All of Dark's friends knew the story about the young snow girl that set him free, how she had granted him life even after she was cut down by his blade when he was under his old master's command. How the shadow demon adopted her last name in honor of her, and even listened to music everywhere he went as the young girl used to do. She was like a mother to him, a guardian angel, for it was because of her that he lived and it was for her memory that he strived to be a good soul in the world, even though he was made of countless dark spirits from hell. It was she that allowed the shadow demon to be free, it was she that set into motion Fairy Tale's downfall by inspiring the shadow demon to have a heart.
And it was she that was screaming out furiously while snow and ice was forming around her, the young snow angel that had returned to the mortal realm to find the demon that she was so in love with.
"Arial stop! Please!" Complica cried out from behind Razico, staying out of sight as she felt chills run down her spine.
"Stop this Arial!" Gabriel yelled out as he shielded his eyes with his arm, stepping back from the snow girl as ice spires jettisoned around her. The group slowly backed up as Arial yelled out with anger.
"YOU WON'T KEEP ME FROM HIM!" she screamed as the hallway flash froze around her, the ground freezing solid and erupting into ice spires as a blast of arctic wind flew down the halls.
"My god… her monster energy," Ruby said with wide eyes. A sheer torrent of chilled air and monster energy swirled around the snow angel as her hair was frozen over, the girl growling loudly as she had her fists clenched. The group looked at her with wonder and a bit of fear as the hallway around her was covered in solid ice.
"Enough Arial! I need to get you back to heaven before its too late!" Gabriel yelled out.
"This is the girl that freed Dark that night?" Kokoa said shaking her head.
"She's… got a bit of a temper doesn't she?" Razico said cautiously.
"You have no idea! Get her to stop before she goes crazy!" Complica pleaded loudly.
"Wait, this isn't 'going crazy' for her?" Render asked looking at the snow angel carefully while Apoch was shivering from the cold wind flowing down the hall.
"Could have fooled me," Leon said cautiously as Astreal stared at the snow angel with surprise.
"Just how much energy does she have?" Ruby asked looking to Gabriel.
"Being a soul she didn't have physical restraints on her power in heaven, and it looks like it still applies to her now down here," Gabriel said worriedly.
"So… what does that mean?" Gin asked glancing to the angel cautiously.
"Her power… might be limitless in this state," Gabriel explained as Arial screamed loudly, the girl creating a frozen wave of spikes that erupted around her. The walls of the hall on either side of the snow angel were obliterated as the jagged spires smashed through the steel and plaster. The group looked at it with surprise then to Arial as the girl thrashed around in her rage.
"Holy shit… she's out of control," Ruby said backing up more.
"You think this is bad? Imagine what'll happen if she learns about you-know-who," Gabriel said looking back to the group. They thought about that and jumped at the realization.
"Oh god… Mizore…" Kokoa said quietly while covering her mouth.
"She'll kill us all if she learns the truth," Gin said trembling. Sun nodded fearfully and stepped behind the boy as the cold air flew around the hallway.
"Arial please! We don't have time for this, Dark needs our help now!" Complica cried out. The group looked to her as Arial stopped screaming, the snow angel looking towards her friend then jumping a bit.
"Wait, that's right! We have to hurry, c'mon!" she yelled as she started running down the hall. Gabriel grabbed her hand and held her back as the group looked back to her cautiously.
"Hold on Arial, you're not going anywhere but back to heaven," he said sternly.
"Let me go! My husband needs me! Let me go!" Arial yelled as she tried to yank away from Gabriel. Complica ran over to him and grabbed his other arm and started tugging on it with fright.
"Please help Gabriel! We found Dark and the others but they're trapped underground and there's a bomb and it's going to explode if all these doors close and we can't let them close and they might close any second now unless we keep them from closing otherwise Dark and the other monsters down there are going to be blown to bits!" she cried out. Gabriel looked to her as Arial yanked away from the angel.
"Wait, what?" he asked.
"Does she even know what a comma is?" Render asked raising an eyebrow.
"I got 'bomb' and 'underground' out of all that," Leon said glancing to the others.
"Bomb? Where? Where are they?" Razico asked quickly.
"They're in some holding area, but it's underground now! We have to help them before that bomb explodes!" Arial cried out.
"Where is this holding area?" Ruby asked urgently. Sun grabbed Gin's hand and took off down a hall with Kokoa looking over with surprise.
"Hey! Get back here with my boyfriend!" she yelled as she took off after the siren with her oversized morning star.
"C'mon!" Complica cried out grabbing Gabriel's hand and taking off after them. Arial followed after while the group just watched the snow angel carefully.
"Well, that snow maiden friend of yours is going to die," Ceal said casually.
"I can't believe it, that's the snow girl that freed Dark. It's really her," Ruby said with wonder.
"She's… not as gentle as I had imagined her in the stories," Apoch pointed out unsurely.
"She's out of her mind; I mean she tore apart the area with just a tantrum. What… what's she going to do to Ms. Mizore when she learns the truth?" Astreal said nervously.
"Arial's going to tear her to pieces when she learns the truth, did you see all that monster energy? Mizore won't stand a chance against her," Ruby said fearfully.
"Seriously, that's the girl that freed Dark?" Razico said in disbelief.
"Well, let's go and try to keep your friends alive long enough for Arial to kill them," Render said with a shrug before they took off after the group.
Further ahead Sun was dragging Gin down the hallway quickly, with the boy looking at her with surprise.
'What's she doing here? And… what was with that kiss? She picks now to kiss me of all times?'
She pulled him over to where Complica had torn apart the blast door into where the holding atrium was, looking to Gin then pointing to the monitor urgently. He looked at it for a moment then quickly grabbed Sun and moved her away as a giant morning star crashed down where she was just standing.
"You think you can kiss my boyfriend like that and get away with it? You're dead meat bitch!" Kokoa yelled as she geared back with her weapon again.
"Kokoa wait! Stop, she's an old friend, that's all!" Gin cried out waving his arms around while Sun looked at the vampire cautiously.
"An old friend? She kissed you! She's a corpse now, that's what she is!" Kokoa yelled out.
"Please wait Kokoa! I can explain!" Gin pleaded loudly. The vampire swung again towards Sun, with Gin grabbing the siren and jumping away as the giant weapon crashed down into the ground again.
"Get away from her Gin! I'm going to show that bitch her place, as a smoldering crater under my foot!" the vampire yelled as she geared back again.
"Kokoa stop!" Gabriel called out running up to them with Complica and Arial.
"Don't hurt our friend!" Complica pleaded.
