Notes to Readers: I'm really sorry that it took me so long to update my story but I've been getting all screwed up with my college schedule as of late. Not to mention the fact that I've been trying my best with making this chapter good for readers like you. I've also tried my best with trying to read as many fics as I could so that I could get more ideas. Not to mention pick out what ideas would be best for the upcoming chapters. Trying to pick out what I could use from my list of ideas. In any case, I hope that all of you would enjoy this chapter that I've made. I know that it wasn't much, but it's the best that I could offer and I hope that you all understand my situation. Not to mention the fact that it's kinda hard for me to put the fic with the upcoming fight with both Air Jay and Shade in it. You can't rush genius. I would like to thank the group Generation-A for their continued support as well as those who have given their reviews. Please be honest for when you give me your reviews. I really appreciate it. Enjoy!

P.S for Ross Heuchan: The comet that I've just mentioned in Call of the Dark wasn't the Black Comet with the aliens that called themselves the Black Arms and their leader named Black Doom. That story took place right after the events of the game named Shadow the Hedgehog. It's something completely different. But in order to find out what it is, you'll have to wait and see for yourself. I'm sorry for the late response.

Part 13

While trying to understand what was happening to the city that he and his crew were in, Dilgear slashed his rusted looking broad sword towards what appears to be a spider-like creature that was about to take a bite into him. As soon as he sliced the creature, the part humaniod werewolf and part troll saw it vanish out of existence in a shower of what appears to be pieces of the creature's body. Still feeling a bit stunned about what he saw, Dilgear saw the rest of his green spirit army continuing to attack the rest of the strange creatures that seemingly came from out of nowhere without any further explanation.

Just before he could think about what he should do next, the resurrected werewolf soon found himself being ambushed by strange beasts that looked like bunnies of some sort. But for when he took a closer look at the strange creatures, he could've sworn that he saw some of them emitting a powerful and yet stable jolt of electricity from within their metallic-like ears just before blasting a jolt of it towards his direction. If not for his enhanced speed and his body's new genetic structure and endurance, Dilgear wouldn't have been able to avoid the electric attack that was shot at him. As soon as he far from his attackers range, the werewolf began to turn his full attention back towards the group of the rabbit-like creatures that were threatening to attack him once again and gave them a threatening glare.

"I do not know what you creatures are and why you're here, but there's one mistake that you've made," Dilgear said to the strange group of creatures as he aimed his broad sword towards his direction while at the same time glaring at them. "What you've just did is that you've chosen to interfere with me and my men are on a mission trying to secure a very powerful item that Lord Parasite wants. Now it's time that I've sent you all back to the hell that you've come from using the powers that my savior endowed me with."

As soon as he said those words, the werewolf began to gather a large amount of dark blue energy within his hand while his other occupied his sword. While seeing the viruses continuing to advance towards his direction, Dilgear let out a small menacing grin on his face for what he was about to do. "Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh! It seems to me that you creatures are incapable of using reason to settle this matter, so it would be easy for me to destroy you without having any second thoughts about your destruction! Take this!"

After he finished talking to the creatures, the werewolf began to throw the dark blue orb of energy towards their direction at a great speed. As soon as the speedy dark sapphire ball of energy collided with its target, Dilgear saw the resulting explosion instantly vanquishing all of the creatures within the blast while leaving no trace of their existence. While feeling proud about what he just did, the werewolf gave out a huge grin as his fangs were shown in the front of his mouth.

"Heh! Heh! Heh! I guess that those creatures aren't as tough as I thought that they would be," Dilgear thought to himself just as he held onto his broad sword tightly while scanning the area to see if there are any more of the strange creatures nearby. "But what I'm amazed is that I was able to blow those things away with just an energy blast like they were nothing to me. It was as if doing that task was like second nature to me. I guess that those modifications that Parasite made to my body are starting to kick in. I wonder what other..."

Just before he could have the chance to finish the rest of his thoughts, he heard the voice of one of the green pirate leaders, Captain Blood, coming towards his direction from out of an alley way. From what he could see, Dilgear saw that the nasty-looking pirate leader looked as though he were chewed on by a dog. If a dog could chew on a being made of nothing but spiritual energy, then it would've managed to chew and take away a part of the ghost leader's arm in the process. Not to mention the fact that his leg looked in bad shape as was with his arm.

While walking over to the green spirit named Blood, the werewolf began to speak to him with a stern and yet shocked tone in his voice, "Blood, what in hell's name happened to you? You looked as though something has been chewing you like a chew toy! What in the world could've done this to you?"

Before he could hear a response coming from the pirate leader's mouth, Dilgear heard the voices of remaining troops coming from all around the place in order to help their fallen leader from the ground that he'd landed on. "Arr! Captain! What happened to you! What kind of beast from hell has done this to you?"

While seeing some of the green spirit going over to their wounded leader in order to aid him, the werewolf was suddenly startled for when he saw the entire area around his being started to become all discolored as if it were becoming part of a painting. The buildings, the moving machines, and even the roads themselves have started to become something that came from an oil masterpiece. That was when he suddenly heard the voice of his savior saying to him while at the same time hear his master sounding a bit urgent and demanding tone, "Dilgear! It seems that things around where you and your men placed in are beginning to grow a bit out of control. Have the remainder of your green soldiers regroup and retreat back to your hiding place. I'm also having Shade to withdraw back to my realm before the local authorities arrive at the scene. At this moment, he's in a battle with a bothersome fly. We'll come up with another strategy to get the emerald away from that human boy and his friends without alerting or frightening the people of that world...at least not yet. Now get your men on their feet and get out of there! That's an order!"

While nodding his head as a response to his master's mental thoughts, Dilgear began to shout out to the group of green pirates and shouted out to his men, "Alright you scums of the seas, it's time that we gather what's left of the men and regroup! Lord Parasite has ordered us to go back into the hideout and to await for further instructions! Get Blood up to his feet and follow me back to the lair before the authorities or any other military backup could arrive! Let's move!"

As soon as he finished, the werewolf could see that the eyes of the remainer of the green pirate spirits, save for Captain Blood, were looking at him with frightened and shocked expressions on them. Something that that he wasn't really concerned about while remembering the fact that he once controlled a horde of demons and men for his former master, Rezo the Red Priest. As soon as he began to walk, a huge hole of endless void and darkness began to materialize right in front of Dilgear just before he himself walked right into it and vanished out of sight. The frightened pirates soon regained their composure and then, with two of them supporting Blood in order to get him to move, followed the werewolf/troll to the portal and vanished out of sight just as he did while not leaving a trace of their existence.

