"You fight for what you want! Nothing comes easy! Now, get up and fight!" Adisa yelled.
"Frost, if I fail here…the army won't come. I can't…I can't afford to lose!" Aliyah said as she snapped her fingers. All the trees in the area began to vibrate. "Everyone stay back! This is my fight!" Adisa said as he ordered his group to fall back.
"No way I'm missing this! I wanna watch, captain!" Splinter laughed.
"Suit yourself" Adisa said as he stood his ground. "You…are supposed to be dead! Why? Of all times, why? Why do you have to come back!?" Aliyah screamed as she clapped her hands. The trees around Adisa formed into giant dragon-like creatures.
The ten creatures surrounded Adisa and slithered towards him. "Fire!" Aliyah said as a giant tree root pushed her in the sky.
"Woah!" Kenan laughed.
Adisa took a deep breath. The creatures shot flames from their mouths. Adisa closed his eyes. In a split second, Adisa Quickly sliced each of their heads off.
Adisa looked up and noticed Aliyah trying to retreat in the clouds. "No you don't." Adisa put his sword away and made a hand sign. "Ball of destruction!" His aura formed in his hands to create a energy ball. "Die!" He yelled as he threw it at the giant roots.
Aliyah quickly jumped from the roots and watched as the ball went past her. While falling, she clapped her hands. More trees shot up and lifted everyone into the sky.
"Captain, you'll never be able to reach her! Let us fight! The whole forest is under her control!" Splinter yelled over.
Adisa jumped back and noticed everything.
He's right. These branches are annoying. She can make anything out of trees. We're in her lands. Adisa thought as he gave a nod to Splinter. "We will reach Aliyah…and kill her." Adisa said as he jumped across the sky and towards Aliyah.
"This…is what I call…freedom!" Splinter laughed as he flew past Adisa and punched through the branches.
"So reckless." Adisa sighed as he stopped and landed on a tree. "I'm tired of this. The only way to reach her…is if I use my expansion. But, I can't do it. I've used it so many times already. I don't have that much attacks…so the best to do…is use nothing but aura and athleticism." Adsia told himself.
"Trees, give me your energy to defeat this demon!" Aliyah screamed as her aura grew in size. "Tree spear!" Aliyah formed a spear and threw it towards Adisa. Aliyah watched as the spear went through him. "What the-"
"It was a afterimage." Adisa whispered in her ear. Adisa landed a powerful blow that sent Aliyah falling towards the ground.
Kenan jumped and tried to grab her. But, Aliyah snapped her fingers and the tree branches grabbed her.
"Damn."
Alayah was on the ground and looked up. "Boy…are so dumb. "Expansion: Zombia."
Thousands of zombies came from underground. "Eat." Alayah laughed.
Zarbon jumped around, breaking tree after tree. "That man…is a problem. If anything, I need to finish that spell! Frost told me Adisa was alive…but I didn't believe him! Now that I know…I have to open this portal or our world is finished!"
"I'll just…creature clones."
Suddenly, Aliyah had created thousands of clones of herself from the trees. "Attack every last one! Don't let her get away!" Splinter yelled.
Adisa sat on the tree branch and thought hard. "Clones? She trying to run away? No, that's not it. There's no reason for her to run. If she leaves the forest, she'll be weakened. Unless…she's headed to the circle." Adisa said as he looked down. The wind blew as Adisa stood almost over the clouds. "I can see you, Aliyah." Adsia said as he dove towards her.
Adisa's black aura covered his body as he dove head first. Causing a massive explosion. He was shocked to feel a hand stopping his fall. Aliyah was covered in thick wood. "This is it, Adisa! I'll kill you while you're weak!"
Adisa pushed away from Aliyah. "Ash Armor" Adisa's body was covered with a jet-black like aura. His eyes were red as he put on his hoodie.
"Jerome is definitely the one who taught you." Aliyah laughed as she stood in the middle of the completed circle.
"When did you-"
"Sixty seconds is all I need!" Aliyah laughed.
Adisa wasted no time, he jumped at Aliyah. Aliyah stomped her foot to make a weed come from the ground.
Adisa clapped his hands and teleported behind her. He swung his his sword.
Aliyah turned around and leaned back to dodge. "Wood sword!" Adisa and her swung a barrage of attacks at each other. The portal started to glow as Aliyah kicked Adisa out of the circle. "I need my strength! All that training for nothing, huh?" Adisa told himself. "I've done all this fighting…at only 2percent of my power. These people can't hold me! I'm Adisa! I'm the one they all fear! Kill her! Kill her! Get up and fight!" Adisa yelled as he raised the sword over his head. "I'll do it. I'll show you 5 percent! After this…I'll be finished for a day. I will have my revenge, Aliyah!"
