When Bia fell to the floor she scrambled over to Nikk who stood up quickly in shock. He watched the fight and anger started swelling up inside of him. "Its going to be okay." Said Bia trying to snap Nikk out of it. He finnaly couldnt take it anymore.
"Falla Hororah Meckas End!" With that the spirit line to Elaina went dead. She was stripped of her power for a whole hour. "Angel of death? HA!" Nikk's eyes went red and a fiery aura surrounded him.

He turned into a monster. It could hardy fit in the room, but it was able to pin Elaina down with a gigantic claw. "Right now you are the only enemy and if you EVER touch Bia again I'll F**** you up so bad you woun't be able to talk without spilling your own blood."

Bia hid behind a table.


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Suddenly the barrier around Akino broke and she fell to the ground, too surprised until the last second to get her wings working. When she looked up, what she saw was not the Nikk that was there two seconds ago. She had to scramble out of the way as a huge claw came down and pinned Elaina. Quivering and unable to find words though her little pixie mouth was always running, she scampered behind the large form of Teva. Common sense making her hide behind the biggest friendliest thing near her.

Teva stared at Nikk, or rather the monster he had become, like a deer in the headlights. In the back of her mind she was thankful that the fight was over, at least for now, but terror nearly froze her. She had never encountered such a creature as this!

Oh, and where was the pixie? Not only was there a monster in front of her, but she could not move, for fear of stepping on her!

Bia slipped around the table leg and over to Teva. She hid her face behind one of Tevas front leg. "It'll be over. It'll be over. It'll be over." She repeted the phrase to herself over and over again. It was clear that this had happened before.

Elaina felt cut off from her powers, even her wings wouldn’t work. She fell to the ground and landed on her back and then a claw pinned her to the ground. It was Nikk, he’d transformed into a hideous monster and was looking very aggressively at her, “Right now you’re the only enemy and if you EVER touch Bia again I’ll F**** you up so bad you won’t be able to talk without spilling your own blood.” She could tell he was p****d. How the heck do they think she’s the enemy? She had held her sword in the air AWAY from Bia and only wanted to use her location power to find this Farlow person. Why was everyone always so serious and bent out of shape about everything? She knew that taking this situation seriously was no way to go, if she played along it would prove that she was an enemy. “Oh Nikk, I knew you were horny but isn’t this moving a bit quickly for the two of us? Tsk tsk and your cheating too, taking a girl’s powers away.” She placed her wrist guard on his exposed skin, she knew it would shock her too but her armor would protect from most of the shock. The shock was immense, but worse for Nikk and he jumped back. Elaina stood up calmly and dusted herself off, “Sheesh, why is everyone always so serious? I swore allegiance to you guys, I was only having a little fun. Besides if you want to fight this Farlow person and whatever she’s got planned they’re going to need some better fighting tactics and learn their powers. Don’t get mad at me for their weaknesses.” She looked over at Bia and smiled sweetly, “You know I wasn’t going to hurt you right? And Nikk you can see people’s spirit lines, so you should have noticed mine glows a bit bluish so I’m not your enemy!” Jeez she only played by a different set of rules and everyone always sets her as the black sheep, typical. Whatever she was used to playing alone anyway.

"Don't" Said Nikk still in his monster state. "I'm not here to play your games." His voice was deep and demonic. He circled around till he was facing Elaina, but still a ways away. "You dont know who we are going up against." He said "You might have been in the portal a little longer than me, but that does not mean that you know everything." He started to transform back. His nice clothes were ruined and he wasnt happy to find that all that was left of his elegant clothes was his pants which were now shorts.

"I know Farlow alot better than you and for all we know she could be up to nothing." Nikk turned around to face the fallen over furniture which he was working on turning right side up. Bia ran over to him and hid her face in his leg. He would appoligize later to her. Right now he had to set his room back to the way it was. "And you spirit line was off." He glared at Elaina. "It was way off and I didnt like it."

