Chapter 79 - Monster

Crystet looked at himself and wondered what he should do. He looked like the monster that had just murdered a ton of people, so if he went out in public, he would be immediately targeted as a possible accomplice to the 'monster of the sky' as he would now name it. He wasn't the biggest fan of that idea, so he had to think of a way he could leave this place. He looked behind him and saw Ray looking at him from behind the doorframe to the kitchen, with a fearful expression upon his face. Once Ray realised that the monster who claimed to be Crystet had seen him, he scurried away, almost like a bug. Crystet sighed and began following Ray. He needed to calm Ray down, and the best way to do that was to calmly comfort him.

Crystet stepped over the bodies that lay around the hallway, grimacing at their scent. They smelled of manky leather and looked to be decaying right before his eyes, although that shouldn't be possible. He saw Ray rush into what he presumed to be the sitting room, so he calmly followed him in, forgetting about the bodies and focusing on calming Ray down. He saw Ray sitting in the corner of the room, eyes wide, hyperventilating. Crystet calmly walked towards him, with his hands out in front of him as a sign of peace. He wasn't going to harm him. Ray didn't notice Crystet's hands and only focused on his abnormal face, reminding him of the monster. IT was responsible for the death of his parents, yet he couldn't help but be afraid of the monster with Crystet's voice. He wanted to believe it was Crystet, but he couldn't, as he believed that if he did, he would be killed. He wasn't taking that chance.

"Hey, Ray. How are you?" Crystet calmly asked, to which he got no reply. Ray was still shaking in the corner, so Crystet continued to calmly walk over to him, causing Ray to shake even more. He really was scared for his life. He let his hands drop to his sides as he got down onto his knees. He wanted to show Ray that he wasn't a violent person. He wasn't going to hurt him. Ray stopped shaking slightly, but when Crystet began shuffling towards him on his knees, his fear was magnified tenfold. He reckoned that he was being played with by this monster with Crystet's voice. "D...did you....kill Crystet...?" The afraid Ray asked, to which Crystet was shocked. Was he really such a mental hazard to Ray that he thought that someone killed him? He needed to reassure Ray about what was going on.

"What? No! I didn't kill myself! I AM Crystet, Ray! If you'll calm down, I can explain the entire situation to you!" Crystet unintentionally yelled at Ray, causing his level of fear to go even further up. Ray shot out from the corner, running out of the door to the house, leaving Crystet inside on his own. "Fuck!" Crystet swore, realising just how big of a mistake he had made. He wasn't going to chase after Ray while he was in this state. Maybe some time all alone by himself was what Ray needed. Crystet walked out of Ray's house, looking into the cloudy sky, contemplating what he should do next, but his train of thought was interrupted by someone nearby. "Monster! There's the monster that started all of this!" A random woman yelled out while pointing at Crystet. "Shut up, Kar...en..." A man yelled in reply, but he lost his breath as he looked over at the black figure standing in the yard of the Cast Household. They obviously weren't looking at the news when Aaron was on it, as they couldn't see the change from pink to cyan on his body. Even if they did notice, they now had someone to blame for this situation.

People began screaming insults at Crystet, such things as "Dirty brother killer", "Genocider" and "Megalomaniac". Soon enough, there were hundreds of people who yelled insults at him, and after ten minutes of this, he just couldn't take it anymore. He felt power rising in his chest, so he released it, sending an ear-piercing scream throughout the area. The people who were the closest to him almost died as they began to bleed from their ears. It was a deathly scream, causing some people to run away from him, while others continued their verbal assault, some even trying to punch and kick at him, but to no avail. All their attacks seemed to not affect him. He was sick of this, so he did something he hadn't done before.

He ran away from a fight.

Despite what you may think, Crystet, until this point had never backed down from any challenge in anything. He thought of it as the ultimate cowardice. It let your opponents know that you were not brave enough to take on the challenge, but with this, there was a different reason. He didn't want to be called a murderer once this was done. If he had stayed in that area any longer he would have killed someone. He wasn't going to murder someone of his own free will. He was a decent person. He would only stoop to the level of a murderer if it was necessary. Of course, he DID plan to murder the bastard who killed his family, but that wasn't really a person, was it? Of course, neither was he, so it went both ways.

Aaron noticed a sudden release of power in the distance, near his old city, yet it wasn't Ki. It intrigued him. It was like it had been used for an attack of some kind. "Oh? Our little distant power burst has found out how to attack! This is going to make things so much more fun in the end!" Aaron stated, as a neon pink smile lined his black face.