72 Pillar

In all my years of living, and granted I haven lived as long as most, I never would have guessed that by that by the age of 15 I would be beaten half to death by a psychotic man that looked to be in his late twenties. This man of course wasn some ordinary punk picking a fight with kids, no this man had pitch black eyes, was super strong, and could move faster than the eye could track. I have been called by many names, Dumb ass, Bastard, idiot, handsome devil and much, much more, so I kinda knew I had this beat down coming somewhere down the long line of my hopefully long life, but really at the age of fifteen, by a total stranger I had never met before? Yea karma, fate, destiny, whatever you want to call it, was a total bitch. To make matters more embarrassing, I was being protected by my school idol/crush Madelyn Adams. Karma, fate, destiny, whatever, you really are a prick.

There she stood, the girl of my dreams, with nothing but determination in her eyes, as she stared down the very man who beat the crap out of me and Harold. I couldn help but wonder what made Madelyn so confident? I mean compared to the man who didn break a sweat kicking the asses of two teenage boys, Madelyn didn look as strong nor as threatening, but then I caught a glimpse of her eyes, and she really did look like she was ready to kill.

”Madelyn? Y-you have to run, take Harold and run. ” I painfully say as my ribs ached with sever pain, I wouldn be surprised if a few where broken.

Madelyn seemed to freeze for a moment, and her deathly glare seemed to vanish as she turned to look me right in my eyes. Was that worry on her face, or was my love for her making me delusional, either way I couldn be happier, even though I was in so much pain. Madelyn Adams herself was looking me right in my eyes. I really could die a happy man, too bad now wasn the time to be love stricken, because even though I didn know much about what was happening, I had a bad feeling, which was probably my damaged body, that this dangerous man was after me.

Madelyn definitely had a worried look on her face as she looked into my eyes, but soon that look transformed into an empathic smile that made my heart skip a beat.

”Ethan… You don have to worry, because I am here, and I will protect you both. ” Madelyn spoke with nothing but resolve as she said those words. I almost wanted to believe her, but I was confused, in what way did Madelyn think that she could handle such a monster.

My mind was filled with disbelief as I stared at Madelyn, but soon my sight fell on Harold who was lying on the cold hard ground unconscious, blood decorating his face and covering the ground. He was clearly more hurt then I was, and it was clear that he needed help.

”HAHAHAHA!!!! The man who had attacked and injured both me and Harold was now laughing with a twisted madness that made my heart skip a beat. The man continued to laugh as he stared at Madelyn.

”Dare I say another pillar standing right before my eyes? ” The man asked with joy as if he was lucky enough to win the lottery.

”I have to say, your demonic aura is far stronger than the boys. ” The man claimed and as he said those words I could tell that his pitch black eyes fell on me.

”Is my luck truly so high? ” The man asked looking up at the sky, as if he was asking god himself.

Madelyn focused on the opponent standing in front of her, and did something that not only confused me but also the man who finally stopped gloating and began to concentrate on Madelyn.

”You smile as the end draws near? ” The man asks with a small grin on his face, a grin that easily confirmed that he was more agitated than happy.

”I know not if you are brave or foolish. ” The man strokes his chin as he utters those words, looking to be in deep thought.

”I… am neither brave…. nor am I foolish. ” Madelyn states with a calm tone as she takes a few steps forward.

”I smile because you believe that my coming will bring you luck demon. But you are wrong. ” Madelyn says.

”My coming will only bring forth your damnation! ” Madelyn shouts with conviction and quickly lifts up her right hand.

” I AM NOT BRAVE, NOR AM I FOOLISH!!! Madelyn repeats with a shout that seemed to reinforces her resolve never taking her eyes off of her opponent.

”I AM ALIVE! ”

As Madelyn shouted those last words my whole body grew still and every hair on its surface stood straight up. Something was going to happen.

At this point in time I didn think anything still surprised me, well I was wrong, because right before my eyes I bore witness to something, belonging only to the world of the supernatural.

I could feel it. Madelyns dark aura was getting stronger, it was quite apparent as the wind began to pick up speed, and the pavement began to grow more and more cracks, and my body fell victim to an overbearing pressure that made it hard to breath. The darkness around Madelyn began to converge right above her hand forming some kind of dark vortex. The wind continued to grow more and more crazy, as the dark vortex above Madelyns hand grew wider, soon it was the size of a basketball, and I soon realized that something was coming out of that very same vortex, something long and thin.

”Is that a katana? ” I couldn help but ask as a sword wearing a blue and black sheath began to slowly emerge from the vortex.

I wasn an expert on swords or any kind of weapon for that matter, but as I looked at the katana still hidden in its sheath, I knew that it wasn an ordinary weapon. My skin seemed to be getting goosebumps just by looking at it, and for some reason my mind seemed to think back to the crimson eyed girl who was in my house earlier today, I couldn grasp why.

Madelyn took hold of the sword, and her presence seemed to explode with power.

