Author's note:Thank you my dear reviewers and readers,especially Anesha who will be joining the story in later chapters,who has been a loyal reviewer as well as my first but that doesn't mean that I'll ignore the rest of you of course. Now that the rather short speech is over,on with the story!(p.s:I'm running out of ideas so there will be a short hiatus after this but if you want the hiatus to be shorter,send in ideas and suggestions in your reviews but of course,credit will be given to the reviewer.)
Note that although the story will concentrate on Thomas' side for this chapter,the others will still have parts in the chapter.
Disclaimer:I do not own anything related to Winx Club,Star Ocean:Till the End of Time or even Dragon Booster. I only own the plotline and most pf the characters as well as some locations
(70 S.D,Esteed Estate)(clever,no :)
Sophia got off the hover-taxi and paid the fare before grabbing a few bags from her seat while Thomas struggled with the remaining shopping bags. "Come on slowpoke." she giggled as she heard Thomas grumbling behind the bags before running ahead,Thomas close behind, "Speak for yourself,these bags weigh more than just clothes!" Sophia shook her head before entering the house which made Thomas gasp at the decorations which seem to almost exactly match the ones in his house in the past, "Welcome to your new home!" Sophia had somehow changed into a maid's outfit within the few minutes that she had,he blushed as the outfit made her more attractive in a rather perverse way which he quickly banished from his thoughts but was having a difficult time keeping it away.
"Like my outfit ?" Sophia asked despite knowing the effect it had on the young man,as he was blushing brightly while trying to hide it behind the bags. "I'm sorry Miss Sophia but the outfit you're wearing is making me very uncomfortable." Sophia nodded as she went through a maple-wood door with cat-related decorations on it and it had a sign 'Sophia's Room',sounds of shuffling was heard before she exited the room in a different outfit which was a blue striped top with a plaid-skirt similar to her school uniform, "Better now ?" Thomas nodded as he followed her through a short hall before entering a cozy room that was definitely better than the one Robert Leingod had set up at the school for him,he let the bags onto the floor before the closet opened up and a few sets of mechanical clamps grabbed the clothes and snapped shut which surprised Thomas who took out the Astral Blade in case the 'metal monster' attacked but all he saw were the clothes in a colorful arrangement and a voice asked,
"Good day sir,if you wish to change clothes,please state the occasion and the proper set will be prepared." Sophia closed the closet door before smiling, "Don't worry,the auto dresser only helps with clothes so ask it what you want when you're changing and it'll hand you the ones you'll need." Thomas nodded before examining the room,the walls were covered with a criss-cross wallpaper,an antique four-poster bed,complete with veils,an elaborate bed-side table with a small bulb of light hovering inside a container which he thought was a lamp. The room was quite similar to his own bed but still held hints of it's futuristic techs.
"Now,if you'll excuse me,I'll prepare our dinner tonight while you settle in." The door was closed when it slid back into place and the soft sounds of Sophia's steps. "Guess I'll see what these 'books' Miss Sophia bought for me could teach me." he grabbed the metallic cover and flipped it open,it was a mini-computer which started 'talking'(imagine the Hitchhikers' Guide to the galaxy) "Greetings,I'm the Encyclopedia Computer or E.C for short,I contain the latest data of the explored universe as well as the ability to update my data. Please input your name and password through the holo-pad.." a holographic panel appeared and Thomas typed in the desired information before the pad deactivated.
"Greetings Thomas Leingod,the laptop will now respond only to your voice command and to anybody who possess the password. Thomas was intrigued at the claim from the small piece of tech, "Alright,bring up data on the subject hologram technology." he regretted the request when a beep responded before several files pulled up which confused him greatly so he tried a more direct approach, "Bring up a basic report of hologram technology." a few files appeared and he tapped the screen to confirm the first one,a 'movie' started playing,explaining the workings of the holographic technology.
Twenty minutes later,Sohpia entered the room to see Thomas wrapped up in a pile of connected paper displaying various schematics about holographic devices,Sophia started laughing as Thomas looked like a mummy in all that paper, "Haha,very funny,now get me out of here." Sophia grabbed his arms in an attempt to pull him out but ended up falling back with Thomas on top of her which made her blush but Thomas reacted quickly and got up from her and started apologizing,saying I'm sorry over and over which she found quite adorable. "I'm so sorry..." Thomas just ran out breath for apologizing for so long,he felt something soft and moist peck his cheek,he turned his head up and saw Sophia slowly pulling away from him, "Dinner's ready." She smiled as she went out of the room with Thomas sitting there on the floor,with his hand feeling the spot on his cheek where Sophia kissed it.
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(Present,Lake Fortress of Light)
The structures of the once magnificent fort was now in ruins,fires burning the trees to ashes,former towers crumbling to pieces,creatures of decay and darkness roaming the ruins searching for survivors who escaped their capture. A Juggernaut along with a squad of Beast-Troopers were scouring the halls until three Templars ambushed them and took out the Beast Troopers with chi-blasts that tore them apart before moving in on the Juggernaut,two of them charged at it with their lances,stabbing it below the torso and the third on jumped from behind right onto the shafts of the two lances,slashing it with two swords,turning it into four chunks of decaying dark matter.
"Alright,we've taken out this area's patrol units. Let's return to the Meditation Hall to regroup." the other two nodded before running off towards the only place that was still safe and untouched by the assault but it would eventually fall like the rest. As the pushed opened the golden doors of the hall,the inside seemed to have changed,from the silent hall of prayers to a near chaos as several Templars were running about to heal the injured who managed to escape the capture,some were preparing weapons while others were working on a machine-like arc with several sparks of energy coming out ever so often, "Is the barrier breaker ready yet ?" one of the ones working on it stood up said, "We'll be done setting it up in a few minutes." he then went back to work.
"Templar Bastil!Trouble at the hall entrance!" a guardsman ran in before slamming the door shut, "What's wrong ?" his question was answered when the guardsman was flung forward as the gates were forced opened by two Juggernauts followed by a number of Beast-Troopers and at the front of the assault was Ronand,the child-inventor and his assistant,Celina. "Attack!" Ronand shouted in an un-child-like voice,his orders were carried out as the Monsters of Decay moved in for the attack while several Templars,even the injured ones prepared their weapons, "Come my fellow Templars!Let us test our mettle against these beasts in combat!" several charged into combat while a few remained to secure the safety of the machine.
