Part 31

The Masters Power

Silence bestowed the battleground, the two enemies staring into one another's eyes, trying to outstare the other when all of a sudden without warning, Altanion materialised and disappeared into thin air, then appeared, before Cammi, kicking him in the stomach, causing Cammi to be caught off guard, and he doubled over, gasping for air, clutching at his stomach.

"Pathetic. You should know Cammi, that you'll never be able to defeat me, I'm too superior even for the likes of you!" scowled Altanion, back handing Cammi across the face, knocking him to the ground.

Recovering from the shock at being caught off guard, Cammi powered up a fireball, and threw it at Altanion, causing his enemy to back away a bit, to dodge the blast, but it was enough for Cammi to get back up on his feet, sword withdrawn, and ready to attack, and he lunged at his enemy.

Avoiding the sword that had been ready to cut off his head, Altanion threw a death glare at Cammi, and grabbed the boy's right hand, which held his sword, and squeezed so hard, it caused the boy to drop his sword, and he watched for a moment as the boy cradled his hand to his chest nursing his injury, but he was not going easy on the boy. Reaching out his hand, he wrapped one hand round the boy's neck then lifted him three inches off the ground, and he felt Cammi's hands claw at his hand, anything to loosen his grip.

'It was almost too easy' Altanion thought, and smiled with glee as Cammi continued to scratch and claw at his hand, his face turning a dark shade of red and he struggled to breath, when BAM, he felt something powerful collide with him, and he was thrown forward, dropping Cammi in the process.

Landing on the hard ground with a thud, Cammi gasped, and took in huge gulps of air, and he struggled to get his breathing even, then heard the loud crash not far behind him, and figured that Altanion had a not so nice landing, crashing into a pile of large boulders he had seen earlier.

Smiling at the thought, Cammi stood again, and turned to the source, which had seemingly distracted Altanion, and was surprised to see Isabella there.

"Nobody hurts my brother" said Isabella sounded very determined and very angry.

Shocked to see his sister here, he suddenly became angry and shouted. "Isabella, what are you doing here, you were supposed to stay at the castle!"

While it was nice that Isabella had been very concerned about him, he was still worried about the fact she still could've been hurt, and could still be hurt since she was now an open target.

"Isabella, run!" bellowed Cammi, hearing Altanion emerge from the rocks.

Standing up from the pile of rocks, Altanion dusted down his ghostly cloak for a moment, before turning to see what had distracted him. Obviously whoever it was, was very powerful, and he glanced round, and smiled cruelly when he spotted the small brat running away from him. Well he wasn't going to let her get away that easy, and raised his hand, and sent a cold beam at her small form.

His eyes wide with shock and fear, and mouth locked open in a silent scream, Cammi didn't say, only acted and he sprinted with all the energy he could muster towards his sister, hoping above all that he would reach her in time.

"Isabella. Look Out" he shouted, but seemed that she didn't hear, only continued to run, and he watched in shock as the beam shot past him, and descended rapidly towards the small child, he disappeared.

She could've sworn she heard her brother scream her name, and turned to look over her shoulder, but then tripped over a loose stone, and fell flat on her face, scraping her hands and knees. Sitting up, tears evident in her eyes, she turned round fully, and bottom lip trembled, and her eyes widened when she saw the beam aimed right at her. Lifting her arms up, she closed her eyes, in hope to shield herself from the blast, but it never came intact with her, instead she felt the presence of someone in front of her, and opened her eyes to see Cammi, the cold beam fighting against what looked like an electric shield surrounding both him and herself, and her mouth dropped open when the beam rebounded going back full force towards it caster, and she turned towards Cammi who looked just as surprised and confused as she was.

'Wow' was all she thought, and watched in awe at the scene unfolding before her, until Cammi spun around, almost nose to nose with her, but one look at her brother's eyes told her it was not Cammi, but Derrum and he spoke, his voice calm yet stern.

"Run, little one"

She frowned at his use of 'little one' as specially from Cammi, but did as she was told and she ran off leaving Cammi and Altanion behind, and the young boy turned his attention back to battle at hand, and saw just in time as the blast came in contact with Altanion, causing another blast, and smoke to surround him, so he couldn't see him.

Truth be told he was surprised that he wasn't in the least bit harmed by the beam itself when it collided with his shield, but then one glance at his pendant which shone at bright sapphire blue when it came contact told him all he needed to know, and he understood now why Linastasia didn't want him to remove it at any cost. It was a pendant specifically charmed to rebound any spells his enemy threw at him, and Cammi was going to use it to his advantage.

Seeing the smoke fade, he was surprised that no harm was done to him, though he didn't show him that, and he pondered for a moment, why it hadn't done. He knew himself that the beam Altanion sent had been powerful, since Isabella was strong, and very powerful and he was sure that beam would've knocked her out cold, maybe even killed her had it not been for him.

"Lalaith" Cammi called, and was pleased to hear her respond. "How is Altanion able to withstand that blast, I know it was powerful, therefore it should've harmed him yet he seems to be fine, how is this so?" he asked.

"I don't know Cammi, but I don't like it" replied Lalaith concerned.

"I recognise the spell Altanion used" interpreted the male voice of Derrum "But I can't remember what it was used for, but I do remember seeing it in one of my books".

"And I only have two out of the three books, so that must mean that Altanion has the last one" Cammi thought darkly at the thought that Altanion may contain one of his books, when a low growl from Altanion caught his attention ending his conversation with Lalaith and Derrum.

"Amusing as it is to watch you debate with the angels, boy, I have a job to finish" snarled Altanion and emphasised his point by disappearing and delivering a blow to the side of Cammi's head, sending him to the ground again. He was begin to suspect that the angels were connecting some sort of telepathic link to the boy, and he couldn't let that happen now could he.

