Hell's Eyes, Heaven's Heart

Chapter 2: The Phoenix's Chess

Chapter 2
Part 1
Maris The Blue Beauty

        A few days after their mission the day was slow everyone was at work or at after school except for Zalmon, Cinaed and Blair who didn’t have much work to do. Then a woman not to much older than Cinaed walked into the Company hall wearing a light blue t-shirt, a dark blue mini skirt, white sandals and a white hat turned to the back and turned to the left a little bit. She had golden blonde hair, a rounded face, the company mark on her neck but partially show because her shirt hide it and a thin waste more or less she looked kinda hot. She had a smile on her face when she walked in. She looked over to the table where the guys were sitting and walked over.
        “Hey guys!” she said.
        “Hey Maris.” they said looking over at her. She took a seat and as she did they gave her 6 cards from the deck.
        “So what are we playing?” Maris asked.
        “Poker.” CInaed relied.
        “Kay so what are we playin for?” Maris asked.
        “Who gets to chose who gets all the crap off the steamship.” Blair said looking at his cards with the worse poker face ever. Maris looking at her cards like she was reading a book.
        “Oh by the way how was your trip?” Cinaed asked. Maris smile faded and her pupils shrunk as well. Cinaed looked up and saw her face “Maris what’s wrong it looks like you seen a ghost?”
The guys looked over and Maris began to say what happened “Well my trip went great but on my way home I went into an inn for a break and there was a bar was I went to it.” She began to tear up “And some guy who looked fancy came in after me and followed me to the bar and ordered 2 drinks. One for himself and the other for me. He passed one down to me and we started talking but he started getting weird by saying like how I should come down to his room. I said no but he got pushy and insisted. Then I started getting more drunk and he persuaded me to do something.” She concluded.
“Alright was what did he persuade you to do.” Zalmon asked.
“He persuaded me to be apart of his “chess board”.” Maris said cleaning up her tears.
“Alright well at least he doesn’t know what your company is.” Zalmon said.
“Actually I was wearing shirt that showed my entire company symbol.” Maris said. When she looked she saw all 3 guys with their mouth’s drop.
“Well there has to be something we can use to combat this?” Blair said. “Cinaed you must know something.”
“I sure there is but we need to first we need to find out what this “Chess Board” is.” Cinaed said as he pulled out a book labeled abilities of the known world. The book looked worn but made a couple years ago.
As Cinaed skimmed he kept saying quietly “Ch...Che….Chess” over and over until he found it “Ahh.. here we go. Chess magic the ability to go to another plain of reality similar to a place known to the challenger but in 8 by 8, 1 kilometer squares similar it a chess board. The chess magis has a group of people(up to 15 people can be apart of the group not counting the leader/magis of the magis) to help the magis in theses battles the challenger can do this as well but the group must agree to do it at most times the magis using the magic is the most powerful.”
        “Well… I guess the next step is to figure out the guy who got you into this?” Zalmon said.
        “Yeah and then we know who the king of this chess board is and hit him like a giant.” Blair said.
        “Alright so what does this guy look like?” Zalmon asked.
        “He had blonde long hair, red eyes, a narrow face, and he was tall a little taller then me.” Maris said. Cinaed pulled out his phone and started typing. The glow of his phone was in his eyes and then he saw something that made him stop. His staring into his screen like he was a hawk and his phone was his prey.
        “Well looks like we’re fighting a well known person.” Cinaed as he raised his head growing a smile.
        “Really. Who?” Zalmon asked looking in suspense like the rest of the people at the table.
        “Henry “Phoenix” Frick” Cinaed said.
        “Henry….Frick. The guy who ran the steel the House Ground steel plant thats owned by the Vanderbilts.” Blair said in shock.
        “Yep thats the one. Until that massacre that happened a few years ago.” Cinaed said with his smile.
        “Well I guess we got our job cut out for us.” Blair said.
        “Well I guess you guys do but I was you guys I would plan out an attack to fight him.” Hestia said they all turn to her. She was cleaning a glass and looking at them, smiling. They left picking up their cards and running to Cinaed’s house.
        “Alright lets get to training and stuff.” Zalmon said.
        “Yeah but first we need to find all the pieces of his chessboard.” Cinaed said. They soon reach his house.
        “I see the trees are beginning to grow back after the whole Dragon Forest Fire.” Maris said.
        “Yeah.” Cinaed quietly as he unlocked to door. They walked in the house they found the coffee table moved and Freddy in it’s place curled up on the floor. “Hey Freddy.” Cinaed said as he walked in along with the rest of them one by one. Freddy looked up and saw them. Then put his head down to sleep some more. Cinaed lead them down the hall to the stairs to the living room where there was a large window that replaces a wall that should be there. There was a couch with a few shelves connected to the back of the couch. The couch was facing the giant window, 4 chairs facing each other, a coffee table in the center and a TV on the wall that if you went through it would lead to Cinaed’s room.
        They climbed the stair to find Robert one of Cinaed’s Cards or Grey as Blair calls him sitting on the chair closest to the stairs, reading. Robert had pale white skin, long white hair, and brown eyes. He was a tall and slender man. His left arm was gone and replaced with a rusty iron arm and the hand was large and long it looked like a small starving giant’s hand. He wore a slavitest (It’s like the confederacy remember this take place in the same reality but different plane of it) soldier uniform and a old trench coat made of leather, he also wore a mask that covered the top of his face and looked like a piece of a skull.
        “Hey Robert.” Cinaed said as he sat down on the couch along with Zalmon..
        “Hello PC.” Robert said calling Cinaed PC meaning Private Cinaed because that was what Robert thought that’s what Cinaed would get if he joined the army.
        “Hello Grey.” Blair said walking to the chair left on the couch if he had come out of the bathroom. Robert pretended not to hear it and continued reading. Zalmon, Maris, and Blair got out a book from the back of couch and started looking for things to point out who was Phenix’s chess pieces were. Cinaed went into the closet and at the front of clothes washer was a ladder that lead to the attic. He climbed the ladder to the attic. Once there he turned on a switch that turned on some old lamps around the place. As Cinaed walked around he looked at 3 beds they were engraved with Cinaed, Mary, and Ren. Cinaed smiled looking at them and then picked up some old magazines and some old newspapers. He then carried them down the ladder carefully and walked over to the coffee table and dropped them on it. He picked one up and skimmed through it until he found a page and started reading and then when finished with the article he threw it right next to the stack of magazines and newspapers and picked up another one and repeated this process. With the others they finished through the books that might shed some light one who Phenix’s pieces were and started searching from their phones. It soon turned late and one by one they left until Cinaed and Robert were all that remained in the living room. Cinaed put down his last paper and then signed putting his forehead against his fist resting his head.
        “So the search was a complete failure?” Robert said who finished his book about an hour ago and was sharpening his dane axe.
        “Yep and I’m not much closer to finding out who we’re fighting.” Cinaed replied as he looked up.
        “So maybe it’s not about who you're fighting but maybe just get stronger.”
        “I guess but if we don’t play our cards right Maris is screwed.”
        “Yeah so you need to win but you don’t lose. I mean look at me I didn’t lose but I didn’t win either” Robert said looking at his rusty iron arm. Cinaed looked at him and realized what Robert had meant.

