8 comments/ 2536 views/ 7 favorites Keeper of Tartarus By: ardentdreamer Table of Contents:- Prologue Chapter 1- Unwanted Visitor! Chapter 2- I fight Alexia! Chapter 3- Girls of my life Chapter 4- Reality check, back to my home? Chapter 5 - talk about picking up a fight Chapter 6 - We butt heads, shedim and I Chapter 7 - Sarah battles with love against Death Contact Author ***** PROLOGUE In a time not so long ago, yes not so very long, events that jeopardize the very existence of humans should not to be faded very easily, though it had happened many hundreds of centuries. The terror and horror should remain fresh, but we humans have a habit of forgetting the events that are crucial to our existence and survival even though it will affect our very future and have a very adverse effect to our stable life style. Thus, the ignorant we, the humans forgot the fierce battle that ever existed between the foul and, the fair, the good and the evil. Where in usual to our belief light and divine triumphed over darkness and evil, but very little we know that the valiant good had just a strand, a glimmer of luck in stopping the forces of evil. Though many a times lost to the good, the evil has an unbroken will that waits, lurks and seeks an opportunity to strike again, but this time it is not going to be another newly hatched plan, it is the same Gateway. Chapter one - Unwanted Visitor! The sound of the impact is reverberating in my head and the wind in my lungs had knocked out. "Ahhhh will somebody throw me a damn weapon!!, I've crashed into the wall by the charge of the Shedim one of the seven evil deities", the bull faced brute figure carried a heavy axe of which it handled that with ease, I'm in real need of a weapon. I need something to defend myself, as I lay down still dizzy from the impact of the crash, the demon swung its axe upon me and I feel cold, my feet are cold. Funny thing is I'm still breathing and light is bright upon me and I heard someone yell and it happen to be my girlfriend, she pulled off my blanket causing me the cold and avoiding my dream death and causing my dream to fade, I hazily woke up. It was all just a dream, but the details of the event are too real to be surreal, but that is that. I have a day ahead and I am again late. I'm David Ianitoris Tartarus, I'm a part time fitness trainer it's no real job I just keep doing what I'm good at from my childhood, no I'm not a fitness freak. I love to fight. A fighting club owner near my house took me under his wing, taught me the art, and kept me out of trouble. That kind man is like a second father to me and do not wonder about my first. I have no idea. I am on my own since mom died when I was 12 and having no knowledge of my father. Thus, to channel my frustration I have learned various martial arts, the club which I'm in has opened a gym and so I have ended up as a part time fitness trainer with a manageable pay and free use of the gym and the club. This made me well versed in various weapons and hand-to-hand combat. Ha-ha, I even have my nickname, the fellas around call me 'The Deadly David' the old man taught me various weak points on the human body, thus a considerate blow of mine might end up as a fatal injury to the opponent. Since I stopped getting in fights and never let the anger of mine take the better of me. The old man taught me not just the art of fighting but the art of survival not just in combat but in life too. Yeah he is kind of close to someone I consider as my dad, but he too passed away of late age leaving the gym and the club to Richard, his no good worthless son, whose entertainment is insulting me. 'Grrr that dickhead' No matter how swiftly I get myself ready get to the gym I am 30 minutes late "hello deadly David" mockingly said Richard, "again late for work, I let your lazy ass around to work here cause of my father's last wish but considering you, your attitude toward work makes me think about firing your lame ass from this club and I also began to think it will be good riddance." Not able to defend myself with any reason I look down with a nod and an apology, "sorry Richard this won't happen again." "Call me boss," he snapped. "Okay boss it won't happen again" I said reassuringly. That psycho mutt is in a good mood, today. He let me go soon and leaving me not in such spiteful mood, but my moods going to take a hi-flying rocket launch, because it is time for Alexia to show up, she is one of the main reasons other than money and freedom that makes me stick to this place. A blonde beauty... no a blonde angel with the right figure and light brown sparkling eyes, at times I used to wonder why she has to turn up to gym and why does she need a personal trainer, but I'm not going to question her for paying me. Well enjoy it white it lasts, as beautiful as she is she can hold her ground square. I still remember the local boxing champ in our club once drunk and tried to grab her ass ,but he had only a mouthful of agonic scream with a face full of fingers she twisted the grown mans arm like it's a bottle cork and slapped him hard with her other hand. He was sent couple of feet flying in the air and that is not even her usual fighting hand, for a creature so fragile in looks I wonder where all that power comes from. "David?" the sweet voice of the mistress of my wet dreams snapped me out of my daydream. "Huh? Yeah, Alexia, ummm guess we should start" I stumbled upon the abrupt travel back to reality. "Ha-ha, yes we should, open-eye sleeper" she giggled. "Yeah sure" I said as I rolled my eyes. This is another habit of Alexia she always finds me amusing names to tease me in my embarrassing moment, in time I kind of came to like it. As usual, I make her do the work out and enjoy her sensual body movements and today is, squats day. "Hallelujah" I whispered as I can't look anywhere else than her perfectly curvy not so big but quite right sized bottom. However, something was not right today, though it is usual to feel people staring when alexia's working-out, cannot complain, the male human literally does not have the capacity to ignore her beauty, but it was not what bothering me today. It is that the stare is on me. It is something that I can only feel, and I cannot see. I search helplessly over my uncomfortable feeling, I failed to notice her done with the repetitions and looking at me with a concerned look. "uhh, well let's do the calves next" I said snapping out of my odd feeling, but she looked at me seconds more before complying like she could sense my oddity. Though obeying me, Alexia shot back looks at me and looks at where I feel the stares are coming from and she gave a cold stare back, like she's threatening whatever there is, 'man this is getting creepy'. I thought to myself, there had always been certain things that I could not understand in my life, I just chalk them down as extremely lucky or unlucky scenarios, so I do not sound as a lunatic explaining unbelievable event. Though I know that I have encountered with un-explainable events and the possible only reason could be mystical, but I make a point not go so deep in it where it will challenge my sanity. While relating this odd day to my odd life, I see it! "Holy fuck" I whispered. I see that evil demonic thing. Which was staring at me, a creature that is nowhere near any resemblance to a human gave the indescribable uncomfortable feeling. It is tall, looking like a demon. It is veiled in a dark cloak and had a scythe. The figure is almost 10 feet tall with a considerate wide shoulders and the scythe is even taller the figure the blade of the scythe forms half of my whole body. For I am not considered puny for a human I am 6'2 with a brute of a