Angry, that Altanion had once again caught him off guard again, Cammi disappeared also before Altanion could do anymore harm to him, and he appeared behind Altanion delivering a side kick, to Altanion, knocking him forward.

"Filencio" murmured Cammi, sending a ring of fire at Altanion and was pleased to note that it set his cloak on fire, but not for long, as Altanion clicked his fingers and his cloak resumed to normal.

"Oh dear, he used one of the forbidden spells" Cammi scowled for a moment realising that it was Derrum speaking again, and he dodged a blow from Altanion and withdrew his sword again.

'What else is new" Cammi thought sarcastically.

It didn't surprise him in the least that Altanion would do something that was forbidden for a reason, he knew himself that Altanion would do anything within his power to win this war, and so far he was, if Cammi didn't think of something fast.

"No Cammi, this spell was banned for a reason, mainly due to it use" replied Derrum sternly, yet Cammi could sense that he was worried too, and he kept his eyes trained on Altanion, who was also drawing out his sword.

"Why what does this spell do?" asked Cammi slightly nervous.

"It allows them, if the ritual is performed properly to be…immortal" Derrum silently whispered mainly to himself.

"Immortal…you're kidding?!" replied Cammi shocked.

'How was he suppose to defeat this guy, if he was immortal' thought Cammi, but couldn't continue his train of thought as Altanion chose that particular moment, to strike at him.

Raising his sword until it clashed with Altanion's, Cammi tried with all his might to throw Altanion off, but he was just too strong, and he let out a yelp as Altanion hand darted out grabbing him none too gently round his tunic, and throwing him through the air.

Dropping his sword, Cammi curled into a ball, in hope that he wouldn't hurt himself too much when he made impact with the ground, he whimpered as he felt his shoulder object and dislocate itself. Rising to his knees, he didn't have time to react, when a fist collided with his face.

Whimpering, he ignored the blood that slowly trickled from his nose, and he grimaced as he felt the familiar metallic taste in his mouth, he reached his good arm round and swiftly set his shoulder right again, while Altanion seemed distracted. Glancing up, he saw his sword by his foot, and quickly sat up, and had just grabbed the hilt and was about to lift it up, when Altanion stood on his sword, snapping into several pieces, Cammi stared at in shock.

He had let it go when Altanion had broken his sword the first time, but now that Lalaith had repaired it especially for him and what for so that he could break it again. He felt like he was on fire, and he turned his eyes on Altanion, filled with hatred.

However despite the situation going on around them, Lalaith and Derrum couldn't help but smile at Cammi, when his face scrunched up, from shock to murder, and his eyes glared daggers, seeing red, and he cried a war cry, and lunged at Altanion catching off guard.

'There must be a way we can get rid of him' thought Cammi, backhanding Altanion across the face so hard, it caused Altanion head to snap to the side, and Cammi continued to violate him, never once stopping, releasing all the anger he kept bottled up, and he had to admit it felt good.

"There is a way, Cammi" a voice whispered, and Cammi listened to the old and wise knight, Derrum.

"How?" asked Cammi his voice hard and determined, and he stood up from his place on the ground beside Altanion and powered up an energy blast.

"The Sword" Derrum replied.

"No, there must be another way beside that" Cammi fired the blast.

"There isn't, Cammi, and you know that too" came the calm reply of Lalaith.

'NO, there is another way, and I know how' thought Cammi, and smiled with glee that he knew something for once that neither Derrum nor any of the guardian angels knew about.

"SOLUM BINIUM" roared Cammi, it echoed off the cliffs.

"CAMMI" chorused Derrum and Lalaith.

"Problem?" replied Cammi smug, then grimaced as he felt his soul being tied to another, and then as sudden as it came, the feeling was gone and Cammi was left surprised at the feel Altanion's emotions running through him, just as Altanion no doubt could feel his emotions at this very moment.

"What have you done, boy!" Altanion approached Cammi hoping to intimidate the young boy, but Cammi stood his ground, and only stared at him, smug.

"You are not the only one, immortal now" spoke Cammi.

'What?!' Altanion thought confused, how could this be.

"I joined our souls, so that we may feel each other's pain and emotions" said Cammi, with a hint of amusement at his own success, and his grin widened seeing the vein popping out Altanion's head.

"Well, Cammi Gummi, I must say, you are full of surprises" complimented Lalaith and was about to ask where he learnt it, when Derrum interrupted.

"Lalaith, this not the time for questions, but what are you going to do now, Cammi, that you're both immortals"

"This" motioned Cammi, and took off towards the cliff edge, Altanion close behind him figuring out what the boy had done, and what he was about to do.

He didn't know what else to think, but suddenly it seemed that whatever happened next, whether he lived or died he didn't only care, his only though being that the future survived and Altanion was not in it.

All thoughts erased from his mind, he didn't care if his family saw him jump, only that they knew that he was doing it for the greater good, and he threw himself over the edge, but not before an old gnarled hand wrapped itself round his wrist, and he felt himself being jerked and halted from his fall.

Dangling in the air he could many gasps below, and could imagine most of them with horrified expression on their faces, some of them screaming his name, he only knew to be his family calling him, but he didn't advert his eyes, instead his eyes were only on one person.

Looking at Altanion's face, he seemed to all but sneer and spit at him, but Cammi did not mind, instead he smiled, actually smiled despite the situation he was in.

His eyes travelled past Altanion, he looked at whom stood behind Altanion, though he was careful not to let Altanion know he was there.

Standing in all his glory, his wings spread open, the angel lord Godrin stood, with the Sword Of Justice held out to him, a knowing smile on his face, and he locked eyes with Cammi's old and wise ones, filled with tears.

TBC…

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