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Zachary looked around, marvelling at the scenery.

"Oh, wow." he said.

"This... this is an amazing view." he said further.

"I'll be even better when we're in the air too, I assume." he went on, before looking at Phyra.

"And sure thing, will do." he told her.

"Also... thank you." he went on. "For doing this for me. Taking me home, AND taking my request seriously." he clarified.

Zachary nodded.

"I don't mind heights." he said.

"I love flying, actually." he told her.

"Well then, good!" AJ responded.

"I'll leave you two to head out." he told them.

"I'm going to go help Dani in her office." he then said to Phyra.

The younger male was silent for a moment, his eyes looking like he was processing something for a fraction of a second.

"Oh!" he exclaimed.

"I forgot to introduce myself!" he realized.

"I'm so sorry!" he apologized, causing AJ to laugh.

"It's cool, it's cool. Why not tell us now?" he asked.

"It's Zachary." he introduced himself.

Some time later, Ryker was where he said he would be.

In a chair, in a hospital room, beside the bed that Eke was sleeping in.

"......" he was silent, and sighed.

"Damn it all." he said quietly.

"Why always you, kid?" he asked the unconscious Eke.

"Why can you never catch a break...?"

The younger male nodded.

"I love flying." he replied.

"Cool." AJ responded.

"This way." he said, as the two of them started to leave the room, with AJ looking back.

"I'll come back and help with cleaning this place up." he told Dani. "If you need it." he added, before they left the office and made their way to the lounge.

Once there, AJ grabbed a couple of sodas and handed one to the younger man, sitting down beside him on the couch.

"So... lovers across time, eh?" he asked.

"Our souls are interconnected, and no matter what, we are bound to end up together." the male responded. "However, we usually don't know about it until we meet up." he continued.

"This time is special and unique, as I feel she is in grave danger, and she needs help." he said quietly.

"We'll do all we can to find her and save her." AJ assured him.

The man was silent, before sighing.

"No... no, not really." he said, handing the info to her.

"I'm going to New Zealand." he then told her, giving her a more specific address.

"...wait..." AJ muttered.

"Maybe Phyra can take him." he told Dani.

"Weren't you going to send her on a hunt over in NZ anyway?" he asked.

The man had a hopeful and joyous gleam in his eyes now.

"Of course! Of course!" he said, as AJ handed him a business card.

"Fill in your info on this." he told him.

The man nodded and started to do so.

As he did, AJ looked at Dani, some silent communication happening between them. As if he was saying 'This is an odd and unusual request.'

"EKE!" Ryker exclaimed, putting a hand to Eke's cheek.

"Eke, stay with me!" he told him.

"Keep yourself awake, Eke! Come on!" he said further, as the paramedics arrived.

"Come on, kid! Don't leave me!" he went on.

"Not now!" he pleaded as Eke was surrounded and Ryker was gently nudged out of the way so they could work.

"You managed to save everyone." the woman replied.

Ryker just sighed.

"Well, there you go." he said, as the ambulance and firetrucks arrived.

"Eke, just keep it together." he went on as the paramedics started to rush over.

"Got it?" he asked.

"You'll wake up in a hospital bed, and I'll be sitting beside it." he told him.

"But you gotta keep it together for as long as you can."

AJ just sighed when Dani said what she did, confirming his suspicion.

"Ah. Yeah." he said.

"This guy here's got an interesting story for you." he told her, looking at the younger male.

"Go on." he said to him.

The younger one nodded slightly, before stepping forward, and being ushered to one of the couches in the room, where he sat down and faced Dani. Once he was looking at her, he regaled his story once more, throwing in what the previous guilds had told him, and what they had said.

"So the first guild leader sent me to that other guild, and the leader thought I was crazy, but the one manning the door then sent me here." he finished.

AJ just sighed a little at the last part.

"Yeah, it's a good thing she knew Dani, and isn't as much of a jerkward as her boss." he commented.

"But yeah, what do you think of this, Dani?" he then asked the leader.

The two males stepped inside the room, and the one known as 'AJ' was the first to speak.

"Holy friggin' hell, what happened here!?" he asked, looking around.

"What's with all the stuff every-" he started to say, before noticing something.

"Wait..." he muttered.

"Hold on a sec." he said further.

"Did that bookcase finally give up and collapse?" he asked her.

It was clear that the male was starting to feel a little defeated, but when she mentioned Candentus Lux, and mentioned that the head was an acquaintance of hers, he nodded slowly.

"Thank you." he said with a smile.

"I will try them." he told her.

So, again, he made his way to the guild that was mentioned, this time being more than a little overwhelmed by its imposing presence. He approached the front door timidly, before shaking his head, steeling his nerves, and pressing the button on the communication panel that was showing.

The call was answered by a male, and once the story was given, there was silence for a moment, before the doors were opened.

"Come inside." he was told, before doing so. The door was closed, and the man with red and black hair told someone to watch the post he had been at.

"Come on." he told him, before taking him through a series of corridors and hallways and stairs, eventually reaching a closed office door with the name 'Dani' on it.

"Hey, got time to hear a client request?" he called in, knocking on the door.

The man she had spoken to raised an eyebrow when she told him all she did, and asked her question.

"So... he wants us to scour this globe for someone he's never met, does not know what she looks like, because he had a dream in which she is his soulmate throughout the ages, and it ended being a nightmare, so he thinks she's in danger." he said.

"I realize we're not the most well-known guild." he then said further, sighing slightly. "And I realize that there are times when beggars can't be choosers." he went on.

"However, we would be laughed out of the rankings if we accepted such a ludicrous request from an obviously crazy person!" he then exclaimed.

"We need to have our standards! Tell him to see a god damn psychic or something." he growled.

"Get a tarot reading or whatever." he finished dismissively.

The male nodded in response.

"Of course." he replied.

"Thank you very much." he told her, before they finished their conversation, he excused himself, and left the building.

He then made his way to the guild that the woman had mentioned, and it did, indeed, look more modest. But looks weren't everything. He made his way to the door and knocked on it, before a small slot opened, a pair of eyes could be seen behind it, and a female voice spoke, demanding to know his business.

He did as the previous leader had told him, giving her a truncated story, and telling her where he'd been sent from, before sighing and catching a small breath.

"Can you help me?" he asked.

"Or see if your leader will hear me out in more detail?" he asked further.