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Full Circle
By David Knight

Chapter 2: Future Shock

The first thing Rudy thought after an hour of being awake was wondering why the Guardians had put him down in a virtual desert. _If they were going to wake me up, you would think they would at least have me in a forest or maybe close to a town. Instead I wake up in the middle of no where._ Rudy shook his head.

He had a run in with a few monsters but they were considerably weak; A couple of Balloons, which looked like they had evolved since the last time he had ever seen one. These Balloons actually had faces. There were also a few groups of small green dwarves, which just grunted a whole lot.

_Not much for conversation._ Rudy mused ruefully. _What am I doing? I won't have been healed and woken up if there wasn't something really terrible on the horizon._ He looked up at the sun high in the sky. _I just wish I knew what was going on._

* * *

Up on a cliff, Janus Cascade looked down and saw what he was waiting for. "Finally. The Princess and her friends are leaving the village. We'll wait until they go through the canyon before we move."

"And then we ambush them?" Dario asked his boss.

"No you idiot!" Janus snapped at him. "We're going to go into Baskar!"

"Huh? But why?" Romero asked, not knowing the reason why they should go down there to Baskar.

"Because those villagers might know where to find more Arc Scepters or where the rest of the Guardians are," Janus said with grin on his face. "I really need this boys." Looking back down, he saw the four Drifters he had been spying on had gone through the canyon. "Okay, they're through the canyon. Let's go boys." As they walked, Janus hoped he got results.

Otherwise it could be his head.

* * *

Rudy sheathed the Divine Blade after taking down another group of Balloons. He didn't want to use his ARMs and waste his precious ammo on such weak monsters.

"If I don't find any signs of life other than Balloons I think I might just go nuts," Rudy muttered as he continued walking. He looked over the horizon, at the cliffs surrounding him and sighed. It looked like it would take forever for him to find any settlement of any kind. Though he wasn't too worried about water and food, a Holmcross could go for days on end without need of nourishment—he was starting to worry about the heat. Even a mechanical being like himself could take only so much of the elements.

After a short distance, he found a signpost. When he read it, he smiled. _Yes! Baskar Village isn't that far from here! It might be out of the way from other towns but at least I can get some idea of what's going on in Filgaia._ He stood up straight as he heard a sound. When he turned around he saw a contingent of Balloons, somewhere in the number of ten to fifteen.

"Screw it. I don't have the time to fight you one on one," Rudy said emotionlessly as he pulled out his Prism Laser ARM, locked on, and fired. The Balloons all died instantly once hit by a blast from his ARM.

After holstering his ARM, Rudy turned south and started walking. After a short while thought he could finally see the village. A smile crossed his face, "Baskar Village. It looks as peaceful as I--"

The sounds of ARMs firing off and a blast that came from inside the village cut him off.

"Spoke too soon. The Baskar people wouldn't use ARMs... someone's causing trouble..." Rudy concluded as he pulled out his Hand Cannon ARM from his side. Without saying another word he started running for the village. Whoever was behind this was going to have some new problems.

Namely, the business ends of his ARMs.

* * *

The person in question was none other than Janus Cascade. He had gotten into Baskar and with Dario and Romero had rounded up all of the villagers together. Right now he had his Bayonet ARM out pointed at the villagers. Dario and Romero also had their ARMs out, ready to pull the triggers if someone dared to make a wrong move.

"Which one of you is the elder?" Janus asked.

"I am.," Halle spoke up, standing firm and disliking immediately the three Drifters that had barged into their town.

"Grandmother," Shane started but she hushed him as she looked at Janus. "What do you want?"

"What do I want... hmm?" Janus asked with a grin, "Well Grandma, what I want are the Arc Scepters and I want to know where I can find the Guardians."

"I'm sorry young man, but the Arc Scepters are gone and the Guardians appear only to those that are worthy of facing them." Halle told him, her voice betraying no sense of fear.

Janus scoffed. "Ha. Look old woman. I know you people like keeping your trade secrets, and normally I would be inclined to allow you to have them," Janus said, though starting to feel irritated on the inside by the old woman, "But I don't have that luxury now." Looking at his cohorts, they got the message and set their ARMs.

"You think threatening us will change anything?" Halle asked.

"Oh I don't think," Janus sneered as aimed his own ARM at Halle, "I know. Now tell me what I want to know or I promise you people will get hurt."

"That's enough!"

