Journey in the Aftermath

Chapter 18: Bloodlust

This Chapter is told by the POV of Antonio

"Nooo!!!" I scream and collapse to the ground. Steven puts his arm on my shoulder and kneels down near my ear

"Antonio get up! We can take him! If we work together, we can-" I smack him cutting him off and sending him flying through the crowd of people fighting and everybody looks over at me

"Oh my god! Kelly!!" Devin screams and runs towards Forest. I turn and stand up at the same time and punch him in the gut sending him to the ground

"Nobody touches him. He's mine" I say low and full of hate. I turn towards Forest with tears falling from my face

"How do you expect to beat me rockhead? My skin is unbreakable, and I have a small army in this room that can take you down" he taunts then kisses Kelly's head on the forehead and kicks it after. It rolls on the floor and stops right in front of me and all noise turns to a low ringing sound and my vision begins to pulse with every slowing beat of my heart until finally every part of my body becomes numb and I look back up at Forest. I meet eyes with him and his smug grin turns into a look of pure terror. He yells something that I can't hear and every able person comes running at me trying to take me down. I look around and my friends just stand there in horror as my body moves on it's own and I begin slaughtering everybody that comes near me. My vision dims some more as I keep fighting on auto pilot then finally fades all the way out. I am just floating around in darkness, no sound, no light, no feelings or smell, nothing

"Antonio...." a quite voice says inside my head "Antonio... It's me Antonio... It's Kelly..." A small light appears in front of me and begins to take on form. Slowly it comes into focus and it's Kelly watching me

"Kelly.. You died.." I say and begin to tear up again

"Yes Antonio. I died. And who's fault is it?" She asks

"Mine. It's all my fault. I should have never left your side in the first place and you wouldn't be dead. I should have gotten to you faster. I'm so sorry" I cry to her. She walks closer and looks me in the eyes

"Antonio, you have lost the meaning of your powers. You control nature. Nature isn't weak. Nature doesn't mourn over loss. Nature is cruel and unforgiving. Nature is dangerous and bloodthirsty. It doesn't matter whatever happens, because nature keeps on killing and won't ever, ever, ever stop. Neither should you Antonio. Kill them all. Every. Last. One" She says and when I look away from her eyes, her body is gone and it's just her floating severed bloody head. I then see Forest standing behind her and I get a strong taste in my mouth that also floods my nose with it's smell. It smells like... It tastes like... Blood!!

I flash back to reality and snap my head in Forest's direction and begin running. I don't care what it takes or who gets hurt in the process. I. Need. Blood. I jump in the air as I approach nearer and he puts his hands up to defend himself, but it does nothing when I slam into him with my fist as hard as I can. When I make contact, a ripple goes out and as if in slow motion I see all the windows break, then the floor boards begin to break apart, and finally when everything reaches it's most silent moment, the entire building shatters at once sending any of Volt's followers and my friends flying every direction while me and Forest crater into the ground.

The dust clears and I stand up over Forest's limp body. I look around and see my friends scattered around but they all seem to be in one piece. Forest stirs then sits up

"Wow, that would have really hurt if I wasn't immortal. Dumbass" he says glaring at me. He looks around at the remains of his old base "Wow, looks like you lost your head more than your bitch did" I begin punching him over and over and over in the face just trying to break that unbreakable skin

"Forest you son of a bitch! I will kill you!! I will break you!!!" I scream and keep punching over and over as the ground begins to shake. It shakes harder and harder and the wall around the school block begins to crumble to the ground. As I punch harder, me and Forest sink deeper and deeper into the ground. I raise my fists up clasped together and bring them down as hard as I can right on top of Forest's head. That final blow causes the ground to split apart below us and molten core oozes up out of the ground. It surrounds us and I am in excruciating pain as it melts away all my skin within an instant. Everything goes red then I can see again, although everything is still a bit tinted red. I look around and see Forest swimming up towards the surface of this sea of fire. I place my hands on the ground beneath me and begin to incase myself in it. I launch myself up out of the lava grabbing Forest on my way and landing back in the rubble of the old school with all my friends looking at me. I look down at myself and see that I have lava flowing through my rock armor like veins

"You still can't kill me!" Forest yells from the ground beneath me "I am a god!"

"If anybody here is a god, you puny bitch... It's Antonio fucking Underwood!!!" I say and step on his forehead to keep him in place. I use one hand to grab his lower jaw and open his mouth as wide as I can till the skin stops me from being able to any farther. With my other hand I shove my fist deep into throat and into his body. Smoke begins to pour out his nose and ears while I cook him from the inside. I pull my arm out and shed my rock lava armor then begin to walk away from the burnt pile of shit that lays dead in front of me, his skin still completely unscathed