“Whoa, slow down. What is going on?!” Rin asked, concerned.

“It's…. better if…. You…. see for yourself…..” Ark said, leading the two to the balcony. Lily was curled up into a ball, murmuring quietly to herself, but that wasn't what was troubling everybody. The fact that was troubling was the shrinking an shattering heart on her sleeve.

“What’s happening to her?” Ark asked concerned.

Kaito stared at the mark then growled angrily. “REALLY ZEUS!? IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU DID TO HER!?” Kaito shouted at the sky his voice echoing throughout the sky until Thunder rumbled from above.

“Wait, ZEUS did this?! How did you know?!” Rin asked, clearly confused

“My grandfather is Poseidon I know Zeus pretty well and even if he is a sociopathic maniac, he never should have used this technique on her. Only the Titans and the 3 elder gods can use this technique. It’s usually forbidden for use on humans.” Kaito growled then pulled out some supplies from his coat.

“But, Lily isn't human, i'll say that much.” Rin said, looking over at Lily

“I may not be able to undo it right now, she needs to do that herself, but I can help weaken the control it has on her, or at least suspend the pain it’s giving her for a bit.” Kait said worryingly then pulled out some bandages and an orange elixir. “I’ve never had to use this potion before, and I don’t even know if it’ll have the right affects.” He muttered but shook his head.

“Is she gonna be alright?” Ark asked concern laced his voice. Kaito turned around to reassure him but was surprised to see that he was not only shedding tears but his eyes weren’t the light blue color they should’ve been.

“Yes, she’ll be fine for now.” Kaito reassured him as he tightened the bandage over the heart. He then started chanting which made the orange elixir go into her skin and form small chains around the moving heart halting it in place. So even if Ark surrendered his emotions for his power, he still has pieces… no remnants of them which he can tap into. Kaito thought.

“Yes, i'm sure she will be quite all right, dear Ark.” James said with a smirk as he entered the small balcony. “But, i'm afraid you will all be dead before she will ever be okay again.”

“What do you want?!” Rin growled, moving to protect Lily.

“Oh, that won't be necessary, love. Oh Cole! You can come out now!” Cole came out of hiding, a squadron of guards surging past him an capturing everybody. The guards cuffed and gagged everybody with special chains that blocked all power (It's called vengetone, trust me, it works).

“You are all under arrest by the authority of King Cole. Ark, Kaito, an Rin are flagged under escaping an resisting arrest, assaulting officers in command, and fugitives of authority. Lilith Jane Katuskami is flagged under treason, and is hereby sentenced to The Gallows as punishment for her crimes against the state Rin is also flagged under hiding from authorities an taking up a new name.. Ark shall be experimented on as promised, Kaito an Rin shall be held until further notice an shall have their powers drained as punishment for their own crimes, as well as Ark’s. After their powers are successfully taken, all shall be sentenced to The Gallows as well, for their crimes match up to treasonous actions completed by Lily. You have no right to any lawyer whatsoever, anything you say can an will be held against you in the court of the King. You all will be monitored tonight, and the first Hanging shall take place tomorrow at noon. Do you all understand what will take place? Nod now, or suffer.” The general read off. The group nodded their heads, all except for Lily, who remained unresponsive. The general noticed Lily was unresponsive, so he slammed the but of his acid riffle into her skull. “Respond traitor.” He spat at her while he slammed his rifle into her skull again.

“What’s the matter? Too scared?!” The guard holding her upright sneered into her face. Lily only groaned in pain as response.

“Bah! Leave her to her mopey self. She’ll come to her senses eventually.” James said, pulling her to her feet. “Lets go. I'll take her Private Rey.” The private saluted James and marched off to guard Cole.

“YOU TRAITOR! JUST WAIT UNTIL SHE FINDS OUT!” Rin shouted, though her gag muffled her voice.

“Oh, she already knows. She can hear us, can't you dearie~.” Lily moaned in pain as a response. “I'll take that as a yes. Also, you shouldn't be talking back to me, Rin, or should I say….. Violet. Yes, I know your real name, sweetheart.” Rin gasped in shock, her face no different than how she felt.

Ark face went dark and he stood up. (I have an idea)

“Don’t you fucking touch her.” Ark growled his eyes pitch black looking at the general.James furrowed his eyebrows as he turned back to Ark.

“Keep moving, you son of a bitch. Don't make me do anything to that darling sister of yours.” He said, his tone going bittersweet as he cupped Rins face in his hand an smirked devilishly. Rin struggled an tried to pry herself away from his death grip.

