On the other hand, James was watching all this drama as he was getting closer every passing second towards the deck. He knew his mission now got complicated with the appearance of that new man, however he now had good grasp on the general situation.

It seemed these two hideous men target from the start wasn't Dora, instead her mother, that traitor. Inside his soul James felt some relief, as he was sure Dora's mother wouldn't fall easily without good fight.

He needed her to buy him some precious seconds, so he could reach there in time. the next thing he was thinking about was how he would save Dora. She was now fixed to a metallic seat.

That seat acted as a hindrance and a savior. James now could implement his initial plan of Dora and blow the place up. He didn't need to worry about Dora, as she was not stable and secure at that seat.

However what remained now was how to save them both afterwards. He was kind of certain these three enemies had ways to survive such a blow, so he could only get use of the initial chaos and confusion he would cause by his appearance.

That would grant him a few minutes, so he needed to use these minutes the best so he could save Dora and safely escape here.

"Rigo, be ready to pick us up."

He had only one way to do that. If his enemies goal would be to return to here, then his goal was to escape out from the deck. He also was aiming to get the scepter which was now floating above Dora's tied body.

The scepter was now pointing its edge towards Dora's mother, whose face became ashen white as she muttered in fear:

"Why? Why are you doing this? We are on the same team!"

"Hahaha, same team? Did you forget your origin, daughter of light? You came to us escaping from your team, as you held a grudge against them," the new man, Ricaro, said with a loud laugh. He seemed very amused with this situation.

"But I did everything you asked from me and I paid everything dear to me to our shadow ice group," Dora's mother didn't lose hope as she argued back.

"Don't try, we already are convinced of killing you. A traitor will always be a traitor," Ricaro said with a chuckle.

"And a comrade killer will always be a comrade killer," Dora's mother turned sharply towards the Immortal as she screamed angrily, "Are you going to let him kill me like this? It won't be long till he turned his blade towards you too."

The immortal grinned as he replied:

"No, he is only making immortal weapons from the filthy blood of the light daughters only."

"That's for now, but what will happen when he wants to make weapons out of the darkness blood? Would he spare you or kill you like me?" Dora's mother's voice became stronger and louder as she finally found her argument to bid her whole life on.

She knew the decisive element here wasn't Ricaro, but the Immortal. She was ready to give up anything and anyone but to keep her life. she didn't live all this long time to be wasted in a place like this.

"Don��t be misled by her words, she had a sweet tongue but a toxic nature. She betrayed her old group before, and will betray us later. Let's get rid of her now," Ricaro said, trying to negate the effects of Dora's mother words, however his words didn't serve its purpose as they made the Immortal more doubtful.

If he was confident in himself and knew Dora's mother words were false, then he wouldn't be so defensive like this. That made the Immortal more wary from his leader for the first time.

He never thought about Ricaro to be such a man, however when his mind began to head on this path, he recalled some old events that made him more anxious. This wasn't the first incidence for Ricaro to be suspected in killing a teammate.

And that was a bad sign, a doubt that came in the critical moment which turned everything up. The once perfect plan now turned out to be messed up.

The three exchanged silent glances at each other. Ricaro was thinking how he would face the two of them. He came here in preparation for a celebration to have his long awaited weapon, however things took a sharp turn now towards a direction he never imagined.

He wasn't ready for a war, nor prepared to fight two of the strongest fighters under him. He had no confidence in besting the two here.

On the other hand, Dora's mother began to see a glimpse of hope coming from far. She fell in a perfect trap of Ricardo and the Immortal, a trap that never passed her mind at all. However now she managed to insert the seeds of doubts deep into the Immortal soul.

She knew the Immortal so well, a wicked and hideous person, but he also was very cautious and suspicious. She now managed to push that doubtful person to suspect and not trust his leader. For her that was enough, as she knew no matter what Ricaro tried to do or say, the Immortal would never trust him or help him.

That was her perfect counter in this desperate situation.

As for the Immortal, he knew his decision would determine everything here. He couldn't trust Ricaro as he doubted him already. The Immortal was a sneaky bastard that usually took any slight advantage to seize more benefits for him.

That made him suspect everyone to be like him, so he developed this habit of suspecting everyone and anything. At the same time, he knew if he teamed up with Dora's mother he could eliminate Ricaro.

That would serve his benefit better than ever, as Dora' mother was weaker than him. the only variable here was who would suffer most between the two?

To be safe, he decided to weaken Dora's mother first, before attacking Ricaro. So he manipulated the scepter to begin absorbing the blood of Dora's mother, who screamed suddenly from the outrageous pain.

"Hahaha, see? He is my loyal man, he won't betray me as I won't betray him."

Ricaro said that with a sneer, however all of them knew the situation was more complicated than that.

At this critical complicated moment, a loud and massive explosion occurred suddenly by a missile launched from the pulse cannon Dora had brought here before. This time, the attack fell directly on the part separating the deck from the outside cold and deadly space.

"Bomb."

A loud explosion caused the whole deck to tremble then all the lights went off. The system started to fail with a wide opening appearing in this deck, an opening connecting the outside space with the deck.

"I finally made it in time."

James muttered as he witnessed the three enemies get sucked in a flash towards the outer space without giving them any moment to react.