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A/N: READ ME! Alright ladies and gentlemen … or whoever else is reading this, here's the deal I think I confused in the earlier chapter that WASN'T a GIRL that held Raven it WAS a BOY! Sorry if I didn't make that clear, but that's it … the girl will appear … right … now!
Enjoy!
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The Last of the Central Skyline
"Syn! I got mani now get away from him!" Hot young violet eyes blazed over in amusement as the girl with wild long ebony hair hovered in mid-air with the help of her anti-gravity boots. Grinning from ear to ear as she faced off with her grandfather, adrenaline pumping and wanting nothing more than to keep it going. Syn, as her brother had called her chuckled when Ellris snarled and jerked higher into the air with his massive black wings that blended well into the backdrop of the night. "I don't know Dante … I feel like having a little fun."
"Syn! Get off the high and come back down to the Skyline! Now! You don't need to face him just yet."
In a blur Syn maneuvered her hovering body around the dragon that came after her, looking down and watching with vicious violet orbs that were quickly turning cat slit and glowing, but the whites darkened to a dangerous pitch black. Her heart rate increased and her breathing hitched, running her tongue along her long lengthening fangs she chuckled and retracted her claws as Ellris came around and charged her once more.
However anticipating her dodge whirled around and slapped his claws clean across her cheek. Sending her spinning out of control towards the flaming city below, though turning off her boots and correcting her fall all on her own. With one final spin she spotted Ellris coming straight for her with menacing intentions. Snarling, she brought her hands together in prayer formation, then quickly pulled them apart to create a shining white ball of hot energy and smirked when Ellris suddenly jerked back from attacking her. Angel's Wrath!
"The light doesn't always have to be darkness mortal enemy … why … it could very well be the exact opposite." Syn chuckled with an insane glint in her glowing violet eyes, bloodlust pure on her demonic face as she continued to fall from Ellris. The power in her hands growing, charging, becoming something far more deadly to Ellris' health than he needed to know. Of course … he didn't need to know who she was … but how the hell she's even able to accomplish this move with out an Amulet of the Seven Virtues.
Or … did he just underestimate her?
He wasn't going to stick around to find out, and she wasn't going to let him off so easily, suddenly shrinking the white orb into a tiny speck and clutching it within her fist, she turned on her boots and flew after the escaping dragon. Grinning when he went as high as he could only to turn around and dart towards the young girl. Ellris roared and flew even faster to surpass her, but somehow she caught him!
The fist with her white energy found it's way to his chest, palm opened she slammed it to his heart not only pushing him back and burning the Hellborn with the hot purity of the white light. Syn grinned sinisterly and hissed into his ear as he slowly began to vanish from the night away from her to cure himself. Never had he felt the tables turned on him so menacingly, this girl … this … this demon was something else.
"I'll see you soon, grandfather." Jerking away she turned off her boots and dropped to the ground leaving Ellris to disappear and give out his last order to Saligia. Telling her to hunt Syn down and eliminate her. Not quite sure who she was, Saligia was given the description of the young girl and was shocked to find she held similar traits to her brother!
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"Um … mother … we have a problem …"Annamika, having already touched down upon the chaotic land of the Skyline blinked when her eldest Son suddenly appeared before her, at first suspicious of his arrival, she straightened herself out and remembered that Malchior had told her to get in touch with him. Hand to the side of her head and smoothing back her slightly ruffled light lavender hair. She raised a delicate brow and narrowed her light blue eyes on her son's worried dark blue ones, "What might that problem be Shajeet, I just got on the Island."
"It's about restoring the portals," he informed, his worried dark blue eyes looking off from his mother to the mess that was behind him and gulped. Turning back to his mother he took a deep breath and shrugged, "When Tal's team tried to disarm the Power Jewel that cut off one of Tri-Branching Portals there was a trap set off. It took everything he could to get free and he is safe and sound … but … something unexplainable happened for a split second."
Realization dawned on Annamika and the dragoness suddenly grew wide-eyed with concern and slight fear, "… This … this unexplainable phenomenon … did you feel anything?"
"Nothing odd comes to mind … no."
"Are you certain?"
"Quite."
Annamika gulped and sighed closing her eyes she shook her head and glared at the ground, Maybe it's not as bad as I think it to be … yes … just an over active imagination again Anna … just … calm down. Looking back up at her son she bit down on her lower lip and smiled weakly, "Alright then, let's get this over with."
