Gods and Phoenixes
Chapter 8Gods and Phoenixes
Part 1
Surprise
It was an unusually warm day for it being the end of winter. It was getting warm but today was unusually warm. It was a very sad winter with not much snow in the oak men’s valley. Although the company hall was fuller than usual. Most of the tables were full with people and Cinaed and Maris had school. While Blair and Zalmon had the day off. Helena had the day off and was at home while Dike worked with Helena’s understudy Pumpkin.
“Sorry boys it’s been heck tick today.” Dike said dropping off some drinks.
“Oh no problem. Hey have you seen Cinaed?” Blair asked.
“No He has school today.” Dike said.
“Oh okay.” Blair said.
“Yeah Maris also has school today.” Zalmon said.
“Oh. We don’t have a card deck. Do we?” Blair said.
“Nope.” Zalmon said with a downward slope of boredom in his voice. A knock came in the company hall. A man in a green suit opened the door.
“Hey. Who ordered a mirror?” the man said.
“A mirror?” Blair said. The man in the green suit pushed it in. It was an antique mirror with a fine wood side and mostly oval shaped. It was odd because the wood was black oak a hardwood to craft.
Everyone looked at it. It was against the wall.
“Touch it. It’s really nice.” The man in the green suit said. A Lot of people touched it but Dike and Zalmon stayed away from it. Blair tried to touch it but the crowd of people stopped.
Meanwhile on a building right across of were Cinaed was doing his barn chores, was Ren and Mary. Ren was sitting with a beer in hand and Mary was also sitting but shining one of her swords.
“Hey Maris.” Ren said. Mary looked at him. “What do you think it would have been like if you and me……?”
“We’ve been over this Ren it would have never worked. Remember we only dated for 4 years while we know cards that have dated for decades and centuries even thousands of years.” Mary said focused back on the her sword.
“I know but what if we did stay together?” Ren said. Mary took a deep breath and looked at him.
“If we stayed together we would just get distracted while we fought and fight each other when things got tough.” Mary said.
“I suppose you’re right.” Ren said. “Oh look there’s Cinaed.” He said pointing at Cinaed pulling a cart out of the barn. Ren looked back at Mary and saw she was tense toward something. “Mary?”
“Someone is watching Cinaed.” Mary said. Ren looked around quickly trying to figure out where the person was and found nothing until he looked into a window and saw a reflection of the back end of the wheelbarrow and a figure. It was black figure and no noticeable features and was only in the reflection it wasn’t inside because you could easily inside and no one was outside will at least at that range for the reflection to show.
“What the hell?” Ren said.
“I don’t know hopefully it won’t attack Cinaed because I have a bad feeling about it.” Mary said.
“I know.” Ren said. Ren then got a phone call. “A little busy here.”
“Damn I called Ren!” Blair said.
“Hey what’s wrong with me?” Ren said annoyed “And what’s going on?”
“Something's wrong! Everyone has gone crazy!” Blair said then a crashing sound and then some gun shots.
“BLAIR! Where are you?” Ren said in a panic.
“What the hell?!?!” Mary said. Ren looked back and saw the figure was gone.
“At the Company hall! AHHhhhh!” Blair said.
“Damnit.” Ren said. “I’m going to the company hall.”
Meanwhile at the company hall.
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?!” a woman said wearing a shirt so large it could be considered a dress. She also had brown hair tied in a pony tail. Her name was Saul Miyamoto She was holding Blair and Dike by the shirt and Zalmon was on the floor, knocked out. A light busted and Ren shot out with electricity.
“I’d like to know as well.” Ren said.
“deez nuts.” Zalmon said barely conscious.
“Shut up.” Ren said zapping him with a little electrical shock.
“Did you just see that?” Blair said.
“See what?” Saul said rolling her eyes.
“Everyone in the company hall turned into….. into….” Blair said still in a panic.
“Into what?” Ren said.
“Soul Zombies is the closest thing that I can describe it and how could you not see it?” Blair said.
“Blair I was asleep in the bar until you shot me.” Saul said.
“It’s true!” Dike said still in shock. That’s when Ren noticed that some hair was still white.
“Hold on Saul they may be telling the truth.” Ren said. He then turned around to find the mirror. He then saw a dark figure of a hand leaving.
“Oh you can’t believe what they say we all saw what happened and that was nothing!” Pumpkin said. She was short woman with long orange hair.
“Pumpkin don’t you have some kind of trail you have to go to?” Ren said.
“Don’t you need to clean the bar out?” Pumpkin said.
“Don’t you need to make more money to support the 3 kids you have?” Ren said. That’s when Pumpkin punched him and from there a company fight started. A company is basically when the company gets into a fight with other members but only lasts until someone stops it or everyone just stops it for some odd reason like refueling on beer and passing out or just everyone gets tired and sleeps.
Then something happened, it was almost like the world turned to black and white but more black than white but Ren, Saul, Dike, Blair and Zalmon were fine. But on the rest of the company looked the world. They’re eyes were all white and skin pale. The fighting stopped and they stared at the 5 of them.
“What the?” Ren said. He looked at Blair and Zalmon. They were as white as ghosts. Saul looked at Dike and she was just as white. Then Zalmon heard something.
“Go to the mirror. Go to the mirror and jump into it.” the voice said. Zalmon looked around and saw the the mirror. It didn’t reflect anything so much as it was like a window into another world. It looked like the city area that Maris went to for school but black and white like the world. The sky was cloudy as well.
“Ghost Dragon Slayer Fist.” Zalmon said punching the man in the green suit who was getting close to him. It did nothing. It was like he was a tank and Zalmon shot him. Zalmon backed up quickly. The man in the green suit began to give a horrible screech and the other people began to screech as will. They looked in freight and Zalmon looked at the mirror. “Everyone to the mirror!” Zalmon said bolting to the the mirror and jumped into it. He went into the world it was projecting. Dike and Blair were behind him and saw in disbelief. She then looked at Blair and jumped into it. Before Blair went in he got out his Revolver: HH 468 revolver just in case. Then he jumped in then Saul but Ren had other ideas.
“Where are we?” Blair said looking around.
Chapter 8
Part 2
Steam Style Pistol
Meanwhile at Cinaed’s school. Near a large open shed
“Oh my lord this is hard.” Cinaed said wiping his brow.
“Quit your complaining. After all you are the Dragon Wielder.” Carrie said.
“I’m the Dragon Wielder when I have my dragon eyes out.” Cinaed said annoyed.
“Whatever you say.” Carrie said.
Then something happened Cinaed flew at great speeds at one of the post of the shed. Carrie ran to his side.
“Cinaed are you okay?” Carrie said.
“Yeah.” Cinaed said then getting thrown again this time against a fence post. Cinaed got up and held his head and when he looked at his hand blood was on it. Cinaed’s eyes turned in dragon’s eyes. “Where the hell are these hits coming from?” Cinaed thought as he looked around. Mary came down and was looking as well. “Mary!” Cinaed said.
“Yeah I’ve been watching and I can’t tell where they’re coming from.” Mary said. Then Mary looked in a window and saw a reflection of her and her swords spinning and behind her was a dark figure winding up his fist to punch Cinaed. She turned around tried to hit the thing but felt nothing and then looked back and saw she had hit something. It had moved a few feet back and didn’t looked damaged. Cinaed looked at Mary and looked where she looking and saw the figure. The figure then was back in the reflection and looking back where it was and a shadow was there. The world turned to black and white. Then a large man with a bot belly and fine suit came out of the ground. He had a large mustache with 2 clubs.
Cinaed’s arms turned. Mary and Cinaed got back to back looking at the strong man. Then a bull came running at the the man and pushed him to a fence post to a concrete padic.
“Yes.” Carrie said. Cinaed looked and saw that she had her book out and writing. The bull kept pushing the man until he hit the bull knock it unconscious. Karrie ran behind Cinaed and Mary. Cinaed ran up to the built man and jumped.
“Devil Dragon Fi!!” Cinaed said before getting punched back.
“Cinaed!” Mary said. Cinaed was lying on the ground and then got up.
“Okay I’ve had enough. I’m wasting too much energy on this guy. We need to finish this now.” Cinaed said.
“Okay how do suppose we finish it?” Carrie said.
“I’d like to know as well.” Mary said.
“Well Karrie you’re gonna create a small explosion in front of his face, blinding him. Mary you’re gonna get a doll to pull his clubs down.” Cinaed said.
“And what are you gonna do get punched again.” Carrie said.
“I’m gonna punch his face with the force of a pistol.” Cinaed said grinning. “Alright let's go!” Cinaed said. From their everything happened like Cinaed’s plan was planned. The explosion blinded him and knocked him back and 2 snakes came out of the ground and wrapped around the clubs. They then dragged them down out of his hands. Then Cinaed got his arm up like her was aiming a bow. Then a flame came out of his knuckles and elbow like an intense torch.
“Devil Dragon Pistol.” Cinaed said as it jetted forward and almost at full length then jetted back causing an explosion in mid air. Then it was almost like the built man got punched in the face. He fell to the ground and squirmed a bit holding his face.
