Serena helped Cerberus lay Yami down and then she turned to Apep, his curse on her breaking like glass. She stood, shaking in her own rage. "How dare you...force my king into such a state...my prince whose heart is of gold...making him fear so will not go unpunished!" Her pendent glowed brightly and Rennet gasped. 

"She holds my brother's marker...but how can that be? He only has one blessed soul and that soul has been lost for time...unless...could she be..." Serena glared at the Red Eyes, her own eyes glowing silver as she said "I am Zahara...the Shadow of the Pharaoh...and you have threatened him and hurt him and his friends...I will not let that pass...not while I draw breath" She grabbed her pendent and a seal appeared on the ground under her feet, glowing silver as she yelled "I call upon the Guardian of the Shadows...who watches the Gates to the next life!" Suddenly there was a roar and the ground shook and from behind Serena from the dark appeared a shape of a huge wolf, bigger then an elephant. He growled and the Red Eyed God said "It can not be...you can't come on this plain..." The wolf chuckled, still not fully visable. "I come when my blessed calls me...if its a war you want, fallen brother...then a war you will have...our silbings will pick their sides...and a Battle of the Gods will be fought...be warned...I will not let my blessed fall to you...or her charge..." Serena raised her staff and said "Be gone, God of the Darkness! You have no power here!" 

The seal flashed along with her pendent and the Red Eyes yelled in anger. The shadows were pulled back suddenly from where they came, vanishing along with the Wolf shadow. Rennet floated to the ground and let Joey go, a small smile on her face. "I never thought I would see this day...even a small chance to see my brother...it is a blessing..." She turned to Joey and asked "Are you alright?" 

Tristan moaned and sat up, holding his head. "Ow...what happened...that really...Yami?!" He saw his friend next to him as Serena swayed for a moment, shaking from the stress of the fight. But she went to Yami and fell to her knees, pulling him into her lap and holding him. "Yami please be alright...Yami can you hear me?" She was shaking badly, barely staying upright herself.