Sitting at a desk inside a large office a man with dark hair and a thin mustache was looking down at his laptop. Jenner was showing discontent as he was looking through more reports about monsters living in the human world. He scowled and sat back in his chair, the man's desk facing the doorway across from him while there were windows behind showing the human city below, the office being high up from the ground level.
"This is absurd, so many of these… things hiding in our world, and the prime minister believes that they should be treated with equality and hospitality. That old fool, these damned creatures will be the death of us all," he said bitterly. He turned his chair around and looked out the windows with a narrowed glare. The city was far down below from his view while he had his arms crossed before him.
"What is the point of forming the HDA if they're just going to open the doors and lay down the welcome mat for all these things? I'm in charge of keeping this world safe, and they still choose to think that these monstrosities from another world are our friends," he growled. As he watched the city down below him the intercom on his desk beeped. He glanced back to it then pushed a button on the device.
"Yes? What is it?" he said.
"Sorry to disturb you Mr. Rythmore, but we've gotten another call about monsters being seen in our city," a man's voice said worriedly.
"No shit, I've been dealing with six cases already this morning. Damn things keep appearing in our world, then whine and complain that they have equal rights as us humans, that they deserve to live in our world just as much as us. It makes me sick," Jenner said with a scowl. He growled a bit and shook his head.
"I don't need to be bothered with more sightings, I'm well aware these sneaky bastards are all over the place. Just… send an investigation unit down there, and if you find anything arrest the monsters in question. We'll sort them out later," he said with discontent.
"But Mr. Rythmore, that's not what I'm calling about," the man's voice said again. Jenner glanced to the intercom with a raised eyebrow.
"Then what are you calling about?" he asked.
"There have been reports of monsters being seen in a nearby human city. Normally we would have just sent in an investigation unit to check it out… but…" the man in the intercom said worriedly.
"But what? What is it?" Jenner barked out.
"Now we've gotten calls about a high school under attack by unknown means. The surrounding area is in panic mode, local police and fire units are heading there now but… we're getting calls from within the school by teachers and staff reporting strange activity," the voice said. Jenner looked at the intercom closely then to his laptop.
"Strange activity? What sort of strange activity?" he asked cautiously as he typed in something. On his screen he pulled up the details about the school in question, and saw it had a special note on it.
"Well… we're not quite sure. However the incident is taking place close to where we received the first call about monsters in the area," the voice said worriedly. Jenner read the page on his screen closely then growled.
"Get a combat unit down there immediately," he ordered sternly.
"What? A combat unit?" the voice asked.
"Yes, get them down there and tell them to be ready," Jenner said looking at three special entries shown regarding the school's students.
"Be ready? For what? Are we under attack?" the voice asked worriedly. Jenner looked at the info regarding the three monster girls that were attending that school then narrowed his eyes.
"If we are, then we will be the ones to put a stop to it. Get a combat unit down there to assess the situation, I want to know exactly what's causing this problem," he said with discontent. He pushed the button on the intercom and looked at the info for the three monster girls.
"I knew it was a mistake letting you come here, maybe now the world will see that as well," he said with hatred.
Leon was running down the hallway of the school quickly, rounding a corner just as two blasts of magical energy shot past him. The bright red projectile and the strange yellow, pink, purple, and black multicolored bolts of light struck the wall of the hallway and detonated into a powerful explosion, the boy stumbling forward a bit before running off quickly. He turned around and aimed his hand down the hall, creating a multicolored glow around his arm that built up in his wrist. He then fired out a multicolored projectile that flew down the hall and crashed through a multicolored barrier, the wall of strange light shattering as two witches dodged the attack that shot past them.
"Hey, you can't use my attack!" Jacqueline yelled out as she fired another magical shot towards the boy. He formed the witch's barrier before him, the shield taking the hit and shattering instantly. He dodged to the side just as the attack flew by, the boy then darting to the side again as a red blast shot by him. He looked over to see Astreal aiming at him as well.
"Hold still Mr. Leon," she growled with a glare. Inside her mind the witch was screaming as she tried to move her body, unable to control her own actions. Leon aimed at Jacqueline again before Astreal jumped in front of her and fired her attack again, the boy dodging to the side and watching with frustration.
"Dammit, fight it Astreal, don't let her control you!" he called out. Jacqueline laughed as she aimed her attack past the hexed sister's body, using her pawn as a shield as she slid her other arm around the girl's waist.
"Sorry, but she's mine to play with until she breaks for good," she taunted before she fired out a multicolored attack. The boy dodged to the side, then leaped over to the other side of the hall as Astreal shot at him again. The boy staggered to the side and barged through a classroom door into the room. Students and the teacher watched with surprise as the boy stumbled into the room, the boy looking over to them with frustration.
"What is the meaning of this, what's going on here?" the teacher called out.
"You all need to get out of here right now!" Leon shouted before looking back to the door. He saw Jacqueline aiming her attack at him with Astreal next to her. She fired a powerful blast of magical energy at him, the boy aiming his hand and firing another right back at her. The class watched as the two multicolored beams struck each other and sparked wildly. Leon growled then kneeled down and aimed up slightly, the boy deflecting the two shots up at an angle. The bolts of energy flew over him and struck out through the window, flying out into the air before exploding into a colorful bang. The humans watched with wide eyes as Leon looked back to the witches while they walked into the room. Jacqueline glanced to the humans then held out her hand towards them. They all backed up against the far wall as the witch smirked.
"Filthy bugs," she sneered as her wrist glowed brightly. The class stared with shock as Astreal aimed at Leon, the boy looking at the two witches with frustration. Jacqueline fired her attack towards the class just as Astreal fired her own magical projectile at the hunter. The boy held out a hand towards the hexed witch and formed a multicolored barrier as he fired out another attack at the dark witch's projectile. Astreal's attack connected to the barrier and detonated, doing no damage to the shield, as Jacqueline watched her own shot be intercepted by the hunter's attack, the two shots exploding into a colorful flash before the class. The dark witch looked with surprise then over to see Leon running right at her.
