She swung her mace and stuck Draven's defence as he crashed into the walls. While falling from the building, Draven thought ‘Man, is it just me or why do I fell everyone is stronger…’ Draven tilted his body straight and fire boosted from his soles and levitated before the ground. Getting the chill, Draven jumped and rolled on the grass. Natalia crashed on his spot, with a mace double her size, splitting the soil into the air. Draven coughed as he picked himself up. “How? How could you…” Her rage spoke through the subsiding dust cloud. Her flame blazed over her bloodshot eyes. His eyelids shivered; Draven stumbled backwards. “Nat wait! Nat, I can explain” "What is there to explain? You slept with…" she stamped her foot; the fire swirled around her body and shot a mini fire tornado from her arms. Draven jum
Draven lifted his sword. Fire swirled from the tip down to the ankles of his feet. It blazed and a thin sheet of armour formed above his skin and clothes, except for his head. She growled and shot her stretchy arms across. Draven tilted his blade and blocked the incoming attack. He side-stepped and jumped as a hand reached for his foot.He materialized a wall, delaying her next attack. Ropes of fire bounded her feet and tripped her. Under his manipulation, thousands of threads sprouted out of the ground and strapped around her waist, arms and legs. She snared, wiggling her body, breaking few strands. Another formed and replaced the old ones. Lava congealed around her and she burst out and grabbed him by the throat. Draven teleported and his brows creased with disappointment. 'Is there any shame in taking a tactical run?' he made a run.He yawned under a palm, while he watched his daughter chase Draven with a brutal
Volley punches resounded, sweat glistened his biceps as they tightened, pulling his arm back and explode with a side hook, swinging the chains of the heavy bag. “Cool it champ!” a sweet voice slipped into his ears. “What’s got you worked up?” a neon blue fingernail brought him a towel. He hummed while dabbing the towel on his face and swiped it down his chin.With a solemn expression, he passed her like an unfeeling robot; fully autonomous. Pricking her seventh sense with concern, she walked to his side and pressed on, without regards of coming off annoying. She punched his shoulder. “Stop locking me out. Aren’t I your girlfriend?”He took a side glimpse. A smile surfaced but soon disappeared, as Natalia’s face flashed in his head, heartbroken and disappointed. He watched her run and fade in the distance… and fade out of his life for a second time, was cru
Waves crashed onto the sandy shore as the salty breeze played with his raven hair. He blinked his eyes and to the bright light. He lifted his neck, muttered "Beach?" he slumped and sighed while waving wings on the warm sand. Her bare-feet crushed the sand. She walked towards him and leaned over, casting a shadow on his face. He shifted his sight to her wide smile, almost resembling a quirky cheerleader. His mood flickered for a second, but his expression remained blue. "Meh""Hello, I am back," she said, shaking the jacket tied to her hips. He turned his neck to the side and missed something again, he watching the lone crab thread the endless distance of slopes of sand.In his absent state, she slid her thigh beneath his head and pushed the stray hair to the side of his face while humming a sweet tune. He couldn't wrap his mind over it, but he didn't want this moment to stop. He murmured "Peaceful"
"Another year, drawing the curtains to an exciting season" the commentor said,the spectators roared for their teams, some blazinglyshowed their colours while the highlights replayed on the holographic screens. Meanwhile, the contestants sat in their respective dug out. The moment Coach Fredrickson started talking about strategies and stuff. His mind wandered, he took a few steps back and looked at his surroundings with great detail, especially the rival teams. Recalling Rocco's words, Draven shifted his attention to Eagle High's captain, who was rumoured to be a level 5 superhuman and could be quite a challenge. Thomas Walters felt a stare digging to his back, he turned around and found him, staring down, he snickered. He raised a thumbs down to Draven. "You have no chance mutt. Don't even think about it" Draven smiled back with a challenging look and cracked his neck. "Oh it'
Instantly, the stadium disappeared, along with the spectators' banter. The platform underneath their feet morphed into a rocky terrain. Draven unsheathed his sword and formed a globe of fire above his head, head light for his team. While Draven scanned the environment, his ears buzzed to their whispers. "Hey, where is the other team?""I don't know. I can't see them"Draven muttered. 'Shit! They can operate in total darkness. This is bad'His eyes glowed green as he shifted his vision. Looking far, his squinted eyes widened and his hands tightened around the guard of his sword. Osborne pulled his shield out and led his team. “Move forward" he said, while taking careful steps forward.Osbor0ne took another step and looked to the side. A ghostly hand popped from the darkness and fell on his head and puff, it turned into a cloud of smoke. Osborne's head jerked bac
