Author's Note: Welcome again, everybody. This chapter will be almost all action. Some of my reviewer's have stated that they want another main character, a hero who comes in and saves Light and the others. I can't give my viewers exactly what they want because this is practically the half-way point, but in a way, they will get something like it.
To TylerPal: No, it is not a heartless, but you are not far off either. It does have a bodily make-up of a cross between a Neoshadow and Carnage from spiderman. Either, way it does look very similar to heartless as you will soon see, I myself, would like to refer to it as a Darkmore, get it? ;)
To KryzKrn K.: Your thing on the government wasn't that bad but unfortunately I can't use very much, if any at all, for this story. If I were to make a sequal to this story, if the public demands it, I think that would be the best place to use those ideas.
To Everone Else: Please R&R, we are SOOO CLOSE to breaking the one hundred mark, and I have all of you to thank for it. also, feel free to give to give any ideas floating in your heads. And now enjoy the 13
March 10, 2014 Update: Sorry, I had a VERY bad weekend and couldn't update. Here it is though and this my very first real fight scene. Most writers usually don't write these because they are very difficult to do, but that is one of the aspects of this story that I believe separated it from the multitude. Anyway, this fight chapter and fight scene is officially polished and good to read.
Chapter 13
The Dark Wind
The group stared into the glowing yellow eyes of Mr. Lunsford's killer. The figure was draped in a black cloak. The only things they could really make out of its appearance were its unnatural eyes and the night black claw that gripped the Macedonian scroll. Nat scanned it more closely and noticed that this was the same creature he saw outside the plane.
"Chris… that's the freaky looking thing I saw outside of our plane." Chris only nodded, but he made a mental note not to overlook things like that again.
The being just stood there looking at them and not moving a muscle. They were frozen in fear, especially since they had clear evidence that this thing was a cold blooded killer. Lindsey slowly backed into the wall and slid down it. She started to silently cry in fear. She was too scared to even scream. Luckily for her, she wasn't Krystal, who felt like throwing up because of the thick and bitter smell coming from the crimson pool. Light and his friends studied the creature and watched for it to make a move. Allistor had his pistol pointed at the figure, but his hand was shaking. Whatever this thing was, it seemed to radiate an aura of fear that had quickly spread through the room.
Allistor took a moment to observe the condition of the corpse on the ground. The Lunsford he was seeing now looked nothing like the man they had met the night before. His flesh had been ripped off the bone. The face of the previously living man looked as if it was carved with an axe. Allistor focused his sight back to what was before him. If this thing could do that to the poor collector, what could happen to them? The man couldn't take the stress of this situation any more. He fired a shot at his target.
The bullet hit true, but creature didn't fall. On a contrary, it was still looking at them unmoving. Alex couldn't understand what just happened. "The bullet went through… and it didn't even stagger?!" he questioned himself. It wasn't physically possible for that to happen.
Like it was the most unexpected thing in the world, it started running toward them. Most of them staggered back in horror as it ran at them with incredible speed and its cloak flowed behind it. Allistor was panicking. He rapidly fired as many shots into the thing as possible. The bullets didn't hinder it in the least. When it was right up in front of them, it jumped high in the air over them and landed perfectly on the ground. They turned around to see it run towards the room's only exit. It looked like it was about to escape but it stopped. Suddenly the creature turned to them. Their fear maximized, if that was even possible. The creature raised its claw in the air with its palm open and clinched it. Surrounding artifacts and furniture floated and crashed into the entrance, effectively blocking their way out.
Light summed up all of this in one clearly audible and frightening sentence, "Were trapped!"
The creature slowly crept towards them, as if reveling in the level of their fear. Lindsey scooted as far into the wall as possible and sobbed audibly. She was sure she was going to die here. Allistor's eyes were moving rapidly around the room for anything that could potentially help them out. That's when he saw it. There was a crate with colorful paintings on all sides hanging from the ceiling rafters. Not only that, but it was hanging only by a single length of rope. The creature walked under the crate and Allistor quickly fired his last bullet to snap the rope. The crate crashed down just as the figure looked up. It looked as if the creature was crushed under its weight.
Relief washed over them like nothing else. Light felt his muscles relax in a stressful speed. "I can't believe it, we're safe."
Nat let himself crash onto the floor for rest. "You're telling me. I thought I was going to crap my pants." While the guys sat down and reveled in the feeling of being out of danger, Krystal went over to help Lindsey up.
"Are you alright?"
