AGITΏ: Warriors of Creation.

"I sure hope Elyon and Oliver are having a good time," spoke Cornelia. She was with Caleb touring the carnival.

"Hey, what's the worst that could happen?" said Caleb nonchalantly.

BOOM!!!

At the sound of the sudden explosion, Cornelia gave her boyfriend a deadpan look. "You just had to say that, didn't you?"

"What?" Caleb responded.

The blonde suddenly for a telepathic message from her friend who could wield fire, 'Cornelia, there was an-'

'I know, I heard!' Cornelia responded. 'Caleb and I are gonna go check it out!'

'I'm calling the others!'

'You do that! Caleb and I are going to take a closer look!'

"Ugh," Adrian groaned as he held his head.

"Hey, are you okay?" asked Matt.

"If having a splitting headache means I'm okay, then yeah," Adrian responded sarcastically.

Matt was offended by the tone of voice, "Hey, man, I was just…"

"Guys, we got trouble," said Will as she saw the pillar of smoke rising.

"I think one of us just transformed too," said Adrian.

"How do you-?" Matt began as Adrian tapped his forehead. "Oh."

"Well, who is it?" Will asked.

"Here's a hint," spoke, "Look up in the sky."

Will did and she saw a familiar green armoured Agito with his wings spread and Elyon in his arms. He was also gathering the attention of several spectators but what was worrisome were the purple beams flying at the green Agito of Wind.

"Oliver!" Will cried, "And Elyon!"

Cornelia and Caleb were at the scene and they were seeing Cyclone Agito dodging several beams of purple energy while holding Elyon protectively in his arms. They watched as one of the beams struck Cyclone's wings and he looked like he was about to fall when he managed to recover quickly.

They then saw who were firing at the green Warrior of Creation ad Queen of Meridian. One looked like a large hairball and the other was a slimy serpent. The Hall of Mirrors had been completely destroyed and the two beasts were responsible for it. Obviously, they'd thought they could catch Oliver and Elyon alone but now they were gathering some unwanted attention. Cornelia groaned as she saw some of the spectators taking pictures. They thought this was some sort of show.

"Caleb, you gotta get these people away," instructed Cornelia.

"What about you?" asked Caleb. He didn't have a weapon on him at the moment.

"I'm gonna exercise my green thumbs," grinned Cornelia as she activated her powers.

"That can't be good," muttered Ian as he saw the smoke while clutching his head.

"Ian!" shouted Taranee as Nigel ran alongside her.

"Taranee!" cried Ian. "Do you know what's going on?"

"Trouble with a capital T," the girl responded.

"Mind telling me what's going on?" Nigel panted.

"Long story," said Taranee apologetically.

"It's always a long story," Nigel rolled his eyes.

"Nigel…"

"It's OK," he said to her reassuringly. "Go do what you need to do. I'll wait right here." Taranee kissed his cheek, causing him to blush.

"Thanks," said Taranee. She wanted too much to tell him her secret but there was so much as stake. "Ian, let's go."

"OK, cuz," Ian nodded as he and Taranee ran to find their friends.

Irma was with Gerald the whole time when they heard the explosion. He'd just won her a large stuffed bear at one of the stands when the loud boom was heard. Suddenly, Gerald clutched his head and groaned in pain. Irma knew what that meant. It was either an Otiga awakening or someone had just transformed. That was how the Agito could sense each other.

"Damn it," Gerald cursed. "I hate this."

"Looks like we're needed," said Irma. She became quiet for a few seconds. "Taranee's telling us all to rally."

"OK," nodded Gerald. He grumbled, "I am going to need a lot of aspirin after this."

Hay Lin gasped as Eric fell to his knees, clutching his head in pain. She could see a few veins pulsing on his forehead and she knew that this was no normal headache. "Eric!" she cried.

"Ugh…it wants out, Hay Lin," he managed to say as the pulsing intensified. "It wants…to fight…" Hay Lin what he as referring to. Gills. Gills wanted to come out and face this power.

"Eric, breathe and calm down," she said as she knelt down and embraced him from behind, her head against his back. "Calm down…"

Somehow, the close contact and the sound of her voice comforted the boy. The pulsations lessened as his breathing eased. "Thanks, Hay Lin." He stood up with her, holding her hand.

She beamed, "No problem. Now we have to find out where you sensed-"

BOOM!!!

Hay Lin jumped when she heard the explosion and into Eric's arms.

