The Human and The Shadow Chapter 40

One's True Weakness

Phoebe, Marceline, Light and Hope VS The Relics of Chaos and Peace.

Marceline looked up at the people before her. In her head she was calculating their odds, on their side they had a candle, a human candle, a demon light bulb and a rad vampire... against them they had a human candle that could become a tactical nuke and a crazy demon light bulb with a higher watt level. Thinking about it realistically they should easily be able to win against these relics she just needed a plan.

She thought about all the times she had sparred against Finn and the stuff Belle had told her about her fighting. She needed to stop being flashy and just try to win.. there was a lot riding on their victory. Suddenly it struck her... she could always use the element of surprise on these freaks. Sure Lumen could always find her even when she was invisible but that was cause he was trained, level headed and was expecting her but these relics, they wouldn't be expecting her. Her thoughts turned to the relics herself. Peace was a copy of Light and with that came a pleasant weakness. He was part flame and flames could be put out and thankfully they were right next to the pond. It had seemed to dim the relic before Chaos had used that weird power to make him go all North Korea on them. So if they could weaken him and them bind him he wouldn't be much of a problem.

The main issue was Chaos, she was limited by her lack of understanding over her powers as she could only relate to Hope's Shade powers and she had been expecting to be a vampire not a demon. Hope unlike Hunter hadn't gone all out trying to absorb souls and most of her powers were simple enchantments and small transformations. She couldn't use any of the big powerful monster stuff Marceline could yet. Marceline thought about that.. and came up with an amazing idea; amazing but dumb.

"Alright you three I have a plan and it is just crazy enough to work." She said confidently. The others looked at her. Phoebe was a tad surprised to see Marceline with a plan as her usual tactic was slash and smash first and forget the questions that was for dorks. Light was grateful for the plan as he was worried they'd repeat the previous attempt and Hope just had a bad feeling about this.

"Okay squad heres the drill, We have two powerful opponents before us but fortunately they are disadvantaged by bodies they don't know and powers they are not aware of and its that weakness we'll be exploiting" Marceline began to draw out a battle plan on the floor while everyone listened both surprised and interested. "Peace, the Light copy, will be our easiest and first target. We will force him back into that pond and then Hope sweetie I want you to try to do to him what your Aunty Bella did to us when we met her and bind him in the pool. We just need to keep him grounded and weakened for a minute and unable to matrix nuke us again."

"Next we move on Chaos. I will be invisible for this first bit against Peace and given her temper I imagine that she will flip her lid with rage and let her guard down. With that I'll sneak up behind her and bite her neck. I won't turn her into a vampire but aim to both confuse her more and lose blood. She'll then try to find me and with her shade powers she should be able to. While she's focused on using those powers she won't be thinking of Hope's other powers which will give us a chance for Hope and Light to combo into operation Hell's Knight and deal the finishing blow to her. Once she's down we finish Peace and then head to find Finn and save the day" Marceline cracked her knuckles and stood back admiring the plan she had just delivered. Light looked back at the drawing and thought about the plan before looking up at Marcy impressed.

"This... this is amazing... this could just be the most sensible, most intelligent and most... normal thing i've ever seen come from you."

"He's right Marcy this is brilliant and I thought Bonnie was the smart one" Phoebe added still shocked. Marceline relished in the praise.

"I like the plan Mum but what is Operation Hell Knight?"

Marceline smiled at the group who were now waiting on her every word.

"Hope, you are my baby girl which means you are part Demon... a very particular demon that has a very unique ability."

"Yeah I know that Mum? We can suck the souls of our defeated enemies and then use powers we gain from them. It's how you have all your vampire powers and why Hunter can use similar ones. Even some of my powers come from a simple shape shifter that was annoying the Nightosphere's guards"

"Exactly you have my powers but you also have something else... something unique.. a flame of light and life"

"...Wait... thats the white flames Dad can make... the bad ones he's banned from using?"

"Yes.. those ones... but that's because Daddy uses them badly" Phoebe had watched the whole interaction with a bit of understanding, she looked at Light and noticed the confused face. Maybe in the future Lumen never almost killed himself trying to raise the dead.

"Marcy don't them flames almost kill Lumen every time he uses them?" Phoebe asked doubtfully.

"Yes because he isn't compatibale with them, he is a human with extras but you are a demi-human/demon born with these powers. You have more control over them I should hope and for what we need them for you won't have to use too much of them." She smiled confidently.

"Okay... what do you need me to do?"

