Alex and Jack appeared next to a mansion. "What the hell..." Jack was annoyed, "why did you bring us here?"
Alex said nothing as she walked forward to the house as jack kept on complaining. The doors opened and a butler was standing right in front of them, "welcome back Master Jack and Master Alex."
Alex just sped right past him for the corridor whereas Jack said,
"Hey Lambert, are they here?"
"Of course my Lord," he answered. Lambert was the head butler and leader of servants of the Kay mansion.
"You don't have to call me Lord or master..." Jack declared.
Before he ran off to catch up with Alex who was rushing towards the living room. And with so much anger she shouted on entering,
"Why did you send us to spy over Scarlet?" she was breathing heavily. Jack also ran in but it was too late, they were looking at an old man in an armchair facing the fire burning within the chimney. The old man lifted himself from his chair holding a cup of tea in his right hand. His face wasn't so old in looks, his hair still black with a little grey. His eyes were green resembling those of Alex and Jack.
"You've known all along that I was in New York and you didn't visit. And when you do you barge into my house like it's a parade," his voice was deep for an old."
Alex was still serious and Jack was scared,
"Father-",
"Shut up Jackson." Jack was shut by his angry father. Alex then moved closer to her father who was five feet taller than her. He was an absolute giant since he was a Lord of order Leon,
"Dad I need to know why you sent us to spy over Scarlet when she was six," Alex asked, doing her best to sound respectful.
He stared at her eyes and knew he was serious, "Okay, but I need to speak with Jack first. It's important and it's about your powers," his voice calmed down and was no longer loud as it was, he was in a red robe and slippers which he found both very comfortable, "follow me to the library there is much to discuss."
The three walked into the library. It was three floors long and it was underground, "I haven't been here ever since we were sixteen." said Alex,
"Indeed," agreed her father. "This is the library of balance. it was given to me by its previous holder Agatha-"
"Wait the Agatha. lord of destruction who was so good at magic she could rewrite space and time," Alex was shocked.
"You were friends?" Jack asked,
"No we dated." they were both silenced by their father's words as he was amused by the look on their faces, "Alright Jack, I want to know. Have you used any strange magic of late?"
he broke the silence.
"Yeah-"
"Would you mind explaining it to me, its nature, and how it made you feel," he asked Jack,
"Well, they were red flames that couldn't stop burning."
Alex turned to him generally in complete shock after hearing that. she recognized the spell's description. "That's the endless death curse. It's been lost like a millennia ago," she said doubting Jack's words
His father mumbled, "As I suspected."
"Suspected what?" they both asked at the same time,
"When Jack keeps on jumping between worlds. He keeps on absorbing energies from the lanes, evolving his physic in this case his magical power." Jack was surprised,
"One might say that. But if you keep doing this, you create holes between words since the magical back that helped you bridge to that specific world isn't the same bridging you back."
"Opening this world to unknown threats."Alex realized, "oh, no. The Talon guy Scarlet spoke of."
"Wait what Talon guy?" Asked their father but Alex just stared at him without answering still needing an explanation.
He sighed.
"Fine. On July 15th, 2005 a man is said to have appeared at kings hospital in Manhattan, and on the same day two parents were in the delivery room having a baby the mother was called Tamaya Raymond and the father was Richard Orich."
"Scarlet's parents," Alex said,
"Exactly," said her father.
" On that exact day they both lost their child according to the midwives who delivered but the parents were discharged with a baby. My theory is that the man brought the baby and still on the day historically is the day after the lords of chaos died."
"Do you think she is a chaos lord," Jack came to notice,
"Yes, son."
"But weren't they only five?"Alex asked,
"Maybe." he wasn't sure of what to say, "that's why I sent you guys to spy on-"
"Scarlet is a chaos lord. She can heal herself using magic. She also saw something, I'm pretty sure she traveled between worlds and saw something she called a Talon and-" Alex then blurted everything out to her father,
"And what?"
Alex moved her head in confusion, "And-" she was forgetting the name. "Am forgetting, I can't." her father moved closer and touched her so that maybe he could recover the vanishing memories through mind touch an ability that enabled its user to access memories and feelings of the person they have touched. He scanned her mind but everything had already vanished.
She looked at him and he looked very disappointed which made her feel terrible, "Don't feel bad, you've told me all you remember. But Scarlet isn't a Chaos Lord yet if she was then Walker would be trembling right now. You guys need to help her." he said, "and as for Talon he can't defeat the beings at the gates as long as he doesn't have power like Jack's." he looked at him then back to Alex,
"Find Scarlet and bring her here. "
Alex wasn't sure if she could trust him but it was him or Mr. Hayward who she had never trusted and after what he did tonight who knows.
She nodded in response then vanished.
"Jack we need to jump to Talon's world he must have marked her in some way so we need to go need to and this Talon guy and I stop him myself."
"I can't jump to his world," Jack said, "something is blocking me I can't feel It I can only see."
Leon felt oppressed and felt like hitting something, "So you mean that we can only wait for him to come to us."
"Yes-"
"Then we will give them hell my son. The lords of Chaos must return that's my soul purpose."
His mind then went back centuries ago, he was a child a boy with bright green eyes staring at the clear blue with his body lying in the grass,
"Leon…." a boy called running towards him. It was Argus but as a kid, "Yes Argus. He answered annoyingly. He then jumped into the grass and laughed out loudly looking at the sky, "this world is beautiful isn't it." Argus said,
"Yes, it is."
"When I awaken my power I want to protect it. It will be my sole purpose."
Leon smirked, "I don't have a soul purpose."
Argus just smiled, "Am sure you will find it one day one time."
Leon remembered the look on his face when he said those words and how it led to his death for the mundane only for them to thank him by calling him a force of destruction. This was the least he could do to protect Argus' legacy long enough for it to grow and his legacy had to be Scarlet, Alex, and Jack a new generation of mages and lords.
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Scarlet opened her glowing red eyes. It seemed she was in her room but surrounded by a barrier and Kendall was seated quietly on the side watching over her.
She hoisted herself from the bed, "I don't need you to watch over me. Kendall." Scarlet said,
"I know but I am just following orders." Kendall sounded like she was joking but she was not at all. On her first day, Scarlet had heard a lot about the nightmare twins and how special they were in terms of power.
"What if those orders are crap? his planning something I feel it please you have to let me out or else I will break out myself,"
Kendall's eyes turned white as black veins grew from the sides, "Don't test me Scarlet. Am just trying to help," she was intimidating as her tone was starting to sound cruel. Unlike her brother, she was very short and adorable and around campus, they called her "Pikachu" just to fit her criteria.
Scarlet felt frightened so she kept quiet and set down her head. Then Kendall returned to her chair.
She vanished suddenly from the barrier and appeared in the lobby. she was still in shock when she noticed Alex, who was sweating from strain,
"Alex how did you-",
"No time for talk we need to jump."
"To where?"
"far enough," said Alex.
They ran directly to the street. And teleported to an empty subway train under the city. They both sighed heavily with relief.
"Wow...….." they screamed on hearing Kendall's voice,
"For an order- half-human that was pretty predictable." she was in a seat right in front of them