“Cinaed what was that?” Carrie asked.
“After I fought Phoenix, I had an idea what if I could use the force of my Punch Dagger to hit someone from a distance. And yesterday I finally figured it out after watching a show about the Great War cannons. Unfortunately there is a faw in it. If I don’t get the forces right at the right time I could damage my arm.” Cinaed said. The well built guy got up.
“Well how’s your arm now?” Mary asked.
“Good enough to take this guy down.” Cinaed said. Cinaed and Mary ran at the built man.
“Stone Doll.” Mary said as a tall stone golem like creature came from the stone road they stood on. The stone golem raised one of it’s arms and it came down at great speed.
The Built man grabbed his clubs and was gonna block the arm falling. Then Cinaed came running at him with card in hand.
“Spawn Card: Lightning Fairy: Ren Fiedler!” Cinaed said as he dropped and placed the card on the ground. Ren came out of the ground with crossbow loaded.
“Anvil Crawler!” Ren said as he shot the man with lightning. He dropped his clubs and then got crushed by the giant hand. Cinaed just barely didn’t get crushed as well.
“That was to close for comfort.” Cinaed said crawling out between the arm and stone road. He walked to Mary and Ren. The stone man began to return to the ground. They looked at where he should have been and he was gone with only a pile of money covered in blood was left.
Carrie ran up to it collecting the money while Cinaed walked up and grabbed a bundle of money out of her hands. He looked at it. Looking at each dollar. With his arms still like a devil dragon he started a spark by snapping his fingers that burned the money in his hands. It turned into a green color when money is the color blue and burns a normal red color so that when money starts to burn people have more time to put it out.
“CINAED! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” Carrie said.
“I’m burning it.” Cinaed said smiling.
“Yeah I can see that. But why?” Carrie said.
“It’s fake. I wanted to see if it were real.” Cinaed said.
“Yeah but why?” Carrie asked.
“For a little project I want to start up before I leave Smith.” Cinaed said.
“What project?” Carrie asked.
“Never mind that what did we just fight?” Cinaed said.
“Cinaed! At the company hall something went down and long story short Blair, Zalmon, Saul, and Dike went into this mirror to get away from these zombie things.” Ren said.
“What?” Cinaed said in shock.
“Cinaed! Carrie! Where’s that sawdust?!” Mrs. Smith yelled out of sight.
“Damn! Ren look over Grandad and Gar. Mary look over Mom and Dad. Call Freddy and Robert to look over others not at the company hall.” Cinaed said quickly. Ren and Mary quickly nodded and ran to do what they were told. Cinaed then got the wheelbarrow back up and make up a story of how a bull got loose and attacked him.
Chapter 8
Part 3
Mirrors Take and Not Reflect
Meanwhile in the Mirror, Blair and the others walked around the odd city without seeing a single soul. What they saw early in which they thought was the city that Maris was going to school wasn’t even close. It was something totally different there was suppose to be a river running right in the center of the city. There was no river it was just all City. They found themselves in the middle of some kind of shopping district.
“Well we know that this was a bad idea.” Blair said.
“Yeah plus we’re probably never gonna leave.” Zalmon said jokingly.
“Hey have you guys noticed something?” Dike said stopped looking into a shop with a bunch of mirrors.
“What?” Zalmon said.
“The mirrors they aren’t refecting us.” Dike said.
“What?” Blair said rushing over. They looked into the mirrors and saw the other side of the street like they weren’t there.
“What the hell?” Saul said.
“This is the most trippy thing I’ve ever seen.” Zalmon said.
“I know right.” Dike said. They then saw a woman behind them. She had long black hair and in a way was like Dike wearing a maid outfit.
They turned around. They had been surrounded by the woman and 4 men. One man was wrapped head to toe in bandages, another was lean but still strong wearing clothes only an iron worker would wear. Another was wearing a rich or royal clothing with a cape, and the last one was wearing an armour suit with a beast like helmet. Then a large raven landed on the building they were looking into.
“You will never leave.” The rave spoke.
“I take those I want.
I take and never give.
I made this world
and take from those who own me.
I take from those
who know
those know me.
I am God.
I shall take all
you own.
For in return
you shall me mine
and that is the most honorable thing
a human can be.” It said.
“Yeah I got to turn you down on that one.” Blair said aiming his revolver sights on the man with the man in the cape being the closest one to him.
“You can not define God.
God is the all.
I shall simt you
without mercy.
No become mine!”
The raven said as the people ran at them. Blair shot at the man but he dodge each shot and punched Blair down the street while Saul punched the man in bandages but wrapped around her and threw her over a building and followed. While Zalmon fought the man in armour while Dike was up against the woman and the iron worker.
They were back to back looking at the enemy. Dike opened a pouch at the side of her hip. She got out some weird handles with pointed triangles on each end pointing at.
The weapon began to get a dark pink tint while looking at the man in the armour.
“Time to see how strong my lamia powers have gottin. Lamia God Sheath: Knuckleless Brass.” Dike said. Zalmon glanced at her.
“Every well. I’ll have to do the same.” Zalmon said. “Although these guys are different than what anyone of use has fought in the past. For all I know that guy that beat Cinaed in his final form a while ago could be here.” Zalmon thought with fear.
“Ghost Dragon Slayer’s Soul Chains.” Zalmon said with a fake smile on his face. The chains formed. He looked at iron worker and the woman. He pointed both his arms straight at him and like the chains were snakes they raised slowly and then struck him launching him back. Dike and Zalmon jumped away from each other toward whom they would fight.
Meanwhile with Blair, we find him in an alley way’s circle. Almost beaten to a pulp. He looked up at the man in the cape with a smile and noticed something in the large hole he shot in his cape. The shadow behind him was on the wall! The shadows were all on the ground.
That was not the only thing that was odd it had a smile with teeth lines that could easily be see and a pair of eyes. They were just white eye holes with nothing in them.
He looked back to the man in the cape and then looked back at his gun. He then teleported it away.
“I can’t beat him like this. He’s too fast plus the pause after shooting 6 shots is 3 seconds too long. I need to figure out how to hurt him and buy time to get away.” Blair thought knowing winning wasn’t an option. He then thought of a not half bad idea. He then teleported in his flare gun. It looked like a normal flare gun with something glowing in the barrel. He pointed it at the caped man. The man smiled revealing the fangs of a vampire. Blair pulled the trigger and a bright light came out of the barrel. The man in the cape dodged it. Blair’s face didn’t show fear but a grin. He pulled the trigger back even more and the light exploded. The man in the cape burst in flames and the shadows face frowned as it looked at the man turning on the ground in pain. Blair on the other hand he ran down one of the alley ways as fast as he can.
“What the hell was up with that shadow? Oh! What the hell does it matter what I need to do is get the heck out of here.” Blair thought as he ran out there.
Chapter 8
Part 4
The Plan
Meanwhile with Robert. He was at the house with Freddy. Robert had made a bag and was outside the house facing it with Freddy facing away from the house at Robert.
“Freddy, you remember where I’m going to in case CP asks?” Robert said. Freddy bowed his head. “Good. Remember how long I’m gonna be gone?” Robert said. Freddy bowed again. “Good.” Robert said. He started to walk down the hill while he waved his hand to Freddy. Until he got call on his Vain Line.
He answered.
“Hello?” Robert asked.
“Hey it’s Cinaed. Listen I need you to go to the company hall and see what’s going on I can’t get anyone there and I’m worried. Just see what’s up and report back to me.” Cinaed said fast.
“Yes sir.” Robert said.
“And Freddy I need you to guard Maris immediately!” Cinaed said. Freddy made some kind of slightly pitched mechanical noise. “Alright.” Cinaed said before hanging up.
“Well I guess Stig’s gonna have to wait a little bit longer.” Robert said. “Alright let’s charge!” Robert said as he ran down the hill dropping his bag. Freddy didn’t take long to get a head of him.
Meanwhile at the Maris’s school. She was sitting at her desk looking out on the river and the city across the river. With Canan talking to her.
“So that’s what I think on why they changed the Company Master.” Canan said.
“Hmm….. Oh I’m sorry I wasn’t pay attention.” Maris said.
“Is there something bothering you?” Canan said head a little tilted.
“What? Oh no… no…. no. I’m fine. I’m fine.” Maris said.
“Maris I’ve loved you since we were in middle school know what is it?” Canan said.
“I don’t know I just have a bad feeling……” Maris said as she heard something odd.
“What’s up?” Canan said.
“I heard…...screaming.” Maris said. They then heard screaming in the hall and the door of the classroom opened quickly. Freddy stood there scanning the room. “Freddy!” Maris said standing up. Freddy looked at her then looked out the window right behind her. Maris and Canan turned and looked and found a giant thing with long tree like arms and a small disportionate body. It had one arm wound up like it was gonna punch where Maris was but it didn’t have fists or fingers or distinguishing features whatsoever. The world had seemed to turn to black and white. It’s arm turned black.