"Touch a hair on her head and you're dead!" Arial yelled out with her hands freezing over into claws. Kokoa looked back to the snow angel nervously then to Sun as the siren was watching her carefully. Gin looked between the two worriedly then to the monitor again.
"Is this what you wanted to show us Sun?" he asked. The siren nodded and pointed to the monitor as the others ran up to them.
"Where are they?" Razico asked looking around.
"They're underground, see?" Complica said pointing to the monitor. The group looked at it then over to the door that the chronofly had torn apart. Razico ran over and looked around inside then down at the large metal gates that were closed.
"They're buried underground. We heard some humans saying that once all four of those big gates close the bomb in the holding area will blow up," Arial said nervously. The warlock growled then ran back over to the screen with a look of frustration.
"Oh man, we need to stop… wait, it looks like it already stopped," Razico said examining the monitor.
"Yeah, something happened and the fourth gate stopped a little while ago. We weren't sure what happened but we wanted to make sure that they couldn't fix it. It's a hair away from closing, we can't let them fix whatever went wrong otherwise Dark's a goner," Arial said nervously.
"Wait… a little while ago?" Leon asked carefully. The group looked to Render who was tilting his head curiously. He glanced around then looked up in thought.
"Um…" he said unsurely.
"That engine room we were in…" Ruby said with surprise.
"Oh yeah… heh, kinda ruined that place didn't I?" Render said with a laugh.
"Wait, it was you? You stopped the gate from closing?" Arial asked looking to the battlemage with surprise.
"It seems so, looks like they had mechanical problems with that gate. And we were just in a large room with gears and pistons a while ago," Apoch said looking to Render. He smiled a bit and nodded.
"Well, looks like it was a good thing I was there after all," he said proudly.
"Oh please, your sword accidently got caught in the gears, you didn't know what you were doing," Leon said shaking his head. Render rolled his eyes then glanced to his friend with a dull expression.
"Hey, I just saved everybody down there with my beautiful sword, the least you could do is say 'Thank you Render, you're the best. What would we do without you?'," he said flatly. He was suddenly tackled to the ground by Arial, the snow angel's wings fluttering a bit as the two swords of the battlemage dropped to the ground.
"You're the best! You saved my husband!" she cheered out with joy as a cold blast of air blew around her. Render shivered and looked at the girl with a nervous smile.
"Um… yay?" he said unsurely.
"Thank you! Thank you so much! I promise I won't forget this ever, you'll be an usher at Dark and I's wedding for this great service!" Arial cheered while leaning back and looking at the boy with a bright smile.
"An usher… I'm honored," the boy said nervously through a smile.
"They can't fix the problem? Really?" Complica asked looking to Gabriel. The angel shook his head with a smirk.
"I doubt it. That place was in ruins after we left, they're not going to be closing that gate anytime soon," he assured. The chronofly smiled with relief then looked to Arial as the snow angel was getting up from the frosted battlemage. Render shivered and slowly got up with Apoch's help as the snow girl looked to the monitor with hopeful eyes.
"Now all we gotta do is dig them out of there! This is great!" she cheered out.
"Wow that's cold," Render shivered as he picked up his swords again.
"That was a close one, it looks like that last gate was almost closed when we happened by the engine room," Gabriel said with wonder.
"It's all thanks to my usher, he saved the wedding! It's a miracle!" Arial praised looking to Render. The boy smiled weakly and glanced around at the group.
"Yeah… totally what I had in mind then," he said with a shrug. Arial ran into the empty chamber above the large metal gate and looked around at it.
"Alright Complica, let's get to it!" she called out. The chronofly gripped her bat and ran in, shifting forward and swinging outward as the steel below her was torn apart. She shifted around franticly as more steel got torn apart wildly below her, the girl then appearing over by the door with a worried expression.
"Um… how deep are they?" she asked nervously. Arial looked around at the steel that her friend tore apart then to the group who was staring at the chronofly curiously.
"Are you… using a baseball bat… to rip apart the steel floor?" Render asked pointing to the girl's bat with a puzzled expression.
"She's shifting through time like her sisters could, she's using the bat to attack with like when we fought against Alucard," Ruby said in wonder.
"Wait, what?" Arial said looking to Ruby. She ran over and looked around at the group.
"You… you were there that day with my husband?" she asked in surprise. Gabriel slowly nodded as Ruby, Razico, Gin, Kokoa, Apoch, and Astreal smiled a bit.
"Yeah, we were there. It was because of your sisters' help that were able to stop that thing once and for all," Gin said with a smile. He blinked then looked to Sun, the siren staring at him with wide eyes. She shakily grabbed her sketchpad and hastily wrote down something while staring at the boy as one of her eyes twitched a bit.
You were one of those heroes that day?
He smiled nervously and nodded as the siren stared at him with amazement.
"Well… yeah, I guess I was," he admitted with a weak smile. Kokoa glared at the siren as she moved closer to her while growling a bit.
"That's right, me and my boyfriend were there fighting to save your sorry ass from annihilation," she said sternly. Sun looked at the group with surprise then to Arial, the snow angel looking around at everybody with wonder.
"Wow… I heard stories about all of you during that fight. This is amazing! You're like legends with my Dark!" she cheered out with a bright smile.
"Well… I don't know about legends…" Ruby said bashfully while looking away.
"Hey, somebody had to save the world that day," Razico said with a proud smile and a shrug.
"Always knew my girl had a lot of fight in her," Render said glancing to Apoch, the witch blushing and smiling timidly at him.
"We just did what needed to be done," Astreal said calmly while Leon looked to her with a small smile.
"Amazing, this is awesome! My husband is as good as saved with you all here!" Arial cheered out.
"Arial…" Gabriel groaned face palming and shaking his head. Arial grabbed Complica's hand and started running back into the empty chamber.
"C'mon Complica, dig down to them so we can get my Dark out of there!" she cheered happily.
"Arial stop!" Gabriel yelled out. The snow angel stopped and looked back to him as Complica had a nervous expression.
"You and Complica are coming with me right now, I need to get you two back into heaven before anything happens to you," he said sternly.
"Listen to him Arial, we need to go back to our own realm before its too late," Complica pleaded.
"What? No way! I'm not going anywhere now that I'm so close to being with my Dark again!" Arial yelled out.
"Dammit Arial, this isn't a game. You could be gone from all existence if anything were to happen to you down here," Gabriel said walking into the chamber. The others followed after as the snow angel growled and shook her head.
"I don't care! I don't care what happens to me, all I care about is being with my husband!" she yelled out. Complica backed up from the girl as snow and ice started to appear on the ground around her.
"Arial please, calm down," the chronofly said nervously.