Shajeet was awfully tempted to have his mother sit and tell him what had disturbed her, but right now she was sort of his commander so whatever she says go and he never pushed the subject. Glancing up to the dark sky, with an eerie feeling coming over him he shrugged and dismissed it as nothing more than the aura of death the battlefield set off.
Not a very pleasant feeling all it's own.
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"There you go … you alright? He didn't hurt you did he?" Raven shakily stood on her feet and stumbled from the male that had yanked her away from Ellris, back to him Raven gulped and closed her eyes It's not true … calm down Raven it's not as it seems … he spoke again, "Mani?"
"Stop calling me that," Raven growled, and slowly looked over her shoulder, opening her eyes her heart sank and with it so did reality when the young man before her stared back at her with narrowed violet specks. At the tip of his nose a snazzy thin pair of glasses sat further enhancing his charismatic charm and lady's-man personality Raven felt he had.
Clearly taller than her and hair nearly gelled back with the acceptation of a naughty cowlick of hair that fell over his left eye as often as the wind blew. At the base of the back of his neck was a dragon tail after he gathered what little hair he grew out. Everything about him … Raven swore she was looking in a mirror, he looked very similar to her. Claws, fangs and eyes alike, the only thing out of place was the large black 20-foot wing span of leathery bat like wings that wrapped around his shoulders and with claws themselves clipped at his collarbone.
He chuckled and smiled nervously; bring an arm up to move back the cowlick that fell before his eyes revealing to Raven an upside black crescent moon, but no stripes. His voice was soft and gentle … but somehow, Raven knew never to trust a sweet face or smooth talker … like Malchior. That's what it reminded of, "Sorry, mani – er – Ra-Raven … it's kind of a habit now."
"Mani …" Raven narrowed her own violet eyes on him and shot him a glare that had the young man before her gulping and back up. As if anticipating and waiting for something to explode he cringed and immediately bowed his head in deep respect for the angered demoness. Raven – instinctually knew what the motion meant, but wasn't going to let up s easily, "how can I be your mother when I haven't even gone into my late stages of pregnancy yet."
She sounded so calm about it that it made the young man clear his throat and daringly face her eye to eye, "Um … so … you know of us already?"
Raven blinked, her authority stance never faltered as she asked, "Us?"
"Yes," he answered immediately, "my twin, you're daughter. Um … Syn-Syndella … I'm Dante, the eldest by 5 seconds."
Just then Raven cursed, "Fuck … I'm going to assume you came from the future."
"About 17 human years, yes."
"How." It was a demand, not a request.
"There was a glitch in the portals!" Raven looked up to the sky when the voice was not that of Dante, but a young girl, Raven assumed it was Syndella, "In coming!"
Raven backed up when on anti-gravity boots the girl landed with a crouch and stood to her full height, looking disheveled and wild with her long messy puffy ebony hair that was all over the place yet added to that spicy kick in her personality. Her narrowed violet eyed stared dead into Raven's as if challenging her to say anything to tick her off – and Raven was not afraid to if the occasion called for it.
With the same crescent moon mark upon her forehead and features that looked similar to Saligia – or Malchior's side of the family – she winked and Raven gave a dry look. She must be Malchior's favorite child. Even though her voice was smooth and sultry as melted chocolate mixed with a little sticky caramel, the smile on her lips read on thing to Raven: Troublemaker.
It was quite evident the way she had duel blades at either side of her hip, a pistol strapped to her upper right thigh – she was wearing shorter than life shorts – with countless magazine clips strapped to the back of her belt. Plus, Raven was willing to bet that in some of those magazine holders held more deadly weapons
Dante glared that girl and slapped her upside the head she snarled and retaliated with her claws, but with a swift wave of his hand her wrist was within his grasp and her smaller, shorter body was pulled up to his. Meeting her snarl with his far more vicious one she immediately submitted with a reluctant bow of her head as she took his lecture, "The next time I say back off from a fight, Back. Off. It was clearly not a request, why do you always go against the original plan!"
"But I got him!" Syn growled back and pulled away, yanking her wrist from his grasp and backing up to stand next to Raven still glaring at her brother, "I nailed his ass square an the fucking mark with the Angel's Wrath! Come on! Tell me you're not smug about that!"
