The two males arrived at the Ranger Union as the other Almia BKs held the groups apart. Crawford groaned lightly as Varian went over. Janice and Sven were weakly watching as Varian paused by them. He gave them something before making his way over.

"Hey!" The VKs reacted faster than Parchment and Bluealle did at the mention of Mother Gothel.

"Mr. Varian!" The VKs pulled away from the battle and straightened up. The LKs paused at the action before turning to the duo. Varian huffed before smiling.

"Much better! Now then, your teammate... Ice, I think... has safely returned home. If you want to go see him, be careful. Have fun." The VKs bolted off as he sidestepped. "Oh the silence is so much better." Seafoam blinked.

"What did you..." Varian stopped her.

"Not important right now!" Seafoam took a steady breath before Crawford cut her off.

"Now now, Seafoam, don't you have better things to do than just argue with someone with ten times more experience than you?" Seafoam stayed quiet as she went inside the building. The other LKs scattered off, no doubt to avoid the same threat. Wendy, Linda and Heath smiled as the duo went over.

"Mr. Varian, what are you doing here?" Varian hummed.

"Sorting out the problem here for the Lightwings. They had to clean up the last two messes, so I decided to step in and start for them. I mean, once the time comes I'll be joining them, but meh." He smiled. "I got word that there was a downed VK?" Wendy nodded.

"Yes... follow me."

~~~

She led the group to Crepe's room. Crepe was faintly breathing as Varian stepped beside him.

"Ah...." He studied the mark. "Easy fix." He brought some things out of his bag and quickly threw together a potion. He touched Crepe's forehead, gaining a soft sound. "It sting a little bit..." He lightly rubbed some on the marking, making Crepe flinch. Wendy almost raced to his side when Linda stopped her.

"Wait. He's got this." Wendy paused as Varian helped the unconscious VK drink the potion. Crepe tensed up after finishing before he relaxed. Varian smiled as Crepe woke up.

"Ah...." He grabbed his head. "What..." Wendy slowly went over and touched his arm.

"Don't you remember? Joel struck you down..." Crepe rubbed his eyes as he sat up.

"Yeah.... I was more pointing toward what I missed..."

"The others being complete idiots." Linda softly called out. Crepe frowned.

"Still..." His eyes drifted around the dark room before they landed on Varian. It took him maybe a minute to register before he slowly stood up. "Mr. Varian?" The older male smiled.

"Relax, Tremaine. I would rather not have your mother smack me later. Or any of your stepsisters. Whoever I see first." The others giggled as Crepe stared at him.

"But... why are you here?" Varian smiled.

"Helping the Lightwings. Someone is tearing their work up. I don't want them to create a war that isn't needed. You and the other Ks are just the beginning. Speaking of which, I best figure out how to end it before the real problem makes it worse." Wendy blinked.

"But how?" Varian smiled.

"I might not know magic, but unlike magic, Alchemy can't be overwritten. It can overwrite any spell, but is almost impossible to be overwritten. I just need the right ingredients and we can start our assault."

~~~

Varian smiled as he helped Crawford with the needed potion. They were able to get some bonding time without the others interfering.

"Perfect." Varian paused as he held up the finished work. "This should do the trick." He nodded to Crawford. "Excellent work." Crawford smiled as they headed off.

~~~

When you had the group they had, it was easy to get the group to cooperate. They had combined the Fiore and Almia groups. They didn't have to worry about Oblivia as the targeted battle was between LK and VK, not their situation. The BKs circled the battle as Elita nodded to Arley and Tiffany. With three swift notes from Tiffany, the BKs separated the fight and were able to get the group to work with them. Crawford then went in and passed around the potion. Thankfully it kicked in right off the bat and they were able to keep the fight apart. Unfortunately, Joel didn't like that. A yelp followed as Varian avoided the LKs attacks. Tiffany went to strike when Elita stopped her.

"Tiff, this isn't your battle. Let's go team!" The other BKs nodded as they ran towards the battle. Varian ducked to avoid Joel as Wendy sent a blast of wind. The BKs stood in the middle of the duo as Joel growled.

"Out of the way, mortals. I have a villain to put away." Crawford helped the older male to his feet.

"He has done more than your mother has, Joel. Knock it off." He hissed.

"A villain shouldn't be here on the mainland!" Varian hummed.

"Technically, I'm not just a villain. Like Cassandra, I was just serving my time until I got my wings. So why don't you hush and learn your place, LK?" Joel growled as the dark aura surged through the air, no doubt alerting the others.

"Not... until... my... work... is... done..." He said as he lowered his head. Wendy winced as she spotted something in his hand.

"Look out!" The group jumped out of the way as he flung it. Elita frowned.

"Doesn't he need something to activate his spells?" Wendy nodded as Heath gulped.

"Something must be supplying him with the needed mana to cast." The others gulped as Joel vanished. Wendy growled faintly before Tiffany ran over.

"What now?" Linda gulped.

"We're no longer up against a small threat guys. Let's get the others home."