(A/N: This story is Rated T, however this chapter alone is of higher rating within the T section due to the violence. Just letting you all know.)
EDIT: Fix some of the errors that I've found in the later parts of this chapter. I will most likely go over this whole thing and fix anymore when given the time.
EDIT 2: I had completely forgotten that Chuchu doesn't even know Thunder. Changed it to ThunderShock since the other two were Fly and Volt Tackle. Also fixed some more mistakes I found.
EDIT 3: I have noticed many errors while looking back at this entire story, so I have decided to fix them all and put in the new updated versions.
EDIT 4: For some reason, this chapter just hates me. This is, what, the fourth time I came back to it and I'm still seeing a lot of errors every time I look at it! Jeez! Anyway, I limited the amounted of punches that Logan uses on Reaver, as well as changed PUNCH! into BAM! considering that that is the proper word to describe a hard punch, as well as changed some parts of the chapter around to make them less tedious then they were before. Sorry that I keep updating this part everyone.
Chapter 9: Battle at Celadon City Part II: The Vanguard's Wrath
Rage is like a poison. It consumes all other emotions; happiness, sadness, joy, excitement, and turns it all into rage. It gives the person who is experiencing it an excuse as to why they are feeling this way, a reason to kill. It not only destroys relationships with others, but also destroys lives… including the person experiencing it. Slowly and painfully. – Shadow-War
Yellow stood where she was, frozen in sheer shock as both Logan and the Endless stared down at one another, waiting for either of them to strike first. She looked at Logan again, trying her best to not believe what she was seeing. The serrated jaw, the blood red eye and symbols, the scars, it just couldn't be him. The Logan she met before was nice and caring, not to mention honest. There was no way that this was the same Logan. It just couldn't be!
"Shit." She heard Brady swore, "They are so screwed."
Yellow was confused by what he meant and looked at him, "You knew about this?" She shook her head, realizing that that was not a proper question to ask for this kind of situation. She asked the teen again, but this time more demanding, "No. No, this can't be happening. What is going on?! Why is Logan acting like this? And why aren't we helping him?!"
"Trust me, Yellow. You don't want to know." Brennan answered.
"I do want to know. He's my friend, too." She realized what she just said and quickly corrected herself, "He's our friend. And I think we all need to know why he's acting like some crazed Gyrados!"
She heard David laughing nearby, "A Gyrados? Please. That overgrown seafood can't even compare to the rage that Logan is experiencing right now."
"What are you saying?' Red asked him.
Saria could feel the tension beginning to build up and interrupted them. She was not about to have another fight happening in the middle of one. "Out of all of us, Logan is the only one who experiences an extreme amount of rage when a specific nerve or impulse has been triggered. This enables him to undergo a transformation that makes him stronger and faster than he was before, but more violent and ruthless in the process. We have come to call this new form as 'Rage Form'."
"So how does he go into this 'Rage Form'?" Green questioned her. "Does he do it freely or by other means?"
She shook her head, "No. It is never done freely. In fact, he cannot even control it. The Rage Form happens almost instantly whenever Logan is experiencing anger or despair."
Yellow quickly caught on to what she meant. "Leira." When she saw everyone looking at her, she explained, "Logan was furious because that thing tried to kill us. And now that it's here, with the rest of those things…"
"He wants revenge." Red finished as his voice droned down to a whisper. Brady was right. The Endless were screwed. He had seen Logan act out violently against the Endless last night, but exacting revenge against one that tried to kill an innocent child? That would definitely piss anybody off.
"But since Logan told Amanda to make that force field, there's no way for us to help him when he needs it, is there?" Blue asked the Vanguard girl, who answered with a sorrowful nod.
"Then why should we listen to what he says?" Red demanded. "If he ends up getting in a bind, we have to help him! We can't just let him fight against all those things by himself!"
Brady walked up to him and spoke, "Spiky, let me let you in on a little secret." He pointed at Logan, "Logan has the grace and power of a monster truck fuelled by pure, distilled rage. That alone is enough to make anybody run for the hills." He then pointed at the dagger, "That dagger… makes him even worse. Why? Because out of all the weapons he has at his disposal, that dagger is the only one that he can use without fail and can do all those fancy tricks with it. You might say he's a master with it than those swords that he has. And if you mix that with a terrible temper that's a hundred times worse than even the most aggressive Pokémon you have on this world, then you got one mean, destructive, merciless, ruthless son of a bitch."
"So he's basically a time bomb waiting to explode?" Green said. He received several nods of confirmation from the others. He reached up to his forehead and rubbed his temple. This was starting to get out of hand. "He's either really stupid or really serious if he wants to fight against all of them."
-KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL LLLL!- A mental scream shouted out, completely catching everyone's attention.
They turned around just in time to see the Endless at the very front of the swarm charging at Logan, showing no signs of stopping. Logan, on the hand, remained where he was, both his eyes shut tight and his hand still gripping onto the dagger.
Questions appeared within Yellow's mind when she saw this. What is he doing? Why isn't he attacking? Is he really trying to get himself killed? Or is this a part of his strategy? She shook her head violently at the thought. No. There was no way that this was a part of a strategy. If it was, it would probably be the worse one she had ever seen. He was practically a sitting duck out there, and they couldn't do anything to help him. She ran to the barrier and started to pound against it, her straw hat falling off of her head when she did this. She saw Red was doing the same thing and trying to break through it to help their friend, but it was to no avail. She shouted at him to do something, but he didn't. He stayed there, eyes closed, as the Endless were now right upon him.
She couldn't take it anymore and shouted at the top of her lungs, "LOGAN, GET OUT OF THERE!"
The Vanguard's eyes flew open and a wicked smile curved across his face.
It's time…
Yeah I'm slashin' right through the fire!
Yeah I'm slashin' might through the fire!
Yeah I'm slashin' fighting for the power!
In less than a second, all of the attacking Endless were sliced into pieces as if they were nothing but confetti. Black blood seeped from their wounds and stained the pavement and grass. Some of it even hit the barrier where Yellow was, making her jump back in shock. Logan looked up just in time to see five Grims advancing. His eyes flashed before he bent down and shifted all of his weight onto his hand. Right as they were upon him, he propelled himself over them and landed behind them. With their backs now turned, he wasted no time and slashed at their backs with one fell swipe. As they fell to the ground, he grabbed a Prowler that tried to attack him from the side and snapped its neck with the movement of his thumb. He threw the body away as if it was nothing but trash and slowly advanced towards the armoured Endless.
He lifted his hand up and motioned at them in a taunting manner, "Come on!"
More Endless roared out and charged at him, but just like the others, they were quickly dealt with as Logan merely stabbed many of them in the eye or the head, or slashed them across the chest. Some of the aerial ones tried to swoop down and attack, but they were immediately shot out of the sky by concentrated streams of fire.
