Chapter 73: Fallen

The creature stayed rooted on the spot waiting for Krums orders. The demons and soldiers whom were battling on the ground continued as if nothing happened. The castle's ceiling continued to collapse as tiny pieces fell off. The lighting continues to pound the roof of the castle.

Luke looked around trying to find something to use as a weapon. His glider didn't come back yet. Then he noticed a metal ladder hanging in the middle of the chamber. "The risk of jumping and failing from this far is very high."he thought.
Standing back up again, he braced himself for the jump. He jumped just as the minute had passed. Krum gave the order to kill. People began to scream and shout once more.
Luke was already in the air when he began to fall slowly. He was within a foot of the ladder. Then six inches when he began to fall even faster.
He raised his hands just in time to grab the last handle of the ladder. The sound echoed across the half-destroyed chamber. Krum turned towards where the sound came from. The creature began to slither towards a crowd of cages that still hung on the walls. Just as Luke tried to climb the ladder, somewhere from the top, the rusted parts of the ladder couldn't handle lukes weight and it snapped in half.
"Oh shit!" he thought.

Then the Hover Board boomeranged back onto its masters feet. The roof began to cave in as lightning reached the ground and cracked the floor open sending waves of electricity over the demons and soldiers whom were still fighting. Each of the waves electrocuted them sending them into a paralyzed state which made them collapse onto the floor. The creature wasn't affected at all. It continued to slither and crawl towards the cages. The cages whom were on the roof were unhinged and falling to the ground quickly.
The people inside them screamed on top of their lungs. Not thinking, Luke plunges after the falling cages. Out of the glider sprung hundreds of wires. Each heading for the falling cages. Surprised what the glider did make the weight in his heart disappear. The wires secured the cages and slowly began to descend. "Man, I got myself some good inventors!" He said. Then from nowhere something smacked his face hard. His feet became unhinged again and was sent flying. Then Krum's leg met his torso making Luke plummet to the ground. Then as he plummeted to the ground, the creatures tail hit him across the chest making him fly across the chamber. Faster and faster he came closer the ground. Then the ground stopped and Luke fell into the fissure that lead to hell.

Krum begins to laugh victoriously.

Outside of the nearly destroyed castle, A Blue-Plane has landed with reinforcements and Aeth. He walked up to the nearest soldier whom was already there and asked "Can you tell me where Luke is?"

"Thank god you came! Our general is in trouble!"The soldier replied.
"Can you show me which way did he go?"
The soldier pointed at the destroyed marble staircase and into the dark corridor. Aeth withdrew a white staff with a blue sphere on the top and rushed inside the corridor. The sounds of screaming and shouting filled his ears immediately. He finally entered the half destroyed chamber which the lighting continued to strike. The creature hand bout half a dozen cages in its hands shaking them violently while the other prisoners watched and shouted at it.
In the midst of it all was krum sitting on his crown laughing victoriously. Aeth tapped the staff against the ground. The tapping sound echoed around the chamber making everyone silent. All eyes focused on him.

"Well, well, well, look who came. This must be my lucky day!" Krum said.
"Where's Luke?"Aeth asked politely.
"He's gone! Was afraid of me and decided to join us!"Krum replied.
People began to shout "no's" and rude remarks at Krum whom ignored them.
Aeth looked around to see the glider empty in a corner. "I'm gonna ask you one more time. Where is he?" He asked once more but his temper was rising.
"Like I told you, he decided to join us!"Krum replied.
Aeth has heard enough and charged at Krum. Just then, the ground began to shake violently. Then hot lava burst out of the fissure. Then a burned black body rose above the ground, it's black wings sprouted from the back. Then it moved towards the ground and collapsed on its arms and knees.
It began to scream in what seemed like pain and agony. Then Aeth realized it was Luke's voice.