Chapter 14
Rage and Raze
"Tlat. Can you please get a stone bowl full of fire stones so I can warm up my hands?" Gught asked.
"Fire? This cycle is-" Tlat was interrupted
"I do not care if it is a desert outside or inside, just get me it." Gught cut Tlat off.
Tlat nodded and was dismissed from his office. The empty prison only let him rest, while when there is one, he goes crazy. The reason why Gught wanted the fire, was to only remind him of the Sevaeric, and to assist him to become his own self again. After a while, some thoughts came into his head, and when He did think about them, it made him slowly seep into deep anger, giving him a chance to have an excuse to leave and hunt down every last Sevaeric there was. He slapped his hand to his forehead, and began thinking about ways that he could've done to right the wrong. He already realized that this is now, not the past. Still, the question bouncing around his mind is that who will he become, a burning being with a passion or a being capable of taking many's lives? After what was done long ago was almost unforgivable to say at the least.
Tlat came in with the bowl of fire stones, and fire was brimming with such energy, but it was almost free, just like Gught himself.
"Can you let me finish?" Tlat asked. "What I said was it is the heat cycle. Fire would be unnecessary."
Gught did not answer, and Tlat looked at him with concern. His days for him to be usually standing tall and upholding honor was suddenly becoming a dream. The war that followed after his rescue, and when he tries to go back home, they are all there to get right in his way to start the portal between the realm of Ceres and Equinox. The fire began flashing back what he was, or at least someone who lost everything within the prime minister's grasp. Gught then snapped out of it and looked back at Tlat, who was still asking why he needed the fire. It only became sharp pains after, as he felt phantom pains from the memories of the past. He could not stand it anymore, until he finally snapped, and went out of his office. He felt the warmth again, and furiously march over to one of the cells. Tlat looked at him again, and realized what he might do. He thought that he was about to destroy this prison in about 30 seconds, but instead Gught broke a cell door in frustration. After all the bars were broken in that cell, his hand began emitting sparks, like he was a cyborg or something. Realizing that he was almost there, he then made part of the floor above him collapse with a single punch, and his hand lit on fire.
"Gught calm down!" Tlat warned.
Gught looked back, looking like he just calmed down that quick. Tlat thought after that he was about to explain something. Tlat also had a few questions of choice like what was he? His anger seems to make himself ignite, and further increase his numbness. Tlat thought that when he hit those bars, he did not even feel pain from the recoil. He took a couple deep breaths, and slowly made the fire go away. The thought made Tlat go confused, as if the one warden he knew was just some other elemental.
"Tlat, it is time I told you this." Gught said while returning to Tlat.
"Tell me what? Did you lie to me saying that you have told me everything about you?" Tlat said while crossing his arms.
"No, remember when I said I had one dark secret that I would rather not share?" Gught said.
"Uh-huh." Tlat slowly nodded.
"Well, I am a phoenix." Gught confessed.
"Seriously? So that is why you do not care if someone is your father?" Tlat exclaimed. "I cannot believe it. The warden I knew was a phoenix. Anything else you want to get off your chest!?"
"Look, I know that this might be overwhelming for you, but you got to understand. If things never happened over at Ceres, nothing would've been hidden away from your eyes." Gught explained while trying to hide his guilt.
"Let me guess. Someone made you this, turned you into a deranged maniac. Right?"
"No. Maybe we should sit at the fire for a moment."
"Oh my goodness, for Pete's sake! It is the Heat Cycle!"
"I have reasons why I have that fire anyway."
They went back into the office, within it, a bowl of fire stones, lit with fire. Gught sat down in a chair and carefully rested his left arm in the fire. He sighed in relief as Tlat wondered why he was feeling better for some reason. Tlat ignored the thought, and focused on what Gught was going to say. He knew that mystical animals were outlawed, and the punishment for being and/or having one in possession was death. Gught however probably evaded the one thing that made it obvious. Trial by fire.
Tlat watched as his hand began burning energetically. Each time the fire reached the ceiling, a feather, burning hot and shining brightly slowly floated to the floor. He caught the feather in midair, at it stood still in his hand. Tlat then finally saw he was telling the truth. Gught might've been a killer, but he always is honest, and will be for the rest of his life.
"The reason why I told you to get the fire stones is to warm up this left hand. This arm has been eternally cold for generations since I became one of you. Your fire burns bright my friend. " Gught said while making the fire on his hand intensify. "I feel your pain, and sorrow. I too has been through those times. One second you are perched in a peaceful valley, the next minute it was razed to ashes, and everything you knew was taken away."
"How did you know about how I felt?" Tlat seemed stunned.
"The fire that sparks up within me, will tell me what anybody is feeling within a short distance. Each whip against my bones means something. Now. Would you like to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?" Gught asked.
"Yes. Maybe I should be able to tell mine as well." Tlat answered.
