Chapter Twelve | Bridge to the Inferno: Prologue
The Origin Arc - Final Part
Sakura [ We were all on the way to the Inferno. We'd lost... Cole, I'm sorry ]
A day prior, Bronze
Soldiers invaded the city, as the sky got darker. The ever-growing darkness began to implode the skies for hundreds of miles.
Maki Beach
Gy-O: Is this a warning? To your army- to all those weakling amidst this chaos?
Yuki: You are planning a sacrifice- You are all scum, lower than scum. Far lower, all of you demon's and followers of Hades- You are all unworthy of existence. We will eradicate you any way shape or form, lucky for you- I know how to keep your kind dead.
Gy-O: You believe pure strength and an overwhelming surge of aura can eradicate us from existence? You are a fool.
Yuki: The boy, Cole Fallen- He can teach us. He doesn't know it, damn I'm even confused... But he has the power to eradicate you all, ONE BY ONE.
Not far from The Monarch of Flesh
Sleeve: Damn... that fucking hurt you bastard-
Mikato: I am not a part of your sick game, neither is my sister- or Cole. In time everything will be made clear.
Sleeve: The boys are on their way- it's only a short time before I kill you.
Mikato: I will not allow you or anyone to harm my sister. And... WE WILL GET HER SHADOW BACK. AT ANY COST-
Sleeve: We don't need you, boy. Only the two. You, the girl hiding in the temple- and the man on the beach, you will all die. You can't defeat Archive One- and you will never come close to overcoming The Hell's Abyss. Your sister's soul- it will be granted to the lady. And none of you, will ever be able to retrieve it.
The Monarch of Flesh
Ashen: Come down- girl.
The aura dragged Palin down from the floor above-
Ashen: Come with us Cole, I don't want to hurt you. But if I must I will.
Palin: I didn't help them, I don't know what he's talking about...
Ashen: Unconsciously, even if you weren't doing it by your own nature or free will- You did help us...PALIN...
Palin's face was struck with fear
Cole: DAMMIT, LET HER GO... I DON'T BELIEVE YOU... WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS... I WILL NOT BECOME YOUR SACRIFICE DAMMIT...
Ashen: So you are back to your senses are you-
Cole didn't speak again
Ashen: I see, the soft side of you trying to crack it's way through the darkness. Unleash your fury boy- Show me your potential, even if I have to kill your poor friend Palin to do s-
In that moment Cole grabbed Ashen's head and flung him through The wall- hitting the grass and ground behind the temple- Digging a feet feet in...
Ashen: Guh- What the hell...? It felt like I'd only hit the grass... why was I sent down... This Aura... What is this...?
Cole (Unconsciously) : If you touch her, I'll kill you!
Ashen [ Where did all of this strength come from... He hasn't even evolved to his next form... No, this is something else, I feel a darkness leaking more than his own. Heh, so that's what it is... ]
Cole in an instant was in front of Ashen, and pushed his body sixteen feet into the ground before Ashen caught himself.
Ashen: WHAT THE HELL... I FEEL OVERWHELMED. DAMN, I'LL HAVE TO BREAK A SWEAT.
The area shook as Cole was flung from the hole in the ground, falling onto the crumbling of the temple...
Ashen: The boys are almost here- I'll call one of them here to help with this boy. He can't control what he's fighting with, and I have to save my energy. The Inferno awaits...
TO BE CONTINUED