Dragon lord Lykouleon slowly stepped into Rath's room. He sighed mentally as he surveyed the mess the chamber was in. His green eyes narrowed at what he saw, and he quickly rushed to Kai-stern's side.

" The room, it's in shambles. What happened, and where, where is Rath?" Lykouleon said as he shook Kai-stern awake.

The room, as seen through Lykouleon's eyes, was nothing short of a hazard zone. The bed was covered in splintered and broken icicles, while the walls looked charred and blackened. The floor was covered with ash, and almost all the furniture and various items were encased in crystals.

" It looks as if Rath's powers have gone beyond his control. I couldn't do anything. He said I'd all be okay, but I can't believe that!" Kai-stern said as he struggled to get himself upright. He felt Lykouleon's gloved hands on his stomach area.

" I don't think I have any broken ribs, your highness." He commented as he pulled the distraught lord's hands away.

" Thanks, but I think it is Rath that needs your help much more. We need to alert the others and go find him. He didn't seem himself, and he-"

" Kai-stern! I know you are worried, but let myself and the other Dragon officers take that responsibility upon ourselves. You, my friend, are needed to rest. I won't allow you to continue, not in the state your in. I wouldn't want you or anyone else getting killed."

Kai-stern lowered his eyes. He knew the lord was right. He could barely stand. His whole entire being ached from the weird energies he had experienced. He just wished he could help, he knew something was wrong with Rath.

Down below, where Nadil lurked:

" I didn't think we'd be having such choice company so soon. Welcome Rath! Have a good time almost dying, I see." Nadil said, as his dark eyes looked straight into the scowling dragon knight who had appeared in a whisp of ice.

Rath bawled his hand into a fist, his fury evident on his shadowed face. His fanged teeth grazed his lip as he looked back squarely into the evil demon's eyes.

" Why am I here, and why enspell me once again? I'm not your puppet to play games with!!!" Rath yelled, his eyes blazing with fury and suppressed anger.

" Oh, I know that Illuser. You aren't really one to play my little games, so that's why I've devised a bigger one. You see, I don't need you under my mind control chain's anymore. All I needed was the ultimate puppet, and enough of a diversion to regain my life. Your untimely sickness was the needed piece for Shydeman and Shyrendora to capture the rest of my decapitated body, and she was the only being with enough light power to fully restore me to my true yokai reign." Said Nadil as he pulled upon a small cord that extended into the shadows.

" Come out, my little princess." He said as the darkness drifted out.

Rath's eyes widened when he stood face to face with his little sister.

" Hikaru." He breathed out when he saw her lifeless, red eyes, and pale form.

" I've turnt her into my little puppet, and so." Nadil said, almost gleefully, as he raised his hand and stroked Hikaru's face lightly. " She's mine."

Shydeman's voice then raised itself from the shadows. " Kill king Nadil, and she dies instead. Her life force will then be only for our yokai king!"

The only thing Rath could do was growl, and submit his anger to simmer under his surface.

I'll get my sister back, and will destroy every demon I see in the process! Rath thought.

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