Okay...long chapter. You guys win. And I'll even say the word count.

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Tom walked in, seeing Wag laying on the floor with blood puddled under him. Tom gasps.

"O my god," Tom said as he ran over. He fell to his knees beside Wag. "James! JAMES!" Wag didn't respond. Tom looks behind him seeing the remains of some fight. He looks back at Wag. Tom gets up and goes over to the counter. He searches through the cabinets and drawers, trying to find something that could help but all he found was a knife. He takes off his cloak, cutting it up into strips, he can hear Wag's heavy breathing, it was uneven and sort of faint sometimes. He goes over to Wag, he moves Wag's arm around his neck, sitting him up besides he could and he takes off Wag's jacket, putting it on the floor. He wraps Wag's stomach best he could. Wag's shirt is stained with blood, his wound is still bleeding profusely. Tom is considering his options, he could try to save him or let him die, they are miles away from civilization. 'He won't make the trip, I know he won't. But I can't let him die.' Tom thought as his eyes water. Wag suddenly coughs, he leans against Tom. Tom puts his arms around his brother.

"James," Tom said. Wag coughs again, coughing up blood. "James...James, I'm...I'm gonna try to save you. You--"

"T-Tom?" Wag weakly asks. Tom holds Wag hunched over, he holds him up so he doesn't fall forward like he is going to if Tom wasn't holding him.

"Yeah...Yeah, it's me. It's me. You'll be okay, just hang in there. I'll get you to Vixen quick." Tom said. Tom kneels down, his arms going around Wag but he grabs Wag's coat, putting it over his shoulder as he helped Wag stand. Wag's knees give the moment he put his weight on them. He collapsed into Tom. "James!." Tom falls backward, holding him in his arms. Wag coughs.

"S-Sorry..." Wag mumbled.

"It's okay. It's okay. I'll put you on my back." Tom said. He got out from behind Wag, he puts Wag's jacket on him, having to help with the sleeves but he could see large bloodstains on the jacket. Tom helped Wag stand again and he let him fall onto his back, picking his knees up. Wag rests his head on Tom's shoulder as Tom went as fast as he could. The rest went on as a blur for him, he could barely remember what happened, he remembers Tom mumbling something, a spell and his eyes open seeing the ground shrinking. Meaning that Tom must be flying. Wag closed his eyes as black spots took over his vision, he was losing feeling in his limbs, then he passed out.

Tom felt Wag's body relax making him worried. He moves Wag's arms over his shoulders, as well as his head just so he could keep an eye on him. It took about five minutes, Tom has increased his flying speed which drains his mana pretty fast. He felt as if he was gonna pass out along with Waglington. But he stayed afloat best he could, wobbling and swaying every now and then till he saw Fyre HQ. He gave a weak smile, he flew down towards the ground, his mind wondered as his vision blurred. When he came back, he almost crashed into the building, but he was going so fast that when he moved, he went straight through a window, he and Wag hit the floor. Tom groaned, he picked his head up, looking over at Wag who was still unresponsive. He quickly got up to his feet, his legs giving in under him making him fall forward, almost passing out once he hit the floor. His hands ball into fists, he groans. He hears footsteps echo through the hallway on the left and hears a gasp.

"Tom! Wag!" They shouted. Tom's eyes open, he sees an apprentice carrying Phil on their back and Georgia and Vixen running over to them. Tom pushes Vixen away.

"N-No. Heal James...quick..." Tom groaned. Vixen goes over to Wag, Hannah was already by Wag's side, trying to walk him up.

"Wag.Wag!" Hannah said. Vixen puts her hands over Wag's stomach, mumbling under her breath. Her hands glow, Georgia helps Tom up on his hands and knees, he was panting.

"Are you hurt?" She asks. Georgia Shana, Tom's apprentice, she is a pretty easygoing girl expect for when dirt is involved. She hates things being cluttered or messy, which Tom is both sometimes. She is a pretty strong mage after studying under Tom for the past two years. She has dirty blonde hair that can sometimes hide her piercing blue eyes. She has brown fingerless gloves with black combat boots with ripped black jeans. She also has a camouflaged slash on as well. But like Hannah, Georgia and Tom have grown close enough for the both of them to be able to fight together since they work like a well-oiled machine. Tom lets out a shaky breath and shakes his head.