Chapter 2
Part 2
The Meeting and Date

        A few days later a man that Maris described waited outside the company hall. Cinaed came after the school carrying his bag over his shoulder and being carried by Freddy going to the Company Hall and thats when he saw him. Cinaed looked at him and he glared at Cinaed. Cinaed knew it was Pheonix because of all the images he saw on all the new
        Then Phoenix opened his mouth “Would you mind getting Maris Newgate out here I need her.”
        “Why?” Cinaed said looking at him with rage.
        “Because she said she would be mine.” he said. Cinaed pulled out his phone and dialed and talked. The short phone call ended and Cinaed looked at Phoenix.
        “She’s not here but shes at a house not too far away.” Cinaed said and he began to lead Phoenix to his house.
        Then when they got to Cinaed’s house just as Cinaed open the door for him, he asked for a moment. Cinaed agreed and walked in and closed the door. When Cinaed closed the door he found all his spawn cards (which I had said already, there was only 4) along with Zalmon, Blair and Maris waiting.
        “So where is he?” Mary said.
        “He had to do something out there.” Cinaed said as he sat on a chair in the dining room seeing all the seats were taken in the family room. Then the door opened and Phoenix walked in leading a long line of women. After him was a girl wearing armour from below the neck to toe. After her was a woman wearing a leather tank top, leather coat and leather pants. Next was a woman chief uniform. After her was twins wearing a shorts. After them was a woman with a large lion’s pelt covering her. And about 10 more after her but we are gonna cover that later.
        Phoenix looked at Maris then around at Cinaed’s spawn cards and the others.
        “So I assume that you want something that involves a little game.” Phoenix said with a grin.
        “Yes.” Maris said “We are gonna challenge you for my hand in marriage.” They one on Maris’s side except Robert looked shocked to hear this.
        “Very well. The rules are simple and I’m guessing you know them with the little ralley you got here.” Phoenix said with the same grin.
        “Right again. and now we set up the time. I would like it to be in 7 days.” Maris said.
Phoenix looked toward one of the woman wearing very loose clothing in his group and pulled her over and started touching her breasts. He said “Are sure?”
Cinaed saw this, trying to hold back his rage and his transformation he left.
“Well looks like he couldn’t take the heat.” Phoenix said. Then he hear a tree fall.
Phoenix's group left but they disappeared as they went into the door frame except Phoenix who went straight through it and as he did he found a tree that looked like it was hit 3 times before it fell.

Chapter 2
Part 3
8 Snow Phantoms Plan

        The next day they met up back at Cinaed’s house and started a game plan.
“I think it’s official that Maris is the king of our side.” Blair said.
“Yeah so I think Zalmon should be knight.” Cinaed said.
“Why do I have to be the knight? I wanna be queen in this board.” Zalmon said.
“Because you aren’t the most powerful here and you can move into places other people can’t.” Cinaed said.
“True.” Zalmon said.
“I think Ren should also be a knight.” Cinaed said. Ren smiled to hear that he didn’t have to wait to get his title on the board.
“Alright I think Mary and Freddy should be a rook.” Robert said.
“Well they are strong…..” Robert said agreeing.
“Hold on!” Mary said rudely, “Why would I let you guys chose who I get to be? Well it is true that I am strong but I think Robert should be rooke he can move things others can’t.”
“I, I.” Robert said with no objections.
“Alright we’ll get back to you later.” Maris said looking at Mary. “So we have both rookes, both knights, the king positions taken. Who wants bishop?”
“I’ll take bishop.” Blair said raising his hand.
“Alright so that leaves us with Mary and Cinaed. So what do you guys want to do because all we have is Bishop and Queen?” Maris said. Cinaed and Mary started thinking hard.
After a couple minutes Cinaed final said “I think that Mary should be 9 pieces.”
“What?” Most people in the room said except Robert and Freddy mostly because Robert was curious and a soldier once so not that much would surprise him. With Freddy well he couldn’t talk.
“What do you mean?” Maris said.
“What I’m saying is that Mary should be the Queen and pawns. She can use the dolls for the pawns not to mention she and make objects around her dolls.”
“Wow that’s really smart.” Maris said.
“Yeah I know plus I am faster than you and hit harder with my fists.” Cinaed said. Mary looked at him and her face began to look mad giving Cinaed the stink eye.
“Alright so what now?” Blair asked.
“We get to work.” Cinaed said.
“Work? On what? We don’t know the location.” Zalmon said.
“You're right but Maris may know.” Robert said.
“Yeah… Yeah you’re right! Maris you need to take us to all the places you go on a regular basis.” Mary said.
“Alright first on the list is my High School, Richwater Catholic High School. Next is the Clydesdale Mall. After that is my Neighborhood. And finally the Company Hall.” Maris said standing up out of her chair.
“Alright let’s go.” Cinaed said grabbing his trench coat.
“Hold on I actually don’t want you go I would like it if you were here and see if Mary’s dolls are adequate for battle.” Maris said heading for the door with a smile. “Also you know the grounds of all the places I go don’t you.”
Cinaed looked surprised along with Blair and Zalmon. Then a smile came on Cinaed’s face. ‘You’re right I do know the layout of your school.”
“Cinaed how do you know the lay out?” Zalmon asked curiously.
“I watched her and you guys when I get days off sometimes.” Cinaed said.
“Wow….. Um…. That’s weird.” Zalmon said.
“Well at least I don’t peek on girls!” Cinaed said laughing then the rest of guys fallowed. Zalmon got mad but then began to laugh. Then after the laughs silenced everyone left to the destinations except Mary and Cinaed to their parts. Cinaed and Mary walked to her room right next to Ren’s and right across from Cinaed’s room. Her room was lite pink with a 2 windows since her room was in the corner of the house. One of the walls was covered in shelves and on these shelves were dolls, some dolls were too big to be on theses shelves. So they were on her upper bed lining the back board leaving only a small space for the pillow. Her bed was a bunk bed with huge stairs leading to the top bunk and right next to the door. The top bunk was her bunk while the bottom bunk was replaced by a display case and inside it was a row of swords 12 to be exact. There were 4 swords made of wood that weren’t to be sharp but strong enough to stop a steel sword. Another 4 swords were made of steel with handles made of ribbons of a different color per sword. The colors were blue, yellow, green, and purple. The steel swords could also be connected with a hook system in the blent (or back of the handle). The last 4 swords were sabres but they didn’t connect and they had a guard made of a mixture of gold and silver. Across the room was in the corner was a desk and on that desk was a doll making kit with tool scattered around the desk with a doll in the making on it. On the side of the desk was a coat rack with a fur coat but it wasn’t like the trench coats that Cinaed and Robert had they had, this coat was much shorter and could only reach her mid thigh. Between the Desk and shelves was a chest.
“I see you're the fastest dollmaker ever and not slowing down.” Cinaed said entering the room and looking around.
“Yes I am.” Mary said behind him.
“So where are the dolls?” Cinaed asked. Mary smiled and walked over to the chest.
“Here they are.” She said kneeling toward the chest and unlocking it. Then with a click the chest opened. Inside were 3 dolls, 2 that looked exactly the same, about 4 feet tall, slender arms and legs, they were all as blank as a sheet of paper ready to be written on, they were made of wood and their joints were made of screws and other items. 1 was 1 foot tall but had all parts of the other 2 but the head was a little of portions by a couple inches.
“Wow they look great.” Cinaed said.
“Thanks now lets get them down stairs to the armoury.” Mary said and at the end of her sentence the doorbell rang. Cinaed walked to the window and looked out to the front of the house and found his father’s car out in the driveway. Cinaed’s father was Drake Ignus, also known as the creator of the Snow Phantoms ship as mentioned earlier known as the Snow Poltergeist made to fight a company in a company war.
“Looks like Dad came for a viste and just in time.” Cinaed said.
Mary looked at him and then looked back at the dolls said “I’ll walk the dolls downstairs.” as one of the dolls began to stand up and look at Mary.
Cinaed began to walk out the door and said “Thanks.” Cinaed walked down stairs and looked through the glass in the door and saw his father waiting for him. Cinaed opened the door.
“Hey buddy.” Drake said with a smile.
“Hey Dad.” Cinaed said.
“So you gonna let me in.” Drake said.
“Sure. So what you doin here?” Cinaed asked opening the door
