Titan Takedown

Attacked

Xiuying flew off and Sokolov drove off to get the Alfredsons.  I went up to the bedroom to get something from my pack.  Inside a rolled up leather pouch, were many palm-sized stones.  All of them were crafted for elemental control but I was missing some which is probably for the better because the longer one is under the power of the stone, the more sanity is depleted and if the sorcerer's under its influence for too long, full insanity is the only result.  Sure, the user gains immeasurable power and become impervious to magic, bullets, and all else but loses all self control so death and destruction of all in the path would follow.  Its power drove my family to madness which got us exiled.  I managed to escape and start anew with the Order. 

A difficult decision it was but I took the crimson red stone and held it in my hand.  It started giving off heat for a fire sorcerer was holding it.  I spoke in the olden language to tap into the stones power.  The power transfer was complete just as Sokolov came back with Nikolas.

"Motya, I have Nikolas, very reluctantly I might add."

"Good.  Have you told him what has happened?"

"He's caught up on our case."

"I'm only here because you lot gave us a 'ouse and I want to repay you."

"Your motive doesn't matter only that you are here to help us defend.  Now, both of you, get ready to fight.  Miron, if we start to be overrun, build an ice labyrinth.  Any one you know will suffice."

We took defensive positions, Nikolas hung from the ceiling like a bat with his shadowy companion, Miron hid in a corner of the room, clutching an ice ball, and I sat facing the door in total darkness except for a small fire I held in my hand to illuminate my face to intimidate our opposition.  One soldier broke the door down and saw me.

"Motya Petrov?"

"May be may not be.  Who's asking?"

He walked slightly further in the house and two more men followed.  The followers pulled out their rifles.  One was and AKS and the other was a SKS 45.  The leader pulled out his pistol which was a Mauser C96.  He pointed the gun to me before speaking.

"Motya Petrov, you are under arrest.  Come with us to face your punishment or you will be shot."

"Oh, I'm not going with you and I won't be shot by the likes of you."  I extinguished the fire just after speaking and darted away as Nikolas's shadow devoured one of the men and Miron's ice ball took the other rifleman's head clean off by the sound of the hit.  I shot a thin stream of fire to the remaining man, igniting him and lighting up the room.  A dozen men rushed into the room to see their fallen allies before Miron coated the floor in ice and a labyrinth of ice rose from the ground, separating the men into about 4 groups.  They were panicking and running around, trying to find others as Nikolas swooped some up in the dark wings of his companion while I scorched every one I saw.  The power was addicting and extremely tempting but I did not succumb to it.  

"I WILL NOT FALL TO YOU!'  I yelled as the fire came forth in a blast so mighty that it created a large hole through the ice and the wall behind it which started a house fire.  Miron created an ice cocoon around himself to protect from the flames while Nikolas and I ran out of the house and escaped.  

"Thanks for your help."

"It was nothing.  I was just repaying you for the 'ouse.  After this, there's nothing else that we will do for you even though this was smashing."

"I wouldn't say that.  Have you ever though of increasing your power?"

"If you got something to do that, it'd take the biscuit.  Is it wacky backy or something else dodgy?"

"It's just a stone, man.  I don't have anything like that.  You use that stuff?"

"Never mind that, just give me the stone."

"Just one problem, it's in that fire."

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