The Monster managed to kick me toward my friends.

My mask was shredded as i was rolling on the ground, i got back up on my feet.

I could feel my personality splitting inn two pieces.

“What are you guys just standing there for?” I yelled at them, right after that I felt an extreme headache.

I fell to my knees as I was holding my head with both hands.

“Argh, it hurts!”

Elisa ran over to me.

“Keep it together Sky! I know the real you is still inside!” I managed to calm down a little, but the pain was excruciating.

Odin`s chainmail was a bit torn as he was recently slashed and pushed backwards.

“Let’s give Sky some time! Charge!”

Odin charged forward, when it comes to helping others even he changes personality from being a little shy kid, to a true warrior!

Celia had reappeared behind the monster, but not to attack! She took a hold of his arms as Odin started to slash viciously at the monsters chest, dealing some damage.

“I can’t get a clear shot! I might hit you guys!” Cortez was trying to aim, but Odin was right in front of the monster, so there was no way he could shot. He tried to get a better position.

“I can’t hold for much longe--!” Celia was knocked back and Odin was left fighting the monster 1 on 1, but he does a good job. Is this the power of his one handed weapon handling?

The monster was shot in the head again, Cortez had managed to flank him, but the arrow quickly vanished.

The boss was still going strong with 75% health left.

“I have to…. help them…” I tried to get up, but the headache immediately started.

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“Sky, you know there is nothing you can do, there never is….”

I got flash backs from the time Celia and I ran from the gang back in the real world, then I was in a room in my mind all dark and purplish, with Zane in front of me, disfigured in darkness as myself.

“You are not real! You are dead, Zane! I did what I had to do! Celia wouldn’t have survived by your sacrifice alone! Her blood was boiling with rage I had to get her out of there!”

“You had to? What about the others? There were people there younger than you! Even younger than Celia, who had to face the fear up close! Vulnerable and defenseless! Left alone to the vultures of man…”

“You are right…”

“Ohh?”

“I left them….to save myself and Celia, there is nothing I can do to change that.”

Zane was quiet.

“There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t think about the once I left behind…Betrayed…Killed…. I won’t let that happen again! I will do everything I can from now on to save my friends!”

I equipped my daggers and stabbed Zane in the stomach.

He smiled.

“Well done….Be seeing you”

I could feel the fear, pain and guilt leave my body.

Author note: This is a metaphor for him concurring his fear, pain and guilt. He is not really stabbing the real Zane, only a physical illusion of him within his own mind.

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“Sky, wake up!” I didn’t realize that I had blacked out.

Elisa was screaming and shaking me back awake, the fight was still going on, but it was looking bad.

For how long was I out?

My body was still disfigured and dark, but I could feel warmth and strength in it.

My left hand felt hard as iron, but at the same time flexible.

I sat up, dazed from the blackout, but I could feel that I had full control over the power. There was no time to waste!

Everyone was too exhausted to fight, only Cortez had some more fuel to fight.

Odin was parrying the flurry of strikes towards him, but a few hits got through his block, then he was grabbed by the throat and lifted upwards, just as the monster was about to pierce Odins torso with his sword I reappeared behind him and instead of using my daggers, my left arm turned into a razor sharp blade that sliced his arm right off! Dropping Odin to the ground!

I kicked the monster backwards as I landed and positioned myself close to Odin.

“You alright, Odin?”

“Sky…Thanks..” He was shocked by my appearance.

“Stay behind me, I got this now”

The monster grew his arm back from the shadows. The boss was now down to 50% health left.

“Sky is that you? Or the bat shit crazy you?” Cortez made his way over to me as he shot a few arrows towards the boss.

“I won’t let it get to me again, sorry if I seemed intimidating.”

“ I didn’t know which one of you was the most scary, frankly I still don’t know”

“Let’s find out shall we?” I raised my dark hand and turned my hand into fangs, I also had one dagger equipped on my right hand.

“Ohh?, I like it, kill this bastard!”

Cortez and I was grinning with excitement.

I rushed forward, still with reappear on cooldown, I started fighting up close, toe on toe, even though I am stealth speced I managed to counter his attack easily enough with my skills and the arm itself!

My speed and strength had increased significantly. How can this be a part of the game?

I saw a window of opportunity to punch right through the enemies attacks, I shoved my left arm right through his torso, I could feel the flesh, it was cold as ice!

When I dragged back my arm, the shadow quickly filled the room in his body and his attack quickly commenced.

“Sky, grab this!” Elisa threw a flask over to me.

“Drink the flask, I got your back!” Cortez shot arrows after arrows, slowing the monsters movements down, not dealing all that much damage, but the boss was down to 35% health.

I drank the potion as fast as I could, time suddenly slowed down around me, but I was just as quick on my feet.

“Take this!” I ran back with my left arm transformed into a blade, while running I could see Cortezes arrow in the air, I even managed to touch it with my finger as I ran by!

Slash slash slash!

The monster had no way of blocking my attacks, his health was dropping quickly.

30% 25% 20% 15%!

The effect ended!

The monster let out a huge scream, creating a shockwave around him knocking me backwards.

“Time to finish this ugly one off!” Cortez aimed a sniper shot at the monsters face.

Once the arrow was shot it quickly got deflected by a shadow fragment that came from the monsters body.

“What the hell is going on with him? Cortez was puzzled.

“This is probably his next stage! Be careful!”

I got back and tried my best to get a hit in, but the shadow tendrials was deflecting my every attack!

It had the same affect at the same time even with Cortez and Celia on the target.

We all backed off, the master was slowly regaining health as we were unable to do anything.

There has to be a way to bypass it, I couldn’t do it with my left arm even….

“Sky, throw me!” Elisa wanted me to throw her?

She ran towards me, u put both my hands together and in front of me, ready to give her a boost up in the air.

“As high as you can!” was the last thing she said before I threw her up in the air, really high!

I did not anticipate my new strength at all!

Elisa drank a potion mid air to make her float instead of fall down.

“Now Sky!”

“You got it!” I reappeared behind Elisa mid air and immediately fell downwards right on top of the boss!

Mid air i went into a swan dive position as I took my left hand in front of me and with all the force I managed to penetrate the bosses barrier.

I grabbed a hold of the boss and slammed him to the ground with my momentum.

“Goodbye!”

I surged the dark energy out of my left hand and into his body, after a few seconds dark spikes started to emerge from his skin.

“AAAARGGH!” The boss was screaming as his health was dropping and dropping as the spikes finished him off!

There was no loot.

“He….heh…..hehehehe”

“”he-heheeh”

We all started laughing out of pure relief of our lives.

Our gear turned back to its normal state after the combat.

Odin came over to help me off the ground.

“Nice fangs!” My fingers had turned really pointy, almost resembling fangs!

I was glad to see Odin smile again, that he is not afraid of me anymore.

“I am so glad to see that you are back to your original self!” Elisa ran over and hugged me.

I could feel the darkness from my face draw back into my heart, but my left hand was still disfigured.

A big threat was finally over, if I didn’t have this dark power pumping through my veins, things might not have turned out so good.

Now we can finally head to the next city!

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