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Seeing the quakes and cracks he panicked and ran to grab Eos and sprouted his wings and flew up into the air, getting here away from the current danger. He let out a breathe of relief and hoped for Sasha to move out the way or else he'll have to swoop and get her too. But he was currently worried for Eos. "Are you..okay? Nothing injured? Right?" He asked quickly and worriedly looking at her with a frown.
She gasped as a crack went out from under her, opening up into a large chasm, and swallowing Sasha up. Her mind raced to figure out what was happening; was Silver causing this? Or was this genuinely an earthquake? No matter, Sasha was falling, and she didn't know what to do. The only thing she -could- do was wait. So she did. She waited, and waited, waiting for the fall to end.
Maya's attention was caught by her name. She was about to speak, but suddenly, Volitaire swooped up Eos as earthquakes began. Maya slowly kneeled down to keep balance. The earthquake struck her as odd. It did not seem as if Silver was the cause. Maya quickly noticed the crack in the earth headed straight for Sasha, and she stood up immediately. "Sasha!" She called out, but it was too late. She watched as Sasha fell down, down, not sensing an end.
Without warning the ground began to shatter. Within moments Volitiare had sprouted wings and snatched her up in his arms - flying them above the ground and away from danger. "Is this... an illusion?" Eos was still new to this whole world of magic and couldn't tell the difference. Looking down she watched Sasha fall into what looked like a real chasm. "You need to put me down and go get her, Voli!" She shouted.
Silver started laughing. Before anyone could say anything else, everything was completely normal and she was on top of Sasha, with two swords at her neck in an "x" shape, barely touching her. "I can't believe you didn't actually see through that!! I must have gotten better, this is GREAT!" Silver was giddy. She jumped up off of Sasha and looked at the swords, nodding in approval and still giggling. The swords disappeared and she looked to the others, who had also been fooled. "You guys too?! Oh man, this is fantastic!!" She was perhaps a bit too happy because of this.
Embarrassed he saw nothing was wrong and he was still holding Eos. He hid under his hair and slowly descended down, remaining quiet. "I just went and swooped up Eos...greeeaaat..." He landed and put her down. He was blushing worse than he has any other time spent with her.
Soon, Enki found the group. It wasn't hard, there was alot of noise coming from this area. He walked out into the open.
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"What is this foolishness?"
"Thought it felt a little odd." Maya growled. "At least now I know the difference between how illusions feel and how reality feels. What, with my bloodhound senses." She cracked her knuckles, shaking her head as she did so. She was actually quite embarassed. How could I have fallen for that? I knew it felt odd, but of course, my senses can't be trusted in this godforsaken place. "Am I next?"
Maya fell silent and all emotions left her when the familiar sound and aura that was death to her approached. Enki. She stared, unable to believe the intrusion.
Keeping Eos behind him he eye'd Enki angrily. His manna was building up quite drastically from the sudden anger that he couldn't control, seeing he survived. "The foolishness is you're alive." He said with a dark a serious tone. He hoped him dead, but felt he should've known he'd come back. His main priority was keeping him away.
"Whaaat?! That really was an illusion?!" She was more so impressed than upset, and even began to clap when she had hopped down onto two feet once again. "Great job, Silver~!" She smiled at the two of them, illusions were a powerful asset indeed. Silver had mentioned that she stronger, at that moment she noticed the ring on her finger. Eos' eyes glanced over everyone present, they all had rings! Was that their purpose? To grant the wearer more power?
Looking over she saw Volitaire clearly upset. Grinning she leaned forward and pushed the bangs out of his face, "It's okay, she got all of us good."
But suddenly, she heard a voice call out from the clearing. Turning her head she saw Enki - he was alive??
This pissed Sasha off. She stood up, glaring at Silver. Who would just flaunt their power like that? It made her angry, annoyed, and pissed. Then a familiar voice echoed through the clearing; Enki. Sasha turned, instantly forming the spinning circle offensive position once more, " Whadyou want, Enki?" Sasha growled, her voice hardening.
"I want you to join your 'friend' in a brutal death."
He said. Enki clenched his fists, not igniting his flames just yet.
