Aroura freaked out when the Tall Man approached Evander and her.
She had a dagger in hand just in case it attacked him.
"Hello my old friend," He told it.
"Wait! You know him?" Aroura asked, dumbfounded.
Suddenly, Terminus, Ethan, the strange girl from earlier, and
Gabriel appeared. Gabriel ran forward, grabbing Aroura. He yelled
at Evander and the Tall Man. "You're not going to hurt her
anymore!"
"Get off of me!" Aroura yelled, trying to get out of his grasp. But
she was too weak in the drug induced state the man who had stabbed
Evander had left her in.
Tall Man groweled at Gabriel, who looked nervously at him. "Don't
kill him Slendy, we don't want a major incident. Just take Aroura
to the place in my mind." It nodded at him, finding an image of the
Nox mansion in Evanders mind. It snatched Aroura from Gabriel,
placing her on its back. With a buzz of static, Tall Man was gone.
Synthia hid behind Evanders legs when he stood. "You want a rematch
Pigeon? I may be hurt, but I'll throw down right now." John stepped
between the two parties. "That won't be necessary Evander. Terminus
stop this foolishness; the girl is not a threat."
Ethan stood and watched, dumbfounded at
what he was seeing.
Terminus began to speak, "What do you mean that she is 'not a
threat'? You saw what she brought forth. Imagine if she hadn't of
been able to control it. It could have went on a rampage and killed
innocent people. Threats like these, should be terminated."
"Wait! What?!" Aroura shouted. She wasn't so positive about this
idea but she DID NOT want to leave Evander!
Too late, the Tall Man the Locklear siblings called Slendy had
picked her up and bolted. She hung on for dear life, terrified the
creature was going to accidently drop her. In her state, there
would be nothing she could do to stop him.
Suddenly, he stopped. Aroura was just about thrown from Slendy's
back. He sat down on the ground, almost like a puppy. Aroura
shakily got to her feet. Slendy whined and nudged her hand with his
head.
"Umm...Nice Slendy?" Aroura told him, petting his head. They stood
outside the Nox mansion. No way on earth was Aroura going in there
without Evander. The only reason she stayed put and didn't run back
was because she couldn't.
"Do not make me fight you Terminus." John said, glaring. "It won't
end well for you." The two went at each other. Bolts of energy flew
around. Evander quickly pulled Synthia behind a tree. Grabbing her
shoulders, he looked into her eyes. "I know summoning Slendy
drained you, but do you think you can do another song?" She looked
uncertain. "If I do Slendy will disappear!" "We'll have to take the
chance. Hopefully he got Aroura to the mansion. We could use some
back up." Synthia grinned, saying, "I know just who to call." She
readied herself.
Suddenly, Slendy disappeared, leaving Aroura to stand there
dumbfounded.
"I'm taking you down, virus!" Gabriel shouted at Evander. He strode
forward, sword raised above his head. "This time, you will die,
even if I have to do it myself!"
Gabriel struck, hoping to decapitate the boy who kept getting in
his way.
Evander ducked just in time. Pain streaked through his stomach. He
would have to remember that he was not fully healed. Moving
quickly, he punched Gabriel in the mouth, hoping to draw him away
from Synthia. Pulling his scythe out, he blocked the next
strike.
Synthia hummed a tune, quite a bit faster than Slendy's song. she
bobbed her head to the beat, then began I'm not a fan of puppeteers, but I've a nagging fear, someone
else is pulling at the strings. Something terrible is going down,
through the entire town, wreaking anarchy and all it
brings!
Crystal saw that the girl had begun to sing again. "No you don't!"
She cried, throwing ice shards at her.
Ethan watched the two brothers fight,
everyone else ducked to cover. Gabriel and Locklear had begun to
fight. That is when he heard it, Synthia had started to sing
again.
"Crystal!" Ethan shouted to her, "She's beginning to sing again.
What should be do?!"
"Leave it to me." Crystal concentrated, and her ice shards started
forming. Flying directly towards Synthia.
Ethan knew that if those shards hit, she was as good as dead. But
he didn't care, Synthia was too dangerous to have around. He kept
an eye on the shards, waiting for the impact.
