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Chapter 7

(Ace's POV)

It felt weird I guess, I felt weird. I was flying along through a wrecked city, with some strange creature using Lexi's armour. For a moment, I thought she had come back. I thought she had come back for me. Guess that's not my luck huh. I never used to have fantasies like this, not when I was little. Reality kept people alive. Perhaps that was why this has happened; I let myself drift too far. I thought heroes couldn't die, couldn't feel pain or grief. I never thought heroes could lose everything, even themselves.

"She's very proud Ace" a voice called from my left suddenly, snapping my mind back. I must have had a quizzical look on my face, as Layol sighed.

"I mean Lexi" I tensed

"How do you know about her?" I whispered, I could feel the anger being to creep into my veins.

"She's one of the main things you think about…"

"You're inside my head?" I was starting to get real angry, subconsciously my fingers curled into my palm. She must have seen, or read my anger as she fidgeted and then looked away from me.

"I can't control it, it just happens. I guess fate decided upon that" The anger I had felt began to cool down so rapidly I could see shapes dancing in front of my eyes. Black suddenly began to cover my vision; I shook my head as I swerved heavily right.

(Normal POV)

Tech looked up briefly, his eyes widened. Ace had suddenly dived to the right, a hover-van shot upwards to avoid him.

"Ace? Where are you going? What are you doing? Watch Out!" Shouts of fear and confusion filled the air. The jetpack showed no signs of slowing as it ploughed into the rush hour traffic. Rev rocketed forwards, his red eyes glowing a brilliant red. None of the anthros saw the enormous hounds re-appearing behind them.

Ryisem rose up, in response the clouds began to turn dark and lightning danced across the sky. He smiled; the screams of the people below pleased him. His black cloak bellowed around him, as gusts of winds raced into the streets around.

"Go on little ones, have some fun" he grinned as he pulled the chains off of the hounds. Their howls erupted out as their dull eyes burned with the magical smoke and snarls ripped from their chests. They wasted no time in chasing after the small anthro group.

The smell of fire and burning had soaked into the air, and black plumes of smoke poured out of buildings. Water hoses attempted to douse the flames, but it was all in vain. Screams for help, and responding shouts called back. Rumblings from smaller buildings caused more chaos, no one knew if they could keep standing. The Loonatics, covered in soot and metal chips were fighting valiantly. However, Ace was not there.

Layol knew already how to control the armor, despite it not being hers. She longed to fight Ryisem, but without the Loonatics he would easily silence her protests. She kept herself low in the smoke, zipping through streets. Her gaze fell upon the city; well it should have been a city. The black, wrecked remains barely stood as burnt out, crushed cars littered the cracked roads. A single tear slipped out Ryisem; please stop this madness her mind whispered. She didn't stop though; instead she kept going until fields were the only things in front of her. A huge impact had bruised the ground, not wasting anytime she flew down.

The broken remains of a jetpack, still burning decorated the destroyed area. Layol moved her form out of the armor, the falcon re appearing. It danced along the ground, looking for any movement. A figure lay just ahead.

"Ace!" she called, landing herself on the ground near to him. He didn't move.

"Ace, come on. You can't be dead too…" Layol pleaded, and she flipped him onto his back. His eyes were closed, and he was barely breathing. Layol put a shaky hand to his neck pressing to find a form of life. A small pulse flickered weakly. Layol looked down, and moved her arm to his arm.

Then she noticed something, a small piece of metal was stuck in his arm. She recognized it easily; it was part of blade that was used on robots of her era. She pulled it out quickly; she knew that it did mental damage. The poison drove the person delusional, created mood swings which forced ridiculous ideas of thought. Most of all, it turned the person against themselves, to the point they'd kill themselves or do something as serious as that.

Ace suddenly groaned, his hand moving slowly to his forehead. It felt like he'd been sleeping for ages, although he ached everywhere. His eyes refocused, Layol was looking at him sympathetically.

"Feel better?" she whispered, at least it explained why he was acting out of character.

"Yeah…" Ace replied forcing a smile, and then the smile faded as he stared into the smoke. A black cloak's outline could be seen in the dense smoke.

"What's the matter?" Layol asked, Ace narrowed his eyes.

"Your friend has come to say hello" he spoke, confused Layol turned around. Ryisem stood there, a smirk on his face. His eyes were calm, showing no hints to anything more. The armour Layol used whizzed to her, and she turned into wisps before straightening up in the armour. She took a defensive position in front of Ace.

"Move Layol"

"Only when you leave"

"I just came to talk to Ace, not hurt him"

"I don't talk to people as twisted as you" Ace replied coolly, trying to stand up.

"Is that so?" Ryisem spoke, just as casually. His eyes flashed, Layol suddenly screamed and her falcon form exploded out of the armour before bursting apart in a flash of light.

"No! Layol!" Ace yelled, his eyes burned bright yellow and his Guardian Strike Sword flashed out.

"You've gone far enough!" Ace yelled at him, Ace lunged forward the Strike Sword blasting an angry blast of lightning towards Ryisem. Ryisem's smirk grew, and he lifted his hand up. The lightning collided with a black bolt of lightning. Sparks flew in between the two, as the opposites fought for dominance.

Ace didn't wait another second; he flipped over the lightning and slashed his sword down into Ryisem. Ace froze, he tried to pull his sword out, but it was stuck inside Ryisem. Ryisem smashed his fist into Ace's cheekbone. A sickening crunch filled the air, as the rabbit flew backwards. Ryisem strode forward, pulling out Ace's sword in the process. Without letting Ace get back up, Ryisem grabbed Ace's leg before throwing him into a nearby fence.

