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“Ha!!” Kiaran blocks a kick with the side of his arm as he attempts to counter with a left jab. “Why! Won’t! You! Just! Leave! Me! Alone!?”

Isura skillfully avoids and parries Kiaran’s counterassault, each punch glancing harmlessly off his forearms or open palm. “You just don’t get it, do you?” Isura tries to sweep Ki’s legs out from under him.

Ki jumps and flips over Isura, quickly locking the lizard into a full nelson. “Yeah I do. I just so happened to date your ex-girlfriend but you just won’t admit that she doesn’t like you anymore!”

Isura breaks the hold and the two dreamkeepers go hand to hand again. Meanwhile, Jacov and Hanoi deal with the last remaining troopers, quickly dispatching them with skillful usage of blunt force and knife stabs.

“Hah… Hah… Ja… Jacov…” Hanoi gasps as the last trooper falls.

“Ja…?” Jacov looks at his friend. “Should ve help Kiaran?”

“P-Probably…” Hanoi replies.

But as the two dreamkeepers make their way to help the dragon, they suddenly start sinking into the dirt at their feet.

“What!?” Hanoi quickly tries to clamber out of the quicksand, but it seemingly reaches up to continue pulling him in.

Jacov falls to a similar effect. “Vhat the hell!? Earth does not simply svallow Jacov!!” The bear roars as he struggles to clamber out of the trap.

At that moment, just as suddenly as they had started to sink, they both stop at shoulder depth. Looking around, both of them notice a leopard in a neat suit walk past, his earthy gold halo glowing calmly. “Boys, boys… Settle down… This matter is none of your concern…” The leopard walks toward the fighting Isura and Kiaran. “This is a personal affair…”

Isura quickly notices Sethos and leaps back, smirking dangerously at Kiaran. “Have a nice trip, Reaper!”

Kiaran starts to follow, but two rocks nearby quickly fly into his body. The resulting force sends him sprawling to the side. “Ugh… Who…?”

Sethos bends over and grabs Ki by the throat, muscles tightening through the suit coat as he lifts the dragon into the air. “Why hello, Kiaran. I believe we haven’t met.” Sethos easily throws Kiaran into a nearby wall and walks over to the blue dreamkeeper. “My name is Sethos. Sethos Vorey. And I believe you’ve been forcing my daughter to be your sex slave?”

Ki spits out blood to the side. “No. She and I have been dating by choice si— Oof!!” Ki doubles over as Sethos swiftly kicks him in the stomach.

“Do not lie to your elders, boy!” The leopard grabs Ki’s snout and forces him to look up. “Did you. Have sex with. Ran?”

Kiaran says nothing as he tries to buy himself some time. He glances quickly at the setting sun. “One more minute…” He thinks to himself. “Just one more minute…”

“Answer me, child!!” Sethos picks Ki up again and throws him against the wall. “Did you fuck my daughter!?”

Isura looks onward as he watches Kiaran get mangled. “Hehehe… Stupid little bastard… Just wait… You’re gonna— Wait…” He quickly glances at the sun, which disappears under the horizon. “MR. VOREY!! HIS POWERS!!”

Sethos looks angrily at the lizard. “WHAT!?”

“Powers bitch.” Kiaran quickly phases out of Sethos’ grip. “Jacov, Hanoi! Hands!!” He runs toward his friends, his body quickly becoming a silhouette.

“Isura!! Stop him!!” Sethos says as he turns to run after his prey.

The assassin quickly pulls out his revolver and fires several rounds at Ki, all of which phase right through without harming him. “It’s too late!”

Sethos runs after Kiaran, but he watches as the shadow enshrouded dragon disappears into the dark ground. “Wait…” As Ki disappears, he notices two shimmering lines in the shadow. “Isura…”

The lizard quickly appears next to Sethos. “Sir?”

“Did that boy have any operations?” Sethos asks, stroking his chin.

Isura thinks for a moment. “I believe Ran mentioned once to me that he had two biorods implanted in his spine for scoliosis, sir… He requested them to be organic…”

“Hmm…” Sethos smiles slowly. “I have a job for you, Isura… Then we will talk about your reward…”

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Later that afternoon, Ran, Aaron and the twins arrive at the scene of the fight earlier that day. Aaron quickly moves to examine some of the debris with Klara close behind as Ran and Marx sit on some intact crates to figure out where Kiaran went.

“Okay… Marx, if you must address me, call me the Artist…” Ran says, her helmet distorting her voice into a lower tone.

Marx nods and opens his datascroll. “Hmm… Right now, the troopers have patrols in standard positions all around the city. They also have squads in the Eridu Delta, Dune Sea, and the forest…”

Aaron walks over, Klara trying to climb onto his back. “Okay, fools. I have good news and I have bad—God damnit, child get the hell off of me!” Aaron pulls Klara off himself and sets her roughly on a crate. “Now then… I—”

“WAHHH!!!” Klara starts bawling her eyes out, interrupting the dragon midsentence. “MR. AARON’S A BIG FAT MEANIE!!!”