After a few minutes,both sides were at a stalemate as both sides refused to give up,the Decay Monsters kept coming back with reinforcements each time they were slain while the Templars held out with their Qigong techniques and martial prowess,even the injured fighters were putting up a heavy resistance, "Enough!This fight ends now!" Ronand brought out a 'gun' and fired off powerful streams of energy which destroyed his own troops while capturing nearby Templars in ropes of paralyzing energy, "Now then,care to surrender ?" Ronand said with a confidant smirk,the few Templars who were defending the device threw caution to the wind and like their captured comrades,charged straight into battle.
"I see,so that's your answer,well....here's mine!" Ronand snapped his fingers and the sound of something mechanical stomping into the room,Ronand and Celina stood out of the way,letting a behemoth of a machine crash through the gate and in the middle of the mech were embedded the three gems that the Trix possessed,it was acting as the power source and it was utilized in a frightful manner as the three gems created a point of energy which hit all the Templars save for Bastil who ducked behind a pillar,he saw to his shock that his fellow Templars were turning into stone statues,cursed to be stone by the Trix's own items. A light flickered from the arc,Bastil turned around to see the Barrier Breaker operating,he saw the fingers of a Templar yet to be completely petrified holding the conduit and with his one unpetrified eye,he winked and gave the ok sign,Bastil nodded as he made a last ditch effort to escape,he opened up a portal just inside the arc and disappeared through it before he could be petrified,sounds of Ronand's temper tantrum was heard throughout the fortress(he's still a kid)
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(70 S.D,Esteed Household,Dining Room)
The room was a typical dining room,an oaken table with a table-cloth made of silk,a bouquet of flowers as a centerpiece,the only thin out of place for Thomas were the chairs that automatically adjust seat levels at the push of a button as he found out the hard way as he's currently stuck in an adult version of a high-chair. Sophia had just brought in the last dish and saw Thomas in his predicament,setting down the plate,she pushed the default button so Thomas could breath easier as the high-chair restrained his breathing. "Thank you Miss Sophia,I guess that I'll have to check E.C. For a better understanding of the future...hmm,what's this ?" he pulled out the communicator that Robert gave him,it was beeping indicating he has mail,he pushed it to see it's contents:
'Thomas,I'll be busy with lab-work for a while so it would be easier if you help do the research on the locations of the replacement parts,here are the list for each one...'
A list scrolled out through the small screen,Thomas seemed intrigued at the challenge so he started working on it but it was taken away by Sophia who popped a spoonful of her cooking into his mouth, "You're not working while eating,got it." Thomas nodded as he chewed the home-cooked food which suddenly reminded him of his late mother who used to cook just like that. Sophia saw him playing with his food or rather moping so she asked flat-out, "What's wrong Thomas,you're not even touching the food I cooked...is it um,too strong for your tastes ?" She saw a tear drop down from his face and onto the floor which shined for a moment but Sophia was more concern over Thomas' condition, "Don't worry Miss Sophia,it's just that your cooking reminded me of my mother,that's all...." Sophia turned her head down,Thomas saw this, "Don't worry about it,I moved on already but I like to keep her in my heart where she lives on....So come one,we can't let all this delicious food go to waste." with that statement,he started eating with gusto but Sophia saw the sadness he's trying to hide under the act,she decided to play along and continued eating with him.
After dinner,Thomas insisted on helping with the cleaning but Sophia denied it and shooed him off to his room. "Oh well,at least I can work on researching the parts." Thomas sat on the edge of his bed before flipping open E.C's monitor, "E.C,this is Thomas Leingod,open up a file to anything that has any information in relation to these parts." he pulled out a socket from his communicator and plugged it into the computer. After a short period of time,Thomas saw only one file and E.C responded, "The only files I can obtain to is this one,there are others but will require a few days to obtain." the file was downloaded into the hand-held device before E.C shut down. "I guess E.C's going to 'sleep' for a while....Now let's see..."
Thomas opened the file and a picture of gear that has a distinct design and when he zoomed in on a particular spot of the gear he saw his father's name engraved on the spot as well as the part's name 'Purifier Sprocket' "Glad that dad always 'labeled' everything important." he continued reading,absorbing every single detail into his mind. "Alright!I got the location.....but I don't know my way around here...guess I'll ask Miss Sophia and Fayt to help me.." he looked at the time display on the communicator which was quite late so he decided to sleep and at that moment a thunderstorm occurred,he wasn't bothered by it but he heard whimpering nearby, "Miss Sophia ?" he went out of the room and followed the whimpering to Sophia's bedroom door which he opened slowly which fortunately didn't creak,he saw the room was painted in pink,the room was littered with plush toys of cats and he saw a lump under the cover of a four-poster bed which he presumed was Sophia as the 'lump' was the source of the whimpering,he gently lifted the covers to see Sophia in a fetal position,hugging a stuffed toy cat that looked like it was wearing a pink dress with a bow in it's ear(can anyone guess who it is)
"Are you scared of storms ?" Sophia nodded slightly before hugging the stuffed toy even closer when a clap of thunder was sounded, "Please keep me company." Thomas nodded as he hugged her to keep her from shivering, "But only until you're asleep." Sophia nodded before cuddling further into his warm body before she started sleeping in his arms, "Guess I can't leave after all..." he started falling asleep as well and as the storm continued,the two slept peacefully together.
(Morning)
Thomas felt himself being pulled out of bed rather forcefully as he fell onto the cushy but still hard floor, "What did you do to my daughter y-yo-you punk!" Thomas rubbed his eyes clear to see a man holding what looked like a metallic baseball bat and the man was holding it in a pathetic striking position so Thomas decided to reason with the man, "Excuse me but what are you talking-Oww!" he felt the impact of the baseball bat on his forearm when he raised it at the last moment, 'That's it!Time to get physical!' Thomas lashed out his leg,tripping the man and grabbed the falling baseball bat and pointed it threateningly at the man as he didn't want to scare the man with a sword, "Alright,I was trying to be reasonable and I'll remain reasonable if you would refrain from hitting-"he felt a presence behind him so he ducked and saw a woman fall down with a bronze statue that was meant for his head,then he realized the two person's identity.