"It's fitting, don't you think?"
" D-death?!" Sasha choked out, " You couldn't have-"
Did Enki mean that Enzo was dead? That he killed him?
Sasha's eye flashed red menacingly, " You..."
His face jumped from the word "death" and his eyes grew wide but furious, his manna increasing to a point where black began to seep off of him and his heart raced intensely. "Excuse me...explain..." He talked shakily but also enraged, if his closest friend has died he didn't know what to think...
Eos' along with everyone else froze at the ominous word. "No, you couldn't have!" She called out, sure that Enzo was much stronger than that. She had seen the way he fought, and someone like him would never go down easy.
Silver stopped laughing and got serious again when she heard the familiar voice. She turned to see Enki there, intruding. Friend? Death..? What does he mean by that?..
She took a step forward, it was clear to her that he wasn't here to mess around.. "You know, it's not nice to interrupt others' playtime." Her eyes grew narrow. She glanced to the others who were getting worked up over his comment and frowned.
There's no way Enzo could die that easy.
For now, she ignored his statement. No one was dead until she saw them dead. Now was the time to set aside her emotions and figure out how to get out of this, if only to go find Enzo. He probably didn't even put up a fight. Thoughts of Enzo creeped in and her fists clenched. Otherwise, she was calm and her eyes never moved away from Enki.
"I kicked his stupid skull in. Do you see him anywhere? No." Enki smirked, happily feeding off of everyone's anger. "Now that all of you bare the rings, your death is certain." Enki ignited his flames, blowing back the wind fiercely. It picked up dust, sand, and rocks.
"Come."
Sasha didn't even speak. She stood there for a split second, rage boiling over her, and finally, she opened her mouth, eye glaring, " You- you bastard!" she screamed, making the first move and charging at Enki. Sasha swung blindly at him, kicking and punching, unable to stop the anger that overflowed everywhere. The water circles turned faster than ever, unable to keep up with her emotion.
The desire to find her friend was enough to make Eos want to fight, and if it meant defeating someone as cold and soulless as Enki - it was a bonus. Without hesitation, Sasha drove in to apply the first move. No, JD wasn't around to help fight, and Eos had never fought alongside anyone else. But she would take what she knew and use it on the group.
"I've got you, Sasha!" The more time she had to lay blows on Enki - the better. So Eos cast a defensive bubble around Sasha, but one that would only last for as long as she could keep a steady focus.
His hair well over his face he shed a tear and remained quiet. But after a brief silence he began laughing...quite maniacally. "You think you can kill Enzo? No, no, no...only I can do that. He was weak, always! I was going to kill him, but you ruined it for me, you ignorant little twat!" As he ranted his eyes grew black and his black aura began to wrap around him, climbing up his body until all was covered but his head. A red heart shaped core began to glow on the left of his chest and what looked like veins sprouted around his black body. He hung his head a little with a insane smile "And now I'm going to feed you your own heart, and choke you with your intestine!" His voice echoed and was then covered by the last of the aura. His mouth spread apart like a droopy liquid, his eyes glowed stronger than before and his mouth looked even more noxious. He wings spread, also covered in red veins and his aura began to rise from the ground. He hunched over, his wings parted and the sound of a jet whistled before he dashed at a breakneck speed toward Enki.
Maya did not make a move until she saw her friends making a run for Enki. No, no, no! The surge of protective instinct took over, and her hands began to drip. Not water, or fire, but liquid light. All she could feel was the warmth on her hands as the light dripped from her fingers, burning through the ground as it fell. It began to drip faster until it was pouring, surrounding her in a puddle of light. From this puddle, the minions formed. They were half as tall as humans, but their body shape was hard to see from how brightly they shined. The ground around Maya was completely destroyed, corroded a hundred times through by the acid light she had somehow created.
"Really think you can handle us?" She errupted in maniacal laughter and ran for Enki, her new minions flying behind, under the control of Maya. She had no idea what she had just accomplished.
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Enki closed his eyes, he could sense the numerous threats rushing towards him. All of the sound around him was halted, his mind was blank, and clear. He focused enough to feel the waves of air on his skin. He didn't even need to see to beat his opponents. This is what you taught me, Sky.
