"This is it isn't it?" Tadakono asked standing next to Lack, Syao and Chibi. "Fight Club will become active again?"
"We hope so..." Chibi replied as Lack stepped up to the locked doors of the Headquarters. "Everyone's been doubting our return." Lack gently removed his shirt to reveal the Fight Club logo tattooed onto his left arm. Waving it once across the front of the doors, he activated them to open slowly. The ground shook as the doors dragged themselves open. Syao held onto Tadakono's shoulder for balance.
"Is this even wise to do?" Syao yelled over the noise. "It feels like the whole wall is going to cave in!"
"It won't," Lack replied calmly. He stood his ground near the doors. "It's like us. It won't crumble under the strain of being awoken."
The doors gave way to a courtyard filled with roses and violets. Chibi ran past Lack giggling. "They're still alive!" she cried. "All the flowers that were put here are still alive."
Lack touched her shoulder then pointed upwards. "Of course they'd be alive. They aren't inside the main building are they?" Chibi made a face at him and together the four of them walked up to the main building. Behind them the doors closed again slowly with a lot less shaking than before.
~~~
Deep within the ground, a meeting had begun. The Paladins of Midgard. Each seeking to take back what they believed should be theirs. Contra sat at the head of the long table and watched his companions. Each one had their strengths with Sacrifice Ritual and all have strong Healing capabilities. But he wondered how many he could trust at this time of need.
Fight Club had reawoken and many other guilds were surging against them. 'To wipe out the Paladin class forever...' That he believed. He also feared the wrath of Midgard's hidden gods. The ones who took away people for seemingly no apparent reason.
"Must kill them too," he murmured to himself. "No one takes me. For any reason."
~~~
A meeting of another sort, and with a less serious tone, was also taking place. Fight Club members filled the halls of the previously locked Headquarters, partying and moving back into their old room. Phenomenon backed into brighteyes and both sprawled onto the floor.
Phenomenon laughed. "Haven't seen you around before," he said. "New member?"
"Yes you could say that," brighteyes replied. Her eyes twinkling just like her name implied. "Didn't know Fight Club could get so lively!"
"It's been a long while since we've been all back together," he said reaching up to grab 2 drinks from a passing maid. Handing one to brighteyes he added "Even Chibi is back from her brief stay in Velvet Touch of Enishi."
"That's good then isn't it?" brighteyes replied looking into her drink. "Everyone being back i mean."
"Yeah," Phenomenon replied. Looking up at the shadow that was now leaning over them.
"You two tired already?" Lack asked surprised. "I thought you'd have a lot more energy than this! The party's only just started!" Without waiting for a response, he disappeared into he crowd looking for Siel.
A silence began to spread from the near the entrance of the main hall. Lack, who had found Siel, looked up wondering what was going on. Chibi ran to his side with her pouch bouncing on her belt. She was carrying both Lack's and Siel's Mjolnir's.
"What's going on?" he asked her taking his mjolnir and holding it firmly in his hand. "Something happen?"
"Three of the Hidden Gods are here," she said out of breath. "I don't know what they want but it might be to take someone away."
"Over my dead body," growled Lack and he began to stalk off to the entrance with Siel and Chibi running after him. Phenomenon and brighteyes got up off the ground when they saw Lack stalk past.
At the entrance to the main hall, Shadow shook herself. "It's so wet out there! How's your feathers BlackRose?" BlackRose flapped her black feathered wings once and drops flew everywhere.
"Glad we have bat wings," muttered Balos as he got showered with drops. "The rain just rolls off." Looking up he noticed Lack coming towards them and added "Looks like we've irritated Lack."
"Looks like..." replied Shadow. The three watched as Lack stalked up to them.
"You've come to take one of my guild members away?" Lack asked his calm touched slightly with anger. "None have done anything to warrant being taken."
"Actually," BlackRose said softly straightening some of her feathers that had gone awry. "We've come to take you in fact. We need to ask you a few questions..."
Lack didn't like the sound of that and asked more pressingly "What sort of questions?"
Shadow placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't you worry pumpkin. We'll bring you back in one piece. We just need to ask you something."
And without further ado the three Mediators grabbed a hold of Lack and flew off out the front door with Lack struggled against their grip. Siel and brighteyes ran to the door and yelled at them to bring him back.
