Cage of the Shattered

Chapter 18

The Dark Dimension was being ripped apart. A long purple energybeam was ripping through the ground. Raijin leaped out of the way andlanded on a tree branch. Apollo Lust continued firing the beam consistently.Devontae and Solace slid through the ground and hid behind the trees inthe forest. The purple beam eventually sliced through one of the tree's.Devontae dodged out of the way and blasted three bolts of lightning. Lustswitched from laser attacks and created a black portal. The lightning as itgot closer, started curling up and absorbed by the portal. "Nothing isworking!" Devontae says in aggravation. Raijin leaps from tree to tree untilhe launches himself into the sky. As he floats above her, he lifts his legsand shoots himself downwards to crash into her. Lust then created a smallportal and took a step behind, disappearing with no trace. Raijin slammedinto the ground, causing the rocks around the ground to shoot up into theair. Lust then reappeared behind Solace. The moment he turned aroundand noticed, he was then blasted in the chest by an energy blast. Solaceblew through several tree's, breaking them in half and then slamming intoRaijin. The two of them flew backwards. Lust then disappeared into anotherportal and reappeared behind Devontae. Dovante took notice and turnedaround for a roundhouse kick. Lust disappeared into the portal behind herand appeared to Devontae's side and then proceeded to knee him in thestomach. Devontae grunted as he held his stomach and went to elbow her.She disappeared once more. A portal opened underneath Devontae's foot,causing him to fall in and reappear in another portal in the sky. She thendives after him through the portal and kick's him into the ground. As the boywas recovering and got on one knee, She encased her hand in dark energyand back handed him several feet away. She disappeared after. Shereappeared behind the boys and blasted Devontae and Solace away. Raijinturned around and swung at her. She disappears and reappears in the sky.She attempts a flying kick downwards. Raijin manages to look up and blockthe attack with his forearm. The clash between them sends a gust of windin all directions. "This isn't fair, I wish I got her powers," Devontae remarksas he's on the ground. "Yeah, she's hacking real life," Solace says with afaint smile. As the impact recoil's Lust away from Raijin, she forms a portalbehind her. Raijin at the last moment looks up and reaches for her leg andthen slams her to the ground. Raijin stood over her and pointed his hand ather. The two made eye contact before sparks of lightning wrapped aroundhis hand and shot down lightning at her. She creates a portal underneathher and she falls into it. She then reappears behind Raijin. The boy in thewhite jacket, swiftly spins around to counter her attack. Before he couldswing another punch, Apollo Lust kick's high up and hit his chin, knockinghim off balance. She then dashes forward and covers her hand in darkenergy and punches him in the stomach. Raijin is launched a couple feetaway.Sweat began to pour off of Lust. Raijin manages to get the strength tosit up onto his knees. "Why aren't you fighting us seriously?" Raijincomments. Raijin's words shocked the girl. She looked confused for amoment but then her face straightened out. "What are you talking about?I'm simply terminating the introducer's," Lust replied with seriousness. "Browhat is Raijin talking about," Devontae says looking at the two. "I feel likesome long dialogue cutscene is about to happen," Solace says as headjusts his black open jacket. "Why are you not killing us, you're clearlystronger than us," Raijin say's with a confident smile. "The word's "you willnever be human," echoed through Lust's mind. Purple energy like flamesripped underneath Lust as she charged at Raijin. Raijin raises his arms andblock's her first punch. Raijin's foot slid deeper into the ground as he waspushed backwards. Raijin then took a step forward and regained hisbalance. Lust then released her fist and attempted a sidekick. Raijin raisedhis right arm and blocked the kick with his forearm. She quickly droppedher leg and spun around for a punch with her left hand. Raijin immediatelycaught her hand and pulled her closer. The two made eye contact. Raijinnoticed the sad look in her eyes. Lust then gritted her teeth and launchedher knee towards Raijin's face. Raijin's head jolted back as he was hit. Shethen jumped in the air and grabbed his face and slammed him into theground. Devontae and Solace jumped up into the air. The two blastedlightning at her back. A portal formed behind her as she was