Chapter 17: The Sewers
Later that night...
Marcus has come face to face with the manhole he was standing on before.
Orion: "As much as I like you taking your time with reaching the heart, you're going to get both of us killed!"
Marcus: "I'm not going to die."
He lifts the cover and looks at the pit below.
Marcus: "This power is something that can be used for more than sealing some god.
Marcus's mind has the image of a young girl flash in his head as he starts to climb down.
Marcus: "She always wanted to make a change in the world."
Orion: "She?"
Marcus hops down, landing straight into a dark green maze that smells like fucking shit.
Orion: "(disgusted) Smells like where Pyxis would hang out."
Quick and erratic footsteps echo around them.
Marcus: "There's more than Pyxis down here."
Marcus goes Wyvern Hunter with Orion's blade.
Orion: "I told you this would be our funeral."
Marcus: "We'll be fine."
Orion: "I'll quote you on that."
Marcus cautiously treks forward.
However...
A black Wyvern with deep pink eyes and several scars running across her entire face is currently residing in a large room in the heart of the sewers.
Wyvern: "(chuckling) I can sense you Orion, and in turn sense your killer."
The cackling begins to grow maniacal.
Wyvern: "(maniacal laughter) This'll be the fight I've waited several thousand years for!"
A few hours later...
Marcus is stumbling through the halls, his lungs barely able to handle the sewage.
Marcus: "(nauseous) I feel like I'm going to puke."
Orion: "I don't blame you. This shit smells putrid!"
???: "There you are."
Their enemy stands before them, unfazed by the odor.
Orion: "Pyxis!"
Pyxis: "So nice of you to stop by! Sorry that I didn't get the accommodations ready."
Marcus readies his Break.
Marcus: "We won't let you terrorize these people anymore!"
Pyxis: "Orion wants them dead just as much as me, but he doesn't have a choice."
Orion: "Hope your funeral is a peaceful one."
Marcus: "(sarcastically) Thanks for the encouragement."
Gusts produced by her wings cause the sewage to swirl and mix, making the stench stronger.
Marcus: "(nauseous) I'm going to fucking hurl."
Marcus leaps into the air as he disengages the Break.
Marcus: "Take this!"
He reactivates it as he falls to the ground right on top of Pyxis.
Pyxis: "No you, I insist!"
She grabs Marcus's arm.
Orion: "Oh boy..."
She tosses Marcus's straight into the sludge.
Marcus: "(choking) God this reeks!"
Pyxis slams Marcus's face into the sludge, attempting to drown him.
Pyxis: "Glory to the Eclipse."
Marcus can't get a good grip.
Orion: "I told you! We're fucked!"
Marcus places his hands on the ground.
Marcus: "(in head) Like hell we are!"
He pushes off the ground with all of his strength, managing to free himself from her grip.
Pyxis: "One who is as resourceful as he is mighty, just like the Sun!"
Marcus swims back to solid ground.
Marcus: "(coughing, nauseous) She's good."
Orion: "And I wasn't?!"
Marcus doesn't activate the Break as he circumvents Pyxis.
Pyxis: "What can you do in the place I call my home?"
Marcus bounds off the wall and straight for Pyxis.
Marcus: "Win!"
Marcus uses his Break to turn himself into a sawblade as he rockets towards her.
Orion: "Don't be a hero!"
Pyxis grabs the blade.
Marcus: "If I can't be a hero, I can't be a savior!"
Marcus disengages the blade, lands on his feet,and leaps straight towards Pyxis's face with his fist raised high.
Pyxis: "(in head) He's already figured out Breaks?!"
An uppercut sends Pyxis falling backwards as Marcus activates his Break again.
Marcus: "Disappear!"
He lodges the blades straight through her neck, killing her body in a heartbeat.
Orion: "(in head) No other reincarnation could use my Break like that!"
Pyxis's body breaks apart into several balls of orange light...
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