(During Issue 6, WITCH in the Bookshop)

"I knew it! We should've checked the cave, instead!" Nigel shouts at Eric as they arrive at the train tunnel by the phone booth, where sent Grantaire to Meridian. When they met at Golden's, on Eric's scooter they drive around Heatherfield's located portals to find the rebellion army. The time passed too quickly as they find no possible entry point of the rebellions.

"Well, excuse me then." Eric sternly replies as he again rides on his scooter. "And why should they be at the cave then? The portal is underwater, Nigel! Could a rebel army allow themselves to be soaked when they reach here?"

"You should have forced Elyon, you know, or at least force a hint!" Nigel yells as he gets behind Eric.

"If I go aggressive on her, then what are we if she sides with us?!" Eric revs the engine of his scooter and races to the next portal. "What if Galgheita lied about a separate army for us not to be involved in their fight?"

"I saw Galgheita in her eyes and without a doubt there is truth to it!" Nigel says. "But if it's for Taranee's—Guardians' sake then we better go back to the bookshop!"

"You crazy?!" Eric exclaims. "It's another fifteen minutes to get there and Taranee again? You don't have to worry about her getting captured. Besides, you'll get that butterfly you wanted for her!"

"F-Flames! This isn't about Taranee!" Nigel blushes. "So if the army does exist where should we go now, mister detective? Because I say it's at the Shell Cave!"

"There are three portals left and it costs another fifteen minutes to drive to each of them, and that cave costs us half an hour and is the farthest of them all!" Eric argues. "If we get wrong at this—"

"You've been concluding and deducing your theories on where they would appear and they were off errs!"

"You think I'm the only one who thinks about this? You're in this too Nigel, you also said that the rebels are at Elyon's place and you were wrong too!"

"So you think your choices were better than mine?!" Nigel grabs the back of Eric's jacket in anger

"Don't you dare!" Eric speeds up. "If your anger causes our accidents on the road and the destruction of Earth, you'll pay with your dear life!"

"Yeah?!" Nigel challenges him.

"Yeah-!" Eric cuts when his phone rings.

Eric slows his motorbike down as he angrily shoves to his pocket to reach his phone. "Now what-!" He pauses as he shockingly sees 'RAY' on his screen. "It's Ray!" He looks behind slightly at Nigel who was also surprised. He presses the answer button and places on his ear. "Hello—"

"Eric, abandoned carnival now! Hurry! They're here-!" says Ray in his static voice, but the call stops.

"Hello—Ray?" Eric calls, but is replied with the phone beeping sounds.

"What is it?" Nigel concernedly asks.

"He said we need head towards the abandoned carnival and fast!" Eric replies. "There's someone with him and it's a 'they'."

"Don't you mean..."

"Yes I do!" Eric replies. "Hold on tight!" Eric breaks his scooter and the momentum shifts. It drifts sideways as the tires screeches and screams in a U-turn.

"I hope we're right!" Nigel replies as they hurry to the carnival.

(During Issue 6, WITCH after Bookshop incident)

"Sixth Technique: Grenade Barrage." Ray chants as he launches his arrows on the ground near and front of the charging men scream as the soil debris blows and stops the some of them back. It's been five grueling minutes as Ray holds the line from the continuous onslaught of rebels.

"Archers!" yells the leading galhot. As the rebel corps' right flank prepares its bow and arrows. "Ready, fire!" Arrows shoots to Ray, he quickly but hides behind the destroyed concrete wall.

'It's been minutes before after I called them!' Ray says to himself. 'Where are they?!' After he notices the barrage was over he leaps from his position "Grenade Barrage!" and pulls another grenade barrage on them and hides to the next wall as the rebels' arrows try to shoot him down. The explosion causes again the fall of the rebels. "Darn! They got me!" Ray says as he sees a slight scratch wound on his forearm. "They're even good than Phobos' men!"

"Your group, distract that boy!" says the leading galhot to another rebel. "Others, come with me!" He then leads the rear guard to the entry way of the carnival

"Oh no you don't-!" Ray tries to shoot the invading group but the left flank disturbs his aim when Ray opens himself unto their sight. "Darn! I can't shoot from this angle! If I could only projectile my arrows!"

Suddenly, he hears the echo of an ascending loud revving engine and afterwards is a series of explosions that can be heard as the men screams. "What the-Urghh!" "Who was that! Aahhh!" "It's a surprise attack! Retreat! Move back!" as the continuous blasts pour on heavy ground.

Ray sees as the invasion group runs back to spacious ground. 'Just in time!' He then sees an approaching and shining single-headlight motorcycle with two people on board as it rumbles its way to the rubble and debris.

"Archers! Attack that-thing!" says their leader as archers prepare their bows at the incoming scooter.

"Oh no you don't! Grenade Barrage!" Ray lets himself into the open and launches his arrows at the archers and blasts the ground on front of them once more, yet is also distracted when the retreating rebels charge at him with only a few dire seconds for Ray to notice.

Swiftly, the scooter approaches the soon fighting between the rebels and Ray. It swoops between them as the passenger with the crooked staff jumps out of the moving scooter and spins his staff around and fights the rebels. The rider on the other hand pulls out his broad sword as he rides between the fighting lines as he knocks over the incoming rebels to the ground. As the rider meets the end of the fighting line with a steel loading post on front of him, he drifts and screeches his tires to a stop, leaving a mist of dust behind.