Logan smiled through his jagged teeth as he grabbed two Grims by their heads and slammed them against one another. Their heads exploded upon contact and slumped to the ground, causing many people, including Brady and Green, to look away. He laughed loudly as he continued advancing, "Is that the best that you can do?" He twirled the dagger in the air and caught it by the hilt perfectly in his hand before stabbing a Licker right in the eye, "I'm just getting started!"
Better fear me, better run away!
Yellow was now watching in complete horror as she saw Logan impale his right hand through a Grim's chest and crushed another's head in his palm. He retracted both arms and begins to snap more of the Endless' necks.
This couldn't be happening. It just couldn't. It was like watching a horror movie that wouldn't stop. She didn't know much about Logan other than the fact that he was kind and helpful, but now that she was looking at this side of him, she couldn't help but cover her mouth to keep herself from vomiting. How could anybody a person as kind as him turn into a raging monster?
She noticed Blue moving closer to Green as her face was contorted in shock. Green's face was also showing the same emotion, something that Yellow rarely, if never, had seen since she first met him. Red was trying his best to look away from the merciless combat. The others? Saria was keeping Leira from seeing the whole thing as Brennan and Amanda looked away. Brady and David, on the other hand, were watching as if they expecting something amusing to happen. It was mostly David who did that. She felt sick to the stomach. How could he even think of such a way? This wasn't even a fight at all.
It was a massacre.
'Cause this battle's just begun!
The fight continued on and already a quarter of the Endless had fallen by Logan's hand. The armoured Endless could feel its temper rising as it pointed at Logan.
-What are you waiting for, you idiotsss? Kill him! Before I, Reaver, kill all of you!-
Logan smirked. So that's what its name was. Reaver. He would have to make sure to carve it onto its tombstone when this was over. He spun the dagger in his hand several times before he returned it to its sheath. He brought his fist to an open palm and started to crack his knuckles, while at the same time cracking his neck nonchalantly. He walked closer to the horde and did the same hand motion as before.
"Let's make this a little fair, shall we?" He said gleefully. It was complete unnerving to hear that kind of tone from an enraged Logan. It sounded too scary.
The Endless, unfortunately, had other thoughts and immediately charged at him. They all appeared around him, trapping him in so he wouldn't escape. Yet this didn't bother him at the slightest. In fact, if anything, it made him smirk even more.
With speed that could top even a Ninjask's, he punched and kicked each and every Endless away from him. Hard. In fact, they were so hard that Yellow could practically hear it. The bones inside of the Endless were either being shattered to pieces or turned to dust every time Logan's fist connected with them. Some of his hits were so powerful that the Endless just exploded into black mist, leaving nothing behind. She soon saw him grab a nearby Brute and drove its head straight to the ground before he did a fatal one inch punch that completely obliterated its skull.
Enchanted whisper in your evil ear
What happened next was truly a marvel. As he was running towards the horde, Logan punched his palm and punched five Grims that were all lined up one after the other across their heads, then grabbed two Prowlers by the tails and swung them around like baseball bats. Logan kept swinging them even after they were long dead and threw their bodies at a Brute, then lifted the large Endless and used it as a battering ram to charge straight into the heart of the swarm. If there was ever a contest to see who the most ruthless fighter was, Logan would surely win it by a landslide.
It didn't stop there. Right after he tossed the Brute aside, he stopped in place and brought his robotic hand back. Twin spirals of fire appeared around his arm as he brought his hand down and struck the earth. The fire surged out of his arm and inside of the earth. Within a few moments, the pavement and dirt exploded all around him and dozens of fiery pillars sprouted from the ground, incinerating any Endless caught in their radius. One Prowler was lucky enough to avoid the fire pillar that appeared beside it and charged at Logan. It was about to slash at the Vanguard before one of his hands reached out and grabbed it by the neck. An orange light began to appear within his maw and soon, he breathed out a stream of fire at it, scorching it entirely till it was nothing but ashes. He flicked his hand to get rid of any remaining ashes that still clung to him and breathed out the fire once more, this time to the sky, making him look even more intimidating.
Can you hear the words I won… I won, I won!
Everyone was too busy watching the fight to notice that some of the Grims and Prowlers were tunnelling into the ground and heading straight for them. It wasn't until Brennan, who sensed their approach, stomped the ground and forced one out before he punched it straight to the sky. By now, everyone started to panic as more and more of them emerge from the depths.
One Grim managed to get underneath Blue and looked up at her, but what it didn't know was that from the position it was at, it had a clear view of looking up at her skirt. Blue saw this and her face immediately flushed in crimson. She screamed at the top of her lungs, "PERVERT!"
She stomped her foot down, very hard, which earned her a sickening crunch where her foot struck its temple and sent it back down the hole. In her shock, Blasty came by her side and pointed one of its cannons at the hole before unleashing a torrent of water. The Grim and all the other Endless that were in it were sent back inside the barrier, the water sending them skyrocketing to the sky before they crashed into the ground. Blue clutched her skirt and brought it down in an attempt to cover herself, "Stupid Endless! That's what you get for looking up my skirt, you creep!"
Both Blasty and Green sweat dropped. She can definitely be scary when the right nerve was poked at.
Yellow and Red were doing okay on their part. Whenever an Endless crawled out of one of the holes, they were immediately struck by lightning from Pika or Chuchu and either evaporated into mists of darkness or fell back down the hole. Had this been a different situation, they would have actually admitted that it was fun fighting side-by-side with one another. But this wasn't one such situation. Everyone's life was in danger, and they would make sure that they would all get out of this safely.
Red turned around just in time to see a Prowler running at Yellow with her back turned on it. She heard it roaring and turned around just in time to see Red tackling it away from her, then telling Pika to hit it with a Thunderbolt before it had the chance to pick itself up. He turned around to face her and smiled. She returned it with her own and thanked him.
They both looked around to see how the others were doing. Green and David were fending off a rather large group of Grim's and watched as Scizor countered one of them with a Metal Claw while David unleashed a massive surge of electricity from both his arms. Saria had Leira in one arm and fended off a Prowler with her weapon in the other with no problems while Blue and Amanda dealing with any others that were around them with a mixture of water and psychic attacks. Brennan and Brady, on the other hand, were currently fighting against a horde that was even bigger than everyone else's combined. Brady was sending Endless after Endless into the sky with his wind powers while Brennan send several boulders at the rest. He then jumped into the air and slammed his fist to the ground, creating a shockwave that caused the earth to break apart underneath the Endless and crush them in-between them. It seemed like they were having more problems than the others, since the majority of the holes the Endless came out of were right beside them.
