Even though they had the rest of the day to themselves, the group found that their pillows were very comforting. The mist had been toxic to their bodies and Omni found that he was the only one present that could cure any side-effects. He strode into the mansion with quiet feet and checked in on the girls first. Katie appeared to have been more affected than Cerulean. This was a simple explanation (since Omni happened to be part Death himself and would know this): The older you are, the closer death is to you. With a small grin that he usually wore, he walked over to Katie's bed.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, noticing him (Cerulean appeared to be asleep). Omni responded. "Oh I'm just dropping by. You look a bit pale." he said. Katie raised an eyebrow, expecting that he wasn't just here to talk. "I would think you'd be pale after fighting... that bone thing." She rolled her eyes. Omni gave a chuckle. "I couldn't possibly be faint at myself." He lit a small silver orb in his right hand. "Let me help you out a bit." he said before she could inquire his meaning. The orb floated over Katie and burst into a mist of the same color. Katie's somewhat dangerous position had been obliterated by the mist and now she would be much better. He strode over to the sleeping Cerulean and did likewise. A "Thank you" came from behind, and he looked at Katie. He nodded and went for the door. "What did you mean by "faint at myself"?" She said before he could escape. Omni turned. "I have a great deal amount of powers. Death being one of my main ones." His face was suddenly all bone and he gave a wicked grin at her. Katie's face turned pale again and she fainted. Omni blinked, his face becoming normal again. "Well...Guess I'm done here." he then left, and headed for the boys' room. He slipped in and found only Zestos awake. "Hello. I'm just dropping in real quick to heal you two." Zestos nodded slightly and said. "And here I thought you were trying to get us killed." He gave a chuckle, and Omni joined in. "No no. It's all a test... Just pass this next one, and we can get things done." Omni lit his silver orb and it again burst into a silver mist which flooded the room. "Give Peter my regards." Omni then left.

Peter woke up later and Zestos recounted what Omni did to them. Peter began to question Omni's random interest into his middle name. He did not understand Omni's reaction when he had told him that he did not have one. There seemed to have been a hint of strong denial in his face, which was quickly covered up by Omni's quick exit. Peter rose from his bed and said, "Think we'll be ready for the fight tomorrow?" his voice lacked certainty. Zestos replied with a shrug, "I hope so... but we don't know the condition of the girls." Peter frowned, "I hope they're alright... perhaps we should pay them a visit?"

Peter and Zestos left their room and swiftly made haste to the girls' room. Both Cerulean and Katie were awake now. Katie appeared to have thought the boney Omni was just a bad dream... The boys knocked at the girls' door and entered when prompted. The four sat around a square, wooden table which was next to the large window. Peter spoke, "I can see that we're all alright but I worry that we won't be able to win against Megethos, the Dimension Demon." Zestos nodded and replied, "It would do us good to ask Omni about what we're up against." Cerulean agreed but voiced a problem, "We don't know where he goes though... he comes and goes as he pleases." Katie frowned, but then brightened up, "Peter! Can you find auras?" Peter frowned, however, "I have tried to find his aura before... but I have never been able to locate it." Cerulean mused, "Demon auras are quite thick... Maybe another demon could help us find him. Aren't all of the demons here in this realm?" Katie rolled her eyes, "All but Sid I suppose."

"Sid?" Zestos questioned. "He's a bit of a mystery," Peter explained, "I could never figure out his power." Peter rose from the table and paced slightly. "You know... Zestos, you look strikingly like a person in a photo that Sid has." Peter then stopped. After the first time that he had gone into the album, he went into it again and found other pictures. "Actually... You mentioned a grandmother, Katie. I've never seen another woman with red eyes until I saw one in that photo album... And blue hair... Never even thought about it again until I met you, Cerulean." The more Peter thought about it, the more he wished Sid was here to explain. "That's...a bit unnerving...He's stalked our grandparents." Zestos said flatly. Cerulean replied, "Well...perhaps we should find him so we could clear this up." Peter crossed his arms, "That's all fine and dandy, but he's not in this realm, as Katie said to start this conversation." Cerulean shrugged, "You only need his name and candle to summon him."

