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+10000 awesome points to whoever knows who 'she' is before reading. ... ohwhothehellamIkidding you have to be an idiot to not know who it is >.> Oh and this is a kinda long chapter, be ready :P Legacy of Letus: Chapter 10, She Who Escaped Death[]"So are you coming or not?" Letus questioned Axelerate. "You can't be serious. Now?" Axelerate responded. "Yes now, that's why I asked." Letus motioned to the tunnel entrance. "We have to move quickly, Mercuritris will start the first war threats soon, and we have to be ready with the other half of the plan." Axelerate sighed but stood up. "You're about to kill more of your family and you aren't even the slightest bit fazed. I don't know whether to be disgusted or worried." "Be neither, I have this planned out perfectly." Letus took what looked like a crossbow from his armory wall and looked back at Axelerate. "So, long or short way?" "As much as it would amuse me to see you squirm through the wastelands, I suppose the short way would be more efficient." As she had done before, Axelerate made a motion with her hand that wiped away the fortress and somehow placed them on the outskirts of the wastelands. Letus turned to his right and saw a grand sight. The Carniall village hadn't been rebuilt, it had been completely redone. It had the makings of a city now, and while the technology was still primitive, he could tell it had made vast improvements. "This...may be tougher than I imagined." Letus frowned with disappointment. "Keep a low profile, somebody may recognize us." "Recognize you perhaps. Besides, I don't kill without decent reasons. I will return once the ritual is complete." Axelerate vanished instantly. Letus wasn't surprised. He knew from the tales he heard that Axelerate didn't do anything without meaning or purpose. He turned his attention back to the city and took out the Staff of Solitude. The second he began to concentrate, the staff shot out a silvery wave of energy. If this technique worked, the entire city was frozen in suspension of time. He quickly shot into the city, and like a charm, it had worked. The Tartaronians were frozen in mid-motion, unable to even think. "That should make things a little easier." Letus said to himself. He had spoken too soon. A golden projectile shot out from a window, instantly making contact with Letus' exposed shoulder. Intense pain shot through him instantly, his arm going numb one second and then screaming in agony the next. "What the hell?!" Letus was barely holding his concentration on the Staff of Solitude's power. It was going to break the spell any minute now. He ducked into a corner as the Staff of Solitude's grip on the city broke. Motion started once again as the Tartaronians resumed their previous chores. "Who...or what...did that..." Letus clutched his arm as if it were broken. In some aspects, it was. He couldn't move it, it was as if his nervous system's connection to his arm had been severed. He plucked the blade from his arm, and examined it. It was like an arrow, made of a golden material he didn't recognize. "You shouldn't have come back." A voice rang out from above. Letus glanced upward. A Darkfire Demon stood on the roof of a building next to him, easily five stories off the ground. But that was far from the most peculiar thing. The demon had golden skin rather than the usual deep blue. The same hue in the arrow that had knocked out Letus' arm. "What did you do that for? How did you know I've been here before?" Letus interrogated the demon. "Because I know you much too well." The demon leaped from his perch the instant he stopped talking. It landed gracefully and brandished its thorn-like arm blades. "And yet I don't know you." Letus raised the Staff of Solitude threateningly. "Back off before we need to become acquainted." "Oh I'm sure you do know me." The demon's form shifted slowly before Letus' eyes. After a few seconds, it had transformed into somebody sickeningly familiar. "Suntkar." Letus spoke his name as if it was the most vile thing he knew. Actually, it probably was. "But you..." "Should be dead? If it wasn't for the gifts I received, yes, I would be. Unfortunately you aren't that lucky." Suntkar was enjoying every word of this. "Gifts? Don't tell me-" "The demons gave me the same abilities they gave to...my sister." Suntkar couldn't seem to so much as say her name. "Only I contained my savage will." Letus hesitated, then set the Staff of Solitude down. "We have no quarrel. Stand aside and we won't need any unwanted hostilities." "I'm afraid it's too late to do that. I know why you're here and I won't let years of protecting Anne from you go to waste." Suntkar reverted back to his Darkfire Demon form and readied his arm talons again. Letus frowned and picked the staff up again. "So be it." Just as the two were about to charge, an explosion ripped apart the alley. Both were driven several feet backwards as a purple shockwave shot out from the