Sylphiel tossed and turned in her sleep, restless for some strange reason. Images of an evil force flashed through her mind, all the more real to the young shrine maiden. She screamed and sat up, her eyes opening upon a room which was dimly lit from the lights outside her room. She hugged the covers tighter around her body, which was trembling from the shock and the evil forces around the campus.
     'What kind of evil force has come here?' she asked herself as she rose from her bed and turned on the lights. She was fortunate enough to get a single room so she could practice her healing spells without worrying anybody and also wouldn't worry or wake anybody else by turning the lights on. She opened her closet and took out her tunic, cape, and boots, as well as the pair of tights she wore beneath them. She dressed quickly, taking her crystal wand from a drawer in her dresser before grabbing her keys and student ID and leaving her room. She took the stairs up to the roof, breaking the lock with a monobolt. Once on the roof she held her crystal wand before her and concentrated.
     'Great spirits of light, show me where the evil that has poisoned the land is located,' she chanted in her mind, the crystal glowing. A great wave of force struck her, knocking her from her feet. She struggled to sit upright and, grasping the wand, looked in it to see the entire campus, minus a couple of smaller spots, glow with dark energy. "Oh my," she gasped, "this is not good."
     Sylphiel re-entered the building in a cat like manner, moving silently through the halls until she returned to her room. She picked up the emerald green cordless phone and dialed the number for Alison and Alyssa. Moments later a pair of voices answered.
     "Hello," two sleepy female voices said.
     "Alison, Alyssa, it's Sylphiel," the shrine maiden said as quietly as she could, "there's trouble throughout the campus."
     "What is it this time?" Alison asked.
     "Yeah, just how bad is it?" Alyssa added, obviously a little irritated.
     "It's big," Sylphiel said, "let the others know that they should keep an eye out for anything strange and to be alert."
     "Sure thing," Alison said, yawning, "right now we're going back to bed."
     "But..... " Sylphiel began to say, but met silence and then a dial tone. She sighed, opened the blinds on her window and looked out at the campus, which was still cloaked in night.

     The following morning Sylphiel met Dennis, Jordan, Mike, and Gourry for breakfast. The shrine maiden looked like somebody beat her senseless with the ugly stick that morning.
     "Woah, Sylphiel, are you sick?" Gourry asked, noting the air of ill being around his friend.
     "No Gourry dear," Sylphiel sighed, chugging a cup of coffee before refilling it, "I just didn't sleep well last night."
     "Alison and Alyssa filled us in on that," Dennis said, stuffing a pancake into his mouth.
     "What kind of evil is it?" Mike asked, "The Negaverse? The Angels? More Mazoku?"
     "I'm not sure," Sylphiel said, "it's big. That's all I know. The only places not touched by it are our rooms."
     "Which we might tack up to the anti - evil charms that Rei Hino gave us," Jordan said, digging in on a large helping of hash browns.
     "I'm starting to notice something out of the ordinary," Gourry said, causing the other four to start looking around the room. All the men had either shaved their heads completely bald or had cut their hair incredibly close to their heads. As for the women, their hair was either shoulder length, close cropped, or pulled up in a bun.
     "This certainly is strange," Dennis said, half of a sausage falling from the end of his fork.
     "You said it," Jack said, pulling up a seat. Nate and Josh joined him. "Most of the guys on our floor shaved their hair off during the night so that the bathroom looked like a poor excuse for a barber shop."
     "Any word from Alison and Alyssa?" Josh asked.
     "We're here," came from behind. Everyone turned to see the duo dressed in their sailor uniforms.
     "What's up?" Nate asked moments before a creepy vibe caused the hair on the back of his neck to stand on end. "The army of darkness is behind us, isn't it?"
     "Oh yeah," Sylphiel said, standing on her chair and casting a major protection spell around them. the other people in the dining room stood and turned towards the heroes, their eyes glowing red as they advanced.
     "We can't avoid this any longer," Dennis said, taking out his transformation pen, "Scorpio Nova Power!"
     "Ganymede Nova Power!"
     "Io Nova Power!"
     "Europa Nova Power!"
     "Moon Eclipse Power!"
     "X Nova Power!"
     There were six flashes of light as the warriors transformed. Once they finished they drew their weapons and prepared for a brawl. Sylphiel dropped the barrier and a battle royal ensued.
