The griffin roared furiously as it flapped its wings, ascending above the underground city.
"What's it doing?!" Galaxy asked as she and Rimera stared at it. Rimera obviously had an idea of what it was planning to do.
"It's too late, it's heading above!" Rimera said with a nervous yet serious gaze.
"Hey, both of you, what's going on?" Riot yelled as he, the other knights, and Lenora arrived.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" Galaxy was widely asked.
"Were fine what happened here?!" Lenora asked, confused about what was happening.
"We don't have time right now. We need to head up there and stop that thing from causing chaos in Night City! SC[1] squad, get ready were taking the battle up there, make sure no civilians get hurt! Am I clear!"
"YES, PRESIDENT!" The members yelled, affirming Galaxy's orders. In an instant, some of the magic users used wind magic to levitate everyone up above.
As they approached, they were met with a trail of destruction made by the griffin. It tore through the city, leaving chaos in its wake. Galaxy stared at the sight in terror; her shame and anger were evident.
"Now's no time to get emotional; we need to focus on stopping it before things get even more out of hand," Rimera said, pulling Galaxy out of her thoughts.
"Captain, look, someone's fighting the griffin bare-handed." One of the SC members said, alerting Galaxy and Rimera as they all turned to see what kind of maniac would do such a thing.
"It can't be who I think it could be," Riot said as he stared in disbelief.
"I told him to leave!" Rimera said with a pissed tone, as it turned out to be none other than Tristan.
The Griffen violently tossed him aside, but he fixed his two feet on the ground, maintaining his balance. He then proceeded to run straight towards the Griffen, aiming for a head-on attack, but the Griffen raised one of it's claw's and then brought it down with full force. Tristan did not hesitate or flinch as the attack approached.
"Is he crazy? He'll die, someone help him!" Lenora yelled in panic
"Agreed !" Riot said as he got ready to attack before the hit could land on Tristan, but Galaxy stretched her hands, signaling them to stop.
"What are you doing? Trishy will die!" Lenora stared at the galaxy with rage in her eyes. She wasn't in the mood for jokes.
"Watch!" That was all Galaxy said.
As The attack landed Tristans upper and lower body were torn in half by the Griffin's iron claw blood and organs spilled but Tristan was still smiling, everyone except rimera and galaxy were either shocked as what happened next left them speechless as the blood that spilled reversed like video being played back, the blood fixed and returned everything that was being damaged Tristan then procced to uppercut the griffin sending it back with immense force he then blitz behind the Griffin and then jumped above it and followed up with a drop kick on the griffins back.
"Thought you got me, huh!" Tristan said as he stepped back, letting the griffin have some breathing space. People ran left and right as they feared for their lives, as a news copter flew above the scene, making the incident known to everyone.
***
Malachi stood in his mansion's training room as he meditated diligently. He then opened his eyes, and surrounding him were shards of black ice.
"I did it, I managed to grasp non-verbal spell casting," Malachi thought to himself as he grinned with the thought of surpassing Eira, but that thought was soon cut short as his butler walked in.
"What are you doing here? Haven't I told you not to disturb my training?" Malachi said as he glared at his butler.
"I'm sorry, young master Malachi, but your friend's on the News!" The butler said, leaving Malachi shocked.
***
I'm bored, nothing good is on!" Alex said as he stared at his TV, changing channels as none seemed to pique his interest till he put on the 10 o'clock news and saw Tristan fighting with the Griffin.
"WAIT, AIN'T THAT TRISTAN !, man, he's having so much fun I'm gonna go join!, Marcus, get my katana ready, I need to go change!" Alex ordered as he ran upstairs to his room to wear more suitable clothing.
Meanwhile, the Griffin shot debris of concrete all around, possibly aiming for Tristan, but it scattered everywhere, leaving cars and buildings with holes.
"What kind of crazy attack is that? Some civilians who are still around might get hurt!" Tristan says as he puts his arms up in defense from the incoming debris. Tristan quickly notices a large pointed shape of debris flying straight toward a girl and her parents, who are hiding behind a car. Without thinking, Tristan dashed in front of them and stood in front of them, sheilding then from the attack. The sharp, piercing rock pierced itself right into Tristan's heart. Tristan then remembered Stacy mentioning that as long as his heart isn't damaged, he'll be fine.
"Will you be okay?" the father said as both he and the wife stared at the injury.
"Don't worry about me, just get out of here!" Tristan yelled, urging them to leave, and as soon as they did, he fell to the ground. The other were too busy protecting and pointing civilians to safety; they didn't notice Tristan's motionless body. The news, which had seen everything, zoomed in on Tristan.
"Citizens, it looks like the person who was fighting the Griffin is now dead from A severe injury!" The reporter said as terror fell on those where watching. Both Malachi and Alex could not believe what they were seeing. Malachi, who was already heading to the scene in Told, told his butler to go faster, while Alex, who used his demon wings, increased his speed.
Everywhere seemed dark; Tristan's vision turned blurry. Brown, colourless blood spilled from his body, his breath seemed hollow, and his skin slowly turned pale. Although Tristan was used to pain, this feeling felt different to him; he was dying.
[1] SC means student council name felt to long