The orange sky turned dark at the end of the day.
When day-to-day matters of an ordinary man are finished, the Avengers are still in a bitter battle with the sorceress and the demon. Unbeknownst to them, the battle is barely starting–for all the parties there.
Inside the cave, Kai is bound by the bands that Isaiah Curwen summoned from the Crimson Dimension. The silver dagger is flying quickly and is on the route to penetrate his heart.
As Kai is resisting the band's coiling at his neck, the dagger had the perfect chance to fatally injure Kai.
*CLANG!...*
The dagger was blocked by a long sword with silver coated in its edges. A man in a long, black trench coat and sunglasses (even though it's dark) arrived in the nick of time.
He attacked the band to help Kai, however the restraint is too strong for Blade to cut through it.
"Go help Jack. He's under the rubble," Kai said calmly to Eric.
Blade darted his eyes underneath the sunglasses to see that the old man is preparing for the second attack while Kai is still in his restraints.
"You sure?" Blade asked.
"Positive," Kai said decisively.
Kai didn't know at that time that the dagger wouldn't hurt him at all. It only hurts chaotic creatures. Even if it did reach him, the life-substitution talisman he got from the System trading site will kick in and save him – if the God Horus didn't take interest in Kai, which is a brave gamble to take.
When Ryan got to Tier 3 in the System marketplace two days ago, he got some neat stuff – but that is a story for later.
Kai calmed down even as the coiling around his neck was tightening. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he sensed the dagger coming towards him. When the dagger almost reached him, Kai twisted the restraint to put it in the dagger's path.
The dagger cut through the restraints like butter as it was made from chaos. Kai useds a flash step and appears in front of the old man. He sliced off the neck of the old man with his demonic sword.
"Tsk," Kai clicked his tongue as the old man was only a projection.
"You're good. But I am better," Isaiah Curwen, who is floating directly above Kai with a massive amount of dark magic energy charged in his hand, shootings his beam down. The beam cuts through the ground until a bottomless pit forms.
"KAI!" Blade, who is carrying the bloodied Jack Russel out of his misery yelled as he saw the shirtless swordsmen disintegrated by the beam.
"What?" Kai asked nonchalantly as he stood next to Blade, making the Dhampir flinch and almost throw the werewolf to the ground.
"How did you…never mind…" Blade was greatly startled as he clearly saw Kai on the beam's path.
"Well, that's why you don't announce your presence before an ambush," Kai guessed what Blade is thinking about. The moment the old man is speaking, Kai has disappeared from the beam's path, leaving only his after-image.
Blade nodded as he learned something–as if! "Why is the old bastard too strong?"
"He wants to make sure to kill me, with whatever means necessary," Kai smiles at Eric and re-summons his wings and flies mid-air to slash the old man with his sword, in which the old coots was are waiting for him with his silver dagger.
It'll be a fun battle for Kai. At his level of strength and skills, he didn't have a suitable opponent for a long time. The old man has an incredible martial arts experience added to his magical proficiency. Kai had to admit that he has what it takes to be called a Master of the Mystic Arts.
Blade is trying to support the limp Jack and get him out of the battle arena. However, Jack is getting twitchy. The starry sky can be seen from the hole that Kai had made on the cave ceiling. And with the stars, also comes the moon.
"Hmm?" Blade is confused by the sudden changes in the man he is supporting. His weight increased drastically, and he started to… growl?
Jack opened his eyes. His dark pupil is now turning yellowish, and his teeth start to grow into fangs. He brushes Blade away and drops into the floor by himself, trying to move away from the man who had saved him—lest he loses control again.
Countless hair appeared all over his face and body, however his face structure is still that of a human. His nails become sharp, and his skinny body becomes more muscular than Captain America.
With a long howl to the starry sky, Werewolf by night is unleashed!
"Easy… " Blade tried to calm down the beast as the werewolf was glaring at him. Werewolf and Vampire, an eternal enemy since before the dawn of man.
Blade removed the long sword on his back, and held it up to put up his guard. The Werewolf is taking short steps toward the dhampir, almost as if hesitating to kill the enemy.
A familiar smell teases the nose of the human wolf, making it change its target to the one fighting in the sky.
"CURRRRRWEEEEEEENNN!" the werewolf roared for the old man, and rushed to attack him. The Cardinal had tortured him for almost a decade, trying to tame the beast for his army. It is all a part of Curwen's mighty plan after he heard the Prophecy.
"Hmm?" The old man who is shooting a dark energy blast toward Kai is turning his attention toward the source of the inhuman roar.
"Die, abominations," Isaiah said coldly as he threw his silver dagger towards Kai and shot out an energy blast toward the werewolf .
When he gets the Lord's Wing that lost its way and entered Kai's body — instead of the Chosen One (HIM!!!), he didn't need the wolf anymore. All dark creatures whose mere existence insulted the Lord must die!
"That name… is already taken," Kai said, swinging his sword vertically and slashed the dark energy into two, exploding behind him as it crashed into the cave walls. Kai barely blocked the silver dagger thrown at his blind spot when his vision was covered by the energy beam. He dropped a couple meters in altitude as the dagger's force pushed him down.
