"Let's leave this lair," Suzan said with resolute determination, pulling the devil along by the chains that bound him.She then turned to Zack. "Carry the woman and her child," she instructed. "They need to be moved to safety."Zack nodded in understanding. With careful and gentle movements, he lifted the injured woman and her child, securing them in his arms. With them safely cradled, they stepped through the shimmering gateway.Petra and Zack both nodded in agreement. Suzan then pulled a compact device from her pocket and pressed a button. Instantly, a gateway materialized, leading them back to the serene and majestic Mountains of Purity."We need to report all of this to headquarters," Suzan said firmly. "This is a matter of great significance.""Mom, how were you able to use your powers inside that lair?" Zack asked as they began their journey. "And how did you manage to find it? Most importantly, how did you get inside?""Yes, ma'am, please clarify," Petra added, her voice faint
Back to Present"Thank you, Ma'am Suzan. And I'd personally like to extend my gratitude to Mr. Daniel and Miss Sophia too. Her visions—they’ve always been the stuff of legend, but today, they literally saved us," Petra said with heartfelt sincerity.Suzan smiled warmly. "You’re just like your uncle, Seth. Always strong in the face of difficulties," she remarked, her eyes twinkling with admiration.Petra returned the smile, but the atmosphere was somber. Zack, tormented by guilt over Petra’s injury, wore a look of deep sorrow. He felt an overwhelming sense of responsibility for the loss of her arm.Reading his troubled mind, Petra spoke gently, "Zack, please don’t blame yourself for this. It pains me to see you suffer because of my injury. It’s our will that matters, not the loss of a limb or two."Zack looked at her, eyes filled with regret, and nodded slowly, trying to ease the weight of guilt from his heart.Suzan sighed, her eyes reflecting the turmoil of the recent events. "Look, w
Before her beautiful black eyes, it was destruction, and corpses of her fellows and the human-demon hybrids, tears were rolling down her cheeks it was difficult to move even a step with the severe wound in her abdomen, her white and bright yellow uniform was washed with blood. Despite all this Suzan a young lady with a strong personality ran desperately shouting: "Lucas!! where are ya? the enemies have retreated, c'mon it is not 'hide and seek', Lucas!!!".The enemy's base was about to collapse now, her fellow surviving members told her to stop the search."Suzan, get outta there, it's hopeless to find him in all this destruction unless you wanna die too" Captain Seth shouted.The Captain who was in charge of this sneak attack was himself severely injured but was still trying to save his comrades.But her heart couldn't agree that Lucas was dead, struggling to speak she said in a shaking voice: "Captain let me defy your orders just this one time, I'll get outta here as soon as I find
"You've been driving for 7 hours continuously sister, my joints are stiffed, and look at you, you don't look tired at all..... whoa some real stamina the Angels of the burning Sun elite soldiers have there for sure" Sophia finally spoke after being quiet for hours."Thanks for the compliment but don't worry we'll leave this car very soon" Suzan replied."What do you mean by leaving the car.....besides, I can't see any population thus so far" Sophia looked confused.Suzan didn't reply. After a few more minutes of driving she stopped the car in front of a river and told Sophia to get herself and Zack out of the car, Sophia did so and Suzan also left the car."Hey sister you're not planning on leaving this car here, are you?" Sophia inquired."Nah, I'm just going to destroy it," Suzan said calmly."Are you serious??? did you even forget that it's Lucas' last memory...?" Sophia reacted."No I remember it all.. that's the more reason to destroy it here, the only sign of Lucas I want to tak
Finishing their long and tiring journey towards their new home, Suzan, Sophia and Zack reached the "Forest of Cessation!!!!".A forest where the trees were mangled, and jagged rocks were jutting out of the ground, it was dark even during the day, and very calm, they couldn't even hear birds chirping. Something seemed a bit off and there were no animals seen so far."Finally we're here" Suzan exhaled."This forest... it's so deep..not to mention eerie too" Sophia whimpered " just what exactly is this place.... it doesn't seem like our usual wilderness and I haven't seen any animals so far"."This is the Forest of Cessation," Suzan told."Its name is perfectly accurate seeing how creepy it is, 'Forest of Cessation' huh... I haven't heard about it...and why you'd chose this of all places?" Sophia posed a question."This forest is at the base of the famous volcano. Past eruptions have created a rich layer of soil for the forest to thrive off of. But at the same time, the volcanic rocks an
14 years laterAt Rockbell school, 150km away from the forest of cessation"Zack Everest""Yessir, here I am"A middle-aged teacher handed over a mark sheet to a boy of about 15 years of age who had absolutely no expression on his face, with blue deep eyes, grey spiky hair, fair skin, tall height, and a smart physique."Well done Zack, you scored perfect on every test, next month will be your finals hope you do well there too, best of luck". The teacher said to the boy."Thanks, Sir, I'll keep that in my mind". replied Zack.The bell rang, teacher and other students begin to leave the classroom.While Zack sat still on his chair..."Hmm school is going to end soon... it's not like I had any business here anyway.... well whatsoever I guess I should head home". He mumbled in his thoughts.After a while, he stood up, put his bag on his shoulder, and begin to walk slowly but with a straight and strong posture, there were only a few students left."Dammit leave me you punks, I don't want t
At 8 pm Zack, Suzan, and Sophia all gathered in Suzan's room to hear what important thing she had to discuss, they already had an idea of what it was going to be.Suzan began..."As both of you might already have guessed what is the matter to be discussed here" Zack and Sophia nodded and Suzan continued"It's already been 14 years since we had our last encounter with the enemy, but according to intel collected by the Angels of the burning Sun, the enemy will very soon make a move and we've to be prepared when it comes or do something before that, it'll be up to the commander....it's finally time....for you Zack to join the Angels of the burning Sun but before that, I want to ask you something and I want an honest answer""I'll be honest," said Zack."I've been training you to battle against the devils for so long that even you couldn't remember when it all began....but it's been bothering me lately that maybe I've mistaken, maybe I'm imposing all of this on you... I never asked if are
Zack grasped Ken as he was about to fall."What should I do, I should take him to a hospital but I don't know about the nearby places," Zack tried to think of a possible solution.After a moment of quick thought, he began to run towards the forest of cessation."His aura always felt extraordinary, like he has powers even greater than mine" Zack ran as fast as he possibly could."But it wasn't like he couldn't use them, I knew it, I forever knew that unlike aunt Sophia he can manipulate aura and elements...I should hurry, it'll be better to think about all of this later" Zack rushed to save Ken.It took about half an hour for him to reach home.He threw open the door and the sound of it slamming could be heard all over the place."Mom, Aunt come here quick it's an emergency" he yelled.Suzan and Sophia rushed to the entrance."Mom, he needs immediate treatment" Zack stepped towards the sofa and put Ken on it."Yeah, I can see that" Suzan began to heal him "he has a sudden decrease in b