As he and his large group of friends have finished with dealing with another group of the strange and unusual computer viruses, Vector took at look at Lan right in front of his eyes. What he saw was that the young boy for whom he and his friends just met yesterday is now fitted with a type of armor that looked similar to his Net Navi's. A blue skin tight suit with a helmet that matched that of MegaMan's own headwear. Of course, after a quick second inspection, the crocodile could see that the suit was made to specifically fit the boy's body as well as his own style.

"Vector!" he heard Lan saying to him with a rather shocked and surprised tone of voice just as he stared at him with both of his eyes. "What are you doing here and where are the rest of the guys!"

The question that he heard the boy asking him was soon answered for when both Espio and Mighty came out of nowhere just in time to fend off some of the other strange virus creatures that looked almost identical to jellyfish. Not only did they come along, but Charmy came in flying quickly towards another group of viruses that looked identical to killer wasps or hornets as he saw his young friend dodging their electrical attacks. Just before he could hear the boy give him another question about what was going on, Vector saw Maylu jumping out from out of nowhere and began shooting pink arrows towards green viruses that looked identical to spiders. Though it was still a big shock for the Mobian and his friends to see the girl transform in front of their very eyes. Yai, who had been there for when it happened right before she was carried off by who appears to be one of her hand maids, was unshocked for when she saw her friend do the Cross Fusion with her pink Navi. Well, that and the fact that she told them that she'd spoken to Maylu about it once and even got the chance to see her and Lan in action during their incident with a powerful being from outer space named Duo.

From what they all saw, she looked almost like her digital friend Roll, except for a few slight changes. For one thing, the hard and long metallic-like hair is a dark shade of pink rather than blonde. The attire that she wore is almost like a long pink dress with its skirt extending down towards her knees with the icon of her Navi embedded on the center of her chest. Not only that, but reddish pink gems seemed to place themselves on both of her elbows as well as both of her knees. With other small details aside, the girl almost looked identical her Navi within that suit of hers.

"Maylu! What is she doing here along with you guys!" Lan shouted out to the green crocodile in a shocked and startled tone of voice while at the same time doing his best to hold off a huge creature's attack that was about to slam its huge hammer towards the green Mobian's direction. "As a matter of fact, where are both Yai, Miguel, and Sylphiel? Weren't the three of them suppose to be with you guys! Last I heard, you all were suppose to be sight seeing."

"We'll tell you the long version of the story later on, little blue man," Vector responded to the little human boys words question with a serious tone in his voice while at the same time pushing his large opponent away from his direction and causing it to collide with the nearest wall of a building before turning his attention back towards Lan's direction. "The short version of it is that we wanted to have a little fun in this city and these things happened to show up at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Don't forget that Miguel had to go off in order to save Sylphiel because she was attacked by those green ghost pirates, Vector," Espio said to his older friend while at the same time appearing out of nowhere from his stealth ability and attacked a group of bunny-like virus creatures with a beam of power Chaos Energy. "Yai and Maylu had to take the Chaos Emerald far away from them just before she faced all of them by herself. Oh, and the little rich girl is safely out of harm's reach by one of her little concerned female servants just after Maylu preformed that little..."

"Wha-what? Then we've got to go and help them!" the Chaotix heard Lan saying through the mask over his mouth while at the same time interrupting the purple chameleon's words sounding shocked and worried about what he just heard. "There's no way that Miguel could...!"

Just before both Espio and Vector could give him the chance to dash off, Mighty took his free time from handling a group of viruses to holding Lan by the arm while saying to him, "Whoa! Calm down, little boy blue! In case that you've forgotten, Miguel was able to take out an entire army of them with that Ra-tilt spell of his with one blast last night! I'm sure that both he and Sylphiel would be able to make it out on their own alright. Right now, we have other things to worry about!"

"Yeah! Like trying to take out those strange creatures away from me without blowing up the entire place in the process!" the three members, including Lan, heard the voice of Charmy saying from a distant while at the same time seeing their little friend flying away from what appears to be a horde of cloud-like and bee-like creatures going after him as if he took away their most favorite toy. "Can any of you guys give me a hand with these things? Help meeeee!"

While seeing their little bee friend going out towards the distance of the sky, Vector began to shouting out to Charmy while at the same time turning his full attention towards Maylu whom he saw using her antennae to attack what appears to be a huge pack of mushrooms trying to pounce on her, "Charms! Don't worry, little buddy, help is on the way! Maylu, think that you could finish taking care of those mushroom things so that you could help us with a little somethin'! We've got to give the Charms man some backup because a horde of those flying viruses are gaining on his tail and fast!"

As soon as the green crocodile's words reached her ears, the Chaotix saw the pink clad girl jumping towards their direction while at the same time evading some of the spores that the mushroom-like creatures threw towards her direction. While seeing her land in front of them, the three Mobians along with their new young human friend heard Maylu saying to them while turning towards their direction, "That won't be a problem for me guys! Here we go! Geyser Battlechip in and download!"

When they've all heard those words shouted out from the young girl's mouth, the three members of the Chaotix as well as Lan made a jump for it for when they saw a huge geyser of water erupting from the cemented ground. As soon as they've found a safe place to perch on as well as a view of the result, the three Mobians were surprised to see the huge horde of virus creatures being wiped away by the colossal waves of water which soon ended in their deletion. When they saw that the close was clear for them for a short moment, the three Mobians and Lan landed right back on the ground in order to see the extent of the damage. So far, all that the huge Tsumani that Maylu caused was to wash away all of the unwanted junk debris along with the creatures. Vector was the first to speak his mind about what he just saw.

"Whew! Now that was one killer tidal wave, girlfriend!" the green crocodile said while at the same time still feeling shocked about what he and his friends just saw. "If this is how mad you get for whenever you're ticked, then remind me to stay on your good side!"

"As much as I would like to agree with you on that, we have to talk about this later, Vec," Mighty said to his friend while at the same time sounding worried. "Charmy is still being chased by those flying virus things that look like puffy little clouds and killer bees! We've got to help him right away before they get to him!"

"Well, then let's get going before either the police, anymore of those viruses, or anyone else start to notice our presence," Espio said to the group of friends while at the same time appearing right out of thin air like a magicial illusion. "I mean, I'm starting to feel really low on the power that those Power Rings gave us you guys. I don't know just how long are these new powers of ours would last but let's try to make the most of it."

"Power Rings? What in the world are those?" both Lan and Maylu asked the three Mobians in unison with curious and shocked tones within their voices just before the Chaotix ran like the wind towards the direction where they saw Charmy flying towards.