Enki felt the abrupt change in the air, and it was Sasha. His body moved like air, narrowly avoiding each attack she swung at him. He focused on nothing but the vibrations, waves, and force of the air. He felt a weak point in the air, and like the air, like water, he moved along with it, quickly striking Sasha in her side with extreme force, though the blow was reduced by some kind of .. bubble.
The next threat came from above, this one had an aura of it's own, something, menacing. Like water, he slid under Volitaire as he dived down, and felt an opening. Enki kicked Volitaire in the chin, sending him back up into the air.
And then the last threat, seemed multiple, and quite hot. For this, he sensed heat, and increased his flames, covering and dissolving the light minions themselves. Once they were out of the way, He felt the last, singular movement in the air. He swung, his fist felt like it was moving along with the wind, until it hit it's target, Maya.
Opening his eyes again, everyone took damage at the same time. "Attribute of the Sky: Serene Mind." He told them.
Silver took a step back after Voltaire flipped out. She frowned as she saw her friends attacking Enki blindly out of pure rage.
This isn't going to end well at all..
She wanted to help, but there was no way she could do anything illusion-wise without potentially harming her friends as well. She bit her lip and watched them fight, Enki clearly having none of it.
Tch.. They all need to get away from here... There's no way they are going to win like this!!..
Silver looked around desperately for something she could use as a weapon, but there was nothing. She would have tried to call out to them, but there was no use.
What could she do?
She felt useless.
She gagged, tumbling to the side, hitting her head against a tree trunk, " Agh!"
Sasha's head spun, and she struggled to stand up, " You...sick..bastard.."
The moisture in the air around her condensed on her skin, forming a protective ice armor around the girl as she stood, " I'll get you back..."
A globe of water formed around Sasha, then froze into little sharp shards, almost like a hedgehog. Sasha willed it to fire at Enki with all her might. Though she might have been upgraded, her stamina was lowering, and Sasha felt herself losing control of her muscles.
Volitaire vanished in a brief wave and stretched from Enki's shadow with a black orb vibrating in his hand. He slammed it on his back and a large sound of vibrating waves shook the ground and leveled it, leaving nothing but rising and continually degrading debris and open ground.
Once Enki laid a strike on Sasha, Eos' bubble broke and forced her to lose concentration. "No!" Unable to completely shield Sasha, she stood her ground and got ready to cast once again. But the battlefield had begun to grow chaotic as something that was no longer her precious Volitaire took over.
But somehow all this, even with all of them pressing on such as this, they weren't matching up. Letting out a moan, she felt a sharp pain emanate through her as Enki cast upon them all. "Ngh!" Sweat began to form at her brow - direct damage not something she can withstand as easily as the rest.
Maya growled and rubbed her shoulder, never having been hit before. More minions formed and surrounded her as she was down. All of them destroyed the ground where they stood, it melting away submittingly under them. To touch them is to burn, Maya realized, but he'll never let them get anywhere near him.
Her pride was insulted, and so were her senses. She knew that from that point on, she wouldn't let anything get even close to touching her. All of her senses were amplified, except for her sight, which was blinded by the minions. She stood up, closing her eyes and letting herself be coated in the acidic light. Then, she attacked again.
Seeing everyone get hurt did not help Silver's current feelings. Something bubbled inside of her, and it kept getting stronger with every blow her friends took. Her head started hurting terribly and she gripped it, still trying to keep an eye on everyone.
This isn't going well at all..!
She dropped to her knees, unable to deal with whatever was going on in her head right now.
"Stop.. Fighting.." she barely managed to mumble.
What's going on?? Why am I in so much pain right now??
Spoiler
The explosion caused by Volitaire's blast kicked up alot of smoke, in which Enki blocked with his armored gloves. Soon came the ice spikes, which by using Serene Mind, he blocked as well. A figure came charging into the cloud of smoke with Enki, and by reflex, punched the ground, breaking it up so that it was impossible for Maya to reach him. Down below the large crack was an endless abyss. A one way ticket off of the floating island.
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