Every muscle in his body burned. The power raged through him still, he stood with the iron bat poised to strike Ascendancy like it was a picture taken in that moment. It felt like it lasted forever. Even when sparring with Aria and he had to pull his final blows he hadn't worked so hard to stop. It was only by a miracle of his own body's will that he managed it.
Nox was barely away from the Ascendancy before someone exclaimed, "Look at his arm!" Were these people fucking idiots? "Get back!" "Back away from him!" "Release the power!" Nox did none of those things especially release the power, did they not just fucking see what he did. Are they that Stupid! Nox was about to bite back a comment before the pretty slip of a girl came up and shouted back at them.
"He saved him! Do not touch him." She said and then rushed to the Ascendancy's side. Nox had seen her dancing with him that only made sense. He smirked at the men standing the other side of him now all unified in their black uniforms. Jay looked better in them all of them put together. Nox pushed the thought away as the man from the deep dark dungeon facility spoke in confirmation of his so-called innocence. But that time was short spent as the room went dark. And then without warning he felt the cool shadow slide over him and then the power pulled through his body like a torrent he'd never felt.
There was no scream though he had voiced it, it just didn't make it from his lungs. Hot, searing pain coursing through every vein in his body. Nox thought the EM radiation from the Atharim was hell, this, was pure torture. His own body felt like it was ripping itself apart. And if he fought against it, the pain only got worse. There was only one thing to do - surrender to the pain. The power raged through his body, it burnt and he screamed but it was so much better than fighting. Death would come. There was no point in fighting it.
A small voice in the back of his head spoke to him. Don't you dare give up brother. The voice of his sister echoed in his head. "Tell them what they want to know." She spoke. And then the voice pulled at him, it wasn't a command. It was a question, a feeling. But Nox didn't know what it wanted to know.
Aurora laughed in his head. "Come, brother, you know who has the key."
What key he thought as the pain scared his soul. Memories and nightmares flooded his mind. He watched every person he'd ever failed die over and over again. He had failed again. This time for the final time. "You will not give up, brother. I will never forgive you if you fail me now. Tell them who has the key."
Nox wept as he screamed. His sister was disappointed in him. He didn't know what she meant, what key? There was writhing from the creature around him. It was struggling. It was cold. Too cold. But the pain never lessened. The creature snarled, "Die murderer."
The word echoed in his head. The Ijiraq had been sent to kill Ascendancy - twice... Only one name floated to his head as the Ijiraq scoured his soul with his own power. Armande Nicodemus, Regus of the Atharim - not dead.
"Very good little brother, hold on, baby brother."
Nox was barely away from the Ascendancy before someone exclaimed, "Look at his arm!" Were these people fucking idiots? "Get back!" "Back away from him!" "Release the power!" Nox did none of those things especially release the power, did they not just fucking see what he did. Are they that Stupid! Nox was about to bite back a comment before the pretty slip of a girl came up and shouted back at them.
"He saved him! Do not touch him." She said and then rushed to the Ascendancy's side. Nox had seen her dancing with him that only made sense. He smirked at the men standing the other side of him now all unified in their black uniforms. Jay looked better in them all of them put together. Nox pushed the thought away as the man from the deep dark dungeon facility spoke in confirmation of his so-called innocence. But that time was short spent as the room went dark. And then without warning he felt the cool shadow slide over him and then the power pulled through his body like a torrent he'd never felt.
There was no scream though he had voiced it, it just didn't make it from his lungs. Hot, searing pain coursing through every vein in his body. Nox thought the EM radiation from the Atharim was hell, this, was pure torture. His own body felt like it was ripping itself apart. And if he fought against it, the pain only got worse. There was only one thing to do - surrender to the pain. The power raged through his body, it burnt and he screamed but it was so much better than fighting. Death would come. There was no point in fighting it.
A small voice in the back of his head spoke to him. Don't you dare give up brother. The voice of his sister echoed in his head. "Tell them what they want to know." She spoke. And then the voice pulled at him, it wasn't a command. It was a question, a feeling. But Nox didn't know what it wanted to know.
Aurora laughed in his head. "Come, brother, you know who has the key."
What key he thought as the pain scared his soul. Memories and nightmares flooded his mind. He watched every person he'd ever failed die over and over again. He had failed again. This time for the final time. "You will not give up, brother. I will never forgive you if you fail me now. Tell them who has the key."
Nox wept as he screamed. His sister was disappointed in him. He didn't know what she meant, what key? There was writhing from the creature around him. It was struggling. It was cold. Too cold. But the pain never lessened. The creature snarled, "Die murderer."
The word echoed in his head. The Ijiraq had been sent to kill Ascendancy - twice... Only one name floated to his head as the Ijiraq scoured his soul with his own power. Armande Nicodemus, Regus of the Atharim - not dead.
"Very good little brother, hold on, baby brother."
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