Elaina shrugged putting her hands up in the air and closed her eyes, “Hey, like I said things aren’t always as they appear. For example you would never think that such a cute thing as Bia would ever hang out with a scary guy like you Nikk. I am an angel,” She spread her wings to demonstrate, “though I am honorable and protect the innocent I have my own style. I mean come on how many angels have blue hair like mine? And look at my figure, it’s perfect, although my bust is a bit larger! Oh what am I saying?” She blushed and put her hands on her cheeks, and looked at Nikk. “My lines may be off in your standards, but if you had my power you would have realized my intentions.” She flipped her hair back and looked squarely at Nikk, “Are you sure you didn’t like it even just a little bit? I mean look at you, you’re almost naked. Are you showing off for all the ladies, or am I the lucky one?” She giggled in a cute girl way, then when she was worn out she gave a serious look, “So if you’re serious about finding out what Farlow’s up to why don’t you come up with a plan? I thought mine was pretty good, Bia is an asset if only there was a way to expand her power?” She looked down at little Bia as she hid behind Nikk.

"I did have a plan and I was in the middle of telling it to everyone and asking their opinion!" Nikk yelled. "And your the only one thats turned on by everything thats happening! I mean look at you. I get my shirt ripped off ,which was your fault in the first place, and your all over me." He was clearly not disturbed by anything the angel was saying. "You are not the girl I am after so just back off will you." Nikk went back to picking up all the stuff on the floor and putting it in it's place. Some of it he was careful about when touching. He started mummbling things under his breath about the Angel and finding the blue hair a total turn off because he liked pink or green hair.

Bia was still hiding behind Nikk when she spoke. "We need to work as a team if we are going to get anything done and I think that Nikk is right about going to see what Farlow is up to first. Theres a good chance that she is up to nothing, but stalking Nikk and making his life miserable and so far she is winning." Nikk snorted in the background. "You guys dont have to come if you dont want to seeing as how its not something to really worry about."

Once the angel, or whatever the winged woman was, started talking, it was easier for Teva to get over the monster in the room. Or rather, it was easier get over Nikk's transformation, seeing as how the most monstrous person in the room was Elaina. Who for some reason was commenting on her bust size and flirting (badly and shamelessly) with the only guy present. An opportunist, then. Lovely.

Finally, Teva spoke up, still not moving a muscle until the pixie decided to show herself. "You asked for help, if I'm not mistaken, and we've offered it. If you are willing to accept Akino's and my inexperience, and Elaina's... um, mental weaknesses, the offer still stands. Well, mine does." As far as she was concerned, if the angel went her own way, the only downside would be not being able to keep an eye on her.

Nikk was reluctant to keep Elaina on the team. He wasnt so sure about her anymore and he was wondering if she would be any help in the first place. "Thank you Teva." Said Nikk Finnaly. "YOUR help will be appreciated." He was still giving the evil eye to Elaina.

AKino breathed out a huge sigh as things started to cool down and she felt safe again. Seeing that Nikk was still a good guy even when he transformed, she wasn't too bothered, but Elaina now scared her. Akino didn't like the angel at all! Stretching out her wings, she flew up from her hiding place on the ground so she wasn't in danger of getting trampled.

"Yes, we still want to help you. Even thought I'm not sure what help I will be...." akino trailed off with a sigh.

Nikk smiled at the fairy. "You can be VERY helpful. I know alot of fairies that have done more for me than any normal sized person could and they too didnt have any powers yet or they didnt need to use them." Nikk remembered what the pixie had gone through just a few seconds ago. "Do you need anything? You weren't hurt to bad were you?" Nikk knew that a throw like that could have killed the tiny person. He was getting more and more angry at Elaina. She called herself a friend yet she stomps all over one of their companions? She must have had no sence at all. "I can make you a spell if you would like."

Bia cut in to talk to the pixie. Her and the Horse woman were her favorite so far. "If you like we can make you armor. Its very light and pretty and would fit you perfectly."

"We would find someone to make the armor for you." Said Nikk correcting Little Bia. "We cant make something so well, but I do have a few connections." He sighed. "If you dont mind I have to go find clothes that arent ripped." With that he left Bia to talk to the Pixie about what she wanted to do.