     "Let's get 'em!" Nate said, throwing punches left and right and not connecting with any targets. The possessed people, on the other hand, punched, kicked, and bit Nate repeatedly.
     "Eat shockwave!" Sailor Phobos said, flapping her arms until a pair of high pressure pockets formed. She grasped the pockets and slammed them together before her body, creating a massive shockwave which mowed down a wave of men and women, which was quickly replaced by two more waves.
     "Deimos Tornado Strike!" Sailor Deimos shouted, a large tornado funnel forming in the middle of the room, sucking people up and spitting them across the room.
     "Did you notice anything different about their clothes?" Jack asked, blocking people's blows with the flat side of his sword.
     "They're all wearing dress blues of some sort," Gourry said, using a table as a shield.
     "That can't be possible," Josh said, holding the crowd back with the staff part of his hammer.
     "That would mean that the evil power's centered around Zais hall," Mike said, "which is a major problem."
     "We're not getting anywhere," Dennis said, throwing chairs in the path of the oncoming army, "Sylphiel, can't you do something to break the hold of possession?"
     "I can try," Sylphiel said, holding her crystal wand before her, "Flow Break!"
     A giant magic circle formed on the floor of the room, zapping the possessed people with mystic energy. As the people dropped to the floor dark clouds escaped from each person, rising up and vanishing. Once all the people were dispossessed Sylphiel cut off the spell. The people slowly woke and regained their feet, wondering what had happened.
     "What are we going to do now?" Jack asked as the people filed out to change into regular clothes, "it's difficult to cast a really big Flow Break over the campus."
     "We get Derek and Tod and then do a full out assault on Zais hall," Jordan said, taking out his communicator. He punched the buttons for FireStar and Pluto and moments later two voices, one wide awake, the other half asleep, said, "Yeah."
     "Guys, this is Jordan. Meet us at the Union Building's tv lounge as soon as possible. This is very important. We have a new evil to defeat."

     "You want to do WHAT?!" Derek exclaimed. It was half an hour later and the group was meeting at the new location.
     "A full out frontal assault on Zais Hall?" Tod said, rubbing his chin with deep thought, "Are you sure that's wise?"
     "We don't really have much choice," Sylphiel said, fidgeting with her wand, "the evil energies are coming from that one certain hall and if we take it out the energy will dissipate."
     Derek looked at all the people who walked past and sighed with longing for a set of dress blues. He shifted his look to one of determination and said, "Let's do this!"
     "You're going to need a high level spell caster, since Lina and Alex aren't here," came from the entrance. Everyone looked in the general direction to see a young man dressed in green cargo pants, dark brown boots, black chest armor with a green under tunic, black shoulder armor, black tipless gloves, and a black and green cape. Attached to his belt were several pouches of varying sizes and a scabbard of brown leather which housed a broad sword.
     "I can see that Alex and Jason are away," he said, "go figure."
     "Aren't you Tony Booth?" Alison and Alyssa asked, their eyes turning to hearts. Dennis and Jack sighed and both said, "They're hopeless."
     "What kind of spells can you cast Mister Tony?" Sylphiel asked.
     "A wide array of Shamanist and White magic spells, plus a few of the stronger Black magic spells," Tony said.
     "Anything near the power of the Dragon Slave or the Giga Slave?" Gourry asked.
     "I know both of those plus the Laguna Blade and Blast Bomb."
     Sylphiel, who was usually calm and composed, leapt across the room, grabbed Tony by the front of his tunic, and shouted, "How is it possible for somebody to know spells that only Lina and Alex can cast with any ease?!"
     "Please excuse her," Gourry said, grabbing a kicking and screaming Sylphiel and throwing her over his shoulder, "she's really tired and wired on caffeine."
     "Are we going to go and get rid of this evil or are we going to sit around all day?" Mike asked, standing up and slamming his hands on the table he had been seated at.
     "We go and kick some butt!" Dennis said, hoisting his transformation pen into the air, "Scorpio Nova Power!"
     "FireStar Nova Power!"
     "Pluto Super Nova Power!"
     "Moon Eclipse Power!"
     "X Nova Power!"
     "Mars United Moon Power!"
     "Ganymede Nova Power!"
     "Europa Nova Power!"
     "Io Nova Power!"
     Once the Warriors and twin senshi transformed they, along with Tony and the two slayers, charged out of the entertainment center and the basement of the union building, only to confront an army of possessed students.