"Huh?" Janus blinked as he turned around and looked to face the person who had just interrupted him from 'getting' information from the old woman. He saw the person wearing a red sleeveless jacket, a white shirt under it, and blue pants. He wore a long red bandanna and had blue hair, both of which waved with the wind that started to pick up. His eyes were the same shade of blue as his hair. _Heh. Not bad. This guy has nice fashion sense... but other than that he's definitely a fool._ "And who the hell are you?"

* * *

Rudy was immediately disgusted with this man in a red jacket, black shirt and light blue pants. His hair was light blue and had red eyes. The reason why Rudy knew that man was the cause of this was the fact that he pointing a very long weapon, one Rudy had never seen before, at an elderly woman. Rudy also figured the other two men, a blonde haired man in blue with a bandana and another man in brown and white wearing a cowboy hat, were with the blue haired man. He looked right at him when he spoke. "The people of Baskar are pacifists, not fighters."

"So? Is that supposed to mean something to me?" the blue haired man cocked his head to the side. "Look, if these people give me trouble by not giving me what I want then I make them give me the results I want. I am the best at what I do, after all."

Rudy just smirked, "Well if you are trying to prove your Filgaia's biggest jackass then I think you've got that won hands down."

"What?!" the blue haired man shouted in shock and disbelief. "What did you call me!"

Rudy, completely unmoved by the man's outburst, shifted his stance and looked at the blue haired man with daggers in his eyes.

"I don't have the patience to deal with someone like you," Rudy continued, "And quite frankly, I'm not in the mood for trying to negotiate with a possible sociopath. So either leave, or try to shut me up."

The man's two cronies just stepped back as they saw their boss' fists tightening around his weapon. They hadn't seen him get this angry before.

"You... are you challenging me to fight? Just what kind of Drifter do you think you are to take on Janus Cascade!"

Rudy blinked. "... 'Drifter'?"

Now it was Janus and his cronies' turn to be confused. They just stared at Rudy, not believing what he had just said. "What... how the hell can you not know what a Drifter is? Just who are you anyway?"

"I'm a Dream Chaser," Rudy answered casually. However, he just felt confused when he saw Janus and his friends laughing at him.

"'Dream Chaser'?!" Janus laughed hard. "What kinda corny made up title is that? I mean, where did you get it from?" Turning to one of his cronies, he asked him, still laughing, "Hey Dario! Ever hear such a dumb title?"

"Nope. What about you Romero?" the blonde, Dario chuckled.

"Never in my life," the last man, Romero snickered.

_Okay... now I'm getting a little more worried. No one knows what a Dream Chaser is anymore? How in Filgaia is that even possible?_ Rudy asked himself.

"Okay, now I know you aren't someone I should worry about," Janus sneered as he decided to go back to the old woman. "Now tell me where to get the Guardians."

"You will never be able to get them," she firmly told the Drifter, staring him down.

"Fine. Don't say I didn't give you a chance when you feel the pain," Janus smirked sinisterly as he raised his Bayonet up to attack.

It never got the chance to even go down.

"Funny, I was about the say the same thing," Rudy stated as he held Janus' hand back with a strong grip from one of his own. A smile crossed Rudy's face and with a grunt threw him over his shoulders. Janus flew and landed near the entrance to the village.

"Boss!" Romero shouted, running to him.

"Boss you okay?" Dario asked his boss, sounding a little concerned.

"Shut up!" Janus growled as he got up, waving his cronies away from him. When he was standing fully up right, Janus stared down Rudy, "Oh now you are really asking for it. Boys."

"Right!" Dario and Romero nodded as they pulled out their weapons.

Rudy just smirked at them all. "So, you guys can sync with ARMs. Interesting."

_Huh? 'Sync with ARMs'?_ Janus thought to himself. _What does he mean by that? ARMs can be used by anyone. They're just weapons._

"Let's see how well you do against me," Rudy said as he pulled out his Hand Cannon and let out a shot, aiming for between them, causing them to scatter.

When Janus saw the crater that had been made from that shot, his eyes went wide, _No way! There isn't an ARM that compact that can cause that kind of damage!_ After witnessing that display of power, Janus knew he wanted that ARM no matter what.

"Now I'm going to tell you again," Rudy said firmly to the three Drifters, leering them down and putting more forcefulness into his next words. "Get out of this village before you get hurt."

"Buddy boy, I don't know who you are but that's a fine looking ARM you got..." Janus grinned. "And I want it. Okay, boys. We don't have time to play with the fools that crosses us today. I want his ARM. Go for the Trinity!"