body, I have broad shoulders and thick arms with slender waist and toned up legs. My mentor always refer me as a perfect combination of being a powerful agile predator , but I never wish to come across something as this, though not to let my fear get to me I shot back cold stare and the bright yellow pupil less eyes glowed at me. "Holy Fuck" pain shot through my skull. I was not able to maintain my stare I crouched a little with my head slump and my hands covering it as if I can block whatever that is causing this. I felt a hand drag me, though my initial reflexes kick in making me hard as steel to face the intruder, I relaxed eventually feeling the soft touch. It cannot be the disturbing creature. Once inside the locker room I gained my senses back. I found, it was Alexia, who dragged me inside and I could tell that because I remember the color of her tank top, which is crushing against me. Because she's hugging me tightly and in a great position too, I sat on the bench and she's standing which made me feel her cushion puppies, 'boy does she have her soothing effects' I thought to myself, she has a figure that is strong firm and sensual with her perky tits and cute smile ,she's an innocent looking predator. Though I hate to move but before things get awkward, I let her go and pulled away. "Hmmm sorry about that, did I scream too loud?" I said in an attempt to understand her concern. "Don't worry its gone now," she said in a casual manner shocking me that she saw what I have seen "You'd saw that too?" I asked nervously For which she took my face in her hands very delicately and kissed me with an unfathomable passion, it was a wicked kiss; she literally sucked out the lights from my mind, for I blacked out. Chapter 2- I fight Alexia! The morning light is bright upon my face wondering where I. "Great! Was I sleeping on my terrace, hold a sec this is not my place" As I check around I could not help but give a chuckle as I find myself in middle of nowhere. When I was a kid I used to have a thing for those Vegas movies, and this place looks like im half my way there, because an empty desert highway is where I am yay. Yep people I make fun of every situation though I do not know when I am being harsh or humorous, anyways I am half way to my dreamland. I sigh thinking of dreams, "hmmm did Alexia actually kissed me? And the thing happened yesterday?" Shaking my head, I came to a conclusion I am dreaming again and still in it. well I don't feel like I could ask myself to wake up and I'm at the top of some woody cabin, "man my dreams are getting weirder and realer" I guess I could look around for some coffee, now this is weird I never felt hungry or thirsty in my dreams well fuck it, things happened are way weirder. "Well things are weirder because this isn't a dream", rang the voice of Alexia. Alexia snapped me out of my mind war, I was a bit startled too because I took up my fighting pose and that sort of looked awkward cause I'm crouching a bit with my hands held high towards a pretty creature who's offering me coffee. A tip to the aspiring male youth I do not know whether this move scares off your opponents but this sure could be a date disaster. Having said that and being the only male around who's stupid enough to do that, giving a sheepish smile I put my fist down and took the coffee from her. "Well don't be embarrassed I did startle you given recent events." While guzzling down my coffee my eyes widened to the realization that all that happened was real! Taking up all that the incidents were true and that hellacious macabre creature was all true! I suddenly feel nauseated and the grimacing look of that thing is still fresh in my memory. "It's alright David I'm here for you. it has to go through me this time, I'm sorry" alexia said again and again holding me and convincing my hyper flooded mind, when I calmed down, curiosity replaced my concerned feeling holding onto me. she spoke softly "we'll talk but you need something to eat now, I've made pancakes downstairs" when it comes to food and argument I don't even have to think, I'll choose food, I need energy to think so pancakes it is then! I never knew that such a simple dish could taste so good when you are damn hungry or is Ale a great cook. Hmmm? Well if you were wondering "Ale" is Alexia's nickname by me, yep and you are thinking rite, Ale=booze, I have my reasons she is damn good and a very bad habit. "nice pancakes I thought my girlfriend used to cook wonders, you are not so bad getting this comment from a dude who had awesome food 24/7", all she gave was a knowing smile as I gobbled down. I do not know how many I ate it must have been 30 of the pancakes? 'man this girl is loaded with mysteries' I thought to myself and I heard her chuckle like she could hear me think 'man this is getting freaky and creepy I wonder what will happen to me since I ate what she gave me' and suddenly she gave me a stern look. "David you can trust me more than that" "What? Why? How did u? I didn't say anything!" was all I could stammer, for her vocal reply for my verbal thought "David finish your non poisoned breakfast, you need the strength after your encounter with the reaper as you earthlings call it" Suddenly her statement hit me, 'did she say earthlings? What is she then?' I kept eating thinking about all of the possibilities as if the pancakes are like 'spinach for Popeye' and I could somehow get inhumanly strength to battle if things get awkward "Hahaha do you know the reason why I wanted to be your girlfriend rather than any relative in your life because you know how to make a girl laugh even at the hardest of time" That does it! There is too much weird shit! Pancakes lose! I need answers! And I'm about to voice my though when I heard her say. "Let us talk then." "Would you please stop reading my mind?" "It is too creative and humorous David I'm to tempted." "Glad you get your entertainment, I'm not some comic book in a library." "Hahaha, a comic book? Can't you think of any mature reference?" 'well she does have a point, but I never believed maturity is reflected in words, its proved in actions' not wanting to state my again not so mature defense, I just shrugged. "Oh David I know, that's why I love you." "Whoa missy I have a girlfriend as soon as I get up from this dream. I'm more likely to spend most of my days with her in my 'real life' and I love her and I love being with her" I said all I felt about my girlfriend expecting a defeated look, instead my voice grew down and her smile beamed. 'hmmm' my luck in life so far was nothing expect my girlfriend, she's such an angel to look at, very successful career, more of a major bread winner at home, my constant motivator, my caretaker, my mother. Yeah I know too extreme but missing the care and love of my mother at the age of 12, my girlfriend makes up for all the love I lost and more in abundance, she even has the same name as my mother 'Sarah'. Lost in my train of thoughts I miss to see Ale softly crying and smiling at me. That is when I got a bit confused, well more confused to the existing. I am a man of fewer compliments. I save them for the days where repeated words does little justice for the emotion I'm dealing with and Sarah also cries and smiles the very same with the very same puppy eyes and cute dimples that she makes when she makes the funny crying smiling face. Instantly I reached up and held her, she quietly sobbed, after she got her composure back, " listen Ale it's nice and fun and thanks for whatever you're protecting me from, but I got to get back home." "There is no place safe for you back there." "Ha-ha you've gone totaly bonkers, I was about to ask you for the way, but I guess