Author's Note: I am ending this one here for reasons there will be another I promise. I own nothing.

41 Betrayal

Finding a Forever Knight seal infused with magic was odd to say the least. The fact that it was seventeen hundred years old was weirder. But the thing that had escaped from it was the weirdest part. It was a slimy green thing with darker green stripes and red glowing eyes. It was holding onto a prone police officer when they found it. The Knight in charge, Sir Cyrus, ordered his knights to open fire on the creature. Jen and the others intervened. Jen turned into Artemis and fired the laser lances out of the knights hands. Gwen went to free the police officer only for the creature to finally look up. It hissed and two feelers reached out and grabbed hold of Gwen, one on either side of her head. She screamed for a moment then her eyes flooded the same sickly green as the creature's skin. She whirled her hands glowing brightly.

"You!" She screamed loudly as the knights dove to the side. For one instant Kevin thought she was pointing at him but then a chant fell from her lips in a language that echoed around the alleyway. It made no sense to him but a large pink portal shot through with the red of the creatures eyes appeared behind Jen. Before she had a chance to call out her feet left the ground and she slammed into the portal which closed around her. She got one shot off before she vanished in a swirl of pink. Kevin raced forward to Gwen, his skin covered in the metal of the knights armor. He slammed into the creature and it released her. She dropped to her knees as the creature tried to take hold of him. It didn't seem able to though and it slammed its front legs into the ground sending up a cloud of dirt as it did. The creature hissed again snatching the nearest human, which happened to be Sir Cyrus's squire Winston. It clubbed the boy around the head nocking him out cold and raced off as Kevin raced to Gwen. She was holding her head as if in pain. Jen had not reappeared. Kevin held on to Gwen as she shook her head.

"What happened?" She asked her voice shaking. Kevin shook his head. For once in his life he had absolutely no answers. Not even a witty remark. He was reasonably certain Gwen had just killed her cousin.

Jen had no idea what was happening everything was a swirl of pink and green. She couldn't focus. She couldn't transform, she couldn't even hear herself scream. Then in an instant it was over. She was on her feet again and drew another arrow from thin air which was lucky. She fired it off, striking the green slimy creature she was standing in front of. She blinked she should have been in the alley in Bellwood. But that was nowhere near where she was. A battlefield surrounded her, covered in bodies and more of the green creatures. Laying near her was a figure in shining armor. The armor wasn't intact though, there was a long slash along his side. Setting aside her confusion she knelt by the dying man and placed a hand on him. It took a moment to heal him but she managed it before she was attacked by another of the creatures.

She wrestled with the thing before the tip of a sword sprouted from its face and she managed to scramble away from it. The knight she had healed was back on his feet. He wielded a gleaming sword that Jen recognized from her vision. She started backwards as she got a look at his face. It was the same knight from her vision too. All that was missing was… A roar interrupted her train of thought as flames sprouted from the air as the knight pulled her to her feet.

"Stand and fight! I have no time to care for a young one now!" Jen drew an arrow from the air and fired it into the leg of a creature leaping at the knight from behind. He blinked as he spotted the Ultimatrix symbol that sat at the shoulder of Artemis's chiton. "The sign of the swordsmith! To me Knights! We must rally and drive off the creatures!" Several people pulled themselves to their feet and began to fight the creatures with renewed vigor. Jen had no idea what was going on but she had enough training to know that in the middle of a war you stayed alive and figured out details after. It didn't take them too long to route the creatures as the hissing roaring black cloud retreated and the knights cheered. The blond one, the one Jen had healed when she'd appeared on the field removed his helmet and bowed to her.

"My lady you have saved my life, I owe you a debt that can never be repaid. May I know the name of the healer who has rescued me and my men?" Jen blinked at him and at that moment the Ultimatrix decided to time out. Green lights flashed and she stood before them in her normal form. The sound of steel on steel heralded the redrawing of swords all around her. The blond knight raised his own, pointing it at the knights around him.

"Is all courtesy dead! Stow your weapons!" They hesitated.

"But Sir George. She is a changeling!" George grabbed her hand gently, turning it so the Ultimatrix was visible the iconic green hourglass glowing at her wrist.

"She bears the symbol of the swordsmith! She is no threat to us." He bowed again. "You will accompany us back to the castle. The king will wish to meet you." She blinked at him in confusion as the knights around him murmured and stowed their weapons.

"I'm sorry I have no idea where I even am." George frowned slightly.

"I am Sir George, of the great kingdom of Albion. What is your name young changeling?" He asked kindly looking her over.

"My name is Jen Tennyson."