"I want you to use those flames on Light and suck out his soul"

"Okay I get you so i... wait.. WHAT!" Everyone looked at Marceline confused and shocked.

Jake and Lumen VS Red (Knight Defeated)

Lumen thought of all the years he lived as a Human on Lll, though he didn't remember he made a bet with himself, "I can safely say I did not get stabbed this much in that lifetime". He looked down at the arrow in his chest then back up at the crying furious Red. She twisted the arrow causing him to wince in pain before kicking her away.

"HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY BROTHER FROM ME! He did not deserve to die at the hands of her pawns... to die at your hands." Her voice cracked as it came through the tears and sobs. Lumen stood up and pulled the arrow out. He used his white flame to burn the wound and stop the bleeding. He was glad he found a use for it other than dying.

"Dying by my hand is what he wanted, he even told me how to do it and made me stronger." Red looked at Lumen and saw what he meant, the Angel Shield donning his wrist a painful reminder of all of her problems.

"Don't you dare speak. You are but a worm. a pawn... her bitch... lacky... whatever you want to pretend you are. You don't deserve to be called a hero. You died like we all did. You should have returned to the darkness and become one of us but instead you were sent here to be a hero. To shine in the darkness. You got a pretty new life with people that love you. Even your pathetic waste of life sister was spared. You don't deserve.. ANY OF IT!" She fired more arrows at him before he had a chance to respond. One entered each leg and many entered his arms and body. He could no longer move, dodge or even attack. He fell to his knees and was greeted by a kick to the face. The crying relic rained foot and fist onto him as he curled up trying to defend from her attacks.

"You are leftover scum... nothing.. NEVER pretend you are better than us as you are not! Brother may have helped you but that's because he was niave... I WILL correct his mistake and end you. Oh i will enjoy taking my time and breaking you. Maybe I'll contact the others and ask them to save your girl, your sister and your daughter and watch as your three most special ladies die before your eyes." Lumen tried to fight back in anger grabbing her fist only to be greeted to a knee in the face.

"YES! YES! That's it! Fight back... fight me and LOSE!" Lumen rolled away from her next kick and used his powers to shift into the broken down house. He quickly pulled out the arrows and burnt away his wounds. If he wasn't left with some scars after this he'd be lucky. He walked to the back hoping to find an exit he could use to by some time but a hand grabbed him and threw him through the wall and into the nearby field. He tried to brace himself but another kick to the gut sent him flying into a tree. He was on his hands and knees coughing up blood when Red grabbed him by his hair and began to pull him back to the broken shell of Knights armor before throwing him to the ground. He coughed up more blood before rolling onto his back to face the relic.

"What now huh?! No smart arse comment? No laughing like you are better than us?! No?! I thought not. You are pathetic Brother and you should have joined us when we offered because now you're going to die like the rest of this stinking planet." Red began to laugh but stopped when she heard Lumen mumbling through the pain he was in.

"Sorry I didn't catch that? Speak up?" Again he tried but she didn't hear him so she leant in close to his face.

"Fuck you bitch" Lumen laughed as he spat blood at the relic and headbutted her. She fell back from the force and looked down at the red that now was on her. Something seemed to break in the relic after once again being connected to the colour. She started laughing and screaming rubbing it over her before turning back to Lumen. It was time for him to die.

She run up to his body and drove arrows into him again and again till he stopped moving on the ground beneith her. She then laughed harder laying next to his still body at peace.

Fionna, Marshall and Finn VS Link and Grim

Marshall and Fionna watched Finn unconscious on the table. Ever since the vampire Finn had vanished they'd been in complete silence. Nothing happening and no one moving. Marshall looked over at Fionna and knew that she was exhausted. This was too much for her, especially now she was pregnant as well. Seeing Belle's body, having to see Finn almost die and to see the sort of monster Marshall was upclose probably did nothing for her state of mind. He went to talk to her when suddenly a loud crash made him jump. He looked back as Finn was on the floor dry heaving and coughing. Suddenly he vomited up what looked like a large black worm but on closer inspection it was a black chain. He grabbed his sword and shattered the chain turning it into dust. He rolled back on to the floor with a big grin.

"Finn dude you better start talking and explaining what the hells going on?" Marshall said grossed out.

"He's right Finn what the hell was that?" Fionna agreed picking Finn up off the floor. Finn looked at the concerned pair but was just happy. These two had just saved his life using the most crazy method. Kill him and turn him into a creature of the night and use a device made by a crazy princess genuis to ressurect him from the darkness. Rad was all he could think.

"Okay.. ermm.. where to start?"

