(My first Legend of Dragoon Fic. Hope you enjoy. Reviews are always welcome.)

Disclaimer: Legend of Dragoon is copyrighted to Sony. I only claim the original idea and some of the dialogue to be from my own mind. No copyright infringment is intended.

The Chamber of the Sun in the Twin Towers of Fletz was alive with the sounds of swords striking and the elements coursing as the fight waged on inside of it. Albert had gotten only a couple of strikes on the impersonating Emille, now revealed to be Lenus, before she'd knocked him clear of the fray. Had he not transformed into the Jade Dragoon before hand, he would have been thrown straight against one of the tables along the back of the room.

Clutching his glaive tightly, he turned back to the assault. Meru jumped in to the fray, swinging her hammer. Her garnet eyes appeared deadly, a look that Albert would never have believed Meru to be capable of having. It was true that he didn't know her well; she was still rather foreign to them all. With her steps as graceful as a dancer, she twirled across the floor toward Lenus and swung her mallet at the woman's head. With a quick spark of light, Lenus struck. Meru soared through the air toward him, screaming.

Swooping in low, Albert caught her. She looked up at him and her eternal smile blossomed. "Thanks, Al!" she chirped.

"Anytime." he answered, setting her down on the ground.

Readying his weapon, Albert waited until Kongol had finished swiping at the woman with his large ax before he made his frontal assault. His wings beating furiously, he plunged in. His green armor was warm and light, and the glaive in his hands weighed nearly nothing. His first stab struck true to its mark, knocking Lenus back a few steps. He rose his weapon and continued barraging her. He struck her left shoulder, stabbed at her chest armor, and swung at her legs.

Falling into the stairs that led up toward the throne, Lenus growled and hopped to her feet. Two blades materialized as she moved her arm up. Flicking her wrist, one flew toward him. Distracted, he rose the glaive to block it. It flew by him instead and only then did he realize that the other blade had circled around him. All of a sudden, his armor at his back clanged loudly. He fell forward with a grunt.

"Rose!" Meru yelled.

Springing back into the air, Albert turned to the dark armored-vixen. Rose was changing out of her dragoon form but had failed to notice that the other blade was circling for her. Pushing himself, he dove toward her. His intention had been to scoop her up and carry her out of harms way. The blade however was quicker than he'd anticipated. It slammed into the armor on his right arm. The scream of metal striking metal echoed off of the rafters of the room. The force of the hit was tremendous. He collided with Rose and both toppled to the ground. His head slammed into the rug, the red tinge bleeding out his entire vision. Pain ebbed in his arm and the glaive clattered to the side, rolling to a stop in front of Haschel. In a green burst of light, his dragoon armor vanished.

"Albert!" Shana was calling.

"Rose!" he heard Dart cry. Lifting his head, he watched the red armored man run toward Lenus, his face a canvas of unbridled fury. Raising his heat blade high into the air, he cut down Lenus with a strong slash across her midsection.

She jumped back to the window that she'd originally tried to escape from, still clutching the Moon Dagger tightly.

"You are not bad, I guess." she decided.

"Give us the Moon Dagger!" Dart ordered, readying his sword for another strike. "Don't waste your time on this meaningless battle."

Albert looked to his right and noticed that Haschel had picked up his glaive and was holding it as a prop for the king to get up. "Besides, Gehrich is already dead." Haschel spoke solemnly.

"Gehrich?" Lenus snorted. "I didn't care about the man from the beginning! I told ya, I need the Moon Dagger for my love."

"Admit your defeat!" barked Dart, taking a step toward her. "There is no way to escape!"

"No way to escape, huh?" she raised an eyebrow. She suddenly turned toward Meru, standing toward the back of the group. "Hey you over there! What do you think of that?"

Meru said nothing. Albert noticed her smile drop. Something in her eyes seemed cold suddenly.

"Whatever!" Lenus shouted. "See for yourself! Is there no way to escape?" Leaping up onto the railing that overlooked the azure ocean, she didn't even take a breath before jumping over the edge.

Dart sprang forward with Haschel and Shana at his heels.

Seconds later, Lenus floated up into the air, wings like silver jets at her back, lifting her light body between the sky and earth. "Bye now!" she called, before rocketing away.

"Wait!!" Dart hollered. She only kept going.

"She is a…wingly?" Albert finally spoke. He felt great hands wrap around his arms and in moments he was hoisted to his feet. Turning, he nodded to Kongol. "Thank you."

"Is human king hurt?" he asked, cocking his head to one side.

"I don't think so." His back was a little sore as was his left arm. But it was nothing to worry about.

"The…species…that dominated the bygone world… she's a survivor."

Albert turned to look at Rose, who was pulling herself up off of the floor. She held one arm close to her. Apparently, she'd caught sight of Lenus's wings too.

"Are you alright?" Haschel asked, moving over to her.

She stood tall and cradled her arm close to her. "I do not think it is cause for concern. Merely a sprain. It will heal." She turned to Albert and nodded her head. "Thank you."

Something inside of Albert opened up, like a flower embracing the sun as it slid over its petals and warmed its center. He nodded. "You are welcome." He felt his gaze passing over her injured hand. It was the palest shade of flesh he had seen on anyone in a long time. It was also perfectly smooth, uncorrupted. Then, he realized that he was staring. He moved his eyes over to Haschel who was raising an eyebrow at him. Had he noticed? Would he say something?

"Are you sure that you're alright?" the older man asked. "You did hit your head pretty--"

"I'm feeling fine." Albert interrupted, trying to smile. Somehow, it felt more like a grimace though.

Dart was facing the window staring off in the direction that Lenus had disappeared. He turned to look at Rose, his face drawn. "Will you be able to fight?"

She picked up her rapier with her left hand and twirled it through her fingers expertly. "There are times when it pays to be ambidextrous."

He nodded. "We must pursue her."

"Indeed." Rose said, sheathing her sword. "The question remains where we should attempt to search for her."

"Perhaps King Zior has some idea of where she might be headed." Albert suggested, turning to the doors outside the room. He knew that the king and his daughters, Princess Emille and Princess Lisa were all waiting outside with anticipation.

"It's worth a shot." Dart answered.

The gang began to depart. Albert turned his attention to Meru who was still staring at the spot where Lenus had jumped from. "Are you alright?"

"Huh? What?" she looked at him. Her perky grin returned to her face. "Of course I'm alright, silly! Come on! We've got to find out where she went!" She ran toward the door, leaving Albert alone in the center of the Chamber of the Sun.