Lloyd and Raven started flying around the buildings to find someone who they saw before. They noticed that the streets were quiet, but something wasn't right. Then they noticed someone quickly traveling through the streets towards a certain house. When they further investigated, they saw that the person was Akemi, as she entered her house. They both decided to follow her for now to see if she knew what was going on. They were able to pass through the walls of the building, and they saw Akemi lock the door, as she approached her mother, who stood on a couch in the living room.
"I'm back mother," Akemi said, as she walked towards the couch and sat down.
"Oh thank goodness your okay," Midori said, as she held her daughter's hand.
"I am mom, but I'm really worried about daddy. He hasn't been the same since he came back. Nor have the others who came back," Akemi said, as she looked down towards the ground.
"I know dear. I'm worried about him too. None of them have been acting right since they first came back four days ago. They've been getting worse and worse. I heard that they want to break into the temple and take it over," Midori said.
"What? They can't do that! Why would they want to do that?" Akemi asked, surprised.
"I don't know Akemi. But your father hasn't objected to it. I think he's helping them too," Midori said, as she place her hand over her mouth in distress.
"He can't mommy. He can't do this. Why? What is wrong with them? They haven't been the same. It's like something is possessing them to do evil things. It's getting more dangerous to even travel outside at night!" Akemi said, as she stood up.
"I don't know Akemi, but what can we do? It's hard to decide on what to do since Akeno is our family and the others are our friends," Midori said, as she sniffled.
"Well, I'm not giving up. They can't be all evil and threaten our land! They need to be stopped," Akemi said, as she headed towards the other side of the room, towards a back window.
"Where are you going Akemi?" Midori asked, as she stood up.
"I'm going to find help, and stop dad and the others from reaching the temple," Akemi said.
"Oh Akemi..." Midori said, as she walked over and hugged her daughter.
"I'll be okay, momma. Don't worry," Akemi said, and she felt her mother place something in her pocket.
"Just in case," Midori said, as she sniffled again.
Akemi felt that the object in her pocket was a small knife. She looked towards her mother in surprise, as her mother smiled and walked back into the living room. Akemi smiled with determination, and then she opened the back window and jumped out, as she closed it behind her.
Lloyd and Raven looked towards one another in surprise, and then they followed Akemi. She was sneaking around through any dark, shadowy place, and sneaked passed any people who were walking the streets. Lloyd and Raven noticed that the people who were walking the streets didn't look right since their eyes looked red, as they patrolled the streets.
Then Akemi stood near a different house, as she tried to get to the front door, but there were patrolling people walking by, so she quickly ran behind the house. Before she could move further, she felt a hand grab her mouth and quickly pull her into the house. Lloyd and Raven followed, as they went through the walls into the house.
The one who pulled Akemi into the house let her go, as they quickly closed their back door. Akemi was ready to pull her knife, although she waited because she figured who he might be.
"Akemi, are you alright?" the person, revealed to be Meir, said as he walked towards her after locking the door.
"I am Meir. I'm so glad to see you," Akemi said, as she left her knife in her pocket.
"Thank goodness... Are you crazy Akemi?! It's dangerous, you know that. If they catch you, they'll put you in house arrest for traveling at night!" Meir whisper-yelled.
"I needed to see you Meir. This isn't right! Why are they trying to take over and keep the people locked up?! My mom said she heard that they wanted to get into the temple!" Akemi whisper-yelled back.
"What? They can't take over the temple. That's where the Platinum orb is," Meir whispered.
"I know. That's why I'm worried. Their actions have been getting worse from acting weird, to thievery, and then trying to take control of the city. It has to be stopped," Akemi whispered.
"But what can we do? They'll know who we are and they might go after your mother or raid our houses," Meir whispered.
"Your father isn't here?" Akemi asked in a whisper.
"No. He left on his trip at least a few hours before they came back. He's usually gone for a week," Meir replied in a whisper.
Akemi was trying to think of what to do, and then she looked towards the curtains and noticed that they had black shades that covered the window from outside view. However, the inside of the two windows had curtains, one made with green fabric, and the other made with purple fabric.
"We can use this," Akemi whispered, as a thought struck her and she grabbed the curtains down.
"What are you doing?" Meir asked in a whisper.
"We need to disguise ourselves so that they wouldn't know who we are and trash our homes or kidnap my mom. Also, I wouldn't want my father to see me..." Akemi whispered, as she looked down sadly.
Meir looked towards Akemi with sympathy, and then he became more determined as he grabbed onto the purple curtain fabric and whispered,
"Let's get to work my dear."
Akemi looked up at him and nodded. Then they both went to work on fixing the curtains to fit on them as disguises.
They were able to quickly gather a few supplies that Meir had in a storage closet, like sewing needles, thread, extra fabrics, and sheers. Akemi recognized most of the supplies and she looked towards Meir with sadness in her eyes and asked,
"Some of these belonged to Miss Kira, right?"
