The Arks

Z had used his Water Element to allow the salmon to end up into the girl"s fish basket. A favor he owed the young Valkyrie after the sparring session they had held a while ago.

Ysabeau was doing some interviews with the new Mages. Recruitment was a must for the organization to be on the map. Gillian was busy with some negotiations in the main area of the town.

Knowing the Headmaster, Raiyen was worried Gillian might get hurt from the mobs within the area. Z was uptight about the fact that Gillian might use spells against humans. Mavislin was more concerned about whether they can at least survive Gillian"s aura, let alone when he releases any form of emotion.

"So then, Time Boy, give me all you"ve got!" challenged Baldwin, as his aura started to change.

A staff materialized. Well, it was finally time for Baldwin to try out his Ancient Relic. The group had skipped it earlier since it wasn"t stable enough for the Dark Mage to wield it. The staff looked like a twisted branch, with a Pentagram on the very top.

"Hey, hey, since when I became the target for him to use that?!" yelled Raiyen, glancing at Mavislin.

The playful Valkyrie laughed as she shoved another fish into her mouth.

"Eyes front soldier!" yelled the happy girl, still laughing at the two as they began fighting.

The two clashed, staff vs daggers. Angry Man Vs Time Boy. Mavislin was looking forward to this battle"s conclusion. As Baldwin prepared to send an attack towards the youngster, Raiyen went into hiding.

"Oi! No cheating."

"It"s not cheating. It is one of my abilities. I am a Time Mage anyways," said the s.p.a.ce behind Mavislin.

She turned around.

"You are still at this time. Just not in this place," answered Baldwin, smiling.

He immediately gathered up huge amounts of Elemental Energy using his staff. The partners had expected him to use the move, but not this early.

"Here it goes," he said as he swung the staff around.

Streams of black smoke were being absorbed into the staff. A dust cloud was about to be formed, but someone else was not going to have any of that. Raiyen appeared and sliced through the attack. This dispersed the spell all together since Baldwin had to block the sneak attack.

"I"m supposed to use it, why"d you stop it?!" yelled Baldwin, kicking the boy away.

"I"m not letting that happen. The Relics are forces to be reckoned with. I"m not allowing you to use it this early in battle!"

With that, Raiyen took out his twin daggers. Heaven Sent was teeming with golden light while h.e.l.l Bent was filled with a crimson glow. Sparks flew as they kept crashing. The two faced each other with a hefty aura of grit.

But then, Baldwin stopped. Conjuring up more energy, Mavislin had a gut-wrenching feeling that something wondrous was about to take place.

"Corrupt the aura, surround me with it. Absorb all sadness, let me have my home once more. Good shall be bad… Fade to Black!" commanded Baldwin.

The area around was dying, quite literally. Wither, deteriorate. And fade.

"So, what kind of tricks you"ve got now?" asked Raiyen, playing around with his daggers.

"Unlike your power or Z"s realm, this one is permanent and occurring now," he explained, smiling.

"Welcome to what was known as my home planet."

It reeked of death. Poor Mavislin"s body was on fire as the Dark Element was trying to consume the light of Valkyrie. With the two Elements fighting against each other, Mavislin had just about enough.

If Baldwin doesn"t know what it takes to both fight and protect the innocent, the young Valkyrie was determined to sort him out herself.

"That"s not going to fill the bill, Baldwin. I"ve got another prank to play," said Raiyen, readying himself once more.

"You two! Save some thought for your audience and try not to kill "em," said Mavislin, clenching her teeth as she stood up.

"You"re the one who wanted to watch us," said Baldwin, ignorant about what he"d done.

"You do realize I took a whole year to grow those flowers, right..." she whispered, under her breath. She then made her way towards them.

"Mav, it"s our duel. Please stay out of our..."

Before he could finish, Raiyen was silenced by the pillar of light that the angered Valkyrie had emitted from her body. Her hair turned white in an instant, the girl"s eyes shining gold.

And with a single fling of her arm, she was able to cancel out Baldwin"s spell. He was in disbelief. Raiyen seemed impressed.