(During Issue 6, day after Will talks to her Mom)

Taranee Cook, to be frank she may not be attractive as the most girls. She's your typical ordinary new girl; smart and shy student of Sheffield. There may be a hundred cute and pretty girls around the campus yet Nigel's attentive eyes are always fixed on her. In love, it might be so, his certain interests on girls are not prioritized based on physiques but actually on fiery and hot attitude. Those are his types.

One early early morning even before the students could arrive to their school behind the entry stairs of the school, Nigel gazes and watches Taranee as she places her camera on her face, lies and crawls her body on the down on the grass and takes pictures on the bushes.

"Why? Why?" Taranee asks herself. "Why did I have to tell the Biology teacher that I'm fond of photography?" she then imitates. "'Good Taranee! Take pictures of three bugs and make a relation darling!'"

'Good thing I don't have talents of my own.' Nigel says to himself as he watches.

"There's only one small detail: bugs disgust me!" Taranee exclaims. "Plus they look bigger with my zoom lens!" She turns around the green bushes and founds a white-blue butterfly. "A butterfly! My savior!"

"She doesn't like bugs but she likes butterflies? Unique but cute!' Nigel smiles to himself until he sees a familiar group of friends angrily approaching and marching to her. "Flames!" Nigel walks to them.

"Stop just a minute." Taranee crawls slowly to the butterfly. "Beautiful butterfly! Stop, stop a little, don't move your little wings…"

Suddenly, a foot stomps before Taranee's camera and the butterfly flies away. "Look who's around again! The judge's daughter!" Uriah angrily insolently looks down on her as he crosses his arms.

"Uriah!" Nigel yells. "Oh Flames!'

"What do you want?" Taranee asks irritatingly.

"Only to tell you that thanks to your mother, we'll be facing a year of social services inside the museum!" Uriah explains. "We must clean the galleries, dust and do other disgusting things!"

"Let's go, Uriah." Nigel says. "Students are starting to arrive-"

"Shut up, Nigel!" Uriah shuts him up. "I only want this girl to understand who rules around here!" He quickly grabs her chin and places near to his face. "Her family just arrived in town and-"

'Why you punk!' By Uriah's dominant gesture to Taranee, Nigel becomes furious in the inside as he readies himself to punch him. Yet at the upmost second of his anger, "There are many people on the stairs!" he warns loudly, even though it was just Hay Lin on the stairs.

"Full of people? Are you crazy? It was just that little girl there!" Uriah points out as Hay Lin approaches the commotion.

"From here, I thought I saw a pack of full of students!" Nigel lies. 'Because if I didn't, then my fist will land on your punked face instead!'

"Did you say something about my face Nigel?" Uriah says angrily.

Nigel anxiously remembers that Uriah can read minds of other legionates from time to time. "I didn't say anything Uriah?" he shrugs his shoulders innocently.

Uriah turns back to the girls and sighs. "Come on boys! We'll continue this conversation some other time!" The boys turn their backs on them and find another victim to bully.

Nigel, before he follows them turns his head back to Taranee to see if she's alright, but before he does it, she was already looking back at him. His emotions jerk as his heart skips a beat 'F-Flames?!'

Taranee smilingly waves her hand to him, a gesture of a 'Hi' or 'Thanks!' is all Nigel could interpret out of it. So he just blushingly waves back at her.

'Welcome!'

(During Issue 6, Guardians visits Galgheita)

"Yes! She waves back at me!" Nigel exclaims as he walks back home after an early dismissal from their half-day classes. He playfully tosses his book upwards and whistles with glee as he cheerfully skips. "Guess today's my day after all!"

"You seem to be happy, Mr. Ashcroft." says an old woman behind him.

He turns around to see her Merdianite teacher "Galgheita—Mrs. Rudolph, it's nice to see you again." He nods sternly at him. The last time they saw each other was the misunderstanding at her home, and it wasn't before then that they make amends to each other. "You're back from your vacation trip from your homeland, I presume?"

"Oh yes, I was, but it's also nice to be back here again!" Galgheita chuckles sarcastically and passes him beside hins as she whispers sternly. "And now Earth is in danger, young legionate. If you trust me then follow."

'Earth's in danger?' Nigel confusingly the follows Mrs. Rudolph from behind and surveys the area to see if they are being followed, yet there was no sign of any. As they reach her home, she invites him to the living room.

"Tea?" she asks as she instructs the levitating pot to pour tea to the adjacent teacup. "Or biscuits?" she says as she instructs and levitates an elegant porcelain box of cookies to him.

"Thanks but no thanks." Nigel declines. "I'm more worried about what you said earlier, so what is it?"

"But first of all, I want to know if you trust me or not?" Galgheita asks concernedly

"If there is also I wanted to say to you then it's I'm sorry for accusing you as an enemy because you bound two of the Guardians and thank you because Atlas, told me that you helped us escape from the galhot. So, yes I do trust you after all."

"Thank you, Mr. Ashcroft." She says in gratitude. "I would also like to say sorry too for accusing you as a spy for Phobos. I was so alarmed when you pull of a trick like that on front of me, yet again; I hope you could count on me. I guarantee that your identity will be safe with me."

"Well that's good to hear—" Nigel cuts off when he feels a strong presence. "Do you invite some visitors? I sense the Guardians are nearby."

"Oh they're here already?" She stands up and walks to the window. She turns her head as she glances to find them. "You're right they're here! Never knew you legionates have a wide range of magical senses!"

"Well, it depends if they do sense out. Should I leave now?" Nigel says as he stands up.