“Blair called me saying you may need help with a little project and I was driving by.” Drake said as he entered the household and finding the 2 doll walking down the hallway side by side. Following them was Mary with the 1 foot doll on her shoulder.
“Well yeah.” he said then turned around and found what Drake was looking at.
“Alright you 2 can open the armoury” she said as she and the 3 dolls entered the room.
“Oh! Right.” Cinaed said as he speed walked over to a grandfather clock behind the 2 chairs. Cinaed then opened the arm’s door and pulled on the arm. After he pulled it the sound of gears came and after couple seconds the grandfather clock moved revealing a ladder going down. “Alright let’s go.” Cinaed said going first going down the ladder. The ladder went down to a room not too tall but what long and the walls were covered with crates. In the back of the room was a tunnel that was lined with cables and pipes that when downhill. As they climbed down the smell of dust and old drying dirt grew each step they climb down along with the feeling of moist heat.
“I see that you expand your armoury.” Drake said coming down after his son.
“Yeah I mean taking weapons from people is just what I do.” Cinaed said picking up a crowbar leaning on one of the crates. The dolls came down next and then Mary carrying the little doll on her shoulder.
“Alright let get searching for weapons.” Cinaed said. Cinaed, Drake and Mary looked for a chest to chuss from a chest to get the weapons from. The chests were labels with different stuff like swords, knifes, guns, chestplates, helmet, leggings, or boots and stuff of that sorts. Mary looked at a crate that was labeled maces that was 3 feet tall, 6 feet long, and the width was 3 feet. 1 of steel swords appeared behind her. She reach behind her to grab it and grasped it. She pulled it over her right shoulder and kneed in front if of the Crate pulling her sword back like a spartan and his spear. With a quick push of her sword put it in between the main crate and the top of the crate. With this thrust it caused the little doll to fall of her shoulder. The crashing of wood and her sword got the attention of Drake and Cinaed looking at her. She then let go of the sword and stood up. She turned toward her sword and looked at it. She lifted her right leg and stepped on the handle. Mary then pushed on the handle with her leg and the crate opened it with the loud crack of the wood. She picked up her sword teleported back with the rest of her swords. Inside was a thin layer of straw cover 2 maces one was a pole with a giant iron ball at the end. The other was a sword with an iron ball at the end. She shuffled through the straw to see them better. She picked up the sword mace and spun it around analysing it. She then put it in the back of the crate in between the pole mace and the wall of the crate. She then processed to shuffle around the straw until she found another mace that was a pole wrapped in a cloth and at the end was a ball with spikes around it. She picked it up and looked at it. She then gave it to the doll closest to her.
“I see you found a weapon for one of the doll already.” Cinaed said still looking at her. Mary didn’t answer and continued to look with the dolls following her.
“Hey Mary can I have one of the dolls so that way I can give it a weapon and not run over to grab it.” Drake ask.
“Sure Drake.” Mary said pointing one of the 4 foot dolls to Drake. The doll walked over to Drake clacking with each step it walked over awkwardly. She then when grabbed the doll on her shoulder she found that she caused the doll to fall on the floor. She looked down to find the little doll on the floor standing and looking up at her. She then said sorry and pointed to Cinaed. The little doll then walked over to Cinaed and Mary then walked to the ladder and proceed to climb it with the doll she had with the mace.
        “So. Why do we need to weaponize this dolls.” Drake asked looking.
        “Maris needs them for a job.” Cinaed said putting as much light wieght on what he was saying as possible.
        “Oh you mean how you guys are gonna try and stop Frick from marrying Maris.” Drake said looked at the crates. Cinaed was shocked to hear what his father said and so lightly about the subject.
        “How do you know about that?” Cinaed said shocked.
        “Oh! I got a letter in the mail from Frick about the wedding and invited us this morning.” Drake said.
        “Son of a Bit….” Cinaed said angrily before he released who was in presence.
        “You’re right now I want you guys to kick his ass around so bad that it would make the iron workers who died a few years ago smile.” Drake said.
Cinaed looked at him and smiled “I’ll kick his ass so hard that the name Snow Phantoms will be a name not taken lightly.”
“I know.” Drake said as he stopped and looked at a crate labeled throwing shield that was 3 by 3 by 6 feet. He then teleported in a 22 long rifle with bayonet because he was also a gunner and some magic can be inherited to the kid of the parent like Blair’s Gunman ability. He then processed to open the crate with the rifle. Inside there were 6 shields they were labeled ‘USM’, ‘UK’, ‘Old USM’, ‘AWP’, ‘UT’ and ‘CW’. Drake pulled out the ‘USM’ shield revealing a shield that looked like a saw blade color in the United States of Misdreavus which were purple, grey and red. It had a dark blue circle in the center. Drake put it back and pulled out the next one ‘UK’ which meant United Kingdoms. It looked like an X. It was colored green, red, white and yellow. Drake then tossed it to the doll which caught it in mid-air. He then closed the crate and searched some more of other weapons.
Cinaed found a crate and processed to open it with the crowbar he had. The crate was labeled ‘Knifes’ and it was the same as the last 2 I described. Inside were tons of knifes in this crate. Alsorts of knifes from butterfly knives to normal kitchen knives to blades that were stored in the handle and came out with a push of a button to throwing ninja knives and alsorts of others under a thin layer of straw. Cinaed searched through the straw and after a minute of looking through the knives he then processed to lift the knives with the straw bedding under them and place them over on another crate. Under the knives he lifted were more knives and processed to look threw the straw. He then found a knife he was looking for. It was a normal blade nothing special but it was in the blade was in the shape of an american chestnut leaf. He then picked it up and looked at it content filled his face then looked at the little doll looking up at him. Cinaed kneeled over the gave the little doll the blade. He then placed the top knives on top of the other knifes and closed it. He then processed to look some more weapons for the little doll. Drake found a crate labeled ‘Don’t Open’.
“Hey Cinaed what’s in this crate?” Drake asked. Cinaed walked over.
“What crate?” Cinaed said right next to his Father.
“That one.” Drake pointed too. Cinaed looked puzzled.
“I don’t know. I don’t think I’ve ever see this crate before.” Cinaed said.
“Well then let’s go open it up.” Drake said.
“I don’t know.” Robert brings a lot of stuff threw here when it rains.” Cinaed said.
“Oh what ever this crate is in the middle of this stockpile so why would he put it here and forgot about it.” Drake said.
“True. Well let’s open this sucker up” Cinaed said jabbing his crowbar in the top of the crate. He then pushed down and it opened. Inside was alsorts of old tools that looked like they were from the 15th century.
“What is this stuff picking up an old light bulb?” Drake said.
“I’m betting it’s Ren’s stuff from his last owner.” Cinaed said.
“Oh yeah wasn’t his last owner an inventor or scientist.” Drake said.
        “An Inventor.” Cinaed said “We better close it.”
“Yeah we don’t want this stuff to get damages.” Drake said. They then grabbed the top and placed it on carefully.
Drake then looked at a box right next to the ‘Do Not Open’ crate, with the word ‘Hook’. He opened it and found not as many hooks as they were knives but lot. Cinaed not a couple feet away from him turned and looked in the crate. Cinaed picked up a hook that was small and picked it up. It looked like a hook he saw in a movie once named ‘I Know What You Did In July’. Cinaed smiled and gave it to his little doll and they then went up the ladder and went to go find Mary. They went up stairs and found a her sitting at her desk and with a carving knife carving the doll’s hand. The doll was standing on the floor with it’s arm on the desk being held by Mary.
“Here.” Cinaed said leaving the little doll and it’s weapons next to the other doll.
“Thank you.” Mary said concentrated on her dolls hand.
“You’re welcome and by the way I want this doll to look like a doll we saw in a movie once.” Cinaed said walking out of her room.
“Which one?” Mary said. Cinaed stopped just outside the door frame. Cinaed turned his head and looked at her with a smile.
“I Know What You Did Last July.” he said.
“Ah… So you want a fun killer.” Mary said.
“Yep.” he said leaving. Cinaed passed Drake carrying a rounded 6 barreled rifle gauntlet up the stairs.

