Fenris is corrupted. And what of the dream that Cynder had? And more importantly, how will she free him with her injuries?

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Cynder couldn't move as Fenris began to charge up a darkness beam, due to her injuries and just plain shock. Is this what he meant by deathly ill? Now that she thought about it, he had shown aggression multiple times before, and that burnt paper should've been a large hint towards it, but she hadn't thought of it….

"Move!" Larka hissed as she grabbed Cynder with her tail, pulling her out of the beam that Fenris had fired not two seconds ago. It wasn't as big as Koga's, but much faster as it whizzed past Cynder's head and struck a burning hut behind her, making it explode.

As if Fenris was determined to prove that his blast was different from Koga's, it turned upward and barreled towards Cynder as Fenris leapt at her as well. Finding her strength to move, Cynder painfully dodged the beam as it dove into the ground and ducked under Fenris's claws, but was smacked in the face by one of his tails.

"Not bad….but your injuries will get in the way…." Fenris spoke, his voice gruff and dark.

This was also different for Cynder, since Koga didn't speak. Fenris must have the 'old' type of it, since Ignitus could speak when he had it. Her thoughts were cut short, however, since Fenris flew into the air and dive-bombed at Larka, a black energy surrounding him that seemed to intensify every inch.

Larka somehow managed to dodge the attack, but when Fenris hit the ground, he kicked off to the side and slammed into Larka's side with multiple sickening cracks that echoed through the night as she was sent flying into the ground, blood pouring out of her mouth as her eyes began to roll into the back of her head.

"Larka!" Koga yelled as he ran over to her as Fenris just stood there with a grin full of malice. Koga reached her within five seconds of calling her name, and looked in dismay at her body. Cynder herself managed to hobble over toward her, and shook her head in shock.

Larka's ribs were crushed, and they were bent inward towards her lungs and heart. As if to show the damage, her entire side was caved in from Fenris's attack, and her breathing was starting to slow down into painful gasps as blood almost gushed out of her mouth.

It was a fatal wound.

"Koga…Cynder…." She rasped, the pain in her voice almost sending Cynder to tears, "I'm...finished. I can't…move or even….breathe…without pain…Cynder…I don't…suppose that…you can…heal…right?" She continued, which made Cynder think. It is an object of light, so there may be a chance.

"Larka, don't talk like that!" Koga said, nudging her with his muzzle. "Ornlu is corrupted, and you are the only family that I have left…."

"Larka, there may be a way to heal you…but I need time." Cynder said as she looked at Koga, who nodded, understanding what she was implying. "Five minutes, and I should be able to cure Fenris and heal us all. Can you survive that long, Larka?" She asked her, and Larka nodded.

"I'll…try…" Larka said as Koga ran towards Fenris to buy time and Cynder began channeling the light inside the artifact that appeared on her leg. "But…just in…case, tell Ornlu….that…I love…him…" She added before passing out from pain.

"I promise…." Cynder whispered as she continued channeling as she looked over at Koga and Fenris, and saw that they already had begun fighting. Fenris looked like he was toying with him as Koga struggled to hit him, but each time he was batted away by either one of his tails, or Fenris's claws.

Koga lunged at Fenris, but missed as Fenris shot a small beam of darkness at Koga, knocking him to the ground five feet away from his target. Koga got back up, but he was sent back down after Fenris slammed both of his tails on his back. However, as Fenris swung his tails at Koga's head, Koga rolled out of the way and lunged at Fenris again, this time managing to bite his neck.

"Insolent pup, shouldn't you know not to attack elders?" Fenris growled as he pried Koga's jaws off of his neck with both tails and began to choke him to death.

Or, he would've if Klair hadn't appeared and shot a lighting bolt at him, electrocuting Fenris and making him drop Koga, who rolled away. Smoke began to rise off of Fenris's body as he just stood there, his eyes shut, but from pain or something else Cynder couldn't tell.

