As the stream flowed underneath Zion, a pipe busted open which sent the children and Ramonda flying out. Everyone landed on their feet except Torquil, due to his poor vision. As they looked around, they realized they were in Manilla, a small town which is east to Kiosk. "We must not rest until Reilly is defeated. Let's move" Ramonda said while walking. Majority of the children groaned, "Can we at least think of a plan? I mean we are literally going into a fight with no-" Lupin was interrupted by Talon "Oh would you stop your whining? All we gotta do is throw a punch, shoot some arrows, and we win." He said while crossing his arms. Ramonda gave Talon an irritated look. As they started to walk, they saw something in the distance on an all black horse. It looked like it was human, it had a black cape wrapped around it's neck, meanwhile wearing an all black suit with a white tie. Ramonda stared, "...That's him." Everybody stared at the figure and looked at Ramonda for permission to sneak him. Ramonda looked at them all "In Zion, we fight with honor, not with cowardliness. We meet him in Kiosk then attack." She started to pick up the pace and kept getting closer until Olympia shouted, "Where's Torquil?"
Ramonda whipped around to see the 3rd Child of Zion was nowhere to be seen. "There he is!" Arceus pointed to Torquil, who was right behind Reilly, holding a spear. "TORQUIL DONT!" Ramonda screamed, but it was too late. Torquil stabbed the behind of the horse, which sent Reilly off it. He instanly regained his footing and stared at Torquil. "Bad choice.." Torquil screamed as he lunged toward Reilly, but Reilly caught his spear and stabbed Torquil instead. "I thought we would have a fair fight, turns out you just wanted an easy kill. Zion is filled with great warriors who fight with honor, not some clown who wants to achieve greatness straight off the bat." Torquil crawled as he stared down the figure. He tried using his eye to make Reilly explode, but it had no effect. Reilly grabbed Torquil's face and reached for his eyeball. Torquil screamed and kicked as he tried to get him to stop, but nothing helped. Everyone ran towards Reilly, hoping to get there in time...
But it was too late.
Reilly pulled the eye out of Torquil's socket, as he screamed in pain. He smiled and examined the artifact, "So this was what Magi was hiding huh? Interesting..." Lupin jumped up and kicked Reilly down as he pulled his sword out of its holster, "You want a fight huh!? Well you're getting one" He swung but Reilly dodged it with ease. "Missed me" Reilly teased, he saw the rage in Lupins face. He kept swinging and swinging but none of his attacks were hitting. Talon had enough of Lupins failures, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He activated the gaunlets on his hands to give him the Strength of Tranquillo. He then swung his fist and hit Reilly across his face, which sent him flying 50 feet into a building. Lupin started to run towards Reilly but Talon grabbed him, "You've done enough." He then pushed him towards Ramonda as Talon squared up. "Is that all you got? I thought you were bet-" He was interrupted by a sharp pain in his shoulder. He looked and saw a black arrow in his shoulder. The arrow spread its poison, making Talon feel numb. He then collapsed to the ground like a pile of jelly. Ramonda tended to Torquil and Talon, meanwhile Arceus tried to read his mind. "It's not working! It's all black." Arceus said. He was trying to figure out what move he would do next. "Foolish children.." Reilly used his power to throw Arceus out of the way. Olympia loaded her bow, but was instantly brought down with a single tap. He stared down Leonopteryx and slowly smiled, "Come to me Leonopteryx, we can rule the world together and take over Zion." Leonopteryx backed away, "I-I cant do that, I'm loyal to Zion." Reilly stopped smiling.
"I never said you had a choice."
Reilly ran into Leonopteryx and merged into him. He instantly collapsed and started to cough out a black liquid. Ramonda ran over to him and placed her hand over his chest "My child, what happened?" She used her healing powers, but it wasn't working. "H-He.." "He wha-"
