The Labyrinth's Opening

Ignis walks into his room, hearing Amy and Minnie chatting in the living room. He takes his shoes off, walking into the room. Minnie greets him excitedly, "Welcome home Big Brother."

"I'm back," Ignis moves', sitting on the couch beside her, "How did signing up for school go?"

"It went quite smoothly, there's a school roughly a block away from Leviathan that we opened a few years ago. It's mainly family members of hunter's that attend it." Amy explains as she flips through different TV stations.

Ignis smiles, watching her flip through the channel's. A sudden alarm blares through the TV; a news alert flashing across the bottom of the screen. A helicopter recording appears on the screen, showing a cloud of dust where there was once an Art museum. "A sudden collapse at the historical Art Museum, signifies the opening of a new Labyrinth. The view switches to Leviathan's press conference. News of the Labyrinth opening sending the reporters into a frenzy. "Guild Master Valeria, What will you name this new Labyrinth?"

Valeria takes the microphone from Eric, standing as she addresses the audience. "We will name this new Labyrinth City Center. As it has just opened, we will need to cut this conference short, Leviathan shall move to combat the initial wave of the Labyrinth's invasion. That is all," Valeria hands the microphone to one of the press conference guards. Floating into the air, Valeria, Eric, Jerald, and Elaine blur as they fly through the air."

The news station switching back to the helicopter view, A large horde of monsters swarms from the 3 opening gates of City Center. Standing from the couch, Ignis takes a deep breath. "That's not far from here, Is it?" He looks at Amy, a glint in his eye.

Amy looking closely at the monsters, turning she looks at Ignis. Seeing the fire burning in his eyes, she sighs. "It's a short distance away, If you want to go help then go now. It will take roughly 2 hours for the guild master and the others to arrive. Most of the other hunters are away defending gates or raiding labyrinth's. Be careful out there." She places a hand on his shoulder.

"Good luck big brother," Minnie says giving him a hug.

Patting her lightly on the head, Ignis crouches down. Planting a kiss her on the forehead, "I'll be back in no time," Ignis runs out of the room. Reaching the road as molten armor flows over his feet. His body blurring into the distance.

Stella, having heard the news, walks out of the association. Catching a glimpse of Ignis's face just before he accelerates into the distance. She run's following as fast as she can.

The sound of screaming echoing in his ear's Ignis grits his teeth. Turning he approaches the sound quickly.

In a dimly dusty alleyway, a man stand in front of two children. A signpost in his hands, he struggles' against the two kobold's. Covered in cuts' and bleeding, he keeps fighting against the kobold's. The sign post gets cut in half by one of the kobold's claws. The man stumbles back, as the claws rake across his chest. Droplets of blood splattering the wall. The man falls to his knees, the wind knock out of him.

The world seems to move in slow-motion, as a young man appears. His foot a red streak as it slams into the side of the Kobold's head. Blasting the kobold's body into the wall, Ignis clawed hands pierce through the Kobold's head. Turn His foot slams straight into the second Kobold's chest, caving it in. Stepping forward he stomps on its head, his chest heaving. "I made it in time, Good." Tearing his shirt off, he presses it to the man's chest wound. "Hey kid, Come here and hold this on his wound." Ignis command's gazing at the young boy with brown hair.

The boy stands' stunned, but walks over. Pressing his hands on the top of the shirt. Ignis looks at the man placing a hand on his forehead. "It doesn't look deep enough to kill him, keep applying pressure."

The clattering sound of claw's echo from behind him, more kobold's blocking the entrance. Magma forms into a spear in his hand. With a shout, he send it flying into the kobold. Piercing it through the stomach, he kicks off the ground. Flying into the air, he kick's the second one in the head. The point of his boot piercing into it's skull. He land's with a flash of fire bursting from his feet. Out of the corner of his eye, he spots a girl running towards him with Silver hair.

The alleyway she's about to cross in front of contains a Kobold lying in wait, "Stella, STOP!" Ignis shouts, blasting off of the ground he flies across the street. Fully unaware of the Kobold lunging towards her, as she steps in front of the alley. A flash of movement to her left draw her attention, turning her eyes widen as the Kobold's claws close in on her.

A red blur crosses her line of sight from the right, the sound of flesh tearing echoes in her ears as she's taken of her feet. Ignis let's out a pained cry, staggering to his feet. "Fiery Regeneration!" She watches as his figure is wrapped in flames. The heat emitted forcing beads of sweat to raise on her skin. The massive tear on his side, slowly closing up.

The kobold leaps towards him, a shield forming on his arm as he slams it forwards. Both of them skid backwards, Ignis gains' traction faster. Lunging forwards' Ignis slams his shield into the off-balance kobold's chest.

The kobold's body slamming into the ground, cracking the ground. Ignis leaps into the air, slamming his foot down in an overhead Axe kick. Crunching through the kobolds chest, it twitches once, before falling still.

Stella sits' on the ground, her mouth gaping open. Her eyes locked onto Ignis's previously torn side.

"Are you alright," Ignis drops to his knees beside her, placing a firm hand on her shoulder.

As he lightly shakes her, she comes out of her stupor, "Thank you," She cries out, clinging lightly to his chest.

"Now's not the time, we have more work to do." Ignis stand's, pulling her up with him by the waist.

"R-Right," She stammer's realizing she's pressed to his bare chest.

"Do you have any healing skills?" Ignis inquires, leading her to the alley he came from by the hand.

"Ahem," Someone clears' their throat from behind the two. "I heard quite a commotion over here so I decided to come investigate. Imagine finding two young hunters more worried about flirting then saving people," the person teases. Light blond hair tied in a ponytail, a golden and white embroidered shield, with a similar sword at her side.

Ignis grab's onto the new person's arm, "You're Leviathan's Rank A Paladin! There someone severely injured over here," he pulls her by the hand into the alley he had been in.

The girl see's the boy holding a shirt over the man's chest, approaching she kneels down. The boy retreating as she pulls the shirt away from the deep claw marks. "You were right to bring me," she says over her shoulder. Placing both her hand's over the man's chest, kneeling on the ground beside him. "Light of Healing,"

A soft yellow glow emits from her hand's, the wounds on the man's chest visibly closing. A chattering noise echoes from down the alleyway, Ignis rounds on the noise. "You just never quit!" he seethes' at the new enemies.