I'll find it." "You'll never find your way out David and you're defenseless without me." "Now listen to me lady, for all the care you've bestowed upon me I'm grateful, if there is something fierce out there lurking for me, I can face it myself, besides what can a pretty girl do anyway? You are going to cry for help like a helpless girl. Which you actually is? Now get out of my way." "Oh so now I'm a helpless girl huh? Well let's see deadly David, beat me in a fight, and you will be at your home in the next hour" "Hey you're not worth as my opponent and not worth my time, and if you are going to make a wager make it reasonable, my house, next hour If beat u? We're in the middle of nowhere" "I believe in my abilities, what you've got to lose? Unless you're being a chicken that is, Deadly David?" "You're testing my patience Alexia." -WHAM- unbelievably I was knocked back few feet gliding with the impact. "What the hell..." -WHAM- I cough out blood. "You're on babe, oh you're definitely on, not because you're a tough chick, like the saying goes you hit like a girl, but I love taming wild horses." "All your going to do is talk?" "Why don't you try to shut me up?" As Ale tried a roundhouse kick to the face I dodged it right in time and prepare for a counter attack on her lower back, yeah kidney punch is not advised but I got to shut her down, the quicker I do it, it's best for her. "just worry about yourself David" saying so she easily dodged my punch and used my momentum for a takedown as I did a roll on I was awarded with punch to my jaw and the impact is so hard I hit the wall which was quite some far from me. 'Damn she hits harder than I thought, need to take her balance down, her staggering moment is my time for offence' while I formulate my plan Ale smirks at me like its all no good. Just as I thought when I made a crouched attack to her legs to knock her down, she did a jumping spinning kick like she knew my plan long before I formulated it, cause a complicated counter move like spinning kick at this early of the fight needs precise planning. She had her grin fixated and she went in for the kill, as I connected to a series of attack starting a kick to my chest to knock my wind out before I could comprehend the situation, I was to dealt literally with a power kick to the face and before I felt the ground smack me. Ale dived in with a mean left elbow and started pummeling me. She used the dragon bite where a series of high-powered punches and elbow dealt to ones upper torso's weak points. I coughed blood, which I spit on her face to get her distracted and throw her off me with the little strength I could muster and I staggered to stand up spitting blood She reads my mind; I am absolute. I have to fight without thinking, without emotions, I should be on deadly survival mode, the old man had thought me a fighting technique called the "Iron scaled blind dragon" it's a technique of zero offence as the user will not be availed to be offensive in battle. Therefore, does the opponent as one cannot land a blow while the other is using the technique, as it is so good in defense its highly impenetrable. The blind dragon is for, as the user of the technique fights with closed eyes relaying on his other senses. I take my stance feeling the surrounding, feeling my heartbeat, feeling the air, feeling the space and my entire surrounding "A blind technique; huh? You're no good with your eyes open" saying so she attacked again -Connect- right fist -Connect-abdomen punch -Connect- uppercut "You really think I cannot see through your defense, think again David" Saying so, she came for an attack, for my senses register her coming angle and speed from the sound and vibrations on the floor, and as she is, close enough now the shift in the air gave away her attacking appendage at what angle and what speed -Block- her right hook -Block- her left kick -Doge- her floor swipe -Doge- her rights elbow -Blind spot- as she twisted with her force I feel the blind spot on her back, her kidney -Counter attack- right punch, impact to her left kidney she staggered forward "How did you..." is all she managed to say in disbelief The blind dragon is not the best offensive style, but it's one of the best ever for counter attacks and blind spots as the technique reads the opponent with extreme precession, one's instincts becomes a superfast computer always calculating at a sub-conscious level Keeper of Tartarus She leapt in with rage -Doge- right kick -Doge- spinning left kick -Block- fist to face -Blind spot- abdomen -Counter- right fist -Chain attack- knee to face, impact lifts her off the ground -Blind spot- lower jaw -Chain attack - powered right kick to the lower jaw throws her in mid air -Chain attack finisher- lift off spinning jump, double foot-powered stamp dealt to the lungs The impact lands her abruptly breaking the wooden floor, I thank the dragon and open my eyes check the damage, Ale's worse for wear and knocked out cold Chapter 3- Girls of my life Cursing myself for the drastic attack, I check for broken bones and surprisingly this chic is still intact except for some bruises, which is healing quickly. '-sigh- weirder and weirder well after all she'd taken care of me I suppose I can stay until she wakes up, after that I'm done here' Lifting her up I check for any mattress for her to lay down, 'hmmm not a bad cabin' the cabin is of three rooms, the kitchen which we demolished, a bedroom with a bath. I lay her down on the bed, moving on to check the third room, which is not what I expected... "holy shit!!" the room's filled with various types and kinds and models of weapon, the room is stacked with guns, bullets, bombs, swords, armor and other peculiar weapons. 'What is she going to do with all this?' while browsing through one of them caught my interest; a gauntlet, as for those who do not know what a gauntlet is, it is like knuckle-duster. However, the gauntlet is a full cover like a full glove up to my full forearm but sturdier and deadlier like a knuckle-duster. These are ancient form of weapon that enhances the close fist-to-fist combat but with deadly blows, as an average bucker makes the users blows 15 times more powerful. Wearing the gauntlet on it gave me a strange feeling. Because firstly, it glowed, and it felt as if, it is a living creature and as if the gauntlet is caressing my hand, treasuring the feel of someone familiar. Wearing it I practiced air punches, the punches were swift, my hands feel like cutting through air like a laser sharp blades, my hands move like a well oiled super fast pistons with ease and complete control. "Ha-ha I love this thing" and I feel the gauntlet caress my hand as if its being petted "ha-ha you love this too huh? Well let's see how fast we can go?" saying so I hiked up speed and perform complex chain attacks. my ears were awarded with the faint slicing sound that one hears when you perform a superfast combo on a well made Japanese sword, feeling indispensible, now I want to test its power. There is an extremely sturdy punching bag in the corner of the room, when I take my stance I feel my bucker growling Left-right-left-right-right elbow-left punch-right power punch The punching bag busted, like a blast, like all the power of my strike added in. the bag could not hold it, as the impact released from the first blow twisted inside dealing damage until the energy could release through rupturing the sturdy bag. I was toying; I was not at even through my 10% speed or power Another interesting entity of the room caught my attention, there is a stone cube of 3 meters height, width and depth, its and impressive single piece stone and my gauntlet started to snarl again, like