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[The wise Kitsune]

"Here we are.." Grape lowered to the ground, in front of a bright casino. "Speed Casino... an exclusive nightmaren casino in which you win Ideya stolen from dreamers here. We will have to sneak in. The security is tight here."

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC had been mumbling to himself the whole little trip, apparently still wondering if he had made the right choice. "Hm...Ideya is Ideya, I suppose. We /will/ be making an attempt to capture NiGHTS, however, understood?"

[The wise Kitsune]

"Sure, Right." Grape quietly said to iNSOMNiAC. She flew over the building, to the back. There was a door that said "EMPLOYEES ONLY". "After you."

[iNSOMNiAC]

Somni shrugged and walked in. "If this is a trap, I'll have your head..."

[Deraj]

Kigaku looks around. "Where'd Frosty get t-"
Suddenly, Frosty opens the back door.
"How'd you get in?!" Kigaku whispers fiercely.
"I used the front door." Frosty says, not bothering to whisper. "I have a tab here. And there's no need to whisper. I told the guys I had a delivery coming in the back door."
"Why am I not surprised?" Kigaku sighs.
"Because it's so d*mn predictable that I have a tab in the biggest casino in town?" Frosty asks. "Or because tonight the haul of Ideya was so big, it even lured NiGHTS here?"
"NiGHTS is actually here?!" Kigaku yells.
"Of course. Caught him staring at tonight's jackpot. A Dreamer with a Red one." Frosty says, smirking.
"WHAT?!"
"Wouldn't that be reported right to Wizeman?!" Kigaku says.
"It has been, but I'm not talking a jackpot you can win. I'm talking about a jackpot he's gonna steal. The Dreamer's already been captured and restrained. And she's a live wire." Frosty says.
Everyone stares at Frosty.
"She's lucid?!" Kigaku wheezes.
"Completely. This is a once in a millenia night, my friends. A live one with a Red Ideya, and she doesn't even realise what kind of destruction she can cause if she wants to. It's the perfect situation. NiGHTS will be too busy trying to get at the Dreamer to notice us." Frosty says.
"But wouldn't someone notice NiGHTS?"
"Of course. Everyone's noticed him. Nobody cares. This operation is totally against Wizeman's rule, and if someone reports NiGHTS, it'll kill their fun." Frosty says.
"But what about-"
"The Dreamer? Probably going to ship her out to one of the nearby bars for pickup. That's when NiGHTS would strike. And that's when we'll strike. Until then, keep an eye out, win some Ideya, and if you spot Reala, make sure he doesn't get to NiGHTS first." Frostbite says, before turning to glare at iNSOMNiAC. "Understood? If this blows out, Reala won't even give you a side glance, let alone put you on a pedestal."

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC mumbles a bit and nods. "Fine, whatever. I expect to leave this city with a ton of Ideya and NiGHTS' head."

[The wise Kitsune]

Grape winces at SOMNi's remark, and walked to the heart of the casino. There was a large booth, and a level 2 maren speaking loudly. Behind the counter was a dreamer, about 14 or 15, strapped to a wall with golden chains. The red ideya was safely in a jar next to her. "Come all Nightmaren! Win the Jackpot! A Rare Red ideya with a Dreamer! You can make the dreamer your slave!" The Maren called. Grape walked up. "I would like to buy a ticket for the jackpot, please." She handed him 5 star pieces, and he handed her a small ticket with the numbers 07-10-96on it. She walked back to the group and said "Now, we wait."

[Deraj]

Frosty looks around.
"Strange. They're actually putting her up as a jackpot? I have a bad feeling that things are about to get really bloody, really fast."
Frosty scans the crowd, looking for any trace of the Purple Jester. His eyes narrow as he spots NiGHTS with one of his 'Replicate Eyes.'
"I'm going to get a drink." Frosty says to Kigaku. "Keep an eye out for Reala."
Kigaku nods. "What about Luna?"
Frosty looks at the moth. She had no tolerance to alchohol, whatsoever.
"Keep an eye on her, too. Make sure she doesn't have anything to drink." Frosty says. "And watch iNSOMNi. I don't completely trust his self-control."
"Well, so far I'm up to three eyes." Kigaku says.
"Good for you." Frosty says, before disappearing into the crowd.
Kigaku sighs. "Why do I know this will end badly?"