"Miguel and Sylphiel would tell you guys all about that later for when we ever get out of this mess," Vector shouted out in response to the two young Navi-suited kids just as he along with both Mighty and Espio right behind his tail continued to dash away from the area and went on with their pursuit of the little bee. "Right now, the Charms man needs all of the help that he could get with those things on his butt and who knows when those powers of his will run out! So let's get on the move!"

As soon as he said those words through his huge mouth, the leader of the Chaotix soon came to an sudden halt for when he finally saw Charmy within his sights. But what surprised him and his two other friends is for when they saw something that they didn't expect. What the three Mobians saw in front of their eyes was their little friend Charmy being saved by the black hedgehog named Shadow that seemingly appeared flying right out of nowhere at the last second. As soon as they've all saw the black hedgehog disappearing from their sights in the sky, a huge ball of fire charged from the ground near their position appeared right out of nowhere and collided with the huge horde of viruses that were soon erased from existence from within the fiery explosion. When the three members of the Chaotix saw the self-proclaimed Ultimate Life Form landing right in front of their feet with Charmy in his arms, they all heard the voices of both Lan and Maylu giving out a huge gasp of surprise as a sign that they've were finally able to catch up to them.

"G-G-Guys, just who in the world is this freaky black-spiked porcupine with the red streaks on them?" they heard the young blue clad boy asking them with a sort of frighten tone just as they've turned to see him pointing what appears to be an blue arm cannon at the black hedgehog along with the reddish pink-haired girl who they saw arming her color matching crossbow. "Is that thing a friend of yours or is he a villain from your world?"

Just before either of them could have the chance to answer Lan's question and to keep him and his young female companion from attacking, the three Mobians heard the voice of Miguel appearing out of nowhere while responding to the boy's question, "Lan! Maylu! Don't shoot! Shadow's a friend of ours! He's not as bad as he looks! Trust me on this one!"

As soon as they've heard the voice of their older human friend's voice, Vector was the first to turn his head towards the direction where he heard the voice from and saw the full visible form of the young male just before saying, "Yo! Miguel! It's about time that you've joined the party! What took you and your girlfriend so long to get here anyway and how come Shadow's here?"

As if to respond to the green crocodile's question, they heard the three Chaotix heard the voice of Sylphiel saying to them with her usual gentle tone just as both she and Miguel appeared right out of the entrance of a nearby dark alleyway, "The three of us used the power of the Chaos Control in order to warp to where you are. Of course, we had to get out of the way in order to avoid that powerful tidal wave right after arriving."

When those words out from the shrine maiden's mouth, the Mobians saw both Lan and Maylu disarming their own weapons and saw them transforming back into regular looking hands just before turning towards their direction and give them apologenic expressions on their faces. The young pink clad girl was the first to speak her mind for when she spoke with a rather embarrassed tone, "I'm so sorry about that, Miss Sylphiel. But I had to use it in order to wipe those viruses out."

"Nah, that's okay, Maylu. Stuff like that happens to us all the time. We're used to this sort of thing," they've all heard Miguel responding to the young girl with a friendly tone right before he was interrupted by loud and annoy ramblings of sorts. As it turns out for when they all have turned towards Shadow's direction, everyone saw him being annoyed by the unintelligent and ununderstandable rantings of Charmy, praising the black hedgehog for the rescue he just made a moment ago. "Uh, Shadow, is Charmy doing okay right now?" the Mobians heard their human friend asking the Ultimate Life Form with a bit of confusion in his voice.

"From the way that he won't stop bugging me with those questions of his, I'd say that he's doing a okay right now, Miguel. Depending on who's point of view," they heard Shadow responding to Miguel's question with his usually serious tone while at the same time noticing him feeling a bit annoyed with the little bee that still flying around his head, shooting a barrage of quickly spoken questions that no one understood. "Could someone please get this little fly away from me before I'm tempted to do something about it one way or the other?"

"Alright, Shadow! No need to get all violent. We've got more than enough problems as it is," Vector said to the black hedgehog while at the same time grabbing the little Mobian away from the Ultimate Life Form in order to keep him from getting hurt and annoying the Ultimate Life Form.

"Hey Vec! Lemme go! Lemme go! Lemme go!" Charmy yelled out hyper actively while at the same time trying to trying to free himself from the crocodile's grip. "I'm not done speaking to Shadow yet! Lemme go! Lemme go!"

"From the looks of things here, I'd say that Charmy is still his normal self, guys," the green Mobian said to everyone while feeling embrassed about the scene that was taking place as he tried to get his young friend calm and under control. "Now, is someone going to help me with this little guy or am I have to knock him over the head with my fist in order to get him to sleep?"

Just before anyone within the group could answer his question, they all saw Maylu going towards Vector and Charmy's direction and she began to give the little bee a quick kiss on the cheek while at the same time causing him to cease his rabid and hyperactive action. The blush that appeared on his face told everyone within the group that he was both embarrassed and shy about what he just received. The Chaotix along with everyone else began to give off blank stares on each of their faces for what they've just saw right before they heard Miguel beginning to speak.

"Ooookay, now that was something that would calm the little fella down without resorting to physical violence," Miguel said to everyone while at the same time feeling confused and surprised about what he just saw before focusing his mind onto a different topic. "Now, would anyone care to explain what just happened and where in the world isYai? I thought that she was with Maylu just before all of us separated?"

"Yeah, come to think about it, I didn't see Miss Yai at all for when we've warped here," he heard Sylphiel saying while at the same time hearing her feeling both confused and concerned about the little rich girl. "I hope that she's alright."

"Oh. Well, just before you two love birds arrived with the black dude, a young girl in a maid's outfit just came out of nowhere and took her away while thinking that the four of us must be monsters from another world," he heard Vector answer while seeing him put a calm and blushing Charmy down on the ground and kicking a nearby empty used soda can on the damaged street floor. "Hopefully, Yai was able to make it out of this huge energy rainbow dome that Maylu called a Dimensional Area."

"Dimensional Area? Is that what this phenomenon is called?" the young teen heard the voice of Shadow asking as he turned to see the black hedgehog looking all across the area that's still carried its discolored tone of color all over the place. "If that's so, then just what in the world were those things that have been appearing out of nowhere?"

Before he could he have the chance to answer the Ultimate Life Form's question, Miguel heard the voice of Lan saying to the black hedgehog with a frighten tone still present, "What you saw was a herd of computer viruses that came from the Cyber World. Of course, the ones you just saw were as real and destructive as the ones in the Cyber World."

