It Takes More Than Just The Soul

Arcane: Deeper Within

Chaotic power released its grip over the planet. What seemed would be the beginning of the end became the end to a nasty plot. Within a matter of seconds, the sky turned from deep red to its original sky blue. A sigh of relief came from the residence of Death City, and in that instant, rejoice caused the city people to shed tears and even hug complete strangers in the streets. All celebrated but 10, who stood for a moment, completely still. They said nothing as what just happened processed. The students from the D.W.M.A. had defeated the Kishin Asura.

GreenPaw stood over the deer carcass, looking up toward the towering shell of the Arachnophobia hideout, watching as black pieces of shield broke and melted away. Her mouth opened in shock but then, just as quickly, her jaw locked in rage. Camo calmly walked in a circle staring up at the sky as the clouds cleared, a hand over his heart.

"Well... I'll be damned. They actually made it." He said facing GreenPaw.

Kana looked up from Eruka's arms to the canopy, she still held on tightly, paralyzed in the embrace. Her grateful tears hanging frozen on top of her cheeks, as if they had also stopped to contemplate what was going on.

"What happened to the madness? It just all went away?" She said, speaking calmly for the first time since she had arrived in South America. Eruka and Kana turned their heads toward each other and looked face to face for a moment in puzzlement.

"The Kishin's dome-" Eruka said as she quickly pulled away from Kana and then walked towards the tree Free was in, leaving Kana where she stood. "But how is this even possible?!"

Free cussed under his breath, as he looked away and down at them. "We need to leave immediately." He yelled back. Free jumped the long way back to the ground creating a small creator where he landed.

An and her weapons remained silent. The boys stood frozen watching the last of the dome melt away. An's face turned solemnly toward the scene, her eyebrows furrowed inward expressing something somewhere between confusion, sadness, and relief. But the rest of her body remained emotionless. They didn't know what to think or even do. All this arguing and fighting to be silenced awkwardly by a miracle.

"Did what we see just happen, just happen?" Dustin mumbled. He looked at his brother who didn't seem to acknowledge his comment and then to An who also said nothing in return. He walked in between the both and repeated himself.

Without directly answering him, Domanick gripped the small silver handled mirror tightly. "This cannot have just happened- I refuse to believe it. This couldn't have. It's the madness, it finally got to us."

Further back, GreenPaw's mood was not improving. She clenched her fists tightly, some of her knuckles even cracking. " We need to see An..." She growled through her canine teeth. "But first..." She started to stomp off in the direction of Arachnophobia's castle, swiftly Camo blocked her path holding out his hand to force GreenPaw to stop.

"Hold on now- you need to calm down. We need to get to the others and we can't do that if you run off hunting whoever did this; think." GreenPaw stomped her foot while crossing her arms, but complied with Camo. "It's not a bad thing they made it out alive."

"Hmph. It's bad for us."

Pushing past large foliage Mike and Jackalin walked over a small ridge with slumped shoulders and heavy steps. Branches would snap back as they let go of them and pieces of small twigs got stuck in their hair when they ducked down to attempt to avoid bushes and thorns above them.

"Well... Isn't this just shitty." Jackalin said.

"Ohhhh mY GOD, Jackalin. Shut the hell up. If we keep moping we won't be able to find our way back to the trail. Negativity won't help the situation." Mike replied harshly, it had appeared that both had somehow gotten off their seemingly easy-to-follow path. Frustrations were high.