Gabriel backpedaled when he was punched.
"I'm going to make that freak of a sister you have suffer for
that!" Gabriel spat. He rolled his shoulders, getting ready to
strike. He feigned left, then jumped up, using his wings to keep
him aloft. He kicked out at Evander, landing a hit in his gut.
"I'm tired of feeling so useless!" Aroura shouted to the heavens.
"Give me something useful!"
A sharp, stabbing pain started behind her eyes. With a shout of
pain, she held her head in her hands.
Synthia saw the lady throw something that looked like ice at her.
She tried to jump out of the way, but one of the shards pierced her
shoulder. She made a squeak of pain then, gritting her teeth, she
continued the song. They wouldn't survive without help.
I can't sit idly! No I can't move at all. I curse the name,
the one behind it all! Dischord!
The portal reappeared, and four figures stepped out. The first wore
a strange white mask and held a massive knife. The second ones face
was concealed by a long brown hood. He held a crowbar in his left
hand. The thirds face was covered by large orange glasses and a
bandana. Twin hatchets were attached to his belt. The last person
was a pretty lady in a white jacket, but her beutey was mared by
the black ooze that leaked from her eyes. They looked around
confused.
Stars danced in front of Evanders eyes as he fell, almost passing
out. Behind Gabriel he saw four people step out of a portal.
Synthia had done it! Hopefully these four were enough.
"They missed." Crystal said with shock
in her voice. Synthia managed to finish her song. And the portal
opened again. This time, four demons stepped out.
"Oh no, Crystal. What are we going to do? Those things aren't here
just to say hi. There here to stop us." Ethan was slightly
panicked. He wondered if it came down to actually fighting one of
those things, could he win?
Terminus and John were so caught up in their fight that they never
even noticed Synthia summon the demons. "Terminus!" Crystal called
out, he looked towards her, "Look!" She screamed, pointing towards
the demons.
Terminus faced his brother. "Look at what she has done now,
brother. Those things are dangerous, and so is she! She must be
stopped."
"Don't worry, you never deserved her anyway. With her pretty little
face? She's and angel and I don't know about you but you sure don't
look like an angel. But I am," Gabriel gloated. Placing his blade
over Evander's heart. "I'll comfort Aroura, tell her how you're
sister killed you when her powers got the best of her."
Gabriel was so busy gloating he didn't see the man with a crowbar
behind him. The man stuck Gabriel, knocking him off of Evander.
Gabriel, sensing the danger of staying to fight, he took to the
skies, going to help Terminus.
It felt like Aroura's head was being torn apart! She fell to the
ground, curling into the fetal position.
Suddenly, she saw Evander standing over Gabriel. He was dead, his
skeletal remains just as mangled as the first corpse Aroura had
seen. Synthia stood next to him, an army of demons behind her. John
and Terminus lay dead and dying just a few feet away. In the
background, the city burned.
"Sup Locklear?" The hooded figure said in a deep distorted voice.
He helped Evander up. "Where you been the past two weeks?" Evander
stared at him, hoping he would remember something. When nothing
happened, he spoke. "Look, I lost most of my memorys recently, so I
don't actually know you are." "Well that's unfortunate." The boy
said, tilting his head in a concerned manor. "For now, I'm Hoodie."
He pointed at the one in the mask. "The one treating Synthia's
wound is Masky. Toby is the one with the axes, and the girl is
Kate. If you don't need any more help, I'm going to join her
against the ice chick." Kate was attempting to get closer to
Crystal, but couldn't get past the ice shards. "Okay, but try not
to kill anyone. I'd prefer not to cause an incedent" Evander said,
turning towards John and Terminus. Picking up his scythe he ran
after Gabriel.
Synthia couldn't keep the tears of pain from rolling down her
cheeks. Masky had removed the ice shard and was cleaning the wound.
"Shh, don't cry sweet heart." He said softly, "I'm almost
finished." He tied off the bandage he had put on. "There. All
done." Synthia smiled slightly. "Now wait here. I have to go help
the others, ok?" She nodded. She didn't want him to leave, but
that's what she called them for.
