A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading. I do hope you like the moments with Fergal in this though because I like them a lot more than the other moments I put in with Lok's interactions with his Titans and with Dante.

Disclaimer: I do not own Huntik or its characters. I do own Fergal, Healix, and Transit though

Chapter Twenty-Five: Mission Professor

Lok's POV

I heard Sophie tell me we're not supposed to know he's coming but I didn't know what she's talking about since Dante hasn't told me anything. I opened the door and I was surprised to see Guggenheim at the door "Mr. Guggenheim? What brings you here?" I asked moving out of the way before I heard Fergal and felt him land on my head.

"It seems Fergal wants you to feed him Lok" I heard Dante say and I turned around to see he was smirking so I left the door to find his food. I brought an Elaeagnus Multiflora bush out into the living room for Fergal to eat, when I sat down and heard Fergal happily chirping I heard Guggenheim trying to get Dante to stay away from the Professor.

Dante told him that he knows there's an ulterior motive for this but he's still going, lives of more than one man hang in the balance including Metz's rely on this mission. I didn't say anything about it before Dante and Guggenheim decided to fight in the house, before I could say anything though the Titan that Guggenheim brought out was licking Dante's face when he knelt down.

When this happened Guggenheim said that the Foundation can't back the mission which meant we were on our own, Zhalia was fine with this apparently before I finally spoke. "Next time Dante don't initiate a fight in the house, I'm the one who has to fix it" I said and he nodded before he said no harm no foul but apologized when I pointed at my head.

Fergal was trying to hide himself in my hair because he was scared by the Titan Guggenheim called out which almost hit him when he was eating.

Time Skip: Training Room

Dante and I were training in his Training Room while Fergal only watched from his perch on the window behind me, I blocked Dante's punch when he said we have to be ready for anything. He kicked and I caught his foot before he did a backwards cartwheel to get out of it, when he did he told me that I've gotten better which I was happy about.

"Yeah but I lost the Amulet of Will, I should've kept it with my Rings" I told him but he said that it was fine, I took off my necklace that I was wearing and was about to give Dante Tao before Fergal decided to take it and give it to him. Fergal landed on his shoulder before Dante thanked him while petting Fergal's head coercing a happy chirp from the bird.

Dante told me that this mission was the most dangerous one he's planned making me smile "what do you mean Dante? I've seen all of them from before I met you and they had plenty of spots that had danger to them if you made the wrong move" I told him wanting to see if he gets what I mean. "I get it Lok, as long as I don't make a mistake it's going to run smoothly" he told me and I nodded before Fergal pulled at Dante's hair making us laugh.

I was in my room after that with Fergal on my head again after Dante finished playing with him, he was a little tired from playing so he was about to fall asleep. I took my Amulets off the shelf and looked at Fergal to see that he fell asleep so I put him in his bird's nest on one of the bushes in my room so I can leave with Dante and the others on the mission.

Time Skip: Jumping out of a Plane

When we landed on a walk way on what looks like a castle I wasn't as graceful as the others, like usual, and fell on the ground the Parachute falling on top of me. Dante got the Parachute off and helped me up before we ran to one of the doors, I heard Zhalia say that it's too quiet and I know it won't be that way for long and I was right.

Dante kicked the door open and we walked in, Cherit saying 'it's empty' before Dante told us to stop walking since there was something connecting to a trap. He asked me if I see anything before I looked around "the statue over there, I think it's used to project illusions" I said and Sophie nodded before Dante said 'watch out!' and pulled my arm to get to safety from a Boltflare.

Dante told us that if we want to stand a chance against Rassimov and friends than we have to take out the Illusion Mechanism. Sophie said that she can't hit it from here before Zhalia said that she'll draw their fire to buy her time before Dante told me to go with her to provide cover.

Cherit asked what he should do "protect Zhalia and Locket no matter what" he told him making me smile at Zhalia because he said her name first and then my nickname. We ran out and I hid behind a pillar before I saw orange threads trying to get to Zhalia before she casted Armourbrand, it protected her for a while until Cherit flew over to protect Zhalia from the Augerfrost that was aimed at her knocking him against a wall.

I ran after Cherit and when I saw where the Augerfrost came from I casted Touchram but almost fell in the process when I got dizzy 'why do I keep getting dizzy? The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me when we got back from Ethiopia' I thought before I leaned against a wall for a second. When the statue was broken I saw a lot of traps up ahead before I saw Zhalia dodge an Augerfrost and heard Dante cast Raypulse hitting the blonde man who almost hit Zhalia.

