When phantom saw the taken captain hurt Alaris He quickly sprung into action, using a unknown power gifted by the traveler, he took away the corruption from his body. The captain dropped and I pointed the Red death at him. He put his hands up. "What you want, death walker?" The fallen clicked. "Who are you?" Phantom asked. "No, who are you?" The fallen asked. "I'm a guardian of the last safe city" he replied. "A, guardian? That's what you called?" The fallen asked confused. "Yes, now what's your name and house?" Phantom asked. "My name is Skintar the wolf" The captain replied. "House?" Phantom asked. "Oh yes, house wolves, noble division" "Really? The wolf?" "Yes" "Well Skintar, I was going to take you in or just kill you but I think you can be trustworthy" the guardian said. "Oh yes! Skintar be very trustworthy." He said nodding his head. "Good." Phantom said while lowering his weapon. He offered the captain a hand, He took it and he pulled him off the ground. "However" phantom started. "If you hurt me or my friends, I will not hesitate to gun you down"' "Understood, guardian" He said. "But I'm not the wolf anymore" "For now on, I'm Skintar the loyal" This comment was odd, was he making a life debt? "Are you making a life debt to me?" Phantom asked. "Why yes" Skintar responded. "Wow, I didn't know fallen did that" "Only to those who defeated us or saved us" "in this case, you defeated me, and in return I offer you my life" Skintar explained. "The only reason a life debt is broken is if you die or you allow me to leave" "Very well, I'll except your offer, once you help me you are allowed to leave" phantom said. "Yes, Skintar the Loyal shall do as you say" the captain said. Chapter 18 Yes, I was diminished to a mere dreg. But in the guardians eyes, I was a kell. He enjoyed watching me fight with my two swords, and he treated me like another guardian. I made a life debt when I could have just refused. I lowered myself to serve a human! Or so I thought. I was sitting inside his ship when he came back to my room and took off his helmet. He was a machine! A machine of death, a warmachine, built on killing. He then asked the strangest of questions. "Take off yours, I wish to see your face, your real face." My face! He wanted me to take off my helmet in front of him. Taking off their helmet was a private thing, and only to be done when alone. I looked at him confused, and he noticed. "Did I say something, wrong?" "No, no! I just confused" I said. "Elinski are only to take ones mask off in privacy" But I did it anyway. I removed it and placed it down on a table beside me. He stared at me dumbfounded. He looked at my head weirdly and I caught on. "Oh! My hair" I said. I quickly ran my three fingers through my hair pushing it up and back. He then looked at it normally. "Ok, much better, it looked like spikes!" The guardian said. "You look ferocious even without the helmet on!" "Thankyou" I replied. "Anyway" he waved his hand. "Let's head back to the tower" "Theeee, tower?" I asked. "It's the place where I go between missions" he replied. "Oh, well I'll stay in ship, don't want to get shot" I chirped. -that night- I just started to went to sleep, to see a dream appear in my mind. The voice with two sides called out again saying. "SKINTAR!" "YOU DISOBEYED MY COMMANDS!" Myself in the dream responded then responded saying. "I'm not your puppet anymore!" "YOU SHALL BE AGAIN!" "NO!" I yelled at him. "I shall be myself!" ---------------- I woke up to see the guardian standing over me. "What's wrong?" He asked. "I had dream" I said. "A dream, I was taken again" "You still have dreams about it?" "Yes" I responded. He then tossed down some fabric at me. "Here's some new wrappings and pieces of cloth for you" he said. I looked down at it. They were very shiny and we're almost like silk. I put them on and they were very comfortable. Later the guardian came back to the ship and told me our next mission. We were to go to Venus and kill vex.