Chapter 49: Wrathquake
Alex looked at the dead body of his daughter and where Koroth was before a name came to mind…
Oryx.
He caused this. He was responsible. This was his folly. The Exo growled as his Wrath grew and grew and grew… Until…
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!" The Exo exploded.
His wrathful roar would make the universe quake before him.
(On Earth)
In the Tower, Tristan and Natasha were busy brainstorming as they tried to figure out how to seduce Amanda. The silver skinned boy and his Awoken girlfriend had come up with a few noteworthy ideas, but nothing solid yet.
"Why don't we just let her get a good long look at what you're packing, and see how she reacts?" Natasha suggested.
"Hm… Yeah, that sounds like the simplest option. Let's get her to come here and-" He nodded before…
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!"
The couple screamed in surprise and fell off the bed they were sitting on before they got up and tried to calm their racing hearts.
"Was that dad?!" Tristan asked with wide eyes.
"I think so!" Natasha nodded in equal shock.
Elsewhere in the Tower, Nicholas (now Nichole) was clinging to Luz and quaking in fear.
"Mr. Alex is scary when he's angry…!" She whimpered.
"Yeah, you're right." The future Kell of Kells nodded as she hugged her gender swapping lover.
(On Mercury)
Osiris and Sagira were busy trying to find a reality path that had a guaranteed death of Oryx, and had stumbled across a simulation of Koroth killing Elizabeth to escape an angry Alex-7.
"... Words cannot describe how stupid that was." Sagira said flatly.
"Agreed." The exiled Warlock sighed. Right at that moment…
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!"
The duo froze as the wrathful roar breached the Infinite Forest and caused all simulations to stop… Right before new ones involving the brutal demise of Koroth and Oryx appeared.
"... That was not simulated." Sagira uttered quietly as she tried to process what just happened.
"No it was not." Osiris nodded dumbly before deciding to investigate the new simulations.
(Elsewhere)
In the Reef, the next people to be terrified were the Royal children and the rest of the Awoken royal harem.
All the younger children clung to their mothers and older siblings as the yell of Alex echoed through the kingdom. The babies cried in the arms of their mothers as they heard the Exo's bellow.
"... Mommy Petra?" One of the boys uttered shakily.
"Yes, little one?" The crystalline Awoken responded just as shakily.
"I'm scared…" He whimpered as he clung to her tightly.
"Don't be… It's not us he's angry at…" The Queen's Wrath gulped.
(At the Jikken hideout)
The Commandments were all resting from the trouncing they had gotten from Vulcan, especially Zander and Esta since they had taken the most damage. Morale wasn't very high at the moment.
"We're lucky that we got out of there in one peace." Monty sighed as he sat in his room with Juna.
"Yeah. None of us were expecting that Grace to show up again." The Awoken woman beside him nodded in agreement. "I still can't stop feeling like we made a huge mistake giving Alex's kids to Oryx, though." She added in a mutter.
"Yeah… I've been feeling that way, too." The man nodded, feeling like his sins were going to haunt him. Then...
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!"
Alex's roar tore through the air and scared the two almost out of their skins. The Commandments of Purity and Reticence looked at each other before they nodded their heads.
"We need to leave." Monty told her. "If we return our Commandments and flee, there's a good chance Alex won't pursue us."
"You're right. It's our best chance to survive." Juna nodded in agreement. Unknown to them… Esta was listening in.
(The Dreadnaught)
Oryx sighed as he hovered. Koroth had just reported that he was forced to kill the Dragon Sin's daughter as said Sin had cornered him so he could escape. The Taken King told him it was of little consequence. What mattered was that he had taken the Dragon Sin's children from him.
What unnerved him, though, was the Dark Power his nemesis wielded. Zander had told him Alex used to be the leader of the Jikken before he left, but he assumed that the Exo's power would be lost with his status as a Guardian. Evidently, he was wrong, and the Hive on Earth's moon were now terrified of the Dragon Sin.
Oryx shook those thoughts from his head. All that mattered was his vengeance was a-
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!"
The Taken King cried out in shock as he fell out of the air when Alex's bellow reached his vessel. He looked out into the void in absolute shock at the sheer volume and rage he had just heard. He had never heard anything that wrathful in his existence!
[Was that… The Dragon Sin?!] He uttered before…
*CRACK!*
Oryx froze when he heard a cracking noise. Slowly, almost hesitantly, he turned to the source… And immediately felt sheer terror grip his heart.
[I…. I have made a horrible mistake…] He whispered fearfully. Right there, on the wall of his Altar…
Was the symbol of the Dragon Sin, glowing with Void Light and Dark Power. The message it carried was simple…
"My Wrath will burn you to ashes."
ThermalsniperN7: It's happened… The entire Sol system has heard the rage of Alex-7, and Oryx's sins have come back to haunt him.
Dragon Emperor0: They're all gonna burn when this is over. And I doubt Vulcan will let Alex take the kill because of the fact that Oryx killed his queen.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah, but that doesn't mean he won't let his captain cut a few limbs off.
Dragon Emperor0: True. Btw guys, there's going to be some new Guardians coming in soon, courtesy of a crazed Esta.
ThermalsniperN7: Yep. That crazy fuck is gonna make some new Guardians because he's showin his victims how much he 'loves' them… Psychotic dumbass.
Dragon Emperor0: Then after that the Natural Disaster classes come in. And then, Regicide.
ThermalsniperN7: We still got a long way to go before that, but yeah. It'll come. Anyway, see you guys next time!