"'Trinity?'" Rudy blinked but that was all he got before he saw all three villains stand together and flash in light before disappearing. "What? Where did they..." Suddenly Romero attacked him from behind with an ax handle to the back of his head, Dario followed up with a gut shot and uppercut. Finally, Janus came down to attack Rudy, hitting him with the blunt side of his Bayonet blade, sending him in the air. Before Rudy landed, Janus fired off a shot from his ARM and when Janus landed there was an explosion.

"And that takes care of him," Janus smirked, feeling very satisfied with what he did.

"Um hey boss, doesn't this mean you just blew up that ARM you wanted from him?" Romero asked.

"What...? You mean he didn't let go of it when you two hit him?!" Janus spun around to look at his cronies. "You didn't take it from him with you blindsided him!"

"No... I mean he didn't let go of it," Dario shook his head.

"Morons! Dammit! Now maybe I shouldn't have used that high round blast on him..." Janus mused. "Well, maybe there's an off chance the ARM did survive the blast. Some are pretty durable."

"I don't believe you!" Shane shouted in disgust, getting the Drifters' attention. "How can you act so casual about what you have just done!"

Janus shrugged and smirked at him. "What can I say, he was just a weakling."

"And you're a very arrogant fool."

"What?!" Janus whirled around and looked into the dying fire and smoke from the explosion. Dario and Romero were in front of him with their ARMs out. The two were shaking a little bit. From the point of the attack, arose Rudy from the ground, seemingly unhurt, save for a bit of blackened skin. The expression he displayed was not at all pleased.

"No way... how can he be standing after a Trinity at pointblank range?" Dario asked himself aloud in disbelief.

"This has gone on long enough," Rudy hissed. "I won't allow you to endanger any of the innocent people here any longer...It's over!" he screamed as he drew the Divine Blade.

Suddenly, he rushed through the smoke and as he did a red beam of light shot forward going right between Romero and Dario, but when Rudy went between them, he hit them with enough force to send them to the ground hard. Janus barely got out of the way of the beam in time. He looked forward, his eyes wide with shock before he turned around to look at Rudy holding the Divine Sword in his right hand. Some sort of strange glove covered his hand.

"Wha... what the hell was that...? What did you do?" Janus gasped, not believing what he had just witnessed.

Rudy didn't turn around to face Janus for a few moments, but when he did, his blue eyes were narrowed and Janus felt like he was aiming an ARM at him, "...it's called the Wild Bunch ARM," Rudy spoke suddenly, answering Janus' question.

After a few more seconds of standing in shock, Janus shook his head to clear the cobwebs, his game face already back on, "Okay hot shot, let's see you take on my Bayonet!" Janus went to cock his weapon in position but suddenly realized it was no longer in his possession.

"Looking for this?" Rudy asked in a smug voice as he now holding Janus' weapon with only his left hand while he sheathed the Divine Blade.

_But... that's... impossible! No one can hold a Bayonet with just one hand... and he's acting like it's weightless!_ Janus stared in disbelief but then saw Rudy taking out his arm cartridges. "Hey! Those are my Shotweapon and MultiBlast shells! You know how much it cost me to get those!?"

"I really don't care," Rudy retorted. As he took another look at the shells he saw they had bullets in them. _You put bullet clips into these shells and they shoot out different powers..._ He scrutinized over Bayonet again, more closely this time. _What is this? A multipurpose ARM? It must be if these shells are any indication._

"Hey! Are you even listening to me?" Rudy heard Janus snap, brining him out of thought. "I just told you I want my weapon back! And when I get my hands on you, I am going to show you and this entire stinking town what it means to mess with Janus Cascade, the baddest Drifter of all Filgaia!"

Rudy narrowed his eyes once more at Janus, "You disgust me. To think Dream Chasers have been replaced with lowlifes like you. The name 'Drifter' is a disgrace to memory of Dream Chasers if you are the standard for all 'Drifters'."

"What did you say?!" Janus growled.

"Oh... my head..." Dario groaned he started to get up. "Romero, you okay bro?"

"Just fine..." Romero nodded. Judging from his voice though, he didn't feel that way.

"Now you're going to get it pal," Janus declared, clenching his fists and felt ready to take this upstart on.

Rising to his feet, Janus began to approach the Holmcross, but Rudy held out his hand, speaking in an authoritarian manner. "No. This is over now."

