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Chapter 7

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Yusra watched as Talon fought against a Bloodroid. She was coming home from school, but she was attacked by another Bloodroid, the Tiger Bloodroid. This one wore same armor, but it was based off of a tiger. It had orange fur all over its body as well as having red eyed, and sharp claws and teeth. Fortunately for her, Talon was following her in case if something like this happened.

Talon dodged a swipe from the Tiger Bloodroid's claws before unleashing a flurry of punches to its chest, forcing it back with each punch. Then Talon roundhouse kicked the Tiger Bloodroid, sending it rolling some feet away from him. "Time to end this," Talon said, drawing his golden whistle.

"Release!" Talon's buckle announced and energy gathered around Talon's right foot.

"Final Dive!" and Talon flying side kicked the Tiger Bloodroid and it exploded into the blood red shards.

Talon landed his two feet onto the ground and sighed, satisfied that he was done with the Bloodroid. However, a blade struck him in the chest, sending him flying into the air before hitting his back against the ground. "Zayd!" Yusra shouted.

Talon sat up and looked to see who attacked him. It was the cloaked figure with a claymore in his hands. His eyes glared at the cloaked figure. "Aegis," Talon said, standing up straight.

"Talon," the cloaked figure, now identified as Aegis, snarled. "You have interfered with my masters' work too many times. I will end you!"

Talon smirked as he drew his sword. "Many have said that, but they've ended up dead."

Talon could see Aegis smirking. "Don't underestimate me," he said.

With that, Aegis charged towards him. He slashed his sword at Talon, who parried the slash before bringing it down on Aegis. Aegis brought his sword down it time to block the slash before kicking Talon. He staggered back, but caught himself and stood up. Talon was about to charge at Aegis, but something got in between the two. It was a Bloodroid. The Bloodroid wore the regular gray armor with a red Cross on its chest plate and was based off of a mosquito with red bug eyes, wings on its back, sharp claws on its hands and feet. This was the Mosquito Bloodroid.

Aegis walked up to the Mosquito Bloodroid. "Get the Saracen girl," Aegis ordered.

The Mosquito Bloodroid nodded as it turned to Yusra. "Yusra!" Talon shouted, but saw Aegis running towards him.

As Talon fought off Aegis, Yusra walked back in fear as the Mosquito Bloodroid came closer to her. She turned around to run, but the Mosquito Bloodroid's speed allowed it to catch up with Yusra and grabbed Yusra by the arm. Talon blocked a slash from Aegis and noticed it. "Yusra!" he shouted, ignoring the fight.

Aegis used this to slash his sword against Talon's chest. Talon left himself open for more slashes from Aegis, sending him flying into the air before hitting the ground. He was about to get up, but Aegis placed his foot on his chest. "Now, watch as you fail once more," Aegis said.

"NO!" Talon shouted as he watched the Mosquito Bloodroid tried to secure a struggling Yusra.

Suddenly, a blur struck the Mosquito Bloodroid in the back. It let out a cry of pain as it released Yusra and another blur caught, dragging her to safety. Yusra found herself in the arms of an armored figure. She looked up to see who it was.

The figure was female wearing a white bodysuit that hugged at her curved and was underneath the red armor. She had a red chest plate that was held up by gray torso armor as well as red gauntlets and boots. The figure had black shoulder guards with small red horns sticking out of them. Her round helmet had a black mouth guard as well as a golden cross that acted as a faceplate with a red gem in the center. Around her waist was a belt that looked exactly like Talon's.

Yusra didn't know who she was, but she was grateful. Aegis removed his foot from Talon and stomped a few feet towards the two. Unlike Yusra, he recognized her. "Angel!" Aegis snarled.

The figure, Angel, placed Yusra on the ground before walking over to Aegis. He turned was going to charge at Angel, but Aegis saw the Mosquito Bloodroid was sent sprawling towards his feet. Aegis noticed that it was covered in slashes with smoke arising from them. He looked up to see who did it. "Don't forget about my partner, Astrum," Angel said, smirking underneath her helmet.

Astrum wore gray armor over his green bodysuit. He wore a gray chest plate with black torso armor as well as triangular shoulder guards, gauntlets, and boots. His gray round helmet had a black stripe going down the middle as well as a large green visor shaped like a six-pointed star. Around his waist was a belt that looked exactly the same as Talon's and Angel's. In his right hand was a large glaive with a black curved blade at the tip.

Aegis gripped his sword, ready for the two to attack. However, he let out a yell of pain as he felt something hit his back, forcing him to stagger forward. He stood up to see Talon who seemed like he slashed his sword downward. Aegis reached his hand to his back and brought it to his face to see blood on it. Aegis cursed silently before seeing the three armored warriors surround him. "Surrender," Talon said, raising his sword at Aegis.

Aegis smirked. "We'll see each other again, Talon," he said and with a twirl of his cloak, he disappeared, leaving trail of black feathers.

"NO!" Talon shouted as he ran towards Aegis, but was too late.

