We were in. But things weren't looking good. Maybe I just wasn't used to looking for a "specific energy"....but I couldn't sense the Nyx-chic...anywhere. I confronted RaXi about the man she "hadn't" fought...and she threw my "brother" in my face...so instead of explaining...I remained silent. We climbed a series of steps...and while things didn't seem quite right about them...I didn't let on to that fact for a minute. I even noticed RaXi glance back at me a couple times...to see if I was feeling what she did....probably.
Finally the stairway leveled out...and a huge hallway loomed before us. Doors EVERYWHERE!!!! "How in the world are we supposed to find her?" I slipped.
"So many doors...." RaXi mumbled.
Well...since we weren't getting anywhere by standing around, I stepped forward. The ground crumbled from beneath us and we jumped to opposing walls. As I looked at RaXi...we both took a deep breath. But suddenly I felt a click behind me...and in a flash the wall spun me around and spit me into a dark room. Oh great...just what I needed...
At first, it seemed like this was an empty room...until I heard breathing...and it wasn't coming from me. It started to get a little chilly... and the room lit up. Completely and with a strange mysterious light. At the far end of the room...I saw him. Just barely as my eyes adjusted to the light.
"Bad Move Little Brother." He announced approaching my position. "You shouldn't have come to Citadel Abyss...not if you value this farce of a life your leading."
"Wrong." I said flatly. "In this pair...I am NOT the younger brother."
He looked surprised. "What's that? You remember?"
I smiled. "No. I just know for a fact that there's no way someone as immature as you, could be older than me." I said matter-of-factly.
He looked a little irritated now. "WE'RE THE SAME AGE!! OH FINE...YOU'RE ONE MINUTE OLDER!!!! BIG DEAL. Not like it makes a difference!!!"
"Huh?" I pondered. "You're trying to tell me we're twins or something??? But we look nothing alike..." >,>
"HAVE YOU LOOKED IN A MIRROR?!!!" He shouted...then regaining his composure flipped his bang back. A slightly irritated vein visible on his brow. "I thought I'd have fun with you since you can't remember anything...but now it's just getting annoying."
I put my hand on the hilt of my Sword. "Yeah...so now what?"
"I'll give it back to you. You do want it, don't you?" Domix mocked. "Your long forgotten, tortured, lost little memory..."
"And how do you plan on doing that?!" I shouted. "When I don't even know...what makes you think you can just offer it to me so easily?!! Plus...what are you planning? I'm sure you wouldn't offer something like that...for free..."
"You're so cruel...big brother..." He pouted. "What makes you think that?"
I didn't answer his question. Just stood there waiting for a response.
"Well this is going nowhere fast." He claimed after a couple of minutes of staring. "I think I'll just hurry along my plan now." With that statement he formed his hammer and prepared it, waiting for me to draw my sword.
I looked questionably at him, readying my blade. "I don't know what you're scheming...but it's not going to work."
"That's where you're wrong my dear brother." He mocked charging at me quickly.
Raising my sword in defense, I was surprised when he ran right through me...it was an afterimage...how?? Looking up, his hammer was coming down to the ground. A wave of ice needles shot at me. Child's play... I laughed and used my speed to dodge them. I got behind him and swung quickly. He simultaneously jumped...hanging mid-air he gazed into my eyes...a slight grin of superiority on his lips. Twisting the hilt of my blade, I changed it's direction into a vertical thrust. Slicing him through...I grinned back. Another afterimage!!! How was this possible?? His speed was on par with my own! I jumped back quickly to get a better view of the field.
"No fair." Domix whined...I couldn't see him anywhere. "You aren't playing with me seriously...are you really so weak without your memories?? Come on...fight me seriously!"
I pinpointed him. Using my own speed I feigned a sword swing, planted it in the wall and elbowed him in the stomach when he appeared behind me. Before I could grab and slam him to the ground...he retreated a few feet back. We stared each other down...both silently seeking to prove dominance over the other.
"What's that? No smart-ass comment this time?" I scoffed. My blood was beginning to feel the thrill and intensity of this battle. I felt myself slowly giving in to it...the pulsing beast of battle within me. I didn't give him much time to catch his breath. I charged forward...leaving my sword behind. I circled around him at high speed. Leaving my after-images all over the place. He just stood there staring...even when I punched him in the face and sent him flying into the nearby wall. He in turn...dropped his hammer and came at me with only his fists.
We wailed on each other until we were bruised and bloody. Finally we stood in the center...both catching our breath and waiting for the other to move first. He wiped the blood off lips...as it had begun to drizzle down his chin. "Not bad...I expected no less from you...however..." He huffed. "You're still not fighting at your full potential....!!"
"Neither are you...idiot...." I puffed back. "I know you've been holding back...you're a fool..."
He stood straight up. "Yes....I am." He agreed. I was shocked...and didn't know what was going to happen next. He disappeared.
"You can't have much power left!" I shouted. "Just what are you trying to prove?!" I searched for him...but I couldn't even tell where he went. Suddenly the room returned to the same darkness as when I'd entered. And it was quiet...
So he left then... I dropped my guard, trying to adjust to the dark once more.
"How very foolish of you..." Domix commented appearing before me once more...directly before me...his forefinger on my forehead. All I saw was the glowing of it's tip....it continued to light up brightly...and then exploded...it felt like my head had just been blown wide open. As I plummeted backwards...the last thing I saw was him blowing the tip of his finger off mockingly and mumbling the words... "Sweet Dreams...Big brother..."
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