' "give me everything you have" '
Koko rolled with the force as he landed and pushed himself onto his feet, sliding as the remaining momentum disappeared. The shield having reached its limit crumbled to nothing but a pile of scrape metal.
The distance between Ayden and the exit was now only about 30 yards away, yet Koko didn't seem to be trying to escape; only to fight.
'We need to get out of here!!! The exit is behind you!!'
' "where is your since of adventure?! Learn well young one for the Blackwaters fight, even in the face of overwhelming odds. Let me show you not to assume you have lost till the very end!" '
'… huh!'
The fact that Koko knew he was a Blackwater was startling in and of itself, but the way he talked it made it seem as if he was a Blackwater himself.
' "we fight, we don't run" '
'… that's dumb Ko, better to live to fight another day right now!'
' "we shall see!" '
Tossing the leftover parts of his shield to the side Ko drew the long black dagger from the sheath at his hip.
Ayden noticed the pressure that surrounded him had completely changed from what it wasn't a minute ago as Ko took a deep breath. His eyes began to glow a bright fierce golden light.
After the few breaths worth of time the beast were once again on top of Ko, but things were not the same.
The black blades began to glow crimson as he swung his sword up at the much slower than normal blade falcon, but it felt the pressure and changed its course hoping Ko would miss.
**BANG**
**BOOM**
**BANG**
Ko appeared along the new course using the same technique as before, the sound a deep resonance sharp as the crack of a whip. Then pushed hard on the ground with the toes on his back foot which pushed him forward as the ground shattered, multiple after images appeared behind him. Then with the sound of him slamming his front heel down again he disappeared.
The blade falcon passed the shadow as he changed course but keep his eyes on Ko, until it started to fade. Quickly looking in front of itself it saw 20 different black scaled warriors coming at it to fast to avoid, each swinging its sword in a different way.
As it passed through each on a deep cut was placed across its body as each shadow disappeared, but suddenly one more appeared farther in front of it traveling backwards extremely fast with its legs still in the air.
As Ko flew through the air he placed the now glowing dagger above his head, and just as he was slow enough to be seen by the blade falcon he let his feet slide across the ground.
***BANG***
The loud noise was accompanied with all of Ko's movement backwards stopping on the spot, and all the force redirected to the dagger in his hand being thrown at the bird in front of him.
The particles of light exploding as the beast disappeared, the blade black now dropping to the floor.
' "one down, two to…" '
Before Koko could finish the statement a heavy force slammed into him sending him flying once more, only this time it wasn't the falcon but instead the mastiff.
**bang**bang**bang**
Luckily though he was sent flying towards the exit once again, and now being so close he could hear a lot of banging as if someone was trying to break the door down!
__________
Gene was not running as he didn't want to cause a panic, and every time he passed a viewing panel in the wall he could see Ayden holding up well against this system intrusion.
Turning the corner two people feel in beside Gene, keeping up with his fast pace and watching through each viewing panel.
"Tah'ler have you checked the doors, are we not able to get inside?"
Gene's deep voice laced with venom as the frustration continued to build, the fact that nothing could be done even for him causing an insurmountable weight on his shoulders.
"I have checked and they won't open. It will take some time to cut into it due to the enchantments placed on them."
"Scarlet have you found anything out of the ordinary? Or why this happened?"
Scarlet was a nickname given to the third man in the group because of his bright naturally red hair, but his real name was Ralph Freemen.
While Gene was considered old , scarlet was considered ancient to still be active in the field. While in his younger days scarlet saw his fair share of life or death situations as a diver, but these days he second in command of the guilds scout unit; while no one could match his skill and knowledge in the field he choose not to become the leader because he would of had to give up a lot of his freedom to do so.
- "Their was some strange activity near the server room last night on the cameras for a bit, but right now no lead on who was responsible. Give me two days and I'll have more for you"
"Ok, i trust you but don't do anything stupid if you find them. Use our alternate channel, I'll keep my comm open"
- "You got it, and I'm not one of these kids in it for the glory. I'll be in touch." Was heard as Scarlet just seemed to vanish without a trace.
While Gene wasn't the guild master many treated him with the same respect as if he were, because of his dedication and efficiency with which he ran all parts he was in command of.
…..
As Gene and Tah'ler reached the door into the main holo deck used for testing and advanced training the air around them became cold and serious.
Gene began to glow three different shades of green that moved around like smoke, as he activated multiple of his abilities at the same time.
His body began to grow but not like normal. It was like his already muscular frame put on extra muscles on top of the existing amount. Then his body condensed and his tan skin took on a deep reddish hue.
"Move!"
The guards who were placed at the door when this all started rushed out of the way.
**bang**
**bang**
**bang**
Gene threw three heavy punches at the reinforced door. While the doors reinforcement was substantial it was made to keep things in, not keep things out.
A deep dent appeared deepening with each punch but still the doors remained closed.
Gene continued to punch as hard as he could, all it the same spot to minimize the damage to the rest of the guild house and to get the most damage to the door.
__________
The volcanic mastiff caught Koko off balance and off guard, sending him flying from a fierce swing of its paw.
"Ugh"
With out being able to block the attack properly Koko took a large portion of the blow but was able to stay in control by pushing off the ground and just going with the flow of the swing.
Blood sprayed from his mouth but he kept his composure and landed on his feet. This time he was more vigilant.
Rapidly pushing with his toes repeatedly in a small area not just two or three shadows appeared but dozens, each seemingly doing something different.
While Ayden couldn't control his body he still felt everything he was doing as well as every hit that he took. But controlling his frustration he was shocked at what he was seeing.
Around Koko stood dozens of shadows that looked so real that it was hard to tell which one was the real one.
The mastiff choose to use an ability instead of charging into the group this time. Lifting its head up its neck began to expand, smoke began to escape its body.
**puh**
A giant ball of magma came shooting out of its mouth as it threw its head forward, spitting it towards the shadows.
**BANG**
But Koko expected this as he appeared in on the side of the beast and swung his sword as hard as he could, feeling the blade slice through the shoulder of the beast.
**RROAARRRR**
Again the beast took the cut but something was different this time Ayden felt. Then before Koko could retreat the mastiff exploded into a ball of fire and smoke.
The area around the mastiff was chard black and Koko was tossed back from the force. But the worst part was the fact that the heat was so intense they could feel the exposed skin burning.
' "i guess i can't play with it any longer if it's decided to take this form" '
'….you've just been playing around this whole time?'
' "hahaha! Little Lycan you don't even know how strong you truly are!
Let me show what can be done with the first stage Blackwater body" '
'Who the heck are you??!!!!'