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Chapter 2 - The Start

I don't understand what's going on anymore. Why is the wall broken? What the fuck was that creature I just saw?? It was too big to even be something alive. Was it just a mountain?? But how the fuck can a mountain??!! As I was thinking about this stuff, I forgot to see my surroundings and realise that a part of the wall, that was flying straight towards us!!

Thenus: DAMIAN, BEHIND ME, NOW!!

I followed his instructions and went back behind him. I tucked in as it was coming in.

Thenus: Oh! Have I missed this!!

As he finished his sentence, I saw a random circle in the sky with a white background, and as I am tucked in, I see, a sword? Or something coming out of the circle thingy, and now it's in dad's hands 

Damian: What are you doing???

Thenus: BEING ME!!

He unsheathed his sword, and black mana started oozing out like it was fire, but also liquid, and it grew even... bigger. I then understood that it was mana, but what will mana alone do in this situation???

Thenus: *whispered a sentence*

As he said… something, I couldn't even hear it…. he swung the sword in the air in an X pattern form, I was like

Damian: What are you doing, swinging at the ai-

But then black mana went towards the wall and it hit, in the exact shape of the slash it hit, it started disintegrating and very quickly, my dad turned around as started sheathing his sword, the huge part of the wall that was arriving towards us was slowly becoming smaller and smaller and when it reached dad's back, it was basically dust and dad.. Calmly sheathed his sword and looked at me. At that moment, my dad was the coolest thing alive at that moment.

Damian: THAT. WAS. THE. COOLEST. THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!

Thenus: I know ( smug face)

Damian: But wait i thought you were powerless??

Thenus: In the technical term, yes, I am, bbbuuuttt we are exceptions

Damian: By we… do you mean us??? Can I use that power too?

Thenus: That…. is the one thing I didn't want you to do…..but that fucker ….. Is just so stubborn….kind of like you… huh

Damian: Huh?! Wha-What do you mean??

Thenus: We will talk about this later, okay ( in a stern voice)

Damian: …ok fine

As we had finished talking, I saw someone approaching fast, and it looked like lightning was coming out of them. I recognised the lightning and was relieved.

Damian: Mom! Over here!

She approached us quickly and stopped right in front of us, and all of the lightning dissipated around her.

Aindrilla: Damian, oh my precious boy, are you okay? You are okay, right? 

Damian: Yeah, I'm okay

Aindrilla: Listen, take your brother, and go to Uncle Ben's house and hide out there. I repeat, do not leave under any circumstances, you got that!

Seeing how the surrounding air and city have been engulfed in flames and destroyed, i dont think I have any other choice.

Damian: I'll do that, but what about you guys??? Where are both of you going???

Thenus: Don't worry about us, we can handle ourselves, so just get there quickly.

Damian: i cant just leave you here-

As I said, I heard a thud and another, something was nearing us, and that something was big, very big. My brother clings to me tightly while mom and dad cover us. The thudding gets louder and louder, and then suddenly a building starts falling near us. Fortunately, we were far enough away from the blast radius, but after that, a big, big creature approached from the smoke. It wasn't as big as that creature I saw, but it was big.

Thenus: it just a normal one, 100 meters.

Aindrilla: Leave this one to me. 

Damian: What do you mean, it's just 100 meters?! You know what a 100-meter titan looks like?? And why are you so calm???

Thenus: Damian, let me tell you this, your parents are not just normal elementals.

Saying that my mother starts charging up and then shoots a ball of lightning towards the kaiju, and it blows up, into like a million pieces, the pieces of the kaiju start flying everywhere, and blood goes everywhere. Some pieces start flying towards us. Dad unsheathed his blade and, with simple slashes, cut towards the pieces. The same black mana made them turn into dust, and they feel around us. They looked back at me, very coolly, and I was siked!!

Damian: THAT WAS SO COOL!!

Thenus: Now, can you leave us alone and do our duties

I was still hesitant, but seeing them, I knew I could trust them.

Damian: .....Ok then.

Thenus: Ok, as I am not leaving you two to handle the kaiju alone, we will drop you off.

He then picked up my brother, my mom, and me together, and taking his stance, he jumped up in the air, and my god, did we go high in the air. He used the building as a stepping stone and went to the top.