”In the name of the great king of kings, I will exercise you demon. ” Madelyn declared as she pulls the katana from its sheath and gets in a fighting stance, her blade pointed at the man.

The blade of Madelyns katana glowed with a dazzling light as the suns rays touched the edge. The sword was beautiful, and deep down I could tell that it wasn a fake, but what really caught my eye was how the steal hard blade was covered in a blue vale of energy that seemed to burn the very air that surrounded it. I didn want to be anywhere near the sword, I felt that if I had so much as touched the hilt of Madelyns Katana their would be nothing left of me but ash.

”I can feel it. ” The man says with a little bit of fear in his voice.

”You truly are dangerous young pillar. ” The mans smile soon returns, but I can see sweat falling from his brow.

”Very well, come and face me child! Face me and find out what true damnation is! ” The man yells like a mad man.

”I will destroy you and your sword child! The man threatens.

Madelyn lets out a small laugh. ”You think you can break my sword demon, well how about you come over here and try. ”

It all happened so fast. One moment I was lying on the ground hurt, continuing to watch Madelyn face off against the man in front of her, and the next both Madelyn and the man she called a demon had vanished leaving nothing but destruction in their wake.

The streets where made from hard concrete and yet this very fact did not stop large cracks from appearing on the surface, nor did it stop massive craters from appearing, seemingly out of no where. The sound of booming thunder echoed throughout the whole area, shaking the ground and even breaking a few glass windows of the houses near by. It was almost as if the environment was tearing itself apart.

”What the hell? ” I shouted in surprise as I covered my face to shield my eyes from the dust flying everywhere.

It seemed impossible but I had an idea on what was going on. Madelyn and the man she called a demon seemed to be moving so fast that normal people couldn see them, all of the explosions were all created from the immense clashes of their attacks. The thing is, I could almost see them. I had to focus my vision so much that I couldn blink, but as time passed my eyes began to track Madelyn and the mans movements. I guess I wasn normal after all.

Madelyn with her sword in hand seemed to have the upper hand as the man fought empty handed, which didn seem smart to me, but the man seemed to be making it work which made it more evident that he wasn human. Whenever both Madelyn and the man clashed with one another the ground would be upheaved creating another crater, accompanied with a loud thunderous explosion and a small earthquake, all of this was because of the fighting of two powerful individuals. What ever was in the surrounding area of the explosion seemed to get totally destroyed.

I soon started to wonder… ” how was their no people around to see this battle. ” Looking around I noticed that the area was completely devoid of life, other than me, Harold, Madelyn, and of course the man she was fighting. I wondered what happened to all the kids walking home from school. Even the cars on the road seemed to vanish.

”AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! ”

A loud scream turns my gaze back to the battle, and what I saw seemed to give me mixed emotions. The man was on his knees, Madelyn standing over him. I was amazed, happy, sad, and disgusted. I was Amazed because I didn know Madelyn had such strength, that seemed impossible, I was happy because it seemed that Harold and I would live to see another day. I was sad because the girl of my dreams had to come to my rescue and in doing so suffered injuries. This Madelyn couldn hide seeing as, her shirt and shorts were ripped and small rivers of blood ran from the many wounds that covered her body. I was disgusted because the demon who could do nothing but look at the ground in defeat was missing his right arm, which laid on the broken and cracked ground a few feet away from him. Madelyn Holds the tip of her sword up to the mans throat.

”Its over demon. ” Madelyn claims, seemingly ready to claim the finishing blow.

The demon started to smile and giggle to both Madeline and my surprise.

”Do you think that this is over? ” The man asks with pain and his voice as he looks up at Madelyn.

”This is not over… its just beginning!!! ” The man yells without explanation as he takes a deep breath of air.

I thought that the man was taking his last breath of air before death, I soon realized that I was wrong, because as the man exhaled a dark purple smoke flowed out of his mouth covering the whole area. The smoke blocked my vision of Madelyns and the man, and As I looked into its Depths, I had a bad feeling. The smoke ever so slowly began to creep its way towards Harold and I. I didn know what the smoke was nor did I know if it was dangerous, but I had a feeling that we didn want that stuff touching our skin.

My body ached as I tried to stand on my feet. I had to get Harold before the smoke did, but I wasn sure I can make it let alone carry him to safety. My body was just to beat up.

As I struggled to stand a humanoid figure flew out of the smoke with incredible speed.

”Madelyn! ” I couldn help but yell with joy as Madelyn Appeared right in front of me.

”Its time we got out of here. ” Madeline says she she helps me stand.

”W-what about Harold? ” I ask trying to ignore the pain.

”Don worry I already have him. ” Madelyn says as she gestures to her left arm which was holding Harold who was still unconscious. Without my knowledge Madelyn had already secured him. I really couldn do anything.

”Ethan you need rest, you and Harold are safe now. ” Madelyn looks at me with sympathy and as if my body had fallen under her spell my eyes grew heavy and I started to doze off. The battle had ended, Harold was safe, I could rest.

” Grand father is going to kill me. ” Was the last thing I heard Madeline say as I fell asleep.

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