Luminous followed Brighton through the sewer passage until they had almost reached the entrance of the Secret base, as the two were about to enter, there was a sudden flash of light followed by a large explosion that shook the entire city, Brighton and Luminous looked back towards the top of the passage, hearing screams of fear and panicked movements just above. "We'd better get in there and find out what happened!" Brighton called over his shoulder as he grabbed his staff and ran forward into base's front room, Luminous stood shocked at what had just happened, a million things running through his mind as he slowly found his strength to follow the battle mage into the base.
Dark, thick smoke was slowly filling the room, rising up from the passage that led into the training ground and clinic rooms located just below the main room. "What happened here, is everyone alright?!" Brighton yelled out, not being able to make out anything in front of him through the heavy smoke. "We're fine"called a familiar voice, as a dark figure shot out from the smoke and into the air before them, Demon Slayer was holding Mastema in his arms, gently caressing the small cat demon as she clung tightly to his cloths, wheezing due to all the smoke. "Is she ok Demon?"Luminous asked as the demon landed next to them, Demon Slayer looked down in his arms, concern filling his face as he watched his dear friend struggling to breath, "I need to get her outside, I'm sorry Luminous, Brighton... Excuse me."The demon hastily ran past them and out of the Resistance base leaving the two mages staring after him. "He really loves her..."Luminous sighed smiling, then he turned around and clutched his staff and preparing a spell to cast, but Brighton caught the slight sadness in his voice as he said it, "We all have our time Luminous, don't worry, you'll find someone someday... What about that girl you live with now?"
Luminous lost his balance and misfired the spell he was using, hitting one of the TVs used to view the cameras the Resistance set up, causing even more smoke to fill the room, "I love Lania, but not that way!" Luminous spun around after regaining his balance, his dark aura shaking and flickering violently as he glared at Brighton. "I... think I should go see if anyone else is hurt, I'll suggest you the same."Brighton laughed uneasily, stepping back before jumping to the bottom floor and disappearing into the smoke cloud. Luminous stood in place staring at where Brighton had vanished, "Who would ever think that... Argh! She's so much younger then me!"Luminous jumped down and chased after Brighton, using his staff to clear the thick smoke as he ran through it, he came up behind Brighton in the lower part of the Resistance, the two ran towards the training grounds, doing everything they could to clear as much smoke as possible along the way. "That smoke is coming from..."Brighton thought, glancing back towards the clinic rooms "Don't tell me..."he tightened his grip on the weapon he was using and ran ahead of Luminous "Wait, Brighton!"Luminous yelled after him, but the battle mage was gone.