Rage
Theodor
I watched as the others left and turned back to Akuro, shaking with anticipation. He grinned maniacally and drew his weapon. I didn't have one so I just got into a fighting position with my hands curled into fists and waited for him to make the first move. When he realized that I wasn't going to attack first, he leaped. I covered my hands in hardened earth and caught the blade as it cleaved downwards towards my head. His eyes widened as I swept his feet out from under him and punched him in the face.
"This is revenge, Akuro. You took everything away from me and I intend to do the same to you." I growled as he flew backwards into a wall. He quickly recovered and hopped back up to recover his sword. I stalked forwards, winds swirling around me as he tried to advance. With a yell, he hurled his sword like a throwing knife, which curled, almost as if the winds were helping him and sunk into my calf. I screamed in agony as I felt the dark metal sink into my leg. I dropped to one knee and with difficulty, pulled the sword out. Akuro created another sword out of swirling darkness and charged at me again. With the winds no longer aiding me, I had just enough time to raise my new sword for it to block a strike from Akuro. The force of the swing was enough to blast me backwards into the wall. I will not lose. I promised myself. I used the sword to force myself up and limped towards Akuro.
"How pathetic." Akuro laughed. "The great Blake Theriault. Defeated by a lowly Dhârk spirit." Rage clouded my vision and I had just enough time for one more rational thought. Blake Theriault? I felt my leg heal, but I couldn't figure out how. I charged at him without thinking, and for some reason, I couldn't! My rage blinded me to anything and I became a machine with only one command, KILL AKURO. I would not stop until it was done. I wasn't afraid to die. In fact, I had forgot how to fear years ago, and I didn't feel like feeling it ever again. I would not, could not stop.
I thrust my hand out and four things grabbed Akuro's ankles and wrists. Water grabbed the right wrist and air the left. Fire seared itself into Akuro's skin and somehow held his right ankle while earth shot up and grabbed his left one. He tried in vain to get free of his bonds as I walked forwards. Suddenly, I felt a tingling on the back of my neck. I teleported behind Akuro and a Dhârkalen arrow pierced his shoulder and he shrieked in pain. I shot a burst of cobalt energy at the Dhârlaken who had shot the arrow and he exploded into dust.
Akuro's bonds had disappeared and he swung at me while I was distracted. I knew that I had no time to raise my sword, so I transformed into a wolf and his sword slashed above my head harmlessly. I leaped and sunk my teeth into his non-injured shoulder, hoping to incapacitate him, but he would not go down so easily. I changed back into a human and leaped to the side of Akuro's jabbing blade.
I picked mine back up and rolled to the side as he slashed at my head. He kept slashing and jabbing and I kept rolling until I had a chance to get back up. I could see that Akuro was getting frustrated that he couldn't even get a hit on me and I smiled. He needs to take him by surprise. I heard a voice in my head and I jumped, losing my concentration. Using the unseen distraction to his advantage, Akuro swept his sword and left a good size cut on my abdomen. I stumbled back and remembered what the voice had said. I charged at Akuro and right as he was about to parry my strike, I teleported behind him and stabbed Akuro in the back. He fell back onto me caught him.
"Revenge is sweet." I whispered in his ear. I yanked my sword out of his back and he crumpled. I stumbled and a pair of hands caught me.
"Relax Theodor. It's me, Sebastian." With his help, I stood back up and approached Akuro to see if he was still alive. His breathing was shallow and he gripped a little metal container in his left hand. He opened it and I saw a button. My eyes widened when I realized what it was.
"Bomb!" Kris screamed. "Everyone get out!" They wasted no time and scrambled for the exit.
"Wait!" I called to no one in particular. "I need you guys to get my mom out of here when Akuro gets out of her body!" Azele turned around and saw the situation. She ran over just as Akuro pressed the button. A shockwave blasted Azele backwards, but I used the ground to stay rooted to the spot. The ceiling of the 'room' fell in one huge chunk of rock too big for me to control with my Geokinesis. I braced myself for imminent death as the rock fell toward me. As it did, I saw Akuro's true form rise from my mother's body out of the room and laugh.
"Find your brother, Blake Theriault, and you might have a decent chance at defeating me" And with that, he cackled and floated away. I met Azele's wide eyes for the last time and conveyed a silent message. Get yourself and my mother out of here. She nodded with tears in her eyes and the rock flattened me into the ground.
I felt myself sink into the ground and I had one thought. How am I not dead? I tried to push myself off the ground and I felt the rock shift on my back, but I was getting up! As I slowly raised the chunk of rock, I saw Azele helping my mother out of the cave. I climbed out of the indentation I had made in the rock and slowly walked to the edge of the huge chunk of earth, walking my hands along it and letting the other side drop slowly. When I got out from under the rock, I almost collapsed from exhaustion, but I had to get out. I slowly limped towards the exit of the cave and into the sunlight. A searing pain in my leg alerted me that my wound had reopened. I saw with my closing eyes my new friends looking at me with awe, then darkness invaded my vision.