Blade(Part 4): Midnight

Chapter 22: Dameon

"Ametrasa."

"Diomeus."

"Vanessa."

"Turmeon."

"Riohna."

"Anzulminar."

"Luna."

"Sithus."

"Sitha."

"Damar."

"Ina."

"Artemisa."

"Neithus."

"Suonan."

"Soarius."

"Gythca."

Dameon could hear those names echoing through his head as he began to sense an aura that was immensely powerful, bright, and radiant. It wasn't his mother, Azia, or Aziz. It was coming from the sixteen mysterious beings that were hovering above the ground. The remaining New Ones. They surrounded Aziz from above, and Anorae and Marcus began to step away from him. Dameon pulled himself to his feet, then reached down to grab Shala's arm and help her up.

"What happened?" she groaned, rubbing her forehead.

"Look," said Dameon, pointing all around himself, into the air. Shala looked up to see the New Ones hovering around Aziz and Anorae.

"Are they...?" she gasped.

"Yes," Dameon interrupted, knowing what she was about to ask. Riohna, the Queen of Ember, began to speak, her voice echoing across the sky.

"Aziz," she hissed. "You have committed atrocities against Zenartha, and against us, for thousands of years. No punishment is too great for your crimes. I, Riohna, Queen of Ember, sentence you to death for your atrocities." A look of dread came across Aziz's face as Riohna and the other New Ones held their hands out in front of themselves, and their palms began to glow white. A beam of bright, white light fired from each one of their hands, each one striking Aziz with an explosion more powerful than any aura blast. Dameon covered his eyes as thirty-two explosions of white light surrounded Aziz. He could hear Aziz's screaming above the explosions, and he felt him fade. The New Ones' explosions stopped, and Dameon uncovered his eyes. He and Shala both looked to where Aziz once stood, and only found a spot of scorched rock. Aziz wasn't there. The New Ones must have torn him completely to pieces. It was a fitting end to someone such as him. Dameon fell to his knees, and held himself up with his hands on the ground.

"It's over," he sighed. "It's over." Aziz had killed so many people, that not even the New Ones' punishment for him could possibly have made up for it. Still, he was dead. He had paid for what he had done, all the pain he had caused, and all the people he left without parents, children, and other loved ones. He would never harm anyone again.

"Dameon," said Shala, kneeling down beside him. There was almost a look of disbelief on her face. She couldn't believe that it was all over. Aziz was dead, and there would be no more suffering, no more death, and no more war. Dameon and Shala threw their arms around each other and squeezed each other as tightly as they could.

"It's over," Shala gasped.

"I know," said Dameon. Nothing could have made Dameon happier, and he knew that Shala was thinking the same thing. They wouldn't have to fight anymore, and no more people would have to die. Suddenly, Dameon felt Xyhra's hand on his shoulder, but he could sense a feeling of sadness, and despair from his mother.

"Mom?" he gasped. "What's wrong?"

"There's something I have not told you," Xyhra sighed. She began to step towards the control panel for Ember's firing mechanism, and Dameon and Shala began to follow her. Catherine, Anorae, Maisa, and Marcus also followed Xyhra, only stopping once they were in front of the control panel. She held her hand out above it, and it began to glow white. The Cleansing Stones in the short pylons that surrounded the control panel disappeared, turning into what seemed like bright streams of light that entered Xyhra's hand. Their power was in her, now. Dameon noticed a tear falling from her eye when he looked closely at her.