Chapter. 18
The caligula roared as it breathed ice into the air. "Go!" Shouted Lance.
Leo dashed to the left as his spear grew out of his hand. Vale swung his arm to summon his scythe and ran to the beast's right with Torri behind him. Alisa changed her god arc to gun mode and fired on the caligula as Lance ran up to the aragami and slashed at it with both of his arcs. The caligula restented it's wrist blades and held them out ad shields to block Lance's attack.
Leo stabbed the caligula in the leg with his spear and slashed at its stumach with his father's arc. Vale cut at the aragami's leg with his long sword as his stabbed it in the ribs with his scythe. The caligula swung its arms back to get to two Gods Eaters that hurt it. Vale and Leo backflipped over the beast's hands, Leo thrusted his spear into it's hand and impaled it into the ground then slashed at its arm. Vale swung his scythe into the back of the beast's hand, he switched his sword arc to gun mode and fired into its ribs at point blank. As he landed he slammed its hand on the concrete.
Torri dashed to the caligula's back, she conjured her second arc and stabbed both of her weapons into its tail. As the caligula pulled its hands back Lance and Alisa were given an opening to its body. Lance sliced at its neck while Alisa fired at its head.
The caligula raised head and roared as a cold wind blow around it. "Fall back!" Shouted Lance.
Vale pulled his scythe out of the caligula's hand and dove away from it. Leo got his spear out of the beast and raised his shields. Torri hurled her mother's arc up at the higher level of a building while Lance leaped back and raised his shield to protect Alisa behind him.
A whirlwind of ice swirled around the caligula. The aragami glared down at Lance and focused its ice breath at him. Lance held up his shields to block the attack even as his arms were being covered in ice.
Torri kicked off the building she was hanging from and landed on the caligula's back and sliced at its jets. Torri raised her arcs and cut the jets clean off the beast. The caligula stopped its breath attack and howled in pain. Leo and Vale took the opening, they changed their weapons to gun mode and fired at the aragami. Even with all the damage it was taking the aragami was focusing its attack on Lance.
It waved it claws at Lance who blocked with his shields but each attack staggered him as he could defend with his arms frozen. On it's fourth swipe Lance was thrown to the ground, sliding to Alisa's feet.
Alisa shoots at the caligula but as it shows that it won't stop Alisa changed her arc to sword mode and deployed her shield. The caligula attacked with its hand and shoved Alisa down then raised its hand up high to crush the downed Gods Eater.
"Mother!" Torri slide down the caligula's back, cutting into it but the creature wasn't showing any interest.
"Over here!" Leo fired at the aaragami but it only shruggled off the attack.
"Get away from them!" Vale sliced the beast's arm but was quickly knocked away.
With her vision blurry Alisa looked up and tried to make out the blue mess that stood over her as it hand came down on her when another blur moved in front of it. Alisa blinked rapidly to clear her sight and saw Lance standing up with his blades against the caligula's hand. "I won't let you control me..." Gold and black sparked fluttered out from Lance's back. "So what the hell, makes you think..." The sparks were appearing more rapidly and formed a ring behind him. "I'll let you... hurt my Aly!" Wings sprouted from the gold ring and activated Lance's blood rage.
Lance pulled on his god arcs and sliced the caligula's hand in half. "Just die!" Lance jumped and took fight, changing his arcs to gun mode to rain fire mortars on the beast.
"Vale!" Yelled Leo as he held up his weapons.
"Got it!" Vale's weapons changed to gun mode as he held them up, the two quickly brought their arcs down and shouted to the sky as wings of black and gold from behind them. The twins took flight and shot at the caligula.
Alisa and Torri watched as the caligula was consumed in flames. The aragami breathed ice to stop the rain of fire but had no effect, a shot landed in the caligula's mouth and caused the creature to drop.
Lance stopped shooting and changed his arcs to sword mode. He flew down to the aragami and sliced through its neck, cutting its head off. The caligula's body dropped as Lance cut it it in half before the body hit the ground. Lance hover to the head as it was gasping for air and crushed it with his boot just as his blood rage wore off.
Vale and Leo landed beside their father as their blood rage faded away as well. "Dad that was sick!" Vale grabbed Lance's shoulder who then fell to his knees. "Dad!"
Alisa and Torri ran to Lance's side, Torri stood over Alisa who kneeled down. "Lan, what is it?!"
"Just tired. That took a lot."
Leo kneeled down beside Alisa and looked Lance over. "That's the power of blood rage. Seems we landed in a time your still learning to use it."
"That was the second time I've used it. At least I didn't pass out this time. How did you learn this ability?"
"You taught us it."
"Then can you teach me it?"
"Of course dad."
"Wait a sec." Vale stood up and retracted his scythe. "If dad taught us then we taught dad. Then who taught dad to teach us to teach dad to... This is really not making any sense."
"It's called a time loop Vale." Pointed Torri.
Lance then snickered. "This is another thing Paylor will love to hear about. for now, let's get to chopping up that aragami to get as many cells on own weapons."
"Good idea." Leo stood up and went with Vale to start cutting at the body.
Torri helped Lance stand up. "You okay father?"
"I'm fine, you okay Aly?"
Alisa shook her head. "So many have powers I'll never obtain."
Lance throw his arm over his girlfriend. "That's not true. Raven told me any Gods Eater can learn blood rage just like blood art."
"Then teach me. Teach me how to use blood art."
Lance looked to his sons as they hacked away at the caligula's corpse. "When we get back we're gonna take some time to learn new abilities."
"Thank you Aly."
"Of coarse, anything for my girl." Lance leaned closer to Alisa then kissed her. "Come on, can't let our kids get all the cells."
"You feel any better?" Alisa asked as the walked.
Lance took a minute to think how he felt. "Better, much better. Caligula won't take control of me, and I thank you for the strength to do it."
"Of course, anything for my man." Lance and Alisa let out a laugh, Torri smiled warmly to see her parent's bonds growing stronger.
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