ON THE SURFACE OF LUXURIA
"This spot it honestly great." Arion had come back the the tree alot over the past week or so. It truly was a peaceful place to be. He had taken the slow route and decided to be somewhat friendly and patient with the locals a local women had a assisted with Ashurs departure and he found out while helping around her little shop that the beastman had headed to a place that he knew quite well. The city planet Krokoa. A party and shopping destination known thru most galaxies. Arion had been there a couple of times himself. It was a marvel to simply look at. He hadn't let Gregor know yet mostly because of this tree. Plus he was still trying to figure if he had sense that strange energy before at all. He had combed through as many memory and faint as possible from his thousands of years. Yet nothing came to mind. It was old that's all he knew. "I'll tell the red man tmw. I'd like to say goodbye to that sweet lady before I go." Nuzzling into his spot further he started to drift off. His bronze skin somewhay shining eith the beams of light that manage to make it through thr branches, leaves, and vines. Unfortunately moments later he would be interrupted by his communicator. With and audible groan he sat up and pulled out the device. After a moment he pressed a button and placed and ear piece where it belongs. " Well I was just about to call you." Arion was currently wiping the crusts from his eyes. Back on the ship Gregor was currently eating on some local Cooked meat Arion had spoken of. After a few days of waiting since the time before last speaking he had gone to the surface a few times, much to Ickerus's joy. The blue beauty had disappeared for a couple days to see the sights and find her own little corner of the world. Once she returned she had come back with a few fruits and plants she found interesting or pretty. But after a couple weeks they were both on the ship currently deciding if they were go down again. " Why don't I believe you? Anyway do u know where Ashur went yet? If not me and Ickerus are gonna come down and grab a bite and see the sites." Arion wasn't doing anything himself yet he still found it annoying that these two would openly fuck about while he was supposedly running around the area finding as much info as possible. "Why not grab me something while your out a bring it to me it's been a long day." Gregor stared at his communicator. "You don't need to eat why the hell would I do that?" Arion chuckled." I know that but it still tastes good. Especially that pig thingies meat." As if he had forgotten be took another big bit of the very meat. After a moment of chewing he swallowed and spoke. " Whatever fine I'll find u when I have the time. Keep looking for where he went. I don't know how u haven't found out yet that port only has about a hundred people working there. Plus ubfound out when he left in the first few days so whats the hold up now?" Arion couldn't help but smirk at his own selfishness." Asking when a ship left is different then asking where it went. For all I know he never spoke of it out loud. But if they know I'll find out don't worry. Talk to u later." He hung up the call and laid back down to listen to the breeze. Back on the ship Gregor was a little irritated with being hung up on." His attitude is beginning to leave a sour taste in my mouth. I'm gonna hurt him a little when I see him." Ickerus was holding up two pairs of sunglasses trying to decide which one to wear. "You know he could probably kill us right. We pay him alot to make sure he doesn't just decide emto kill us mid way. I mean he would probably loose a couple limbs fighting both of us but ya'know I'd rather not." Gregor turned to ickerus. "I'm just gonna punch him. He know he deserves it. And besides he probably too excited about fighting Ashur." Ickerus snickered "Yeah well, if he gets passed your on your own." The two of them started heading towards the door. Soon they would Make there way to the surface. Arion had a feeling he wouldn't be seeing them for a day or so with that thought he dozed off. Minutes later Gregor and ickerus were decending into the port using there landing ship a simple rectangular vessel with shark fin type wings and three thrusters in the back. "I'll be heading to my favorite spot for a while Gregor contact me if anything pops up if not I'll see u later tonight most likely." Gregor finished steering the ship into there dock and pressed buttons to start landing sequence. " You go there everytime we have dropped so far ,honestly i didn't need to know. Anyway enjoy yourself." The ship had barely finished landing as Ickerus grabbed her bags and opened the door not even reaching the bottom of the steps she sprouted her dark black bird like wings and flew away. Gregor was coming thru the door way as she ascended off. He watched her for a moment then stepped off and headed towards the kiosks not far away to check in and pay the parking fees. Once that was done he deciding to find Arion and have a 'chat' with him." Time to stretch these muscles of mine. That blonde bastard better be ready." He said to himself as he headed it the direction of the last called coordinates. Once he knew his direction he face it and jumped in the air and a moment later his own set of black wings sprouted. Unlike Ickerus's wings his were batlike and leathery with spikes poking through the peaks.withba strong flap he wooshed into the air and set off to find his employee. Once he was in the air he quickly spotted the tree that Arion had spoken of before. Realizing that the coordinates basically pointed toward the tree he headed straight for it. He was just as fast in the sky as Arion was so its took him only a handful of minutes to reach the tree. As he closed in he was slightly awe struck at the sheer massive size of it. He alsp found it being surrounded by a clearing as a sign of strength. 