"Leave them alone!" he yelled as he charged up two shots in his hands at the same time. The witch formed a barrier before her and watched as Leon fired one shot at her, the attack shattering the barrier as she dodged to the side of the powerful strike. It connected into the wall and exploded into a colorful flash as Leon aimed his other attack at the witch. Before he could fire he smacked into a wall of light and bounced back, the boy then looking over to see Astreal's red bolt of energy flying at him. He ducked down and rolled back as Astreal fired again and again at him, her shots missing and tearing apart the wall with the windows on it.
"You shall not harm my mistress," Astreal said with a glare.
"Astreal, stop!" Leon called out. Jacqueline blinked then giggled a bit as she looked to Astreal.
"Good girl Astreal, I guess I won't kill you so soon after all," she said with a smirk. Astreal smiled at the witch lovingly.
"Thank you mistress," she said graciously. The dark witch giggled and looked to Leon with a dark smile, holding a hand towards him and another towards the humans.
"Now then, let's see you block these both," she dared as her wrists glowed brightly. Leon fired his other attack at her only for the witch to be pulled to the side by Astreal, the dark witch then firing out her two attacks at the same time. Leon held out both hands and formed his barrier, the projectile hitting it and detonating into a powerful explosion that knocked him back. As the boy was thrown out of the classroom onto the grass the humans were blasted into a fiery and colorful inferno as the witch's other attack destroyed the side of the classroom. The witches smiled wickedly before running out after the mage.
Leon rolled onto the grass and stumbled back to his feet, looking to see two witches walking out from the classroom that erupted into an inferno behind them. The floor above the destroyed classroom gave away and crashed down into the flames, screams of students being heard as they fell into the inferno. Leon watched with frustration as the witches aimed their attacks at him, standing in the courtyard in front of the school. He backed up a bit as he tensed up. Astreal aimed at the boy before a black chain whipped around her arm, the girl being yanked over and down onto the ground as more chains wrapped around her waist. She looked over to see Razico staring at her with disbelief and Ceal looking at her cautiously.
"Astreal, what are you doing?" Razico yelled out.
"Oh look, more playmates. Astreal, take care of them please. I'm going to kill the hunter personally," Jacqueline said aiming at Leon. The hexed witch growled and fired off a shot that blasted off the chains holding her down, the girl's magical wings appearing behind her as she stood up again. She aimed her attack at the warlock as she took into the air. The airborne witch fired off a blast of red light, the warlock and catalyst mage darting back as it exploded before them.
"I'd say she's trying to kills us," Ceal said flatly.
"Astreal stop! Are you crazy?" Razico yelled out.
Jacqueline giggled and fired another shot at Leon, the boy rolling to the side and returning fire. The witch's attack shot past him and out into the street, connecting to a passing truck and detonating into a powerful explosion. Cars screeched and slammed into one another as traffic swerved around the explosion. At the same Leon's attack shot past the witch as she dodged it barely, the attack flying back into the inferno and blasting into a large firestorm. The boy glanced to Razico and Ceal as they were looking between the two witches.
"Razico! We got a problem here!" Leon called out as he fired at the dark witch again, the girl firing her own attack at it and detonating the two into a large colorful flash. Razico looked to see Jacqueline aiming at the boy, the multicolored glow building up in her arm.
"What is going on here? Who is that?" he called out. Ceal looked to the dark witch and held out his gloved hand, summoning his pet from the underworld. Several large tentacles ripped out from dark rifts in the ground around the witch, the girl watching with surprise as they towered over her. The limbs swiped down at her and slammed into a multicolored barrier, the magical dome around the girl holding strong as the limbs tried to crush down on her.
"Ewww, what are those things?" she whined as she looked around at the dark limbs. Leon ran over to the two others as the dark witch watched the limbs slither and press down on the barrier all around her. Leon then looked up to see Astreal firing down on them with her attack, the boy then aiming his hand out and firing a copy of her attack into the air and deflecting the girl's strike, the two powers detonating into an explosion above them.
"What the hell is going on here?" Ceal asked looking to Leon as the boy ran up to them. Leon looked back to Jacqueline's barrier that she was using as she looked at the tentacles with a disgusted expression, the dark limbs pressing against her barrier and trying to crush her. He then mimicked the barrier and raised a dome around the three casters, just in time to block the airborne witch's attack.
"What are they doing? Holy shit, they're destroying the school!" Razico yelled out looking at the damaged building. Fire alarms were going off while students were heard screaming inside the building.
"Who is that anyway?" Ceal asked, glaring at Jacqueline. Leon looked around then to Ceal.
"I don't have time to explain everything. Ceal, get to the gymnasium, now!" he yelled out. Ceal looked at him with raised eyebrow while Razico watched Astreal fire again and again at them while flying above.
"What? Why?" Ceal asked.
"What the hell is going on here? Why is Astreal attacking us, has she lost it? And who the hell is that?" Razico yelled while pointing to Jacqueline, the girl now firing her attacks out and blasting away the tentacles one by one.
"Dammit man, they tore Falla to pieces in there!" Leon cried out. The two casters looked to him with surprise.
"What? Falla?" Razico asked urgently.
"They did what?" Ceal asked with a loud growl.
"Get in there, she's seriously hurt. I don't know how but… there's another Falla in there," Leon said looking to the building.
"Another Falla?" Ceal asked. Razico looked around speechless at seeing everything going to hell around them.
"I know it sounds crazy, but all I know is that the Falla we know was ripped apart by… herself. She tore her wings off and hacked off her leg and arm," Leon said shaking his head.
"What?" Razico yelled out. Ceal growled loudly as his hand glowed a dark black hue. The tentacles around Jacqueline started to apply even more pressure as more appeared from the ground around the dome, the witch watching with surprise as her barrier flickered a bit from the stress of all the limbs crushing down on her barrier.
