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Chapter 72 - Fiends

Picking up the cub and hammock pouch he bolted off using static jump combining it with another tempo Elixer. Tears continued to come down periodically as he ran,but eventually his sadness turned into anger. It was the only way he was able to deal at the moment."

" You two have impressed us, we didn't think you were still alive." Spoke a tall slinder man with slick back orange long hair.

"It seems we've had a ton of luck on our side, however we've lost contact with our third member, Damon, weeks ago after getting separated." Said Fang.

"Ahh yes, we are aware, Calvus made that clear the moment he stepped on the ship. Don't worry, enjoy some real food and relax, Mr. Bell has gone out personally to search for him. After all, he feels terrible all of this occured and takes full responsibility for it, that is why we're here."

"I'm sure he'll do everything he can to find him."

Cason spoke slow and steady like all of his words were rehearsed. Calvus was sitting in a corner on a comfortable sofa rubbing his forehead when Fang walked over.

"So what did he say. Are they going to go search for Damon."

"He says Mr. Bell has already gone to search for him."

"On foot, why not fly the ship all over maybe Damon will see the ship. He has a better chance doing that than finding him on foot, That's crazy."

"It seems I must agree, theirs nothing we can do, but wait."

"This is such bull, I can't stand Sir Cason's slick tounge ways. Everytime he speaks i feel like he's lying. You really think their looking for him?."

"I'm not sure, but we haven't left yet, it's been a full day since they arrived. Maybe they are trying to find him. I know you're worried, I want him back as well, but this is the position we're in right now so let's just give them a chance and wait."

Calvus leand his back against the sofa pillows exhaling in aggravation.

"Come on Damon where the hell are you, You're too stubborn and crazy to be dead." He thought.

Exiting a large marsh area was Damon, along the way he saw many beasts, but they moved out his way the second they felt a grand prime presence among them. He had continued taking false will as soon as it ran out.

The concealment cloaks and false will had been his savior, he constantly thought about what if he never got anymore blue circadians. It would have meant certain death for him as many of the beasts he saw along the way were much stronger than him.

Even though he was wearing the concealment cloak, he thought not to take any chances, especially when it came to running into a infected beast.

"Finally, I'm close." He thought taking in air,

breathing rapidly.

Looking at the webs on top of the trees, he knew he was only a few hours away for sure. He had come from a completely different direction, but made it to the forest with all the spiders.

With false will having forty minutes remaining he knew he could get through safely. Unfortunately he only had one tempo Elixer left and had no more of the ingredients to create more.

Running through, he saw no movements coming from the green webs or the few spiders he saw resting on the lower areas of the trees. They all remained like a statue blending in with the environment.

Twenty minutes later an overbearing feeling hit his core. It was the same feeling he had earlier.

"No, it can't be, can it. Please be wrong this time." He thought.

He was about to take his final tempo elixer when out of nowhere, a figure fell out the sky creating a small wave of destruction.

Boom!

The cubs clawed around in a panic while whimpering.

A few trees crashed to the ground along with mushed up spider body parts as debris scattered. Ducking behind cover he tried to remain calm as the dust settled.

Peaking out he saw red fur and five tails swaying back and forth.

"There is no reason to hide human, I know you're here."

Kane took out a bottle that resembled and felt like glass with swirling clouds on the outside, taking a long sniff, he looked Damons way with a smile showing his sharp teeth.

"Myyyyy life, fuck!." He cursed getting as low to the ground as he could behind the tree with thickets around it.

Kane walked over slowly and began laughing. His deep growling laugh echoed throughout the forest.

"A concealment cloak, and why are you giving off this interesting sense of power. I can see why many beats would stay clear from you, however I can tell it's a simple trick, but It makes sense why you were able to evade my slaves with the concealment cloak, too bad for you, I am not them."

Kane was looking straight forward as he talked while Damon was looking up at him. Damon's stomach dropped as Kane looked down.

"Raaa."

He grabbed him by the throat pinning him against a tree. Shoving the hood off deactivating the cloak, Kane took a long look at him tilting his head as if he was confused.

"This pathetic creature is a human, it doesn't seem like a threat. More like a helpless insect." Kane said out loud.

"Do not be fooled by their weak appearance, they are the true monsters. I have one under my control, he's here as well and has my other half." A mysterious voice suddenly spoke to Kane in his head.

Damon grunted while struggling to breath, looking at Kane helplessly. The cubs clawed and moved trying to climb out of their confinements. Kane loosened his grip slightly allowing just enough air through before Damon lost consciousness.

Clinching his bloody teeth, Damon frowned as electricity sparked in his eyes and crawled all over his body and Kanes. With a simple sway from one of his tails a small gust of purple wind snuffed out Damon's power like it was nothing.

"I see... even though you're sooo...weak, your desire to kill me is unbelievably.... strong. I like that, I'm going to kill you child, after you tell me where Nexas is..... Now speak."

Damon's eyes lowered and his mouth balled up.

"Speak!." He shouted with a snarl.

"What have you done with Nuka."