"No!" Arial yelled as she stomped her foot down, the echoing sound of the thud being heard as an ice spire shot up behind the girl. She shook her head and looked to Gabriel with frustration.
"My husband is right below this barrier, I can't just leave him like this! Nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to stand in my way of seeing him again!" she yelled out.
Suddenly a banging sound was heard below them, the group blinking and looking down. A large thud was heard as the gate trembled a bit.
"What… what's that?" Arial asked.
Another large thud was heard as the steel creaked and groaned slightly. The group looked around carefully as another bang was heard with a slight shake in the gate.
"Um… what's going on now?" Gin asked as the group slowly looked around at the ground.
Suddenly the steel ground behind Arial dented upward, the girl looking back to it as her snow spire cracked apart and fell to pieces around the indentation. The steel banged and bent around upwards as the group stared at it with wide eyes.
"What the hell is that?" Render asked as he gripped his swords tightly.
"Arial, get away from there!" Ruby called out.
The steel blasted upward as a purplish firestorm shot up from the ground, the fires flaring upward as a blue haired succubus shot through the ground with a furious yell. Arial shrieked as the fire flew by her, stumbling back then dropping to the ground as Kurumu flew up into the air, her demonic flames casting the area into a purplish glow.
"Arial!" Complica cried out as Arial lay motionless on the ground.
"What the hell is that?" Render said getting into an attack stance.
"Kurumu?" Ruby, Kokoa, and Gin said with surprise.
"Kurumu?" Razico said with shock at seeing the succubus flying in the air with her flaming wings and tail.
"What happened to her?" Apoch and Astreal cried out with surprise.
"She appears to be on fire," Ceal said flatly with a raised eyebrow.
"Arial!" Gabriel cried out running over to the snow angel. The group looked over to seeing him lifting the snow girl into his arms, the boy looking at her with fright.
"No, no! Arial!" he yelled out shaking the girl a bit. Her head rocked on his arm while her body was motionless.
"Oh my god! Is she ok?" Kokoa said running over to the snow angel.
"Is she ok? Kurumu's on fire!" Razico yelled out while pointing to the succubus. Kurumu yelled out into the air then looked down at the group, all of them looking up at her with surprise. The succubus was breathing heavily with a blush, looking at the group down below as she tilted her head a bit. The girl growled heavily then flew down in a purplish blur, shooting down and tackling Sun to the ground with a mighty pounce. The group looked to her as the succubus kissed the siren deeply while her wings arched back, the silent girl staring with shock as Kurumu started to grab her breasts and squeeze them.
"What the hell is she doing?" Ruby cried out shaking her head.
"Sun!" Gin yelled as he ran over, grabbing the succubus and trying to throw her off of the siren. Kurumu swatted him away effortlessly, the wolf flying over and smacking into the wall with a thud as the group stared at the succubus that was kissing the siren passionately. Kurumu started dry humping the siren while holding her hands down forcibly by her head, the shocked girl staring with wide eyes as the demon forced her tongue into her mouth passionately.
"What is going on here?" Razico shouted out.
"She's raping Sun!" Complica cried out as she ran over, whacking her bat alongside Kurumu's head. The girl was knocked clean off the siren and tumbled over as her flames died out, collapsing down as Sun scrambled back with a look of shock on her face.
"Are you alright Sun?" Complica asked as the siren slowly stood back up again.
"Arial! Arial speak to me!" Gabriel cried out as he shook the angel a bit. The group looked from Kurumu to Sun, then back to Arial as they ran over to her while the siren was staring at the love demon that nearly raped her with wide eyes still.
"She's not moving, is she ok?" Kokoa asked worriedly.
"Her lifeforce, it took a severe hit from the heat," Gabriel said as she looked at the snow angel with great concern. The girl's lifeforce was nearly wiped out with that blast of heat so close to her.
"My god, she nearly died… she nearly died for good!" Kokoa cried out shaking her head.
"What happened to Kurumu? Her body was on fire!" Razico said looking back to the unconscious girl. Suddenly multiple winged monsters flew out from the hole in the ground, the group stumbling back as the winged monsters flew up and around inside the chamber. The beasts roared and snarled before flying down and racing out the opened doorway into the HDA command center. Apoch and Astreal screamed as they raised their barriers before them, deflecting a few large monsters that banged against their shields as they flew out the open door into the center. The group watched them fly out as crashes and roars started to echo outside the building then looked back to Arial.
"Arial wake up! Wake up wake up wake up!" Complica cried out running over to her friend and hopping up and down. Gin slowly got back to his feet then looked over to Kurumu.
"Wow, she packs a punch even with a mere touch like that," he grunted rubbing his side. He then looked over to Sun as the siren was staring at Kurumu with shock still, the girl slowly looking over to him as he ran over to her.
"Are you alright?" he asked. The girl looked at him for a moment then leapt into a hug with him as the boy showed a bit of surprise.
"Hey! Get off him!" Kokoa yelled as she looked over to the siren with fury in her eyes. She ran over towards Sun and grabbed the girl, then flung her over into a tumble next to Kurumu.
"What do you think you're doing hugging my mate like that?" the vampire barked out as she gripped her large morning star. Sun slowly got up then looked to the unconscious succubus next to her with a jump. She quickly scooted away from the girl then looked to Kokoa as the vampire growled at her with fury.
"Is she going to be ok?" Ruby asked worriedly looking at the unconscious snow angel.
"I hope so, she almost ceased to exist right then and there," Gabriel said shakily.
"I know snow people are weak against fire, but how did that blast of heat nearly kill her?" Ruby asked with concern.
"She doesn't have a physical body; all you see here is her soul. She has literally no resistance to fire whatsoever, even a small flame can kill her in this state," Gabriel explained as he held the snow angel.
"My god, if the fires had touched her…" Apoch said with fearful eyes.
"She would have died on the spot," Gabriel said shaking his head. The group looked at the snow angel with worry. Even though she had far greater monster energy then when she was alive, she had a serious Achilles heel; even a small fire was lethal to the snow angel.
"You need to get her out of here Gabriel. Dark would go on a rampage if he found out Arial's soul was destroyed," Ruby said nervously. She looked over to where Gin was trying to hold back Kokoa, the vampire yelling and swinging her morning star around as she tried to charge Sun.
"Hey! Would you knock it off, we have bigger issues to deal with right now than Gin's old girlfriend," Razico called out. Kokoa looked back to Gin with wide eyes as the boy waved his arms around franticly.
"She's not my old girlfriend, she's just a friend! Really!" he desperately pleaded. Sun looked at him curiously then over towards the group, and then upwards as her eyes followed something. The group looked up to see an angel flying up into the air, his wings glowing a bit as he looked around quickly. His shirts were tied around his waist as his wings flapped behind him.
