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As Sasame flew over the treetops, his keen ears pricked for the slightest sound, he thought. 'Why would Alara do this? Why would she turn to evil…and why does she have these powers?' The sound of loud sobbing caught his attention, and he followed it. He arrived just in time to see Takkako vanish with Alara. His worst fears confirmed, he knew that he had to report this. At top speed, he flew back towards the mansion, nearly colliding with Goh as the Fire Knight came in from the opposite direction.
"Goh!" His amythyst eyes widened, and a horrible feeling began to twist his gut. "What are you doing up? You should be resting." Red brown eyes twinkled in humor. "Tell that to my boss. Just came up out of no where and told me to work an extra few hours. I didn't even have time to call you guys." The laughter quickly died when he noticed the look in his comrade's eyes; horror, and fear. His voice was tight. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Sasame didn't answer except for a hurried, "Follow me." Going even faster than he had before, he reached the mansion, Goh at his heels, just before Hayate set out. "Hayate! Stop!" The Wind Knight turned, and confusion exploded on his face. His eyes were hard. "Goh? What are-" Sasame grabbed his leader's arm. "Hayate, she was telling the truth. This is Goh. He had to work late today. And now Takkako has her!"
Goh froze. "Hold up a minute. What's this about Takkako? What truth?" Hayate's face was white. "Follow me." The three ran into the room where the 'Goh' had been, and were just in time to see him put his foot on the open window. With a sneer, he pulled off the brooch, and revealed that Alara had been telling the truth…a tall man with black hair as long as Hayate's and black eyes glittering with humor now stood before them. He grinned. " Some knights…" With that cool dismissal, off he flew into the sky, vanishing in an instant. Sasame put his head in his hand, and Goh snarled. "Will someone tell me what's going on?"
Kei walked in and stood stock still. Behind him peeked three faces; he'd obviously had no luck getting them to do as they were told. "Why are they here?" Hayate asked in a low voice. Kei shook his head. "They were worried about Goh. But he looks fine to me." He knew something was wrong instantly. "What is going on here?" "Precisely what I want to know!" Goh nearly yelled in frustration. He was thrown back onto his back when Mannen, Hajime, and Shin attacked him. "You're all better, Goh!" the Plant Knight exclaimed happily. "How'd ya do it so fast?" Hajime wanted to know. While Goh tried to fend off and answer the questions, Sasame looked out the window blankly.
Kei kept his eyes trained on his leader. "Hayate." His voice was sharp. "What happened?" Hayate frowned. "She told the truth. And we fell into the trap. Now she's with Takkako…the Princess of Disaster." Everyone stilled. "What do you mean? What did you guys do?" Goh asked, standing up, his eyes smouldering with the fire he weilded. "Don't tell me, Hayate, that you drove another pretear to become a Princess of Disaster!" Hayate's frown deepened. "I'm afraid...that's what just happened."