Chapter 9: The First Sigil

Chapter 9

Part 9: The First Sigil

Evie, Jaden,Leslie, and Xander chase after the other Orcs as they hear crashes and explosions behind them.

Xander looks back after hearing the explosions behind them. "Is Jake going to be okay? We were only to barely see what he was capable of."

Leslie groans as he continues to run "I think...uhh Jake is going to be at least of our worries...look at this.." He says pointing forward

Everyone looks forward and sees the hostages from earlier being killed on a huge altar as the Orcs start speaking in tongues. Growls and snarls are heard around them in the dark destroyed buildings as multiple wolf-like orcs start to surround them.

Evie looks around gritting her teeth "Everyone! Formation!" As she says this Leslie and Jaden stand next to her as Xander runs around creating afterimages of himself as they create a barrier together.

Bright flames wrap around Xander as Jaden nods at him "Even though i'm constantly healing you, you shouldn't fight carelessly. Let's show them what we are made of."

Xander nods at him "Right! We'll show them what we are made of."

Evie watches the Orcs as they lunge at the barrier and get blasted back by it. "Leslie do you have anything that can help us out here?"

Leslie shakes his head "I can try but against these monsters..it wouldn't last for long." He says as a portal opens up behind him.

Xander zips past them and starts slicing through some Orcs as they attack and they start to chase him gaining speed. 5 Orcs run at Xander catching up in speed, each one taking out an afterimage until one of them reaches Xander grabbing his shirt and tossing him into a nearby building.

Evie watches Xander fly into the building as more Orcs start to climb into the building. "Xander!!" She looks at Leslie "Can you send something out to back him up?!"

Leslie portal opens up some more letting out 2 large bears like cats with ram horns and tusks, they are as tall as Leslie as a part of the barrier opens letting them out as they slash and bite through some of the Orcs. They rush and start to climb the building that Xander crashed through.

Evie looks at Jaden "Put your weird fire thing on me! I'm heading out!" As she says this a shield of yellow light wraps around her arm. "The barrier will still be up to protect you guys, but if we stand here then we are dead."

Jaden gives her a thumbs up as the fire wraps around her. "You got this! Don't die!"

Evie opens the barrier and leaps out slugging an Orc, grabbing its face using it to push herself higher into the air as more Orcs try to grab at her snarling and roaring as they miss. Evie lands on top of a bus as she looks around at all of the Orcs walking around her waiting for a chance to strike. Five Orcs lunge at her carelessly as she holds out her hand creating a barrier stopping them. "Reverse." She says as the barrier wraps around all five of the creatures crushing them.

She ducks as another one leaps from behind her. Another Orc jumps on to the bus and tries to swipe at her but she moves to the side grabbing the Orc's arm as she swirls around and kicks him in the face sending him off the bus.

Leslie and Jaden watch Evie continue to fight Orc after Orc as they look at each other wondering what they can do. As the ground starts to shake, Leslie and Jaden look to where the altar was and sees something rippling in the air. "Okay..what is that…" Leslie says as the portal rips open and a huge hand reaches out from the portal grabbing and taking more of the hostages with it as the portal closes again.

All of the Orcs roar in victory as they chant "Asmodeus has accepted our gift! Asmodeus has granted us strength!"

Evie looks around speechless, wondering what went wrong. Was all of her training even worth it? "We just failed…" She says as she drops to her knees as some of the Orcs that finished cheering now turn their attention on to her.

Just as they are about to lunge on to her again, the sound of a sword slicing through was heard as she looks up to see Xander bloody and his outfit torn. He looks back at Evie "Don't give up! We still have to take this city back." He holds his hand out to her as she grabs it getting up.

The barrier from earlier breaks from the amount of Orcs attacking it, Leslie summons a giant eagle that bursts through the Orcs sending them flying as they ride to Evie and Xander landing on the bus. "So what's the plan?" Jaden says looking around "We need to get to that altar and see if we can get some information about it."

Evie nods quietly "Yeah..lets do that…" She looks at everyone as they wait for her orders. " Xander..clear a path for us straight ahead, we'll ride this bird to the altar behind you. Be careful.." She says as a yellow light covers the bird.