"Terminus! We have to go, regroup with recruits and come back!"
Gabriel shouted.
Aroura was still trapped in the nightmare. Suddenly, she saw
herself. She was rail thin and laughing manically, cheering the
Locklear children on. She raised her hands and the ground shook,
splitting a black hole under the city. Then everything went black.
She was herself again. She had just enough time to wipe her eyes
and notice the blood smeared on her hands before she passed out.
The female that came from the portal
tried approaching Crystal. The demon couldn't get close due to the
ice shards. One of the other demons was talking to Locklear.
Suddenly he turned around and began to approach Crystal also,
drawing his knife. Ethan couldn't let Crystal fight them two on
one, so he ran to her side.
"Careful Ethan. He isn't just a guy with a knife. There's probably
more to him." Crystal informed him.
"What is she even going to do if she reaches you?" Ethan
questioned. Confused to what the lady in white jacket could even
do.
"Not sure, Ethan. She hasn't tried anything yet. It seems the ice
shards are holding her off for now."
The man with the knife came running towards Ethan. Ethan slowly
moved away from Crystal for some space. The demon drew closer to
him. It swung it's massive knife at him. Ethan raised his staff
with both hands and managed to catch the knife, stopping it from
hitting him. Suddenly, the demon raised his other hand and hit
Ethan flat across the chest. Ethan was knocked backwards onto the
ground. The demon stood above him, his knife raised.
It spoke, "You didn't put up much of a fight." He began to slam his
knife down. Ethan concentrated. Focused on his fear. Ethan
dissolved into smoke. The knife slammed into the ground.
Ethan appeared again behind the monster. The demon looked confused.
This was Ethan's only chance. He gripped his staff, and drove right
into the demon's back.
Looking down Hoddie stared at the spear protruding from his chest
for a moment. "AW, COME ON MAN!" he cried. "THIS WAS BRAND NEW!"
Pulling himself off, he dropped to his knees. A small amount of
black liquid leaked from his chest. "Ok, this is actually starting
to hurt alot now." he grimaced, clenching his crowbar. "Give me a
sec." Makey suddenly appeared behind Ethan, pressing his knife to
the boys throat. "Terribly sorry about this. We are just protecting
our friends Please don't resist. I really don't want to have to
stab you" he said politely. Gabriel and Terminus flew off. Crystal
turned to follow them, but was immediately tackled by Kate. They
fought for a moment until Kate had beaten her into unconsciousness.
She would have continued, had Toby not pulled her off.
Once they had pulled the women from Crystal, Gabriel swooped in,
figuring Ethan would teleport away.
"This isn't over, virus!" Gabriel shouted at Evander.
"Just keep telling yourself that Pigeon." Evander taunted. He
couldn't let Gabriel take the woman Kate had attacked. If Ethan
teleported they would need someone to use as leverage. An idea came
to him, but he wasn't sure he had enough power to pull it off.
"Hold on to your organs everyone!" He shouted, letting his power
flow outward. The world dissolved around him, as searing pain
streaked through his skull. In his mind he thought of the mansion,
then everything went dark once again.
Gabriel watched in awe as everything organic around the man
dissolved into a cloud, then dispersed. They had taken both Ethan
and Crystal! He roared with rage. He would kill that maggot if it
was the last thing he did.
The sound of people nearby aroused Aroura briefly. She thought she
saw Evander and Synthia in the group.
"Locklear?" She whispered. She really hoped it was him. She was
forced to close her eyes. Even the weak moonlight felt like knives
in her eyes. If it wasn't Evander, she didn't know what would
happen but she knew there would be precious little she could do.
Evander tried to keep them in the air, but couldn't hold it any
longer. They reformed about fifteen feet in the air, before
crashing to the ground. Toby almost decapitated Maskey as the
landed. Just as Evander picked himself, the tree that had tagged
along hit the ground with a crash. "Next time," Hoodie groaned, "I
would prefer a little more warning." Evander turned and saw a body
lying on the ground. "Aroura!" He cried, running over. Bloody tear
stains ran down her face. "Come." John grunted, holding his had
over his wound. "Let's get her inside."