The Beginning of it All

Chapter Twelve The man in the Mirror

The man took a step forward only to be pushed back very far by a jet of water Hydra created. She looked at him and growled. She pulled out her long bow to shoot three arrows into his chest pushing him further back as she pushed everyone farther back. She saw that he wasn't who he appeared to be. He bled a black fluid from where he was shot.

"Oh wow, some girl thinking she is all this but doesn't realize she can't kill death" He smiled as he pulled out the arrows. The holes in his body sealed up with skin. He looked right at the group.

Ragneer stepped forward. "What? You are the new death? You look strangely familiar." Ragneer looked him over again. He snapped his fingers and said "You dated Rose that one time didn't you?"

The man laughed and nodded. "She was truly a bitch. Well I dumped her after I realized that she held one part of the forbidden and soul and so did I." He looked down at the ground. "Look, How can i give you the piece I hold? If it destroys me, It destroys me. I don't care. I don't want to be death anymore." He said as he saw the shadow of the building move as the golden sun went further up into the ever infinite sky.

"Well if i knew how to just take it out I would gladly do so. But since we both know I can't we will just have to wait and see the group grow bigger." Ragneer said openly inviting Death to join them on the journey.

"Well I would be delighted to join your little group, The more the merrier they say." Death said with a slight grin then had a large bag on his back. The flames from his body did not fade, they just grew smaller. "Well I am ready for wherever we are going to go."

"Also here is really good news. We ended up killing Rose." Ehecatl said with a smile. He noticed that the whole group fell silent after he said this. "What? Something I said?"

Death had laughed as his mood changed from being serious to being more lighthearted and warm to us. The fire that was surrounding him had faded into him. "Well that's one thing that made my life. You guys have just made a friend of death." He gave a thumbs up as he gestured to the door. "I am guessing you still have to go through the final kingdoms in order to fight the forbidden king?"

The group just smiled and walked out of the bar with their heads held high. "Yeah we are" The group said withing a perfect unison. The group almost moved with swagger. They all felt like this might actually be in their favor in the end.