Agi's family, along with elinor and Meggie, fell asleep while mo discuss his plan in one corner with Adeon, Dustfinger, and Farid.
"Okay, we need to find a way to get to Capricorn's castle without blowing our covers" mo explained.
Dustfinger snapped his fingers when he thought of something, "We could steal one of their vans"
"Good idea, then after getting a vehicle, we disguise ourselves as black jackets"
"But how could we fight back with their---guns?" Farid butted in.
Obviously, adeon has no idea what vans and guns are, he's too new to the place and he still couldn't even believe that it's possible. But, he suggested something.
"Elara and Agi could use their powers" adeon said.
Mo thought about it and made him smile. It was a good idea to use magic with them. But dustfinger wouldn't agree to it.
"Have your brain really turned convoluted?" dustfinger told the prince, "You'll bring Agi in serious danger!"
"But they could really help and Agi is a very strong girl" adeon argued.
"It's still a no, silver tongue, let me just do it"
"What's wrong with you? I thought we want to defeat Capricorn?"
"I want to but we're talking about Agi here."
Mo is confused as Farid is on why they're even arguing about a small thing. He broke them apart when they began to clutch each other's collar, shushed them, and then looked at his watch.
"Keep it down, you'll wake the others up!" mo whispered annoyed, "It's almost seven in the morning. Argue about that later and dustfinger, come with me"
Dustfinger glared at adeon and followed mo who is instructing Farid to get elara, Meggie, adeon,Agi and himself ready when they come back. Mo led the way back up to the house and looked around if everything's clear. The secret door opened and mo went out then dustfinger. They closed it again and fixed the carpet so their hiding place would be kept hidden. The whole town is really silent and, well, trashed.
Dustfinger and mo walked on the street like they were the last people on earth. All the shops' windows are broken, papers all over the streets, and other abandoned things like cars, open cashiers, and shopping bags.
"This is like a ghost town" dustfinger said and got crept out when a stereo from a café played an Italian opera on its own.
Mo couldn't agree more and watched on guard everywhere just in case some black jackets are wandering around. His only weapon is his small yellow flashlight in his pocket.
"Couldn't agree more"
"Anyways, I really don't agree on taking Agi"
"Oh yeah, about that. You're really acting weird about that topic. Why won't you let her help, her powers are really a great help"
"I don't care. I'll make you pay if something happens to her"
Mo stopped walking and squinted back at him. Since when did the selfish dustfinger worried about someone else?
"Dustfinger, are you not telling me something?"
"It's not like you like her or some sort" mo meant it as a joke, but dustfinger swallowed hard and started to walk in circles.
"Okay, fine. I'm deeply in love with her and I don't want her to get hurt. There, I said it" dustfinger said.
Mo looked at him a bit---speechless. Jokes are really half meant to be true. In love? Now that's something unbelievable.
"Wow, I don't know what to say anymore" mo said.
Dustfinger cringed, but mo patted him and grinned. "That's good---I think. Though you have a wife and kids and whatever, it's your life. But, I still think that Agi could really be a great help"
While they were talking, they heard a vehicle approaching and the both of them ran inside a toy shop to hide. The black van stopped on the middle of the street and two black jackets, carrying shot guns, went to the convenient store. A small brown teddy fell from the display when mo slowly peeked outside to see what's happening.
"Should we move now?" mo asked.
Dustfinger---in the dolls section--- got up and nodded, "Before other black jackets arrive"
The two black jackets just finished "Buying" things and went back to the van. They were about to get in when something suddenly hit their heads and they fainted. Mo let go of the golf club and helped dustfinger pull the two men inside the toy shop and ties them.
"We have the van, all we need is a disguise" dustfinger said.
Mo locked the two black jackets in the staff's room and showed the way to another shop.
While they continue with their mission, back at their hideout, adeon is playing fetch with the marten---Gwinn--- using a pencil. Agi is with her family, talking about all kinds of stuffs, when she noticed what adeon is doing. She excused herself and joined him.
"Hey" Agi said.
Adeon threw the pencil again and he smiled at Agi, "Hi"
"So, Farid told me that you and dustfinger had an argument awhile ago"
"Oh that, yeah. I suggested that you and your mother, elara, help when we invade Capricorn's castle. He suddenly got mad and we argued"
Agi's forehead creased in confusion, "Why did he got mad?"
Adeon sighed, "He doesn't want you getting hurt. Believe me, I also don't want you getting hurt, but I really think you could help"
"That's too sweet of him"
"Now you're making me jealous"
Agi giggled and hugged him tight, "Oh come on, don't be. I love you more"
"Yeah right, you kiss him much often"
"How do youknow?"