“Spirit Armor?!” Maris said. It came at Maris and Canan quickly. Freddy pounced and got Canan and Maris on the ground before the arm came and crashed thru the wall, across the classroom threw another wall to the hallway threw another wall to the inside of the courtyard. Chunks of the school fell down from the 30th story in the grass below. It moved its arm back and forth 3 times before it made it come back. The class room, hallway and other classes rooms were wrecked. Freddy finally got off Maris and Canan. Maris and Canan looked around and it looked like a war zone raged on it there. Maris looked back at the monster along with Canan. Maris wound up her arm like she was gonna throw a ball.
“Arctic Sinker!” Maris said as her arm turned to water and she threw her arm forward and her watery arm launched like a fire truck's water at a fire but like it was a cannon ball at the end of it.
It hit it and it flew back losing it’s grip on the building with both its hands.
Canan jumped out of the building at it. She pointed both arms at it with opened hands. And then the creature's skin began to decay and it’s body became weaker. Maris walked to the wind and looked at Canan as she fell. She then looked down. A window broke and water came from it and caught her in a large of water. It was almost like she was in water swimming. She swam to the surface.
“I’m okay.” Canan said. Maris smiled as she looked at her friend. The monster fell on to the parking lot and exploded into a black liquid and tons of bundles of sticks. Freddy looked at the liquid as it flooded into the street. Canan was brought up and the water fell apart. They both looked at Freddy.
“I assume Cinaed knows something I don’t.” Maris said. Freddy shook its head yes and opened it’s mouth. The sound of a record began to play. It then said what Cinaed told Robert and Freddy to do.
“What’s gonna happen now?” Canan said. Maris crossed her arms and she turned to water as she splashed on the floor. There was nothing but black and voices could be heard but they were muffled. They were muffled until the voice of a man and 2 women were heard from there everything was heard with the additional dripping.
“We have to close the school and get everything under control.” a woman said she had a blue long dress on.
“She’s right we need to close the school, now!” a man said. He was wearing a brown suit.
“Are you both crazy? If we close the school now it’s gonna take forever to get every one’s report down.” An older woman said. She was wearing a red dress.
“That maybe so but just look out there.” the man pointed out the window behind him. The woman in red looked out. “Kids are already leaving some are doing more than what we're doing right now!”
Maris reformed.
“The school's closing let’s go.” Maris said walking out of the room. Freddy and Canan followed. They walked down the stairs like it were going to class. They walked out into the lobby of the building until….. Canan spoke.
“Hey Maris.” Canan said.
“Yeah.” Maris said.
“You know who I went out into your car earlier to grab my 5RT1 paper that I left in your car.” Canan said.
“Yeah why?” Maris said and that’s when she opened the door to the outside. She looked over to her car and found it with dents and filled with the black liquid with the windows down. Maris walked up to the car at a fast pace to her car. She inspected the car.
“I may have forgotten to get the windows up.” Canan said.
Chapter 8
Part 5
Bored
Meanwhile with Robert, he was walking down the road twirling his axe like it was his gun for show while he was in the army. He then noticed the world had started to turn black and white when the company hall was in sight but was nothing but a part of a line of the building of the town. That’s when he noticed dark smoke coming from the town. Robert ran to the town. A fire truck came from behind him and beeped at Robert and slowed down. The door of the truck opened with Gallus and his wife, Dar were inside with a few other firemen and women. Der had red wavy hair and freckles all over her face. Der was also the mother of Maris and Zalmon.
“Need a ride?” Gallus said.
“I need to go to the company hall. I’ll grab on the bar in the back.” Robert said quickly.
“Alright.” Gallus said. The door closed and the truck sped up. Robert grabbed the bar of the truck with sirens ringing and with he was at the corner of the Company hall when he jumped off and skidded to the entrance of the company hall. The fire truck skidded down a corner right across the street. Robert looked around and found something odd. The cars in the street were abandoned and looked like some swerved out of control and some were just there to be there. All the same they didn’t have people in them or anything. Robert then turned around to look at the street behind him and found the mirror right behind him. It was at least a yard away from him. Robert inspected the mirror and then it began to slide down almost like they were on separate escalators and he looked down and saw he was cut from the right corner of his neck and shoulder down to where his left hip started from his belly. His upper body fell to the ground while his lower body still stood. He then looked around and found Babe with is arm as a sword.
“Babe. What are you doing?” Robert said all cool like as if he were in the living room still reading a book.
“Oh thank the lord! You’re still you!” Babe said.
“What are you talking about?” Robert said in growing concern.
“I don’t know what the heck is happening but I know one thing people are going CRAZY and it has something to do with this black and white stuff!!” Babe said. He looked around quickly and started to walk toward where the fire truck was heading.
“Where are you going?” Robert said.
“I’m gonna tell those firemen what’s going on!” Babe said. Robert got back together and looked back to Company hall. He walk to it and heard nothing and when he opened the door he was met with a wave of the almost zombie like members. They crashed over him.
“400 Percent.” Robert said then the wave exploded leaving a hole around him. Robert still had his fist raised. He then lowered it. And picked up his that he dropped in the wave.
“-250 Percent.” Robert said. “I don’t want to accidently kill someone.” He looked around at the members getting up like they fell down or just fell asleep on the ground. “Although Babes right. They are ‘different’.”
The members began to attack him while he knocked each one back with his axe or with a kick. He began to call Cinaed but accidently called Blair instead.
Meanwhile in the mirror, Blair gets the call. He’s in a shop the windows and doors other than the front blocked off. He has his Tri Busta pointed at the front door. The door is mostly tinted but still could show shadows and basic features if someone was close enough to the door. When his Vien Line went off it looked like he had seen a ghost.
“What?” Blair said angrily.
“Blair? What are you doing with Cinaed’s vien line?” Robert said.
“I don’t have it you must have called me by accident.” Blair said. “What did you want to tell him? I mean you already called me so you might as well tell me.”
“Cinaed wanted me to report to him about what was going on since he’s at school. And it looks like things really hit the twister caster here.” Robert said.
“Yeah I know all we know it has something to do with this crow thing that claims to be god and is in this mirror in the company hall that we jumped into.” Blair said.
“A mirror huh?” Robert said as he looked around the company hall. Then it hit him. The thing that was suddenly behind him. He turned and looked at it then noticed something coming at him from inside the mirror at great speed. It was Zalmon with the man in armour holding Zalmon’s neck head straight for the mirror to the other side. “750 Percent.” Robert said.
When they came threw and the guy in armour was over Robert. He threw up his leg like it were a lance and the guy in armour exploded into little tin soldiers and the black liquid. Robert covered himself with is his coat and got covered in the black liquid while Zalmon crashed into company hall destroying a few tables. He got up quickly covered in bruises and a few cuts. Zalmon looked quickly around almost unaware of where the guy in armour was until he saw Robert.
“Where is it?” Zalmon said. Robert turned to him.
“Robert what’s going on?” Blair asked.
“Blair, Zalmon came thru the portal with a guy in armour.” Robert said.
“Alright…..” Blair said and then sudden started to speak quickly. “Call you later.”
Meanwhile with Blair, he pulled trigger and 3 rockets came from the gun and the door exploded with wood and glass chips going everywhere. A few pieces of the door and wall around the door hit Blair but only gave him minor cuts. He teleported the Tri-Busta for the flare gun and pointed back in the cloud of debris. He pulled the trigger and when it was in the center he pulled it back even further and it exploded. It hit nothing.
When it had cleared there layed nothing but jacks and debris. Blair threw a sigh of relief until out of the corner of his eye he saw the shadow smiling. He turned and the shadow came of the wall and threw him outside. Blair got up like his body was tied down with weights. He turned his head to the shadow now three dimensional but still just as shadowy as ever.
“Damn it this guy just can’t take a hint.” Blair said. “TO DIE!” He said screaming it. It then went into the ground like it’s original form and started to climb up a wall and then fell with great speed. When it hit the corner of the wall and ground it became three dimensional again and flew at Blair with great speed as well and kicked him. He tumbled down the street and got up again. This happened repeatedly until he teleported his gravity gun in. He looked around and then the shadow kicked him again. Blair flew in view of an alleyway and what he saw was perfect. He finally got up and then shadow returned to it’s original form. Blair pulled the trigger and a red line shot from the gun like a rope into the alley way. Just as the shadow had reached it point. Blair wiped around with his gun around and the thing that he attached to went thru the build making it crumble apart like a cracker with a fist going thru it. Out of the building came a scythe the gun rope thing on the beginning of the shaft. The shadow looked at it, it was as like time had paused. Then speed up super fast as it came rushing down onto the wall and crashed straight into him. It scraped across the street then when it hit it’s range Blair turned the scythe out of the building and the shadow became three dimensional and flew with the scythe pushing it. Once across the street, it turned two dimensional again. As it pushed the shadow along the buildings Blair walked to the middle of the street. It was pushed along the buildings until it hit the alleyway where Blair found the scythe that’s when it turned three dimensional and then when it hit the other side of the alley way it exploded with the black liquid everywhere.
