"Boss! Are you alright?" Rease ran up to them seeing they were sitting on the ground. Kayson nodded as they got up. Cooper and Wes were still taking on the monster. Basil watched as Cooper's blade lit up in blue flames and Wes's fist started to retain his flames. It seems like our weapons retain our flames to make them stronger. Then it hit him like a brick. Of course! Why didn't I figure this out sooner? We got separate because unlike Cooper, Wes and myself, we have weapons but the others didn't. So they were sent to go find them, so Kayson's weapon is the gloves!
"Kayson put the gloves on and try lighting your ring! The gloves are your weapon!" He shouted above the action. Kayson gave him a confused and stunned look but obeyed. The monster spun around with startling speed with his arms spread out knocking away both of them. They laid on the ground not getting up. Their eyes were closed like they were about to black out. The monster let out an ear splitting roar. The seconds seemed to tick by slowly as he watch Kayson hurry to put on glove on then the other. But nothing happened when both gloves were on.
"Kayson activate your ring! Remember it responds to your resolve. Rease, let's buy him sometime!" Basil shouted. Rease nodded and they ran towards the magma monster leaving Kayson alone. The monster brought a huge hand down with impressing speed but Basil was a step ahead. He jumped to the side and rolled then threw the Metal Edge at his face. Again it bounced off the stone doing nothing but only making it angrier. It roared again as Rease threw more knives at his head. The monster swatted at Rease but he managed to roll away. When the arm was close to the ground Basil hopped on its arm and ran towards its face. He threw the Metal Edge and again only to repeat the pattern. As Basil jumped off the other fist hit him. This was worse than the time the car ran him over. At least then he blacked out instantly, but this time the hit was just soft enough for him to hurt a whole lot but not black out.
"Basil! Rease!" Somehow he heard over the rushing air in his ears. Rease must've gotten hit as well if he was shouting both of their names. His body crashed on the hard surface and skid several feet. Everything hurt so bad he couldn't even move. But he forced himself to open his eyes. Kayson was still standing in the same spot he left him. His head was down and could see the mittens drawn into fists.
"You hurt my friends. And all they were trying to do was help me." Kayson said with his head still down. The mittens began to glow and a small sky flame appeared on Kayson's forehead. It instantly turned into a roaring flame and the woolen mittens turned into gloves with fingers. The fingers and rim of the gloves were a shiny, slick silver color while the rest of it was jet black. The Sky ring was somehow now on the outside of the glove. On the back of both gloves was the image that must've been in the Sky ring in a bright gold color. The image took up the entire back of his hands.
"I won't let you get away with it!" He said looking up in the calmest, most collective voice Basil ever heard. Kayson sounded like a military commander staying cool in the heat of fire. Or a business leader that the other companies were afraid of. He sounded, well like a boss. Go for it Kayson! Basil thought in his aching head. The monster threw a fist at him roaring angrily. But Kayson caught it like it was nothing. Basil could see the monster struggling to keep pushing but Kayson was standing their holding the punch back like it was nothing. In-incredible! So this is the power of the Sky Elemental. No wonder he's the boss! Kayson pushed the arm back with amazing strength sending the magma monster stumbling.
"I'll beat you even if it cost me my life." Kayson told the monster rushing at it. The monster tried to crush him but Kayson jumped up and landed a punch in the monster's face. It roared again and fell back. Kayson landed on his feet waiting for it to get back up. The monster just laid there like the one hit did him in.
"Get up. I know you have more." He told the fallen creature. The magma that was coursing through its body flooded out covering all the stone. Kayson stood there with the calm expression still on his face. The magma began to reach upwards taking a totally different form. It twisted and bended. When it seemed to have found a form it was satisfied with the magma cooled down back into the rock with stream like veins. Now instead of a mountain like human it now took on the form of an enormous snake with frills around its neck. The snake lashed out with its tail striking Kayson in the stomach sending him flying. Kayson! Kayson got up like it was no big deal but the dirt on his face and some torn clothes told he took some damage.
"Finally. I was being to think that was all you got." He put both of his hands into the fire on his forehead and when he pulled them back out the gloves both had dangerous looking flames of their own. So you get it too. That the weapons are able to retain the users flames for battle. The snake lunged at him ready to swallow him whole but at the last moment possible Kayson disappeared. He didn't kick up dust or anything, he just disappeared into thin air. The snake's head crashed into the ground hard, braking it up enough for a pool of magma to spring up. Out of nowhere Kayson appeared behind the snake in floating in mid-air. Oh I get it. He used the flames as propulsion allowing him that quick speed and to stay airborne. Kayson dived down at the snake as it moved its head back up. It hissed showing its rock fangs. The snake challenged the charged by jumping up at him. They met in the middle creating an explosion of rock and fire. The snake was thrown back down as Kayson was tossed up high in the air clearly have taken another big hit. The flames on his gloves died out. Before he hit the ground Kayson managed to reignite them somehow to gently lower himself to the ground. All of this without a box weapon. Just pure resolve. Kayson and the snake stared each other down for a moment sizing each other up. The snake rocketed with a single push, Kayson used the propulsion to fly directly at the snake. Before he got too close to the snake he switch right hand to a fist, ready to nail the rock snake. Another collision but this time it was clear that Kayson had the upper hand. His fist connected with the tip of the snake's noise as the other hand continued to add extra power by pushing forward. A crack appeared. It rippled across the head then the rest of the body before the snake completely shattered. Wow. Kayson landed on both feet staring at the broken rocks. The flame on his forehead fizzled out with a hiss and the gloves went back to being mittens. He looked at the rocks again looking almost amazed himself. Then he seemed to have noticed him.
"Basil! How badly hurt are you?" Kayson ran over to him.
"I'll be fine. It's the others I'm worried about." He pushed himself up a bit but in the end he needed Kayson to help him back up on his feet.
"Kayson! That was amazing!" Silvia came running over with Miles still in her arms.
"Miles could've done that!" Miles said in a showing-off kind of way. Sure you could've. He thought sarcastically.
"I didn't do much. Besides everyone's hurt." Kayson waved away the praise.
"Don't worry about us Boss. We'll be fine." Rease voice reached them from behind. Basil and Kayson turned around to see the other limping over towards them with arms around each other's neck for support. They sure didn't look fine, they looked beat up and a bit bloody. The torn clothes didn't help either. Basil would bet he looked just like them.
"Rease, Cooper, Wes!" Kayson said looking at each of them. Then he tilt his head down,
"I'm sorry. You guys got hurt trying to help me. Each of you went into the line of fire knowing you could get hurt to help me and I came in too late. I'm sorry!" It was obvious he was extremely sincere.
"Don't worry about it." Cooper said smiling. Kayson looked up surprised by what he was hearing.
"You're our friend. Of course we would help you." Basil added.
"Please don't beat yourself up Boss." Rease jumped in. Wes nodded in agreement. Kayson looked at them smiling with tears beginning to form in his eyes.
"Thank you everyone!" Kayson cried wiping the tears away before they could come out.
"Let's do our best to get out of here and back home!" Silvia said. Kayson nodded. Basil looked up at the smoky sky. Everyone but him came straight from their time, so what would happen to him after they figure out how to get out of here?