"I'm guessing it's over there," Eric pointed.

"Let's go!"

Tyler was just walking around alone when he sensed the familiar energy. Unlike the others he could endure the pain but it still showed as he gritted his teeth. "Damn it. It looks like tonight isn't going to be peaceful after all."

It was difficult for Cyclone to fight with Elyon in his arms, who insisted that she could fight, but he wasn't taking any chances. Something about those gloves was weird and he didn't like it. Cedric and Miranda were still blasting at the pair and weren't going to give up. And even if the Guardians and their allies did appear, they couldn't protect these stupid humans while fighting them at the same time.

Suddenly, vines exploded from the ground and ensnared the evil couple, binding their wrists. Some vines coiled around Cedric's body and then pulled him down to the ground. The same veins were also pulling Miranda to the ground as well.

Cornelia smirked as she concentrated while Caleb did some crowd control. Without Will they couldn't cast a glamour and it was already too late for one. Elyon could cast one but right now the young queen was in no position to do anything as Cyclone held her protectively.

Cyclone landed close to Cornelia and put Elyon down. Instead of looking grateful, Elyon looked furious. "What?" Cyclone responded.

"You should've put me down," she countered.

"I didn't want you getting hurt!" he retorted.

"I got powers too!" she protested.

"You saw what they did to your barrier!" Cyclone shouted.

Cornelia whistled, drawing their attention. "Guys! We got bigger problems right now!" She pointed at Cedric and Miranda whose bodies were staring to glow and eerie purple color. The two beings snapped the vines and Cedric roared. He aimed at the spectators without a care.

"NO!" shouted Cyclone as he summoned his crossbow but before he could fire, a blast of flames hit Cedric square in the chest and sent then serpent-man reeling. Cyclone turned towards where the fireball had come from and smiled under his helmet as he saw the other four Agito entering the scene.

"We'll tell them it's a live show," said Cornelia. "Now, you go!"

Cyclone nodded and eyed Elyon for a second who wouldn't make eye contact. Sighing, he went to join their friends.

"This is awesome!" shouted Martin as he took pictures. "It's like one of those live tokusatsu shows in Japan!" Just like a nerd to like such things. "It looks so real!"

Irma, who was standing next to her nerdy friend, could only sigh. Adrian had told Will to tell all of them NOT to fight Cedric and Miranda. Unlike WITCH, AGITO had masks.

Shadow leapt over a tail strike and then lunged at Cedric, punching him across the face. Miranda spat webbing at Shadow but they were burnt by Flame's fireballs. She was then sent skidding backwards by a water blast from Aqua. Gaia charged at her with his hammer raised and slammed it down but she managed to avoid being flattened into a pancake by dodging to the side. She then fired a purple blast of energy at him, sending him falling backwards. Satisfied, the monstrous girl set her eyes on the green Agito who was shooting at Cedric. She tilted up her back and fired several sharp hairs at Cyclone.

"LOOK OUT!" Elyon cried but she was too late as Cyclone spun around just as the sharp hairs pierced through his armor like needles.

"ARG!" he screamed.

Eric was with Hay Lin, breathing hard as he was forced to watch. His fists were clenched and his fingers dug into his palms. His teeth were gritted with a wild look in his eyes as sweat poured down his face. Gills' instincts were trying to get him to fight but he couldn't transform, not with all these people and he still had trouble controlling his alter-ego, even with Hay Lin's help.

Cyclone glared at Miranda and fired at her with several energy arrows, which she dodged. She scurried straight towards him with her claws out to slash at him. She lunged and slashed him across the chest. The other Agito were too busy fighting Cedric leacing the green one all to herself. She wanted to make Elyon suffer by killing the boy she loved. Though Elyon had power, it was useless since she couldn't risk exposing herself. This just made it all that sweeter for the spider-girl.

Miranda went for another swipe but then Cycline grabbed her wrist before shooting into the sky. She screamed as he rocketed skyward and then he stopped. His wings were spread s he hovered in the air…about 500 feet in the air. Now Miranda was panicking.

"You wouldn't dare!" shouted Miranda.

"Try me," growled Cyclone. "You tried to kill Elyon, so why should I grant you any mercy?"

Miranda had no answer and even if she couldn't see his eyes, she knew he was angry and wanted her to pay for all the pain she'd caused Elyon.

"Give me one good reason not to turn you into street pizza," said Cyclone coldly.

