Grey grinned, "We're not gonna have to wait for him........each fighter.....left an echo......I'm going to use those echos......and Draklin.....hehehehe.....you honestly believe he would come here in his own body.......risk what he fought through hell to get..........."

A white portal opened up, as Draklin dropped out right in front of them, grinning widely, within another drone body. "I told you Friend, you can put flesh through hell, but I'll always be back, I've got a hundred more of these husks to throw at you!" He pointed towards him laughing.

Friend shrugged, no longer caring.

"A hundred husk bodies, eh?"

A thought occurred to him.

And he smiled a truly happy smile.
"Thank you. Thank you so much, Draklin. Thank you, thank you."

He then turned, and put his fingers into the ground.

An instant later, the ground underneath Draklin crumbled to nothing, and just as he reached his neck, the ground resealed, trapping Draklin in the ground so only his head was showing, fully encased.

Friend suddenly shot forwards and kicked Draklin's head from it's shoulders.
"I can kill your bodies then. Over and over again. Wonderful."

Inferno charged, blade held high.

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A short distance away, out of sight of the fighters, Mawthrough reappeared - still holding Chastity's body.
He looked down at her, wondering if this was the right way.
Then he strengthened his resolve.
He laid her down gently on a miraculously intact patch of grass, and watched as she started to reawaken...

It was at this time that Grey smirked, "Check........." Three orbs appeared around Friend's waist, each charged with the essence of a different fighter, one of Zigera, one of Lamia, and one of Ezekiel, and they fired their respective attacks straight into Friend's waist, attempting to cut into his flesh with a combination attack, as this occured, Grey smiled, "What do you think I was doing, way in the back, while everyone else fought?"

Cereza folded her arms. "Not successfully." She replied.

Kye grinned, "I see.........." He grabbed ahold of his blade, and as he did, a stream of flame covered it, though it also began to move in a motion that was similar to a chain saw. With one swing, he slammed his blade into the rock, cutting two feet into it, though he continued to press down upon the blade, pushing it in further.

Weiss, upon witnessing the power of their opponent, and Grey's tricky attack, scurried around to find a blind spot on Friend. When he felt enough confidence, he sped forward, aiming for Friend's spine with his icy katana, one forged of heavenly steel.

Cereza smiled, as her ears perked forward, quite interested in how Kye, her mate, would cut into the mountain. "I can tell you now...when you're done doing this, anyone whom had any thought of challenging us when we become Alpha..would think twice."

Kye, whom was panting at this time, turned to her and smiled, "True.....though I think I'm gonna call in Pyro, that took a bit of energy, and having my uncle here to aid us may discourage any challenges further." He took his cellphone from his pocket, and dialed a number. The person on the other end of the line answered, and after a quiet conversation, Kye put his phone away, just as massive, ten by ten flame portal opened up in the sky, and out of it dropped a man, with a thin, yet muscular build, with tan skin and smokey hair. He was at least seven feet high, wore a long, tan coat, with no shirt, and long, baggy pants, with no shoes. On his back rested a blade the size of a man.

Pyro looked around the area, his face having a blank expression. Then he looked to Kye's mate, and smiled, reaching his hand out to her, "It is good to meet you Cereza, I believe I saw you fighting alongside my nephew on the battlefield, you have a lot of spirit. I am Pyro Mystic, its a pleasure to meet you!" He gave a slight bow, though he still towered above them, giving an imposing presence.

The energy crashed into Friend's waist, the energy frazzling in sporadic arcs around his body.

"Oh look. Here's me not caring."

The clothing on his waist had been burnt away to reveal raw reddened flesh, sore from the impacts.
But no more blood dripped.

Friend had buckled slightly, but his eyes had never left Grey and Inferno.

"It's very simple Mystic. One rule. That's all. No way of artificially breaking it. A demon, a celestial and a human have to all attack me at the same time to cut me. No essence tricks, no technicalities. One simple rule, and you are going to have to bow and follow it."

He looked behind him to the lich.
"Hmm... any reason you blocked that?"

Inferno growled.
"Both of us together, pressure him, use a few more of those attacks to distract him. Come on!"

Mawthrough looked down at Chastity.
He felt like he'd done something dirty.

He'd knocked her out. For his own reasons.
But...

"I'm sorry Chastity. I knocked you out to try and get us away from him, because I knew you wouldn't leave me, but... I changed my mind."

Lie number one.

"I brought us back here so we could fight together - protecting each other, like we always do."

Lie number two.

"Your dad's just over that hill, still fighting him - but with our help, we can defeat him."

Not a lie.
Then...

"I promise you. I will not leave your side."

Lie number three.

Grey growled, but kept his cool, sharing even more of Omega's blessing with Inferno. "Alright.....after you Inferno..........." He rose Midnight, one of the few indestructible weapons within the world, and readied it(don't even think of destroying it).

Cereza smiled warmly and shook Pyro's hand. "Glad to finally meet you." She said...though she was not threatened by his height, since it had been rumored that her own father had stood at the same height as Pyro...though she had no proof to such rumors. Her ears then twitched, as she turned her head towards the village, where the pack resided. "It seems that your presence has not gone unnoticed."

Pyro looked to the pack, "I can see that...........haven't seen Fire Dire's since I lived in Mesopotamia, that's when they were mostly wolf......then again......that's when I was but a child.........disdain has always been aimed toward the flame users of this world......I was no different in that regard........luckily, I had my mothers and sister to protect me......." From being within range of Pyro, anyone older than a hundred years could sense his ancient, destructive power.

