Feral! Feral! Say something! screams Phaedra as she is the first to make it to where he is laid out. She watches Ferals eyes. Nothing. Tina, Blasto, and Jasmine reach Feral and try their best to wake him. Blasto looks over at Tina.
Is he?
Dont think that. Hold on. Tina lowers her head to Ferals chest and listens patiently.
Hes alive! His heart is beating, but its very faint. Ill do what I can to heal him.
The group backs away while Tina gets to work. Using all the knowledge of white magic she knows, she finally is able to revive Feral from his exhausted state. His eyes flutter a bit, and then slowly open.
Ow. What the fuck happened?
Tina just looks at Feral and smiles, and then socks him right in the mouth.
You dumbass. Dont ever worry us like that again.
Did we get him?
Tina points over to the remains of Calgiron, who is split in two pieces.
Shit. Yeah, I think we got him.
Blasto helps Feral up and they begin to regain their bearings.
So, Tina. About how far are we from Fiziks? asks Phaedra.
Not far now. I would say just a few hours travel from here.
Well, says Feral, lets get going already. The sooner we get there the sooner we can get some random mission and some money.
So, now our heroes start the short journey towards Fiziks. Feral in the lead, with Blasto and Tina behind followed by Phaedra and Jasmine.
*Two hours later*
Our heroes finally arrive at the city walls of Fiziks.
Sweet! exclaims Blasto; I could use some water after walking that far.
As they edge closer to the city, Jasmine, who is in the rear, calls out to Feral.
Feral, can I talk to you?
Sure, you guys just go ahead and Ill catch up.
His comrades go on and Feral turns to Jasmine.
Whats up?
IIm sorry.
Huh? For what? Whats going on?*Ferals instincts tell him to finger the handle of his sword*
I am sorry, Feral. FOR THIS!
With no warning whatsoever, Jasmine quickly jumps it the air and hurls six daggers at Feral. Had he not had his hand already on his sword, he would have been killed. Fortunately, he was able to knock away the daggers.
What the fuck Jasmine! Whats your problem?
You idiot. The real Jasmine died in the war before you and you ragtag group came along. I found her body and took control of it, then by a mere stroke of luck, I met you guys
Who are you?!
I am what you would call a possessor demon named Lexos. I exist only in thought until I came across a vacant body. To kill me means you would have to kill Jasminehahaha. I can only exist in this plane in anothers body, but I like your body better!
Feral looks down at his sword, then back up at Lexos. Then slowly, he lets his sword fall to his side.
Heh, thats what I thought. Lexos bum rushes Feral. However, at the last possible second, Feral raises his sword and plunges in right through Lexos throat.
Jasmine is already dead, bitch. Blood shoots out of the wound and all over Ferals face and sword. Feral removes his sword and executes a spinning slice that hits Lexos across the chest. He walks over to the bloody body of Jasmine, but the spirit of Lexos, who is unable to speak b/c of the severe throat wound. Feral raises his hand, and slowly forms a middle finger. He raises his sword and penetrates Jasmines cranium, and slowly slices downward until, like Calgiron, this demon too is split in two. Feral looks at the body of whom he knows as Jasmine. He stands over her and utters a prayer, and with a goodbye wave and a tear in his eye, leaves Jasmines remains to what nature will do with them. He arrives at the entrance to Fiziks and notices his comrades waiting for him. As soon as they see him, their mouths hit the ground.
Feral! Man, what the hell happened to you? asks Blasto. He looks behind Feral and notices the blood on the sword. And where is Jasmine?
Feral looks at everybody, blood on his clothes and face, sword dripping with it, and explains what happened to Jasmine.
She was dead from the time we met her? asks Tina.
Yeah. Inside, she was just another demon. He looks at his sword. And I treated her as such.
He looks around at his friends faces. They are all shocked and saddened by what they have heard.
Ya know, says Blasto, I could sure as hell use a drink right now.
Yeah, I could too, responds Phaedra.
Well, that is the unanimous decision, so they all head to The Rusty Tin bar located near the entrance to the town. They order something hard and are awaiting their drinks when an explosion rocks the bar, decimating the northern wall. Feral jumps out of his chair to see what caused the explosion. All of a sudden, three men with semi-automatic rifles run through the hole and start shouting something about a holdup. Feral sits back down.
Youve got to be kidding me. Well, might as well kick some ass. Guys?
They raise and prepare to do very easy battle when two cloaked figures from a nearby table dart up and bum rush the guys. They try to shoot the figures where they stand but they have cat-like reflexes and dodge the incoming bullets. The first figure reaches a guy and touches him with her hand. His body instantly freezes into a solid block of ice. With a snap of the fingers, the ice shatters, leaving the guys body in a million pieces. Seeing this, the other two guys start running away, but the other cloaked figure holds a hand out and shoots a beam of molten lava, frying the guys where they stand.
Our heroes are awe struck with disbelief. They hadnt even had time to draw their weapons! Feral walks over to the cloaked figures. Hearing him, they turn and look, then slowly remove their cloaks, revealing two beautiful young women. Feral is even more shocked. How can such power come from these faces! Who are these women? Well, only one way to find out
TO BE CONTINUED...