Blade rolled to the side to avoid the dark beam as he was near the beast, while Werewolf jumped towards the cave walls and used his claws to stick to it. His claw penetrated the stone walls easily, his eyes fixated towards the old man who was ignoring him.
He started to climb the walls with incredible speed and jumped towards the old man. He slashed the old man with his claw, but the old man dodged it easily by increasing his altitude. The wolf falls to the ground, achieving nothing.
The old man was confident that he would win, but then, a silver boomerang attacked him from behind, penetrating his lower back. Blood gushed out from the wound, making the old coot shrieked in pain.
"I am here too you know," Blade had taken advantage and thrown the projectile when the wolf was distracting the old man.
…
Outside the cave, the Avengers started to take hold of the advantage in the fight when Steve unleashed his fiery gauntlets. Even the paralysing venom in his hand had burned off as he wielded the Hell Fire.
Steve and Shiklah are fighting toe-to-toe. His fist was grabbed by the demon when he attacked her, and his other hand was holding the demon's fist—when she attacked him.
"Ahh, I can't believe that I am missing the previous Shiklah," Steve muttered softly as he locked eyes with the pretty demon.
Steve didn't realise it, but his statement had caused Shiklah's true self to swoon.
Barton used the demon's immobility to shoot a shock wave arrow towards Maria Laveau who was surrounded by the snakes. The Captain's shield is on his back as Steve still hasn't got the chance to take it—locked in intense close combat battle with Shiklah.
"Urgh—!" Maria groaned as the shock wave hit her brain. She bit her lip to stay conscious, making blood drip from her mouth.
The voodoo sorceresses were in a bad position as the enemy suddenly became stronger. She glances at Steve's current immobility, and smirks.
A different glow of magic swirls around her hand. A bright-golden magic congregated on her palm, and she shot it toward the immobile Captain!
"No can do!" Barton steps in the middle of the attack and is holding the Shield to stop the blast. The vibranium shield can stop anything—this is what people here thought.
The golden magic—Maria Laveau's specialty, The Golden Arrow of Eros, hit the shield. However, what Barton expected didn't happen.
The beam passed through the shield casually, and hit Barton who was in the way for it to get to Steve.
"Clint!" Tony yelled toward Barton who was having a hazy look on his face. He aimed his arm cannon towards the army of snakes, and shot his incineration beam—10% power.
The beam stopped before it hit Maria. Natasha took the chance to close the distance and threw a stunning disk toward the head of the voodoo sorceress.
"Aghhhh!" Maria screams as she convulses in agony, before she loses consciousness and falls to the ground. Natasha turns around to check up on Clint, but her sight makes her eyes widened.
"You hurt my love!" Clint yelled as he saw Tony shooting at Maria, and shot multiple arrows towards Tony. It hit the iron suit leg repulsor and damaged it, causing Tony to fall on the ground.
The pitiful Hawkeye was controlled (again). The beam caused anyone that it hit to become hopelessly in love with the caster. Even though Clint has Laura, he couldn't break free of the spell's purpose.
"Get a hold of yourself Clint!" Natasha yelled as Clint was shooting towards her next. She throws the disk toward him, but the vibranium Shield was still with Clint. It bounced off the Shield easily.
Inside of Clint's mind, all the memories he had with his loved one is in the process of turning into Maria Laveau. Who is he married to? — Maria Laveau. What does his daughter look like? — Maria Laveau. What does his estranged twin brother look like? —Maria Laveau.
"Wait a fucking minute," Clint cursed out as he noticed something is wrong.
The enchantment Eclipse had put inside his mind is kicking in. It is fighting the top tier spell-Golden Arrow of Eros, and giving Clint a chance to break free.
Clint almost shot off an EMP arrow towards Tony, when he collected himself. He is just controlled for a few seconds, but his ambush had caused Tony's suit to be damaged greatly.
Tony is aiming the palm repulsor towards Clint's face. He got a perfect shot, and Clint won't be able to use the shield to protect himself.
"Wait, I am back," Clint said as he eases the bowstring. Tony held his arm up a few seconds, and finally put it down when he saw that Clint's eyes had got their focus back.
Natasha walked carefully toward Clint and snatched his bow and the captain shield from the guy.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Mind control stuff. Luckily Marduk has strengthened my mind so I can break out easily," Barton explained.
"A little help here guys!" Steve said.
Natasha, Tony and Barton turned to look at the Captain. However, the situation isn't what they think it is.
"Didn't you say you miss me? I am back, so kiss me!" Shiklah is pursing her lips, trying to kiss Steve Rogers.
As her contractor fainted, the contract was over. Her body is turning translucent and she will disappear soon.
"Kiss her cap~ She had helped us out a lots~" Tony said teasingly toward the captain.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Steve yelled out. They saw what happened to the man Shiklah kissed before. He turned into a dried-up mummy.
Shiklah lost her motivation and becomes incompatibly saddened as she hears what Steve said. She stopped trying to kiss the captain and puffed her cheeks.