Peter's eyes suddenly widened. he had found a mysterious green candle many months back when this whole thing started. "Could this be...?" Peter spoke as he removed the candle from one of his inner pockets. Cerulean nodded, "Yup. Demon candles have black wicks." Peter held out the candle. "Zestos," he began over politely and with a grin, "if would be so kind to do the honors." Zestos grinned, "Oh would I love to." He pointed an index finger at the wick and it caught flame. "Oh Sid~."

Sid appeared in a fabulous display of green smoke. Sid looked quite annoyed with being summoned, but also quite shocked by who had summoned him. This was Zestos's and Cerulean's first time seeing him. He was of course around seven foot four and wore a green robe. He his three pairs of wings and his many claws and fangs. Three horns adorned the top of his head and a long tail flicked behind him. His green eyes and black scleras finally fell on Zestos. He spoke first. "How funny that the four of you should be in a group together." It was almost as random as it was cryptic.

Peter stepped forward, "Okay Sid... you have explaining to do. How do you know our grandparents?" Sid clicked his forked tongue and then grinned in amusement, "Now don't you sound as if you're in high authority." Peter gave an emotionless look at Sid in annoyance. Sid recoiled at the look as if it meant something to him, but he recovered quickly. "Alright... I was only having fun; there's no reason to look at me like you're going to kill me, Peter." Zestos crossed his arms, "Then speak." Zestos looked at Peter's expressionless face and knew he had seen a face like it before, but not from Peter. He had been shown a picture of a long since dead Shadow Wielder who was known for his lack of emotion when killing.

Sid interrupted his thoughts, "Okay... I know them quite well since I was pretty good friends with most of them. I wish that all of them could have had children." He grinned, "It would give me more friends to annoy." Peter softened and replied, "Please tell us about them." Sid sat down on the giant circular rug in the center of the room which was next to the table. "Which one? I can blabber on about Skylos, Zach, Halo, and Aqua. There are others in the group, of course." Cerulean smiled, "Zach sounds like a nice man." Katie had thought that she would have picked someone from her family. Perhaps Cerulean actually knew her grandparents, unlike everyone else. "Zach?" Sid brightened up. "He was a fine Fire Human who I liked very much I could always crack a joke with him and we loved to annoy one another...or at least I did...heh heh. He worked together with a Fire Demon named Flare-" Zestos interrupted him. "Flare? That is the same demon who trained me. He didn't tell me that he knew my grandfather." Sid grinned. "Maybe he didn't want to think about the past, while worrying about the future. Zestos nodded. It was a good point. Sid continued, "Zach's ability to control fire and shift dimensions was very noteworthy. There was talk that Zach actually had the Dimension Gem of Fire! He also had two swords that he could use at the same time." Sid smiled cheerfully as he reminisced over his apparent best friend.

Peter snapped Sid out of it, remembering why they asked him here. "We'll have plenty of time to talk about them later. We need your help to find another demon." Sid stared at Peter a few seconds and then burst into laughter. "You can easily do that yourself. Here, take this." Sid took out a capture orb from an inner pocket and opened it. Peter's suitcase popped out of it. "Eh? How would the demon orb suitcase help me?" While Peter pondered this, the other three opened it to find many round slots that were filled with many different colored orbs. Cerulean commented, "Wow! They're all glowing... well these two aren't." Cerulean pointed to the large one in the middle that looked like a sun, and also to a black one that looked like the night sky, complete with stars. Sid then explained, "You may have not noticed before, Peter, but the orbs glow based on how close the respective demon is to the orb." Zestos gave a long whistle, "I'll say. That green one looks ready to explode!" Sid scratched the back of his head, "That's mine... if you haven't already figured it out."