"Gross, what the hell are these things?" she asked with a disgusted expression.
"Oh my god, Falla," Razico said looking to the building. Ceal glanced to the building then to the dark witch. After a pause he ran out of the barrier and towards the school, dodging Astreal's attack as he darted into the building. Leon looked back to Jacqueline then to Razico.
"Um… we also have another problem," he said carefully.
"Another problem? Falla's critically wounded, my friend is trying to shoot me to death from the sky, you idiots are destroying a human school in broad daylight, and we have another witch over there who's trying to kill us. What the hell else is going wrong here?" Razico yelled out. Leon glanced away and then towards the dark witch.
"Well… that girl over there took my key," he said simply. Razico blinked then looked over to Jacqueline as the girl turned to face them, the barrier around her standing strong as the dark limbs around her vanished. The girl glared at them as she aimed out her hand, her wrist glowing brightly again as Astreal continued to fire from above at them.
"She did what?" Razico cried out before the girl fired her multicolored blast at them. Leon shoved Razico to the side and darted the other way out of the barrier just as the shot passed through, the dome shattering instantly from the piercing strike. The two casters looked between the witches that were aiming at them with frustration. Astreal was flying above with a cold glare in her eyes while Jacqueline smiled wickedly at her two targets.
"Say bye bye," she said coldly before she fired her colorful attack at them again.
Inside a classroom within the building Apoch and Jovian were looking with caution at the hunter they had cornered in the room. A group of students and their teacher were also watching with wide eyes as the three monsters were having a standoff right in front of them. The witches were looking at the hunter carefully as he had demonstrated his true power; tripling in muscle mass and summoning two unique and extremely durable swords from the magical ether. Render smiled confidently as he looked at the witches while holding his swords in a cross formation before him.
"A battlemage?" Jovian asked with a raised eyebrow. Render chuckled and nodded.
"Yep. Here, allow me to demonstrate," he offered, then darted towards them in a flash. Apoch swung her blade at the mage, the boy blocking her attack and spinning around her. He then swung at Jovian with his angular blade, the witch darting back into the hall before firing a multicolored blast at him. He swung his sword and knocked the attack over to the empty side of the room with one blade and held his straight sword behind him to block Apoch's swing at him, the witch pressing against his sword as the magical projectile detonated into a colorful explosion through the wall. Render glanced to the hexed witch and winked at her.
"Hope you're enjoying the show in there babe. Don't worry, I'll get you out of there soon," he said confidently. Apoch growled and pushed on her attack, the girl's blade sparking as his sword held strong. Inside her mind the witch was watching the mage speechless, both for his fighting ability and as that strange aura washed over her again. Even though she was trapped in her own mind, even though she was watching her body being used as Jovian's puppet, she suddenly felt like nothing could stop him from saving her. He chuckled and looked back to Jovian, the dark witch glaring at him with anger.
"Release her now, or else," he demanded. Jovian held out her hand towards him as she built up her attack, growling with rage.
"Never. She belongs to me forever," she hissed. Render narrowed his eyes then pushed Apoch back, the girl stumbling back a step as Render dashed towards Jovian. The witch raised her barrier around her as she fired her attack. Render swatted the attack to the side, the blast streaking down the hall and detonating into a colorful explosion as the boy swung at the girl with his angular blade. The sword clashed against the barrier as the witch smirked at him.
"Fool, my barrier will not fall to the likes of you, you will never break though," she taunted as she aimed at him again. The boy smirked as he held back his straight edged sword, the blade shimmering slightly as he geared back with it.
"Hold that thought," he said, then swung his blade at the barrier. It slammed into it and sparked wildly, the barrier holding strong as the witch charged up her attack. The hall flashed around them as the dark witch smiled wickedly.
"Still holding it," she said with a giggle. Render laughed then dodged to the side as he held his blade against the barrier, avoiding Apoch as she swung down with her sword at him. The hexed witch slashed down onto the barrier and shattered it, with Jovian watching with shock as Render's blade then followed through with a searing flash. She dodged to the side as the blade swiped past her then screamed loudly as the sword sliced across her face. She stumbled back as Render then swung his other blade at Apoch's sword and knocked her back, the boy then swinging again at Jovian. He struck a new barrier around the witch as she slowly looked back to him, the girl's cheek sliced from his attack. Her eyes glared at the boy as they glowed brightly while she brought up her hand towards him, the glow in her wrist building up as blood trickled down her face.
"How dare you… HOW DARE YOU!" she screamed as she fired a massive blast of power towards the boy, the hunter using both swords in a cross formation to block the swirling torrent of colors. He was pushed back down the hall as his feet skidded on the ground, growling with frustration as he tried to stave off the attack. Jovian screamed as she kept the power flowing, the witch's fury fueling her attack. Render braced himself and swung his blades down to the side, deflecting the attack past him by a slight angle. The hallway behind him blasted apart from an explosion as he glared at the dark witch before him. Apoch raced towards him with her sword, swinging at him and striking towards his head. He blocked her attack with one blade, spun around her and held up his other blade and deflected a multicolored shot back towards Jovian, the boy's feet bracing as the shot took a lot of strength to hold off. Jovian dodged to the side and fired again, the hunter then pushing Apoch back then spinning around and striking the projectile again. The shot flew back at Jovian as Render swung his other blade around and blocked Apoch's strike. The hexed witch struck at him again and again, glaring at him as he smirked a bit at her while deflecting and dodging her strikes with one blade
"Wow, you're good. When this is all over you and I should do this again. You know, when you're not a brainwashed killer. Sound like a date?" he asked playfully. The witch swung at him again, the boy deflecting her attack, pushing her back, and then swinging behind him and knocking Jovian's attack right back towards her. The dark witch dodged it and fired a large blast again, screaming out in anger as a large torrent of colorful energy flew towards the hunter. Render dodged to the side of Apoch's swing from behind him, stopped her attack by holding out one sword, and then shoved her to the side of the hall with his sword as the large blast flew by struck the end of the hall. The building shook wildly as the attack exploded, the hallway and surrounding classrooms blasting apart. Screams and cries of agony were heard as the upper floors of the school trembled and collapsed down into the ravaged zone.
