Chapter 6; Humanoid Dragon & Chaotic Demon! Recruit the Candidates!

So after the trouble in Leanbox, Histoire called the group to have them take care of some trouble on a nearby island next to Planeptune and the group takes care of the situation and rid of ASIC members creating a base of operations there, after that mess they get to Planeptune's Basilicom and report the mission of obtaining the Mascots. Until IF got a call about ASIC having activity in Lowee losing all the shares in the Nation

"Then we better take a look to see what is going on." Adam says and the group makes a hurry to Lowee and inside the basilicom "Hello? Is anyone here?"

"Oh, if it isn't you all. What brings you back to Lowee?" Mina asks them

"Whoa, you don't look so good…" Mark says seeing her look exhausted

"I do? My apologies… I haven't been able to get much sleep these past few days." Mina tells them sitting down

"Are things that bad?" Compa asks

"How are the twins? And Seth? Are they doing okay?" Adam asks

"No… we're not, dummy…" Ram says looking ill

"Whoa, she looks sick. That doesn't look good." Mark says seeing her breathing deeply

"Hey, where is your sister now?" Adam asks her

"She's up in her room sleeping. She's been asleep more than awake, since that day." Seth explains coming down the stairs

"How could this have happened? And what happened on what day?" Mark asks

"We're unsure, ourselves. We only know that we suddenly lost a great deal of Shares, leading to this…" Mina explains

"Then we need to find the source of how this happened, that way once that dealt with we can get some shares back for Lowee to recover the twins." Adam tells them "I am not gonna let some screwed up society ruin peace in this world. Seth, once we get this done would you and the twins join us on our quest to rescue everyone?"

"Adam, I have been grateful of your actions of helping before, and I repaid that dept to save our nation… if you can heal their health then I accept your request." Seth says

"Then I will rid any villain that gets in the way!" Adam says "Tempest, Mark, you guys are with me to rid any ASIC fools, Ruby, Kaylin you are with us also, Nepgear. You and the rest go recover Shares so we can get things done in one go."

"Understood, I'll go get some shares for you!" Nepgear runs off anticipate to help those in need

"She is already pumped up for this, alright let's get going and look around the city." Adam says and the trio start looking around in the city and Adam finds a certain rat "Hey you! Stop there!"

"As dammit, it's that ice-maker, no way in hell I am gonna let a huge beat up happen and not let these get destroyed!" Warechu says and makes a run for it

"Found my target!" Adam says and does something with his gauntlet and make a run after the rat

"Whoa, Adam found something!" Tempest says looking at her gauntlet

"He allowed us to find where he is going, seems like he is running after something." Kaylin says seeing the dot of Adam's location moving fast

"He must have found the rat giving out stuff to take the shares!" Ruby shouts out

"If so then we better go after him." Tempest says and they follow the location to some fields and see Adam got a hold of Warechu by the tail

"Arrrrgh not my tail again, chu!" he says annoyed

"Your own fault for giving out this crap, and now I am gonna send you off!" Adam then creates a cannon and puts the rat in and fires the cannon

"I'm blasting off again, chu!" the rat shouts out and now gone

"Good thing we caught up, now time to blow these up. And I mean it literally." Mark says and places a bomb in the box of ASIC tech and explodes "Let's go back to the Basilicom and tell Mina the news." and they do so

"A new Arfoire chip? So that was the cause…" Mina says

"With that done the Shares should have no problem anymore." Adam tells her

"Yeah, okay, but what about Rom? What's gonna happen to her?" Ram asks

"Calm down, Ram. Albeit small, I can make a piece of Sharicite to treat her with these Shares." Mina tells her

"So… she's gonna get better?" Ram asks

"Yes. I'm sure she'll be fine." Nepgear tells her

"Oh… man, what a relief…" Ram says glad to hear that as Mina works on the Sharicite "c'mon, hurry it up, Mina! You're slow like a grandma!"

"Now, now. This process cannot be rushed… it's nearly ready… aaaaand, there we go. Done." Mina says with the small Sharicite glows a small bit

"Yay! Finally!" Ram says excited

"Whew. While it's small, I feel it should have enough power to help her recover." Mina explains

"Alright, I'll take this to Rom and-" before Seth could finish a large crashing sound was made above

"What was that? It sounded like something happened in me and Rom's bedroom…" Ram says

"It's as if someone is causing a ruckus upstairs…" Adam says

"Oh, no! Rom was in there!" Ram exclaims and hurries and Seth following as well as the rest of the group they get to the room and see Underling "Rom! Are you okay?"

"Here comes the broad brigade, right on cue. Frickin' chore…" Underling says

"What are you doing here? Get away from Rom, now!" Nepgear yells at her

"Yeah, okay. Feel free to convince her to leave my side, chumps." Underling says and Rom hugs her like she is under a spell

"What the heck did you do to her!?" Seth yells at her mad

"Nothing but a little brainwashing did the trick, now if you'll excuse me. I am getting out of here, come on brat let's leave." Underling says and Rom follows out the window

"You better say your prayers when I find you!" Seth says and hurries after them

"Wait up dude!" Adam yells out and follows Seth outside

"Neos find that Underling that has taken Rom, I can't believe brainwashing would even do such a thing." Seth says summoning his hero

"Understood, such a terrible way to treat a young girl. These villains will pay!" Neos says taking flight with the group following where Underling went "You there, how dare you treat a girl in such ways!"

