Never Too Late

[Nox]

Nox sent tendrils of earth and spirit throught the structure looking for weakness and defects. He held them together with a flow of his own even while a second flicked through the house touching everything with flames. It was a casual walk, his hands spread wide touching the walls and watching them burn as he left a trail behind him. There was only the horde and only a vague sense of relief as he burnt his way to the main floor.

A dark figure shadowed the grand entrance he'd never seen before. "Wicked sent an Avenging Angel?" He laughed and it was cold and distant in the void of the power he weilded. "Rougarou live here. Anyone left inside should burn." Nox walked carefully over to Oriena with a predatory gaze in his eyes and a sly smirk on his lips and leaned in and brushed his lips against hers. His skin was feverish and she felt cool even in the slight brush of his lips against hers. "Come play with me Oriena."

Nox bound up the stairs looking for the child -- Edmund was his name. He had one last person to save -- a boy named Ethan who was the pet of the child.

The child was cowering in a corner as Nox stepped into the boys bedroom. A room filled with lavious toys and an iron cage in the corner with a boy encased with in. He was covered in rags, and bandages that looked like they'd been used too many times. Dried blood mixed with Fresh over wounds and bite marks across his entire body. The evil child stood up from his cowering and shouted. "He's mine." He drew Nox's gaze and the child stepped back.

With a third flow of air Nox could feel the power struggling beneath his skin, felt the fever of his body raise. He knew he didn't have much left, but he didn't really care in the moment. He lifted the arrogant rich rougarou in the air and pulled him closer. The child screamed as Nox smothered him with a gag of air to keep him quiet. He hung in the air kicking and clawing at his mouth and throat but nothing would break the bonds. Nox opened the cage and the boy inside begged. "Kill me."

The plea dug into his heart. A plea he'd asked many a time. The promise he made to Ashton tickled at the back of his mind. But the boy looked hopeless, sad and broken. "Please. I know Ashton wants to save me. But please. No more. Please." He begged and tears fell from his eyes.

Nox stood up and shut the cage. He snapped the boys neck with a weave of air and torched both bodies as he left the room. Nothing would remain but ash and fragments of bone of either boys bodies.

And Nox moved on to the rest of the house. Burning doors and trapping the adults inside even as they screamed and pounded on the doors.