To Find the Infection
Chapter 8: Unwelcome Greetings
The loud knocking upon the wooden hotel room door caused Zain and Rahk to merely jump up out of their chairs. The fire that they had been staring at seemed to dance in the fireplace. It was turning a brighter yellow, the orange almost completely dissapearing. Majotte waited impatiently at the door, his silence beginning to be pierced by his growls.
Erutan had just finished catching up to Majotte, after staring at the dead man's corpse, which began to bleed from the mouth.
"Psst, Majotte," Erutan whispered, "Are you sure that this is the room that Zain is in?" he asked.
"Positive. This power I feel, it is much more than that of an average human being." Majotte said. "And even if it isn't him, then we'll keep looking." Majotte finished, as if it didn't bother him if he was wrong. Erutan on the other hand, was anxious, he wanted to find Zain as soon as possible.
"Whether it is him or not," Erutan begun, "the person to open the door is going to get a big surprise." Erutan put both of his hands in front of his body. He rested his right hand on his left arm, and extended his left hand as wide as possible. He began to think about the sheer power of heat, and the icy sting of ice, and within moments, his hand was glowing. A compact ball of energy rested near his left hand, floating about half a foot away from it. The ball glowed, and sparks of fire shot out from it on one half. The other half sported a very cold feel, even at a distance.
"Good idea." Majotte muttered. His eyes again began to glow red, his concentration focused in the middle of the door, waiting for any movement. The crimson glow in his eyes vanished, and were replaced by red glowing pupils. The power he and Erutan had was already enough to make a giant sized crater where the hotel would have been placed. "Erutan, make sure to aim straight." Majotte told Erutan, just in case there was a missed shot.
Rahk and Zain stared at the door. Zain felt that there was something on the other side of it, but he wasn't sure exactly of what it was. Rahk however, was joyous that something was about to happen.
"It's about time!" Rahk told Zain. "It is good. Ha ha, I've been waiting for a good fight!" Rahk added. Rahk walked closer to the door, his grin getting wider. His angelic wings began to flap to his exitement.
"Rahk, be careful, we don't know what could be on the other side just yet." Zain said.
"No problem Zain, what's the worst that could happen?" Rahk replied. His fist stretched back, preparing to blow the door down.
Zain suddenly felt it. He felt large sums of energy building on the opposite side of the door. His heart skipped a beat, his adrenaline suddenly released, he yelled towards Rahk, "Wait, don't open that door!"
It was too late. No sooner did the door get smashed into pieces by Rahk's blow, did two energy blasts come shooting into the little room, carrying Rahk with them. Rahk didn't even grunt when he collided with the side of the room. The beams suddenly exploded, causing half of the room to explode immediately. Zain jumped towards Rahk to grab him from the flames. Rahk was busy dusting himself off within the fire. The fire spread around him, creating a circle. The flames began to cover the entire room at an incredibly fast pace.
"Out the window!" Zain yelled towards Rahk.
"Screw that!" Rahk yelled back. His fist began to glow a dark purple color, then he leaped forward and punched the wall to the room down. It broke with ease, falling onto the bottom floor of the hotel. He and Zain then jumped from the hotel onto the grass below, and without warning, the entire building exploded, causing nearby houses and other structures to catch some flames and begin burning down.
"That was easy." Majotte said, staring at the flames from what remained of the hotel. Erutan stood by his side, staring at the building closely.
"They are not dead yet." Erutan said. He then swept his hand across his body, and a large gust of wind blew the fire out, along with some wooden remains and ashes. Rahk and Zain stood on the other side, staring back at the duo opposite to them. Erutan smiled, then looked at the other two.
"You must be Zain." Erutan told Zain, pointing towards him dramatically. "You both are the ones trying to steal the old man's special orb. You won't get away with this!" he yelled across the field towards them. Erutan clenched both of his hands together, then shot them forward, sending a fiery blast of heat towards Rahk and Zain. The wave of energy melting whatever it came near it without touching it.
The attack came hurling towards Zain. His hands reached towards his back. Light shined out from the back of his green tattered shirt. The light began to shape what appeared to be a sheath to a weapon. The light then dissapeared, showing the brown sheath and a handle to what appeared to be Zain's weapon. His hand's clutched the handle, and he pulled out the shining sword from his sheath. The metal shined in the moonlight when it was brought upward. Zain lifted the sword high above his head, then brought it back down swiftly and at an angle. The sword and the heat attack collided, making a bright light shoot out from the sword, creating sparks. The heat wave shot off into the sky and fizzled out.
