I appeared in my corridor alone and started putting on my armor. My mind raced and my heart rate increased, I began to tremble but at this point, I did not care. As I fastened the straps of my scabbard and placed my saber in it, Ebony appeared. “Argo this is madness, we don’t even know where to start, they could be halfway across the world…” She said, and I grabbed her hands, looking her in the eyes. “Argo… please, please don’t go…” She pleaded, and I smiled a bit. Then I kissed her on the forehead, “I’ll be back… I swear on my life I will…” I said softly, putting my head on hers, holding her close, then I grabbed my lance propped up against the wall, and disappeared…

She was surely right, after-hours went by, and I had no clue where to start. Gemini, unfortunately, found me and refused to leave without helping me, he said it was for “Personal Reasons”. We looked through the forest where Colby and Remington both had lived before meeting the others. We came to the porch of Remington’s house, it looked abandoned and deserted as if it had not been lived in for years. I started to walk off, but Gemini froze, staring at the house. “I sense life… but also death…” He shook his head then looked at me, “Someone’s here....” he said. He walked towards the door and put his hand on the handle. Then an electric shock came from the handle, but Gemini was unaffected. “Black electric fire…” He said, then he turned it anyway, he went to open it, it cracked a bit but it wouldn’t open anymore. “Barricaded…” Gemini mumbled, then took a step back. He then threw himself into the door and it flung open, sending broken wood flying everywhere. I heard a silent yelp come from deeper inside the house, but it was so quiet I nearly thought I imagined it. There was movement coming from what would be the Study, and Gemini began to move toward it but I stopped him, grabbing his shoulder. I heard the shackle of chains moving in the room, and Gemini shook me off and continued to walk. The door of the room was cracked, where very little light seeped through. I could see a figure moving, quickly rushing around the room. Gemini then threw the door open, and a familiar frightened face showed Colby Williams. Gemini tapped his foot angrily, making the boards of the wooden floor squeak loudly. “Stop making so much noise, if they know you're here th-…” Colby started to say but his voice trailed off. “Who will know we’re here…” Gemini asked, but Colby shook his head. Then we heard footsteps from upstairs, and Colby tensed. “They think their precious friend Remington killed that Archangel, HA. Good job Leha.” A male’s voice says from above us. Colby completely froze, his face expressionless, then he looked down. “You two need to go…” He said quietly, he started to shake. “ H-He had me make a-a copy of Ebony to w-work for him… I-I told him I couldn’t give it her powers. He calls her Leha…” Colby mumbled. Tears filled Colby’s eyes, “He took Blue captive… I had no choice…” He said and my heart dropped. The ONLY good thing about this is that Leha doesn’t have Ebony’s powers, I can’t even imagine a world with not one but TWO people at a level higher than The Queen of the Gods. “You say you made her…” Gemini said, “What do you mean made…?”. “She’s an automaton, Automatons are mechanical “clockwork” creatures made to move and appear like human beings…” Colby said his gaze low. “So if it has no powers and is just clockwork, can’t we just kill it…?” Gemini asked and Colby looked up, glaring at him. “She, not It…” He snapped, then he looked back down, “And that’s the thing he had me make her out of one of the Hardest metals ever.” He said calmly. “Does he have any, like, protective enchantments or charms on her…” Gemini asked, and Colby stayed silent. “I don’t know, but how I made her she was supposed to not be able to be enchanted, not by him, not by anyone but…” He didn’t finish, and I knew that he didn’t want whoever to know. “Who is he…” Gemini and I said at the same time, and Colby shook his head, “I can’t say… Ze… he’ll hurt Bl….” He started but I cut him off. “He won’t hurt Blue… we NEED to know…” I demanded, and Colby shook his head again, “I can’t… I don’t want to… I…” He stuttered, then he looked at me with an expression I knew well, one that read “I’m sorry… but it's for the best...