12 Family disputes

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Laboratory XI

To Vuri and Hendriks, both were feeling the clashing mana brushing against their bodies, burning off small sections of their clothing from exposure to such potency. Each one fearing for their lives but couldn't move a single millimeter for fear of having their shoulders severed from their bodys. Both tried to calm down the situation by talking to their respective foxes, but to no avail. But soon Hendriks did a small communications spell between higher magical creatures and what he heard there after shocked his world.

'-very existence is an abhorrent design, a faulty copy. The fact you breathe the same air as me fills me with rage. Even though you seperated from my body you only carried one magical condition, pathetic!' Seraph was motionless, but every moment her shadowy claws grew longer sliding down hendriks chest slowly.

'And you're the mother of a psyche who couldn't keep account of your children, the only reason you're still alive is because Seraph stayed with you! We all hate you for what you are mother and I'm going to destroy you here a-' Impheares dashes out of the way when black tendrils bursted from the tiling underneath darting for his heart, Seraph followed suit. Both foxes landed on furniture, lab equipment and all and shattered it simply by launching themselves to the next piece for the advantage.

Doctor Vuri and Hendriks immediately take cover and watch this fight happen. Both have never seen such display of a fight between two familiars, but oh boy was today the day for it to happen.

"Hendriks what the hell did you bring to my lab! It's trying to kill my assets!" Vuri was dreading over all the lab equipment getting destroyed in the process of this fight.

"I think we're the first people in the history of this planet to watch a familiar family having a fight with each other. From what I gathered Seraph is housing the mind of their mother, and that white fox is one of the children that didn't like her." Hendriks would have to dodge the occasional lab explosion and flying glass from the brutal fight. 

Impheares fires off multiple beams of red light that melt part of the facility, some beams managed to hit Seraph but the wounds were being healed as she kept moving. She then fills up hundreds of spears with small amounts of miasma before launching them at Impheares. He created a large blue light shield able to take on the torrent before a clawed paw shatters the shield in front of him. He creates several light platforms so as not to lose balance and to move backwards as fast as possible. At the time he created two long orange blades of light to fight back the shadowy claws inching for his throat. Soon his left side was kicked in with enough force to crater the wall he smashed against.

Seraph wouldn't let up, always pushing the advantage, her flaming red eye never lost contact with Impheares. Every injury Seraph and Impheares took would always be healed. However that doesn't mean the pain wasn't still present. To the humans watching this fight only flashes of light were the only thing they could perceive in the darkened room.

Seraph releases a black miasma every step she takes without letting up, keeping a close distance to Impheares. Suddenly a large light rains down on Seraph forcing her to alter course. The light pillar Impheares created for distance gave him just enough time to fire multiple shards of light to shotgun their way towards Seraph.

Those shards stopped mid air, against a wall of miasma. The blackened miasma slowly devoured the light before his sight on Seraph was no more. She hides her presence within the miasma, making fox laughter every once in a while to echo in the destroyed Laboratory.

'Don't worry my little Imph, I still love you as my child. But it's time to return to your mother now~' Impheares would spit out blood looking down at his chest, four claws piercing through wiggled in and out before dropping him on the floor. He reached out to shoot a red beam of light only to hear his bones crack under the pressure of tendrils squeezing his right arm. Soon his chest wound and arm were healed instantly but Impheares was beyond fatigued to continue on.

Out of the darkness of the miasma, the shadow of a woman with nine nine tails appears and picks up Impheares by the throat. He tries to break free by scratching at the arm to no avail, any damage done was instantly being healed.

'Don't worry my dear, I'll try to make this as painful as possible to make sure you behave in the future. Don't worry though Seraph will take good care of you.' At that moment, the shadows and miasma fade away, only the two foxes stand in front of each other. Seraph walks just two inches from Impheares face before opening her mouth, black tendrils crawl out and she bites on his head, the tendrils suck out any mana from the physical body as it's slowly consumed by Seraph. Loud crunching sounds would resound across the whole facility until Impheares was no more. A few moments after a bright light flashes behind Seraph, a third tail was created.

Vuri and Hendriks were scarred by this moment, never had this happened in the history of their world, for history was being made at that very moment. A familiar acquired another's power by outright consuming the other.

Whatever lights were not shattered at the time of thr fighting were now lit again, seraph returned to her adorable form with a third tail still following her color scheme in tow. She plopped on the ground and fell asleep sound as a baby.

Hendriks walks up and hesitates at first, but picks up Seraph to cradle her. He sighed in relief that the conflict was finally over.

"Vuri, I think we might need to report this to the Gladifer Empire. We're essentially carrying a weapon of pure carnage and I'm frankly too old to care for such a thing. He'd softly pet behind Seraph's ears still running through what was said in the fight, and the possibility of this happening in the future again.

"I'll make the call…" Vuri went over to the communications room to call up the Lord Knight from earlier. Once the Lord Knight answers the call Vuri explains in detail what happened in the lab.

One hour later Lord Knight along with the Gladifer Inquisitorial unit came to assess the situation, there was no need to open a door since one was not present at the time. As he stepped forth the amount of destruction he was taken aback at the pure devastation. And in the middle of it all was a three tailed fox asleep in the arms of an old man.

"I'm glad to see no one was hurt, however the financial team will be in an uproar once they see the damages. That's the familiar you called about?" The Lord Knight would come close to look at the intricate purple lines across the black fur of this familiar. He then had the Inquisitorial unit procure a stretcher for the familiar to rest on. Four used air magic to lift both the familiar and stretcher a few feet above the ground to prevent it waking up to sudden movements.

"Just be gentle to her alright? She is a mystery to this world we shouldn't neglect." Hendriks would clutch at his cane watching Seraph float away.

"Don't worry old man, this familiar will make a great asset to the Empire. No harm shall come to it so long as it behaves." The Lord Knight tipped his hat towards the two gentlemen before heading out with the inquisitorial unit. Both heading for the Capital of Iremn.