Dante snorted, "Good for you, but this isn't our time! Plus Mani doesn't even know of our absents … yet … if you die here how the hell am I going to explain your death to her?"
Syn sneered sarcastically and looked to Raven with a dry look, "A little advice mani, smack some sense into his brain and tell him to get over himself while he grows up. I can very well take care of myself!"
Raven shook her head, "That's enough! Both of you just shut-up and explain to me how the hell is it you got here and most importantly, if you two can get back!"
Dante was just about the answer that when Raven's communicator went off cursing she opened it and gasped when she found Saligia on the other line with … Malchior! Saligia nervously looked into the screen to Raven and inclined her head in respect, "Lady Raven, I'm glad to inform you that I am now on your side, but your presents is requested immediately at sub-section 6, apparently Ellris managed to hand over control to one of the Seven Serves from the Seven Amulets. I can't stop the armies approach."
"So what's going on at sub-section 6?" Raven asked seriously ignoring her two "kids" on the side glaring daggers at one another, "That's the Power Core that holds up the Island in its Floating state."
Syn and Dante pulled away from their glare down to stare curiously at the conversation, Saligia frowned, "Infiltration. They penetrated the defenses and are planning to take the entire Island down … with everyone on it."
"Is that An'Saligia? An'Saligia!" Syn yelped and jumped for the communicator, stealing it from Raven she gazed at the confused Saligia who gasped when the young girl squealed, "Aunt Saligia!"
"Syndella! No!" Dante gasped and jumped for his sister, grabbing her and yanking the communicator out of her hands he threw it back to Raven and proceeded to smack the girl upside the head, "What the hell – what the HELL WAS THAT!"
"Sorry … I just miss her is all …" Syn smiled nervously, but seeing that her brother wouldn't lighten up she matched his glare for glare.
Raven sighed and shook her head, then nodded to Saligia, deciding to get answers later she replied, "Already there, Raven out."
About to flip the communicator off Saligia immediately spoke up, "Hold on … that girl … she called me "Aunt Saligia" who was she my Lady, if it's not so bold of be to ask."
Raven scoffed, forgetting that Malchior was standing near by answered loosely and agitatedly, "She's my daughter, but I'll explain everything later."
Malchior perked up at that and turned to Saligia, snatching the communicator from her hands he growled into the screen in disbelief, "You're WHAT?"
Raven gulped, Uh-oh … he wasn't supposed to hear that! Unsure what to say or do she did the only thing that came to mind, "Uh … so-sorry you're … um … breaking up! I got to go … talk to you later! Bye Malchior!"
"No! Raven! Come back here! Raven! What daughter! Raven? Raven!"
With an embarrassed huff she shut the communicator off and looked up to Syn and Dante finding them staring at her with eager faces, she raised a brow, then glared and snapped a sharp, "What?"
Dante chuckled nervously while Syndella grinned and snickered sinisterly, "He doesn't know that you're knocked up yet does he?"
"Syn! Shut-up already!" Dante growled, "Gods! You already blew our cover enough as it is!"
"Enough as it is? You're the one that told her who we are!"
"Both of you stop talking this instant!" Raven snarled and glared at the cowering twins before her that endured her harsh stare down, "I honestly don't care who finds out who you two are at the moment! I just need to get my job done. Now! I don't suppose you know what happens to the Island … do you?"
Syn cleared her throat and glanced up to her brother who fixed up his glasses and sighed, answering solemnly, "Um … according to our studies … you never made it in time … the Skyline fell into the Flaming Ocean … into the Inferno Trench. Taking what was left of the Azarians down with it."
"It was neither recovered or found … until Ellris came back." Syn scoffed.
Raven gaped, "Then what the hell am I standing here for!"
About to take to the air to rush for the Power Core, Dante caught her, "Hold on mani – er – Raven … I know a faster way … one that might save the island."
"Don't tell me about it! Do it!"
Syn snickered when her brother flinched at his mother's demand after they vanished into the night. Looking around and taking a deep breath she looked amongst the chaos and grinned, Minor Shadow Dragons, brainless undead Dragons and a lot of room to play … well! The Island ain't gonna clean itself! Turning on her anti-gravity boots she hovered off the ground, then from her waist pulled out her duel blades and looked for some blood to take.