Sid moved the suitcase onto the table, and they gathered around. "Which demon are you looking for?" Katie bit her lip. "Umm... It was a Lunar Demon, right? His name is Omni." Sid gave a large chuckle at that. "Oh really? It looks like I should find 'Omni' as well." The grin in his face hinted that there was some sort of joke surrounding Omni's name. "That one." Sid pointed to the orb that looked like a moon. "It even has craters!" He exclaimed with a laugh. Peter picked it up. "It glows brighter when you get closer... so we should walk in one direction until we find the right way to go." The plan seemed like it would take a long time though. "Or..." began Sid, "since the orb is glowing, you could unlatch it from its slot and it will fly like a magnet to him, but you need to activate it for it to work." Peter unlatched the orb and held it out. "How?" Zestos asked. Sid replied, "We better do it outside; I don't like broken doors (unless you watch a particular samurai burst down the door. Now that is funny!) and windows."

Peter held the orb out once more. "Fly!" The orb hovered, and then shot off towards its target. Peter enter the orb's shadow and was able to keep up with it since he was now apart of that shadow. The other three grabbed onto Sid and flew on his back while hanging on to dear life. The orb suddenly stopped on its own, glowing quite brightly. Peter came out of the shadow and raised an eyebrow. "I didn't say halt." Sid landed behind him. Katie appeared to be having a bad hair day. Peter took the orb into his hand. It shone brightly for awhile, but then went out. Sid frowned. "How unfortunate. He must have just left the realm. That was probably aura residue that the orb sensed."

Peter and Zestos were at a loss for words. Katie had taken out a collapsible brush out of her pocket and was fixing her hair, when and idea came to her. "Could you trace his aura to where ever he went?" Sid nodded. "Yeah... but he's probably busy. What did you need him for anyways?" Cerulean smiled. "We have to beat Megethos, the Dimension Demon. We were going to ask Omni for some pointers." Sid seemed pensive for a few seconds before answering. "I know someone better to ask." he grinned once more. "I have to admit that he's more annoying than me though." Zestos raised an eyebrow. "I suddenly get the feeling that I'm not going to like this person." Sid only grinned wider. "I'll invite him here. Go back to the mansion and wait for me there." With that, he vanished in a green smoke. "That wasn't so bad." Cerulean stated, having expected something worse. "Yeah...But don't be fooled; he was just in a good mood today." Peter said with his arms crossed. "Whatever the case," began Zestos, "he's helping us, so let's treat him fairly."

The group then set of for the mansion. The day was now turning into evening and the sky became a brilliant orange. The journey back was a half mile, and they made good time. "Let's meet in the dining hall instead." Cerulean suggested. They all went in, save Peter who left briefly and returned with the suitcase. He put the Lunar Capture Orb back in its slot, after he put the suitcase down on the table. "We'll know when he gets here." Peter said.

While they waited, they had a brief conversation. "I still think it's too risky to rely on the Sol Core." Katie had said. Peter frowned and replied. "We barely defeated Blade with it. We'd all be dead if it hadn't worked" Zestos disagreed, mainly because Omni had told him that he was not looking to kill the group. "I know they're demons and all... But do you think, Peter, that your own relation would have set it up so that you'd die if you had failed?" Peter scratched the back of his head. "Well-" Zestos interrupted. "Demon or no demon, he's not going to kill his family."

"So true!" Came an unknown voice. "Oh look!" Cerulean had said at the same time. Sid's orb was glowing, meaning that he had returned. They looked at the stranger in the doorway and noticed his...interesting attire. He wore a shirt with horizontal violet and black stripes, a gray vest over it, gray matching dress pants, and sunglasses with circular lens. He was wearing a top hat, and a bit of silver hair was visible. He was also wearing white gloves and black boots. "Now how can Charles Pantech be of assistance to children?" He said with a sneer. "Pantech?!" Peter exclaimed, "That's my last name! Who are you?" Charles slid his sunglasses down with his left index finger and peered at Peter. "Why if it isn't my great grand-nephew! When did you grow up?" He appeared next to Peter and started looking him over. "My, my...do babies look different after sixteen years. Can't say I like the white eyes though. Pantech eyes are brown."