"Let me guess,you're both Miss Sophia's parents,didn't Mr Leingod told you about me ?" the two parents slowly got up and retrieved the baseball bat and after they exited Sophia's room,her father started scratching behind his head,"Sorry about that back there." Thomas knew what parents were like as his friends from the past had parents similar to the two Esteeds. "Please,don't worry about it,my friend's father is also like that....by the way,sorry about the kick."
After a few introductions were made and a quick breakfast,Sophia's father Clive was reading a print-out of the Purifier Sprocket and was discussing the theory about time-traveling. ".....although countless scientists tried and failed in time-travel but I guess your father was an exception,by the way. What was your father's purpose for time-traveling so far into the future ?" Thomas seemed to be thinking for a while but he shrugged his shoulders, "I really don't know,my father was quite eccentric since I last saw him but the letter he written seemed to be written by a sane man so he probably has a good reason for it." Sophia came out wearing her school uniform,"Good morning everybody,I guess you've met my parents,come on we're going to be late for school!" Sophia exclaimed as she quickly dragged Thomas into his room and after a series of shuffling noises,a bright-faced Thomas came out wearing a smart business-like suit which was white with blue embroidery(imagine Avalon's outfit),followed by Sophia who was giggling, "Awww. Come on! I only saw you in your shorts,although it looked quite cute." Sophia unintentionally flirted with her 'teacher' which her parents noticed but decided to ignore, "Off with you two,we've already called for a hover-taxi but the fare is yours to pay." Sophia yelled out a quick yes,grabbed a piece of toast in her mouth and ran out of the door with Thomas hopping on one leg,trying to put on his shoes, "Wait up!" he stamped his foot down to adjust his shoe before running to the moving vehicle and recklessly jumped through the open door and onto Sophia's lap, "Well hello there handsome." Thomas was still blushing so the extra blood rushing to his face only served to make him dizzy,forcing him to stay in that position for the time being which he kind of liked,he sighed as the hover-taxi sped towrds the college.
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(Present,Red Fountain Courtyard,Dawn)
"Reina ?...wake up,we're back at Red Fountain." Argus was still on the platform with Reina by his side as they had fell asleep on the way back,his cape kept them warm,although he had a slight headache from bumping his head on the [latform rails when it landed,Reina woke up dreamily as she looked up to see Argus before falling asleep again, 'Guess she's still tuckered out from her adventure,guess I'll let her sleep for a little longer' Argus gently lifted her up bridal style and jumped off the landing dropship which was still a few feet in the air but he had faced worst so he used a bit of his powers to soften the landing as he started walking towards his dorm room.
After putting Reina in his bed for some rest,he went directly to the Headmaster's office with a portal. "Ah,Argus. I presume that Miss Reina is safe and sound." Argus nodded before bowing, "I'm sorry for my outburst yesterday,please accept my apology." Arune smiled at Argus accepting his responsibilities at this age, "It's alright,your outburst was justified with reasons that are sensible,come sit. We have much to discuss about." Argus finally noticed that the Headmaster had other guests which included Sera Slifer,Trevor Pyris and Rylon Ortedus on one side while the great Orwen Cordatorta along with a couple of his men,one of them looked seriously tired and in need of medical attention. "Alright,now that everyone's here,Templar Bastil...please present your report of the situation at the Fortress of Light." 'What!Is the place under attack ?' he was surprised as the beat-up Templar started telling everybody his report.
When Bastil finished his report,he slumped down into his seat and snoring was then heard,he was more tired than the others thought he was. "As he has informed us,the Fortress of Light is currently under the control of this 'Ronand' character who seems to have the control of the Army of Decay and may be connected to the previous assault on the school some time ago."
Trevor approached the front of Saladin's desk, "What can we do ? Some of us just survived an onslaught of Rouge Dragons as well as the fact that Argus and I just came back yesterday from an attack from a humongous Juggernaut and also the 'army' I had to face alone until Argus saved us....What ? Are you going to send us out to the Fortress ?" Sera whacked the back of Trevor's head with her clenched fist before hissing into his ear, "What are you doing!This is the headmaster your talking to!"
Arune raised his hand, "It's alright Instructor Slifer,Mr Pyris here is correct and we can do nothing to help the Fortress and it's inhabitants for the time being,it appears that the area is now 'barricaded' by a powerful barrier. We currently have no means of entering the Fortress,unless we use the Dragon Fire." all heads turned stare at Argus who just pointed at himself, "Me ?"
An hour has already passed but Argus was in a heated discussion and conditions of him participating in the next mission, "...I know I agreed to participate in this mission but how can I be sure that Reina won't run off again!" Arune rubbed his forehead as he replied calmly, "I can't be held responsible for her actions and the only way we could keep her safe is either restraining her in the school or....I rather not say." but the look in Argus' eyes forced him, "To let her go with you." this only made Argus' anger flare up, "What makes you say accompanying me on a dangerous mission will make it safe for Reina !?" the templars in the room had never dealt with him before so they foolishly pulled their weapons out but the moment the were within a meter of Argus,their weapons suddenly heated up and they reacted quickly as their heated weapons drop to the floor and Argus disappeared in a flash of fire,leaving the two templars to be reprimanded by their Lord for their foolishness.
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(70 S.D,Bachtain University,Literature Class)
"Alright class,today we'll be doing an essay,a free topic essay. Choose any subject you want and write it." due to Thomas' heroic deeds,the entire class felt obliged to do as he said. "Good. Remember,when writing an essay use proper words and-" he was interrupted when the auto door slid open and a man wearing militaristic uniform entered and from what he learned about the current society,the man was a police officer, "What can I do for you officer ?" he was nervous as Robert hasn't yet completed his forged identification profile. He was passed a thick envelope, "Here,open it." he did and found a wad of cash which had the portrait of a spaceship and the numbering was one thousand Fol and he had several bills of it along with a letter of congratulations, "What's all this for ?" the officer replied, "It is the reward money for bringing down that sentient virus,a madman had transferred his mind into the Federation's data bank and had stolen classified data. Since you destroyed it,the data has been recovered,that was the reward for bringing him down. Good day." the officer saluted before walking out of the room.
"I guess I'm going to have to spend this money,does anyone care for a field trip ?" The whole class cheered but Thomas replied, "....but only when you hand in the essays,can't go on a field trip unless we have credibility can we ?" a few groaned while a few returned to their work,Thomas smiled and sat back into his chair before he pulled out E.C and whispered the password and started researching more about the future he's stuck in....for the time being.