"Rason!" Gabriel called up to his friend. Rason looked down with surprise at seeing everybody then quickly landed down next to them.
"Gabriel? Wha… what are you all doing here?" he asked looking around.
"Rason you're alive!" Astreal cheered as she ran over and hugged the angel. Leon's eyebrow twitched as he saw his girlfriend hugging the half-naked angel. Rason watched with surprise as the witch looked up to him with a bright smile.
"Astreal? What are you doing here?" he asked with a curious smile.
"We came to rescue you," Astreal said backing up from the boy a bit.
"I didn't hear a 'Mr.' there, did you?" Render asked with a raised eyebrow. Leon shook his head slowly as he watched the new angel.
"So, that's her old boyfriend?" he asked glancing to Apoch. The witch smiled nervously and nodded a bit.
"Um… in a way," she said softly. Leon raised an eyebrow then looked back to the new angel cautiously.
"Thank god you're alright, are the others down below? Are they ok still?" Ruby asked worriedly. Rason looked to her and nodded.
"Yeah, we're all still alive, but what are you all doing here? And… where's Kurumu?" he asked looking around quickly. He looked over to his unconscious girl and blinked, then glanced to Gin and Kokoa.
"Yeah… she sorta… lost it again," Kokoa said with a weak smile.
"She tried to rape Sun, we had to… knock her out. Sorry," Gin said with a shrug. Sun looked at the succubus with worry then to the new angel.
"She did what? To who?" Rason asked looking over to the siren.
"Gin's old girlfriend apparently," Razico said with a shrug.
"She's not my old girlfriend!" Gin cried out as Sun looked at him with wonder while Kokoa growled furiously at the siren. Before anybody could say a word explosions and loud roars were heard echoing out inside the command center as the place shook a bit.
"Um, could we possibly have introductions later and get the hell out of here as soon as possible? I don't think this is the best place for you guys to be having your reunion," Render said looking to the new angel.
"He's right, we need to get the others out of here while we can," Ruby said looking to the hole in the steel ground.
"Dark…" Arial said quietly as she stirred a bit. Rason looked to her curiously as Gabriel held the snow angel in his arms.
"Who's that?" Rason asked.
"We'll explain everything later Rason, just know that the world's gone to hell and very very strange things have happened," Razico said glancing to the snow angel. Rason nodded slowly then looked to Gabriel with a puzzled expression.
"He's right friend, for now let's get everybody out of here. We have much to tell you, and not enough time to do so here," he said worriedly as he looked to the snow angel. Rason looked at the group of monsters and slowly nodded then glanced back to the hole in the ground.
"Um, alright then. I could use some help carrying the others out though," he said looking back to the group. Ruby's raven wings extended out as Astreal manifested her glowing wings. Gabriel nodded then looked over to Ceal as he walked towards the angel. The mage took the snow angel from the boy and held her in his arms.
"What are you doing?" Gabriel asked.
"I'm taking these two up to the roof to await their escort," Ceal said glancing to Complica.
"What?" she asked worriedly. He looked at her with a blank expression then shook his head.
"You're staying with me, I won't let Falla's sister come to any harm while I'm forced to be here," he said eyeing the chronofly carefully.
"Falla's sister?" Rason asked looking at the girl. He saw the butterfly wings as she looked to him nervously.
"Wait… but…" he said looking to Gabriel cautiously. Gabriel looked at the chronofly then back to his friend with worry.
"Again, much to tell you, not enough time. Let's get your friends out of there as fast as we can, we'll explain everything later," he said with haste. He then looked back to Ceal as the boy held Arial in his arms.
"For the love of the Almighty, please watch them closely," he pleaded urgently. Ceal nodded and glanced to Complica.
"Let's go," he said simply.
"But…" Complica said looking to Gabriel.
"Just go with him, you'll be safe under his care. I'll meet you two up on the roof and take you back to heaven when we get the others out," Gabriel reassured.
"Back to heaven?" Rason said slowly as he looked to the chronofly angel.
"Shouldn't we all go up together? This place is turning into a warzone," Gin said looking towards the doorway where roars of monsters and gunfire echoed out.
"You want this snow angel here when the shadow demon and his wife show up?" Ceal asked glancing to the wolf. Gin looked at him with concern then to Arial.
"That's a very good point," Ruby said with a nod.
"Yeah, get her out of here. Please," Render urged with an eager nod.
"Snow angel?" Rason asked looking to Arial.
"Never mind that, c'mon Rason," Gabriel said taking off his shirts and tying them around his waist, then extending out his wings. Rason looked around with a confused expression then towards Kurumu.
"Alright, just… watch over her would you?" he asked before he and the other angel flew up and then down into the breach in the ground. Ruby and Astreal followed after as the group watched them go. Sun showed a determined expression and extended her wings, then followed them as well down through the opening.
"Who the hell is she Gin?" Kokoa demanded looking to the wolf. He smiled nervously and shook his head.
"Just an old friend from the academy, before she graduated she was in charge of the newspaper club," he said nervously.
"An old friend that hugs and kisses you?" Kokoa asked with a loud growl.
"I… um… well… I didn't expect that either to be honest," Gin said nervously as he backed up a bit.
"Who the hell IS SHE?" Kokoa roared out.
"Well, while she murders you I'm going to take these two to the roof. Tell that angel to hurry up and meet us there when he's done," Ceal said as he started walking towards the door. The group looked to him as he stopped and glanced back to Complica.
"Let's go, you're staying in my sight at all times," he said firmly.
"Who are you anyway?" Complica asked worriedly.
"He's Falla's boyfriend Complica, his name is Ceal. He'll take care of you," Leon said assuredly.
"You're… my sister's boyfriend?" Complica asked curiously. Ceal merely nodded as the chronofly looked at him with wonder. Complica looked around at the others then walked over to him.
"It was nice to have met you Complica," Kokoa said kindly. The chronofly looked over to her as the vampire smiled while tilting her head slightly.
"Luna was right, you really are an angel," she said with a warm smile.
"You know my sister?" Complica asked.
"Yes, and we know all about the danger she's in. Rest assured that we're going to get her out of the darkness when we're done here, I promise you that," Razico said assuredly. Complica nodded with a worried expression then looked to Ceal. He glanced back to her then looked ahead.
"You are?" she asked worriedly. He nodded as he kept looking forward.
"I'll rip apart the monster responsible for this nightmare myself chronofly, make no mistake about that," he said calmly. She smiled a bit and nodded then looked back to the others.
"Thank you, all of you," she said graciously.