it wants me to hit it, believing in my gauntlet. I take the stance, the growling increases due to anticipation. I close my eyes to perform a fist combo called "the clawed dragon" the technique involves slightly curved punches, straight punches and multiple fast punches dealing a wider angle of damage and crushing the torso of the opponent without knocking him over, the power of these punch doesn't radiate throughout the body. It just destroys the impacting surface, but these are not the only punches in the combo. for every 15 punches there is a high powered right or left impacting the entire being not knocking him down, but knock his senses down as his whole body will vibrate and the high power punch increases for every 15 punches as 1 and for the next 15 as two and so on. I let out a hard breath and close my fist and eyes here goes Left-right-multiple succession-right-left-high-powered right...the rock starting to crack Right-left-multiple succession-left-right-high-power left elbow-high powered right elbow... the crack travel deeper in the rock 75punches... the rock block is cracked, throughout with craters on the front High-powered right high powered left-double elbow-double fist-spinning superman right A loud crumbling noise, I open my eyes to see in there not a block of rock but a pile of rubble before me -Clap- I turn to see Alexia all awake and in pristine condition like she never been through a fight which just happened an hour ago, "I knew you would use the gauntlet first, you are so predictable" "But you are not Ale, what is all this? What is this weapon room for? Why are we here?" "-sigh- David there is a answer for all, but you are not at the capacity to listen, the ancient weapons drains spiritual energy, though you may not feel it you are about to pass out, come on have something to eat" "It's late I least need to inform my girlfriend she will be worried" "After you eat that is" "I'm getting sick of your psycho games, I need to talk to her now for god knows when, I haven't seen her since I came to gym and I don't know what time it is now" "She won't be worried David I promise" "Zip it weirdo either I get to talk to her or I am out of here" "Please David listen to me, please trust me" "I do alexia, I really do, else I won't waste my breath on you, but things are really freaking me out and I need to talk to my girlfriend now! And that's final; I don't care what the consequences will be" "you asked for it David" while I enjoy my victory of my first argument with a female, I remembered a wise man once told me to always go with the flow, that's a good advice friends, even now cause nothing could have prepared me for what alexia showed. How would I say this, Alexia transformed into my girlfriend, literally, her hair turned black, her face became the cute oval shaped which I love about her, her lips became full and soft which is my major turn on and my girlfriends hypnotic eyes became prominent, my girlfriend could always lock anyone in a stare. I could not voice any thought, I just started in disbelief and she cried with hopeful eyes, "Please don't hate me David, we had to be watchful over you, you are into things more than you can believe, but I always loved you, please forgive me" I feel a little buzz at the back of my brain and it intensified and intensified until I could concentrate on nothing else and I fainted watching her watered eyes shocked to see me going out of my senses. -Some time later- "My, my, you have a knack to knock yourself out cold, don't u? Hey, Ale is this really our guy? He faints like a princess. Do I have to train this mushy pie?" I was termed a low life, and defenseless by a talking frog, yeah you heard me rite, a talking frog, about size of both of my palms, 'seriously, I'm going to squash him if it opens its mouth again' "Tough words sleeping beauty, I rather not add the beauty part though, comparatively I look much better" "Great that can read my mind too" "Hey no 'it or that', though I may look like a frog, I'm a person, haven't you heard of lycans before? In addition, for you weakling, you are to address me master Khamayutho. You little runt and where was that threat you were thinking about, take a swing at me you weakling" "Oh I'm going to love squeezing the life out of this one" with that I try to stamp the frog dead flat and *swish* it's gone "Hey boyo look up" the frog is sitting on my head, "Ewwww gross get out of my head you stinking toad" "that does it you brat, now you are being racist and for your information I'm a mountain frog, the sexiest of our kind" with the words out it popped up, literally into a full size frog man and used a kick, a full pulled back foot to the chest kick that knocked all the air out of my lungs. "That's enough khamayutho, we need to train him not kill him" "Humph I was just doing that and he need to be trained on his manners and discipline too" "David he's your new tutor khamayutho, the legendary frog master of fighting arts" "You heard that runt, a thought of a insult and your ass will be handed to u, and it isn't a pretty scene" "great a talking frog is going to train me, but Ale, I've come to grips you've been my girl friend in disguise, what's all this about and? Why do I need training? What was that that is after me? What is all this shit is? I promise I won't faint" Another voice enters the room, "well boyo she necessarily not had to be Sarah" and I see Sarah the real Sarah behind me handing me a cup of whatever that is "Drink, it'll make you less tense" and so I drank the weird tasting liquid, it is not bad, just weird. "Well I am Sarah as you know and she's Ale, we are what one would call us connected souls we are the daughters of the great sorceress Odyssey. During our birth once we were born, I was rapidly losing my pulse and I was dying. Our mother anchored my soul to my twin, Alexia, we share the same body, least used to until I could conjure myself a body. but being just a soul entity, I'm easily able to tap into my soul's abundant energy, and my mother being the legendary sorceress , I mastered the art of sorcery and spell casting. We are formidable opponents when spilt and invincible when merged, I will be teaching you sorcery and spell casting." " ummm that's a lot to take in, so you are saying you and Ale are the same but are not, like two parts of a puzzle, together makes one, but there is actually two different parts, right?" "Ha you always cut to the chase, I don't know about you Ale but his intelligence and understanding had always been a turn on to me. After all to be a sorcerer one needs lots of intelligence and understanding and putting a complex thing into simple terms, I'm so going to have great fun with him" "Mmmmhmm", "well since you mentioned 'turn on' which one of you was having sex with me all this time?" For which both the girls turned visibly red and busied themselves with nothing serious. Chapter 4- Reality check, back to my home? Breakfast was a silent affair, everyone's eyes were on me, yet I kept my cool, devouring all I can. I do not care who looks when I have eyes only for the food on the table, and if they keep looking. They are going to run on empty stomach. After filling me to the brim, I rather felt lazy and I decide to take a walk. "Hey frogy, let's take a walk shall we?" "Its master khamayutho for you human!" "Yeah yeah, call me human, I'll call you Froggy, seems fair" saying so I walk out "Why you...you're going to pay for it" I always endure myself in physical activity to the point of exertion to calm my mind, for that is what I want now, I need to stay calm and formulate a plan, as much as real the things seem , I need a break from all this lunatic rollercoaster. I