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Chapter 4 – Babi's Failure

It has not been more than five minutes until Isaac heard a thunderous roar at Babi's Palace. As he ran in the direction of the blast; towards the West wing of the Palace, he could not help but notice the eery silence in the hallways as he was progressing towards the blast's origin. Then he realized why...every guard on route to the blast's location was laying on the floor...lifeless...staring back at Isaac with eyes showing surprise and shock. Isaac then knew who was behind this. It was as Charles had said...Michael was behind this. Swallow in hand, ready for battle, he then started to quicken his pace. He could not afford to lose Michael now. Not after five anguishing years of torture and nightmares.

"ITS TOO LATE, WE MUST ALERT THE ENTIRE CITY. FIND HIM!" shrieked Babi as he was limping towards the nearest exit. Cracked pillars and broken glass were in the way as he tried to sound the alarm. However in the blink of an eye a quick shadow overtook him and crashed into him, pinning him against the wall. In his surprise he coughed from the force and looked up to see that it was a man with a large dual bladed swallow pressed up to his neck and being asked only one question. "Where did he go...?" Isaac whispered into Babi's ears. Understanding that this young man was in no position to negotiate or waste time, Babi responded "He went North...Northeast...and the man responsible for this catastrophe mentioned something about having to rendevous with another person, a woman I believe." Just as quickly as he was pinned to the wall Isaac started to rush in the direction Babi advised. As he was leaving Babi screamed: "YOU MUST STOP THAT MAN! HE TOOK THE 1st Key of Angara! PLEASE I BEG YOU!" But nothing reached Isaac's ears...he did not care about any key. Only revenge. He then faded into the night...

****Meanwhile...at Vault****

The woman in purple wondered if Ivan's father was just wasting time, scoffing at the idea of his request for help, given that she could dispose of them in an instant. However, time was something that she did not have patience for as she was ordered by Michael to make sure she was to have the 7th key by the time he arrived. She shuddered...she was not in any mood to anger him. "Where is it?" she asked as Ivan's father was leading her into a narrow corridor under his home. "It is here, please be a bit more patient." Ivan's father then chanted under his breath to a wide door at the end of the hallway, resulting in a shift in the corridor's size. As the corridor started to expand, a large safe started to appear from the floor glowing red. As Ivan's father took out the object from the safe, he then kept it close to him and asked the purple hooded woman..."What do you intend to do with this...? Who are you?" The purple hooded woman responded "Our intentions are none of your concern. Now hand it over". Ivan's father knew that it was too big a risk to hand over the key to a woman who seemed inherently evil and thus started to chant as quickly as possible. The corridor then started to shrink around them. The woman shrieked as pressure was being forced on her entire body. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she screamed as Ivan's father was also being crushed. He responded yelling back at her "I NEVER PLANNED ON HANDING THIS KEY OVER TO YOU. YOU AND I WILL BE CRUSHED BY THIS SPELL AND PERISH TOGETHER!"

Ivan looked over as he saw his home implode on itself; the home he spent hours painting with his friends not too long ago. Then as it was imploding, the center of the home exploded with a dark red light engulfing the night sky. Nothing but flames enveloped the home and in the center...he saw her. The woman was covered in dirt and surrounded by a shield of flames. "FATHERRRRRRR" Ivan screamed as he ran towards the epicenter of the explosion. Mia and Garet pulled him back as he was sobbing incessantly. But it was to no avail. As they tried to detain Ivan, they were only pushed back as a huge gust of wind knocked back both Garet and Mia. Ivan's mind has broken, he rushed towards the origin of the explosion. It was all clear...Ivan's father was no more.

Key in hand, the woman in purple was impressed that the man who had the key tried to sacrifice himself to keep her from the key. She scoffed at his effort and failure. She was glad that her spell was strong enough to hold off the pressurized trap and that she was not harmed, just dirty. Then to her surprise she noticed that a huge gust of wind started to appear everywhere. "This type of energy was not normal...there must be a Psynergy user in the area..." As she scanned the town, she instantly noticed a huge bolt of wind headed towards her way. Instantly she raised up her blades and tried to parry the bolt of wind. Though successful in the parry, the wind force was so strong that she was knocked back a few feet and was surprised by the force of the wind. As she looked for the source of the wind, another volley of wind bolts were hurled towards her. She dodged but the final bolt grazed her, cutting her left arm. "Kyaah!" she shrieked as she cupped her arm. Looking up she noticed it was the son of the man she just killed...except his eyes were white and his face full of rage and tears. As he started to throw another volley, a large dark sphere shot out from the side knocking Ivan back and canceling out his shield of wind. He then noticed that the sphere was shot by the man who instantly appeared out of nowhere and next to the woman.

"Get up Jessica..." the man said as he looked at Ivan with a straight face. Jessica froze with fear as she looked up at the man who saved her life...Michael. "Michael, it was a fluke, I had no knowledge that Psynergy users were even in the area..." but she was just cut off as Michael responded "Enough with your excuses, you took these people too lightly...though it seems this young man has no control over his powers..." He then stared at Ivan, whose eyes started to flutter and in turn fall from the sky before being caught by Garet. Michael then turned to Jessica..."Do you have it?". Jessica responded "Yes...I have the 7th key in my possession. Please forgive me for my incompetence". Michael then started to chant and the two of them started to disappear into the blaze filled night.

In an instant, the duo was gone.

As Isaac was running in the direction Babi showed him, out of the corner of his eye he saw smoke rising into the air, light filling the dark night. He then started to move in the direction of the fire...little did he know...a large turn of events were about to move in motion.