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Sebastian - Demonic powers used to enhance physical abilities
Zachary Miles - Necromancer with demon powers. Has a sword that eats souls.
Here's my part of the battle, Cooling Fever will post his a bit later.
Note: This text and the demo will most likely be my only stories written in 3rd person, it was a nice exercise but I feel more comfortable writing in 1st
Hope you enjoy :)
Wandering around SP-City with his favourite black coat on a rainy day, Sebastian was looking at videogame stores, carefully analyzing which ones to buy once he got some money. He had only been here for a week so the city was still pretty much new to him. Eventually, he got lost, but he didn’t seem distressed, Sebastian just kept walking, dazed in his thoughts, eventually he would bump into something he knew and carry on from there. What worried him was that he would have his first wRHG fight today, about 30 minutes ago, against someone named Zachery Miles. He received his challenge 6 days before, telling him to meet that person at the entrance of the wRHG building so they could go to their arena.
Sebastian never liked to go to a fight without knowing who his opponent was. Zachery was the one who wielded Incruentus, a sword even Daicilus feared, though he had never heard about the “wimp”, so he said, who wielded it. As they read the file, however, they acknowledged the fact that he could be quite dangerous. Remembering what he read, Sebastian felt a burning desire to fight but, at the same time, he didn’t want to. He had no reason to hurt him. Daicilus on the other hand, was getting impatient, he didn’t share the same love for videogames that Sebastian had and they were already late for the battle.
Come on! How long are we going to wander around looking for shitty games? I want to feel your blood boil, I want to feel that rush, I want to feel the power flowing, I want to FIGHT! And we both know that you feel the same as well.
Sebastian sighed on the inside.
Fine. We’ll check the rest of the street and then I’ll ask for directions. Happy?
Not really. I’m not happy because we don’t know where we bloody are!
He was right. They had no clue as to where they were.
We’re still checking out the rest of the street.
It had no videogame stores but Sebastian did find a candy shop, where he happily bought a chocolate bar, though, as he walked out of the store, about to take his first bite on that piece of angelical sweetness, the bar crumbled and fell on the floor.
Surprised and heartbroken, while Daicilus laughed his butt off in his mind, Sebastian heard:
-You’re late. Why didn’t you show up?
-You…you destroyed my chocolate… - Sebastian shifted his attention to the heartless man in front of him. He was a bit taller than him, wore some sort of weird armor and had dark leather wrapped all around him, except for his left arm which had several scars, along with a spiky shoulder guard on his right. – What the hell was that for?
-You didn’t show up like I asked in the challenge
Sebastian looked at the sword he carried, it was shaking. Daicilus got quiet the moment he saw it.
That’s… Incruentus… - the demon muttered
-You’re Zachary Miles? Oh, I’m terribly sorry, I just got lost in here.
-Didn’t seem like it.
He was obviously referring to fact that he saw Sebastian stop to buy candy like he had all the time in the world.
-Uh… yeah… well… I sort of have a soft spot for chocolate… but in all seriousness, I was actually lost; you owe me one of those – Sebastian pointed at the destroyed candy – and why the heck is your sword shaking?
-Because you’re a demon.
-Not exactly. If you had read my file, you would know that I have two souls: mine and a demon’s.
Zachary turned around.
-We’re still fighting. Follow me.
-Guess there’s no helping it. By the way, how did you find me?
-This blade can sense evil, that’s all I’m telling you.
-And where are we going?
Zachary gave him a glare, showing he was getting rather annoyed, though he still answered.
-An abandoned park.
Understanding the signal, Sebastian didn’t say another word until they reached their destination.
The park seemed to have not been taken care of for a couple of decades, the benches were full of rust and the paint was almost completely torn off; the grass was tall, roughly 60 cm (nearly 2 feet for those who use this measure) the trees were old, some even dead, and the ground was full of old leaves and garbage. It was still raining, but out of caution Sebastian left his coat in one of the benches, he didn’t want any accidents.