Chapter 8
Part 6
The Town is Going to Hell
A few hours had passed before we find Cinaed and Maris meet in front of the company hall. Cinaed came alone while Maris came with Canan riding Freddy. They looked at each other like they knew something was off.
“Freddy played everything you said to me.” Maris said.
“I know I was hoping he was gonna do it.” Cinaed said with his eyes and arms like those of the Devil Dragon.
“Why didn’t you get here sooner?” Maris said as she dismounted Freddy.
“I had school! I can’t just leave.” Cinaed said. “What took you so long?”
“CANAN forgot to roll up my car's windows and for about 2 hours we’ve tried to restart the thing. And as you can see it’s broke for good.” Maris said.
“Well that stinks.” Cinaed said.
“Yeah like crap.” Maris said. A siren started to blare out. Then an explosion was heard.
“Looks and sounds like the town is going to hell.” Cinaed said.
“Yup.” Maris said.
“Well better look for Rob.” Cinaed said.
“Yup.” Maris said. They began to call his name. That was until they heard a large crashing sound and saw the fire fighters, Babe, Zalmon and Robert were in a circle fighting off the mob of zombie like towns people attacking them.
“Dad!! Zalmon!!” Maris said.
“Atlantic Slicer!!” Maris said as she wiped her arm around it was like a giant blade it knocked everyone ethier down on the cracking road, the fire men or crashed into the buildings at the side of the street.
“The mirror!! THE MIRROR IS THE KEY TO STOP THIS!! GO INTO IT!” Robert yelled as he attacked the attacking mob. Cinaed stood looking at this hellish scene unfolding. He then began to form a rage and his tail formed behind him. He got in a form then looked like he was gonna hold something back. Maris began to run to the company hall and then stopped and looked at Cinaed.
“Devil Dragon…. GATLING GUN!!” Cinaed said. Then his arms became nothing but a blurry brash of punches being threw the air at the mob of zombies coming at him. They got were punched so hard they turned in ammo themselves and hit the crowd still going after the large group. They all fell and after a couple seconds Cinaed stood up and with arms almost seeming lifeless ran to Maris and together ran to the company hall.
“Cinaed are you okay?” Maris asked.
“Never better but once we're in the mirror and safe. Could you please heal my arms I miscalculated the amount of force I should have used.” Cinaed said they ran and saw the mirror and Canan and Freddy were near it and they looked like the zombies. They stopped running and slide on the tar. Maris’s shoes sketed on the tar while Cinaed’s iron boats made a much harsher skating noise.
“Devil Dragon….” Cinaed said.
“Indian….” Maris said.
“....Rising Iron Horn!” Cinaed said as they reached the zombies that were once their allies, Cinaed roundhouse kicked Canaan who was closest to him.
“...Punch!” Maris said as she came close to Freddy. Water covered his head and Maris’s fist and pulled Freddy’s head as Maris’s fist at great speeds and once he hit her fist the water almost had an explosion like effect and he flew back. They jumped into the mirror.
They both looked around.
“Hey! Maris you know what this place reminds me of?” Cinaed said smiling.
“What?” Maris looking the opposite direction of Cinaed.
“That job at the prison. What was it called again?” Cinaed said.
“Oh yeah.” She said with a slight chuckle. “Dracula’s Punishment.”
“That's it.” Cinaed said. “God that place was hellish and fun.”
“Yeah….. Cinaed over here.” Maris said pointing to an alleyway.
Meanwhile looking above from a smoke sake.
“This game
isn't going in
my favor.”
The crow said. It looked over to where Cinaed and Maris were.
“I also have
New players
in this game.
Looks I need to
make it more even.”
Chapter 8
Part 7
A Dark Future
Cinaed is falling to the ground in his final form. Meanwhile Maris, Blair and Dike are forced to watch. A man with black wilting wings and a crow mask and a dagger with Cinaed’s blood watches. A emotions fill the 3. Blair falls to the ground crying. Maris's hair acts like it’s in water and starts to turn a muddy blood. The lamia goddess is on the ground and a dark purple aura surrounds her and she begins to change into something unseen before. A mysterious woman stabs the almost fallen angel character. And then there was nothing but a sunflower and a purple Phoenix or a “King Phoenix” glows behind the sunflower. Cinaed wakes up against the wall in the alleyway. With water at least at an inch thick around both his arms.
“Oh good. You're awake. How does your arms feel?” Maris said. Cinaed began to lift his arms but slowly. He began to curl his fists.
“They're getting better.” Cinaed said. “I guess I won't use my steam style for this battle.”
“Good.” Maris said. Then a skitting sound was heard from the street. Maris fell apart into a puddle and the puddle moved to the corner of the alleyway to the way that the sound came from. There was Dike covered in cuts, bruises and basically hurt all over. The maid and iron worker were barely hurt. The ironworker then raised his hand well over his head and then a long sword formed out of his hand. He then it fell. Dike just barely moved out of the way. The maid threw rusty knives at her. Dike was still focused on the iron worker.
Dike looked and found the knives coming at her. Then she was dragged away by Cinaed. He was biting her collar of her dress. While Maris raised a wall of water blocking the knives. When it fell they saw the back of Cinaed’s coat go into the alleyway he was originally in. They raced to the alley as they entered they disappear as if they vanished into thin air or Cinaed legs were holding himself and Dike up above them and Maris was a puddle. They looked around while Cinaed struggled with holding Dike and himself up.
They soon left and Cinaed climbed up the alley way and got on a roof. Maris jetted up there.
“So I see you’re in as much trouble as ever.” Cinaed said make fists out of his hands.
“Yeah well you know I’m always left with the troublesome ones.” Dike said.
“Alright but do you know where Blair and Saul are?” Maris said. Then a large crashing sound was heard and the man in bandages plowed in front of them.
“Multiply Speed by 2!” A voice said in the distance and then Saul came zooming by chasing the man in bandages. Then the world turned in opposite color scheme with everything white turned black and everything black turned white. And as fast as Saul sped in front of them she crash in the opposite direction. They looking and saw that the man in bandages was as large as a cave giant and had the muscles of one too. It looked like a full mummy.
It was looking at where Saul crashed and then looked at Maris, Cinaed and Dike. He pointed his arm at them and a storm of wrap came at them. They dodged but got Cinaed.
“Like hell this is stopping me!!” Cinaed said as his entire body lite up. He burned them off.
The mummy’s bandages acted as fuses with the fire following the bandages. The bandages them put themselves out by making a tornado out of the bandages then a bunch of mirrors appeared around Cinaed. And as he looked around and the maid in the opposite color scheme of clothing.
She was staring straight at Cinaed.
“Devil Dragon Revolver!” Cinaed said as the rocket of a fist and air shoot straight at her but it didn’t do anything. “What the?” Cinaed said in confusion. “Every well! I guess I’ll have to turn up the heat! Devil Dragon Breathe!” Cinaed yelled as the fire beam shot to the mirrors. Then beam just bounce off and rika shaded around the mirrors. Until it hit him in the back. Doing nothing.
“If you think that’s gonna work it’s not my attacks don’t affect!” Cinaed said. Then he felt a sharp pain in his back and when he turned around he found a bunch of knives in his back. He then looked forward and down. “I’ve had enough of this!” Cinaed said as the mark appeared on his face and chest and wings spawned from his back. “Devil Dragon Roar.” Cinaed said with a bit of agitation in his voice. Then the whole dome of mirrors filled with fire.
Meanwhile on the outside, Dike was dodging I-beam like knuckles from the iron worker who was now more steel than man. It had a back that had a smoke stack on it. It there was an opening it would leak oil, molten metal, or close to blue fire.
She started to throw punches at it with her Knuckles and then she got punched back as she stopped she coughed up some blood. The iron man stood over her and stomped on her so hard it knocked her thru the roof into the next story below.
Meanwhile Maris was up top easily dodging the rain of bandages trying to hit her.
“When your water you have to know when water will hit you. This is nothing compared to the training I had to gain the ability of Water Embodyment. These Bandages are nothing compared to the real rain.” Maris thought. She then came so close to him it would have been impossible for him to miss but still was. She then covered her hand in water and punched him and it went straight threw him.
“Just sad.” Maris said. She then looked over to the mirrors to find almost nothing had happened. Almost nothing.
Meanwhile inside it was fully fire.
“You can smell it can’t you?” Cinaed said inside his body.
“The guy pulling the strings is about a mile away if you look up 30 degrees.” The Devil Dragon said. They started to hear steaming sound. “What the hell?” The Devil Dragon said. They looked down to find the floor melting and then falling. They ran off the lava made floor.
“Hey remember I need my body and you need flesh.” Cinaed said.
“Remember I have the power.” The Devil Dragon said. They looked up and found the dome forming 1 giant mirror and sucking up the fire.
“Cinaed, we only have one shot and do you want to save it or fire it here.” The Devil Dragon said.
“What do you mean?” Cinaed said.
“She’s gonna shoot.” The Devil Dragon said. “Screw it I’m firing it.” He then had the orb in his hand and the magic sign formed. He then aimed. The mirror began to form lines inside of it at them and the mirror turned blacker and blacker.
