Thank you to The Crazy Talk Kid (Take notes on how Oak fights when she's allowed to kill), CCRox4Eva (Glad you're liking the story), and minipower (happy you like Hay Lin's youkai) for the review as well as all my other readers out there. Enjoy Chapter 14 and be sure to leave a big juicy review.
WARNING: Due to some of the more graphic violence of this chapter, as well as the upcoming chapter 15. It should be advised that this chapter should be a Teen + rating at the least. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WARNED.
"Man these things are so annoying," Sol says ripping her great sword out of the head of a giant metal plated scorpion, "pittchians are just nasty little bugs. Don't you think Luci?" She shoulders her great sword and looks over to her black winged friend.
"Sh," Luci hisses looking out into the distance while standing atop a pile of twenty frozen pittchians.
"What is it?" Sol says floating up to her. "Is it a duranxnel?" She shivers at the thought.
"No, the scent of death and blood are not in the air," Luci says, "we must hurry to the tomb. Jewel should be bringing the Guardians shortly."
"Just as long as that thing doesn't find us first," Sol gulps as a load unearthly roar is heard over the surface of the planet Candracar.
"Then don't fall behind," Luci yells as she flies south. Sol growl as she flies to catch up.
"Angels," Akatsuki says peeking out from behind a boulder, "what business do they have here?"
"The one that killed Mizu's friends is on its way here," Suna says in a calm tone, "shall we bring her its head?"
"No," Akatsuki responds, "you'd only piss Mizu off by not letting her kill it on by her hand."
"Then we should be on our way," Suna says, "it usually takes Oak to take down a bloodthirsty one like that, and afterwards we have to replace parts."
"I too do not want to be in a duranxnel's way," Akatsuki says as the two quickly but stealth fully follow the angels.
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"Hay Lin," Cornelia says nudging the peacefully sleeping girl. It kind of seemed like a shame to wake her, but they needed to get moving.
"What," Hay Lin asks sitting up rubbing her eyes. She then lets out a large yawn while she stretches.
"It's time to get up," the blond says, "we're going to Candracar in about ten minutes."
"What about school," Hay Lin asks.
"Will's making astral drops for us," Cornelia says walking toward her door, "so hurry up and get ready."
"Okay," Hay Lin says as she leaves.
"There are dangerous creatures on Candracar," Inari's voice echoes in her head as she changes out of her pajamas and into a pair of jeans and a pink tee shirt.
"I'm sure we can handle them," Hay Lin sighs, "besides we've been to the fortress hundreds of times."
"Very well," Inari responds, "I will trust in your judgment, Hay Lin-sama."
"Well," Hay Lin says taking a deep breath, "guess we should be off." She then leaves her room and heads for the basement.
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"Well," Mitsunari says looking at the overwhelming amount of guards in between him and the Mage's lab. "We are here. Unfortunately, there are far too many guards nearby."
"Distraction," Oak questions.
"If you want," Mitsunari says, "after all this is technically your city." With that Oak leaves their hiding place and before the guards could even react they are launched deeper into the city with large craters in their chests.
"Must you always be brutal," Mitsunari asks getting a glare from Oak. The bandaged woman was definitely taller than him, though that didn't matter. He could easily cut her down to size if she wasn't a blasted immortal. As he approached he noticed two openings in the floor. One path lead to the prison and the other path lead to his destination. "You have five minutes of fun. Kill or maim whatever or whomever you wish."
Oak nodded and ran quickly down the path into the prison. Mitsunari on the other hand walked casually down toward the workshop, his prize waiting somewhere at the bottom.
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Oak stopped as she reached the waterfall that was the door to the prison. She entered it slowly, not out of fear, but out of the fact that she couldn't swim, though what swimming and a waterfall had in common had nothing to do with the current situation.
"Who goes there," Vathek screamed. It had been one hour since Raythor had informed him of the attack on Elyon. He was annoyed that he was the last to find out, but he would still remain at his post.
"Blue idiot," Oak says with a small grin appearing on her face.
"What did you call me," he screams as he and the seven guards with him brandish their weapons.
"Why Vathek," Phobos chimes in looking at this mystery woman, "this girl called you what you are?"
"Silence Phobos," a guard screams.
"Phobos," Oak questions with interest in her voice, "here?"
"Yes warrior," Vathek says, "now what business do you have here?"
"Leader of lost souls," Oak says happily.
"What," Vathek ask confused.
"Afraid to die," Oak asks.
"Of course not," Vathek responds, "we all will die as long as it keeps Phobos in his cage."
"Good," Oak says leaping into the air. Her clamps extend and attach her to the ceiling. She then swings her body like a pendulum before they detach and she flies toward the group of guards feet first with the clamps extended to make very lethal talons.