Frosty slowly walks up to the bar, taking a seat next to NiGHTS. At least, he was pretty sure it was NiGHTS. There where so many tickets surrounding him, he couldn't be a hundred percent sure.
"You're NiGHTS, right?" Frosty asks.
The Jester's figure stiffens up. It was NiGHTS, all right.
"Who, may I ask, wants to know?" NiGHTS asks.
Frosty pulls up his face-mask, and pulls down his hood. "A friend. Don't worry. The Pians sent me to deliver a message."
"What message is that?" NiGHTS asks, only relaxing slightly.
"All in due time. We've got all night. I want to see who wins the Jackpot, first." Frosty says, stealing one of NiGHTS' tickets. NiGHTS couldn't see him, or what he was doing, over the pile of tickets, but he knew that this Maren was trouble.
"What Number did you get?" NiGHTS asks, leaning back to try and look at the Maren next to him.
"Either 86-96-68, or 89-96-98. I can't tell." Frosty replies, turning the ticket over and over, trying to figure out which was the top part. Just his luck.

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC growls and crosses his arms and legs, he's obviously glaring at NiGHTS. The grey Nightmaren seems to be cursing the traitor under his breath. "All I'd have to is slink into the crowd....Slide up behind him...Or use my tail...My tail could hold him..."

[The wise Kitsune]

"Attention all Maren! We will now pick two winners!! First prize is Ideya, Second is the Slave Dreamer!!!" The dreamer winced. "Now...Getting Second prize is....07...10...96! Congrats!!" Grape sighed "Ok...thats one of them..." The maren cleared his throat. "The first prize winner will be announced later." Grape got the dreamer, who was still bound and gagged, and untied all the ropes. She took her so Kigaku couldnt hear. "Dont worry Im going to bust you out. Once NiGHTS over there gets your Ideya, we will make sure you escape. Dont worry we are the good guys" The dreamer nodded quickly "Now...act like you are scared." Grape went back to the small group. "Haha! Now I have a dreamer to clean my lair! Hahaha!"

[Deraj]

Frosty smirks. Half of the bait was in Grape's hands. Frosty trusted Grape to a certain degree, but not enough to inform her of what he was going to do. He could hear NiGHTS shifting uncomfortably next to him. He could tell that NiGHTS was planning the same thing he was. Dualize with the Dreamer, snatch the Ideya, and run like h*ll. That's the same plan that was on every Maren's mind, more or less, some of them taking the Dreamer, some of them not.
Dualizing was originally used for 'Night Terror' dreams, where the Dreamer's body wasn't under their own control, and they couldn't force themselves awake, but NiGHTS had bastardized it for use of the body on 'Equal Terms'. It was sickening, but it opened the floodgates for new types of Dualizing by the Maren, most of the time in more horrific manners than originally thought of, or to do more 'extreme' Night Terrors.
Obviously, only certain Maren could Dualize, but the conditions where very broad, encompassing most of the Maren anyway. So long as a Maren had two arms and two legs, no more, no less, walked straight up, if they touched the ground at all, and had at least one head, they could dualize with a dreamer. Extra things like wings and tails didn't matter, so long as the Maren fit those guidelines.
"It looks like you're getting a little anxious, NiGHTS." Frosty says, motioning to the Mepian cleaning shot glasses.
"Everyone here has given me the stink eye at least once." NiGHTS says.
Frosty laughs. "I know that feeling. I'm not exactly the most popular Maren around, either." Frosty takes his drink and swivels around to look at the crowd, spotting iNSOMNi almost instantly among the colorful Maren around him. Frosty spits an ice needle into iNSOMNi's shoulder, to catch his attention. It was a h*ll of a way to get someone's attention, but it never failed.
'You're going the ruin the plan!' Frosty mouths silently. 'You'll get his head, but not now! Go win some Ideya while you have time! Wait for the jackpot, and then we'll move out!'

