Dark Days

I watched in awe as the Dark Spear floated downwards, towards Janus. Suddenly, I could feel the Mediums begin to tremble in fear of the weapon. The others could notice it too, but for some reason, I felt as if I was trembling along with the Guardians. Chalk it up to being a Shaman, I guess.

*Is he a fool?* Grudiev asked, *Invoking something like that could destroy us, the whole world, and himself along with it. This guy is nuts, we've got to stop him before something happens.*

*You don't have to tell me twice. If that THING returns to the world, the dark days that we ended over a thousand years ago will return. And this time, who knows if we'll win,* added Moor Gault.

I wondered what about that spear had frightened the Guardians so much. It must be big, if they're trembling like little kids who are being picked on by the town bully. My heart nearly stops right then and there, but suddenly, the air around us begins to lighten up a little bit. The Dark Spear is flying away, Janus was unable to keep it under his power, and it left him. But then my mood darkened again, if Janus doesn't have the Dark Spear, then where is it? This could lead to even more trouble.

He attacks us with his bayonet instead. We fight back. I cast Refrigerate on the black winged Drifter, as I see Jet shooting with his ARM. Quite a funny looking ARM if you ask me, I can't even see where the trigger is. But now is not the time, we're in the middle of a battle. If I just lose myself in thought every time we fight, I might not survive. Gallows is now using his Shield spell on the party with the Force skill Extension, and Clive just shot Janus. My turn is coming up soon, gotta get ready again.

I suddenly feel a sharp pain in my chest. I was shot by Janus's bayonet. The world feels like it's starting to go blurry all of a sudden. Is this what it feels like to die? Mother, I'm sorry. I guess the royal lineage will end with me. I'm too weak to help myself, all I can do is wait for Ge Ramtos to come for my soul. Now I understand mother, why there was nothing we could do to save your life.

But the end doesn't come as I expected. Instead, my vision seems to be clearing. It's the Revive spell that Jet learned how to use by Invoking Moor Gault. Wait a minute, Jet is casting Revive on me? Why does he care? Not like he can earn any extra money by saving me. He did the same thing back at Serpent's Coils too. I wonder, is there more to that boy than meets the eye?


Schturdark sighs, *That was close. Lucky for Jet. Kid has a level head in these situations, perfect foil for your impulsive tendencies Moor Gault. You'll be out of trouble this way.*

Moor Gault took offense to his brother's remark. *Don't make me come over there Scturdark. I think the boy's sweet on the girl. What do you say, he's always trying to protect her from harm. And this kid says that he only cares about Gella. He is so lying.* The Guardian laughed at his own joke.

I blushed deep crimson, hoping that the others didn't see the look on my face. What if Jet does like me? Not like he'd ever admit it. He's probably just trying to secure his investment, after all if he's putting the time and effort into searching alongside us, he probably thinks it might be worth it for him. Meaning, that until he makes it big, he has to keep us alive so we can continue the quest.

Oh, look. Clive's shot Janus and he's down. Suddenly, an earthquake begins to rock the tower from the amazing powers that were unleashed. I could feel myself begin to fall as the ground came out from under us. Silently, I prayed to Fengalon to keep us safe, and he did. My allies, the Schrodingers and I all land safely on the ground below. But Janus and his men are nowhere to be seen.

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*That was lucky, wasn't it Virginia?* inquired Schturdark, *No one was hurt, and you managed to defeat your enemy. But you must be on your guard. For if the Dark Spear falls into the wrong hands, the results could be devastating. Heck, in any hands that thing can cause great destruction and misfortune. I should know, I remember witnessing its powers first hands over a thousand years ago.*


"Where did it come from? If you Guardians are this afraid of it, then I would like to know why. After all, if we're prepared for what's ahead, then we're much safer in the Wasteland," I replied.

We were all back in Claiborne. I was sitting on my bed, holding my Medium. Clive went to repair his ARM. Gallows had spied a pretty girl, and had followed her. And Jet was sitting outside by himself, probably either contemplating how to earn a fast buck, or how to escape our company. Or maybe, he's thinking about what happened back at the tower. I blush just thinking about it myself.

Schturdark asked, *Did your Shaman mother ever tell you about the Demon War? More specifically, the second one? That is the time period I speak of when I mention the Dark Spear.*

I nodded. "Maybe my mother died, but she did manage to teach me a few things. I do know about the second war, as my ancestor was involved. The first one wasn't as talked about, as Shamanism wasn't around back then, so we had no need to cover it in my lessons about our ancestry."

*The Dark Spear was in possession of a Demon Lord known as Ziekfried,* Schturdark informed me, *He had plans to take Filgaia for himself, so he began to attack the people. His Dark Spear was the most feared weapon in this world, even moreso than ARMs, which weren't as popular back then. It was your ancestors - - the Innocent One known as Cecilia, the Holmcross known as Rudy, and the Swordsman known as Jack - -who finally put an end to his evil scheme. But I thought the Dark Spear had been destroyed after this was all over. Never thought it might actually return to the world.*

"If that's the case, I'm ready to fight if needed be. I'm not afraid to fight if it might help me bring Justice to this Wasteland. Besides, this whole thing intrigues me. An ancient Demon Artifact suddenly is found after a thousand years, and we have to face the evils of the past," I commented.

Scturdark stated, *Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. Because you don't know exactly what you're dealing with. I do, and the prospect is pretty frightening indeed.*

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Teefa's Last Words…

I know Siegfried's name was misspelled. That's how it was known in Wild ARMs 1. I've got my reasons Sky, I always do. Yeah, there will also be scenes like Jet protecting Ginny in combat. I'm sure that if this was a syndicated TV show, Jet would have saved her on more occasions than he did in the game. Due to the fact that they'd have to show how the battles went.