Claps resounded in the air. "Well done. I certainly didn't expect you to be quite a challenge" Draven turned his head to the voice, his brows raised. "Who are you?" "Andrew Baron, but from your reaction, it seems you have no idea who am I?" "That's good" Draven smelt an opportunity. Fire converged around his body and flashed in front of his last opponent and swung his blade down from his head to his waist, and water hose, blood splattered on his armour. Draven froze with his mouth agape. "Did I just kill him? Shouldn't the system teleport him out?" A dagger darted to his unturned back. By his reflex, Draven tilted his head to the side. "Nice. Good reflexes! Now I am starting to doubting my choice." Andrew's voice echoed in the space. His forehead scrunched in thought. 'He is alive, but
Karlaraja walked in, the rest gulped and glanced at each other. Karlaraja popped his head out and snared. “Get in” The moment they reached the other side, Karlaraja flashed from one end to another, and knocked them out. The system teleported the contestants to the medical room. "Such a bore!" he yawned. "You, take care of the next one" He clicked his finger. The portal appeared, and they charged in, swinging their weapons and eliminated the rival team. Meanwhile, Karlaraja's brows pinched as he stared at his hands. 'This infernal realm is draining my energy.' 'It seems my conquest will be on hold.' he closed his eyes and soon the eyes returned to its original blue-jay colour. He clutched his head. "Ah, shit! Where am I?" Draven said, "Vernon. Wha
"Those bastards" swiftly he paced himself forward, fluttering his lab coat with a fierce air. The operators paused their work and made way for him while the supervisor and the captain argued. Luis stood before them with a stern face. "Ahem" He turned to Luis with a wry smile, said. "Ah, Professor" "What are you two doing? Get back to your duties. I will handle this," Luis said, and stepped in front of the controls. "Yes." The supervisor pecked his head like a hen as he retreated. "Capt. Davis, activate the defence mechanism, A-103 and code P456" "Yes, Sir" Capt. Davis said. He pulled a slide from control panel and twisted it before he punched it in. A teal light beamed around the borders. "Defence activated" While on the outside, a transparent membrane shot from thefrontof ship and converged to the end, pushing the nearby rocks away. Luis hands typed codes on screen and slammed
On a funnel of space and light creates a wondrous image, as millions and millions of extra-terrestrial bodies compete, pushing themselves past the obscurity of the distance and the darkness of the space. In a void, a silver blimp flashed through the cluster of rocks. Cannons on the sides rotated and fired. Thousands of rays converged and struck the ginormous space rock. It exploded into thousands of fragments.The ship heaved itself through the cloud of dust, particles ticketed against the surface, drumming on the screen of glass. He tilted his head back, dishevelling his golden hair against the glass as his body spasmed into a chuckle. "Hehe, that was a good one. " A finger flicked the photo across the holographic screen to the next one. Pride refracted in his jay-blues while he appraised the moment. He hummed in remembrance. A crystal cup lifted above his head, sparking brilliance between him and his team, while a girl kissed his cheek under the rain of confetti.A p
Draven honestly said. “I do want to enter one of the Big Five but I am not sure on which one”“Then I can help you” Luis cleared his throat and tossed a cube in Draven’s direction. The cube rolled and morphed into a comfy couch. He signalled for him to take a seat. Draven silently settled himself on the couch and listened.“Each of the Big five have their own speciality, like Luturian Alchemy Academy, which focuses on Alchemy. Sure, there are many alchemy-based universities, but what they lack is the quality of professors, lectures, or the ability to gain resources. Which will be used to nurture their seedlings and naturally bring them fame and reputation across the universe”“Entrium University is known as the number one on white paper because they normally recruit the children of the elite and have the backing of many high-net-worth individuals and families”“So, it is a playground of snotty br
Reading the announcement, the viewers blinked and suddenly bursted into cheers, holographic fireworks exploded in the air.Alight appearedinthe dugout, Osbornestood before them with a weak smile. "I did it!"His teammatesturned aroundand pounced,hisheadwent ditsyand Osborne fell on the bench. Dowsing their mood with a bucket of cold water. Coach said. "Guys, give him some space, he is just beat""But sir??"Coach assured them with a smile. "Don't worry, he is okay. He just needs time to recover by the time we have to go and claim the cup!""YAAYY!"Chad tugged his jacket, said "Sir, aren't you forgetting the group picture?""Oh, yeah..." Coach said, stumped by his situation, he pondered and said. "Maybe, Draven will be fine!""Yes, come one let go see Draven!!" Chad shouted, and like a mob the students pushed Coach along with them.
