Capt. Le turned to face his corrupted comrade.

"And by orders of the High Guard-Corpavale agreement, we the High Guard have no quarrel with you. Our intercontinental protocol dictates that we will not interfere with Corpavalian matters so I suggest you return back to your Lord before I detonate this bomb."

Behind Capt. Le was a bomb measured to epic proportion. It's function was unknown to both Zodiac and Sir Ryan and Capt. Le is quite sure of himself in this situation. In fact, he could be the creator of this weapon.

"Cmdr. Ryan, though you are not properly initiated, I still hold the superior officers right to order you to flee. Take all the remaining lancers with you back to Lady Tia. They should offer some assistance."

And with that Sir Ryan and the remaining reinforcements left through his use of shadow travel leaving Capt. Le with Zodiac.

A bomb? Really? Is that the BEST you can do, captain? You've known me for the longest time and all you have for me is a bomb?

He chuckled and lowered his scimitar.

" I just want you to desist and surrender captain. No need for useless bloodshed here. Just give up. I need this power to bring her back, you know... The woman I loved. I wont simply let this chance pass away.

He looked intently at the little bomb that the captain set up behind him, and chuckled.

"And that Bomb of yours is not all that well used, right? It's something in which I distinctly remember that would annihilate anything within the next fifty miles, no? Whatever happened to your code of honor? To not let innocents be hurt? Bah. If you set it off, I can still escape. Not even the famous Captain of the Commonwealth can help people out of the blast radius."

He began encircling the captain and his bomb, smiling.

"You may call me a monster for now... but you know the truth. I'm no monster anymore, just a demon ahead of the curve."

I began to laugh, and charged at my old friend. This was going to be absolutely hilarious.


(Five Brownie Points from me to whoever knows where I made that final quote from!!! and Le- I'm sorry, but I love being evil.) XD

They were out of the forest now, and swiftly making their way to Minvilor. Yes, the group was almost there now. Lady Tia could feel it; could feel the presence of her twin sister. Now, she broke off into a run in the direction where her sister waiting for the group. "TARA!"

"Sister!" Tara runs towards Lady Tia, and tackles her to the ground with a hug. "I'm soooooo glad you're here! Do you know how worried I was? Sparkele said everything would be fine for your arrival, but I was nearly bouncing in my pants waiting for you guys! Jeesh! Well, I should show you all the way to Fief Minvilor. C'mon, it's this way." Tara strolls off, linking arms with Lady Tia.

His old friend charged at him with incredible speed that...HE PASS THROUGH HIM!!! Capt. Le turned around and smiled.

"Oh what do you know I'm not dead. But unfortunately you have the wrong person."

Capt. Le suddenly changed form into a holographic representation of a woman in a High Guard uniform.

"My Captain is unavailable at this time. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Hope, AI of the High Guard warship Lancers Hope. This bomb you see before you is not a weapon of mass destruction for it's a temporal bomb. A device created by my Captain to transport living beings back in time. The blast radius can be easily adjusted by me to expand to the planet."

And the hologram, Hope, disappear in a blink of an eye just like that. As for the bomb...3...2...1...0. *Energy surge expanding to all of Corpavale, while it's citizens didn't feel or see a thing* As soon as the energy wave expands to it's maximum set radius, Corpavale transports to an all white plane of existence.

Temporal Bomb: "PHASE i COMPLETE."

[I know you like being evil. This is something I always wanted to do on here so please try to play along. Thank you.]

Rushing back to Lady Tia with only a few dozen men, Sir Ryan was there within 5 hours.

"Milady...very...troubling news.."

Sir Ryan gasps for breath.

"Oh man...I think this can wait a bit longer...i only have a few dozen men..and a few men from the High Guard. A crimson like knight ambushed us. We barely got away."

Sir Ryan sits down as do the reinforcements.

"Not my best day."