Zhalia and I were cornered by two men who activated but didn't cast Augerfrost, when Sophie helped I grabbed an agent's lower arm and pushed it away when I saw Dante dangling over a raging fire. I invoked Freelancer asking him to help Dante before one of the agents invoked Jokoul and Strix stopping Freelancer before he could help Dante.

I heard Zhalia invoke Kilthane and heard an agent cast Augerfrost at Kilthane but it didn't work because Sophie casted Honourguard to protect him from the spell. I heard another agent invoke another Titan, this one being Terrapede, making Sophie invoke Feyone but it didn't work so well.

Since Kilthane was already trying to help Dante I asked Freelancer to help Sophie when she was hit with Fireswarm, I didn't expect Kilthane to help Freelancer since I thought Dante meant more to Zhalia than that. I guess Sophie's starting to dictate her actions as well before I saw Dante slipping, I noticed Cherit also needed help so I wasn't sure what to do.

I went over to Sophie when she looked to be waking up and I helped her up before she asked if we won yet making me say that we're doing okay which wasn't too far from the truth. I heard Sophie say that we have to help Dante and I nodded since there were less threats to everyone than there were before.

I invoked Kipperin when I saw Dante fall and asked Kipperin to help Dante glad that he was able to catch him in time before I heard Rassimov cast Acidheart on me. I fell backwards before I heard a thump and woke up casting Everfight asking where Dante went when I did so and Sophie helped me stand up.

Zhalia obliged me with an answer that I didn't like, Dante had apparently chased Rassimov up there before Sophie said there has to be another way before I ran to try and find him. 'Are you okay Dante?' I asked him through Mind Link when I saw Ammit Heart-Eater in my way which annoyed me because I need to get to Dante.

Dante's POV

I heard Lok in my head when I casted Boltflare in the room so I could see, I couldn't answer him though because I had to dodge an Augerfrost. When I was done dodging I saw Rassimov invoke Thornment before I saw him place his hand on the wall.

I looked closer and saw it was a switch that his hand was on, when it was pressed I had to dodge a few spikes while simultaneously dodging Rassimov's attacks. I jumped when Rassimov tried to side sweep me with his left leg dodging it in the process.

When I was on the ground again I pushed my palm at him, he dodged but I jumped when a spike was about to come up and puncture me. I had landed on a spike and jumped off of it trying to kick Rassimov but he dodged so I landed behind him when the spike disappeared into the wall again.

I rolled when I spike was about to hit me, I was hit in my right shoulder by Rassimov before he told me that the only way I can escape alive is by sinking deeper into his trap. I didn't feel any pain from his attack and I've been realizing that I never do feel any pain when I became Bonded to Lok, I have to ask him about that later because I feel some of his pain and it's worrying me.

I jumped over a spike landing in front of Thornment before I did a cartwheel to get away from him and into another room. I saw another trap and casted Everfight not really knowing what this trap is so I'd rather be ready for anything.

I moved away from the door a second before it was busted open by Thornment and casted Touchram hitting the Titan in the back before I heard Rassimov say that I can't beat him which I know isn't true. I told him no more traps if he really does believe he can beat me, he asked if that include no more Titans and I nodded saying 'just you and me' which I don't entirely think can happen with Rassimov.

We both took our coats off and got into a fighting position before I blocked a flurry of punches and kicks grabbing his left wrist when he punched allowing me to jump and land a kick to his chest. I used the force to propel myself back and push him backwards before I back flipped in the air and landed, I heard Rassimov say my move was daring and lucky before he aimed a flying kick at me but I blocked it with my left hand.

When he landed I used a sweep kick like he tried using on me earlier before he recovered and punched me twice none of which followed through with their purpose. He told me that no one can improve so much in so little time and I nodded "Lok learned them as soon as he saw you use them so he taught me as well" I said before I grabbed his ankle when he tried to fly kick me again.

I pulled his foot and pushed him into the swirl of whatever it is hearing him say that I have to beware of the Professor which I'm unsure if it's a genuine warning or a ploy.

Lok's POV

I had picked up Dante's coat when I saw it by the door and brushed it off when I handed it to him "do you know what happened to Rassimov?" I asked him and he shook his head saying he doesn't just that he fell into his own trap. "When we get home Lok I have something to ask you and you have to answer honestly" he told me and I nodded not really wanting that conversation to come.

I know it's a question I don't want to answer because he said it in a serious and non-negotiable tone, he only uses that when he wants an answer badly enough. I heard Zhalia say that even with Rassimov out of the picture the Organization is far from defeated which I know very well.

"What about the Professor?" I asked and heard Dante say that he's the only one in the world who can save Metz which I do agree with but I also think his obsession with Metz's cure is becoming unhealthy. I saw Cherit head for an Amulet before I heard Zhalia say that the Professor only sent his men after us to wear us down which I guess is a possibility.

