Flare. That was the next word out of Andrei's mouth. His voice boiled with immeasurable rage. Frustration at everything, both in life and in his mind. It made his blood hot, as though he was channeling magma through his veins. He roared as he connected the words. 'Breaker' and 'Flare.' They meant nothing to him... but given a voice, they took shape. His fist was enveloped in crimson-black fire, and it spread down his arm. Phanes yowled as the flames roared, shocking the cat, and the Chimera which had descended down on them was battered away with the sound of a gunshot. His face lit red with the blood of the Chimera's poor victim as it splattered onto him, now mingling with the off-colored gore which exploded from Andrei's target, and the black heat which lit up his monstrous grin.
The wolf-like monster was eviscerated, torn apart as its pieces were thrown high into the air. Andrei felt the connecting point of his punch, as his knuckles had been burned clean of their flesh down to the bone and muscles. He seethed now, feeling as purple energy enveloped him... a larger kill, completely and utterly at that. "So... is this... my power?" he asked himself, feeling exhaustion kick in as the gold in his eyes returned, and the bloody red faded away.
Andrei stumbled forwards. That fight, it had been short, simple, nothing like what he had seen before. He tried to fumble open the knob to the circle-marked building, but his charred hand was of no use to him. Grabbing it with his off hand, Phanes still clung to his back like a statue, petrified by his companion's overwhelming might.
As the duo stumbled into the building, they found that while it was cleaner than others that they had huddled in before, it was still ransacked thanks to their late enemy. The floors were smeared with crimson red, the blood of what was most likely the remnants of the man outside, but otherwise, there seemed to be lights... and heat. Andrei only now realized just how cold he was, and he slammed the door shut. Even if the last man in the city other than himself had been killed, he could find a brief respite in the man's belongings.
Looking around, he found a few things that might serve him some use should he need to leave again... something which was more than likely considering just how easily the previous resident had been attacked by the looks of it. Locating a blood-soaked backpack, he set it off to the side, resting on the leg of an old wooden table. A lantern... better than nothing. He set in on top of the table, then began to look around even further. Digging into a supply of food, Phanes leapt out of Andrei's jacket and onto the counter which hung below the cupboard containing canned goods. Cracking open a can, the two shared their first good meal in a long time, and by the end of their feast, both had been bloated to the point of being unable to run. They sat like animals in the bloodied remains of the first floor of the building. "Phanes... I think... we've made it, for at least a while." Andrei whispered, feeling as the large cat took his place atop the boy's lap, his fiery orange coat completely opposite to the dark, dirty clothing that Andrei still wore.
Soon they found themselves asleep in the one-room building. Leaning against the kitchen counter, the boy and his cat snored soundly. No dreams or visions of Ra plagued Andrei this time, the demon having been satisfied by the meager fillings of Andrei's first real kill. Phanes purred with Andrei's arms over top of him, the cat feeling no regrets now. He was safe, and he was warm. All that an animal such as himself could ask for. Then his ears flicked.
A voice came from outside. A man, seemingly shocked at the apparent death of another. Another triad of voices rang out from outside, and all four cautiously approached the building, though one especially muffled, quiet voice pointed something out. The charred burlap skin pasted onto the upper walls of the building. Perhaps the threat had been eliminated... either by something larger, or by their fallen comrade... somehow.
Once the door to the building was pushed open, Andrei shot awake too. Both he and Phanes remained quiet, not daring to make a sound. The men sounded as though they wouldn't take too kindly to their visitation, clearly on edge more so than Andrei could've possibly been considering his particular abilities. They wore boots, sturdy ones by the sounds of it, their steps clattering against the creaking wooden floor. One made a comment about the pools of blood, and another about Andrei's stockpile that he had left leaning both beside and on top of the table. "Shit..." he muttered to himself.
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CALAMITY CORE : FREE THE WORLD
Action- BOUND THE WORLD - After falling from the sky in a blaze of glory, without so much as a memory to his name, and cleaving a path through the whole of the Tokyo Dead Zone with the discovery of his nature as a half-human half-Chimera, a monster from a...