started climbing the tallest cliff around and it took nearly an hour to reach the top, and I almost broke a sweat, almost. There standing up the frogy guy with a mock grin "Hey kid this isn't called a walk, you have endurance I give you that much, your heart rate is calmer, you are much calm and composed than any human who endured such energy loss, you also do it with ease" Climbing up, I said, "So you are the master of fighting arts huh? What types of fights you know?" I said gazing up the scenery from the top of the cliff "Ha-ha kid there isn't any form of combat I don't know of, though any weapon combat or fist to fist is my specialty" "Mmhmm do you know sorcery?" "Well I'm very good at sorcery than most of the mages but can't quite boast it as one of the best" "Hmmm, how about teleportation spells?" "Ha that's a kids walk in the park, I can teleport to any place, can even lend my power of teleportation to anyone, though the person has to be in physical contact to me and I have to be teleported with them" "Mmmhm, you know you talk too much?" "come again...ARRRHha" I kicked the frog guy in the crotch, not sure where his balls are, I'm just going to hit the obvious place, though my intensions are to kick his ball, taking the moment of surprise to my advantage. I spun around him, taking a wrenched arm lock and a twisted neck lock, this neck lock avail me to either snap his nick or choke him to death, not knowing the flexibility of his neck and not wanting to kill him. I am going to choke him a healthy amount. "What is the meaning of this" the frogy choked out with a constrained voice "TELEPORT ME BACK TO MY HOUSE!" "But it's too dangerous there they are looking for u" he managed to choke out again. I squeezed even tighter, frogy gasped out air unable to restrain my hold. "well frogy if reasoning and argument is what you want to do. I have all day, but unfortunately you are running out of time and I'm running out of patience" saying so I tightened the grip a bit more He glared at me with his big golden red frog eyes, "u asked for it" he manage to speak as if it's his last word, then the place around me, started to get as a liquid of swirling colors If girls without makeup are termed awful, I need to find a stronger word for teleportation; I felt as if I puked a gallon and then punched several times hard in my gut. Heavily panting for air, I regain some of my sense. barely enough to make me understand I'm alive after that experience and I coughed several times and try to slower my breath and rested my head on the floor a bit. After holding my composure, I opened my eyes to take in the green sight. It was grass and I lift myself to look around, I was teleported a block before my house and I see the frog person leaning on a wall with a killer piercing stare at me. Expecting a fight, I take up a stance. "Not necessary kid, the responsibility of your safety is entrusted in me too, and besides they might be still here" Not wanting to delve deep into his bullshit that does not makes any sense. I walk for my home funny part is I have not seen any person on the way, no soul can be seen; shaking my head I continue to walk towards my home. it's actually a flat of a not so posh area, but it's not like drowned gutter either, after walking for few minutes, I was awarded with a sight that I still don't believe, the place was totally trashed, the whole building was like it had been chopped at irregular angles. Designed with a Great Axe or something. Police tape surrounds the whole area and it is deserted. "You should have believed us," said the frog shooting me a dirty look Not able to take up the sight of to make any sense out of it, I decided to head for the gym, least I could talk to someone there and ask what happened. So I silently walked towards the gym, it is a good 15 minutes away walk into the busier town. The frog guy shrank down to hand size and asked to keep him in my pocket, which I did without any qualms. Well walking around with a frog in a pocket is better than walking around with a frog person. I silently make my way to the busier part. To see some people and lots of police, S.W.A.T., FBI, special forces are bustling around, one of them stopped me for enquiring form me being in the restricted part, I feigned being lost and made some dumb shit excuse, which the cop seemed to buy. 'Hmmm restricted area huh? Wonder what happened, for what reasons and how it happened and when?' thinking all this I made into the former busier part of the town, I spotted some people and many business shut down and another shock struck me when I came to the gym. The whole place is wrecked, not a single thing unbroken. The total joint is busted, and sighing to myself, I make it to a nearby coffee shop, thinking of what was all this shit about. "Hey David where the hell you have been?" tailing the voice I see a familiar face, its Richard, the douche bag son of the gym owner, but I am still glad to meet someone I know "Ummm well I was at the hospital, had a minor accident, and knocked cold for few days" I lied "So what the hell happened here? The whole town is different, the restricted are? The gym is wrecked?" " well you have been knocked out for quite a while, it's been a week and a half since those things showed up, and started trashing your neighborhood, being in the hospital, did you good. How is Sarah? Is she alright?" "Sarah's fine, what things showed up Richard?" "-sigh- demonic things started showing up on the earth, people term it the beginning of the Armageddon, they are wrecking everything. looks as if they are searching for something, something of importance, cause there is no direct attack even though our weapons do minimal damage, the government is going haywire, things are really crazy. No one knows what is happening or what we are up against" Listening to the outburst of the feared and worried words of Richard, a glimpse of the newscast in the TV of the coffee shop caught my eye. "Excuse me can you turn that thing up please?"[Lady on the news] "Its seems these unknown creatures which are suppose to be a dark bible myth are roaming on the earth attacking innocent civilians and general population at various places in search of something. Their recent attack was on a famous romantic restaurant on the east of the town, any which got in the way lost their lives. The authorities seemed to let them do what they want as not getting in their way is their only option to lower death counts. What do these vile creatures want? What they have to do with us? Is Armageddon beginning? Has god forgotten us? Are the questions swirling around in the minds of the people of the world?" "That is the restaurant that Sarah and I often used to go," I silently said to myself Then suddenly the reaper like scythe bearing creature that I first encountered, jumped behind the woman on TV, caught her head and lift her, the camera operator made a run for it, but other lowly demon like creature that had horns, tails and weapon captures him They made some gesture to continue shooting the video; the quick wit camera operator took the hint and focused on the women. Then a golden aura surrounded her, she twitched and twisted, her eyes rolled back until no pupil was visible, even with her eyelids wide stretched. her tongue came out salivating and dripping, she had this crazy look on her, like a mad dog, like she has been infected by some deadly rabies, see looked intently from the screen, like she could actually see me, then she spoke in a, in a booming double echoed voice "We are looking for you David! We will find you human! We will take your soul, ripping your flesh and bones from it! " After stating, that the thing that held