Warriors of Legend: The Path of Betrayal

Chapter Five The Night Without End

During the battle, I felt pride that we finally had joined to fight together. The different elements soaring through the air destroying Magrons right and left. This time though, I was paying attention to the fight and I was ready for the Magrons charging at me. I jumped over one and and landed on the shoulder of another.

"Gather at the center of the hall!" Matthew screamed.

As the teens gathered at the center, Alicia and Andrew combined their powers to make a wall that seemed to made of dirt.

"Good that should hold them for a bit" I sighed.

"Anyways, what happened to you." Matthew asked.

"Well, these guys weren't that hard to find. They were all destroying something somewhere in the world." Alicia replied.

Then, a fist broke through the wall and grabbed Ben. When the wall collapsed, all we could see was dust.

"Fan out. We have to find him." Matthew ordered.

"Guys, I found him." I whispered.

"Where!!" Matthew shouted.

"Here." At my feet were the mangled remains of Ben's body.

"Lord, protect the one who has fallen protecting his own. For he was a friend, a comrade, a warrior. In his name, I vow to destroy the ones who did this and bring peace to his brave and courageous soul." I said as Andrew buried Ben in a hole near the remains of the prison. Thunder and lightning raged overhead. A single lightning bolt raced down towards me and the thunder was deafening. I watched as the bolt soared closer and closer to where I stand and by the time my friends looked up, I was gone.

I raced along the canyon's river. The air crackling around me. Thunder roaring overhead. I felt strangely proud of what I had learned to do. As I raced at the speed of sound, I sent up a plume of dust and mist. As I ran, I could see the giant castle looming ahead of me. The Mountains of Metal. Ben's hometown and also where his brother Daniel lives. A brother who would soon help me seek revenge.

As I neared the castle, I jumped over the moat and straight on the wall. Running vertically up a wall is an easy trick especially when the walls are made of metal. When I reached the top, I simply jumped from roof to roof. Eventually, I found the house I was looking for.

"Damn," I said while staring at a boy sending metal shards flying everywhere. There was no place that wasn't hit by a shard, including me. I caught the shard two inches from my face. Suddenly, my mind went blank. I jumped down from the rooftop.

"Hey I..." I started.

"Ha. Fool. Think you can beat me?"

"What!!" I yelled enraged.

I spiked the metal shard in the ground and I charged at him at the speed of sound. The speed of light is too much for me to handle. As I ran closer and closer, he shot metal pellets at me. Mid-flight the pellets curved and flew to the spike. I smiled. I had magnetized it with my electricity and all his attacks were knocked off target. Then I raced up and punched him.

"My bones are made out of metal. You can't hurt me." he laughed.

He thought he won. What an idiot. It takes more to bring me down the strongest of the heroes of legend.