Interestingly enough, the wifi works on my laptop again. Cool.

Not doing review replies, but happy valentines day everyone!

"Ooooooh." Lydia whispered, picking up the Allied Armor from where it lay in a corner. "Shiny." She ran a finger across it, making a line in the thin layer of dust. What exactly could it do, she wondered?

Though she had promised to say put, she had quickly grown bored and wandered off. Not wanting to have to talk to Morro any more, she headed the other direction, and had soon come across Wu's staff and the Allied Armor. So, of course, she decided to mess with it.

"I wonder what the limits of this are." She murmured, turning it over in her hands. It had two pieces, one on the front and one on the back, held together with leather straps. It looks fairly easy to put on. So, against all common sense, she did. "Can it actually summon enemies?" She wondered aloud, leaning back against the wall. "That would be pretty stupid. I mean, it's not like the armor forces them to obey me. Unless it does?" She pondered this silently for a few minutes.

"Is it like a teleporter? Could I bring anyone here? Could I- oh my. I could- I could probably bring someone from Earth. There don't seem to be rules about bringing people from other Realms. I shouldn't, of course. That would be a terrible idea. And maybe the Cursed Realm is specifically linked to it. I dunno.

"And can it really summon people? When I saw Soul Archer summoned, he kinda floated out of it. People don't float. If I summoned- if I tried to summon someone, like Nya, would it even-" She broke off with a gasp as the armor began to glow, and she felt as though the breath was sucked out of her. As she reeled at the uncomfortable sensation, a form took shape in front of her- a female figure with short hair. Oh no. Another wave of exhaustion hit her, and she gasped again as Nya became fully visible and dropped to the ground. Her head immediately jerked up, eyes locking on Lydia.

"Lydia?"

"Oh noooooo." Lydia covered her face with her hands. "This is really bad."

"What's bad? Lydia, where are we? Are you okay?" Nya scrambled to her feet, looking around before focusing on the armor. "The Allied Armor. You summoned me."

"By accident!" Lydia tried to defend herself.

"No, no, this is good!" Nya glanced down the tunnel out. "I can kill Morro and we can escape with Lloyd! Is he okay?"

"He's fine, but you have to get out of here! We can't escape!" Lydia shook her head violently. "You need to run to the cliff's edge and fly away! Tell the others we're fine, and you just need to get to the Realm Crystal!"

"Well, we were kinda in the middle of that when you did this." Nya crossed her arms and Lydia flinched.

"Sorry. But you figured out the last clue!"

"Yes, we did. Now why shouldn't we get you and Lloyd out of here?"

"I'm feeding Morro just enough information to keep him off Lloyd. We have a deal. He doesn't possess Lloyd, I tell him what the clues mean. He thinks I'm giving him shortcuts, so he doesn't bother you. I need to keep his attention on me."

"If we kill him and his goons, we won't have to worry about him at all!" Nya protested.

"No, please, just leave!" Lydia made shooing motions with her hands. "Don't kill him!"

"Why not?" The brunette shuffled her feet.

"I might like him."

"What?" Nya blinked incredulously. "Does… does Lloyd know?"

"Yeah. I mean, he thinks I'm weird, but he's been pretty supportive of me."

"I- I guess you don't- oh never mind." Nya started to pace. "Alright, fine. I'll leave. But what if I'm attacked on the way out?"

"Scare them off with a little water. Just a spray, not enough to kill. They're discussing plans right now, so if you just run past the meeting room they should not see you."

"How do I get out?"

"Um… run down the hallway, turn left at the end, then just follow the course of the tunnel the cliff's edge. Then fly away."

"Alright." Nya sighed, then knelt down and gave her a hug. "If I learn something happened to you that I could have rescued you from, I'm going to feel terrible."

"I'll be fine, I promise." Lydia assured her, hugging her back. "Now get out of here before Morro comes looking for me." Nya nodded, letting go of her and straightening up. Turning towards the 'doorway', she set off down the tunnel at a brisk walk towards the end of the hallway.

…only to come face-to-face with Morro as he rounded the corner.

"Hey!" He exclaimed as Lydia let out a yelp. "What are you-" He was cut off as Nya grabbed him and flipped him over her head, sending him crashing to the floor as the water ninja took off running. At least her first instinct hadn't been to use her powers. "GET HER!" Morro yelled, scrambling to his feet.

"No, don't!" Lydia yelled after him, struggling upright and bracing her hands on the wall. Morro whirled around to look at her, his eyes narrowing into slits as he spotted the armor she wore. "Tell them to stay away from her! She'll kill them!" The brunette pleaded. Morro did no such thing, striding down the tunnel towards her instead.

"What are you doing?!" He demanded as he got close. "Stealing the Allied Armor and releasing the water master into our base?"

"It was an accident!"

"Oh yes. You accidently wandered over here, put in the allied armor, and summoned her." Morro looked less than convinced.

"I just wanted to try it on. I was curious." Lydia huffed.

"Of course you were. You're always curious." He grabbed her by the shoulder, yanking her towards him and starting to unfasten the straps then held together the pieces of armor. "I should lock you up." He muttered. "One of these days you're going to accidently wander right off the cliff." Lydia didn't answer. Once the straps were unfastened, he pulled it over her head and set it down again, grabbing her by the wrist and starting to drag her down the hall. She immediately collapsed. No way was she letting him drag her with a possibly broken ankle. Rolling his eyes, Morro picked her up on a cushion of wind and started down the hall again, towing her behind him.

"Guess who 'accidently' released a water master into our base." The ghost said loudly as the other ghosts came into view.

"It was an accident." Lydia muttered.

"We couldn't catch her." Bansha reported, ignoring them both. "Wrayth was injured. The water master shot him, but it wasn't lethal."

"That's because I told her not to kill you guys." Lydia muttered again.

"And why would you do a thing like that?" Morro turned and glared at her.

"Because I like you guys and don't want you dead? Has that occurred to you?" Lydia glared back. Morro rolled his eyes.

"We all know you would get out of here in a moment if you got the chance."

"I've gotten plenty of chances, pal. I just haven't taken them. Lydia shot back. Morro huffed.

"Sure you did."

"Nya offered to break me out, but I refused!"

"That's ridiculous."

"Why?"

"Because I know you would run if you got the chance!

"You're using your conclusion as an argument! You can't do that!"

"I can do whatever I want! I'm in charge here!"

"Your status as leader has nothing to do with the validity of your argument!"

"Can you two take your lovers' quarrel somewhere else?" Soul Archer interrupted, sounding bored.

"We are not lovers!" Lydia snapped, pressing her feet to the ground and standing. "And we never will be!" With that, she stormed off towards the cliff's edge. She needed some time alone.

In other news, that's where Nya went.

So uh... my ex-boyfriend and I got back together, so that's my Valentines Day. How was your guys'?

~FFF