A few minutes earlier…

Tiwa and Carlos head towards Jana’s location...Carlos (who has a driver license) is driving a beautiful black all-terrain suv…Similar to a jeep...

“It appears the Boogeyman has found the children…” Tiwa says as she has her eyes closed.

Tiwa can see through Jana’s eyes whenever she closes her own.

-TCH- “I hope they can last long...we are still two minutes away…” Carlos says as he steps on the gas harder. Tiwa opens her eyes and asks:

“Hey, let me ask you something…”

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Aren’t you jealous that Chelsea is on a date with Uriel?” Tiwa asks Carlos, Carlos panics and moves the SUV as he loses focus. “HEY WATCH IT!” Tiwa exclaims. Carlos, who looks embarrassed replies; “Well, you are the one who brought an awkward question…”

“Sorry...but I just wanted to know…”

“To be honest...it irritates me a little that your friend is getting all the girls…” Carlos replies honestly. Tiwa chuckled; “So...you do care about Chelsea ehh…”

“It’s not like that...she and I go way back, since we were in Japan...we both have similar goals and since we are about the same age...well...I started seeing her as a close friend…”

“I see...so you are close friends…”

“Hell yeah...the only one that wants is Kasumi…” Carlos says proudly, he notices what he said and says; “No, wait...forget about that part…”

Tiwa chuckles; “I already knew about that...you are so obvious…”

“Shut up...and what’s with you and Alejandro huh?”

Tiwa looks to the front; “He rejected me...Alejandro is in love with Valerie…”

“Valerie? Uriel’s sister...oh yeah...she’s an angel plus she has a great attitude and a great body…” Carlos stops as he notices Tiwa puffing her cheeks angry at him; “Sorry…”

“It’s alright...I mean, I have a mission, to find the Golden keys...love is not important…”

Carlos looks at Tiwa depressed. He sighs and says; “Well that’s too bad, I think you could be a great wife…”

“Really?” Tiwa asks excitedly, Carlos scratches his cheek; “Well yeah, you’re smart, strong and beautiful...any man would fall for you...and if not, they must be blind…”

“Thank you…” Tiwa smiles at Carlos, he panics; “Yeah, but not me..I want Kasumi to be my wife...I want to fondle her big round brea….”

“We’re here…” Tiwa interrupts, pointing at the biggest tree in the middle of the desert. Carlos stops the SUV; “Now that’s too obvious...an evil layer located in the middle of nowhere…”

“We need to hurry...the children are in danger” Tiwa says with her eyes close as she is looking at what is happening; “Wait...Alejandro?” Tiwa sees Alejandro punching the Boogeyman.

“Wait, that idiot is here? But how?” Carlos asks Tiwa, Tiwa explains; “He came out of a portal…” Carlos laughs; “So, that idiot Uriel helped him, nothing escapes from that bastard...oh well...time for me to do my job…”

Carlos begins to walk towards the tree; “This range should be good.” Carlos lifts his arm as well showing his crest which consists of a circle with two rectangles up and down and chants; “Activate, Gorrion de Safiro, Completo” (Sapphire Swallow, Complete.)

Carlos’ crest begins to spread around his body causing him to shine into a blue color revealing an esper suit.He is wearing a blue short sleeve shirt with long sleeve black jacket with blue borders and black military pants with blue military boots. The back of the jacket has an image of a swallow with bluish borders.

He takes out his katana; “Kurohariotsubame” (Blue Swallow) Carlos moves a leg back and bends his legs a little; “Stay back Tiwa…”

Carlos begins to release manna from his sword identical to blue flames; “Técnica Secreta; Aleteo del Gorrión del Zafiro Horizontal…” (Secret Technique; Sapphire Swallow Flap Horizontal)

(SSSLLLLAASHHHH)

In a blink of an eye, Carlos made a horizontal cut. He puts away his katana and begins to walk towards Tiwa; “I’m done here…” Tiwa looks impressed; “What did he do?”

Slowly, the tree begins to fall, Carlos cuts the tree in the form of a slant. The tree falls to the right side along with its roots.

“AAAHHHH” The children panic as the ground is shaking. The Boogeyman looks at the ceiling and begins to say; “It can’t be...my tree…”

(BBBBBOOOOMMM)

The falls reveal the Boogeyman’s hideout. Tiwa is in shock as she looks at the tree; “He made a clean cut with just one movement...how strong are you? Carlos?”

Alejandro looks at the moon and says; “My friends have arrived…” Tiwa looks down and sees the Boogeyman; “What an ugly creature…”

“You’re right, I really hate Hobgoblins…” Carlos says as he stands next to Tiwa. Carlos sees that the children are tied up; “Hey...we need to get the children okay…”

“Yeah…” Tiwa nods in agreement. Carlos looks at Alejandro waving at them; “HEY IDIOT! I LEAVE THAT GUY TO YOU! GIVE HIM A GOOD BEAT DOWN OKAY!”

“That idiot! I was already planning to do that…” Alejandro says as he looks at the Boogeyman who is in a panic:

“NO...MY HIDEOUT! MY TREE….HOW DARE YOU!”

The Boogeyman begins to release manna as he screams with anger. Stefan looks at Alejandro: “This is bad dude...he has snapped...we should run away…”

“STEFAN!” Alejandro raises his voice, Stefan looks at him. Alejandro turns around and smiles; “Leave this guy to me...you take care of saving the children okay…”

“Alejandro…” Stefan stands up and grabs his glasses and says; “Right…”

“Zuni…Fuse now” Tiwa summons her spirit Zuni, the coyote. She releases reddish colored manna, her eyes turn into a light reddish color. She has coyote ears, tail, and claws on her hands and feet.

Tiwa cuts the roots and grabs the children. Carlos cuts them and does the same. Stefan carries Luis and Lucia towards the top; “Man, I wish I could have more strength…”

They continue to save the remaining children. Alejandro walks towards the Boogeyman:

“HOW DARE YOU...HOW DARE YOU...MY FOOD...YOU’RE TAKING IT AWAY!”

“Hey...Coco...you’re opponent is me…” Alejandro says to the Boogeyman, the Boogeyman makes root attack him. Alejandro dodges some of them, but one of them grabs his foor and forces him to the ground.

(PPUUMM)

Alejandro cuts it with his wind technique and charges towards the Boogeyman; “DON’T INTERFERE!”

(PPUUMM)

The Boogeyman punches Alejandro with force, Alejandro flies away. Alejadnro lies on the ground looking at his arm:

“I guess I have no choice…”

Alejandro looks at his crest and remembers something from the past.

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March 18th, Sun City

Shion trains Alejandro...ever since he awakened the crest...Alejandro hasn’t been able to access the Esper suit…

“Come on...come on…” Alejandro tries to change into his espe suit, but the moment the veins spread, he loses control. Alejandro falls to the ground:

“Man, this is tough…”

“Indeed it is Alejandro, you should have more patience…” Shion says to him, Alejandro looks at his crest and asks; “Why can’t I access it?”

Shion sits beside him; “That...I don’t know, there could be numerous reasons...but the main one that I see in you is that you are doubting yourself…”

“Doubting myself?”

“That’s right...when we access the esper suit, we must have our mind straight and confident that we will achieve it...try to remember the feeling you had when you first changed...what was the purpose you had back then?”

Alejandro remembers when he fought Navajo; “I just wanted to protect Anastasia...I wanted to be a hero…”

A hero huh…” Shion chuckles; “I believe you can...just think that you can do it...believe that you will be a hero...if your motivation and resolve is strong...then you will be able to access it…”

Alejandro stands up; “Right…” Shion also stands; “Well then, time to run more laps…”