"Not good, so many humans are going to get killed if we stay here," Render said looking back to the dark witch, keeping his other sword held to the side and holding Apoch against the wall. Her sword was brought up against her chest, the girl pinned to the wall as she growled at him. Inside her mind the witch was watching the fight with amazement as the hunter proved to not only be a skilled swordsman, but was able to take on Jovian and herself at the same time.
'He's… incredible.'
"Dammit, give me those keys or else you're going to be nothing but ash!" Jovian yelled as she fired another torrent of energy towards Render, the large colorful attack streaking down the hallway towards him. The boy pushed Apoch back then darted towards the dark witch. The hexed witch watched from inside her mind with surprise as the boy then charged into the large torrent of energy, using his swords to slice down the middle of it while running towards Jovian. The power split apart and seared across the sides of the hallway as Apoch watched with surprise.
'Go Mr. Render… GO!'
"This ends here!" Render yelled out as he neared Jovian. The dark witch growled loudly as she brought her other hand to her side, the glow in her wrist building.
"Oh I don't think so, not this time!" she yelled as she dodged to the side as Render swung down towards where she was, the girl then holding out her other hand towards him. He glanced to her just as the witch fired a blast of magic at him, the boy then being yanked forward by a dark tentacle grabbing him around the wrist. He was pulled forward out of the fire line just as the bolt of energy flew into the classroom of frightened students and teachers from before. The classroom exploded into a colorful and fiery explosion as Render tumbled forward and rolled to his feet, the boy looking to see Ceal standing there holding out his gloved hand. The catalyst mage glanced to Render and raised an eyebrow.
"Interesting trick," he said simply. The battlemage chuckled and smirked at him.
"Thanks for the assist, and here I thought you didn't care about me," he said playfully.
"Behind you!" Ceal called out. Render spun around and swung both blades, knocking two multicolored blasts back towards Jovian as he braced from the impact. Apoch grabbed the dark witch and dodged to the side as the attacks struck behind them into the floor and ceiling, the explosions knocking the witches back against the other wall as dust flew around them. Render got into a defensive stance and glanced back to Ceal.
"I got these two, get to the gym. Falla's cut up something fierce in there by another copy of herself, as crazy as that sounds," he said urgently. Ceal narrowed his eyes and glared at the witches, then ran down another hall as Render watched the girls get up and glare at him. Jovian growled loudly as she aimed at him again while Apoch readied her sword.
"Alright ladies, shall we continue?" Render asked before he dashed towards them.
Inside the gymnasium a wounded chronofly was laying on the ground in extreme pain. Her wings had been ripped off, her arm sliced off, her leg cut off, and her ankle crushed by her darker self. The good version of Falla was struggling to remain conscious as she was cringing in pain, gasping sharply as she had a few tears in her red eye. Next to her Kyouko was lying on the ground, tied up and looking with fear at the dark chronofly that was standing before her. The dark version of Falla walked up towards her and smiled wickedly.
"Falla… don't do this…" Kyouko begged. The dark girl chuckled as she slowly sat down on the bound human, straddling her and looking at the human with a twisted smile.
"Oh Kyouko… my dear friend, I just love it when you beg. So fitting for a lowly worm," she said with a chuckle. She slowly grabbed the girl around her throat and applied pressure, the bound human choking as the other Falla shakily looked over to them with fright.
"Please, keep begging like that. Beg for mercy, or better yet, beg for death. I want to hear you grovel to your queen before I crush the life out of you," the dark girl said as she choked the human. Kyouko coughed loudly as her legs kicked behind the dark girl, the evil chronofly laughing as she watched Kyouko suffering.
"Stop… please…" the good Falla said in a strained voice. The dark Falla laughed and looked to her with a cruel smile.
"Don't worry; I'll get back to you in a moment. However our friend here seems so insistent on me paying attention to her, so needy for a human worm wouldn't you agree?" she said before looking back at Kyouko with a narrowed eye. The human girl choked loudly as she kicked and thrashed in her bonds, the good version of Falla watching with fear as she couldn't move while in so much pain.
"Now then, what should I do with you, friend? Should I tear you apart like my worthless double here? Should I snap your neck and be done with it? Or should I break every bone you have one by one, and see how many it takes to make you beg for death? That last one does sound like so much fun, but, I'll let you decide seeing as how we're so close," the dark girl said with malice. Kyouko kicked and thrashed below the dark chronofly as she was held down and strangled. The dark Falla watched her squirm in her grip as the building shook a bit with a few loud explosions. She chuckled and glanced back towards the doors to the gym.
"Sounds like everybody else is having fun out there. Won't be long before we have those keys and I'm alive once again," she said with a dark smile. She then looked down to Kyouko and leaned closer to her.
"Won't that be great, me being alive again? Aren't you happy for me Kyouko?" she asked gently. She laughed a bit at first, then wildly, laughing maniacally as she strangled the human girl. The good Falla cringed as she looked at her friend, whimpering in pain as she held her bloodied limb. The dark girl slowly regained herself and smirked at the human.
"You know, this is fun and all, but I feel like I've been rather inconsiderate with our friendship Kyouko," she said as she let go of the girl's throat. Kyouko gasped for air and stared at her with fright. The dark girl chuckled and stood up, then brought the human girl up to her feet and held her tightly by her ropes.
"You wanted to see my wings so badly before, but I only gave you a quick glimpse of them. What's worse, I never took you flying with them," she said with a dark smile. Kyouko stared at her with fear and trembled while the good Falla looked at them with a strained expression. The dark chronofly laughed a bit and held Kyouko by the throat with one hand.