Ark kept moving the black darkness from his eyes seemingly spreading from his eyes down his side and he growled the darkness enveloping his skin turning it pitch black as well. And he took steps forward the room temperature turning no colder than freezing as frost and ice spread from his feet. The cracked amulet on his neck glowed brightly the chains on him shuddered as he walked.

“AND LET GO OF MY SISTER!” Ark shouted releasing a burst of energy pushing everyone around him backwards collapsing in the process.

“In hindsight, you've managed to kill off a few guards. That was a dull highlight of your day, i guess.” James said, standing up as if nothing had happened. There was a small bleeding cut on his forehead, but it wasn't bothering him. He acted as if he was perfectly fine. “Now, be a good little kitsune, an drop this stupid act, before your friends get hurt.” He said as more guards flooded to their aid.

Ark grunted a cut had opened over his right eye.

“No! I will not let you hurt my friends.” Ark growled defiantly, the blood pouring down his face.

“If you would just cooperate with us, then nothing would happen to them! Have you ever thought of that? Oh wait, kitsune don't think! They only act.” James said with a deadly scowl. A group of new guards grabbed Ark an detained him while some others grabbed Rin. James continued to carry Lilith’s unconscious body as they made their way to Cole’s Palace.

No, no, no…. N- Ark thought struggling in his bonds before the exhaustion from before caught up with him his vision blurred and he went unconscious. James smirked as they entered the palace grounds. He smirked as Cole strolled across the campus.

“Well, we’ve got them. Now, prepare the lab to take the kitsunes’ powers.” Cole said with an evil grin. “Bring the prisoners to the dungeon until I am ready to see them!” He called to the guards.

James smirked an sent the guards off to do what the king asked. “I will see to it that our guests are kept locked tight and then oversee the execution.” He said an carried Lily to the dungeon. Other guards took Rin, Kaito, and Ark to their respective places.

***

Ark awok in a cell he had a shackle around his neck and when he tried to remove is it shocked him.

“Fucking magic shackle” he muttered the looked over and in the corner of the cell was the small shape of a person.

“Hello?” Ark asked in the direction of the shadow. Cautiously walking closer to it.

Ark reached the shape and put out his hand to touch them his curiosity taking the best of him. Just before he could touch the shape it jumped out at him.

“AH FUCK!” Ark shouted jumping away from the shadow straight into the other wall.

***

Lily’s Mind

I open my eyes and look around me. All i see is darkness and this constant feeling of falling into and endless pit. Then, a bright flash crashed into the darkness, so bright i had to shield my eyes. A glowing figure was now present in place of the blinding light. It was the shape of a warrior woman..

“Lily. You have to snap out of this! Ark an all of your friends are in danger!” The goddess said. The dark figure causing all the darkness came up behind her.

“No, Lily, you, are worthless. You don't have ANY friends, they all hate you. They will never forgive you for what you've done. Even James hates you.” Lily repeated the words of the dark mass.

“Lily! Snap out of it! Zeus! You know your aren't supposed to do this to mortals!”

“SHE IS NOT MORTAL! SHE IS A MONSTER!” The darkness spoke with the booming voice of the lightning god.

“Zeus…… Father…….. What has she done that requires this type of punishment? Or did you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?”

“Her mother DOOMED her to this life! Had she not meddled with the Dark Arts, her daughter may have lived a normal life! But nope!”

“Father…..”

“Can you guys STOP FIGHTING INSIDE OF MY HEAD! I'M INJURED AS IT IS! TAKE IT TO OLYMPUS ATHENA AND ZEUS! INCASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SO BUSY BEING A D-HOLE, MY FRIENDS ARE DYING! I DON'T CARE THAT I AN GOING TO, BUT LET ME AT LEAST TRY AN SAVE THEM BEFORE YOU DOOM THEM ANYMORE!”

“She's right.” Athena said.

“Fine…. I'll remove my hold when the time is right…...”

Back in the Real World

The guard threw Lily into the cell Ark was being contained in. She was still unconscious at the time.

“Ow, my head. Wait, Lilith!.” Ark shouted running to her side. Lily only made soft whispers of nonsense, or so it seemed. Her eyelids fluttered just as a group of guards grabbed Ark to dragged him away to the labs.

Ark worriedly checked her she was alive but something was wrong, she was barely breathing. He checked her shoulder and noticed that the chains that earlier had stopped the heart were broken, and he watched the fourth one shatter right there. NO! he thought.

“HELP!! SOMEONE! PLEASE HELP!” Ark shouted through out the cells.

