DDX- Whoo! Took me quite a while to update. Sorry for the delay folks. Thanks to Ssp47, Aya, Aerena, Striker and whoever else reviewed. I think we have about two or three more chapters including this one. I know I said one more last time, but hey, it's my story and I just know you guys want this to last. Haha. On with the chapter! Oh yeah.

Ch.37: Divine Encounter
Their ferocious enemy now knocked down Lavitz. It had puled out a flaming whip and was tossing the three Dragoons to various places after they had been wrapped in the tips. Bejong tried to dodge the thing but couldn't compete with the size of it.

The weapon overcame him and it twisted through his Dragoon Armor. He yelled in agonizing pain as the heat singed his skin badly. Lavitz rushed to the scene and quickly tore through the whip. There was a burn mark where Bejong had been wrapped. The Jade Dragoon flew up to the Balrog's head, dodging its newly acquired weapon, magic.

A huge vortex of flame was thrown at Lavitz. Again, the Dragon Knight dodged and landed on the Balrog's shoulder. He ran up the swirl of darkness and fire and reached his destination, the head. The Balrog did not agree with this and had its hands occupied, its next option was bite. The Balrog bared its teeth at Lavitz but he did not jump down away from the mouth, he jumped on top.

The Balrog suddenly went into a state of rage and thrashed around violently, plus roaring. Nimbulo noticed something; it wasn't an ordinary roar. The roar was repeated exactly as it was the first time. The Ice Dragoon averted his gaze to the northern edge of the forest.

Nothing to be worried about. Until lightning struck.

An eagle creature soared down from the sky. It had an odd shade of brown wings and its breast was white. Its talons were abnormally large and most likely used painfully. Feathers were snarled and disturbed near the front of its neck. The eagle gave an earsplitting shriek and dodged for Nimbulo.

Shocked enough at what was about to happen to him, his thoughts were mixed between the Balrog and this new foe. He was picked up in the talons. The claws dug through his unguarded arms. The man was yelling for help. The creature just seemed to laugh.

Bejong saw all of this and took off for this thing. He held Excalibur in front of him and blended with the shadows. His sword was concealed as was he himself. A couple of second and he would gouge the creature's neck painfully.

Excalibur dug itself into the neck.

Bejong touched his feet to the neck as blood seeped down. He held the sword in and actually tried to stab in deeper. He felt a bone break and that was when he withdrew the sword.

The Shadow Dragoon flew down to Nimbulo who had been released when the sword had first struck.

"Alright?" Bejong asked

"Yeah yeah. I'm fine" Nimbulo told him

"Ok. Now let's take out the main dish" Bejong laughed

The two Dragoons thrusted themselves toward the Balrog. Nimbulo suddenly stopped. He took his spear and aimed for the Balrog's eye. Although he had limited eyesight, as he was getting old, he took what he had and hurled the spear. Its destination had not been far missed. The point jutted into the enemy's eye and the Balrog went crazy.

Lavitz was thrown off as the demon thrashed wildly, almost losing its own balance. The Jade Dragoon hovered nearby, avoiding the flailing arms. When the creature came to its senses, it plucked the spear from its eye. Lava, not blood, oozed from the wound. The Balrog grabbed Lavitz without hesitation since he was the closest. Bejong and Nimbulo's eyes flared open.

Lavitz was going to be torn in half.
Jade gabbed her katana and slashed at Omega, not caring where the sword went. It eventually hit its leg and Omega did not even become phased. Jade wasn't giving up though. She used her wings and her legs to run up the right leg, almost falling. When she lost her balance, she just took flight and sized up the giant form of evil. She drove her sword into Omega with light searing from its edges.

"Sunbeam blade!"

Jade then planted her feet as she pushed and put all her effort into destroying the beast. Omega did grunt at this and fired a blast of darkness to her to get rid of her. Jade flew back like a toy and slammed into the nearly demolished prison.

The Virage that had been summoned went berserk. It was a child, most definitely. The blue beam that burst forth from its eye continually fired at Omega. Also, it didn't always hit its target, making more of the prison demolished.

Shana took both her swords and just swiped away at any part of Omega's body, not caring what the hell happened to it. The attacks were absolutely of no use, and did nothing to even pierce the thick darkness Omega had for skin.

She took another try. This time, swirls and flames of darkness licked her right sword as she drove in. The little swirls advanced and soon reached the hilt of her sword. Shana tried to pull away as the swirls started to swallow her arm.

She was being absorbed.
Electidad drove into a demon and the beast shattered to dust. Dragoness was having no problem destroying them; it was the numbers. From behind him, several more came from a portal that was opened for a split second. Some couldn't even make it out and he laughed.

All was going well when suddenly, all the demons stopped. They flew around and suddenly formed a circle without Dragoness noticing. They all raised their claws and in the blink of an eye an orb of energy surrounded Dragoness. Dark energy was the game, and seconds were the pain. Every second that passed the orb became smaller and shank. When it was the size of a pebble, Dragoness would be trapped inside and the orb would blow.

"Interesting." Dragoness thought aloud "Now how to get out of it is another thing"

The orb was shrinking at a bloodthirsty pace. It wanted to tear Dragoness in to all kinds of pieces. Dragoness had to think fast. Speed would save him.

