" I'm not doing this. " Clay said and walked away. "You're rushing things. Powers can take years to master. " Max said. "Years!! " Clay shouted. "It's a good thing I stopped. I can't stay here for years. " Clay said.
This is a sacred and heavenly realm, the celestials combined their powers to create this place and gave only me access to it so that I can pull people in to test if they were the ones we were looking for. You can stay here for years and it would be just mere hours in your world. " Max explained. "Wait! We're not in Tinsel Town? " Clay asked.
"No, when I knocked you out, I brought you here. And you can't leave unless I want you to. I will train you or you will never leave. " Max ordered. "Fine! " Clay replied. "Deploy wings. " Max said. Clay tried but it didn't seem to be working. He wanted to know about his family, so, he forced the wings to come out.
Finally, they decided to come out. Clay screamed as the extra large wings came out slowly. "Well done. " Max congratulated Clay. "Next step. Fly. " Max said. "Since you are a beginner, I'll join you on the air. " Max said. "Wait, I just get wings and you want me to fly? " Clay asked in surprise. "You are hilarious. " Clay said and walked towards Max. Suddenly, the water in the forest turns into a cliff. "This is... " Clay said. "Because it's not real. But impact is. " Max said. "What does that mean? " Clay asked.
"It means, whatever happens to you here, happens in your world. " Max said. "I still don't follow. " Clay said in confusion. "If you get injured here, you get injured out there. You heal fast but your scars will stay. You die in here, you die out there. " Max explained further. "You want me to jump off a cliff with new wings, knowing I can die? " Clay asked.
"I don't want you to jump. " Max replied. "Oh, good... " Clay said in relief. "Wait, then how am I gonna fly? " Clay asked. "I'm gonna push you. " Max replied and pushed Clay down the cliff. "Argghh!! " Clay screamed in terror as he knew was falling to his death. Hearing him scream, he saw that Clay was unable to lift the heavy wings, Max flew down towards him, grabbed him and flew back up.
"Clay, you want to know how your parents died. I'll tell you. Luka and Rachél were sent to get the phoenix tail plant. They were with you when they met the hunters. They were ambushed. Hold this, It was yours. They grabbed it off your mother's neck when you first opened your eyes. " Max said. "This is a pointed rock, with Chinese written on it. " Clay said. "It's Mandarin and that rock was carved to have the shape of an arrow head. That was with you when you lost your parents. I found it when I first got to Tinsel Town. " Max explained.
Clay took it a suddenly fell into a trance. In this trance, he saw a man and a woman holding a baby and running. He immediately knew that they were Luka and Rachél, his parents. While they were running, Luka took the baby from Rachél to enable her to run faster. Just as they were about to move, there were sounds of two gunshots.
Rachél had been shot. She told Luka to leave her, so that he could protect their child. Luka ran and got to an alley. The hunters were everywhere. "You have no were to run to. "A bald old man spoke. "You're forgetting that I am a skyprowler. You rule the earth, I rule the sky. " Luka said and brought out his wings but he knew that they would follow him to the nest and get the entire Clique. So, he decided to kill them.
He opened his mouth and his throat was filled with fire. He was about to burn them all when one of the hunters ran towards him and with a short dagger, stabbed his throat. The fireball couldn't pass, so it melted the dagger and burned the hunter's hand. Luka put his son down and his body burst into flames.
Clay leaves the trance and tears rolled down his cheeks. "My... parents were murdered...Who would want to kill them? " Clay asked. "Well, the hunters kill monsters, So... " Max answered. "I've always wondered why people hate others. Now I know why. Mankind is nothing, they are ugly, filled with hatred...Weak!! " Clay said. "I'll find hunters. And when I do, There's gonna carnage. " Clay said.
"Trust me, you don't want to find them. " Max said. "When I'm done with them, they're the ones who will come find me. " Clay said. "You want to kill them, you want vengeance, you need to get stronger, faster, more powerful. A friendly witch told me that your connection to the Clique was cut off because your monster side is dormant. " Max explained. "What the holy hell is the Clique? " Clay asked. "Wolves move in packs, witches have covens, vampires have casts, birds have flocks, Skyprowlers have Clique. " Max explained.
"I want to get stronger. " Clay said. "Then you have to fly, Clay, fly. " Max inspired Clay. Clay walked to the end of the cliff and jumped down. His wings came out and he balanced himself in the air. "I'm flying!! " Clay shouted in jubilation. "Next step, breathe fire. " Max said. Clay forced himself to breathe fire but he ended up choking himself. He laid on the floor while trying to catch his breath.
As Clay was about to stand up, he entered the trance again. This time, his parents had already died. Suddenly, a limosine appeared, Ed Somers, Martin and Jane Ann stepped out of the vehicle. They walked to the bald man which seemed to be the leader of the hunters. "You were right, the skyprowlers are real. " Ed spoke. "Don't kill the child, we'll take him. " Jane Ann said. "I know this may sound harsh but he'll grow up to become a monster just like them. " The bald man said. "The witch you caught, make her a deal. Her freedom for a spell. She seals his powers and we'll let her go. " Jane Ann suggested.
The man signals and some bulky men pulled a young lady to the scene. "Where is the monster you need to terminate? " The witch asked. The baby was brought and she casted a dark magic spell. "It's done. He can't use any power he has. " The witch told them. The bald man shot her in the head. "Do you know how I feel about Double crossing? I feel terrible about it and I can kill if I ever get double crossed. " Martin said.
"That a threat? I hate threats. " The bald man said. "Pardon my son, Jefferson, he lacks the right choice of words. What Martin is too polite to say is that we've recently had issues in one of our many businesses, So, we've completely stopped funding your program. " Ed explained.
"Ed, don't do this. The families that fund us have gone dark, they're facing one problem or the other. Without your money, we can't get equipments. " Jefferson, the bald man pleaded. "I would have listened to you, but after you just used that little witch and killed her, Martin thinks you can do that to anyone, including us." Ed said and the the three of them went to the car. "So you played us, Ed. " Jefferson said. "Milo was right. Never trust the Somers. " Jefferson said. Ed turned to him, took the desert eagle eagle off Martin's waist and put a bullet in Jefferson's chest.
"Mr. Venza was right indeed. Never trust a Somers and choose your words wisely before you speak. " Ed said and they got into the car which zoomed off.
Clay got out of the trance, this time he didn't cry but felt surprised. "The Somers they....They funded the hunters that killed my birth parents. " Clay said and fireballs continuously come out of his mouth.
"Didn't take long to for you to learn that? " Max said. "This is where the problem comes from. You need to know how to fight. " Max said. "How's that a problem? " Clay asked. "I know you've gone to six different fighting schools and you never graduated, you actually dropped out from all of them because you're a terrible fighter. " Max explained. "True. " Clay said. "I just need proof. I need to prove that the Somers were involved in a slaughter. Maybe the documents, the fund documents. " Clay whispered to himself. "I can get those. " Max said.
"Get what? " Clay asked. "The fund documents. I can get them for you. But If I get them, you have to focus on getting more powerful. " Max said. "I will. I will get stronger and better. " Clay replied. "Okay, shouldn't take long. " Max said, left the realm and Clay began to punch trees.