Unnoticed by anyone the two familiars who depleted their mana reserves retreated back into the shadow, however that was not for protection but to return to their master and father Omega, who at the time still kept the spirits at bay despite the appearance of the trio short after the familiars returned to his side. Omega looked at the people before him, he had time, a lot of time, after all he was no longer in the world of man, the “gate” which appeared along with him just before thanks to the Mega-Demesne, made a boundary, it created a sort of portal or space where the realm of spirits appeared or could be traversed to. No wonder so many spirits appeared when he didn’t call, they just came to meet their master, the one who treated them more than just companions, more than equals, he treated them as family, something you can’t do unless you are no longer wholly human.

Time passed differently for Omega now, it slowed, the realm accommodated for the myriad of spirits who wanted to interact with the sage, after all this realm was part of him as he was part of it, so he understood the will but also knew just how dangerous this place could be for those it turned its back to… even to Omega himself. The sage looked at what was going on in the realm of man calmly, he saw Jonathan kneeling, seemingly out of power but also a different feeling wailed up in Omega, he somehow knew Jonathan was struggling inside, but should manage, that is what the sage believed, he trusted Jonathan as he observed him for a long time even before they met.

This however was not the time to debate the internal turmoil or problems of his friend. Omega himself had to go back to the mindset he had so many years ago when he took lives of many, yes, he became the assassin again, once more to deal with those that crossed him. Once the grenade was in the air, releasing the alternating pulses of light and shadow, Omega just looked at it, time was slowed for him enough that what he saw didn’t disrupt his concentration, though normally it would as he was still a mage. The sage turned his cloak off, it not only hid his magic but dubbed as a limiter, so he wouldn’t use half of it. Now he redirected his power elsewhere. “Link established.” a duo of voices confirmed in his mind, the transfer of his power to his familiars cores begun while in his mind he already had an appropriate blueprint prepared, which both cores would materialize.

Unknown to Omega his appearance also changed, his body was enveloped by something else than the materialization process of the guns. One of the spirits, Grave as he called himself on the rare occasions he spoke, linked with the guns, whether it was by design or on his whim, he empowered Omega with his gun wielding abilities and skills, the sage accepted this as it seemed there was a strange bond between what he created and his contractees. Omega’s appearance changed ever so slightly his coat shifted and changed shape, his hood molded into his mask, which also changed its form, tightly enveloping the sages head, a different pattern on the front.


Omega targeted the pulse grenade Waiting for it to emit a dark pulse and he shot, the bullet would hit the device as it emitted light so as it got destroyed the shadows would grow longer enveloping each person’s shadow, thus creating a brief link with Omega’s gate. Who in turn exploited it by smuggling a little tracking shade, neither a magitech device nor a familiar, but both at the same time, into the shadows of Li and the enemy martial artist, though the sage debated putting one into the person using pistols as well, but decided against it. The reason was that too many would get noticed no matter how well they were designed to be hidden. Still he also put a decoy, into the shadow of the young man, this one was special, it was designed to be found as it seemed the target knew otherness magic. This should divert their attention from the other ones, if not there were other ways to track someone especially if Omega knows the wavelength.

Omega wouldn’t or rather couldn’t follow with timespace, after all he was technically in another dimension than the others, this however allowed him to get shoot aimed shots at the enemies, this time instead of the round he used before, which was a HEAP or rather a High Explosive Armor Piercing round, but a more CC type one. These ones were charged with paralysis, root and chain magics, that is non-lethal electricity charge, freezing and Omegas shadow bind spell. With the help of Grave and firing from within the gate gave the bullets a much higher velocity than normally, not to mention more than enough time to aim even with Grave’s godlike marksman skills.

Hibiscus felt her hand being nudged. Then drew it back into her chest, as if it had been burned. She looked at the arm rest, studying it carefully. She brought her eyes closer, then drew them back, then close again as one did with a magic-eye puzzle. She slid her finger across the armrest, flat, like it had been before.

She did not imagine the nudge.

It's alive she realized, horrified. It likely had some semblance of a consciousness apart from Serenity. She wondered how much.

