Two Sides of The Same Coin Volume 2: The New Dawn

Chapter 18 - Inner Rage

Carter, Leo, Miguel, and Sergio
"Are you guys okay?"

Leo shivers as he clutches his arm, "You don't feel that wave of energy?"

Miguel is sweating as his crest glows, "It's cold".

Sergio's spear is on the ground, "Is that...Abraham?"

Yui/Nightshade
The sky is rumbling as rain falls down, it wasn't supposed to rain today. The sky roars and flashes, there's a lot of energy flowing in the air. The wind blows, this energy feels...painful and full of sorrow.

Eve and Five
My head pounds as the energy is overwhelming my ability to detect magic, "Abraham's energy...it's increasing too fast".

"I can feel it as well. We should head over there". More soldiers come out of the buildings, "Well as soon as we handle these guys".

Clubs, Member of the Wild Cards
What's with this guy? He's completely different than before. The troops fire their weapons as Azrael dodges the gunfire, phasing in and out he slices each of them down all that's visible is a red streak going towards each soldier. His speed and ferocity have me paralyzed, I can't move. Why can I move?

"Clubs your orders!?", one of the troops is trying to snap me out of it. Azrael stands amongst the bodies of fallen soldiers as his sword drips, the same red aura surrounds him as sparks emanate from his body. The soldiers turn back and begin to fire at him, his cloak shows signs of tears as the bullets hit him, "He's not fucking moving!!!", a soldier fires his weapon with fear in his voice. Azrael rushes once again slicing them down, he throws his sword at one soldier as bolts of lighting spread and shock the rest of the troops around him.

"He shouldn't be able to fight now that he's unarmed right—", electricity charges through Azrael's arm as he uses it to continue slicing. His arm runs through a soldier, the ensuing chaos causes the rest of the troops to retreat leaving me alone with him. Azrael stands silently as I grip my staff. The wind blows ferociously as the sky continues to thunder, I muster out a laugh, "So seems you got a new power up huh?" Azrael continues to stand in silence as he picks up his sword and points it at me. "Alright then", a bead of sweat drops as the staff charges up with flames, "Come at me!" The flames and lightning collide creating a wave of energy that sends cracks through the remaining infrastructure, a flame pulse flows through the staff as Azrael is pushed back and the flames dissipate. I split the staff in two and shift the element to wind as I slam them down into the ground and create two vortexes which crash into him, "Got you".

A bit of blood drips from the cuts caused by the vortex, he follows through with a blast of lighting which I block with the staff. Once again we clash as Azrael swings his sword slicing through stone and brick remains of the embassy. The staff switches from each element as I swing wind cuts, flame slashes, and try fighting him with his own element. It seems I have the advantage, his fighting style although unpredictable is incredibly sloppy which leaves him open to various attacks. This brings him to the ground as he takes beating after beating but he refuses to go down. "Why the hell won't you go down?!", swinging down he grabs the other half of the staff and crushes it causing an explosion which send us back. My arm is charred as the pain radiates through my body, looking at him he shows sings of damage but proceeds to ignore it as he once again rushes at me. Using my other arm I parry his sword swing and push him back with gust of wind, he stands still as he recovers and a low humming noise is heard as he charges a blast in his hand. The energy begins to morph in to a pure red ball of light as sparks emanate and the pressure from the energy begins to push against me, "So it's all or nothing right Azrael!? Fine! Allow me to give you the courtesy of giving it my all".

The remaining half of the staff floats in the air as it cracks revealing pure blue energy, my final card to play in this long running game. Imbuing my life force in the staff should counter his blast and kill him if I play it right, "I can leave content knowing that I'm the one who beat you. Take this Azrael!!". The impact of the staff against the red ball of energy creates blue and red sparks as both of us try to use what remains of our energy to push the projectiles towards one side, blood begins to spurt out of my arm as the energy overflows and causes my veins to pop under pressure, "Just a little bit more energy and—", the moment doesn't last long as the blue energy dissipates and is swallowed by the ever large red ball of energy as it heads towards me. Pushing against the ball my arms begins to break apart as they're slowly incinerated by the blast, the ball engulfs me as each part of my body begins to disintegrate. Never thought it would end like this, it was fun while it lasted and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have any regrets; I can only close my eyes as I'm enveloped by the bright light as the last vestiges of my physical body fade away into ash.