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(Unknown Location:? ? ?,Kaleb's Throne Room)
Kaleb was sitting on his throne,his face still covered by the shadows,but by the way he was sitting,he was obviously annoyed.......annoyed at the failure of his newest Demon Recruit,Morak who was currently covered in healed scars,kneeling in front of him. "You've failed to kill the Keeper of the Flames Morak....and all because of your pride,you lost to a Fire Knight. For this,you must pay...dearly." at that instant,a trapdoor opened and Morak responded by turning into his demonic form and flapped his wings but the attempt was futile as his wing-bones suddenly buckled and cracked as well as the rest of his body,he felt like he was being crushed by a closed fist,in his last moments of consciousness,Morak unleashed a wave of dark energy before screaming down into the trapdoor which shut firmly,drowning the room once again in silence except for the clanking sounds of footsteps.
Dianovas stepped into the small light provided by the torches,his hand still glowing from the magic he had used on Morak as well as the small dent on his armor that was still smoking from Morak's attack,he bowed down as always before rising up again, "Was it wise to give Morak those powers my Lord ?" a dry laugh was heard before Kaleb responded, "I only gave him the powers so that he could test the Keeper of the Flames but it appears that the Army of Decay you gave him has completed that task for me anyway....Dianovas,I've received word that Ronand has captured that accursed Fortress of Light,you are to go there and search it for anything that could be useful to us. Understood ?" Dianovas simply nodded before he pulled out his sword and slashed opened a portal before entering it.
The huge doorway opened and a line of Templars,all of whom were chained up and closely watched by a squad of skeleton warriors,the Templars looked like they had been tortured,several rips in their clothes showing raw flesh that suffered several lashes from a spiked whip but they still had the look of defiance in their eyes,the lead skeleton approached Kaleb and bowed before rising again to hear his lord's commands,Kaleb adjusted his sitting position so that the lower half of his face could be seen but still slightly covered in the shadows,with a calm smile that showed his teeth which had fangs(imagine Dakkar's) before deciding their fate, "I feel a bit merciful today,throw them in the dungeon and absorb all their chi away so that they can't escape." the Templars immediately retaliated by sending out a combined wave of chi energy,knocking the skeleton warriors onto the ground and the Templars took the opportunity and grabbed the weapons that the skeletons had let go in the process and quickly defeated the skeletal foes before blasting open the doorway and running out,Kaleb was amused at the Templar's attempt at escape he smirked and with a snap of his fingers,several skeletons burst from the floor, "Go and recapture them!" the skeleton platoon charged out of them room,their bony joints creaking with each movement,Kaleb sat back and enjoyed the show that's being seen on the crystal ball he summoned.
(Dark Corridor)
The Templars were running along a dark murky passage that seemed gothic and elegant but disgusting at the same time,gargoyle statues were situated on pedestals that line along it,giving off a dark appearance. The Templars saw their undead pursuers and quickened their pace to escape them,blasting at any that got too close with chi energy. After running for sometime,they reached a wide doorway, "This must be the exit!Force it open!" two of them unleashed a concentrated blast of chi but when the smoke cleared,the door hardly had a scratch on it so a few more Templars used their chi blasts before it opened up to show nothing,nothing except an endless void with several scraps land floating about and they were just a few steps away from falling into oblivion before they slowly backed away from it and bumped into something rough bulk and turned around to see a man that had huge muscles bulging and was carrying an equally huge mace,the man smirked before slamming the sides of several Templars with a swing of his mace,breaking their bones as loud cracks were heard when the weapon made contact with their bodies,each Templar tried retaliating but the effort was futile.
When the skeletons arrived,they saw Axilles hefting his mace onto his shoulder as he knock out the last Templar,each and every one of them were badly hurt but still alive,barely. Axilles crouched near one of the fallen Templars, "Just be happy that I didn't have my Battle-Axe with me." he smirked before planting a foot on the man's back,resulting in a scream before he fell unconscious.
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(70 S.D,Rosen Castle Ruins)
Thomas who had chosen to wear his other new outfit was leading his students on a tour guided field trip to the Rosen Castle ruins,it was a traditional castle but it was built in the 42nd century as the owner,an eccentric millionaire named James Rosen was obsessed with medieval structures that he financed the construction of a castle complete with a small village that was used for holiday tourists but the Terran Wars two years prior to the completion of the castle which was converted by the eccentric into a fort which miraculously held out throughout the whole ten-year war in result,the eccentric millionaire was proclaimed a hero who had saved but he mysteriously disappeared before the ceremony which resulted in the crowd running away in wild hysterics.
"...now the castle is abandoned but the descendants of refugees from some war or another made it to the village and restored it and now resides in the village,they claim that they hear the spirit of Ol' Rosen wandering inside his castle,shouting out commands that he used to boost the morale of his men to defend the castle such as...." Fayt sneaked behind Sophia and shouted, "Rrahhhh!!" this spooked Sophia as well as the other girls in her group,clinging onto the nearest thing which was Thomas' arm, "Umm,Fayt,I believe that scaring Miss Sophia was quite unnecessary and besides,you being here was under your request and I have the power to revoke that request and send you home. Got it." Fayt immediately shut up but the situation wasn't solved yet as Sophia was still clinging on his arm and the whole class watching the situation wasn't helping either as well as the blood circulation in his arm was being cut off.
"Miss Sophia ? You can let go now." Sophia quickly separated from him, "Sorry about that Tom." "It's alright Miss Sophia. Alright then,every student will be split into groups of three,Fayt,Miss Sophia you're with me,the rest of you may choose your team mates,I've asked the tour guide to set up a number of flags throughout the ruins,should you get the most flags,you'll get to choose the next location of our field trip as well as the privilege of being exempted from the next pop quiz." cheers were heard from the students as they all quickly split up to search for the flags.