"How about you start with why your vampire side was being all buddy buddy and why you're sicking up chains?" Fionna retorted.

"Ahh Well... you see... I was kinda trapped inside my mind fighting my vampire side, who is called Fear by the way, for 5 years since time in your head in different to time in real life. I never won against him, truthfully i don't think he even wanted to win. Then after 5 years of running I came across the dead bodies of my closest friends and loved ones wrapped in black chains. I fought Fear again and told him to take my body and beat the darkness since I was too weak... but he kinda beat the crap out of me and told me to stop being such a wuss and man up. I took the advice since the dude was being solid with me and thanks to that and the time I spent there I sorted out all my inner demons and am now pretty good. That black chain was from Link which she was using to track us" Both Marshall and Fionna stared at Finn with confusion and worry... not wanting to question any of it in fear of it starting to make sense.

"So... Fear was good and now you're better?" Fionna quizzed.

"Yeah.. I feel great! I even know what we need to do next!" Finn chirped back.

"Whats the hotstuff?" Marshall laughed.

"Defeat the Relic that's about to burst through that door, win this trial and then find a way to use the powers of our swords and defeat the darkness. Simple."

"Simple really?" Marshall asked cynically.

"Wait... what do you mean about to bur-" Before Fionna could finish her question the group heard a massive crash upstairs. They ran out of the basement to find that there was no longer an upstairs but an open space. The three locked eyes with Link as her red eyes locked onto them.

"How did you destroy my chain?" she scowled.

"Just used a bit of the Angel's power, strong stuff really, shame you're not worthy of it anymore" Finn taunted the relic.

"Finn please try not to piss it off anymore than you already have" Fionna whispered to him but it was too late. She raised her arms and dozens of chains burst from her sleeves. Fionna was forced back into the basement which Marshall quickly locked before facing the chains coming his way. Finn dodged with ease running towards the relic, even running on the chains and one point. She flicked her arms which sent the chains into a mess forcing Finn to jump back. He looked back at Marshall worried the Vampire King wouldn't be able to keep up but to his surprise Marshall looked like he wasn't even aware of the chains. The way he dodged looked like he was barley moving and even just walked through them to rejoin with Finn.

"How in the name of Glob are you doing that?" Finn asked impressed. Marshall looked down at his body and shrugged. Just then a chain came flying right at them from below, Marshall grabbed Finn and jumped spinning in midair dodging every attack Link sent at them.

"Seriously dude... how?"

"I don't know... I guess absorbing Fear as you called him had an effect. I didn't think anything would happen since you had no powers but... I guess I got your reflexes and-"Marshall paused to kick away the chains heading towards them then grabbing a few more he swung them round and sent Link flying into the lake below the hill. "-and I guess I got your fighting skills as well as a boost in both strength and speed. Which when you are already as badass as me is a major buff i guess." Marshall looked at his hands and felt really powerful but also really glad that Fear had been on their side. He looked at Finn and couldn't imagine what it must have been like trying to fight a juiced up evil version of him for 5 years.

"That is so math dude! So you think you can take her?" Finn asked intregued. He loved sparring against Marceline but sometimes which she would take it seriously so he could really test himself. Something was telling him Marshall would take it seriously now.

"You know I think I could... pretty easily... but I think with both of us. This will be a piece of cake. So how about we wrap this up before my beautiful and very angry future wife gets free" He chuckled.

"Sounds good with me" The two turned to see a very furious Link walking out from the lake. She used her chains to wrap around several trees pulling them from their roots and began to swing at the boys. They both flawlessly dodged, jumping from tree to tree, swinging from her chains and moving so fast she had no chance to target them. Marshall was loving his new freedom and began to just enjoy the fight. Finn, while he had woken up feeling extremely rough, now felt so light, like he had been carrying a great weight that was gone and could move like his body wanted to. The two reached Link at the same time and both slugged her in the face knocking her back and dazing her. Finn lept forward and cut off all of her chains causing her to yell out in pain. Marshall ran forward changing his arm into a giant claw swatting her into the air. He then left his paw open for Finn to jump on before flinging the Human into the air. While up there he slashed at the relic before kicking her back to the ground and landing beside Marshall. The two fist bumped and laughed.

"NO. NO. NO. I will not allow it to end this way!" Screamed Link as around the boys hundreds of chains burst from the ground and wrapped around them. There was no where to run and no chance to dodge as the chains grabbed them. They started to dig into the boys. Marshall could hear cracking and realised it was Finn's bones about to snap. He looked over at the relic expecting to see her smiling face but instead saw something he never thought he would.