Fenris slowly opened his eyes again as glared at Klair before shooting a black lighting bolt at Klair, sending him into the air as black electricity suspended him there before dropping him, in which Klair groaned in pain as he tried to get back up.

Taking advantage of the scene, Koga leapt at Fenris and tackled him to the ground and claws and bit at him as Fenris growled in anger. In response, Fenris shot a beam of darkness into Koga's chest and sent him into the air as he began charging one of his massive ones.

At the moment, Klair shot a wave of electricity at Fenris, hitting him and canceling his attack as Koga landed on the ground with a thud. Fenris recovered and rose into the air as a shield of darkness formed around him and he began charging a larger darkness attack, one that will obliterate where they are and everything around it.

As soon as he rose into the air, Cynder felt the light from the artifact reach its max. Wasting no time, Cynder released it, causing multiple streams of light to pour out of her body and strike everything nearby. It hit Larka first, bathing her in a cocoon of light. After a few second, her ribs began to heal and she began to breathe regularly.

Two more hit Koga and Klair at the same time, healing them in a similar fashion as more came out and started to put out the dark fires. After that, they all went straight for Fenris, who fired his attack at Cynder. The beam was massive compared to anything that Cynder had seen, but she stayed put for some reason.

More streams of light poured out of the artifact as it began to counter the beam, averting its course and making it miss them and create a massive dome shaped explosion in the forest behind her. Truthfully, Cynder was scared out of her mind, but she also felt relaxed.

Fenris howled in pain and rage as streams of light went in and out his body, but left no marks. Soon, the darkness began to dispel away from Fenris as his horns began to fade and his tail turned into one once more, while his wings turns back scarlet. His fur turned back into a grey color and his eyes turned back to a milky color as the light gently lowered him to the ground as it disappeared.

He groaned as he somehow got up, and looked horrified at what had happened. He walked over to Larka, who was still out cold, and shook his head in dismay. "What have I done?" He whispered to himself as Koga and Klair walked over.

"Fenris, this isn't your fault. You were corrupted." Koga said in an attempt to comfort him, which failed since Fenris had a more horrified look on his face as he looked at himself, as if he was trying to find any traces of it left.

"That's right, Fenris." A voice boomed from behind him in a sarcastic tone as a large claw picked him up by the neck. "You did do it, since it was your body. Allow me to make you…pay for your sins…" the voice continued as the claw twisted Fenris's neck to a horrific angle with a loud crack that echoed through the night as the claw dropped Fenris.

Cynder raced over to his side, only to see no motion of breathing or other signs of life. She felt tears starting to form as she tried to wake him up, despite knowing that there was no chance of that happening. His neck was broken, and his blinded eyes stared blankly to the stars.

Fenris was dead.

A gasp from Larka made her look up to see his killer, and she gasped as well. It was a large dragon with black scales and wings, with two large scar-like rips on his chest that caused fire to spew out every few seconds. He was standing on two legs, despite being a quadruped dragon and had gleaming red eyes, and Cynder had no idea who it was until Larka spoke.

"Ornlu…?" She whispered as the dragon grinned.

"Didn't our last encounter tell you that he no longer exists?" The dragon replied as he instantly appeared at Larka's side and bent down to look her dead in the face. "Foolish girl, stop clinging to a hopeless wish. You and he can never be together, since I, Chaos, rule his body and soul." he hissed in her face.

Cynder was pretty much paralyzed by fear, but was somewhat relieved to see that Koga and Klair were also paralyzed from fear, but from the looks of it, they would instantly attack Chaos if he hurt Larka. Larka was staring at him with wide eyes and she kept stuttering over and over as tears fell from her eyes.

"Now the truth finally sinks in…" Chaos laughed as he stood up and walked over to Cynder. "You want to know who the true master behind Draco was, eh? I know who it is….and I could tell you as well." He said to her as Cynder felt her heart try to escape through her chest.

