Dragon(2/2)

"Hey wake up" Hope's voice caught Alex's attention "Malivore, you have to stop the dragon!"

Unaware of what was happening, Alex remained in the infinite darkness he was trapped in after having a mental breakdown. He could barely keep himself conscious within that emptiness

'am I back in the void?' Alex asked himself' good! I deserve it, once again I let someone I care about die'

All around him was darkness and a few hungry eyes of all colours watching him from afar as if they were copycats ready to devour him.

"Alex!" A voice called him again

But this time it wasn't Hope's voice, it was a voice he knew all too well. but it couldn't be. Alex's eyes widened completely at the voice.

suddenly everything around him became bright and a flower garden overlapped the darkness that surrounded Alex and in the middle of the flower garden a girl in a wedding dress walked through the garden

"Seylah?" Alex asked shocked "Are you alive? I knew it, that brat lied"

"No, she's right! I'm dead!" The woman's voice spoke in the distance "Alex, it's time for you to come out of the darkness"

A gentle laugh came out of the woman in the distance, leaving Alex shocked. He blinked a few times before moving on to the woman.

But the more he ran, the further the woman got until she raised her arm signalling him to stop.

"Alex forget me" Seylah spoke from a distance "I'm happy, live your life and find another love"

"But Seylah I don't want to lose you" Alex yelled once again running to her "Stay with me!"

"I'm sorry Alex" Seylah replied more and more distantly "I can't be with you, I already found someone else…"

Alex stopped in shock and then a smile formed on his face. A slight pang of anger surged through him, but it was soon completely drained away by happiness that Seylah was no longer alone.

"Who is this person?" Alex asked "I want to know if the person hurts you! So I can kill"

"Laughs, so I won't tell you" Seylah replied with a giggle "Alex it's time for you to accept who you are"

"Who I am?" Alex asked "I'm Alex, an ex-cop turned mobster! I've already accepted that!"

"You know that's a lie don't you?" Seylah replied in the distance from the garden her silhouette already almost disappeared "You are…"

"I know!" Alex replied "I just didn't want my life to be boiled down to being a clay doll"

"Wake up Alex," Seylah said disappearing completely "You have to enjoy your freedom"

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"Hey wake up" Hope yelled picking up the scattered clay "You have to wake up, I can't handle the dragon alone, come on, Malivore!"

Gathering the clay until it became a medium-sized clay doll, Hope couldn't take her eyes off the dragon or even pay Alex full attention.

Taking away her senses that were so heightened easily made her see and hear more than she should. The agonizing screams, the bodies turning to ash. Everything was engraved in her mind without even her having the intention to do so.

Without Hope noticing, the clay on the floor began to glow a black light that made an ominous buzz that at the same time went out of town. and caught the attention of the dragon who turned his eyes to the diner.

"Damn" Hope lamented to see the dragon look at her

Any reactions she might have had were nullified as her eyes met the dragon's eyes. Hope's body paralysed and she saw the hell of an apocalypse destroy everything around her in flames with a burning planet.

the dragon flapped its wings causing it to stop and descend to the ground and the ground started to turn to lava just by getting close to the dragon's skin

Before Hope could even scream, the dragon opened its mouth with a ball of blue fire forming in her mouth. the heat of the fire was so great that it melted everything within 20 meters of the dragon.

Hope without thinking twice out of sheer instinct threw her hands forward and chanted a defensive spell to protect herself from the dragon's attack even though she knew she would likely be turned to ash.

red smoke materialized in a kind of shield in front of her and the dragon closed its mouth and swallowed the fireball, her body swelled up and she opened her mouth

"Bahamut! Stop now" Alex's voice yelled from behind Hope "If you keep going I'll be mad at you"

Sensing something sinister behind her, Hope turned to see a completely naked Alex almost leaning against her. Hope jumped back with a startled scream at the sight of Alex's red eyes.

"Malivore!" Hope growled

"Hello, Hope!" Alex replied with a smile, "We have a lot to fix, but first let's clean up this mess!"

{Predator activated}

Alex's body turned into a large ball of clay that jumped at the dragon before he could dodge. The clay ball expanded and devoured the entire po dragon.