“Oddity of Power”

Nico looked down across the room, the large devil standing up from his throne. He had red skins and horns, his eyes a black, emotionless stare as he lunged down.

"Who the hell are you!?"

His muscles flexed before he dashed forwards, the grownd cracking beneath his feet, stopping right in front of Nico with a grab to the neck, lifting him into the air.

"Whadaya' want? Can't you see I'm busy!?"

The devil shouted, Nico struggling around, trying to pry his grip off his neck, feeling his glare down upon himself.

"Damn it.. Fuck this..!"

Nico's arms heated up, an orange glow emitting drom the crevices, as he shot an explosion out his palms, the devil's grip released as his arms were thrown back, Nico falling to the floor.

"Hahaha! Who do you think you are!?"

The devil laughed, Nico standing back up, before immediately being met with a hook, the devil spinning around as his fist dragged Nico along with him, before flinging him into the back wall.

Nico held his gut, coughing blood down to the floor, as he walked out the crack now formed into the wall, the devil already running full speed towards him.

Nico placed one hands to the wall, emitting an explosion to launch him forth. He clenched his fists before flying towards the devil to deliver a punch to the face. Explosions emitted from his knuckles, causing the devil to lean back and stumble from the knockback.

Nico smirked, landing as both his arms quickly began charging up an explosion, pointing his palms forth, about to finish this with one last attack.

"Face me."

Nico's eyes widened, a whisper heard behind him as he quickly looked back, the devil suddenly behind him, lunged down with his fist emitting a red energy.

Before Nico could even react, the devil twisted his upper body, slamming his fist into Nico's skull, the red energy launching him face first into the floor, the entire floor shattering.

Nico's entire face was bloodied, his eyes unable to see through the blood as he could feel himself being lifted by his jacket.

"Ahah! You got a few hits in, too bad you're going in the cell for that stunt!"

Nico had came to defeat, his ears ringing with the subtle sounds of footsteps heard, his body giving up as he slowly passed out.

Hours passed by.

Nico awoken in a dark, wet cell, his head rested upon a soft object. He felt the subtle pressure of bandaged wrapped around his head, looking up to see a woman caressing his face, his head laid upon her lap.

"Nico, you're awake..!"

Nico wuickly sat up, looking around and then back to the woman as he glanced in confusion, her voice familiar in a way, as he leaned in, staring in confusion.

"Do I know you?"

The woman leaned back as he got closer, a smile on her face as she awkwardly giggled. The woman was extremely pale, paired with short white hair, though what stook out the most was the large candle seemingly fused with her head, the flame put out.

"Oh..! I guess it makes sensed you don't remember me. I'm Lucy..! Remember?"

Nico rubbed his eyes, feeling decieved. How could this be Lucy? He watched her die in his own eyes, as he suddenly stood up, grabbing her by her collar and standing up as he held her up, staring into her eyes.

"Alright, cut the crap, I saw Lucy's face get twisted into a blood pulp, she's dead."

She struggled around, quickly breaking out of Nico's grip, as she manoeuvred behind him, pinning him to the wall.

"Nico calm down..! Um.. You were a vigilante for a year before one of our members kidnapped you..!-"

Nico struggled around, slowly moving his arm to face her, emitting an explosion to her face. She quickly ducked and rolled back away from him, Nico coming forth to throw multiple punches as she dodged each one.

"Ah..!!! Y-You're literally wearing the bandages I wore right now..! Geez, calm down Nico..!!!"

The candlewick on her head suddenly bursted in a blue flame, her fist burning in a similar hue as she punched Nico in the gut. Nico felt a burning feeling through his stomach as he was sent back, his body numb.

"Nico, calm down right now..!"

She yelled as if a scolding mother as Nico held his gut, staying up the best he could. She crossed her arms with an upset expression before helping him stay up straight.

"Ow.. The hell was that, your heads on fire.."

She held up a wooden ball of water to his face, moving part of the bandage off his mouth as she poured it into his mouth.

"Nico, believe me if you want or not, let's just focus on getting out of here."

It did seem like she truly was Lucy, though Nico was too stubborn to accept that, sighing as he nodded in agreement.

"Alright, do you have a plan or are you just gonna walk around this place like a dumbass until you find the way out?"

Lucy's cheeks puffed up as she grabbed him by the ear, dragging him around, Nico struggling around in pain. She stood to the cell door, her hand glowing blue as she melted it into a liquid iron.

"Let's go."

She eventually let go of Nico's ear, looking around as she quickly dashed to the prison guard, chopping him in the neck as he went unconscious.

Nico blasted the prison door down, the two running upstairs to the exit, Nico about to run out though he was quickly pulled back by Lucy.

Lucy placed her finger to her lip, shushing him before pointing out to all the guards in the room. She walked up in front of him, holding her finger forth as multiple little blue fireballs twirled around her finger.

"This is why I'm the higher rank."

The fire, like Will-O'-The-Wisps, shot out as they all traveled into inidivudal guards, burning them into crisps in a second. Nico's eyes widened to the sight, the two running out.

"What the hell was that!? I don't see any tech on you or anything.."

Lucy giggled, looking around before going to another door. Just to show off? She placed her palm on the door, patterns and symbols spreading throughout the door from her hand, before it burnt down.

"You don't know about magic..? I guess that makes sense.. It's very rare for people to have it."

Nico seemed surprised to this newfound knowledge, stopping for a second to comceptualize it before being dragged into the room by Lucy.

"You're kidding, right!? That's just a thing in fairy tales.."

They walked slowly through the room, it was filled with flasks of bodyparts, and organs, a purple smoke seen through the room. They peaked over the corner, a cloaked individual seen, soaking their arm in a large cauldron of an acidic purple liquid.

"There's no reason to sneak around, you two."