“The City of Beach Shores is in a state of pandemonium tonight. A state of emergency was instituted not too long ago. Military personnel are evacuating the city as quickly as possible,” A live television report was being broadcast all across the United States. Citizens all over the country were witnessing the crisis from their homes. “Reports of a bizarre, gigantic creature that has been spotted in downtown Beach Shores has been flooding in since about midnight. Witnesses have confirmed it to be a giant griffin. No word yet on why the creature has appeared,” The people of America awoke and sat in their houses and watched the news in shock. “This just in, we have just received exclusive footage of the attack taking place in the City of Beach Shores. We strongly advise that our younger audience is accompanied by an adult while viewing this. What you're about to see may disturb you,”

The screen was flipped to the sight of a giant griffin–like creature destroying everything around it. The sight of the creature disturbed many; the beast’s incredible, oversized body with its broad wings spread across the sky, its cat-like, yellow eyes peering at the viewers through the screen. The creature cried fiercely until the footage caught an image of a miniature brute thrashing the beast to the ground. A great cloud of smoke shot into the air, and the camera’s tape went out. “As you can see, the massive creature has destroyed most of what was once Downtown Beach Shores City. The military is doing all that they can to keep the beast contained. No word yet on the precautions the military is trying to take. Stay tuned, and we will bring you more updates.

The four brothers battled Griflore non-stop. They knew that only one of the opposing forces would walk away alive tonight. The elements of fire, air, water and earth were unleashed everywhere. Raging flames surged while powerful hurricane winds and surging lightning bolts were thrown at the creature. Towering tsunamis were arising from the ocean, and devastating earthquakes caused the beast to topple over. The power of nature was keeping Griflore contained. He could barely keep up with the four brothers' attacks.

The four brothers were holding their own against the creature. Both forces were equally matched. Dye blew up like a volcano with a siege of powerful fire attacks followed by Sam, who summoned hurricane winds and lightning bolts. Jason came splashing out of the ocean and sent three large water spouts aimed at Griflore. Mack burst out of the ground, tossing rocks at the humongous beast, boulders of every size and weight. It seemed the creature had finally met its match within the four Xenton.

“I’m going to tear you all to pieces!” Said Griflore angrily. “Limb by limb!”

Mack shot up from beneath the ground and up in front of the beast.

“We would love to see you try,” he said, inflicting a mighty blow with his rock solid fist into Griflore’s face.

The beast was thrown back through a couple of buildings, toppling them to the ground. Sam came swirling out of the sky, picking up two tornados and fusing them into one giant twister. It lifted Griflore’s gargantuan body into the air, swirling him around. A stream of fire started to swirl around the twister that Griflore was trapped in. Dye was seen on the ground running at high speeds with a trail of fire leaving his feet, and soon the twister became engulfed in flames. The light of the blazing tornado lit up the city monstrously. The agonizing cry of Griflore pierced through the twister as Mack lifted up as many boulders as possible, throwing them into the twister; each rock making contact with the creature, causing them to crumble and break. Jason fell from the sky and flew into the eye of the twister. The metal fins on his arms extended into sharp blades while he passed through the blazing vortex, slashing and cutting his way through the massive beast until finally landing on the ground.

Dye stopped running, and the flames were extinguished. The twister dissipated and the massive beast had crashed into the ground. Its body was horribly burnt. Bruises and deep cuts were seen all over its enormous body. The boys had finally done the impossible. The entity that had caused them so much hardship these last few months was finally on the brink of its own destruction.

It breathed heavily.

The boys were standing around the subdued behemoth, surrounding it, preparing themselves for whatever the creature might do next.

The tubes running through Arayan’s body began to pump faster into the monster’s head. Soon the injuries on Griflore’s body started to heal rapidly. The boys watched as all of their efforts were wasted. Moments later, they were gone, as if nothing was there to begin with. The giant beast dug its claws into the ground and brought its body up to its hind legs. It let out another loud cry while a purple light started to form in its mouth.

“Everybody get out of the way!” Yelled Dye.

The brothers scattered.

Griflore threw his head forward, and the powerful, purple beam sprung forth from his mouth. He dragged the powerful beam all around the city in hopes of hitting one of the boys, but the four brothers easily evaded the attack. When the attack was over, the four of them resumed their assault while the city was still actively being evacuated.

The doctors and nurses scurried to get patients ready to be evacuated. Dozens of ambulances were stationed outside the hospital loading up patients to move them. The nurses quickly rolled Corrine’s bed down the hallway and through the glass sliding doors. They moved her into one of the ambulances, secured her and drove off. The rumbling from the nearby battle shook the roads as they drove, being escorted out of the city by military vehicles and police squad cars. The nurses in the back tended to her, making sure that everything read okay with her vitals. The ambulances raced behind their escorts with their lights flashing and sirens aloud.