Kye kept quiet, looking upon the pack, then, he looked to Cereza and asked, "So, that sword of his, how fast do you think he can swing it?"

Cereza folded her arms. "I would say he could swing it faster then my mother and I can run...and that's pretty fast." She chuckled slightly.

Pyro approached the mountain side, and grinned. A moment later, there was a forty foot long slice down the center of the mountain side, going eight feet deep, and it appeared as though Pyro had never taken his sword from his back.

Kye grinned, "Pretty much."

Friend shrugged.
"Alright then."
Then he turned to Grey and Inferno.

Inferno raised his blade, and hurtled in from the right.
"Grey, do your thing, take the left."

Sometimes, there were times when all you wanted to do was tell the truth.
In his relatively short life, Mawthrough had told his fair share of lies.
But lies had never been so painful. He'd never lied to her before.

And every word that he didn't mean was painful.
He wanted to tell her the truth - and if push didn't come to shove, he would.

But in the eventuality that this threat could only be removed via being MADE to leave... then he couldn't risk Friend figuring it out and targeting Chastity first.

He looked down at her.
"I initially wanted to leave you knocked out back down in hell... and then I realized I was underestimating you. Again. Always needing to shield you, always needing to protect you... I never really once thought about how strong you really are. How powerful you are."

He helped her to her feet.
"I sense your father's soul is on fire right now - he's healed again, and seems to be fighting his damned hardest. Grey's too. You're another angel, we can team up - I sense Draklin's soul too. Two demons, two angels, and the most powerful human alive - makes sense, right? We can beat him together."

He wanted so badly to just run. To take her hand and run as fast as they could. But Friend would follow.
So he couldn't.

"Come on then. Let's go." He looked at her, waiting until she was ready.

What Grey hadn't shown to the others, was through all the power he'd already used, his body was near its breaking point, as was his mind, which was fragile as is. "Alright....." He became a smokey blur, and at this time, moved to the left, leaving a large trail of energy behind himself.

Draklin was hidden within the room, his energy at numerous different points.

Mawthrough nodded, smiling.
"Alright then - let's kick this insolent fool all the way back to where he came from."
He let his wings appear and rose into the air.
"We don't stand a fair chance. We ARE going to beat him."

What he didn't add was "at any cost."
They took off towards the fight...

Inferno feinted, going low, before raising his blade high for a skull-breaker.

Friend noted their assaults - as well as the return of Mawthrough and Chastity.
He also sensed Draklin's energy and smiled.

Because he could kill Draklin's physical form over and over again, at present Draklin was little more than a distraction.
But even distractions could be dangerous.

Grey's physical power was starting to burn itself out, and despite his bravado he could sense Inferno's power waning too.
He also sensed that Grey's blade was much tougher than some, and breaking it would be a waste of valuable time.

He himself was also drained, but by no means was he going to fail this.
He was NOT going back in that cell.

He caught Inferno's blade with his arm, and fired his twin eye beams at the rapidly moving Grey...

As the eye beams hit Grey, his after image faded, and he launched forward from the other side, slashing toward Friend's side, as Draklin shot out of the floor via a portal, firing his demonic energy into Friend's ribs.

Friend instantly looked down, focusing his eye beams upon Draklin, only upping the intensity so much that the body was instantly turned to ash.

However, the blast still slammed into him, and combined with Inferno's blade he still held, that meant -

With the last second before impact, he forced Mystic's arm down - so that instead of nearly bisecting him, the blade merely carved through his leg.
Blood spurted, and Friend was unable to stop himself falling to one knee.
The pain rocking him was now so intense that he found himself roaring, and he staggered forwards in a surprise assault, shoulder barging Inferno's ribcage.

Inferno yelled in pain as his ribs cracked, then furiously stabbed at Friend - but to no effect.

Friend wrapped his elbow around Inferno's throat, not caring about the archangel's struggles, and faced Grey again, holding Inferno close to him as a shield.

"Attack me again, and I promise you Inferno will not see the sunset. His blood will be on your hands, same as that she-demon that you slaughtered. Need to get a hold of your blood-lust, Draklin..."

"What?"

Inferno's struggles increased in ferocity as he turned towards the voice.
Mawthrough had landed and was walking towards them - and, behind him was -

"ARE YOU INSANE!?" Inferno managed to yell.
"I thought you were going to keep her safe! I thought you were being -"

Mawthrough cut him off.
"What does he mean about a slaughtered she-demon, Inferno?"
His voice rose.
"Tell me that's not who I think he's talking about Inferno. Tell me that I didn't leave my mother to die."

Inferno's eyes lowered.
Mawthrough seemed to weaken where he stood, and seemed on the verge of falling.

"Draklin, then?"

Inferno nodded, wordlessly.

Mawthrough swayed slightly - then straightened, a look of determination mixed with grief on his face.
"First, we get him gone."

He looked at Grey, then at Chastity behind him, an idea striking.

"Chastity, use your flame - your father can withstand it effortlessly, and we can use it as a smokescreen. Grey, the instant she does, we finish this, got it?"

Friend laughed, a slightly breathless, angry laugh.
"As long as I'm holding Inferno, we'll be here a while. He's the only one here that can send me back to that cage, and I'm not going back there - or if I am..."

His eyes suddenly fixed on Chastity.
"Well then... I'll make sure to take you with me..."

Mawthrough growled.
"Chastity, now!"