Blessings of Anathema

Chapter XIV: Dalton VI

"All of you but these two may leave" Said the lead elder man before pointing at me and Proph.
Everyone left the room and then the elder man reached underneath his desk and pulled out a Long blade. The rest of the men pulled out blades from underneath their robes.
"Tell me..." Said the old man. "Why are you here?" I suppose there's no point in lying to him. Who knows. He might even tell us what we want to know. "We  are looking for a cure to this curse on our bodies. We don't want it anymore."
The old man put down his blade and took a seat. "Oh, is that so?" He asked. "We knew you would eventually come along. However, we couldn't be certain whether it was this particular facility or not. We have been on high alert for all of you for years. We lost track of all of you for a while, but then that younger one. My, my what a pitty. Selfish desire of worship is the downfall of you all. It's a shame, really. Once he started going around and making a name for himself, tracking him became rather simple. And the more he used his Urie, the more likely it was that he'd lead us back to the rest of you. However only three of you came in. Well, four if you count the one outside."
Ken!? How do they know he's out there. This isn't good. "What do you want from us?" Proph asked.
"It's simple" Said the man. "The more you use your Urie, the stronger it becomes. However the strength between two opposing isn't necessarily depended upon size. For instance a foot long Urie can be more powerful than a 3 foot long Urie, all depending on the user. However all the same, the bigger it is, the more it multiplies from the original strength. However the backlash to this is that the Urie begins to take over your own sanity. Driving you into a weapon of destruction. Which is exactly where we want you guys."
Takes you over? Oh no.... Pablos is already much larger than ours. What's happening to him?
"Test Delta was a failed test." Continued the man. "None of you can correctly control your Urie. It's inevitable that you'll all eventually becomes weapons of something else. We want to give you a place to use that power freely, do however your heart desires."
I stared him down. This old man is sick. "So in other words, you want to turn us into a weapon of the government for the military to use at will?" I said. The old man nodded "If you want to put it like that."
I gritted my teeth. "We have had this mark for years. None of use has turned into this weapon you talk about." Proph said. "Yes, that's simply because none of you know of the potential of the Urie and what it can bring you." He smiled at us.
Me and Proph looked at each other, then back to the man. We didn't say a word.
"So..." The man said. "Will you come with us or not?"
I loosened my tie and then braced my leg to strike. "Not a chance." I said.
The man sighed. "Fine then" he then signaled the surrounding men to attack us.
They came from every direction. I leaped above one person and landed behind him, I kicked his back and turned to the side and elbowed another cross the cheek.
Coded was also dodging them, he's not throwing a single strike. He wants to tire the enemy.
Two came at me from the same direction but I ducked underneath them and grabbed both their arms. I then yanked them toward each other, causing one to stab the other.
The stabbed one dropped his blade and I picked it up. One of the elder men came at me but I blocked his blade with my own. I slide down his edge and spun off at the end, creating space between us two.
He then charged me again, I again blocked him, however he jerked his blade upwards, shattering the one I had.
He thrusted his blade at me and in sheer panic, I activated my Yurie, creating a Ice shield which froze his blade inside of it.
My heart is pumping. I haven't used this power in years. I don't like relying on it. I hate everything it has brought to me.
I suddenly felt a large pain in my calf. It has been sliced. I dropped down and screamed out. I looked behind me. It was the lead old man. "This place is too small to be using that kind of thing." He said.
I looked over at Proph, he's still dodging. He took his first swing and they blocked it with a blade, cutting into his fist.
They then spun around him, slicing his back and kicked his knees in, causing him to drop. One raised his blade and thrusted it at Proph.
"No!" I yelled and pointed my hand, activating my Yurie again to create an ice barrier around Proph just in time. The blade struck the barrier and broke in half.
They then all surrounded me. "So... do you understand now what your power can do? Come with us and we'll show you that this is only the beginning of what you can posses inside this mark."
I starred at him. "I'd rather die." I said.
He shrugged "as you wish" he said and did a signal with his hands.
Three men thrusted forward, all impelling me from opposite directions. Blood bursted out of my mouth and into the air. I dropped to my knees, blades still in my torso. I can feel my skin tearing with each breath. Breathing is getting difficult.
Is this really the end.... I began to see images. Images of memories forgotten. My parents sitting on the couch. It's Christmas. Me and Pablo are opening presents. He got the toy he was wanting... he was so happy.... I even played with it for him... we would run outside to play in the snow, mom would make hot chocolate for us for when we got cold... it was so cold... what is cold? I haven't felt it in years.
And all this time I suppressed this, only remembering what caused hate. Is this... the life I remember? Or is this the life I wanted? Was I... happy?
A tear fell down my cheek as my vision became blurry. I fell to the floor. I began coughing and wheezy.
The old man leaned down to me. "Don't worry." He said. "Your Yurie will keep you alive. Though I can't promise you'll be the same once you're healed. In all, we're not going to kill you. Gather up the remaining of you and return to us. We'll be waiting for you." And with that, him and all the others left the room. Leaving me and Proph a bloody mess.
Ken...
They know he's here. Ken can't die... I began to crawl. I can barely see. Everything is so blurry. My body is shaking. I can't stop.
I have to get to Ken.