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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