Chapter 2
The Two Orphans
Eleven Years have passed since the disaster of the phoenix clan; Brandon was now living in an orphanage where he remained to himself.
He sighed "This place is definitely not the best way to spend my time."
"Yeah well maybe we should go somewhere else"
Brandon turned around to see another green eyed brown haired boy
"Tyranus"
"You can't just lay around here all day"
"Well I could but you won't let me now will you"
Tyranus held out his hand to Brandon
"Well alright"
Brandon took his hand and was pulled up. Tyranus noticed the ring on his finger.
"You always wear that don't you"
"Yeah I guess I do"
"Do you know why?"
"No but I feel a connection towards it something that tells me to keep wearing it"
"Well maybe it's connected to some ancient civilization that you were part of" He said very sarcastically
"Very funny Tyranus"
"Well come on let's go to the village."
"Alright."
They walked a mile towards the south where the village was. There was stands that were always filled with lines and things to buy. There were also several houses that looked about 5 times bigger than the stands were. It always amazed these two how the place was always booming with business.
"So why did you want to come here?"
"Well if you must know"
Tyranus pulled out a small stack of money that Brandon stared at amazingly
"How did you get this?"
"I have my ways"
"So what are you going to do with it"
Tyranus shook his head at Brandon
"It's not what I am going to do it's what we are going to do"
"You don't have to do that"
"Hey what did we agreed on"
"Have each other's backs no matter how bad it becomes."
"That's right now let's get that meal we've always wanted."
They both nodded and went to the closest food stand and paid for all sorts of fruits and meats.
Tyranus smiled looking at Brandon's happy face.
"This boy's parents left him so I'll be the one to guide him through this Hell" Tyranus was suddenly shaken out of his thoughts by a loud scream.
He looked around he noticed Brandon was missing.
"Brandon? Brandon where are you?"
He heard another scream coming from an ally and he walked into it. He saw three men who appeared to be in their 40's one was keeping Brandon from moving, one was a knife toward his throat and one was directly in front of Tyranus.
"Hello Tyranus" The man said with a pissed off look
"Hello Max"
"Would you mind telling me where my money is?'
"Your money I don't know what you're talking about"
Max punched Tyranus in the stomach
"You know damn well what I'm talking about"
"Ha ha I really don't"
Tyranus had his jaw kicked by Max and his head was lifted up.
"You shouldn't have dissed us man"
The man holding a knife walked over to Tyranus
"Thomas your old bastard how is you."
He took a blow to the face after saying that.
"This is what you get for stealing."
Tyranus kept receiving blow after blow getting more bloody and more bruised by the second
Brandon just watched in fear as his friend was getting beaten
"Alright I've had enough of this" said Max
"Hand me the knife I'm ending this."
Brandon saw the knife get close to Tyranus's Face. He was going to die.
Die
Die
Die
The words echoed in Brandon's Mind. He wasn't about to watch his only friend die but he didn't know what to.
Brandon's anger rises and rises.
Suddenly the man holding him down burst into flames
"What the Hell?" said Thomas and he suddenly burst into flames to
Max took the knife and ran it into Brandon
"This is what you get you little Brat."
But unexpectedly the knife broke just as it touched Brandon
"You don't touch my friend." Brandon said the look in his eyes had changed. His eyes were Red and he had an evil grin on his face. Suddenly the knife blade went straight into Max's Head.
The flames around Brandon Disappeared his eyes toward normal and he passed out on the ground. Tyranus looked up and saw all the death.
"What happened?" He thought as he fell unconscious.