I was waiting for Xakiah and Minx to finish their conversation when suddenly the Leader was standing behind me. He was extremely tight and felt on the verge of going on a killing spree.
“Provided that there is a next time to look forward to.” He smirked.
Triskix MOVE. The Leader ordered. I am not in the mood to deal with you.
“I’ve told you before that this is my job. Back off from my order.” I answered a loud.
Suddenly it felt like twenty scars split at once. I winced but made no show of pain.
“It may be your order, but this is my Organization. Besides, you’re taking your sweet time in giving them the specifics of what I want them to do.” the Lader answered. He moved me aside and started his own speech. His voice was rigorous and coarse. “So, now that I have everyone’s undivided attention, I’m going to make this announcement as quick and straight to the point as possible so listen up:
“As you’ve just heard, your task is to capture the members of Organization Zero for the purpose of harvesting their power for the sake of our castle. You are to do this to the letter and without hesitation; failure to do so will result in immediate and extreme punishment.”
He stopped and I found myself listening in on a sudden thought that had crossed him.
“We will formally attack Citadel Abyss in two days; no sooner, no later. I demand that all of you be ready and reporting for duty by then. That is all.”
And just as he came, the Leader left. I was left with a group of extremely unnerved people.....and a few expressing a bit of delight. I sighed for a moment.
"You heard him," I answered. "Two days. No more no less. This meeting is done. Do what you want for the remainder of the time but remember....TWO days.
Everyone gave a swift nod, and most of them opened their own portals away from the meeting hall. By ten minutes, only Xakiah, Tamex, and Minx remained standing in the hall.
He was so much stronger from before..... I found myself thinking. If it comes to a point where he doesn't even need my pact....I won't be able to fight him. I took a breath in.
"Tamex, Minx, Xakiah," I started. "I need you to keep an eye on the castle. I'm going off for a day or a day and a half. I will be back."
Minx gave me a warry look. "What...." she started.
"I'll be back," I answered. Minx gave me a fierce nod.
"You'd better not make this little Lady Minx cry flame-guy," Tamex answered. "Because if you do, I'll drown you in the deepest sea."
I found myself smirking. More to myself than to them. Tamex will protect Minx always. Even when I can't.....Always. I nodded my head and opened a portal to the basement. The underground spring had refilled in the time that I had left it with drainage water.
I closed my eyes. Then I started forming my scythe. It came easily, and I encased it withing a blanket of red flames. I smirked to myself. I started adding more energy to the flames. The fire began to start encasing my arm. It burned but I had become used to burns. I will not lose. I thought to myself, and I slowly began to force the flames into order. They moved up my arm and then to my shoulder.
I began forming a flame inside......the undying flame that Axel had instilled in me. I began forcing it to grow. Fire began to move even through my veins. I moved it along towards my arm and the flames increased and began to take on a white tint.
I slashed my scythe fowards and unleashed a white fireball. It slammed into the water, but instead of just making steam, the fire destroyed all the water and continued to burn even then. The white fire crackled without anything to burn in the crevis of the former pond.
I smirked and started walking towards the white fire. As I stepped inside it, my first reaction was to flinch away from it. It was hot. Even hotter than normal fire. This was true white fire. True soul's flame. I stepped fully inside it and the white fire consumed me.
I sat within the white fire and started to absorb it once again back inside. The fire began to die as I took it back. Back into my veins. Back into my core. And then I heard it.
Are you suicidal kid? a voice asked.
No I answered. No I'm not.....Axel.
Hahah so you still recognize me, Axel's voice laughed. But still. Invoking soul's fire isn't something to do lightly. You know what it did to me.
I know. I answered.
Not bad kid. Not bad. Axel answered.
And in that second, Axel was gone again. I was sitting on the bottom of the pond I had drained. It didn't feel like more than thirty minutes but I knew it had been at lest two hours.
I took a breath in.
"I will keep order," I said to the quiet of the room. "And I will protect them.....all those that reside in this castle.....from him."
From You.
Leader
My doppelgangers were standing in my tower. I was slowly returning them back to their lesser nobody state when I felt my entire being go numb. All my muscles, veins.....everything....was on fire....EVERYTHING. I couldn't move and fell straight fowards. One of the doppelgangers had to catch me before I hit the floor. He did with perfect timing and slowly put me to the ground.
I felt blood running down the side of my lips. Was I dying???? Right here??? NO! NO NO NO NO NO! I will not die! Triskix! I roared in my head.
He wouldn't answer. I yelled his name again in my thoughts, but there seemed to be no consciousness in contact with mine at all. I was yelling into the abyss.
Did he just......... I breathed in feeling my body go into shock. NO TRISKIX! YOU WILL NOT TAKE ME! NO!
I felt fire begin to encase my entire being. He was going to kill me right here!
And in an instant, it was gone. I let out a breath and it was gone. I took a breath in and it was still gone. I was left laying on the floor. Every inch of me was tight and ready to to contract completely and break my spinal chord.
I sat up.
"Dam him.....Dam him dam him dam him....." I repeated over and over again. He had threatened it.....but I had never perceived that Triskix would actually kill himself....and because we still shared the pact.....until I use the machine....and fulfill the pact......and because I haven't.......I...I could.......die.....DAM HIM DAM HIM DAM HIM!