Link looked down at the hole in her chest. In the hand that had burst through it she saw the broken pieces of her heart as they turned to dust. A black liquid began to seep from her mouth as her vision got darker. She fell to her knees and looked as her chains began to fade into dust releasing the boys. She let her head tilt back till she could see where the hand came from. She saw the hooded figure and knew what had happened. The Grim Reaper had come for her.

"You... Bastard... I... Will... Get.. You.. For.. This.. Grim" She coughed up more of the black blood.

The white skeleton lent closer to her and in her ear he whispered.

"No... no you won't because I'm the one who ended you... remember that." And with that Grim materalized a scythe and sliced her head off. It rolled on the ground before turning into a puff of dust like the rest of her body. Grim brushed off her dust before making his scythe disappear. He walked up to the two guys who were just watching him.

"Well gentlemen I guess we have some talking to do."

"Who are you? and Why did you help us?"

"Well you can call me Grim and I'm-" The rest of his sentence was cut short by Fionna drop kicking him down the hill and into the lake. Finn and Marshall just face palmed.

?

"So Jade what really was your bright idea in coming here?" Hunter looked at the broken path he was walking on. It was like someone with no skill had tried to create a collage of pictures badly and had made what he could only describe as the landfill of failed art. He jumped on the fractured memories and wondered why they were even here. Behind him he heard Jade sigh. He turned to face her. In here she had a body and a form. He just wish they it wasn't the same as the last hosts. He stared at the body of Huntress knowing that it wasn't really her. He had learnt that when he had hugged her only to be hit and called a fool.

"Why can you not just listen to me? You know I'm going to be right and that we are going to be okay? Why do I have to spoon feed you all the way?"

"Oh I'm sorry... I just thought the whole point of you teaching me to use my powers, to understand the world and to grow stronger was to... i don't know... actually teach me stuff?"

"You know i think i preferred being in your head and shocking you every time you said something stupid"

"Oh I bet you did!"

"We are here to try to fix this relic. To repair it so it will not be part of the army of the darkness and if that should fail. We are here to gather intel from their brains of operation and then wreck the place."

"Really? Because I think someone already beat us to it?" Hunter looked at the broken space around them again hopeing that his mind looked a lot better than the relics.

"Yes I think that's probably true... I thought your mind was bad but this place... I would not leave a good review I'll tell you that!" Hunter laughed at her comment. He noticed she appeared to be struggling. It turns out that if you are a magical voice inside the mind suddenly having a body and being made to explore a fractured terrain was pretty hard. Hunter picked her up into a princess hold and started to explore faster.

"I could have walked myself you know?"

"Yeah but this way I get to look cool and you look a bit more human"

"Are you not pleased with how I look then? I thought this form was to your liking especially after how turned on you get thinking of it?"

"Please PLEASE never say anything like that again! It's bad enough you see all my thoughts I'd appreciate you not spilling them. Yes I love how Huntress looks but it's just weird seeing you like that." Hunter replied. Jade pouted a tad annoyed she had hoped to annoy the demon brat some more.

"Well you'll be glad to know we're almost to our destination and then i'll be nothing more than a voice in your head!"

"How'd you figure that?"

"Because the final dungeon is always guarded by a massive boss." The two looked up at a massive black shadow looming over them it began to take form and turn into what Hunter could only described as... bloody terrifying.

Phoebe, Marcy, Light and Hope VS The Relics of Chaos and Peace.

"What in GROD's name are you saying Marceline!" Phoebe yelled standing in front of Light.

"Mum what are you thinking I'm not going to kill Light!?" Hope protested but was only greeted by Marcy laughing.

"Of course you aren't going to kill him. Look Light is half flame so with the flame of life on him he will be constantly healing and growing stronger. You only need to keep sucking till you get some of his powers. Once you have that just finish healing him and he'll be good to go and you'll be even more juiced than you are now and even more than them out there. Then I need you to drink some of my blood and absorb some of my power. Then turn into a giant freaking monster bathed in flames and beat the crap out of that faker. A.K.A Hell Knight." Hope stared at her Mum in horror while Light smiled. It was genius.

"Why can't she absorb my soul instead of Lights?" Phoebe asked still unsure.

"He's part human as is she, they are more compatible and more likely to succeed. You were saved once by that flame as a little girl and I don't want to over expose you to it and I'm worried that since you have less physical existence than Light you'd be absorbed fully."