As Thomas led Fayt and Sophia to ruins,he turned a corner quickly and promptly pulled the two students to his side before checking if anybody saw them, "Good,they didn't see us-" "What's going on!" Thomas quickly clamp his hand over Fayt's mouth,stopping further noise that might attract any unwanted attention, "Alright,here's the explanation,I found the location of the Purifier Sprocket,it appears that James Rosen bought it at an auction and used it as paperweight and if I'm correct,it should still be in his office,then we'll-" Fayt poked Thomas in the chest and said, "If you didn't realize, 'cousin' the place is abandoned and a wreck,for all we know,the office could be gone already,for all we know,the part could already be a million miles away from here." Thomas took out his communicator and typed in a series of commands before a holographic layout of the ruins was displayed,and a specific room kept bleeping, "That,dear 'cousin' is the location of the office that is still intact,shall we ?" Fayt became angry and stomped off on his own,turning to a corner before stumbling back,Thomas pulled out the Astral Blade which he learned how to store inside his new clothes' 'system', "What's wrong ?"
"...that!" Thomas turn to see Fayt pointing at a mammoth sized ape that appears to be guarding the entrance but the creature seemed intelligent so Thomas dismissed his weapon and approached the ape who seemingly smiled with his big mouth,showing a row of sharp pearly white teeth, "Ah!It seems that someone has decided to visit ol' James,greetings stranger,might I know your name." the ape said in a jovial and polite manner, "I am Thomas Leingod and I have come to claim a part for repairs on a err,machine that needs very special parts for replacements and I presume that you are James Rosen are you not ?" the ape nodded before responding, "Well,I guess you're curious about my condition yes ?.." Thomas nodded, "...well,to put it bluntly,I was playing around with a tome of magic or curses to be precise and foolishly mixed the ingredients and summoned a witch that trapped me inside the castle for these past centuries,I managed to learn how to manifest myself but only in other creature's bodies currently Big-Foot or was it the Yeti,my mind must be slipping."
Thomas checked James' current body and it indeed did resemble the fabled Big-Foot of the pictures he saw on E.C's data bank however skeptical he was, "I see what you mean....how about I try and lift your curse ?" the ape-like face of James Rosen's face lit up and said, "Really ? You'll help me out of this curse...but what of the dangers ?" Thomas called for the Astral Blade and showed it to him before putting it away. "Well Mr Rosen ?" "Alright you may go in but allow me to escort you since a few of the witch's pets are still around." James pushed away the rubble that barred the door before making his way in,allowing passage to the others,Thomas followed in before calling for Fayt and Sophia who had heard the earlier conversation but they heard two cries, "Aaaahhh!" they both rushed in before falling down a hole in the floor that had broke in due to Jame's weight.
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(Present,Earth,White House)
Charles Scotts,president of the Pangalactic Federation was sitting at his desk,hearing the report of General Wilde of how he was attacked by the mystery attacker,after the general was done with his report,Charles leaned back into his chair, "It appears from what you described of the man's uniform,he could be the remnants of Brigadier General Schilling's private forces. Reports of his defeat was clear but whether or not he died for real is unknown as several escape crafts were found across the universe after that but his officers that were found refused to divulge whether or not he's still alive but from what you saw,it is clear that his officers are on the move and possibly......the Brigadier General himself may be the one who ordered the theft." General Wilde was in deep thought,contemplating the President's words and after all,Charles use to be the head of the Federation's Intelligence Division.
"I see your theory behind this but the Invisible's layout clearly says that no one in the bridge could've make it to the escape bay in time and that includes the Brigadier General himself-" "Unless of course he added something in the prototype's blueprints but what did he install is the question." Wilde nodded in understanding,Charles took out a disc and gave it to Wilde, "General Wilde,I give you permission to enlist any and all trustworthy officers to investigate the probability of Schilling's officer's movement as well as a more details on this new dimension's inhabitants but keep it to a minimum. Understood ?" Wilde nodded and took the disc and exited the room via teleportation beam just before a woman who had a pregnant belly entered the room with a tray of tea and cakes, "Charles,who was that you're talking to a while ago ?" Charles smiled and helped the woman sit onto a comfortable couch, "Nothing Diana,just talking to an old friend on the vid-phone. So how are our babies coming along ?" He gave Diana a kiss on the lips, "Fine,they'll be fine when they come out. Tea ?" a teapot was held up as "Yes.."
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(Galactical Enterprise,Launchbay)
Galactical Enterprise is not only a successful business company that sells it's products throughout the Magic Dimension but also the local militia for Adquistes thus the company has a series of military outposts throughout the dimension as well as one in the building itself as the dome on top of the building that was just above the play-area for Jon-Jon,opened up to reveal a launchpad with a cruiser similar to Red Fountain's own air units which was red in color with black edges,Fayt,Cliff and Albel were given new supplies as well as a letter of explanation for Saladin,Izak was finishing an upgrade to his weapon selection with a technician who waved goodbye at him, "Thanks for the upgrades!" "Yeah!Call back when I have more okay!"
"What was that about Maggot ?" Albel asked while he polished his new cyber-claw that the Commodore provided for him. "Sheesh!Lighten up Albel,what makes you so moody." Izak retorted before taking out a hand-held device similar to a communicator but it had the company's logo on it which was G.E in a stylish fashion, "This my friend is the Com-pod,my friend over there gave it to me so he could send me weapon upgrades via digitization as well as sending us important info from anywhere and anytime." Fayt nodded while Cliff was checking out their new ship's system. "That thing will be useful in our mission,well since we've been informed of the situation better,we might as well check out the three schools for more information." At that moment,Olsen Wittcomb and his family arrived,young Jon-Jon a.k.a Johnathan jumped for joy as he saw Izak and ran up to him,Izak knelt down to the toddler's level, "What'cha got there in your hands kiddo." Jon-Jon opened up his hand to reveal Mikey,the little robotic playmate that was jumping and doing somersaults. "I twaut Mikey a new twick." Izak ruffled the toddler's hair before asking for Mikey to jump into his hand, "Don't worry,I'm just going to talk to him for a while." Jon-Jon nodded before Izak connected himself to Mikey through a new wave-link that was installed. 'Mikey,I'm leaving you a connectivity drive that allows you to contact me....and please,keep him safe if any danger threatens him' 'Affirmative' with that the connection was shut and Izak passed the playful toy back to it's owner.