"Because you're not a murderer!" shouted Miranda.

"There's always a first time," said Cyclone as his eyes darkened. It would be so easy to let Miranda go. If she even attacked him, she would end up falling herself. Still…could he really do it? Could he kill his enemy? Mirada did deserve this, right?

Then he heard Elyon's voice in his mind. 'Oliver, I really like you. You're so sweet and kind.'

He was no murderer but that didn't mean he couldn't punish her some other way. He then poised himself and went into a nosedive with Miranda in his grasp.

"ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!" screamed Miranda, catching Cedric's attention.

"Miranda!" Cedric cried, horrified. The other Agito looked up to see Cyclone coming down real fast.

"Is he nuts!?" shouted Shadow.

"I think we're about to see," spoke Flame.

"Oh, man!" Aqua cried. "Take cover!"

The four Agito fell back as Cyclone came closer and then he tossed Miranda at Cedric. Cedric caught Miranda but recoiled from the hard impact. He ignored the pain, glad that his beloved was alright.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Cyclone shouted as he stretched out both his legs, his horns spread out as a green Symbol of Agito appeared at his feet before it was absorbed. He started to spin like a drill and slammed into Cedric's stomach, sending him flying across the ground and into a wall, making a crater on impact. Cyclone landed on one knee, folded up his wings and panted.

Cedric groaned in pain. Still holding Miranda, he glared hatefully at AGITO, his eyes on the green one the longest. "This…isn't…over…" he hissed. He summoned the power of his Master and a purple aura engulfed both Cedric and Miranda. They then both faded away as they escaped.

The group was now sitting at several outdoor tables. Well, Taranee wasn't there as she'd gone to look for Nigel, leaving the others to talk about what'd happened. After the battle, AGITO managed to slip away from the crowd.

"This is so going to end up on YouTube," said Gerald as he sipped an orange smoothie.

"Just be glad that they all think it was part of the show," said Adrian.

"Thank goodness for small miracles," said Will.

Both Oliver and Elyon were oddly quiet. They were sitting next to each other but not looking at each other. Cornelia wanted to say something but Caleb shook his head, silently telling her not to. Meddling would just make things worse. The two had to take care of this on their own.

"Oliver," Elyon finally spoke. Oliver turned to look at her. "Let's go someplace where we can talk, OK?"

Oliver swallowed a lump in his throat. "O…OK," he nodded. She got up and he got up after her, following with his head down.

"I sense some pretty bad vibes," Tyler frowned.

"Hope they'll be okay," said Hay Lin. "I mean they were having fun before all this."

"The heart is both strong and fragile," quoted Tyler sagely. "Whatever happens will either strengthened theirs or crush them."

"Thank you, Confucius," said Adrian cynically.

Elyon led Oliver over to a place with almost no people around. She wanted to talk to him about before.

"Oliver," spoke Elyon.

"I'm sorry," he apologized.

"Excuse me?" Elyon blinked.

"I'm sorry about before, for thinking you're weak. You're the Heart of Meridian, so you're very strong, probably stronger than me." Oliver decided to apologize quickly. His father always gave in to his mother once he realised he was wrong.

"Oliver…" Elyon's gaze softened. "Don't apologize for trying to protect me."

"But still…" He stopped when she wrapped her arms around his waist, her chin resting on his shoulder. "Elyon?"

"I'm sorry for snapping at you," she apologized also. His hands went to return her embrace. He liked this contact. She pulled away, "But you need to stop treating me like I'm going to break."

"I can't help it," he said seriously. "I mean after all you've been through, I just can't help it." He confessed, "I really like you, Elyon." He blushed as soon as the words escaped his mouth.

Elyon blushed too. She really did like Oliver and Oliver had told her that he did too, but never this strongly. The tone of his voice was firm and unwavering when he said those words.

She leaned in closer and softly kissed his lips. It was just a small peck but Oliver's lips tingled at the brief contact. His face gained a full blown red blush as he stared at Elyon who smiled sweetly at him. 'My first kiss!'

"Consider that a reward, Agito of the Wind," Elyon said, "My knight in shining armour."

Oliver felt like he was about to faint.

Back at the bookstore, Cedric and Miranda were in human form and tending to their wounds from the battle. Frost sneered, "Heh, you two are pathetic."

"Bite me, Frost!" snapped Miranda with a hiss.

"You've failed too, remember?" reminded Cedric.

"Enough!" a dark voice roared.

