As Kaiser and Deakon get checked over by Zoephelia and Lynn they begin to explain how bad the situation is and what they're up against the odds stacking against them progressively each Second they're in the golden city
"This situation is just becoming more and more fucked we cant catch a damn break" Zoephelia Quiety yells out while bandaging Kaisers Stomach
Lynn just looks at her then goes back to wrapping bandages on Deakon their bodies bruised and bloody. They silently continue wrapping them up as the Two teens' loss to Ukzoc weighed on them heavily.
Lynn begins conjuring a healing circle to help heal them faster only for it to last a few seconds on the both of them.
"Damn it ive used more aura than i thought, the king and his soldiers took a lot out of us after we split up earlier" Lynn breathes out
Kaiser now standing walks shakily over to the wall using it for support, can only sigh in frustration, they've been out played and out smarted. Their backs were against the wall as time, and resources were beginning to melt away.
"He has our blood"
Lynn and Zoephelia rush to him, their faces in shock.
Zoephelia gets in Kaiser's face and slaps him across his face.
"Why the hell didn't you say something who knows what he could be doing!, for all we know he's already made clones of you two or worse he's created monsters with your powers."
Kaiser only raised his head to look down at Zoephelia and Lynn, his face neutral.
"He's not going to make a new monster… he's going to improve the behemoths we've been fighting he wants to make them perfect and what is more perfect than a dragon and a demon"
Zoephelia Just Looks at Deakon who is laying against the wall trying to recover any extra strength before they confront Ukzoc again. The previous battle if you could call it that pretty much drained them of all their energy, Ukzoc may not have been the strongest person they've faced against but those creatures of his tipped the scales in his favor, now even more so with Deakon and Kaiser's Blood. Though they were resting somewhat peacefully, the thoughts of their fight still plagued their minds and doubt subtly began to creep into their mind.
Zoephelia walks over to Lynn, her back turned away as she is grabbing water to drink her mind on something, touching her shoulder Lynn turns her head to the side to see what she wanted.
"How did someone like Ukzoc come to be in your services? I can hardly imagine he was like this when you first hired him." asked Zoephelia
Lynn sighs and puts the ladle back into the bucket of water, her expression one with regret and sorrow.
"I knew him from when we were children,My father the previous king a kind man with a smile that could lighten the night sky like the sun, he found him one day when we were coming back from a meeting with the Elves from the North, he had tried to steal one of our horses while the guards had stopped to buy them feed"
Lynn had chuckled a little at the memory but the small laugh ended as she saw what her foster brother became.
"He was always smart and loved science but when I was crowned the queen something changed between us. I don't know if it was jealousy or even our roles beginning, that day I will never forget the way his smile disappeared as the crown was put onto my head.
".
Zoephelia only listened to her as she understood why she was hesitant to kill him, they were family, not blood but just as close one could be, their bond had suddenly shattered and it killed both of them.
Kaiser, hearing this only could just shake his head in annoyance, more and more "issues" kept appearing Concerning Ukzoc and it was starting to annoy him.
"I'm sorry Your Majesty but he must die especially after everything that's happened. His experiments, the kidnapping, the mutilating and killing of hundreds possibly thousands of people, surely you see He can't be allowed to live" Kaiser said
Lynn could only nod her head, her feelings on the matter were irrelevant. He did something she could never forgive him for, nor could she turn a blind eye to all he's done to her people.
"We must do whatever it takes to stop him, and I'll help you any way I can."
Kaiser nods his head, standing up he walks over to Zoephelia, his stomach still wrapped in bandages, Reaching the two ladies he stands in front of them his face blank but his eyes, his eyes scanning Lynn like a predator stalking its prey.
"When the time comes I hope you'll be prepared to kill your brother, because as it stands he'll stop at nothing to kill us, you especially so prepare the worst of it has yet to come.
Lynn nods slowly, before Kaiser walks back to the corner he was resting at, Deakon on the other hand had Snuck behind them and helped himself to the water, the talking disturbing him from his light sleep. As he drinks he just ignores their looks of surprise as he silently drinks. Stopping for a second noticing the stares.
"What?"
Lynn and Zoepheila just shake their head letting him continue
A few hours later the group now more rested begin going over their plan to Kill Ukzoc, it wasn't a very complicated plan but it wasn't an easy one, it was just kill his Behemoths or separate him from them, and kill him while they can't help him, they figured they could take him down if the four of them were to jump him, if he hasn't finished his behemoths in time.
"Ok so we need to decide who will fight Ukzoc initially when this actually starts. Because we can't just bank on him coming alone, he's not dumb nor arrogant enough for that" Said Zoephelia
"We have to find a weakness of any kind, did the two of you notice anything at all when you fought him earlier? This is life or death."