While the little exchange was going on between the two robots,Fayt was talking to Olsen about the three schools, "I suggest you visit Alfea first since it's the closest and has plenty of people that would be able to help you with information that you'll need. Just tell them to take you to Headmistress Faragonda." Fayt thanked the man before Olsen's wife gave him a good look and said, "You better take good care of yourself,your own wife wants you to come back in one piece." Fayt felt guilty that he'd left Maria behind but she was pregnant and could risked losing the baby. He thanked Joanna for her words and started walking towards the ship where an argument was being held between Cliff and Albel and the thing that they were arguing over was the.... "I say that the ship's name is going to be the Falcon!" Albel was fingering the handle on his Crimson Scourge as he yelled out, "I say the machine's name should be Blood Dragon!" Fayt decided to break up the argument, "Alright,the name doesn't matter right now,we should get going." but the two ignored them and brought out their weapons but Fayt fortunately brought out his Levantine in the nick of time as the three weapons collided with each other.
'Clang' Cliff's Valorous Gauntlets hit Albel's Crimson Scourge dead on with Fayt's Levantine holding the two weapons from hitting their targets but then,smoke started emitting from Cliff's gauntlets while the blood on Albel's Sword was evaporating and Fayt's own sword was cracking. "No!" all three of them said simultaneously just before their weapons lost their power,Albel's Crimson Scourge was now a normal katana but Albel managed to gather up the red mist with a vacuum attachment in his cyber-claw,Cliff's Valorous Gauntlets were totaled as some of the parts were seriously damaged,making it nothing more than scrap metal while Fayt was worse off as his Levantine was crumbling to pieces,leaving the blade only at the length of a short dagger,he sadly put it into it's sheath. "I guess you now have more reasons to visit the schools now,they would probably have the means to restore it,so you better hop onto the Zero One." being beaten at the naming game,the four men got into the ship before it launched into the sky and for all the people of Adquistes to see in awe.
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(70 S.D,Rosen Castle Ruins,Underground)
"Ooooohh...what happened...." Thomas had just woken up in a dark room,he looked up to see some light coming through the hole they had fell through,he saw Fayt unconscious on the ground with Sophia just waking up from her uncomfortable position, "Miss Sophia,are you alright ?" Sophia slowly got up before examining herself for anything out of place, "It looks like it...." Sophia quickly helped the groaning Fayt up to his feet, "What happened to me ?" James Rosen in Bigfoot's body came out into the light,he looked like he had went through hell and back,he was cut in several places as some dried blood was caked in his fur, "What happened is that we fell into the lair of that damned witch's pets!That's what!" he was pulling along a big box that was marked 'Secret' and opened...err bashed it open since the combination lock was too tiny for his huge hands to reveal a cache of weapons that ranged from the primitive to the most technologically advanced.
"Take your pick,we'll need them to break through those beasts." Sophia grabbed a Staff while Fayt grabbed a Simple Sword and a Phase Gun as well as a few other items while Thomas and James didn't take any,Thomas didn't take any since his clothes was a portable armory, "James,how come you're not taking any weapons ?" James showed him the five-inch long claws that protruded from his hands, "I don't need them...alright,everybody ready,we'll need to go the opposite direction I came from and head for the cellar exit,it'll take a while but there are less monsters along the way." the group nodded as they made their way in the dark passage.
Through the trek they haven't encountered one monsters which made the trip easier,then they finally made it a dead end, "What now ?" James gestured for the three teens to stand back before he tackled the wall,breaking it open into a room that was kept lit by luminescent moss that was growing on the ancient walls,the room was filled up with several racks and shelves of wine,some were still intact and ready for tasting while the rest were shattered,James lumbered towards a control panel that was still functional but had seen better days, "This is James Rosen,open up all doors in the castle except for room 13 and 17 as well as corridor 12,activate security precautions." a series of sounds were heard,then the door to the cellar opened up but the staircase to it was ruined so they had to jump the gaps while James climbed the wall with his claws,fortunately,the door was wide enough for him to go through.
On the last leap that Sophia tried,the rotten wood broke away,leaving her to fall but she felt a hand clasp onto her forearm, "Come on Miss Sophia,you can make it,just hold on." with a little help from James,Sophia was quickly pulled into the first floor hallway and just before Fayt jumped into the room himself with his sword strapped to his rear which somehow got caught in the doorway,which he thought was caught by a monster or something, "Aahh!Help!Something got me!" the two other teens started laughing before pulling the embarrassed Fayt out,James was stifling his own mirth and held it in but the laughter earlier had earned the attention of several monsters that resembled overgrown household pests along with a few jelly-like blobs that had faces which were smiling in a menacing way.
"Great!Just great....at least we're lucky that the strong ones are elsewhere,let's go!" James growled as he got into a stance,ready to pounce any of the monsters while Fayt and Thomas stood in front of Sophia with their swords ready, "Alright,you keep Sophia from getting hurt while good ol' James take care of things!" James pounced at the nearest creature which was a huge rat and shred it to pieces but instead of blood and gore,a puff of smoke was seen before a small rat scurried away in fear and the rest of the 'pests' followed soon after but when it came to the Slime-Blobs,each piece that was separated turned into new Slime-Blobs that started surrounding them.
"This thing is too difficult for me to handle...Run!" James called out as he slammed a nearby table onto the Slime-Blobs before they all ran in the other direction,away from the gelatin-like monsters that are now advancing on them but luckily at a slow pace. 'Slam' Thomas slumped to the ground as he was sweating like crazy,the same could be said of the others as they started drinking from their canteens that they had brought along,James suddenly went limp as he jumped out of a window,Thomas ran towards it and saw him running off into the woods.
"James!" a familiar voice answered behind him, "Yes ?" he turned around to see a middle-aged man with carrot-top hair wearing a worn out business suit that had seen better days,stuck behind a glass case but when Sophia touched it,she realized that it was a mirror and that James was stuck behind it. "As you see before you,the real James Rosen cursed to live for eternity in the looking glass and all because of-" "Me!" a woman in dark robes was walked into the room casually,she was a beautiful woman but Sophia looked into the mirror and saw the hideous image that was hidden by the witch's spell.
"Leave now or you'll face the consequences." Thomas pulled out the Astral Blade while the two prepared their own weapons but the witch scoffed at their weapons as she brought two knight armors in the room to life and they brandished their pole-axes,ready to decapitate their foes from a distance but another two silver-armor knights came to the rookie fighter's rescue with their swords and shields,the witch glared at James as he blew raspberries at her, "I know some tricks too,wort-face!Thomas!Bring her down now!" the witch put up a barrier that rebounded Thomas' attack,sending him flying across the room and into the wall beside the mirror in which James was stuck in, "Ouch!That's gotta hurt." he snapped his fingers and a couple of more knight armors appeared to hold back the witch's power but they were falling like dead flies as witch casted spell after spell.