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"Malchior! Calm down!" Saligia shouted as Malchior tried to call Raven back, but in the middle of his fumbling with the communicator it fell and nearly broke if it wasn't for her to catch it and clip it to her side. Grabbing her brother by the shoulders and shaking him to get the startled look off his face she came so close to slapping him when he looked up at her and growled at her equally narrowed Sapphire orbs, "She said she'll explain everything later! Right now she needs to get to that Sub-sector and you need to go with the other lords to finish up the clean up. Starfire and her men did well enough while the barrier was being repaired, but there are still stragglers."
"She's right Malchior," Rorek, always the voice of reason chimed in, sitting against the wall along with the exhausted Robin, X, Beast Boy – who was knocked out with Cyborg and a critically injured Malachite. Rorek didn't look so much in good condition himself, still barely recovered from Saligia's earlier "attack" but still stubborn enough to fight. He looked ready to conk out any second, but for the sake of reason stayed up, "there's an explanation for everything … but this is not something we need to deal with now. The Azarians are exhausted and there are still so many out there."
X growled and raised a weak and tired hand to run it through his sticky and damped hair due to thick blood and sweat, his amber eyes bore into Malchior's metallic black orbs, "Malchior, get your ass out of this damn Safe House our I'll thoroughly kick it out! Believe me, I still got some power left and I ain't afraid to use it! Go man!"
"Fine!" Malchior growled and jumped out of the Safe House vanishing within al the chaos, Saligia turned to X and Rorek and smiled weakly.
"You're on your own now." that was all she said before she went after her brother, leaving X to huff and fall over on his side, his head pounding from getting knocked around a couple of times after he lost balance on his sky-skimmer. Rorek following suit, but leaning his head back against the wall he was up against. Hissing when his back protested the motion, but bore down the pain as Robin shook his head and glanced to his team.
Well, Beast Boy and Cyborg anyway, Starfire still had the adrenaline and power to burn out on the field and he'd gladly be next to her. Yet after falling off the sky-skimmer for the last time he hadn't have recovered as fast as he had hoped when a dragon stabbed into his side – surprisingly missing all his vital organs. So he ended up having to sit it out with everyone in the Safe House.
Outside, Malchior looked around and spotted Lady Annamika with her eldest son Shajeet cornered by many Shadow Dragons, he was sure they could hold their own, but he figured it was a good place to start nonetheless. With a quick dash he was already to the group and within his true farm, jerking his head back he gathered the flames within his throat and threw it out and onto the smaller Shadow Dragons. Roaring in outrage when another undead dragon jumped him from behind, he reached around with his claws and threw it into various building.
No mercy on his part was shown when he raced up to the recovering beast and chomped his dangers jaws deep into the unarmored flesh of the creature's soft underbelly. Yanking the flesh out and scrapping his claws all along the exposed flesh he jumped back and took to the skies. Swooping over Annamika and Shajeet who eyed him with frightened expressions – Shajeet more frightened, while Annamika more amused.
"Mother … that wasn't … was it?"
Annamika chuckled and put a hand on his shoulder, "Don't be distracted my son, Lord Malchior is just in a whole different league than you are."
"Ras'eileir Kaiserao Malchior'omus!" Shajeet exclaimed in great confusion, "Toit?"
"K'aen rei," Annamika smirked and morphed into her true form, "Don't be so surprised! He's a Black Diamond!"
Shajeet shook his head and scowled as his mother took off, rushing another Shadow Dragon without remorse or second thought destroying it while muttering in disbelief, "Unbelievable."
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"Told you I could get us here in time." Dante smugly grinned, but Raven gasped.
"No! Their tearing it to shreds! Azarath! Metrion! ZINTHOUS!" ruthlessly she engulfed the three Shadow Dragons within her dark magic and tore them from the wires, and the Core that held the Ancient Stone which keeps the Sky line afloat. Slamming them into the limited spaced walls. They sunk to the ground in dizzy confusion before coming to their cannibalistic senses and jumped the sorceress, Raven brought up a barrier and once they stupidly rammed into it Dante grabbed one. With his pointer fingers he expertly sunk his claws into it's neck and released him.
The Shadow Dragon dropped to the ground withering in unbearable pain, chocking, whimpering and begging for death, the other two eyed it cautiously then glared at the glasses wearing male. Hands in his pocket he shrugged, "You started it."