still standingover Raijin. The portal absorbed the blast. Two more portals opened upabove them and shot their lightning back towards the ground. Theexplosion blew both of them away. As Lust looked back to take care ofRaijin, the boy gave a smirk. Raijin placed his right hand on the ground.Orange liquid slowly oozed out the pores of his hand and slid on theground. The ground around Lust and Raijin caught fire. Lust covered herface and braced for impact as the flames swirled around her. After amoment, she looked up and saw she did not take damage. She took a stepback and looked around them. They were surrounded by a large wall offire. Raijin took the time and stood up. The two stared at each other. Noone could look in and no one could look out. "What do you think you'redoing!" Lust said in anger. "What's really going on? Don't tell me you're trulyweaker than us, or are you holding back," Raijin says in a soft voice. "Youtalk quite a lot in a fight. You should have no mouth since you're a ghost,you shouldn't be able to talk since you should have been dead a long timeago!" Lust yells out. "So that's what that man told you," Raijin mumbles ashe thinks back to Wrath on the tournament island. "People like youshouldn't be here. Creatures," Lust says in aggression. Raijin takes noticeof her Lust's appearance. "Jealousy, no harm intent like the other ApolloSins," Raijin thinks to himself. "I'm not human either, just like you," Raijinsays with a light smirk. Lust's eyes opened up. Her mouth closed as if shewas listening. "I was once human. I went to school. Had friends. Spenteveryday with my family. A normal life mostly. It all changed when I ate acreature from this place. One day I just magically woke up, I had differentorgans, new markings, different colored eyes. Bigger body. I burnedeverything I touched. I electrified everything around me. I was anuncontrollable monster in pain. I have to live here now to eat and survive.This dimension is my home," Raijin explains. "If you're getting the idea thatwe are alike, then you're wrong! You were born with a good life, born withfreedom, born to go places, born to not constantly be on watch and born tonot follow orders or you will receive death!" Lust cried out. "It's not aboutthat. You're not lonely, you don't have to listen to him. Even though we maynot be human, we still are humanoid, still have a free mind, and still haveemotions. We can work together," Raijin says as he extends his hands out.Lust stared at his hand for a moment and then looked back at the boy. "Ican't. I have to work for him. I owe him. He created me. Even if I hate howthings are, when someone gives you something, you owe them, no matterhow much you hate them!" Lust said loudly. Raijin's face hardened up."Your thinking is all wrong!" Raijin said he took a step forward.Her eyebrows tilted downwards. Energy surrounded her as shedashed at Raijin. He then blocked her punch. Lust swiftly opened her handand grabbed Raijin's arm and then flipped him over her shoulder. Heslammed onto the ground. Lust then kicked Raijin through the fire as rolledover the ground until he was next to Devontate and Solace. "Done withyour heroic speech," Devontae says as he reaches out and picks up Raijin."She's not fully there. We can do this without hurting her," Raijin notes ashe looks forward. "A mental battle, a lame plotline," Solace says as hecharges his green electricity around him. Devontate's eyes glow as heproduces his signature red electricity. Raijin's blue electricity wrappedaround his body. A gust of wind from Apollo Lust dispersed the wall of fire.The girl stood still and then pointed her hand in front of her. A large portalopened in front of her. Unlike her other ones this portal kept growing intothat of a sphere. An orange energy ring formed around it. "Don't tell methat's a..." Devontae says as he takes a step back. "A black hole," Solacesays as he firmly takes a step forward. All the rocks around began tolevitate off the ground along with the broken parts of the tree's. Huge gustsof wind were pulling them towards the black hole. It's gravity was massive.The three of them slowly began to slide on the ground. All of them tried tohold onto the trees in front of them but they began to crack and break inhalf. Everything in the area was being sucked into the black hole. "We haveto stop this!" Solace says as he tries his hardest to not be flung back intothe black hole. "We need to destroy it!" Devontae says as he has his eyesclosed and holds onto a nearby rock. Debris was flying all over the place."We need to overload it. Give it so much energy that it can't handle it beforeit