Of Angels and Demons: A New Generation

Don't Lose Control

"Come." Nixon demands as intense energy rips through the area. We all charge him and throw a flurry of attacks. I see Moxi swing his pole towards his face while Attira and Fallyn attack his sides. I grab his legs so he can't move as Lastis attacks him from behind. As all the attacks get inches from him, he teleports behind Lastis and slams him to the ground. I watch as Nixon quickly grabs Moxi and Fallyn and slams them both to the ground in a single swift motion. Attira and I both jump away from him. "Come now, would you really stop attacking simply because your teammates fall?" He asks as he raises his hand and looks at his palm. "You will learn." He mumbles as he appears in front of me and throws a punch. I duck without thinking and kick towards his stomach. He easily grabs my foot, then moves his hand up to my knee and lifts me off the ground upside down. I punch him in the stomach repeatedly but it does nothing. As I feel his hand let go of me, I feel his foot in my stomach. I cough up a little blood as I get kicked back 20 feet. I desperately gasp for air as a ripping pain shoots through my stomach. As the pain slowly goes away and I catch my breath, he reappears at me and stomps against my face. I cover my face with my hands and scream in pain as blood covers my neck and chest. I hear Attira couch lightly as I pull my hands away and see Nixon holding her off the ground by the throat. I quickly stand up and run towards him. I stumble a little, but before I can recover completely, I get kicked in the side of the head. I lay on the ground slightly twitching with a pain ripping through my head. As I look back, I see him jump into the air while holding Attira, then kick her in the stomach and send her flying hundreds of feet away straight into the ground. "Why do you have to be such an asshole?" I say angrily as I stand up and wipe the blood from my mouth. "I'm sorry, what did you just say to a General?" Nixon says as I look up at him. "I said why do you have to be such an asshole?! Are you deaf too?" I yell as he glares at me. "A man who almost killed his team due to lack of self-control has no right to talk to me." He says as I charge him. I throw as many punches as fast and as hard as I can, but he easily swats away all attempts I make to hit him. While I'm distracting him, I see Lastis swing his sword towards Nixon's throat. Nixon quickly pulls me to him and breaks both of my arms then raises his hand and blocks Latis's blade with a single finger. I stare at him while tearing up slightly from pain. My arms heal and I start punching towards him again. He easily blocks everything I do with one arm and blocks Lastis's every swing with his other free hand. "Maybe you weren't so special. Maybe Sheeva and Vale are delusional." Nixon says as Moxi hits Nixon in the side of the head with his pole. Nixon doesn't even move from the hit. "But you." Nixon says as Lastis and I get kicked back a few feet. I see Nixon grab the pole from Moxi then wear him out with it. Attacking him over and over, breaking bone after bone with each hit. I quickly charge Nixon, but he hits my knees with the pole and breaks them both. I yell in pain as I fall down. As I look up, I see Nixon's foot coming towards my face. Before I can react, my vision goes black. I hear myself laughing. It echoes around me and through me. "I won't let you have control." I yell into the darkness as my eyes jolt awake to see Nixon standing over me. "Good job, you passed the first test." He says as he walks away. As I sit up, I see everyone looking at me. "What?" I ask as Moxi smiles. "Glad to see you got it under control." Moxi says as he helps me to my feet. "Are you all ok? You were all looking really beat up." I ask with obvious concern in my voice. "Aw, you're so cute. You were worried." Attira says as she jumps on me. "Malick, we were fine, this was a test Nixon came up with to see if you would lose yourself again. We were never in danger, Nixon gave us each a drug that increased our healing abilities tremendously." Lastis says as I sigh in relief. "Alright Nixon, so what's part two of your training?" I ask as he looks back to me. "Let you fight a real demon to make sure you don't freeze up." He says as he vanishes for a few seconds. He reappears a few feet from me and looks around. "I've ordered a teleport order to my position." He mumbles as white light shoots up behind him. As the light dissipates, I see a large grotesque demon with no eyes sniffing the air. It has chunks of flesh missing, three arms, two legs, and two long thin tails made of bone it seems. "Kill it." Nixon says as the demon looks towards me and screams at me. Nixon jumps behind me as I grit my teeth and charge towards the demon. "I'm not scared of you!" I yell as I feel my legs shaking with each step. As it swings at me, I jump onto its arm, then to its face. I quickly slam my fist against its head and pierce its skull. As blood splatters all over me, I shake my face to get the blood out of my eyes then punch it again. It soon falls to the ground, a pool of blood forming around it. A wave of fire hit the demon and disintegrates. I stare at the ground where it was then at my bloody hands.  I won't let hesitation and fear rule me.