"Ugh, it's the peanut gallery. Just when I was enjoying myself… read the atmosphere, you idiots!" Underling says

"You are gonna regret ever doing this to Rom!" Seth yells out

"Oh really? So you'll fight me? Okay, do your worst. Just know that this kid is gonna act as my shield as soon as you try anything!" Underling says

"Then maybe this will make you change your mind!" Adam says with the Sharicite in his hand and shines

"Oh shit, that's bright! Not. It was just a sparkle. Is that really all you got?" Underling ask

"If you really think that was it then you better think twice." Adam says with something happening to Rom

"Huh? Why're you screaming? Oh, come on. Don't tell me this is the "Trying to com back" cliche!" Underling says

"It's working, Ram talk to your sister. It should help." Tempest tells her

"It's me, Rom! Your super awesome twin sister, Ram! Say my name!" she says and Rom's eye color starts changing normally

"C-crap. If she snaps out of it, the boss is gonna have my head…" Underling says and takes Rom somewhere else

"Get back here, you better stop!" Seth yells out and the group gives chase to the Atari Marsh dungeon

"Damn. I didn't think they'd have a way to reverse it so quick…" Underling says catching her breath while Rom is trying to break free "Stop with the crybaby antics! Good-for-nothing brat… oh, wait. I still have "that" it's perfect for this scenario… I totally forgot about it thanks to all that commotion. Now, where'd i stick it…?" she looks through her pockets

"Unhand the girl!" a panther wearing a cape growls at Underling

"Whoa! That's a wild animal!" Underling says surprised

"Nice work Dark Panther!" Seth says to the Panther as Rom tries to break free

"Yeah, that's what you think! Brainwashing reinforcement, go! Check this thing out, twerp." Underling takes out a device and uses on Rom

"I've had enough of your crap so stop this now! Ice-make…" Adam starts saying though Ram runs in and interrupts the device and it stops "What the?! Hey what the heck is wrong with you!"

"Well, it ran out of energy… the hell happened? Don't tell me I used it for nothing…" Underling says

"Great, it's gotten worse. Now both of them are taken over!" Neos says

"He's right, the look in their eyes tells it all." Dark Panther says

"No… it can't be…" Seth says then grabs some cards from his deck box and insert in his deck "Dammit I don't usually use these but, I call upon the Crystal beasts! Come forth Sapphire Pegasus!" he summons a Pegasus with a sapphire crystal horn

"Do you need assistance Seth?" the creature asks

"I know I haven't used you guys in a while, but the twins need to come to their senses and fast!" Seth explains

"You got it!" his Pegasus says and takes flight

"Dark Panther, take a rest as I summon out Necroshade!" Seth brings out another warrior and have the three attack

"Ice-make Cannons!" Adam creates cannons and fires and Mark launches a fire arrow causing large explosions "come back to your senses!" Adam uses the Sharicite to break them out of their brainwashing

"Alright looks like they are-" before Seth could finish some fireballs take out his Pegasus and Necroshade causing him pain

"Seth?! Are you alright?!" Adam asks

"Such fools… to think you have progressed so far against the actions of the foolish girl…" a male voice says and they see a male in the air with parts of his body covered in Dragon scales and has wings out from his back and slowly lands on the ground

"Who in the heck are you?!" Mark asks

"He has to be one of the guys in the Gamindustri Graveyard." Adam says

"I am Draco, strangely I am part of the Demons even though basically a humanoid Dragon with the style of a human body with Dragon scales." he tells them and looks at something going on "What the hell Trick? You are crazy!" the guys turn to see what is happening

"What the heck?! Are you some psycho!?" Mark yells at the guy doing stuff to the twins "that is completely gross!"

"You are now gonna get it!" before Seth could do anything a barrier is created between the guys and the girls "hey! Let me through!"

"Sorry, but I am not allowing you to go near them. Since you three are fighting me." Draco warns them as he grabs Mark and tosses him at Seth "You, I saw you before get finished off with that Dragonslayer." he looks at Adam

"And what about him?" Adam asks

"It's such a shame that he lost, to see if he is worthy of such strength." he says

"You have no say in this! Ice-make Ice cannon!" Adam creates his cannon and fires though Draco punched the blast like it was nothing

"Cosmic Crush!" Seth commands Neos and Draco catches the punches but gets kicked by Adam and struck by Mark "Now to place two Crystal beasts and then summon Ruby Carbuncle, that way I can bring back Sapphire Pegasus, and the other two in my spell and trap area. Say hello to Amethyst Cat, and Topaz Tiger!"

