Mario tries to calm down but fails as he cries. "He isn't.... Boat is going to..... " then he freezes scared out his mind now. The treats comming back and biting at his fear.

Boat smiles darkly. He looks over at the slowly rising moon. "You only have till midnight to solve this riddle, and you choose to pushish me instead of solving it." His words cold.

Brandon lifts his hand up, and he didn't hesitate to let it rest on Mario's shoulder. A calming aura radiating off of him. "Let's focus on one thing at a time. Look at me, and follow my lead. In." Brandon takes a deep breath in, "Out," he softly exhales.

Ritchie, was just a tad bit thrown off by that. "...Excuse me?" He was beginning to think something had happened during that mission. Something is definitely wrong here.

Mario jumps out of his skin and looks at the taller male. Before he slowly started to follow what Brandon was doing. His nerves going down slowly.

Boat chuckles and looks over at Ritchie, his eyes pitch black. "By midnight you lose someone to pain." His eyes go normal and water surrounds Ritchie in a quick manner.

Brandon let out one last soft inhale, glad to see Mario had calmed down. His eyes were soft, and his grip was strong but gentle. "Now, I believe I do have a few questions for you. But those can wait. I need to get my brother." Implying Mario didn't have to go with him, seeing as Mario practically quaked at the thought of Boat.

Ritchie's eyes widened, a bit frantically glancing around him. Ritchie bent his knee's low to the ground, he used his spell Super Jump and quickly jumped up high in the air to avoid the water. He combo moved that with a storm blink to safety on the sidelines of the training ground. Electricity doesn't work well with water. But- as long as he doesn't use electricity, he'll be fine.

What was going on? Boat is not acting, himself. Mario is terrified. And he's in for a battle. Yikes.

Mario nods weakly and stays put. "I'll be here...." Just the thought of going near Boat would send him back into his breakdown.

Boat let's out a growl and moves the water from the ocean to grab the males leg. "I don't like your guild. It's very.... disappointing. I seem to always from useless people. I probably would have been able to kill that stupid boy if he hadn't rushed to your stupid office in a hurry. "

Brandon nodded, giving Mario a quick smile and a small shoulder squeeze before he took off out the door. The winds sped up and rose beneath his feet, allowing him to fly-

Meanwhile. Ritchie held back a small gasp, instantly trying to tug away his leg. But then- "You threatened Mario?!" Ritchie gaped as he made that quick conclusion, his eyes hardening at B- Lucas. He thought the guy wanted to reform! But no- he just- level-headed. Ritchie calmed himself, trying to logic this and remind himself that there was a chance this wasn't really Lucas.

Boat laughs and makes the water climb up more of Ritchie's body.  "But it's too bad, all of you are so weak. Even Lucas. The boy did notice me taking him over." He walks up to Ritchie  but far enough away that Ritchie couldn't grab him. "That's right. I'm not Lucas, and I am killing him slowly from the inside out."

Mario sets quietly scared and hopeful. He needed to tell them. But he didn't know how. Boat was in pain but just changed on him.

The god- the god inside Lucas's body must have taken him over!

Ritchie gritted his teeth, aware he couldn't use any lightning otherwise he'd be fried. He was pretty much helpless, unless he wanted to risk it. "You're wrong." Ritchie countered back. "Divinus Magia is far more powerful than you see it. Insulting the name, the guild members inside it, and a Diabolus twin? You're foolish."

"Lucas!" Ritchie yelled at him, grunting at the end of it as he felt the water rise. "Fight back, don't let him win!!"

Boat watches Ritchie struggle. "He can't hear you anymore." The water rises over Ritchie's mouth now and Boats eyes turn black.  He let's the water drag Ritchie  down into the ocean before anyone can see. Letting his eyes go normal. 

There was soon silence that followed, no noise, no struggle, and no ripples from the water... Well- Until the sky began to form clouds, heavy and dark. The winds changed directions, and became cold and fast, so fast that it could knock someone down if not careful...

That's when Brandon came to play.

"Sky Devil Secret Art, Aerosphere!"

The water began to ripple, the water moving up and up, like something was about to breach the surface, until- Ritchie suddenly came up, gasping for some air in his own little air bubble that protected him from the water.

Brandon hovered still in the air, his own air cloud surrounding him. One of his eyes were bloodshot red, half of his face and one arm was covered with black markings that tainted his skin. He didn't look pleased. "You should know better than to attack a Diabolus twin."

Boat seemed unfazed by the newcomer then he was by Ritchie surviving. "I would say the same, but I'm  truly not here now am I?" Boat laughs crazy. Water rushes up and begins to surround and shrink into the twins starting to incase them in a sphere. 

Water slowly began to flow up to Boat as he moves toward the edge. He planned on taking the body he was in away from them. Not that he was going g to get hurt but he wanted to get as much information from the weakling as possible.

