Chapter 8 is here! Last chapter, Pauleen was critically injured. Dina got angry at Argis and tried to kick her out, only to realize that Argis truly was upset over her mistake. She chased her down and Argis revealed some of her past. They went back inside to find that Pauleen had died, at which point Argis used her powers to revive her. This chapter takes place the next day. On with the chapter!

Chapter 8: The Ultimate Battle

*Dina's POV*

After Todd recovered and everyone was in fighting shape again, we set off to find Saige's base. Argis revealed that it was in the mountain area behind Ilium Village. She knew exactly where it was.

We arrived at the base, which seemed a little too obvious not to be noticeable.

"It looks like a freaking skyscraper!" I whispered in Argis' ear.

"It's that way to make it harder to get into." She replied. "Let's go."

Then I saw someone at the top of the tower. She was facing away from us and was leaning on the railing, which seemed to glow slightly.

"Is that her?" I asked Argis.

"Probably." She replied.

"Then let's go!" Lacunae said.

We all used our abilities to get up to the top. I used my rocket boots, Lacu used her powers to basically run up the wall, Selena, Pauleen and Todd used their powers to propel them up, Rupert shot up like a lightning bolt, Banette used her wings, and Argis teleported.

When we got to the top, the figure turned towards us. They were wearing a hoodie that hid their face. The figure lifted the hood and everyone froze in shock, even Lacu and Argis.

"That's not what I remember her looking like." I said.

Her caramel-colored hair was now filled with streaks of green, blue, black, and gold, her blue eyes were darker and her skin was much paler. She looked weaker, but I knew that I shouldn't count on that. I knew it was her. You never forget the face of someone that killed your friends and almost killed you. You can never forget the face of someone you killed.

That's why everyone froze when they saw Saige standing in front of us.

"Is that really her?!" I shouted.

"Ah… Dina." Saige said. "I knew you would be here eventually. And Argis… you have betrayed me. You know what the consequence of that is."

"Don't count on it!" I shouted. "It's time for revenge!"

"You're the one that won't be so lucky." She said.

She set her hand back on the railing. Pulses of black, green, turquoise, and yellow shot from her hand and a nasty storm appeared around the tower.

"Oh crap." Todd said. "This is bad."

"No kidding!" Pauleen shouted.

"Guys, calm down!" Lacu said. "I can take this creep!"

"What makes you think you can stop me?" Saige asked.

"I took you down with one kick before!" Lacu said.

"That was before!" Saige shouted. "And I was weakened! I'm much stronger now!"

"You don't look like it!" I shouted.

"Yeah, but looks can be deceiving." Saige said. I knew that was true in her case.

"You look like you'll snap in half if I kick you again." Lacu said. "Are you sure you're stronger than before?"

"For the last time, I was weakened!" Saige shouted. "Have you ever tried coming back from the dead?! I seriously doubt it, little miss 'I'm the immortal summoner of the moon and I'm so awesome!' Why don't you ask your friends what it's like?! They'll tell you all about it!"

That made Lacu really angry.

"But there's a second option." Saige said.

"And what would that be?" Lacu asked.

"Would you like to try it for yourself?" she asked.

"Don't count on it!" Lacu shouted.

Lacu charged at Saige at full speed and aimed her knee right at her head. Saige simply raised her hand and caught Lacu's knee. The momentum from the attack dispersed as a ripple in the air around Saige's hand. Everyone was shocked, including Lacu. Saige then reabsorbed the power and shot it back at Lacu, which launched her backwards. Lacu did a flip and landed safely, but I could tell her leg was hurt by that move.

"Is that all you've got?!" Lacu shouted.

"We can't let Lacu be the only fighter here!" I shouted.

Everyone nodded and released all of their vivosaurs and legions, then charged their powers.

"Let's go!" I shouted. All of our vivosaurs charged at her at once. She released some sort of wave of green energy, and all of our vivosaurs returned to their medals instantly. I commanded my legions to attack and Argis did the same. Saige did the same thing and Argis' crests were shattered. I felt a sharp pain in my arm as my crests were damaged. All of us who had powers fired our best attacks at once.

Saige created some kind of shockwave that repelled all of the attacks. My railgun almost hit me, but I managed to create an electric field to cancel the power and stop the coin.

"We can't hit her!" I shouted.

A grin crossed Saige's face and she released a turquoise wave at us. It didn't do anything to me, Argis, or Lacu. The others were returned to their medals.

I was shocked at that move.

Lacu stood up and charged again. She dodged Saige's hand this time and kicked her in the stomach. Saige doubled over in pain and Lacu kicked her in the face. Saige got up, and she didn't seem like she was even hurt. The only visible injury was a bloody nose.

"That's it!" Saige shouted. "I'll kill you all!"

Saige charged at Lacu and punched her in the stomach. All of the momentum was channeled into the punch, plus an energy shockwave that was released at the same time. Lacu was blown back into the railing and almost knocked out.

"I'll help her, you take out Saige!" Argis shouted.

"With pleasure!" I shouted, cracking my knuckles.

Saige charged at me, but I used a power that I had forgotten about until now.

I reflected the force of the punch at her and blew her back. Then I created an electric blast and shot it at her.

She raised her hand and caught the energy. It became a glowing blue orb in her hand.

"Oh crap!" I shouted.

She amplified the energy and shot it back at me. The attack hit me and blew me back, but I kicked off of the railing and charged at her full-speed. I created an electric sword, but she simply blocked every swing with her bare hands.

Then I created a normal sword with blue flames around it.

I swung it at her.

It hit her hand.

The sword shattered and disappeared.

Saige absorbed the flames and chaotic energy that I used to form the sword. I knew what was going to happen, but I couldn't stop it.

She shot it back at me, which burned me and shot me into the railing. I felt like my back was broken, and I was unable to move due to almost being knocked out by the blast.

Lacu was able to, though. She charged at Saige, and so did Argis. They both slammed into Saige, who blew them both back with the force of the attack.

"I'm tired of this." She said. She hit her tail on the railing. It shattered and the energy flowed into her.

"I hate you, Saige." I said.

"Good." She replied. She spun around like a tornado, dark energy forming around her. Then she stopped and stomped on the ground. A shockwave blew the three of us off of the building.

And that's chapter 8! I'll work on the next chapter as soon as I get a chance! Keep reading and reviewing!