Xanre Comes
Aero walked around his lair, pacing slowly in place. Over the recent years of his life, all of those close to him, left or died. Leon and Rose had left Aero years ago, and it soon came to be they had perished. Now Aero only had his niece Lunness. Leon's only daughter, like Eli, fell for demon-kin. Aero had not heard back from her in many days, and began to worry for his lost niece.
"Where are you?" Aero asked under his breath. He stopped in place a second, and listened to the rain pattering outside the mountain. He noticed some drops hit before others, and the sound continuously came close to him, drawing his curiosity. Aero went to go see what it was, leaving his blade, Lunar Abyss behind in the lair.
As Aero walked outside, he noticed a man, about his height, walking towards him. Seeming harmless, Aero turned his back to the man, and went back inside. He sat in a chair overlooking a table of photographs of his family, and was swiftly consumed with grief.
"I am sorry everyone. I did what I had to, for all of our protection. It sadly, ended up killing the rest of you, and making others leave me alone," Aero cried. He laid his hands across photos of Eli, Leon and Rose, dragging them closer to the edge of the table.
Then there was a pounding at his metal doors, which didn't stop. Aero ignored it, thinking that hard droplets of rain were just smashing against it. He continued surveying the photos, and tears began to fill his eyes. He pushed the three back to their place on the table, and stood up.
"AERO!" a voice boomed from outside. The pounding had ceased for a second as whatever was there screamed, but continued seconds later. Aero grabbed Lunar Abyss, and went towards the door.
"Who is there?" Aero screamed at the door as he neared. The pounding became more violent, and the center of the door began to concave.
"Open the doors!" the voice screamed again. It was very deep, and raspy. Aero had never heard it before, and became furious quickly.
"Tell me who you are!" Aero demanded. The pounding then stopped, and Aero relaxed slightly.
"My name, is Xanre. I'm here to take you to the rest of your family. Lunness told me what happened between you two, and no uncle, let alone man, should treat a girl like that. You will pay for what you put my girl through!" the voice screamed. It then became very apparent to Aero that he would have to fight whatever was coming through those doors.
As that thought left Aero's mind, the doors flew into the empty hall, and skidded to a stop at the end. From the outside, Aero saw the man again. He was wearing a black trench coat over a black shirt and pants. His right eye had an eye patch, which had straps across his face. His hairs covered his whole forehead, and part of his other eye.
His left hand was covered by a black, metallic gauntlet, which stretched halfway up his forearm. His right hand was free, and had a circular tattoo on its palm.
Aero stuck himself to the wall, not feeling so much in the fighting mood. He tried staying out of sight as Xanre passed by him, and barely succeeded. Just as Xanre fully passed his position, Aero jumped across the hall, and slipped into another crevice.
"Where are you going?" Xanre asked. He had appeared behind Aero, and blasted him from the crevice. Aero was now skipping across his hallway, dust flying as he hit the ground. Xanre yet again was behind him, but this time stopped him with a slight kick.
"Get up," Xanre said in a commanding voice. "I expected so much more from you. You used to hold such promise, didn't you? Your brother wished he could be you, but sadly he couldn't. Your father wished to watch you grow, but he couldn't. Your family wished to stay and help you, but, they couldn't. Woops, sorry, can't."
Aero slowly got himself up to a kneeling position, slouched on all fours. As he listened to Xanre's words, he became filled with grief and anger. He knew that he caused some of his family's deaths, but never meant for it to happen. It had also been fifteen years since he last heard John be spoke of, which gave him a new load of grief.
"What do you mean by can't? There is still one more family member left, and I know she would stick by me," Aero told. He then stood to face Xanre, and noticed Lunness behind him.
"No, I won't stand by you anymore. Xanre treats me much better then you have, and he promised me more than you ever could. I hate you!" Lunness screamed.
The words pierced Aero's ears like arrows. His whole body became limp, and Lunar Abyss fell from his hands. His eyes became blank, and skin began to lose color in it.
"So sad isn't it Aero. Now you truly are alone. I've taken your last family member from you. Now, I'll end you, so you can be with the rest of the lot you brutally ended yourself," Xanre chuckled. He inched his way close to Aero, bringing his left hand to his chest. Xanre flicked his left hand out, and from the gauntlet, a foot and a half long blade grew.
"Last words?" Xanre taunted as he lifted Aero into the air with his right hand at Aero's collar. Aero could still not move, he tried to speak, and thrash out. But his body wouldn't follow his thoughts. "None? Okay then."
Xanre pulled his left hand back, then thrust it forward. His blade ripped through Aero's skin with ease. The blade popped out Aero's backside, covered in blood. Xanre dropped Aero's immobile body, and walked back to Lunness.
As Aero's blood made a pool around his body, Xanre and Lunness left the hall. Xanre stopped at the end, and looked back to Aero, smiling at him. The grief in Aero's eyes flickered away as another emotion took over. Hatred.