Chapter 2
Part 4
Looking At The Possible Chess Boards

        Back with Maris and the others about 2 hours later they had just reached the ¾ of the way to Maris’s High School. Her high school was in urban area that was full of industry mostly small businesses but they had 3 big businesses. One was named O’Donis Beer Company which sold the most beer in  Applewood and the East Coast. The second was Zapiture Science which made MOAP tools like portal guns and other tools, it was also one of the biggest producers of MOAP tools world wide. The third was the 99 Metal Stove which was owned by the Vanderbilt’s and ran by Phoenix for a couple years until a massacre happened in 1668x but Maris wasn’t in high school so she didn’t hear the fighting. What happened the workers weren’t getting enough pay and they were getting over worked. So they barricaded themselves in the factory in protest but Phoenix decided instead of bargaining with them he would hire a small army of mercenaries to help get his factory back up in working order. In their clash 10 people died from mortal wounds. When the boss found out he fired Phoenix. The area was based around a river that once power the water wheels that made industry grow in the U.S.M. The high school was a campus like Cinaed’s high school but much larger with building towering over the sidewalk.
        They final made it after awhile.
“So this is your high school.” Blair said staring at the buildings looking down at them.
“Yeah and you guys need to see everything.” she said leading the way. The path way was made of bricks and well maintained with a tree in the middle of the path. There were 4 buildings that formed a ring. Inside the ring was a bunch of paths that lead through a garden. In the back were a bunch of types of sports of fields. Maris showed them everywhere she knew from her classrooms to the dorms for people who came from far away. This place was giant. So it took a couple hours to show them everything. When they left with mouths drops except Robert.
Then they went to the Company hall to get some rest.
“I better call Cinaed to tell him we’re going to the Company Hall.” Ren said exhausted.
“Sure.” Blair said.
“Okay I’m calling him.” Ren said and processed to call him. Ren decided to call his home phone. Someone picked up the phone.
“Hello?” Mary answered.
“Hello?” Ren replied.
“Ren?” Mary asked.
“Yeah. Mary?” Ren asked.
“Yes. What’s up?” Mary said.
“I need to talk to Cinaed. Is he there?” Ren said passing a field near the company hall.
“No. He left with Drake a while ago.” Mary said.
“Oh Okay I’ll call him on his cell phone.” Ren said. He began to call Cinaed.
“Hey Ren what’s up?” Cinaed picking up.
“Hello Cinaed just to let you know we’re going to the company hall.” Ren said entering the courtyard of the company hall.
“Oh good.” Cinaed said.
“Why is that good?” Ren asked as he opened the doors. Then he saw Cinaed at the Bar listening to Ian Peterson a local famous singer who made parodies of songs and was Snow Phantom’s magis. Cinaed looked over and saw them and waved to them. Everyone who was a part of the company came to the company hall to watch well most people some people had stuff to do.
Since their normal table was full they had the bar to themselves. There were only 8 seats but Cinaed and Drake was sitting in 2 of them. They sat down and started to drink and enjoy the music and some of the guys danced but Cinaed because he had no idea how to dance.

Chapter 2
Part 5
The Clouds and War

After a few days of proper preparation the day had arrived of the great battle to save Maris. Each day cloud came to the area and would stop until the land was so dark it looked like a rain was gonna come down but it never did but lighting came down on the land. If it came down any powerful it would start a fire. The sound of thunder roared through the valley.
Blair cleaned and repaired his guns. Zalmon practiced his Ghost Dragon Slayer magic. Robert sharpened his dane axe and oiled his iron hand. Mary finished her dolls. The small doll had a black trench coat with a knife coming out of one sleeve and a hook out the other and a wide- brimmed hat. He also had a white face and black circles around his eyes, his jaw could move to form a smile and laugh. The Doll with the gauntlet and throwing shield was giving a knight look but an angry looking face. The other, the one with the mace was also given a knight look but painted with black so it was a dark knight. Ren absorbed every lightning strike that struck the house. Maris rested up for the brawled and Cinaed tried making deals with the Devil Dragon inside him (Oppose sorry Blood Card users can talk to the Devil Dragon among other things).
The Devil Dragon and Cinaed can converse in a space not known to either of them. The space is a room made of stone bricks and a steel bar wall like in prison but behind the bar walls was total darkness. Even the torches that were at each side of the door on the opposite side of the room could not light it up it was like a wall of darkness was blocking the light from the Devil Dragons side of the room.
“You know the limitations of the my power!” the Devil Dragon said in a deep voice.
“Yeah but there isn’t anything you can do?” Cinaed in the light said
“The rules simple and you know them!!” the Devil Dragon yelled.
“Yeah but I just need some more power than the power you supply.” Cinaed pleaded.
“What do I look like the power company!! You can’t just turn up the juice from 1000 to over 9000. The power switch is you and your ability to use your ability.” the Devil Dragon getting more irritated. Cinaed then left out the door and finding himself back in his body sitting on the bus on his way to the bus stop near the Company Hall.
“Good morning Sunshine.” the bus driver said looking in the mirror at Cinaed.
“Yeah that was a good nap.” Cinaed said lying to the bus drive. The bus pulled over to the side the road. It was in front of Liedy’s Market. Liedy’s Market was a 2 story store where the Store was on the first floor taking up half the first floor while half of what was left was used for cutting up meat while with rest was used for personal stuff. Liedy’s Market was Cinaed’s favorite store in the town and went inside almost every time he got off the bus. Liedy’s Market was owned by Marleen’s side of the family to be more specific the store was owned by Cinaed’s uncle, Babe Liedy who wasn’t a part of the Company but came by the Company Hall a lot to see how some people were doing and a bunch of other stuff. Babe was bald and had a big scar on his head and wore a hat lot to cover it. He was also old and a Demon Fruit magis. Babe’s Demon Fruit was the Sword-Sword Fruit which gives the eater the ability to make his/her body into sword blades and just as hard. Cinaed got off the bus and walked in.
“Hello?” Cinaed said grabbing some snacks on his way to the meat section in the back of the store.
“Hey Cinaed! How are you doing?!” Babe said yelling because he was almost deaf in one ear from the Great War when he was in his 20s but he had hearing aids so people could speak normally around him.
“Good and you?” Cinaed said putting some hard candies on the glass case showcasing the meats the store offered.
“Good. Is there any meat you want?!” Babe said opening the meat case.
“Yeah I’ll take thick slices of ham.” Cinaed pointing to the ham in the case.
“Alright.” Babe said grabbing the ham and putting on the counter and cutting it with his fingers turned into small swords. “Do think those clouds are a sign for you or Phoenix?”
“I don’t know but I don’t know if we can beat him.” Cinaed said.
“Just try your best and don’t be dumb.” Babe said ringing him up.
“Alright we’ll try and thank you.” Cinaed said grabbing his stuff and paying for it. He then left. The hours that followed were the longest hours ever for all on Maris side. Then the time had arrived when the fight would go down. They all teleported into the little rift that Phoenix had created in which case was her school the boundaries were rounded and it was a floating island in the sky of black and red. They found themselves in a class room with desks in a 5 by 7 rows. The room looked like any normal classroom but on the chalkboard had a layout of the school in 8 by 8 squares.
“So this our field of battle.” Cinaed said everyone looked at him.
“I guess so..” Maris said they all then looked at her. “So this our board. If our hideout is here then their hideout must be….. THERE!” Maris said as she walked to the chalkboard and pointing to the map and a building directly across from them. “So what I want to do is capture the center.” She said pointing to the center 4 squares where there was a brick square with a little gazebo in the center.
“Ok but that’s a great place to get sniped.” Blair said.
“Ok they we just need to set up our own sniper on the 6 floor the highest floor with a roof. So Blair you’re gonna be our sniper and the 2 big dolls go with him.” Maris said Blair then ran out the door and headed to his point.
“Now Freddy and Cinaed go to the center I was pointed to earlier.” Cinaed looked at Freddy and nodded to him.
“Ok let’s go.” Cinaed said. They then ran out the door running down the hall until they found a staircase and speed walked down it because they didn’t want to get injured or trip and fall before the fight got started. Freddy leading the way and Cinaed a staircase behind Freddy. Freddy then stopped near the bottom. Cinaed finally caught up with Freddy and then put his hands on his knees catching his breath.
“Freddy…. What’s….. Wrong?” Cinaed said breathing deeply. Freddy was looking around the hall and sniffing. Cinaed’s eyes turned into his blood card eyes or dragon eye. He then walked to Freddy and looked down the hallways left then right trying to figure out what was going on. He then started feeling waves. Waves of vibrations through the wall he was leaning on.
“What is that?” Cinaed said. Freddy then looked at him and put his metal paw on his own mouth, signaling to be quiet. “Ok” Cinaed said seeing this. The vibrations stopped and then Freddy turned his head and started growling in a mixture of sounds like they were a cloch of animals recorded and played at once. Cinaed then turned to see in shock a giant dinosaur leaning back and about to smash it’s head into the build and more specifically at them. Cinaed in shock didn’t move until just when it was about to hit the wall Robert jumped from above and down kicked it in the head causing to the crash to the ground. Cinaed then snapped out of it and turned his head to the left and saw Freddy’s tail disappearing down the stairs. Cinaed then run to catch up with Freddy. The sound of gunfire started but it wasn’t a bunch of bangs but a bang at least every 1 minute. Cinaed and Freddy finally made it to the 1st floor and looked around outside to see if that dinosaur was still around. It looked like it wasn’t still around. They ran out but to their surprise they found 3 woman there. They stopped and looked at them. The 2 twins that I described earlier and a woman that had steel boots like the ones Cinaed was wearing. She was also wearing a baseball uniform and had a big iron ball and chains attached to her wrist. They were on the gazebo smiling as they looked at Cinaed and Freddy staring at them with confusion on how they got there so fast. Cinaed then looked at Freddy and Freddy at Cinaed then nodded their heads and got into their fighting positions. Freddy ready to Pounce and Cinaed with his second stage of his blood card appearing was ready to fight.
“So these are what our lord’s bride had to offer us. How sad.” The woman in the base uniform said. Cinaed started to get furious.
“Freddy I got the chick in the uniform you get the twins.” Cinaed said. Freddy didn’t move then he pounded his paws soon transformed into curved blades forming paws and his teeth turned in drills and spikes. His eyes glowed a eary neon blue. Just when he was about to land the twin both pulled out chainsaws and like they were mirrored they hit Freddy right in the mouth. Luckily his teeth caught the chainsaws before they could make make it to the back of his mouth and case some real damage. Cinaed run to the woman in the baseball uniform. She swung one of her ball and chains at Cinaed destroying part of the gizbo.
Cinaed then said “Devil Dragon Fire Fist!” His fist then turned on fire and he pulled his fist back and let it fly. His fist hit her iron ball. The two forces collided but then the ball flew back and another came around and hit Cinaed unprepared for the sneaky move. Cinaed flew back but caught himself. His tail appeared. Cinaed then started to run around her looking for a weak spot or something. The twins then swung their chainsaws and caused Freddy to let go and go back.
“FREDDY GET DOWN!!!!” Cinaed said Freddy then did so. The 3 in the gizbo looked at Cinaed. “DEVIL DRAGON BREATH!!!” Cinaed yell. Then a beam of crimson-red devil dragon fire came from his mouth. The girls looked a little surprised at this. The beam just missed the gizbo but started to turn his head making the beam move toward the gizbo. They all ducked but when the beam was about ⅔ the way through the beams holding the roof of the gizbo collapsed. Cinaed looked proud of what he did but out of the little smoke cloud the twins jumped at Cinaed and the woman with the baseball uniform jumped at Freddy. The woman with the baseball uniform threw one of the iron balls at Freddy and hit him causing him to fly into the second floor of one of the school buildings. She then ran to Freddy
Cinaed saw this and then looked back at the twin running with their chainsaws in the air.
“You think that would do some damage?!” one of them said.
“Ha your were more pathetic then we realized!” the other said. Cinaed grabbed his cutlass and jumped out of the way when their chainsaws were about to hit him.
“Wow looks like you’re a coward for running from us.” one of them said as they lifted there
“Alright I’ll show you a fight.” Cinaed said grinning but his teeth had turn into the teeth of the devil dragon. Then he ran to them with is sword raised. Then a giant clash of sparks were from the chainsaws hitting the cutlass. Cinaed then pushed his sword causing the twins to jump back. Looking confused at the fact their chainsaws didn’t even scratch it. They then ran toward him but in a zigzag motion.