Brandon remained as calm as he could, but his glare turned as harsh could be. He quickly cupped his hands together, and momentarily closed his eyes to focus... he suddenly forcefully pushed his hands out into the air, both bubbles then enlarged in size to push away the water and keep them dry.

Ritchie breathed out small sigh of relief, the air pushing away the water on his body. He caught a glimpse of Lucas in the corner of his eye, and his own eyes hardened. He will not let him get away-

While still floating in the air, Ritchie took the time to attack where the shoreline met the ocean, behind Lucas. "Lightning Raze, Thor's wrath!" As he muttered the spell, more than ten lightning bolts came skyrocketing down from the sky in a flash of light, crashing viciously into the water. He was glad he and his brother were up in the sky.

Boat growls as he felt some of the lightning and the water returned to the ocean. With his eyes still black he forced summons the God form. He uses the water to rush over into the island faster than last time. It moved up towards the guild hall now. Mario He moves some water to go toward  the town's people as well. Stalemate for Ritchie. His only problem is Brandon as the water connects to him.

Mario jumps a little hearing lightning from outside.

Brandon grunted under his breath, moving his brother's air bubble over to a high perch on their guildhall tower, so he was out of the way of the water.

Ritchie clenched his jaw, standing tall he glanced around the island. He was far away enough to where he could handle his own, and close enough to where he could jump in if need be. He was both a weakness, and a strength. He could use this to his advantage, but he couldn't go in his Devil Slayer form. There'd be too much electrical power radiating off of him. But- there was something he could do, and that was get Mario to safety along with the people on the island. So with a flash, and the spell of a Storm Blink, he was off.

Brandon meanwhile, was facing off Lucas. Well, Lucas's body and whoever was controlling Lucas. He allowed his bubble to air out, so he was no longer surrounded by air. "Sky Devil, Secret Art. Arrow Vectors!" Brandon lifted his hand up, commanding the airy arrows that appeared in the air. With a flick of his finger, the arrows went flying through the air at a quick paced speed towards Lucas.

Lucas dissapeared into the water and returned in a different location. His black eyes locked on Brandon. Spotting the open window and wrapping the water around the males body. A small cough comes from Boat and blood starts to drip down his chin. He was using too much magic and the possession was killing him more.

Mario was now standing on one of the tables trying to avoid the water coming in close.

Brandon blinked, what the, twirling his head around and around to see where he-

He suddenly then gasped, beginning to grind his teeth together in pain. This damn water is getting on his nerves. But knowing he had to get Lucas back set him in stone. "Sky Devil Secret Art, Aerosphere!" The air bubble quickly came back, surrounding Brandon and protecting him from the water. Quickly, he called out another spell.

"Sky Devil, Zepha Typhoon!" Suddenly, a blast of air swirled together into a typhoon, picking up grass chunks along the way, it began hurling towards Lucas's body.

~

Ritchie suddenly blinked into the room, standing on the opposite table from the cavern dragon slayer. "Mario!" Ritchie called out, once again using Storm Blink to appear right next to Mario on the table. "I'm here to get you out of here!"

Boat dissapeared and returned in a different spot yet again, he seemed to be using water to travel through and dodge the attacks. Using some more water he makes clones and they begin to attack.

1st Clone jumps up and gets close to Brandon. Using its arm to split up and turn into water bullets shooting towards the male.

The 2nd clone works to get more water close to Boat.

-
Mario grabs onto Ritchie. "I can't swim." Fear was in his eyes.

"Not to worry, I can storm blink us out of here." Ritchie reaches forward and firmly holds onto Mario's frame, he gives him a grin and warns: "Hold on tight." And with a close of his eyes, there was a flash, and blink-

They were suddenly standing ontop of one of the Guild's tallest pillars now, and there was a perfect view of all the flooding. And the battle against Lucas and his brother...

~

Brandon growled as he missed his attack, his eyebrows furrowing as he snapped his head to Lucas. This is getting out of hand.

Using his air magic, Brandon dodges the waters bullets with no problems. Up. Down. Right. Up. Left- "That's it." He muttered, he pushed down with his feet in the air and he suddenly flew up ten feet higher. He felt like he barely had control of himself now, he's been in this form for a bit too long. "I'm done playing this game! Let's finish this."

Brandon let's his hand travel out beside him, and begin to rise up into the sky. The sky darkened even further, lightning flashing left and right as the wind began to form a hurricane around him. Inside that hurricane, his attack formed. He aimed his attack down upon Lucas, having no mercy on him. It was too big of an attack to dodge or even block. "I call upon the Sacred Demon Jupiter! HEAVEN'S WHIRLWIND!"

When the water and dust settles Boat was no where in sight. In fact neither was any of his clones. After a few unsettling moments. Boat appears, his body was massively damaged, but he moved as if he didn't know it was there. A wicked smile on his bloodied lips. Coughing up more blood, he had lost the god form. "Interesting.... you flew to the air as he dies."

The water begins to rise higher, starting to incase the island like how he did Ritchie.