Kaiser and Deakon thought hard for a minute before Deakon remembered something.
"He doesn't have the hitting power,yes we lost but think about it most of that fight the behemoths were the ones landing the heavy blows. He's quick but he doesn't have the same level of strength ".
Kaiser shook his head "but there's one issue we don't know how much stronger he'll be now especially with our blood, not to mention those things with him."
Deakon cursed as he didn't think of that at all, but then it hit him, he had seen this when the fight first began.
"Then I've got nothing that was the only thing I could think of but that's shot no longer the case"
Lynn sitting then gets an idea.
"Lets use me as bait"
The rest of the group look at her confused at why she would risk getting killed so quickly.
"Think about it, he wants me dead the most. We can use me as a trap then jump him quickly, but he also knows me. I'd have to be alone for a bit or have you three hidden completely he knows everything I might try but maybe I can reach that side of him I haven't seen in years."
Kaiser was not too sure on this; it seemed like a desperate hope to not kill him but he kept his mouth shut as she was putting herself directly in his line of fire.
" That's alright but there's still an issue, how the hell are we getting the behemoths away from him? I can say it won't be, it took practically everything me and Kaiser had just to kill one of his weaker ones."
Kaiser leaning against the wall finally throws his idea into the field.
"We have to constantly switch between fighting him and those things I'd say Zoepehlia and Deakon start out fighting them then me and Lynn switch after but we have to be perfect because if we mess up someone will die or very will be close to death."
Deakon confused Simply just raises his hand
"Why are you raising your hand? Just ask"Said Zoephelia
"How will we switch that quickly to throw them off and keep us in sync?"
Kaiser Summons his sword
"The way I summon my sword is how , theoretically I could transfer you through my shadows but I've never done it with a person before just my weapons thats why i have to be perfect or you'll be stuck in a shadow somewhere"
The three of them looked at him with worry, confusion and Unbotheredness
The plan was shoddy at best but it was better than nothing, better than just running into the fight without a plan but what still sat at the front of their minds was the fact that they knew nothing of how powerful Ukzoc would become or even his Behemoths, its a huge risk but what choice did they have if they wanted to terminate him.
"So does everyone agree with this?" Kaiser Asked
Lynn agreed, and so did Deakon, but Zoepheila was still thinking as she ran the strategy through her head many times.
" I Don't like it, i think you're an idiot…..but this is the only chance we have to prove our worth and to shut that annoying bastard up once and for all"
Kaiser walks into the center of the room his face beginning to form into a small smirk
He places his hands on Deakon and Zoepheli's Shoulders, and Lynn is grabbed by Deakon and Zoephelia.
"We must not hold nothing back, or this will be the death of us, no matter what we must kill him for our sakes, the people he's preyed on, the families he's torn apart, and the voids he left in those people's lives" Said Kaiser
Lynn looks at Kaiser her eyes shaking with something he couldn't quite figure out whether it was fear or anxiety or Sadness for what was to come to Ukzoc
Either their deaths or the death of an Elven man who went off the rails and became entrapped with the idea of being a perfect being among a world filled with nothing perfect, not even most of the old gods were perfect yet he sought to become That something which even some of them failed to become.
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Back in the Smoking tower is Ukzoc as he sits on a stool tubes connected to his arms and legs as his blood is being drained into two vats, he quietly hums as he integrates Kaisers and Deakins blood, not just into himself but his behemoths he had used earlier.
"Dont worry little Demon we will see each other soon, hmmm, hmmmm. Hm , hmmm,
Yes, I will see you very soon"
He looks up to see his behemoths slowly start to transform in the vats, growing sharper teeth and wings, their arms splitting into another pair, their legs gaining a scaled like look. But Ukzoc himself had slowly begun to change as well, his hair turning darker and his eyes becoming that of a Demon and a Dragons, his hands morphing into claws and his back sprouting wings slowly, the bones cracking as they pierce his skin. The machines power on to handle their new bodies and pump more of it into them.
"Only a few more hours then perfection will be achieved,and it will be glorious that the death of these miscreants will be exhilarating. Then soon everything will be to my vision, my standards, and my Rule.
As he continues to let the process go on quietly watching Him are the King and Andromeda, neither dared to interrupt him but their allegiance to him remained the same,the promises of ruling over each Elven Kingdom on the forefront of their minds.
"Father kets prepare i feel this is going to become the last time we'll see mother before her head rolls after he kills the rats" Andromeda says but with a sinister smirk on her face
As they leave Ukzoc All you hear is the sound of his humming echoing through the walls of his tower and the see the lights to his lab flicker on and off as he prepares to kill foster sister and the imperfections she had sided with.
"Soon sister you'll see, they'll all see"
To be continued.