Tears pooled around her eyes, making the captain anxious.
"Hey, I didn't mean…" Steve tries to comfort the crying woman.
Natasha narrowed her eyes and thought, 'Is this actually happening?'
Shiklah's lower body had already disappeared. She will be gone in a few seconds.
"If you don't want to, at least take this to remember me by… use it every night, " Shiklah held out her hand and gave something to the Captain.
Steve pick-up the wet clothes from her hand, and watched her disappear.
"Until we meet again… that time, I will make you fall for me~" Shiklah announced toward the Avengers, and her last sentence is for Steve.
"Congrats Cap. You got a lover," Tony dryly teased. He checkeds his suit's system, the damage he got is even greater than when he fought the Chitauri.
"She is not my lover."
"What did she give you?" Natasha is curious. What is so precious that Shiklah asked Steve to use every night?
Steve is also curious. He takes out the clothes that were rumpled into a ball, and flatten it. It was… her wet underwear.
"Pfff-" Natasha couldn't hold her laugh after seeing it.
"AHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Tony and Barton laugh out loud.
Steve was pissed at himself, the demon, and the Avengers members right now. Without saying anything, he summoned the gauntlet and burned the clothes Shiklah gave to smithereens.
"Anyone got something to say?" Steve asked the group menacingly. Tony and Barton gulped their saliva, while Natasha coolly changed the topic.
"Let's go help Kai. He had waited long enough."
"Haah. Let's go," Steve sighed before taking the lead and entering the cave area. Tony will stay outside, to guard Maria Laveau.
"Hey Cap, why did you only punish me?" Tony was dissatisfied with the unfair treatment.
…
Inside the cave, Blade, Werewolf and Kai were battling Isaiah Curwen.
With Blade and Werewolf distracting the old man, it was a little too easy of a battle for Kai. They didn't even have to talk to one another during the battle. Werewolf is fighting using his instinct as a beast, while Blade and Kai have a tacit understanding on how the other fights.
The werewolf bit the old man's leg and pulled him down to the ground. Kai added to the force by kicking the old man right in the face, fracturing his skull. Blade waited at the ground with his long sword, slashing at the old man.
Isaiah tried to fight back, but his limited enhancement time was over now. The eye on his forehead turned back into an injury, and the trio weren't letting him take a break.
Werewolf is clawing Isaiah at the side of his torso. Blade's long sword is penetrating the old man's spine. Kai is holding the old man's neck, lifting the guy mid-air.
"You can't kill me! I am the Chosen One! God has given me a mission, and you will bring doom to all humanity if I am gone!" Isaiah Curwen cursed with difficulty as Kai is squeezing his neck.
"What is the mission exactly? That God has given you?" Kai asked for the man's last word.
"The… KINGDOM… OF… EVERNIGHT… WILL… COME… DRACULA… Will… " The old man tries to explain it, but Kai has heard enough.
He snapped the old man's neck. The old man's form became lifeless, and Kai released the body from his grip. The corpse falls on the ground, and that is the end of the "Chosen One" by the God—Isaiah Curwen.
*Growwwllll…*
The Werewolf bit off the man's neck, and flung the corpse around furiously, letting out all of his anger.
"Shouldn't we stop him?" Blade asked.
Kai shakes his head, "Nah. Let him have his fun."
Kai noticed that the werewolf is crying as he let out all of his pent up feeling of being imprisoned, starved, and tortured by the old man.
Blade looked at Kai with his stoic face, hiding his awe. "We didn't really need to come huh?"
Kai retracted his wings and turned back into his genial expression.
"To be honest with you…Nope," Kai answered honestly before letting out a full blown chuckle.
Blade had seen his otherworldly fighting skills. How he summoned a sword out of nowhere, and shot out flying sword slashes. It will be stupid for him to cover it up now.
"Although, I'll appreciate it if you don't tell anyone about it," Kai said.
"... I have a condition," Blade replied.
"What is it?" Kai said, unbothered. Blade isn't the kind of person to threaten someone (unless that someone is a Vampire) , so Kai is curious as to what the condition is.
"Teach me your sword technique," Blade said with hesitation.
"Sure," Kai replied easily, making Blade widen his eyes. He thought that it was a family secret or something. He didn't think Kai would pass it down easily.
"I have lots. Which one do you want?" Kai asked teasingly.
"The vampire exterminating kind," Blade replied. He then helped Kai to get out of the cuff on his hand and legs.
"Kai!" Steve called out from afar, making Kai and Blade turn their attention to the newcomers. Kai is massaging his wrist when he sees his friends.
"What the hell is that?" Barton exclaimed as he saw the werewolf. He put his guard up and knocked some arrow into the bow.
"That is a werewolf. He's a friend. In his mouth is the enemy," Kai replied to Barton.
The shirtless sword man turns his attention toward Natasha. They wanted to say something to one another, but Tony chimes into the earpiece.
"Umm… guys… I need backup here…"
Outside the cave, Tony's scan is showing him that the entire area is now surrounded by thousands of creatures. More accurately, thousands of bloodsuckers.
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