-When do we start? – Sebastian asked as he turned around
He barely had time to dodge Zachary’s sword as a downwards swing came in his direction while he was placing his jacket, nearly hitting it
-Woah! Dude, careful, I really like that jacket.
-Too bad, I could’ve gone just a little bit further.
Zachary then tried to hit him with the sword’s hilt but as Sebastian prepared to grab it Daicilus yelled him not to. Sebastian hesitated, jumping back with his nose bleeding.
What the hell Daicilus?
I just saved your life jackass! You can’t touch that sword.
Well, why the fuck not!? This hurts goddamn it.
There wasn’t time for an answer as Zachary dashed for another attack, this one a right diagonal slice. Sebastian dodged it with ease to his side and took the chance to concentrate a bit of demonic energy on his fists giving him a punch just below the ribcage and another one in his kidneys. Just a split second after hearing Zach’s groan of pain, Sebastian grabbed his shoulder with the hand that had hit his back and pulled him, while he clenched the other one, concentrating a substantial amount of energy, aiming at Zachary’s face. Recovering in time however, Miles used his blade to protect himself.
Thanks to Sebastian’s demonically enhanced reflexes, he managed to stop right before he touched the sword, pulling his fist back and jumping away to get some space.
I was getting a bit carried away. What happens if I touch that sword?
That sword has a mind of its own, it decides who can use wield it. Anyone else dies the moment they touch it, just ask Hades… and 3 of my power-hungry uncles.
That sword killed Hades! How the heck am I supposed to beat that?
Charging once more, Miles tried to do the same thing, but this time, after Sebastian dodged it, he continued his movement and spun around, aiming for his neck. The nobleman managed to duck, but jumped away as he wasn’t in a position where he could get a good hit out of.
Sebastian needed time to think and to do that, he needed space, but Zachery wasn’t willing to give him any. He kept pressuring him, constantly attacking him. Endurance wasn’t Sebastian’s strongest point, one of his weakest in fact. After a while, he was getting tired and at one point wasn’t fast enough to dodge the sword, suffering a deep cut in his stomach and another one on his arm. Zachary’s sword seemed to glow whenever it touched blood. Decided to finish this as quickly as he could before things got too ugly, Sebastian jumped back, concentrating another large amount of energy in his left hand and feet, dashing as fast as he could, the moment he touched the ground, completely ignoring the large amounts of blood he was losing from his wounds. Zachary pointed his sword in Sebastian’s direction and dashed as well. Predicting the nobleman’s move, he adjusted the sword’s position just before his opponent attempted to dodge the blade. Close, but not enough. Sebastian, even though he suffered a cut in his left temple, managed to punch Zachery Miles in the stomach while giving a creepy expression of pleasure in his face. The wielder of Incruentus flew back a couple of meters, vomiting everything he had in his stomach, plus, quite a lot of blood. The rain was getting worse. Sebastian, finally giving some attention to his wounds, was on his knees, trying to stop his bleeding, stomach, arm and head. The pain was too much and Sebastian had used to much demonic energy, it was proving hard to keep Daicilus under control. He was losing sanity. Zachery on the other hand was doing his best to get up after the blow he had taken, still quite visibly shaken; he was using his sword to help him.
Upon seeing this, Sebastian, who was more Daicilus than himself leaped at him as if he were a beast, pinning him down. With his eyes wide open and a smile that would creep even those with the strongest hearts he claimed:
-Oh no! You’re not getting up again. I’m going to kill you, eat your soul, slice your body into tiny little pieces and eat them as if they were chips, keep your head, use it as a mug, **** **, force someone to wear it, **** ** again and then, only then will I bury you, by digging to the center of the earth and shove it in the world’s core, watching you melt in magma. Then I’ll use that sword to take over the Underworld when this stupid kid dies.
After that horrifying threat Sebastian managed to control himself long enough to release one of Zachary’s arms and say:
-Run…
-Not gonna happen - Miles eyes started to glow bright red as he chanted – “Obsecro many mali sanguis mortuis”.