Snarling they both jumped for him, but with little effort he dodged them both and – if Raven looked hard enough she noticed that all he did was sink his claws into exposed parts of flesh. Then they suddenly dropped to the ground withering the same as their earlier comrade who died with drool, blood, and mucous mixed together and leaking from various parts of his body.
She cringed and dared to ask, "What did you do to them?"
Dante shrugged and walked up to the center of the circular room to eye the Power Core carefully, fixing his glasses he looked up to his future and smiled sweetly, "It's passed down from father's mother's side of the family … poison in our – Syndella, father's, and myself DNA … I just managed to tap into it is all."
"Oh …" not really getting it, but somehow understanding that the poison was lethal, Raven stepped over the dead/dieing bodies. Somewhat pitying their slow and painful death she looked to her future son and cringed at the thought of her being a mother, I'm still trying to get over the fact I'm even pregnant, but here one of my kids are … eyeing the Central Skyline's Power Core trying to see if there's any damage at the same time easily murdering three Shadow Dragons without even trying! Should I be proud … or …
Dante looked up and frowned when he noticed Raven with a very mixed expression on her face. Not very much liking her the way she was – more use to her being the authority figure and knowing exactly what was going on. he hated to be the cause of her concern … always did … but – suddenly all thoughts were lost when he heard a rapid beeping noise, "Uh-oh … that's not good."
"What's going on?" the same went for Raven, the lives of other's coming before her as she joined her "son" in eyeing the cracked monitor where he popped up a holographic keyboard and began to type up an answer.
"The good news is they didn't disturb the molecular structure that deals with the kinetic energy against the gravitational pull of the planet …" he let it hang for a moment.
Raven drank in the information and gestured for him to continue, "Bad news?"
Dante frowned and growled, "The Ancient Stone shifted."
"That isn't good."
"You don't have to tell me, if that Stone is the one thing that balances off the Island and it's thrown off, then the end result would ultimately be the Island crashing into the Ocean anyway!"
"Is there away to move it back into place?"
Dante raised a brow and thought for a moment then shook his head, "No … in order to do that it takes a lot of math to get it back in it's precise location … and a lot of time, which we don't have."
Raven calculated a few things for herself then gritted her teeth seeing one option, "How long do we have till the Island tilts?"
"…" Dante gave his mother an odd look then frowned when he realized what she was thinking, "It's not long enough to evacuate the Island mani."
"Well we have to do something!" Raven screamed and turned to the machine before her, the corner of her eyes swelling with frustrated tears at the thought of the many lives on the island lost, plus … it was her home.
Trust, not that many good memories … but it was still her home! Dante sighed, now he really hated to see his mother frustrated like this. The only other time he ever saw her like this was when his father left for a very long time and never came back until the return of the Central Skyline and Ellris. Looking down at the monitor his brain kicked into over drive and his fingers flew across the keyboard faster than the computer could keep up.
Raven angrily wiped the stray tears away and watched Dante's determined expression and lightening fast fingers zooming through the many matrix numbers on the screen. Decoding, recoding, hacking, and making sure to never loose pace, Raven raised a brow and asked softly, "What are you doing?"
"Resetting the system," he answered crudely, with a growl when a firewall was giving him a hard time. Time he didn't have! "If we don't have time to straighten out the Ancient Stone … then I'm going to make the Skyline completely dependent on its anti-gravity machines. It'll mean dropping the barrier and rerouting the Power Jewel's energy straight to the Core since they're evenly spaced through out the Island it should act the same as the Stone. While the process I'll direct the Ancient Stone's energy to the barrier … but it just might mean letting more of the enemies cross … and the last I checked our numbers are depleting. Even if Father brought a little help."
Raven blinked in disbelief that everything he had explained actually made sense! "How long will that take?"
"We got 10 minutes until the Ancient Stone's shift starts to take full effect, but … if I'm lucky and these damn firewalls stop getting in the frickin' way," Dante growled again, punching in the keys harder than necessary, "I can get it within half that time. Though if I don't make it, I think it's best if you phone everyone on that communicator and warn them of the problem."
"I don't have to," Raven confidently gulped and prayed she wasn't being stupid as she watched Dante work, "You can do it."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Dante smirked, but within his head he contacted his sister, "Syndella! We got a problem."
"You're telling me! I think I was born in the wrong time! Do you know how many cute Azarians I've saved in the time I've been up here?"