The Dark Figure came into their presence, silencing them. He was silent as he took in the forms of his defeated minions. A soft growling noise echoed in his throat as he took in their image.

"The fact remains is that you both lost," he growled. "Ever since I got you out, I have seen failure after failure. Perhaps I should have left you all to rot in those prison cells!"

"No!" Cedric cried, clutching Miranda protectively. "It's just there's so much about the Agito we don't know! If we knew more about them then we might be able to do better!"

"Yes!" Miranda nodded. "Knowledge is power and all that."

The Dark Figure pondered the words his minions had been saying. Knowledge was indeed power. The reason they had fought so well against the Guardians was because they were just as experienced in magic as the Guardians themselves. Agito were beyond what most considered magic. They were life and evolution put in an entity. Of course the magically inclined would struggle with them. The Guardians had struggled with his Otiga until the Agito began to assist them.

"You want knowledge?" the Dark Figure. "You want experience? Then I suppose I can grant that."

"How?" asked Frost.

"The first phase will need an Otiga," the Dark Figure chuckled. "A very…special Otiga."

The carnival still continued, despite the wrecked Hall of Mirrors, and Oliver and Elyon were able to enjoy their date. Elyon wasn't going tell Cornelia about the kiss she'd given Oliver since it would mean endless teasing.

Oliver really couldn't believe he was with a queen right now but then again he couldn't believe he was one of the Warriors of Creation either. He was just a short teenager with bad eyesight and a fondness for art. He then remembered that Elyon grew up in Heatherfield and she'd been a normal kid up until she discovered her true identity.

He had to remember that Elyon was powerful. As the Heart of Meridian, she had the power to match all five Guardians combined, probably even more, and yet he couldn't help but protect her. She was precious to him.

Elyon on the other hand was having the time of the life. With the exception of the attempt on her life before, the night was perfect. Here she was with a boy she liked and the feeling was mutual. Oliver was kind, sweet, talented and not to mention cute. Still he was a bit overprotective of her and she hated feeling helpless. She wasn't weak but she had been captured despite her power so she wasn't invincible. Though her guards protected her because she was the queen and her adopted parents loved her, Elyon just wanted at least one night to be normal. She was a young queen and the job itself was stressful. Also, it was said that she would need to find a suitor, preferably of noble blood, to be her king. In truth, she just wanted to live a carefree teenage life before settling down to marriage. She was only 14 years old. Too young to even think of marriage anyway and she wanted to fall in love.

'And I think I have,' Elyon mused as she glanced at Oliver. She was really starting to fall for the boy. He had so many positive qualities. Oliver too was starting to fall for Elyon as well. She was beautiful, strong, intelligent and kind-hearted. The power she had would intimidate some boys, but not the green Agito.

They finally rejoined their group. It was late and it was time for Elyon to go.

"I really had a great time," Elyon said to Oliver, smiling warmly.

"Same here," Oliver replied shyly, rubbing the back of his head.

"Hey, how about a picture?" suggested Martin who'd come to try his luck at wooing Irma but was once again shot down. He was still a friend but he was not one to give up.

"Sounds good to me," said Hay Lin cheerfully.

"Do we have to…?" Adrian muttered.

"Let's just get it over with," said Tyler.

The group stood together, the girls with their boyfriends, and Ian joined them too, with Taranee between himself and Nigel. Adrian stood to Will's right as Matt took her left, holding her hand. Gerald and Irma weren't official but time would tell. Martin backed away a bit to get them all in frame before taking the picture.

Later that night, Martin was tacking stock of all his film and checking to see if he had room in his books for them or if he needed to buy more. Of course, by going through his photos, he found the pictures of the 'live performance' that had everyone talking for the rest of the night. Martin thought he was so lucky to view something like that. He had been flashing pictures of the whole thing. The effects had been so realistic. He had no idea how they did it, but he certainly wasn't complaining.

"Oh man," he sighed happily. "I'll never forget this for as long as I live."

"That's good," a voice hissed from behind. "Because that won't be for much longer."

"Huh?" Martin blinked before he turned to see what had been speaking to him. His entire view was filled with a glowing purple hand. "AHHHHHHHH!!!"

As the day began anew and school rolled by, Irma joined her friends on their way to class after the morning announcements on the radio.

"Martin has been acting a little weird today," Irma said to Taranee.

"A little weird?" said Taranee sceptically.

