Sorry for not updating in an eternity, guys.

Duke was still laying on the ground as Siax helped Alex up, although, she had to hold on to him in order to keep him up due to the fact that Duke had chopped of Alex's left leg during their fight and they both knew that they need to find a way for Alex to walk again.

The two looked at Duke who was busy covering the neck wound with one wing and he was trying to get back up with the other as Siax and Alex watched in amusement as their enemy tried to get back to his feet which he eventually succeeds at doing.

Alex looked at Duke with anger burning in his eyes at the fact that his one-time friend had cut off his left leg and it was something that Alex really wanted to make him pay for, but, clearly he was in no state to fight again, unless, he can get a new leg.

"You will not win, Alex, you will never win" said Duke as he looked at his enemy. "Your anger and hatred is your downfall".

"Really?, you think that I will lose?" said Alex before he smiled and briefly laughed. "In your dreams, I will kill every criminal, until this world is clean".

"You can try, Alex, but, it's your loss" said Duke as he gave Alex a sad look. "You and your club will lose again and again and again, until, you finally stop or die".

"That's not gonna happen, Duke" said Alex as he gave an evil smile. "You are the one that is going to lose and you are going down".

"That may be so, Alex, sure" said Duke as he gave smile of his own. "But, I don't have to go alone, do I?".

Alex and Siax briefly looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces before they quickly realised that Duke was going to try and blast them into oblivion along with him and that is exactly what Duke tried to do as he self-destruct.

The explosion threw Alex and Siax across the area and into a wall from which they slid down to the ground as they barely opened their eyes to see that Duke was no longer there and this made the Snow Owl smile as he realised that one of his biggest threats is finally gone.

Siax could barely get up to her feet and she soon saw that Alex was also brutally wounded since he had burned feathers from the impact of the explosion which caused Siax to pick up and carry Alex back to the rest of their faction in order to get help.

The had managed to reach the rest of their faction with Tomada and Sorrel seeing the horrifying injury that Alex had suffered at the hands of Duke which caused them to instantly prepare themselves to treat the injury before it got worse.

They knew that they can't bring Alex's left leg back, but, they had a metal leg in the corner of the room which gave them an idea and Tomada ran over to get the metal leg while the others stayed with Alex as they waited for Tomada to return.

He returned with the metal leg and along with Sorrel, Siax and Dragun, began to put the metal leg in place of Alex's missing left leg and it took some time, until, they eventually managed to get it to fit as well as to make Alex feel comfortable in it.

Alex was impressed with the metal-leg and he was helped up to his feet where he quickly fell back down to the ground, but, he was caught luckily by his friends who once again helped him to stand on two feet and they helped Alex get use to his feet.

They helped him towards a cellar and they took Alex down into the cellar where Siax decides to stay with him in order to continue to help him get use to walking with his metal-leg while the rest of the Red Owl Club would buy him some time, although, a certain couple weren't very confident about it.

"This is worrying, Tomada" said Sorrel to her boyfriend. "He can't fight like that".

"I know, Sorrel, I know" agreed Tomada as he kissed his girlfriend's cheek. "Also, even if he does, he will only be defeated".

"We can't keep doing this" said Sorrel as she became concerned. "We need to find a way to reach Nightfly and the others".

"Yeah, but, we can't" said Tomada as he looked at Sorrel. "Even if we tried, we would most likely get caught".

Sorrel nodded in agreement to what her boyfriend was saying and she knew that he had a point, but, she was still willing on telling Alex that enough is enough when the time comes for when Alex would ultimately push it too far.