Keegan and Neo were now taking a break, though Neo was lying on the cold hard floor of the room, barely trying to catch his breath, while Keegan was back sitting in his chair. Both of them seemed quite different from the first time. Keegan's outfit was torn, not that bad, but some parts of his clothes were shredded, and as for Neo, once again steam was being released from his body, and he was sweating like crazy.
Even the way that they were in was in a pretty bad shape. Sure, it was a like concrete stoned wall, and in almost all the corners there were punches on the walls, and parts of the walls had been cracked and destroyed. Also, some of the rocks from the walls were down, while other parts looked fresh like they were caused just a minute ago.
"So what you said about my parents is true?"
Neo looked up and placed his hand on his face, trying to hide the fact that he was crying.
"Not really, kid. I just wanted to see if indeed you are the one that killed that Crucifixion guy, and I have to say you did not disappoint."
Keegan said as he was now getting off the chair.
"Huh?"
Neo removed his hand from his face.
"I mean, your parents are safe, though when we got there it was already too late. They may have not died by the burns, but the cuts of what seemed to be from some type of Translucent Steel that was also devastating to their kind. I'm really sorry, kid, there wasn't much we can do about it."
Keegan was now walking towards the door.
"I don't understand, but you said that you guys killed them. I mean, you even showed me parts of their clothes."
Neo was now confused. Just a second ago he was in full rage and was close to ripping Keegan apart, at least that's what he believed.
Keegan had reached the door and now was opening it.
Unlike the first time he got here, he wasn't afraid that maybe the guards might spot him.
"Well, are you coming?"
Keegan called Neo.
Neo stood up, and was wiping the tears off his face.
"Where are we going?"
Neo asked.
"First, we are going to get you all cleaned up, get you some new fresh clothes, and if you are feeling perkish you may go and get something to eat, and after that you can finally go and say goodbye to your parents, because there might be a possibility that you might not see them for a while, or if luck is not on our side, you might see them very soon."
Keegan said, but without looking at Neo.
Neo heard everything, but he really didn't pay much attention to the other stuff, because he was just glad that his parents were safe and he was going to send them off respectfully.
Then he started walking towards Keegan, and he allowed him to walk out first, then Keegan followed him and closed the door behind them.
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What happened actually happened earlier, when Keegan readied himself to fight Neo, who was on his way to go berserk.
When Neo actually managed to punch through the prism, that wasn't the case. The prism is one of the most strongest things that can withstand anything, and even though Neo thought when he was busy punching it, and believed that it was working because the prism was cracking, it may have been true or not. Maybe it happened that it tricked him into believing that he was indeed going through it.
What had really happened was that the prism was actually released, which meant someone had turned it off. There was a possibility that by mistake or on purpose.
So when that happened, Neo had jumped head first like he does when his emotions get the better of him, and this time was no different.
He had went in with his fist ready to punch Keegan, who was not even fazed by him at all.
Keegan didn't even jump back or did anything special to dodge Neo's punch. He simply just stepped back with one leg, and Neo missed.
He rolled over and found himself close to the door, as he realised that only his fist was on the floor, and Keegan was just standing right behind him with his hands behind his back.
Neo flexed his hand and turned to look back. This time around his transformation wasn't like the first time, where his face was popping with blood veins so visible. Even his eyes weren't like the first time. He was completely different.
His veins did pop, but they weren't that visible, and they didn't reach all the way to his eyes, and his eyes were still flickering between both his colours, nor did his horns come out and his fangs.
When Keegan saw Neo in that state, he also showed his own Devil Blood transformation, which was slightly different from him. His was only one sided, and unlike Neo he didn't have veins popping out. He just had his red eye and fangs out, which means that there was a possibility that he hadn't awaken his own true power.
So Keegan just taunted Neo by giving him a smile that showed off his own teeth.
Neo just rolled back, and when he was done rolling he pushed himself off the floor and spun around, with his claws out. That must have been a misreading to Keegan, as he assumed that Neo was going to try and punch him again, but this time around he just wanted to scratch him.
Keegan did move out of the way, but he was a second too late, because when he moved his face out of the way Neo had managed to scratch his outfit and ripped his shirt off.
Even Keegan was caught off guard by that, and when he stepped back he felt something different. There was a breeze coming through his chest.
Keegan looked at himself, and then he saw it.
"Whoa, kid, if you were really closer you would have clawed your way through my flesh."
He realised.
But Neo wasn't paying much attention to that. His main focus and goal was to just make him pay, so Neo was now standing in a position of a beast with all of its four legs.
Neo jumped off the floor again, and still had his claws out, and when he attacked Keegan, which was almost taking off his face, Keegan had blocked him by grabbing his hand.
"Nah-uh, I don't think so."
Keegan stopped him for a moment before he even tried to throw Neo to the wall, and that almost worked, but Neo was smart and quick enough that when Keegan attempted to throw him, Neo also had a plan of his own.
And that was to use his other hand, which he did by grabbing Keegan by his shoulder, and both of them flew to the wall, which was a full force.
Though the force of the wall collision was devastating, both of them got up like nothing happened, and through the wall had created some kind of their own art wall.
"I have to admit that was a smart move."
Keegan complimented Neo.
Who was not wasting any time, because right after they both got up Neo just continued and attacked him, by pushing him with his all might, pushing him to the other side of the wall, and once they reached the wall Neo made sure that he pushed Keegan against the wall so much that he actually managed to push him through the wall.
After that, he dragged him across the wall, and Keegan was feeling that.
When they reached the corner of the room, Neo stopped and looked around. Then he saw the titanium steel door, and he spun around with Keegan, and he threw him to the door, that once he landed against Keegan almost took the door down.
Keegan just laid there on the floor, and for a split second Neo thought that he had won, which made him let his own guard down.
Keegan tried to get up, but once he stood up with his own two feet it was if Neo was able to tell, cause he would just appear in front of Keegan, then attacked.
Neo would punch Keegan all over his body. He would give him relentless punches, which were about five each, and whenever he saw Keegan try to fight back Neo would push him back against the door, causing the dust on the wall to fall.
Then he would pick up his speed, and the punches that seemed to be just five on each striking body of Keegan would be quick to the point that they seem to be maybe doubled.
And honestly, Keegan was feeling the affect. No matter what he tried, Neo wouldn't just let him. When he tried to push him away, Neo would simply push off his hands and punch him again and again.
Though Keegan couldn't understand how that was possible, because he knew that he was strong, but Neo was just holding his own against him.
But there was a secret that Neo was using, a secret that he himself wouldn't even be able to explain if he was asked, nor would he even try.
After punching Keegan almost killing him, once Neo saw that he wasn't trying to fight back, he retreated.
And created distance between them, but then Keegan wasn't defeated like Neo thought.
While he didn't pay much attention, Keegan's fingers were fidgeting, and he eventually got back up.
"Okay, now I see I will have to use my full strength."
Neo looked at Keegan, and saw him smiling, and drooling blood.
Then his eye glowed bright red, and his veins now popped up.