"Excuse me?" Janus questioned cocking his head to one side, "Just how the hell do you figure that?"

"Simple," Rudy replied, "I'm going to give you and your friends to the count of five to get the hell out of Baskar and never come back... or else..."

"Or else what 'Dream Chaser'?" Janus sneered.

Rudy didn't speak. He just threw Janus' Bayonet into the air, pulled out his Phazer ARM, pulled the trigger, and to everyone's shock, obliterated the Bayonet in a burst of light energy.

Rudy looked back at the shell-shocked villains with a look as cold as ice. "Or I swear I am going to use my Phazer to disintegrate you three."

"...you're bluffing..." Janus gasped, still in shock over the power of this new ARM he saw.

"You want to try me?" Rudy asked as he held his Phazer firmly aimed at Janus' head. "You have five seconds... Five... four... three... two..."

"Um, ah, I think we'll be on our way now...let's get the hell out of here boys!" Janus shouted, his voice showing a small amount of fear as he ran as fast as he possibly could.

"Hey Boss! Wait for us!" Dario and Romero screamed as they ran too trying to catch up to their boss.

"Good riddance," Rudy shook his head as he put his Phazer ARM away in his vest and turned to face the Villagers. All of them stared at him in shock and perhaps fear, something Rudy was accustomed to from the older days. He bowed his head down before speaking "... I'm sorry for any problems I have caused. I'll leave now."

However as Rudy was about to leave he felt someone holding his arm back. He turned around to find that it was the old woman that Janus was going to have hurt. She was looking at the rune on his right glove. "Where did you get this boy?" she asked.

"It was given to me," Rudy returned, "Could you please let go of my hand?"

"This is the symbol of Life in the Guardians language. So I would like to know how you would have been able to imprison one of the Guardians." She said gruffly.

"Imprison?!" Rudy broke away with force and stared the woman down. _What is this? First I save the entire town and now I get put on trial? I don't think so!_ "First off this is a Rune Stone, the essence of the Guardians, and second, Odoryuk was given to me by Luceid herself!"

The woman stepped back looking at Rudy, _Impossible! He calls the Guardians by their names and in such casual manner, as if he knows them personally! But that's impossible... or is it..._ She looked into his eyes hard and carefully, _I can see no signs of deceit within him... could he be the one that I felt... the force that came right after my grandson and those other three obtained Guardians of the elements..._ Finally, she came to her verdict, "...forgive me. Some times even a wise old woman can make mistakes. You seem to be someone not knowing of the world today."

"That would be an understatement," Rudy sighed.

"Might we talk in my home? I would like to offer you at least a meal and information. It is the least we can do for what you have done young man. I'm Halle Caradine, the elder of Baskar and you are?"

Rudy relaxed and smiled lightly, "Thank you and my name is Rudy. Rudy Roughnight."

* * *

Rudy listened to Halle as she and Shane as well spoke about the Filgaia of today. Rudy had asked about Drifters. What he had learned was that they were just about the same as Dream Chasers, though there were angles in the Drifter code that were not part of the code of Dream Chasers. Angles that were reasons of why people like Janus Cascade and his thugs were around. However, there was not much more they could tell him as almost everyone in Baskar preferred to stay in their village and not go into the outside world.

_The Wasteland..._ Rudy sighed. To hear how Filgaia's wilderness had become desert and continued to become desert was disheartening to him. After all the work, all of the sacrifices that were made to stop the Metal Demons, it had all been for naught, as Filgaia had degraded into what it was today.

"Now then...you said the Guardian of Desire gave you the Guardian of Life. How did that happen and why is it not like a regular Medium?" Halle asked.

"I don't have an answer to that question about why it doesn't look like the Mediums that you have explained to me," Rudy started to say as he tried to think of some way to explain all of this so that they wouldn't think he was crazy. Unfortunately he had nothing else but the truth, "But... this may sound insane... but..."

He still couldn't get the words out of his mouth. They were just too crazy for someone, let alone himself, to comprehend. So he was a former hero of the planet sent forward in time to save Filgaia once again? How mad was that? As he continued to search for a way to explain himself, Halle went on to do it for him.

"You are not from this world are you?" Halle stated, "At least, not the Filgaia of today."

"What?" Rudy blinked. "How did you know?"

"Grandmother what are you talking about?" Shane asked his grandmother wondering just what she was getting at.

