"What is your favorite sound?"
According to Shaina, Athena's Saints were being attacked globally, and some didn't return. Their Cosmos truly disappeared. Some, including the remaining Gold Saints, were sent to investigate different strange incidents. Incidents such as little flower demons called "Hellebore", which attach to humans and posses them. Those possessed by Hellebore attack and infect other humans. They can also poison the water supply.
"To use children." Wearing casual clothing and a thin topcoat, Integra was in pursuit of a little boy controlled by a Hellebore. So far, her cool Cosmos managed to extract a few others possessions without putting any harm on the vessels, but the one she was currently chasing was a stubborn one. The demon was potent enough to distance even a Saint. A Gold Saint at that.
Giggling, the boy scampered up a fence, bounding over with inhuman speed before Integra could reach it. Integra's fingers grasped the steel lattice, and she stared at the back of the boy. The child looked over his shoulder, his mouth stretching from cheek to cheek into a grin. Integra gasped. Looking back at her were glowing red eyes; a demonic-looking umbra suddenly replaced the boy's figure. When a Hellebore was in possession for too long, they changed their vessels' bodies into a reddish, near-black color. However, that only happened many days after drinking water and absorbing sunlight. Integra only saw the possession happen today and was truly shocked.
"So lady, what is your favorite sound?" Being controlled by a Hellebore, the boy's voice modulated with an eerie echo. It rang like a tune, teasing the Gold Saint.
"I will not answer such questions. Remove yourself from that child." Even when demanding, Integra kept her tone suppressed from emotion.
"I know mine! I know what I like to hear. It's a favorite with everyone," the smiling boy giggled again and turned his head away from Integra, raising a finger. Integra swiftly pulled her hand away from the fence. Its metal suddenly began to glow, and then it became elastic, stretching over Integra. The Gold Saint, trapped by the energized fence, was lifted into the air. Suddenly, the energy shimmered intensely, surrounding Integra in a violet wave of strands tightening against her entire body. The air roared, and the sky darkened.
"Yeah, that's the sound." The boy closed his eyes and only listened to the commotion above. His grin remained. "Who doesn't like to hear the scream of their younger sibling?"
Gemini Integra could not move. Locked in mid-air, her body was being crushed within a cosmic surge, its power having a depth of purgatory. Against her impulses, she screamed out her pain. The boy spun and looked up, finally. Then, he vanished, and in his place was a young woman.
"Awww." Despite her bright hair and face, her presence was dark due to her black attire. Also, she didn't show any concern for the current situation. Her small, pink lips were in a smile like the boy from before. However, as she looked up at her rat caught in her trap, that confident smirk of a child vanished.
"Integra," Uttering Gemini's name calmly, the woman felt all of her facial muscles stretch. Clenching her jaw, her expression swelled with hostility, and became a demon. Her hair changed to the same color as her armor. Her blood trembled as she stared towards a mortal enemy, speaking its name – that sworn enemy was instilled into a younger sister.
That impish voice of hers changed instantly. "This time I will send you to Hell!" She did not only want to show Hell, but the despairing future of the townspeople possessed by the Hellebore. The Crossroad Mirage caused the illusion, leading the Gold Saint Gemini Integra into a trap.
The Specter's plan was to show Integra that her heroics were worth nothing.