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Flashback
Five Years Ago
Oscar yelled in surprise as the entire front of the house was ripped off. Darquesse floated in, Tanith Low and Billy-Ray Sanguine following her. She touched down on the floor in front of him.
"W-what do you want?" Oscar asked, his words choking him.
"Just your brother. He has knowledge in unknown magic, right?" Darquesse said.
"No...No. I have no brother."
Darquesse sighed. "Oscar. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Give us your brother. I just want to talk to him."
Oscar's hand started to glow and shadows snaked around his body. "Bite me."
Darquesse waved a hand and he flew into a wall. She walked up to him, her thumb touching her forefinger. She slowly moved them apart and Oscar felt his rib cage expand outwards, coming close to breaking his skin. He screamed.
"For the record, this is the easy way."
"STOP!"
Darquesse turned to see Devlin Sigil, Oscar's brother, walking up to her.
"I'll tell you what you want."
"Oh, I already know everything you know. Tanith?"
Tanith stepped up and decapitated Devlin with her sword.
"No!" Oscar screamed. "Why?"
"Your brother was one of the only people who could have stopped me."
With that, Darquesse flew out of the house.
"See you, Oscar," Tanith said happily to him. She wrapped an arm around Sanguine's hip and they sunk into the ground with a crumbling sound