"I just- I just know"
Agi crawled to the other side where adeon is looking and tried to cheer him up, "Come on, you're not really jealous are you? Here"
Agi kissed adeon until he is contented. But it's true; Agi did kiss dustfinger more often than adeon. Besides, dustfinger is Agi's first kiss and first love.
"Agi, mo said that-"
Meggie suddenly turned around, blushing, when she caught Agi and adeon kissing. Agi tied her hair up and looked embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry, what is it you're trying, uh, trying to say?" Agi asked, catching her breath.
"Uhm, uh, dad said- we-we should go" Meggie uttered and left.
Agi said goodbye to her brother, grandpa, father, and to Emily as they go and put things back to normal. They all changed into black attires and furtively ran out of the house and into the van. Mo drives beside Meggie and dustfinger---at the back--- takes out the drawing mo did as he talks about their plan.
"Okay, first thing we have to remember; avoid the shadow" dustfinger started, "As we go to the territory; elara, Agi, and I would help you guys get out of the van safely. Mo will find resa with adeon and Meggie would make the shadow kill Capricorn after mo gets resa. Farid will guard Meggie"
Mo stepped on the gas up towards the mountains where Capricorn's castle stands.
Back in town, two other black jackets came searchingly.
"Where could those two be?"
"Yeah, they were just supposed to buy chips"
While they were talking, they heard something banging, coming from the toy shop. They get their guns ready and went in. the banging came from behind the staff's door and one of them opened it and pointed the gun to whoever it was. The black jackets were surprised that it was the other two, tied up.
They untied them and the two hostages talked.
"Someone attacked us" one of them said.
The other nodded, "And I swear that it sounded like silver tongue and dustfinger"
The four of them ran back to the van and needs to report this to Capricorn immediately.
Mo slowly drives inside Capricorn's village and the black jackets on the street watch the van pass. No one seems to look at them suspiciously. Just then, another van arrived in full speed and everyone looked even mo's group.
Mo and dustfinger recognized the two that they tied up and they gulped.
"We've been invaded!" the black jacket declared.
Dustfinger, Agi, and elara didn't wait for any signal anymore and jumped out the van, letting out fire balls and dragon's breath. The black jackets were off guard and most of them fell on the ground easily.
"Go now!" dustfinger shouted at the others.
Mo and the others went out of the van and ran towards the castle. Agi kicked, punched, and even bit her opponents like an amateur--- but was great. More black jackets appeared and tried to shoot at them. Luckily, elara used her air power on time and blew the bullets away.
Inside the castle, adeon used his sword fighting skills to protect mo as he looks for resa at the dungeons. Meggie, on the other hand, is waiting for her father to call if she needs to read aloud already.
Capricorn is in his room, listening calmly on his couch, with some classical music when basta disturbed him.
"This must be good--- or else" Capricorn threatened.
Basta nodded nervously as he tries to explain what is going on, "Sire, S-silver tongue g-g-got out of the book"
Capricorn's eyes widened in terror. How could he have read himself out? He ran out of the room with other troupes, angrily. "We'll settle this once and for all"
At the dungeons, mo finally found his voiceless wife and sets her free. Resa sprang to him for a tight hug. Adeon is still fighting with some black jackets when the ground trembled and a roar aroused.
Dustfinger stopped fighting and saw the sky darkening.
"The shadow" he whispered.
Agi is blasting water at the black jackets when dustfinger suddenly grabbed her and elara. The three of them starts to run back inside the van and dustfinger closed the door.
"Why, what's wrong?" elara asked.
"Capricorn just summoned the shadow"
Agi looked out the window and saw a big gray creature forming. Agi clutched her mom's and dustfinger's hand, wishing that Meggie would read aloud already.
At the bailey, Capricorn is sitting on his throne as his men bring forth mo, resa, and adeon to him. Capricorn recognized adeon and mockingly bowed to him.
"If it isn't Prince adeon of Wingsden. It's too nice of you to die along with your new friends" Capricorn started to laugh and faced mo, "Now, I don't ever care how you got out because this time, I'll make sure you won't live"
The shadow appeared above them, hungry for innocent people's lives. Mo hugged resa tight to protect her and adeon wishes that Agi is safe, but they suddenly heard Capricorn shouting. The shadow grabbed him and the other black jackets looked terrified.
"What's happening? Let go of me!" Capricorn demanded.
Little did Capricorn know that the other silver tongue, Meggie, is reading aloud from the balcony with Farid. The shadow ate Capricorn and dissolved into the air along with the other black jackets and the people the shadow ate came back.