Just as Cynder was about to reply, something whizzed by her head and hit Chaos in the chest as he backed up in shock. It was an arrow with a silver shaft and white feathers, and before Cynder could look any further, another arrow lodged itself in his shoulder.

"Move!" A voice called from behind her as a third arrow hit Chaos in one of his rips, which made him almost howl in pain as he pulled the arrow out.

"So, by using arrows, you show your fear. You are lucky that I am not at full power, or else I would tear you in half…" Chaos growled as he shot a large beam of darkness from his hands that plowed through everything towards the shooter, and then Chaos disappeared in a pillar of shadow.

After a moment of silence, nimble footsteps could be heard as a figure ran at them. He was a bipedal cheetah with leather armor and a bow made of yew trees. He had green eyes and looked in his early thirties, and he stopped and stared directly at Cynder as she felt a pang of recognition.

"Mom…?" Wind whispered as he stood there.

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Orion led Starfire through the dark prison, keeping his eyes out for anything that would attempt to harm them. Starfire insisted that they kept moving, since her father was still here somewhere. Orion eventually came to the conclusion that her ankle wasn't broken, but bruised to an extreme point due to the fact that she kept trying to walk on it every few seconds.

Still, her company eased Orion's nerves slightly, since he had someone to talk to if he wanted, but he kept silent. He would ask after he found her father, since he was determined to make sure that her father wasn't in any immediate danger.

"Orion, he should be in there..." Starfire said suddenly as she pointed to a cell near what Orion guessed was the entrance, since there was a door. Before he could stop her, Starfire hobbled over to the cell and walked inside, seeming unaware of her ankle.

Sighing, Orion followed her and saw that she was working furiously on a pair of shackles that held an orange dragon that looked in his late thirties or early forties with his eyes closed. To his surprise, Starfire managed to unlock one shackle before moving onto the other.

"I've learned a thing or two about unlocking…" Starfire explained when she glanced back at him. After another moment, she unlocked the other shackle and the dragon slumped against the wall, apparently unconscious. At that moment, the band on his wrist beeped and a voice cut through the air.

"Orion, what is your status?" Skop's voice asked.

"I'm still in the prison area. There was a female and her father held captive here, but we should be exiting soon." Orion replied as Starfire gave him a confused look, which he really couldn't blame her. It's not every day that you hear a voice randomly…

"Chaos has left the castle, but will be returning shortly. I suggest that you make haste if you are to get them to safety…." Skop replied as the link was severed, creating another loud beep that echoed through the prison.

"Who was that?" Starfire asked as what he guessed was her father started to stir.

"That was Skop. He invented this, and he monitors my progression and if there is anything that I should know about, he alerts me." Orion explained as the orange dragon opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.

"Wha…?" The dragon asked as he looked around the cell and spotted Starfire. "Starfire!" He exclaimed as he embraced her, "Are you alright? How did you escape?" If this was in another situation, Orion would have smiled.

"Dad…stop." Starfire said with a hint of a blush as she pulled away. "He helped me. His name is Orion, and he was sent to find any weaknesses that Chaos may have." Starfire explained as she motioned towards him.

"Thank you for helping my daughter. My name is Firestar." The dragon introduced himself as he shook Orion's hand. For some reason, Orion felt something wasn't right here, but said no word of it. It was probably the place…

"What were you doing here, anyway?" Orion asked as a group of corrupted literately kicked down the door that led out and pointed at them. "Damn, we'll ask questions later, but right now we need to defend ourselves…" He growled.

At that moment, the group charged into the cell and attacked…..

I think I messed up towards the end, but w/e. So, now Fenris is dead and Wind has reappeared, and the two 'guest' characters have been revealed. Also, I have some news: I am suffering from depression. Yes, shocking how 'Mr. Happy-Sarcasm' is in truth depressed. Oh well, I may snap out of it, and it may be just stress. I guess time will tell…and no, I have NO intention of killing myself….