Scarlet noticed Argus shake at the sight of the man who had just appeared from the light.
She felt the atmosphere change the moment the light disappeared, leaving him behind and she realized that it was the man who almost strangled her to death a few days back,
"is that...."
"Talon. Yes, it is," he said staring at the man in fear.
Hayward fell on his back and crawled backward the closer the man walked towards him.
"You're...you're not them." said Hayward in absolute fear, "you're not my family. He said it would work if I performed this spell."
Talon stopped and took an honest look at Hayward,
"My master is a man of his words. I am here to send you to your family," he said,
"But before I do. He requests to know where the boy's spell book is."
Hayward was crying like a child on the ground,
"I don't want to die….I just want to bring my family back. That's why I have done all this for them…. "
Talon looked around and noticed the familiar faces of Argus and Scarlet.
Without thinking, Argus ran to him preparing an ice spell so strong the ground started to turn to the ice with each step he made as he approached Talon.
He released the spell and it formed an ice wall with spikes between Talon and Hayward forcing Talon to jump away to avoid being penetrated.
Then from his behind Scarlet appeared with an ice spike in her hand but she was too slow so he simply turned and punched her with incredible strength before putting up a defense spell throwing her a far distance into the city park and crashing into a tree.
She opened her eyes coughing out all the dirt she had swallowed during her fall.
Her hand couldn't move anymore and was probably broken from the punch. This entire time she hadn't been injured, this was the first time since they had come to the building.
She looked around and tried to teleport or jump back to the fight but nothing. It seemed she was drained of power and she wasn't strong enough to pass the limit with her untrained capabilities. Whatever Talon was he was strong enough to drain her abilities with just one hit.
Scarlet then felt the cold air blow above meaning Argus was using ice magic to fight against Talon, she had to help him somehow maybe Alex and Jack could help out if they are still strong enough.
Alex and Jack suddenly appeared in the park. Alex was carrying Kendall and Jack carrying Jordan,
"Oh my god, I was thinking about you guys," Scarlet exclaimed, seeing Jack and Jordan's injuries.
"Jordan was a bomb. I tried to absorb the energy to save his life."
Jack flinched, placing Jordan on the ground who had his eyes closed while grinding his teeth trying not to scream from the pain.
Scarlet then tore a cloth from her shirt and quickly tied it around his broken leg.
Another cold wind followed through the park freezing some leaves off their trees. Alex felt the struggle going on from a distance,
"Where is the Argus kid?" she asked,
"Hayward succeeded but something else came through Talon," Scarlet explained
"Oh no, we need to call dad, this is bigger than we thought." Jack interrupted.
"Call him. I got to go help the kid." Alex then vanished and left Scarlet and Jack since they had both run out of energy.
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On arriving she quickly spotted Argus fighting off Talon who were both flying like superheroes each hitting themselves with spells Argus switching between fire and ice and Talon was using blasts of energy.
Alex quickly ran and threw her blade which turned into fifteen more all heading for Talon. but he noticed and dodged all of them by using teleportation.
She wasn't done yet though because she pulled them back and they returned for Talon with two this time penetrating through his hand and the other in his leg.
He yanked one out and observed the blade before it disappeared back into Alex's hand.
"Impressive girl," Talon said, keeping his eyes on the blade in hand, and said, "the way you use that blade is truly beautiful."
Alex smiled, "Thank you but hold still so that I can..."
Argus suddenly swept Talon down and into the ground creating a huge crater in what remained of the street, then froze him with his ice magic.
Alex heard the sound of propellers and sirens as the police began to approach both in the air and on land.
They had made too much commotion with the lights and explosions she was even surprised they had appeared now.
Argus then flew out of the crater and fell hard onto the ground, he couldn't fly anymore because of the extreme damage on his body and mind.
Hayward was still crying while cocooned within the ice Argus had created to protect him.
He lifted himself and walked to Hayward, "Come on, we have to go before Talon gets free." he said, lending out his hand but Hayward slapped it away and stopped whining.
"Your book, he wants your book. If he is looking for your book then we are all dead," he muttered out like a mad terrified man. His pupils moving left and right his hands trembling like an earthquake was going on but his head.
"What do you mean we are all dead? " he inquired but Hayward just grabbed an ice spike and immediately stabbed himself through the heart and died instantly.
Argus moved steps back after the disturbing display. His mind began to spin as felt the earth pull him down,
"We we we….need…to get out of here." t
The sound of the sirens got louder meaning the cops were closer. He then fell unconscious on the ground Alex ran towards being the last image he saw before he fully passed out.
She carried him and looked at Hayward and the ice crater which was beginning to crack as Talon fought his way out then vanished at the sight of the first police car and the rest of the force as they surrounded the entire perimeter.
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After a few hours the police had covered the entire building (what remained of it).
They had found the corpse of professor Hayward surrounded by ice and a huge crater also with ice and the investigators reported they were dealing with the most powerful elemental magic user ever and were soon to release a bounty.
Officer Bernade was leading this investigation and couldn't believe he had missed this.
An opportunity to capture real villains and be better than his rival officer Miranda who had accomplished so much despite being in the same department as him. His partner then walked to him and handed him a file,
"Locals said they were kids who did this." she said,
"Ummm in what world would you believe such a silly story." he laughed
Then opened the files and within was a symbol of a snake swallowing its tail. His facial expression changed to dull and cold as he smiled mischievously at his partner,
"The boss is here," she said pointing at the ice. Bernade stared at it then yelled, "Hail the creed."
"Hail!" all the officers on the site responded.
"Now, let's get the boss free," Bernade shouted and they all rejoiced on hearing his words.