[The wise Kitsune]

Orphearus had heard the conversation between Grape and the dreamer. He smiled devilishly, and made his harp into a small club. He walked over to Grape, with the club behind his back. "Well, thats a nice slave if I ever saw one.." Grape chuckled "Yeah it was nothi-" Phearus hit her head, causing her to land on the floor with a large thud. "Im sorry.." He whispered and took the dreamer by the arm. He rushed to Kigaku "Kiga...Get frosty. We have to get that Ideya and get out of here before Grape wakes up!"

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC rolls his eyes at Frosty and looks over his shoulder to Phearus and the now-unconcious Grape. "Oooh~? And just what do you think you're doing, Abomination?" An evil sneer creeps across Somni's face. "Not /planning/ anything, are you..?"

[Deraj]

Frosty hears a small commotion coming from the crowd. "Oh, Wizeman D*mmit!" Frosty mutters. 'Why did I ever think these mismatched freaks could get along?!'
"What's going on?!" NiGHTS asks, turning to Frosty.
Frosty lowers his mask and glares at NiGHTS. "A half-a**ed plan crumbling to bits."
"Frostbite?!" NiGHTS says, startled.
"Naw, ya think? You want the Ideya and the Dreamer, you'll have to chase us down." Frosty says.
"Us?!" NiGHTS asks, but it was too late. Frosty was already half-way across the room.
"SOMNi! Let's go! You can kill him later!" Frosty yells, grabbing the Dreamer by the wrist, instantly Dualizing with her.
Frosty smashes the container with the Red Ideya, snatching it up.
"Let's head out!" Frosty yells, already headed for the door.
"What are you doing?!" Kigaku yells, watching as Frosty runs for his life.
"Trying to salvage a plan that should have been killed twice, in ten minutes!" Frosty says, before throwing a shard in Kigaku's direction, disappearing into the night.
All of the people in the casino stare at the door, not quite sure what had just happened.
"... What just happened here?" Luna whispers to Kigaku.
"He's got a plan, but he hasn't quite informed us of what it is. ... And he left us all here." Kigaku says, picking up the shard. Only one thing was etched into it.
Crystal Castle.

***

Frosty keeps running. He could feel the Dreamer's terror running through his body like fuel, keeping him going. He could hear her thoughts racing through his head. He hadn't felt insanity like this for a long time.
Finally, the Dreamer managed a few logical, un-clouded questions. The Dualization had finally completely synched their bodies.
"Who are you?! Where am I?! What do you want with me?! What's going on?!" The Dreamer screams in Frosty's head, but the answers all came to her at once.
"OH MY GOD, I'M BAIT?!" The Dreamer screams.
"Not exactly the first thing I'd react to, if I was in your position." Frosty says. "My first reaction would have been 'Oh my God, I'm trapped in some bastard cat's body.'"

[The wise Kitsune]

"Where did Frosty go, Kigaku?!" Orphearus panicked."Yes...Where did he go?" Grape's tail was lashing. She grabbed Kigaku's neck. "Tell me. NOW."

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC hissed, annoyed. He glared at NiGHTS one last time, and dashed after Frostbite.

[The wise Kitsune]

Grape took the ice shard in Kigaku's hand and flew after Frosty. "D***...he has the dreamer and the Ideya..." She thought. NiGHTS was right behind Frosty. "Come back here! That Ideya is not yours!!" NiGHTS was trying to keep up.

[iNSOMNiAC]

Somni snarled, racing after NiGHTS and Frosty. He grinned, now would be the perfect time to attack...The grey Nightmaren began to morph slightly, spikes forming on various spots of his body. His tail became a razored whip, which ended in a sharp, backwards-hooking barb. iNSOMNiAC sped up, solely focused on NiGHTS.

[The wise Kitsune]

NiGHTS looked back at the grey maren. Either it was Frosty or SOMNi... Grape suddenly shot a energy beam at SOMNi. "Oh no you wont!!"