her tossed her and impaled her on his scythe and crushed her head, where she threw into a fit gushing blood and dying eventually, and tossing the corpse away, then the scythe came for the camera shredding it and probably killing the cameraman. Chapter 5 - talk about picking up a fight The broadcast has been, interrupted. Unknowingly I broke into a cold sweat, I hastily make it for the door and ran and kept running like a maniac. I shivered like a leaf, unable to control myself; I started to puke remembering the woman torn to ribbons, dying. What I failed to see is that there was a lesser demon approaching us, having a glass ball, as the demon got nearer and nearer the glass ball glowed brighter and brighter. It is some pointing device pointing its destination nearby and only I was nearby. Suddenly the demon leapt at me from behind with its twisted sword. The sword looked as if there is two inter twisted snakes of metal with sharp edges. Keeper of Tartarus *POP* the frog man popped out of my pocket at full size, blocking the attack with his bare hands "no one will harm the lord in my presence" saying so, he side stepped letting the sword impact the ground and kicking the demon square on the face, which made the demon fly backwards and hitting a wall "Lord?" I say to no one in particular These demons are really efficient, they work as professionals, because the fellow that just got knocked out have already asked for back up and the backup is showing up, but I still have trouble believing that's it's called 'back up' because there are enough demons showing up which would have easily pass up for a mini army. They are swarming the streets and I was at the perfect position, middle of a four-way road. They come on every road, we are cornered. They just keep jumping out of glowing pentagrams; they are just filling the whole four streets gradually "You really had to hit it to home don't you?" mocked the frog "well look at them make the run ha-ha" "That's a lousy joke bastard! We are about to be killed, what should we do?" "Hey kid, the girls said you can fight, Alexia said you have beat her, is that right?" "Well yeah, but she's just a chick. Though I was holding back, but these guys look like the real deal!" "What...? You held back, she told me she put everything in her machto" "Huh? Machto?" "That's the mighty art of hand to hand combat in the higher realm you idiot!" "Mmhmm she was pretty lame to begin with" "WHY YOU...LITTLE! Anyways if you are able fight off Alexia you can hold these clowns for good" "That maybe the case but even so don't their numbers seem a bit too much?" "That's not the case kid, numbers like a few hundred barely matter, but the real danger is being stabbed or attacked by a powerful weapon from behind, fighting so many numbers and being it's your first time I don't want to take the risk" "What are you coming at? Hit me straight will ya!" "Ha-ha I might hold you to that kid, listen carefully I only have enough mana to make one portal, what do you suppose we should do? I can get you back to the girls or we can summon them here, we can make the perimeter as the center square bordering every road and each of us take on a direction and fight this fight to the end, for these many demons summoned. The lower demons being in the earth realm after so long will run wild causing chaos, if not dealt. However, be warned if higher demons show up the fight will get tougher, most probably you will battle one of the horsemen. It is Death, who is leading this search party. If you to come face to face with him, I believe only you of us four can even face him, and there are high chances for you to die. What do you propose we do David? We getting back to safety or do you want to defend your people. Lay your life at risk, trying to accomplish the inevitable for the sake of your people?" "Death huh? I'm not sure of the laying my life at risk thing, but I never had the habit of letting anyone else fight my battle and I'm not suppose to start now, summon the girls, we have some ass kicking to do" The frog guy bit his thumb, with the blood drew a pentagram, made some hand signs and said "VOID PORTAL NEITHER REALM!" The pentagram started to glow; the floor became dark swirling fluid energy. The frog guy put his hands in, they kept going like forever and then he pulled out Ale and Sarah "Sorry girls I just had mana enough left for one portal, need to grab you both in the same one" "Quite a party you brought us in boys" happily chirped the girls. 'BOYS! Me and him?'-.- "he's being teamed up with me in a category? That the biggest compliment you will ever get fatty old frog" I said while me and froggy glared daggers "Khamayutho is known as quite a lover in the higher realm," chirped in Ale "humph then I guess the higher realm is full of perverts with disgusting fetishes," I whispered to myself Suddenly a flock of demons leapt at me, I made a full stretch kick to the closest demon. I leapt over a demon doing a spinning kick in mid air taking couple of them out. A powered right heel to the demon behind me knocks it out. Gaining momentum on the attack, I deliver a superman punch to the one in front on me and I flipped back landing an elbow on the demon knocked out, crushing its head to mush "Hey khamayutho is that thing dead?" "Not bad kid, you made your first kill" "Everyone, let's take our position! I take north" "How does you know that's north kid?" "I just guessed" "Good guess kid, being most experienced I'll take south where the numbers are high" "We'll fill in east and west," said the girls in union [FROG] "Here's the plan everyone, no one crosses the perimeter and none, alive enemy should get inside the perimeter, if any enemy gets to your behind, your first priority is to kill that foe. Ale I expect you to clean up first, with your sorcery you can attack multiple enemy and your soul form is hard to attack physically. conjure up a fighting body to hold back your end and you lay back help anyone who's in danger and kill as many as enemies possible. Sarah fight at full strength, do not hold back, pummel you way, use earth magic to keep the perimeter hard to break in and crush as many as enemies possible. This is how we fight" "WHAT? ...nothing for me you old frog?" "Don't you hold us back you pesky runt, and don't cry for help, hope you keep up or I'll kick your ass before they do! You hear me?" "Geez, that's so inspiring! Care to wager on grandpa? I'm going to knock more of these things than you do!" "YOU'RE ON YOU RUNT!" Ale ripped her body open like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon, as she really looked like one, she was all blue and glowing like an angel with purple butterfly wings, the slumped up body, repaired itself and was on a fighting stance. The angel form draw in a massive lighting from the sky beams of lighting rippled through her hand crackling and twisting. Anticipating to destroy the target. She held the immense power with ease, I see a smirk appear on her face, she threw the lighting upon the crowd of demons, and I see quite a 100 or more demons turn to ash and even many behind them even more severely damaged and incapacitated. Sarah my sweet faced girlfriend made some hand signs and mumbled something under her breath and suddenly her lithe body bulked up ripping muscle, not as much as to almost male, but a much stronger and defined female body. While I was thoroughly admiring her bodywork, well I am a fitness trainer after all. She thrust her fist into the ground and pulled out a massive war hammer, I do not know whether the word massive does justice for it because it is so huge. The entire hammer rippled blue energy like the lighting and thunder with the