The Search Begins Volume 02 of An Unwanted Destiny

Fifty-Seven

Black lightning shot out of the Orb and up Alejandro's armored arm as his Ahanko increased tenfold in a matter of seconds. The Orb was slowly merged with Alejandro's hand as if it was made of dust. His Ahanko continued to increase to a point that was just passed that of Auroiza in her demon form. The chamber shook violently and chunks of stone started to fall. It seemed that the sheer magnitude of the Captain's Ahanko was too much for the structure. I looked back to the entrance to the chamber and watched as a stone wall shot up in my path.

"This is amazing!" Alejandro yelled as his Ahanko finally tapered off. "No longer will the Dnasunmyht be the laughing stock for the other squads. We will become the most powerful squad in the Knights of Edith!"

"Not if I kill you first," I said which brought forth a laugh.

Alejandro raised a hand and the stone floor started to shake violently, throwing me off balance. I leaned back quickly just before a stone spike shot up from the floor with lightning speed, nearly taking me in the shoulder. I brought Diark up blocking another which sent me spinning around just in time to catch the point of a spike with the flat side of the blade.

I slammed into a wall, but the force pushed me through and down a hall. I rolled aside and across the spike before falling to the floor. Tendrils rose up from the stone floor as I tried to rise, wrapping around my wrist. They pulled me back into the chamber where I was met by black gauntlet to the stomach.

All the air in my lungs was forced out and I stumbled back as my legs felt like that they had turned to water. I dropped to a knee. I tried to rise, but my legs would not support me. I drove Diark into the floor, using it as a crutch, but Alejandro delivered a kick that sent me corkscrewing through the air. A large stone hand caught me and then slammed me up against the ceiling before turning to dust. As I started to fall another hand appeared from the ceiling slamming me into the floor, pinning me. I tried to get free, but there was too much pressure and it was getting hard to breathe.

The Captain stood over me with his scythe ready to strike. The scythe came swinging down like a pendulum and I felt a rush of Ahanko followed by information. I waited for the end, but time slowed down as I felt my Ahanko flowing out from the seal. In my mind I focused everything I had and I found myself transported to another part of the room staring down at Alejandro as he swung at the neck of a person who looked exactly like me. My clone smiled up at Alejandro just before the blade sliced through its neck. Alejandro stumbled back though as my clone disappeared into thin air. At that moment I felt gravity take hold again and as I fell I swung Diark down hoping to catch the Captain off guard. He seemed to anticipate the move.

He spun around bringing his scythe up, blocking my blade with the metal shaft. There was a strong wind that shot out upon contact throwing us apart. I hit the floor, bouncing a couple times before rolling to my feet. Momentum slid me back a few yards.

"I guess you are not the only one who can do that," I said smiling

"How did you do that?"

"There are a lot of things that I do that I cannot explain. Perhaps it is due to the fact I am Zavv reborn. Sometimes images flash through my head then my body moves on its own, unleashing a zidici I never could have dreamed of. I guess watching a clone zidici twice was enough for my body to know what to do."

"You are full of so many surprises!" Alejandro yelled as the floor beneath him launched him forward like an arrow.

He spun in the air swinging his scythe around. I was barely able to block the strike and the force of the blow still threw me back a few feet. Alejandro didn't give me a chance to recover as he jabbed with the end of the shaft. Each one caught me in a different place on my body sending pain everywhere.