Then they both fired their beams at each other. There was no opposition towards the blast the Devil Dragon fired. It destroyed the mirror like it was nothing. He looked up at the destroyed mirror as sparkles came down.
“Ahh!!! Son of…… Aarrgghh!! Glass in our eye.” The Devil Dragon said.
“Welp doesn’t that stink.” Maris said looking down the hole. “Nice to see your back.”
“Well if it isn’t the famed Dark Sea aka Maris NewGate.” The Devil Dragon said getting the glass in their eye. The Devil Dragon and Maris then looked over to where Dike fell.
Chapter 8
Part 8
The Halfway Point has passed
Meanwhile far away, Dike had her white hair, her winding horns, her hands were scally, her forearms were hard and almost forming armour and no longer legs now and just had a tail. She was breathing heavily and the man in armour was just as dented and cut but the cuts and dents were disappearing.
“I’ve had enough of this. Time to go full throttle.” Dike said. Then an aura formed around her. While inside her body she was turning the key with easy and the a click was heard. Then the aura became darker and darker. Until you could barely tell it was her. She began to change the earth around her. It began to melt. The air became almost unbreathable.
Over with Cinaed and Maris, they covered their mouths and coughed.
“Devil Dragon what is that?” Cinaed said inside his own body. The Devil Dragon looked to where it was coming from.
“Trouble.” The Devil Dragon said.
When it had clear. The man in armour was surrounded by the poisonous fog and couldn’t see much. The smell of burned poison filled the air causing the fogs color to become a darker shade of purple in some places. It was almost like a shark circling its prey.
The Devil Dragon and Maris jumped on top of a building to see A Black Dingcus. For everyone who doesn’t know a Dingcus is a creature that is a snake like creature with fangs protruding out of it’s mouth and a tail with a blade that can only be described as an axe. It looked down on the fight. Wait hold on would we even consider this is fight anymore? I even said it’s was like a predator vs prey sort of thing. What would we call this? Hunting? Yeah I’ll go with hunting. It looked down on the hunting of the lamia. It then looked at them. It then hissed and grew to giant proportions. The Devil Dragon and Maris looked at it with annoyance. It then lunged at them only for it to be dodged by both.
“You wanna take him o…!” The Devil Dragon said before being rammed by the crow. Straight into the poison. The crow quickly got up like an eagle after catching its prey but it lost it’s prey.
“Cinaed.” Maris said before he got hit by the dingcus. It’s nose was black unlike it’s skin but like the stick monster that Maris first fought. The Devil Dragon’s lungs were turning into roast beef looking like things. The poison around him then began to dissipate. The Devil Dragon began to breathe again and he looked up at the crow. It looked at him with a dirty look at the fact the Devil Dragon survived.
“This guy’s really strong. I think we need to go up in the world.” Cinaed said inside himself.
“Agreed.” The Devil Dragon said. The wings appeared on his back and then his legs changed. The road under him began to crack under him. The sky was still black but the crimson streaks showed that the clouds were there. THe Devil Dragon jumped straight at the crow.
“Fall.” The Devil Dragon said as the crimson tornado crashed on the crow. THe Dingcus was looked at the tornado with fear.
“Arctic Sinker.” Maris said as the torpedo of water crashed into the the Dingcus and it flew far away. “Aww…. I thought it was gonna be a challenge. Although I guess it was a good thing this thing wasn’t a big deal separately with a new release Blood Card and lord please don’t let her go into her final form. If that mysterious guy didn’t show up I don't know what we would have done.” Maris said she then looked down to see the streets still filled with poison. The iron man was just fighting and punching in different directions. Until a spear made of acid went threw him and the fire in him just disposed into the black liquid and cheaply made steel.
Chapter 8
Part 9
Two Gods and a Devil
The crow flew out of the tornado burnt and smoking. The Devil Dragon jumped out of the tornado and chased after it. The world began to warp around the Devil Dragon and he began to crash into buildings even though he started at up high and was at the same elevation. The Devil Dragon spit fire out fire trying to hit the crow but it would always nearly miss it. The Devil Dragon grew more and more irritated.
“Need some help?” Cinaed said leaning against the dark looking down at his fingernails.
“Shut your trap!” It said chasing the large crow. That was until the Devil Dragon was stabbed by a lamp post extent fast to spear the Dragon and then it grew more spear like lamps out of it and expanded out. “Fine let’s which.” The Devil Dragon said defeated. The Dragon began to fall apart and Cinaed fell out and fell hazily. He then came out of it before he hit and ground and jetted to the crow. Cinaed wound up his blade ready to strike as he got slowly closer. And then something exploded making the crow crash. Cinaed flapped as hard as he could to stopped starting at storm of black dust stirred up and in front of him was Blair. He was holding the SG 36 Shotgun lending against his shoulder. He looked up at Cinaed.
“You’ve had to go that high to get a bird.” Blair said with a smirk.
“Hey this guy is strong.” Cinaed said.
“Yeah whatever. Well I took care of him.” Blair said and then they both heard steps. The steps somehow were changing. They both looked to where they were coming from. Blair had a shocked face while Cinaed’s face was getting ready to fight. In the dust ball a human figure appear and the dust disappeared in a strong gust. It was the man that Cinaed saw in his dream. Blair stared at him and then remember what he was doing. The Tri Busta teleported away and then a giant gun that was twice the height of Blair and had 2 large barrels of ammo on his back. He pointed the gun straight at the crow man. He pulled the trigger the bullets flew out of the gun like water from a fire hose. The bullets did nothing but ricochet off his skin. The building around it start fall from the Typhoon of Bullets coming in a such high speeds.
“You think you’re machines are gonna really do something on my world.” The man said. Blair looked in confusion.
“He stopped saying stuff in poetry? What’s going on?” Blair thought.
“I’ve taken everyone who’s even come to me is mine and I’m not gonna be taken down by some snot nosed Gunman. I AM AJAX!!” He cried out echoing threw out the city. The bullets stopped flying after he said then almost like he teleport in front of Blair. His hand raised fast and fell quickly smashing Blair threw a few buildings. Cinaed barely had time to react. He turned to see Blair almost like one of his bullets barreling through building after building. He turned back to Ajax that was watching Blair crash threw the buildings and then slowly turned to Cinaed. Cinaed leaped at him with clever wound back. And it jetted forward and Ajax disappeared. The Blade hit the ground and the force opened a crack that span beyond Cinaed’s sight. He turned and at the corner of his eye was Ajax looking at him with brows low. Like he was high in society, drinking a fine wine.
Cinaed’s tail tried to stab him but Ajax moved slightly out of the way. And grabbed Cinaed’s tail throwing down the street. He crossed his arms as he crashed threw newspaper stands, poles and other things. Cinaed then stopped by using his wings at parachute and then jetted up to the sky.
Meanwhile on the ground, Maris and Dike stared at each other. Maris had sweat running down her face.
“It’s okay. It’s okay. You’re stronger than you were back then. Remember you're stronger than back then and you haven’t fought another Blood Card today.” Maris thought. The lamia then smiled looked happy.
“Hey Maris.” Dike said with her voice. Maris’s jaw dropped to the ground.
“W…. W… Wha…. Wha…. WHAT?!?” Maris said in shock. Dike looked confused but with a look of joke.
“What? Never seen a snake woman before?” Dike said.
“No it’s not that.” Maris said. “This is unreal. Hold on a second. Back then…” Maris thought and the memories of the Devil Dragon and Smala Mannen (the blood card creature that Keith has). Both had the inability of speech and they were both angered on the day that this happened so communication would have been almost impossible.
They then heard a crashing sound. They looked to where it was coming and Blair crashed into Dike. Dike barely moved and held Blair. He was battered and bruised badly. So beaten one more strike could nearly kill him.
Maris looked at him and then quickly darted at where he came from and saw Cinaed racing toward the sky. Ajex was rising to the sky as well slowly and steadily. Maris looked at Ajex and then looked at Blair and jumped down.
“Dike go fight with Cinaed I’ll take care of Blair.” Maris said holding out her arms to help Blair. Dike handed him to Maris and darted to the sky. Poison came from her back and formed wings. Cinaed stopped and looked down looking for something. Anything that could give him an advantage. Something Ajex could over look and be used against him. Cinaed found nothing. Ajex looked at him with bore.
“What do you want from us?” Cinaed said. Ajex smiled a bit and then turned to Dike who came up there. Cinaed looked and began to fear like Maris and froze remembering something but then stopped and turned back to Ajex remembering what was going on.
“I can tell you understand her magic. I know that you have some back story with this with those eyes and the eyes you’re friend had down there.” Ajex said.
“She’s my cousin.” Cinaed said. Ajex raised an eyebrow but then lowered it.
“I guess your bonds go deeper than blood.” Ajex said. “I’ll tell you my tale and in that tale you’ll find why I’d like you to join me.” He said and looked at the sky. “I hope you’re remembering this as I’m saying this, Nar.” He said. Wait what? Nar that’s my nickname. HOLY COW! This is Ajex. I knew him in school. Wow…. He’s really changed I wonder what he’s gonna say.