Lindsey was breathing heavily. "I think so. But don't worry, I'll be alri… " Lindsey stared ahead and utter dread filled her eyes. She was barely able to choke out her next sentence. "L-LO-LOOK BEHIND YOU!" They all turned back the crate to see black vapors rising from the cracks in the debri. The vapors took form to show who, or rather, what was hidden away inside that cloak.
It was just as they all feared, it was no man and the term "monster" wouldn't be the word for it. It looked like living darkness in a humanoid shape. Its legs were bulky and its arms reached the floor with giant black claws. Its egg-shaped head and glowing bulb-like eyes, mixed with a mouth that had ridiculously long and sharp teeth, gave it a sadistic look. Lindsey fainted from fright. It looked to Krystal that she wasn't going to wake up any time soon. She set the unconscious woman down on the ground and rejoined the others.
Allistor got over his shock quicker than the others and he wasn't going to just wait around like last time. These kids were under his watch and he wasn't going to let some freak kill them on his watch. He ran at the beast readying the butt of his pistol. It isn't much but it was the only thing he could do to protect these kids. The beast thought of Allistor as nothing more than a nuisance and it took one of its long arms and grabbed Allistor by the head. It threw him into the wall near the entrance.
Krystal thought of this as an opening since the beast was facing Allistor. She ran too fast for Light to grab a hold and stop her assault. She lunged her staff into its back. They unluckily discovered that it didn't even phase it. Its sadistic face turned toward her and it just kicked her away. The force of the hit sent her and her staff flying half-way across the large room.
With their two best hopes unconscious on the flour, Chris assumed command. "Guys, listen. Let's use what Krystal taught us. If it worked in the museum, then I'm sure it will work again. Light, you need to stand back and let us handle things. Your technique is the weakest of all of us." Light didn't like what his friend was saying, but it was true. He was the weakest of the four of them. He didn't want to stand around and be useless, but he was. He nodded to his friends and they shifted into their style positions.
Nat couldn't help his gloating, "Light, watch the masters at work." They ran at the dark beast. Chris was ready to counter whatever it had to throw at them. Alex jumped to use an aerial kick and Nat tried to zigzag his way to its head.
The beast saw all of these movements and acted accordingly to what Light's friends were going to do. It stretched out its left arm and each one of its claws on that hand stretched toward Chris. He dodged one but the other four caught his limbs and threw him across the room near Krystal. As the creature did that, it blasted Alex with a gale of wind while the boy was jumping toward it. The wind from the blast shot him near his aunt and it looked to be in serious pain from the fifteen foot fall. After dealing with those two, Nat came right up in front of it and started punching and kicking at it point blank. This didn't help either, it's unnatural speed allowed it to dodge each attack. Nat tried punching its egg-shaped head but it bended its body backwards until it could look up again from the ground like a contortionist. It placed its claws on the ground beside its head and, while Nat was bended forward from punching the air, the beast's legs came up and smashed into Nat's gut. Nat was sent flying over the creature and landing landed near Allistor.
Light didn't know what to do. Everyone was beaten so quickly. Light started moving backwards and gripped his staff hard when the creature glanced his way. He was too scared to do anything else. It moved towards him while giving him a sadistic grin. All of its pointed teeth were bared at Light. That's when the both of them heard a groan of pain. They turned to the source and saw Krystal struggling to get up with her staff.
"Don't… you dare… lay a hand him you glowing eyed freak!" Krystal got back on her feet and aimed her staff at the creature. "Now, fire!" Nothing happened though. She tried again in frustration. "FIRE!" Still, nothing happened. Krystal turned from her staff to the creature. The dark beast closed its palm and it stretched its arm out at an incredible speed toward the vulpine. Krystal was going to get hit again. She was pushed down to the ground by Light, who gathered as much speed as he was physically capable of to get to her. Her hat fell off and Light accepted the full force of the gunned fist. He and his staff flew through the air into a bunched up collection of paintings and ended up buried in the now destroyed collection.
"LIGHT!" Krystal screamed in horror. She was more worried for Light now than ever. He needed help.
Everyone else, except Lindsey, had started waking up again. All of them saw what Light did and were all afraid about what happened to him. He had to have been more hurt than anyone else. The beast took its eyes off the destroyed art works and returned its gaze to Krystal. She tried going for her staff again but the beast slapped it out of her hands. She was on the ground and defenseless. She could only back up away from it. The others could barely even move their muscles, much less help Krystal in her time of need. As Krystal moved back, the beast approached her like a predator.
