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Chapter 13: The Dark Capture

Third Person POV

Yusei flew around the air while Jack and Crow drove around New Domino. Era had disappeared a couple nights after getting shot. Yusei was beyond worried and was trying to trace Era's location.

"Any sign of her?" Yusei asked over a mental conversation with Jack and Crow.

"No," Jack asked.

"I'm wondering where she went off to. If we don't find her soon…" Crow trailed off.

"What's your gut telling you, Yusei?" Jack asked.

"Like she's in trouble," he answered. "And according to Era, an angel's intuition is rarely, if ever, wrong."

"I don't like the sound of that," Jack stated.

"Why do you keep saying intuition again? Isn't it the same thing as instincts?" Crow asked.

"Because when I first said it while I was training with Era, she just about slapped me in the face and told me that calling our intuition 'instincts' is an insult," Yusei explained. "Though I still don't understand why it's an insult."

"That's interesting to know," Crow stated.

"That's angel stuff for you, Crow," Jack responded.

"Let's get back to finding, Era," Yusei responded turning directions.

"Right," they agreed and went silent again.

Era's POV

I woke up slowly and found myself chained to a pole. 'What… happened?' I thought. I yanked at the chains as hard as I could only to whimper at the painful, gouging sensations to my wrists. I looked at the chains and went wide eyed as I thought, 'Demon chains!'

"Ah, finally awake," came a voice.

I looked as three men walked into the room. One was an average sized man, one looked like a young boy, and one was a tall, larger man. I heard another laugh and looked up at the ceiling beams to see Brehnam sitting on it. 'Oh, great. They're working with him,' I thought sarcastically.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" I asked.

"We want your power," the average man answered.

"And once they're done with that, I will have you as mine," Brehnam called.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. He gave a devious grin but didn't reply. "And who are you? Why are you working with a demon?"

"We are the Three Emperors of Yliaster," the larger one answered. "My name is Jakob."

The average one was next, "I am Primo."

And finally the younger looking one, "And I'm Lester."

"Are you willing to hand over your power?" Jakob asked.

"I will never hand over my power. I'll die before doing so," I denied stubbornly.

That's when the dark chains sent negative energy burning through my body. My marks glowed as I thought fearfully, 'Yusei, help me.'

The fear continued to crawl through my mind as the dark energy weakened me more and more. I couldn't ignore the fear; there was no way for me to. But I made sure to not let it reach my face. I couldn't let Brehnam and these people see my fear.

I shook and trembled as the pain continued and my marks grew brighter. 'Yusei, please help me! Someone!' I thought.

Third Person POV

Yusei stopped flying when his mark glowed and burned. He looked at it and felt fear. It was then he knew whose fear it was. He immediately sped up his flying speed, desperately trying to locate his fellow angel.

'Era, where are you?' he thought. His mark burned more and he could feel dark energy. 'Something's going on with Era. I can feel demon's energy feed off from her marks.'

"Yusei, is your mark glowing and burning bad too?" Crow asked.

"Yeah," he answered. "Era's definitely in trouble. And I'm getting dark energy feeding off from it too. Whatever's going on with Era, a demon's involved. We need to find her."

"We will, Yusei. Don't worry," Jack reassured.

"Right," Yusei agreed but his worry was deep and he knew the only way to calm his worry was to get Era safe.

Yusei came over an abandoned building and heard a crackling sound from inside. He could also feel a large amount of dark energy from a room inside. His mark grew brighter. 'Era's in there,' he thought and flew towards it.

He used a phase through spell at the same time as an invisibility spell. As soon as he entered the building, he silently landed on the beams. Yusei noticed Brehnam was watching from one of the beams across from him with a depraved grin and below them were three men watching Era.

Yusei saw dark chains attached to Era's wrists. He immediately used a spell to send a light wave at the three people hovering over the hurt Era sending them flying back. The spell also his the chains destroying them.

Era's arms landed to her sides and she shook and panted as she tried to regain her strength.

Brehnam was looking around for the source of the blast while Yusei darted down to get to Era. As he landed, he released the invisibility spell and reached to grab Era. Just as he was about to grab her, demon whip wrapped around Era's body and yanked her to Brehnam.

Yusei flew up to eye level with the demon. "Let her go!" he ordered.

Era opened her eyes, still cringing in pain from the whip and Brehnam's dark hold. She looked at Brehnam and Yusei could see the bit of fear in her eyes.

"I think I'll take her. It's the sweetest revenge I could possibly get for the both of you. She's mine now," Brehnam responded with a malicious smile.

"Era doesn't belong to anyone," Yusei retorted and shot a blast at Brehnam.

The demon used his free arm and took the assault. He yanked his arm back at it and looked at his arm. All up to his elbow was gone.

"You may be strong, Yusei. But you are not strong enough to stop me," Brehnam stated. He nibbled on Era's neck and Yusei shot a stronger blast making Brehnam stop and dodge the assault.

