Cloud cussed as he came to a stop in front of Vincent's apartment in Kalm. Lightning hopped off the motorcycle as he cut the engine. Pocketing the keys, Cloud led her up to the gunman's apartment. They found the door open when they arrived. Worried, Cloud slowly peeked in, but relaxed when he saw Vincent sitting at his little table. The two stepped in shutting the door behind them. Vincent glanced at them.

"Were you two attacked as well?"

Cloud nodded. "Two men attacked the bar looking for someone. We think they might be after Lightning."

Lightning walked over. "You said 'as well', does that mean they were here too?"

Vincent nodded and pointed over at the blood stains he had yet to clean up. "I managed to get some info from them before they died. They were sent by some man named Loki."

Cloud glanced at Lightning. "Tell us everything you know; I'm sure Lightning can fill some of the blanks."

The cloaked man sighed and got to his feet. "They were sent here to capture someone going by "Fenrir's Guardian" to use as bait to lure the Warrior Goddess out of hiding. They don't know who the guardian is, but know he has a strong connection to the wolf Fenrir."

Cloud gasped quietly. "Fenrir? As in ghost black wolf Fenrir?"

The two looked at Cloud curiously as he covered his mouth. The blonde suddenly felt sick to his stomach, and sat in Vincent's chair just in case.

"Now I know they're after Lightning… Because I'm the one connected to Fenrir!"

Vincent crossed his arms. "Then both you and Lightning are in trouble."

Lightning nodded and gently touched Cloud's shoulder. "They'll probably attack your friends again too. We need to lure them out so the others won't be in danger."

Vincent looked away. "I hate to say this, but I think I can help."

Cloud looked up at Vincent as he stood. "No, you stay out of this. I'm not giving Chaos a chance to remerge with you."

"I'm not talking about Chaos. Galian Beast has connections in the ghost realm. He's willing to help us to keep you safe."

Lightning rubbed her hands together. "I can talk to a friend who knows Fenrir well. He might be able to help us too."

Cloud arched an eyebrow. "And who is this friend?"

She smirked. "Take me to the wastelands and you'll find out."

Lightning was aware of Cloud and Vincent watching her as she walked forward into the wide open space. She sent a prayer to Etro as she attempted to bring forth her crystal. When it appeared in her hand she was surprised but quickly threw it up in the air and jumped up. Pulling her gunblade out she cut it, watching it shatter. Cloud and Vincent were shocked when a crystal flower appeared on the ground below Lightning. As a portal opened from the base of the flower, they were amazed to see a large mechanical looking giant appear, rose petals flying everywhere.

As Lightning fell back to earth the beast held out its hand and caught hers as she held it out to it. It tossed her back up in the air where she did a few backflips before elegantly landing in front of it. She smirked at the boys as they stared at her in shock.

"Boys, I'd like you to meet my friend Odin."

Cloud gulped as he watched Odin kneel behind his lover. The summon reached out and gently touched his finger to Cloud's chest, right over his heart. As he jerked away he fell to his knees as a surge of pain shot through his system. Odin faded as Lightning ran over to Cloud. He gasped as a black as night crystal flower formed. Grabbing Lightning and jumping away the three of them were shocked as a giant armor covered wolf appeared out of a portal similar to the one Odin had appeared from, except, this one seemed more ominous.

As the group watched, Lightning pulled out her gunblade.

"Cloud, you'll need to fight it, once it's weakened you'll be able to take control of it. But, I'm not sure how yours will play out, or what you'll need to do to fight it. It's different with each one."

Cloud muttered and pulled out his sword. "Easy for you to say!"

Vincent growled and readied Cerberus. The wolf's demonic red eyes flashed as chains whipped around from its body and paws. Cloud jumped in front of Lightning as it attacked, sending his sword right through one of the giant paws. The wolf howled and jumped back, growling ferociously. Lightning used Libra and cussed at what she discovered.

"It's weak to specialized limit breaks!"

Vincent rolled his eyes and fired shot after shot. "Sounds like Cloud."

The blonde ground his teeth together and leapt into the air. "Yeah, yeah I'm on it!"

Lightning slashed and shot repeatedly at the massive wolf. "What do you have in mind?"

She didn't have time to react as Cloud started to glow. Both she and Vincent jumped away as Cloud's sword broke off into six different blades. Watching him fly through the air from blade to blade, she couldn't help but notice the imprints of himself he left at each one. When he grabbed the final blade and brought it down through the wolf, she watched the swords fall to earth, each stabbing into the hard ground. Cloud landed in front of the beast as he body started to glow with a demonic red aura.

"Let's go Fenrir!"

The wolf howled as its body started to change and morph into the form of a motorcycle. Cloud leapt into the air after it and grabbed the handle bars. Landing the bike on the ground Cloud let out a shout of excitement. He jumped off and let the bike change back into a wolf, then fade away leaving a black tear drop crystal behind. Cloud grabbed it and watched it fade into the wolf head on his armor. Lightning smiled.

"I think he took it easy on you."

{You have no idea how right you are little goddess.}

The group tensed and watched the land around them fade into a dark cave. Fenrir sat before them, a mighty sword stuck in the ground at his side. Lightning gasped as her clothes suddenly started to change, only to be replaced by her armor from Valhalla. Cloud looked up at the wolf curiously.

"Fenrir, I have some questions for you."

{And the answers shall come in due time, but for now, I believe you should try out your new armor.}

Now it was Cloud's turn to gasp as his clothes took up the demonic red glow from before. But as the light consumed him, he felt an unrivaled urge for freedom surge through his veins. When it faded, he looked down at a new, shiny silver suit.