That wasn't going to stop him, Ace pushed himself back up. A roar exploded from behind him, and Ace soon found himself crushed on the floor. One of the hounds was snarling at him, and kept its paw weighing Ace down.

"Hear me out Ace" Ryisem spoke calmly, standing over Ace.

"Why bother asking? You're gonna speak anyway" Ace replied coldly.

"I thought you'd want to know. It's about Lexi" Ryisem shrugged, before turning around.

"…What about her? The fact that you murdered her?" Ace said, struggling against the hound's weight.

"No, the fact that you can bring her back" Ryisem stated

"She's dead, she can't come back" Ace whispered, just then the small gem from the museum crashed to the ground in front of Ace.

"This gem is very powerful, but most of it goes to the users desires. It even has control over life and death" Ryisem spoke, lust dancing in his eyes.

"You're just like any other bad guy, greedy"

"Haha, No I'm not greedy. I just want my form back. I've had enough of this mortal appearance"

"Well do it then, I'll still kill you" Ace yelled, a flash of impatience flickered over Ryisem's features.

"I can't touch it" he snarled, and then he coughed and calmed himself. "That's why I need you to give me my form back, you could use it too"

"I don't trust you" Ace replied coldly, in response Ryisem clicked his fingers. The hound quietened down, and moved off of Ace.

"Try it; you think I'll be able to grab it off of you?" Ace narrowed his eyes, and picked the gem up. It glowed brightly, and then the glow formed into thin wisps. Ace watched, as the wisps began to dance in the Lexi's broken suit. The armour flew upwards, and formed together. Gently, an outline appeared within it. Ace's blue eyes widened as a pair of emerald eyes locked with his, blonde hair fluttered down. Whilst a slender, feminine body flexed into the armour.

"Lexi…" Ace whispered, his eyes turning as white as the glowing of the gem.

"Wasn't I right?" Ryisem whispered into Ace's ear. "You could make you both immortal, live together as one" Ryisem continued to whisper. "But grant me my desire too" Ace turned mesmerised by the power fluxing in the gem.

The gem flashed, a black haze surrounded Ryisem. Spikes ripped through the back of the cloak, and claws shredded out of his hands and feet. He began to grow in size, and the ripped remains of the cloak fell to the ground. Scaly black skin covered every inch of the growing mass of reptile. His neck stretched, and horns sheathed out of his forehead. Wings spread from his back; Ryisem lifted his demonic dragon head to the sky and let out a deafening roar. His teeth glistening with blood that looked fresh smiled down at the bewitched leader. His black and cold eyes surveyed the destroyed land, the mist burning darkly around the blood red iris in the centre of his eye.

"Thank you Ace" the dragon laughed, it spoke as if many voices were speaking at once. Ace walked, hypnotised to Lexi. His brushed his hand along her cheekbone; he could feel the soft fur under his hand. He leant into her neck, smelling the sweet aroma. His hand continued to move along her cheek, and then he felt wet fur. He straightened, and looked at her. Tears poured out of her eyes, and spilled down her cheeks.

"Why did you do this?" she sobbed

"I wanted you back…I never got to tell and show you how much you meant to me Lex" Ace whispered, horrified by her reaction. He'd expected to hug and kiss her, not her to cry about being together.

"I wanted to be with you, but you think I wanted to be at the city's cost?" She whispered also, but her gaze was on the city. Ace followed her gaze, and froze. If the city had been barely alive before, then it was dead now. Skeletal structures of building lay crumpled, no hovercraft flew and no one moved. It was silent.

"Ace, if I had known this was what you were going to do…I…I wouldn't have moved in front of that robot" Lexi sobbed, and she pushed Ace away. "We were the city's protectors. You were their idol, their hero. And you kill them all for me"

"But…Lex…I need you, the team-"

"Wake up Ace! What team? They're gone, you killed them" Ace went quiet, a single lone tear slipped down his broken and bruised cheek.

"It can't be"

"But it is" Ryisem suddenly burst out laughing, his demonic laughter filling the deathly air. "You gave up their faith, their love…all for me, how sweet!" Ryisem continued to laugh. Ace looked at Lexi, then he pulled her into a tight embrace.

"I know this is what you want…" he whispered to her, and then he launched the gem into the air. Ryisem's laughter cut short.

"You idiots catch it!" he screamed at the hounds. It was too late; the gem plummeted to the ground and smashed into pieces. Ryisem launched into the air, but he wasn't quick enough. A hurricane exploded from the fragments of gem, and plume of light shot upwards. The dark storm clouds faded, and the sun burst through.

Ryisem screamed as the wind from the gem ripped his form apart. Within a few seconds all of the destruction Ryisem had caused had also been ripped apart. Ace opened his eyes as soon as he had felt the wind die down, thin pink wisps spread from him. Without waiting, he melted the remaining pieces with his laser vision.

"Time to go home" Ace smiled, and launched through to the base. The city had been exactly the way it was before Ryisem had took over, already people were chatting and kids were laughing and chasing each other. Ace continued to go forward, in no time he was in his living room in the base, surrounded by all his friends and his team mates.

"We know you gave Lexi up…" Tech spoke suddenly

"Yeah, we're sor-"

"Don't apologize you guys, if anyone's gonna apologize it should be me. I nearly lost all of ya, I nearly killed my family…" he spoke "But it's ok, Ryisem is gone. We won't have to worry about him anymore. It's the end" He smiled

"If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have been reunited" Tech smiled also

"Somewhere, Lex is smilin' too" Ace said as he looked out of the window, as the stars glittered over the sleeping city.