I heard Sophie say Cherit's name before he said that he remembered something from a long time ago, I guess it has to do with his past before Dante opened his Holotome. He scanned Archwarder and I nodded when Sophie said that this was probably the Titan that Rassimov used on us when we tried to invoke Tao and Behemoth.

She thought this because it said that Archwarder's ability is to make high level Titans hard to control. I asked Dante if we could use it on Araknos and he nodded before he handed me the Titan which I wrapped around my wrist keeping it there before Dante asked the Holotome to give him everything it knows on the castle.

I knew Dante was becoming unhealthily obsessed with Metz's cure when he said that not even listening to Zhalia when she said that this is going way too smoothly which I agree with. Dante told us that the Professor's probably in the Main Keep before he told us the first step is stopping the Professor's Mind Control which I hope he sticks to continuously.

Zhalia casted Mindcage on Dante and I before he told me that we have to see how this ends which made me frown but I nodded before we started walking. When we reached the Main Keep I heard the Professor say our names, Dante's first, then mine, and then Sophie's, Zhalia's was last after he said 'my own dear' which I wasn't surprised about.

We walked down the stairs when he said that he hopes the evening has us in good health, I wasn't sure if he means it from what happened earlier though. Dante said that we'll be in better condition than he is if we don't get whet we're looking for.

The Professor asked if we would attack him if he put down Araknos and as I had figured he was going to use and ultimatum which I had asked Dante about the night before. Dante said that he wouldn't just cure Metz out of the kindness of his heart before the Professor casted Breakspell showing us that he still has the marks from the curse.

I felt Dante hesitate at the fact that the Professor is still cursed, far longer than Metz is, which made me give him a sad smile. Zhalia asked how he was still alive if he's still cursed and he told her that Araknos came to him offering him a way to cheat death.

Araknos is slowly feeding on him because he bound himself to a Legendary Titan and that's why he left his friends, he couldn't face them apparently. When he left he searched for a cure and found out about ancient legendary Seekers who had sealed away Araknos, Behemoth, and Tao before their power had need of once again.

They were only to be woken up by Casterwill's Legendary Titan of Immortality which I think might be Overlos a Titan I kept hearing around the Amulet of Will before I heard Sophie ask if the Titan was just a fairy tale. I heard Dante mumble something about if the Titan is invoked than the curses will be lifted but it was mumbled in the form of a question.

The Professor asked us which Titan we think the Amulet of Will holds before I heard Sophie ask if it holds the Legendary Titan of Immortality before I saw Dante's face and he seemed to want to help Metz more than anything right now. I heard the Professor say that for Metz's sake as well as his he must invoke the Titan.

Zhalia called him liar before she asked him how he came across what Seekers haven't found for centuries before he said that he created the Organization to help him in the quest. He tried using the honest path but once he realized that Metz was taken by the same fate it became a quest save Metz's life as well as his own.

I heard him ask if looking for redemption was so odd because Zhalia asked if he was only doing this for that reason, Sophie asked why he needs us so I answered for him. "He needs the Legendary Titans because the ritual involves them as well as the Amulet of Will" I said surprising them before the Professor asked how I knew that.

"A strong Mind, Body, Spirit, and Will are required to live a longer life, an immortal life" I said and that seemed to be enough for them because the Professor said I was smart for thinking that. 'It seems I choose Metz Locket, I trust you can handle the aftermath?' I heard Dante ask through the Mind Link 'yeah you can' I said through the link as well making him smile at me.

I heard Sophie say that he's gone insane making me flinch before I saw Zhalia kick her when she was about to cast Raypulse at Dante. "Zhalia no!" I said trying to get them to stop fighting, I heard Zhalia say for me to stay out of it and that she's not going to let her lay a finger on Dante.

"That's not why Zhalia, I'm not going to try and stop him because I know whatever decision he makes it's going to be one where we can win" I told her before Zhaila invoked King Basilisk. Sophie invoked Icarus after that and I heard Cherit try to stop them before I heard Zhalia invoke Gareon and Sophie invoke Sabriel after Icarus returned to his Amulet.

I heard Sophie cast Lightcoat on Sabriel before I went over to Dante who seemed to be reluctant to hand over the Titan's Rings when he said that he was going to. I walked over to him and put my hand on his telling him that he can because he can trust us and he nodded before he dropped the Rings in the Professor's hands before he told me sorry.

I was on the floor with Dante telling him that it's fine as long as he doesn't make the mistake of giving up otherwise it will be the end. "Dante it's going to be fine remember?" I said when I saw he had tears rolling down his face when he looked at me.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 6:05 A.M. on August 25, 2016.

I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading, see you on Sunday.