"Yes, it's only fair for friends to be nice to each other after all. Haven't you ever wanted for me to take you for a ride up in the sky?" she asked with a laugh. Kyouko trembled and shook her head fearfully. The dark girl laughed and leaned in closer to her.
"Sure you have, I'm sure of it. Well I'll tell you what, I'll grant you your last wish in life, and show you what it's like to fly high in the sky. High HIGH IN THE SKY!" she laughed wildly, grabbing Kyouko tightly who screamed in fear. In a flash they vanished as the dark girl shifted them into time.
"Kyouko!" the good Falla cried out as she started sobbing, cringing in extreme pain and fearing the worst for her friends.
"No… no! NO!" she screamed out as she shook her head. She cried as she shut her eye, hearing explosions echoing out in the school still. Apoch and Astreal were being used by darker versions of themselves, now being used to attack Render and Leon. Kyouko was in the hands of her own dark double, the evil chronofly who ripped her wings off and incapacitated her. The school was under attack and humans were being harmed and killed all around in the crossfire. Falla struggled not to scream out as she lay on the ground, her body battered and mutilated, and her breathing ragged.
"No… this can't be happening," she wept softly to herself, her whimpering echoing out in the large hall. She couldn't move, she couldn't shift into time, and she couldn't fly. She was grounded, wounded, and dying while the world around her was falling apart.
'Please… let this all be a horrible dream.'
"Falla," Ceal's voice said to her softly. She looked to see the boy slowly walking up towards her, his eyes wider than normal as he saw the girl lying on the ground next to her severed limbs and wings. She sobbed and looked at him with a teary eye.
"Ceal…" she said shakily. He looked at the girl with shock and slowly knelt down next to her. She watched him as he looked around at her severed limbs then to her.
"Ceal… she… I…" she stuttered while trembling. The boy showed a worried expression then a gentle gaze as he slowly rested his gloved hand on her forehead. The girl looked at him with a pleading eye as he brushed her hair back a bit. He slowly looked around then back to her with a solemn expression.
"Ceal…" she said as she closed her eye, weeping as she felt her body ache all over.
She opened her eye and looked with surprise as Ceal was lifting up her severed arm stump, the mage looking at the stump where the dark chronofly had sliced off her arm at. He held it gently with his gloved hand and held out his other. From the ground a black tentacle slowly came forth from a rift and grabbed her severed arm on the ground, the dark appendage then bringing the limb over to him. He held the separated arm to her body, connecting to the two together as Falla watched with a teary eye. A glow came from his human hand, the light spreading along the girl's arm as he held the severed limb to the stump. The wound flashed a bright light, the glow swirling around her arm as Falla watched with wonder.
"What… are you… doing?" she asked softly.
Her hand flinched a bit, and then moved as she once again could feel it. She gasped and watched as the boy removed his hands to reveal her arm reattached and functional again, her flesh and bone having been restored.
"Oh my… Ceal…" she breathed out.
"Explain Falla, what is going on here? And who did this to you?" Ceal asked as he held her severed thigh down while the tentacle gently grabbed her missing limb and brought it over to him. She watched speechless as he aligned the severed limb with the leg and a glow came from both his hands, the light swirling around the wound as the leg was held against the stump. He focused his magic and mended the broken flesh and bone, the boy then removing his hands to reveal her leg again reattached and able to move.
"Ceal…" she said with amazement. He then moved down by her crushed ankle and held a hand to it, looking back to her with a stern expression.
"Talk," he ordered. The girl blinked then looked to him with wonder as a glow came from his hand, the light swirling around her ankle. Slowly the bones cracked and shifted back into place, the boy's magic mending the broken ankle back into shape. She stared at him with amazement then looked back to her ankle to see it was reformed again and feeling perfectly fine.
"Oh my god… Ceal," she said with amazement. The boy stood up and helped her to her feet, the girl staring at him with wonder.
"I said, talk," he said as he walked behind her. She blinked then nodded, then looked down with remorse.
"I don't know how it happened, but my other self is here. The one I killed from before, she's here… she did this to me," she said with frustration.
"The one you mentioned you killed from your little time jump? Your… original self?" Ceal asked looking to her cautiously as he held out his hand. The dark tentacle gently grabbed one of the girl's wing segments and brought it over to him. Falla nodded and looked back to him with worry.
"She came back somehow, and brought two other witches with her, ones Apoch and Astreal killed before. They're using them like puppets to attack Render and Leon," she said worriedly. She then watched with awe as Ceal held the wing segment to her back, the glow forming around his hand and her back as he reattached the wing to the girl's body. She looked at him with astonishment while he had a solemn expression still.
"I noticed, I saw them attacking those two earlier. They do seem to be more powerful than your witch friends," he said simply. Falla looked at him then forward again with a nod.
"Yes. They're after Pandora's Box now; they want to use the wish to bring themselves back to life. I'm not sure how exactly, but they're not really alive, they're just disembodied souls. They want to be alive again and need the box to get that," she continued. She glanced back to see Ceal holding another wing segment while he was examining her back.
"Makes little sense so far, but go on," he said as he held the wing segment to her back. She nodded and watched as he used his magic to reattach her wing again.
"While those two were using my friends against Render and Leon, my other self… she tortured me. She tore me to pieces under the threat that if I made a move she would have Kyouko killed. Kyouko!" she cried out looking up. Ceal glanced to her as he held out his hand, the dark tentacle then bringing over a third wing segment to him.
"Kyouko?" he asked with a raised eyebrow as he gently took hold of the wing. Falla gasped and looked back to him.
"My other self took her off somewhere; she said she was going to take her flying. Oh god… she's going to kill her Ceal," she said with fear. Ceal held the wing segment to Falla's back and used his magic to reattach it, the girl looking at the wings with a careful eye.
