The Chronicles of Drakken

Chapter 17: A Battle in Time

Raz and Maz stood at the ready as General Bloodlust continued to scream his delight. They held their arms up to shield themselves from the high intensity of the powerful shockwaves. As powerful as Strife was, Bloodlust tripled in comparison, and they knew it. However, they refused to let themselves be intimidated and stood their ground. Raz hoped that they could survive this battle.

Bloodlust stops his scream and takes a few breaths of air before standing up. The Drakken Twins shocked at his stature and estimated twenty feet in height. His whole body was massive, with his arms the size of oak tree trunks and his legs double that. His hair was long and coarse, hanging wild down to his mid-back. This brought their attention to the enormous bat-like wings on his back that shifted every few seconds.

Then Bloodlust turned around and noticed the Drakken Twins standing there. The transformation did nothing for him in the looks department. The transformation made it even worse. The most prominent feature was the jutting jaw with tusks sticking out the bottom lip. His nose was flat against his face as if he'd fallen on it as an infant and remained stuck. The eyeballs were pure black with solid red iris and white pupils. Following this were the ears that looked more like a couple of heads of cauliflower and had several earrings adorning each one.

His attire was, at best grotesque and, at worst horrifying. What armor he did have on came from the bones of fallen victims to which he'd previously consumed. The entire outfit looked like blood flowed around it and down to the ground. Like Raz, his shoulder pads, elbow guards, wrist guards, and boots were adorned with spikes. The armor was emblazoned with blood-red, matching his pasty white skin.

Bloodlust smiled unnaturally wide and displayed a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. This mortified Raz and Maz even more as they steadied themselves. It seemed to them that everything Bloodlust did was a tactic in mental combat, as if Bloodlust started the fight with his mere presence bearing down on his opponent before even making a single move. Raz figured that this was his way of battling and had to admit that it was an excellent method to win.

"Well, hello there, your dragon ships. So sorry about that interruption, but I had to teach that nasty Dark Angel a lesson that I did," said Bloodlust in a low but no less creepy voice. "Now, back to business with you, this is so. You two look like good morsels to gobble up, that you do. Now, who would you like to go first? Don't be shy, no, no."

Raz and Maz hesitated before Raz responded, "You won't be eating anyone here. Your dinner plans have been canceled."

General Bloodlust clicks his tongue repeatedly at the Dragons as a parent would their own child in trouble. "Well, that is such a shame. You can be joined with great power, but children don't always know what is good for them; no, they don't. Sometimes children need to be shown the error of their ways, that they do," General Bloodlust said as Raz and Maz didn't like the sound of that.

This turned out to be correct because, without warning, Bloodlust exploded off the ground so hard that it left a massive crater. Instantly, Bloodlust was in their face before they could react, kicking Raz and sending him flying toward the Tower. He grabbed Maz's head and smashed him into the ground. Raz could see this out of the corner of one eye, and instantly, the rage exploded out of him like a volcanic eruption.

Raz rebounds off of the Tower and fires back toward General Bloodlust. He lengthened his body with his sword stretched out ahead of him. Then he shouted out, "CHAOTIC JAVELIN!"

Instantly, Raz covered in Black Fire and quickly resembled a flaming javelin. Bloodlust looks up in time to see Raz pierce and go straight through his body. He staggers backward with a massive hole in his chest and looks down at it in disbelief. Raz checked on Maz to find he was all right, just a little banged up. Maz got up and dusted himself off before seeing the massive hole in General Bloodlust's chest.