Xander nods "Alright! Listen up you ugly bulldogs! If you really want something to come up against then the head of the Miyamoto Clan is the perfect opponent for you!" His blade glows a light green as it gives off a small hum. "The Green Dragon Miyamoto! Hear my call!" He leaps into the air making multiple hand signs "Fire Style Feathers of the Burning Eagle! Water Style Twirling Whirlwind!" Xander launches himself down as Fire and Water merge together as the blade turns into a bright green dragon. The Green Dragon just forces its way through the Orcs as they are sliced through and burning from the boiling water.

Everyone looks in awe "That's..not something he could do right?!" Jaden says shockingly

"Nah! I don't think so! It came from his sword!" Leslie says excitingly as his creatures from earlier burst through the building attacking the Orcs trying to get on to the bus.

"No time to talk! Let's go!" Evie says as the bird launches off the bus heading behind Xander as they reach the altar.

They land on the altar and Xander looks completely exhausted, they surround him as Evie puts up a barrier again protecting them from the incoming Orcs.

Xander looks up "I can't run for a minute, but I still have some Ninjutsus that I can use."

He looks at the incoming Orcs and notices that they are yelling at each other as some run to where Jake was last seen, and the rest point and charge at them. "So they cut their forces in half.. Okay good!" He slowly stands up opening up a scroll "Time to scorch these Orcs." He lays the scroll out as it rolls down the altar pass the Orcs as he holds his hands together "Fire Style! Scorched Earth!" The area around all the Orcs erupts in flames burning them as the scatter in flames. Xander drops back to the ground "Okay...i'm done.."

After a few moments everything goes quiet as they wait and listen for anything, the rubble of debris moving from a nearby building startles the group as they see a burnt and weak Orc Shaman stumbling out of the building. The Shaman is looking around at all of the dead orcs as it is murmuring some words.

"Guys..let's finish him." Leslie says watching his every movement.

Everyone agrees as they run up to the Shaman as it slits its own throat falling to the ground.

Everyone stops and watches "Oohhh that's nasty!" Jaden says wondering why the shaman did what he did.

The wind starts to pick up as all of the orcs nearby stop to fly together piling and merging with one another as the group backs up watching it become this huge creature standing as tall as the Chief from earlier. It lets out a roar as it slowly moves looking at the group.

Evie puts her barrier up "Get back!" she says waiting for the creature. "The shaman must've used some dark arts to make this giant zombie thing!"

Dropping right in front of Evie, Jake looks at the huge monster screaming and charging at them. Jake rears back his fist as his arm starts to glow. As soon as the monster fist connects with his it is sent flying back, exploding, causing a huge explosion.

The markings on Jake's body fades away as he turns to the group. "Hey is everyone alright? I was stuck back there because of some of those Orcs keep comin-"

Movement was heard in buildings behind the altar as Jake moved his hand out ready to blast whatever it is.

"Wait!" They hear as a woman comes out with some kids.

Jake lowers his hands looking at the survivors "Are you okay?"

The woman nods as she begins to cry "Thank you...thank you so much.."

More and more survivors coming out of hiding holes and broken down buildings. Cheering and thanking the squad for what they did.

Evie takes out her phone and takes pictures of the altar and everything around it. "I need to show these to Dasean and Chops.."

They head back to the highway where the military personnel and police are waiting with ambulances and helicopters ready to take any survivors with them.

The Officer from earlier walks up to Jake "So did your plan work?" He says have a small smile seeing the survivors.

Jake scratches his head smiling "Nope! I beat the chief but they still didn't listen… so much for board games right?"

The officer pays him on the back as he helps escort the survivors to get medical attention. "You need a shirt, but besides that you and your crew did a great thing today. If you didn't show up these people wouldn't be alive today.."

Jake looks at the woman from earlier that is holding her kids "Right...but I'm not the leader of this squad. Without this girls leadership I'm sure we would've lost a lot more civilians." He says gesturing to Evie.

Evie looks up from her phone after sending the messages to Dasean "Huh?" She notices everyone staring at her "What?!" She says getting flustered.

A little kid runs over to Evie "Miss! Here!" She hands her a torn up teddy bear "I wanted you to have this!" She says smiling at Evie.

Evie gets on one knee patting the child on the head "thanks kiddo…"

The child runs back to her parents as they head in the ambulance.

On a building watching them above is a woman with white hair and white eyes looking down at them. "Wasn't that delightful. My brother is getting stronger and stronger everyday, Asmodeus still has his souls and the first Sigil has activated. Everything is going as planned.." she lets out a little chuckle that turns into a sinister laugh.

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