She lands full force on top of one of the guards crushing him under her weight, not to mention impaling him with eight spikes. The clamps lift up as the look on her face turns to one as if she just stepped in dog doo.
"Ahh," one of the guards screams swinging his axe at the woman. The sound of metal hitting metal is heard as Oak holds onto the blade. She stands fully erect before she brings it to stomach level and crushes it like an empty soda can. The guard is filled with shock as she then impales him with axe handle.
Vathek roars in anger as he brings down the heavy wooded mace on the woman. She stumbles a bit from the blow but soon recovers and slams a fist into a nearby guard, turning his face to a bloody pulp. She then laughs as she licks the blood from her fist.
"Can't kill me," she says through her laughter, "like that."
"What," Vathek responds in shock. He had struck a clean and powerful blow to her head. She appeared damage, but it was as if she felt no pain. Another guard charges at her brandishing a simple long sword, but his swing is caught as he is thrown onto Oak's shoulders so that one hand grabs his wrists and one hand grabbed is ankles, then is one swift motion the poor man is torn in half.
Two guards run at her from behind, but are soon stopped as she quickly hops onto her hands and lightly kicks them in the chest, as if to use them as support. Then in a flash the rear clamps unlatch and slams into their faces instantly killing them and spraying blood onto the woman's bandaged back. A she then back flip back onto her feet and readies herself for the remaining three opponents.
"You two go warn Raythor," Vathek screams, "I will try to delay her as long as I can."
"But sir," one of the guards says.
"I will not lose anymore men today," he screams as the two run off.
"Foolish," Oak says with a sour look on her face. Three of them would have been a lot more fun. Vathek again swings his mace but this time goes for the woman's side, but this time Oak catches the wooden piece with her right hand and pulls with all her strength to send the big blue warrior at her. Then she slams her left fist into his chest. Her smile turned to one of great pleasure as she heard his bone shatter into shrapnel as she turned his precious organs into mush. Vathek was then launched into the archway entrance and laid limply on the ground.
"Well," Phobos says stepping into the light and viewing the carnage of the room, "I would like to give a thank you for releasing me, but what is it that you want."
"That was warm up," Oak says slowly approaching the button that would release all the prisoners.
"What," Phobos says as she then smashes it releasing everyone in the room.
"Now Phobos dies," she says as all loyal to the prince charge at her.
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Mitsunari heard screams of pain and the sounds of battle from within the study, but he continued to look for something in particular. He checked everywhere, but just couldn't find it. Then he thought of something and sliced the pedestal in the center of the room clean in two. As the pieces fell a small yellow gem, about the size of a rosebud, attached to a long gold chain rolled out of it.
"Well," Mitsunari says as something impacts the wall, "looks like I found it. The Heart of Cavighnor, when the mage was put in charge of it I feared the worst. Well, one down, seven more to go." He then walks out of the study to retrieve Oak.
He entered the prison to see both the bodies and parts of Lurdens and Guards thrown carelessly around the prison. Frost the Hunter was impaled on the horns of his rhino after he had appeared to have his head do a three sixty. Oak was joyfully pummeling a very unconscious Phobos into even more of a pulp. Her bandages were singed so that you could see her bony upper arms that made one wonder as to how they held up her forearms.
"Enough Oak," Mitsunari says walking into the slaughter house.
"Four point three," Oak angrily responds.
"Yes," Mitsunari says, "I'm a bit ahead of schedule. So put your toy away and let's go."
"Fine," Oak says throwing Phobos back into his cell. Then with a wave of Mitsunari's hand the cages return to active status.
"You two are safe now Cedric," he chuckles as the two vanish into the shadows.
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"So the Guardians are going to Candracar," nymph Irma chuckles while floating in the water. "Those foolish girls just signed their death wish. I'll let those monsters deal with the pests then claim the heart in the end."
"Like that'll ever happen," human Irma says sticking her tongue out at the nymph.
"Be quiet you," nymph Irma growls, "I'm thinking."
Irma then spreads her wings and flies off of the roof of the Silver Dragon and begins to follow Elyon and Caleb as they walk toward Alchemy's house. She made sure as too keep herself far enough back as too not be scene, but close enough to make sure she knew where they were going.
"Now why would they be interested in a normal person like that," Irma hisses as they meet up with the brunette.
"Because she is a catalyst," Morphea whispers as she appears behind Irma.
"And the property of Dark Enigma," Cyan says landing on the roof.
"A catalyst," Irma questions, "what is that now?"
"A catalyst is a being that can amplify the magical power of anything that has even a small trace of it," Morphea says, "they were all thought to have gone extinct, especially after you destroyed Cavighnor."
"Well then," Irma says extending her wings, "I have no intrest in something like that so I'll be leaving. Enjoy your pet, or whatever you are going to use the girl for." She then returns to the sky and flies toward the ocean.