As soon as his eyes reached the young boy, the teen saw that both Lan and Maylu were still a bit frighten about seeing the black hedgehog that's in front of their young eyes. He sighed exhaustly knowing that the two didn't know all about the Ultimate Life Form's true story and looking at him for what he is on the inside. "With those red streaks all over his black body, who could blame them for being afraid?" Miguel thought for as he continued to observe the scene. "Because of the way he looks, Shadow has to go through many years of being all isolated and alone. Speaking of which..."

"Hey Shadow, isn't Mana going to worry about you if she sees you like this?" the teen blurted out to the Ultimate Life Form with a rather mischevous tone within his voice while causing his black Mobian friend to blush with embarrassment which also earned him a glare from the black Mobian.

Miguel looked around to see that his words caused everyone in the group to give out expressions of confusion on each of their faces as well as curiosity. He also saw the expressions on both of Lan and Maylu's faces turning from frightened to just plain blank and confused. That was when he heard Vector broke the silence by saying to him, "Okay, Miguel, would you mind tellin' me just who this Mana person is? And what's this about Shadow havin' a girlfriend?"

Just before he could have the chance to respond to the green croc about anything else that might change the subject he just spoke out, he heard a familiar young girl's voice calling out of nowhere as he heard her saying, "Shadow Darling, there you are! I've been searching for you all around the place!"

As soon as he heard those words, Miguel knew instantly who it was. "Mana! Just how in the hell did she managed to get into this world?" Miguel thought to himself while at the same time feeling shocked and surprised about who he just heard. "For that matter, how did she know that Shadow would be here of all places? Just how..."

Before he could have the chance to finish the rest of his thoughts, the human teen saw the black hedgehog falling towards the ground as if something has just tackled him but saw nothing but thin air. That was when he soon heard the voice of what appears to be Dex shouting from out of nowhere his voice echoed throughout the area in a worried tone, "Maylu! There you are! We've been looking for you guys everywhere! Are you alright!"

While being confused about what he just heard, Miguel heard another voice of a kid saying with a sort of cute tone within his voice, "Big bro! Be careful not to trip over your feet like you did a few moments ago! Don't forget that the four of us are still invisible thanks to Miss Mana's spell."

As soon as he heard those words, the teen began to put some of the pieces together one by one just as he heard the voice of another young man's voice appearing from out of nowhere as he said, "Chisao's right about that Dex! I mean, I'm still in my Cross-Fusion mode with TomahawkMan and I couldn't see what was in front of me while walking while both of my feet are still invisible!"

Miguel then heard the spooked voice of Charmy saying while turning to see the bee shaking in fear, "Ahh! I bet that it's those green pirate ghosts that are imitate the voices of Dex as well as a couple of kids that we don't know!"

When he turned towards the young bee's direction, the teen saw that he was once again starting to become hyperactive but in a frighten way. Miguel also saw the small Mobian being held in place by both Mighty and Espio who were trying their best to calm their little friend down. Before he could have the chance to even speak to him, the teen heard Sylphiel's voice beginning to speak up just as he saw her walking towards the three Mobians in order to help, "Please calm down, Charmy! It's not those green creatures that I've encountered along with both Maylu and Yai. In fact, the magic that I'm sensing right now isn't really evil. In fact, it feels rather gentle compared to most dangerous magic spells that I've encountered."

As he heard those words come from the shrine maiden's mouth, Miguel turned his full attention back towards Shadow and saw a feminine figure appearing right next to him on the cemented ground like a special movie effect. Who he saw wrapping her arms around the Ultimate Life Form's neck and nuzzling him like a huge stuffed toy was none other than the female magician named Mana. He was both confused and shocked to see the blonde spellcaster appear out of nowhere and started to hug the stuffing out of Shadow as if he were a cute and oversized teddy bear to here. Just before he could have the chance to say anything, Miguel heard Vector speaking with a rather flabbergasted and confused tone in his voice, "Oookay. Would someone please tell me about what just happened in front of us? Shadow having a pretty girlfriend? Now that is something that you won't ever see everyday not to mention beyond belief."

"Well, seeing a group of talking animal-like aliens that appeared to be from another world in front of my very eyes is more than enough for me to freak out," he heard the voice of a child saying with a nervous and frightful tone within his young voice. "Just where in the world did these things come from anyway?"

"Uh, well, you see, it's sort of a long and interesting story," that was all the teen could say right before Lan's voice cut him off. "But its really rather complicated and now's not the time to start explaining it."

"Okay, now this is one of the most weirdest things than I've ever seen in my whole entire life!" he heard Lan speaking with a rather confused expression all over his face as he turned to see the young boy's face held a rather envious about what he saw. "I mean, a cute girl like that falling for a creepy black hedgehog with red streaks is just plain weird. Not to mention that it's making me feeling jealous."

As soon as he heard those words come out of his mouth, Miguel then saw what appears to be the yellow and long antennae colliding themselves with the back of the blue clad boy's own helmet with great force. He along with everyone in the group are looking at the scene with both blank and shocked expressions on each of their faces for when they saw that Maylu was the one that gave him the smack on his head. Everyone but Shadow, who he just saw casting his glare towards both Lan and Vector that made the Ultimate Life Form much more frightening thanks to the red streaks that are all across his eyes as well as his entire body. Before he could have the chance to intervene, he heard the voice of an unfamiliar voice of a young boy saying to them while at the same time feeling a bit impatient and annoyed, "Hey! Can we perhaps get out of here before the police and the news crew and police get here!"

"Dingo's right everyone," he heard the voice of Dex saying while at the same time turning to see the fat kid appearing out of thin air as if it were done by a magicial illusion along with a cute looking child tugging on his leg. "I don't want to get into trouble with my parents again for if they ever saw both me and Chisao on TV in the middle of all of this!"

With those words said by the new comer, Miguel turned to see that the person who was speaking earlier was a boy wearing what appears to be armor designed to look like that of an ancient Indian American tribe that existed long ago. Before he could have the chance to say anything on the matter, the teen heard the voice of Shadow saying to him while at the same time seeing the black hedgehog still being smothered by Mana's own embrace while trying to loosen himself from it, "I think that we ought to do what that boy told us to do and get out of here, Miguel. But I think that it would be best that both you and Sylphiel should navigate while using the Chaos Control. It seems to me that the two of you would know where to warp to in this world better than I would."

"I guess that there is no point in arguing with him there, Miguel. We've got to be up and outta here before the cops get here!" he heard the voice of Vector saying to him while at the same time seeing the entire Dimensional Area starting to disappear from high above the sky.