Rahk stared at Zain. "Wait, since when did you own a sword?" he asked Zain.
"Since my birth. It is a sword that boosts my elemental abilities, and allows me to add my power into the sword itself." Zain explained. He then stared back towards Erutan. "Since when was the Earth Orb the old man's possesion? The old man is corrupted with power, and must be disarmed!" Zain shouted. He quickly dashed towards Erutan and Majotte. He leaped from the ground and into the sky, clear over the hotel remains. The moon shined brightly behind him as he came swooping down onto Erutan.
Erutan reacted quickly by firing another gust of wind, this time towards Zain. The wind hit Zain's entire body, sending him sailing backwards. Zain regained control of his body in mid-air, then gracefully landed back on his feet.
"If you both are working for the old man, than you are obviously a threat to the Earth as well!" Zain shouted. He dashed towards Erutan again, this time holding the sword in one hand, and behind his back. The other hand shot towards Erutan, and fired off a small ball of energy towards Erutan.
Majotte's body began to fade away. It completely dissapeared, leaving behind a blur that sped off towards Rahk. Rahk braced himself by covering hid body with his large arms. Majotte thrusted a punch towards Rahk's protected body. The collision caused a bone shattering shockwave which tore open the ground underneath the fighter's feet.
Rahk growled and threw his arms towards his sides. His hands suddenly transformed into demonic claws. Rahk leaped forward and slashed towards Majotte. The attack bounced off of Majotte's body, causing him to stumble back a few feet. Majotte growled, and began to gather up power from deep in his body. The grass and dirt began to spiral up into the air, along with Majotte's hair, which shot straight up.
"Let's Continue." Majotte said, running towards Rahk. He then reached forward and shot out a punch towards Rahk's neck, while a terrified village watched in horror.
Meanwhile, Erutan jumped out of the way of the energy ball Zain had unleashed upon him, only for it to blow up a building right behind him. Erutan gasped and looked on at Zain, he was no more than inches from his face. The sword came swooping down upon Erutan, who attemtped to block it. The threw his hands towards it, then in an instant, a wall of rock appeared. It was too late however. The rock wall was not strong enough to keep the blade out. The blade shot towards Erutan's face, and scraped his right cheek, and then finished by getting stuck in the ground next to Erutan. Blood began to drip from Erutan's cheek and onto the floor. Erutan chuckled as he jumped backward. He kicked the rock towards Zain's face. The rock shot upward, along with Zain's sword, and hit him in the forhead, causing Zain to shoot backwards, but again, land on his feet.
"He's going to be tougher than I thought." Erutan muttered. Without hesitation, Erutan threw off the band once again, and awaited the transformation. It came, much more quickly this time through, instantly transforming his hair and pupils red. Another handful of houses combust into flames at the sight of Erutan's change. His power shot up to incredible lengths. He stared at Zain, who stared right back, ready for anything.
Suddenly, he felt a pain on his back. The pain grew larger, and he was sent flying. He turned around to see Majotte, who stopped attacking Rahk, and came for himself. Zain wrapped his arms around his body, which shot through some nearby trees. Zain began to concentrate, when suddenly some vines shot out from the ground ahead of him, and cushioned his impact.
"Why is it that your powers are drawn from the surrounding elements? The old man clearly wants to destroy and rot this world." Zain asked Erutan. He turned towards Rahk, who seemed irritated that Majotte attacked Zain with a sucker punch to the back.
"Zain, we need to get the hell out of here!" Rahk yelled.
"That is what I was thinking!" Zain shouted across the field and back towards Rahk, not caring that Majotte and Erutan heard. He quickly placed his sword back in its sheath, and stretched his hands towards Erutan and Majotte. He fired off a handful of energy balls which shot towards the ground. The energy exploded on impact, smoke instantly rising and blocking Majotte and Erutan's view.
"Damnit!" Erutan shouted, coughing from the smoke along with Majotte.
Zain and Rahk then shot up into the air, and flew off into the distance at an incredible speed. The clouds in the sky began to slowly close in on the village, hopefully making it harder for Majotte and Erutan to follow.