Meir looked towards the ground and replied, "Yes. I kept some of my mother's stuff. I didn't want it to go to waste, and it's just stuff I always remember her having."
Akemi gently placed her hand on Meir's arm and said, "We don't have to use it..."
"She left her stuff to me because she trusted that I would know what to do with it. And now is the time to use them," Meir said, more confidently and with a small smile, as Akemi nodded and smiled.
They both went back to work in creating their disguises, and they were able to finish them pretty quickly. After a moment to try them on, Akemi and Meir looked in a mirror that was on a wall adjacent to the windows.
Meir's disguise was a purple hood that wrapped around his head and mouth, and it covered the whole back of his head. The sleeves and pants were all purple, and he wore a black vest with a silver sash around his waist and one over his shoulder, with black threading that etched both sashes. His shoes were black, as well as the black gloves he wore with purple thread etched around the gloves.
Akemi's disguise was a green hood that wrapped around her head and mouth, and it covered the whole back of her head, even her hair. The sleeves and pants were green, and she also wore a black vest with golden edges around the sleeves, lower torso, and neck, with black etching on each golden piece. Her shoes were black, and she wore black gloves with green threads etched around the wrist in three circles.
"Huh, these came out better than I thought. What do you think? Do I look okay?" Akemi asked as she turned to each of her sides while looking through the mirror.
"You look great, love" Meir replied.
"Your not just saying that because I asked, huh?" Akemi asked, with suspicion in her voice.
"No, I mean it. Besides, you make the color green look more appealing to me when your wearing it~" Meir replied with an unseen smirk, as Akemi blushed and giggled a bit.
"Oh! Wait a minute! We're supposed to go to the temple!" Akemi exclaimed, but more softly since they had to be as quiet as possible.
"Oh, right. Our hotness was too distracting," Meir said, as Akemi held in a laugh.
"Let's go quickly," Akemi said, and Meir agreed, as they quickly and quietly left the house, unseen.
Lloyd and Raven watched as Meir and Akemi were leaving the house. They looked towards one another in surprise, and they knew what the other was thinking.
"Let's... watch them a bit longer," Lloyd said to Raven, and she nodded.
They continued to follow after Meir and Akemi, silently, since they had a suspicion of who these two were.
Meir and Akemi were able to sneak towards the temple, although they ended up beating up three friends of theirs, since they were corrupted, on their way.
"I feel pretty bad for hurting them, but we couldn't let them go," Meir said, as he and Akemi stood on a roof of a building near the opposite entrance of the temple outer wall.
"I do too. But we have to stop them, for their sake and ours," Akemi said, and Meir nodded.
"This temple... is part of the castle of present Aeroplane," Raven said as she looked at the temple.
"Where we landed with the Aerocars?" Lloyd asked, and Raven nodded and added,
"That's where you guys first met Auria."
Lloyd nodded in remembrance.
"So, are you ready to do this?" Meir asked Akemi.
"Of course," Akemi winked and nodded, as Meir nodded back.
"I'll go first," Meir said, and Akemi nodded in approval.
Meir stood up on the roof, which was a hanging roof but it had a flat top instead of pointed upward, and he ran across the roof toward the wall. Near the edge of the roof, he jumped across the gap between the roof and the wall, as he landed on the wall easily. Then he moved over as he waited for Akemi to jump. Akemi jumped across the gap, and was able to make it across as she landed on the wall. Meir grabbed a hold of her when she wobbled a bit so that she wouldn't slip.
Then Meir jumped down to the ground below, and landed silently. He stood up from his crouched position, and he looked up for Akemi, when she immediately landed not too far from him on the ground. Meir was surprised at first, but when Akemi stood up and winked at him, he chuckled.
Then they heard voices from afar, as they quickly and quietly followed the sound towards the front of the temple. They stood hidden near the side of the temple, as they saw the temple wall entrance with the large gate, closed, and numerous people on each side.
"Let us in!"
"We won't hurt you if you do!"
"We want to get in!"
"Open the gate!" People on the other side of the gate yelled out at those who were holding the gate closed.
"What is wrong with you guys?!"
"You can't just break into the temple!"
"Idiots! You know not what your doing!"
"Enough of this!" Some of the leaders yelled out at their own corrupted people, as they held the gate closed.
"It's getting worse," Akemi whispered to Meir.
"Let's get inside," Meir said.
The two quickly sneaked into the front door of the temple without being spotted.
"It's horrible," Raven said, as she watched the people fight with the corrupted ones.
"Yeah. They're fighting their own friends... their own family," Lloyd said as he quickly reminiscent the time when he had to fight against his father.
"They went inside," Raven said, as she pointed to the temple.
"Let's go," Lloyd said, as they flew through the walls into the temple.