Kurumi began to feel far more fatigued than ever before. Se could feel herself wearing down with how many times Isacc Wescott had caused her near inversion with his consant emotional torment. The only thing that kept her sane everytime she reversed the inversion process with Zafkiel was the face of Shido who Wescott was possessing for his own goals.

"How many times have we done this dance now, Nightmare?" Wescott asked with Shido's grinning face. "I dont care how many times I have to use this power. Even if I loose my sanity, I will save Shido, you bastard!" Kurumi yelled at Wescott. "Ironic. Because that last shot you fired? Makes 204 now..."

Kurumi screamed as she began to go inverse again, remembering how many times Shido had died in the past. How many times she had to watch it happen in front of her and could do nothing as he suffered. "ZAFKIEL!!!" Kurumi fired another shot into her head from her angel, reversing it all over again.

"Why?... Why are you doing this?!" Kurumi pleaded. "I'm diffrent, Nightmare. For as long as I can remember, I simply enjoyed watching others suffer. Another persons pain... is simply my pleasure." Wescott said looking back at the ceiling from the medical bed Shido was restrained in.

"You really are a bastard." Kurumi said looking at him with a scowl. "Did you know why I wanted to destroy this world, Nightmare?" Wescott asked her with an empty expression.

"Kurumi, keep him talking. This may give us an idea of what he may want Shido for!" Kotori said through Kurumi's earpiece. "No, but I suppose I am slightly curious." Kurumi replied to Wescott.

"Mio Takimia, or should I say, Reine, was my goal." Wescott answered. "Why her?" Kurumi asked. "I wanted to destroy this world, to create another one. One of my own making. Her angel bends reality itself. The very power she posseses allows her to bend the world to her will." Wescott explained.

"So you wanted to play God? That was it?" Kurumi asked. "Yes. I wanted the power of the Will of the World." Wescott answered grinning. "You and I are not so diffrent, Nightmare." Wescott said looking back at her again. "We are nothing alike!" Kurumi shouted back at him becoming angrier.

"Are you certain? We both kill the innocent, cause chaos, and manipulate others for our own selfish goals and desires." Wescott replied. "I changed. And unlike you I don't abandon the people I love." Kurumi said becoming silently enraged. "You mean Ellen? I wonder, did she even live through the blast from that day?" Wescott asked.

"As a matter of fact, she did." Kurumi said smirking at him to try and get a negative reaction. "Yeah... I know..." Westcott said grinning back psychotically.

"What?..." Kurumi asked confused.

Outisde of the room, Reine had been reviewing the footage from Rotataskr's footage from the week before the day of Shido and Kurumi's wedding day. "Commander, we have a problem." Reine said as Kotori and the Spirits sprinted over to the monitor. "What's the situation?!" Kotori asked. Her eyes went wide with disbelief as the monitor showed Ellen in her containment cell in the ship, a week before.

On screen, 'Shido' walked up to Ellen's cell and opened the slot used to pass the tray her meals we're served on without risk of a jail break. He passed something through to Ellen just small enough to fit through the opening and passed a cellphone like device into her hands.

"Why did you give me this, Shido Itsuka?" Ellen asked on the audio. "Because it's not over, Ellen." said Shido. Ellen's eyes went wide in disbelief at Shido's face and her jaw dropped slightly. Shido looked up at the camera and grinned smugly. His eyes were the same as the ones that we're dealing with now. "Ike?..." Ellen asked. Then the recording froze in frame. The same look and eyes on Shido's face burned into their minds.

"This was a week before the incident happened. So that means that-" Kotori began. "Wescott was in control of him for who knows how long?!" Muku finished for her.

"I think we have a bigger issue. See that device she handed handed by him?" Oragami asked. "What about it?" Kotori replied. "It's a military grade realizer." Oragami answered. Suddenly, a small thud was head outside the doors of the medical ward.

"EVERYONE GET DOWN!!!" Kotori ordered loudly. A large explosion burst through the door, taking out the walls next to it in the process. Kurumi turned around as the medical ward shook like an earthquake had struck the entire ship.

Wescott broke the restrains holding Shido's body down and he shot up, summoning Tohka's Sandlephone blade. "Looks like she made it." Westcott chuckled. Kurumi pointed Zafkiel at the Shido possesed Wescott but hesitated. "If you pull the trigger, you and Shido Itsuka will definitely be a match made for each other!" Wescott said smirking. "I won't kill Shido!" Kurumi shouted at Wescott. "Then I'll just have to make Shido kill you, Nightmare." Westcott replied. Shido's Wescott possesed form lunged at Kurumi with killing intent.

"What the frig was that?!" Kotori said coughing from the dust of the explosion. "Hello, Kotori Itsuka." said a female voice stepping out from the smoke. "It's Ellen!" Tohka said shocked as Ellen stepped through the smoke wearing a DEM realizer and a glowing blade in the other.

"So... I guess it's round two? I've been looking forward to this." Ellen said pointing the weapon at the Spirits. The nine spirits all summoned their angels and spirit armor, preparing to face Ellen.

"Shall we begin our date, Mathers?" Kotori said pointing Camiel back at Ellen. "No... Let's start our war." Ellen replied.

-To Be Continued-