I don't own Huntik (argh, I wish I did). I do own each Titan/power/character wich is never mentioned in the show/book/comics. I do own the story and I do it with a lot of love =)

Against the Titan

Dante and Zhalia continued along the avenue for a while, looking for a possible emerald green glow or a person with the expression of someone who had just seen a ghost. After a few, dull minutes, the man decided to break the silence.

"Am I wrong or you don't like Scarlet?" he said.

"What makes you think that?" asked her in turn.

"You are always very stern when she's around... you're almost... cold."

"Are you fooling me?" said Zhalia, a bit irritated. The man hinted at a smile, continuing to roam among the people with his eyes. "In fact, no, I don't like her." whispered the woman after a while. "I barely know her, and maybe she's a good Seeker, but there's something that... makes me nervous.".

"And this dislike has a foundation?" Dante stopped and allowed himself a moment of pause, relaxing -since the situation seemed calm- and looking into her eyes.

"Well... I... I don't..." stammered Zhalia, avoiding his gaze. She felt puzzled by that so obvious question, which she couldn't answer.

"Are you blushing?"

The girl didn't even had the time to realize what the question was. She heared a too familiar sound... she gave a boost to Dante, setted on a defensive position and yelled:

"Armorbrand!" was just in time before an energy's sphere comes to crash down exactly where before stood the detective, who was now trying to see where that sort of Augerfrost could be came from.

"Dante... maybe we have a bigger problem than our fairy..." said Zhalia in a slightly trembling voice.

Dante returned to focus on the crowd: everyone were turned and now they stared at them with their eyes widened.

"Too late, huh?" Lok appeared behind a man, handing him the newspaper which he had dropped in surprise.

"Lok and I have done as quickly as possible, but when we realized that it was directed here it was too far from us for do something..." the four Seekers gathered.
"We must protect these people. They're unable to defend themselves, so we will do it for them." said Dante.

The Seekers split off as another energy ball tried to hit them.

"Why does it attacks us?" asked Lok.

"Maybe it's understood what we are looking for!" was Sophie's answer, who was holding the hand of a crying child, trying to take him back to his mother.

"We cannot let the people go! If the news came out it's the end!" shouted Dante to the team. "Damnit! Why the reinforcements don't arrive?" suddenly he saw a dark shadow running through the crowd.

"Can't be…"

He started to chase that silhouette, trying to avoid to invest who stood before him. Finally he used Hyperstride. "There's nothing to hide, now." he fell in front of two boys who were being carefully watching him, motionless. He had lost him. He lost that shadow, that really reminded him…

"Dante! Behind you!"

"Raypulse!" Cherith and Scarlett ran towards him, after that a shot of the girl had successfully hit Butterflying.

"But it's invincible!" whispered Sophie, who from her position had clearly seen what was happened: the Titan was centered by Scarlet's Raypulse, and it had received the shot and recuperated itself, with virtually no damage. It wasn't the first time that it was struck by a ball of energy like that, it had only two points on defense and was out of its amulet by a long time. How could it still be so in force?
The Titan seemed to understand that it can't attack anymore and went away. At that moment came Gugganheim with six or seven Seekers.
"Finally!" snapped Dante.

"We've done as quick as possible."

"Do you know how many people know the secret of the Seekers, now?"
"Calm down, Dante. We monitored the town: no witness has left this place. We've raised a barrier around the park, so nobody can leave. Now we're going to use a new collective power called Remembird. It'll erase these people's memory and everything will be okay. Now relax." he waits some time, to be sure that the speech was closed, and then turned to Zhalia. "We need Seekers with a great mental power to make work Remembird best. Do you think you're strong enough to do it?"
"Of course. Eventually, Butterflying hasn't done great damages." Guggenheim took her to the group of Seekers and both disappered into the crowd. The others reached a bench and tried to relax, like Guggenheim said. Lok and Sophie sat with Cherith, while Dante and Scarlet lean at the backrest.
"Thank goodness this should be an easy mission…" the team was a bit dejected. Even the small Titan wasn't talking and he sat on Sophie's lap, thoughtfully.

"Hey, Cherith!" said Lok at some point. "I was wondering… can't be that such a thing happened to you? I mean... something like what's happening to Butterflying?"

"Maybe." he replied sadly. "But when I'll remember this, I'll solve half of my problems, Lok."
Scarlett placed her hand on Dante's shoulder: "This mission's proving harder than expected. But I'm sure we will succeed. We must not give up." but her words didn't help a lot. What most disconcerted the group was that it hadn't to be a difficult mission, but immediately had proven otherwise. The only one who seemed really happy at the moment was Zhalia: she had met new Seekers and found that almost all her fears were unfounded, nay many people admired her for her courage and for what she had done for the Huntik Foundation. Now she was preparing to use this new power. She was very focused, but her face was relaxed and calm.
"They began the ritual." Sophie said. "I feel a great power that is condensing in the center of the circle."

The Seekers who were part of the group that would use the power Remembird approached to themselves and took their hands. The energy barrier around the park lit up and vibrated, and in the right moment, when the power had been pronounced, it rose up, grouping in the air until it taken the shape of a huge swallow. Then winded and disappeared, taking with it people's memories. It was almost evening, the sun had set, but its light still clearing the fresh air.

Suddently Zhalia felt slightly dizzy and leaned on the ground. Immediatly her friends went near her.

"Okay, I admit… maybe Butterflying's did some damages…"

"Let's go home. We all need to rest" said Dante, helping her to stand up. "and to clear up a bit our ideas."

Yep, I know, I didn't update for long time... who missed me? No one? Oh, good...

Anyway, like ever forgive me for mistakes and such things...

I hope that the next update will take less time.

Love, Funnystar -/\-