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Corrine’s heartbeat had elevated. The nurses aiding her gave her an injection, but nothing seemed to work. Her heart rate continued to climb until suddenly, it stopped.

The nurses pulled out a defibrillator and pressed the pads against Corrine's chest. Her body gave a spasm.

Nothing.

Her vitals displayed a flat line. A low tone worrying them.

They tried it again.

Still nothing.

The monitor showed no signs of resurgence.

They tried it again for a third time.

Still, nothing but a flat line ran across the monitor.

“I’m calling it,” said one of the nurses, looking at their watch. “Time of death, Twelve forty–five A.M.”

Corrine’s old, dead body sat in the back of the ambulance.

Moments later the road shook. The escorts evaded quickly, but the shaking ground caused rubble to fall in their path. The driver found himself and the ambulance crashing into a tree.

The nurses and the driver regained consciousness from their accident. The lights were out. The thundering pounding of the battle from afar could be heard.

“Is everyone alright?” Asked the driver. The nurses responded with a yes and started to move, trying to get out of the totaled vehicle. One of the nurses placed their hands on the bed to assist them in getting up and noticed the bed felt empty. The nurse finally realized there wasn’t anybody in the bed. The other nurse saw the bed was completely vacant. The two looked at each other and quickly began searching for the body they declared dead just moments ago. The back doors to the cab were open and they went outside to search but to no avail.

The cataclysmic battle had not slowed down. The people around the country waited for more updates on the condition of Beach Shores City. The people of the city evacuated with haste and the boys were doing their best to hold down the creature until all were clear. With every strike, Griflore got back up.

Millions of flames climbed Dye’s body. His golden armor shone radiantly. He slapped his hands on the ground and fire surged all throughout the ruined avenues. They raced from Dye and to under Griflore’s feet.

Griflore threw out his colossal wings and took flight, blowing loose debris with each flap. Griflore prepared his attack, conjuring as much energy as he could into the pit of his mouth. The purple light lit up the city and with a swift flick of his head, the powerful torrent of energy tore it’s way towards Dye, whose hands were still glued to the ground. The flames on his body increased and caused a great wall of heat to surround his body. With his hands still placed on the ground, he braced himself for impact.

Sam came swooping down and created a wall of pressurized air. The beam drew closer, and the light from the bright ray started to grow brighter as it descended down on the two heroes. Mack came bursting out of the ground along with Jason, and together the two of them created a wall with their elemental powers. A giant wall of stone sprung forth from the ground and reinforced Sam’s wall of air. Jason summoned the water that was flowing beneath the city and froze it, creating a barrier of solid ice that surrounded the four heroes.

The beam collided with Jason’s wall of ice and completely tore through it. Griflore added more power to his attack. Sam braced himself as the beam came to his defense of pressurized air. The air wall was indented with Griflore's energy as it tried to break through Sam’s shielding. He conjured more air and reinforced his barrier.

Griflore gave more power to his attack, and the beam tore through the wall of air. Sam and Jason were blown away. With his hands still on the ground, Dye watched as the attack slammed into Mack’s wall, prompting the Xenton of Earth to stand his ground. Dye sat behind his brother and watched as the beam started to chip away Mack’s wall, inching its way through.

“GOT IT!” cried Dye.

Dye suddenly lifted his hands, and the earth started to rumble. Sam and Jason got to their feet, feeling the unexplained rumbling. Griflore, who flapped his wings to stay afloat, did not notice the shaking nor the ground beneath him beginning to tear open. A red fiery substance started forcing its way through the cracking asphalt. Dye willed it some more and then a geyser of the stuff erupted up and smothered Griflore, bringing him crashing to the ground, his attack dissipating.

“Lava?” Asked Mack as he let down his barrier, “Did you do that?”

Dye nodded. A fountain of fiery magma shot into the sky. Griflore howled in pain as the lava burned through his skin.

“K bros, I’m up!” Jason gathered the water and commanded it to splash the beast covered in liquid fire. The water made contact with the scorching magma and quickly cooled it off, hardening the lava that imprisoned Griflore in a rocky fortress.

The beast stood there frozen in time as the molten rock kept him secured. The Xenton brothers stood at the foot of the entombed creature and felt accomplished. Dye fell down and began to laugh with reprieve. The rest of the brothers felt at ease, and they too started to join their brother in joyous laughter.

“That…was epic!” Dye huffed.

“Dude, epic doesn’t even begin to describe it.” Jason replied.

“I’m just glad it's over,” said Sam, falling to sit down.

“Um…unpopular opinion but does it have to be?” Mack said with humor. “I’m digging this armor thing.”

A helicopter circled above. Looking up, the boys saw a news chopper. A cameraman held a television camera up to his eye.

On televisions all across the country, people were finally able to see the armored clad heroes who stopped the beast. Questions filled their minds as worries and panic were quelled for the moment.