[iNSOMNiAC]

Somni easily dodged and sped up again, he was practically inches from NiGHTS now. "I show you the mistake you made...Turning your back on your entire family..How DARE you..." iNSOMNiAC grabbed NiGHTS and wrapped his tail around the purple 'Maren, stopping the both of them in mid-flight. "You have no idea what you did to him. What you did to Jackle. What you did to all of them. The ones who looked up to you...You may claim to be on the 'good' side, but you're still as selfish as you were when you were first created."

[The wise Kitsune]

NiGHTS responded. "You're saying imthe selfish one?! Have you seen youself lately?? Stealing ideya, just for your own deals and pleasures. Just to be Reala's B****. I would say that is pretty selfish. I pity you. No, you disgust me." NiGHTS, ending the long statement, spit in iNSOMNiAC's face. Grape, nearby, charged up energy. "This time...I wont miss."

[iNSOMNiAC]

A primal roar escaped from Somni and he began to divebomb towards the ground, NiGHTS in hand. "You really should THINK before you SPEAK, Traitor."

[The wise Kitsune]

"NOOOOOOOOO!!" Grape dramatically shot the unusually large energy sphere, causing an explosion of dust and crystal. She slowly dropped to the ground, fatigued and weak. She just had to wait for the dust to clear.

[iNSOMNiAC]

NiGHTS had been pinned to the ground by a now-twitching iNSOMNiAC. The energy blast had indeed hit him. While it had apparently done some damage to him, but it also heightened his berserker-like rage. Somni's eyes, now orbs of pure color, darted between Grape and NiGHTS. He was debating who to kill first...

[The wise Kitsune]

Grape looked at SOMNi "Well, In hope NiGHTS is okay" Grape said sadly, still weak.

[Deraj]

Frosty could hear the commotion behind him.
'Aren;t you going to DO something?!' The Dreamer says.
"Nah. I'm hoping they'll finish eachother off." Frosty says, continuing to run off. "Besides, Kigaku's got a few crowd-control tricks up his sleeve. I'll let him handle it."
'But-'
"Hey, I know what I'm doing. Besides, I don't want to waste a one-shot deal. I got d*mn lucky you showed up tonight, because this Red Ideya of yours is the only thing I KNOW will unlock the Capture, once I'm done with it." Frosty says, before activating his replicates, which quickly teleport Frosty and the Dreamer far into Crystal Castle.
***
Kigaku spots the flash of light from Frosty's teleportation, but in front of that was a three-maren Moshpit. Kigaku whips out his flute and quickly begins to play a soothing tune. The three Maren quickly collapse on top of eachother, unconscious.
"Come on, Phearus. Give me a hand moving these guys." Kigaku says.
"Gladly." Orphearus says, making a beeline toward NiGHTS.
"Don't touch NiGHTS, though. He may be a Traitor, but he's wounded, and now my patient." Kigaku says.
Orphearus turns around to argue, but a demon-cold look cuts him short.
"I said not to touch him. Contrary to popular belief, I do have a temper, and I also have medical knowledge enough to kill you with one jab. Don't. Touch. NiGHTS." Kigaku says. Orphearus nods quickly, doing as he is told.


***Some time Later***

"Well, I've done all I can here, but with iNSOMNi's short temper, I think it could have been much worse." Kigaku says.
They where on a rooftop now, Luna acting as a nurse and doing whatever Kigaku told her, while Fig and Orphearus stood by and watched.
"NiGHTS will regain consciousness first, but I've put a restraining seal on him, so he won't be flying anywhere any time soon. iNSOMNi won't be able to move at all, since he seems to love causing trouble." Kigaku says. "Although his mouth will probably be spitting out various obsceneties once he finds out what I've done."
"And Grape?" Fig asks.
"She's fine as-is, so long as she doesn't start b****-slapping iNSOMNi, in which case, I have a seal on her that's waiting to be activated." Kigaku says. "But for now... We wait."

