Ch. 11 The Demon Within
"Jordan, watch out!" Bonnie grabbed Jordan and tackled her to the ground, saving her from a spark bullet.
"Thanks, Bonnie." Jordan smiled. The pair got up and drew their weapons. Bonnie aimed her rifle and shot at Kane. The sisters smashed their staffs into the ground and the spark bullet was engulfed in a cloud of mist. Kane laughed.
"Did you think it would be that easy?" Kane signaled for the sisters to stand down. He threw the villager away, allowing the man to flee. "Do you really think you're the hero of this story? You're nothing!" Kane jumped into the air and grabbed Lenora.
"Seriously? Again?" Lenora shook her boot and popped out a knife from the heel. She kicked back and stabbed it into Kane's leg. Lenora ran back to the group. Kane groaned.
"I'm going to kill you first!" Adam pointed his right pistol and shot Kane in his faceplate, making it crack.
"You're not laying one of your metallic fingers on her." Adam felt satisfaction in shooting his enemy in the face. He holstered his pistol and pointed to his old allies. "You two can still walk away from this." Adam walked up to Queen and pulled out a dagger. Adam raised his arm and prepared to bring it down on the clockwork. Suddenly, Kane reached out and stopped his hand.
"You will not harm her!" Adam turned and elbowed the clockwork king in the faceplate, shattering it into millions of pieces. Adam looked in horror as Kane raised his head.
"Blaze?" Adam dropped the dagger and stepped back. "This isn't possible." Blaze wiped the remains of the mask off of his shoulder.
"Believe it. I'm your greatest enemy. I created an army and I will rebuild it." Wing Chun drew his energy blades and stood in front of the group.
"How could you do this?" Wing pointed his left blade to Adam, "He's your brother." Blaze chuckled.
"I've lost everything, but still he gains more. He got to forget his past while I was forced to remember." Blaze picked up one of the remaining pieces of his mask. "The way of the pirates destroyed my life; I intend to see their extinction through." With those words, he crushed the fragment to dust. Suddenly, a purple personality matrix appeared. "Hello, Tauros. Status report."
"The B-team has been repelled and are heading back to camp. We must rendezvous with them." Tauros turned and saw Adam. "It's good to meet another Silver. Give Sagittarius my regards, but even the good must fall eventually." Blaze, Queen, Hannah, and Mary turned and fled into the jungle. Lenora took the lead.
"Come on, guys. We're heading back to the village."
"So all this time, we've been fighting Adam's family. That's absurd!" Autumn couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"It's the truth." Ryan said, stepping in front of his wife, "I think it's why Pedro shot me. I saw him shake Blaze's hand, but I wasn't sure until now." Ryan looked toward Adam. "Are you okay?" Adam looked at the ground.
"Blaze said 'I wasn't the hero of this story.' He thinks he's doing the right thing. He protected Queen when I tried to destroy her. He wouldn't have done that if she wasn't important to his endgame." Adam lifted his head and crossed his arms. "I've gotta believe he can be stopped and brought back. I have to." Lenora put her arm around Adam.
"We're with you, Adam. You can count on us." Lenora looked at the village and saw a villager walk towards them.
"You saved us. We can never repay you." The man bowed. "Did you say your name was Adam? Adam Silver, son of Avery Silver?"