Chapter 8
Part 10
Villains may not be Evil
“Where should I start it? I guess I’ll talk like an old friend does towards you. My life started before I was born. My father killed a suspected dark wizard. He never described it outside of a crow. My father was a sand wizard. He made mirrors. They came in all forms but they always came out in a black tint. He would smash every mirror that was like that. He became an alcoholic because of this and beat my mother and me. My mother thought it was because it was because it because of me and beat on me as well. She saw me as the devil and tried to kill me on multiple occasions. One day she killed herself and left me with my father. He had developed what the doctors called cancer. I wanted to help him but he told me not to. He told me of a place that he told me I could learn his secrets. He told me of his books where I could learn his sand magic. I learned from those books but hide them so people wouldn’t persecute me and my dying father. A little after I read my books my father died. I started to go to college with my father’s money and learned more. I wanted to know why my father was an alcoholic and what I had learned. What was Magic? I learned more than what I should have learned. I didn’t know what I was playing with. I ended up finding out that magic can go up a level. The Dark Level. I start to tinker with it. I decided to go and upgrade my magic and go with mirror magic. They were dark like my fathers. I joined the military and quickly became a high ranking officer. Although as I soon found out that wouldn’t mean much on the battlefield. My army betrayed me after I ordered them to take the enemy’s on a hill. They said it was suicide but I saw it as easy. It only took a day and the enemy came in with paratroopers and killed most of my unite. I ordered to have some more but they told me to retreat on to ships on shore. I refused and my soldiers attacked me. They tortured me until I was at Death’s doorstep. I then used the mirror I had and made a world with the darkness I learned. Although there was a catch. Blood had to be spilled for this world and I didn’t have enough. So I stole my soldiers consciousness while they were on the ships and I drowned them and so this world was born. I came to realise that this was meant to be all this. I set all this was all meant to be. God is dead. If he was alive he’d stop all conflict. I had to be the new god to spread what god was trying to do. Unfortunately I couldn’t leave so I needed my own army to take over and I needed to make my lieutenants to keep me soldiers in line. You see those who touch my mirror are my soldiers but I can’t bring them here and make them lieutenants.” Ajex said. Wow a lot happened with him since Earth’s second World War. I can barely say that I’m not surprised. Also for all those conspiracy theorist out there. I may have been in the same school as him this doesn’t me I’m from the same place as him or as old as him. Alright enough about my life.
Chapter 8
Part 10
God to God
Ajex charged at Dike. Dike surprised at this came at Ajex. Ajex stopped and went after Cinaed. Cinaed had little time to react and got stabbed in his arm and it would have been his body if he hadn’t moved his arm fast. Ajex pulled hand out of Cinaed’s arm. Cinaed put his hand over it and Ajex turned slightly and saw Dike. He kicked Dike right in the face making her crash into the ground. Cinaed raised his sword trying to hit Ajex. It was futile, Ajex was just too fast. Ajex started to play with Cinaed. Killing him slowly. This was no fight. It was a inhumane slaughter.
“Devil Dragon Fire Fist.” Cinaed said. Although his fists weren’t even close to hitting him.
Maris looked up and saw Cinaed being slaughtered but the looked at Blair who was about dead if she left.
“Damnit.” Maris thought. “Dike you better get up quickly otherwise Cinaed’s dead.”
Meanwhile Dike was on the ground unconscious in a pile of rubble. She woke up.
“I’m powerful in this form. I’ve seen Cinaed is this form and he took on an army easily yet my body refuses to move.” Dike said as she watched from the ground the horror above.
“You see I’m god. You couldn’t beat me when I was a raven. You can’t defeat me in my perfect form.” Ajex said.
“Why don’t you stop this little charade you got going on here? You have got to be joking. God? Spreading your word? You're nothing more than a fool who wants power so he can be right when he’s wrong.” Cinaed said smiling. Ajex then came up to his slowly. “Ha I got you.” Cinaed said. The orb formed in his hand and the symbol right in front of Ajex. “Die you bastard!!” Cinaed yelled as the orb went threw the symbol and the giant fire blast came from it. The fire blast stopped and Cinaed smiled. He put his head down with black smoke coming from where Ajex was.
“Is that the best you got?” A voice said. Cinaed’s eyes opened wide and was in shock.
“No way!” Cinaed said in shock. Out of the smoke Ajex hand came out and stabbed Cinaed with a dagger. The smoke cleared out and a pile of burnt stuff unidentifiable. It fell to the ground. Blood came out of Cinaed like it was from barrel of wine. Ajex pulled his hand out of Cinaed.
“You have the power of a powerful monster but I’m still stronger than you. I am god.” Ajex said.
On the ground everyone watched in horror. Blair had gotten to see this in disbelief. Saul just got up and looked up at Cinaed not knowing what was going on. She could only see Cinaed falling and Ajex.
“What the hell?” Saul said. Meanwhile what happened in Cinaed’s dream was coming true. A rage grew in her. Her hair turned red. Like the tides of a battle at sea. An aura came around Dike. The world began to melt and the lamia goddess began to crack and then BOOM. A woman with armour and a tail that was snake. She had grey hair. A mask covered a half her face and the other part was on the side of her head.
She darted to the sky going by Cinaed. A spear came from her hands made of acid and poison. Ajex saw her and a lamp post came from the ground and grew into a shield for Ajex. Once Dike was close enough she ran the spear threw the shield. It didn’t even slow it down. Ajex had little time to react and got cut dodging it. Ajex smiled.
“You’re better than that other guy I’ll give you that.” Ajex said grinning and then stopped. He stopped moving completely. Dike came up to him. Her look was cold.
“That cut you got. It had poison in it. The poison causes the hosts muscles to stop.” Dike said cold but then an evil smile came across her face although her voice sounded off. As though it was almost like it wasn’t hers. “Well at least all the muscles used to move.” The spear then turned into a sword similar to Cinaed’s sword. She stabbed Ajex. His veins were showing clearly with the pain.
“Who are you?” Ajex said with all the strength in his body. Dike looked at him with face cold. She started to laugh.
“I’ll tell you who I am. I am Dúr. I am the queen of the gods of llamas.” Dike said or should I say Dúr, Queen of the Divine Beings. She looked toward my direction where I was watching this with an angry look and I mean queen of gods. She smiled and then looked back at Ajex. “You claim to be god but you will never know who it was really was.”
Ajex looked at Dúr with a fear he had not felt before. A fear of Death. The snake behind her started to stand high and then like the snake it was. It told a huge bit out of Ajex’s head and upper body. The sword changed color and Ajex exploded with blood and other things.
“There. At least that foolish girl can stop crying faster.” Dúr said.
Meanwhile on the ground Maris’s hair was slowly turning back. She then heard a faint cry. She started toward it. Blair who was about half healed followed her.
While in the sky, Dúr looked around at the land and smiled.
“This place is ugly. Nothing like my view of Virtualia and the sea. She then looked around and the world began to change. It turned to plains with forests fencing fields from each other. It was on top of a cliff that was lined by the giant cut in the ground Cinaed made earlier. The cliff had white rocks and was quite steep. It fell to a beach and a ocean that was more beautiful and clean than anyone could hope to see.
Blair and Maris finally made it to where the sound was coming from. Cinaed was lying on the ground in a pool of blood and was slowly turning back in a pile of ash. He was saying his prayers. Saul came running to them. Maris was just about in tears and Blair was crying watching Cinaed die. Cinaed lifted his hand and finished his prayers and looked over the Maris and Blair. Cinaed smiled.
“Maris…. Can you first heal my stab wound?” Cinaed said quietly. Maris shook her head and when to Cinaed’s side. She went to work.
“What are you doing?” Saul said calm.
“I’m healing his wounds.” Maris said concentrated on her work. Saul picked Cinaed up.
“Sure but we may want to head for the tree line because I remember the last time a blood card went to this level for the first time.” Saul said. The weight of what was here set in to Blair and Maris. Cinaed was too weak to feel it. She then started to woods. Once in the woods Maris was healing Cinaed unconscious, Saul was looking around getting a good feel for the land while Blair had a scope locked and loaded on Dúr.
Chapter 8
Part 11
The Real World
The real world had stopped going from hell back to normal. Ren was with Vernon and Marleen. He was sipping tea in their living room listening to the radio to how everything was going back to normal.
“Looks like Cinaed took care of it.” Ren said sipping the tea.
“I suppose.” Vernon said.
“What do you mean?” Ren said.
“The world may be turning back to normal although things may not be alright.” Vernon said. “I could be wrong.”
“That’s true but there’s a problem.” Ren said looking at his tea.
“What’s that?” Marleen said.
“Vernon’s never wrong.” Ren said looking up at them.
At Drake and Helena’s house, Mary was on the roofs of the buildings Drake and Helena owned using cables and ropes that were set up for different things. Helena walked out on the deck and looked at Mary.
“You having fun up there?” Helena said.
