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"Aggan!"
Drex stared wide-eyed at Hayley.
'So she has another trick up her sleeve...'
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However, after a few seconds, nothing happened.
"Uhh...." Drex, still staring at her was at a loss for words. It's been quite some time and nothing seemed to be happening...
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A few more seconds passed and still nothing happened. Awkward silence loomed over them.
"Pfft..."
At this point, Drex was trying to hold in a laugh.
In all honesty, he didn't even know what to expect. He had looked forward to seeing something burst out of the floor in front of him but the situation he was in instead was a bit hilarious.
Yuri blinked. He was unsure of what to do.
"Uhm..."
He didn't even know what to say.
Drex folded his hands. He was seriously considering tagging in. Normally he would've followed her 'order' and stayed but he couldn't let his Captain's stubborness be the death of her.
He was too human for that..
For now...
"Hmm?"
Before he could do anything, the ground started to rumble. The stones in the courtyard visibly affected by the force of the rumbling.
"Grrr...."
The rumbling intesfied followed by a faint growl.
Something was coming.
Yuri instantly put his guard up. He didn't know what was going to pop out of that pentagram but judging by the fact that it had a name, he was sure that it would be something powerful.
The rumbling intensified even more—parts of the temple crumbling under it's might.
[It's coming.]
Drex flinched. This had to be the first time he heard Hades' voice laced with such seriousness. His heart rate quickened—the familiar rush of adrenaline flooding his body.
His eyes met with the pentagram in front of him.
Slowly, something started to rise from it. Two pairs of spikes protruding from the ground. The spikes were on two sides, separated from what seemed like a neck.
Soon, a head rose up. It's jagged head piercing the air with a rumble.
Dust and stones rolled off it's body as it continued to rise. Lipless mouth with two rolls of jagged teeth opened letting a tongue of unnatural length roll out—drool dripping from it.
It roared.
It roared so loud that the whole courtyard rumbled.
"The Fuck...?" Drex's mouth was agape. By this time, it had fully exited the pentagram.
A beast of almost one metre covered in stone loomed over them.
Covered in stone or made of stone?
He didn't know.
The beast in front of him looked like a statue but was bred for battle.
Yuri stayed silent. His head hung low.
His tendrils swayed calmly, then...
He smiled.
A smile so wide the the edges of his eyes threatened to close shut.
"INCREDIBLE!!!"
He roared as he lunged towards them.
"Fucking finally!" Hayley rushed towards him to begin round two.
Just as the two were about the clash, in the corner of his eyes, Yuri caught something moving.
Before he could react Aggan was already at his side.
*BIFF*
Yuri was sent flying sideways and into the wall. He stepped out, took another step forward and rushed back in— the smile still on his face.
They clashed.
Debris flying in multiple directions—the wind cracked. The only thing Drex could see were blurs of Yuri's tendrils and occasional sparks whenever he clashed with Aggan.
*BOOM*
Hayley was sent flying in the air again with Yuri following after her.
"Aggan!!" Immediately, the beast leaped into the air and caught Hayley's leg, swinging it with enough force and launching her back down.
Her feet met with his face—both of them crashing to the ground.
However, they continued.
Clashing and hitting. Explosions here and there.
Hayley was winning.
Yuri was bleeding.
Aggan was pounding.
"Well that's a captain for you..." Drex marveled. He involuntarily shuddered at the thought of having to fight that thing one day.
'Nope'. He liked his head on his neck thank you very much.
The battle raged on. The courtyard shook violently to the force of the battle.
Yuri went in for a punch but Hayley was fast enough to mover aside, kicking his arm in the process.
*CRACK*
Yuri's arm bent in the opposite direction—his elbow going upwards.
"Rahh!!" With a growl, Aggan pounded. Smashing Yuri's head against the stone floor.
Blood stained the ground.
Yuri stayed unmoving.
"Did... Did she do it...?" Drex looked on in anticipation.
Hayley cautiously moved towards the seemingly dead devil...
Then...
Yuri's tendrils started swaying violently. The whips cracking through the air in all directions.
A tendril was about to collide with her... Inches from her face.
Her eyes widened...
*BOOM*
Aggan moved swiftly grabbing his mistress and moving her out of harm's way. The force however, was strong enough to slam them into the wall on the other side.
Cough...
Hayley stepped out coughing and dusting herself, trying to regain her bearings.
She looked at Aggan who stood beside her — eyes locked at the monstrosity lying in front of them..
*CRACK*
Her head turned to the sound of the noise.
Then she saw it...
A large chunk of stone fell to the ground, leaving a gaping hole in his midsection.
Hayley gritted her teeth. He took the blow for her.
"Talk about loyal..." She hissed.
For some reason, her eyes darted to where Yuri was laying... Or rather... Where he laid.
Yuri was gone.
Before she could register what was happening, Aggan pushed her aside causing her to tumble across the floor. When she looked up, she saw Aggan impaled by a large tendril through his chest.
"Fuck." She cursed.
When Yuri withdrew the tendril, Aggan collapsed—lying on the floor motionless. Then, his body started to disintegrate—stone and dust rolling off of him.
He had been destroyed.
"That took a lot more out of me than I thought." Yuri snapped his hand back in place.
"Now... Where were we..."
Wasting no time he lunged at Hayley.
Hayley tried to get up but felt a sharp pain in her leg. Terrifying realization came to her.
She was injured.
Her left leg was battered. Her ankle twisted due to the nature of her fall.
Yuri was closing in.
"Shit..."
[Drex]...
Yuri struck.
The sound was like that of metals hitting each other.
Hayley stared at what was happening in front of her..
"I gotcha..." Drex — with a blade protruding form his arm clashed with Yuri's tendril, holding it above his head as Yuri pressed downward. Before Yuri could do anything, Drex kicked his neck, forcibly twisting it to the side causing Yuri to stumble backwards.
"Ghk—". Hayley coughed violently. The strain of using her ability catching up to her—the a pool of blood from both her mouth and eyes leaked towards the ground.
"What... Are... You... doing..." She tried to speak.
"Saving your ass."
"Heh... I'd rather die than to..."
"Than to have me save you. I know." Drex interrupted. "You can bitch out about it later."
Hayley looked at him with surprise. She opened her mouth to speak but coughed up more volumes of blood.
Yuri snapped his neck back in place and growled.
Drex gave Hayley one last look. "Wait here." Then, he stepped forward.
He exhaled.
"Here we go..."