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"Whoa, heh, heh, well... that, um, explains some things I guess," Raoul said, white faced. Kit and Chao had just filled him in on everything that had happened. "Who was that one dude of ultimate evil again?"

"The Lone Power," Kit said for the third time. Raoul seemed to be hung up on that detail. "Anyway, no more questions for now, we need to get these people out of here. Whether we stop the missile or not, it's not going to be pretty. Hey! The fire alarm!"

"Won't the fire department come though? It kind of ruins the point of keeping people out of the building doesn't it?"

"Oh, I could probably do something with the circuits to stop that," Kit panted as they turned the corner and stopped at the red box on the wall. Forming a wizarding "glove" on his hand, Kit smashed the glass and pulled down the lever. A deafening siren filled the school and people started to stampede out of the gym.

"Well, I guess that worked," Raoul said, still in shock. Kit placed his hand on the wall, concentrated for a few minutes, and moved away.

"That should keep the fire department from coming, meanwhile..."

Kit! Where are you?! A little help down here maybe?!!

"Nita! Raoul, get out of here!" Kit yelled and ran down the hall to the basement stairs. Raoul stared after him for a few seconds, sighed, shook his head, and ran out of the school.

Down in the basement, Nita was having problems. Gore from about six perytons splattered the walls as Nita slumped, gasping. "I can't keep this up much longer." Kit!

"I'm here, hold on!" Kit yelled letting loose the spell he had been preparing. What appeared to be a lightning- filled force field radiated out from Kit, vaporizing any perytons it went through. Spent, he collapsed on the floor.

"Kit!" Nita screamed, running over to him and kneeling down by his limp body. He didn't respond. "Come on, wake up!" she cried in despair. "You have to...I...I...I love you."

"Oh really," Kit said mischievously, cracking open an eye.

"You... You..." relief, embarrassment, and rage all flew through her at once. "I'm gonna kill you!"

"No need for that," a coldly amused voice sounded behind them. "Allow me to do that for you!"

"NO!" Nit screamed throwing a shield spell around them all.

"Nice," Chao said appreciatively, as the dark lightning thrown by the Lone Power was absorbed by the shield. "That has to have been the fastest shield I've ever seen." Nita jumped, and flushed red, she'd forgotten he was there. "Now let's see that quickness again as you transport us out of here."

"Why?" Kit and Nita asked, annoyed.

"Just do it!"

They glanced at each other, said a few syllables and vanished.

Once back out in the hallway, the Pig turned to them.

"Listen, I know how you can stop him!"

"So tell us already!" Kit yelled, annoyed.

Chao sighed, "You know I don't work that way, you know the price. So let's hear those truths!"

"Well, I've got one for you, come here," Kit said and whispered in the Pig's ear.

"Heh, heh. Oh really? I always suspected you would but ,hey, I'll count it. However, I need two more." Rumbles and vibrations suddenly shook the floor. "Um, okay, I'll settle for some little- known facts."

"Um, okay, I, well... I still haven't returned those library books from after my mom died." Nita said.

"Well, okay, I'll count that one, hurry! One more!" A chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling, narrowly missing Kit's head.

"I used wizardry to turn some chickens green for St. Partakes day once," Kit said shamefacedly.

"Weird... Okay, that counts. Here." Suddenly, a book appeared in Chao's mouth. But, not just any book.

"The Book of Night with Moon!" Nita exclaimed, recognizing it. "There has to be something in there we can use! Come on!" They ran down the stairs, once again, for their final confrontation with the Lone Power.