Wow, it's been a while since I last updated.

Jenna: You're telling me!

Sorry. I'm trying, I really am. Between homework and writing, I barely have time to breathe.

Jenna: Well, you could stop breathing.

Ha Ha!

Mercury Gold: Glad to see you reviewing again, yay! Don't worry; I'd never hurt the poor little characters. I was wondering if anyone was going to ask this question. I didn't really explain the eye thing very well and I'm very sorry for that so here's the explanation. When the Leaders are using their new powers, flying and stuff, their eyes are the colour of their element, but when they're not, they're the normal colour. If I didn't do this, the Sheba/Ivan mind switching would be hard to figure out. Ok, there you go, all sorted.

Sorian: I'M NORMAL! You know, I would have expected you to know about the annoying white box, but hey, you learn something new everyday!

Joker: Hi Joker! Yep, Agatio working for Alex. It's so crazy it just might work. ! Nah, I love your compliments and hope you love the compliments I give you.

(Again, here's the list of speech thingys incase anyone gets confused.

"Normal speech"

(Ivan talking through Sheba)

Thoughts

Sheba 'thinking' to Ivan

Ivan 'thinking' to Sheba

Peace out y'all.)

Jenna: If Oracle owned Golden Sun, Isaac would be her slave, so would Felix, and Piers...and Ivan...hang on! What about Garet?! Isn't he good enough for you?!

No, he's for you.

Jenna: Oh yeah. So, if Oracle owned Golden Sun, we'd never get anything done, so let's be thankful she doesn't.

The Mars Lighthouse

Something threw Isaac hard onto the floor and his eyes shot open. The amount of psynergy holding him down was almost unbearable. It pinned him to the ground making it impossible for him to get up.

No, it isn't psynergy, he thought.

As the feeling came back into his tired body, he pushed hard again whatever was holding him down and something fell off of his back. That something happened to be Felix. Luckily, the older Venus Adept wasn't injured, but merely asleep. Karst and Sheba were in the same state a few meters away while Mia knelt next to him, anxiously waiting for him to get up. Her hair was slightly ruffled and her dress was ripped, but otherwise she was fine.

"Are you ok?" she asked, helping him into a sitting position.

"Yeah, I guess. Did you see the cart that hit me?"

Mia smiled weakly at the joke. For the first time, Isaac looked around the room they were in. The main features of the completely circular room were the three angel statues, which stood in a row in the centre of the room, each holding a sword and a shield.

To their left and right where two staircases, completely identical, leading up to a higher level. A chilling wind came from the top of these staircases and Isaac shivered despite the warm clothes he was wearing. Apart from them, the rest of the room was bare. There was no other exit in the stonewalls or anything to cover the stone floor.

Sheba, Felix and Karst slowly woke making groans of pain and rubbing their sore bodies. After a few minutes, they joined Isaac and Mia wearing confused expressions.

"So, does anyone know where we are?" Sheba asked.

"The Mars Lighthouse." Everyone turned to Karst. She was staring intently at the three statues. "I've been here before. Those stairs take you to the aerie."

"And what about those statues?" Isaac asked her, following her gaze.

"They are the forgotten ones, locked away in the lighthouse until their true descendants come to awake them. It's an old tale that the elders of Prox used to tell the kids. Once, the three adepts lived with the other four when only the seven were alive, but their thoughts about power were different. They believed that the power of the Golden Sun should be saved for those most worthy and not everyone. The adepts of Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter disagreed and they fought. After years of war, the three adepts were locked in the final lighthouse far in the north and were guarded by the strong Mars warrior. The Golden Sun shone brightly as did the four elemental lighthouses that divided the four elements. More adepts were born and the four clans grew. The three adepts were forgotten, but their will survived in three children that bore their ancestors powers. I know Alex's plan. He wants Trinity, Alicia and Max to release the lost powers."

No one spoke for a while after this speech. Isaac and Felix walked over to the statues to examine them further while the girls sat down to rest after their forced capture. For the first time, Mia and Karst had an actually conversation. Being opposing elements, they thought they'd have little in common, but they shared the same views on several issues.

"How long has your clan stood beside the Mercury Lighthouse?"

"For centuries. I don't know the actually amount of years, but I've been told it's been there long before any records were made. Is it really true that my clan is the descendants of the original Mercury Adept?"

"Yeah. It's hard to believe, but it's true."

Next to them, Sheba gave a small gasp and looked at her friends.

"We can sense people up there on the aerie, eight people."

(And one of them is Trinity) Ivan added.

Felix's eyes filled with anger by this and he ran as fast as possible to the right staircase.

"Come on!" he called over his shoulder while running up the steps. No one wanted to argue with him when he was like this so they quickly rushed after him.

