C8: Shatter Twilight Orb

"Miya"

Alucard sat beside Miya inside their tent, she just heaves a sigh and gazes into his eyes, finding hope.

"Can we ever win nor survive this end in our Dawn?"

Alucard held her hand, and gripped it tight onto his. "Yes, you must be brave, you must have your heart in courage to fight."

Miya is on hold of her tears back, she laid herself in rest on Alucard's chest. He hugged her tight and whispered in her ear.

"Nothing last forever, we can change the future. If ever we got beaten, the Dawn's lost won't last forever."

Miya lets go of her tears already. "I miss Nana."

"Harith misses him too." Then Alucard smiled painfully.

Harith was sitting beside the lake, he found himself staring at nowhere while thinking of Nana.

A magic ball appeared in his hand, then he smiled painfully upon the flashing the memory of the both of them happy with each other.

"Magic is my life. But what is more magical, is you are my life, Nana... What can I do now that you are already gone?"

He vanished the magic ball as he tries to held more of his tears back.

"I hope that you will be back."

*Boop!*

Harith immediately stood up when Harley appeared in front of him. The both of them remained emotionless, and silence fills around them. Until Harith spoke

"I have no time for fights with you. We should respect Nana. She is not in here to stop us, to remind us that we are not enemies nor rivals just for her heart."

Harith was about to walk away by his dash, but Harley immediately pops up behind him and holds him in the back. Harith turned to him, then Harley lays his hand in front of him.

"Friends?" He said smiling. Harith also smiles. He took Harley's hand, and pull him a man hug.

"Brothers."

"Hey, hey! Are we having bromance here!?"

Both of their face turned smug as Alucard teases, he just laughed. With him behind is Claude, he gazes onto Harley.

"Oh, you are here already. Are we all going to the Arena already?"

Harley nodded at Claude. He then faced Harith and Alucard.

"Search for the others around, inform them that we shall go already." They nodded at him, then they quickly walked in their ways.

Claude looked at Harley, they nodded at each other. Harley held his hat blocking his eyes, then he disappeared.

On the top lane at the sides of the lake, Clint and Layla are having a date. Upon him, handing her a bouquet of flowers.

"For you, my lady"

Layla giggles, and she hugs Clint. She never lets go, until he hugs her also. Layla felt worry for the things that is happening around the Land of Dawn.

"You will not leave me?"

He hugs her more tightly. "I cannot promise. I will leave you, if it's for your safety."

"No, I will drive away the darkness. Do not fight alone, I do not want to be saved without you."

Clint just heaves a sigh. He brushes Layla's hair then he kissed her on the forehead.

"Nothing last forever!"

Both of their attention were caught by Alucard who came, while Harith beside him just palmed it's hands onto his face.

"So annoying"

Alucard just laughed at his brother compliment. "Layla, Clint. We must go already to the Arena"

"Okay bro, you do not have to break a moment okay?" Clint said in a smug face, Layla just giggled.

"Where is Ruby?" Harith asked

"She's inside the jungle at the top lane, we guess." Clint said. Harith was about to leave but Alucard held him

"I'll go to her. You go with Layla and Clint already back to the camps."

Harith was still in a middle of confusion, but Alucard left him already. He quickly walked onto the calm jungle wildernesses. Until he have sensed that Ruby is around already

He saw Ruby sitting on a rock form, he goes to her and Ruby's attention upon holding her scythe was caught by Alucard.

"So, what are you doing?" Alucard asked to her, Ruby stood up with her scythe.

"Washing my hook with blood."

Alucard just giggled, he scuffles Ruby's hair then she looked at him with a smug face.

"We must go back already to the camp—"

His words was cut off when Ruby pulls him by hand, a looking monstrous, and vile jungle monster behind Alucard was about to get to hit him.

"It's here." Ruby said in a serious voice, as the atmosphere's presence also becomes heavy.

"Ruby let's go—"

The jungle monster roared and charged forward, Ruby pushed Alucard onto the ground then she dashes backward upon the swung of her scythe. The jungle monster's movement was slowed down, she quickly helped Alucard and they gone their selves for a run.

While running, they saw the jungle turning already as a monstrously image, and destroyed isles. Several jungle monsters' roars and groans inside the jungle was heard, a meaning that there will be more to follow them.

They stopped running when they are already in front of the lake. They were shocked when the lake is also already turning into a dark leaked water.

"RAWRRR!"

"GRAAAH!"

"SWSWSWSW!"

Alucard and Ruby looked at behind, and all of the jungle's monsters that are all in vile is already

"I'm sorry, Ruby—"

Ruby faced him. "Alu, between the two of us you are the ones who will be more likely to survive if I sacrifice my life here"

"What the heck! No! If you survived, it's more likely for the all to win the fight."

"Stop with the non-sense compliments in the moment, I do not care if I have greater life steal than you. What matters here, one of us will reach back to the camp to inform them about this. To inform them that all of you guys should already be out of here"

Alucard was about to say his words but Ruby already did her action. She swung her scythe setting a wave at the lake, some darkened leaks was parted away.

"Swim, Alucard"

"Ruby..."

"Okay, you made me do this!"

Ruby pushed Alucard onto the water, he was about to get Ruby also but he noticed that the dark leaks are about to come again. He has no choice but swim already to the other side

"Ahhhhh!" When Alucard gets above water, he saw Ruby being pulled by the jungle monsters inside the jungle.

"Ruby!" She's already turning into a monstrous look while glitching. She is trying to grip her hands onto the floor as the jungle monsters pulls her from her feet.

"Leave me!" Ruby screamed as she still tries to control her own self.

When her eyes became glowing in red, Alucard quickly ran away onto his way to the camp. Hurriedly

"Sorry..." He whispered on the air.

Minotaur while inside in one of the tents is caressing the Twilight Orb in his hands.

The pixelation of the Twilight Orb the last time was already gone. It will only pixelate when it can sense a near danger around it's orb. And they wouldn't let the powerful orb to pixelate in lost.

"Can you feel that?" Alduos asked to him as the both of them are inside the tent. Minotaur just held the orb then he tries to perceive the atmosphere.

"Danger."

"What danger?" Alduos stood up as Minotaur also did.

"The virus, it's already here in the Western Expanse" Minotaur said in shock when he saw the orb pixelating a small part. It's becoming bigger, and bigger to swallow the orb

"Does that mean the virus is near to us already?" Alduos said and he prepares himself. Minotaur looked up to Alduos

"No, before the virus could reach us and our place, the Twilight Orb is the ones who will get destructed first. It perceives the negative, and high recognition of the virus."

Alduos goes near the entrance of the tent to see the things around, it's still fine and the virus aren't still there yet. But he can already feel a bad atmosphere coming.

He returned to Minotaur, then he looked into the Twilight Orb. "Shall we?"

Minotaur nodded.

"It's the only way to save her, and so as we can also save this dawn. The equal of Light & Darkness."

Minotaur puts the Twilight Orb on the ground that is glowing, it's pixelation is almost the behalf of it's circle. He prepared his hammer, held by his two hands. He looked at Alduos, and he nodded at him.

Minotaur smashed hard the Twilight Orb that is on the ground, it's pieces shattered around and a spectacular bright light shines the whole place around. White swirls of spirit stones also began going around.

She floats into the air with her closed eyes. Alduos and Minotaur are just staring at her, until her eyes opened and everything around seems to be pushed by a strong force by her wake.

She smiled to them, worried.

"Why does the violence, never end?"

All of their attention was caught when a rushing hero appeared in their tent's entrance, Alucard. He was shocked when he saw her.

"Lunox"