gets bigger!" Raijin says as he lets go of the tree and flies forward. Raijinlooked to the ground and stomped his feet into the ground to stop beingsucked in. the other two behind him followed behind him. They charged uptheir energy and all three fired lightning into the black hole. "Keep going!"Raijin says as his lightning grows bigger. The black hole became bigger."It's now or nothing!" Solace says as he steps forward and unleashes all hispower. The blackhole grew and then shrunk and then grew again. Theblack hole was unstable until it exploded and exploded into mist. Theshockwave blew throughout the whole dimension. The three of themprotected their faces as the pulse wave blew past them. The energy andradius was immense. The dust around them settled. All of them nearly fellover. Lust stood in the same spot unphased. She then raised her arm intothe air. A huge sphere of black and purple energy warped in the air. Theball got bigger each second. Hundreds of lasers shot out the sphere in alldirections. Each ten inch laser ripped through the ground and cut andburned anything it touched. The lasers showered through the forest andaround the laboratory she was protecting. Raijin was hit in the arm,stomach and leg. Devontae was hit in the neck, knee, and arm. Solace wasin the stomach, right arm, foot and left leg. The lasers were too much toblock. The impact from the lasers blasted rocks towards them as well. "I gotone shot," Solace thought to himself. He rose off the ground and hid behinda tree that was being hit by several thousand small lasers. Solace formedlightning in hands as he clapped them together and released them. He thencreated a bow and arrow with his lightning. He then moved out from thetree and aimed it at the sphere. A long and thin lightning bolt shot straightforward and impaled the sphere. The sphere immediately blew up onimpact, covering the area in a dark purple mist. The fog made it hard tosee. Lust extended her hand out for a large dark beam. Raijin noticed herposition. He then extended his hands forward. The nuclear fission liquidpoured from his hand and warped into a ball in front of him. The heat of theball condensed. He was about to use one of his ultimate attacks. Raijinfired off his nuclear energy beam towards lust. She retaliated with her darkenergy beam. The clash between the two attacks was immense. The twoused all their might in the beam struggle. Raijin pushed his body forward.The clash was in Apollo Lust's favor. Her dark beam was expanding andoverwhelming Raijin. Devontae and Solace both leaped out of the way. Ahuge explosion broke between them, sending Raijin flying backwards. Theground underneath them was burnt. Raijin tumbled around until his bodyslammed into an unbroken tree, deeper in the forest.Raijin's eyes had gone blurry. He looked over across from him. Hesaw Lust standing there unaffected. Raijin rolled his head and began tolook upwards into the dark sky. "Why, Why do I always end up like this. I'msupposed to be strong. The world's strongest. I won the tournament. "Idefeated my father. I've killed and stopped the illuminati. I've used mypowers to the absolute maximum. So why do I keep ending up this way?What am I missing? What am I not understanding? Is it my emotions? Am Itoo friendly!? Am I too slow or too fast. Is it my body?" Raijin thought tohimself. Vines from the trees around raijin began to wrap around him, alongwith roots moving out the ground and connecting to his skin. "It's badenough that I have to live here. I have to eat here. What is it? Do I not knowenough about myself? All this happened because i ate that stupid deer!"Raijin mumbles. "Yeah that deer. The deers around this place. I'm likethem. I have to eat everything around here to survive. Not travel too far. I'mjust like a creature from this place. I spent months here. They recognizeme. This is my home now isn't it. Like I just said, I'm not human. I don'thave that old life anymore. It's always just been about me and this place,"Raijin says to himself. "I'm a part of this place. That's what I was. I neveraccepted myself. I never pushed my limits. I never wanted to. I wanted tokeep fitting in as a human and not a monster. That's what I am. A monster,"Raijin states. The purple mist around the dimension warmed around Raijinon the ground. An intense pressure blew out in all directions, causingSolace and Devontae to look back. Raijin stood up as the roots that hadconnected to his skin and was pouring him energy snapped apart. Purplemarkings grew all over Raijin's body, lines went up his neck andunderneath his eyes. Both of Raijin's eyes became purple. Black