Faragonda sat in her office, she had been waiting two days for news about Tecna and her patience was wearing thin, she tried to relax by reading one of her many books but it did little good, since she was headmisstres of Alfea she had forgotten her inner demons but now with the possible appearance of A.H. units everything had changed. Suddenly the crystal ball began to glow and Saladyn's voice began to ring through the room.

" Faragonda my specialists have returned with news about your student " the headmaster's voice was serious , much more than usual .

" Have they found her ?" replied Faragonda sensing from the man's tone of voice that the answer would be negative .

"I'm sorry to tell you this but the situation is much worse than we imagined, the girl has not only disappeared but they have found the bodies of her parents, it is presumed that she killed them." Faragonda's heart skipped a beat when she heard that, all she said was: "I don't care what methods you use but find her" then she threw her crystal ball against the wall causing it to explode into hundreds of crystal fragments.

-Two days before in the tunels-

Tecna was sitting attentively studying a book in the archive, she had recovered a small part of her magic after absorbing Digit but she still felt weak and had not got used to her new prosthesis so she decided to stay inside the facility instead of going out to make the surveillance rounds together with AX.

The archive was a small room located next to the laboratory, the room had several bookcases on the walls and a table with two chairs in the centre next to the remains of an old blackboard.

The girl was so focused on the book that she didn't notice AX had returned until he bowed to her.

"You could knock next time, couldn't you?" said the startled girl as she marked the page of the book and put it down on the table.

"I'm sorry your highness, it won't happen again," replied AX with his usual courtesy. "I bring news," continued the man calmly as he sat down in a chair, "I have discovered four people lurking in the tunnels, most likely companions of the one who tried to kill you, how would you like me to proceed?

A shiver ran down Tecna's spine as she heard that, the memory of the man stabbing her terrified her, "kill them" she replied almost shouting.

"As you command" was all AX said before getting up, when he was about to leave Tecna spoke again "On second thought, if any of them have magic bring it to me, I still need to regain my strength" The man nodded before leaving.

- Present time , Red fountain -

An air of seriousness pervaded the room, an atmosphere that none of those present dared to break. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, Saladin began to speak.

"I have gathered you here to assign you a mission, an extremely important one and I warn you that it will not be an easy or pretty mission so if any of you want to leave, do it now because once I give you the instructions you will not be able to turn back" Saladin gave a short pause and looked at the young men, of all of them only one left, the headmaster made a mental note of the name of that specialist to make sure he did not offer him any more important missions.

" "Saladin placed a picture of Tecna on his table. "Once you find her you must capture her and bring her here, as an exception if she resists and you are unable to capture her you can use lethal force.

The boys gathered there were surprised at the seriousness with which the director spoke, but two of them were especially incredulous at the situation.

"I am aware that some of you know her" continued Saladin addressing Brandon and Riven "that's why I called you, if she knows you she might give in more easily and we can avoid unnecessary fighting so I expect you to act accordingly to the mission and I remind you that this mission is secret, do you understand?" The boys nodded "Well in that case get ready, you will leave first thing in the morning".

- present time , In the tunnels -

Screams rang throughout the lab as AX interrogated a man tied to a chair, next to him was the body of a young woman also tied up but wasting away as if she hadn't eaten in weeks.

"What have you done to him you monsters" shouted the captive only to be punched in the stomach by AX "please stop" he pleaded again, this time Tecna stopped AX before he hit him again.

"I'll be honest with you, I've absorbed your partner's magic and I'll do the same to you," said Tecna to the man who panicked, "but maybe I'll make an exception if you tell us where your base is," the man sobbed a little and finally gave them directions, despite that Tecna showed no mercy and absorbed the man's magic until he was just a parched corpse, Tecna herself was surprised about what she had done but the feeling of magic running through her body again soon erased that feeling of surprise , suddenly something caught her attention, the man had a strange object tied to his belt, the shape of the object was reminiscent of a mask although the lower part was clearly missing It looked like it was made of some kind of porcelain and had dark spots around the eyes that gave the illusion that the mask was crying. When the girl picked up the mask, she noticed some inscriptions on the inside of it, in addition to giving off a small, almost imperceptible magical aura, neither she nor AX were able to identify the language, so Tecna with renewed strength after absorbing magic set out to discover its secrets .