"No...No..I overdid it is all..." Tom panted. Tom looks over at Phil. "What happened—" Tom sways almost into Georgia but she puts her arms around him, keeping him from collapsing.

"Why isn't my magic working?!" Vixen shouts. Tom looks over at Wag. 

"Was he poisoned, Tom? Healing magic stops working on poison." Hannah asks Tom. He could hear the desperation in her voice, she was really upset and on the verge of tears.

"I-I don't know. I found him..like..." Tom suddenly passes out, collapsing on his stomach. Georgia's eyes widen and she looks over at Wag. Wag's breathing is so shallow that Hannah has her hand on his neck, keeping an eye on his pulse. Hannah bites her bottom lip, feeling his pulse is uneven, his breathing is labored almost. She opens her eyes, she leans down, her fingers grazing his cheek. A tear falls down her cheek and hits his cheek.

"He was..Vixen, have you not learned how to eject poison?" Hannah asks. Vixen shakes her head.

"N-No.." She said. Hannah looks down at Wag, he was struggling to breathe. She slips her arms around him, Vixen turns away from Wag, going over to Tom. She puts her hands over Tom, mumbling under her breath. Soon Tom woke up again, he felt his strength replenished. He gets up halfway.

"What about James—"

"He was poisoned...I can't heal him.." Vixen said not looking at Tom. Tom looks at Wag and Hannah. He sees Wag is conscious and Hannah is whispering to him, holding him tight. 'Wait...Hannah knows mysticism sorcery. Mysticism can create anything.' Tom thought.

"H-Hannah...antidote..make..." Tom said. Hannah looks at Tom.

"What? But I can't make things if I don't know what is in it." Hannah said.

"You made a splint for Phil. Much an antidote for Wag." Vixen said.

"But—"

"He's dying, Hannah. At least try." Georgia said. Hannah looked down at Wag, his eyes were closed and he was barely breathing. She puts her hand over his wound, hesitating. She mumbles under her breath. Wag turns his head slightly, he groans slightly discouraging her. Tom grabs Wag.

"Hannah, ignore him best you can," Tom said. Wag flinched and let out a strained cry of agony making Tom hold Wag in place. Tom was about to ask Georgia to come over and help but Georgia was ahead of him. Chains coiled around Wag's knees and around his shoulders loosely. Tom looked at Georgia.

"They aren't on him tight." She said.

"He has something lodged in one of his wounds," Vixen said.

"Gross," Georgia said. Hannah looks at Wag, Wag's labored breathing dies down to shallow breaths. Tom looks at her.

"Did you do it?" Tom asks. Vixen moves beside Hannah, she puts her hand over Wag's wound. Tom loses his smile. "You guys can take care of him? Of the both of them?" Georgia looks at Tom.

"Where are you going?" She asks. Tom stands up, he looks at the door.

"There are dark mages coming, they must know James is still alive and are coming to finish the job," Tom said. Georgia stands up.

"I'll help you." She said. Tom looks at him.

"Alright, the rest of you, I want you all to get out of here or at least try to stay away...Vixen...I need a boost. Your boost magic is wearing off already." Tom said. Vixen looks at Tom. She nods and flicks her wrist towards Tom, Tom felt his strength grown and he runs to the door, Georgia following. Tom looks out the broken window, the other apprentices leaving with Vixen healing Wag as they ran. Tom looks over at Georgia. "You know what, I change my mind, go--"

"Oh hell no, you already need boost magic just to stand. I'm not letting you fight them by yourself in that condition. And besides, I don't want you to get as hurt as Master Phil and Wag have." Georgia said.

"How sweet.." A voice said. Tom grabs Georgia, pulling her back as Tom saw a spell fly towards them. Tom redirects the spell to the ceiling.

"Master Thomas...one of the strongest mages of the Fyre Crew. Well...I took out James...you won't be too hard." They said.

"Is that Lincoln?" Georgia asks. Tom looks around, not seeing him yet Lincoln sounded right beside them.

"An anti-magic wizard...that won't do.." They said making Tom's eyes widen. 'It is Lincoln..' Tom thought.

"Oh no, I know why James was beaten so easily, get out of here!" Tom shouted.

"Why?" Georgia asks.

