The morning of the mission, deep in slumber I dreamt of a forest deep within the borders of Panthera, then swept to rocky grounds filled with glowing purple crystals, all different sizes and clarity.

I had never seen such crystals, they were different than the crystals we usually used as a power supply as they were shrouded in a dark mist encircling each one, I wasn’t sure if it was really the cause of the dark mist or was it something else.

I heard the clapping of thunder, lightning striking, then the clang of swords clashing. Two fighting in the shadows of the dark, only lit up momentarily by the sparks of lightning and the faint glow of the crystals.

“How many times must I tell you, I am here to help.” I heard a familiar voice. “How many times must we fight for you to see that.”

“We’ve been at this for days, you cannot last much longer,” snarled his opponent seeming to have ignored his words.

“Neither can you,” he responded. “You might have an endless power supply, but your body is already slowing down.”

“So is yours! Now leave!” He shouted releasing a huge amount of dark energy.

“Zekon.” He held his hand out summoning a wall of wind to cushion the damage from the oncoming attack.

“Zekon.” I heard my voice echo. “Dad.” I sat up panting, reaching my hand out. “Dad!”

“Master.” Larana was gazing at me alarmed.

“Where the hell did, they send him?” I clenched my fist slamming it down on the bed. “I have to find him.”

“Calm yourself, you’ll find him when the time comes,” said Raziel.

“When?” I snapped. “I am sick of all this waiting.”

“Alex.” Brendan popped his head around the door.

“Brendan.” I looked at him.

“Ibiki is here, ready for the mission,” he mentioned.

“Great thanks.” I got up.

“A nightmare?” he said stepping in as I rushed to get changed.

I glanced out the window.” I saw dad, he was fighting someone very powerful. I need to find him.”

“I’ll see if I can find anything out while you are away,” said Brendan.

“Get the Rattus Warriors on the case, tell them it is a request from me, they shouldn’t charge you,” I mentioned.

“Got it, now get going.” Brendan moved out of the way.

“Right.” I headed out joining Ibiki, then the others who waited patiently outside the castle.

Within the hour I was on my way. I had read the scroll Queen Daz had given me. It had in more detail on what she had already told me.

King Skyrus had been informed by one of his patrolling warriors that there were suspicious activities between the borders of Cathopia and Anamothra. Also, there was a map which showed their location, but one thing I was uncertain about was why King Skyrus would get Cathopia to deal with this when his aerial warriors were much faster than we were on foot.

“Thought of any plans yet?” wondered Ibiki.

“Well, I doubt the suspicious characters will still be at the location on the map and by the time we get there all traces of their scents very well could be gone,” I sighed. “This is going to be a pain.”

“How are we supposed to find them then?” questioned Lin.

“I don’t know,” I responded. “My guts saying it’s some sort of trap, perhaps it could even be an ambush by the darkness.”

“Are we really going to keep bumping into those, like at the summit?” asked Edge.

“You’re stuck with me as a Warrior of Fang, it falls under my duty to fight against them,” I answered. “Just give me all you’ve got, and I’ll expect nothing else.”

“Is Kiba also a Warrior of Fang?” questioned Rex. I glanced at Kiba unsure what made a member of my clan have that title.

“Only those in the direct line are usually titled as Warrior of Fang, the rest of us follow as only they can really see the extent of the darkness.” Kiba smiled briefly. “Plus, Fang is obviously different from just a Warrior of Fang, carrying the talismans of old and even shared the gifts Fang once held.”

“You speak of me too highly. I just do my best to fulfil what everyone expects me to do and eventually become Tigra’s Guardian.” I looked at each of them proud I had the honour to fight with such amazing warriors. Until I reached the goals I wanted. I would continue to play my part and see where this path would take me.