lightningrippled around him. Raijin stared down at Lust. She was confused as towhat happened. "Oh wow," Devontate comments. Raijin took several stepsforward and walked past the other two. Raijin could sense everything goingon in the dimension. He can feel the energy around him. He could feel whatanimals and people were around. Lust created a large energy ball in herhand and blasted towards Raijin. Raijin caught the ball that was moving athigh speeds. The rocks around the two were melting. Raijin was pushedback. The black markings under Raijin's eyes began to curve and grow as itresembled his Ruined transformation. Raijin dropped his hands and beganwalking through the blast. Lust gritted her teeth and held out both of herhands and rapidly shot out large 20 foot energy balls at him. Raijin keptwalking as his black lightning around him ripped the energy balls in half asthey got close. The deflected energy would explode in the distance. Raijinplaced his foot forward and dashed at her at full speed. A black flashzoomed across the forest, lighting everything around him on fire. Devontaeand Solace covered their faces from the wind. Raijin immediately landed infront of lust before he tackled her to the ground. She slammed down andlooked up into Raijin's purple eyes. She closed hers as tears ran down herface. She was scared. She thought she was about to die. Her life flashedbefore her. Memories of talking to Wrath. The young girl was surrounded byscientists. There was a large machine in the middle being built. "Why do ihave to be here," The little girl said to the man standing next to him. Theman had long spiky black hair with golden eyes in a black business suit.Wrath then looked down at the girl. "This is where you belong, with us. Youneed to see this stuff in case you need to do it yourself," Wrath says lookingdown. The girl was silent before looking up once more. "Why me, did youdo this kind of thing yourself," Lust says with confusion. "No, I didn't. Butyou were created. You're different from me. You have a purpose. A goalthat you will use to fulfill our goals," Wrath explains. "That's not fair," thelittle girl responds. Wrath's eyes glowed a bright yellow as he turned aroundand quickly kicked the girl to the ground. All the scientists stopped movingand took time to look back at what was going on. "Listen here! You shouldbe grateful you're here now, who knows where your soul would be rightnow if i ain't make this body of yours so you can get into it. Be grateful forwhat you're given. You never know where you could be without that help.You owe them everything!" Wrath shouts at the girl. The little girl crawledbackwards as her eyes were filled with tears. "I'm sorry master," the girlsaid as she got on her knees and placed her head on the ground. In reality,Lust felt a weird sensation on her lips. A warm feeling that streamed acrossher body. She opened her eyes and found herself being kissed by Raijin.Raijin released himself and looked at the girl in front of him. He began torub her cheek with his thumb. "Look, we may not be human, but we still areclose enough. We can do everything they can do. We are free. Don't listento that man. He's pure evil. You're nothing but a victim," Rajin says as helifts her from the ground. Devontae and Solace walked up behind them. "It'sokay, she's not an enemy," Raijin says as he looks at the other two. "I'm notsure what just happened, but she whooped us, girl or not, she gonna haveto run this fade," Devontae says angrily. Raijin activates his electricityaround his body along with Devontae. The two were about to clash.On the island, over 80 percent of the civilian population had perished.Wrath and his group ravished the island in mere hours. Bombs were beingdropped every other minute. Wrath released his golden energy beam andwiped out the surrounding base camps and left over villages throughout theisland. The P.O.W.A.V.G (Planetary Orbital Weapons Assault VehicleGunship) was beginning to move overhead the island. With its 40 cannonsand 50 machine guns, it rained bullets and missiles. "Shall we do it sir," apilot said as he looked over to the president. Terrance Johnson lookeddown and then walked closer to the window. He observed the surroundingwindow. "We will drop the Moab in one minute," the President commanded.Jack and Eric had sat behind Wrath as the villages and churches werebeing wiped out. The flames around them erupted into the sky. A largemissile was dropped from the P.O.W.A.V.G. it shot straight down. Theisland immediately lit up with a bright light. Jack turned around and wasblown back by the shockwave. The explosion was bright. Everything