Chapter 5 is here! Last chapter, a new enemy named Argis appeared and attacked Dina and her friends. She summoned creatures known as legions in an attempt to kill them, but ended up being defeated by Dina and Lacunae. This starts where that left off.

On with the chapter!

Chapter 5: Ultimate Power

*Dina's POV*

After Argis was knocked out, I walked over to her and tapped her head with my foot to make sure she was out. She didn't move, so I knew that it was over. I walked over to Pauleen, who had been lit on fire by Argis' last attack. Despite Rupert's quick action, Pauleen was severely burned. She had third degree burns everywhere except her robotic leg, which was unharmed. The attack had broken both of her arms and probably a few ribs. She wasn't moving.

"Pauleen!" I shouted when I saw her. I turned to Rupert. "Is she okay?" I asked.

"I don't know." He replied. "I managed to extinguish the flames, but due to the severity of the burns, I don't even know if she is alive. I'm surprised she didn't return to her medal after that."

Then I realized something. Rupert was killed after releasing himself, and Pauleen was severely injured after releasing herself.

"If you release yourself from the medal instead of me releasing you, you're vulnerable to severe injuries and death!" I said.

"That would explain a lot." Rupert mumbled.

"You guys make sure she's okay." I said. "I'll be right back." They nodded and Selena took her to the operating room that was built into her house.

I walked over to Argis. Her helmet was almost shattered by the last attack. I removed the remains of it to see who she was. What I saw shocked me.

I recognized her appearance.

"I know this person." I said.

Flashbacks flooded my mind. The day that my parents were killed, I had seen Argis running away from my house.

"Could she be the one that killed them?" I mumbled.

Then I remembered something else. That day, she was unarmed, but she had a dark aura around her.

Was she possessed? I thought.

It was years ago, but I knew it was still her. Her eyes were a glowing orange color and her short hair was silver with golden streaks. It was an unmistakable appearance.

Then I looked at her hand that had the crests on it. The crests were badly damaged. I touched the dragon one and it repaired itself instantly. Strange… I thought as I removed it from her hand.

"What is this, anyways?" I said as I looked at it in the palm of my hand. Suddenly, it started to glow and absorbed into my hand. My right arm glowed and a mark appeared on it. It looked like the crest.

"What the heck?" I exclaimed. Everyone looked at me and saw my arm glowing.

"What's going on, Dina?!" Rupert shouted.

"I don't know, but I think I just absorbed one of the crests!" I shouted back.

Argis suddenly woke up. I jumped back.

"You… fool…" she said when she saw the mark on my arm. "The power you just absorbed will kill you!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Only legionators can absorb crests without being harmed." She said. "And I seriously doubt you are a legionator."

"I assume a legionator is someone who can control legions?" I said. She nodded.

"It doesn't seem to be harming you, though, so maybe you are a legionator." Argis said. "Just know that if it does, it will be your fault. You will die and be turned into the legion, at which point you will lose control of yourself."

This worried me. I knew I couldn't just release the crest and give it back, so there was a high chance that I could die.

"How do I know that you're not lying?" I asked.

"Why would I lie about something like that?" she replied. "Just because I was sent to kill you, that doesn't mean that I would lie about the legions. This is something that can't be changed, and soon, you will pay the consequences."

"If that's true, we need to find a way to fix this." Lacunae said. Argis shook her head.

"You can't." she said. "Once a legion is absorbed, the event is irreversible. You will either become a legionator, or you will die."

"How will I know if I am a legionator?" I asked.

"Let me see your right hand." She said. I showed it to her. The crest image glowed and a lightning bolt appeared on my palm. "You really are a legionator!" she said in surprise.

"How do I control it?" I asked.

"I can teach you, but do not use it unless you need to." She said. "I don't want Saige knowing that I'm helping you."

"Wait, you tried to kill us, and now you're going to help us?" Rupert asked, clearly confused.

"Saige took control of me using her power. I had no choice but to try to kill you." Argis explained. "If I didn't, she would kill me."

"She's obviously weak at the moment, so she won't come after us right now." I said.

"Once she gets her full power back, she may be impossible to defeat." Argis said. "Anyways, let's go to the backyard and I'll teach you how to use the legion you absorbed. You're lucky, by the way. That legion is Thanatos, the most powerful of the legions."

"How many different legions are there?" I asked.

"Seven." She answered. "I have all of the crests, but I can only use two at a time." She pulled five more crests out of her pocket and game them to me. She also removed the sword one and handed it to me.

"Why are you giving these to me?" I asked.

"Saige will be after me. If I die, the crests will be destroyed unless a legionator other than myself has them." She explained.

I nodded and looked at the crests. The five new ones were a crossbow, a claw, a fist, a shield, and a bomb. Suddenly, all of the six crests glowed and absorbed into me, each creating a mark on my arm representing them. Argis was shocked.

"You just absorbed all of the crests at once?!" she shouted. "That means that you can use any legion at any time!"

"Wow…" I said, also shocked. "So how do I use them?"

"I'll teach you." She said. "Which one do you want to start with?"

"How about the sword one?" I suggested.

"Alright, let's begin." She replied.

And that's it for this chapter. Dina's a legionator! Pretty cool, right? Anyways, I'll get the next chapter up soon, so keep reading and reviewing!