"OK, weirder than usual," Irma clarified. "He didn't even try one of his lame pickup lines. He just stayed perfectly quiet the whole time."

"Maybe he's got a sore throat?" suggested Hay Lin.

"Maybe…but it's like he's a whole different person. Anyway, a lot of people are talking about what happened yesterday."

"That can't be good," Taranee frowned.

"And there was a forum on it too," said Irma.

"A web forum, right?" said Hay Lin.

"A lot of geeks spend their time on it and I read a very interesting entry," said Irma. "About something similar that happened in Japan a couple of years back."

Hay Lin and Taranee now seemed really interested. This was news.

"Are you thinking…Agito?" said Taranee.

"Maybe," Irma shrugged. "Who knows? But the Oracle said that there were others before our boys."

"Let's just get to class before we're late," said Hay Lin. "We can talk about this later."

Later, at lunch, the group met at the cafeteria. Miranda and Cedric were also having their lunch together, glaring daggers at the group of Guardians and Agito with their allies and friends. The two shape-shifters weren't going to make a move right now but the heroes were a little wary. Still, the two weren't going to try anything after last night. They still needed to lick their wounds.

"Japan?" Adrian quirked an eyebrow. "Are you serious?"

"As serious as I can be," Irma responded. "It was something about similar incidents in Japan, particularly Tokyo. Something about Unknowns."

"Weird name," said Gerald.

"It was the police's codename for strange unidentified creatures," explained Irma. "Maybe these were the Lords."

"Maybe, but what does it say about an Agito?" asked Ian, interested to know more.

Before Irma could say anything, she saw Uriah and his gang surrounding Martin. "Oh…no…"

"Those bullies again, I see," frowned Tyler.

"Let me at them," Adrian cracked his fists.

Before any of them could act, it was Martin who did something amazing. He grabbed Uriah by the front of his shirt and tossed him across the floor. He then elbowed the second bully in the stomach, causing him to double over. Gripping the back of his shirt, Martin tossed the winded bully into the last man standing. Both of them crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

Everyone in the cafeteria was silent as they watched Martin walk away.

"When did Martin get replaced by a cyborg?" asked Hay Lin incredulously.

"That…can't be Martin," Irma blinked.

"Sure looked like him," Taranee blinked.

"Something's up," Adrian frowned. He was going to get into the bottom of this.

Martin was walking down the hallway. As soon as people saw him they started to whisper, probably about the incident back in the cafeteria. Adrian was following after him, following a hunch he had.

"Yo, Martin," he called. Martin didn't seem to hear him. "Hey, I'm talking to you." Still Martin went on. Adrian jogged up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder. "Hey, M-"

It's happened so quickly but someone Martin had grabbed onto Adrian's hand, bent his body forward and then flipped Adrian over his shoulder before slamming him hard onto the floor. Adrian managed to get a glimpse at Martin's face despite the pain and saw the empty, near lifeless, look in his eyes. Martin then walked away without a word as Adrian pushed himself up into a sitting position. His shoulder aches and both his head and back hurt from the hard impact with the floor. He muttered, "Something is definitely up." He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over to see the boy who became Gills give him a look of concern.

"Hey, you okay?" asked Eric as he gave Adrian a hand and pulled him up.

"A bit sore, but I've had worse," stated Adrian. In his Agito form he'd taken some heavier hits to the body that would be life threatening to normal humans, but Adrian was no normal human.

"You sure you don't need to go to the nurse's office?" inquired Eric. Adrian's eyes were focused on Martin's retreating form. "Adrian?"

"I think we've just got ourselves another Otiga," said Adrian.

"Martin? An Otiga?" Will gasped as she, Matt and Adrian headed towards their next class together. Irma was still doing her DJ gig before the bell for class rang. "Are you serious?"

"Change of personality, how he was able to beat up Uriah and his gang," Adrian began to list.

"How he flipped you onto your back," grinned Matt, amused.

"Oh, you must be loving that," Adrian gave a glare before he continued, "What I'm saying is that the guy making these Otiga has turned Martin. I know he's your friend and all but we still need to…"

"I know," Will agreed. "After school we should follow him and get him alone. Then when he changes you guys can purify him."

"Sounds like a plan," Adrian grinned as he opened the door for Will. "Ladies first."

"Thanks," Will smiled as she entered, followed by Matt and then Adrian went in after them.

