Chapter 14
Otto started to get into a fighting stance, but Frus was already rushing forward at an unimaginable speed. He delivered a kick to Otto's chest and the monkey flew back into a wall, actually causing it to cave in slightly. Frus walked over cautiously, and suddenly Otto jumped forward and slashed him across the chest. Frus didn't slow down from the wound and he grabbed Otto and threw him towards the entrance. He was caught by Saga, who held him in a steely grip. Frus rushed forward and surprisingly, removed the amulet from his neck and placed it on Otto.
At the moment the amulet was around his neck, Otto began to shriek in pain. Steam began to rise from his skin, and he struggled to escape Saga's hold so that he could get the amulet off. Then, he opened his mouth and began a long, low wail. As he did so, dark energy exited his mouth and began to shape itself in the air. When the last wisps of energy slid away, they charged Otto with a burst of power and he broke free. He immediately pulled the amulet from his neck and hurled it towards the back of the room. Vrust rushed over and caught it, and he went over to Ivy and placed it on her. Frus was concerned with the dark energy, which was taking the shape of a huge man with the horns of a bull.
"Separating us will do you no good," came the voice that seemed to be dripping with evil. Eyes and other features began to appear on Eganrac's body, seemingly drawn in place in purple ink. His eyes were two glowing points of purple light.
Frus yelled a quick and simple plan to the others. "Father, I need you to protect Ivy. Saga and Sprx, incapacitate Otto. The rest of us will fight Eganrac!"
Frus created a sword and charged it with energy, then slashed at Eganrac. However, the gash simply healed before his eyes! Then, Ygrene fired an energy blast, to similar effect. Meanwhile, Saga was having enough trouble to attack Otto. Somehow, his link to Eganrac hadn't been broken, and the green monkey had a dark energy shield, making it impossible to touch him. However, Otto had no such problems. In no time, Saga had several cuts on him, as did Sprx, although the red monkey was doing a better job of dodging.
Then, Maria Sangretti used her telekinesis and hurled everything that she could find at Eganrac, and at the same time Ygrene fired a blast. Eganrac blew apart, into nothing but a formless black mist. It immediately started to reform, but when Sprx tried to use his Magna Tingler Blast on Otto, it bypassed whatever shield that the green monkey had and hit. When Eganrac finished reforming, he was missing his let arm!
Eganrac sent dark energy blasts at everyone in the room except for Otto, Ivy, and Vrust. Frus and Maria were able to dodge out of the way, but the others took major hits. Frus jumped forward and began to slash Eganrac as fast as he could, in as many places as he could. Maria hurled some debris at Eganrac and Ygrene fired another blast. Eganrac broke apart, and Saga charged his fist with energy and struck Otto. This time Eganrac reformed with both his left arm and his right leg gone. He created a mist of dark energy to slow down everyone's movements, then began to make the ground explode underneath them. Frus was hurled into a wall, and it looked like he was knocked out, at least. However, Maria Sangretti had seen such an attack before, and had prepared herself. She struck with her telekinesis again, but it didn't seem to do more than confuse Eganrac. The monster turned hit attention towards her.
Suddenly, Frus sprang forward, landing on Eganrac's back. Frus began to claw at the monster, charging each slash with energy. Eganrac couldn't maintain his mist and dislodge Frus at the same time, so he had to let it vanish. This allowed the others to move freely again, and as soon as Eganrac had thrown Frus off, Ygrene slashed at the demon, then fired a blast at him. Saga, who had been protecting himself and Sprx with his energy while the mist had been in place making dodging an issue, charged his palm with energy, then grabbed Otto by the forehead. He slammed Otto into the ground as hard as he could, and Sprx followed up with a Magno Ball Blazer. This time, Eganrac reformed as just a head and torso.
The dark creature shifted slightly and became a huge wyrm. He fired mouth blast at everyone, no longer trying to protect Otto. He used all of his extra energy to protect himself, and all attacks proved useless. A roar of pain was heard as a blast burned its way through Ygrene's side and the dragon went down, not dead but severely injured. Saga focused his energy into the most powerful shield that he could, holding it in front of himself. Sprx climbed onto Saga's back where he could be protected by the shield as well. However, with each hit the shield wavered more and more. Frus was dodging and attacking, almost insane with fury, using any opportunity he could to try and attack. Whenever he was hit, he simply got up and continued. Maria was focusing on dodging, and hadn't taken a hit from the blasts. Few shots reached over where Vrust was watching over Ivy, but Frus' father had created a huge shield.
Meanwhile, Otto was dodging the attacks more gracefully than anyone else, since he was able to sense where Eganrac was going to attack a split second before he did so. Eganrac was still very much linked to the green monkey. Otto snuck up behind Saga and Sprx and tacked Saga, disrupting his concentration and destroying the shield. A blast hurtled towards them, and Sprx jumped in the way. Otto tried to attack, but Saga punched him, knocking him to the ground for a moment. Eganrac sensed the attack on Otto, and turned towards Saga. Saga sensed the blast coming and grabbed Otto, placing him in the path. The green monkey screamed in pain, unimaginable pain, and Eganrac's screamed echoed him. Frus attacked Eganrac again, adding to whatever was being done to the demon. Maria followed suit, using her telekinesis to hurl the rubble caused by the fight at Eganrac. Frus powered up his claw and struck Eganrac as hard as he could, right between the eyes. The beast of darkness seemed to fall apart, but not enough. Maria stopped using her telekinesis to throw things at Eganrac and instead used it in another way. She began to pull the demon apart, causing bursts of energy as bits and pieces were removed. Soon, a purple orb was revealed, just inches away from the claw that Frus had jammed inside Eganrac's skull. Frus added as much energy as he could to the claw and forced it forward, straight into the orb. The moment it struck, Eganrac could no longer hold together. The demon exploded in a massive burst of energy. Maria, being the closest to Eganrac other than Frus, was hurled into the wall by the energy. She stared in horror, sure that Frus could not survive such an explosion. But when the smoke cleared, no only was Frus still there, he was standing. There were clumps of fur missing, revealing dark sking underneath; he was quite bruised, and bleeding from several placed. The golden energy had grown dim, and he was breathing hard. His left arm had to be broken in several places, and his right hand was burned to the point that it was amazing that he was able to move it so that the preferred finger was straight up. The only thing that wasn't damaged was his eyes, which were glowing red as he stared with unadulterated fury at one being in particular. For the only other creature standing in the room was Otto.