"So let me get this straight. Your other self that you killed is back from the dead, want's Pandora's Box to wish for her life again, is using two other witches that Apoch and Astreal killed before to make your friends fight each other, and is cutting people up at her leisure," he stated as he examined the three attached wing segments on the girl's back. Falla nodded and looked back to him. The boy glanced to her as he held out his hand, the dark tentacle then bringing over the fourth wing segment.
"And on top of all that their fight is now being seen by the humans everywhere around us," he added as he grabbed the last wing segment. Falla nodded and looked down with frustration.
"Dammit, this whole day is falling apart. This is a nightmare," she said shaking her head. Ceal held the last wing segment to her back and used his magic to mend the severed wing back to her body, the girl's back glowing a bit as she felt her wings again and was able to move them. The boy walked around her as she looked back to her wings with wonder. He had reattached all her severed limbs and healed her body, the girl feeling as good as new again.
"Ceal… you're amazing," she said softly looking back to him. He smirked a bit then glanced to the doors.
"I'm going to go help those two hunters deal with your friends. Can't have those keys being taken after all," he reasoned simply. He glanced back to the girl with a raised eyebrow.
"I trust this time you can handle that other you?" he inquired. Falla nodded with a firm expression.
"Yeah, I'll deal with her this time. I killed her before, I can do it again," she said. She then looked down with frustration.
"This is going to be bad though, the humans are going to see all this chaos," she pointed out. She then watched with wonder as Ceal lifted her gaze by her chin with his gloved hand, the boy looking at her with a calm expression.
"Then don't hold back," he said. The girl watched him with wonder as he moved his hand and brushed her hair away from her face, feeling her heart pick up a bit from the touch.
"We're already exposed, no need to hold back now. Stop your other self, by any means necessary Falla," he reasoned. The girl looked at him with wonder then smiled softly.
"I will. Thank you Ceal… for coming for me," she said graciously. The boy nodded and smirked a bit.
"Try to stay in one piece this time, I hate seeing my girl so broken up," he said glancing over her body casually. The girl smiled confidently and nodded.
"Yes sir," she said before she vanished into time. The boy nodded then glanced back to the doors, his gloved hand glowing with a black hue.
"Now then, I guess I should keep those idiots alive through all this," he said before walking back towards the two fights taking place.
Up in the sky a helicopter was flying near the high school, the pilot keeping a safe distance as explosions and strange lights were seeing searing around in the front courtyard down below. Cars and trucks were piled up in the street in front of the school as a few streaks of multicolored light struck into them, with a few vehicles blasting apart as people ran away screaming from the chaos.
"This is Channel 6 news reporting live from the scene. I'm not sure what's going on yet down there but it looks like a monster attack as strange lights and explosions are flying around everywhere!" a woman said into her microphone as a man held a camera at the side of the chopper while looking down at the warzone.
"Students and staff are being evacuated out the back of the building right now as… oh my god look at that!" the woman said as the front of the school had a massive colorful blast erupt from the second floor, the blue, red, green, and white colors flaring around as the third floor above it collapsed down.
"I've never seen anything like this, it's absolutely crazy!" the woman said shaking her head. She looked down carefully as the camera man aimed down as well. In the front courtyard four figures were seen moving around. One was a schoolgirl with long blonde hair and strange glowing wings, the girl flying in the air firing down what looked to be red bolts of light at some other moving figures. One was a man with a black cape that dodged one of the attacks before he aimed his arm up at the girl. In the air strange black chains seemed to whip around out of nowhere at the flying girl, the chains wrapping around her leg and swinging her around. She quickly shot off the chain and resumed flying around as the man dodged her attacks franticly. Next to him a boy was dodging strange multicolored lights flying at him from another girl with long blonde hair. The boy fired out the same type of light and the two powers struck and blasted into colorful explosions between the two fighters as the boy moved around quickly.
"Oh my god, they're monsters. Monsters are attacking the school!" the woman cried out.
"Some of those monsters are wearing school uniforms, holy shit, they've infiltrated our schools and are attacking from the inside!" the camera man said in shock. The woman blinked then looked up, then screamed loudly while stumbling back into the cabin. The camera man aimed his camera up to see someone flying at their level in the sky. A girl with butterfly wings had appeared out of nowhere and was flying high above the school, holding a schoolgirl who was tied up and screaming.
"Isn't this nice Kyouko? You can see so much from here!" the dark Falla said while laughing wildly. Kyouko screamed as her legs kicked around, looking down with wide eyes as they were high over the school.
"Falla! Don't!" she cried out. The dark girl laughed and looked at her amusingly.
"Oh my dear friend, it was so good to see you again. And thank you again for helping me seem like such a good person in your friends' eyes, it really helped with my foolish sister with giving me back what belongs to me," she said with a chuckle. Kyouko looked at her with fright as the dark girl smiled wickedly at her.
"I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for you Kyouko, so thank you so very much," she said with a dark smile.
"Stop, please," Kyouko begged as she kicked around in fear. The dark girl laughed a bit then looked at her amusingly.
"You're such a good friend Kyouko; I suppose I should be grateful you ran me over with your bike on that day. You know, when you crushed me into the pavement!" she yelled as she glared at the girl. Falla laughed then looked over towards the helicopter with a dark smile, the humans watching with shock.
"Hey, make sure you get her good side. You know, before she hits the ground," she said before she let Kyouko drop. The human crew screamed as the schoolgirl shrieked loudly, the girl plummeting down toward the school as the dark chronofly laughed wildly.
"Oh my god!" the woman in the chopper cried out as the camera followed the human girl's fall. Kyouko screamed and spiraled around as she fell down towards the roof of the school, yelling out loudly as she saw the building fast approaching.
"Farewell, friend," the dark Falla scoffed with malice as she watched the human girl close in on the roof of the school with her fatal fall. Kyouko screamed as she was about to hit the ground… then vanished. The dark Falla blinked then looked with surprise.