"Stay, what I'm about to say to the Guardians concerns you too. Just hide anywhere where you could listen to us comfortably. Hide in the storage room, you can listen from there, if you want." she says as she leaves out the door to greet the Guardians.

Nigel gets up and goes into the storage room, but leaves a small opening in the door to allow light and sound to get in. Then, he hears the murmurs get louder and louder; the Guardians are now inside and invited by Galgheita to the living room.

"Have a seat girls." Galgheita says as the guardians sit on the exquisite and comfortable sofas. She then levitates her teapots and teacups off from the table to the Guardian's amazement. "And now don't be shy! Do you like with milk with your tea?"

"Do you have powers too Professor Rudolph?" Cornelia, the confirmed Earth Guardian, asks.

"Making cups and spoons levitate isn't a power. I say it's a useful gift!" Galgheita explains. "All my fellowmen have magical capabilities! But they're nothing compared to yours." She says as the levitating teacup pours to Galgheita's teacup.

'And to me neither.' Nigel says to himself.

"Why do you have to invite us here? Do you have anything to tell us?" Irma, the confirmed Water Guardian, asks.

"Last time we met I was hiding in the underground of Meridian," Galgheita explains. "Last time we met, I had the chance to meet many refugees. Rebels who hated Phobos! Some of the most resentful and well-trained ones have presented themselves to Vathek, the servant of Cedric! That unreliable person was said to have left his master. Now he is offering to put his knowledge at their service!"

'What? They follow Vathek?' Nigel surprisingly asks himself. "Then what is that Caleb-guy doing then? Aren't they smart that Vathek is one of Phobos' men? Isn't this the reason why the rebellion can't succeed because they put their trust too much of their men? To think about it, Eric and Ray actually seem wiser to make decisions than Caleb.'

"Let's talk about a more serious matter." Galgheita says. "You can understand how hard it is to trust Vathek! That man has convinced a group of desperate people to invade Earth tonight!"

'From legionate to betrayer, I could tell you that-!' Nigel tells himself. 'Wait—what? Invade Earth? So Ray's hunches were right all along, to exodus Meridianites to Earth is truly dangerous!'

"When exactly?" Cornelia asks.

"He had to recruit other rebels, but the invasion is scheduled at seven in the evening." Galgheita explains.

"Oh no! It's already five!" Irma looks at the grandfather clock.

"Do you know which passage will be opened?" Cornelia asks.

"Unfortunately, no! I hoped you could tell me that!" Galgheita asks.

"I have the Map of the Portals with me, but without the Heart of Kandrakar…" Hay Lin shoves into her bag and reaches for the map.

"It will be impossible to know which portal will open!" Irma continues.

They unroll the map unto the table to find the portal. "Let's find out by deduction! Where did you encounter Cedric at Heatherfield?" Galgheita asks.

"In the gymnasium! But we have already closed the hidden portal in that place." Irma points at the gymnasium inscribed on the map.

"Wait! The Bookshop!If I remember correctly, Cedric owned one!" Taranee exclaims.

'You go girl!' Nigel says as he recognizes Taranee's voice.

"Yes! It's the right place to hide a passage!" Galgheita affirms.

"Let's go! There is not time to lose!" Cornelia says.

'Flames! Looks like we have another situation in our hands again!' Nigel says to himself. 'And now we're facing a force greater than ours, but if we have the powerful Guardians at our side, it wouldn't be a big deal!

As the Guardians leave Mrs. Rudolph's house, Galgheita opens the slight open storage door. "You can come out now, Mr. Ashcroft."

"Looks like we can't trust that Caleb-guy and his Rebellion Army anyway!" Nigel angrily says as he stands up quickly and hurriedly leaves the storage room.

"Oh, It's not what you think!" Galgheita explains. "The lieutenant is to be trusted! You must try to understand, that there was a division in Caleb's faction, and it was because of Vathek who persuaded his side to march into Earth! Caleb is young and yes, he can make the wrong decisions that causes consequential effects, yet he still regarded as one of the charismatic leaders of the Army." She then looks Nigel sternly and pleads. "I implore you to trust in him."

Nigel sees the truth in her eyes and sighs. He changes the topic as he is about to leave the room. "What you told about the Guardians? Is that also you want to tell me as well?"

"That is just the half of it." she explains.

"What do you mean? There's more?" Nigel quickly pauses.

"Do you know the legionate Grantaire?"

He breathes a heavy sigh. "Yes I do know him. He was the one who appeared in the museum a few days ago."

"He was the one who gave me another intel before I get back to Earth." She says. "According to him, Vathek divided his forces to invade Earth, one was with him and his entire army, in which I knew about and is the Guardian's mission and the other is from Grantaire's where a lesser force will proceed as a decoy."

"And like the problem earlier, you don't have any clue on where they would come from?" he asks.

"I am truly sorry but yes." she replies. "But I assure you, the portal at Open Hill is not the portal that could be preferred. The army itself is a long way from that portal and it is a secret portal that your colleagues and I know. Vathek's men could either use the rest of the portals here in Heatherfield."

"I understand." He asks.

"Speaking of Open Hill," Galgheita says. "Your fellow legionates are three hours away from here. You should be contacting them now."

"Don't worry." Nigel shoves under the center table and takes out his cellphone. "I dialed and called one of them to hear all of your conversations. Sorry if I and my comrade eavesdrop to your conversations." Suddenly, his cellphone bleeps with a message sent from Eric. He clicks to open the message and chuckles. 'You should be.' He says to himself as he reads the text:

'I'm on my way.'