crackling noise. She swiftly handled the massive weapon with ease and twisted the like its light as a feather. She then landed a hard blow to the ground after maneuvering a mid-air flip with the war hammer. Smashing upon some 50 or so demons, reducing it to a red stain. Many around it become unrecognizable they look like crushed meat and bones, but the real impact is when the floor came up like a rogue wave on the sea and throwing apart the entire mass of evil creatures as a wave of tsunami, injuring and tumbling and disorienting more than few hundreds of demons. "Ha-ha show off" playfully Ale admonished Sarah for her wide display of power Lastly, khamayutho made his move, I thought his near human body was supreme and powerful, but I was wrong as the frogman transformed into a hulk man. Exactly a green muscled column with a face of a frog, if you think hulk is ugly, wait until you see this one. "GRRRRR, I CAN HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS YOU LITTLE WISE ASS, I WASN'T PLANNING ON TO BE HANDSOME FOR MY ENEMIES!" saying that khamayutho punched hard into the ground. He punched hard as the ground lost its balance and a huge column rose out of the ground like a humongous slide of at least some 150 feet aiming at the flock of demons on his side. That somehow cracked me up making me wonder is he going to slide on that huge thing and crash into the demons, wow that is so manly. Before I could take in the humorous display of power (for a frog, that is -.-). He launched up in the air for some hundred feet. Diving down as a spinning cannon ball descending down faster than a meteorite because, he is blazing ablaze like a super fast fireball. He did what I almost hoped he would miss or crash, he used the slide to channel his momentum and force without any loss of vigor or speed and crashed into the army of demons who is seeing what is happening but still not believing. 'I feel ya fellas, he one tough little toad, I hope you demons win just against him'. As the flaming frog ball crashed into its destination, the impact cleared almost 1/3 of the standing foes, the frog guy pierced into the ground, and I do not know. Might he have hit the core? Because I am seeing ripples of magma bursting form the ground burning another 1/3 without any remains of even ash. "Hmm the cannon ball Magma River, a very complicated move. Khamayutho is still in his prime," commented Ale in a slow state of awe. "I don't think so, see he still have standing foes, that move wipes out an entire Warfield back in his glory days, but I have to admit, he still got the skills" replied Sarah 'NOW THAT got me wondering all my fight mates got cool move and could kill the entire demons summoned in a move or two and by their cool and casual attitude, with teasing and commenting each other. They are playing; they haven't even started fighting in a serious mode' "Hey girls can you like give me pointers? You know there is quite a number on my side and I can't whip out my wand or something, all I got is my fists" "Oh David you are more than capable of handling any powerful or any number of combatants, by far you are the most powerful of us" said Sarah "I don't seem like one" "Now you stop that David Ianitoris Tartarus, you are the keeper of hell, the law and order of higher realm. I don't know about you Sarah but he's such a wuss, I'm breaking up with him" was Ale's half-stern half-playful admonishment. "You're not breaking up with me Ale" "Ha what makes you so sure?" she countered. "Because you love me and I'm going to kick some serious demon ass or whatever they are," I said with a gleam in my eyes, 'I've never cared how strong or how many my opponents are, well this many is my first, but there's always first for everything. I do not care whether I win or lose, whether I survive or die. All I have in my mind is that I have a date with the death and I better start dancing to give her a good time, ha-ha.' With that note said I take up the fighting stance, the demons on my side are almost pale watching my friend's display of powers, and they are waiting for my first move, in a hopeless effort to prolong their lifetime in mere seconds. Chapter 6 - We butt heads, shedim and I I calmed my breath and readied my body for the about to happen battle, no war of limitations of my capacity. I lunged into the first line, knocking a big bull faced demon in middle, the impact staggered him and hunched and he held his belly with a smile? In addition, I looked around as the evil sneer spread wide on all the ugly and gruesome face, their razor interlocked canines showing out as if everyone whiffed up the smell of their favorite dish and the reality set in. They expect a blow to disintegrate a few 100 of their number, but a punch from me made the big guy hunch a bit. The reality smacked me with a serious blow to my gut because the hunched big guy let me feel his fist. I flied high and crash-landed in the tarmac. 'Boy I'm in serious trouble!' I looked up at the tall and wide demon, almost a giant of 8 ft looking at me with a victory sneer. he came in and lift me up and snorted something to his friends I cannot hear or understand him, as I'm being pummeled in my face by his tree like arm and rock like fist. Ale flared up intense yellow summoning her core energy and ready to decimate everyone looking down on me and Sarah concentrated energy into her rock hammer as the pulsing energy is like thunderbolt from sky [GIRLS] "We are going in to help him" [KHAMAYUTO] "Is he the master?" [GIRLS] "How dare you doubt him? Maybe we should kill you first" [KHAMAYUTO] "It is not me who doubts the master or his ability, its you two!" he said with a piercing stare "We... cannot see him get hurt" the girls replied with hurtful eyes "WAS I NOT THE MASTER'S FAITHFUL SERVANT? WAS I NOT THE ONE WHO CHANNELED HIS SOUL TO THE EARTH REALM DISPITE MY YEARS OF TORTURE AND PUNISHMENT? WAS I NOT SHARE GRIEF IN MASTER'S HURT?" khamayutho finished with clenched fists, which was dripping blood from the intense physical and mental limitation that he laid on himself. "Girls lay back, the master needs to know, who he really is and he needs to find and believe it on his own" said a more composed khamayutho with a no argument stare. [ALE] "But he's fighting shedim an evil deity; he never had training and what if the horsemen arrive?" [SARAH]"yeah, what if death arrives to the battle scene? We stand no chance Khamayutho" Khamayutho replied with a smile, "Oh yes we do, we have Master, girls I'll fight and die and sacrifice my life with my full consent and joy for him, but I will not deny his identity! I will not deny his ability! I will not deny his birth right for he is our master and keeper of hell!" the girls nodded in reply ignited and bounded by khamayutho's speech believing in David. I feel the warm copper tasting liquid drip away from my face, I kept receiving blows after blows to my face and I lost the numbers as only the successive blow impact registers me that I am still alive. With the demons, knuckles cut open and fists hurting he threw me down, as he is bored with my punishment. 