When Krystal backed into the wall, the beast stopped in front of her. She was trapped in front of its sadistic smile. It rose up its right arm and Krystal paled in horror as much as she was able to when it reshaped its claw into a double edged blade. It readied the blade high above its head, preparing to make the kill. As the blade came down toward the vulpine beauty, a shining blue light filled the room from the place where Light was buried. A voice thundered from the wrecked pile of art.
"LEAVE HER ALONE, OR YOU'LL ANSWER TO ME!" When that sentence ended, the wrecked pile that was on top of Light was flown in every direction around the room. There stood Light, and yet it wasn't. Everyone in the room, except the fainted aunt, gazed in wonder at Light. There was definitely a difference between the guy who was buried only a moment ago and the man standing before them. This Light exuded confidence.
There was another difference that Krystal noticed. It had happened before but this was different. Light's eyes changed color again. Instead of the unforgiving red eyes she had seen before, his eyes were as blue as ice. Unlike before, she found herself completely allured to this one.
The dark beast looked on in amazement and, if anyone was able to tell, a tinge of fear. "NOW, STEP AWAY FROM HER!" The beast did as he said, but it did so with ulterior motivation. It stepped away from Krystal and approached Light with its blade pointed at him. "SO YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME, VERY WELL!" This new Light took the staff that he had been holding and held it up above his head. The end of it blasted with bluish energy and formed of a fiery sword. The blade raged with power that begged for release. In a way, it resembled the flaming swords of legend used by angels.
The dark beast knew this human was different than the one before. For the first time, it spoke in a low and growling voice. "Finally, a challenge worth of my skills." The two stood where they were and pointed the ends of their blades toward one another. Light's group watched with excitement and anticipation on what they were about to see. In a sudden flash, they leaped at each other with matching speed and their blades clashed. The creature realized that the fiery blade it clashed with wasn't hot like fire. It was as cold as sub-zero ice. Light stepped back and slashed at the beast's feet. It back flipped, just barely missing getting hit.
The creature continued flipping back until it landed a decent ways away from Light. At its stopping point, it shot a barrage of stretched tentacle-like claws at Light like it did to Chris. The boy saw each of them as he ran forward. Light dodged them with every unhindered step he made. Light closed in for a strike at its body, but it sidestepped and shot a wind blast in close-quarters. Light jumped aside and the blast slammed one of the four concrete pillars in the large room, turning it into a pile of rubble. Light made a horizontal strike from the right. The beast deflected it and grabbed Light's ankle with a tentacle and smashed him into another pillar. Amazingly, Light didn't seem fazed. A small concrete dust cloud formed around the boy. The beast's tentacle claw was still wrapped around Light's ankle. Before it could act again, the creature felt a chilling sensation shoot up from the end of its tentacle into its body. It couldn't move. It was frozen by an inner chill.
Light moved out of the now dissipating dust cloud and approached the dark creature. His eyes and the sapphire jewel of the staff burned with a magnificent blue hue. "YOU ATTACK MY UNCLE, YOU BEAT DOWN MY FRIENDS, BUT WHEN YOU TRIED TO TAKE KRYSTAL'S LIFE... THAT IS WERE THE LINE OF MERCY IS CROSSED. UNFORTUNATELY, MY TIME IS UP. I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR END!" With that said, Light looked at each one of his friends. "NAT, CHRIS, ALEX... I'M LEAVING THE REST OF THIS TO YOU. AND HERE, TAKE THIS AS A LITTLE GIFT FROM ME TO YOU. BUT REMEMBER, THIS GIFT IS ONLY TEMPORARY." Then Light turned to Krystal, "I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENERGY FOR YOU AS WELL."
Light raised his staff and its ice-fire blade retracted back to the Sapphire eye. In its place, three streams of energy shot into his friends and they felt rejuvenated. Their wounds were completely healed. When the last of the energy streams left the staff, Light's eyes stopped glowing and he slowly fell to the floor unconscious again.
Light's friends jumped up off the ground quickly and assessed themselves for remaining damage or weird side effects from what just happened. They didn't notice anything missing or unusual. Alex looked at his friends and said, "I can't believe it. Can anyone tell me just what the heck is going on here?!" Before any one of them could respond to that question, they heard a growling groan.
"No, I will not allow myself to be beaten by children!" The creature was beginning to get out of its paralysis.
Chris took action once again. "We don't have time think about that, Alex. We have to strike now." They didn't argue on this point. They got back into their elemental stances and started their final assault. That is when Nat learned about the gift that Light gave them. When he tried to zigzag again, not only was he much faster but his movement left real electricity in his wake. It was as if he was lightning itself. They all spotted this, as did the creature. It was still trying to thaw itself but it was finally able to move a little. Unfortunately for it, it wasn't nearly as fast as Nat. Nat used his electrifying speed to drive his knee into the creature's gut. That electrified hit sent it flying, for a change of pace, into a third pillar.