The message had been passed onto the rest of the Guardians and Warriors. A small group of them were going to tail Martin while the rest remained hidden to follow from afar. Luckily for them Hay Lin could turn invisible so she could act as backup. Eric too volunteered but with the untamed nature of his power Hay Lin would have to stick close to the boy.

Taranee would maintain communication between the members of WITCH and AGITO. She'd learnt to communicate with the Warriors by practicing with her cousin Ian. Also, Irma was going to part of the group tailing Martin. Hopefully she could stop him since he was so infatuated with him though Adrian and Tyler had their doubts. Gerald kept stating that the 'power of love' was powerful gaining his disbelieving looks from Adrian and Tyler who were both pessimistic and logical, respectively.

The final bell rang and Martin was out of school, making his way to the gate before walking straight home.

The ones making part of the group to tail him would be Irma, Hay Lin, Ian, Eric, Adrian, Tyler and Gerald. Will had herself, Cornelia and Taranee transform into their Guardian forms to follow from the air. Oliver was in his Cyclone Agito form while Matt was Shagon, following from the air as well. Caleb was good at keeping himself hidden so he would follow Martin as well. Tyler would be with Caleb and Ian too.

Cyclone groaned a bit as he touched his head with Cornelia flying next to him. "Hey, you okay?"

"I just have a headache," he told her. The boys of AGITO knew well not to ignore those headaches. That was how they could tell if either an Agito was close by or one of those Otiga.

"Because of Martin?" she inquired.

"Could be," he said as he looked down at the boy. "I just have a sense of foreboding. Do you get those?"

"A little," she shrugged. "So, mind telling me what else happened on your date with Elyon?"

"Now's not the time, Cornelia," reminded Will.

"OK, sorry, but this is boring and I wanted to make conversation and-"

'He's gone!' Taranee's voice suddenly yelled in their heads.

"Taranee," groaned Shagon. "We're right here. You don't have to yell into our heads."

"And what do you mean he's gone?" asked Will.

"I saw him go around the corner but then a roof blocked him from sight and he's just…gone," she told them. She communicated to the others on the ground, 'You see him?'

'No, we lost him,' replied Hay Lin.

Back on the ground they were looking around for Martin who just vanished. "Where did the skinny nerd go?" asked Adrian, gritting his teeth. If Martin was an Otiga, he was going to enjoy beating him up for what he did earlier.

"Hey, only I get to call him that!" snapped Irma angrily.

"As interesting as this conversation is, we have to focus more on where he could be right now!" informed Gerald.

Eric suddenly fell to his knees, clutching his throbbing head. "Eric!" Hay Lin gasped as she helped him up, his arm around her shoulders as she wrapped an arm behind his back. "What's wrong?"

His eyes flashed, "Martin…he's…" he struggled to say, while groaning and clutching his head.

"Martin's what?" she asked.

"He's here!" he shouted.

Suddenly, Adrian was knocked back by an invisible force that sent him tumbling into Gerald. They both fell to the floor with Adrian on top of the Agito of Water.

"Get off me!" Gerald shoved Adrian off and sat up.

"What hit me?" Adrian asked.

"Martin…" Eric growled as 'Martin' came into visibility…in his new form.

This new Otiga was a chameleon-themed beast. It had scaly green skin with a chameleon head. The eyes were bulbous and were moving in all directions. Silver shoulder armor rested on his shoulders while thick ropes were wrapped around his forearms. More ropes were wrapped around his torso while the dull crystal belt of the Otiga was wrapped around his waist. A coiled tail came out of his back while metal boots were on his feet.

"I hate being right all the time," Adrian growled. Getting up, he summoned his belt. "Shadows of Agito…"

"Waters of Agito…"

"Fires of Agito…

"Grounds of Agito…"

"Guardians unite!" Will cried as she held the Heart of Kandrakar up for her remaining friends to transform.

"Transform!" the boys cried.

Eric held his head again in sheer pain. There was no denying what Gills wanted now. Even though Hay Lin was there, she was going to fight along with the others. The beast within wouldn't have any of that. It would not stand back while its mate went to risk her life.

"Curse of Gills," Eric growled as he crossed his arms in front of himself. "Awaken!"

The beast was released. Eric's entire body shifted as his body changed to that of Gills. It was a quick process, allowing Gills to take the reins rather quickly. The red beast quickly took stock of the situation.

One of the dark beings was facing off against his mate and her pack, the male pack, and himself. He now knew that none of them were his enemies, but that didn't mean that he would be denied this battle.