"What… how? HOW?" she yelled out as she saw something. The camera man and reporter were staring with surprise as well as the chopper flew in place.
Kyouko blinked then looked to see the good Falla holding her, the chronofly having grabbed her and stopped her fatal fall at the last moment.
"Fa… Falla?" Kyouko said in shock. The chronofly had her wings fluttering behind her gently as she set the human down. Falla kneeled down quickly and bit off the rope's bindings, her teeth chewing off the knot before she spit it off to the side. Kyouko looked at her with shock as the good Falla smiled a bit at her while undoing the ropes around her.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. Are you ok?" she asked. Kyouko blinked then looked at her with amazement.
"Falla… you're… ok? But… your wings. Your body… how?" she asked in disbelief. Falla smiled a bit then looked up at her darker self, the evil chronofly looking with disbelief and rage.
"How… how the hell are YOU STANDING AGAIN?" she yelled out with fury.
"Did… did you get that? She's alive, she was saved somehow," the woman reporter said in disbelief. The camera man just nodded slowly as he kept the device aimed at the human girl that somehow survived a fatal fall from high up in the sky.
Kyouko looked at her friend with amazement then up at the dark chronofly.
"Falla…" she said fearfully as she backed up.
"Kyouko, get out of here. I'll deal with her," the good Falla said with a narrowed eye as she clenched her fists in anger. The dark double in the sky shook with anger as a pulse of magic rippled away from her.
"It's not possible… you can't be standing again… how… HOW?" she screamed in rage.
Kyouko backed up a bit towards the fence on the edge of the roof then stumbled against it as the building shook wildly. The fence gave away and she started to fall over the edge before the good Falla grabbed her and held her back, the two looking to seeing the building shaking below them. Down on the ground level the fighting monsters looked over to see another large colorful blast detonate from the second floor of the building, the walls and glass from the classroom exploding as a figure shot out from it. Render leapt out into the air and landed down on the ground, looking up to seeing Apoch diving down towards him with her glowing blade. He held up his straight edged sword and blocked the strike, the witch flipping over onto the ground behind him and spinning around with another strike. He deflected the strike, spun around and swept the girl's legs out from under her. She dropped down as Render looked back up to see Jovian aiming her attack at them.
"DAMN YOU!" she yelled she fired a powerful torrent of swirling colors at him, the boy blocking the strike with both swords as his legs braced from the impact. As he stood there trying to hold off the dark witch's assault Apoch got up behind him and geared back her sword, swinging towards him before a black chain wrapped around her arm and threw her over onto the ground. She looked to see Razico holding his arm out towards her and looking at Render with wide eyes.
"What the hell happened to him?" he called out with surprise. Kyouko and the good Falla just stared at Render with wide eyes, also equally surprised about his noticeable muscle increase. Apoch sliced off the chain and dashed towards Razico with her blade, the warlock casting out more chains to bind her. She sliced them away quickly then lunged towards the warlock, then was grabbed around the waist and arms by a few dark tentacles. The girl thrashed around and then looked over to see Ceal standing nearby with his gloved hand aimed at her. He then glanced up to see Astreal firing at him again. Leon held out a hand and fired Astreal's own magic back up and deflected the shot, then looked towards the massive amount of magical energy striking at Render. A distorted ripple of air flowed around his hands as he examined the magical spell then he turned to Jacqueline, holding out his hand and focusing his magic. He then fired out a multicolored torrent of energy towards Jacqueline, the witch watching with surprise at seeing Jovian's massive strike flying at her. She moved to dodge to the side, but stopped suddenly as a tentacle grabbed her ankle, the girl looking to it with a gasp.
"Take it bitch," Ceal said coldly. Jacqueline thrashed and staggered to the side, then screamed in pain as her right arm was seared off in a flash by the attack. She tumbled to the ground screaming in agony as Jovian looked over to her with shock.
"AHHHH!" Jacqueline screamed as the beam flew past her and blasted into a powerful explosion in the school.
"NO!" Jovian screamed out as her own attack wavered. Render growled then swung his blades to the side, the attack striking down into the ground behind him and detonating into a bright colorful explosion that caused him to stumble forward from the blast. Jacqueline looked at her stump of an arm with fright then over to Leon, the mage running up towards her as his arm was glowing bright.
"Anything you can do…" he called out as ran up to her, holding his hand to her face pointblank. She tried to bring up her own hand, but was stopped as a black tentacle grabbed it and held it down. The witch's eyes went wide as Jovian stared in shock to seeing the multicolored swirls of light streaking around Leon's arm towards his hand. Everybody looked over to seeing his wrist glowing brightly in Jacqueline's face, the boy glaring at her with anger.
"I can do better," he said coldly.
BLAM!
The boy fired out another copy of Jovian's massive torrent of energy, the bright blue, green, red, and white colors engulfing the upper half of the dark witch instantly. A high pitched shriek was heard briefly before her upper body was annihilated by the beam in a flash.
"SISTER!" Jovian screamed in horror. A massive colorful explosion erupted at the side of the school as Leon stood there with a cold glare in his eyes. The lower half of the dark witch's dropped to the ground and twitched, then flickered red briefly. The remains then shifted into black dust and faded away as her soul lost all its life. The dust shifted away revealing the key to Pandora's Box lying on the ground. Up above the humans and chronoflies were looking down at the sight as well. The dark Falla growled a bit at seeing the evil sister taken down then glanced to Astreal, the girl suddenly tumbling down unconscious as her wings vanished. Razico looked up then stumbled around with his arms held out, catching the girl and dropping to the ground with a thud. He groaned a bit and then looked to see the witch unconscious in his arms.
"Astreal? Astreal are you ok?" he asked worriedly. He stood up and held the girl in his arms as the boys looked over to her. Kyouko and the good Falla looked at their unconscious friend with worry then over to Jovian, the witch screaming as she jumped down onto the ground and glared at Leon. A bright colorful dome appeared around her, the barrier crackling with power as she glared at Leon, the mage picking up the key to the box and putting it back in his pocket.
