153 The Return (III)

"Coco?!" I stopped blowing flames of ice and swiveled my head towards her in surprise. She was free, and to suddenly jump back into the battle wasn't something that I would've expected. This wasn't the way it was supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a quick in and out, but nothing went according to plan from the beginning.

"Is she out of her mind?!" Phil cursed as he swung his blade. "We're supposed to go away from him, not towards!"

Coco didn't listen. She was driven with anger that the words didn't process in her head. Her pace sped up, creating electric sparks under her hooves as she leaped. With an angry neighbor, she stomped downwards towards his head.

Rei sidestepped out of harm's way in a nick of time as a blast of powerful electrical sparks of energy shot outwards towards the crowd. The electricity bounced off of Rei and went into the earth as if he was an electric conduit.

He raised his hand and looked at them, then he looked up and smirked. "Is that it?" With a simple wave of his hand, he backhands her with a harsh slap. Coco flew backward, causing her to fly back.

"Despicable," Rei replied. He was disgusted at Coco's attempted attack. Coco was dazed, confused.

I was shocked at how easily Coco was suddenly put down so quickly. It happened in a blink of an eye that I barely understood what just happened.

"Did you really think you can stop me?" Rei spoke arrogantly. "I am the great Titan. The one who will rule the world!" He roared in excitement.

The ground trembled, making the ground jitter with excitement.

I lunged forward, rushing towards Coco in fear of her getting crushed. With a tail whip, I slammed it across towards Rei and into his body. It was as if I slammed into a thick metal wall that has been reinforced a hundred times, causing my tail to shake from pain as it traveled up and down my body.

Rei wrapped his arm around my tail and yanked me forward towards him. Without realizing it, my claws dug into the soil, trying to keep me from going towards him. The sheer power from the pull caused another flash of pain as I struggled to fight against his pure strength.

"Oh no, you don't." Rei snickered with glee, his muscle bulging as he pulled me closer one inch at a time.

I snarled, whipping my head towards him as I inhaled deeply, expanding my chest. Cold air circulated around me as my belly started to glow blue. With an angry blow of ice fire, I shot it directly towards Rei's face.

In alarm, he let my tail go as he stumbled backward. This gave me a chance to slip out, and turned around to smack him with my hand as he flew back into the crowd of Orcs as they were smashed underneath him.

"Come on, Coco!" I yelled at her to get up. She was dazed on the ground, trying to get back up. Her body shook as she neighed softly, her eyes slightly blinking in a flutter as she tried to get her sense back to her.

"We need to go!" I reached over to gently pick her up in my claws, and then I looked over my shoulders and shouted at the others. "Come on! Let's leave now!"

The others heard me as they pushed back the oncoming Orcs. Phil struck and swung his sword as he cut off one of the Orc's heads. He then jumped around in quick succession, dodging out of harm's way as he ran straight to me.

"Berry! Start flying!" Phil shouted as he swung his blade, killing another.

Cathy was swinging with pure ecstasy as a mad grin erupted on her beautiful face as she slaughtered left and right. She wasn't going to allow a single enemy to escape her clutches as she continued to devastate the Orc's.

With a pump of my wings, a gust of wings started to unfurl around me in rapid succession. A tornado started to form, kicking up sand. The Orcs faltered; they couldn't get close.

I started to feel my feet slowly lifting off the ground, getting to shoot up into the air. Cathy was the first one to jump up as she climbed up onto my back. Tart, who was causing a frenzy of slaughter inside the army, made a complete turn as he came straight towards me. Orcs quickly fell by his power as they were slaughtered. Compared

"Enough!" A woman's voice shouted out towards me with a loud commanding voice, causing everyone to suddenly freeze. The flurry of wind that helped me stabilize in the air was suddenly turned against me as it started to change direction, causing me to be forced downwards. It was a difficult battle to stay afloat, and every second made it that much harder.

Dense magic started to seep in from all sides as a powerful gravity magic pushed down on all of us. I couldn't float any longer as my wings shuddered and was forced to close. With a heavy thud, I fell, smothered onto the ground, unable to lift up even my head.

I was shocked to feel something this powerful pushing me down. It wasn't often I felt such powerful magic in this world. It made me shiver, knowing whoever it was casting down this power made all of us unable to move.

"I said, enough!" Her voice was cold as it made all the Orcs shiver in fear. Even Rei paled as he took a step backward and gulped.

"I-" Rei was suddenly cut off in seconds by a thunderous powerful display of magic that came zooming towards him and smashing into his side. He groaned in pain as he doubled backward, but he didn't die. Flame scorch mark was present on his body as he was reeling in pain.

A whirl of magic came down from the sky as a tornado touched down in the most spectacular way I have ever seen. I thought we would've been picked up into the tornado and sucked away, but it wasn't large or powerful enough to pull us in.

"Did you forget our deal, Rei?" The voice spoke inside the tornado, peeved as it slowly started to dissipate.

"No…." Rei coughed, unable to say anymore. He was still in pain from the blast of magic that hit in his gut.

"Are you sure?" She replied coldly as the wind started to dissipate, but the gravity magic was still in place. "You were going to do something that I told you not to do until a few weeks from now. Your body can't handle the full transformation until your soul is ready. I have told you numerous times, but you don't listen. This is my last warning Rei, don't make me mad."

Rei was silent, unable to look up at her as he kneeled in front of her from pain. What stepped out from the tornado was a beautiful lady who looked to be in her late twenties. Her eyes were slightly slanted upwards, her posture was tall and straight as she gazed towards the group with an annoyed expression. All the Orcs shied away from her out of fear and respect, for they could tell how dangerous she was.

Her long black hair trailed behind her, shimmering underneath the light from black to blue. Even her steps were light, barely making any sound. Obsidian black dress stuck to her body as her hourglass figure was shown. With a sneer, she glanced around the plains. Disgusted at how they were pushed around.

"No matter, I'll handle this." The lady replied coldly.

"Yes…." Rei's voice went soft; he shakily got up, trying to brush away the pain as if nothing had happened.

The other Orcs took a step backward, but they still kept a tight circle around us.

"Who are you?" I asked, having a bit of a hard time moving and breathing.

The lady stopped, turned towards me, and gave me a fierce cold look that told me that I was insignificant, but quickly as her gaze swept through me, it disappeared. A lovely pleasant smile erupted on her face, bringing with it a warm feel.

"I am glad to see you alive, my nephew." She replied with a sweet tone of voice.

I froze, knowing full well that my mother's killer was in front of me.