Ran quickly stands as Marx moves to comfort his sister. “Aaron? Come over here for a second…”

The dragon flicks his tail and backs away as the cat slowly advances, electricity dripping from the gold lines on her skin tight uniform. “Umm… I might know where… Kiaran might be?”

Ran swiftly lands a kick in Aaron’s sweet spot and watches him through her helmet as he crumples to the ground. “Good. Start talking.”

Aaron curls up into a ball and looks up weakly. “Betchot… Ka” He squeaks.

Ran kicks Aaron again and smiles under her helmet as he squeaks in a slightly higher pitch. “Where, Aaron. Where is your idiot brother?”

“He’s… Most likely… On Kittim… Because… There are no… Patrols there…” He gasps.

“Good.” Ran walks back to the twins and she kneels next to Klara, taking her helmet off as she does so. “Klara? Are you alright, honey?”

Klara, her head in her hands, shakes her head as her shoulders heave gently.

Ran sighs and rubs the fox’s back. “We know where Mr. Kiaran is, honey…” Ran whistles and Alerio, along with Xi, suddenly appear from a nearby alleyway. “We’re gonna go see if we can find him.”

Klara looks up, her eyes red and puffy from crying. “Really? I wanna find Mr. Kiaran…”

“I know, honey… But first, we gotta send him a little note…” Ran quickly pulls out a piece of paper and a pencil. She quickly scribbles a short note and she ties it to Alerio’s back with a piece of twine. “Go, Al. Find Ki on Kittim, okay?”

Alerio growls and stays put. “Grr…”

Xi glares at the dark-air ryuu neko and shocks him with some built up static, smirking as Al shoots into the sky meowing angrily. “Murr!”

Klara, Marx, and Ran laugh as Alerio circles a few times angrily before flying off toward the ocean. “Okay, guys. Are you hungry?” Ran asks.

“Yeah!!” the twins say simultaneously.

“Alright.” Ran stands and puts on her helmet. “Let’s head back to my apartment and get some food.”

The three dreamkeepers walk off toward Talocan and Aaron struggles to stand. “H-Hey… Wait f-for me…” the dragon follows the trio, holding his groin gingerly. “Oww… Oww… Oww…”

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“Ha!!” Kiaran blocks a kick with the side of his arm as he attempts to counter with a left jab. “Why! Won’t! You! Just! Leave! Me! Alone!?”

Isura skillfully avoids and parries Kiaran’s counterassault, each punch glancing harmlessly off his forearms or open palm. “You just don’t get it, do you?” Isura tries to sweep Ki’s legs out from under him.

Ki jumps and flips over Isura, quickly locking the lizard into a full nelson. “Yeah I do. I just so happened to date your ex-girlfriend but you just won’t admit that she doesn’t like you anymore!”

Isura breaks the hold and the two dreamkeepers go hand to hand again. Meanwhile, Jacov and Hanoi deal with the last remaining troopers, quickly dispatching them with skillful usage of blunt force and knife stabs.

“Hah… Hah… Ja… Jacov…” Hanoi gasps as the last trooper falls.

“Ja…?” Jacov looks at his friend. “Should ve help Kiaran?”

“P-Probably…” Hanoi replies.

But as the two dreamkeepers make their way to help the dragon, they suddenly start sinking into the dirt at their feet.

“What!?” Hanoi quickly tries to clamber out of the quicksand, but it seemingly reaches up to continue pulling him in.

Jacov falls to a similar effect. “Vhat the hell!? Earth does not simply svallow Jacov!!” The bear roars as he struggles to clamber out of the trap.

At that moment, just as suddenly as they had started to sink, they both stop at shoulder depth. Looking around, both of them notice a leopard in a neat suit walk past, his earthy gold halo glowing calmly. “Boys, boys… Settle down… This matter is none of your concern…” The leopard walks toward the fighting Isura and Kiaran. “This is a personal affair…”

Isura quickly notices Sethos and leaps back, smirking dangerously at Kiaran. “Have a nice trip, Reaper!”

Kiaran starts to follow, but two rocks nearby quickly fly into his body. The resulting force sends him sprawling to the side. “Ugh… Who…?”

Sethos bends over and grabs Ki by the throat, muscles tightening through the suit coat as he lifts the dragon into the air. “Why hello, Kiaran. I believe we haven’t met.” Sethos easily throws Kiaran into a nearby wall and walks over to the blue dreamkeeper. “My name is Sethos. Sethos Vorey. And I believe you’ve been forcing my daughter to be your sex slave?”

Ki spits out blood to the side. “No. She and I have been dating by choice si— Oof!!” Ki doubles over as Sethos swiftly kicks him in the stomach.

