Chapter 218: The Child of V.I.R.A.L (2/2)
”Cute. The only one here who will face defeat is you.” Emi challenged, bolting forward, catching the group off guard. She crushed Gogh's hand with her own, throwing him over her shoulder, hitting the ground leaving behind a deep crater. Emi's head turned as Rapunzel shot her hair forward, clashing with Emi. Having no choice, she dodged and weaved throughout the entire attack closing the gap landing a single uppercut to her stomach, taking out Rapunzel right there and then.
Lily gasped at this sight. ”Alesha!” Lily threw her toy plane out of pure anger growing it to its regular size, throwing Emi off entirely. Emi stomped her foot, throwing her fists at incredible scream with a battle yell breaking the plane apart, leaving a chain explosion behind her. Lily fell to the ground crawling back, devasted. ”I'm sorry… Please, I didn't mean to…”
Rapunzel held her hand out, yelling out. ”Lily, no!”
Lily began tearing up, covering her face knowing all too well she was going to die. That was until Emi's head turned as the bunker collapsed and one last figure rippled out. Emi's eyes widened as she didn't have time to respond. ”Alton?!”
Alton tackled her with his built-up momentum throwing her into a tree as frozen spikes rippled out, blocking her every move. Alton stood up, turning to Lily with a blank stare. He scratched his thick yet small beard; his long white hair moved with the wind as Lily smiled, still shaking. ”Cascade! You came.”
Alton turned, walking towards Emi, whose legs were shaking with a mixture of fear and pain. ”Alton? That can't be. We were told you died two years ago… How are you?”
Alton continued to stare blankly, staring down at Emi with a judgmental look. ”Who the hell is Alton?” Emi's eyes widen as she was knocked to the ground with a strong current of water holding her down and slowly drowning her. Lifting the water bubble with Emi inside, he gripped it tightly, readying three spears of ice to do the deed in. ”There is only Cascade.”
”That's enough!” Alton stopped his attack, turning to see Jinx standing in the open panting, throwing the last of the Alpha squad away. ”Your fight is with me.”
Alton let Emi go walking over to Jinx. ”Did you honestly believe you would be able to hide forever, Jinx Montague? We were always going to find you.”
”What the hell have they done to you, Brantley? This isn't you. You don't have to do this; V.I.R.A.L is using you for their own gains. Fight this! Together we can make them pay for what they did to you, to Scarlett, to Emil.”
Alton continued to stare at Jinx, not saying a single word. His hand twitched as Emi rushed in, pushing Jinx out of the way. ”Look out!” Emi was torn towards the sky as dozens of icicles ripped from the ground holding her in place. Blood trickled down, hardening and moving back towards Emi. She held her hand out, screaming. ”Hollie, run!”
Emi was cut down as the life in her eyes faded all at once. Jinx stared on in horror, gritting her teeth pulling out a pistol to shoot Alton down. Tossing his hand forward, a small chunk of ice wedged its way into the barrel, making the gun explode in Jinx's face making her stumble back stunned. Alton snapped forward, swinging his fist down, smacking Jinx so hard to the ground she flew back up into a combo. Alton started swinging his arms around serval times, landing multiple hits on her before blasting her back with a burst of water, smacking her into a wall of ice. The pressure grew until it's breaking point smashing her through the wall shattering the ice, and leaving chunks stabbing into her.
Jinx collapsed to the ground, long defeated by Alton once more. Wandering up to her with a sharp frozen spear in hand, he held it up, ready to finish the traitor off. Jinx held his leg, whimpering out. ”Come home… Alice is waiting, we need you to help us find… Zinnia.”
That name dug daggers through Alton's heart for a reason he seemly wasn't unsure of. His hand trembled as he felt a teardrop fall landing on Jinx. Gritting his teeth, he dropped the spear, stomping on Jinx's face knocking her out. Turning around, Alton held a hand to his earpiece. ”This is Cascade of the Zephyr squad target is down. Ready for pick up.”
Rapunzel was helped up by Lily as both embraced each other, feeling like everything was about to end. Lily stared on at Alton, smiling yelling out. ”Thank you, Cascade! Thank you for saving us.”
Alton turned his head towards his group, giving them a small nod as he stared down at Jinx, sighing. ”You just never know when to quit, do you, Hollie? Why did you have to bring her up for?”
Gogh stood staring on with shame. ”Is this what we do now? Kill people who disagree with our cause? I thought Victoria was meant to be a country welcome to all.”
”This is necessary, Kenny. For the future, we are all running towards V.I.R.A.L must stand. They are all we Anti-Humans got.”
”I suppose you're not wrong…”
Alton walked over, wiping his face of the blood. ”You all alright?”
”Thanks to you, leader. Man, you are unlike anything we've ever seen. Your power is on an entirely different level!” Lily screeched, thrilled hugging Rapunzel even tighter.”
”Bring it down two notches, Lily.” She whispered, hugging Lily back. ”Say, back then, they called you Alton Brantley. But Alton is dead, isn't he?”
”Don't let it worry you. They must have mistaken me for him… I'm just Cascade, nothing more, nothing less. Alton Brantley never existed. Forget him.”