Chibi stood watching. Deep in thought about what just happened she didn't notice Phenomenon poke her in the side. Lightly at first when a bit harder. "Huh?" she asked a little dazed. "What's wrong?"
"Syao and Tadakono want to talk to you," Phenomenon said pointing to them. Chibi smiled and walked towards Syao and Tadakono still deep in thought.
~~~
"Let me go!" Lack growled. BlackRose gave him a little smile and replied "Soon..."
"After you answer our questions," added Balos. They flew to a castle in the clouds that Lack had never seen before. Standing there were two other hidden gods. Kashy stood there with a presence that radiated power and Novus' white feathery wings reflected light blindingly. The four set down and Kashy immediately opened his hand. Golden coils snaked around Lack and bound him more tightly than the three Mediators had done.
"What do you want?" Lack growled now sitting on the ground. The five arranged themselves in a half ring in front of him. "Why am i here?"
"We need answers on a certain individual that we know you've come into contact with on numerous occasions," Novus began. "It is clear that he plans to attempt to kill us."
Lack looks slightly stunned. "Aren't you immortal? And what individual are we talking about?"
"The lazy asses you call 'Gods' created us to do their work," replied Kashy. "We're only mortal with extremely strong life forces. And the individual in question is Contra."
"You're joking," Lack said with a short laugh. "People fear you and yet you're mortal?!" He blinked and registered the name Kashy had said "I've fought Contra many times. He always is bringing harm to my guild members. What has he done to upset you and why can't you just take him away like you do to other people?"
"Perhaps," BlackRose spoke up again softly. Kashy and Novus turned their heads to look at her surprised. She rarely spoke or said anything to anyone. Giving a small smile she continued "Perhaps we should unbind him? He isn't hostile. And it might help to explain to him in detail. He is one of the High Seat's after all."
Kashy shrugged and released Lack from his bindings. Lack sat there rubbing his arms to get feeling back into them. "So what's this about?" Lack asked again.
"Contra has taken Palidor," Balos said quietly. "Palidor was sent to take Contra to the holding cells but instead Contra somehow captured Palidor. When he didn't return here we went in search. It was Shadow who found him somehow bound and powerless in a cell deep within the Paladin Meeting House. She wasn't able to get him out because he would die if she moved him by shadows without his power."
Lack looks visibly stunned. "How was Contra able to bind Palidor's power? I didn't know he could do that."
"Neither did we," replied Shadow stretching her bat wings back. "Which is why we have brought you here to ask you about him."
"Syao, Tadakono and Chibi would also know about Contra though i suppose you thought i knew more than them about him," Lack said sitting relaxed. BlackRose and Shadow nodded. "Well i guess that's true since Chibi tells me almost everything that happens to her. Syao and Tadakono are also one who leave messages for me on the message board in our meeting room."
"There's nothing you can tell us at all that might help us find out how he was able to bind Palidor?" Novus asked. Lack shook his head "I know as much about Contra as you do now."
They all stood and they shook hands with Lack thanking him for his time. BlackRose wrapped her arms around him to fly him back to the Headquarters.
~~~
At the Headquarters, Siel sat on the steps outside waiting for Lack to return. Chibi, Syao, Phenomenon and Tadakono stood just inside watching her carefully worried about her.
"She's been sitting there for such a long time now," Tadakono said worriedly. "She hasn't come in to eat or anything."
A gust of wind blew in through the door and BlackRose appeared with Lack. Siel ran and began to attempt to angrily Holy Light her. "I do not wish to kill you," BlackRose said softly and cast Stone Curse on Siel to immobilize her. Turning to Lack, she added "Please let us know if you find out more." Closing her hand a second, a light shone brightly around it. Opening her hand she revealed a small medallion in the shape of the Fight Club symbol. "Wear this always. It will call us to you if you ever have more information. Use it wisely." Flapping her wings, she flew off into the darkness.
Lack tapped Siel and broke the Stone Curse. Siel looked at him puzzled. "You're not hurt are you?" She said probing him with her magic to see if he was hurt in any way.
"None..." Looking up he saw Chibi, Phenomenon, Syao and Tadakono watching from the door. "Let's go inside," he added as he carefully put the medallion around his neck. Siel followed him and waited when he paused to talk to the four. "I need to speak to you later tonight about what just happened." Tadakono nodded and they closed the doors. Inside the party began to heat up again with Lack's arrival and assurances that he wasn't harmed.
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