“Yeah. Go back inside. Crazies are out here and Cinaed told me to protect you.” Mary said.
“They’re saying on the radio that what’s going on in town is over.” Helena said.
“Doesn’t matter as long as Cinaed hasn’t given me another order I’m not leaving until then.” Mary said.
“Alright.” Helena said.
In town, Freddy was on the ground unconscious lying next to Cana. Robert in the meanwhile was helping the firemen help the people who were all once these zombies who were now unconscious. Zalmon was tending his wounds and looking around and to the sky. Then looked around and noticed a person out of character for the situation. The person then looked at Zalmon, saw him looking at him and ran out of sight. Zalmon got up slowly but a fireman came over and set Zalmon on the ground and tended to his wounds.
The guy got in a telephone booth and dialed a number. The other guy on the other end answered almost immediately.
“Hello?” the guy on the other end said. We’ll call the guy in the booth Mr. Who and the guy on the other end, Mr. Shadow.
“Hello sir. The town is returning to normal.” Mr. Who said.
“So Ajex is died? That’s a shame. I would have liked his assistance again for the other companies.” Mr. Shadow said.
“Yes, Sir. Do you want me to destroy the mirror?” Mr. Who said.
“No. It’s untrace able to use against us. Leave it for them to figure out.” Mr. Shadow said, he then hung up the phone.
Chapter 8
Part 12
Three Red Magis
Back with Cinaed, he was fighting himself from going back to normal. While Maris was having a tough time with healing Cinaed.
“Maris, what’s taking so long?” Saul said.
“His blood is different. It’s more like fuel or gas instead of more water like.” Maris said. Cinaed started to get up. “Cinaed.”
“We don’t to heal me all over. You healed my stab wound. The rest I can burn close.” Cinaed said.
“But Cinaed…..” Maris said.
“We don’t have the players for the game we played a few years ago. Although I doubt we need them. We’re stronger besides that and have a blood card on our side.” Cinaed said. Everyone was looking at Cinaed. “Devil Dragon Fire Fist.” Cinaed said. His hands created flames and began to burn his wounds. Cinaed groaned when he came to an new cut and burned it. “We’re gonna stop her from her new intentions from getting out of hand. If she is what she say she is this is gonna end badly if we fail.”
“So what how do you know this? Her intentions I mean.” Blair said.
“Yeah how did you hear about my intentions?” Dúr said. Everyone looked to where the voice came from and saw Dúr leaning against a tree.
“I’ll let take all the time you want to, I’ll also allow you to leave if you’d wish. That’s a request from Dike although I would love to fight you. That fool in Waxinton was nothing to feed my appetite although I think the Devil Dragon could especially now that he’s weaker and I don’t fear him anymore. As a bonus I won’t use Dike’s Dragon Drive to predict your moves if you choose not to move.” Dúr said with voice like she was already gonna win. Cinaed stood up and looked at her. “I know I’m beautiful but you shouldn’t stare.”
“If I agree to leave will let my family and friend leave?” Cinaed said. Dúr stopped smiling and looked down and then started to laugh.
“What do you think?” Dúr said laughing.
“She knows me too well. She knew I wouldn’t leave without my family. So I got a choice, go and fight her, let the others get out and probably get killed or let the others take the fight on their own. I guess I really only have one option.” Cinaed said.
“Cinaed?” Blair said consired.
“I alright I chose.” Cinaed said. Dúr smiled.
“I knew it. Take your time healing up.” Dúr said. Cinaed quickly looked over his body. Dúr turned around and started to walk to the field.
“Blair, Saul. Go to the mirror and return to the world. Maris together we have a good shot at taking her down.” Cinaed said.
“Alright but what about you?” Saul said.
“Just go. I got her.” Cinaed said.
“You mean we’ve got her.” Maris said walking to his side. Cinaed looked at her and nodded. Cinaed and Maris then sat down and started to talk while Blair and Saul started back.
“So what are we gonna do?” Maris said. Cinaed restarted to burn his wounds.
“No it’s what I’m gonna mostly do.” Cinaed said.
“Oh no. You’re not gonna try and be a hero.” Maris said.
“I have too.” Cinaed said. “I promised to take responsibility for her.”
“Yeah I’m pretty sure when you said that you were trying to be the hero for her.” Maris said jokingly.
“Yeah although you forget I’ve given up on being a hero. You know what heroes are, right?” Cinaed said.
“Yeah, yeah. Heroes share the Bark’s and you don’t or something like that.” Maris said. “Holly told us that every time she was here even though she would share something that wasn’t what she was saying.”
“Yeah.” Cinaed said. A pause came around them. “I wonder what’s going with her.”
“She’s probably kicking someone’s ass without any real effort or learning a new ability.” Maris said. She then looked over Cinaed’s body. “Do you remember what it was like on the day you and Keith went crazy?” Cinaed looked down at his arm with the contract.
“Yeah….. I was scared for me, you guys, and everyone.” Cinaed said. “That what I’m betting Dike is going threw.”
“Do you remember that guy you fought and beat you easily?” Maris said.
“No although the Devil Dragon keeps saying it was the Angel Dragon although I doubt it.” Cinaed said. “Say you wouldn’t happen to still carry that flask with you still would you?”
“Sorry the school found it awhile ago.” Maris said.
“Oh. Well that sucks.” Cinaed said. He got up. “Welp time to go to work.” Maris got up and they started to walk up to Dúr. She was playing with some grass.
“So you’re healed up. Tell me what happened to the Limias race?” Dúr said.
“I don’t know.” Cinaed said.
“Alright. Thank you for telling me what you know about my followers.” Dúr said. She started to walk to Cinaed. Cinaed started to walk to her. His clever formed in his hands. They both began to walk faster and faster until they were running. Cinaed lifted his clever while Dúr made a sword in her hands made of Acid and Poison. The 2 weapons clashed.
“Indian Punch!” Maris said jumping over Cinaed and punching his sword. It jetted forward and broke Dúr’s sword. Almost going into her. The clever was stopped by her snake. The snake wiped Cinaed around like a rag doll. That was until Cinaed let go and he flung into the dirt. He quickly got up. Dúr formed a spear and trying to stab Maris. Maris would dodge each shot until one that stabbed her. “Do you think that’s gonna work on me?” Maris said as the poison leaked out her.
“An embodiment Magis?” Dúr said. “Interesting. Perhaps I’ve underestimated you.”
“Thanks.” Maris said.
“I guess I go with some these!” Dúr said. The spear turned to an axe and change colors. She slashed at Maris. Cinaed run up to Dúr from behind. Although the snake was watching him and came at him
“Devil Dragon….” Cinaed said. He got his arms back and flames came from his elbows. The snake came straight at him. “BARREL SHOTGUN!!!!” Cinaed cried out and his fist jetted forward and hit the snake. The force did what a double barrel shotgun would at point blank. They both flew back although the snake flew back more. Dúr was focus on both of them although she quickly glanced over to Cinaed and then looked back to Maris.
“You’ve gotten a few new moves since the last time I saw you, Devil Dragon.” Dúr said. She remembered the war and the Devil Dragon. It was coming out of a valley and Dúr was just about to leave. It roar was loud and made Dúr over her ears before she left.
The snake recovered for the blast quickly. Just when Cinaed landed and looked up, the snake bite into Cinaed right side of the body. Cinaed groaned.
“Cinaed!!” Maris cried out. Dúr took the opportunity of and stuck Maris. It cut from her lower This time it actually hurt. Maris jumped back and put her hand in the her wound and looked at it.
“It’s fungus based poison.” Dúr said. “They grow on you.”
Cinaed broke free from the snake's jaw.
“Do you really think you can beat me?” Dúr said. “You guys are weaker than I thought.”
While this is happening, across an ocean and on a tropical island on a beach. There is a woman in a black bikini and has a belt around her waists with a knife. She has long red hair that goes to her waist. She’s tall, beautiful with dark brown eyes. She has a rope like scar around her neck, a large scar caused by a sword at her belly and a lot of little cuts around her arms. She’s meditating with her eyes shut. She’s sitting next to an old man also meditating with her. She opens her eyes quickly.
“What’s wrong?” the old man says. The woman gets up.
“Nothing. I just need to offer a little help to friends of mine.” She said. She then got her knife out. She looked out at the ocean with eyes half open. She moves the knife easily once up and once down and then again a lot faster.
Meanwhile across the ocean and back in the mirror, nothing has happened. Dúr still chuckling at her enemies until the snake stopped moving and feel off. She turned around to look at it and then she got sliced up from her waist to the center between her shoulders. It was almost like someone came up to her and took a knife and slashed up. At the same time the ocean it came from and sky above it split. The ocean opened up to show what laid at the bottom and the sky split with it’s clouds. Waves formed going away from the opened ocean.
Cinaed and Maris looked in a little shock at what just happened. She had bled.
“Yeah don’t think that was her?” Cinaed said turning to Maris. Maris nodded her head.
“What the hell?” Dúr said looking at her wounds.