Chapter 2
Part 6
Magic Guns vs Rogue Bows

        Above them was a battle but not by brute force or fists but of bullets made of magic and arrows. On the ground layer the dolls lay not moving one with a hole thru it and the other split open but it’s gauntlet was gone. There was an absence of gunfire but the sound of crashes and the shaking of walls with each crash like fireworks to a building but without the boom. Blair with the gauntlet armed on this arm and holding his sniper rifle was taking cover from the arrows that seemed out of this world with their power.
        “How is she able to shoot arrows like that?” Blair said trying to comprehend the arrows. Then he teleported his sniper rifle back to his Armory and started to check the gauntlet’s rifles for the number of bullets they had. Each of rifles had 6 bullets in their magazines. Blair looked up at the ceiling. The sound of a tuba roared twice in a row. Then teleported the portal gun. He then crawled to the nearest bathroom and opened the door. Then closed the door quietly. The arrows seem to still be focused on the area he was in.
        “I guess she didn’t see close the door.” Blair said he then got up. He then punched the mirror. The mirror broke it to many pieces and made a loud shattering noise. That drew the attention of the archer-sniper. Blair didn’t say a word but picked up the largest glass shards he could pick. The door exploded revealing Blair. Blair then took cover in a stall. An arrow whooshed by him. Blair grabbed one of the shards out of his hand and put it to the side of him. Allowing him to see the archer-sniper and the terrain better. He then saw her for the first time. She was wearing a thick jacket and a snow cap. Her skin was as pale as if she never saw the sun. Blair stopped looking at her and started to look of an open door in her building with a flat surface. And that’s when he found it the room he was looking for he then shot a portal from him to the wall he saw in the mirror. An arrow grazed the portal gun. Blair withdrew it. Then pointed it down and shot it again. Blair fell thru the floor to where he had shot he portal. When he was full thru he teleported his portal gun. He fell to the floor. He got up and ran to the doorway. The archer was still shooting arrows at the bathroom. Blair jumped through the doorway and looked toward the archer. Blair aimed the gauntlet’s rifles and started to fire. She noticed him half way pulling the trigger. She turned and the let go of the string. The one arrow turned in to 6. All but 1 hit the magic bullets. The arrow hit Blair in the side and Blair’s bullet hit her in the shoulder. Throwing them down the curved hallways. When she got up holding her head with her eyes to the floor and then she looked up and saw Blair with a double barrel shot. She tried to pull up her bow but couldn’t from the blast from Blairs magic. Blair run up to her and stopped. He looked at her with the shotgun in hand.
        “You think you can stop Phoenix?” she said looking up at him with a look of hope.
        “No I don’t think I can beat him…” Blair said her face turned from hope to hopelessness. “But I think my family can beat him.” he concluded her face smiled with hope.
        “Well I hope to meet you gain.” She said as she began to turn into light and then disappeared leaving only a picture behind. Blair looked at where she was until he kneeled and picked it up. It showed her with 2 adults assuming that they were her parents. He put it in his pocket.
        “I hate myself.” Blair said walking down the hallway knowing that they would probably lose. The sound of a duba roared again. “What is up with that tuba?” he said.