***Crystal Castle***

The Dreamer glares at Frosty from the corner of the room.
"Look, little girl, I've stared down a Hellhound twenty times your size. You don't scare me." Frosty says.
He had separated from the Dreamer a while ago, and all she was doing was throwing him dirty looks. He didn't exactly blame her, but it was beginning to annoy him.
"This is all a Dream, right? I can wake up whenever I want to!" The Dreamer says.
"Not exactly." Frosty says, picking his teeth with his pinky-claw.
"What?"
"Look, kid, hate to break it to you, but you've gone far past dreaming. You're in a Night Terror, now. A Mini-Coma, basically. You ain't waking up for a while." Frosty says, flicking the tooth-gunk onto an invisible glass wall. "Odds are, you'll probably sleep through your Saturday. By the way, don't be surprised if you wake up in a hospital bed."
The Dreamer's eyes go wide. This couldn't be real.

[The wise Kitsune]

Phearus was bored of watching Kigaku treat NiGHTS. "Im bored...Can I look for Ideya or something?"

[iNSOMNiAC]

Somni growled as his eyes opened partway. "What...What the..?" Of course, the first thing he did was try to move, but finding that he couldn't, he, as Kigaku predicted, started to curse angrily. "How DARE you defend a Traitor like him!" He snarls at Kigaku, "Why in the name of Wizeman are you HELPING HIM?! Who's side are you on?! Let the fiend DIE."

[Deraj]

"I wouldn't blame you if you didn't stick around here." Kigaku says to Orphearus, before turning to iNSOMNi.
"Look, I'm a medical maren. I just work on the injured. And since Frosty wants NiGHTS ALIVE, that's what I'm going to give him." Kigaku says. "He probably wants to pump NiGHTS for information. He was around near the time the Staff was hidden away, he probably thinks that NiGHTS can point us in the right direction."
Suddenly, NiGHTS begins to scramble away from the group, jumping into the air...

And landing flat on his face.
"Wh-what the-?!" NiGHTS stammers, picking himself up.
"Welcome to my world." Fig says, smiling, and helping NiGHTS up.
"Don't bother. Your flight ability is sealed away." Kigaku says, going back to cleaning one of Grape's wounds.
"What did you do to me?!" NiGHTS screams.
"I took a precaution. Frosty doesn't want you getting away again." Kigaku says casually.
"Frosty- Frostbite?! The Dreamer- THE IDEYA! WHERE DID HE GO?!" NiGHTS screams, actually taking Dusty by the collar and lifting him up into the air.
"No need to shout." Kigaku says calmly. He could tell that NiGHTS was p*ssed off beyond the Seven Circles of H*ll, partially because he couldn't fly anymore, partially because he was assisting Frosty. Either way, it was reason enough to kill him on the spot, and he knew it. But, he was trying to be as calm as Frosty. On the outside, he was succeeding, on the inside, he was scared as a mouse cornered by a cat, and he could tell that NiGHTS knew it.
"Look, we'll bring you to Frosty. That's what we where left behind to do, that's what we're going to do." Kigaku says.
"This is a trap." NiGHTS says.
"Most likely." Kigaku admits. "But do you have anywhere better to go without your ability to fly?"
Kigaku winces as NiGHTS' chest crystal glows a furious red. He had stepped over a personal boundary, and he knew it.
The next thing Kigaku knew, he was pinned against an AC unit, staring into UV's eyes.
"I have every reason to kill you." NiGHTS says, quickly regaining control over the change into UV.
"But you won't." Kigaku says. "Because I'm the only one who can give you back your flight, and I'm the only one here willing to tell you where Frosty is."
NiGHTS reluctantly lets Kigaku go. "And for a few other reasons."
Kigaku nods. "Personal Pride. Not stooping as low as iNSOMNi over there." Kigaku says, before looking over NiGHTS' shoulder at iNSOMNi. "No offense."
"Just take me to Frosty." NiGHTS says.
"Fine. And to show there are no hard feelings, I'll restore some of your flight ability." Kigaku says. "To a degree. I can't let you go running off. Unlike you, Frosty won't hesitate to kill."
"What do you mean, to a degree?" NiGHTS asks.
"You can't go more than three hundred yards away from my person without going..." Kigaku says, before whistling and making a spiral with his finger. "Splat. You can go as high as you want. As far as you want, however, is the story I'm telling."
NiGHTS looks at Kigaku in disbelief. "Only three hundred feet?"
"Hey, it's that, or you walk." Kigaku says, taking out his flute.
NiGHTS sighs. "Fine. I'm not in much of a position to negotiate."
"Frosty never is, and he manages. Now, you're going to feel a burning sensation in between your shoulder blades. That's normal." Kigaku says, before playing a few notes on his flute.
NiGHTS shifts uncomfortably as the burning sensation begins. As soon as it ends, however, NiGHTS takes off-