Yellow saw Brady punting a Licker away from him before throwing another over his shoulder, all the while hearing him shout out his frustration. "I am getting sick and tired of these assholes!" He was most certainly loud, that was for sure. She could hear him over all of the Endless. "Every time we kill one, more just take its place!" He ducked from a Prowler's attack and roundhouse kicked it away from him, "Logan better get rid of that armoured freakazoid soon if he knows what's good for him!"
Brennan slammed his arms against one another and watched as the earth began to shift and seal each hole that the Endless were coming out of. He didn't need to reply to Brady's argument, since he was right. As long as the Endless in the armour was still alive, there would be no end to this.
He felt the ground shift underneath him and looked just in time to see the pavement explode nearby and a large, gaping hole in its place. Within moments, dozens upon dozens of Endless began to pour out. He tapped Brady on the shoulder and motioned for him to see what was going on. He groaned beneath his breath. "This is getting old real fast."
Brennan pondered for a moment before an idea struck him. "Brady, remember that manoeuvre we've been practicing back on the ship? Number 42?"
"Yeah. What about-" The teen soon caught on to what his friend was saying and a large smirk spread across his face. "Oh. Gotcha."
He turned to face the oncoming horde and lifted his arms up to his side before he began to spin around like a tornado. The wind obeyed his command and circled around him, forming a cyclone that grew bigger and stronger with each passing second. When he thought that it was big enough, he threw the cyclone at the horde, "Tornado HO!" He shouted.
The tornado sped towards the Endless and consumed every single one of them that stood in its path. It then carried them down the hole that they came out of and shot them out of the one within the barrier in a geyser of dirt and rock. Brennan thrust his hands in a downward motion and caused the tunnel to collapse on itself, preventing anymore Endless from escaping. After he finished, they quickly joined up with the others to help them out.
Yeah I'm slashin' right through the fire!
Yeah I'm slashin' might through the fire!
Yeah I'm slashin' fighting for the power!
Yeah I'm fightin' for the - power!
Logan could feel his blood boiling as he elbowed a Licker in the chest. It was so invigorating. He could literally feel the adrenaline pumping through his veins. And it only added more to his fury.
He breathed out another column of fire before his hands clutched onto the sides of his head. His body began to convulse and shift as fire began to spread across his body uncontrollably. Two visible scars began to appear underneath his shoulder blades and along his back. Within moments, two large, skeletal, fiery wings sprouted from his back and unleashed a tremendous wave of fire against the Endless, reducing them to nothing but ashes in an instant.
When it was over, he cast a menacing glare at the armoured Endless and roared, this time releasing a deadly volley of fire. The Endless raised its weapon and blocked the attack. It soon slammed the weapon down and summoned more Endless onto the field. Yet this didn't bother Logan, again, as he flew and shot fireball after fireball at the horde. Any that were close to him he attacked them with his claws. He soon grabbed the closest Grim, flew up to the sky and quickly dropped down with the Grim's head slamming against the earth. The sheer impact was enough to cause the ground to explode and send dozens of Endless up in the air.
Logan soon pulled out his dagger and jumped towards the closest Endless that was still in the air. He planted his foot against its face and used its body to propel him the second closest Endless. The second he did, the Endless that he had previously stepped on exploded into a mist of black blood and its body parts fell to the ground. The same fate happened to any other Endless that Logan stepped on. When he hopped off the last one, he saw the Brute trying to move itself towards him so that it could crush him with its arms. Laughing like a twisted psychopath, he spun his body in a vertical motion as if he was a buzzsaw and struck the Brute in-between its eyes. He kept going, showing no signs of stopping, as more and more black blood gushed out of the slowly growing wound. Before it could roar out in pain, Logan cleaved right through the Endless and appeared behind it. The Brute stayed in midair for a moment before its body split in half and blood showered down on Logan. The two halves slammed to the ground before they vanished, yet the blood that clung onto Logan still remained, and it travelled down along his face and over his green eye. His eye still glowed even from behind the blood as he glared at Reaver once more.
Reaver scoffed irritably. -Do I have to do everything myssself?- It held out its hand and summoned a dark orb the size of its palm. It then shot the orb to the side where it floated for a second before it began to expand.
In my path you'll fear me either way
A massive portal soon took its place and revealed a two-story tall Endless that roared loudly, shattering many windows from the buildings that were nearby. It had two rows of spikes along its back along with the much larger ones travelling down its spine and chains around its arms and legs. Its muscular body shook the ground with each step it took before it roared again. Before Logan had the chance, the Endless swatted him away with a clawed hand made him collide against the side of the building, knocking him out cold. It then looked at the people on the other side of the barrier with its hellish eyes and started to drool. It bellowed once more before running straight towards the barrier and pounded against it.
Saria turned back to see the battle again and immediately recognized the towering Endless. "TITAN!"
The barrier started to crack, starting to give way under the Titan's strength. Soon, its arm broke through and started to pound the barrier from outside, causing the cracks to spread even further. Saria shot a beam at the Endless and pierced its skin, but it did nothing to slow it down. Red and Yellow decided to do something similar and told Pika and Chuchu to use Thunder on it. The result was still the same. The barrier broke again and now the Titan was able to fit its head through the barrier. A few more hits and it would soon collapse.
Red told Poli to use Ice Beam to freeze the Endless' arm, but it had no effect. He could feel his irritation growing as he grabbed his cap and pushed it down slightly for better adjustment, "Isn't there anything that can stop that thing?"
"Unfortunately, no. A Titan is capable of enduring massive amounts of damage without showing even the slightest signs of pain." David explained.
"Gee, that's very helpful." Blue sarcastically replied.
The Titan roared once more before it slammed the barrier again, managing to get its other arm through. Before it had the chance to even destroy the rest of the barrier, Logan hopped onto its back and began to attack it with his claws. The creature hollered in pain before it jerked its back and sent the Vanguard off of it, then swung its arm at him. Logan hit the ground several times before he plunged his hand into the ground to slow his momentum and sprang back on his feet.
Focusing its attention directly on Logan now, the Titan moved away from the barrier and ran towards the Vanguard. It reared its arm back and slammed its fist down to where Logan was, but he somersaulted out of the way just in time. He then ran towards it and punched the Endless rapidly in the chest before it countered by swiping its arm at him. He lifted his arms up just in time to absorb the blow, but it still sent him stumbling back a good distance. He shook away the numbness in his arms and growled similarly to that of a Houndoom before he fired several fireballs at it. The Titan ignored them completely and leaped up in the air in an attempt to body slam him. He moved out of the way and watched as the Endless slammed against the ground, leaving a rather large indent on the ground.
