Orb Guardians [Volume 1: Fire]

Chapter 1.4: History's End

Chapter 1: History

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Allexis had long black hair to his knees, his black eyes remained the same as before, and his fair skin seemed a little pale. He wore a black himation with a black cloak draped around his right shoulder. His sandals were black with dead leaves designed on his ankles.

Cassondra immediately stood up and slowly walked up to Allexis with her two daggers in her hands. Slowly walking towards her corrupted friend, she asked, "What do you think you're doing here, and wipe off that fake smile of yours."

Allexis looked at Cassondra, still showing his fake smile. "I just wanted to discuss with my brother and you all one last time."

"One last time? What do you mean by that?" Leonardo asked.

"Do you know the disappearances of your friends? The Orb Guardians?" Allexis asked.

Their eyes widened but nodded. "Good, but you see, I have them."

Cassondra felt her gut twist oddly and asked, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"They're here," Allexis said as he shuffled through his loose black clothing.

As soon as he revealed familiar items, the four friend's eyes widened. Those items belonged to the nine Orb Guardians.

"Why do you have those!?" Cassondra demanded.

"Ah," Allexis looked at Cassondra with a sadistic face, "I killed them."

Cassondra grew furious and ran towards Allexis, letting out a battle cry. Before she could approach Allexis closely, Sawyer had stopped her.

"Wood Technique: Vine."

A brown circle with tree designs appeared in front of Sawyer's palms. Vines that were pieces of wood came out of the circle and swiftly wrapped itself around Cassondra's limbs.

"Sawyer! Release me!" Cassondra demanded.

Sawyer ran pass her with his wooden double ax with a furious expression. Sawyer swung his wooden double ax at Allexis as Allexis dodged them with ease.

Leonardo ran over to Alexander's side, who was shaking. Alexander's black eyes were wide due to shock and had tears flowing down his cheeks. He couldn't believe it.

"They're... dead..." Alexander thought.

Leonardo gently shook Alexander's shoulders shouting, "Alex,! Alex, snap out of it!"

Allexis laughed at the sight of his brother. Oh, how he loved seeing his brother tremble in fear, despair, and such sorrowful thoughts.

"Feel the pain I felt, brother!"

Sawyer let out a battle cry as he swung his wooden double ax one last time. "You... you monster!"

Allexis laughed again as he took a step back. "Why do you think I did all this? Summoning the underworld demons? Starting this war?!"

"Because... of us," Alexander spoke.

Allexis grinned widely and said, "That's right!"

"Alex..." Leonardo thought as he stared at his broken friend.

"Now then," Allexis said as he placed his hands in front of him, "let's begin the fun now shall we?"

"Fun?" Alexander muttered.

"Forbidden Technique: Darkness Falls."

A dark red circle appeared in front of Allexis's palms with many 'Underworld' designs. The ground shook, causing everyone, but Allexis to collapse onto the ground due to their balance. A large black circle appeared above the castle the five were in. Humongous rocks began falling down on the castle as well as the village below.