Kane laughed and smiled while getting closer to his face.

"She's fine, I would never kill someone so amazing as her. She's apart of my plans, she's not on my side now, but that will change." He said with gleeming eyes.

Kane then grabbed one of the cubs holding it up with his thumb pushing on its neck.

"Now, where is Nexas "

Damon said nothing while continuing to stare daggers at him.

Snap!

The cubs body went limp and he dropped it on the ground. Damon swung his fist hitting Kane in the face. It didn't even make him flinch or move as Damon hand flung back in pain.

Breathing hard and biting his lip, he swung again doing more damage to himself.

Kane grabbed another cub holding it up with with a grin that said it all.

"Wait, I, I don't know where she is, we got separated."

"So humans are weak and perfidious, you shouldn't be deceitful."

Snap!

"Damn it! I told you already."

"You've told me lies. I don't sense her anywhere."

"That's because she's not here you heartless bastard." He shouted.

Ptooey!

A glob of blood and spit hit kanes face, running down part of his forehead and Into the fur near his eyes. His jaws twitched in anger as he tightened his grip around his neck again while snatching out the third cub preparing to snap it's neck as well when.

Roarrr!

Multiple black Panthers appeared leaping at Kane making him Glance around with a smirk. He ignored all of them while slightly turning his body.

Bang!

With a punch he sent kaiva, flying hitting a tree, standing back up she shook off the punch and crouched down and began to circle him.

"Kaiva, you've always been very tough. I remember when you were a cub. It's sad you chose to stick with Nuka instead of me." He said letting go of Damon and the cub, turning to face her.

Damon immediately tried to run as soon as his feet hit the ground,but was wrapped up by one of kanes tails. It held him off the ground like he was a feather behind Kanes back.

Kaiva jumped forward zigzagging with mirages copying her. She crossed paths with her mirages making it more difficult to tell which one was which.

Damon focused as rolling dark clouds and rain came in from above.

"Firebolt."

Crackle crackle boom!

A vibrant streak of lightning shot down striking Kane pushing his body forward. Surprised by the sudden attack he looked back at Damon with a low growl and slapped him against a tree head first letting him go.

"I actually felt that a little, like an annoying itch." He thought.

While distracted, Kaiva leaped slicing open one his arms. She darted in and out mixing with her mirages.

Kanes body began changing, his bones cracked and reshaped making him bigger and taller as three purple tails emerged and horns grew from his head.

"I'm becoming very annoyed."

Raa!

His tails shot out slapping the mirages while Damon staggered to his feet wisping away the two dead cubs, he found the only one alive hiding behind a tree shivering with its head stuck in a bush.

Before he could take off Kane was in front him holding on to the severed head of Kaiva. With buckshot eyes he looked up at Kane who was overflowing with a sinister purple energy and evil snarling grin.

[Yokai, Kitsune Grand Prime Fiend (full possession).]

The swirling purple mist touched Damon and he fell to his knees shaking in fear. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move, It was the same kind of energy he felt with his ancestors, but vicious, evil and unwavering.

Damon never felt anything like it, it was like a feeling of great regrets, all of the sorrows, and negative emotions, all of the pain and heartbreak he had ever felt was being brought to the surface. All of the fear and anxiety trippled within his head. He wanted to die all of a sudden. The feeling of death seemed like a blessing at that moment considering his options.

"I'll force you to yield to mother and you'll tell me where Nexas is hiding. Hmmm, yes, maybe I won't kill you. Let's see what kinda slave to mother a human can become."

The mist raised him up holding him in place as Kane ripped open his chest revealing a broken core. Damons feelings changed, He felt wanted and appreciated. Happy and accepted without judgement, every bad feeling disappeared like it had been swept away by the wind.

Ding!

[An attempt to infect your core is in progress, failsafe has been activated. Rebuke.]

Damons body lit up releasing a white blazing light knocking Kane back while eliminating his mist. His mind returned to normal as he hit the ground grabbing his head rocking back and forth screaming to the top of his lungs.

A few seconds passed and he stopped as the head pain disappeared. Staggering to his feet Kane was dumbfounded, He looked at Damon with caution and like he was some kind of crazed beast. He could barely feel his powers, It was like his fiend energy had been surpressed.

Getting up, Damon faced Kane not knowing what to do. The system had just saved him from getting infected, but what now.

Slowly the mist began flowing around Kane once more, his thoughts began to relax as he clinched his claws walking towards Damon.

"Whatever that was, I won't let you do it again."

Raaa!

Kane launched out with glowing claws, but out of nowhere, sliding in his path was a thin long sword. With the slight twisting of his wrist Kanes arm was slung backwards.

Stepping in front of Damon was a pale man wearing silver and purple armor with a pair of large beast fangs engraved on its chest plate. His crystalized pauldron stuck out six inches from his shoulder, wrapping around the left side of his back along with silver,purple and gold plated vambraces that protected his forearms. He pushed his glasses further up on his face while rubbing his slick back purple hair down.

"4 hours south west, take the course directly behind you. Go." He said calmly.

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