While it was down, Logan flew towards it and brought both his legs closer to him before he extended them out in a dropkick right on the Endless' face. The blow was powerful enough to lift the Endless off the ground and make it crash against the side of the barrier. It broke through it halfway as the barrier started to dissipate, now starting to give in. The Titan shook its head before it picked itself up and charged again, showing no signs of any pain. But Logan had teleported behind it and slammed his elbow right down on its spinal cord, stunning its entire nervous system. It convulsed and shook before it took a few steps back, trying to shake away the pain in its body.
Knowing that he only had one chance, Logan ran towards the stunned Titan and rammed into it with his shoulder, and then back-handed it across its abdomen with his robotic arm, sending it stumbling back a few feet. The Endless finally shook away the pain and countered by raising its arms over its head and bringing them down on the Vanguard, attempting to crush him with sheer brute force. But Logan did something, something a human, nor a Pokémon, or anything ALIVE, should not have been capable of.
He caught the arms… and they did not break.
So the truth won't set you free!
Yellow thought that maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. She knew that Logan was strong, but this was a whole new level. Logan was literally standing there, holding onto the Titan's hands with his own, and showed no signs of losing. She looked at the others and saw that they, too, were stunned. Even Saria and the others were stunned. She looked back at Logan as a thought crossed her mind. If Logan possessed all this power, but he wasn't a Pokémon, then what in Arceus' name was he?
In the midst of his rage, Logan could still recall bits and pieces of his past memories. For almost ten years, he had been educated in various forms of hand-to-hand combat during from his father, and one important lesson that he told him was, when you're up against a physically strong opponent, out-muscling him is rarely the way to go. Using your opponent's own strength against them, however, is usually the smarter tactic.
With that thought in mind, he moved his hands closer to one another, evidentially causing the Titan to do the same thing, and immediately threw them to the side. The Endless was unprepared for this and crashed both its arms onto the ground, allowing Logan to crouch down slightly with his right arm pulled back and threw it upward in an uppercut. Logan smirked through his jagged teeth when he felt the satisfying crunch of his hand shattering the Titan's jaw. The Endless was thrown backwards onto the ground as Logan jumped onto its chest. It threw a left punch at him to get him off of it, but he caught it in both of his arms and twisted it sharply, snapping the bones inside in two. The Endless roared loudly as it used its other arm, but Logan jumped out of the way and flew upward. The wings grew brighter and brighter until they were as bright as a supernova. The fire began to spread all around Logan's body before he pulled back his right fist and dropped down, aiming right for the Titan's head. It roared out before it was silenced forever by Logan's fist landing right in-between its eyes, followed by a massive explosion.
Red and Yellow watched as the smoke began to clear and saw Logan walking away from the charred body of the Titan, taking no notice of what he just did and glared at the armoured Endless with rage burning in his eyes. The only difference now was that the wings were beginning to return inside of Logan's back and he cracked his knuckles again. It was official. They would never want to get on his bad side unless they wanted to end up like the Endless.
"He just… took that thing down… without any effort…" Red mumbled as he gawked at the Vanguard, too shocked to say anything else.
"Now I'm really glad that he's on our side." Yellow quietly added. She had never seen anyone have so much anger inside of them. What could have happened to him that made him have this kind of wrath?
For the glory of this golden war
Logan advanced towards Reaver before he pulled the dagger from its sheath and held it tightly in his hand. It was just the two of them left now. The Endless responded to Logan's gesture by hefting its sword over its shoulder, showing no emotions whatsoever underneath its faceplate.
-You are ssstrong, I will admit.- The Endless said, -However, I cannot let anyone interfere with the master'sss plan, essspecially a Vanguard sssuch asss yourssself.-
Something in Logan's mind twitched as he began to bar his teeth. "Why don't we cut the chit-chat and just go straight to the part where I slit your goddamn throat!"
-Hahahahaha! Ssstill mad that I tried to kill that pathetic child?-
His anger flared even more, a clear sign shown from the way the symbols grew brighter, "Listen to me very careful, you worthless pile of trash! Nobody, and I mean nobody, harms my little girl AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
He lashed out and swung his dagger, aiming to cut the Endless' throat as he said, but it parried the attack just in time with its sword and shoved Logan away from it. After he regained his balance, he quickly moved out of the way before the Endless slammed its sword down where he was. Logan lunged forward again and stabbed the Endless in the shoulder, seeing the black blood gushing out of its wound. The Endless' eyes flared and he swung his sword at Logan again, only this time he was too late to avoid it. He lifted his robotic arm just in time to block the sword, but the sheer power was enough to send him back a few feet. The Endless dashed towards him and swung again, this time landing a good hit on him across his stomach. The Vanguard placed his hand over the wound as his blood began to seep in-between his fingers.
He can feel his rage growing. He was being careless and the Endless managed to hit him. And what's worse, the attack hurt like hell. Now he was furious. "You want to kill me that badly? Let's see you try, asshole!" He screamed out.
He shot a powerful fireball at Reaver, attempting to drive him back, and attacked. His dagger cut through its armour and pierced its flesh, but the Endless elbowed him on the chest and punched him in the face. Feeling even more furious than before, Logan returned the punch with his own and sent the Endless hurdling straight to a building, then proceeded to slam its head against the wall several times before he threw the Endless to another building on the other side. It landed with a thud, leaving a large dent on the wall. It shook its head and growled before getting back up. They locked eyes with one another before they charged, the thoughts of killing each other growing with each passing second.
Lest you bow your head to me… to me, to me!
The next few minutes was nothing but a brawl between the two opponents as everyone on the sidelines watched in anticipation. Sometimes one of them would move out of the way to avoid the other's attack and lash out in a counterattack, or would get hit by the attacks and either absorb them or cringe from the pain. Sometimes they would even use their own fists to send them sailing across the area. Reaver, on the other hand, had used its head several times to stun Logan or do a sweep kick to knock him off his feet. Even now, it used its sword to whip the dirt up in the air and blind Logan. While he took a few steps back to wipe the dirt off his eyes, Reaver spun its sword and attempted to slash him across the chest.
While his eyes weren't very useful at the moment, his ears were still as sharp as ever, so when he heard the whooshing sound of the Endless' sword, he raised his dagger and blocked the attack. The Endless tried again a few more times, but the result was still the same. It hissed angrily before it started to flail its sword around, hoping to cut Logan's head right off. By now his vision began to clear up and he did the same thing.
The two were caught in a deadlock as their weapons clashed against one another like before, only this time they didn't bother to move away to avoid each other's attacks. They moved faster and faster until they were nothing but a blur and the ground beneath them began give way. Gusts of wind flew around them whenever their weapons clashed and intensified with each second. Logan's eyes flashed as he screamed out in anger, wanting nothing more than to tear the Endless apart slowly and gruesomely.
Yeah I'm slashin' right through the fire!
Saria watched the fight and silently prayed that Logan would defeat this Endless before it had the chance to hit him.
