Awaken Book 2: Hell's Rejuvenation

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Salo and Hell's Gate make craters with Hell's Gate's furious offense and Salo brushes them aside to it all hits the ground, missing him completely. "The reckless one out of Knonus' Council: Hell's Gate. The highest level in any weapon, even have access to your other comrades' weapons for an extent....an I right?" Salo says as Hell's Gate summons a huge hammer and swings it to him. "You talk too much." He swings it as Salo stops it with a finger and suddenly, his elderly body tightens up and develops slightly more muscle mass than before. "Those you are the most reckless, you fall in the following..." Salo says as he knocks the hammer out of his hands and delivers an open palm strike uppercutting him. "Lack of Discipline.....lack in defense.....and most importantly, you lack respect for using weapons you have no KNOWLEDGE OF." He says as he drives his fists in his face, chest, and stomach and ends it with a spin into a double hand strike that pushes him off his feet. He flies and lands on his face and gets up slowly. "Forgot one detail..." Hell's Gate says as he throws a small white dagger towards him and dodges it as he doesn't see him anymore. Salo quickly realizes that knife turns into Hell's Gate and Salo's hand grows numb. "I'm the only one who knows Knonus was your pupil.." He says as he heals his hand immediately and grabs his arm and slams him down to the ground. Hell's Gate flips up before Salo lands a punch, Hell's Gate summons a whip with sharp needles scattered all over it, he whips it in a barrage of swings as Salo dodges and maneuvers around them until one slash lands on his leg. Salo notices it and leaps back, Hell's Gate steps to finish him but he can't move. "What the Hell?" He says as he can't move as Salo laughs. "The oldest trick in the book....you never noticed me jabbing your nerves? Guess not." He asks as he sees his limbs with several bruises. "Can't outsmart a geezer like me haha." He says as Hell's Gate growls. "Now this. This is it for you." He says as they're both interrupted by Thomas and Guttree's brawl as one of their feet land nearby, making both move out of the way to avoid it. Thomas decks Guttree's face with his huge fist covered with ice shards as one inserts into his eye, "AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Guttree roars in pain as Thomas punches him in the body. Guttree's sharp nails dig into his ice hard skin as he grabs him and Thomas headbutts him to get him off. "That's your boy isn't it?" Hell's Gate asks Thomas' mom as he picks her up by the throat. "He will kill you if you have me in any harm." She says as he smiles. "A lot of words while you're in this position.." He says as he sticks a dagger in her ribs. She screams as Thomas hear it faintly and he smashes Guttree to the ground. Guttree tries to slash him with his claws and Thomas dodges it, breaks his arm, freezes the other one so it can't move, and grabs his face. "Die.." He says as he freezes his entire head and punches through it like paper. Guttree's body disappears in front of him and he runs towards the screaming. "Make a move, Titan, your pride and joy dies. Right here." He says as Titans stops dead in his tracks, staring menacingly at Hell's Gate. "Such towering beings, extraordinary abilities, and hearts that'll break like any mortal.." Hell's Gate preaches as he digs the dagger in his mother's stomach. Thomas takes a knee as the ground that is surrounded by hellish flames cease to rise in flurries and the ground freezes over. Thomas smirks under his breath, his mother notices that his head is down and his eyes' glow diminished; "You should've checked behind you." Thomas says as his human mixed young Titan form appears behind Hell's Gate and he strikes him in the face and he flies away to the ice mixed ground, makes a crater about a size of a football field.

-Sound Laboratory-

"I'm killing him the second he wakes." Quinn utters as Den, Madison, SupaSound, and Hope all sit in the next room and Madison walks next to him. "Whatever that was inside of him, I killed it." She says. "But nevertheless he's BEEN evil before this, that whole world takeover that put this world upside down we can't brush over." He says as he crossed his arms. "You our of anyone here know what he did. What he did to YOU!" Quinn exclaims as he takes out one of his two swords and aligns it with his neck. "I mean, from what we saw, anything's possible but if that's the case, Johnson must've been like this since he was sick...." Allen says as he emerges in the room in his healing pod. "So what you're saying is that whatever made him what he was before wasn't him but that thing you zapped off of him? I am running some tests now, some things did pop up that may connect to what you said, Madison. What an observation." Allen continues as he lays back. Quinn abruptly looks away in disgust and steps in, "He will pay for all the lives he corrupted and deaths he's responsible for..." Quinn says silently as he and everyone else feels a sudden change in temperature and atmosphere. "Security Protocols have been compromised, please escape the premises. I repeat: Security Protocols have been compromised, please escape the premises." Allen's overheard speakers sound throughout the rooms and hallways as thunderous shifts land around the building. "Hope. You stay here and protect Allen and...as of now, Johnson, you too Den. Me and Madison will go see what's going on." Quinn says as Madison nods and dashes out the door with him and run down the hallway. "I may be wounded and weak but I'm not helpless...." Allen exclaims as they don't hear him and Hope pats him on the back and giggles. "For all that's worth, I know you can handle yourself, you beat that speedster HA!" She giggles again and Allen rolls his eyes on how childish she is sometimes. Quinn and Madison stops as they see a man kick through one of the many doors he opened forcefully with his foot. Wearing a tank top military grade vest, grey pants, and he stands tall at around 6'6-6'8; "Where's Johnson? Answer the question or die." He orders as Quinn grabs the handle of both his swords, he teleports behind him and a red crystal styled barrier stops the blades from reaching the mysterious man. "W-What..." He says as he smirks and hole opens a hole between him and Quinn, he punches through it and strikes Quinn in the stomach and he flies to the floor further into the hallway. "I don't have time for games, it's either you reach the same fate as him....or you tell me where he is." He orders again as Madison holds his ribs. "I'm still hurt from the last fight...what can I do?!" She says to herself as he stands and cracks his knuckles. Quinn teleports in front of him this time and kicks him in the neck and he seems to not be effected, "It'll take a lot more than some pointy sticks and a weak kick to even put anything more of a scratch on me." He chuckles in cockiness and more of the red crystals form around his neck, arms, chest, and other parts of his body. He grabs Quinn's leg and throws him to the wall, he teleports before he lands on the wall, he teleports to Madison, "He's tough." He says as Madison thinks of a plan to have him stationary. "Tell me about it." She says as her eyes light up and she blasts a bolt of lightning at him. It strikes him as he seems shocked himself that he can't move from it as the lightning channeling through him, limiting his joints and limbs to move. "That's right. Hold him still." Quinn says as he dashes to him with his swords at hand. "AH-HA!" Quinn yells as he strikes him with his swords in his chest. Suddenly, they turn red and the mysterious man smiles as Quinn teleports away and the blades melt off the handles. "I sure hate repeating myself." He says as both Quinn and Madison look shocked as the mysterious man's legs rip through his pants a little and his entire upper body is covered by the same red crystals covering everything except his mouth. "No more time to waste. I'm gonna bulldoze THROUGH ALL OF THOSE IN MY WAYY!!" He yells as he charges towards them both and they stare in absolute fear.