"That is what we all want." Gught talked in a deep voice. "The heart of fire what what I had once wielded, kept it safe from all intruders. I was never considered a out of the ordinary Phoenix, said by my parents, but I was definitely ready to protect what I had. What is part of my daily life, was to maim and protect. I will make sure whoever messes with one of my friends will never see another sun ever again. One time someone did not heed my warning, and was assassinated on sight. He could've avoided it. I felt some sense of lingering cold inside my left wing, When I killed my first human. My dad congratulated me, but I felt like I was a monster. One day, we were supposed to move, on the count on what Mom said, and we did. We found a secluded forest, a area of plenty. We were very satisfied, but then we heard a yell five days later, and they burnt it to the ground, and rounded all of us. They then weakened us with a cold cell and put us to sleep. We got to the camp, but when I saw Dad almost faint, I had terror in my eyes. He only help me, and he slowly melted the cage with the most scorching fire I have ever seen. It then burnt the metal, and melted it for me to escape. I looked back seeing if Dad would come, but he looked like he was too weak to even move a claw."
"That is very sad. I feel sorry for you." Tlat commented.
"Anyways, I then left without him, making sure that I could get away from them before I too, was killed. I flew with only one memory of them in my mind. I wanted to go back and rescue them, but I had to move on. Going back would only mean certain death. I found the Sevaeric empire, standing very high, and the bad news was that it had high security measures. I went and sat on a roof of a building with a good resting place. I looked over the balcony at the rising sun as the horizon slowly began to fill me with complete warmth. As if the sun was right in front of me. The thought of them being safe disappeared. What I knew became only reasons why I should continue in my father's path. At that second I overheard some plans going a bit.. well lets just say it sounded like it would go large in a few days. They began the conversation, thinking that they were still in the shadows. In my mind, eavesdropping to find out what they were going to do was a brilliant plan." Gught continued on.
"They were talking about plans to try and suppress the other empire that is now disbanded. They used the methods of taking their supply and removing what they need to live. I could not believe what I was hearing. Was it just them, or was every person has malice and hate inside them, willing to take other's life for their own amusement? This raised many questions, and I stopped stalking them over the balcony. I sighed silently and gone to another building where I thought I would be completely safe. I looked to the tower, one that seemed like it went all the way to the darkness above. I always wonder why there was a night sky when I was little, but I found out later. Loud noises began coming from each direction, as if they were going to try and apprehend me. The helicopters shone bright lights at my face, but I was not blinded when I stared into them. They told me to get off the roof or die. It seemed like I had a chance to move it or lose it, so I moved to the surface where I became so vulnerable. Out in the streets, heavy machinery everywhere and the gang who was trying to carry out their plan was all there, in that one location." Gught said.
"Interesting. Let me hear more." Tlat happily commented.
"I was still looking at the base, and a stranger blindfolded me where I couldn't reach the band. I could smell some strong scents on the way, but what I felt was worse. I kept on hitting metal objects while I was dragged into their lair. My head became lightheaded all the sudden, and only the feeling of bones configuring in to the wrong places, filled me up with a sense of thrill, but danger. The blood rush stopped, and I could breathe again. I was brought to the prime minister, but he had different matters using me, their new slave. He then stole the heart of fire, and sucked the energy right out of the artifact. The fire quickly dissipated and the fire that once shone bright on my wings, came to an end. I lost all feelings of emotions of anything right now, and I was never prompted to know anything about this arrest. He then shown me his gun, and got 2 cyborgs that kept on struggling to get out of the grasp of the prime minister's guards. A few days later, I was so tired, and weak, that I thought I was going to fall apart. Once I felt aura coming, I knew that it was going to be dark. For someone to rescue me from being trapped in here with a powerful man is a good thing to do. I looked when it entered the door. It was a Dragon that was black, ready to take down anything. I saw the prime minister shoot and hit him a couple times, but I think the orb was the only reason why he did not die already. I am very grateful to that dragon for saving my life. I decided to move back to where I was originally from." Gught finished.
Gught finally moved his hand away from the fire, as the arm turned cold again, but this time, it wasn't as unforgiving as before. Gught saw Tlat's eyes, and they began watering, which Gught thinks was the fire that was set down with the ashes. Gught absorbed the fire to his left arm before standing up and walking out the door. Tlat complimented him before he touched the door, and Gught replied in a unusual tone. He seemed grateful, although that is very rare for Gught to be in that state.
Tlat carefully rested his eyes, causing him to sleep for probably an half hour. In that time, his dreams haunted him still, from the time he was born, to the present times.
Thank you for reading up to chapter 14 guys, and Shout out to Jenkins-224 who Favorited and followed to this story. Give this author a visit and read his stories. I really do appreciate everyone for all you do, known or unknown. Anyway, that story Gught told Tlat about was during events in a new horizon. A deleted fanfic where Sevaeric took the water away from the other empire, causing a widespread drought. Volxhos was the one who freed another fellow tenno who was captured by the prime minister himself. Akaz was the one who defeated the prime minister, but it was a close battle. The story was in his perspective, not Akaz's.
Now, lets get right into the next chapter, where it came from your favorite fanfic that I wrote, the Rebellion generals. Please, If you want to read the next chapter, continue on, and if you would like to take a break, do so. I completely understand. Enjoy!
