YO! Welcome back to some more ASceND. Thank you for joining us today; I'm your host, ArkAngel! *imitates crowd screaming* He...he, that was funny, right?

"Wow...It's beautiful."

They sat on the roof of the tower as she watched the sun set behind the horizon, throwing the sky into brilliant shades of pink, red, and orange. The sun reflected off the buildings around them, throwing their owns colors into the collage of colors already there. Aionion stared up at the broken moon rising behind them.

'I wonder if she's watching me even now? Would you be proud of me? You were the sun that guided me away from the darkness, now you are the moon that lights my path through it.'

Pushing his thoughts of the past behind him, Aionion turned back to the two with him. 'Ready to go?'

They both nodded and began to get ready to leave. Scarlet walked back to Aionion who inwardly grumbled when Nebula nudged him mentally. 'You are being reduced to a personal taxi for the child. Ha! Wanna see if she wants a better ride later?'

Nebula suggestively nudged Aionion again before returning to crawling through Aionion's memories. That felt kinda creepy but it was better than letting him loose. Scarlet mounted Aionion, Nebula renewed his laughing at this, and settled onto his back.

Dantos sent his chain away and saluted Aionion before swinging away. Aionion walked to the edge before he asked Nebula a question. ' Can we make a board to surf on out of crystal? I have a plan to beat Dantos back.'

Aionion took a step forward then his foot caught on a dark blue, thin board of crystal materialized in front of him. 'Nice.'

He looked back at Scarlet before winking. 'Hold on tight.'

"What do you meeeeaaannn?!"

Her question was cut off as Aionion jumped onto the board and levitated it. He slid to the edge and dropped in. Luckily the building was old and abandoned so they didn't catch attention. Until the mirrors started shattering behind them.

Scarlet let out a shrill scream before clutching onto his coat and holding on with a death grip. Aionion screamed too, just in joy. Nebula screamed along with Aionion as they surfed down a building. 'Woohoo!'

Malcom looked up from his work when he heard a message appeared on his screen.

Man surfs down building with woman on back

He sighed before taking a sip of coffee. 'Of course they did.'

Dantos turned around when he heard the scream. His eyes widened in shock when Aionion pushed off the building and flew overhead, the glass following too. Dantos cursed before tossing a chain onto one of Aionion's swords and held on. The glass just missed him and rained down on the building he was over top. He let out a sigh of relief.

Aionion had reached the peak of his jump and now they were slowly falling to the ground. He aimed at a nearby building and heard a whistling before he saw Dantos pick up speed towards the plane. 'He isn't beating me.'

Aionion released his control before halting his fall before hitting the roof. He pushed off once again, flying over the buildings in his path. He sees Dantos in the distance about to land near the plane. Aionion pulls a rifle from his cloak and fires behind him, having seen red riding hood doing it. Unleashing the full clip of ten, he got tunnel vision before he skids to a stop in front of Dantos. "I win! You have to pay for the next meal."

Dantos childishly stuck his tongue out at Aionion before he opened his eyes to see his tongue three centimeters from a sword. Scarlet finally released Aionion and slid to the ground. "Never...going...with you... again."

Aionion shrugged and picked her up from the ground. The two (three?) males mentally shrugged and got into the plane. This is when Nebula piped up. 'She tipped over like a cow! I guess you could say that was an udder failure!?'

Nebula laughed at his own joke for a while before he brought up the next. 'I guess she should've tried some...udder tactics.'

'Yeah that was a real knee slapper...If this is my life, I almost wanna cut off my arm.'

Nebula cackled the entire way home.

Once they'd touched down, they stopped at Dantos' room for his gear before stopping at Aionion's. The two rooms were polar opposites. Dantos's had posters on the walls and lights around the room. It was painted a nice baby blue color with one wall being beige.

Aionion's room was a complete one-eighty. His walls were barren and his walls were still the original grey. There was a plant that tried its best to make the room brighter but ultimately failed. The only sign someone lived here was the slight depression on the otherwise plain bed and the clothes that were packed into a small bag.

With their bags in hand, the three headed for Vale and beyond that, Beacon.

Jumping off the plane as usual with Scarlet on his back and Dantos carrying his bag, the three headed for their destination. After a long, exciting trip through the city like normal people, they loaded their bags onto a bullhead and sat for the short flight to Beacon. After being seated for a while, Nebula finally spoke up. 'Sooooo? Your going to a school full of people trained to kill monsters. Won't you feel a little off? I mean, you do kill people. I can personally count 49 bodies and that's not counting assassinations.'

'Your point is? This is the life I chose and like I said to her; Once you stick one finger in, something will reach out and drag you to the depths. I can't escape this life anymore than the others can.'

'Except they can go somewhere. Hide. Blend in.'

Aionion was silent for what felt like a few moments while he considered this. It was only when Dantos tapped him on the shoulder when he snapped out of it and exited the bullhead. 'So this is Beacon.'

Just a quick filler chapter to get them to Beacon and show a little bit of the fun they have when not on missions. Expect a larger chapter next time. Can Aionion trust them to not leave him? Or will he be stuck in the darkness alone forever?