"Are you sure this can even work Mum?" Hope asked still doubtful. Light leant past his Mother and grabbed Hope by the shoulders turning her to face him.

"Do it. I believe in your Mum and I believe in you. We can do this." He smiled. Marceline mirrored his smile. "Seems like the kid takes after you a bit after all hey Finny". She thought to herself.

Hope held her hands in front of her letting a white flame start to appear. It quickly disappeared the first few times it had shown up but now she had it stable. She held it close to Light and it started to blend with his flames. His whole body lit up white and he breathed in sharply.

"Good Hope, now start to suck his soul" Marceline guided.

Hope had only ever absorbed that one shape shifter and that hadn't been on purpose. She tried to suck but only ended up breathing in. Seeing her struggling Light leant forward and joined their lips. The flames feeding into him from Hope grew brighter as through their kissing she began to absorb his soul. As she absorbed more her body began to grow hotter and flames began to surround her. Soon they were a pair of two white lights. Marceline and Phoebe rushed forward pulling them apart but the two stared at each other shocked. They were both just two bodies of white flames the only other distinction was Lights blue eyes and Hope's blue and red eyes. Marceline waved her hand between the two kids but nothing would break their connection till she hit them both over the head.

"Ow... what was that for Mum?" Hope asked rubbing her head. Just then she looked at her hands which we burning with white fire. She had gained the ability to turn into a fire elemental at will. Light leant forward and put his hand on hers. Where their flames connected the flames turned many different colours. White, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Black and Gold were only a few of the colour that showed up and the pair smiled. They both looked up at Marceline ready. Apparently this part of her plan going right had reassured everyone that they needed to do exactly what she wanted them two. Marceline cut her hand with her nails and let Hope drink some of her blood. The sight wasn't pretty but soon Marceline's hand healed up and Hope's body began to move weirdly.

"You okay kiddo?" Marceline asked concerned.

"I feel... incredible... like i could take on the world" replied a stunned Hope.

"Good. Your ready now lets go kick some relic arse!" The foursome stood up three burning bright with their flames and one burning bright with the passion to hand out some overdue beatings. Marceline turned invisible before kicking the door off it's hinges and walking out.

Jake and Lumen VS Red (Knight Defeated)

Lumen had often wondered what death felt like which for someone who had died multiple times seemed weird. However he didn't think death felt wet and warm. He opened his eyes to see Lady looking back at him holding the empty jar of purified cyclops tears in her mouth. He looked down to see all of his wounds gone and even no scars.

"How am I even alive? How did I get out of there?... And where is Jake?" Lumen was stuck with so many questions but Lady just laughed and replied in Korean. Lumen really wished he could understand what she was saying but sadly he never learnt Korean.

Meanwhile back with Red she lay on the ground half crying and half laughing till she stopped both.

She looked at the shattered armor and sighed before turning to Lumen hoping to relish in her kill only to find the Prince smiling looking at her posing.

"Wanna paint me like one of those french girls" He winked at her.

She jumped back surprised and prepared to draw her bow pointing the arrow directly at his temple.

"HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE! I KILLLLLLED YOU!" She scream hysterically. He just laughed and pushed the arrow away. She grew even more furious and fired her arrow into his face. Again and Again. The arrow filled Lumen fell back to the ground and she breathed in relief.

"Wow... you almost had it that time.." She stared in terror as Lumen sat back up and pulled the arrow from his skull not even leaving a wound.

"...What is this... what is happening... this shouldn't be happening.. why!" Red could no longer make sense of the situation.

"Well I believe I just killed your brother, got stronger... then you cheap shoted me and killed me twice.. I think that wraps it up nicely" Lumen stood up and brushed the dirt off him smiling. Red fell to the ground in tears... for the first time... even after facing the darkness she was actually scared... terrified even.

"That's enough." Red turned her head round to see another Lumen standing behind her with the Rainbow thing. She couldn't take anymore and she curled up into a ball crying and confused. Why... Why was this happening to her was all she could think.

"Ahh I was just playing with her, plus I don't get what the fuss is about I thought you were Immortal?" The Lumen that had been dead said.

"Immortal is a vague term.. I can't age and I can't die... naturally but like Marceline I'm not deathless I can still die"

"Ahh that sucks dude?"

"I know now you should take Lady to the kids, I'll finish up here. Then I'll meet you and we'll go see how the others are faring?"

"Seems like a good plan" The ex-dead Lumen suddenly morphed into a dark blue monster before turning back into the yellow dog. Apparently being healed with the purified tears woke something in Jake which strengthened his powers and let him change colour as well as form. He has used this power to pretend to bleed for Red and had actually just caught the arrows when she fired them. Him and Lady disappeared into a portal leaving Lumen and Red alone.