"Get to the roof and wait for Gabriel, he'll take you back home with Arial. Stay close to Ceal, he may be lacking basic social skills and manners, but he'll keep you safe from the humans," Razico said glancing to Ceal. The mage just glanced to him without a reaction then looked ahead again. Complica nodded then looked to Ceal, the mage then walking out the door holding the unconscious snow angel. The chronofly looked to the others and waved, then followed him out into the hall.
"Incredible, I never dreamed we would have met them like this. The snow girl that freed Dark and Luna's little sister," Kokoa said with wonder.
"Yeah, a polite dead sister and a crazy snow angel, today's full of surprises," Render jested with a smirk.
"Still hard to believe that crazy snow girl was the one that freed Dark," Gin commented with a raised eyebrow.
"Do you think they'll be ok on their own? Should we go help them?" Apoch asked curiously.
"I wouldn't worry about it. Ceal's shown himself to be quite capable of dealing with those that get in his way, usually in a very brutal and merciless sort of way. I have a feeling he can handle babysitting those two for now," Render said simply.
"I'm sure with Falla's sister being with him he won't take any chances with their safety, he wouldn't want Falla to be sad after all. Right now we need to focus on getting the others out of here, things are going to get crazy with all those monsters running wild inside this place," Leon said looking to the open doorway where gunfire and monstrous roars were heard echoing out. Apoch walked over to Kurumu and looked at her curiously.
"Um… why was she on fire like that?" she asked looking back to the group.
"And why did she try to make out with Gin's old girlfriend?" Razico asked looking to the wolf. Gin jumped a bit and waved his arms around franticly while Kokoa growled with anger.
"She's not my girlfriend, she was just a friend from the academy, really!" he pleaded.
"Just who the hell is she anyway?" Kokoa yelled out. Gin stammered a bit and smiled nervously at his girlfriend while Apoch looked back down to Kurumu, the succubus out cold and breathing softly.
'What happened to you Ms. Kurumu?'
Inside the holding atrium Moka and the rest of her group were looking up towards where Rason had flown off to see how his girlfriend was doing, with Yukari's wand lighting the area around them softly. The roars of the monsters that couldn't fly out still echoed around the atrium as the escaped prisoners were banging and charging against the blast doors in a futile effort to break out.
"Do you think Kurumu broke through yet?" Yukari asked.
"She and Rason haven't come back yet, either they got through or Kurumu's likely occupied with him," Ahakon said with a worried expression.
"I hope they got through ok," Moka said softly. Ran trembled a bit and looked around at the darkness.
"Me too, I want out of this place right now," she said nervously.
"What about him?" Mizore asked looking towards a cell that had a figure standing by the bars. The group looked over to him as he smiled nervously.
"So… could you please help me?" Fang Fang asked kindly. Dark looked at him for a moment then took Mizore's rifle, then aimed at the cell with a keen eye.
"Whoa! Hold on, if you don't want to help that doesn't mean you have to kill me!" Fang Fang cried out as he ran back to the far wall, pressing against it and staring at the demon with wide eyes.
BANG!
A shot echoed out as a bullet sparked against the cell door. The group watched as the lock to the cell crumbled apart then looked to Dark. The demon handed the rifle back to Mizore and walked up to the cell. He grabbed the door and yanked back on it, shattering the broken steel and opening the cell door. Fang Fang smiled brightly and walked up towards the demon.
"Thank you, you had me scared there for a moment. And what might your name be good sir?" he asked kindly. He stopped as the demon stood there holding the cell door while staring at him.
"Can you fly?" Dark asked flatly. Fang Fang blinked then slowly shook his head.
"Well, no, I'm afraid I cannot," he said with a shrug.
"Something to consider then…" Dark said as he glanced behind him. He looked back to the boy with narrowed eyes.
"It's a long way down to the ground from up here," he said coldly. Fang Fang jumped a bit and looked at the demon worriedly as the group watched him carefully. Dark walked back towards the others while looking around at the darkness with a casual glance.
"I… I assure you I mean you and your friends no harm," Fang Fang said as he slowly walked out of the cell.
"So Fang Fang… what are you in for?" Yukari asked with a raised eyebrow. The boy looked to her and smiled weakly.
"Well, for being a monster I'm afraid. Other than that I really have no outstanding charges with the human race," he said while rubbing the back of his head.
"What sort of monster are you?" Ahakon asked. The new boy smiled with a calm expression.
"I'm a yasha, a summoner of sorts," he said with a polite bow.
"You're a monster summoner; I haven't met one of your kind before. What sorts of monsters can you summon?" Yukari asked curiously. Fang Fang rubbed the back of his head with a simple smile.
"A few different kinds my dear, I'd be happy to show you provided we can escape this place," he offered looking around. He then looked to the group and smiled curiously.
"So, who might you all be?" he asked.
"My name is Moka Akashiya. Nice to meet you," Moka said politely.
"I'm Yukari Sendo, and this is my boyfriend Ahakon Maradoza," Yukari said with a small wave. Ahakon nodded as Fang Fang smiled around at the group.
"I'm Ran Otonashi," Ran said looking at the boy carefully.
"I see, nice to meet you all. And what was your name my good sir? I didn't catch it after you liberated me from my cell," Fang Fang said looking to Dark. The demon glanced to him then looked away.
"Dark Kuyumaya," he said simply. Fang Fang nodded then looked to Mizore.
"And what might your name be my dear?" he asked kindly.
"I'm his fiancée Mizore," the snow girl said softly.
"Ah, well congratulations you two. If we escape this place I'll be sure to send you two a lovely wedding gift," Fang Fang said with a polite smile. Mizore looked at him with a blank expression then back to Dark, the demon looking around up above with a careful eye.
"So, now that we've all gotten the introductions over, what is our next move here?" Fang Fang asked curiously.
"We're waiting to see if our friend can break through the ceiling to get us out of here," Moka said looking up.
"Ah yes, that girl with the purple flames on her wings. I was rather curious what that was all about, never quite seen a monster with such a display of power before," Fang Fang said looking up.
"She might be our only way out of here, we're just hoping that she can break through what's above us," Yukari said hopefully as she lifted her wand up, peering around above for any sign of her friends.
"I see, and… if she can't? What do we do then?" Fang Fang asked curiously.
"Panic," Ran said nervously.
"Oh, well, I've done enough of that in the holding cell, so I think I'll try to remain optimistic about your friend," Fang Fang said with a weak smile. He chuckled and looked around at the group.
"Still, after seeing your performance breaking out of your own cells I feel confident your friend can do the impossible already," he reasoned. The group looked to him with slight smirks as he looked back up at the ceiling. He showed a focused gaze and pointed to something.
