The Arks 36 No, You!

"Z! I've gotta give Mav a hand up there," said Raiyen, launching himself towards the skies.

Baldwin sighed as he prepared to aid Z in terms of protecting the townsfolk. Ysabeau dived down and joined the rest as the Time Boy reached Mavislin and the infamous Old Man Pond. Ysabeau took the brief recovery to give a hug towards her husband. And the time to forewarn them.

"Get the humans away from here. I can't guarantee the death toll of the battle above us if this goes on. Old Man Pond is waking them up soon," instructed Ysabeau, eyes glaring at the rest of the group.

Baldwin nodded as he prepared to move the whole crowd. A young girl made a beeline towards Ysabeau as the humans started moving towards the mountainous area.

"Yes, what is it?"

"The skies seem upset today. Why is that so?" inquired the little girl.

Ysabeau gently bent down to tousle the young human's hair.

"Because two people are fighting, so that's why the skies are upset," replied Ysabeau, trying her best to force a smile.

The little girl pouted and pointed towards the direction of the duel above.

"When I'm troubled, Mama hums me a song. Shall I sing a song for the skies?" asked the little girl, looking at Ysabeau.

The loving woman bit her lip, knowing the outcome may be grim. With a deep breath, she smiled.

"Sure, you can sing a song for the skies," replied Ysabeau, gingerly picking the young girl up.

The song that the young girl would perform would be an ode in a tragedy. One could scarcely hope that the partners in crime would be enough to stop Old Man Pond.

"A Conversion of Elements? Admirably, you undoubtedly contain an abundance of tricks in your a.r.s.enal, Valkyrie," said Old Man Pond, preparing to unleash another Poison attack.

As the man unleashed his twin pets, a familiar trick of the light indicated someone else had joined in the arena.

"One pest after another, this is getting ridiculous," growled Poisoned Pond, coming into contact with Raiyen's shining daggers.

"Same goes for your plan of reviving the Husks," retorted the Time Boy, increasing the pressure of his slashes.

The two could not match up to Ysabeau and Gillian's fight earlier but it was still difficult to catch on. With a frustrated huff, the Poisoned Pond gave out a shock wave of Poison, sending the Time Mage flying back.

"Whoa there, buddy," said Mavislin, gripping the boy in time.

"Thanks. So, what's the plan now?" asked Raiyen, standing upright once more.

The two laid eyes on the Poison being before them. The change in Mavislin's Aura was enough to ordain what spell she was going for.

"It's still relatively unstable, but I think I should be skilled enough to pull it off. It's only enough to subdue him, not enough to obliterate him," explained Mavislin, gripping tightly onto the back of her shield.

Streams of golden light were now being converted into Dark Elemental Energy.

"I'll keep this Poisoned Pond company while you charge that spell up," said Raiyen, brandishing his daggers.

"Sounds like a plan," replied Mavislin.

A whole slew of Elemental Energy rushed through her veins as she tried merging the shield with an Alter Spell. Simultaneously, the Time boy was glitching through the air, slashing at the Old Commander randomly.

"d.a.m.n you... I swear after I've cut off that annoying glitch of yours, I'm going to slaughter you!" roared the Old Commander, hurling a ball of Poison towards the devious Time Mage.

"No, you!" shouted Raiyen, smiling broadly.

He sprang his hand up and opened his palm. The clouds started to swirl and centered at the boy's open palm. When a rod of lightning charged the boy up, he looked towards Old Man Pond with power in his gaze.

"Flashbang!" yelled Raiyen, launching a ball of lightning towards Old Man Pond.

Glancing at the duel, Mavislin heaved a sigh of relief and conjured up the spell in full force.

"Let the light flow. Let the dark fade. Divine punishment descends from the heavens. Overturn this spell for this land to strive and flourish once again..."

"Heaven's Wheel Alter: Monody!" shouted Mavislin as a vast swarm of arrows came out from Lord Atlantia.

The arrows were black, outlined with an aquamarine hue. Raiyen smiled as he drew out his power. But Old Man Pond shot a Poison Bomb towards the girl.

"Mav! Think fast!" yelled Raiyen.

He glitched in front of the Bomb in the nick of time, unleashing Time Ripper.