"Red... it's me.. the real me... Look at me!" Lumen stood over her watching the pathetic state she'd descended into. He felt guilt and regret... he didn't want this for her. She began to stand up so he materialised his sword and shield. She locked her eyes with him but they were now all puffed up from the crying.

"What are you waiting for! Finish me!" She told him with what little strength she could muster.

"It doesn't have to end this way... we can help you and together we can beat the darkness." Red just laughed at him before beginning to fall down. He rushed forward to help her but when he did she grabbed his sword and drove it into her chest and held him tight in a hug as her life began to fade.

"Why!? We could have saved you!?" Lumen began to cry.

"You are saving me. I can be with my brother again... I've had enough of this life, the darkness and you.. damn I hate you so much..."

"Even now you want to be a bitch?"

"Don't speak- she started to cough up the black blood- to your sister like that brother... but yes... Even now I want to be a bitch..."

"Why did you do this... you could have at least fought me.. given me a chance to-"

"-Let me cut you off there" - she coughed again, more blood coming out - "I just beat the crap out of you and killed you at least 2 times... i completed my mission and now I get my reward.. a nice death and to go back to the nothingness... and you know brother?"

"What... sister?"

"I'm sorry I wasn't around to teach you how to dodge.. you really could use some lessons... now do me a favour and stop dying... Knight didn't waste his life for you to waste yours..."

"Sure thing sis..."

"Haha.. see you are my brother Lumen and I love you.. go kick the darkness' metaphorical arse.. haha-" Lumen felt the life fade from the relic and felt her turn to dust on his blade. He dematerialised it and materialised a shovel. He dug a grave and pushed their ashes and Knights armor into it. He found a nearby stone and marked it.

"Here Lies Red and Knight, In the end they found not darkness but light anew"

"Love you too Sis" Lumen swallowed the lump in his throat and carried on walking. He knew they had just been trying to kill him but at one point these two like all the relics were good "people"... they were just victims.. like everyone else was... victims to the darkness and he was done being a victim. He walked over to a portal where Jake jumped out of. The two exchanged looks before Jake grabbed onto Lumen and the two vanished.

Locations:

Lumen and Jake - ?

Marceline, Light, Hope and Phoebe - Tree house

Finn, Marshall and Phoebe - What's left of Bonnie's Cabin

Bonnie and Bubba - Candy Kingdom

Hunter and Jade - ?

Relics - Name/Item/Location

Red - Dress - DEFEATED

Knight - Armor - DEFEATED

Link - Chain - DEFEATED

Grim - Bones - In the lake by Bonnie's Cabin

Lace - Necklace - DEFEATED

Lock - Locket - Candy Kingdom

? - Glasses - Candy Kingdom

Chaos - Heart - Tree house

Peace - Heart - Tree house

Power Ups Explained

Marshall - Now has Finn's reflexes and combat ability, combined with his vampire/demon powers and the boost he got on those from absorbing Fear he is now like Marshall 2.0

Finn - No actual new powers yet but with a clearer head and heart he is able to fight better and be faster.

Jake - Like in the latest A.T Jake now has his Blue form but can change between it, his shape shifting powers are more refined and will be much much more useful.

Lumen - Became Captain America, jk lol, With using his shield he will be a better fighter, like Red said he doesn't really dodge and so far has just fought recklessly with a shield he'll take less hits and maybe there are some hidden surprises.

Hope - Gained the ability to turn into a flame elemental at will and can now use large form of transforming like Marcy and Marshy. Just imagine like Power Rangers when they got in their giant robot to fight X'D

Light - Although it hasn't shown yet, being bathed in so much of the Flames of life will have a strange effect on the Human Flame.

A/N: Well we have Chapter 40 and I'm sure that THATS Fic has now hit 200,000 words X'D I can't even believe it's got this far and It's still the second trial. In this chapter I wanted to show that although they are doing the work of the darkness the relics are all really just fragile victims brought into a war that none of them wanted. Some resent the Angel for it while some try to embrace the darkness to survive. Thank you for anyone still reading and reviewing it means the world to me :) I have the rest of the story planned out and plan to keep writing with an O.C soon joining that will help our Champions of Ooo and Aaa to get even stronger. Still not 100% if I want to end this completely with a happy ending or with a twist. Anyway thank you for your patience and for reading once again. Please leave a review and feel free to message me if you have any questions.