The demons snickered at the Dragon Knight. They let out a howling laughter that was so annoying Dragoness wanted to tear out and kill them all. Suddenly Dragoness had a plan. He would use the same technique that he used in the Dark Realm. With all the energy he had mustered from everything, he unleashed the forces of electricity.

Lightning slammed down upon the desert and the demons. Thunder clapped as if it was encouraging its element partner to go on. The demons scattered and banished themselves back into darkness. They didn't know there wasn't going to be a ruler though.

(A/N: Here's a major plot development, so listen)

With no ruler to the Dark Realm, all spirits could roam free in the endless abyss. In a way, Omega balanced the power and held them off with its own source. Now in the Dark Realm, all dead things roam free, like Mayfil.

Dragoness summoned lightning to the orb. Within a single strike, the orb shattered. Dragoness' eyes danced with lightning in them. He found his power to move on. Spreading his wings, he took flight to the forest where he first entered the quest, soon to be meeting up with Lavitz.

Dart wasted absolutely no time. He knew everything that was happening, Omega was out, and his minions had been summoned. Time was not even a factor anymore. The minute glass had run out for his friends and himself. Dart had finally reached the top of the tower.

But nobody else was ready.

"AHH!" Lavitz cried out

Bejong had landed on the Balrog's right hand and Nimbulo on the left. Both were stabbing and trying their hardest to distract or even destroy the foe. But the monster never gave up. Suddenly, an idea sparked Bejong's mind.

"Lavitz! Make a whirlwind!" he shouted

Without a response, the man stopped screaming for his life and obeyed. From below the trees a small wind started. Lavitz tried to keep it alive. He did, and the wind became stronger, more lethal. Trees swayed, plants were uprooted. Lavitz cared for the forest, but feared for his life.

Now a tornado had started, slow at first but Lavitz put his power into it. It rose with a furious speed to where he was held. As he had hoped, the wind sucked him right out of the Balrog's grasp. Lavitz didn't care was he fell into the forest, magic forbidden or not. He quickly changed out of Dragoon form and fell relentlessly onto the grass, leaving Bejong and Nimbulo to defeat the beast. Suddenly, from out of the corner of Bejong's eye, a huge blast of electricity, as big as the Divine Dragon Cannon, silenced the Balrog. The Balrog went flying over the forest, the massive amount of power carrying him. The Violet Dragoon flew over to where his companions were.

"Come now. We have to get up there" Dragoness motioned toward the Black Tower

But as Dragoness continued to fly, he grew weak, and soared down to the forest.

Then, everyone felt the pain of tiredness. They had fought through a war, battles before that, running, and now this. The last hope of energy they held on to was in their Dragoon Spirits. The Dragons made them keep going, giving some of their energy.

All of the Dragoons fell to their knees, all at the same time, at all different parts of the world. Except for the ones who were being absorbed. Shana had given up struggling to stop being absorbed.

At the same time, Omega gave a grim smile, as if something was working.

In Endiness, all was quiet. Then, in Mayfil, something stirred. It wasn't a demon, or a spirit. It was a human being. The man as he was recognized, carried a long sword. He was known as Altec. Altec carried a sword through the abandoned city that was supposed to be hidden. It was, but any man could simply get there by walking, if they braved the mountains. Altec had dark brown hair, and emerald green eyes.

Something had awoken Altec, for a few minutes before, he had been dead. Suddenly, in front of his eyes, a portal opened. It contained sheer blackness on the other side. Knowing he had to step through, he did. Immediately, he was transported through the unknown place, and appeared in another.

He stepped in front of a dead Dragon. Mountains surrounded him, and immediately he smelled the evil in the air. When he stepped closer to the carcass, a radiant glow appeared from underneath its apparent eye. He withdrew his sword, and slit the eye open and a glow emitted from the slit. Reaching inside, he felt a sphere and grabbed it.

Altec found the light, and it absorbed him. The shimmering spirit floated up to his chest level and covered him in even more light. The light had soon hardened into armor, and his right arm had changed. It was heavy, had grown in much size. A loose panel also fitted his left shoulder. An eyepiece covered his right eye, and the gem turned green as it embedded itself into the armor.

'Finally, someone has found me' the Divine Dragon spoke in his head

"Why choose me? Dragoons aren't supposed to be around. First of all, where am I?" Altec asked

'So many questions. So little time. Great evil litters this place Altec. You are the Dragoon's last hope of survival. They are very weak, and tired. Have you ever been a Dragoon before?'

"No" Altec replied

'Then I have to do this the hard way' the Divine Dragon sighed

A pain flew through Altec's head. It only lasted for a few seconds, and he returned to normal.

'Now you know everything. So now, we have to help everyone, we won't go for the big bait yet though. We need to help Dragoness, Lavitz, Bejong, and Nimbulo. They think they defeated their enemy, but the Balrog is much more powerful than they think' the Divine Dragon instructed

With the last words, and without comment, Altec flew off as the Divine Dragoon.

DDX- Yes! You didn't think I would just forget the Divine Dragoon Spirit? Hell no. Anyway, sorry about the wait. Review!