Chapter Seventeen
The Betrayers Last Words
"I won't let you hurt my best friend," Cory yelled as he leaped into the air and stabbed Zylo with his Assassin Daggers!
"Yeah, we'll stand together or together we'll fall," Candice yelled as she swung her axe at Zylo! Zylo, now all bloody, swung his arm around and slammed the back of his claw into Candice! She flew backwards for a moment, but then came back with an attack that she calls, "Axe Slam Attack!" Her axe glowed dim light, and she took a swing at Zylo! Zylo dodged, and, as Cory tried to stab him with his daggers once again, Zylo grabbed Cory and threw him into her. David, finally realizing that his best friend and his girlfriend-like-friend were fighting a demi-human, rose into the air. His eyes turned white…
He chanted, "Psy-Zylo…" Then, Zylo stopped growling and ran off into the forest, chanting, "I will not kill, I will not kill…" Then about five minutes later, David broke the control, and, while landing, he transformed back to human form. After that, he looked at the other two. He, while he and the other two were panting, smiled at them. They smiled back, but then…
"Ugh," Cory yelped, as he vomited blood and collapsed!
"Cory," David yelled running back to him. "Candice, help me bring him back!"
"Uh, right," she said as she helped put him on David's back.
"Now lead!"
"Okay." She led them deep into the forest but they stopped when Cory spoke.
"I won't make it," he said with a weak voice. "But…but you, Da-vid…you will…I'm…sorry that I…that I pulled you into this…We needed money…I-I couldn't think of anything…e-else to do…" A single tear slowly rolled down Cory's face. David laid him down gently, and Cory grunted.
"Old friend," David started as a tear rolled down his face as well, Candice now in tears as well, "please rest…Candice, get Alexis, now." Candice hurried into the darkness, leaving the two boys alone.
"You…must…do…one more thing…for…me…" Cory said with still a weak tone. "Fight for Lance…and tell him…that Phantom Zeig…is no longer of this world…But Zeig…has plenty of men…created by quintessence…And…one more thing," he continued as his voice grew softer, "kill…Zeig…ugh…" And with that, Cory, the Dark Assassin, David's great friend, had died.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," David cried as tears drenched the top of his shirt.