'What kind of stories could u tell huh?' Gregor thought. From his angel as he scanned around he barely caught sight of Arion bronze feet just outside the edge of view past the foliage." There you are u old fuck. Is this what searching for clues looks like?" Growled as he descending to the ground not far from the tree infront of Arion. The blonde man sluggishly sat up. "It is when ur tired of bugging people for the day. I'm surprised your here bugging me instead of scarfing down more meat." Gregors eyes narrowed. "Two weeks is long enough and I've hired u a few times before. Your slacking now because the jobs done so why not just cough it up we can leave this place." Arion stood up and started walking towards Gregor. "I plan to once I've enjoyed this spot a but more. Who know when I'll be back or if ill ever find such a peaceful place to nap again. Besides this is just some personal matter between u and the mutt you didn't pay enough for me to make it personal." Once he was infront of Gregor. "And u may have hired me but I don't need to obey u." He said staring directly into Gregor burning red eyes. He was about a head shorter then Gregor so this standoff looked somewhat silly. But that would change in a moment. "Though that may be true...." Gregor suddenly punched Arion hard in the chest. Sending him flyback and smacking against the trees massive trunk. Splinters of bark fell along with Arion who landed on his feet. "Do u truly think I can't make you obey?" The air around Gregor seem too shimmer and the heat from his body began to increase. Second later small flickers of flame could be seen pooping up randomly around his body once his shirt had completely burned away. "Let's go a fee rounds you cocky fuck. It's time I remind u why your the one who gets hired and I'm the boss." Arion cracked his neck his face far from the bored tired look from before. There was a clear anger is his golden eyes that seem to be brighter then usual." I've been meaning to put a dent in that ugly red mug of yours. Don't die in me now fucker." Arion took a simple fight stance as Gregor simply floating a few inches from the ground with his arms crossed." That's my line." A second later Arion moved and a moment later he is directly in front of Gregor. Before the red demon could react Arion had buried his fist into Gregor mid section. A Shockwave was sent out as Gregor was pushed back a few inches. But far from hurt he started Chuckling. "Looks like your rusty bud." A hammer fist came from.above towards the still stunned Arion. Landing right on top of the head of blonde hair of Arion, Gregor followed through and slammed Ation into the ground. Followed a stomp which together slightly buried Arion into the grounds. Gregor huffed and grabbed Arion by his hair pulling him face to face with the red giant. He started to fly up at a fast pace."if this is all you have then you should watch your mouth from now on." Suddenly Arion responded with a hard uppercut to gegors jaw. Succeeding in separating them Arion flew back a few feet ad with a large boom slammed a kick into Gregor midsection with much more force then his first attack sending Gregor flying back. Next he focused his power and summoned lances made of light in each hand and pointed one at gregor." The only one who needs to remember his place is you. I do this for fun. I kill for fun. And I have all the power to back it up. A moment later Gregor hit the ground below with enough force that now he was buried. But no sooner had he landed then a giant ball of fire appeared where he landed with Gregor at its center. "Burn you bronze bitch!" Shooting off the ground hard enough to damage it further he rocketed towards Arion. With no hesitation Arion hurled his light Lance towards the rushing demon. Gregor managed to dodge one but was barely able to shift to a non lethal area for the second. He ripped it out of his shoulder and shattered it in his grip. "Infernus..." Gregors flames suddenly dissappear but the heat didn't. The closer he got to Arion the more the golden eyed being could feel his skin seem to sizzle. Boosting his own power he prepared for the collision with the expectation of impaling the demon once he was within range. But he never got the chance. Gregor stopped a couple feet ahead of Arion. Lifting his hands toward him "ray." In the next moment all the fire and heat that had gathered within Gregor focused into a single point between his hands and turned from red to blue to white then black, and then a beam of black and red energy about a meter in diameter shot out at light speed and struck Arion in his entirety. Without even being able to scream he was defeated. Fallin in a plumb of smoke his smashed into the surface likens rag doll. Chuckling Gregor decended on his fallen foe and looked at the slighty burning body below him."once you wake up and heal I expect to know where Ashur is." With that he flew off to find food leaving Arion unconscious on the edge of the clearing not moving and still smoking.