48 Midnight despair (1/2)
Part 1
A few seconds after Evlin announced she would try to hold on Marcus on her own, the rest of the team was focusing on gathering all the silver metal they could while the weapon-kid was busy with her.
Daren joined the rest with his body full of deep wounds and scars. Auren rushed to his side and started to rewind his body and eliminating all the damage.
They could see the battle from a distance and it seemed like Evlin was in deep trouble. Ashley wanted to run towards her but Gustav stopped her before she could.
”The faster we secure the metal, the faster we can get out of here!!”
”R- Right! Sorry!!”
After gathering all the pieces, Gustav attempted to send a telepathic message to Evlin, letting her know it was time to go. However, she seemed to want to try holding Marcus for a little longer.
[Just go now!! The second he sees me trying to leave he will catch on and stop us!! Run while he is distracted!!]
Her teammates tried to argue with her but she refused to listen. The last thing they saw was the sight of Evlin screaming as Marcus pierced her leg with a silver arrow.
”Guuaaggaghhh!!!”
Ashley watched at her sister's suffering with horror in her eyes.
”He's going to kill her!! We need to help her!!”
”Leave it to me!!”
Ria opened a wind-scar behind the group and tried to persuade them to leave her behind.
”I'll stay here to escape with Evlin!! You guys go now!!”
Auren wasn't too pleased with that idea.
”But what if he kills you both!”
”I'll try to talk with Mia! She might let us leave if we are lucky!”
”But...”
”Just go!!”
Ria started to run towards the battle and the group reluctantly jumped inside the wind-scar.
They suddenly found themselves at a beach. There was nothing but sand and water as far as the eyes could see. Gustav was looking a little lost.
”Where did she take us...??”
”Who cares!! What are we going to do?? They are by themselves against that freak of nature!!”
”Ashley calm down... We need to trust Ria and Evlin...”
”But you saw what that kid did!! He took on all three of you without breaking a sweat!!”
”... She's right... We need a plan... We need to- Ugh...”
Auren started to seem to be in a lot of pain suddenly and fell on his knees. Gustav tried to approach him carefully.
”Auren!!? What's wrong??”
”Something about the wounds on Daren and Lilith... They felt weird when I tried to fix them...”
”Weird... Weird how?”
”I tried to rewind them... But it felt like the wounds were fighting back, trying to remain open...”
Daren and Lilith tried to examine their own bodies paying attention to the places the injuries used to be. Whatever it is that Marcus was made of, it wasn't natural.
”Auren, try to rest for now... Save your strength for when Evlin comes and you need to heal her...”
”Right... Right... Ok...”
As the conversation stopped they realized a wind-scar opening close by showing Evlin being hugged by Ria while the two were being pushed away by a blast from Evlin's raw energy magic. They crossed the scar like a missile and landed on the sand raising a pile of smoke.
”They made it!!!”
The group started to rush towards their side when a voice came out from the other side of the scar.
”I'm not letting it end like this!!”
They could see Marcus aiming his arms and changing into some kind of weapon. It seemed like Evlin knew what he was trying to do because her expression suddenly became overrun with panic.
”Ria!! Close the scar now!!!”
She tried to scream but before anyone could react, a pair of small metallic objects had managed to pass through the scar as well. The portal finally closed and all they could see was the sight of the two girls bearing a metal arrow coming out of their chests.
”Ria!!!”
”Evlin!!”
Part 2
”Seems like they escaped...”
Mia was approaching an extremely enraged Marcus while he turned his hands back to normal.
”Doesn't matter... I can find them again... I can and will find them as many times as I need...”
”Seems like they really pissed you off huh...?”
”...”
”What's wrong?”
”I never felt like this before... It's so weird... I didn't know I could feel so much anger towards someone...”
”Yeah... I never knew you could make such a face...”
”Face...?”
Marcus turned his hand into a metallic shield and looked at his reflection. He was glaring like a demon who was about to start a massacre.
”This... This is me...??”
Mia came closer while playing with her ponytails and joined him in the reflection.
”There, looks better now right?”
”...”
”You are not alone anymore Marcus... Your father may have left you and your mother may not be around much either... But I'll be by your side at all times!”
”Thanks Mia...”
”No problem... Now drop this stupid glare and return to the Marcus that I know and love!”
”Right... You're right... Sorry for losing my cool...”
Marcus took a deep breath and tried to calm down a little. Just why was he so angry at these people he had just met? Because they threatened his mother? No, she might be his family but He never truly showed signs of affection towards her. If anything his mother kinda scared him a little bit.
Was it the fact they wanted to involve themselves with demons? Also no. Killing demons was Marcus's mission but he still didn't truly hate them enough to justify that reaction.
He then realized. It was his dad. The way these people kept talking about his father like they knew everything about him. His father Marceus was the first person Marcus ever met and was the one he respected the most in the entire world.
He dreaded the fact that such a lovely man could never be around to be his family. And now he had finally met his father's true family, making Marcus feel like his existence was fake as if their bond with Marceus was stronger than his. The fake son meeting the real family. The son that was left behind and the family that was loved.
”You want to try and go after them...?”
”After them...?”
”You heard what my sister's friends were saying right? They are going to the demon kingdom... Why don't we go there as well and take the opportunity the clean up the place?”
”... Yeah... That's a good idea... Let's get rid of all our nuisances in one go...”
”And while we are at it, let's take the chance to get married as well!”
”... Huh... Let's leave this discussion for another day...”
”... Wimp...”
Part 3
”Everyone!! Help me take these arrows off of them!!”
Ria and Evlin were in a grave state. Auren needed to apply his rewinding ability on them but he needed to remove the arrows first. The metal was deeply engraved inside their hearts and both were losing strength at a terrifying pace.