"Wait. Black Blood is your son?" I asked, astonished as I put two and two together.

"Yep, are you surprised? His name used to be Blake but... ah well... my name's Black, anyway, so I guess he used part of my name as an honor for me."

My brain tried to process this info.

"Seriously?!" was all that came out from the brain process. Can you blame me?!

"Yeah, seriously. So what are you going to do with me?" Black asked.

"Not even saying it until I get the other diamonds."

Black shrugged, "You are really careful, huh?" and under his breath, "Still couldn't believe the one to defeat my son be a little girl playing grown up."

"I heard that!" I piped up. Black looked like he didn't care.

Like the little girl I am, I stuck my tongue out. "Whatever, I already got you, so too bad, so sad."

"Man, you really are a child," Black grumbled.

"Because I am! Duh! Even if your son is Black Blood and I don't really know how that happened, I claim ownership of you," I said.

Black snorted, "Do you think it's that easy?"

I snorted, "Yeah, duh! Nice tricking me."

Black sighed, "Smarter than you look."

"How sassy of you," I barked, "Can I wake up now?" I said to no one in particular.

<Nah, your stuck. Wait for Lia to revive you.>

-And when will that be?-

<After their battle.>

-Battle? What battle?-

A screen suddenly appeared behind us. Black jumped backward. There was a control in front of it, waiting for the screen to be played.

I summoned popcorn and sat down in front of the screen. Black looked at me warily and then at the screen, back to me. His hands twitched.

"You can't kill me here," I said calmly, "No use."

He sat next to me and helped himself to the popcorn. He smiled at the taste but looked at me with suspicion.

"What was that all about?" He asked.

"Things like these happened a lot. The screen will show the playback of what would happen after I teleported with the officers and criminals."

"My son?"

"Yeah, so whenever you are ready..." I was twirling the control.

Black looked a bit queasy like he was contemplating his own life.

"He does not deserve punishment," Black said out loud.

"He killed a lot of people since God knows when," I said quietly, "How can he do that?"

Black was dead silent, shadows creeping him even though the Mindscape was just plain white.

"He's my son and the love of my life after my wife. When I was trapped in that diamond, he was enraged and managed to hold on to life until now to find me. It was Dark magic and when he found me, it was easy for him to sustain life until now."

I nodded. Getting to the bottom of a mystery was delicious.

"So, Blake has been trying to free me and that legend... I didn't want him to... who does? But he still does it... for me. Can't say I'm proud, I just wished he moved on..."

I don't know what to do but pat him on the shoulder.

"He just loves you as a son," I said, "He just couldn't find another way to rescue you. So he must pay for what he has done." I said that last sentence as gently as possible.

"Maybe one day you and him will meet together in another life and be happy together," I said to lighten the mood.

"Not possible. I would never get out of my imprisonment except for moments like this," he waved at the Mindscape, "Life isn't fair."

"Get used to it buddy. I still claim ownership on you and you get to do what I want."

"Not likely," his eyes narrowed and the temperature dropped a bit. Not Nico di Angelo scary but hey, if it was I would still be calm. I would just be happy of that. Who doesn't like a bad and mysterious dude? "Do you want to know the fate of your son or not?"

He paled at the mention of 'son', oh people's weaknesses, but nodded the go ahead and I did.

The screen started showing what happened after my teleporting and Black Blood screaming like a maniac.

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, YOU DOLTS?!!! UNTIE ME!!!!!"

Where is the dignity?

Some of his men ran to their boss but the police aren't making it easy. Police vs Criminals pt. 2. That doesn't mean the gang is missing out on any of the fun...

"Hey, isn't that you?" Black asked as he pointed at Lia who was swinging her staff at the criminals.

"Yeah, why?" I asked casually as can be.

"How is that possible?!"

"You have your secrets and I have mine."

"I told you secrets!" Black said.

"And we will never know why but there's something you are holding out on me."

Black fidgeted, "How did you know?"

I smiled, "I just do." Not my psychic talent, psychology. It's in his eyes.

"Woah," Black said, his eyes on the screen.

The fight was completely escalating and the good guys were winning, largely thanks to the gang.

Lia was knocking out every people in her area.

Zelda was an ace at shooting.

The twins, Fera and Vera knew how to do a combo, whips and claws. Lure them in and slash!

Sloan and John were working well as strategists, their last minute traps. John's bombs were now in the shape of playing cards which exploded to his will. Better watch out for those.

I started to think that their fighting styles were akin to playing that PC game, Elsword until I saw Greg banging on the criminals with his war hammer. Who was he, Thor? What's next, Captain America?

