Luther flew through the clouds pondering on what his brother said, why should he change his name? Will changing his name finally fill in that missing piece? What should his new name be? "Many questions, no answer…" Luther said to himself as he bounced through the cloud.
Luther released a roar that echoed through the sky causing all lesser blood beasts that flew in the sky to fall instinctively. Only the ones that posed a threat to Luther still flew in the sky near him, not daring to get close to the huge beast that flew in the sky.
"Tempest…" as if the world exploded under Luther's feet his body shook as he ran toward the closest cloud near him. Red lighting flew out his mouth as he stretched out his limbs in pain. An overwhelming amount of pain washed over Luther's body as the red lighting that poured out of his mouth began to leak from under his scales.
His soul was changed, NO his whole being was transforming. That thing that was holding him back finally shattered, Luther thought shattering his ties with Megallan would fill that hole in his heart but it didn't it only hastened it. From killing Rover, destroying the fatherly Megallan image that he built in his head, and finally cutting ties with the human world, Luther always felt like he was at the crust of something primal. That a shell was wrapped around his body forcing him in place.
That same shell suddenly shattered as Luther uttered Tempest. Luther's body suddenly sank into the clouds as the red lightning that was rushing out of his body darkened the sky.
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(1 hour later/ 3:00 Starlight city Middle land 2/ shopping center/)
"Mommy! Look at the sky, why are the clouds purple?"
"I don't know sweetie."
"Bro look at this, that shit looks fire."
"I've never seen this before… this can't be safe."
All residents big and small peeked out their windows or looked at the sky in awe as they watched a thick purple cloud spilled. A huge hulking behemoth of a monster stood over the city looking down on it as if it was a dirt mount full of ants. The citizen's blood went cold as the beast's eyes looked past them.
"Boss isn't that the monster that attacked that city." A crook as he put down his crowbar and rubbed under his chin.
"Yeah, it is." Said the mod boss as he smacked the back of the head of the crook.
"Ouch?! What did you do that for the boss?"
"Oh my fucking god! If we don't return the Jewels to the Cerberus clan WE ARE GOOD AS DEAD! So pick up your crowbar AND FINISH THE FUCKING JOB!" Said the Mob boss as he kicked the black box in front of him in anger...
Fear and panic quickly washed over the shopping district, as civilians ran for their lives and awakener ready their weapons. This beast caused havoc in one shopping center, they weren't going to let that happen again.
"I am no longer Luther…."
Hearing the beast speaking panic quickly washed over the awakeners. It was one thing to fight an unintelligent monster it was another to fight an intelligent beast.
"I… Am… TEMPEST!" Screamed Tempest, as if the heavens itself were in arrangement with him the sky darkened rapidly. Five funnels of wind sprout out of the cloud near the winged beast each one darker than the last one. All five funnels begin to slowly descend towards the ground causing the fear-stuck awakeners to sober up. A group of men and women in amour quickly approached the ground of awakeners and began to give orders.
"EVACUATE THE CIVILIANS NOW!"
"LORD ARIAND IS ON HIS WAY!"
"WIND AND FIRE AWAKENERS! FOCUS ON THE FUNNLES! I WANT AT LEAST TWO DESTROYED!"
"WE CANNOT ALLOW HIS BEAST TO ESCAPE AND CAUSE HAVIOC AGAIN! FOCUS ALL YOUR ATTACK ON ITS WINGS!"
"I want this tempest or whatever it calls itself dead before any of the funnels hit the ground." Said a golden-haired man in full golden amour with two katanas by his waist. As the man grabbed his katanas an aura of a late-stage ultra-force user erupted and quickly washed over the shop center.
Sense danger Tempest quickly covered himself up in the clouds and flew at his fastest speed towards his castle.
"I can't fight him, I can't fight most of them. Those funnels are the only thing I can do… right now at least." Said Tempest as he looked back toward the shopping center. The man with golden amour was following his every move. Not even the movement of his scales went unnoticed under that man's gaze. His instinct told him to go back and fight but Tempest knew better, The last time he followed his instinct in this type of situation he ended up as a tool for a human.
"It's gone. Get rid of those funnels and come back to the guild." Said the man in golden amour as he put up his katana and walked away.
"YOU HEARD THE MAN GET TO WORK." Said a man in a silver amour that had a flame symbol on its chest. With a wave of his hand, a huge amount of black flame appeared behind the man in the shape of swords.
"ATTACK!" Screamed the man as he launched his assault. Ten's of spells followed his as each other and every one of the awakeners launched their attacks. The assault on the funnel quickly caused them to fade away leaving nothing but a bright sky. The awakeners celebrate a speedy triumph as quickly the sky brightened, it also darkened as rain began to pour down like there was no tomorrow.
Tempest, stopped flying for a second and looked back at the clouds in the distance.
"I couldn't even do that right."
End of Vol 2