"Isn't that your friend that flew up after the girl?" he asked. The group looked up to see four figures flying down to them.
"Rason, you're back. And… Gabriel? Ruby? Astreal?" Moka said with surprise as the four flyers touched down next to them. Rason and Gabriel's wings were glowing softly while Astreal's illuminated the area around her.
"What are you three doing here?" Mizore asked looking at her friends.
"We came to bust you out of this place, what else?" Ruby said with a smirk.
"I met them up above after Kurumu broke through the steel barriers, them and a few others," Rason said looking to Gabriel curiously.
"It's a long story, we'll explain after we get you all out of here," Gabriel said looking around at the group.
"Yes, many things happened, world gone to hell, we'll give you all the details later," Ruby said with a nod.
"Astreal, where's Apoch? Or Falla? Are they ok?" Yukari asked worriedly.
"My sister is up above with the others, and Ms. Falla is back at Yokai Academy with Ms. Kyouko," Astreal reassured.
"She's alright? She's safe still? Wait, Kyouko's at the academy too? What's going on here?" Moka asked shaking her head.
"Who's that?" Ahakon asked pointing up at something. The group looked to seeing Sun flying down towards them, the siren landing down and looking at the group with a bit of relief.
"Oh, that's Gin's ex-girlfriend I think," Rason said scratching his head. Sun jumped a bit with surprise as the group looked to her curiously.
"What? He had a girlfriend before Kokoa?" Moka asked with surprise. Sun showed a dull expression and rolled her eyes, then wrote down something on her sketchpad for the group to see.
I'm not his ex-girlfriend, but can we talk about that later?
"Um… why did she write that down instead of just telling us?" Yukari asked curiously.
"Again, we'll play 20 questions later, let's get you all out of here," Ruby said with a confident smile. She blinked then pointed to Fang Fang.
"Who's that?" she asked. The boy smiled and gave a polite bow.
"Fang Fang Huang, a pleasure to meet you all," he said graciously.
"Who… who's that?" Rason asked looking to the others.
"Again, ask later, let's get going now," Dark said simply. The group looked to each other then around at the darkness.
"Alright, well let's get up top and get out of here. We brought the cavalry for the rescue and they're waiting for us," Ruby said with a nod. She paused then looked to Dark and Mizore, then to Gabriel and Astreal, the two also eyeing Dark and Mizore carefully.
"Any particular reason you're staring at us?" Dark asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Um…" Gabriel said looking up with worry. He slowly shook his head and glanced to Rason.
"No, nothing to worry about. Let's get them up top and out of here," he said. Rason looked at his friend curiously then to the others.
"Alright, Kurumu breached through the barriers, so let's get you guys out of here," he said walking over to Moka. The vampire smiled and nodded eagerly as the angel held her around the waist, the boy then flying up with her towards the opening in the ceiling. Ran extended her wings out as Sun walked over to them, the sirens looking at each other curiously. Ran smiled a bit then looked to Ahakon.
"Need a lift?" she asked with a giggle. The boy smiled and nodded as Yukari rolled her eyes. The siren held the boy around his waist then flew up towards the others. Yukari watched them go then looked to Astreal as the witch walked over to her.
"Thank you Astreal," she said as the witch held her close.
"Of course Ms. Yukari, hang on," Astreal replied as she took off into the air with the witch in her arms. Sun watched them fly up then looked to Fang Fang, the boy smiling curiously at her.
"Thank you for the assist my dear, it's much appreciated," he said gratefully. Sun glanced to the others then nodded at him. He walked over and the girl held onto his arm, then flew up towards the opening with a cautious expression.
"Alright, let's get out of here," Mizore said looking to Ruby and Gabriel. The angel and witch glanced to each other then looked back to the couple.
"You're still staring, what's going on?" Dark asked cautiously.
"It's just… we're glad you two are safe," Ruby said with a nervous laugh. Gabriel nodded then looked up again.
"Although I don't believe that as an excuse I'm more concerned about getting my fiancée out of here in one piece, so we can we just get going?" Dark asked impatiently.
"Fiancée?" Ruby said with surprise. She looked to Mizore as the snow maiden held up her hand showing them her wedding finger and the ring on it.
"Oh my… Mizore," Ruby said with awe.
"He made me an official engagement ring and proposed," Mizore said bashfully with a soft smile. Gabriel and Ruby smiled at the snow girl then looked to the shadow demon.
"Dark… Mizore… that's fantastic. I'm so happy for you two," Ruby said kindly.
"Congratulations you two," Gabriel said with a warm smile.
"Thank you, now, can we get going?" Dark asked flatly. Ruby jumped a bit then nodded quickly.
"Right, of course," she said walking up to Mizore. She held her around the waist as the snow girl dropped the gun to the ground. The two took off into the air as Gabriel looked to Dark, the two seen in the light from the angel's wings.
"Alright, let's get-"
"What aren't you telling us?" Dark asked cautiously. Gabriel looked at him with a bit of surprise as the demon narrowed his eyes.
"You kept staring at me and Mizore since you landed, in fact, why are you even here Gabriel? I thought your territory was in heaven," Dark asked carefully.
"I… well, there's been a few problems forming as I'm sure you've noticed," Gabriel said worriedly.
"I have noticed a few things today, yes. For starters I was shot in the leg and the school where Falla had been attending was destroyed. Not to mention that humans have been trying to execute us all day. Is there anything else I should know about?" Dark asked with a cold stare. Gabriel showed a nervous expression and nodded.
"Yes, and we'll tell you all once we get out of here. I promise," he said while trying to keep a calm tone. Dark just looked at him for a moment then glanced to the side. Gabriel looked at him worriedly then upward.
'Please Ceal; get Arial to the roof quickly. If Dark finds out about her I fear he might be a bit angry with me… to say the least.'
"Anyway, we'd better get going. Dark?" Gabriel said looking back to the demon and seeing that he was looking around carefully.
"Dark? What's wrong?" Gabriel asked.
"Listen," Dark said softly. Gabriel blinked then looked around. There was nothing but darkness around them as the two stood there.
In silence.
"It's… quiet," Gabriel said curiously.
"Too quiet," Dark cautioned, looking towards the center of the atrium. There were no roars or shouts from other captive monsters, there weren't any streaks of light from magic or fire anywhere on any of the floors. The entire atrium had fallen into darkness and silence.
"What is it?" Gabriel asked.
"Just another thing gone wrong I'm sure," Dark said as he narrowed his eyes. He and the angel looked around at the darkness in the center of the atrium. A slight rumbling was heard as steel and concrete cracked and bent around the area inside the darkness. Sounds of scratching and scraping were heard for a moment then silence again.