-

Mario grips Ritchie. "Before Lucas started acting off, he said that a bottle filled with black liquid was thrown at him." Fear radiates from the dragon slayer but he tried to stay calm.

Brandon looked at the destruction, a bit breathless now, and saw the massive whole now in the garden. David wouldn't be happy about that-

WHAT.

Brandon blinked, eyebrows stitching together with irritation as he released a menacing growl from his lips. He's still not knocked out!

He would of asked what he was speaking of, but he was too busy flying forward. Just like in the attack of Divinus Magia, Brandon quickly brought his leg up, only for it to come skyrocketing down in an axe kick to Lucas's skull. He hoped this might be enough to knock him out, he's done enough physical damage enough to hurt like a hurricane of pain.

~

Ritchie stared at Mario, unsure of what to even say at first. "Okay," he started. "And what exactly did he say to you when he started acting, off? Do you know or have a theory on a way to reverse this?" He asked back, also trying to remain for the calm both of them. They would get Lo'pho to heal physical wounds later.

Boat finally was knocked out and was layed out in the water surrounding him. Blood still comming out of his mouth.

Mario bite his lip. "He said that he kept seeing Brandon with an eyepatch on the island, and he seemed to be feeling anger everytime he was near anyone. But I told him to sleep it off, and he... I don't know his eyes seemed to turn black and he looked like he was in so much pain." Mario begins to shake as he gos on. "I tried to snap him out of it, but he just looked me in the eyes and said he would skin every one I cared about alive and then turn my insides out."

Brandon glared at the unconscious body, adrenaline still pumping in his veins even as he tried to regain control of himself. With a few quiet deep breaths and wheezes, he closed his eyes. He took a slow deep breath in, manipulating the air beneath him to graciously let him fall down. As he softly exhaled, his expression did too, and soon, he was on the shoreline.

The Sky Devil Slayer seemed to glance around, seeing the damage that caused by this fight. That's not his priority right now. Brandon turned back to Lucas, wondering if he was even really knocked out... he decided to risk it and fly over.

With a gently grip, he let his hands fall into the water and slowly haul Lucas's body out out by the underneath of his knee's and back. He manipulated the air to fly him back to the guildhall, his soft eyes never leaving the unconscious body in his arms.

Ritchie glanced away from that scene and back to Mario, his eyes were... rather wide. Brandon, in an eye patch? That's sounds... uh oh. Ritchie gently placed a hand on Mario's shoulder, emitting a comforting aura. "That will not happen, not on my watch. And certainly not on my brother's watch. And definitely not on Divinus Magia's watch." He softly told.

The smaller male body was completely damaged from head to toe.  His shirt was ripped to sheds and black markings were on his side. This was new but not what Brandon made. It seemed to be from earlier in the day.

Mario nods weakly and looks at were Brandon is. "I don't know if I want to be near him right now....." him meaning Boat.

The water on the island returned back to the ocean slowly as if Lucas was as there somewhere.

Ritchie gave a firm squeeze to Mario's shoulder. "You do not have to go near him. Though, he's still... very hurt, right now." He internally winced just looking at Lucas. His brother sure did a number on him. But, those markings, they caught his eye. But he could inspect them later.

With a shake of his head, Ritchie turned back to Mario while Brandon flew inside the no-longer-flooded guild to get Lucas treated. "For now, he needs to rest and heal. He's still dying, if what the uh-whatever was inside of Lucas's body said was correct. Meaning, we need Lo'pho." Ritchie politely asked Mario, implying that he had a choice here. "Would you like to contact the rest the of guild to inform them of what's going on while I get Lo'pho down here?"

Mario nods he know he can do just that. He looks down at the ground that was now only slightly wet, and rises a piece of the ground up to them. Hopping on he turns to Ritchie. "Also if he did see someone else on the island, I want to make sure they are safe and not hurt. I don't want to lose anyone here."

Lucas coughs and more blood bubbles up out of his mouth.

Ritchie gave a small nod, slightly shocked that the normal stoic guild member would say something like that. Then again, he was just radiating fear moments ago. So perhaps it isn't that surprising. Either way, Ritchie softly yet firmly instructed - "Stay safe yourself." - before he Storm Blinked his way into the guildhall, immediately going to contact Lo'Pho.

~

Brandon turns back around, hearing those heartbreaking coughs. His unreadable expression softened as he walked over. He had placed Lucas on a med-bay bed, thankfully finding at least something somewhat dry to set him on. With his towel in hand, he carefully tried to wipe away some blood from Lucas's face. "Lucas, if you can hear me, then just know that help is on the way. You're going to be okay," he quietly told. Even if the back of his mind was nagging about what if he didn't make it? He ignored it.

Mario begins to check on and inform everyone about what happened. Also informing them to steer clear for now while they handle the issue.

Lucas's hand twitched as if he heard his Guildmaster's words. But the blood wasn't stopping.