Ah, yes. Part 5 of Fading Lights. The last part of the first season.
Let's end it off with a bang, shall we?
After the unfortunate turn of events a few days ago, Jura finds himself in a different area than he's used to and will meet new friend...
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None of us had an opportunity to stop Jubilea. He saw what happened to Xander, and it drove him up the wall. I leapt away just as he broke free on his own accord, his eyes turning into a golden-black color, his hair getting much darker at the bottom and now having very, very sharp claws. He jumped across the cage and through the bars, going straight for Sylvies' throat. His movements and overall body structure reminded of a Seraphim now, only that this one was extremely pissed. His wings twitched with excitement as he pinned the demigod and grinned, claws ready to dig into her throat, giggling like a maniac. Xander just kinda watched, he snapped awake from the sudden drama that was going on. Jub grinned more as Sylvie struggled under him, kinda panicking now. I touched one of the metal bars and pressed against them, noticing something odd. "Hey, Pietro!", I said and looked at the realm, who was focused on the fight. "Yes?", was his reply, not moving his eyes away. "Do you think you can break the bars? They feel incredibly soft." He frowned and glanced at me before looking at the bars, placing a hand against one of them. "That's because it's gold.", he muttered and made his hand a fist. "Back off from the bars.", he explained and took a deep breath. Then he roughly hit the bars, immediately turning them into fine dust with a ton of magic. Pietro went to help up Xander while I ran to Jubilea, grabbing him from behind. He screeched much louder than I thought possible, loud enough to make my ears bleed, and started to struggle against me. I held him in a grip that tight tho, he couldn't break out. I had his arms over my shoulders, his back against my chest and his legs between mine, so he could hardly do anything except maybe scratch me. Three realms finally came over and caught the demigod that Jubilea was so keen on murdering. They brought her away to tie her up or something. I gripped Jubilea a lot harder, noticing that his bones were starting to give in. But I couldn't just let go, otherwise he'd murder us. He finally stopped struggling a bit and his arms went limp. He hung in my embrace nearly limp, panting heavily. I sighed and let go of him, sitting down with him on my lap. He got a bit comfy and panted, resting his head on my shoulder. I smiled at that and rested my hand on his forehead. He relaxed and closed his eyes, slowly starting to return to the normal, cute Jub. We stayed like that for a long time until he finally was completely back, letting out a silent sigh of relief. I chuckled and ruffled his hair softly. "Kinda was worried a little there, buddy. I was scared we'd loose you to whatever... That was.", I joked. He nodded weakly, understanding. "No, no, I'm good... Just tired...", he muttered, eyes still closed. "Then rest, buddy. We'll wake you up when we're going.", Pietro promised softly and got up with Xander. Said guy was oddly quiet, kinda just staring in shock. He went over to Jub after a while and sat down next to us, but something was weird. He didn't show much enthusiasm or... Anything, really. His eyes were empty and dull. Jubilea took his hand and soon fell asleep on me, quietly snoring. Xander rubbed over his knuckles with his thumb, sighing softly. "So, what are the next plans?", I asked the realms, that had all gathered in the meantime. 7 in total, one was missing, and a player realm that currently held no ruler. Pride, Greed, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Sloth, Envy. Melancholy was missing. All of them had very unique styles (maybe some art will follow soon, but not yet. Am planning to add at the very last page some art and "Easter eggs" or special information). Pride, or Pietro, shrugged. "Am not entirely sure. I'm surprised we managed to come here in the first place, I never even planned that far ahead.", he admitted. I kinda stared at him, shocked. "Then why would you even come back in the first place?!", Lust, or Scotty, a male incubus, asked sharply. Meanwhile Envy aka Mirko, Sloth aka Collin, Gluttony aka Jesse, and Wrath aka Ben stayed silent to watch. Pietro turned to him and ran a hand through his hair. "Because it's my job to watch out for you little morons.", he explained calmly. "Oi, that's not true.", Ben growled. "You might be the oldest one, and the most cool-headed of us, but you're in no way responsible for us." Pietro let out a pretty disappointed sigh. "You guys keep forgetting that I'm also the strongest one and responsible for your safety, so your point is invalid." Ben was so close to attacking Pietro, hissing in anger. Pietro just looked pretty bored, yawning after a bit. That was it for Wrath, and he jumped at Pride. Pietro stayed perfectly still until he was close enough, reacting much faster than any of us could react. He put his hand against Ben's chest, grabbing his left arm before tossing him with all his might over himself. Ben hit the ground with an unsettling crack, not getting back up. Pietro sighed and dusted off his hands, cracking his fingers in once they were clean. I blinked a bit in surprise. "What about him now?", I asked. "Who?" "Well, Ben!" "What's supposed to be with him?", Collin asked softly. I frowned and glanced at the body, before realizing it was gone. So I stared at a blank space, no body, no nothing. Not even dust. "Uh... Where is he?", I asked. Jesse chuckled. "He's there!", he explained and pointed near Scotty. I looked over, noticing that he respawned there, still angry. "PIETRO!!!", he yelled and charged at him. Pietro sighed, now annoyed, and just smacked him in the face. Ben immediately collapsed again, grunting and holding his now bleeding nose. "FUCK YOU!!!", he hissed. "Rude.", Pietro muttered, sighing.