The creature tried to stand up but Alex came down with an aerial chop at its neck. The chop had storm-like power behind it. The wind blade that accompanied Alex's hand split the creature in two halves of vapors and he flew away from it.
Chris stepped up next. After seeing the results of Light's gift to them, he used the only actual attacking move Krystal had taught him. He took his right hand and thrust it toward the reforming dark beast. A wall of fire dragged itself to its target and wrapped around the creature like a tornado. The spiraling wall of fire constricted itself on the creature and they heard a growling, blood curdling scream from it. When the fire was extinguished, there was nothing left of it. The fire had eaten away at its vapors.
The three stood there with a look of both amazement and glee. Nat jumped up and down. He was probably the most happy about this turn of event. "OH GOD, YES! TAKE THAT, SUCKA'! Oh man, that was so awesome guys, did you see me?! Here let me do something again!" Nat tried to do his zigzag again, but he was going at his normal speed and there was no electricity this time. Chris and Alex tried their moves in the air and nothing happened as well. "NO, NNOOO! I WANT TO BE AWESOME AGAIN!" Nat yelled into the air.
Alex remembered what the new Light had said. "It was only temporary. I'm guessing that Light wasn't joking."
Nat felt like retorting but he thought of something, "Hey, wait a minute, HOW IN THE WORLD DID LIGHT DO ALL OF THAT?!" Chris and Alex shrugged their heads, saying that they had no idea.
"Guys, get over here and help me with Light!" Krystal yelled at them with Light propped up on her shoulder. The boys decided to save their questions for later when Light was conscious again. When they got to Krystal and Light, a limping Allistor, who was also carrying Lindsey's sleeping body, joined them.
Allistor was still star-struck from what he saw. "NOW THAT WAS FANTASTIC! Krystal, did you teach Light to do all of that stuff?"
"No I didn't. I've seen Light do something a little like this once, but that was very different from this time." She scanned Light with concern. After the past week, she wasn't sure if the Light before her was the real Light or not. Chris put his hand on her shoulder and reassured her.
"We'll find out what's wrong with him later. Let's get out of here for now. I'd rather not be here when the police arrive." Allistor thought that was a good idea.
"Nice thinking, Chris. Let's grab the scroll and get out of here."
Alex went to where the scroll was thrown. "I'll take care of that. I'll also grab Light's staff while I'm at it."
Krystal was about to leave with them but she remembered her exposed head and face. "Wait a minute. Nat, take Light for me." He simply did as he was told and made sure not to incur the blue fox's wrath. Krystal quickly grabbed her hat, put it on her head and turned around to face the gang. "Alright then, let's... " Before she could finish, the ceiling started to fall apart. The building was going collapse in on itself. Nat finished the sentence Krystal was going to say by screaming.
"... GET OUT OF HERE!" They made for the room's exit and quickly got dug through the stuff that was blocking their way out. Outside, they reached the limo and the driver was waiting with concern and anticipation. He had heard a lot of yelling and loud noises. He was about to go get help when everyone there came out.
"Driver, get us out of here!" Allistor ordered.
"But, sir. What about the police? Shouldn't we go get them?"
His employer gave him a stern look. "No. I'll explain later, alright?" The driver knew that look on the professor's face, it was something important. He trusted Allistor's word. He did as he was told and just got inside of the vehicle. They did the same and Krystal made sure her face was hidden in the shadow of her guise when they were in front of the driver. When they piled in, they drove off on a scenic route to a hotel in London.
They rented rooms at a grander hotel, but they were all inside of the room that Light was going to spend the night in. By this time, Lindsey had woken up from feinting but Light hadn't. He was still out of it. Even though the others didn't think it was very okay, Krystal convinced Allistor to let her have a room with Light to keep an eye on him. She considered it slightly her fault that he was like this. Allistor told her that he would get Light a doctor in the evening and that, when they got there, she should hide herself from their line of sight. While she made him comfortable in his bed, she observed him carefully. One minute he was normal, and then the next... She didn't know what exactly she could do for him. She hoped the doctor would be able to help him. God knows he needed it.
Author's Note: I hope you all managed to picture the fight in your heads, I tried to make it as detailed as possible. Well, get ready to find out a little more about poor Light, the doctor learns of a dark secret that not even Light was aware of about himself. See you next week for the next chapter, A Light Split in Three.