Lady Tia covers her eyes with her right hand; a tired, resigned gesture, like she didn't know what to do anymore. "... Sir Ryan. You didn't need to come here... Nor did your re-" She glances at the men behind Sir Ryan. "... Men. We don't want any unwanted attention at this location. This place right now, is the most important place in the kingdom, and the most dangerous to be. You know why? 'Cause the king is here. The rightful king... None of that matters now. What's done is done." Lady Tia paced around for a few seconds. She turned back to Sir Ryan. "Were you followed?" Without waiting for an answer, she went to where she and Tara would be staying.


That night, when she and the others were in the main hall of the fief -which was being used as a common room for everyone to be in- Lady Tia sat a little apart from everyone else, immersed in her own thoughts with a blank expression on her face.

Tara saw her twin sister lost in her own little world across the room. Tia had probably separated herself from the others unconsciously. Staring at her sister, Tara ran a few possibilities through her head. After shrugging, she made her way across the room towards Tia. Plunking herself into the chair next to her twin got a reaction from her. She sent a troubled look to Tara, then pulled her knees to her chin to rest her head. There they sat, surrounded by a veil of silence.

Unable to take the silence any longer, Tara tried a special mental communication with her sister; a bond between twins that absolutely nobody could penetrate. She slid her probe easily into her sister's mind. Tia? What's wrong? You look troubled. After all that has happened in the blink of an eye, are you possibly thinking what I'm thinking?

"Milady, I am all for one on attacking with my reinforcements only. If we were followed then we can lead them to some other hidden area...My living quarters since it is vast. Afterwards we will attack the palace. Probably you will refuse this but in light of what has happened it seems like a plan. Keeps the king safe and feels like a time to strike."

Sir Ryan waited anxiously for an answer.

"Otherwise I could go and spy on the enemy by myself and send info."

Lady Tia had heard Sir Ryan's reply when she was walking away. Now though, as she sat next to her twin sister Tara, she sent a menacing glare in Sir Ryan's direction as a reply to his requests from earlier. The message in her expression was as clear as if she had said it aloud: You will do no such thing.

Turning her head to Tara after their special mental communication had been established, she hesitated before replying. ..... If you are thinking about our birth parents dying at the hands of King Almare of Magrar, then you are exactly thinking what I'm thinking. Lady Tia turned her head away again and stared at the wall moodily.

"Hmm...looks like i can't do either..."

Sir Ryan whispered to his men, "Stay here and cover for me I'm going to scout out the palace and get some things from my quarters."

Sir Ryan discreetly left appearing to go to the living quarters and going through a window. He left for the palace with a sword and crossbow. In the dark a shadow follows him.

One of the High Guard men that came with Sir Ryan approached Lady Tia.

"Is there anything I can do for you Ma'am?"

Tara lightly squeezed her sister's shoulder in comfort before getting up. She had noticed Sir Ryan leaving the main hall with what seemed to be a determined expression. Taking one glance at Tia confirmed her thoughts. Creating a portal crackling with lightning -that would only obey her- Tara gave it instructions to find Sir Ryan and bring her to him.

The portal brang Tara exactly where she wanted to go. Right behind Sir Ryan. She reached out a hand and grabbed the back of his shirt -or whatever he was wearing- and yanked him around to face her. The moonlight ahead illuminated his face. She glared angrily at Sir Ryan; a glare that could confirm that she really was Lady Tia's sister; and said, "Sir Ryan, where in the name of Mithros do you think you're going? I know that look on your face. I've seen it countless times on the faces of people thinking that they can do things by themselves. Do you know how much trouble you'd be in if you were caught at the palace? Not to mention how upset and angry my sister would be with you.. And worried. Your orders are not to go to the palace without permission from the rebel leaders. You are going back right now." With that, she pushed Sir Ryan through the portal which she came from.

Practically screaming with her mind at the portal, she ordered that Sir Ryan be brought back to the main hall of Fief Minvilor immediately. She then closed the portal, and went back to the fief on her mist platform.

Lady Tia decided to ignore the person from the High Guard, but changed her mind. She gave him a Tsivilis family signature glare instead, that clearly said to leave her in peace.

All of a sudden a cyan colored aurora borealis type light appears around Sir Ryan and Tara bringing them to an unknown location.