The Flames burn

Logan flew back as he healed himself once again from Nox's attack that just clipped him. The fight so far had been an uphill battle for Logan. Logan was slowly losing stamina and was making small but painful mistakes, and Nox has been slowly getting angrier and starting to make mistakes that Logan capitalized on. So far, it was a stalemate. But the balance soon shifted.

Nox went for a lunge, chucking one of his axes ahead of him. Logan shifted his weight and dodged the thrown axe before putting up his sword to block Nox's lunge. Nox was expecting this and twisted his axe at the last second, causing Logan's sword to be caught and ripped out of his hands. Nox, feeling ecstatic at finally getting one over on Logan, didn't see Logan grapple him and throw him over his shoulder. Sending Nox to the ground, hard.

Logan went for a stomp after kicking away Nox's remaining axe. Nox, still dazed, received a curb stomp breaking one of his horns. Shaking off the daze, Nox rolled out of the way from where Logan had him pinned. Logan swore and jumped back, gaining some distance from the now one-horned Nox.

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Nox: "You'll regret that." Nox growled holding his new stump.

Logan: "Doubt that." Logan mocked before they re-engaged.

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Logan went in with a left hook while Nox went for a straight.

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Magus and Nayma fought as one as they engaged Lux. Nayma fought up close and personal, while Magus handled any long-ranged attacks. But Lux proved to be more capable than Nox as he defended and attacked while dodging, blocking, and redirecting attacks coming at him. It was as if he was dancing to an unheard tempo with how he was moving.

Finally, after minutes of fighting, Nayma managed to score a cut on the Lux's forearm. Lux ignored the cut and slashed at Nayma, cutting across her chest deeply. Magus wasn't worried as Nayma served her purpose. That purpose was to open a window for Magus to cast a spell that would immobilize the god. The spell landed and bound the god from head to toe in crimson bands.

Lux struggled against the bands, but it was fruitless as the bands didn't budge an inch. Lux shouted and bucked against the bands as if he was a caged animal rather than a god.

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Magus: "It's fruitless, those bands were made to trap gods." Magus spoke as he walked over to Nayma, healing her back to full health.

Lux: "You will pay for this!"

Magus: "No, I won't."

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Glynda huffed as she stood between Ozpin and Salem and the pier. Qrow and Raven stood by Glynda's side as they panted from the numerous wounds that they received from Salem and Ozpin. Ozpin and Salem, on the other hand, were wounded but not to where they were unable to fight back.

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Salem: "You will not stop us." Salem huffed and stood tall. "The brother gods shall rule this world once again."

Glynda: "Shut up." Glynda spoke, cutting them off from further talking but using magic to bind them from head to toe before they could move.

Qrow: "Couldn't you have done that before we got our asses kicked?" Qrow asked as he stood and made his way over to Salem and Ozpin.

Raven: "Qrow, shut up." Raven sighed and stood. "Magic like that takes time to conjure and maintain. Be glad she managed to do that."

Glynda: "Don't start you two," Glynda sighed and heaved deep breaths. "It took all I had to conjure those bands, knock them out before they give way."

Qrow: "On it," Qrow said and swiftly knocked Salem and Ozpin out before they could break the bands.

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Ruby felt herself falling. All around her was black.

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Ruby: 'Where am I?' Ruby thought as she fell. 'What's going on? The last thing I remember is having tea with... Who was it again?'

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The more she fell, the more she forgot. It was as if the memories she had were being deleted one by one.

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Ruby: 'Who am I again?' She asked as her memories left her.

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Summer was in a similar situation as well, her memories slowly disappearing as she fell.

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Summer: 'Who was I married to again?' She asked herself. 'I think his name was Tai... Tyler maybe? or was it Tomas?'

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But, the deeper they fell, the darker it became. And the more they forgot until they were empty shells of what they once were. No emotions, no memories; just empty shells. Blank slates if you will.

But that was only the beginning.

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Soon, they began to change.

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Their bodies began to radiate mana in a sphere around them. Those that the mana touched didn't feel a thing. But they were changed too. Those touched by the mana sphere were changed on a molecular level. The change was so sudden and small that they didn't feel a thing as the change began to grow at a snail's pace.

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Logan went in with a left hook while Nox went for a straight. Logan, seeing that Nox's blow would reach first, opted to pull his hook back and dodge the straight by turning his head. As the straight went past his head, Logan grappled onto Nox's arm. Logan then kicked Nox's knee back and threw him over his shoulder again. As soon as Nox hit the ground, Logan mounted him and began to wail on him.

Punch after punch, Logan continued to wail upon the downed Nox. Soon, one of Logan's punches broke off the other horn on Nox's head. By the time Logan became out of breath, Nox's head was missing both of its horns and was deeply embedded into the ground.

Logan sighed in relief after seeing Nox was out cold. Logan got off of him and grabbed his foot. Dragging Nox over to where the bound Lux was, he made sure that his white flames were wrapped around Nox. Tossing Nox next to his brother, Logan did the same to Lux as he did to Nox. Wrapping his white flames around Lux, Logan, for good measure, broke the horns off of Lux.

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Logan: "What now?" Logan asked Magus as the homunculus gathered around.

Magus: "Now, we take Remnant away from their control."