After seeing the buildings returning to normal after the full disappearance of the Dimensional Area, the teen saw turned his attention towards Lan, Maylu, and the one boy that he heard Dex named Dingo being enveloped in a bright blue light. A few moments of being blinded by the bright bluish light's radiance, Miguel soon saw the three kids back into their original forms right before performing the Cross-Fusion. As he took a closer look at him, the teen saw that he was a young boy with what appears to painted designs right under his eyes on his upper cheek. He also appeared to be wearing a huge but fitting hoody sweater while also appearing to be holding a huge hatchet within his hand.

As soon as he turned his full attention towards Sylphiel's direction to see her blushing with embarrassment. He soon realized that she was blushing because of the fact that most of her new sun dress has been ruined by her recent encounter with the green pirate ghosts. But he soon pushed that thought aside and said to everyone within the group, "Everybody, grab onto each other's hands and hold on tight! Shadow, Sylphiel, and I are going to try to warp out of here before the authorities arrive! Now just give us a minute to see where we should go to!"

Right before he could concentrate his mind on the task at hand, Miguel felt the familiar gentle grip of the shrine maiden's hand holding onto his own. He blushed at the thought of holding the young woman's hand within his own. But it was soon forgotten for when he heard the voice of the little boy named Chisao saying with a rather confused and innocent sounding tone, "Hey, what's going on? Just what in the world is this Chaos Control that all of you are talking about?"

"Well, have you ever known what it's like to teleport from one place to another, kid?" he heard Espio responding to the young child's voice with a rather calm and yet amused tone as he turned to see the cute looking boy shaking his head as a response. "Well, you're about to experience it first hand and it's better than any roller coaster ride, believe me."

Just as he was about to refocus his mind on the task at hand, Miguel started to hear the voice of Sylphiel saying to him with a rather flustered tone within her voice, "Um, Miguel, how are we going to warp to any place without the power of a Chaos Emerald to guide us. From what I could see from her battle with those strange creatures just as we warped here, Maylu didn't have the one that I've been given to both her and Yai."

"I'm afraid that Miss Sylphiel is telling you the truth about that, Miguel," he heard the voice of the reddish pink haired girl saying to him with a rather flustered tone while at the same time turning to see her in a new white dress with a yellow overcoat. "You see, when I've Cross-Fused with Roll, I've given the bag that Sylphiel had to Yai. But while the Chaotix and I were battling it out with the viruses, she was suddenly caught by one of her butlers and took her away from the scene as fast as they could. Well, maids actually."

"Maids my tail, Maylu! It looked to be a whole army of them!" he heard Vector adding to to Maylu's words with a exaggerated tone in his voice while breaking the human teen's concentration for the moment. "By the way that they ran towards her and took her away, they thought that we were the bad guys! Sheesh! The nerve of some people!"

"(Sighs) Well, it can't be helped at the time, Vec," Miguel finally spoke up while at the same time trying not to sound as annoyed as he felt about the scene. "I mean, you really can't blame them for not knowing that you're good guys from another planet. In any case, both me and Sylphiel should be able to track down the emerald's energy. Then we could all warp to where the Chaos Emerald is. If Yai's still holding the emerald, we should be able to get to where she is right now. Now, for the last time, is everybody ready?"

After hearing the entire group responding that they would like to go, Miguel resumed his mental search for the energy traces of the near-completed Chaos Emerald. "Did you find anything, Miguel?" he heard the shrine maiden saying to him while at the same time maintaining his concentration. "I can't seem to sense a trace of its enormous energy anywhere."

"I'm still searching, Sylphiel. Please don't bother me while I'm still scanning for any traces of its energy," was all that the teen from another world said to his female companion while still keeping his eyes closed. "It's a bit difficult for me to find it, so it's going to take me a bit more time for me to find the Chaos Emerald's energy. For all I know... Wait! I've just found it!"

As he said those words, Miguel felt a powerful vibration within his body erupting with powerful bursts of energy. Along with the sensation, the teen was able to make out a mental projection within his mind of the little blonde girl holding the bag containing the near-completed Chaos Emerald within it. "Everybody grab onto his or her partner and try to hold onto us tight 'cause this ride doesn't have any seat belts! Sylphiel, are you ready?"

While turning to see the if everyone in the group nodding their approval, the teen began to concentrate as hard as he could for when he once again felt Sylphiel's hand clutching itself onto his own very tightly. As he did his best to surpress the red blush on his face, Miguel soon concentrated on gather enough power within his body to use the Chaos Control as well as both the shrine maiden and the black hedgehog. When he felt each of their own individual bodies's Chaos Energy finally built up to the point where it was enough to warp everyone within the group to where they needed to go.

"Sylphiel! Shadow! Are the two of you ready?" he shouted while turning his full attention towards his two friends while at the same time hearing some sirens coming from the distance.

After seeing some nods coming from both the dark-haired woman and the black and red hedgehog's heads, the teen began to shout along with his two companions, "Chaos Control!"

With those words shouted out by the three of them, the teen soon felt himself being lifted off of the ground and saw that he, along with the group, were being carried into a huge tunnel of emerald green light. Speeding winds have sped through his face and hair as he along with his companions. He also hoped that wherever place that they end up that the people in the area would be friendly towards them. "The last thing that we would need are panicked young women ready to jump and attack us," he thought to himself just before he and his friends reached their destination.

As she did her best to maintain the power of the Chaos Control along with both Miguel and Shadow, Sylphiel traveled along with the whole group following them through the tunnel of green light. Somehow, she was able to continue to keep her grip onto Miguel's hand while also trying to surpress a blush all over her face. She also heard the screams of both fright and excitement coming from the rest of the group for as they continued to travel through the tunnel of bright green light. After what seems to be like a few moments traveling through the dimensional passage, the shrine maiden soon felt herself along with everyone else falling over to solid ground.

As soon as she felt herself colliding against Miguel's body, Sylphiel felt Shadow's body, as well as the others, weighing down on her while also keeping her from moving. While trying to get the extra weight off of her, the shrine maiden heard the shrieks of what sounds to be a group of young women coming from all directions.

"Guys! Just how in the world did all of you managed to get over here anyway!" she heard the familiar voice of Yai shouting towards their direction while also noticing that she was as shocked as the other women.

As she struggled to get herself off of the huge pile of her friends's bodies that she was under in, the shrine maiden heard the voice of Vector saying while hearing him struggling to get on his own feet, "Man! Do all of your need to go on some serious diets! Just how much do all of you weigh anyway!"

