Book 3 | Agent 34 and the Storm of Darkness

Chapter 48 | The End of X

Agent X had been battling Arenia for quite some time now. She knew that Braunick's plans weren't going as well as he had planned, due to the fact that Agent 34 was completely missing. Either he fled or Braunick killed him and took his gem. Either way, the plan was continuing onwards and she saw him take Marque and Vrängr's gems. It was Arenia's next.

Braunick flew over to Scar, where Arenia and Agent X battled. Braunick nodded when he got there, a signal to hold down Arenia. She tackled the elf, who dropped her sword from impact and it went over the edge. Arenia was knocked onto the red scales and Agent X held her down. Arenia struggled to get up, but to no avail, despite being stronger than Agent X. Braunick was using his powers to give X more strength.

Braunick entered Arenia's mind, pushing past the memories of the elf with ease. He didn't bother to stop and look at them like Vrängr had. He went straight to the core of her mind, where he found her green gem: a swirling mass of dark green in the middle of her mind. He quickly used a cursebreaking spell and remove the gem, and exited her mind.

Braunick her spit out a green gem and he picked it up and crushed it quickly, absorbing the power. "Three more," Braunick said. "I know my brother has one. Where are the other two?" He asked Arenia.

Arenia didn't say a word. He smiled as he reentered her mind. He scanned through recent memories, and stopped when he saw one from around two hours ago. He saw Agent 34 and Arenia share a kiss, and shock engulfed him. He wasn't very surprised, as he suspected her to be his brother's love interest, which was why he tried to get Arenia on his side and focused mainly on her for a bit. 

He ignored it, yet remembered that and decided to use their love as his weakness later. He scanned through memories and saw one of her tossing a gem to Sercon. Seconds later, Agent 34 asked, "We should give this gem to Fáolar. It was his daughter's gem, and it's only fair that she gets it,"

Braunick left her mind with an evil cackle. "Ahahaha! Sercon and Fáolar. I have my targets," He took off to leave, but hesistated. He turned back around and looked at Agent X with a straight face. "X, you have done your duties and are no longer useful to me. I am releasing you from your bind to me. Go jump in a hole,"

Braunick took off and left, Agent X's body dropping onto the elf. Arenia shoved it off her, and stood up, not approaching the warrior. Is she dead? Arenia asked herself. She shrugged as she walked back over to her and placed both hands on either side of it's helmet, before she heard it's voice talk again.

"Arenia?"

Arenia jumped backwards, holding up her fists in front of her face.

"Arenia, it's me! It's me!" The voice sounded excited, yet was deepened due to the mask and helmet. "What's going on?" Agent X picked itself up and began to walk towards Arenia, who swung a fist straight into it's stomach.

"Arenia?" It asked again.

"That's for stealing my gem!" Arenia said. She threw another punch straight into the helmet of X, knocking it back a little. "That's for working for that creep!" She walked over to it and picked it up by the back of its armor. She walked to the edge of Scar and prepared to throw it off. "And this is for–"

"Stop!" Agent X cried, flailing its arms around. "Don't you recognize me, Arenia?" 

Arenia raised an eyebrow, but was very curious. She sat Agent X back down in the middle of the dragon and made sure she was a couple feet away before she let the warrior continue.

"It's me," Agent X said, placing it's hands on the helmet. X lifted the helmet off its head, and thick, brown hair fell down onto the shoulder armor. Agent X threw back it's head and moved the hair out of its face.

Arenia's face turned to shock and her mouth fell open. She did recognize this woman. This was the girl who sent all of the Destigems into so much problems. She was the reason that Agent 34 and Marque fled the Zena in the first place, the reason that so much problems came into view.

"It's me," Agent X repeated, her voice no longer deep and echoey due to the helmet. "Ismara."