The Purged Ones

Chapter 39: Once More

Once more my eyes sat upon the tower. I hoped there wasn't no third time because the tower sickened me and I wanted to burn it down to hell.

The place was heavily guarded by those who were loyal to Fiora. There was a commander with dozens of his men behind him. They watched carefully for attacks, but were unable to see beyond the shadows I hid in along with the others.

"What now?" Eve asked as she kneel while she squinted her eyes towards the upper sector of the tower. There were no lights that shine so very bright. Fiora wanted to hide herself within the shadows that she created to hide the secrets of what she planned. I began to think about the Purging she planned and also why she postponed it. Maybe because she wanted to deal with all of this before she organized the yearly slaughter of our people, the slaughter of our young generation that could uplift us from these dark times. The world would be in doom if the abomination of Fiora's reign would be alive for eternity.

"Burn this blasted tower to the depth of where it belongs." I said as I clenched my fist together.

"Nice details..." Eve sarcastically mumbled as she turned her head towards the others.

"Saya is nowhere in sight," Seven's voice pierced through my phone while I signaled Kira about the guards.

Then suddenly, explosion sparked all over us as flames raged from each corner of the area. Some of my people made through to the center, but I was able to notice the overwhelming amount of Fiora's men that chased them to the center. Kira began to widen her eyes as Seven smirked at the thought that it was near the time for us to end it all.

"Let's get this show on road! Woooo!" Seven began to sprint down the building like a crazy and hectic person that was obsessed with parkour with Alex and Juno that followed behind her. Few seconds past by and Angel disappeared once more. Terra stood there with Kira and Mira that overlooked the situation around the tower.

"Damn it! Where is Angel?" I blurred. Something inside of me swirled violently and Angel was all in my mind while I clenched my fist even harder. "That idiot better not do nothing stupid this time!" Eve looked at me with frozen eyes that were stuck on me. Her eyes looked cold. She then let out a huge breath, but I managed to charge in with the intention of finding Angel. I sprinted down, but while I made it out of the building, I heard Kira voice again. "Deva! Not enough of our soldier made it here! We have to wait!"

I ignored Kira's words as I began to draw War's blade and plunged it inside several of Fiora's followers. I spotted Seven and her eyes were filled with light. Her smile looked sinister, but her laughs made shivers of cold crawl up my spine.

Eve finally appeared in battle as she stared at the people that use to follow her in the past. "Lady Eve! Lady Eve! We need your help," but Eve stood there as she slowly drew her blade. The demons and the people that followed Fiora, their eyes widen while Eve's eyes were closed. Then I notice a tear that ran down her eyes. For a quick second, Eve's hands were frozen to the point that it looked like she froze time around her. Bodies began to drop faster than the speed of light as I noticed that the blade was held up in the air.

"You knew these people?" I asked, but she ignored me as she sprinted towards the building without any words. I could tell she had no intensions to find Fiora, but to find Angel. I knew because how I was able to read the feelings inside her eyes. Eve doesn't care about Fiora at the moment because of her love and safety for Angel. I could tell from my heart that one would focus on the one they love more than the main objective they have set for them. I was surprised and stun that I wasn't like that. I loved Angel like a best friend, Loved Mira like my own daughter, but the thought of Fiora's last breath was all I was able to think of.

"She have War's blade and Conquest's crown!" One of the demon said as she charged at me with her sword, but I was too quick for her. Her eyes slowly closed, her throat struggled to breath from the wound I caused, and her hands fell hard to the ground as she drew her last breath. I was the only thing she saw before her death.

More and more came towards me in numbers that overwhelmed me. I hacked quite a few, but it was too many. Some of them managed to get a few cuts on me. One of the wound was caused by a knife that flew by the right corner of my bottom lip as it caused a thin line that ran from the corner of my lip to the center of my right cheek.

"Kill her already!" Another demon said as he raised his blade over my face. I was only able to see the point of the sword while it shined in the moonlight.

"No..." I faintly said and thoughts began to swarm inside my mind. I began to remember the smile of Mira during the time I saved her from the streets filled with crooks and bandits. I remembered that day as if it was like yesterday because no day was different from each other with the evil that lurk in every corner each day. Mira was only four at the time I found her in an alley filled with people that were homeless. I wore my usual academy's clothing that consist of a black leather jacket and black cargo pants filled with pockets all over. When I walked towards my home I managed to turn to an alley that became a shortcut towards my home. In the middle of the dark alley was a homeless girl that sat in a dark corner with many tears in her eyes. The others with her ignored her or tossed her to the side like trash whenever she was in the way.

Those people looked sinister that day and I wanted to save her that day. I never had to fight with those people once they noticed what kind of student I was. They fled as fast as they could. I walked towards her and I remembered that Mira smiled back once I offered her my hand.

"No..." I mumbled as I lay my eyes at the point of the sword while a crow that flew by, gracefully.