And faceplants on another rooftop three hundred yards away.
"No, don't think I messed up and gave you the full deal. I know what I'm doing." Kigaku says.
"Just checking..." NiGHTS says, grinning sheepishly.

[The wise Kitsune]

Phearus got up and walked away. He terrorized some pians, but was still bored. "Man..there is nothing to do around here!"

[Deraj]

Kigaku quickly places a secondary seal on iNSOMNiAC, before releasing the first one.
"You come within arm's reach of NiGHTS, or if I have reason to suspect you of something, you'll be given a... Mild... shock." Kigaku says, helping iNSOMNiAC up. "Just so you know." As Kigaku begins to walk away, he turns around. "And, no, I'm not protecting NiGHTS. I'm only luring him to a much worse fate. ... Meeting Frosty is as bad as fate can deal."

Kigaku turns to Orphearus and Grape. "Let's get moving. Frosty isn't very patient, and I'm going to be the one he whines at." Kigaku turns to Luna and Fig. "You two ready?"
"Always!" Fig says, smiling.
Luna simply smiles and nods.
"Good. To Crystal Castle we go." Kigaku says.
"Off to see the Wizard." Fig says.

***

Frosty sighs, fiddling with one of his shards, watching the refractions distort his view of the dreamer.
The Dreamer was simply sitting in a corner, waiting to wake up.
"You know you won't remember any of this, right?" Frosty asks, still fiddling with his shard.
"So?" The Dreamer asks.
"Just checking." Frosty says.
After a moment of silence-
"Since we're going to be sitting here for a while, I may as well ask." Frosty says.
"Ask what?"
"What's the Waking World like?" Frosty asks, still fiddling with his shard.
"What?" The Dreamer asks.
"I mean, since Wizeman is so interested in taking it over, I might as well ask if there's any point to it, and when I make my way back to Nightmare when I finally get caught, I might as well tell him whether or not there's a point to it, or if he's screwed himself over for the past... I dunno, Five Thousand years." Frosty says, putting the shard down.
"What are you talking about?!" The Dreamer asks, shocked to be hearing this.
"Ah, right. Outside the loop." Frosty says. "You know about the staff, right? I mean, that was one of the main things on my mind when we dualized, so..."
"Yes, I know about the staff." The Dreamer says.
"Ah, good. Well, some people think the staff can bring us Nightmaren into the Waking World." Frosty says. "Wizeman wants it again for that reason. However, he can't remember where he hid the bloody thing, so he's sent his top croney, Reala, to find it for him."
"You're telling me this, why?!" The Dreamer asks.
"I can't really remember." Frosty says. "It started with me asking about the Waking World, and then I'm drawing a blank."
Frosty goes back to fiddling with his shard. "So, what about the Waking World?"

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC grumbled to himself. "I suppose I'll ask Frosty to let me have some one-on-one with NiGHTS before..whatever it is he's gunna do to the Traitor."

[Deraj]

Kigaku nods. "Frosty's sadistic like that, so if you ask, he'll probably let you fight NiGHTS. You'll have no idea who he's rooting for, however. I've known him since I was created, and I still don't know what he's thinking." Kigaku begins to walk toward the direction of Crystal Castle. "Let's head out, though. I swear I can hear him screaming at me to hurry up."

[iNSOMNiAC]

The grey Nightmaren chuckled softly, glanced at NiGHTS, and headed off.