Zestos jabbed Charles in the side. "Chuck." he said, almost regretfully. Charles looked at Zestos and broke into a grin, "Mini-Zach! How swell." Chuck looked around at amused faces and laughed. "What are the odds that these guys are in a group together?" Cerulean scratched her head. Sid had said that too. "What does that mean anyways?" Katie said. Sid replied. "Oh sorry. It's just that your grandparents were in a group together. Chuck knew them... and it seems that Zestos was told about Chuck. What a sour face..." Zestos rolled his eyes. "I wasn't given a very good report about him." Chuck chuckled. "All that aside, I'm waiting for an answer." Cerulean blinked. "Oh sorry. I had forgotten why we had asked you here." She gave an apologetic bow.

"Sid says you could help us beat Megethos, the Dimension Demon. You must be very knowledgeable on the subject of dimensions." Zestos sighed. "he is. He's the best, actually. But he's also quite spiteful." Chuck crossed his arms, but was still grinning. "I'm standing right here ya know." Zestos ignored him. "How does one defeat dimension?" Chuck gazed at the group with his brown eyes. "Well, it helps that you're a descendant of Zach. You'll have inherited his dimension powers." Zestos grumbled. "I just had to have the luck of getting the same power that Chuck has." Chuck **** "I'm still here ya know. Now anyways. You will be pulled into the Realm of Dimension. You will find that you won't be able to move there. You can... but the way to move there is simply to think where you want to be."

Chuck looked to Peter. "Dimension and Void don't mix. I recall a certain Shadow Wielder that could switch between using Shadow and using Void. I want you to do the same, Peter. I have a feeling..." he looked at Sid who was somewhat frowning, but then looked back at Peter, "that you can." He have only a half smile himself. He then turned to Katie. "Time and Dimension go hand in hand. Work with Zestos and you'll win this fight easily. Now Cerulean... I have something to teach you." Chuck motioned to the doorway. "Follow me, miss." He grinned and exited. Cerulean nodded to curious faces and hurried out to catch up. Peter was the first to speak. "He seems to know a lot." Zestos replied, "He seems to demand a lot..." Katie rolled her eyes. "C'mon Zestos. Let's just practice with your dimension powers or whatever." Katie tugged him by the shoulder and dragged him out of the room. "Ugh...stop that!-Ow! Hey quit it!-Uff!" His protests only made Sid chuckle.

Sid stopped when he noticed that Peter was starring at him with cold white eyes. Peter spoke. "You left me." Sid replied. "Pardon?" Peter continued on. "No good-bye, no see you later, you didn't even seem interested that I left. Why didn't you come with me? Was our friendship without meaning? Was I just some puppet for you to use to gain domination?" Sid was rather affected by Peter's look and was spooked by how calm his voice was. The accusations were like needles. Sid opened his mouth to speak. "Don't...look at me like that; it reminds me of someone I never want to look at again." Peter narrowed his eyes. Sid was only making this worse on him.

"Alright. I didn't go with you because I knew that they'd try to force me to join with them. Therefore, I couldn't visit you either. Look... I admit I was just using you at first, but over time, I felt like I had finally found another friend." He smiled. Peter did not look very convinced. "Sid. Are you afraid of me?" he asked quietly. Sid looked away and sighed. "Yeah. I've been expecting you to blast me away with no remorse. Who knew that you were stronger than me? You had his eyes... soft and warm... But now you have his eyes. I'm sure you won't turn out like him though. No one despises you." He smiled. Peter said, "Who do you keep talking about?" Sid shook his head. "You don't want to know. I'll shut up about him now. Could we try being friends?" He said, hopefully.

Peter walked over to Sid and looked up at him. "Of course. As long as you treat me as one, and not as a tool, then we shouldn't have any problems." Peter turned and looked at the now night sky. "It's getting late." Sid nodded and suddenly turned his attention to the suitcase. "They're all glowing... Except of course the Sol Demon's..." Peter walked over to the case. Indeed, Omni and Megethos were in the realm...