Disclaimer– I don't own any kinds of spies or the Wizard of Oz. Heh heh... Really, I don't!

Kraden's True Self...

Robin, Mary, Picard, Felix, Ian, and Sheba walked in time to the music that was playing.

"Will you turn that off?" Garet asked the blonde haired generic village boy that carried the boom box.

"But this has to be dramatic!" the B. H. G. V. B. said. "Ya gotta have the music."

"Fine, fine," Felix said, "let's go." They all left for Kraden's house.

"Don't worry, Sheba," Felix took her hand, "I'll protect you."

Picard took her other hand and tried to yank her away from him. "No, she doesn't want you protecting her!" They got in each other's faces, preparing to fight. Mary got in the way. "Please stop this nonsense or I will have to kick both your asses!" she said. Her hands were all ready glowing and there were icesicles on her fingertips ready to be shot at someone. They glared at each other and started walking again, but Sheba got in the way, holding Ian's wrist.

"Do I have to give you proof that I don't like either of you?" She kissed Ian right in front of them. Their eyes were wide. They looked ready to trample Ian.

"Wow, Sheba..." Ian said. Sheba smiled. "Don't mention it." They continued walking hand in hand.

Robin kicked the door down. Felix shook his head. "Agents are so dramatic," he said.

"So what," Mary said.

"I see you have made it," came a calm voice. Robin and the others glared at him. Alex made a face of mock suprise.

"Aren't you all happy to see me?" He asked.

"Get real, Alex!" Mary yelled.

"Where is Jenna?" Felix demanded.

"Jenna's whereabouts are none of your business, whelp," Alex replied.

Robin noticed Kraden come beside Alex. "Why are you helping him, Kraden?" Robin asked.

Kraden laughed wickedly. "Ah ha- ah ha ha! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha-!"

"Okay, they get it, Kraden," Alex said.

Kraden cleared his throat. "Um- ok, well then... Don't you remember my story about why I was here?" he asked Robin, Felix, and Garet.

"Yea," Garet answered. "You came from Tolbi to study alchemy. Duh!"

"You are a fool if you believed that," Kraden told them, "for I came from Lemuria."

"What?" Everyone looked shocked. Garet scowled.

"Is everyone coming from Lemuria these days? And I bet you're gonna say that you're really working for the U. C. W. Or whatever and your name is really Crispin or something..."

"No," Kraden corrected.

"Good," Garet sounded relieved.

"Me and Alex are from Lemuria. We work for The Future Rulers of Weyward, or T. F. R. W. That is why I came to Vale."

"But how did Babi know you?" Mary demanded.

"I visited Tolbi. Anyone could have figured that out."

"So you lied about me and you being similar," Sheba said.

Kraden's sneer left his face. "That's right."

"You can't be from Lemuria," Picard told him. "Everyone in Lemuria has green or blue hair."

"What about King Hydros," Kraden asked, " or Lord Conservato? What color is their hair?"

Alex clapped his hands to get their attention. "Uh, I hear talk, but see no fight. Why is that?"

"You'll regret fighting us," Ian said.

The fight began.

Robin cast odyssey on Alex. He fell to the ground.

"Well that was easy," Robin said to himself. He was about to leave to help the other's, but Alex hopped up and pounced on him. He clasped his hands around his neck and squeezed. He glowed a bright blue color and Robin glowed the same.

Ian and Sheba cast two rounds of shine plasma on Kraden. Sheba hit him, but he evaded Ian's. "Crap!" Ian scowled. Kraden was very swift.

"Don't get too worked up, Ian." Sheba smiled at him and evaded a hail prism from Kraden.

Ian colored slightly and countered an attack from Kraden with plasma.

Garet unleashed eruption unexpectantly, and Kraden was enveloped in flames.

"Where is Jenna?" Garet demanded. Kraden was silent a moment. When he recovered from shock and pain, he stumbled to his feet and laughed.

"Your girlfriend's whereabouts are none of your business, child."

"You will tell us where my sister is." Felix sneered. He unleashed Mold, and a yellow glow surrounded Kraden as he attacked himself. Ian shook his head, laughing.

"I always loved that one. Picard, remember when we used that djinni on Garet when he was asleep because there was a wasp on his face?"

Picard smiled at the memory. "Yep." He cast drench. But since Kraden was a Lemurian, he didn't take too much damage from this. He got up, glowed a bright color, and Ian, Sheba, Garet, Picard, Felix, and Mary were scattered. Garet hopped up and chopped his head off. Kraden's body stood there for a moment.