"I never expected you to have gotten the Crystal Beasts… those are very rare creatures." Draco says

"Yea, my brother gave them to me before he left. And I am gonna use them to get him back!" Seth says

"Well, good luck tr-" before Draco could finish Adam used his ice magic to put a hit on him and Mark uses an ice arrow to just hit the arm

"Ice-make Cold Excalibur!" with the strong hit Adam knocks Draco back some distance "We will rescue our brothers, so you better be ready!"

"Tch, seems I underestimated your strengths… creating that barrier has put me in a weak state… I'll let you off easy, but the next time we fight I will use all my strength." Draco uses his wings and escapes the scene

"Damn, he does have the strength of a dragon…" Mark says

"With someone like him around, his scales will be strong against our attacks." Seth says

"Come on, now that we got the twins back we should make sure the Oracle knows they are alright." Adam tells them and agrees. Once returning to the Basilicom Mina was grateful to see the twins safe and they agree to join them on their quest to rescue everyone as well as Seth coming along, they just barely get out of the nation and suddenly getting a call from Kei, Lastation's Oracle. She explains that both Noble and Uni have gone missing and the group and learn the two have been taking out Arfoire chips though they were having a conversation someone within the shadows and search inside one of the factory dungeons to find them

"Dude, are you alright?" Mark asks Noble who is unconscious currently

"He really lost…?" Seth asks and Tempest comes over and uses her Sky Dragon healing

"Hang in there, I'll heal those bruises." she says doing it for a while and Compa puts bandages on both of them and he starts waking up

"Hey dude, are you alright?" Adam asks

"Adam…? Why are you here…? Gh!" Noble winches from the pain

"Stay still, I need to focus healing." Tempest tells him

"Noble, tell us… who did you fight?" Adam asks

"I don't know why, but he calls himself Vexon… saying he wanted revenge for helping out a project that was ruined after their first success… he's some kind of crazed demon…" Noble explains "luckily, I was sure I thought I was done for… but he didn't kill me…"

"Adam, we better take them back to the city so they can rest." Mark says

"Yea, come on. Let's get these two somewhere to rest up." Adam says and they get to the city "He seemed really down…"

"He looked like he couldn't take the loss…" Mark says

"I wonder why this Vexon person is out for revenge…" Seth says curious about the guy

"Guys! Bad News!" Ruby shouts getting their attention

"Noble ran off and disappeared!" Tempest explains

"What?! We gotta find him and fast!" Adam says

"Spread out, we can cover more ground, he couldn't have gotten far." Seth says and they do so looking for Noble. Adam goes into a dungeon hoping Noble didn't go into with his current condition, though to his luck he finds Noble hiding himself in shame

"There you are, I've been looking all over for you." Adam says getting Noble's attention

"Adam… look just leave me alone…" he tells him

"Dude, we were worried about you. Come on, let's get back with the others." Adam says

"What's the point, I lost my fight… I barely lived if you hadn't gotten to me… besides I wasn't good enough as my brother…" Noble says

"Neither was I. I was not able to do much like my brother did. Still, this is why I need your help. Tempest, Seth, Mark, and you… all of you are my friends." Adam says

"Adam…" Noble says

"And that is why that wish will never become reality!" a male voice yells out and flies down next to them with a creepy smile with dark wings of a demon and horns on his head

"Vexon…" Noble says

"So that's the guy, I gotta say he does have a crazy side with that smile of his."Adam says

"Kyheheheheh, looks like it's my lucky day! Finding two Protector Candidates, and the perfect way to settle my revenge!" he laughs creepily

"What is it that makes you want revenge?" Noble asks

"Oh? He never told you? I was certain since he was related to you that he told you." Vexon says still with the smile

"Are you talking about James? What does he got to do with you wanting revenge?" Adam asks

"Well, it's something he did to ruin my life's work! I then met her, and I gave up my humanity to become a demon! This power give me the strength to eliminate what he did to me!" Vexon shouts out and charges grabbing Noble and smash him to the ground but gets blasted by Adam knocking him off "how dare you…"

"We will beat you in this fight you hear?! We will rescue our brothers and defeat all of you if you get in our way!" Adam yells at him

"You little brat!" Vexon flies towards Adam

"Ice-make shield!" Adam creates a barrier stopping his tracks and Noble blasts Vexon with fire and Vexon was upset but Adam interrupts attacking again "That, he can only face one enemy because he is to focused. Which also makes it his downfall."

"Haaaaaa!" Noble uses his telekinesis and Adam goes in for the final attack

"Ice blade seven slice dance!" Adam strikes seven times and Vexon crashes on his back

"Dammit… I was beaten… by such low life… arrrrrgh, damn you! You won this time! But know that I will be waiting to exact my revenge!" he yells and makes his escape

"Whew, looks like we did it…" Adam says

"Yea, I never thought we'd pull it off together…" Noble says

"Let's get going, everyone else is waiting." Adam says and Noble nods

"Adam really helped me today, maybe this time I can help rescue my brother." Noble says in his thoughts and follows Adam to the others

That now ends this chapter, they have now acquired the help of all the Candidates and later possibly make their plans for another rescue attempt for both the Goddesses and their Protectors, they have been anticipating to finally see them once again after 3 years. What will happen next? See in the next upcoming Chapter, Brawl On!