Akino smiled, glad at least someone thought she was helpful. "I'm not hurt really, a wee bit sore and annoyed...but I'm tougher than you'd think!" Yes, she may look like a butterfly, but she was not nearly as easy to squish! She settled onto Teva's shoulder to rest her wings, sure that the centaur wouldn't mind.

"Armor though would be nice. I don't want to be constantly feting about my lack of physical defenses!" she exclaimed as Nikk left the room. "Really, if it isn't too much trouble that is."

"No none at all!" Squeeled bia. "the fairies at Tooka Hill owe us anyway. They would be happy to do stuff for us." Bia was excited she liked the faires at Tooka Hill. They were really nice and extremly beautifyl. Bia would often wish to herself that she would look like them when she got bigger. They were so pretty.

"You'll like the fairies at Tooka Hill Akino! Many of the guy fairies are very nice and the girls are really good at dancing. They are the nicest of all faries." Bia was drifiting off into dream land. She, for one, loved living in the portal. It was a little girls dream come true. Everday was a fairy tale for her.

Elaina stood at the doorway and ignored their little quips, “I like horse-face better.” She whispered to herself in a mock nice voice. She kept a lookout of the surrounding area since she was now stripped of her powers. She’d gotten really pe-oed at Teva’s mental weakness remark, but until she got her powers back there was no point in teaching her a lesson about it. Then Nikk blamed her for his transformation, he transformed on his own. It must be some anger issue, it’s not her fault he couldn’t keep his anger under control. He didn’t look half bad without a shirt on, then her thoughts drifted off to another man she’d loved once. She quickly shook the thoughts from her head, who knew what other secrets Nikk was hiding about his powers. She could feel Nikk’s eyes on her, he was getting angry and she didn’t need her powers to sense it. The fairy hadn’t been hurt and Teva was fine too, so why was everyone so worked up? Even when she’d accidently dropped Bia she was unscathed, now everyone was attacking her. What kept bugging her was what Bia said about Farlow only stalking Nikk. She’d gotten a distinct impression there was something else going on, “Hey you said something about going to see what she’s up to. You knew where to find her this whole time? If she’s as evil as you say what makes you think she’s going to just invite you into her house, make tea, and tell you the truth? Even though I’m not evil if I had a battle plan I wouldn’t just tell the enemy. Don’t get mad at me for trying to play it safe, and Nikk even without my powers I can sense your anger growing. So if you want to keep ALL your clothes on you might want to give me my powers back, then I can patrol the surrounding area. If not then you’ll need two of use out there and the only other scouting person here is the mule and she stomps around worse than a newborn giant.” Whatever he decided she just wanted to be in the sky again, she’d be patrolling and making sure they were secure. She just needed to get away from the seriousness, she was used to working alone anyway.

"Playing it safe? That's not what you were plotting a few minutes ago, no, you were planning to abduct Bia and attack Farlow directly," she grumbled. The mule comment rankled, but not as much as Elaina's assessment of her current lack of stealth. That one rang true. Woodcraft had been a specialty of the Queen's Rangers, and Teva was too new to the Portal for those old life memories to have faded. As she was now, she'd be better suited to the King's Cavalry, a company better known for fierce combat than for stealth. It was best not to speculate about whether she'd be a warrior or a steed.

She didn't mind providing a shoulder for Akino, whose speed was limited by size, but she didn't much want to be a mount or a pack animal. But what else was she good for, if her old skills no longer meant anything? Suddenly "useful" ceased to be a comforting thought.

But she forced a smile, turning her attention to Bia and Akino. Obtaining armor for the delicate pixie took priority over Teva's own doubts. "Let's visit Tooka Hill soon, then, before we have more friendly fire incidents."

“It’s better to fight first and ask questions later, do you really think she’d be expecting a head on attack so quickly? And I wasn’t abducting Bia, she’s just the locator. But if you knew where she was in the first place why the heck didn’t you say so Nikk?” She looked around confused, “Hey were’d Nikk go?” Suddenly a horrible thought came to mind, “Oh MY GAWD! Farlow got him didn’t she? Nikk can see spirit lines, but how’d she get away so fast?” She picked up Bia under her arms and looked at her franticly, “Quick Bia, where’s Nikk? We need to save him!” Elaina had completely forgotten about Nikk’s warning not to touch Bia.