formiles was incinerated in the blast. The entire island was shaken. Jack hadnever seen anything like it before. Eric was amazed at the sight as well.Black smoke blew in all directions. Wrath shielded the two of them. All thesoldiers hid behind trees and made sure they were out of range from theattack. A giant hole sat in the middle of the island. All the caves on theisland had collapsed. The shockwaves pushed the planes and boatsaround backwards. The P.O.W.A.V.G kept moving forward above thesmoke clouds.For a sudden moment, Wrath pushed Jack forward as his hair flippeddown. "Keep moving," Wrath said with a stern voice to jack. Jack continuedwalking forward. "You two stay here and recover for a moment. I'll eliminatethese churches. The two nodded. Wrath then made his way past theflaming land. A large brick church stood in his way. The flames ofeverything around them had surrounded the building. Wrath kicked downthe front doors. He walked into the building filled with chairs and candles.The stained glass around the building had already been shattered. Only asingle man stood behind the pedestal. It was the priest of the church."Afraid to leave this place. Hiding behind your god," Wrath says loudly ashis voice echoes throughout the church. The priest was silent as he wasreading a book beforehand. The priest then placed the book onto the top ofthe pedestal. "Hiding behind god you say," the old man in long purple andblack robes says as he looks up. The priest was pale with wrinkles in hisskin. His eyes were darkened. The two made eye contact. Are you not adeath god yourself? A shinigami. A god of destruction," the priest repliedcalmly. "I quite do like that title if I say so myself. I've been called that formany years," Wrath says with a smirk. "Many years. How many, how longhave you been around. Is there a number for it? Or has it been forgotten,the priest utters. Wrath's smirk disappeared as he realized the priestunderstood how Wrath worked. The priest had an ability to see anyone'spast by sending energy waves to their brain and receiving them back. "Howmany bodies lay at your feet. How many times have you washed yourhands of blood? How many lives have you seen," the priest comments."Your point is," Wrath says as he grips his fist. "A god is someone who is allmighty. One who is all powerful. One who is who can't be touched. Onewho does not exist in this world. One who can warp existence with athought. By simply existing. But you are not that. You do not fit thatcategory do you xayvion, you're nothing more than a mere man pretendingto be a prophet. Just because you obtained power, you think you must bein control. You own everything. But you aren't, child. You're a fool. You douse your power as a threat because you can't be equal to everyone else.You will lose all you have when god strikes you down," the priest proclaims.Wrath walked closer with glowing golden eyes. His fist became encased inyellow flames. The wind pressure around Wrath blew out all the candles."You will perish and banish to an eternity that will never be forgiven. Youare a living sin that will never be forgotten. A sin that will never be forgiven.A fraud. An imposter!" the priest says as he shouts across the church. Agolden flash strikes across the church as Wrath impaled the priest with hisarm. The priest fell to his knees as blood spilled out of his chest and mouth.The priest looked up and smiled. "Allow me to ascend into the heavens. Mydestiny will come to a peaceful end. Allow the true god to come inexistence to save me and me alone!" the priest cried out as blood leakedfrom his eyes. Wrath stared down at the man and then placed his hand onthe old man's face. All of Wrath's energy focused on his hand. After amoment. The man's body combusted as blood splattered everywhere.Wrath looked at his hand as blood dripped down it. Jack and Ericentered the church. "Are you okay," Eric asks. Wrath had simply keptmoving. He blew a hole in the wall using his powers and kept moving. Thegroup was entering another forest. The sounds of crunching filled the area."Hm," Wrath mutters under his breath. "Have y'all heard that noise," Ericsays as he looks around. Suddenly, a soldier's body that had been split inhalf was sent flying towards them and then crashed into a tree. Screamsand the sounds of screaming filled the pathway they were on. The three ofthem started to run towards the noise. A large creature was on top of asoldier while holding another one and crushing him with the palm of it'shand. The creature resembled a humanoid tiger. It was huge. Its arms werewide and filled with muscle. It had a head and fur of