Chapter 2
Part 7
The Battle's Climax

        The domain was filled with bangs and crashes. With Cinaed he was sitting on a stump that was freshly cut. Cinaed look was looking at the destruction he and those twins had made.
        “Oh my gosh those 2 talked big but in the end they were too simple with their fighting style. What did they think this was?” Cinaed said annoyed. He stood up. “Well I better find someone else to take down.” Cinaed started to walk into the building closest to him. The walls were fine undamaged then he saw something coming toward him. He squinted to get a better look at what it was then it he raised his hand to it but it came sooner than expected and hit his hand. He pulled his hand in and turned his hand toward him. It was the littlest doll.
        “What happened to you little bladey?” Cinaed said as a play on words. The doll’s mouth opened and his pointed his blade down the hall to a woman wearing armour like I described before.
        “Well I see you caught my play toy you mind giving it back to me and I promise to play with you later.” she said flirty. Cinaed put the little doll on his shoulder and pulled out his sword.
        “How about we play at the same at the time.” Cinaed said grinning then started sprinting toward her.
        “Sure.” she start throwing her hair back. Cinaed sword hit her armour and didn’t do any damage. He jumped back looked confused and then realised what was up with her armour.
        “You’re a steel magis, aren’t you.” Cinaed said.
        “Hm. You’re right I am a magis of steel and iron and I moved a ton of the steel in my armour to wear you struck it.” she said.
        “Nice trick.” Cinaed said.
“Thanks and by the look of your body you’re a Dragon Slayer in his 2nd stage.” she said turning one of arms into a spike.
“No…..” Cinaed said taking off his trench coat then his shirt showing his mark of the Blood Card. “.....I’m one of the Blood Cards!”
“Well I was wondering when Phoenix was gonna get in a mix with one.” she said. She jumped at Cinaed. Cinaed caught the spike in his arm blades. Cinaed lifted his leg.
“DEVIL DRAGON…...SCYTHE!” Cinaed said as the curved fire blade came down with his leg. She retracted her spike and jumped the side both of her arms turned to blunt hammer ends. He turned his leg and body so it still came at her. She hit his leg below the fire blade and stopped it. Cinaed with drew his leg and jumped back. A tuba sounded once again.
“That’s a nice and smart technique you got there.” she said with a part of her armour beginning to turn orange.
“Thanks you’re the first person who’s armour was able to stop my scythe with that much speed.” Cinaed said putting his sword back. “Devil Dragon Fire Fist.” he said with his fists lighting up in crimson. They run toward each other. Once they made into each others arm range they began to throw their punches as fast and hard as they could. Sparks flew with each clash of their punches like a blacksmith making a sword. They were serious about fighting. The back of the women's armour came off and made springs to make it easier to make the punches to come back and send Cinaed punches back.
After a while they final were able to land a blow on each other face but at the same time sending them flying back. The woman looked like her armour wasn’t gonna take much more mostly in the chest area and Cinaed looked all bruised and bloody. Blood ran from his forehead down his face. During those few minutes 6 tube roars went off. The doll ran to him carrying Cinaed’s coat and shirt with him.
“Thanks little bladey.” Cinaed said. “Hey how about I call you Blade?” The doll nodded his head.
“You got a lot of muster to ignore me in the middle of a fight.” the woman said with a line of blood coming out of her mouth.
“Ugh I got to damaged from her punches. I have to go for it.” Cinaed said. “Blade go find someone and stick with them.” The doll looked up at Cinaed and then left. Leaving Cinaed’s coat and shirt another tuba roared.
“What are you gonna do?” she said thinking she had the upper hand in the battle.
“Oh… I suggest you run before he comes out.” Cinaed said with a wide grin. Then an intense burning feeling came from Cinaed’s face and center of his chest. He began to scream in pain and fall of the floor and roll around. The woman looked suspicious of this.
“What is he doing if he’s gonna get hurt even more why is he doing this?” the woman thought. Then the shouts stopped and raised from the floor but this thing didn’t have the same eyes as Cinaed had. They were the eyes of a monster and the stance of one too.
“Who are you, Blood Card User?” the woman said. The beast looked at her. A tuba’s roar came.
“I am the thing that fool, Cinaed got stuck with.” it said with a smirk. It then tackled her. She then hit the wall and landed in a metal shop. In the cloud of smoke she got up and grabbed steel and iron as she could.
“How could he get that much stronger with just makings? Are they… No it can’t is it that it’s the marking to let the monsters mind go in his body and take control!!” She thought. Then she heard a footstep and looked to her side and saw it with a open claw turning it. She was surprised but this speed. It was like they were in slow motion and when it made contact, it opened her lower chest plate easily also sending her flying. She then she turned her armour into 7 thin strips and sent them hurtling toward it. It directly hit it from all 7 strips. Then electricity hit the strips showing the bones with a light show with both the woman and the creature that was Cinaed.
“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!” They both wailed. The woman in the armour fell to the floor but put the beast on his knees. The monster looking up then regained his grasp on what just happened and looked at where the knight woman was. She laying on the ground breathing the dust around her away that but motionless. Wing’s grew on the beast’s back and then it looked behind the woman and saw a woman smiling and carrying Ren unconscious and beaten. The woman wearing the armour and Ren then turned into light and disappeared and 2 tubas roared at the same time just after they disappeared. The woman was wearing clothing similar looking to Ren’s but had a dress and high boots. The woman smiled and looked at the beast like she had already one.

Chapter 2
Part 8
The Devil Dragon’s Face Final Shows

                With Maris, she was on one the roofs with Mary holding her swords connected to each other in an X formation breathing hard. Both looking at Phoenix, Phoenix had only little scratches on him but soaking.
        “You may have stopped me from using all of my might but you will still be my bride.” Phoenix said.
        “Sure but my pieces will stop you if I can’t.” Maris said then with throwing her arm a small but concentrated amount of water was coming toward Phoenix. But with a raised arm and a slight flick of his wrist stopped it with a golden fire, turning it into steam.
        “Oh I’m so scared of that little rag tag team of your’s.” He said throwing fire at Maris.
“Gravel Doll.” said Mary blocking the fire with a doll made of the gravel on the roof but dissipated after the hit. Phoenix then turned his sights to Mary.
“Oh come now why don’t you just go back home to play with your dolls.” Phoenix said.
        “Sorry but I don’t play with dolls I make them!” Mary said running up to him turning the X swords faster and faster. He then dropped his arm making a curved blade of golden fire hitting Mary making her go back but then got hit by water sending him flying back a few feet.
        “I see you left me open for attack…” Phoenix said cleaning his cheek and mouth area with his arm. “I like that in a woman.” He then stood up smiling at Maris and Mary. Then dark clouds formed in the sky with red streaks were in the clouds. All three of them looked up the strange clouds. They began to form the beginning of a tornado rapidly and then the tornado had formed. With lighting in it showed the formation of a creature growing inside of it fast. Giant claws came out of the odd tornado then a giant tail came out. Finally 2 glowing red eyes appeared in the tornado. Then the tornado disappeared with the odd clouds revealing the Devil Dragon and all his terror in the center of the towers. It’s attention was focused on the woman with the loose clothing from before.
        The Devil Dragon breath was so hot that around his mouth clouds of hot air from every exhale it breathed but disappeared when inhaled. She looked collect at the dragon looking down upon her. The Devil Dragon then raised it’s arm. The woman then raised her arm and made a gun arrangement out of her hand. She aimed right at one of the eyes of the Dragon and put her thumb down. A bolt of lightning from the woman hit the Dragon right in the eye leaving a cloud of smoke in it’s wake. The woman looked pleased at her shoot but the dragon only groaned from the shot. When the smoke cleared it, it left some marks but the dragons hide was left undamaged. The Devil Dragon threw it’s arm down and nearly hit her but she dodged it. Her look of confidence started to fade into seriousness of the situation.
        “Ring of Lightning!” She said as large balls of lightning came from her hands and circled the Devil Dragon. The once around it, the balls then exploded into lightning and hit the Dragon. It roared from the shock. She smiled at the roar. Then when the roaring stopped, the dragon started to turn to ash. Phoenix began to clap.
        “Well done Jasu.” Phoenix said looking down at her. She bowed.
        “Thank you, Master Phoenix.” She said looking up on him. Then a shadow came upon her. The dragon hit her so hard and fast to the wall, she lost consciousness instantly. The Devil Dragon grinned and laughed as he faded to ash. Out of the giant ash pill that was the dragon came a being that was half Devil Dragon, half human. It was Cinaed but more dragon like with the legs and lower arms of the Dragon with the teeth, wings, tail and eyes of one it too. But had the rest of it was Cinaed. It was on it’s knees looking like it was about to pass out with it’s mouth open. It was wearing different clothing than before. It was wearing a coat with no sleeves and had no way to close the front bit of it, it had baggy shorts that were white. It also had black rings that were covering his waist and knees. It held a sword that looked like a large clever with a pointed end, it’s helt was covered in a cloth that was old and was loose and left a tail at the end. Everyone had watched this how thing go down if they were still in the game. Most had their mouths drop while the others were petrified in fear of this monster born in rage.
        “Well this is most certainly a surprise to see a beast in the  middle of a battle and later find out it’s a high level dragon soul magis.” Phoenix said. Then jumped down and landed a couple of feet away from the man looking like Cinaed. Phoenix made a blade out of fire and put it to it’s throat. “Time to end him before this…… THING comes back to haunt me.” Phoenix thought.
        “WAIT!!!” Maris yelled to him. Everyone looked at Maris. “I’ll marry you just don’t hurt him!” Maris said swallowing the idea hard. Phoenix smiled.
        “Every well I will. We will be married in 3 days.” He said to everyone. The battle was over and Maris had lost.