"I don't give a damn! The Islands about to fall!"
"What! Dante! Why the hell haven't you told me earlier? That stuffs needs to be mentioned –"
"Syn, shut-up and listen closely, find Lady Annamika, Lady Liora, An'Saligia, and father, I need you to create a barrier in about 2 minutes, because I'll be dropping the one we have for 1 minute."
"Are you kidding me? The one that's up right now is stronger than before! Why are you going to drop it?"
"No time to explain! Just do it! Remember, you got 2 minutes to find them! Go!"
"Damn it! You're the one that's good on the timer not me!"
"Break my record."
"1 minute and 1 second? Go to hell!"
Dante smirked, yep, Syn always hated him for being freakishly fast at the timer, though … he was praying that she'd fined them all on time … this was a critical moment for them. Just then the Island shuttered and Dante nearly lost track of what he was doing, but held his ground and gulped, "It's starting."
"Hurry." Raven pleaded with a worried expression on her face, sighing she looked around and frowned trying not to let another tear slip she took a deep breathe and meditated.
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"What was that?" Kizer looked over his shoulder to Shyah who in his true form landed on a rubble of builds, shifting his weight from side to side and wordlessly with his flicking tail basically told Kizer: "I know not." Kizer glared at the ground, wondering why it shook, and the air around the island slowly took on a curious aura.
Then … it shook again, and nearly all motion seized.
This time Shyah felt it and growled in annoyance when the perch he sat on crumbled under his weight and the moving land below him, "This cannot be a good sign … where is Lord Malchior?"
Kizer scoffed, "I should know?"
"Impudent drake," Shyah snorted and took to the air in search of Malchior leaving Kizer to glare at the leaving drake for a moment before turning his attention back down to the undead dragon that dared to sneak up on him. When it leapt for him, he spun around and slapped it down with his massive tail, fanning open the sharp tip he stabbed it into the heart of it's exposed underbelly. Rearing back when another challenged him, he grabbed it around the neck and using his weight jumped a top of it and dug his claws deep into its soft scales tearing it up and cracking its neck with his jaws.
Kizer jumped back and spun around and slapped his massive claws to another dragon's face, grinning in satisfaction when it roared and whimpered in pain, he finished I off with his tail then took to the air in order to leave the scene. Yet once he did he snarled when a speeding young woman on hover boots whizzed passed him, calling over her shoulder, "Forgive me Lord Kizer! Emergence!"
"Aoretaa."he sneered and flew on to his destination of more carnage while the young girl who was Syndella looked around and smirked, Okay, found Lord Kizer … that means Lord Shyah should be around … there he is!
Pushing faster she arrived near Shyah and called for him, "Lord Shyah!"
Shyah looked over his shoulder and dove back down to the Island, just in time to feel it shake again, Syn landed before him dwarfed by his massive form she waved and bowed behind him formally as Shyah looked her over. Hold on … frowning he leaned forward and sniffed her a bit closer. Syn giggled when he snorted and a bunch of wind was blown into her face. Smiling up at him Shyah was struck dumbfounded when he recognized that smile. Only Malchior smiled that sneaky little grin, "Aoretaa … tekeme niea?"
Syn bowed again, "I'm Syndella Maleior, and I ask you where my future father might be. It is an emergence the island is falling as we speak."
"Well … that explains the shifting in the – what!" Shyah jerked his head back and eyed the girl like she was a piece of scrap meat, but she didn't even flinch when he growled and lowed his head to her, "Aoretaa maganne niea erdonne ber ol'ieo?"
"K'aean rei!" Syn defended immediately, "I am! I do not lie! Now where is he?"
"…" Shyah blinked slowly realized just then that she did have the crest and the scent to prove of her heritage … lifting his head he sniffed the air and gestured with his massive head far to the east where the sun was beginning to rise to laminate the darkened night, "He is somewhere to the east. Hurry, I think he is moving."
Syn bowed once more, "A'kei nieo, Ras'eileir Kaiserao Shyah!"
With that she was off, leaving a very, very confused Shyah, about to contact his mate to tell he about it she instead contacted him, "Shyah! The future daughter of Lord Malchior has just asked me to follow her and told me the Island is falling!"
"I know love, she told me the same thing … and I think she's looking for him right this instant."
"…Ooo, I fear this is all my doing."
"Why is that?"