that of a tiger. Thecreature is the Emperor BeastTitan Tiger- A large 13 foot tiger with ahumanoid buff body. it's skin is incredibly hard and it is very strong. it hasintelligence, almost like a human. It is very Angry and Violent as it shredsand attacks anything in sight. it can also blast fire out of his mouth. Thecreature was born from Eir Peak experimenting with animals as they hadthe tiger underground absorbing too much radiation. an Eir Peak scientistaccidentally fell down the steep hole and fused with it. After several yearsof absorbing power, the tiger grew to immense size and was capable ofwearing clothing and understanding humans. The tiger has two large armsand a huge chest with a long 8 foot tail. Each step breaks the ground andhas large claws. It has very sharp teeth and strong bite force. Surprisinglyfor its size it is very fast and can even leap up to 20 meters in the aircasually. This beast is typically kept in a cage and used only when peopleare out of line or when outsiders come to the island of Eir Peak. "I'm notsure what to do," Jack mumbles. "What you think, we fight," Eric says as hesteps next to Wrath. "We kill," Wrath says as his fists become covered inyellow flames. Wrath dashed towards the creature. The tiger stomped onthe ground causing a shockwave and the blast through the forest. Theshockwave caused Wrath to land back onto the ground. The creatureunleashed a loud roar. The tiger began to run towards Wrath. The creaturewas quick and swung its arm at him. Wrath was sent flying back. Jackcovered his face as the wind was intense. Wrath slammed his hand into theground and slid through the rocks. Wrath leaped into the air and launchedan energy beam. The blast tore through the ground and slammed the tigerthrough several trees. The creature groaned and stood back up. Thecreature then grabbed a nearby tree and tore it off the stump. The tiger ranforward and threw it towards Wrath. Wrath countered by instantlydisintegrating the tree with it's glare. The creature charged once more andpunched Wrath in the stomach. Wrath was launched backwards. Thecreature kept up with Wrath's body and continued to punch it rapidly in theair before punching him. The tiger lifted Wrath into the air with its arm andthen leaped and slammed Wrath into the ground. Wrath pointed his hand atthe creature's face. The tiger quickly caught notice and slammed it's footdown onto Wrath's chest. The ground shattered. Eric ran towards the beasttitan. The tiger looked over to the boy running. The tiger then opened it'smouth and unleashed a wave of flames, like a flame thrower. Eric coveredhis face and continued to charge through the flames. Eric then jumped intothe air and punched the creature in the face. It's head shifted to the sidebefore slapping Eric away into several trees. The tiger then looked at jack.Jack immediately used his ability to teleport and moved away from the tigeras it opened its mouth. The pressure of the flames released from it's flamebreath had blown apart all the trees in the area. Wrath then pushes thecreature's leg off, causing it to stumble back. Wrath stood up and blew thetiger away with air pressure. Blood dripped down from the top of his eye tilit reached the bottom of his chin. Blood soaked his eye causing it tobecome pink. "We need to leave!" Jack says as he yells to the other two. "Ifyou try to leave, I'll kill you myself!" Wrath says looking back to jack. Theboy became silent. Wrath refocused on the tiger. Wrath focused energy onhis feet and blasted himself towards the tiger with energy thrusters. Wraththen headbutted the tiger. The creature stumbled back and did an overheadslam with it's large nine foot arms. Wrath caught the arm. His body sunkinto the ground. Rock began to split apart. Wrath threw the tiger's arm inthe way and attempted to punch the creature's chest. The tiger lookeddown and blocked Wrath's fist with it's other hand. Wrath looked up insurprise. "It has intelligence!" Wrath says as immediately as it is punchedaway. Eric came to the side and pulled the tiger's arm and then flipped itonto it's back. Eric crawled onto the creature's chest and stood up. Ericthen cocked his arm back and released a powerful punch directly in themiddle. The creature roared and then punched Eric's side. Eric slid a bit.Blood spurted from his nose but he tanked the attack. Eric began to punchthe tigers head with several right and left hooks. The creature groaned as itattempted to get up but failed. Wrath jumped into the air above Eric. Hethen created an energy ball and threw it downwards towards the two ofthem. Eric looked up and then jumped off the