The necromancer pondered. 'If it has a mind and a body to command by it's own power, its it technically more alive than mine own zombies?' the idea tickled her, and she chuckled to herself. She crossed her arms across her chest, not wanting to poke nor prod the living beast-machine she now rode within. She counted her bones in her head, waiting until they'd be allowed outside again.

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Edit: Hope I fixed the problems.

Omega… or Grave now was shooting, bullets ripping through a grenade. He wasn’t sure if Omega was just using a spirit to enhance his shooting skills. If he was taken over or controlled the spirit but he figured they were both cohesive with the arraignment. But Jonathan didn’t know the name Grave went by. Shadows shifted and became longer. It was a strange anomaly and then Jonathan blacked out. His body was being hit by someone with strong life magic. They collapsed his resistance to his inner chaos. Omega’s bullets took out the people behind the fortification near the entrance of the complex. His bullets pierced through the walls and barricades exploding and knocking out the few people behind. Their guns dropped to the ground now useless without someone operating them.

“FINALLY I’M FREE AGAIN!” A voice sounding like gravel sliding downhill erupted from Jonathan. His body changed color and shape becoming something different, more bestial. Omega took a new form as well something that Jonathan at the moment wouldn’t realize. As the creature took him over the life tampering mage pulled out two guns and shot at Jonathan. The bullets hit his thick hide and he charged at the mage. Although the mage seemed powerless they slid through the ground and placed Alexandria in their place. His clawed hands went for the kill, aiming directly for her heart. But they bounced off of a barrier that one of the others placed. Any look of humanity vanished from Jonathan’s eyes as he stared at Alexandria. Was someone using time space magic to swap people from where they were?

As the Darkness consumed Jonathan all he could see was black. Jonathan’s body moved without his knowledge and he violently attacked one of his own students. But her eyes were a beacon, like a lighthouse showing sailors what direction to go. He locked onto her eyes, the eyes that reminded him of his late love. Something like this had happened to her and he never forgave himself. Instead of dwelling in those thoughts he fought back.

“Oh? Fighting back are we?” A deep voice sounding like boulders grinding hit his mind.

“I will never let this happen again!” He shouted to his inner demons. Her eyes looked terrified and helpless, although there was something stopping him from tearing her apart. To explain how one fights against themselves is a difficult process. First he noticed he was shackled as he looked about the dark room. The only light shining in was from the females eyes. Looking down to them he realized that the key was near. Sadly all of this was in his head, something he knew. But he had to come up with a literal way of escape.

His clawed hand smashed back into the force field and as it did it began to crack. Nao was concentrating to the best of his abilities to keep it from breaking. His head was beading with sweat and his concentration was beginning to fail.

Meanwhile back within his own mind Jonathan forced himself to the table. His arms were bound to a spot about five feet from the table. The chain was about two feet long and so he laid down onto his back. He reached the table with his feet doing a strange worm like movement after grabbing it with his feet. It took him a while to get the table close enough to him so that he could place the key between his lips. He lined up his hands with his mouth and grabbed the key. It was getting darker within the realm as he noticed that the shield was cracking. Quickly he undid the cuffs and ran as quickly as he could towards the light outside.

He hit the shield again shattering it. His claw came down and a hair from her face his hand froze as the life returned into his eyes. Finally he came to his senses and the demon was suppressed.

“NOOO!!!!!” A scream within his mind came. “No what. We are the same person. Stop thinking that we are different I am in charge and will use the power how I see fit.” Jonathan said out loud as he backed up. He looked up to the foes surrounding them, his form didn’t change. Instead he embraced the power of the monster within him, in order to protect those he cared about.

But then Omega’s dimension pulsed and began to pull everyone into it. He tried to hold himself still but the pull became stronger. It must have been caused by the Mega-Demesne and the fluxuation of all the magic within the area, everything went black.

A few hours later everyone began to wake up in a strange world. It was mostly forested area, lots of grass and trees. Although there was a pathway that led to a massive complex. Everything seemed to be made from stone.

A sign hung from the side of the wall, it read. “Scientia Acquisita.”

Everyone made their way into the school and none could recall what was going on. Perhaps this was due to Jonathan’s Life magic. It could be possible to suppress memories with specific Life magic. Then again the others in the area could have used some kind of powerful Mind magic to do the trick. Something about this place felt different, strange.