Chapter 2
Part 9
2 in 1

        In a field, there are 3 children playing. One is a boy has a water gun, another boy has a green blunt long sword, and the last is a girl with not that long hair but longish and has a dried branch. The 2 boys are Cinaed and Blair quite a few years ago. The sun is setting. The Cinaed and Blair wave to the girl and then once they get home. They see Drake and Hestia with a letter and look over to the 2 boys with looks of sadness. Drake opens his and then both boy’s faces started to sadden and tear up.
        Then Cinaed opened his eyes in his room and threw his waist up fast. He was sweating terribly and tears from his sleep fell to his blanket. He wiped his face and then looked at his hands seeing that he still had the hands of the Devil Dragon.
“You’ve been in this deal for a whole 2 days, longest time yet.” Cinaed looked over to see Ren talking to him. “So how are you feeling?”
“Good…. What happened?” Cinaed said then he saw the scratches and bandages on Ren.
“I don’t know but from what I was told by Blair and Mary you when all out except in this form.” Ren said.
“So did we win?” Cinaed asked.
“No. That bastard was gonna kill you if Maris didn’t step in and marry him.” Ren explained.
“Well I guess it’s over.” Cinaed said looking down.
“NO! It’s over when we say it’s over. What happened to the smart aleck, go into with a ‘No Plan-B’ guy that I know? What happened to that guy who knows that he can win if he pushes a little harder and tells himself that even if he’s at the end of his rope and is using all his power? You tell me where is he? You got that the power to end this but you aren’t using it. But I guess you can’t fight anymore, I guess he’s gonna be the weakest Blood Card out there.” Ren said. Cinaed jumped out of his bed.
“I’ll beat him like the piece of trash he is.” Cinaed said.
“Then what are you gonna do?” Ren said.
“I just said what I’m gonna do.”Cinaed said.
“After the fight.” Ren said.
“Drink and party?” Cinaed said.
“HELL YEAH.” Ren said. They both laughed.
“So I guess we should wait until the ceremony begins so I can do one of those cliche bust through the door of the church and say ‘I object!’.” Cinaed said.
“Sure why the heck not.” Ren said.
“So what now?” Cinaed said.
“Give you an advantage.” Ren said opening the door. He walked to his own room and opened the door. Inside was a ceiling art work of lightning hitting a city in a distant land in a land long before Cinaed or Drake maybe even before Vernon their mother’s father married to Marleen, made of beer cans. There was a long table that when from wall to wall on the opposite side of the door. On it was old machines to test and conduct electricity along with photos of Ren and a man they were take in black and white. One wall was a chalkboard that had ideas and such. His bed was a hammock hanging from the ceiling. The room had 1 window but the curtains were closed.
Cinaed walked into the room after Ren. Ren grabbed a wooden stick and pointed to the chalkboard.
“Alright we had drawbacks in the last game like outnumbered and 1 of our trump cards can’t be used automatically and we can’t time it.” Ren said.
“Yeah so what’s your point?” Cinaed said.
“I think you should go at it alone. you vs Phoenix. What do you say?”
“Hold on. I have 2 questions. First why did you point to the chalkboard and secondly why did you point to a chalk drawing of coils?” Cinaed said.
“Because I love to point when I’m in my room explaining an idea.” Ren said.
The day had passed quickly and the church started to fill with people a matter of fact so many people that it most people had to stay outside and wait. 3:30 was almost upon the town when the marriage ceremony. The Company Hall was empty when Cinaed and Ren came in. They went to the back room and picked up something in the dark room. Ren and Cinaed put it in 2 small kegs of old and empty beer and tied them to each side of his waste.
“Okay, is it gonna get loose while you fight?” Ren asked. Cinaed turned and shook a little bit.
“I don’t think so.” Cinaed said.
“Good.” Ren said as they walked out of the room. Then they noticed 2 figures making a shadow go to their feet. Ren and Cinaed looked over and saw Babe and the girl Blair fought. Cinaed and Ren recognized her from their meeting at the house.
“Hey Babe, what’s up with Phoenix’s goon?” Cinaed said.
“This is Iskra, she was one of his goons, he kicked her out of his little game after he saw her wounds weren’t bad.” Babe said.
“Yes, it’s true, and I wish you to fight him again and win.” Iskra said.
“That’s what we're gonna do now.” Ren and Cinaed walked out and was joined by Babe and Iskra. They began to walk down to the church.
On the side of the road nearby the church was Mary, Robert, and Freddy. They looked over to the march to the church. They joined with them.
They final made it to the church where there were so many people that they met the crowd about 3 minutes before they got to the path from the road to the church. When they got to the church doors Cinaed kicked them. He kicked them so hard they busted of the hinges when they hit the wall.
“I object!!” Cinaed said.
“We haven’t even started yet!” someone said in the crowd.
“Oh.. Really? Hm. There goes my little awesome speech. Okay back to the point. I challenge you, Pheonix to a duel! You vs Me!” Cinaed said. The crowd gasped and Vernon stood up. He started to walk up to Cinaed and when he made up to Cinaed. He put his hand on Cinaed’s shoulder.
“Cinaed do you know what you are doing?” Vernon said.
“Yeah…. I’M GONNA GO GET MARIS BACK!” Cinaed said looking at Phoenix and Phoenix looked back at Cinaed.
“Very well. What is it you want because I’m assuming it isn’t for the thrill but for something of even more worth? Perhaps my fiance?” Phoenix said. Cinaed grind.
“Yes.” Cinaed said.
“Very well if you lose I get to kill you.” Phoenix said. Everyone in the church gasped at what he had just said. Cinaed’s grin faded and looked down.
“Death won’t stop me until I get what I want.” Cinaed said. “Now let’s go.”
“Alright let’s get this show on the road!” Phoenix said. “Screenies!” Phoenix commanded. A Bunch of people then rose from their seats and walked to the walls and rose their arms. Above them formed giant screens.
Cinaed and Phoenix teleported to a giant chess board with giant statues of pieces. The screens showed different views of the battle field they face on. Maris walked out of the dressing room and saw them about facing off.
“No.” she whispered she looked around and saw some praying and some cheering for each person but mostly Cinaed calling out Dragon Wielder. She found her father, Gallus who was bold, had a thick moustache and graying hair. “What did he bid?!”
“What?” Gallus said looking over to see Maris worried.
“What did he bid?!” She repeated. Gallus swallowed hard.
“He bid his life if he lost and if he won he would get yours back.” Gallus said. Maris looked up at one of the screens in fear.