Draven asked."Anyway, do you guys know who won the match?""Nope, we rushed here as soon you got teleported out! I was worried something happened to you again!" Becky said."What do you mean again?" Amelia asked, clueless about the previous events since Abby didn't inform them of his situation."Its nothing" Becky shook her head."So, the match is going on?"Amelia said. "I think, before I left, Osborne was fighting that McFerreen guy."Rushed footsteps echoed within the halls. Draven shifted his gaze to the door. Arkon entered with a howl. "Hello, son!" while his family followed behind with big smiles. "Oh, my baby," a woman in an elaborate dress exclaimed and moved past her children all the way to his bed."Hi, Dad. Mom?
Next second later,light flashed,couple of bodies fell onto the bed. Emergency lights flicked around the room. Draven blinked, staring at the ceiling with one thought. "Did I win? Or did I lose?" He shifted his head to the side, the door swung open, as a team of nurses and doctors approached the beds. Draven was about to speak, a nurse said. "Doctor, this patient is in a critical condition." "Hmm" the doctor turned from Draven's bed and headed to the bed in the corner. They huddled around, examining the patient. "Doctor, a weird infection seems to be spreading over from his external wounds. I think he is poisoned." Grim expression, the doctor ran a hand scanner down his body."Bythe metrics
"Just do it," Draven shouted. They hesitated before they clicked forfeit. A light befell and teleported them out."Now let's fight!" Pablo flexed his gamma muscles and his feet launched himself forward with a powerful shock wave, adding cracks to the ice.In a blink of an eyes, he shot from one point with an outstretched fist. Draven dropped to a roll. A leg flew to Draven's face. Fire rocketed his soles to the sky. He swayed his sword and shot beams of energy.Pablo sprung into the air, the rays deflected off his chest and from his eyes; he shot gamma rays.Draven tilted his body away and countered with a freeze ray. Draven thought. 'I need to figure out a way to defeat him without contaminating myself.'Draven asked. "Vernon. Does life force absorption work on radio
Fire swirled around his legs, Draven stepped forward, leavingtrailsof puddles in his path. Pablo slowly picked himself. Draven stood over him, said."Pablo, face it you are finished!""I am finished?"Pablo snickeredwhilehe bendedto pick his axe and said. "How can you say I am finished when I haven't even played my next card?"Draven's eyebrows lifted in alertness, "What?" and stepped back.Poison radiated from his pores, his armour melted down to his legs, glowing a radioactive light.A sudden dread hit his core. Draven stepped back and lifted a hand to his face. Pablo radiated a blinding light. He laughed with head back, "Time for you see my full strength!"Draven ran away and shouted, "Osborne, retreat! Retreat!"&
Reaching the end of the berg, the horses neighed and jumped across the large stretch of water and continued galloping. Their bands beeped as they got closer to the Hellhound's location.Seeing figures far in the distance, Pablo grinned and drew out his axe. The others followed and drew out their weapons."Let's rush to victory!"The horses jumped across and their hooves sank in the snow. Controlling their powers, the horses galloped above the snowy water. Suddenly, ice beams sprung from the ground and struck few of them, triggering the safety system and teleported them out, leaving the rest out of formation.A beam sprung before him, Pablo reined it back, the horse lifted itself to a stop; fluttering his fur cape. Pablo signalled them to spread out, a freezing ray shot straight to him. Pablo jumped off