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#42 What Happened To You? (Part 4 of Purr)

In this Zeldris and Meliodas aren't brothers but they were close friends that grew up together. In fact, it was Zeldris that was there for Meliodas when his elder brother died who had been a father figure (Estarossa)

Hours of flying had gotten the group nowhere. They were some of the only survivors left of the goddess race, and as such were tasked with finding and erraticating the remaining demons that plagued the lands.

Thousands of years of this had destroyed most seldom for a few stragglers, however... there was one in particular they were searching for after feeling it's massive power towards what was now known as Vanya.

"Sir! We think we've located the source of that magic energy!"

The man who had become in charge of this group turned around to see what the solider was talking about.

He froze when he did.

It...It can't be!

"Where did you get this source from?"

He kept his voice level regardless of the emotions stirring within him.

"We had a hard time connecting it's power to that of a red or white demon as the power in this was exponentially stronger. So we ruled out them as well as a born demon due to those being destroyed during the elimination process in Danafor, therefore all we had to do was find a goddess power with equal opposite magic. Only one result came up in our research."

The man stayed quiet, much to the guard's confusion, however he forced himself to regain his composure as the mission was too important for his old attachments to stand in the way. So with a deep breath and a heavy heart, he gave the final order.

"Then we head west to Vanya. If the demon has this kind of power we need to look at the source of the outburst so we can analyze it."

"Yes sir!"

Looking once more at the paper in his hand, he crumbled it and threw it from sight.

So Meliodas... The darkness managed to get to you too... How I wish that wasn't the case.. Soon we'll meet again, old friend...
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Meliodas kept feeling like something was gonna happen, he didn't know what or why he felt like it, but it was a nauseating feeling that was distracting him from his work. Well, that and the look the sins kept giving him.

He had tried his best to make sure the sins didn't see his scars, and had thought he was successful. However based on their looks and whispers to oneanother, he was starting to think that wasn't the case.

Every time one would whisper or give him another odd look, the feeling in him would rise until his thoughts were consumed with anxiety and fear. He didn't ever want them to find out as he knew he would lose what he considered to be some of his closest friends if he did. That's why he always made sure to be cautious and careful in what he revealed to them, but apparently it wasn't enough...

He was currently cleaning out a few cups while trying to silence the worries in his head, only to be shocked out of them by the sins all gathered around him with looks of nervousness and determination. Ban being the one to step forth first as Meliodas's heartbeat pounded wildly in his ears.

"Um.... Cap'n, t-there's something we need to talk about."

Ba dum

The immortal took one step towards him..

Ba dum

Then another...

Ba dum