“HELP!!!...” Colby yelled as loud as he could and his eyes filled with fake terror. He backed up against the wall, pretending to stagger and someone appeared in front of him. He had very wild, messy, brown hair, pointy wolf ears, and a long fluffy tail, and wild light green eyes. “Captive want help, intruders in housing… Master would not be pleased…oh no he would not...” The wolf said in a psychotic voice, then he laughed a little. “Ah, I know this lunatic, nice to see you again Artyom…” Gemini said coldly. Artyom laughed harder and glared at Gemini, “Sir Gemini, how nice for me to finally get to kill you…” Artyom said. The next thing I hear is the clang of metal on metal. When I look up I see a shocking sight, in front of me and Gemini, in full battle armor, is Ebony blocking a crippling blow using the shaft of her naginata, stopping Artyom in his tracks. “Ebony dont… he can't control it… he’s anosognosic… unaware of his actions… and he’s mentally unstable...” Gemini said, and Artyom stared at Ebony silently. “Very bad intruder, very bad… Prisoner shall suffer, yes suffer…” Artyom smiled, his expression dark. I could hear Colby start to breathe faster, and Artyom’s ears went up straight. Then another male wolf appeared beside Artyom. He had orangish-brown hair, dark brown eyes, fluffy ears, and tail, his expression was very solemn and sophisticated. “Aleksander…” Gemini said, looking at him, and Aleksander’s jaw twitched. His face stayed dark, his gaze low, “All three of you, this isn’t your fight, leave now or the boy dies….” He said coldly. “Oh, I do believe it is our fight. You have two of my friends captive, and I have something to say to your precious Boss.” Ebony said, and Aleksander looked up, his eyes widen. His eyes went from her eyes, and his gaze slowly went downward, but then back up when he saw my scowl. “Wh- who are you, and why do you look like Leha…” Aleksander asked, then his face returned to a dark expression. “My name is Ebony Ludoceil Morningstar and this ‘Leha’ is a copy of me that your boss forced Colby to make…” Ebony said. “An Automaton isn’t necessarily a living thing, it's a machine… so how could it be a “copy”...” Aleksander asked, then looked back at Colby. “It’s like clockwork, with human-like features, and it has to do with a lot of manipulation as well…” Colby said, he kept his gaze low. “I know you’re there Ezekiel. Come out, I’m not afraid of you.” Ebony says in the Language of the Dragons. Then someone comes out from behind the door frame. “Bold words… for someone as weak as you…” The mystery man said, laughing. “Thanks to Uncle Levi I’m much stronger than I was back then…” Ebony said, I clenched my fist, and my blood boiled. He just called Ebony Weak, she is not weak, She is the strongest person I know! I wanted to yell it as loud as I could, but I hesitated. The man’s face and name seemed familiar, but I couldn’t recall where or what, “Zeke, you broke my heart when you said you hated me. But that’s fine, I hate you twice as much as you hate me. But if you apologize now I’ll forgive you…” Ebony said, her voice weary. I could tell she was about to snap because her scarred eye was open and twitching. Zeke laughed a bit, “I don’t believe I have anything to apologize for… and this does not concern you… your little friend never cared… like all the ones here… none of them care whether the boy dies, nor do they care if you die…” He said. Then a loud shot of a gun came from behind Zeke, though Aleksander moved too fast and got in the way. A man, dressed in all white, a hood over his head stared as Aleksander collapsed and disappeared. The man's face was hidden, but the whole mood of the room completely changed. Then he reached his gloved hands and pulled the hood off. “Get… Away…From… Them…” Aries said, his maroon eyes fierce and dark. Ebony smiles, “Took you long enough IDIOT.” She said. I stared in awe. “Argo, you can never really kill a demon or Archangel… unless he or she dies naturally…” Ebony said, and Aries looked to me then Gemini, and he smiled. Gemini kept his gaze low, trying to hide his face, he was smiling, his face was bright and happy. “You didn’t ACTUALLY think I was dead did you…?!?” Aries said playfully, and Gemini looked up and shrugged. Then Aries looked back at Zeke, “All through your death, I would love to experience…” He said, his eyebrows narrowing at him. “As if you would accomplish that…” Zeke snarled, and Aries smiled. Aries spread his red transparent wings out wide, “Try me…” He said with a wide grin.“Nein… I’ll be the one that kills him…” Ebony said, her voice in my mind, well correction, in mine, Zeke’s and Aries’s mind. “Try to kill me and your “Friend”... will die…” Zeke said, and a holographic image of Blue appeared. He was lying on the floor of a cell, shaking uncontrollably. His clothes were covered in blood, his eyes looked sunken and tired. This makes Ebony VERY ANGRY. She snaps Zeke’s neck making him fall to the floor, then she teleports to Blue, picks him up, comes back, and tells Aries to put some Sunfire bonds on Zeke and the others so they don’t get away. She disappears, taking Blue and Colby with her. From the look on Gemini’s face, I can tell that she has snapped his neck before because he rubs the side of his neck nervously.

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