"....She's powerful...too powerful..." Thomas staggered to his feet,using his sword to steady himself,he saw a small troop of silver armors fighting off an overwhelming of Slime-Blobs that are slipping through the cracks in the walls and door,Fayt was busy defending Sophia against two big Slime-Blobs but his sword was absorbed when he tried attacking it,before it was spit out,dissolving in the process from the acid the slimes were composed of. "Thomas!Do that move you did back at school yesterday!" "What are you talking about!" Thomas yelled from across the room as he and the silver armors worked together,fighting off a few Slime-Blobs themselves,a slight glow was coming off of him as the Astral blade started responding. James kept conjuring up more Armor Golems to help but the more he summoned,the more the witch destroyed. "Damn that harpy of a woman!" James shouted as he pounded on the mirror,creating a crack which started to emit beams of light, "Nooooo!" as if by a miracle,the light seems to pierce the witches body,harming her in the process.
Sounds of glass breaking was heard and the occupants of the room was momentarily blinded from the light that came from the mirror,after that,the trio of fighters saw a broken mirror and an dizzy James under it,he slowly stood up and shook his head to get a better bearing of his situation but when he saw that he was in the same room as his new friends,he went pale as he shook his head, "Good god!No!I got all of you trapped with me in this godforsaken mirror world!" he saw the witch who was breathing heavily and clutching her chest as to slow her rapidly pounding heart,her beauty seems to have faded away as her true appearance was seen(A.N:Which is totally gross by the way). "You!You get us out or I'll.." he moved his hand in a gesture to summon more Armor Golems but not even one came and the ones that were still there,fell apart as their source of magic was cut off. Fortunately,the Slime-Blobs were disintegrated when the light hit them,leaving only marks of dry clay on the floor.
"Errr,why can't I use magic anymore ?" James tried to perform magic again but all that came out was a small fireball that extinguished itself and burnt his hands before he yelled out, "Aaahhh!That hurts!!" he quickly blew on it several times before it cooled down to a more manageable temperature,the scene would've been funny if the situation wasn't so dire as the remaining Slime-Blobs merged together to create a humanoid shape of a Blob-Giant and in the middle of this mass of slime is the witch who was controlling the monster, "Let's widen the playing field shall we ?" the Blob-Giant slammed it's fist onto the wooden floor,breaking it into an underground part of the castle,the others managed to avoid the pieces of sharp and heavy armors that fell with them,rolling out of the way but James wasn't so lucky as a number of dull but still heavy pieces of black armor crashed onto him,Sophia screamed and covered her eyes while Fayt and Thomas looked away with saddened expressions on their faces, "Now that pathetic human is out of the way,let's play!" the Blob-Giant jumped onto the ceiling and seem to 'open' up with the witch seated on a slime-chair, "Let's create some fire shall we ?" the witch launch a barrage of small but deadly fireballs but a wall of ice that came out of nowhere intercepted the attack,protecting the three teenagers.
"What!...but who could've!" an arm was seen protruding through the mound of armor parts before a rather weary looking James crawled out,wearing a few pieces of armor that either were put on a moment ago or was by coincident in the fall was irrelevant as his hands were glowing, "I've got my groove back baby!"(A.N:He's eccentric,remember ?) he shouted as he jumped into the air and did a back-flip onto the wall and launched himself into the air and right at the witch with his hands firing off bolts of lightning at her. "Ha!You missed!" the witch proclaimed as she dodged to the left before being hit by a laser blast from Fayt's Phase Gun,she promptly went back into the safety of the Blob-Giant's body to heal herself.
"James!You're alright!" James landed and went into a battle stance with his arms surging with power. "I'm better than alright!I'm totally invigorated!" Thomas was relieved at his friend being safe and awkward as the said 'friend' is acting differently from the first time they met. "Look out!" Sophia called out as she tackled Thomas just before a hardened fist of slime slammed onto the spot where he was just now,he looked gratefully at Sophia, "Thank you Miss Soph-watch out!" he quickly switched positions with Sophia with him on top and resulted in him taking a hit from a fast-moving fireball that was meant for Sophia. "Arghh!..." Sophia saw the pained look on his face but he just grinned weakly, "Guess Jonas' words were true about these clothes....too bad that I can't say the same for my endurance."
He got up and took out a vial which was labeled 'Physical Enhancer' and gulped the whole contents down. "Glad I bought this at the Kiosk stand earlier." he felt a strong power coming from the Astral Blade and a plan was quickly formulated in his mind as he yelled out to James, "James!Cast your lightning bolts when I say so!" James just dodged a few fireballs and nodded, "Gotcha!" he continued evading while waiting for his cue and acted as a decoy to lure the attacks away from the others. "Fayt!Fire your gun on my mark!" Thomas turned his attention towards Sophia, "Sophia,can you set your staff in the middle of the room....cause I can do it instead if you're not up to it." Sophia shook her head as she tightened the grip on her staff, "No,it's okay. I'll do it." Thomas smiled at her courage, "Alright,set up your staff while we distract the witch....and get away from it when you're done." Sophia nodded before running at a cautious pace to the center of the room.
When Sophia reached the her destination and plunged her staff into the earth and started to run but she couldn't,she saw the reason why,the sleeve of her uniform was caught in the hands of a suit of black armor that was still intact and it came to life ready to bring down it's spiked gauntlets onto the trapped girl, 'Clang' Sophia opened up her eyes to see Thomas' sword holding back the gauntlets until he kicked it in the middle,sending it flying off a short distance."Run!I'll take care of the rest!"
She was more than happy to oblige as she ran towards a relatively safe spot of the room.
Thomas had just finished off the black armor when he delivered a vertical slash and since the armor was quite rusty,the suit of armor fell apart instantly,he saw James collecting electrical energy in one hand and fighting off the Blob-Giant's attack with the other,Fayt was holding out quite well as he tossed a few grenades at the black suits of armors that was conjured back by the witch,he was apparently charging the Phase Gun for the shot that will be needed later,he eyed the Blob-Giant closing up again as the witch went back to heal the wounds that James had inflicted on her at which he saw his chance.