Yeah I'm slashin' might through the fire!
Red and Yellow had their hands to their belts, ready to call out their Pokémon if the situation got serious.
Yeah I'm slashin' fighting for the power!
Leira kept chanting quietly for her papa to win as the fear of possibly losing him grew more and more.
Pow-
-Screw this!- Reaver shouted out.
Right after their weapons parried, it headbutted Logan to stun him and drove its blade right through his heart.
Time began to slow down to everyone as Logan spat out a mouthful of blood. The newly made wound began to leak out blood from both sides of his body. His strength began to fade from him and soon, his head slouched down.
The Endless laughed drove the blade deeper into Logan, letting out more blood in the process. Red and Green's eyes both flew up in shock as Yellow and Blue covered their mouths. Leira began to cry and buried her face in Amanda's dress. The psychic gently brushed the child's raven hair before she began to levitate a boulder that was nearby. She would have screamed out Logan's name, but someone else had already beaten her to it.
A certain Vanguard girl to be exact.
"LOGAN!" Saria screamed out as she tried to run over to his side, but was kept in place by Brennan.
Red shook his head and looked at Pika, "That's it! C'mon Pika, we're hel-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence before he felt someone's hand on his shoulder. He turned to look and saw Brady standing behind him.
He shook his head at the trainer, "Don't go out there just yet."
Yellow looked at him in complete shock, "What?! You're just going to abandon him!? He's dying! We need to go and-"
"Wait." Brady interrupted her before he pointed back at the fallen Logan, "And you will see."
None of them wanted to leave Logan to his death, but they had no choice and instead followed Brady's word and looked back at the fight. They could now hear the Endless laughing like crazy as it drove the blade deeper.
-Hahahahahahahaha! How the mighty have fallen!- It said wickedly, -With you gone, thisss world will sssoon fall under the power of the Endlessssss!- It slowly began to pull the sword out of Logan, wanting to make his last moments as agonizing as possible, -When I'm through with you, I will persssonally sssee to it that the child sssuffersss the sssame fate asss you.-
While it was busy mocking Logan, it did not notice the Vanguard's fingers slowly beginning to twitch. Soon, his arm began to slowly rise up and moved towards the sword. Reaver only laughed at this, knowing that it was futile for the Vanguard to survive the attack.
When the hand suddenly grabbed onto the sword with newfound strength, however, did the Endless stop its laughing and looked at Logan fearfully. -Huh?!-
Yeah I'm slashin' right through the fire!
Logan's reared his head up and screamed at the Endless, his eyes now burning like Hell itself. He swung his robotic arm at the Endless, making it lose its grip on its weapon and sending it flying. Red and Yellow both became surprised and watched as Logan pulled the blade out of his chest and, remarkably, snapped it in half. He roared at the Endless again before something occurred that really caught everyone's attention.
His wounds began to heal themselves. They moved as if they had a mind of their own and began to stitch together like there was an invisible thread. After a few moments, the deadly wound was now gone, and the scar soon disappeared. He began to stand up straight again and moved his arms around to get rid of the kinks that were there. He cracked his neck a few times again, all the while having the same jagged smile plastered on his face.
Before Reaver even had the chance to get back up, Logan teleported right in front of it, picked it up by the collar of its armour, and slammed its body several times onto the ground left and right before throwing it at a building on the opposite side. As the Endless flew across the area, Logan ran after it, running at the same speed as the Endless. The Endless slammed against the wall again, only this time Logan slammed its head so hard that it burst through the wall. He then began to run beside the building while carrying the Endless and skidding its head along the wall. A trail of debris was left behind as Reaver's armoured head continued to run across the building, till eventually Logan stopped and threw it back to the middle of the field.
The Endless' body flew awfully close to Yellow where she was standing, so she was able to make out the blood and where pieces of its armour had broken off. She then saw Logan running by at the same distance and had a clear view of him. Her heart began to slow down as time all around her stopped. His new appearance… it was too terrifying for words. The red maw behind the row upon row of knife-like teeth, the hellish eyes, the glowing symbols, the blood that covered his body, the heavy aura around him that screamed the word rage, this entire form of his was far more terrifying than any Pokémon she had ever seen. What was worse was the way his eyes looked. They didn't hold the confusion or masked happiness like they once did. They actually showed no visible emotions save for one; primal rage.
Yeah I'm slashin' might through the fire!
When time started to return to normal around Yellow, Logan zipped by after the Endless, leaving behind a massive gust of wind that almost blew her off her feet had Red not caught her in time. The Endless hit the ground several times before Logan landed on it and started to use its body like a surfboard across the pavement. When it began to slow, he flipped over the Endless, grabbed it by the head again, and slammed it onto the ground before he lifted it up to stare at it at eye level. He then proceeded to punch the creature in the face several times before his last punch sent the creature high up into the sky.
A tendril of darkness appeared in Logan's hand as he shot it at the Endless. It pieced through the Endless' chestplate, making it cough up some of its blood.
"GET OVER HERE!" Logan shouted before he pulled the tendril very hard. He spun the tendril around him, causing the Endless to slam into or along anything it hit till he pulled the Endless back to him.
Right when he was close enough, Logan grabbed the Endless with both arms and performed a full german suplex on it, slamming its head right onto the ground. With the Endless now on the ground, Logan planted his foot on its right shoulder to keep it from escaping.
He crouched down slightly and spoke to the endless, his voice seething with hatred, "You missed, by the way." He saw the Endless look at him baffled and it only made him laugh, "Don't you understand, Endless scum? Killing me is much harder than it looks!"
His robotic hand hit the Endless square in the face. Hard. Hard enough to shatter the helm to pieces. He retracted his hand and pulled back the other fist before he continued, "You. You and your kind think it's fun to kill people just for sport. Think it's fun to destroy countless worlds in order to add more to your numbers! Think it's fun to try and harm my friends!"
Again, he punched it in the face. His rage was over the limit. He couldn't stop it even if he wanted to. With every sentence he uttered, he punched the Endless again and again, inflicting more and more pain on it than before. "First you come to our world and take it away from us, then you come to this world and attack a department store full of people and Pokémon alike."
BAM!
"And then you try to kill Leira!"
BAM! The Endless felt its jaw shatter completely from that one punch.
"MY PRECIOUS LEIRA!" Another punch was delivered, this time shattering the helmet into pieces and revealing the Endless' skeletal face.
"I have looked out for her ever since your goddamn master killed her parents' right in front of her in cold blood! And then he tried to kill her!"
He was breathing heavily. His heart was beating so fast it felt like it would explode. He had never felt so much anger before. A part of his mind told him to stop what he was doing, but it was immediately pushed back by the more dominant part. All he wanted to do was vent out all his anger on this one Endless. "You tried to take Leira away from me! Just like you took Her away from me ten years ago!"