“Do not lie to your elders, boy!” The leopard grabs Ki’s snout and forces him to look up. “Did you. Have sex with. Ran?”

Kiaran says nothing as he tries to buy himself some time. He glances quickly at the setting sun. “One more minute…” He thinks to himself. “Just one more minute…”

“Answer me, child!!” Sethos picks Ki up again and throws him against the wall. “Did you fuck my daughter!?”

Isura looks onward as he watches Kiaran get mangled. “Hehehe… Stupid little bastard… Just wait… You’re gonna— Wait…” He quickly glances at the sun, which disappears under the horizon. “MR. VOREY!! HIS POWERS!!”

Sethos looks angrily at the lizard. “WHAT!?”

“Powers bitch.” Kiaran quickly phases out of Sethos’ grip. “Jacov, Hanoi! Hands!!” He runs toward his friends, his body quickly becoming a silhouette.

“Isura!! Stop him!!” Sethos says as he turns to run after his prey.

The assassin quickly pulls out his revolver and fires several rounds at Ki, all of which phase right through without harming him. “It’s too late!”

Sethos runs after Kiaran, but he watches as the shadow enshrouded dragon disappears into the dark ground. “Wait…” As Ki disappears, he notices two shimmering lines in the shadow. “Isura…”

The lizard quickly appears next to Sethos. “Sir?”

“Did that boy have any operations?” Sethos asks, stroking his chin.

Isura thinks for a moment. “I believe Ran mentioned once to me that he had two biorods implanted in his spine for scoliosis, sir… He requested them to be organic…”

“Hmm…” Sethos smiles slowly. “I have a job for you, Isura… Then we will talk about your reward…”

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Later that afternoon, Ran, Aaron and the twins arrive at the scene of the fight earlier that day. Aaron quickly moves to examine some of the debris with Klara close behind as Ran and Marx sit on some intact crates to figure out where Kiaran went.

“Okay… Marx, if you must address me, call me the Artist…” Ran says, her helmet distorting her voice into a lower tone.

Marx nods and opens his datascroll. “Hmm… Right now, the troopers have patrols in standard positions all around the city. They also have squads in the Eridu Delta, Dune Sea, and the forest…”

Aaron walks over, Klara trying to climb onto his back. “Okay, fools. I have good news and I have bad—God damnit, child get the hell off of me!” Aaron pulls Klara off himself and sets her roughly on a crate. “Now then… I—”

“WAHHH!!!” Klara starts bawling her eyes out, interrupting the dragon midsentence. “MR. AARON’S A BIG FAT MEANIE!!!”

Ran quickly stands as Marx moves to comfort his sister. “Aaron? Come over here for a second…”

The dragon flicks his tail and backs away as the cat slowly advances, electricity dripping from the gold lines on her skin tight uniform. “Umm… I might know where… Kiaran might be?”

Ran swiftly lands a kick in Aaron’s sweet spot and watches him through her helmet as he crumples to the ground. “Good. Start talking.”

Aaron curls up into a ball and looks up weakly. “Betchot… Ka” He squeaks.

Ran kicks Aaron again and smiles under her helmet as he squeaks in a slightly higher pitch. “Where, Aaron. Where is your idiot brother?”

“He’s… Most likely… On Kittim… Because… There are no… Patrols there…” He gasps.

“Good.” Ran walks back to the twins and she kneels next to Klara, taking her helmet off as she does so. “Klara? Are you alright, honey?”

Klara, her head in her hands, shakes her head as her shoulders heave gently.

Ran sighs and rubs the fox’s back. “We know where Mr. Kiaran is, honey…” Ran whistles and Alerio, along with Xi, suddenly appear from a nearby alleyway. “We’re gonna go see if we can find him.”

Klara looks up, her eyes red and puffy from crying. “Really? I wanna find Mr. Kiaran…”

“I know, honey… But first, we gotta send him a little note…” Ran quickly pulls out a piece of paper and a pencil. She quickly scribbles a short note and she ties it to Alerio’s back with a piece of twine. “Go, Al. Find Ki on Kittim, okay?”

Alerio growls and stays put. “Grr…”

Xi glares at the dark-air ryuu neko and shocks him with some built up static, smirking as Al shoots into the sky meowing angrily. “Murr!”

Klara, Marx, and Ran laugh as Alerio circles a few times angrily before flying off toward the ocean. “Okay, guys. Are you hungry?” Ran asks.

“Yeah!!” the twins say simultaneously.

“Alright.” Ran stands and puts on her helmet. “Let’s head back to my apartment and get some food.”

The three dreamkeepers walk off toward Talocan and Aaron struggles to stand. “H-Hey… Wait f-for me…” the dragon follows the trio, holding his groin gingerly. “Oww… Oww… Oww…”