"Lincoln's a quantum wizard! RUN!" Tom shouted grabbing her hand, pulling her behind him as they ran the opposite way the others went. Georgia looked at Tom.

"A quantum wizard? How do you know--"

"He told Matt and me! And if the dark mages messed with his mind like I suspect then he won't hesitate to use that magic against us. Quantum Wizard defies all laws of science and can beat every type there is expect for anti-magic. You're an anti-magic wizard." Tom said. Georgia was about to ask another question when Lincoln suddenly appeared beside them, running straight into Tom making him hit the wall and Lincoln tries to use a spell on Georgia but she blocks it as her eyes glow.

"Annuler." Georgia chanted making Lincoln's spell die the instant he spoke. Lincoln's hand clenches into a fist. His eyes shift to Tom and back to her.

"Fine. Let's play that game." Lincoln said before he disappears. Georgia runs over to Tom, she helps him stand up.

"Are you okay?" She asks him. He nods.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Tom mumbled. She looks to the left sensing magic. She puts flicks her wrist up.

"Annuler." She spoke, Lincoln appears and kicks her down. Lincoln grabs Tom pushing him into the wall and puts his hand on Tom's stomach, he mumbles a spell and Tom's eyes widen. He screams in agony, pain agonizing in his stomach ripple through him. Tom tries to push Lincoln off but can't, the strength in him leaves and his skin turns paler as he screams again. Georgia gets up.

"No! Get away from him!" She cries, she tries to attack him but her attack gets thrown back at her. She dodges it. Lincoln mumbles another spell, his fingers touch Tom's forehead, Tom's screams stop once he does. Lincoln lets go of Tom, Tom falls at his feet, not moving. Georgia looks at Tom. "Tom." Lincoln looks at Georgia. Georgia puts her hands up in front of her when he sets towards her. "Annuler." Lincoln chuckles.

"The only reason you are even considered a strong wizard is that of that damn anti-magic of yours. I just took down the all-powerful Fyre brothers. What have you done other than use that anti-magic as a coward's way out." Lincoln snapped at her. Georgia looked at Tom, she can barely see Tom breathing and then she looks at Lincoln. She shakes her head.

"N-No...Lincoln, please. This isn't...this isn't who you are. You're nice a-and--" Lincoln grabs her by her throat, pulling her to her feet.

"That won't work little girl, so go ahead and keep trying to believe that you can talk your way out of this." Lincoln snapped. Georgia was about to speak, but the both of them were suddenly hit with a force and go tumbling down. Lincoln sits up and rolls his eyes. "Well, well. I wouldn't have ever thought I would run into you, Sherri." Lincoln stands up, facing Sherri who is several feet away. Georgia crawls over to Tom.

"T-Tom?" She asks.

Sherri looks over at Tom and back at Lincoln. Matt walks beside Sherri.

"Want me to roast him?" Matt asks her. She nods.

"Just don't overdo it, your full strength hasn't returned and we are still fighting Lincoln too," she said.

"So Sherri, is Seto gonna pull through his curse or will I have to kill him?" Lincoln asks her. Matt turns towards Lincoln, he looks at Tom and then at Lincoln.

"You'll pay for that," Matt said. Lincoln chuckles.

"I'm so scared of a little fire wizard," Lincoln said smiling.

"You should be," A voice said. Lincoln looks behind him.

"Oh hey, Seto," Lincoln said. He turns halfway, seeing Nova beside him, growling. "Ohhh...man you don't look too good. You got blight on your face," Georgia looks over at Seto and moves closer to Tom. 'This won't end well.' She thought. Lincoln looks over at Sherri and back at Seto. "You do realize that defeating you won't prove anything. Everyone already thinks you are outdated, you're old news, Seto. So why don't you just disappeared again? You seem to be good at that." Seto looks away from Lincoln, his hands balling into fists.

'Seto, don't listen to him. None of them know what happened.' Nova thought to him.

'I should tell them.' Seto thought back.

'Not now. You need to fix Lincoln first. Telling them what happen won't help anyone.' Nova thought to him. Nova looked at Seto, seeing he was lost in his thoughts again. 'Seto!' Seto flinched, Lincoln suddenly appears in front of Seto. He kicks Seto back, Nova bites into Lincoln's leg. Lincoln cries out in pain, he grabs Nova and throws her into the wall. Lincoln looks at Seto, Seto gets back to his feet right before Lincoln grabs him, pinning him against the wall. Seto's eyes went wide for a few moments. Lincoln grins.