BAM!
"I remember the incident very well! In fact, it is the only thing that I keep seeing in my sleep!"
BAM!
"Your kind took everything away from me! My childhood, my happiness, everyone and everything that I once cherished and loved; all of those things gone because of YOU!"
BAM!
"Well now it's time for vengeance!"
BAM!
"I will make you suffer as much as I have!"
BAM!
"I will make you regret the day you came into existence!"
BAM!
"And more importantly," His left eye was so engulfed in rage that it completely turned blood red and burned as bright as a raging fire. The symbol on his back became so bright that it casted a large illusion that hovered behind him, "I will show you the true meaning of FEAR!"
Yeah I'm slashin' fighting for the power!
He went all out on the Endless. His arms became nothing but a blur as he punched it again and again until its face was nothing but a bloody mess, and even then he didn't stop. He just kept going and going, showing no signs of stopping. Smoke and fire came out of his mouth as he continued to scream at his victim.
His shouts of frustration had not gone unnoticed by the others. Brady and Brennan had their heads bowed down, a sad look in their eyes, while Amanda hugged Leira closer to her. David looked on at the brutality, unaffected whatsoever by Logan's pain. Green looked away from the sight, the words having dug deep inside of him while Blue tried her best to not listen to the screams. It was so painful, so sad, it was enough to send tears in her eyes.
Red and Yellow? They both looked at Logan, a feeling of sadness enveloping their hearts as Logan punched the now lifeless Endless even more. So that was the reason for his pain. The Endless destroyed his life years ago and made him suffer this much, not to mention the loss of someone very important to him. Red tipped his hat in an act of sadness while Yellow began to shed tears in her eyes. It seemed that Logan had suffered through much worse than the others have. She truly felt sorry for him.
Logan reared his right hand back, ready to strike it down with all his might before someone called out.
"Stop it, Logan!"
Power!
The familiarity of the voice, followed by the seriousness in its tone, was enough to break Logan's concentration over what he was doing and threw his aim off a bit. He punched the ground directly beside the Endless, causing the earth to shake and form a wide crater around it. He stopped his screaming and looked at where his fist was before he slowly turned around to look at the person who spoke out.
Saria stood a reasonably good distance away from Logan, fearful that he might still lash out at her in the middle of his rage. She watched as Logan began to walk lankily towards her, his hate filled eyes fixed on her ocean blue eyes. When he was about a foot's distance away from her, he stopped moving and glared down at her. It proved to be rather easy, since the top of her head reached to his eye level. She could hear him growling very deeply as his eyes scanned all around her body. She hated seeing him like this. There was too much pain and sadness in his eyes whenever he went into this form, it was too much for her, and she wasn't the one feeling all this.
She lifted her hands up to Logan's face and gently brushed her slender fingers along his cheeks. She moved his head closer to hers and placed his forehead against hers. His eyes began to close and his growl grew softer, the sweet fragrance of Saria's hair entering his nostrils.
She chuckled softly inside. He made such a strange sound whenever she did this. It was almost adorable. "It is okay, Logan. It is alright. They are all gone now. There is no more Endless." She whispered softly to him, which earned her another soft growl. He tried to rear his head back, but she held on tight. "Shhhh. Do not worry. It is okay. Everything will be alright, Logan. I am right here. It is alright. It is alright."
Her words have hit their mark, as the red glow in his eye and the symbols began to slowly disappear. His mouth began to sew itself back together and the growling started to vanish. The aggressive aura that once surrounded his body was now gone. He moved his hand up to his head as he felt a headache coming. His vision began to clear up as he saw Saria's face in front of his. He became surprised by how close she was to him, but shook away the notion.
He saw the concern look in her eyes and quietly spoke to her, "…S-Saria…" She nodded her head slowly, "Wh-What… What happened?"
She held her breath. There wasn't really an easy way to explain this to him. She placed her hand on his shoulder and guided him to look behind him. He did so, and the moment he saw the fire and the wrecked buildings and debris, his heart sunk. It sunk even deeper when he turned to look at the shocked and worried faces of his friends. The antennas on his head drooped down sadly as he sat on the grass. The truth came to him like a bullet, and it hurt a lot more than it should have.
Saria knelt down beside him and placed a comforting hand on his back. She patiently listened as Logan mumbled, "I lost control again, didn't I?"
She had no reason to lie. It was plain obvious. "Yes, but you still managed to regain control over yourself, so that is a positive."
He cringed slightly as he grabbed hold of his arm. Saria noticed this and told him to remove his hand for her to inspect. He didn't want to, but eventually she won the argument and he listened to her. He removed his hand and she inspected the wound. What she saw made her gasp.
"You are bleeding. Maybe we should take you back to Pallet Town and patch you up there?"
"I'm fine." He argued. "I'm… fine."
Saria didn't buy it and proceeded to pick Logan up. She placed one of his arms over her shoulders and wrapped one hand around his waist. She helped him walk to where the others were, while at the same time trying to give him words of encouragement.
Then, almost suddenly, a familiar scream appeared from behind them. Logan let go of Saria, ignoring his injuries, and pulled out his dagger to see the now alive Reaver with a face that was barely recognizable…
…and an energy blade going right through its chest.
Logan and Saria watched as the Endless was cleaved perfectly in half by the unknown weapon. It's two halves dropped to the ground and behind it stood a familiar friend.
The friend was more like a cybernetic ninja adorned in black, sleek armour and a double bladed laser staff. It had a visor that covered both its optic sensors and a red sleek plume* on its head. It had four side antennas on the sides of its head. The robot spun the staff around before driving one end deep into the ground. It laughed as it walked up to the two Vanguards and held out a helping hand.
"Well, looks like I came in just the right time?"
Logan looked at the figure for a few seconds before he smiled and accepted the robot's hand. "Didn't expect to see you here, Alpha."
"What do you expect? I saw the whole fight from up on the Seraph, and I figured I'd come down and join the fight." Alpha placed one of Logan's arms around his shoulders while Saria proceeded to do the same thing with the other.
They joined up with the others and gently set Logan down beside the others. While Saria tended to some of Logan's wounds, Alpha walked up to the crowd of people, getting a few worried mumblings from them. He cleared his audio receptor before he began to speak, "Hello. My name is Alpha Centurion. I am well aware that I am a machine, so it may be a bit confusing to a lot of you. I understand that there's a Gym established here in the city, so if it is alright with all of you, I wish to speak with the Gym Leader. Is there someone here named Miss Erika?"
A young woman wearing an elegant purple and black kimono and a pink headband with dark blue shoulder length hair and grey eyes stepped up from the crowd and approached the robot. She bowed lightly before replying, "I am Lady Erika."
