Chapter 68

Shattered Void

Pride was just about to lay on top of one of wires, when she quickly moved away as the mothership was shaking terribly. The search for Husk, her last brother alive out of her five male siblings. Akaz on the other hand, decided to stay where the shaking could not make him fall. Soon, darkness was overcome with light, as the shaking was weakening. The lights flashed briefly before having a rather consistent radiance. Akaz then got right back onto the floor, now relaxed. The room was gleaming with a brilliant light as the radiance reflected off of the silver and grey walls.

"Well, shouldn't we be starting our search?" Akaz asked, stretching out his wings. Pride looked back at him, and without a word, nodded and hopped onto the visible balcony, which was hanging over there being the distance of double of Pride's height. "Agreed, lets go." She called him. "If by any chance you know this ship by any extent, then by all means, lead me."

Akaz quickly flew on top of the balcony platform. He did know something about this mothership, but it was a speck of dust compared to the huge flying menace they are in right now. If only he had walked around more after his capture. The question was still unanswered to Pride; whether he knew the ship or not. Hastily, she assumed that Akaz did not know about the Sevaeric mothership. "Alright then, I guess you get behind me." She demanded as her wings expanded to almost block the corridor. Akaz then listened, not having to make a choice between letting down because of his own ego, or making the Sevawing do all of the work navigating a new enviornment. Although, there was a hint of doubt and a sense of danger that was sensed by Akaz. The feeling was purely mystical, and it made him feel a slight tingle against the scales that were on his face. It was as if someone was on there, slowly but surely prying his scales off witwith no alarm.

Pride then carefully folded her wings to unblock the corridor. She seemed so sure to Akaz, but really she was only feeling like that because she once saw a glimpse of her brother in her dreams, somewhere inside a manufacturing plant, being prepared for conversion. "Don't fear brother, I am coming for you." She whispered as she began travelling the vast ship. Akaz followed her, knowing that they all might be in the same area. They both knew that they were at a crippling disadvantage; on a huge ship, not knowing how anybody could navigate through it, and Akaz has already been outmatched, and severely outnumbered way more than a million to one.

He never knew about the Sevaeric getting to projects this big, unless it was the skyscraper that extends from ceres to space. Suddenly, Pride just started walking, being irked about how her claws can make others hear her tapping. She slowly attempted to stop it by lifting each of her toes and fingers, with the claws going upward as well. Somehow, she was already in a aggressive state. Once she was finished adjusting, she quick ran with probably the most silent traveling Akaz had ever had seen.

They did not know; as a bunch of soldiers flooded the halls. Now there was nothing they could do to avoid the conflict that lies straight ahead. "It's Pride!" One of them called out. "You know what to do!"

They immediately began opening fire on both of them. Flickers of fire and steel flashed in front and past them. The bullets were inferior to Pride, but her attacks were not. At the time, the Sevaeric were so weak to Akaz, so that meant this was another unit in the Sevaeric ranks. Akaz immediately breathed a hot stream of fire at them, but it did not work. They only caught on fire, but that did not do anything to their armor. Pride quickly lunged at the crowd of soldiers, and proceeded to break their armor with her strong claws, currently able to cut through the strongest steel. Akaz joined in, and his aura began spreading throughout the halls. suddenly all of them yelled in agony, and slowly gone to the ground dying. Pride then realized that if she used her kind's power, then it was completely pointless. Her scales then dulled, with no hesitation, and with haste, she continued on. Akaz tried to catch up to her, but appearantly she was too fast, but not so that they were out of sight of each other.

"Pride is here, also with a accomplice. take them both out at sight." The intercom shouted out.

Disregarding the warning, Pride slowed down, and turned to face the black dragon. "I have been waiting for this.. How about we kill everyone one this ship, and make it crash onto Giha so all of us can scrap it." She suggested.

"No, if we do they will surely send the one that I had to deal with. I doubt you could elude them and defeat them. We get your brother out of here, and my family out of their presence, and we are done." Akaz replied.

"I want to see for myself, is there really more of them?" Pride curiously said, leaning in closer to Akaz. "If they ever consider messing with me, let my claws tear the bones from their flesh."

"Why must you not listen? At this point, we are talking about a elite force that probably has millions of experts that know how to handle me, and you kind. Heck, I couldn't even stand against them, unlike Desto." Akaz explained gravely, slapping her with his tail. "Even if you manage to actually kill one, there are still others. I am lucky to be here by your side right now."

Pride extorted steam from her snout, shooting a blinding chemical against the wall. She wanted to believe that the Sevaeric was actually light work to deal with, but the possible lie that Akaz explained quite fairly, angered her. She did not know what Akaz was talking about, seeing even young dragons take them down like himself, so why does he even fear the Sevaeric?