"Hey, we've happened to eat very good diets thank you very much, Vector!" she heard Lan saying to the crocodile's voice with an annoyed tone while at the same time hearing the young boy struggling to get the great weight of the group out off of him as much as she does. "I happen to eat a huge and healthy meal!"

"And believe us, Lan's not lying for when it comes to that concept!" she heard the voice of the mechanical entity named MegaMan shouting out loud while at the same time using a rather smart aleck tone despite his situation. "I mean, I've seen him eating a whole buffet's worth of food and still have enough room for dessert."

"Ugh! You know, that sort of info isn't helping with getting us off of each other like this, MegaMan!" she heard the voice of Dex saying to the blue Net Navi's words as she felt some of the weight on her being relieved off of her own body.

"Uhh! You're one to talk, Dex!" she heard the struggling voice of the young boy named Dingo saying to his huge friend while at the same time trying to get out of the pile that they're in. "I mean, besides the fact that you make it, I've seen you managed to eat a whole pot full of curry right before you go for dessert! I swear that you almost eat as much as Lan does!"

"Can all of you just stop complaining and tell me on how you were able to appear from thin air like you did! You've all totally freaked me and my maid out for when you all did that!" she heard the voice of the little girl Yai shouting out loud as Sylphiel began to lift herself off of Miguel just as she felt the huge weight on her back no longer burdening her.

As she lifted herself off of her male companion's body, the shrine maiden took a good look at her surroundings. From what she could tell, Sylphiel saw that she was in a huge compartment of a large ship or huge machine that she and the others are in. From what she could see, the shrine maiden could've sworn that she was on an advanced vessel of sorts. With all of the machinery and numerous other devices that caught her eye, that was all the young woman could come up with at the moment. But what really caught her attention the most is that it seems that the huge vessel that she and her friends are in are currently in the hands of a huge group of young women.

"Maids would be a more accurate description," Sylphiel thought to herself as she looked at the huge group of young women dressed in their maid uniforms while at the same time seeing the surprised and terrified looks on each of their faces. "From the expressions on their faces, I shouldn't be surprised that they're frightened by the way that we made our entrance."

Right after finishing her thoughts, the shrine maiden then heard Miguel speaking as she turned towards his direction to see him rubbing the sore spot on his back while trying to relieve himself of some of the pain, "Ow! Oh man, does it feels so good to have that weight off of my back! I mean, having heavy text books on my back are one thing that I could handle, but having all of you dog piling on my back is something that I can't handle! All of you together must weight like a ton!"

"Can we cast all of the wise cracks aside for the moment and figure out where we are?" she heard the voice of Shadow saying to everyone as she saw him emerging from the dog pile that the group had formed from their landing. "From what I could see, we must be in some sort of space ship. But not like anything that I've ever seen"

Before she could have the chance to answer, Sylphiel heard the voice of young woman named Mana saying to the black hedgehog while turning to see the magician rubbing onto her sore rear, "Ow! Well, it couldn't have been any different from the way you were able to warp from your world to mine, Shadow. I should say that your landings traveling alone or with one person is a lot better than when you're traveling with an entire group."

"Can we just find out just where in the world are we, guys?" she heard the voice of Mighty saying while at the same time turning to see the armadillo rubbing onto his somewhat sore shell and looking at their new surroundings. "Uh, is it just me or did all of us just stumble into a convention of some kind for females?"

"Well, judging from what I could see, I'd say that we're in one of Yai's private air ships, Mighty," she heard Maylu responding to the Mobian's question while turning her full attention towards the crew of frighten maids all around where they are. "She usually has one of these in order to travel to any place in the world in just a short time than most air liners. Trust me, this sort of thing is so surprising once you get used to it."

"Let's discuss all that later and try to get ourselves out of this situation that we're in without causing a panic, guys," the shrine maiden heard Espio saying to them while keeping her focus towards the young women that seemed to be in charge with maintaining the vessel's functions. "From what I could see around here, I'd say that we're nothing but unexpected guests to these young ladies here."

"Of course all of you are with the way that you've made your entrance!" she heard the young girl saying to them while turning to see her face still a bit shocked about what she just saw. "Not to mention the fact that you've brought along a creepy black porcupine with red streaks all over his body that's frightening my maids!"

Sylphiel heard Shadow giving out a quiet sigh of annoyance that told her that he was definitely not liking the population that he was getting from either Yai or the maids. Right before she could have the chance to say anything about the situation that they're in, the shrine maiden suddenly felt some turbolance beneath her feet. "Yo! What gives with this plane, Yai!" she heard the voice of Vector asking the rich young girl while at the same time feeling the ground beneath her feet continuing to shake violently. "Just who is flyin' this plane anyway!"

"Kiyruuin Sakurako!" she heard from Yai screaming to the top of her lungs while at the same time trying to maintain the balance of her feet and body.

"Looks to me that we're in for a long and uncomfortable flight!" she heard Miguel saying just before falling over the ground and hitting her head hard on the solid floor right before falling into unconsciousness.

As he laid on the hard concreted ground of the ocean harbor, Bass groggly opened both of his eyes in order to see what had happened. He also felt incredible surges of pain coming up all around his body as he tried his best to get to his feet. Not only that, but he could've sworn that he felt his left arm being disconnected from his body as if it were severed. As he turned to look at it, the Black Shadow saw that his left limb was cut severly but not entirely severed from his black suited body. Data was linking out of the wound as if like water from a fountain. He also noticed several other wounds that swarmed the rest of his body. But none of them are worse than the one that he had received on his left arm. His cloak was tattered even more than it was before and most of it looked like it was burned off.

After remembering about his strange human-like opponent, Bass continued to try to get himself to his feet despite having nearly lost one of his arms. When he finally got himself on both of his feet, the independent Navi started to look in front of him and saw his crimson-haired visitor standing right in front of him. What surprised the Black Shadow about what he saw was that one named Shade didn't show a single sign of fatigue or ruin on his body nor clothing. He even saw the huge bat-like wings on his back still raised above his head without a single burned mark on them. The menacing grin that he saw on the strange human's face remained intact without showing the slightest sign of faltering.

As he saw his mysterious opponent folding his huge bat-like wings back into the proper position on his spine, Bass began to stutter out to him while trying to regain some of the bravado that he lost but failing to do so, "Wh-Wha-What i-i-in the h-h-h-hell are you? Y-Y-You're n-not human!"

"What in the hell is happening to me?" the Black Shadow thought to himself as he noticed that he was shaking in what feels like fear crawling all over his body. "I shouldn't be trembling to the likes of this...thing!"