creature. The Tiger releasedit's intense flame breath towards the energy beam. The two attacks clashedtogether with the energy ball overwhelming the fire and slamming into thecreature. The resulting explosion launched Eric away as he landed next toJack. Wrath landed next to the other two.There was nothing but a large crater in the pathway. The sky abovethem was clouded with smoke. The three of them stared at the hole to getconfirmation that it had died. Before anyone could speak, a vibration shookthrough the area. The tiger's screech was powerful. The emperor's beasttitan tiger stood from it's crater and walked towards the group in front of it.The creature unleashed a mighty roar that blew the branches of the treesaround for miles. Steam rose off it's body as no visible damage could beseen. The creature began to run towards the group and leaped 30 feet intothe air. Jack teleported away as the creature crash landed into theirlocation. The tiger kicked Wrath back several feet and swung at Eric. Ericblocked the blow but was knocked to the ground. Wrath jumped into the airand spun and kicked the creature's shoulder. It had no effect as the tigergrabbed Wrath by the leg and slammed him into the ground once more.The tiger turned its head and backhanded Jack into a nearby rock. Jackwas wearing a prototype of Deion Gallion Armor. It had taken considerabledamage during the raid but now it was even more cracked. Jack began tofire light beams at it. The creature was unaffected and blasted it's flames.Jack kept teleporting around.Wrath then raised his arm in the air. The dark clouds above thembegan to swirl. Several lightning strikes shot down from the sky andelectrocuted the tiger. The creature let out a loud screech before grabbingWrath by the legs and slamming him into a nearby pile of rocks. Wrath liftedhis body and kicked the creature's chin, forcing it to let go. The creaturethen took a step forward and bit Wrath's right arm. Blood squirted as Wrathwas flung into the air and was thrown deeper into the forest. A huge beamof energy was shot into the sky. The aura could be seen from around theisland. Wrath's eyes were glowing yellow. Energy encased him. Wrath rantowards the tiger and it ran back the two clashed fists. The two began tothrow punches that would connect. Wrath then punched the tiger in itschest. The creature would then punch Wrath in the side. Wrath returned thedamage with a kick to the creature's knee. The tiger attempted to swipewith its claws. Wrath jumped into the air and then dive kicked the creatureinto the ground. The tiger groaned as it tried to stand up. Wrath wrappedhis arms around the Tigers neck and brung the creature to its knees. Wraththen began to hold it down with one arm and began to punch the creaturein its nose. The creature's shoulder pushed Wrath off of it. The tiger thenpunched Wrath in the stomach and slammed it's elbow into Wrath's back.The ground crumbled from the slam. Blood leaked from the corners ofWrath's mouth. Blood also leaked from the tiger's nose. Wrath pushedhimself off the ground and headbutted the tiger. The creature took a stepback. Wrath then jumped in the air and roundhouse kicked the side of thetiger's head. The tigers left fang broke apart. Wrath then formed an energyball in his hand and slammed it into the creature's chest. The creaturestomped it's feet in the ground so it couldn't move. The tiger took theexplosion from the energy ball and resisted it. The tiger slashed it's clawacross Wrath's chest. His black and yellow suit ripped open with three longslashes across his chest. Eric ran from behind and punched the tigersback. The creature turned around and punched Eric. Eric held his arms outto block the attack. Eric began to bulk up his muscles as his eyes wereglowing blue. Veins wrapped around his body. Eric was half the size of thetiger now. The two connected their hands together and began to push. Thetwo forces were creating rapid shockwaves. Rocks flew up into the sky. Asmall tornado of pressure formed around them. The tiger pushed Eric intothe ground before the tiger could crush Eric with his foot, Wrath punchedthe right side of the tigers head and sent him off balance. Eric recoveredand stood next to Wrath. The two of them clenched their fist and punchedthe tiger in the stomach. Wrath encased flames around his fist andunleashed a battle cry. The creature was sent flying across the ground withburn marks in the middle if it's body. The creature fell to the ground and fellforward. "Is it done?" Eric says, pouring sweat. Jack was watchingeverything go down. Wrath began walking towards the creature to check itout. The