[Deraj]

***Half-hour timeskip***
***The Endless Fields that border Crystal Castle***

"Almost there." Kigaku says. He sensed everyone was on edge, almost anticipating iNSOMNiAC to pull something on NiGHTS. ... Again.
However, they wheren't alone in the fields. They could sense a... presence there. Watching them. Waiting for them to become completely vulnerable, like it was hunting them down.
Everyone could sense it, but nobody wanted to mention it. It was almost like mentioning it gave it permission to tear them apart. It was suffocating. It was Cerberus, the Hellhound, and he was stalking them.
'Tear them apart, we will!'
'Their blood will flow freely among the hills, and between our jaws!'
'Patience, brothers. We must only strike at the in-between time, when the sun has set, but the moon has not yet risen. This way, they can't see us. They outnumber us by many, and will strike us down upon sight, but they will be helpless to defend themselves if they can't see where we are! Control your bloodlust for a few more minutes, and you may kill as many as you can lay paw on!'
'Forget planning! We are the strongest! We are the largest! We can kill them! We will see their blood spattered among the crystal fields!'
'THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE WRONG, BROTHER! NiGHTS is among them! It is likely that he will defend them! We wait until the inbetween time, or it will be our blood spilled, not theirs!'
'Fine, brother. We will go with your unnecesarry "plan." But I still say that we can scatter them like insignificant Pians.'

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC's ears pricked every which-way, and his eyes dart from shadow-to-shadow, as if he was nervous about something. "I'm not comfortable..Something's wrong here, foxboy."

[Deraj]

Kigaku nods. "I've noticed. Something's been following us. Fig."
Fig nods, stopping in her tracks and beginning to concentrate. "... Three Level-Two Nightmaren, downwind of our position. My guess-" At this point, a shiver runs up Fig's spine, and a nervousness comes into her voice. "-C-Cerberus."
"You must be kidding!" Luna says, looking around.
"Fig doesn't kid around about something that serious." Kigaku says, putting his hand on her shoulder.
Fig whimpers, burying herself in Dusty's coat. "I don't want to get eaten..."
"We'd better pick up the pace. He's likely to strike as soon as the sun sets." Kigaku says, beginning to walk so fast, it was almost running. "And it's only five minutes to sundown, and we're ten minutes from the castle, at any pace, so it's time to start running!"

[iNSOMNiAC]

iNSOMNiAC sighs. "Great. We avoid one catastrophe only to waltz right into another." The grey Nightmaren takes a look behind him and then dashes off, as fast as he can, towards the castle.

[Deraj]

As the sun vanishes behind the horizon, Cerberus's golden head smirks.
'NOW, my brothers! Kill them!

Everyone could hear the sound of howling coming from the hills behind them as Cerberus quickly catches up with them, his flaming body catching the grass in the field on fire as he chases after them.
"Hurry up!" Kigaku yells, running as fast as he could.
"Why not fight?!" NiGHTS yells, flying beside Kigaku.
"If you haven't noticed, each of them is as big as a bus!" Kigaku says, taking out his flute. "He's one of the most powerful level-two Nightmaren in existence!"
"So what?" NiGHTS says, flying backwards in front of Kigaku, so as to face him. "There's Seven of us, and only three of him!"
"Yes, but two of us can't fight, and only iNSOMNiAC would be insane enough to turn back and fight with you! And even then, he'd probably try to kill you afterwards!" Kigaku says, dodging a fireball coming from Cerberus' mouth.
"I didn't know Wizeman kept a bunch of chickens around!" NiGHTS says, trying to tease Kigaku into turning around and fighting.
"Run away, and live to fight another day!" Kigaku says. "The Motto of the Alliance of Chickens!"
"You're pathetic!" NiGHTS says.
"No, I'm a Medical Ideya Maren. There's a difference." Kigaku says.

[Nyclone]

Nyclone,a Lightning elemental who revolted against Wizeman,was in a tree "This will only hurt alot."And a large bolt of lightning came from his tree.He was aiming at Cerberus,but hit a rock instead."Oops."