He returned the bow, "A pleasure to meet such a beautiful and talented princess such as yourself." He pointed at where Logan was before continuing, "You'll have to forgive my friend Logan over there. He didn't mean to destroy part of your city or cause a lot of damage to a five story department store."
Erika waved her hand, "It is alright. Celadon City has been through much worse than the events that have happened today. You're friend was only trying to defend us… even though his methods were a bit less than merciful."
"That's Logan. The only person I know who enjoys killing Endless more than anyone else I've ever met." He looked over at the department store and several of the buildings and noticed how extent the damage was, "Man. These Endless sure did a number on your city Why don't I call in a squad of repair drones to help fix the damages? Free of charge."
"A kind and thoughtful offer, Alpha Centurion." She looked over his shoulder and noted how serious the damage was on some parts of Logan's body. She gave out a solemn look and spoke softly, "I do hope your friend will feel better."
"Don't worry," Alpha assured, "He's a lot tougher than he looks."
Meanwhile, Saria wrapped some more gauze around Logan's arm, trying to seal the wound up as much as she could with as little gauze as possible. Brady knelt down beside the two, a wide smirk across his face, "Well, that was… something else." He admitted.
"Can it." Logan protested, "I don't want to hear about it."
"So you don't want to know about the part where you continuously pounded that Endless right in the face again and again until it was nothing but a bloody pulp?"
"Well, now that you brought that up, now I unfortunately remember it. Thanks a lot, asshole."
Green shook his head tiredly, "Well, at least it's over with."
"For now." Brennan added.
It was by then that David stepped in, "He has a point. As long as whoever is masquerading the entire thing is still alive and somewhere on this planet, it will be rather difficult to eliminate all of the Endless."
"I agree with Glitch-head here~!" Blue chimed in jokingly.
David looked at her with a cold, sceptical look, "Glitch-head?" He asked. This only caused Blue to laugh even more.
As they continued discussing to one another, Yellow and Red walked up to Logan to check and see how he was doing, "Will he be alright?" Red asked.
Saria finished rubbing the ointment over the scars on Logan's chest before she grabbed some more gauze. Yellow looked at the bottle containing the ointment and read the label that was on it, 'Thiosinaminum'. "Other than a few serious scars and a few fractured bones, he will be perfectly fine." She replied as she wrapped more of the gauze around him.
"That's good to hear." Yellow said. Her eyes soon darted to the large tattooed symbol on his back and found herself curious.
She walked around him to take a better look at it while Red continued speaking, "How did you even survive that attack? We all thought that you were dead."
"It takes more than that to bring me down. Trust me." Logan answered. He then rubbed the spot where he was impaled and cringed slightly, "Although, that did hurt like hell."
"I can imagine. You just had a sword go right through!" The two stared to laugh at the small comment, making Logan feel a little better. As he watched Saria cover up his wounds, he noticed that the large gashes on Logan's chest. They seemed old, almost a decade to be exact. That made no sense. Scars are supposed to heal over time, but these ones haven't. Why is that? He voiced his confusion towards Saria, "Those gashes are old, aren't they?"
"Yes." She replied without turning her head.
"Then how come they haven't healed? Don't these kinds of injuries heal over time?"
She stopped what she was doing and turned to look at the trainer. Her eyes were filled with sadness as she struggled to find the words in her mouth. It wasn't until Logan stopped her and answered Red's question, "These are more than just regular scars, Red. They are much worse than that. They can never be healed, nor will they ever will be."
Red tipped his cap slightly, "That sucks." He turned to look at Yellow and spoke, "Maybe you could help him out, Yellow. You know? Use that healing power of yours on him. He did say he wasn't human."
She paid no attention to him. Instead, her eyes were transfixed on the half-covered symbol on Logan's back. Red became confused at first before she saw him slowly raising her hand to where the symbol was. Her small fingers hovered over it, as if she was in some sort of trance, and touched the smooth exterior.
An intense feeling jolted up her arm, causing her to cry out loudly. Images flashed before her eyes wherever she looked. Some of them were happy, some of them were sad, some were even to gruesome to describe. But one image kept appearing and it made her heart frozen with fear. The person that she saw wasn't human, but at the same time it didn't look as though it was alive. With the gouged out eyes and blood pouring out of them and the wounds all over its body, it looked as though it came out of a child's nightmare. The images soon vanished and she felt herself returning to reality. The feeling in her legs was gone and she almost collapsed to the ground had Red not caught her in his arms in time.
He shook her slightly, trying to wake her up, "Are you okay?"
He heard her groan slightly as she placed her hand over her head, "Y-Yeah. I-I think so."
"What happened?" He asked.
She looked at him for a second before her eyes shifted t the ground, "I… I don't know. I remembered I was looking at something, something that was on Logan's back, and now I'm here… in your…" Her face quickly went red in embarrassment. She couldn't help it. The thoughts of Red wrapping his strong, warm arms around her small body and feeling their warmth against her skin was enough to make her go crazy. And even as he was doing it now, she couldn't help but blush as more fantasies started to appear in her head.
Arceus, Logan was right. She is head over heels for Red.
"I-I-I thought I heard something, too. It sounded like a voice." She added.
"Must have been mine, maybe. I was calling out your name."
She shook her head, "No. It wasn't yours. I would have known. This one sounded like it was distant, young even. I… I don't even recognize it either."
Red saw her rubbing her head again and lifted her back up on her feet, "I think maybe we should head back to Pallet Town. It has been a busy day."
"Agreed." Logan said as Saria finished up with the bandages and helped Logan up. "I really could use some rest."
Alpha and Erika soon joined up with the group as dozens of drones began to fly by, "I want to thank you all again for saving Celadon City. We surely would not have survived if none of you had been here to help us."
Brady immediately ran up to her and bowed, "It was our pleasure, my lady. We couldn't stand to see such a beautiful city fall to the hands of the Endless, especially if that beautiful city," His hands quickly clasped onto hers and he leaned his head as close to hers as she could, "had such a beautiful woman such as yourself."
Erika was a little stunned by his actions before she heard him continuing, "Perhaps I can help repay you as well, say, dinner perhaps? You can choose whatever restaurant you want and I will pay for it. My treat."
She wasn't able to answer before she saw Blue grab Brady by the ear and forcefully pulled him away from her. She looked back at the Gym Leader and quickly apologized, "You'll have to excuse him. He gets like that with every woman. He even tried to do the same thing with me and Yellow."
The Gym Leader crossed her arms and looked at Brady as if he was a criminal. It was by then that Alpha spoke up, "Perhaps we should give Brady an assignment to keep his mind off of woman for a while. Like watching over the repairs of the city?"
"WHAT?!"The teen protested before Blue tugged on his ear again, "You can't be serious! Why not make Logan do it? He's the one who wrecked the city!"