"You alright Ray?" Eric asks as he moves out from his scooter.

"Yeah, better late than ever" Ray replies.

"And how did you even get here here?" Nigel says as he thrusts his staff to one of the last rebels and blasts him off. "Last time I saw you, you were slumping in your own bed!"

"No time to explain!" Ray says. "We just need to stop them here and hold our line, but don't kill."

"Even they try to kill us?" Nigel points to them.

"This is a misunderstanding that they cannot comprehend for now, lieutenant's orders."

"Hold on!" Eric bellows. "How did you meet Caleb-?"

"Attack them while their vulnerable!" yells the rebel leader with his reconditioned men as they stand up back on their feet and rushes to them.

"Hope your right Ray!" Eric assures as he makes a fighting stance, "Hold your lines! Don't let a single Meridianite out of this park!" as Nigel points his crooked staff and Ray materializes his arrows at them.

"Halt!" Suddenly, the unexpected Vathek from the tunnel yells at them as he runs in between the opposing belligerents. "Enough!"

"Vathek?" he three legionates bewilders in unison.

"Vathek! But I thought—"

"I said move out now, Gruul! Earth is not our enemy, but Phobos!" Vathek demands them.

"Yes sir." Gruul says and turns to his men. "You heard what he says! Move out!" he points out to the tunnel out. The rebels lower their weapons down and walk back to the portal.

With Vathek and the three boys left as the rebels gradually reduce in number. "I—uuhh…" Vathek clears his throat as he scratches his head in shame. "I wanted to apologize to you—for the onslaught."

"Why you-" Nigel angrily marches up to him but Eric holds his arms. "You think you got all that spunk to say that on our faces!" Nigel spits.

"Yes, yes I do." Vathek says. "And you know why? You were right all along." Vathek sighs. "I've seen the truth with my own eyes, and I was truly wrong for following that wicked-Phobos!"

"And this invasion army?" Ray asks. "What is this all about?"

"Cedric commanded me to dwell among the rebels and convince Caleb's forces to invade Earth and to enforce settlements here, but because I feel sympathy with the poor people as I live among them and how I saw earlier of how the Guardians deal with me and the other force back at the bookshop, I finally opened my eyes to make me realize that I was at the wrong direction."

Nigel slightly calms down as the three of them look to each other as they hide their weapons. "A few days ago we met by the museum with your Cedric, and now you inform us that you switched sides already?!"

"We planned to get rid of the Guardians once and for all on that day, but we failed, yet I didn't expect you trespassing!"

"It was your fault that you almost got us in jail! You destroyed that painting—" Nigel struggles to let go from Eric's bound.

"Then why out of the open are you informing this to us?" Ray asks.

"Be mad all you want, neither forgive me." Vathek then humbly bows at them. "But if there's anything I could ask of you is please support Caleb and the rebellion army against Phobos. They are hoping and counting for your support."

"I don't trust you! Still traitor, will always be traitor!" Nigel yells at him.

"Anything's not too late for a restart, Ashcroft." Vathek replies with sincerity. "I just have to jump back up again and prove it to you." He replies as he leaves, with him the last Meridianite to leave.

"Nigel," Eric releases Nigel as he breaks off the silence. "What does his eyes say?"

Nigel breathes heavily with irritation in gesture. "He's telling the truth."

Then, Eric's phone calls, he shoves into his pocket and sees 'SAPEHA' on the screen. "It's your Mom, Ray and I bet you escaped from home." Eric says to Ray as he clicks the answer button. "Hello?"

He then hears static sounds of sobber "E-Eric! Ray's gone! I-Is he there-"

"Don't worry Mrs. Bartholomew, he's here with us." Eric cuts her off to relieve her.

"Thank goodness!" She sobs once more. "Can I at least talk to him?"

"Here." Eric hands out the phone to Ray.

"Mom—" Ray puts his phone to his ear but releases from it as loud static voices abrupt from the phone.

"Look, I'm sorry…" Ray replaces it his ear and explains to her. He then leaves at a distance from his two friends for some privacy .

"You think, Ray's going to be alright?" Nigel asks.

"I hope so." Eric replies.

"Do you have any idea on how and why Ray met Caleb?"

"Theory, I bet Ray escaped from his home to Meridian to hunt Zagan, but I guess he bumped onto Caleb instead; that's when he found out Vathek's scheme. I guess when he saw the army entering the portal, he followed them and called us where they are."

Ray then comes walking back to them when he finally puts the phone down. Unexpectedly, his body begins to slump, kneeling to the ground due to wooziness and exhaustedness.

"Hey! Ray!" Eric says as he approaches him and grabs on to Ray's arm.

"You alright?" Nigel follows as he grabs on to the other arm.

"S-s-sorry..." Ray stutters as he tries to stagger his feet back up. "I-I'm fine. I'm just a bit tired."

"A bit huh?" Nigel says.

"We better get him out of—" Eric says as they hear loud diverse sirens from outside the park's fences.

"Flames! The cops!"