"Fayt!Shoot when I saw so!" he readied the Astral Blade in a way that seems similar to that of a golfer and hit the staff real hard which resulted in a loud sound of metal hitting metal was heard,the staff was sent flying into the air towards the Blob-Giant,as the distance between the staff and the Blob-Giant decreased, "Fayt!Shoot the staff.....Now!!" Fayt kicked another Black Armor Golem away before using the auto-targeting system to lock onto the staff and pulled the trigger which created a surge of energy flying towards the staff at a steady stream before making contact,destroying the staff and splitting the pieces that scattered and got stuck on the Blob-Giant's sticky body. Thomas was relieved that the witch didn't notice them as she was currently hellbent on killing the evasive James Rosen who was evading her attacks with ease and it looked like he was having fun doing it.
Seeing the witch about to come out again,Thomas shouted out to James, "Now!Cast your lightning on her!" "I'm more than happy to oblige!" James outstretched his left arm and released the energy that quickly reached it';s target in the form of a zig-zagging lightning bolt. The witch saw the attack and had just noticed the bits of metal and just muttered these words out of the entire selection of curses known to mankind and beyond, "Oh for the love of warts!"(I know,it's really lame but what the hey!) the Blob-Giant was electrocuted was the metallic bits of the shattered staff was charged with magical lightning,cooking the slimy body of the Blob-Giant,turning it into hardened clay. 'Shooting Star!' a streak of light hit the mass of clay,breaking it apart all the others saw that Thomas was just retrieving the Astral Blade that he had just tossed and the evidence of silver armband on his arm disappeared,meaning that he turned into that 'form' earlier to perform that move but had changed back to normal and he seemed that he didn't even realized it,the 'light' which hit the witch's body was the Astral Blade had hit her dead center as it had pierced through the witch's body but something was out of place. "What the ?" Thomas pulled out the robe that the witch was wearing and black smoke was rising from it,turning into a human-like shape, "Darn it!And all I wanted was to create my own world in the mansion...." the smoke disappeared instantly after that.
"So....James." Thomas had just pulled up Sophia from the pit they had fallen into earlier while James was sitting at the desk that although was rotten with age but had somehow avoided falling down into the pit,searching for the alleged part that his friend was searching for. "Yeah?" Thomas put his sword back into it's storage space that was his outfit before taking out a canteen to quench his thirst, "How come you could get out that mirror world just by breaking it." James put his hands around his chin,thinking about the question, "Ya know,I'd never tried that before. I guess the spell that the witch used was just a spell to preserve life in a pocket dimension or something....What?Why are you looking at me like that ?" Fayt and Thomas were giving him death-glares,the two of them sighed before continuing to search for the sprocket that seems to be somewhere around in the jumble of knick-knacks that James had claimed were valuable collectibles. "Hey!I found it!" Sophia picked out a tiny sprocket that was actually right under their noses as it was serving as paperweight on top a small pile of dust that must've been paper in the past.
"Alright!Thank you Miss Sophia!I'm one step closer to my father!" he inadvertently hugged Sophia but the girl blushed only a bit as she sighed, "Yeah....one step...closer.." she saddened as she knew that one day,Thomas would go away,possibly forever,Fayt saw the look in her eyes and whispered to her quietly, "Don't worry,you at least will have the time to spend together while he's here,won't you ?" Sophia nodded slightly before giving a hug to Thomas who returned a hug even though he was unaware of it.
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(Present,Red Fountain,Tower Arena)
The famous arena of the floating tower was deserted,except for one person who was sitting right on the edge of the tier about a few thousand feet from the solid ground below. Argus always felt relaxed when he sat there,he wasn't afraid of falling as he always has a great sense of balance since his childhood years. He was watching the clouds as they passed by,he occasionally used magic to manipulate the cloud's shape into various objects or people he knew,one was of a Wind Rider,and the next was of a collection of weaponry,the last one was of a dragon which was circling around a puffy cloud that resembled fire. "Why did I make that ?" he quickly turned the clouds back to normal until he felt a presence in the arena.
"I can hear you,you do know that right,Se-" brown hair clouded his vision, "Hi there." he was startled to come face to face with Reina,he fell and not to the back but forward as he accidentally dragged Reina for the ride and no energy shield could save them from a fall this high up. He did the only thing you could think of,he used his Battle-Bands to create an energy whip that he roped around an outcropping ledge and vaulted himself and Reina onto the garden tier just below the arena and they had landed rather roughly but Reina's fall was soften by a thick formation of flowers that formed a circle,scaring the doves that were resting there,flying away in a panic but it was a beautiful sight to both of them,(imagine Kingdom Hearts intro scenes) when the doves had flown away,Argus stood up and helped Reina up to her feet, "You should never try that when someone is thinking deeply in that kind of place....why aren't you resting." Reina's expression turned into a mixture of flustered,shy and serious, "I heard what you guys said about the Fortress of Light..." Argus' eyes narrowed as he hoped that the girl he might(denial,party of one) have feelings for won't say what he thought she was going to say, "..and I'm coming."
Argus was about to deny her request but Reina used a pleading look commonly known as the 'Puppy Dog Eyes' "Now you know that those only work on....." he tried avoiding it but he finally gave in,he sighed before brushing his auburn and blond bangs to the side to rubbed his aching head, "...alright,you can come but you must stay close to me....now let's get back to my room,we need to rest." he saw Reina blush as she suddenly got the wrong idea, "With me sleeping on the couch of course." Reina was a bit disappointed but relieved at the same time. 'At least he's a gentleman' Reina smiled as she followed Argus to the elevator.
Author's Note:What do you think about this chapter ? Tell me in your reviews and as I said earlier,the story will be going into hiatus until I get my 'groove' back or you can help and send in your own ideas that I could use and I have a little message for my newest reviewer, Game Master Shinryu:
I guess your character won't be on my story after all since he won't be able to fit in but maybe he'll be in the sequel when I finally finish with this story of course,oh and thanks for the review.
Alright on to the:
WiVo:
Scenario:
Argus and Reina along with a few other characters reach the Fortress of Light and find nothing but the fortress falling apart and all that,who do you think he'll fight.
A.)Dianovas
B.)Ronand and Celina
C.)Ronand's Creation
D.)An army of monsters
Take your pick and I get back to you...eventually. This is Argus456 signing off.