"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!" Jovian screamed as she focused her power into her hand again, firing off a powerful shot of swirling colors towards him. The mage fired the attack right back, the beams colliding and sparking wildly as the ground below them scorched and cracked apart. Render looked to the dome surrounding the dark witch then to his friend. The dark witch brought up her other hand to her arm and the attack intensified, the colors brightening as the beam swirled around violently towards the boy. Leon held his attack with one hand and brought up his other hand to his side, the wrist glowing brightly as well. He glanced to his friend and nodded, the battlemage nodding then gearing back with both his swords. Leon yelled out and fired another large torrent of magical energy with his other hand towards Render as the group watched with surprise.
"What are you doing?" Razico yelled out.
"Don't kill him!" Kyouko cried out.
The second beam flew at the battlemage, the boy then swinging both his swords together with all his might. The beam struck the blades and flashed brightly, then bounced back towards the side of the Jovian's barrier. The witch watched with surprise as the attack flew at her side then screamed as the attack connected to the barrier with a bright flash. The dome and beams exploded into a powerful flash and explosions as dust blasted around the area violently. Apoch continued to thrash around in her binds as Ceal held her with his pet, the catalyst mage watching the dust cloud carefully. Razico watched cautiously as he held Astreal, the girl groaning a bit as she was starting to come to again. Kyouko and the good Falla watched with worry while the dark Falla watched with frustration. The human news crew watched the sight with wide eyes and open mouths as they were rendered speechless.
Leon coughed a bit as he staggered back from the smoke, feeling a wave of fatigue from using so much energy. He then watched with surprise as Jovian leapt out from the cloud and kicked him back, the boy tumbling down onto the ground as the witch growled at him. Her body was smoking a bit while her clothing was burned, the girl's eyes glowing brightly as she was furious. He aimed out his hand and fired a multicolored bolt of energy towards her again, the witch firing off one as well that deflected it and exploded the two in the air. She then ran up to the mage through the colorful flash and jumped down on him, holding her hands down to his face with fury as her wrists glowed brightly. Her legs held down his arms at his sides as she aimed down on the boy's head with both her hands.
"COPY THIS YOU ASSHOLE!" she screamed as the boy stared with wide eyes at her girl, her hands glowing brightly with a multicolored light.
CRUNCH!
Apoch thrashed a bit while screaming loudly then fell limp in the grip of the dark limbs. The group was watching with wide eyes at the sight as the dark Falla growled in frustration. Astreal slowly came to and looked around in a daze, then around with surprise before she looked to Razico.
"Mr. Razico! What… what happened?" she asked urgently. She then looked over to the side and gasped.
She saw Leon on the ground with Jovian straddling his arms down, the girl's hands aimed at his face as he stared at her with surprise.
And she also saw her head, which had an angular blade carved into her skull from above. The dark witch's eyes were wide and looking down in shock while blood trickled down her face, the sword protruding out between her eyes as it had carved down through her skull. She twitched a bit as her arms fell limp at her sides, the girl being held up by the blade that was struck down into her head. Astreal looked to seeing Render standing behind the dark witch, the battlemage then lifting up his sword and the girl with it. Leon scooted back and stood up as Render geared back his other blade.
"This is for Apoch, you bitch," he said coldly. He yanked his angular blade up into the air out of her skull then swung his straight edge blade down and sliced the girl into two, the two halves dropping down to the ground as the battlemage glared at the remains. The body flickered red and slowly faded away into a black dust, the witch's soul now lifeless and dissolving permanently. Astreal slowly stood back on her feet as the group was looking at the remains of the fallen dark sister. Leon looked to his friend and smirked.
"I had it under control you know," he said coolly. Render laughed a bit and nodded.
"Oh yeah, you had her just where you wanted her," he mocked with a smirk. They then both looked over to Ceal, the mage looking up at something with a glare. Everybody then looked up to seeing a chronofly flying in the air, the dark girl scowling at the group.
"Whatever, I don't need those two to do this. I'll get my wish yet… but first," she said looking back down to her other self. Kyouko and the good Falla looked up at the dark double, the human showing fear while her friend was glaring at her evil self.
"Falla," Kyouko said softly. The good chronofly nodded and got ready to launch up into the air.
"This time, you're going to stay dead!" the good Falla yelled as she flew up towards her double, shifting into time as the world around her turned to a dull color. The dark double shifted as well and flew down towards her, glaring at her other self.
"I won't fall to a mere mistake in this world, you're going to suffer for what you did to me!" she yelled as she geared back her hand, trailing behind torn space as she closed in on her opponent. The good Falla glared at her with a narrowed eye and held her hand back in a chopping stance as well.
"The only mistake here is you. You're the nightmare, you're the monster here! And this time, you're going to fall for good!" she yelled as they raced towards each other with their attacks held back, the girls trailing behind torn space in the air as they closed in on one another. Everybody was frozen in place below them, everybody standing still in the moment of time. The witch sisters had been freed from their captivity, their dark counterparts now dead and gone forever as the hunters had struck them down. Kyouko was still alive, looking up to where the girls shifted into time with worry. The good version of Falla was alive and whole again thanks to her boyfriend, the catalyst mage having given her back not only her mind but her body. The girl focused her chrono magic as she closed in on her evil double, ready to once again strike down the dark chronofly with all her might. Humans were already seeing the battle taking place, their presence during this commotion was already known. There wasn't any reason to hold back any longer, no reason to hide, nothing to stop her from using her all to kill her darker self.
As they closed in and geared back to strike the good version of Falla glared at her double with rage.
"Now…" she called out before they swung towards each other with their chrono infused strikes, the attacks streaking torn space behind their swipes.
"Fade away into time forever!"