"I was right...you're weak. You aren't the powerful wizard you were four years ago. I'm not even sure if killing you is even worth my time." Lincoln said. Seto looks away from Lincoln, saying nothing. Lincoln chuckles. "Not even gonna deny it? That is truly pathetic. What happened to the all-powerful Seto Azdel? Don't tell me that you truly have grown to match the strength of an apprentice." Sherri hits Lincoln off Seto. Sherri looks at Seto. 'He's...He's just having confidence issues, he even told me to not expect him to do any magic.' She though to herself.

"Seto, how about you get Tom and Georgia out of here? We'll handle Lincoln." Sherri said. Seto looks at her, he goes over to Tom and them without saying a word. Nova runs up beside him. Seto puts Tom's arm around his neck, Georgia looks at him. Georgia grabs Seto's arm, pulling him back down.

"What's wrong?" She asks. Seto stared at her, his eyes looked away as he stood, holding Tom on his back.

"Come on." Seto said. Georgia stood, running after him as he ran. Georgia ran up beside Seto.

"Seto, you can beat Lincoln. Probably one of the only people who could." Georgia said. Seto remained silent. He hated the idea of leaving Matt and Sherri alone to fight Lincoln, but Seto knows that he won't stand a chance anyway. He isn't the powerful mage he once was, he needs time to build up strength again. But he doesn't have the time and he rather not resort to his...other magic type. He hates using it, he barely has control and it hurts a lot of people he doesn't mean to which is why no one has ever seen him use it other than just arcane. But that doesn't mean that he will never use it, he just would rather do anything else but that.

'Can I ask what is eating you up?' Nova thought to him. Seto hesitated, but than he heard his name get called. Which was accompanied by screaming. Seto looked ahead and stopped. Donella was attacking the apprentices. Seto gripped Tom's knees. Georgia looked at Seto, seeing he was mad.

"Seto--" Seto calmed himself and looked at Georgia.

"What?" He asks.

"Aren't you gonna do something?" Georgia asks. Seto looked over at the apprentices, his eyes landed Wag and Phil who were both unconscious and hurt. Seto laid Tom on the floor. He looks at Nova.

'Nova, stay here.' Seto thought to her. Nova sat down, Seto stood up. 'I haven't tested out my magic fully in years and not to mention I haven't had a fight in a long time. And I'm out numbered.' Seto thought. Seto flinched when he saw Vixen get thrown into the wall and falling on the floor. His eyes glowed purple, as well as his hands. He saw Donella throw a spell at Hannah, Seto started running towards them. He mumbled under his breath, quickly getting in between Hannah and the spell just barely in time for him to deflect it into the wall.

"S-Seto?" Hannah asked in shocked as she stepped back. Donella stood up straight, looking at Seto.

"What are you doing here? And you got something on your face. Yeah its about...everywhere." Donella said. Seto rolled his eyes at her, lowering his arm at his side. "I have to say, you still being alive has certainly made this war more interesting. But let's see how much of your magic talents have either fallen apart or grown." Donella's eyes glow dark blue.

"Hannah." Seto said. Hannah looked at Seto.

"Y-Yes?" She stammered nervously.

"You...You're an abjuration mage right?" He asks. She nods.

"Yes. But I'm a better mage than what you las--"

"Protect them." Seto said. Hannah went silent, staring at Seto. Not liking his calm tone one bit.

"What does that--" Donella suddenly attacks Seto, Hannah putting up a shield as Seto dodges her and hits Donella, making her fly down the hallway. Seto runs after her. Hannah looks at the other dark mages, some go after Seto but some stay. Haidyn gets up and goes beside Hannah. Haidyn Demon, she is Lincoln's apprentice and has barely ever said a word. She has black ahir with tanned skin and black fingerless gloves. A black t-shirt with jeans that have a belt around them and a black jacket with the hood up. Her dark blue eyes glow like Hannah's and Bella's does.

"Let's see what the Fyre Apprentices are capable of." The Dark Mages said. Hannah lowers the shield.

"Yeah lets."