Suddenly, a faint image and voices began to pop up in his head. It seemed like it was from another sector on the planet, as if the scene was actually local.

"Wha...? Where am I? What is this?" A female voice cried out, being highly confused. "Why am-"

"Shut up for once, sheesh. Look, since you volunteered to be in the extermination program on Giha, the task force has issued a manhunt, or I suppose, a draconian hunt anyways. The Primarch has been looking closely to see exactly how Gevatl's essence is slowly seeping into reality, from the grave to the ground. After a long time considering, he decided it was Pride, not Ytrian or the assassin killing everyone in sight in Giha, just that sister of Ytrian being the reincarnation of Gevatl himself, probably. If our sources were correct, she started this whole mess between the four factions, but mainly we just want to exterminate the Sevawings." He said within the scene, slamming his hand to the table. "We still have been trying to find her for the past few months now, but now there was a report that Supremacy pinpointed her exact location without fail, on the eighth Argone."

"I see." She responded before sighing and standing back up to face him. "Hypherion wait, If the Primarch himself was mostly free for discussions, why couldn't he come. Why you?"

"He would rather not communicate with any of the people in the sector of Supremacy, which you just signed up for. All of them, if not most could get the job done with no fail, we already saw that with Equinox's son and such. One word or a brief description, and they go out and make sure the job is not half done, but giving it their all. If you want to give them just one word to match them, it would most likely be, Professionals. " Hypherion explained. "Jahne, if you just do not want to kill her yourself, its your call. Just remember, your task was specifically targeted on making sure Pride does not get in our way, until she is the only one left, or if that runt inside the tomb is left, kill Pride, and then make the final killing blow."

"As you wish..." Jahne answered back. "Thank you."

"Hmph, no problem, besides, I begrudge you, in many different ways. If I had your gift, then I would've helped everyone be better, and try myself to stop the war on Giha. In fact, maybe I should be with you for this one... I do not want you to get hurt trying to take down an alpha by yourself. Consider yourself, paired." Hypherion said, smirking it Jahne.

"Wait, are you serious!?" Jahne, being excited said after gasping in surprise. "That would be... Great."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there is an accomplice with her, the son of Equinox after he was released into this island for proper assimilation." I guess we have two targets now." Hypherion stated.

He realized that they were not in the clear after all that time. According to the conversation within his mind, the mandarins of the Sevaeric, who were called Supremacy were now onto them like angry blood hounds. He knew that they were going to be in a good deal, and a very large amount of conflict and trouble if they get here before they break them out. Pride was her target. and he knew that himself was considered a mutual, working for her. After all these years, he now knew that the dragons nor the alliance against the impostors of the Sevaeric were their real target, but why must the Sevawings be treated like they were going to be their bane of existence... More importantly, who is Gevatl?, Akaz asked in his mind.

Pride quickly jabbed her tail blade into the area of the hull,causing a wide, gaping hole to appear into the wall, seeming so dismantled, that it had tubes and wires hanging down from the top of it. She seemed so determined, to find her captured sibling and get her out of here as soon as possible, and without any flaw either. She knew hat she already had made that mistake, letting Akaz go along with her, but it was good to have a companion by your side, or at least she knows that... She then headbutted the damaged hull where she stabbed her tail blade, causing the hole to spread with it's cracks, and then collapse like a bunch of weak bricks.

She ran with such a new sense of vigor down the halls. "C'mon! She is not far!" She called out, with Akaz assuming that she was luring the guards to her with her voice. His past enmity with the humans caught up to him just like his father's words, echoing through the halls as if he was actually here with him. Then without being told, he snapped out of his daze, and began following pride, guessing she knew where to go. A scent then picked up around the halls, just strong enough for both of them to track it down.

Pride let out a ferocious scowl, with herself beginning to shine like the stars above, and she almost seemed like she was actually the living sun. Then, as Akaz looked around her to not be blinded by her radiance, both of them noticed the heavily armored human that crossed paths with them. It held a rail gun at the least, almost as if it was some kind of armor piercing technology. He could notice Pride spreading out her legs, and keeping her wings folded, meaning she was about to make sure the poor soul would pay for their treason. Her fury rose like an active volcano, making fires blast through the halls like a tornado, causing the armored person to become only a smoldering pile of charred bones and burnt flesh. Fires still were left over from the blast, and it burned freely. Her armor seemed to be enhancing all of her skills, not even Ytrian could breathe a fire as large as that. She then stopped shining, standing up on her four feet, with her wings still folded. "We still have a chance. My head is still giving me the feeling. Lets go." She said, running while flailing her tail around causing immediate damage to the ship.