"That'll show him!" Garet said.

"Wow, Garet, I didn't think you could think of something so smart," Ian teased. Garet rolled his eyes. They heard laughter. Evil laughter. They looked in the direction of Kraden's body, and their eyes went wide in shock and horror. His head was growing back! Mary cursed. Felix looked at her.

"I guess you were just faking the shyness, too?" he said. She nodded.

Kraden's head had fully grown back. "You foolish chaps thought that would destroy me? Ha! You really underestimate me!"

Robin heard voices in his head. They were his own and Alex's. He felt as though he were in a room with the walls closing in and doing his best to fight it.

Join me, Robin. You have tremendous power at your disposal. You should use it to your advantage.

NO! Never! I will never join you, Alex, and you will never get the Mars star!

But why, Robin? We could rule the world together, as comrades.

The only thing you want is the Mars star.

You're fighting a losing battle, boy... No one can resist my mind control.

You might have gotten to Kraden, but you won't get to me!

Child, you don't know, do you?

Know what?

Kraden is not human. He is something of my own creation. A... humanoid you might call him.

What!

I put an essence of myself into him. The only way to kill me is to kill him. But he can't be killed. Now stop wasting your time and give in!

I will never... give in.

Robin was getting exhausted. It felt like he was fighting an unstoppable beast in his head and his own strength was running out instead of it. His eyes flashed red a moment, but he continued to fight the force pressing down on him...

Felix cast mother gaia. The ground slit open underneath Kraden and he was surrounded in searing gold light and rocks.

"I can't stand scum like you," Mia cast hail prism.

Kraden stood up. "You kids don't get it, do you?" he laughed darkly. "You can't kill me! You should have figured it out when that big oaf cut my head off. I am not just human, therefore I can't be killed just any old way. You humans are so gullible.

"Big oaf?" Garet lunged at him. Kraden evaded. Sheba and Ian were about to cast shine plasma, but Kraden gasped in pain. They looked at him and saw the look on his face. It was a mixture of surprise and pain. There was a sword sticking out of his chest where his heart was. Blood drenched his brown robes. He stood there a moment, then fell down, and everyone was shocked to see who had killed him.

"Jenna!" they ran to the brown haired girl.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-"

"Okay, Alex, don't be too dramatic." said the B. H. G. V. B.

"Alright, sorry, forgot this is a story, not a movie," Alex apoligized. Then he continued.

"Nooooo! My creation!"

Robin pushed Alex off of him. Alex looked down at his clothes and saw that they were bleeding. He looked up and raised his arms in the air. Steam started to come from him.

"No, I'm melting, I'm melting!" Alex cried. "What a world, what a world! I'll get you, Robin! And your stupid friend, too!"

Robin shook his head. "This isn't the Wizard of Oz, Alex!"

"So," Alex replied. "I have lost and I've always wanted to say that." He continued to melt into nothing. Robin realized what was going on with the others and ran over to them.

"Are you all alright?" he asked. Felix, Garet, Sheba, Ian, and Mary nodded. Then he hugged Jenna.

"You scared us," he said.

She returned the embrace. "I'm sorry. They caught me eavesdropping."

Garet went up to her and pulled her into a warm kiss. Felix pulled them apart and got up in Garet's face. "Whatthe hell do you think you're doing?" he yelled.

Jenna got in between them. "Now, now boys," she said. "Felix, we're in love. Why do you have to run off every boy I meet?"

"Plus," Garet added, "at the ends of stuff like this, someone always ends up kissing."

Felix sighed. "Fine. But only because I'm glad you're safe."

"Let's go everyone." Ian and everyone else were heading to Robin's house. Garet left also.

Jenna was the last one left in Kraden's house. Her head was down. Then she slowly raised it up, revealing evil red eyes. She started to laugh an evil laugh...

(sigh) Evil is so wrong, yet I can't stop enjoying it.

Char– Rae, you are a mad woman!

Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it. Anyway, no there isn't a sequel to this. Have you ever seen one of those movies where at the end of it, something happens to make it seem like it's not finished, but is? That's what I tried to do!

Yea, I knew what I was doing the whole time.

Char– ...(cough) You're crazy!(cough)

What was that, Char?pulls out things from torture chamber

Char– Nothing (sweat glob)

Good. Keep it that way! turns sweet again I hope you like the story. No, I'm not crazy, and pppplease review. Thank you!