"What happened? Where's the other heirs?"

He gave the cliff notes with disappointment. Lorena picked his head up.

"At least we have one of you here. If we win, he'll be responsible for restricting the heirs."

"Right." Pull yourself together. "If the teachers and Calypsa are holding off Cluster and Camo, then it's just students vs the Voids. Is every grade here?"

"Most of them finish their assignments and left early, so it's just underclassmen."

"Okay, we'll have to clear the rest, then join the teachers. It's our only chance to stop Cluster for good," needing to be caught by the trio.

"Take it easy. You rest and replenish your energy."

"But I can't stay and do nothing!"

Lorena thought about it. "If you can absorb Void essence, that includes the magic they stole."

"Right! I'll be able to gain some of that magic energy. But I'll have to fight spell-free."

Candy lit up, summoning a sharp pole spear and handing him gloves. "Try it."

His mind formulated a plan:

"If I had to rank the fae based on power:

S Class are the Planetary Presidents. It'd take all six heirs to beat even one.

A+ are the teachers that could probably take on three of us heirs if they were serious.

A class are heirs....even though I'm the only one here!

B class would be the members of the Inner Circle. Then again you three could probably take them on in a fight.

And C class would be the other students. So I'll need to lead the other Inner Circles against the Voids attacking the students."

"And we'll make sure the ones don't get close to the professors."

"Wait...I've got Candy's bullies, wannabe Alpha fae, and I don't even think Ainsley's members like each other!" He started freaking out. "How are they going to listen to me?"

Cree and Candy looked surprised, but laughed as Lorena planted a kiss on his lips.

"You got us too."

"I'd rather fight with you guys."

"We'll unite by diving," Cree countered.

Candy nodded. "That's how we won the Mightathlon."

Their words were melting his doubt as the floor beneath them was eclipsed by the silhouettes of approaching Voidvoks about to swipe at them.

"Alright, Shadow Brawlers-"

The four lunged forward, destroying their attackers. He spun to absorb the essence as the four of them high fived.

"-Plunge evil into the darkness!"

"On it!"

Looking around, Sehki saw Ainsley's new member bouncing around with glee while everyone else was struggling to some extent.

Staring at this one side war, and people about to be turned into In:Voids.

He immediately called over the other Inner Circles, dubbing them the Hydraulic Heralds, Trembling Terraformers, and Sky Squadron, to mixed reception. Like Sven.

"Who put you in charge? You probably brought the Voids here!"

"If we win, we'll be the most popular fae. If not, you can blame anything on me," getting him to agree. "Alright, Terraformers, including Bunny Lord, distract and confuse them from a distance."

"Bunny Lord? This'll be like putting Bodin, Sven, let's hop to it!"

"Alright, Capel, Mace, Mandrew, Delphine, Kayla, and...oh, you're Taylor's road head girl."

The former two's faces turned with anger to the latter. "You nymph!"

"Nyla, we agreed to make sure Tay wins!"

She got defensive. "It was his idea! Plus it was working!"

To be fair it was a valid strategy. "Could you do that again with Capel?"

She looked understimulated. "This invasion's like souring my mood. And Capel's not as hot."

"Hey!"

"Just imagine it's Taylor egging you on," asking for her phone and finding an app with an Aquarius logo dubbed Story Bearer, typing in Taylor Cadence x reader, clicking the audiobook function and put on her headphones. "Try it."

As Capel summoned the car construct, his goals were simple: protect their classmates, intending to prevent anyone from becoming an In:Void as he rushed in to stab the Voidvoks from swallowing their energy.

A Centaur Constain's hooves swung down when the Auriga car smashed into them. Kayla and Delphine pulled him up to the roof of the moving vehicle, earning his thanks.

"Why are we helping him," Minus asked. "He hurt Top R!"

"He helped us save Taylor," Delphine yelled back, launching an echo blast stunning the weak Voidvoks as Kayla's transformed Toucan hands opened up to unleash cannon fire, destroying them and pushing back the Constains, swerving past the bigger ones to enact road rage on groups attacking the fae peers.

As Columba, Coma, and Cygnus Voids flew down from the sky, Minus summoned a field of air protecting the driving group while Mandrew fired dragon's breaths barely phasing them.

Sven dived in for the save, blasting them with acid and stabbing them with his morphed stinger. "Looks like you plebs could use my help," only for a Corvus beast to swoop in and feast on his arrogance.

"Get your ugly jaws off me! Help!"

Cree heard his voice, letting rage and wind engulf his staff, attracting the beast to fly down him. His swing blew it into the air and out of control....with his sister flailing on top of the large creature screeching in pain trying to bite her.

"Ca~Callisto's Claw!" Forming the ice dress around her, the Ursa Minor Art's arm bear-ly managed to fatally stab through it before it crashed onto the ground. A Serpens In:Void's arms summoned snakes at her fall when an ink eagle cushioned her, and its artist and Sven picking her up.

"Bodin!"

"You can't leave your own teammates behind," he teased.

"You win one annual television tournament and now you're on some pedestal," Sven chided.

Unfortunately the snakes went from targeting them to the car, causing Capel's driving to shift to maintain balance and the Heralds unable to stop Sehki slipping off towards the multi-fanged sea.

With air magic to boost himself upward, his body slid through the snakes as they summoned a giant one to devour him whole.