The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-The Lands of Spring) "Where are we?" Tina asked, marveling at what was around her. They were in some kind of forest, but somehow the flora and fauna around them were ones that Tina had never seen before. The flowers were almost as tall as the trees, for one, and the bees were ones that you could ride. The air seemed to sparkle. Tina held out her hands, and a glitter-like substance caught at her palms and arms. "We're in the Faerie Lands of Spring," Alice answered. She went a little ways into the forest. "Are you sure we're safe here?" Minho asked, as Tina and he followed Alice into what seemed to be the center of the forest. "Yep. I mean, maybe not as safe as an interdimensional pocket, but Virtues rarely visit the lower faerie realms, and we just concentrated most of our forces into the Summer Isles, so this place should be relatively isolated. And because the lands are busy with generating pollen which was exhausted last spring, our energy s

The 7th Dimension (The Third Angelic Sphere)"I can't believe you, Amara. I mean, I get Mika." Javi lowered his voice at the mention of his squadmate, who was only a few paces away from him, "But you? How could you trust Monique?" "We had no choice." Amara explained, "It's not like we can abandon our posts to look for them ourselves. Camael would've noticed. Then, we'd be the ones shipped up to the Second Sphere for questioning." "You think he's there?" Javi asked, looking from his left to right to check if someone was listening to them. They were in one of the Third Sphere's vast training rooms, where they were sent after a series of harrowing interrogations from their superiors. "He's most likely there. They wouldn't be able to get information out of him if he were in The Pocket. The cells there are not exactly designed to keep angels in." Mikazuki approached them, placing a dangerous-looking blade into the shelf behind Javi, "And I don't appreciate you making assumptions about m

The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-Lands of Spring) Minho didn't hear the first distress call. He had been busy worrying over Tina, who had just gone to the Second Sphere to rescue Haneul. Minho heard the second one instead; Javi's unmistakable howl of pain. Although this couldn't be. Javi was back at home, recovering. "Minho?" he heard Amara's voice in their telepathic link next. Panicked, he tried to break off the connection, fearing that it might give her a clue to where he is. Squad partner connections were curious that way, so Minho was most careful in concealing information that he knew about Tina. "Minho, please don't cut off the connection. Not again. Please, Javi is in trouble." Amara spoke so fast, but Minho only needed to hear the last two words to be convinced. "I thought I heard his voice call out to me." Minho responded, "What happened?" He was already in the mood, ignoring the alarm in LJ and Veronica's faces, who had noticed the change in his demeanor. "He...he

The 5th Dimension (Atlantis) The rest of the castle remained abandoned. They must have searched every nook and cranny, every hallway and room, maintaining a triangle formation for safety. Well, Alice, Amara, and Mikazuki at least, had their backs together as they surveyed the area. Veronica could not be bothered. If she were to be honest, Veronica wasn't sure why she kept finding herself agreeing to help the angels in every hapless endeavor. Maybe her old age was finally getting to her. "There's really no one around here. We should go make sure Minho and the others are alright." Amara broke the silence. A clang sounded from behind them and Veronica startled, "Did you hear--" Before she could even finish the sentence, multiple wailing mermen erupted from a room and lunged at them. A huge sea tornado formed from behind the monsters. Reacting a beat slower to the onslaught, Mikazuki got dragged into the tornado. "Mika!" Amara started to follow Mikazuki, but Alice held her back. "No

The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-Lands of Spring) As someone who has been alive for millennia, it was hard for Haneul's patience and concentration to get challenged. But tracking Minho seemed to be hell-bent on changing that. He opened one eye to glance at LJ beside him, who has been doing the same thing the entire time. His partner seemed more like himself now. Raphael's pills had done wonders to his condition. "Any luck?" LJ asked. The question jolted Haneul and despite the seriousness of the situation, he almost smiled. He couldn't remember the number of times LJ had asked him that in all their time tracking demons together. Haneul would never have guessed that there would come a time that they would be tracking a fellow angel instead. Goes to show how convoluted everything had gone over the past month. "No," Haneul sighed defeatedly, "Amara had tried, too. But she couldn't get a signal on him." LJ scratched his temple, "Where could they have taken him?" "Maybe I can tr