Chapter Six
The loud noise of the explosions woke him up.
"What the hell is going on!" wondered the crimson eyed man. He noticed a dark fog covering the partially destroyed clinic. Vicious monsters were pouring out of it and pursued the remaining people that had survived the explosion caused by the malice lightning.
Yuri walked to the hallway: it was full of injured people. He was about to help them when he heard a scream nearby.
"Please, someone…. Help" it was a Healer running towards him. But what was he running away from? It didn't take much time for Yuri to see: a dark fog, filled with negative emotions filled the air. It reached the injured people, who succumbed to it. The Healer was also covered by it, dropping dead instantly. It reached for Yuri before he had time to escape. He expected to feel pain, despair and to die like the others. Instead he felt nothing.
"But how?" he wondered. Then he looked to his strange necklace around his neck: once a pure blue, it was now crimson red like his eyes. It had absorbed the Malice.
"Well, now I only had to worry about those damn monsters and the fact that I can't fuse." He said, ironically. He began to walk downstairs. It was three floors before reaching the street, supposedly safer. He looked around while he walked: bodies were scattered all over the place and the strange mist was everywhere along with powerful monsters that he managed to avoid. He was the only survivor there. No ordinary human being could breathe that poisonous mist and live.
"Man, I hope the others are ok" he thought, hiding in the darkness from a shrieking Banshee.
"Hurry, we have to find him" Alice and the others kept running towards the decayed building, once a prosperous hospital.
"I hope he's alright, this mist kills instantly anyone nearby" Zhuzhen stated.
"Don't say that! Of course he's ok." replied Anastasia.
"But, it's strange. Where would that cloud come from? I have never heard of a Malice cloud" noticed the Samurai.
"All this negative energy must have an origin point. We have to find it." Said Margarete.
"But first we have to find Yuri" said Karin. All agreed and headed towards the semi destroyed entrance hall of the main building. Just then they heard a faint scream and a monster growl.
"Oh no! Yuri, we're coming!" Alice rushed upstairs, to the second floor where the noise came from.
"Alice, wait! Don't go by yourself!" screamed Geppetto but too late. They had lost sight of her in the thick dark fog
"Alice where are you?" called Halley, imitated by others.
"Over here guys, quick!"
They followed her voice and reached to a large room. Yuri was bleeding from an arm and Alice was in front of him protecting him with her white magic from what seemed like a giant grayish snake (a/n: I don't know if you've noticed but my boss monsters in this story are animals that I fear and detest :-) ).
"Yuri, are you alright?" the rest of the group approached them.
"It's nothing. Guys give that bitch hell for me ok?" he asked with a grin
"You bet cousin." Kurando shone and fused to Jutendouji form. The others also assumed positions for battle.
It was a difficult and fierce battle because that poisonous fog was the creature's "home" and Zhuzhen and Alice had to continuously renew their protective spell. Finally, after attacks from each side, the hideous beast finally fell unconscious on the ground. It was impossible to kill on that environment.
"Are you ok Yuri?" Halley and the others approached the fusionist, who looked severely ill because of the remains of the poison in his body, his now wounded arm and mainly due to the fact that his only protection from the Malice that filled the air was his necklace.
"Yeah, don't worry about it. Let's just get the hell outta here." Alice looked at him worried about his appearance but decided that it was best for all to exit that city as quickly as possible.
"Let's go everyone" and, with that, the group headed towards Rogers airplane.
"Wonder if old Roger survived this fog?" Lucia thought aloud.
"Don't worry. That old goat has lived many centuries. He won't die from this." Halley answered, being almost instantly hit by Alice's bible.
"I guess Yuri has been having bad influence over you, young man." Alice smiled. She was surprised by the lack of response from the part of the Harmonixer. She glanced at him: he looked exhausted. She hasted her pace and the others followed as she was the one leading the group.
They finally arrived Roger's airship. After a few knockings on the metal, the big platform finally descended, allowing them entrance.
"Ah! Finally you arrive! You people have no idea how I've been worried. You always do this to me" Roger argued and mumbled on. Everyone was too tired to even pay attention.
"Well, what's the plan now?" asked Margarete.
"I think we oughtta find out where this strange fog has come from" Karin suggested.
"How do we do that?" asked Anastasia, petting Blanca.
"We should go meet my mother. We had a legend on our village that mentioned some dark fog." Said Kurando. "I don't know if it's the same thing or not."
"Well, then it's decided. It's off to Japan!" Roger regained his enthusiasm and started the airplane, departing towards East.
Hi people! I just want to state that the destruction of Athens is just fictional. I don't wish for the destruction of any city or country and actually find Greece adorable. I'd love to visit. Anyways, I'm just saying this in case you felt offended by this part of the story. Please review! Hope you're liking my story.