Chapter 2
Part 10
Cinaed’s Dragon vs Vanderbilt's Phoenix

        The 2 stared at each other. Then they started to run at each other. Golden fire came out of Phoenix’s back forming wings. They both took flight and Cinaed yelled his battle cry.
        “PHOENIX PRIMUS GLADIUM!!” Phoenix yelled. Short gold flames came from his fists.
“DEVIL DRAGON FIRE FIST!!” Cinaed yelled as well. The blows came at each other as fast as they could but each hit block the others hit. It looked like a 2 fires fighting. They an explosion happened the 2 of them fell to 2 chess statues. Very one in the church was quiet until Marleen broke it with.
“Go….Go and beat Phoenix!” Marleen yelled to the screens. Then the room filled with yells and cheers to Cinaed to beat Phoenix.
Cinaed rose from the rumble along with Phoenix. After Phoenix shook his face, he looked at Cinaed. He began to run to Cinaed. Cinaed looked over at Phoenix running at him. Cinaed then looked quickly down to his left hand and Devil Dragon’s fire formed the shape of his celer then the fire exploded off. Revealing the black celer sword. Phoenix winded his arm while charging.
“VERUM PHOENIX CUSPIS!” Phoenix yelled as a spear of gold fire appeared in his hand. Then threw it. The spear was about to hit Cinaed until the spear started to lose it’s shape. The spear soon lost it’s shape and went into Cinaed mouth. He was inhaling it and then absorbed it. Phoenix stopped a couple yards away, shocked at what Cinaed did. Cinaed saw his reaction and smiled.
“I have more than just the ability to create Devil Dragon fire and wield it, I also have the ability to absorb other fire and make it my own. Kinda like how you made steel out of materials you bought to make steel. Unfortunately it looks like with your fire it’s harder to eat.” Cinaed said.
“Well looks like punches aren’t your only defence.” Phoenix chuckled.
“You laugh now but my fire is gonna burn right through you!” Cinaed said. Cinaed then jumped toward Phoenix. “DEVIL DRAGON SCYTHE!” Cinaed yelled. The fire blade came out his leg and he turned himself and his leg so the blade it Phoenix. One Phoenix’s wings tried to block it but the scythe went threw and scratched his forehead. Then Phoenix grabbed Cinaed’s leg that was keeping him standing.
“HERBA MANZER!” He yelled as the wing open hit Cinaed in his left shoulder and half way across his body. Cinaed spit out of pain but used his wings to go back pulling the scythe and ripping Phoenix’s wing open. But it repaired since it was made of fire. Then a voice in Cinaed’s head started to speak. That was the Devil Dragon.
“Cinaed…. your out of…. Time…” it said. Cinaed shocked to hear a voice then released the words it said. Then his clothes and human-dragon body parted began to turn to ash slowly. The ash revealing what was there before the Dragon appeared.
Phoenix noticed this and pounce at Cinaed then Cinaed dodged it. Cinaed then the orb from the gorgon job appeared but this attack was much faster. After he punched to orb threw the circle, Phoenix saw the giant blaze of fire coming at him and covered himself with his wings. The blast engulfed Phoenix. When the blast went had past Cinaed had lost about ½ of his human-dragon parts. Phoenix uncovered his face to see what was happening. And that’s when he saw the giant clever flying at him. Boom!! The edge was blunt from the slow loss of magic. It hit Phoenix into a pawn. Cinaed smirked at what he thought was the final blow. Blood squirted out of his wound and he groaned from it. Cinaed grabbed his shoulder and squeezed.
“Devil Dragon Fire Fist.” Cinaed said. His fist lite up and then a dark gray smoke rose between his fingers. He groaned from the pain then lifted his hand leaving a heated wound that stopped the bleeding. He moved on to the wound on his body. After he was threw stopping the bleeding, most of his human-dragon parts were gone. His clothes from the first battle began to appear showing most of his black pants but nothing else was showing or beginning to appear.
Clapping soon came from the smoke from where Phoenix landed. Cinaed in shock Cinaed turned slowly toward where it was coming from.
“Well done you…” Phoenix said and flew up and like a jet crashed into Cinaed. In that crash the rest of the human-dragon hybrid flew off. “FOOL!” he concluded. Cinaed couldn’t even keep up with Phoenix’s movements until he felt the giant amount of pain in his stomach where most Phoenix’s energy from the crash landed.
In the church people watched in fear at what was happening. Cinaed who had the upper hand in the battle was falling and fast. People on Cinaed’s side began to lose faith that Phoenix could be defeated and some began to pray.
Phoenix lifted Cinaed up by his neck.
“You actual thought you could defeat me!” Phoenix said. Phoenix began to laugh in triumph up at the heavens. Then Cinaed slowly began to unscrew one the kegs. Then Cinaed began to laugh. Phoenix stopped laughing looked at Cinaed. “What’s so funny?” Phoenix asked.
“This.” he said. The keg’s lid banged and hit him with great force.
“What was….” Phoenix asked before he coughed holding his stomach “That?”
“During our fight the heat from myself and you cooked the bottles  water inside of it and melted the plastic and made the water turn to steam. If it were to open without some time to cool, it would make the lid explode off like a bullet in a gun. I learned it from when I used my magic to try and open one.” Cinaed said smiling.
“So that was apart of your plan?” Phoenix said letting go of his stomach.
“Yep but I didn’t expect my magic to start dissipating this early.” Cinaed said.
“And the other one is filled with the same thing, right?” Phoenix said looking at it. Cinaed grinned and opened the keg. The keg didn’t explode but Phoenix felt had a bad feeling about what was inside. He pulled out an odd looking fruit, the fruit looked like a bunch of white cracks put together with a core.
“Get ready.” Cinaed said with a serious face looking at the odd fruit.
almost everyone in the church was curious about what was curious about the fruit until Hestia realised what it was.
“Dad that isn’t?!?” Hestia turning toward Vernon. Vernon smiled.
“I thought he might go for the Gura Gura Fruit so I switched with something that is gonna shock you.” Vernon said. Hestia looked back up on to one of the screens.
“So what is it? A snack. You’re gonna lose since you don’t have that power any more.” Phoenix said. Cinaed chuckled.
“The end. The end to you. The end to the place. The end to falling ever again.” Cinaed said. Then he took a giant bite of it.

Chapter 2
part 11
BOOST or Delay

        Cinaed blue, normal eye soon changed to the dragon eyes like a light switch. His lower arms transformed as well. He then looked do at his arms. His face looked shocked and then rotated his arm inward up to his other shoulder. He then quickly made it swing outward and stopped so fast his arm shook for a quick second. Nothing happened and repeated this for about five times until he released it wasn’t do what he had planned on it doing
        “Damn it! Why won’t it work?” Cinaed said in frustration. He found a piece of the fruit in his mouth that he didn’t swallow and tasted carefully. Until he realised it didn’t taste bad but of apples. “Son of a gun. It’s a fake.”
        “Oh I see what that is! It’s suppose to be a Demon Fruit.” Phoenix said.
        “Oh no.” Cinaed said.
        “Well enough said, I need to my marriage.” Phoenix said. Cinaed then started to rage about the though.
        “You’re right. It is….” Cinaed said then run up to Phoenix and hit him right where the keg lid hit him. “THE END OF YOU!!” He yelled as he hit Phoenix. Phoenix flew back a few yards but was still on his feet. He looked up.
        “How did he get all this power? What was in that fruit? Does he know something that I don’t know?” Phoenix thought. Cinaed armed curled from the punch he threw. Cinaed’s face was down and then looked up at Phoenix. Phoenix began to look frightened and called out “Duo Framea Fork!” a spear of fire with 2 prongs came from his wings combined heading start for Cinaed. Cinaed started to walk to Phoenix. As it came up to Cinaed, he raised both his arms across of each other. When the spear came he uncrossed his arms fast and split it in 2. He sold the fire in one gulp.
        “I’ve had enough of your games Phoenix.” Cinaed said. “Devil Dragon punch daggers.” Cinaed said. 2 pointed blades came out of his fists. They had a look to them that made them like they were the small, intense flames of wielders. He then ran toward Phoenix. Phoenix started to run toward to Cinaed.
        “PHOENIX PRIMUS GLADIUM.” Phoenix said with gold short flames coming out his fists. The fists came at each other block the fists until Phoenix hit Cinaed’s face making Cinaed go back a few feet. And that’s when Phoenix realised what Cinaed knew. That Phoenix was getting tired and beginning to slow down.
        Cinaed regained his ability to stand without wobbling. Cinaed held his face and then looked at Phoenix. Phoenix had cut him under his eye and blood began to come out. He then charged at Phoenix.
        “Wow that kinda hurt but not as much as this.” Cinaed aiming at the same spot as where the keg end landed with his flame punch daggers. Phoenix figured out where Cinaed was gonna hit he blocked his entire front with his wings. Cinaed smiled and changed his course to Phoenix’s back. While running to Phoenix’s back, Phoenix saw Cinaed. Cinaed smiled when he saw Phoenix seeing him. When he made it to Phoenix’s back, Cinaed drew back his arm. “Time to get back home.” Cinaed said. Phoenix turning around but was to slow and Cinaed hit Phoenix right between Phoenix’s wings.
        “AAAaarrrrggg!!” Phoenix yelled falling to the ground. Once he fell down to the ground he didn’t get up. His wings extinguished in seconds after he fell to the ground.
        The people watching the screen looked in surprise as Phoenix fell. Even the most composed people in the church like Vernon and Robert were shocked at the odd attack point. After a minute people began to realised why Phoenix wasn’t getting up.
        “What happened?” Mary said.
        “Phoenix’s weakness was his back?” Robert said in question.
        “Of course. He never has been covered or been attacked from the back!” Ren said. People looking from the outside at the screens from the door and over heard Ren.
        “Did you hear that?!? Phoenix is down! Phoenix has been beaten by the Dragon Wielder!” said one man a couple feet away from Ren on the steps. People outside the church began to yell and cheer out in the defeat of Phoenix.
        After a minute Phoenix and Cinaed began to light up and teleport back where they were. Except Phoenix began to fall of the pedestal and down a few stairs. Cinaed still standing cleaned off his face while his dragon parted turned back or ashed up. The people still cheering they walked to the Company Hall and celebrated the win. Night began to draw in and Cinaed found Marleen sitting at one of the tables with Gallus and Vernon along with a few more people. Cinaed sat across from Marleen.
        “Hello Cinaed.” Marleen said.
        “Hey Gar.” Cinaed said. “Can I ask you something?”
        “Sure. What is the question?” Marleen said.
        “You’re the only plant magis in our company to make a fruit that looks like something different  and give people the magic they need.” Cinaed said.
        “Yeah so what’s your question?” Marleen said.
        “My question is how did you or Grandad know that he was slowing down and his attack were getting weaker?” Cinaed ask.
        “Well you know Grandad. He knows everything.” Marleen said.
        “I know because he’s a strategist.” Cinaed said. A strategist magis who gets feelings about what he or she should do during a fight like a feeling. Cinaed got up and walked away to have some fun.