A crimson streak of light burned through the inky sky like a shooting star towards its destination, fierce. City lights illuminated the night as the scarlet light flowed toward a building coated in emerald and silver, with greenery surrounding a platform, light absent as the light crashed towards the building in a fiery blaze.
Atop the terrace burst a pillar of flame, it flickered bright azure and red as the energy dissipated around the two. With the wave of Nabi's hand, light drifted away like fog in the morning to reveal the two of them.
Green seemed to surround them from all sides, from the exotic plants to the emerald symbol of a snake, as the scarlet hue seemed to flood from it as if it had no place. Greed looked through the widened strands of his crow feathered hair, letting out a faint yawn as he examined his surroundings; untouched by the fire and fury of the flames.
"Why does it always seem like she gets more?" He asked as his golden eyes shifted from the plants onto his partner.
Nabi looked up at Greed and offered a light shrug. Words were all but meaningless to her at the moment. She kept her hands tightly stuffed within her obsidian black hoodie as her icy gaze fell upon the black that lay in front of them. Silence permeated the surrounding area, a welcome alternative to the sounds of battle and death.
It was still unsettling to Nabi. The sound of footsteps seemed to quell her worry as the sound grew nearer and slowed. Light that mirrored streetlamps followed behind each step, flickering on to provide a dim green light around them. The slim figure of a young man stepped out from the vanishing darkness; his lime-tinted eyes focused on Nabi before turning their gaze towards Greed. His face turned from calm to one of inquisition, cocking back his head to reveal a smile of familiarity.
"Took you both long enough," the man said as his lime eyes analyzed the both of them, no scratches on either of them and neither seemed tired. He looked at the two of them as his eyes flared with intrigue. "Impressive. To think you both were able to shut down another rebellion affiliated with the Zodiac Alliance is quite the achievement, especially in the manner you both did it,"
"You act like that's such a big deal," Greed replied. His tone had no form of respect for the man. He tilted his neck until he heard an unsettling crack, "Childsplay, maybe even you could have dealt with it, Akamon,"
"It was very simple. I barely had to even do anything this time," Nabi said as she approached Akamon. Her gaze was still unwaveringly cold.
Akamon sighed as he motioned for Greed to follow behind them as he pushed the silver of his hair behind his ear.
"Perhaps—that aside, you both might as well report to Lady Leviathan already. We wasted enough time here," he said, walking into the dark with Nabi at his side as Greed followed behind.
Bright lights, ornate walls with jewels and floors of bright Emerald. As the three made their way through the halls, it seemed inconsequential to them all, yet to the common man, it was a sight to behold.
Paintings detailing a great battle that had taken place and winged beasts descending from the sky. With each tapestry they walked past seemed the tell a story of their own; a figure within the heavens commanding over an army of winged beasts fighting against something.
"I always find these interesting, they look so close to men, yet aren't," Akamon said, his brain focused more on what story the paintings told. Rumors and whispers of the true and false. The further they walked, the darker the paintings grew, having a sadistic beauty to them.
"What Akamon, you believe this kind of stuff?" Greed scoffed. His eyes focused on the shimmering jewels. Things like this even being real mattered little to him. Then again, not much ever did. A long, drawn-out sigh escaped his lips as he walked ahead to see Akamon's pale face.
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Testament - Vol 1. RE:BiRTH
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