"Y-Yusei! Use the spell!" Era ordered.

"Era, the feedback could kill you too," Yusei retorted.

"Remember what I taught you about light and dark with an angel. If you put enough power into the spell, it could overrun Brehnam's power and strengthen me," Era told him in Angelic so Brehnam couldn't understand. "Just do it!"

"A-Alright," Yusei agreed. He took a deep breath. A golden, glowing whip formed in his hand and Yusei flung it until it wrapped around Era. "Baee no teio vica behote ahm frahm bey toh!" he chanted and the spell grew brighter.

"W-What's this?!" Brehnam exclaimed as the dark whip began to disappear. A glow wrapped around Era making Brehnam let go.

Yusei yanked the whip and Era fell to the student's hold. Era began to fall a bit weak still but Yusei caught her and held her tight against him.

"You don't know the power an angel holds, Brehnam," Yusei told the demon. He looked at the staring people below. "None of you do. Keep that in mind the next time you want to face one."

He then hurried and carried Era out as fast as he could. But not before he heart the average sized looking man call to him, "Don't think this is over, Yusei Fudo!"

He was quickly followed by Brehnam, "Yes, this is far from over!"

Yusei looked at Era who seemed severely weak. He could understand since he was able to feel the dark energy burning her through his mark. And after Brehnam holding her like that, he could understand why she was this frail. She was still steaming from everything.

Yusei called Jack and Crow, "Guys, I've got Era. And she's seriously hurt."

"What happened?" Jack asked.

"I'll explain at the garage. Meet me there," Yusei said.

"Right," Jack agreed.

"See ya there," Crow followed and they cut off the conversation.

Yusei was quick to arrive at the garage and helped Era to the couch where he had her lean against him. He knew Crow would be able to figure out they were together. But at the moment, Yusei didn't care. He just wanted to help Era. Yusei used a healing spell to help her with her injuries and Era leaned further into his hold.

Jack and Crow walked into not too long after. Crow immediately asked about the position they were in and Yusei gave a small explanation while trying to help Era.

"Now what happened, Era?" Yusei asked her. "How did you get caught?"

"I was flying around making sure demons weren't in the area. I ended up getting cornered by two and then something pricked my neck and I was knocked out," she explained still sounding a bit weak. "When I came to, I was locked to a pole with demon chains and these three men showed up with Brehnam sitting."

"Do you know who these men were?" Jack asked.

"They called themselves the Three Emperors of Yliaster," she answered. "The biggest one, and seemingly the leader, was named Jakob. There was an average sized one named Primo. And then a more younger, childish looking one named Lester. They were working with him. After that, they said they wanted my power. And when Brehnam said they had it, he was going to make me his."

"Do I want to know what he meant by that?" Crow asked.

"No, you don't," Yusei answered immediately. "Keep going Era."

"When I refused to give them the power, they began using the dark chains to shock me and hurt me. After what felt like forever, Yusei came and broke the chains. But then Brehnam grabbed me before Yusei could even touch me," Era explained. "When Yusei confronted Brehnam, that demon said he'll take me since it was the sweetest revenge he could give for the both of us. Yusei was able to get him to let go of me and bring me back. Taking off half of Brehnam's arm in the process." The two humans were shocked by the last part. "Yusei then got me out and brought me here."

"I just wish I could've gotten there sooner," Yusei responded. "Then maybe I could've gotten you out faster."

"You did you're best, Yusei," she responded.

"Era's right," Crow agreed. "You were the first out and looking all over the place."

"Thanks, guys," Yusei responded. He looked at Era who still seemed fairly weak. "Why don't you try to get some rest? It'll help you get your strength back."

"Alright," Era agreed.

Yusei carefully helped her up and brought her to his bed. She had been staying with them when she needed to sleep after scouting for demons. She usually took the couch but Yusei and the guys were going to be working on the engine. And he wanted her to sleep as best as possible to help her heal.

Yusei lied her down on the bed and pulled the covers over her. She looked at him and he carefully stroked a clump of hair behind her ear.

"Get some rest," he told her in a whisper. She looked at him a bit. "I'll stay here until you fall asleep, okay?" Era nodded and slowly closed her eyes.

Yusei just watched her for a while. But it wasn't long before she was asleep. He gently held her cheek for a moment without waking her up before getting up and walking back out to the guys.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Crow asked.

"Knowing Era, yeah," he answered. "If she could survive the self-destruct spell when she faced Equette, she can survive this. She's obviously just seriously weakened from all that dark energy being thrown at her."

"Yeah," Jack agreed.

"Anyway, let's get back to the engine. I'll check on Era later," Yusei suggested and they agreed before returning to the engine.

But he was still worried beyond belief, even with the knowledge that Era would be fine. What he was mostly worried about was Brehnam and what he was planning with Era. 'I promise, Era. I won't let Brehnam get to you,' he thought.