"He's in his room changing!!" Cried Bia She wasnt so scared of her now that her powers were gone. "Why do you have to keep holding me?" She was irritated that she was so easy to pick up. Bia squiggled out of Elainas arms and onto the floor just as Nikk came into the room wearing a plain white shirt and baggy pants. It was a completly different look than before.

"What?" He had heard Elaina talking to him, but he was to far to make out what she was saying. She was lucky that he didnt notice Bia in her arms just a few seconds ago.

"We dont know where farlow is right now." Said Bia "She has a home, but shes never in it. and Nikk wasnt talking about walking into her house and asking what she is up to. We are going to spy on her." Bia hoped that it had cleared up the confusion.

"It seems that we have a lack of communication." Said Nikk. "Its probably why we are all angry at you. If you need me to clear up ANYTHING please ask." He was alot calmer than what he was a few seconds ago.

Bia slipped from her grasp as Nikk walked back into the room and she suddenly remembered his warning. She blushed furiously as they explained everything to her in greater detail. “I don’t mind the spying, but the only one small enough is Akino and she spreads pixie dust. How are we supposed to spy on her then? Oh and Nikk what is your type anyway?” She giggled shamelessly as she flipped her hair back.

Akino listened from Teva's shoulder, glad that she wasn't kicked off of her perch. "I could spy!" she yelped, tucking in her wings, the pixie dust instantly becoming much fewer in number. "Really, I don't make noticable amounts of dust if I'm still!" Really, she didn't make that much at all and it mostly just looking like faint sparkles in the air that caught the light. not too many people would pay attention to it. She was far too excited though to say those points. She just wanted to be helpful!

"This is true." Said Nikk. "Akino is the best canidate for spying. I told you before that Pixies are good for many things did I not." Nikk turned to Elaina. "Type of what?" The whole question went right over his head. Bia shook hers in dissapointment and started giggling at Nikk. He was confused, but he didnt think about it for too long.

"We are going to Tooka Hill first anyway." He said. "Sometimes Fairy armor can completly exstinguish pixie dust so it will be okay. After Tooka Hill we can go to Marrow Cave, if you dont know its a huge cave city filled with all different types of people so its pretty friendly. We will stay in hiding as Akino does what she is supposed to. Everyday she will report back to us and we will start making a plan of action with every new peice of information that she brings us. I will Help Akino find her magic powers and if one of them is right then it will help her with our mission." Nikk looked around the room "Clarification?"

Teva shook her head, carefully so as not to disturb the pixie. Nikk's plan seemed very straightforward. Granted, he hadn’t really given Akino her exact mission parameters yet, but one thing at a time. "When do we go?" Teva asked, hoping the answer would be "right away," or at least "soon." She was curious about Tooka Hill, and eager to visit this Marrow Cave. Maybe there would be other centaurs there!

"I don't see any point in waiting." Said Nikk "It'll take a few seconds to pack up, but thats it. Does anyone else have to get anything from anywhere?" Nikk looked around the room.

Bia Squealed. She couldnt wait to start. She ran around Nikk twice and then dashed down a hallway to get her stuff ready.

Elaina walked up to Nikk, “Hey, if you want anyone with useful magical fighting abilities I’m going to need my powers. If not then I guess I’ll have to actually flap my wings and only fight with my sword. Oh you wouldn’t happen to have any throwing daggers would you?” She got really close to Nikk and flicked imaginary dust off his shoulder, “And how about a thank you, you know for coming up with the plan in the first place.” She batted her blue eyes at him.

Akino was excited and didn't even notice Elaina talking to Nikk. She grinned at Teva. "Wow, this is going to be so much fun!" she exclaimed. "I get this whole secrete mission to myself! oh....but I'll be spying by myself...." she trailed off, suddenly much less happy. She liked her new friends and wasn't one much to put herself in danger with no one else around her to help.

"Oh, you said I would report to you guys each day. Will we be close enough together to be in flying distance...or....how does that work?"