Helia pov
We land safely on Neathia and we are greeted by who I believe is a guard. Shun greeted him warmly and we follow both of them into this crystal castle. We follow him all the way to the throne room to see a teenage girl sitting on the throne. She looks like she is made of beautiful crystals run down the stair and change into a human form. She leaps into Shun's arms.
"It's great to see you again Shun. Who are your friends?" She asks.
"Fabia, these are the Specialist from Red Fountain. They're from Magix." Shun explains.
"It's nice to meet all of you. My name is Fabia and this my guard Linus." Fabia introduces while she motions to the man with short purple hair in behind her.
"I'm Sky, this is Brandon, that's Timmy, that's Riven, and over there are Helia and Nabu." Sky introduces.
"Fabia, where is Aranaut and Neo?" Shun asks.
"Aranaut is with the rest of the Castle Knights. Neo, well, we have no clue where he is." Fabia explains as Linus looks away.
"Crap. We need to talk to Aranaut right now. Helia call Flora and tell her that Neo is missing." Shun orders as he follows Fabia.
I call Flora as I follow behind him.
"Hey sweetie, what's up?" Flora asks.
"Shun wanted me to tell you that Neo is missing." I explain.
"Great more problems. Give Shun the phone." Flora says as her voice fades slightly.
"Shun." I call to him as I give my phone.
"Yes Flora." Shun says as he puts it on speaker.
"We have more problems and you're not gonna believe me." Flora says as her voice gets louder.
"What could possible be worse than this?" Shun asks with a sigh.
"Magma Wilda, Knight Percival, and Maxus Helios have gone missing too. Mira, Ace, Baron along with Nemus, and Keith are coming." Flora explains sadly.
"Terrific. Anything else?" Shun ask with a small sigh.
"You might want to sit down." Flora says softly.
"Flora.." Shun starts to say but doesn't finish.
"We found an exoskeleton of ventus bakugan. It looks like Skyress and we found her chip in this bakugan. When you come back we need you to id the body?" Flora explains as her voice changes tones.
Shun almost collapse to the ground. He leans on the wall heavily as Fabia hugs him.
"I'll call you back." Shun says as he hangs up the phone.
A small sob escapes his mouth. Fabia tries to comfort him as Linus eyes start to water.
"Lets just go get Aranaut and get home." Shun insists as he stands up.
We follow them to a meeting room to see guards in full uniform and what presumes to be Aranaut talking to them.
"Aranaut." Fabia says ending the small chatter of the guards.
"Good afternoon princess. Good afternoon Shun. Who are your guest?" Aranaut greets politely.
"These are the Specialist from Magix. They are here to speak to you." Linus explains.
"Of course." Aranaut says as he floats to Fabia.
"Aranaut, we need to take you to Linphea." Shun explains.
"Why?" Fabia asks confused.
"The kidnappings that are similar to Neo's they have been happening on Linphea and even on Gundalia." Shun continues.
"It is just a safety precaution." Sky adds.
"I'm not losing him. Forget it." Fabia says slightly angry.
"Fabia, he is not safe here." Shun presses.
"I'm not losing him. He is all I have left of," Fabia begins to say but refuses to finish.
"Do you want me to call Flora?" I ask.
"I need to talk to her." Fabia says trying to control her emotions.
I quick call Flora's number and put her on speaker.
"Heila, what going on?" Flora asks.
"Fabia wants to talk to you." I answer as I hand the phone to Fabia.
"Fabia what's wrong dear?" Flora asks worriedly.
"They want to take Aranaut away from me." Fabia answers.
"Of Fabia that's not true. We only want to keep him safe along with you." Flora explains.
"Flora, I already lost Jim. Aranaut is all I have left." Fabia explains sadly while looking at Aranaut.
"Oh sweetie. I know how much he means to you. I know that he is your last connection to him. promise we'll bring him back to you. Okay. If we don't, Illing will come to Neathia and forcefully take Aranaut away. Please Fabia." Flora promises.
"I don't like this. But if Aranaut is okay with this then I will allow him to go." Fabia says.
"If this Illing character comes to Neathia then you will be at risk princess. I can not allow that to happen. I will go with the Specialist." Aranaut explains logically.
"Aranaut, I love you." Fabia says sadly as she reaches to him.
Aranaut goes to Fabia and nuzzles himself into her neck. It honestly hitting my heart to see them being split up.
'"And I love you as well Princess." Aramunt says as he bows his small head to her.
"Alright Flora, your Specialist are on their way." Fabia says as she wipes her tears.
"Thank you Fabia. Boys, I'll see you when you land. Be safe Helia, I love you." Flora says as I hear the small smile on her face.
"Alright. I love you too Flora." I reply before I hang up the phone.
We escort Arnaut back to the ship and head back to Linphea. When we get there, we take Araunt to the girls. We enter the meeting room and Flora rushes to hug Shun. They are three other girls in the room.
"You ready?" Flora asks softly.
"Yeah." Shun says as Flora takes his hand and takes him somewhere.
"Where are they going." I ask confused.
"To ID an exoskeleton that might be Skyress, his partner." Dan explains. "Guys, this is my girlfriend Runo, Alice and Julie." Dan introduces as he wraps his arm around Runo's waist.
"From what I've read, she is an amazing bakugan. Her stats are incredible." TImmy says.
"Skyress is the toughest ventus bakugan in the world next to Diablo. She wouldn't have gone without a fight." Marcho says sadly.
"How long have they been partners." Brandon asks.
"When SHun's mother died, she gave her to him. That happened about 5 years ago." Dan says.
"How did she died?" Stella asks.
"She was sick for a long time. No ever really knows what caused her illness." Marcho answers.
"Poor Shun." Musa says sadly.
"Yeah. When she died, he was a wreck. Brawling was the only thing to keep him sane." Dan says.
Before anyone could say a word, they hear a loud scream and footsteps running. They realize that's it's Shun. He runs into the room and hugs Dan tightly. Dan has not seen Shun cry since his mother passed away.
"Shun what happened?" Dan asks worriedly.
"It's her. She's gone." SHun sobs loudly into his shoulder.
Flora walks into the room and Klaus goes to give her a hug. Soon the room fills with sobs. Dan, Marucho, Flora, Shun, Klaus, Runo, Julie, and Alice began to cry. The three girls start to comfort each other as Dan comforts Shun. Flora sobs loudly into Klaus's chest as he rubs her back. Flora let Klaus go and goes to give Marcho a hug. It kills me to see Flora crying. The girls are in shock to see this before them.
"Shun, I swear to you that I will find Illing and end him." Flora says firmly as she looks at Shun.
"Thank you." Shun says with a soft sob.
I have never seen Flora so determined before. Flora gets up and goes to Shun. They embrace each other tightly. Flora lets him go after a while and take my hand and leaves the room. She takes me into a room and embraces me tightly, with her arms around my neck. She sobs loudly into my shoulder as I lightly squeeze her.
"This is all my fault." She says through her sobs.
"No it's not. How were you suppose to know something like this would happen?" I says as I try to comfort her.
"I should have. I need to find him. I have to stop the demon I created before anyone gets hurt." She explains as I hear the anger and rage in her voice.
"And you will. I know you will." I encourage her as I place a kiss on her temple.
We stand there in the room as she cries quietly into my shoulder.