"When your brother and those three Drifters obtained the four Guardians of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, I felt it happen...but then I felt another awakening. Similar to what I had just felt," She looked to Rudy then, "It was you wasn't it?"

Rudy nodded, "There was a fight. I was severely injured. Luceid came to me, said that I could be able to help fight a darkness that was coming in a future time of Filgaia. I was given Odoryuk to heal my wounds and then they put into suspended animation, to be awakened at the proper time, which seems to be now."

"Then it would seem that I was right," Halle sighed. "Darkness is coming as I feared... but for what and who I do not know."

"This is the same darkness you told my brother about?" Shane asked.

Halle nodded, grumbling, "We can only hope that foolhardy brother of yours will make the right choice."

"Where was he heading?" Rudy asked the two Caradines.

"Huh?" Shane muttered.

"You intend to go looking for them," Halle stated. "Don't you?"

"Given what you've just told me, it's safe to assume that your grandson and these three other Drifters were chosen by the Guardians and are their representatives to fight whatever is coming. They might not know it themselves yet, but they are chosen to fight this," Rudy said getting up, "And Luceid said I would be need to help fight it."

"I understand. Go west out of our village and then south of the Fallen Sanctuary until you see a set of train tracks," at Rudy's stare she replied, "You'll know what they are when you see them. Head west from there until you find the town Jolly Roger."

Rudy nodded and smiled to her, "Thank you for the information and the meal."

"If you are worried for us do not worry, no one bothers us. That brash Drifter was the first to try in a very long time." Halle told him.

"All the same, take care of yourselves." Rudy said.

"Tell my grandson Gallows that he had better not screw up," the old woman muttered.

Rudy smiled back as he walked out of the house. He was almost to the village entrance when he heard someone shouting from behind.

"Wait! Rudy, wait!"

"Huh?" Rudy turned around to see Shane running to him in his arms was a large bag. However he ended up tripping and fell to the ground.

"Ouch..." Shane groaned as felt a bit of pain in his knees from the fall.

"You okay?" Rudy asked as he helped him up.

"Yes I am... but I thought you would need a few things," Shane said, indicating the bag he was carrying.

"I'm alright. I can take care of myself," Rudy told him. _Though I REALLY could use some bullet clips. I only have five left. The rest were in cabin._

"Well, Gallows didn't take all of his ammo so I figured you could use it for your ARMs..." Shane said giving Rudy a case from the bag before looking back in it, "I also have some antidotes, heal berries, and medicines for you."

Rudy opened the case and blinked when he saw what was in it. "These are eight piece bullet clips... and there's twenty five of them!"

"Yeah. Gallows took about fifty or sixty with him, so that's why there's so few," Shane said still looking in the bag.

"Sixty?!" Rudy exclaimed. "But ARMs are rare! And in order to use them you need to synchronize with them!"

Shane blinked as pulled his head out of the bag and looked quizzically at Rudy, "Why are you making such a big deal about ARMs.? They're just weapons. Anyone can use one." Shaking his head he went back to the bag. "Now where is it?"

Rudy just froze in disbelief as he let that little bit of information sink into his head, _You have to be kidding me! ARMs aren't forbidden in Filgaia now! They are as common as swords! ... then again it would explain why it seems I'm the only person WITH a sword. It was kind strange that Janus AND his two buddies had ARMs. Just one would been plausible, but three ARMs users together in my time would have been an impossibility._ Rudy sighed as he realized the obvious, _But then again this is no longer my time._

"Here it is!"

Rudy looked at Shane pulling out a very long case from the bag. Shane opened it up and Rudy saw what was in it, "Is that..."

"It's a Bayonet ARM. It's real old. Don't know how long really but its been in my family for ages," Shane said, "But no one in our family save for Gallows ever liked ARMs and he didn't like a Bayonet. I don't know if it even works at all but..." he saw Rudy take the Bayonet out of its case, opened the chamber, put a bullet into the Shot Weapon shell, inserted the shell into the Bayonet, after taking aim at a target several hundred yards in front of him, fired.

The shot impacted on the cliff side. Rudy smiled as he saw it. The ARM worked just fine and despite being old, the blade was polished and clean, without a speck of rust on its surface. The rest of the Ancient Relic Machine, save for the area around the barrel, was scratched and chipped, but it did nothing to make it less attractive. In fact, Rudy began to take a liking to the ARM because of how the cuts and chippings gave it character. He smiled at his new, favorite weapon.