Meanwhile inside Dúr, Dike was in nothing but darkness crying in a ball. Seeing everything. Seeing Cinaed and Maris fighting. The red headed woman appeared in front of her. She looked down on Dike.
“Hello.” the woman said. Dike kept crying. “My name is Holly. What’s your name?” Dike wiped the tears off her face.
“Dike. Dike Kasun.” Dike said tears forming again.
“Why are you crying?” she said kneeling over.
“I’m gonna get Cinaed and Maris killed.” Dike said. Holly began to laugh. Dike stopped crying at and looked at Holly.
“You’re not gonna get Cinaed or Maris killed.” Holly said.
“How do know that?” Dike said.
“You’ve seen him fight. He’s taken beating after beating and kept getting up for what he thinks is right. And Maris is strong, she is holding back because she doesn’t want to hurt you because she knows that if she hurts you it’s gonna hurt Cinaed. She protects her family like Cinaed and they would go through hell and back to help their family and Company.” Holly said. “They strive to be the best with their powers and they are stronger than what they almost anyone knows.” Dike got up wiping her face. Holly turned and started to walk away. “Oh by the way. If you do survive, I’ll be back and I’d like you to me, my apprentice. Until the day I return I hope you’ll think about it.” Holly said before disappearing into the darkness.
Chapter 8
Part 13
Suicide Bomb
Dúr touched the blood come from the slash. It was an orange color. She looked at them. She was thinking about what just happened. It then it Maris that this was the perfect time time strike. She negged Cinaed and charged. They rushed Dúr and Dúr had little time to reacted.
“Devil Dragon Roar!” Cinaed yelled as fire came from his mouth. Dúr dodged and Maris through a wave at her but she dodge it as well.
¨Is that all you got?¨ Dúr said. Cinaed and Maris weŕe breathing heavily. ¨I´ve learned all you´re tricks and I haven't even used used my magic to my full existent.¨
¨Oh you haven't seen all of our´s.¨ Cinaed said grinning. Cinaed looked at Maris she doesn’t look at Cinaed but she wasn’t looking at him. She was focused like a sniper on another sniper. Cinaed looked back at Dúr, Dúr was more serious and more cautious towards them not knowing what had happened.
Then a bright red orb with 2 rings around it in Cinaed’s pum. Cinaed got it into a position that looked like he was gonna throw a spear but his pump was open and elbow pointed back toward the town hall. He closed his hand into a fist and the orb went threw his hand and stopped above his knuckles. Then a circle with 3 roundish triangles were in it around a smaller circle. Cinaed rocketed it fist forward toward to the circle and through the other side came a giant blaze of fire not as large a roar but more concentrated and more powerful. The blaze hit Dúr. The giant blaze engulfed her. It looked like the blaze did the trick too. Until a hand reached out and grabbed him by the wrist. Cinaed looked frightened.
“You didn’t think I’d be taken down that easily.” Dúr said. Her face came from the blaze. Rising like a demon from hell. She had a smile on her face. Maris was also freighted.
“Is there nothing that can kill her?” Cinaed said. “Not even that worked!”
Acid came from Dúr from her hand and burned Cinaed’s hand. Cinaed screamed. The blast stopped and Dúr’s tail came straight at Cinaed with tentacles made of acid and came from the Dúr’s back and began slicing at Cinaed. It was like nothing anybody has ever seen before. Maris ran up to her with a punch wound up. Dúr looked up at her through Cinaed at her. They crashed into everything for a good 30 seconds.
They stopped on a tree with a pile of dirt on their backs. Maris got up holding the back of her head. She quickly looked down at Cinaed. He was in really bad shape and uncontution.
“CINAED!!! CINAED!!! Come on buddy get up!” Maris said. Cinaed woke up.
“Maris…. You gotta get up and get Dúr over here.” Cinaed said before he coughed up some blood. Maris noticed that he had a big hole in the side of his chest. “I got an idea.”
“Cinaed, I need to tend to your wounds.” Maris said panicily.
“Don’t worry this won't take long.” Cinaed said then coughed up some blood. “But you need to get as far away from me as fast as possibly.”
Maris looked worried and then smiled.
“Alright.” Maris said. She got up and started to walk to Dúr. Cinaed watched as Maris got farther away. He then looked up at the sky.
“I wonder where I’ll go.” Cinaed said softly. He slowly got up and limped to a tree. He lopped on it living a river of blood in his wake. “In the name of the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Please lord let me have the strength to take Dúr down with this. Please protect those I’m not gonna be able to protect them any more. In the name of the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.” Cinaed said. Cinaed started to hear water rushing. He looked over and saw Dúr chasing Maris. A jet stream was propelling Maris with Dúr hot on her tail.
Suddenly Maris stopped and Dúr went forwards and grabbed the ground to stop her. The world almost went in slow motion as Dúr turned her head to see Cinaed looking at her.
“Good bye!!” His lips read. He snapped his fingers. A giant explosion of red flames happened. The shock wave burned everything in it’s path and what didn’t burn got pushed out of it’s way. Even Maris who fell off the cliff and hitting a rock on the way down. Knocking her unconscious before landing on the sandy soft beach below.
Inside the explosion Cinaed’s body was still and motionless. He opened his eyes quickly.
“What’s…. Going on?” Cinaed thought raising his hands for him to see. He looked at them. “Did it work? Did my suicide bomb work? I guess it did because I don’t feel pain…. But what’s this…. Power. I feel like I could take on anyone. I feel…..”
“Reborn!” Cinaed said.
Chapter 8
Part 14
The Tides Turn
The explosions began to stop leaving flames burning what was left where it was. Dúr was mostly fine except for a couple of scratches.
“Basterd. He tried to kill me and died in vain. Shame I wanted to toy with his some more.” Dúr said.
“You did.” Cinaed said. Before Punching her making her fly a little bit before she caught herself. Blood started to come from her mouth. Dúr looked up and saw Cinaed. His wounds were no longer bleeding but had a sharp blaze raging from them. He looked a lot more serious than before.
“Nice spikes but that won’t help you!!!” She said jetting to Cinaed. Cinaed flapped his wings and jetting to sky. Dúr followed and caught up to Cinaed. She was in front of Cinaed. She had a giant grin on meanwhile Cinaed’s lids were half closed. She formed an axe out of Acid. She swung it at him. Cinaed’s arm blocked it. Dúr looked surprised.
“What? I didn’t even see him move his arm. What happened to him?”
Cinaed looked up at her face.
“Devil Dragon……” Cinaed said. Dúr looked suspicious to Cinaed. Cinaed wound a punch up. Flames came from his flames from his wounds and encased his fist in fire. “Fist.” Cinaed said. His fist hit dead on Dúr’s stomach. Dúr coughed up blood. Cinaed’s arm lowered leaving a burn mark. “You know my fire fists don’t usually burn people because they don’t make much contact.”
“Damn.” Dúr said. “I suppose I owe you or something. For that punch.” Her hands raised above her head connected together. “How about this for payment!” She said about to throw her hands down. Cinaed wrapped his arms around her waist. “What the hell?” She said. Cinaed’s wings raised slowly and then flapped fast and made a sound like gun. They jetted to the ground.
“Devil Dragon……” Cinaed said. Dúr looked down to see his mouth glowing. He suddenly stopped and let Dúr go “Breath.” A beam of fire chased Dúr into the ground. She plowed into the ground leaving a crater. The beam hit her and the crater lite up with fire. When it finally ended. Cinaed looked down blankly. He fell lightly. He looked in the hole that was inside the crater. Dúr had a sharp rock jetting out of her side. She was black and looked like a corpus. “Get up. I know you're not dead. If you survived the war you can easily survive that.” Cinaed said. Dúr had a smile on her face.
“So you saw through my bluff.” Dúr said. She looked up. She coughed up a little blood.
“Dike is still inside of you. Even if you were dead I’d still take you back.” Cinaed said. “Now you're gonna answer some questions I got.”
“Maris….. Maris…..Maris….” a voice called to Maris. She opened her eyes to see Cinaed perfectly fine with Dike behind him with wounds all patched up. Cinaed was back to normal along with Dike.
“Cinaed. What happened?” Maris said waking up.
“I got Dike.” Cinaed said with a smile.
“Did the trick work?” Maris said with a smile forming.
“Yeah…….. You could say that.” Cinaed said.
“Alright let’s head back.” Maris said jetting herself up the cliff.
“Maris you mind helping me up?” Cinaed said.
“Sure.” Maris said. A jet stream came under them and helped them up.
“Hey Cinaed.” Dike said. Cinaed looked over to her. She kissed him. “Thank you for stopping Dúr.”
“You’re welcome.” Cinaed said.
“Although I got to ask what did you ask Dúr? I don’t know why but I don’t remember anything after you wanted to ask some questions.” Dike said.
“I’m gonna be honest I don’t remember either. My memories are usually fuzzy while I’m in that state but I don’t remember either.” Cinaed said.
“We share memories in that state and you remember everything. You liar.” The Devil Dragon said inside his head.
“I know but it’s better that I tell a sweet lie rather than a sour truth.” Cinaed thought.
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