Chapter Three: Fighting Through Pain

Caligo started to approach the two children slowly with large but sluggish steps, Bullet and Lightning were struck silent with fear and tears waterfalled from their eyes traumatised by the scene before them. The monster slowly increased its pace towards them and they held onto each other with the intensity of holding onto the edge of a cliff face that lead to a sheer abyss, all they could do is watch as certain death ebbed closer at accelerating pace. "Your death is certain you maggot spawn and my power is ensured" he kept approaching the children shaking with fear. Lightning closed his eyes bracing himself for the icy touch of death itself when suddenly a tiny sound emanated from him, it was like a sound of a broken live wire sparking and flickering; the strange sound quickly increased in volume almost like a small clap of thunder quickly increasing when without warning a small spark shot from the corner of his eye for less than a second but it increased in size, length and time until it was double the length of Lightning himself with no sign of slowing down " Huh?" the void stopped his approach curiosity ceasing his mind. The same type of electrical beams started running across his body volume ever increasing until the electricity in his eyes started to flicker too fast to see "Interesting, I can't wait to take that with me as I rip the crystal out of your body" he hissed as he resumed his pursuit double the speed and jumped at them poised to kill.

Lightning's eyes shot open along with his arm flew forward, beams of bright blue electricity swirled along his arm and pulsing in a ball at the end of his hand sending a wave of pure electrical energy knocking the beast backwards several feet. "aha… AHAHHA what power I NEED IT" the beast started to shake and writhe in front of the children it started to morph its face started to contort becoming sinister and wild the tails becoming longer and thicker. The legs became more prominent and it started to bend over its arms resting on the ground its whole body looking more canine, teeth lengthening, claws sharpening and the horns sticking out of its skull like a two-pronged spear piercing the sky. The abomination let out a cry that made the ground ripple with almost waves of liquid evil itself, its mouth dripped with liquid darkness and its legs began to move towards the two its four tails swinging behind it as charged them. "NEEL BOY!" as it was just before the two a black dripping tentacle-like appendage slapped Lighting off his feet another striking his head directly shooting him like a doll to the floor.

Bullets eyes filled with pain, anger and fear as he watched his brother become one with the tarmac and he dropped to his knees; his mouth opened and his scream sliced through the air shattering the windows around him on the building in waves. The demon being cackled at the boy's pain when suddenly a wave of almost tangible wind swept round the boy and for a split second his fur glinted with a sudden sheen, without warning cinders crackled around his body flickering, sparking and falling like rain. Bullet slowly lowered his head and flashed his eyes open with an intense ferocity and three small white circles spun in his blazing red irises. With a flash of light great columns of flames erupted off him, his body became ablaze shooting upwards like a volcanic blowtorch melting the tarmac below him the fire bloomed off his body out of his mouth and eyes like a concentrated furnace like a whole bonfire on the point of a needle. The intense red flames soared above the multiple story buildings heating the air so much making the atmosphere around the flames combust sending sparks everywhere where and obscuring his body; the giant fragments of flames landed they seared and burned the floor the mass of tar sunk below the surface of the ground with the unmatchable heat. The concentration of sparks flew to the ground revealing no one "What a show, fireworks and a disappearing act" a clang sounded behind the beast it was Bullet he reached down to get his father's sword still alight but flames slightly subsided pain and anger still branded on his face "There you are rat" the beast's face erupted with another cry at the young boy then immediately his eyes erupted with white-hot flames and he disappeared in front of the monster's eyes "what" the monster turned around "no" the boy was at his face "aaaaAAAAAHHH" with the sword he with his whole body with crushing force he sent the sword directly through the middle of the beast.

Bullet clattered to the ground the sword clanging on the road and on his knees he breathed heavy and sore; he almost gasping for air slowly looked at the beast, it was almost frozen in time when suddenly it slumped and slowly split apart cleanly. It was like butchers cut with a suction sound filling the air and a puddle of black liquid forming below the halved beast. Bullet with his adrenaline suddenly gone dropped to the floor still breathing heavily from exhaustion "LIGHTNING!" he sprang up suddenly forgetting his fatigue dashed to his floored brother and held him close to his chest. Bullet stared at his wounded brother, just above his eye was a small stream of blood the blood smudged on Bullet's white chest fur "Lightning, Lightning! can you hear me" Bullet looked at his brother with pain and tears in his eyes, suddenly stirred "mmmhhm" "Lightning" he cried "O hai bro what happened" Bullet laughed through hiccupping tears "Bullet...? What's wro-" he was cut off by a sight Bullets head snapped to it. A sound of pure black dread came from the carcass.

To be continued…