𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐡! - 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡

52. Out of place and time

Arriving in Barian world in the castle, Neith automatically appears in the shadows. 

'Look who we have here. Marin, Dumon.' Vector gets up from the throne. 

'Vector, what are you doing here?' Marin starts. 

'Why, I've come for something you have that I want. Your powers.' 

Dumon realizes that Neith must be close but not in sight. 'Our powers? What are you talking about?' 

'So sorry, my apologies, where is my head at. I need to be much clearer, don't I? You see, I'll be absorbing your powers all in the name of Don Thousand. Isn't that lovely?' 

Both Dumon and Marin are shocked. 

'Don Thousand! No!' 

 Neith can almost see the fear in Marin's eyes. 

'So you think you'll defeat us and steal all of our powers.' Marin's getting angry about how Vector is treating her. 

'You have lost your mind, Vector. There is no way you can steal...'    

'Poor Dumon,' Vector interrupts him. 'You obviously don't know who you're dealing with. You see, Don Thousand and I have come to an agreement.' 

'Don Thousand?' Clearly, Dumon can't understand that Vector would strike a deal with someone like that. 

Even from her hiding place, Neith can see a large shadow in a shape. 'Don Thousand, I assume.' She keeps her voice down. 

'No,' Marin's voice is concerned. 'It's really him.' 

'The time has finally come for you to serve your purpose.' The voice is different. 'I will consume your energy to feed my power.' 

Not that Dumon wants that to happen. 'Consume us? What makes you think that we would ever agree to let you do that?' 

'It is your destiny,' says the other voice. 'Set in motion long ago. The Seven Emperor's possess power far greater than lesser Barians. You will grant them to me or I will take them from you.' 

'Don't be upset,' Vector sounds again. 'Look on the bright side, at least you get to join the winning team for once.' 

Marin doesn't like it a bit. 'You're one of the Emperor's too, Vector. He'll take you down too...' 

'I think not. I have become one with Don Thousand,' once more that Vector interrupts. 'He's a Barian deity and so am I.' 

Neith shakes her head. 'That will be your downfall.' The amount of power coming from Vector and Don Thousand blasts Dumon and Marin to the floor. 

'I have power. I am power!' 

'Not for long.' Marin gets up and with a look in her eyes. Determined to take him out. 'We can beat you if we gather the other Emperor's.' 

Vector has a dark aura surrounding him. 'I'm afraid not, Marin. Girag is already under my control and none of the others can help you either,' he says laughing. 

Dumon is shocked to hear about Girag. 'That can't be!' His eyes find Neith on the side and in the shadows. Carefully, he shakes his head to her. 

'Alito is in my grasp too but I have learned that he sides with Yuma?' Vector looks down on them. 

'You're saying that they're allies?' Marin finds that hard to believe. 

'Yes.' Vector reacts. 'Yuma and his lapdog Alito are heading here now. But I will crush them easily enough.' 

Dumon keeps his eyes on Vector, hoping not to give Neith's position up. 'It seems you're forgetting we've still got Nash on our side.' 

'Oh, you do.' Vector laughs. 'Now, enough talk. I have entertained your gibberish thus far for the time has come to face your fate.'