Adem's reflexes kicked in as the alien's muscles shot him forward, allowing him to leap over his teammates and catch the crystal in his hands. As Adem fell towards the struggling wendigoes, the light grew brighter from within the crystal as Jym's harmonics matched the crystal's frequency.
"No. . ."
"ADEM!"
"What did he just. . ."
The crystal flared up with a blinding burst of light, and when the Vanguardians eyes cleared, the crystal, the wendigoes, and Adem Different, were all gone.
The hellhounds bayed and howled in the setting sun, their age old enemies vanquished. They turned their attentions to the Vanguardians. Growling and scratching at the deck of the ship, they began to step forward.
The Vanguardians took battle stances, Drake with his broadsword, Icarus with pistol and a lead pipe he'd found on the ship, Gaunt with shadow matter, Lykopis her sword and shield, and Link. . .Link stood behind the others.