His veins started to become brighter as well, matching the sword’s colour. He seemed to be out of himself. In a totally different voice, the voice of someone that came from the center of Hell he ordered as he projected Daicilus to the air.
-Get off me!
The demon inside Sebastian fell on his back and didn’t even have time to get up. As he opened his eyes, Incruentus was about to be stabbed in his head. He rolled, just barely avoiding it. Daicilus took advantage of his position and sweeped Zachary’s legs causing him to fall, changed his center of balance to the other inferior member and kicked his hand, forcing Zach to release his grip on the blade, and consequentially letting it fly about 1,5 m (roughly 5ft).
While yelling sounds of ecstatic approval, Daicilus jumped high into the air, focusing an abnormal amount of energy on his left fist. Screaming only in one high pitch note, he started to fall, waiting for the right time to thrust his arm. Unlike Sebastian, Daicilus was aiming for Miles’ chest, he was aiming to kill.
The rain kept pouring harder and harder.
A huge crack on the ground surrounded Zach and yet, he wasn’t at the center, Daicilus had missed because of Sebastian’s intervention.
Zachary wondered what happened, why he was still alive but he took that chance to grab his sword back just to see Sebastian, still bleeding, on only one of his feet, grabbing his head with his bloody hands, trying to get his body back. Zach jumped, aiming against the nobleman’s brain, giving a war cry.
Sebastian and Daicilus in the midst of their argument:
Quit being such a douche
Quit being such a bitch
Noticed Zach’s attack, dodging it by a mm(millimeter, 0.04in) to their right. Sebastian talked; serious for the first time:
-I don’t want to kill you, but I’ll break a few bones if I have to.
He charged a punch in his left hand and swung his arm. Zachary, whose sword was stuck in the ground, had to release his grip on it to dodge the nobleman’s attack. Not giving up, the Sebastian kept the pressure up, by combining attacks from the fists, feet, knees and elbows, all of them charged with enough energy to break any bone, even if the attack was blocked.
Zach managed to dodge the first few, but broke his left arm trying to defend himself against a kick. Taking advantage of his pain Sebastian tried again, this time from the opposite side. In pain, but still thinking, Zachary managed to lower his shoulder enough for Sebastian himself stab his foot on the spikes that made part his shoulder guard. The nobleman screamed.
Now both of them, screaming in pain, were trying to finish each other off. Zach was trying to reach his sword but Sebastian, with both his hands, managed to grab his head; the bloody figure that the nobleman was, managed to say:
-Sorry… and, you still owe me a chocolate bar.
After that Sebastian only remembers putting enough strength in his hands to push Zachary’s head against the ground in order to knock him out.
The rain didn’t stop.
Sebastian woke up the next morning in a hospital bed, he tried to move but his wounds didn’t allow him.
Hey, Daicilus, you awake?
Yeah, what is it?
Is wRHG entertaining enough?
Sort of, you shouldn’t have stopped me
You would’ve killed him. I didn’t want that. He’s alive isn’t he?
Don’t know and frankly, I don’t care
If he’s alive, he’s probably here as well
Sebastian tried to move once again and with great effort he managed to get out of the bed. He wasn’t able to put his left foot on the ground so he skipped his way to the room’s door almost bumping into Zachary, who had a plaster in his arm. At least Zach was paying attention.
-Get back to bed.
-Nice to see you too Zachary.
-Why did you spare me?
-Because I never wanted to kill you.
-The demon inside you wanted…
-But I didn’t. I came to wRHG to contain myself. I don’t want to kill anyone unless it’s a kill or be killed situation. Anyways, who won?
-I came to ask you the same thing. The last thing I remember was you grabbing my face…
-The last thing I remember was grabbing your face…
-Get back to bed. I need to give you something.
Intrigued, and because I knew Zach was alive, I did as he asked. Zach took out a chocolate bar and offered it to Sebastian, leaving right after.
Maybe he isn’t as cold as he looks – Sebastian thought
He removed the paper wrapper around the sweet only to find out this one was destroyed as well. Sebastian had been fooled.
-That son of a *****!