'Why am I not dead? Why am I not dying? Why am I still in my full senses? Why had my body not given up? WHO AM I?' With my mind in whirlwind, the demon decided to finish it as he borrowed a large long sword and aimed it for my head to kill me by stabbing it into my skull. The very moment the moment where he decided to thrust the sword in, I have become full alert and responsive, and registering everything that is happening around, 'he's slow; I can see him bringing the sword down in a slow motion? Alternatively, am I fast? Am I really that fast? To think and debate all this in the quarter the time taken for my death blow.' What is happening to me? What should I do?' with me unable to comprehend the situation. The blade in the demon's hand sunk in with a great impact creating a dust cloud around us. "DAVID!" the girls screamed in shock. "Girls control yourself, I'm trying to enjoy here" khamayutho mocked with a smile. As the debris cleared the demon saw me in disbelief staring at him and smiling, he looked down to check his skull crush victory, only to be disappointed as the blade sunk into the tarmac, missing me in between. "Why can't anything in my life be simple?" I said aloud with a smile. As the debris and dust, cleared people saw a shadowed figure standing tall and fine and I came into view. My body and mind act and react faster than I could explain; I saw the slow motion of the shedim strike and easily tilted my head to the side missing the impact. The shedim looking at me standing charged at me with its long sword trying to stab, again I could see the shedim in slow motion. I pushed a finger at the side of the blade, deflecting the path of the pointed tip and blade away from my body and punched the demon at its gut. Which followed, by a popping sound inside its stomach, I think I blasted an internal organ. The impact made the demon drop its blade and clutch its stomach, unable to understand and accept its easy win to be a formidable opponent than it cannot handle. The humiliated demon leapt at me with a series of fist dance, it has a decent technique. Kind of even flawless, but as my fight mode vision set in, everything was in slow motion and I sidestepped and dogged its every attack easily. For me it is a slow motion fight against me, but for the spectators... [ALE]"I never knew he could move this fast!" [SARAH]"he's lightning fast with unimaginable control!" [KHAMAYUTHO]"That's the tip of the glacier, Dominus is just stirring, wait till he fully surfaces" [ALE]"wow khamayutho only you can address master by his actual name, now that is an honor. You must have been his very trusted comrade" [SARAH]"well put Ale. Master never treats Khamayutho as a servant, but has he ever for anyone. Yet still master and Khamayutho share a well trusted friendship" [KHAMAYUTHO]'clears-throat',"Ummmm girls? Can we concentrate the life or death battle of David?" The whole area of demons and my companions are not interested in fighting and are very keen in watching my parry with the demon as if this will be the deciding battle. We trade fist, which I dodge and he receives. Like a disciplined boxing match, we are engaged in close hand-to-hand combat with me having the upper arm, in the happening. Right fist-dodge-left hook-dodge-leap and elbow dunk to the demons head. My last blow delivered with a devastating force, which surprised even me as I felt the bigger creature's skull crunch and his neck collapsing. My foe kissed the sand, not capable of standing as it is suffocating itself for breath. I took up the half-stabbed long sword that should have taken my life to finish the final moments of my suffering foe. Hold the sword like a spear in two hands with the hilt in one hand and supporting the flat of the sword in other, the wheezing demon look into my eyes. I backed it with a steely stare and drove the metal into its head and put the sword back buried in the ground underneath the head of my foe, gore and blood splatter across. The whole arena seemed quiet with no whisper or breeze of wind. Chapter 7 - Sarah battles with love against Death I won the devastated battle of my life. I gave up a bloody roar towards the ever spread congregation of vile creatures. My roar that echoed over the ever-stretching silence moments ago now sounds the chorus of cheer. 'Did my valiant battle to death win over demon fans? I had to be hallucinating!' Moreover, hallucinating is what I wish to have because I see a grand creature in the arena, the Reaper from the gym, has entered the battle, the same yellowish pupil less eyes, with their evil glimmer. "Ahhhaa, god I'm getting that headache again!" [SARAH]"is it...?" [ALE]"it is!" [KHAMAYUTHO]"DEATH, the most powerful of the four horsemen, mirroring the capabilities of HADES the god of hell" Over hearing my comrade's exchange of astonishment and acknowledgement, I have identified DEATH. 'Ha-ha the irony of position to kill death' my excruciating headache may limit my maneuvering ability but not my humor sense. I sighed sarcastically wishing the opposite of happening, hoping to gain my ability to move. "Guys I can't move! This headache is turning my brain into gel!" [KHAMAYUTHO]"girls, David is still human, death sways a hold over him and his mind. I doubt it can manipulate the lord of Tartarus, but better safe than sorry. Ale your conjured body protects David, of all harm; Sarah you bore a weapon enough to deflect the Reapers scythe, use it. I will aid you in fighting the horsemen. Ale your soul body fights the lesser demons. Girls any question? Girls replied in negative, eager to fight the threat to their beloved, looking over the 6-foot man covering his head in a sheer attempt to reduce his pain and wailing uncontrollably. Keeper of Tartarus The dreadful sight of their master and lover is eminent suffering; they feel a prodigious malevolence in utter intent to decimate the cause of their beloved David discomfort. 'please hold in there David' 'we will tear down every breathing and moving thing around to save you' 'Please do not leave us' screamed the mind of the girls. The horseman was dictating battle plan to the horde of demons in an unintelligible screech of sounds, hardly an unbearable noise for a human ear. Which doubled up David is suffering. Not able to withstand any further, Sarah leapt at the soul harvester with her massive war hammer, as the reaper was facing her opposite her swing of the massive weapon connected without any room for uncertainty. *WHAM* [KHAMAYUTHO]"Sarah No!" Blow after blow enraged by her lover suffering Sarah's only intent is to destroy her David's threat, with her eyes tearing hearing the wail of her Lord's pain in the background further added fuel to her burning inferno of vengeance [SARAH]"I WILL...*BAM*...CRUSH YOU TO THE...*WHAM*...OTHER SIDE OF THE EARTH...*WHAM*...EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" David despite his unbearable headache took in the image of the valiant fight of his Sarah, blows after blows after blows of raw power, fueled by rage. By hatred? By vengeance? No, fueled by the love for the man of her life. She rose to the unbridled hatred seeing him suffer, seeking vengeance through her uncontainable rage! Even with taking in the awe of his dauntless knight in shining armor, David finds something amiss. Regardless of continuous barbaric strikes, the horseman is yet to bleed a drop! Control your rage! He is baiting u! YOU ARE LOSING GODDAMIT!!" With all her power, she continues her relentless assault, heeding to no one, keeping her intemperate rage alive feeding her vengeance with her only motto to deal much damage as possible, but pitifully the consuming rage inhibits her to see reason. With her stamina waning and her muscle aching, Sarah went in for the kill, with a devastating mid-air flip hammer drop, bringing in all her force, beyond her body's physical ability as the force dealt her ligaments torn, limbs fractured, muscles ruptured. The impact rushed up a cloud of dust prohibiting anyone but her to see the effects of her assault. Panting and wheezing for much needed air intake, Sarah holds her posture unable to move due to the exhaustion and broken body, hoping she killed Death However, can she kill death? ***** Contact Author - Click on the contact tab on my profile page.