"We're not alone in here," Gabriel said cautiously. He glanced to Dark then to the pitch black atrium in front of him.
"What should we do?" he asked quietly.
From the darkness in front of them a giant red eye opened, the reptilian-like iris focusing a bit as it stared at the two boys who looked at it with surprise. A loud growling sound was heard as more sounds of concrete and steel being crushed and bent was heard all around them.
"I'd say run, but that's just me," Dark said simply.
Ceal was walking down a hallway inside the command center while holding Arial in his arms, the snow angel groaning softly every now and then as she felt incredibly weak. Complica was walking next to the boy while looking around nervously, gripping her baseball bat tightly as she looked behind then forward again quickly.
"Don't worry, I'll keep them away from Arial for you, I promise," Complica said nervously.
"Another girl with a baseball bat to my rescue, I'm saved yet again," Ceal said flatly.
They walked forward into an intersection as two soldiers to their left and right were running closer, the HDA soldiers then aiming their rifles at them.
"It's more of them! Shoot to kill!" one of them yelled out. Complica tensed up and looked around quickly before multiple dark rifts formed around the soldiers, the men watching with surprise as dark tentacles whipped out and ensnared them. In a flash the limbs ripped apart the humans and threw their ravaged remains all around the corridor walls into a bloody mess. Complica stared with wide eyes then looked to Ceal as the boy was still casually walking forward past the intersection.
"Stay close chronofly, I wouldn't want to be separated from my escort after all," he called out dryly. The girl looked around at the slaughtered soldiers with wonder then ran off after the catalyst mage. She ran up to him and kept pace with the boy as he was walking down the hall with a blank expression on his face still.
"How do you do that anyway what are you are those icky tentacle things yours are you some sort of octopus-squid monster thing that walks on land but breathes in the water and have all these tentacles on you that you keep hidden in your shirt and pants and shoes and what's with your hand how come it looks like that what happened to you were you in some sort of accident?" she asked curiously. Ceal stopped and glanced to the girl. He then held Arial in his arm with his reptilian hand and rested his other hand on the chronofly's head. She looked at him curiously as the boy looked at her for a moment before removing his hand.
"Your mind isn't suffering from chrono dementia like your sister's was; it appears your mental condition isn't curable. My sympathies," he said solemnly before walking ahead again. Complica looked at him curiously then walked after him.
"What do you mean what did you just do how come you held you hand to my head like that and what do you mean my condition isn't curable is there something wrong with me that I don't know about but everybody else does what's wrong with me tell me please!" she cried out walking next to the boy. Ceal kept walking down the hall as Complica looked at him curiously, the chronofly tilting her head a bit. After a while she looked down with a gentle expression.
"So… you're going out with my sister?" she asked softly. Ceal nodded and kept looking ahead.
"Is she… really good now?" Complica asked worriedly. Ceal stopped and glanced to the girl, the chronofly looking up at him with concern.
"Yes, she is," he said calmly. He looked at the girl carefully then resumed walking ahead.
"I heard about what happened, how her darker self was so cruel to you and helped you die," he continued with a tone of regret.
"She may have shown me how to cast the spell knowing I would die, but I didn't care. I knew I would die by casting the forbidden spell from the start," Complica said looking down with closed eyes. Ceal stopped walking and looked to her curiously.
"You knew you would die yet you still cast it? Why?" he asked. Complica shed a tear and shook her head.
"Because I wanted to see my boyfriend again, I didn't care that I would die. I wanted to be with him again so badly," she explained with a whimper. She wiped a tear away and looked up to Ceal.
"My sister was always so cold, only Luna was like a real sister to me. But even with her care I couldn't get over his death, I had to be with him again, even if only for one day," she said softly.
"You chose death for him," Ceal reasoned solemnly.
"I chose to spend any time I could with him again, no matter the cost. I love him and I always will, nothing can change that," Complica said looking down with a gentle expression. They stood there in silence for a moment, with Ceal looking at the girl with a curious eye while lights were flashing above along with the droning of alarms nearby.
"To this day Falla blames herself for your death," he said softly. Complica looked up to him as he watched the young chronofly angel.
"It tears her up inside knowing you're dead because of her darker self. Even if you cast the spell knowing full well you would perish in the end, Falla regrets ever having shown you the spell that she did," he said gently. The girl looked at him with teary eyes as he rested his normal hand on her head.
"The sister that was always so cold, the one that led to your death and the annihilation of your kingdom, is no more. Falla fought her inner demon Complica, and she won," he said gently. The girl looked at him with wonder then down again as he removed his hand.
"She won…" she said closing her eyes and wiping her tears away.
"I understand the pain of losing a loved one; I know how it must feel. However what you did was still foolish and selfish Complica," Ceal said shaking his head. The girl looked to him curiously as he had a bit of a softer expression for a moment.
"You left your family and friends, all because you were blinded by love. You caused them all such pain and heartache with your death, and didn't even stop to think about that happening in your desire to spend a single day with that boy," he said with a tone of regret.
"I… just wanted to be with him again," Complica said worriedly.
"Is he in heaven now? Were you with him before coming down here?" Ceal asked.
"Not yet, the Almighty is still working to bring him and the other good monsters to our heaven up above," she said with concern.
"And how do you think he'll react hearing that the girl that loved him, the one he loved as well, killed herself after he died?" Ceal asked with a cautious glance. Complica looked at him with worry then down.
"How do you imagine he'll take the news that he drove you to kill yourself, that he's responsible for you dying so early on in your life?" Ceal asked again. Complica trembled and looked to him with watery eyes.
"I… I…" she said shakily.
"Your family may have forgiven you for your actions, but what you did will still hurt them inside. Falla hates herself, even after killing her dark side and becoming whole again, she hates knowing what she did to you and feels that pain every day. I know this because she told me," he said shaking his head a bit. Complica looked at him with remorse then up.
"And your other sister, Luna, the one who was always so caring to you before, how do you imagine she took your death, or even deals with it now?" Ceal asked.
"I… but…" Complica said shakily. She shook her head and looked down as she choked back her sob.
"I didn't mean… to hurt everybody. I just… I just wanted to see my boyfriend again," she said trembling a bit. She broke down crying and hugged Ceal around the waist to his side, sobbing out of guilt and sorrow while Ceal looked down at her with a bit of remorse. After a pause he slowly held his normal hand on her head gently as she cried.
"I didn't want to hurt them, really," Complica sobbed as she held onto the boy. Ceal looked at the angel as she cried into his side. She never once stopped to think about how her actions would affect her family, only fixated on seeing the boy she fell in love with again however she could. Even up in heaven the parents didn't bring up the matter, since even if she didn't do what she did she would have been annihilated by The Ender spell being cast, yet they still felt bad that their daughter had died so early in her life.
