Chapter Twenty-Eight

Kurt

"You have gotten better since the last time we fought," Kurt admitted to Sinnerstar. It was like Davante's battle with Sinnerstar at the Smithsonian, when Kurt was gaining an upper edge Sinnerstar would turn into a fully grown mountain lion. Unlike Davante's battle, Kurt kept on changing his animal form. One moment he was a battle ready dragon, the next a quick and agile cheetah, then a frightening manticore.

"Do you think that I am fighting alone?" Sinnerstar laughed. "Just like you, I have spiritual power backing me up." Kurt looked over Sinnerstar's shoulder to see a dark spirit standing behind him. It had a familiar figure, but Kurt couldn't place it. That was until a voice he hadn't heard in 200 years piped up from inside his head.

"It is Evets," the Knight stated.

"He is right," Baba agreed. She knew what Kurt's other personalities were telling him because of their mental link. "That is 100 percent Evets."

"So you do have a name," Sinnerstar yelled at Evets. "You said that you hated Kurt, but I didn't realize that it was because he betrayed you and disbanded the Guild." Since he was identified, Evets started to come into focus.

"Why do you trust Kurt, Baba?" Evets snarled. "All of you laughed at my intelligence, but I was the only one that saw through Kurt's charade in the end! He didn't care about any of us! He just sees us as pawns to get to his perfect timeline! What happened to you because of meeting him? You are stuck permanently as a spirit! Phoenix? He became a spirit that would be destroyed if he let go of his power! Nameless? He got trapped in cyberspace by the Knight personality! I was killed by that personality! The only members who weren't harmed in the end were Kurt and Cthulhu! The two people who want to rule this world with an iron fist!"

"No!" Baba yelled back. "He has kept me alive! If it wasn't for him, my spirit would have gone on years ago! I found who I was because of him!" The more Baba defended Kurt, the more solidified she became. "I AM EMMA! I AM THE INSPIRATION FOR BABA YAGA! I AM THE MOST POWERFUL SORCERESS IN HISTORY! MY TOUCH OF DESTINY WAS USED TO MEET KURT! YOU ARE NOT EVETS! YOU ARE JUST A SHADOW OF HIM! HE KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF LOYALTY! BEGONE! NEVER RETURN TO THE MORTAL PLANE AND YOU SHALL BE SPARED!" Emma must have invoked an ancient power with that, because Evets immediately disappeared. Not only had Evets disappeared, but Emma became solidified.

"Well, bye," Sinnerstar stated. Kurt tried to grab the collar of his shirt, but he disappeared before Kurt could.

"I am so glad that I can hold you again," Kurt admitted. "Before I forget, this time around I am giving you immortality." Kurt started to invoke an incantation, older than time itself. "Now you are like me and Davante. Eternal and omnipotent. Let's go talk to the Sixteen."