eruption. Letus shot his glance upward and saw something that made a chill run down his spine. An entire fleet of aircrafts, decorated with black and purple patterns hovered above the city, launching volleys of energy blasts in every which direction. "Gentlemen, I'm sure we can all get along here." A voice came from the lead ship. As the figure approached sight, Letus recognized him. Mercuritris. "I told you this is my task." Letus growled up at him. "Indeed you did, however you have ran into some difficulties, so I figured that I should aid you." Mercuritris turned to Suntkar. "Stand down and I may yet allow you to live." "Like hell." Suntkar leapt at Mercuritris, claws outstretched and fangs bared. "Very well then, you had your chance." Mercuritris' arm morphed into what looked like a long range cannon in an instant. "Chaos Orb Annihilator. Launch." A wide range of energy blasted forward, enveloping Suntkar in its glare and wiping out large masses of houses in an instant. Nothing survived. Not even Suntkar's body was left, it was all gone. Erased from existence. "Well done." Letus signaled Mercuritris to leave. In response Mercuritris nodded, motioned towards the cockpit of one of the other aircrafts, and the entire fleet began to pull away. "Now then, back to-" Letus cut off in mid-sentence the minute he turned around. Something was watching him. Letus advanced, expecting her to run off in terror. But no, that was far from what happened. She stood firm, even drawing a sword in defense. For a while they just stood there, glaring at each other like only mortal enemies would. At last she broke the silence. "You and your friends blow up my home, you kill my uncle, and of all times, you do it the day before I am to be married. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." She kept confidence in her voice with every word, and as much as Letus hated it, she didn't show any weakness whatsoever. Then it hit Letus. Suntkar an uncle, marriage tomorrow. It was his daughter. He smiled to himself. How convenient. Letus stated calmly. "Because I have found what I was looking for." Before she could react, he raised the Staff of Solitude, emitting its time freeze wave. Everything but Letus was stopped again. He confiscated the sword from Anne and set it on the ground. "Normally I would make it everlasting and painful, but for you, I will make an exception." Letus picked up the gold arrow-like blade that Suntkar had used earlier. He examined it, noticing it didn't seem to radiate poison like it did before. Still able to kill, yet with less to no pain. Perfect. Letus calmly but swiftly drove the dart into Anne. The results were instant. The Staff of Solitude's connection was severed, and Anne crumpled, dead. "Forgive me." Letus picked up her body and vanished from the city, reappearing seconds later in his chamber. Axelerate sat in the same seat as before, only raising her head to look at Letus with disgust then turn away again. "Mercuritris, I know you're here. Just show yourself already." The shadows in one of the chamber's corners distorted and Mercuritris appeared. "And here I thought that was beginning to work." Mercuritris would be grinning if he wasn't robotic. "I appreciate the health, but you didn't need to blow up half of the whole damn city." Letus said. "Actually I did. A threat like that will stir up some tension. You'll get it in time." Mercuritris stated drone-like, then turned his attention to Anne. "Mission success, I assume." "Yes, are we prepared to begin with the ritual?" Letus asked. "Indeed, is the time witch going to help or not?" Mercuritris turned to Axelerate slowly. Axelerate set down the glass she was drinking from and stood. "Fine, but only to make up for his sins today." she glared at Letus once more and walked into the room prepared for the ritual. Letus passed Anne over to Mercuritris. "See that it is a success, I will never forgive myself if this does not work." Mercuritris turned to the room and shut the door without saying a word. Letus sat down at the table to wait for the ritual to be done. Time passed ever so slowly. By the time a half hour was gone, Letus had lost his patience. The minute he stood, the door blasted open in a burst of dark red energy. Before he could react, something slammed into him, throwing him into the wall with such force that he thought he could hear something crack. Judging from the way he couldn't think straight, it was probably Letus' skull. As quickly as it had escaped, it was gone. Author's Note[]Originally this chapter would be divided into two parts, but it's kinda more of a 1 & 1/2 long chapter, so yeah, you just get an extra long one. Lost Soul will be a bit of a plot filler, don't expect too much from it. Besides Eclipse and Polaris first appearing, there's not going to be any real action happening. Yeah, the story's going to be a little slow until Retribution. Hang in with me, it'll get better. :P
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