The light coming from the top of the stair was blinding and it took them a few seconds to blink their eyes in vain before they could see once again. They were finally at the top of the final lighthouse. It looked very similar the other three and gave off the same powerful vibes that streamed through them like a wave of heat. The small hovering steps led from the stairs to the hole where the Elemental Star would soon shine from and a group of people stood in front of it. Felix had become very still and didn't move when Isaac tapped his shoulder.

"Felix...what...." Isaac started, but Felix simply shook his head slowly and continued to look at the eight people. Isaac peered past his friend and growled when he saw Alex, Trinity, Alicia and Max standing with their mind controlled friends.

"Well, it's good to see the whole gang back together again," said Alex, his arms held out wide in a gesture of welcome.

Isaac instantly lunged at the Mercury adept, his wings cutting through the air at his sides and his eyes glowing with the power of Venus. Felix and Karst only just managed to stop him before he'd done something stupid, but Isaac had stopped anyway. His eyes had returned to their original sea blue colour and they were desperately searching the empty face of Jenna who'd jumped in front of Alex when he'd started his attack. Jenna simply stared back while she held her staff across her chest defensively.

"Jenna!" Isaac called out from behind his friends grip. "Snap out of it! I know you, we're friends, you wouldn't let an evil freak and his flunkies control you! Please listen to me!"

"I'm truly hurt Isaac," Alex sneered. "You might as well save your strength. You'll need it if you want your friend back and Felix wants his precious sister back." He placed his hand on her shoulder and watched her turn to face him. Without waiting, Alex moved in and gave her a long kiss. He finally pulled away with a look of pleasure on his face, which increased when he saw Isaac and Felix's faces.

"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HER!" Felix cried, practically attacking Karst to get past her an get his hands on the slimy creep that had just kissed his sister. Karst was still desperately trying to hold Isaac back, but somehow managed to stop them both. Alex laughed at their attempts at revenge and folded his arms.

"Your little sister has made her choice Felix, accept that. Now, if you will, light the final beacon."

"I won't do anything for you Alex," Felix replied, saying his enemy's name as if it was something foul and disgusting.

"Then I guess I'll have to force you. But wait! You don't have the Mars Star, do you?"

There was a pause where Felix glanced nervously at Isaac.

"And neither does Isaac," Alex continued.

Karst's eyes widened and she checked her pocket where she'd placed the star. A satisfied nod told the others that it was still there.

"Karst!" Everyone turned at the new voice and the Proxian in question gave a gasp of happiness.

"Agatio! I'm so glad you're here. What happened? Where'd you go?"

"No where important." The green skinned man walked away from the stairs the others had walked up minutes ago and stopped next to his partner. "I'm glad you're ok."

"You'd better have a good excuse for your actions after the beacon has been lit," Karst replied sharply, but the twinkle in her eyes betrayed her true emotions.

Suddenly, Agatio left Karst's side and approached Alex instead. The two men smiled at each other as if sharing a secret that no one else knew. They turned to face the group and a confused Karst.

"Maybe you should check your pocket now," Alex said.

Karst quickly did as he said and her confusion turned to horror when she found the pocket empty.

"How..."

"I do believe I am responsible for that." Agatio grinned and held up the shinning orb that was the beautiful Mars Star. With a flick of his wrist, he threw it into Alex's outstretched hand and continued to stare at Karst.

"Agatio...why? I thought you said you'd help me. What about your promise? You promised to stay by my side and help me save Prox."

"Things change, promises are broken. Alex can offer me much more than the chief of Prox can. I desire power which is what I will get."

Alex nodded and put his empty hand around Agatio's shoulder.

"Agatio know what he wants. Maybe you should all think about what you desire sometime." His eyes shifted from adept to adept until they landed on Isaac. A smirk appeared on his face that made Isaac's blood boil.

"The only thing I want is you dead and my friends back!" Isaac cried.

"Then prove it and let our fight begin."

Trinity had been idly watching the scene before her with Alicia and Max, glancing every so often at Piers who she'd taken a liking to. It took her a while to realise Alex and the new guy that looked as if he'd been violently ill because of his unusual green face were looking at her. She returned their gaze quite blankly.

"What?" she finally asked.

"It's time to fight, Trinity which means we require the power that only you unfortunately can use," Alex replied angrily, his face a picture of hatred.

Catching his drift, she sheepishly shrugged her shoulders and waved her arms towards the group behind her. At her command, they came to life and awaited further instructions.

"Kill the adepts!" Alex roared.

"You heard the man, kill the adepts!" repeated Trinity.

Sorry for the short chapter, but I'm really stuck for ideas at the moment. I promise the next one will be longer.

Jenna: If there is a next one.

Isn't there a Garet for you to stalk?

Jenna: No, he's gone out, but I'll get him, when he returns. MWAHAHAHA!

Garet beware. She's coming for you.

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HEY!

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Bye for now.