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"Sora, Shining Force cannot be imitated." Delaine said, her eyes still on Edge, bringing up her Shining Force before her. "There's something wrong. What more, I'm not sure if it is wise to go up there. We don't want to reveal that both Heritors are in this location..." Her voice trailed off and she suddenly ran passed Klaudnir, one arm before her as she made her way towards Edge, her footsteps echoing in the sewer. Positioning her blade for a jab she pulled her sword arm back, aiming so strike Edge in the shoulder. "Prove to me that you really are Edge." She challenged, not seeing the boy who was her friend in the individual before her.

Klaudnir growled as he continued his chanting, his axe glowing with the power of Murgoth. The vibrations that reverberated from it were become audible.

He swung his ax down into the stone and the earth seemed to pull itself into Klaudnir, the rock and masonry grew onto his body from the entry point of the ax. Then in a split second later, his entire form disappeared into the stone.

Everything was silent from the dwarf until the a section of the sewer walls broke free and began chipping apart and sending a torrent of shards in the direction of the would-be Edge.

Delaine gasped as she was disarmed of her Shining Force, now completely open. Klaudnir's spell gave her time to move, but she could not grasp the situation before Edge was before her, threatening to strike her with his blade, her body freezing on the spot. At that moment she felt something warm go down the side of her neck, knowing that blood from a cut was flowing in a small rivulet down her skin. "Edge..." Seeing his face Delaine swore she saw him, the boy she had spent years with. Breaking out of her miniature trance she saw him go after Sora. "No!" Bringing her hand up a spell was summoned on her fingertips. "Kuro Shorai!" Directing the dark red characters in Edge's direction the mass wrapped around his body in midair, wrapping around him as a rope does to constrict him. Suddenly Delaine felt a jolt of pain go through her arm as she held it up, maintaining the spell in its current state. "Stop this..." She pleaded, her head bowed as she panted, bearing the pain as the blood continued to flow and sweat came down her brow. "It has to be you...you...You can't be a fake..."

As he fell to the ground Delaine made her way to Edge determined to see if he really wasn't a fake. Seeing him glare back at her fanned the anger she had toward him that she had suppressed since La Vaes entered the Geo-Fortress, her eyes now displaying her true feelings. "And you dare to glare at me?!" She said, giving him a kick in the stomach. "First you allow La Vaes to approach you, even when you are aware of who you are, and get yourself kidnapped. Then, after going through all of the trouble of coming after you, you attack us. And now you even have the nerve to give me that look?!!" Delaine kicked him again, anger and sorrow in her eyes, tears brimming and threatening to overflow. "Answer me, d**n you!" Almost yelling now she gave him another kick she clenched her hands, gritting her teeth since she had never been so angry at him in her entire life, her voice echoing in the sewers. Her emotions then seemed to rage within her, her heart aching with every beat as her knuckles became white with the way she held them.

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Klaudnir's stunted form stepped out from the stone walls once again, leaving the cool embrace of the rock and masonry. He stood before the entangled impostor giving him a sharp kick in the side.

"Ye're not Edge. I know it ta be a fact. Ye stated the name o' the La Vaes harlot 'erself, the lad was charmed, not brought in willingly, he knew not the harpy's true name. So, if ye're not the lad, who might ye be truly? Answer me truthfully, or me steel boot'll be becomin' far more familiar with less forgiving parts o' yer body than yer sides."

Delaine gasped as her spell on Edge broke, another sudden jolt of pain wracking her body, coming from her shoulder. "Augh!" She fell to her knees, an outcry of pain escaping her lips as she landed on the sewer floor. At this Zhirra appeared from behind Delaine's opposite shoulder. "Ah, now you have done it. Let me take a look at it." The small creature then moved to observe the girl's other side. Zhirra pushed the shoulder slightly, causing Delaine to wince in pain. "Dislocated, lucky girl." The creature proclaimed her diagnosis, but the girl merely bit her lip, looking to the boy on the ground not far away. "Go...look at him." She told Zhirra. "It has to be Edge...it has to be...!" She said for everyone to hear. Listening to Delaine's request Zhirra made her way to Edge, lightly pushing him in the shoulder to see if he was still conscious or not.

...where...am I? ...what happened to that kid?...why...does it hurt?.. Kirak slowly opened his eyes, the sight of the lab was distorted by the liquid he was in..who was out there...a woman?

Sei looked up when monitor spiked a bit, "Oh...so you're awake? Hn, I still have a few tests, so be a good boy and stay still.." she looked back at the monitor and continued to type the program.

Kirak glared at the woman, the La Vaes...a sort of dark mist fromed and filled the pod he was in and soon enough was pushing the pod to it's limit.

Sei moved away as the panel sprayed volts and broke "What are you doing?" her staff formed in her hand and started a spell, but stopped when electricity shot across the pod, treating to explode.. She growled and ran out of the room, sealing the door behind her. "You two guards, put up a barrier now!" the two guards did as commanded.

The pod's explosion caused a chain reaction with the 8 other pods in the room, making the blast seem more like a volcano erupted, the flames shot a few miles into the sky. A strange object shot out of the smoke...like a living shadow with a slight likeness of a bird as it moved quickly through the sky away from the Crimson Palace, eventually crashing in Deephollow.
The shadow seemed to be protecting Kirak as the boy floated unconscious within the strange 'creature'.

Delaine looked up at the sewer ceiling, cussing under breath while acknowledging Sora's words. She would rather return to the Geo-Fortress at this moment, to tend to her wounds. However, she couldn't bear the idea of leaving the people of Deephallow to face whatever was above alone, something of great power. "I would bind him in either case, he deserves it." Delaine muttered while searching around her pack for some rope. Placing one knee of the floor she offered one end of the material to Sora. "Can you help me? I can only use one hand for now." Delaine stated while ignoring the pulsing pain from her dislocated shoulder.