"Only ten seconds! I have to hold out!" Aliyah clapped her hands and used all of the trees in the area as shields to cover her body. "Wait…there's an opening!? Aliyah said as she noticed a giant hole.
*****
"They ate more than I expected?" Alayah sighed.
*****
"Destroyer…slash!"
"Three seconds!"
A flash of light covered the whole area. In that split second, Adisa had managed to unleash his attack, destroying the whole jungle with his destructive power.
Adisa was blown away. He opened his eyes and quickly got up.
Aliyah lay dead on the ground, her whole body was completely burnt.
Adisa stood over Aliyah and kicked her. "If only you'd use your expansion-"
"Expansion." Aliyah whispered as a giant tree shot from the ground. Aliyah's body was wrapped around by roots. "Heal me…tree of life."
Adisa spun around. "Back up! Do not enter!" Adisa yelled at his crew.
Adisa and Aliyah where back in the sky. The tree was massive. "The tree kills anyone who is evil. You…you are already dead!" Aliyah laughed.
"Not true." Adisa said.
"Not true!? You just…you just destroyed the whole area! You…you killed me. But, my tree has to bring me back! You…harmed nature, my dear mother nature."
"I'm not the evil one here, Aliyah. You are." Adisa said as he pointed at her. Adisa's long hair blew in the wind. He put his sword away and started to walk away. "This confrontation is over."
"Do not walk away from me! You lose! You cannot escape the tree-" Aliyah stopped when blood came from her nose. "Huh?" She said.
"The tree has decided who to kill. From what I can see, you are the only thing evil in this jungle. You see, Aliyah you people judge me all because you're terrified of a little god inside me! Through these years, I've managed to protect four people and give them purpose in life! What have you done? You've lied, you've killed innocents, and now you are betraying your own soldiers. You are nothing but a coward. Mother Nature can be cruel…no different from us Akies, humans or beast! We all live with Mother Nature…she's cruel just like us…just like this whole world."
Aliyah coughed up more blood as she collapsed to the ground. "Y-you think I'm going to just let you go!? Someone as heartless-"
"I care about few. I would give my life to see my comrades thrive in life. I'm nineteen, Aliyah. You sealed a little boy who knew nothing! Even now, you still have the guts to look me in the eyes and call me evil. You die with this tree and with your regrets! I'm not selfish, which is why I'm still here. May your soul be free in the afterlife." Adisa said as he jumped off the tree.
Adisa glanced back before plummeting. "Weak." He whispered.
******
The tree collapsed. Adisa and his crew stood in the middle of the destroyed jungle. "Don't you think you over did it? You can barley stand-"
"I'm fine." Adisa said.
"We have to hurry back! We promised Jade to help." Kenan said.
"Wait…you guys don't feel that?" Splinter asked.
Splinter suddenly ran towards a pile of fallen trees and began to move them. "Oh…oh shit." Splinter said as he waved everyone over.
Adisa slowly walked over with the help of Zarbon, he couldn't believe it. "I…definitely stopped her from casting it." Adsia said as he stared at the giant portal.
"No you didn't? The portal is obviously about to open?" Aliyah said.
"No, this is someone's power."
"What!?" Everyone shouted.
"Something…I can feel it. A powerful…powerful person is casting it. It almost gives me chills. But, I…I can't feel it alive." Adisa said as he stared to fall to the ground.
"I need…my strength. I cannot help her with my current state!" Adisa said.
"Captain…I can take you to the recovery lake." Splinter said.
Everyone turned their heads. "What the hell is a recovery lake?"
"It's a lake…that…that recovers people?" Splinter said with an awkward look on his face.
"Wait, so you wait…all this time to tell us!? You…when did we even have that!?" Alayah screamed.
While the group argued, Adisa knew who and what it was. "If you really are that strong…then we have no chance in hell at beating you." Adisa whispered as he passed out.
"Yep. He's out. As usual, I'll take the lead!" Splinter said while standing up straight with his chest out.
"Put your bird chest down! We don't wanna see that!" Kenan said.
"Bird chest!? Hey, I just started working out! Im really good at it-"
"Pick up the captain! We have to hurry!" Zarbon yelled as his body grew in size.
"Come on! We have to hurry up and quick! The portal is gonna completely open soon!"
Everyone jumped on Zarbon's back and waited as he lifted off in the sky. Adisa slowly opened his eyes and looked down at the portal.
"The power…to speak it into existence…unbelievable….what are you? The first god?"
Next chapter: The Early Bird