“PLEASE!! SOMEONE! ANYONE! HELP HER! WE NEED A MEDIC!” Ark kept shouting hoping for someone to come help. “PLEASE!!! SOMEBODY! HER HEART IS KILLING HER!” Ark shouted. Lily let our soft groans an moans of pain as the heart throbbed an broke more than before. She furrowed her eyebrows as she tried to regain her consciousness. Black smoke particles emitted from her body as she fought the Heart Demon with Jahaada by her side.

Lily’s Mind:

“What? I never said it would be easy an just let you go! Fight Ryusei an beat him in order to return. Good luck.” With that, Zeus’s voice was replaced with a raspy an wispy, yet almost melodic voice that always murmured the hateful words. Ry flung a mass of energy at her, the impact was an abundance of hate-speech compacted to the size and impact of a bullet

YOU'RE NOTHING YOU'RE NOTHING YOU'RE NOTHING YOU’RE NOTHING YOU'RE NOTHING YOU’RE NOTHING

Lily winced as the impact of the words, but managed to get up. “Um, Jahaada, a little help here.!” She said an with that, Jahaada helped Lily fight off the Heart Demon.

Real World

Two guards and a medic ran over. The medic went into the cell.

Lily was beginning to fidget an spazz out slightly, as if she were fighting with some invisible entity. Then her body began to glow and rise. She then opened her eyes, thrust her arms out as if to simulate breaking chains and black chains did break. Her eyes were glowing a fierce shade of white, then the color shifted to a flaming dark purpley black. She had knocked the medic and guards over and bent over to pick up one up by the scruff of his uniform.

“Alright, I'm only going to ask this one time. Where is my sword?”

“Um, um, um, th-th-this w-w-w-way ma’am!” The guard flailed his arms with surprise. Lily smirked an set him down.

“Okay, lead the way~.” She said, a smirk forming on her face. Black chains of darkness sprung from her back just to keep the guard in check.

~Meanwhile~

One of the guards shoved Ark onto an operation table and strapped him down with

Vengestone chains yet again then they tightened them.

“Ah! Harder daddy” Ark said.

“What?” said a guard.

“What?” Ark said back almost right after the guard.

“Now then.” Said a man with a heavy Russian accent. “Let’s get the procedure started.” He told the others in the room.

Hallway

Lily smirked as she was given her broadsword once again. She flicked her hand, slammed the guard into the wall, and thrust out her arm. One of the chains behind her slammed into the guard and chained him up to the wall. She put a finger up to her lip and made the “hush” symbol before covering his mouth with thinner chains. She shut her eyes, then opened them, letting out a loud war cry before flying off to go find Ark.

Lab Room

A loud battle cry echoed throughout the room and reverberated in everybody's minds.

“What was that?!” A female lab assistant with a thick English accent asked, covering her ears to try and block out the noise

“I have no idea.” The Russian man said.

“I do~.” Ark said with a smirk. “Your all in trouble now~.”

“Shut up, kitsune.” A third doctor said, rolling up his tattered sleeves and prepping needles. “Don't worry, it will only hurt a lot~.” She said with a smirk before shoving a needle into his left arm, and then his right. Ark let out a cry of pain as the needle was jammed into his veins.

“Beginning extraction.” A male with a German accent said from behind a computer screen. The machine the needles were hooked up to lit up and began to whirr and make noises of gears working in a clock. Arks bed was moved inside of a chamber and quickly closed inside. He tried to scream, but the glass was soundproof, so no matter how loud he cried out for help, nobody could hear him. He watched drearily as the needles drew out his blood. 

The Halls

Lily’s ears perked up as she detected the sound of Ark’s scream. “ARK!” She shouted before tearing off in the direction of the labs. A bunch of guards flooded into the halls, now alert that Lily was there. They raised their lances and spears, but she was faster. She slammed into a group of them, knocked some out with hit of her sword, disarmed some with the flat of her blade, and sliced up the few who wouldn't stop pestering her. She forged on and saw the doors to the lab. She burst through to see a whole bunch of lab workers scrambling to get out of her way. She looked over and saw Ark slowly losing consciousness, but her strength was wearing thin.

[I’m sorry, kid, I can't help much longer. You gotta break through now or you will never get him out.] Jahaada spoke into her mind.

“Okay, I will. LET HIM GO NOW!” Her voice echoed throughout the sterile room. James glowered down at Lily and reached for the distress button.

[Make your move. Stop him or save Ark.]

And with that, Lily made her choice.