     "How do we get by them without hurting them?" Gourry asked. He got his answer fast enough though the spell that Tony cast.
     "Buh Dai... WIND!!"
     Gale force winds swept through the area, blowing a path through the army of possessed people. The Warriors drew their weapons and ran like the wind, making it to the other side of the crowd before the rift was closed. They ran into more resistance in the woods in the form of heavily armed students.
     "Eat blazing death!" one girl shouted, pulling the trigger on the rocket launcher she carried. The rocket whizzed by Sylphiel's head, barely missing. As the missile exploded behind her, Sylphiel cast Burst Rondo, blasting a path through the students, which was quickly filled in by more students, who were equipped with semi - automatic rifles. Streams of bullets ripped through the hair, sending the fighters of justice scattering.
     "Up we go," Nate said, leaping from branch to branch in the trees. He moved so fast and easy that one would have believed he belonged in the trees.
     "And around we go," Jack said, flipping through the air and rebounding off of the trees while sailing over the heads of the students below.
     "This isn't my idea of fun," Gourry said, dodging hails of bullets.
     "Time Stop!" Derek shouted, rays of light shining from the garnate orb in his staff. The students and the bullets froze in place as the surrounding area turned gray. Derek turned to the others and said, "Hurry up and get moving. This effect lasts for just a few moments."
     The group made their way through the frozen bullets and the throng of armed students, eventually re grouping on the other side. Once they were back together they took to the air, flying over a couple of the larger buildings before landing about one hundred meters from Zais hall. Here they encountered a wave of the stronger students, all equipped with riot gear.
     "Oh, give me a break," Sylphiel said, taking on Lina's personality.
     "Give up and you won't be hurt.... much," one of the larger men said, advancing towards Sylphiel, a night stick in hand. Gourry stepped in between the man and Sylphiel, his sword in hand.
     "Don't you dare touch her," he said. The man swung the night stick, meeting with the sword in a shower of sparks. The man reached behind his back and pulled out a second night stick, which he brought down on Gourry's head. Gourry stepped back, a little dazed, which allowed the man to beat Gourry senseless. The swordsman went down for the count a moment later.
     "Gourry!" Sylphiel cried before turning her attention to the man. "How dare you hurt Gourry," she snarled, forming an immense sphere of flames above her head, "now you shall pay. FIREBALL!"
     Sylphiel lobbed the fireball at the man, catching him in the chest. The fireball exploded, engulfing him and burning him to a cinder. Once the man was out of the way she turned her attention to Gourry.
     "Are you ok Gourry dear?" she asked, kneeling next to him.
     "Yeah, I think," Gourry said, shaking the stars from his head, "but why does the rain in Spain sit mainly on the plain?"
     "He's going to be just fine," Derek said, stepping to the front, the garnate orb in his staff glowing, "Dead Scream."
     A ringed sphere of violet energy formed at the end of the staff, which he hurled at the group of people before them. The attack struck in the center of the group, releasing a sonic blast which mowed down a large portion of the group.
     "Breaking Monolith!" Josh shouted, smashing his hammer into the ground. Large slabs of stone rose from the ground before them and crashed down, forming a wall to block the advancing army for a short time.
     Tony took Sylphiel's hand at this point and said, "are you read to set all this right?"
     "I'm as ready as I'll ever be," Sylphiel said, producing her crystal wand.
     "Then let's do this," Tony said, turning to Nate. "Can you give us an air lift?"
     "My pleasure," Nate said, forming a sphere of wind energy between his palms, "Diem Wing!"
     The sphere exploded into a powerful gust of wind, which caught Tony and Sylphiel in the backs and hurled them into the air. Once airborne Tony cast a Levitation spell, taking them higher until they reached the top of Morse Hall, which overlooked their target. Tony set Sylphiel down before landing himself.
     "What do we do now Mister Tony?" Sylphiel asked.
     "You're going to prove how powerful you are," Tony said.
     "But my black magic needs work."
     From below came cries of anguish as the army broke through the wall and began attacking the Warriors, the twin senshi, and Gourry, who screamed above all the chaos, "SYLPHIEL!"
     "Gourry dear," Sylphiel cried.
     "DO IT!"
     "All right," she said, turning towards the building which housed the dark force. She began to go through the motions for a spell.
     "Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows. I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hands. Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess. Dragon SLAVE!"