Now in the center of the three warrior was the Mosquito Bloodroid, trying to get up. Talon was about to finish the Bloodroid, but Angel held out her arm in front of him. "Let us take care of this," Angel insisted as she pulled out a black hilt with a cross guard and a silver triangular blade protruded from it.

Angel and Astrum stepped forward as they pulled out a red (for Angel) and green (for Astrum) whistle. They slid their whistles into their respective buckles and announced, "Release!"

Green energy traveled up Astrum's glaive as red energy crackled around Angel's sword. The two charged at the Mosquito Bloodroid with their powered up weapons. "Heaven's Judgment!" Angel shouted as she slashed her blade against the Mosquito Bloodroid.

Then Astrum stabbed the blade of his glaive into the Bloodroid, shouting, "Star Strike!"

The force of the attacks send the Mosquito Bloodroid flying into the air before it exploded into red shards. Astrum and Angel sheathed their weapons, and they turned to face Talon. They both noticed his hands were curled into fists. Astrum walked up to him and placed a hand on Talon's shoulder. "It's alright, Talon," he assured him. "We'll get him next time."

"There won't be a next time if we don't destroy Blood Cross!" Talon shouted, shrugging Astrum's hand off of his shoulder and walking towards his bike that he parked nearby.

Angel let out a sigh as she watched Talon rode away on his bike. She walked up next to Astrum. "One of these days, he's going to get himself killed if he keeps acting like that."

"I know," Astrum nodded.

"Um, excuse me..." they both turned to see Yusra standing there. "... how do you know Zayd?"

"Seems like he revealed his identity," Angel whispered.

"Yeah," Astrum said. "Maybe we should too. I don't think there would be any harm."

Angel nodded as she pressed the button on her buckle. A red light engulfed her armor, revealing her human form. "Yeah we know Zayd," 'Angel' said. 'Angel' was Caucasian and in her early twenties with long blond hair that reached past her shoulders as well as blue eyes. She wore a blue full-sleeve shirt as well as matching jeans. "I'm Rosette Stuart."

Astrum pressed the button his buckle and a green light reverted him back to his normal form. 'Astrum' had light tanned skin with short black hair "And I'm Jake Stuart."

Yusra noticed they both had the same last name. "Are you two related?" she asked.

They blushed as Yusra noticed the held each other's hand. "We married," Jake said.

"Oh," Yusra said. "So how do you know Zayd?"

"You know about Blood Cross?" Rosette asked, receiving a nod. "Alright, long story short, we were captured by them and Talon saved us."

"As well turning us into Astrum and Angel," Jake added.

Yusra was going to ask them more questions, but remembered she had to get home. "I'll see you then," she smiled. "Bye!"

"We should come with you," Rosette said, making Yusra stare at her. "We don't know if more Bloodroids will show up."

Yusra nodded. "Alright then."

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The trio entered the Luna Café. Rosette and Jake accompanied Yusra back to her home and fortunately, didn't encounter any Bloodroids. The shop was about to close, so there was no one in the coffee shop. However, once entering, Yusra's eyes widen seeing Zayd sitting at a table with Joseph. They turned to face her. "Hey, Yusra," Joseph waved.

"Hey, Joseph," Yusra smiled. She turned to Zayd. "Assalamualaikum."

Zayd nodded to her. "Wa'alaikumsalam." He then noticed Jake and Rosette standing behind her. "Hey."

"Hey", Rosette said while Jake nodded.

Joseph got up and walked with Yusra out of the Luna Café and into Yusra's house. After they left, Rosette and Jake sat down with Zayd. "I didn't thank you for helping me with Aegis," Zayd said, drinking a sip of coffee.

Rosette smiled. "Your welcome."

"So, they know about Blood Cross?" Jake said.

Zayd put down his cup. "They know how they started and that they plan to use Yusra's power for global conquest."

"What about the weapon?" Rosette asked.

Zayd mouth twitched a bit. "They don't know."

Rosette glared at Zayd as she slammed her hands on the table. "You didn't tell them!" Rosette exclaimed.

"Rosette, calm down!" Jake said to his wife.

She turned her head to Jake. "He's been hidings that could help them!" She looked back at Zayd. "Those two can't always be protected!"

Zayd merely stared at her. "If I did, it would have complicated things. Also, I didn't want Muna to become too protective of her niece," he reasoned.

"Still, they deserve to know," Jake said.

He sighed. "Fine, I'll tell them what they need to know."

With that, he got up and walked to the room that Yusra and Joseph resided in, while Muna walked over to the two. "What else hasn't been Zayd been telling us?" Muna asked.

Rosette sighed. "It's a long story."

"I have time," Muna said, pulling up a chair.

Jake and Rosette looked at each other before the looked at Muna. "Alright," Jake said. "But trust us, it's complicated."

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AN: If you're this far, I'm shocked because I thought you guys would stop reading after the first chapter! But hey, if you guys are interested, it's alright! I just thought it would be a horrible failure!

Raika out!

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