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After buying time for Sage, Arch, and Lock to escape, I immediately found myself surrounded by Ire's Wraths. I tried to first fend them off, but I was soon overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Now, I was a prisoner of Ire, my arms and legs in chains made from a hellish fire, with Wraths guarding me to stop me from escaping.
As I sat there, I watched the Wraths guarding me move to the side, making way for Ire to walk towards me. "Well, this is would-be ruler of the kid's mind," Ire mocked. "Oh how you have fallen."
"Oh shut it, you overgrown candle!" I spat at Ire.
The Wraths standing at Ire's side was about to strike at me, but Ire held out his hand and they froze before resuming their posts at Ire's side. "Leave us," Ire ordered.
Despite their faces were filled with confusion, the Wraths immediately left Ire and I, leaving us alone. Once we were alone, Ire looked at me, his evil, red eyes piercing into me. "Something is on your mind," Ire stated, knowing very well what I was thinking. "You're wondering how I got out of that prison."
If I had a face, it would be filled with surprise, but my helmet concealed any facial expression from Ire's sight. "Yeah," I nodded. "How did you get out of that prison? It took a lot of work trying to make that."
"Well, I might as well tell you," Ire shrugged. "Though I was sealed, I tried to find ways of breaking free by tapping into some dimensional energy, but it wasn't until Lock's appearance in the kid's mind that I was able to gain that energy. Ever since then, I was able to influence certain events from my prison."
When Ire said those words, it seemed to click for me. "You're responsible for rifts appearing," I stated. "You made sure that I tried to summon a rift when I fought with Sage!"
"Brilliant deduction," Ire sarcastically stated before continuing, "I knew that Lock could summon rifts, so it was obvious for he could give that ability to others. During you're fight with Sage, I knew sooner or later you would try to summon a rift, so when you did I was able to release large amounts of energy to create more rifts, letting gain more energy to break free."
"But what about me and Sage?" I interrupted. "How do we fit into this?"
"It's quite simple. Despite I had all of that energy, I needed the essence of those who sealed me away, and the only way for me to do that was to draw you to me," he replied before looking at me. "Does that answer your questions?"
That did answer my most of me questions, but there was still one thing left unanswered. "Why didn't you kill me? If I'm gone, then you would have killed Sage as well, and no one would have stopped you."
"True but you forget one thing," Ire stated, making me look at him with confusion. "Remember when I first offered an alliance with you?"
I froze at that for the memory of that event was burnt into my very being, and after a moment of silence, I answered, "Yeah, I remember it well."
"That time you actually agreed to it," Ire stated, bringing up those memories that I tried to hard to forget. "You showed me the core of the kid's mind, the essence of all of the stories the kid had."
I knew what he was talking and I knew very well where he was going with this. "You want me to let you in there again."
If he had a mouth, I swear Ire's grin that would stretch across his entire face. "Why not? Only you and Sage have the ability of entering in that place, and since Sage isn't here, you'll have to do," Ire explained before adding, "Besides, you let me in there the last time."
"I won't do it!"
To my surprise, Ire did not let out any of his rage or strike at me to make me talk, for he instead let out a simple chuckle. "I knew you would say that," he said as he placed his right hand on my head. "That's why I've decided to this."
The next thing I knew, Ire's hand was covered in fire, and I felt excruciating pain overwhelm my entire body as I let out a wail that went on for miles. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I demanded, trying to suppress the pain.
"Since you won't cooperate with me, I'm putting you under my control," Ire simply answered. "You will only obey me, and me alone!"
Waves of shock and fear spread throughout my body at the thought of me being under Ire's control. "NO!" I shouted.
However, I was too late for the laugh thing I heard was Ire's cackling before I blackened out.
AN: Thank you for reading! Please let me know what you thought about this by leaving a review, and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive. Also, this story is NOT up for adoption.
Now, like the title says, this is a preview for Chapter 8 of my fanfic, Kamen Rider: Sage & Arca. If you're confused, then please read the story so it will make sense. Since I haven't been doing any updating recently, I thought I should at least show you what I have so far and here it is. I hope you like it. Thank you.
Raika out!