     Sylphiel cast the strongest black magic spell she knew, the strongest "common" spell, the spell she had seen Lina and Alex use many times in the past; the Dragon Slave. The beam of dark energy struck Zais hall, only to be deflected toward the heavens by a magic shield. When Sylphiel saw this she became incredibly upset, which caused a rise in her power level. This rise unlocked the remaining spells in her knowledge, among them the full version of Alex's Storm Striker.
     "I get one more chance before I need to recharge," she said to nobody in particular, "and I bet everything on this attack."
     Sylphiel held her hands above her head, her palms should width apart and facing. She closed her eyes and began to chant the spell.
     "Never underestimate the destructive power of nature, for what may be beautiful one minute can become destructive the next. I call upon the forces of thunder and lightning, wind and rain, to strike down all those who dare to oppose me. Goddess of the sky, deliver your smiting blow. Storm STRIKER!"
     As she screamed the last part, a large sphere of aqua energy formed between her hands. A beam of light emerged from the sphere and pierced the sky. Around this point storm clouds gathered, almost black as pitch around the central point. The wind began to kick up, rain coming down in sheets. Lightning tore across the sky, the bolts concentrating into a single point before one giant bolt ripped the sky wide open and struck Zais hall, shattering the shield and striking the small tower before the spell ended. Sylphiel collapsed to her knees a moment later, gasping for air.
     "Damnit," she gasped, "I gave it my all and it wasn't enough."
     "You did manage to crack the shield," Tony said, helping Sylphiel to her feet and acting like a human crutch, "you just need some time to recharge."
     "But our friends are getting pounded," she said, looking over at the mob scene. As she said that an attack parted the army.
     "Deimos Tornado Strike!"
     When the dust that was kicked up by the attack finally settled, Sailors Phobos and Deimos stood in the clearing with the other Warriors and Gourry recovering from their attack.
     "Gourry dear!" Sylphiel exclaimed.
     "Sylphiel, finish it off," Gourry shouted back.
     "I'm out of power!"
     "I can help," Tony said, reaching into a pouch and pulling out a red stone, which he gave to Sylphiel.
     "What is this?" Sylphiel asked, gazing at the stone.
     "It's called materia. It'll allow you to summon an esper to attack for you."
     "How do I use it?"
     "Call upon a creature who is powerful and will be loyal to you."
     Sylphiel stood up, held the stone to the sky, and shouted, "Holy warrior of light, come forth and beat back the darkness. Angemon!"
     A giant angel appeared in a flash of light, charging its fist with holy energy before punching forward and releasing the energy. The beam struck Zais Hall, breaking it down until it exploded in a flash of blackness. The angel turned to the students and cast a Flow Break spell on them, reversing the possession. Once its mission was finished the angel vanished.
     "Good choice of an esper," Tony said, casting a levitation spell.
     "Thank you Mister Tony," Sylphiel said, taking hold of Tony's hand as they descended to the ground, "I never thought of what I would have for an esper until a voice in my mind told me what to say for my summons."
     "Sylphiel," Gourry said, running to where the pair landed. He lifted her above his head and spun her around, "You were wonderful!"
     "Gourry," Sylphiel sighed. She turned green a moment later. "Gourry, unless you put me down I'll honk all over you."
     As Gourry and Sylphiel celebrated, Alison and Alyssa were trying to pick up Tony. The pair had since returned to wearing their street clothes.
     "So, are you free this weekend?" Alison asked, wrapping herself around Tony's left arm.
     "Yeah, you wanna go see a movie or something?" Alyssa asked, wrapping herself around Tony's right arm.
     "Oh boy," Tony sighed, turning red.
     "You're so cute," Alison said, her eyes turning to hearts.
     "Yeah, a real hunk and a half," Alyssa said, her eyes also turning to hearts.
     "How come you never throw yourselves at us like that?" Dennis, Jack, Josh, Mike, and Jordan all asked.
     "Because we have to fight along side you all the time," Alison said, going super deformed.
     "And because none of you have such sexy facial hair," Alyssa added, playing with Tony's beard.
     "Kill me now," Tony moaned, a sweat drop forming on his head.
     From where Sylphiel and Gourry stood they heard Sylphiel say, "Gourry dear, I'm not feeling well, followed by the sounds of hurling, a sickening splat, and Sylphiel exclaiming, "Oh my word, I'm so sorry Gourry dear."
     "Why me?!" Gourry wailed, his voice echoing across the land, "Why-hi-hi ME?!"