"Looks like it works fine," He found the strap to be worn over his shoulder, and using it, slung it over his shoulder, and after a little adjusting had it in a way that he could get to it instantly and wouldn't interfere with him reaching for his other ARMs. "Thanks for the clips, supplies and the new ARM."

"Could you do me a favor?" Shane asked as he handed to Rudy a smaller bag containing the medical supplies he mentioned. "Tell my brother to be careful. Well, when you see him, that is."

"I will. Take care Shane, and thank you." Rudy said as he attached the small bag to his belt. With that he walked out of Baskar Village.

_Take care of yourself Rudy Roughnight._ Shane prayed for the last Dream Chaser of Filgaia.

* * *

Meanwhile, far away from Baskar, Janus had finally decided to stop running mainly because felt like it was on fire. His cronies were totally exhausted however.

"Oh boss, what are we going to do now?" Dario asked as he collapsed onto the ground along with Romero.

"Yeah...what boss?" Romero panted.

"Shut up!" Janus growled as he hit both of his flunkies in the head back of the head with his left fist. It didn't make him feel any better like he thought it would. "Dammit! I can't believe my rotten luck! What else can happen!"

"You should know better than to wish for bad things to happen."

Janus, Romero and Dario froze and became very, very afraid, Janus most of all as he heard that voice. "... Mister Alceste..."

"Turn around Janus," the voice spoke. They did and all they saw was a being of faded green light. "I'm not particularly pleased with your progress."

"Sir, if I could have a chance to explain..." Janus started to defend himself but Alceste cut him off.

"If you make one pathetic excuse Janus I will show you my mastery of over the ancient technology," Alceste told him, his mood not at all pleased. "Fact. You failed to obtain the Arc Scepter from the Train I sent you to rob from. Fact. You failed to obtain the Guardians of the Four Elements before they were awakened. And Fact... you attacked a civilian population! Are you out of your mind!? Attacking Baskar! What was is my main mandate for all my subordinates when undergoing a mission Janus?"

Silence.

"I am waiting."

"... 'do not do something that will attract attention'." Janus started to say but then tried to defend himself, "But they could have had more Guardians or Arc Scepters. I could have gotten them to talk..."

"Are you not even listening to me!" Alceste shouted.

"But Sir I would have gotten results at Baskar if it wasn't for this weirdo calling himself a 'Dream Chaser'. I mean what kind of name is..." Janus rambled on but stopped when he noticed something. He saw Alceste's face was totally frozen.

"... what did you just say? What did this person call himself?" Alceste asked.

"...a Dream Chaser. That's what he called himself," Janus said. "Why? Does that mean something to you?"

"... you have actually gotten something useful without even knowing it Janus." Alceste told him. He noticed Janus was without his weapon. "Where is your Bayonet?"

"Um... the Dream Chaser blew it to hell with this very strange ARM that shot out a blue beam of light." Janus admitted. Suddenly a glow of green appeared in front of him and a new Bayonet appeared. Janus took hold of it.

"It has all of your original shells and is fully loaded." Alceste told him. "I am giving you one final chance Janus. I want the Eternal Sparkle and I want it now. You have seven days to show me that you have at least one of the shields. If you don't have even one of them... well I don't think I need to tell you what will happen."

"...no sir." Janus replied.

"Get moving. The clock is ticking," were Alceste's final words before his image vanished.

Janus just stared at where Alceste's image had been for a bit until Dario shook him out of his stupor. "So are we screwed now boss?"

"Shut up!" Janus spat, "By the Gunslinger why do these things always happen to me?! Why I can't I ever get a..." Suddenly, an idea began to form in his mind and a smirk came on his face.

"Boss...?" Romero asked wondering what he was thinking.

"Let's get moving to Jolly Roger and meet up with that little Princess. I got an idea that will show my worth." Janus chuckled as he started walking south.

Behind him Dario and Romero had feelings of dread. _This cannot be good..._

* * *

Somewhere in Filgaia however, Janus' employer was brooding over what he had just learned.

_A Dream Chaser... an ancient term that hasn't been used in over a thousand years at least... he handled Janus like he was a weakling. That's a feat no Drifter could possibly do._ Alceste pondered. He got up from his chair and decided he needed to consult the Library for more information. He didn't know who this unforeseen element was but who ever this 'Dream Chaser' was, he would learn that all people who dared to interfere in the plans of Leehalt Alceste would find themselves in a new world.

The Land of the Dead.

To Be Continued...