While trying to calm his black clad body from trembling, he suddenly heard the voice of Shade saying to him in a calm voice while not letting the menacing smile leave his face as he turned to face him, "Heh! Heh! Heh! You weren't paying attention to what I've been saying right before I've nearly severed your arm, were you? Well, seeing as you would not live long enough to be in this world, I suppose that telling you one last time wouldn't hurt. As I've told you, I'm a being that most humans fear because of my thirst for live blood. Feared because of how my kind spent most of their immortal lives hiding in the shadows of the night while we hunted for our prey. You should be lucky that you are not human or otherwise I'd drain you of your own blood in an instant. The name that the humans called us by are 'vampires.'"

The words that he heard from the human-like creature's lips caused Bass's entire body to quiver uncontrollably with fear. Something that the black-clad Navi haven't experience before since the beginning of his very existence. He had heard about such mythological human-like beings that once roamed the planet feasting on human blood through a visit to one site while roaming around cyber space. Right before he could have the chance to say anything about what he just heard, the Black Shadow saw his visitor slowly walking towards his direction while at the same time creating another energy blade of scarlet light from within his hands. However, the crimson blade that he saw Shade holding was longer than the weapons that he was using to battle him earlier.

"Now that you know what I am, I'm afraid that I can't allow you to live, Bass," he heard the vampire said to him as he saw him continuing to advance towards his direction. "If you're wondering why I'm able to withstand the rays of the sun, then I'm afraid to say that you're never going to get the answer to that question. I just can't take the chance of you revealing my identity to one of my "parents" as those two and their friends roam across this world for the last piece of the Chaos Emerald. Heh! Heh! Heh!"

As soon as he heard those words coming from the creature's mouth, Bass did his best to try to at least get away from his assailant by flying away. Not only that, but he also tried his best to understand on how this mystery creature knew of the existence of the Chaos Emerald that the dark Navi heard from the unknown human. However, right before he could have the chance to make his escape, the black clad Navi soon found the humaniod creature quickly going over towards his direction and was delivered a powerful and swift kick to the stomach. The pain that he'd felt from the attack was almost similiar to the sensation that he'd once felt for when he fought against the alien Navi known as Slur. As he tried his best to once again get to his feet while enduring the pain, the Black Shadow's own crimson eyes met the presence of the crimson energy blade in front of him. His gaze then turned towards the red haired vampire's menacing face that pierce through his own bravado that shattered along with his own pride.

Right as soon as he saw the mysterious vampire beginning to aim the tip of his crimson energy blade towards his direction, the cloaked Navi closed his both of his eyes and waited for his life to end. But after a moment of waiting for the blade to pierce through his body, he opened both of his eyes and saw something unexpected. What Bass saw was Shade ceasing his energy blade's assault on towards his scarred chest and giving off a blank and emotionless expression on his entire face. To the Black Shadow, it seems that the very fabric of time itself has stopped just to pause this very event that's about to happen. After what he felt like almost an eternity had passed, the independent Navi then turned his eyes's attention back towards the red energy blade that the vampire was planning to use to excute him with. What he saw was the crimson weapon's sharp tip beginning to withdraw from its appointed target and vanish from sight. The black Navi became confused with the action as he saw the creature turning his attention away from him and started to walk away towards a shadowy alley as if it were nothing more than a regular day.

"W-W-Wait! Where are you going! Aren't you going to finish me off?" Bass asked with a sort of uncertain tone of voice as he saw his assailant pausing for a moment in order to listen to what he have to say while at the same time becoming furious. "You've had your chance to finish me a moment ago! Why in the hell did you hold back? Answer me!"

There was a moment of silence between the two of them as he heard Shade saying to him with his calm tone returning within his voice, "Well, as much as I would like to excute you and claim your head a prize for my master, but I have other arrangements. Today just happens to be your lucky day, Bass. But you should feel honored to have fought with me and lived to tell about it. I must say that you really did give me, "A run for my money," as the humans say. Heh! And to think that I was able to inflict that much damage to you without having to use all of my power. I wasn't even using half of it in order to defeat you."

As soon as those words hit his mind, the pride struck Black Shadow felt as though he were nothing but a insect. He couldn't believe that all of the power that he'd just unleashed on the vampire were nothing but mere insect bites to him. All of the power that the black Navi had just put into his attacks were just insignificant pinches to the being that was in front of his eyes.

But what struck Bass the most were the next words that were said to him by Shade, "However, those last attacks that you threw at me did caught me by surprise for when we both fought. I must say that I'm impressed that you've managed to live to still stand up let alone pose a threat against me. If I were to allow you to live and leave you to your business, would you grow even stronger?"

The once cloaked Navi didn't know how to respond to the question that the human vampire said to him. Not only that, but he was still amazed that his opponent would allow him to live instead of just finishing him off for when he had the chance to. "M-M-Maybe," was all that Bass could say in response while trying to regain the composure that he once lost. "Given the time that I would need to heal."

"Well then, I should be on my way," he heard Shade saying to him just as he started to once again walk towards the shadows of the alley and became engulfed by their embrace. "The master would be wondering on how I faired against a pathetic creature such as yourself. But if you really wanted to recover your strength in a hurry, then I would suggest that you take out that large yellow dragon right above your head. I'm sure that it would be enough to suit your needs. Until we meet again, my lesser adversary. I look forward to our next tussle."

With those last words, the Black Shadow looked up towards the sky and saw what appears to be an injured Yellowgon flying above him. From the looks of the yellow virus creature, the black Navi would've guess that it had a run in with the Net Savior Lan while being Cross-Fused with his rival, MegaMan. "But its rather odd that the a virus just flies above my head at the most convenient time of needs," Bass thought to himself as he tried his best in order to keep himself on his feet. "Did that vampire somehow knew that the virus was flying towards this direction right before he was planning to excute me? If so, then why bother helping me recover from my injuries? Is he really that interested in seeing how strong that I would become if I increase my strength? Well, I guess that we'll soon find out. I'll need to hide out and take my time to recover from my injuries. Then when I'm strong enough to walk about, I would be able to continue on with my search."

With those thoughts done within his mind, the black Navi began to jump from the ground as best as his tattered and beaten body would allow him. Before he knew it, Bass was raising himself towards the skies above the harbor and charged himself towards the huge and injured yellow dragon virus with a dark energy black appearing within his hands.