creature stopped breathing and had its eyes closed. Wrath placedhis foot on the creature's head. "I'm not sure what this thing is, or why itwas created, but it was deadly. We underestimated this island," Wrath saysin a serene tone. The tiger's eye reopened. As Wrath's leg was pushed offas the creature raised it's head, it used its left arm and slashed Wrath'sstomach. It's claws almost split him in half. Wrath fell forward as his bloodsplattered onto Eric and the nearby trees. Wrath fell to the ground. Withgroans of pain, Wrath placed his hand over his split stomach. Eric waspunched into the ground by the tiger. The creature yelled into the air andpulled back it's claws. It swung downward. Wrath leaped in the away andblocked the attack. As Wrath stood in front of Eric, his left arm was slicedoff. Wrath gritted his teeth as he created an energy barrier in front of thetwo of them. Eric was shocked at the dedication, that Wrath of all peoplewould protect him. The creature began to slam it's hands onto the barrier.One by one he would begin to punch the barrier until it shattered. Thecreature then unleashed it's flame breath. Wrath then created a smallbarrier with his hand. The flames parted way as it split into differentdirections. Wrath was sliding back. Eric stood off the ground and stoodbehind Wrath. He placed his arms around Wrath's waist as he stoppedWrath from moving. The two stood their ground against the fire. As theflames and smoke dissipated, Wrath was suddenly punched away. Wrathflew past Eric. Eric closed his eyes and forced his body to grow more. Hewas at his limit. He was still damaged from his previous battles. His shirtand pants were completely ripped. Eric stood before the tiger. The tigerstepped forward. Eric stepped forward and placed his hands on each sideof the tigers shoulders and tried to prevent it from moving. "What can wedo? I can't use that move, I'll kill everyone here," Wrath thought to himself.The tiger growled in Eric's face. The creature began to step forward as Ericwas pushed back. Eric slammed both feet into the ground. "I'll have tomanage to control it's distance. Wrath placed his hand onto Eric's back. Hebegan channeling his energy into Eric. Eric's eyes shifted from blue toyellow. His hair grew longer and spikier. Blue veins wrapped around Eric'sbody as his hands and feet shifted into claws and became a dark blue colorthat went from his fingers to his elbow. Three large horns grew out of Eric'sspine. Eric's fangs grew bigger. Wrath then fell back to the ground. "I haveto charge this!" Wrath yells out. Eric begins to push against the tiger. Thecreature couldn't move forward anymore. Eric was nearly the size of thetiger. The tiger tried slamming it's head into Eric's. Blood dripped down bothof their heads. Eric then retaliated with a headbutt back to the creature. Thetiger extended its arms out and impaled Eric's sides with it's nails. Ericgrunted as blood filled every part of its body. Eric pushed the tiger back afew feet. The tiger then began to swipe at Eric's chest and stomach. Eric'sconsciousness was fading away. "No, no, I'll stand my ground and provemyself!" Eric says as he grips the tigers shoulders and crushing it's bones.The tiger roared and continued to slice at his chest. Blood oozed out as hisflesh and bones were tearing out. Wrath was charging up his strongestattack. "God,s Eraser ''. An attack that uses energy to create a large pulsethat disables all cells of all living beings within a certain ranger. Wrath wasforming that type of energy into a ball and condensing it as small aspossible. Wrath stood up and aimed it at the tiger. Eric pushed as hard ashe could and threw the tiger off balance. Wrath slammed the ball into thetigers chest. Red markings spread from the energy ball. The creature'scells were dying by the second. It slowly stopped resisting. It roared all itcould. The light from the attack was blinding. Wrath forced the energy ballinto the tiger's body, causing the upper half of the creature to explode. Thelight covered the sky. The creature's lower half fell to the ground along withEric. The battle was over. The three of them rested. Eric was out ofcommission. Eric was barely alive. He was dying from severe blood lossand such. Soldiers arrived and helped Eric back to basecamp. Wrath andJack moved forward through the forest until they reached the main temple.There was one man standing before the temple entrance. Beyond theentrance was an energy source. It was beyond any human imagination.The final person in the way. Eir Peaks strongest. The warchief. The finalbattle between Wrath and the war chief was about to begin.