And of course, I have to speak too soon because Star was really busting out the Captain America moves with his shield.

Tch, had the gang gone Marvel Avengers on me?

Before I could process that, the criminals were defeated and Leo was holding up Black Blood with a triumph look in his face.

"Haha! Finally! I have caught the infamous Black Blood!"

The gang shrugged, nobody felt like correcting him.

Alyssa addressed the gang, "What should we do?"

"Now he's captured, shouldn't we just ask about his motives?" Zelda suggested. It was the straightforward option to her.

"Not in front of everyone," Alyssa ceded. "We should ask for one visit and ask then on."

"Would they allow us to do that?" Lia asked. That sounded a fair question.

Alyssa's eyes glinted. "I will make sure of it." Everyone shuddered but did not object.

"Don't you think he'll escape before we can do it? He is Black Blood after all." Milan said.

"Good point," Sloan said, "Maybe we should curse him so that doesn't happen." Everyone looked at Alex, their resident dark user.

He seemed reluctant but after a few glares, he just raised his hands in surrender and said, "Fine. Wait here."

He trudged over to the officers where they were assessing the wounded and gathering themselves. Alex approaches Leo, whispered something in his ear. Leo looked irked but nodded his head anyway.

Alex approached Black Blood, still tied up. Black Blood was still cursing up and down while Black was pale with anticipation with the fate of his son.

Alex murmured a few words and darkness, shadows and from the black sky itself seemed to envelop in front of him. Still chanting, the darkness was concentrated into a spear which stabbed directly at Black Blood.

Everyone gasped, including Black Blood himself as the spear tip passed through directly revealing a glowing red light. The light led the darkness in a way, weaving itself to the body and...

That was it. By then, Alex stopped and Black Blood crumpled as two black crossed spears tipped with bloody red, a symbol appeared above Black Blood.

"What was that?!" Milan gasped, looking horrified at Alex.

Alex grimaced and still raises his hands, "It's a trackers curse, but an ancient and powerful one the Lye family retrieved during ancient times. Lye kids were trained to perform these type of curses. That curse will make me sense any escape from him and if he even thinks of escaping, excruciating pain in the heart for him until he stops thinking of it or at all, in fact."

Lia looked shocked, "You put that curse on him. That's cruel!"

He looked at Sloan, "He told me too and all curse givers are like that, don't worry. And truthfully, I don't like to do it either." He sighed and scowled at everyone else, "Happy now?"

No one said a thing. Alex was usually cheerful but being demonic may have pushed that over the edge. Lia went to Alex's side and put an arm around him.

"Oh, c'mon! Don't be like that! We were just kidding. You did what you had to. Right now, just be you, alright?" Lia punched his arm with no force.

Alex held to that arm but a smile came to his face, "Thanks, Ro."

"Now that we are done here," Alyssa said in clipped tones, "We should go home. I'll arrange a visit for Black Blood with Leo. Goodnight and thanks."

Alyssa headed to Leo and the rest dispersed. The footage was cut to black. Black let out a wail of despair.

"My son..." he said mournfully.

I didn't know what to say or do. The best thing is to leave him to his grief. His son did all those horrible things for him but no one will ever know... a one way trip to Hell, that's all there is.

Didn't matter to me. I was a step closer to my goal than I realised. Find the Pisces bracelets and the rest of the Arceus gems and I'm on my way to world traveller. I can't wait to get all those autographs from my fave characters. All fan girls will be so jealous!

OMG, I sound like Lia! Ah well... fandom is something that will stay no matter how much times you split...

I was about to call it a day when I was stopped by Black standing behind me and grabbing my shoulder.

"Please," his voice was ragged, "You have to help me."

I arched an eyebrow, "Why?" It might be fun but I'm not exactly a Samaritan. And why should I help someone when it probably involves a killer who wants to kill me.

I rest my case.

"You don't know the first thing about the Arceus Diamonds. Many have tried and fail to wield such power. Do you know why that is?"

"They never managed to find it or they did but never knew what it is?"

"No, several have tried to bind our Diamonds together for the ultimate power but they failed a painful death because they don't know what they are missing."

I shuddered, "Which is?"

"I'll tell you when you save my son and give him a second chance of life. I want him to forget about me, live a new life." He said, "My son deserves that."

"And how do you think I can do that?" I asked.

"Don't lie to me," he said, "I can sense that you can do a lot of things. So, freeing my son in exchange of info for your quest and unswerving loyalty. Deal?" He upped it just for his son. I respect that.

I weighed the pros and cons and finally decided.

"Deal."