Down one of the palace’s corridors I still worked on healing Dash, there was not a lot of light energy around, hardly any and to be honest that made it harder for me as I would need to use my own energy to heal the wounds inflicted by those who roamed this place.

The area had been cleared for some time, showing we had taken away the amount of dark energy needed for one of those things to manifest. I glanced around as I released Dash from the healing bubble. He looked a lot brighter, and I had removed all of the dark energy that had been circling through his body caused by the wounds inflicted.

“Thought you’d go to her highness first,” he commented.

“Do you guys have so little faith in me,” I commented, thinking he was right, I would have if not for Link.

“Well, she is more important than us,” said Zack, grinning at me.

“Enough of this, let’s get moving,” I ordered, helping Dash to his feet and we headed off, back the way we had come.

The corridors remained silent. Dash’s spots were faintly glowing, he was nervous, and I did not blame him, this place even had me on edge. We were cautious as we continued, not wanting to be ambushed by any more enemies but it remained quiet even when the dark fog thickened.

I waved my hand, watching it move around my light, wondering why we had not been attacked again, maybe this stuff was more intelligent than I thought.

“Oh crap.” I broke into a run, if it wasn’t coming for us, then it would be sending in all the troops against the next location of those who had intruded upon this place.

“Fang.” Dash and Zack ran after me, my reaction had left them even more on edge.

If they were attacking the location of Link and Tigra, then why had neither one of them moved. I gulped down the panic building up within me, thinking I should have gone to help them first, if anything happened to her.

“Master,” hissed Raziel. “Calm yourself.”

“Sorry.” I felt frustrated with myself, I still could not control my emotions, against the darkness I knew showing such emotions and allowing them to control my action could get me killed. “When we arrive, I can only guess what is happening, so we’ll need to act quickly.”

“Why guess,” said Dash. “Can’t you use your power to see what’s happening?”

“Not sure if it works like that,” I said.

“True, advanced warning would give us an advantage,” said Zack.

“Alright.” I nodded, stopping for a moment. “Give me a second and I’ll try.”

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I focused my thoughts onto Tigra, she and I were closely connected. With enough patience and concentration, I saw a flash run through my mind of Link and Tigra landing at their location. Link had propelled himself forward to land before Tigra then caught her.

“We have to search for A… Fang.” I could hear her voice.

“We should wait,” responded Link, coughing. “This place is not safe, the sooner he finds us the better.”

“Are you alright.” Tigra was by his side as he sat on the ground.

“This energy seems to be having a negative effect on my own,” he answered.

“Just hang tight then.” She patted him on the shoulder. “I’ll keep you safe until Fang arrives.”

Then the same thing that happened to me occurred, where many of those dark manifestations appeared. Tigra unable to deal any damage, Link stepped in, able to take down a few, but seemed to be in a weakened state, could only handle a few before collapsing on one knee, so instead of fighting he summoned forth a barrier using his own dark power, but left them unable to fight back or move and as the seconds passed even more enemies were appearing.

I came to my senses, seeing all I needed to see, getting a better handle on that power made me feel quite pleased with myself, but now was not the time for that.

“When we arrive, you both will need to grab the attention of the enemy surrounding a barrier created by Link, from there I will wipe them out one by one. All you need to do is aggravate them, so all the attention is on you.” I began making my plan.

“Roger.” They both nodded and we continued on our way.

From my vision there had not been that many, but it had been quite some time since we first arrived here, so who knows how many more had shown up and how long Link’s barrier would last considering the state he was already in, but why was this place having such an effect on him; I would only know when I arrive at the scene.

I let out a sigh, this place was so frustrating, we would have arrived sooner if not for all these warped spaces between us and them. If I had been able to fly to them from the start, it would have also ended this quicker, we would have already wiped-out Vali and restored balance, nope nothing was ever that easy.

I stared at the door ahead of us, seeing a thicker mist of dark energy coming through the gap between them. This was it, where Tigra and Link were, much more concentrated than anywhere else I had seen, they had all gathered here.

“Get ready, this is it.” I warned them. “Be careful.”

“Don’t worry, we know what to do,” said Zack.

“Yeah, to avoid all attacks as well as keep them away from Link and Tigra,” said Dash, his body sparking with his power, he was ready for a fight.

I was going to start this fight with a bang, drawing the twin lions, the two of them running beside me, feeding off of one another’s energy we were ready. I blew out a sharp breath, sending out a gust of wind, ripping the doors right off their hinges. The thrown doors knocked a few of the dark Avem warriors aside, leaving an opening through what looked like an entire army of at least fifty warriors, attacking Link’s barrier which was already forming cracks.

“Fang!” called Tigra when she saw me.

“Don’t worry, we’re here now.”

Dash and Zack jumped ahead of me and separated, going in different direction, assessing the situation quickly, sending out attacks to draw the attention of the Avis, quickly lessening those attacking the barrier.

My eyes landed on Link, he did not seem in a good way, but I knew it did not matter to him if he had to hold this barrier up till his last breath, wanting to keep Tigra safe for my sake.

“Hang on a little longer Link!” I shouted over. “We’ll have these all gone in just a moment.” My body glowed, changing into my fused armour with Larana, I wasn’t going to hold back, not when they were in danger.a