his remark.

Charlie and Sasha stared into each other's eyes until a thought came into Charlie's head.

"Oh my God, I forgot about Jake," Yelled Charlie as he ran to Jake.

Jake got to his feet. "I'm okay. Just tired."

Suddenly Annabelle appeared. "Well done, Charlie and Sasha. And thank you too, Jake. We won't be seeing Belladonna for a long time now, but sadly, she will get out eventually. But the two of you will be there to stop her."

"You got it, Annabelle," said Charlie with a salute.

"But, why did you turn Charlie into an Elemental Being and me into some kind of Stretch O Mutt," Asked Sasha as she grabbed her ears, stretched them out and then they recoiled like rubber.

"Please, let me explain," said Annabelle. "Up in heaven, we have been aware of Belladonna's growing threat to bring about the end of days, so I decided to create a breed of Super Powered Guardian Angels to fight against her. And the two of you are the first ones. The dawn of a new breed of guardian angels."

Sasha and Charlie were amazed.

"Cool," was all Charlie could say.

She looked at Jake. "Well now, Jake. You will have to come with me, now."

Jake looked scared.

"What are you going to do with him?" asked Sasha.

"He must come live in heaven now," said Annabelle. "His powers make him too dangerous to be left down here on his own. He will be well kept."

Charlie and Sasha still didn't like it. Heaven was paradise, but it wasn't the same as Earth. On Earth there was this thing you could experience that you couldn't experience up in heaven. It was called life. Jake couldn't be denied the right to grow up and live life just because he was conceived by a devil.

"Wait," said Charlie, "What if we, Sasha and I, took him in, you know, adopt him?"

"Yes," said Sasha in agreement. "We'll take good care of him."

Jake looked up at Annabelle. "Can I, please?"

Annabelle thought for a moment, then she smiled. "Very well, but I'll pop in from time to time and make sure you're doing a good job." Said Annabelle

"But, before I go," Said Annabelle as she waved her hand and touched Sasha's nose, then Sasha's nose transformed into a blue ball, like a clown nose.

"My nose, what's happened, what did you do to my nose, Annabelle," Asked Sasha in a worried tone.

"I saw you impersonate me, Sasha and to prevent you from stealing a persons' identity, I've given you a nose that'll tell you apart from the person you're impersonating," Replied Annabelle.

"Oh, alright," Said Sasha as she was looked at her new nose.

And with that, Annabelle disappeared.

Charlie turned to Sasha and nuzzled her. "You were amazing today, Sasha."

"Thank you," said Sasha. "So were you."

"Sasha, there's something I've been wanting to ask you," said Charlie as he pulled out a small black box from behind him. He opened it up to revel a beautiful diamond ring inside it.

"Will you marry me?" he asked as he got down onto one knee. Sasha stared at him with a stunned expression. Charlie was actually proposing to her. She could hardly believe this was happening.

"YES!" she practically screamed in joy as she jumped on him, knocking him to the ground with her over on top of him. She began planting kisses all over his face. Charlie and Sasha then pulled each other close and shared a deep passionate kiss.

Jake groaned at the sight and turned away. "Bleak! Cooties," he said with disgust.

"Hey, get used to it, this'll be you when you're all grown up and in love," Said Charlie.

"CHARLIE," Yelled Sasha in surprise.

"What, it's true," Replied Charlie.

"He's too young to know that," Said Sasha.

"Well, is he too young to know that the wedding will take place in heaven in three months," Said Charlie.

"That would give us enough time to prepare," Responded Sasha.

"Oh, you bet it does," Said Charlie in an excited tone.

Then Charlie grabbed Sasha and began kissing her like crazy, while Sasha stretched her arms out and wrapped them around Charlie and herself. Charlie and Sasha are going to be in for the wedding of a lifetime.