"I know you didn't, you're a good soul. You being brought into heaven is proof of that alone," Ceal said softly. Complica looked up to him as a few tears were still flowing down her face.
"Whenever you do see Falla again you need to tell her the truth. Hearing it from me wouldn't be as effective as it would be coming from you. Let her know that she isn't responsible for your death Complica, remove that weight off of her heart," he said gently. The girl slowly nodded and looked at the boy with wonder.
"Do you love my sister?" she asked softly. Ceal looked at the girl for a moment as he held Arial in his arms, the snow girl groaning softly as she was still in a daze. He imagined Falla's smile and laugh, the way she always followed him around and looked at him with adoring eyes. How he healed her mind and body, and kept her alive through her nightmare in the human world.
"Ceal? Do you?" Complica asked softly. Ceal remembered to when the chronofly told him that she loved him before he left, how the girl couldn't wait to express her love to him after all he did for her and her friends. After a pause he nodded.
"I do," he said softly. There was no denying it, as much as he had tried to remain in control of his feelings he couldn't argue with it any longer. He felt the same way about her that she did about him. The boy glanced away as Complica looked at him with wonder. She smiled softly and stepped back from him.
"You'll take care of her… right?" she asked hopefully. He looked back to her as a few soldiers ran toward them from around a corner, the men yelling and aiming their rifles at the monsters. Ceal's reptilian hand glowed a black hue as dark tentacles whipped out from the walls around the humans, the men being ensnared as Ceal had a focused expression. The humans were ripped apart and thrown around into bloody pieces by the dark limbs, the remains splattering around the corridor walls and ceiling as the chronofly looked over to them with surprise.
"I will not let anybody harm her Complica," Ceal said with a cold tone. The girl looked back at him, staring into his cold blue eyes as he stood there before her. Her wings fluttered slightly behind her as she tuned the world out around her, staring at the brutal yet caring caster that was escorting her through the command center.
"Whoever is responsible for this mess, and for your other sister's captivity, will pay dearly," Ceal said firmly. Complica looked at him with wonder, never having seen such a focused and sharp gaze from anybody before, and then smiled a bit.
"Thank you, thank you Ceal," she said softly. She looked back down the hallway where they came from then to the boy again as the remains of the soldiers dripped down from the walls and ceiling. Normally she would have been scared out of her wits from seeing people savagely killed like that before her, but somehow with this boy she felt perfectly safe.
"You and the others are going to save my sister, right?" she asked hopefully. He nodded as the chronofly angel smiled timidly at him.
"I promise Complica, we'll save her. First we need to get you and this snow angel back to heaven where you are safe, then we'll take care of the monster responsible for all this," he said assuredly.
"Really? You can really do all that?" she asked hopefully.
"There's nothing that can stop us," Ceal said with a slight smirk.
Suddenly the whole hallway rumbled and shook violently as a loud roar echoed down the hall. Ceal and Complica looked back to where they came from as the building shook a bit.
"What… was that?" Complica asked nervously.
"Something that's going to try to stop us I imagine," Ceal said narrowing his eyes.
Inside the empty chamber where the holding atrium was beneath the group was looking around with surprise as the entire building seemed to shake violently along with a loud roar that came from below them.
"What was that?" Razico asked as he and Ruby looked towards the opening in the steel floor.
"Just out of curiosity, was there something else down there with you guys?" Render asked glancing to Moka. The vampire looked to him worriedly then towards the breach in the ground.
"Nothing that was that big," she said backing up a bit.
"Where's Gabriel and Dark? Why didn't they follow us?" Rason asked as he was holding the unconscious Kurumu in his arms, the angel backing up as well.
"They were right behind us I thought," Astreal said as she and Apoch looked around nervously.
"Dark's still down there?" Mizore cried out as she and Leon stumbled a bit after another wild tremor, with the mimic mage helping her stand upright again.
"If they are they're not alone," Leon said as he helped the snow maiden stand.
"We need to go help them," Ahakon said as he helped Yukari stand again, the two then stumbling back as the ground below them rumbled wildly. Ran helped them stand again and looked around nervously.
"What's going on?" she cried out as the walls around the area started to crack slightly from the stress. Sun stumbled back and was caught by Fang Fang, the boy looking around worriedly.
"Should we perhaps get out of here while we can?" he asked nervously.
"We're not leaving Dark and Gabriel down there," Kokoa said looking to the hole in the ground. She stumbled back before Gin caught her, the wolf looking around quickly at the ground as it started to creak and groan.
"Just what was down there with you guys anyway?" he shouted out.
"There wasn't anything big down there at all, there were just other monsters that were trying to escape, nothing that could do this," Moka said worriedly.
"Well something's trying to bust out of there," Render said as the group backed away from the breach in the ground as a loud roar echoed out from below. From the hole in the ground Gabriel shot up into the air holding Dark, flying up and then over to the group quickly.
"Gabriel, Dark! Are you ok?" Rason called out.
"What's going on down there?" Moka asked as the ground around the breach started to bend up, the steel creaking and bending as a large banging sound was heard below. Dark and Gabriel touched down and ran over to the group.
"Get back! Get back now!" Gabriel shouted out as they looked back towards the disturbance, the group watching the steel blasting up and tearing apart as a feral roar echoed out.
"What the hell is that?" Gin cried out. The steel ground ripped apart as a giant figure crashed through the barrier. The group watched as the monster shot up into the air and clung to the wall of the chamber. It was massive in size, having ridged black scales that had a slight greenish shimmer to them. It held onto the wall with its four large claws, the beast's long tail whipping around behind it. It had large wings that extended out slightly, having dark and gray scales along with sharp talons at the edges. It had a reptilian head with three horns sticking back from its forehead, the monster's red eyes looking around quickly as its large mouth showed razor sharp teeth inside. The monster crawled around on the wall then turned around, looking down at the group who stared at it with wide eyes.
"What is that thing?" Ruby cried out as the large beast growled at them with smoke coming from its mouth.
"No… it can't be…" Ran said as she backed up. The group glanced to her as she shakily pointed towards the large creature.
"That monster… it's from the dark world," she said with fear.
"What?" Moka said looking back to the monster.
"It's from my master's world, I've seen them before. He keeps those things as his pets," Ran said with fright.
"That thing is your old master's pet?" Rason said with wide eyes.
"That's no pet…" Fang Fang said as he watched the monster roar at them. The group tensed up and got into defensive positions as Ran stared at the beast with fear, the siren knowing full well what it really was. She shook her head and screamed out in terror.
"It's a dragon!"