"Last I checked, you didn't get impaled in the chest by a giant sword, or lose your temper and beat the ever living crap out of an Endless that tried to kill your adoptive daughter."
He was about to argue something back before Brennan quickly covered his mouth and interrupted him, "We will happily watch over the repairs of the city, so long as you'll forgive Logan for everything."
Erika nodded her head, "Of course. After all, it was thanks to him that we are all still here, right?" She noticed something out of the corner of her eye and saw a bag full of unknown contents nearby. She walked over to it and picked the bag up and pulled out the first thing that was on top. She looked at it and noticed that it was Deoxys doll. "How did this-"
"DEO'S GIFT!"
Before she knew it, a small child quickly jumped her and wrapped her arms around her waist. She was happily shouting at the Gym Leader as she rubbed her head against her, "You found Deo's gift! Thank you so much, kind lady!" She looked down and saw the raven haired girl from before beaming happily at her.
She heard her name from before, when Logan was fighting that creature. Leira, she believed. She showed the girl the toy and asked, "I take it this and the bag belong to you?" The child quickly nodded her head. A smile appeared on the Gym Leader's face as she put the toy back in the bag and gave it to Leira, "Here you go. Make sure you keep it close to you next time."
"I will! Thank you again, kind lady!"
"Please, call me Erika."
The child beamed even more, "You have a pretty name, Erika!" She waved goodbye to the Gym Leader before she returned to Logan's side and showed him the bag.
Erika smiled at the sight. The two acted like a real family, a father and a daughter. It was truly a heartwarming sight.
By the time they joined up with the others, Alpha told them that Brady, Brennan and David will stay and watch over the repairs while he went with the others to Pallet Town and monitor for anymore possible Endless sightings. Both Green and Blue decided to volunteer to help out and began making their way to where Erika was.
Amanda walked beside them, giving Blue what looked like a basket full of clothes before she joined the others. Her smiling face and the basket of clothes in her hands was enough to prove Logan's suspicion. "Guess what guys? I found all the clothes that I was gonna buy!"
"That is great." Saria said before she realized something, "But how did they survive the fire?"
"I don't know. Guess it was all just luck." Amanda shrugged.
"If you are done," Alpha interrupted, "We should probably start heading for Pallet Town before it gets late. I want to be there as soon as possible."
"Sure thing, Alpha~!" Amanda chimed as she used her psychic powers to lift the basket beside her and walked alongside beside him. Saria held onto Logan's arm to make sure he wouldn't stumble as Leira walked beside them and followed close behind, while Red and Yellow followed after them.
He crossed his arms behind his back as Pika walked by his side, "Man, I'm tired. Who would have thought that fighting Endless would leave you restless?"
Yellow looked up at him as she held Chuchu in her arms, "I guess that's how Logan feels."
"Can't really blame him, though. He did say his life was ruined because of them." He looked up ahead and saw Logan resting against the wall, clutching onto his arm as it started to ache. "Poor guy. It must have been tough to lose everything from those things."
"Yeah…" She looked at Logan and noticed the pain had returned in his eyes, this time much worse. She knew what it felt like to lose someone important in your life. She thought that Red was gone when he was frozen by Lorelei of the Elite Four. But to watch that person die? That was even worse. She silently prayed that whatever pain he was suffering would go away and let his heart itself from the trauma it had endured.
She noticed something out of place as they continued walking to the entrance of Celadon City. The building that Logan was resting against had large glass panes along its side that reflected stuff like a mirror. But that wasn't what bugged her. It was when Logan started to move away from the building that she noticed that his reflection didn't move at all. It just stayed where it was with its back turned on her.
She began to hear distorted screams from the distance and static that gradually began to grow louder as the creepiest thing happened. The reflection began to turn its head slowly around, very inhuman like, and the static grew louder. Soon it became so loud that she had to cover her ears to not hear it. She continued watching the reflection turn its head until it was staring right at her…
…and almost screamed at what she saw.
Its eyes, or rather lack of eyes, were nothing but black pits and poured blood out of its sockets. Its jaw looked as though it was stitched up at one point and had Sharpedo-like teeth inside of its bloodied maw. Half of its body was rotting as she could see some of its bones through its torn flesh. Its body was wrecked with scars and wounds, and much like the eyes, they were bleeding, though not as much as the eyes. She heard it beginning to laugh in a twisted and demonic matter as it stared at her amber eyes with its eyeless sockets. She wanted to scream, she wanted to run over to Red and tell him what she saw, but something was preventing her from doing so. She could hear her name being called out several times, but she felt terrified as the reflection began to pry itself from the building and started to step into the real world. Its head twisted uncontrollably as its laughter grew worse, till it was the only thing that she could hear. She plugged her ears and told it to go away as loud as she could as it began to walk towards her. Tears were beginning to form in her eyes as she felt a sudden change in the air and felt something cold wrap around her.
Hands grabbed onto her shoulders and shook her slightly as Red kept calling out her name, "Yellow! Yellow! Wake up! It's me, Red!"
Soon as she heard Red's voice again, the creature vanished and the world began to return to normal. She blinked a few times before looking up at her friend's face, his worry for her obvious from the way his face portrayed it.
"What's wrong? I heard you shouting something and then you started crying."
She honestly couldn't answer. She had no idea what happened, but it felt as though she just saw something terrible. Something evil. She blushed at Red's worry over her and waved her hands to him, "It's nothing. Really. I'm probably still tired from last night. Thought I saw a ghost."
Red didn't seem to buy it, but he hummed slightly before he let go of Yellow, "Well, if your sure it was nothing-"
"It was. Don't worry, Red." She interrupted him, trying her best to smile despite what she had just seen.
Red returned it before the two started moving again, only Yellow walked a few feet further back from him. She couldn't tell him what she saw. Not yet. For what she knew, this has something to do with Logan. The thing looked like him, but the feeling that she felt from it proved to be something else. What that feeling was or what exactly It was, she didn't know, but she had a strong feeling that she was about to find out soon.
Calm down, Yellow. She said to herself in her head, You're probably still tired from last night and you started to see things. Maybe it really was nothing. Yeah, that's it. Nothing at all.
…Nothing at all.
Plume: A group of feathers that are placed on the top of a knight's helm.
I apologize in advance if the ending was a little sloppy, but I started going lazy and it ended up like this.
Like last time, the song used in this chapter is Through The Fire by Crush 40 since it is the perfect theme for Logan's rage. And I apologize for the predicament that I am putting Yellow in, but I figured she would probably want to know what exactly Logan is dealing with as a result of his trauma. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I will submit the next one when I get the chance.
I will most likely come back to this and edit the crap out of it since it was rushed, but that won't be for a while.