Chapter 10 is here! Double digits! Woohoo! So last chapter was another small battle with Saige. Lacu was killed, but at the end, she came back to life as Shadow Lacunae. This takes place where it left off. On with the chapter!

Chapter 10: The Shadow of Death

*Dina's POV*

What the hell is going on?! I thought when I saw Lacu's new form. I was sure that her new form was more powerful, but I didn't know what to expect.

"Lacu?" I said.

"It's Shadow Lacunae!" she shouted. I knew then that she was no longer my friend, but that she had pretty much became a demon.

This is bad… I thought. This is very bad…

Saige simply stared at Lacu and said "Who are you?!"

Lacu responded by spreading her wings and flying at high speed at Saige. Saige created a sword and swung at Lacu. She hit her in one of her wings, but the wing simply blocked the sword.

Saige and I were both shocked.

Lacu did a flip in the air and kicked Saige in the face. Saige flew backwards, but she suddenly stopped in midair and hovered. She then flew at Lacu. They collided and both created swords just before impact.

They broke apart and started slashing at each other. Then Saige's sword suddenly shattered. Lacu absorbed the energy this time and shot it at Saige, who dodged it. Saige charged an energy blast and shot Lacu with it. Lacu folded her wing around her and it shielded her from the attack.

"What in the world is she?!" Argis shouted.

Lacu then disappeared.

"What?!" I shouted.

Then I heard a noise that sounded like thunder.

I saw a dark blur shoot out of the sky and land on Saige, then crash through the ice platform. The blur, which I could tell was Lacu, kept going until the two were about 40 feet from the ground below, then stopped, unfolded its wings and kicked Saige into the ground.

There was a loud crash that echoed through the area. Judging by the fact that there was a sonic boom that meant Saige must have hit the ground at around 700 miles per hour. There was no way she could have survived.

I saw a black streak fly up to the platform and hover there. Lacu used her powers to repair the ice, then landed on it.

Then she returned to her normal form with all of her injuries healed.

But just as she landed, she suddenly collapsed.

"Lacu!" I shouted. I ran over to her.

But as I did, an invisible force blew me back. There was a flash of light.

When it faded, Saige was standing in its place.

She was alive, and appeared to only have a few bruises and cuts.

"That's impossible!" Argis shouted. "She can't still be alive!"

She turned towards Argis and started to walk in her direction. She summoned a glowing sword and slashed at Argis. Argis tried to create a sword, but wasn't fast enough.

Saige's sword sliced right through Argis' arm and cut a deep slice in her chest. She gasped for air, but it was useless. She fell to her knees.

But Saige clearly did not forgive Argis for betraying her. She swung the sword again, this time nearly cutting Argis' head off. Argis fell to the ground and a large pool of blood quickly formed around her.

Argis was dead.

"NO! ARGIS!" I shouted. I fell to my knees and started to cry. "Saige…" I said.

"What do you want?" she said.

"You're a heartless freak, you know that?" I said in anger. "And you're gonna pay for that!"

"Why do you care about her?" Saige asked. "She tried to kill you, remember?"

"I don't care!" I shouted. "Unlike you, I forgave her!"

"Well, then…" she said. "Why don't you join her in hell?!"

She charged at me, but I quickly created a chaotic sword and slashed before Saige could. She jumped right over my blade. She landed right behind me and slashed at me. I spun around and tried to block, but her sword somehow cut right through mine. It cut into my shoulder as well.

I screamed in anger, not pain, and summoned my legions. I released all of them except Thanatos.

"Destroy her!" I shouted, firing an orange lightning bolt at her to lock onto her. It hit her. The legions all charged at her, taking advantage of her being stunned for a moment, and attacked. She was hit several times by Hatred, but she somehow stopped all of Guilt's attacks. She released a shockwave, shattering the crests of all the ones surrounding her. Malice shot at her, but their attacks were reflected back and their crest shattered, as well.

"Dammit!" I shouted. "Time to end this!"

I waved my arm. Time around me slowed down and Thanatos appeared. He fired several energy bullets at Saige, all of which hit her. The attack lit her on fire and blew her back.

She hit the ground and stopped moving.

"That's for killing Argis and hurting Lacu!" I shouted. I pulled a token from my pocket and flipped it into the air.

"And this is for trying to kill all of us!" I shouted as I fired my Railgun attack.

The coin flew and exploded on impact with Saige. I walked over to Lacu and knelt down next to her.

She wasn't moving. I shook her arm, but she still didn't move. I checked her pulse, but I didn't feel one.

"No…" I said, starting to cry. "That freak killed two of my friends in one day…"

"And now it's your turn." A voice from behind me said. I turned around and saw Saige with a gun aimed at my head.

"No it's not!" another voice shouted.

Saige whirled around just in time to see Todd punch her in the face, using his power over wind to increase the power. The gun was knocked out of her hand as Todd hit her.

The impact knocked her into one of the ice pillars around the fossil center, which she flew right through.

She slammed into the wall of the fossil center hard enough to leave a large dent in the wall and cracks all around her. She fell to the ground and was unconscious. I picked up the gun she had dropped, aimed it at her, and fired until it was out of ammo. Every bullet hit its target.

"It's over…" I said. "Finally…"

I picked up Lacu's body and headed back to the rest of the group.

"Let's go." I said. I had Todd carry Lacu while I got Argis' body. We headed to the fossil center to try reviving them.

But just as we got there, a bright glow came from Argis' body. When it faded, the damage to her body was healed.

She woke up.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"This day just keeps getting crazier and crazier…" I said with a sigh.

We were about to revive Lacu, but as Todd was about to place her body in the machine, there was a flash of light.

When it faded, her body was gone.

"What just happened?" I asked. Everyone shrugged their shoulders.

It was a really crazy day.

That's chapter 10! Hope you like it! I'm already working on the next one, so expect to see it up soon! Keep reading and reviewing!