Thenus: ….. God dammit, you son of a bitch

I was confused. Why was Dad saying that all of a sudden? But then I looked… and it was horrifying, the whole city, the city I grew up in for my life… was now in flames. I looked at the destruction of the whole city in me, I wasn't just sad… I felt empty, really empty. It felt like everything in me just left and just disappeared, and the only thing left is sadness. 

Thenus: No time to get sad now, Damian.

As he said that he jumped, from building to building, with superhuman speed and strength, dodging flying pieces of debris, parkouring through the building while holding us, I knew he was cool, but not this much!! Seeing this made my mood a lot lighter and also 

Aindrilla: ( shoots lightning bolt at flying debris ) WHERE ARE YOU GOING!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TOWARDS THE OTHER DIRECTION!

Thenus: ooohh my bad my bad 

Even in this situation, dad doesn't change, seriously funny, but in this situation…nah, it was still funny. The thing not funny tho was the massive kaiju that just came through a freaking building. With its jaw open and big teeth, it was just about to eat us. It all happened so fast, I couldn't react in time, but Dad did

Thenus: NOBODY THROW UP THIS TIME!

As he said that, he threw us up in the air, above the kaiju's mouth and grabbed his sword.

Damian: OH YEAH

Again, that black mana surrounded him and went out of the sword and hit the kaiju, instantly disintegrating it into nothing. He threw his sword up in the air, one by one, catching us mid air and grabbing the sheath and landed on the roof of another building, and the sword fell right into the sheath of the sword.

Thenus: Anyway, continuing onwards

ANYWAYS?? DAD, YOU JUST DID THE SICKEST MOVE, but yeah, besides that we were about to reach uncle Ben's house, he wasn't someone like dad, he was just an ordinary weak guy, it's just that he and dad became close friends and he never judged our family for not having any elements, but looking at it now, i think i do have something..

I looked and realised we had reached our destination. My dad landed near the entrance of the building and dropped us, like, actually dropped us.

Damian: oww why drop us dad??

Thenus: No time, quick get up and go to the house, NOW

Damian: quick get up zephi, we gotta leave, ok ... wait….. where are you guys going?

Thenus: We gotta fix this, Damian …..listen, ok just trust your uncle and don't do anything reckless

Damian: But… why…. Don't leave us.

Aindrilla: We aren't going to leave you, okay ….. we ..promise we will come back 

Damian: ....you promise ….right?

Mom and Dad looked at each other. They …. Didn't look so sure…

Thenus: …..I promise Damian ( while mom and dad hug me and my little brother), we will come back 

Damian: ... ok then 

As they looked back and smiled at me…. They leapt off…. Towards our house…..I didn't realise that was the last time I'll ever see those smiles.... 

Damian: Zephi, come on, gotta get up quick

As we start going up the stairs, I see the damage getting bigger and the explosions not getting smaller

Damian: Come on, Zephi, faster

We reached their floor and knocked. A man came out hurriedly. 

Uncle Ben: COME IN QUICK 

Damian: Come on, Zephi

Suddenly, I heard a thundering roar, so loud that it made the whole building shake. I looked back, and I saw it… that ..creature again, but it's just the shadow; there is too much smoke around.

Damian: what ….the fuck…. Is that?

Uncle Ben: ...how did he get a royal on his side

Damian: wait…. What? 

Man: Just leave it, Damian, just come in now!!

Damian: How do you know this? Why does everyone know about this?? What are you guys hidin'-

Suddenly, the building besides get demolished, looking at the remains, I see another building had … crashed into it.

Damian: what ….the …fuck

I look back at the monster, and it's throwing literal buildings around, but then I notice something. 

Damian: wait….isn't that ...that Kaiju …..he on top of my house….. didn't mom and dad …went there…

I see it then fire a blast of just energy… that blast just vaporised the buildings around it.

Damian: I have to get them back 

Man: WHAT NO-

Damian: (starts running to the wall and jumps on the ledge)

Man: NO DAMIAN ITS TOO DANGEROUS

Damian: ILL BE RIGHT BACK ( as he jumps towards the other building from the ledge)

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