Orion and Aegis viciously hack and slash at one another blocking and dodging all attempts to wound the other, barely missing every strike...

"Kids like YOU the soul reason that disease exists...I have to PURGE you from this world...this reality we live in, and every other reality. Wizards and Pirate pretending to be HEROES, sicken me!" Aegis shouts as he lands a heavy kick on Orions rib-cage, landing a hit on him with his sword, luckily, it was only a flesh wound.

"Y-yeah...And people like you are the reason that poverty exists, thinking you can just slaughter people because you don't like them!" Orion flips in the air and swings at Aegis's neck, but Aegis sidesteps and does an unknown hand sign, shooting a bolt of red-lightning at Orion. Orion screams in pain as the bolt hits him, he feels the energy surging through his body painfully. Orion falls to the ground and shudders a bit, but gets back up. "I'm not going to let some freak beat me!" Orion sprints at Aegis and swings his sword at Aegis's head, he blocks, he kicks at his chest, Aegis grabs Orion's leg, and gets ready to cut it off, but just in the blink of an eye, he shoots Aegis in the face with his sparklock causing Aegis to stumble back a few feet covering his face.

"Arrrrrrrrgh! You little brat! I'll KILL you!" Aegis madly dashes at Orion with his sword attacking with an incredible speed, Orion is barely able to keep up, he gets several light cuts and a few deep ones, Orion can feel his body getting heavier, quickly, but he manages to land another lucky blow on Aegis with his sword. Aegis clenches his upper arm, blood is pouring out from behind his hand. "Your a tricky little bastard, ain'tcha?"

"If your so against magic, why do you use it?" Orion asks Aegis, ignoring his remark.

"Against magic? No no no...I'm not against it...I think the way you all use it is wrong. 'Oh, lets use magic to make peoples lives better! It'll be so great!' WRONG! Its because that mindset that people always end up dead, and think they can fix it, but they fail miserably. That man, Malistare...was an idiot. He had no idea what he was doing...I, on the other hand, could've helped him. But he was a fool...he wouldn't have accepted my help, even if I met him. He died because you aren't taught the full power of magic, you are only taught a small fraction of magic...there are tons of undiscovered forms of Magic. Has Kieran told you that? I know that your Witchdoctor friends don't teach Voodoo at Ravenwood. Wizards don't teach any Witchdoctors or other people Pyromancy or Thaumaturgy. I bet Kieran hasn't even heard of Voodoo. Y'see, if everyone was just taught how POWERFUL they could be, this wouldn't happen."

"So killing people is the best option?" Orion snaps back.

"If change won't happen, force it to happen. I like to see myself as someone who will bring this plain of existence into a new era of discovery...where we will find our true potential, and create a society where the weak and needy are stomped out by the strong and powerful. We live in a society where we try to accommodate for everyone, making them weaker and weaker. We try to please everyone so much, they go into life with a false view...in life, in its oldest, most ancient form...only the strong survived. And the same applies to now. At Wysteria, had you fools not shown up, they would've all died. They aren't taught how to deal with combat as well as you are here...but even you guys have a few problems. Dragonspyre academy was the only place to get this correct."

"They destroyed themselves with power because they had that exact same mindset!"

"They destroyed themselves because the morons running the place hid the truth and tried to make things easier for the weaklings!"

Orion clenches his fists, and sprints at Aegis, striking with tons of power, Aegis is taken aback by the immense strength, but parries and stabs Orion. Orion's eyes widen in pain and he screams in pain, and then coughs out some blood, Aegis begins choking him, shoving the blade in deeper, "You had me going there for a second, but you're just an idiot, like everyone else. Did you listen to a word I said? Its because idiots like you that we-" Aegis is cut off by Orion shoving Aegis's own gun into his own mouth, Aegis tries to pull Orion's arm away but he won't let it budge.

"I-I'm tired...of hearing your voice...its annoying." Orion says tiredly, pulling the trigger. The gunshot echoes throughout Olde Town, and Aegis's head explodes into a gory mess, his body falls to the ground and twitches, Orion falls on the ground and limps a few feet away before passing out from blood loss. Several life wizards make their way over to him to fix him up. A student looks out into the distance, in the direction of Nexus City, and begins cheering. Just at that moment, several ships with the same flag as Magnus's private ship, arrive, and begin to open fire on the remaining Armada ships, destroying almost all of them within a few minutes.

A about a week later, repairs are nearing completion, and the death toll has been taken, families are notified and are told what happened. The Resistance Magnus worked with helps with the repairs in Wysteria and Wizard City, and Kieran also pitches in, by having Nexus City serve as a shelter for the time being. Orion's wounds have healed, and he has reported his progress with his gem to Avery and Boochbeard.

Early Morning...

Orion and Morgan are packing up their things into their ship, with the crew that came with them. Kieran approaches them.

"Leaving already?" Kieran says, soundly slightly disappointed. "Damn, I was hoping we could get a drink. I could tell you about one of my friends named Kane."

"Another Kane? How many people do you know have duplicate names dude?" Orion teases. "Don't tell me, it'd ruin the effect that all your friends have the same first names." Orion continues to tease.

"Yeah well, it wouldn't be that far off. So, where you heading too?" Kieran asks. "My friend was heading to his homeworld...I think it was...Zafaria?"

"What did he look like...I was there only a short time before getting here, although it was only for food."

"He's about my height, short black hair, light blue eyes, his bangs split. Pale skin."

"No. I would've remembered if I saw something like that there, even if it was only for a few minutes. Did he say where he lived there?"

"Yeah, the Baobab Crossroads."

"Interesting...I would've seen him then."

Kieran stands in silence for a bit, but shrugs it off. "Well Orion. It was nice meeting you. Kieran extends his hand out, and Orion extends his, they shake hands.

"Morgan, you be careful with Orion, you don't wanna break him anymore then he already is." Olivia comes from behind Kieran, teasing the other couple.

"Oh...don't worry. I'll be careful. Won't I Orion~..." Morgan teases Orion, spinning a clump of his hair around her finger. She kisses him on the cheek, as Orion blushes deeply, and shakes hands with Olivia. "Nice meetin' ya!"

With that said, Orion and Morgan board their ship, and sail off into the morning. Kieran looks at Olivia, then looks at the tons of people that are currently homeless, staying at their town until further notice.

"So. What now?" Kieran asks

"I got a few ideas." Olivia says with a smile.

The two walk off happily, and get on two of their mounts and fly after Orion's ship. Orion's ship passes through the skies of Wizard City, the eventually passes Magnus's larger ship, where he is with the resistance. He see's Orion, and waves goodbye, Kieran and Olivia wave to him too, to which he also responds to them. Kieran and Olivia stop after a few miles, as Orion's ship disappears from their point of view. They smile at one another, and fly down towards Wizard City happily.

(End of Chapter Fifteenth)