"The portals, when I told our children to remove the Power Jewels I did not anticipate Ellris to booby-trap it and … well … I think this is the result."
"Don't be ridiculous, it takes more than a booby-trap to case a chronicle merger. No, I think this is the cause of something far more intentional."
"A time leap? Where would they get the power?"
"Well … the child wasn't a full dragon by scent, some demon was found … and Malchior's bloodline was … well … an elite perfect breed to say the least, we don't know."
The ground shuttered again, and Shyah glared at it when it was more violent this time around, looking off to the rising sun he sighed and looked around for anything target to rid the falling island of. All the while Syn maneuvered through the crumbling city with perfect agility, when her brother rang in, "30 seconds before I drop the barrier Syn! Did you find father yet?"
"Getting there, now get off my fucking back about it!" growling she zoomed faster and once she reached the far eastern side of the island she sniffed around for her father. Scowling when the scent of blood and death mingled with her a tone of different other scents that she didn't need to smell. Clearing her head and her senses she felt for her father, knowing that it was a few years into the past she knew he would never change and … she found him! There you are!
"A'meo!"
A'meo … that means Father in my tongue … huh? Malchior ignored the call, and snarled another dragon that came for him, though it did strike him as odd that a child of a drake was in this kind of setting. A female no doubt. Using his tail to swat the pest away he was just about to take off for clearer grounds when he heard the cry once more … but this time with his name.
"A'meo! Damn it … uh … Mal-Malchior!" Syn scrapped her tongue, Gods! Did I just call my father by his name? That's just creepy! Why did she think it was creepy? Because discipline taught her to never call her father by name unless he gave permission to because it was disrespectful to otherwise. So since she was such a disciplined dragoness it freaked her out and made her feel like a hatchling still learning.
Malchior morphed back into his humanoid form and dropped t o the top of a building when he saw the young girl fly into his view that land gently on the ground before him. To say he was … shocked … was an understatement! She looked like him! Only with undeniable violet eyes that must have been her mothers, because they sparkled with that ever defiant flame, even if she nervously chuckled and waved at him, "Hey a'meo! Um … I need your help."
"A'meo …" Malchior shook his head and blinked twice to make sure he didn't suffer a head injury, "Wha – did you just … you did didn't you?"
Syn nodded, then shook her head, "Uh, yeah, but we gotta get to work in less than 15 seconds Dante will drop the barrier and the islands falling and … ugh! Just create a barrier around the island on my mark!"
Malchior snarled in annoyance, "Hold on! What!"
"Syn! NOW!"
"Talk later! NOW!" Syn held up her hands high overhead and erected a clear white barrier, Malchior – lacking the answers and senses to question did as she demanded and chanted within his head murmuring the incantation for the barrier. Syn closed her eyes and gritted her teeth to contact Liora, Annamika, and Saligia giving them the signal the four put all they could to hold up a strong enough barrier to hold back the infiltrating dragons. Feeling their ruthless attacks and bashes, Syn groan and felt the Island violently shift nearly throwing her off her feet …
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Dante gulped and worked as fast as the computer would download the information he wanted, Raven opened her eyes when the last Earthquake knocked her to the ground, "Dante! What happened?"
"It's taking the system a moment to accept the new energy source," Dante gulped panic written all over his face as he looked up to his mother and shivered when a cold shill shot down his spine, "right now … the island is slowly loosing altitude as we speak and gaining while the computer continues to deny the Power Jewel's access. 10/90 it'll accept it."
Raven paled, "10 being …"
"… The chance we'll survive to see the next day ..."
Suddenly the computer buzzed and both Raven and Dante paled when they read the screen.
In perfect red letters is read the unthinkable:
ACCESS DENIED
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I think I just gained even more hate points! WOO! This chapter was seriously wicked fun to type! I had a blast with every scene!
X: Oh you little bastard! I was actually enjoying that reading that!
Rorek: … That's very unpleasant of you to just leave your readers with just an ending.
Raven: Are you fucking kidding me! You're so not killing me this time around!
Malchior: Wouldn't it be impossible … because if you die now … wouldn't that mean Dante and Syndella never came to the past to begin with?
Raven: Noooo because they came and interfered with the past, I never made it to the Sub-Sector to begin with so I obviously survived remember what Dante said? Pay attention!
Me: True, so who knows what'll happen after this. l8er daez!
