Chapter 17 - The key

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Fifteen minutes ago.

"Okay take your notes and let's get out of here quickly," Rick said in a hurried voice.

A silence occurred while Kaleb was taking his notes, but I wanted to say something that had to do with Harmonia. So basically me.

"I-I have to tell you something, Kabel, it's about my condition…"

"We don't have time for conversation right now, let's go," Kaleb said as he opened the door.

We got out of the room and headed to the exit again, but before leaving we heard some shootings.

"This sounds bad, really bad" Rick declared.

"Probably is Malta, they started fighting."

"I'm gonna leave my notes to the helicopter and stay there, I need to progress something so if you need any help, shout or I'll hear you, be careful you two" Kalev averred and headed to the helicopter.

"So, let's go big head," I said to Rick as I drew my sword.

"Wait, are we going there? It's super dangerous…"

"Oh come on Rick, you are with me, I will just butcher those bastards."

"I don't think the one behind you" Rick articulated with a scared look.

"Wait what?"

I turned around and saw a huge guy staring at me. He tried to hit me with his spear, but with a fast movement, I managed to dodge it.

This guy was so fast, I didn't expect that at all, but as Valentine had already mentioned, those guys were dangerous in combat.

He turned his spear into a flame sword with a strange technique that he used; he attacked me with multiple hits as he tried to cut me in half. Fortunately, I managed to land him a shot with my sword as I was ready to blast him.

"You are a good opponent but this will be your last breath," he said and prepared a huge fireball that was standing above me.

"What the fuck is that?" I questioned myself as I defended myself with my sword.

As he was ready to hit me, Rick ran toward him and gave him a great shot with his tech bat in his head.

Suddenly the fireball stopped manufacturing and the guy fell to the ground.

"Damn Rick, you got him."

"Y-yeah, I got him, haha, I won a fight," Rick said with a broad smile.

"Anyway, let's go the others quickly" I averred, and ran to where the noises were coming from.

We approached the place, it was a field, but when we arrived, the snowy field became a bloody field. It was full of those monsters' corpses. I could discern Malta. She was fighting with multiple of these Daemonium members.

I ran toward her to help, but Rick shouted at me to go and help Cal. He was walking toward Ahsoka, but right behind him, some guards were ready to hit him.

Marginally I managed to save him by cutting them in half with my sword. They were coming more and more; I had to concentrate and unleash again a blast from my sword.

"Alright, you guys get Ahsoka and get out of here, I will handle that," I said as I held my sword.

"But, there are too many of them, you will be alone" Rick averred.

"Just go help Malta, if you stay there you will become an ash."

"Tch fine, just be careful." Rick articulated as he grabbed Ahsoka from her hand and headed for Malta.

"Come on you bastards, COME ON" I shouted as I was ready to unleash an immense blast.

Almost before unleashing my blast, I felt my body flowing in the air. I was leaning slowly from the right. Again, he was him, with this pitch black mask.

He used his gravity magic on me and threw me into the bleachers.

"It fucking hurt, goddamit" I whispered to myself as I was bleeding.

"You can not escape, this time I will make sure you imprison" Nod declared as he levitated me again.

"Just let me, do you have any idea that we are in danger? Those bastards are preparing something dangerous."

"That's why I'm here, my mission is to receive you to the Ruler. He is behind all of this and you are the key."

"W-what? Oh….that's right I was from the beginning your aim."

"And now you are coming with me" Nod, said as he grabbed my neck.

I couldn't escape at all from him. He was too strong for me to handle him.

"As much as you try, you are trapped, you have lost and now with you, my mission will finally be completed" Nod averred as he was ready to transport me to the Ruler.

"F-fuck…..I can't do nothing…"

As I was ready to disappear, a whole rocket hit Nod with the result of getting him injured.

When I opened my eyes, all I could see was smoke. I blinked my eyes again and saw Marx holding a rocket launcher.

"As it seems, I saved you Anwynne" He boasted with a broad smile.

"You are crazy, you are crazy."

"Now come on, before this bastard decides to wake up," Marx said and grabbed my hand.

We were running toward the exit as the others were fighting the last ones from the Daemonium clan.

"COME ON GUYS" Marx shouted as he got in the helicopter.

Malta finished shooting and ran toward us. Rick and Cal with Ahsoka and the other members of our team were running to where the helicopter was.

When we all got in, Marx started flying us away, but I could discern that Nod was trying to stand up again.

"Nod's still not beaten," I murmured.

"Nod? you s-said" Ahsoka questioned.

"Yeah, that's his name right?"

"Regarding Nod, you must stay away from him. He is dangerous and the next time you will confront him, he won't go easy on you."

"Ahsoka, when we return to the base, I want to talk to you about something."

"I have questions too about you."

"Guys…where is Chrissy?" Malta asked.

"That's right, she is not here, HEY Marx, return us back to the prison, NOW" Rick shouted as he was in a panic.

"Rick…."

"What Cal? What?"

"Chrissy, she died, I was with her but I couldn't anything" Cal declared as he was sobbing.

"N-no way…."

Rick looked at the window and he punched it.

"Tch, she promised me, she promised to tell me something, silly girl" Rick said and went to the rear seats.

"I'm sorry.."

"Hey, Cal, at least she died fighting for her team, for her family" Malta murmured as her eyes were watering.

This operation ended, but it didn't end well. Especially for them, they lost a precious comrade.