As it watched Shade disappearing from sight within the harbor through one of the viewing bubbles, Nightmare Parasite just stood still and stared at the image that once showed the great battle between the cyber being known as Bass and its vampire creation Shade. "Very interesting. Shade has just showed the most impressive display of control and power that I've ever witnessed," the powerful liquid creature thought to itself as it watched the vampire disappearing into the dark shadows of the beach harbor buildings. "Having him feed upon both Kanzel and Mazenda a while back has certainly increased his abilities greatly.

"Not only that but he's also proven that he could become quite ruthless whenever he wants to. It's a shame that I have to call him back to this realm for more important duties. It would be rather interesting to see him go up against both of his genetic parents in battle. But I'm afraid that now is not the time for that encounter. I can't take any chances of him actually losing while he just barely got a hold of his great powers and abilities. Let's see if he's made it."

As soon as it felt the presence of its creation within its realm, Nightmare Parasite heard the voice of an arrogant young man saying to him with a rather annoyed tone in his voice, "Yo! Jelly Mold! Just where is that arrogant vampire son of a bitch! I'm bored and there isn't anything to do around here!"

That was when the powerful creature soon recognized the voice belonging to one of the two human creations of Professor Diol; Air Jay. The Chaos Clone turned its full attention away from the bubble screens and saw the long and raven haired young man approaching towards it. From what it could see on his face, he could tell that the human male was a bit annoyed and bored. But for what Air Jay was annoyed and bored for, it couldn't figure it out.

"What is it that you want, Air Jay?" Nightmare Parasite asked the black haired human with a calm tone in its hissing sounding voice. "I'm not in the mood for one of your little temper tantrums. Just what is it that has you riled up about this time?"

"Hey, I just want to know where that vampire pretty boy is so that I could show him what it means to truly be a bad guy!" the long haired young human shouted while at the same time raising his hands in a pose. "No one's better at being more of a bad boy than me and...!"

"Oh, just shut up, Air Jay!" the powerful Chaos Clone heard the voice of the female named Maliska saying to her companion with a rather annoyed and bored tone while at the same time seeing her appear from within the shadows of its realm. "You really shouldn't be bothering Lord Parasite with your little whinings about being better than Lord Shade! Besides it's getting rather boring and annoying."

As soon as it heard those words come out of the female's mouth, Nightmare Parasite just let out a sigh of both exhaustion and annoyance. The creature knew that the two human creations of Diol's were never in good terms with one another. In its honest opinion, the Chaos clone thought that it was rather childish for them to be fighting like the way they are now.

"(Hmph!) You're nothing but a suck up bitch, Maliska. Always the one to play the part of the good girl," it heard Air Jay responding to the red-haired woman's words with a bit of disgust and annoyance within his voice while seeing the female clearly becoming annoyed. "I bet that you're just doing that so that you could butter up to Shade more in order to get him to notice you. Talk about being desperate enough to get la..."

Before it could hear Air Jay finish the rest of his words, Nightmare Parasite saw a blue beam of energy charging itself towards the young man's direction. The creature saw the projectile colliding near both of Air Jay's feet and becoming a huge chunk of ice on the ground. It turned its three green eyes towards Maliska's direction which is where it saw the energy beam being fired from. As it suspected, the creature saw a powerful amount of blue energy gathered within her hand ready to throw towards Air Jay's direction at any given moment. When Nightmare Parasite turned its attention back towards the raven-haired young man's direction, it could tell that he was not very pleased.

"Hey bitch! Watch where you're throwing those ice attack of yours!" it heard Air Jay shouting out towards the red-haired female who it saw was creating a powerful burst of orange-red flames that appeared within his hands. "Unless that you're planning on getting burned, I suggest that you stay the hell away from me! Otherwise..."

Before it could have the chance to intervene with the situation at hand, Nightmare Parasite saw a pair of crimson long spears of energy hitting the ground near both Maliska and Air Jay's feet. That was when the powerful creature heard the voice of Shade calling out to the two of them in a commanding tone of voice, "That's enough out of both of you! Lord Parasite doesn't have the time or patience to be seeing the two of you waste your powers on one another fighting! I suggest that you both calm down before things around this area become rather violent."

"Ah, so you've finally returned, Shade," the Chaos Clone said to its creation while seeing the human-like vampire appear from within the dark shadows of the realm that they were all in with a pleased tone within its voice. "I've managed to see that battle of yours with that black-suited humaniod named Bass and I could see that you were able to take him down with only a small portion of your power and abilities with little effort at all. However, I'm very surprised that you let that creature live when you could've just killed him outright."

"It's just that he's really not worth the effort or time to kill for me to destroy with all of my power. Heh! At least not yet," it heard Shade responding to its words with his voice never faltering in being calm about what he just did.

Before it could have the chance to speak to its creation, Nightmare Parasite heard the annoyed and enraged voice of the long haired human male shouting out, "I'm betting that the reason that you've let that punk to live is because you're too chicken to even finish him with all of that so-called full power of yours! Ha! I bet that you don't even have the guts to back up those attacks of yours! Hell, I would even fight you right now in order to prove it!"

As soon as it heard those words, the powerful clone began to have a thought in its mind that made it chuckle with delight. "Heh! Heh! Heh! So you would like to prove that Shade is one of those lower evolutionary weaklings by fighting him, then I would be more than happy to grant your little request," the powerful liquid creature said to Air Jay while at the same time letting out a snicker within its own snake sounding voice. "I would let Professor Diol know about this certain developement and also arrange for the battle field to be set up. Just wait a moment while I call over to Eris so that I could be sure that this battle won't go unwatched. Maliska, I want you to go as well in order to observe the battle. Now the two of you will await until I've open a portal to the chosen arena. Shade, you stay with me until I tell you to go look for them. The two of you are dismissed."

Right after it was finished with its words, Nightmare Parasite saw a smile forming on the raven haired human male's face as it heard him saying, "Alright! Now I get to finally have the chance to show this asswipe what it means to truly kick some ass! I can't wait until I get to mop the floor with that bastard!"

"Shut up, Air Jay! I bet that Lord Shade could take you down in a second!" that was all that it heard from the red-haired female before the voice become nothing more than a mere ehco that faded into the darkness.

When it sensed that both Air Jay and Maliska were no longer within hearing range or within its presence, the liquid creature turned to its vampire creation as it said with a calm tone, "Shade, when you have your little battle with Air Jay, be sure that you don't hurt him too badly. Despite his rather rude and rash behavior, he's still a valuable asset to my plans. Now, await for me to set up the battlefield so that you and Air Jay could have your battle."

"Of course, Lord Parasite," was the response that it heard from Shade right before the powerful liquid clone turned its mind and full attention towards the task at hand.

End of Part 13