Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 67 | Wolf vs. the King

"No, not yours," Braunick stated. "I have our mother's memories, yours, Vrängr's—"

"What about Harper's?" Thad said sternly, tears glistening.

The king turned to face the dwarf, an annoyed look on his face. "Hers are halfway used up,"

"You monster," he shouted. "You'll tot in the fiery depths of hell for all eternity for what you have done to this country,"

"We are not a country," Braunick shouted back. "We are divided and we always have been. We are at a civil war and that's what we will always be at until you guys just accept me as your damn leader,"

"A leader is the opposite of what you are," Sercon cried. "The exact opposite,"

"Thad would be a way better leader than you ever would," Arenia cried. "He knows how to run a country. He ran the Zena for so long!"

"But the Zena ultimately failed," Braunick said. "I killed it. The Zena failed because it just wasn't strong enough. Thad wasn't a good enough leader,"

"No," Agent 34 told him. "It died, you're right. But it came back in the form of the Rebellion,"

"All of you just shut up," He told them. "I win and that's final,"

"No, you don't," Wilom roared. "Renya will never lower itself to you,"

"I said shut up," Braunick commanded. "The portal is going to open anytime now. But for now, we can have a little fun," The king slowly lowered himself to the ground, letting his black and white form take over. He cracked his fingers, an evil smile spreading over his face. "Which of you to fight first? Ah, the choices, the choices..."

"Me," Thad said, turning to his wolf form quickly. "I want to rip your skull off from your body,"

"I'm leaning more towards Agent 34 going one-on-one with me first, but I guess you can die first. The leader is always first," Braunick raised his fists, balls of black energy forming around them seemingly on their own.

Thad rushed towards him, howling as he did. He jumped at the evil king, Braunick striking right into his chest. It knocked the wolf back a bit before he jumped back up and bit his black arm. Braunick quickly shot his arm upwards and threw Thad off of it, taking flight and slamming his leg straight into the wolf.

Thad howled in pain as Braunick continuously threw more and more attacks at him. Agent 34 quickly tried to run to aid his friend in the battle, but Grari grabbed him and ripped him backwards. "This is Thad's fight," the Ar'gual said, tears in his own eyes. "I want to help him too, but Thad would want us to wait. Braunick is just playing with him. He can kill all of us right now if he truly wanted to,"

Braunick grabbed Thad by the tail and threw him upwards into the air. As he came down, he threw his energy-covered-hand straight into the dwarf's jaw, sending him flying back against the wall. He collided with it and slid down, tears and blood pooling below him. He tried to push himself up, but fell back down in pain and defeat.

Braunick slowly hovered over to Thad to finish the job. He raised his fist once again as the distance between them slowly got smaller and smaller. "It's time to go," Grari said. "We can't win. Come on, let's get out of here now,"

"No!" Agent 34 tried to run towards Thad, tears streaming down his face. "Thad!" he called out, Grari and Wilom grabbing him and trying to pull him out the doors. All of the Destigems left the throne room, preparing to leave and call the entire mission off. Agent 34 struggled in his leaders' grip, tried desperately to break free.

He swiftly slammed his foot into Grari, the Ar'gual dropping him immediately. "Sorry!" he called back as he ran to Braunick.

"Forget him!" Wilom shouted, both him and the Ar'gual king leaving the throne room in a hurry.

"Braunick! Stop!" Agent 34 called to him as he ran over to his twin brother. "Kill me instead! Don't hurt Thad!"

The evil king stopped approaching and bleeding dwarf. He turned to his brother with an evil smile stretched across his face. "I don't want to kill you," he laughed. "I want you to join me,"