Book 3 | Agent 34 and the Storm of Darkness

Chapter 44 | The Second Army

Everyone was surprised when they saw Braunick had gathered another army. In this short of time, he had managed to gather all the last venoms in the land, as well as skeletons, and use them in this final battle. 

"Guys," Agent 34 said. "This is the final battle. In the end, one of us will prevail: Good or Evil. The chances are stacked against us right now, but I still have hope in us,"

All three of them stood up on the dragon's back and looked at the upcoming army. "Let us begin our battle," Marque declared.

~ ~ ~

Calvin sat in the hospital room with his friend's three children. Ben, Rose, and Carter. Ben was dressed in full armor from their Durmist mission, while Rose and Carter still lay in their beds from where they left them.

"Why are we still in the hospital?" Carter asked. "Can we go back home?" 

Calvin stuttered a little. "Home is really far away," 

Rose stared at Calvin and Ben with a frown. "You both really fought Braunick? With the Destigems?"

Calvin said a small "yes" and nodded. "I will believe it when I see it," Rose said.

Calvin had kept Frain's kids here because he didn't want to send them off on a boat to be protected by who knows who. He swore to Frain he would protect them himself and at all costs, and that was what was gonna happen. If he needed to, Calvin would get them out of the Zena and to the Island of Death with the rest of the Zena. As far as he was concerned, they were staying there.

Calvin had told Thad he didn't want to fight in this battle. He said he was going to stay here and protect his children. Calvin had grown far more attached to them than he was before, even if he hadn't seen them that much due to him going on missions. 

"Kids, listen," Calvin said. "Braunick's evil is coming today. It's coming here. I promise I'll stay beside you all when it comes, but if I must go, I must go. If I leave for any reason, lock the door, turn off the lights, and don't make a sound. No one comes in, no one goes out. Okay?"

All three nodded at once. "I'm the only one allowed to leave this room and come back in," Calvin said. He smiled sheepishly as he looked at all three of them.

~ ~ ~

Venon roared to alert Braunick's army. Thorn and Paöminar instantly flew up to the dragon, their three passengers laughing at them.

"What are you still doing here?" Braunick asked. "I thought we would have to chase you over the sea,"

Arenia glared at Agent X quickly. "What is it doing here?" Arenia crossed her arms. "I'm pretty sure we took its gems,"

"Bastard," Agent X hissed. "I'm still stronger than you,"

"Shut up," Braunick snapped. "I'm here to claim what's mine: your lives,"

"Sorry," Agent 34 said. "They're already taken,"

Braunick's teeth showed as a snarl appeared on him. He spun around and his black and white body soon appeared. He flew straight at Agent 34, who jumped to the left to avoid him. Venon roared and rammed into both Paöminar and Thorn at the same time, knocking everyone on the dragons to their butts.

Vrängr, who was on Paöminar, flew forwards and landed on Venon with a roll, and hopped up quick and ran at Marque.

Agent X leaped over to Venon and ran at Arenia. "I'm gonna enjoy this," the masked warrior said, pulling duel swords out. 

Braunick hovered above Venon, laughing as he launched towards his twin and threw a punch straight at his face. Agent 34 didn't dodge it in time, and his knuckles whacked him in the cheek. His face flew forwards and his body whipped around to get back even with his head. Suddenly, Agent 34 felt his body get picked up. He saw he was in Braunick's arms, and was then thrown across the dragon's back.

Agent X threw his blades down on Arenia, who blocked it by throwing her blade down on her. The metal clashed with a spark, and Arenia used all her strength and pushed her down onto the dragon's scales. Agent X jumped up and with a leap of faith, jumping over the current gap between Thorn and Venon. Arenia sighed as she used her enhanced abilities and jumped so high and far that she landed behind Agent X, and the two began to slash at each other before Arenia even touched the ground.

Vrängr threw a fist straight at Marque's gut, landing it dead on. Marque grunted as he hunched over and Vrängr then grabbed his head and jammed it into his knee. The elf threw him down and whipped out his long, silver blade. "Pathetic. I always knew humans were weak,"

Marque jumped up and launched at Vrängr. He tried to swing the sword in front of him to stop the Destigem, but it clattered onto Venon's scales. Marque swung his fist straight into Vrängr's jaw, throwing the elf onto Vernon's back. Marque jumped upon him and started his rein of terror. Fists began raining down on Vrängr from all directions, the elf scrambling to get him to stop.

All hell broke lose that very moment. How was the Destigems supposed to get up there and get to the heart of the storm and stop it with Braunick stopping them?