Chapter 87: Chapter 86 We meet again
"This is where they said to be,"
Maxine walked with Blake, who had a shadow around them, waiting for the right moment to meet the next generation of his old partners. Blake glanced at Maxine and said, "Did he help you and Martha or did he hinder you,"
"Hinder. He tried to get to the stash we had, but he was mercilessly stopped," Maxine explained
"My clone stopped him?"
"That clone has not just your blood in them, i don't know what you did for the clone to exist..."
"And you do not need to know," Blake cut her off,
Blake heard footsteps and looked ahead, he saw the man who had tried and failed at some point to make the mafia his mother
helped.
"I should thank Marcello for squashing his attempt," Blake thought
The man stood in front of Blake, his blue eyes shined with mischief and glee. He walked up to Blake with a grin and said, "So the word around the city was true. Blake Dagda the shadow of the mafia alive and well,"
"And you are the child of Arien the firehead head you?" Blake inquired
He glared at Blake and with a swift answer, "Yes that I am,"
"You and her are alike,"
Blake went up to him with the shadow now wrapped around both groups, He looked at the shadow with deep conviction. His mother died from this shadow. Blake watched this and told him, "You don't have to fear my shadow. As long as you do as I say, you will be far away from it,"
"Why did you want me here for?" He muttered
"You have something that was mine Aren,"
Blake opened his hand for Maxine to place a map in his hand, Blake pointed at a dot where he used to have control... what he had for the lab, where he used to live with Avalon.
"This is my territory and I want it back," Blake said
Aren looked over the map and saw that he was right, it took Aren two years to take that territory from the pack of thieves that used to call it home, even with his failed attempts at taking the rest of Blake's territory he had the bosses old home and that was enough for him, for now.
"You mean your old forest home, Blake, the one you had the light in?" Aren asked
"Yes, that one and the others,"
Blake looked at the people around him staring at him in deep fear. Blake inwardly smirked at his before staring back at Aren who was glaring at him with one thought in mind, Why give him back his old home where he had all that power held in that house... mansion. When he had killed the only person who saw something of him other than holding up the family job.
"Why should I give it back to you?" Aren seethed
"You either give my territory back to me or join your mother in the fire," Blake said
Aren took a step back and then the mean beside him pointed their weaponry at Blake. Aren glared at Blake but put his hand up telling his men, "Dont try anything with this man,"
The pulled down their weapons with Aren staring at Blake, Maxine saw that Blake was twirling his fingers with the shadow making a knife appear, Aren thought for a moment before giving Blake an answer, "I will give your only home back,"
Blake made the knife disappear with a scowl on his face. They always want something. but what would this boy want from him? Money, he already had that and power, Aren only had so little power.
"Good,"
Blake turned to Maxine,
"I want the remainder of your group to go to the base and make it hospitable for..."
A gunshot was heard behind him. Blake turned to Aren and his men then saw that it wasn't his men that shot at him but Aren did. Aren looked at him with intense hostility that almost shocked Blake.
"You didn't hear, what I would want from this exchange, Blake," Aren mocked
"Well I didn't care for what you would want," Blake told him
The shadow scooped up the two men beside him, the men yelled out for Aren but they were stopped by a dark red coming from the shadow. Blake glared at Aren before walking up to him,
"You shouldn't have done that boy,"
Aren raised the gun and tried to shoot at him again, but Maxine shot his arm causing him to drop the gun, Aren fell on his knee grabbing his arm, Blake glanced at Maxien and gave her a nod, thanking her in some way. Blake looked back at Aren,
"If that was all you had. I would have just taken the territory back myself,"
Blake picked up his chin and Aren saw something he hadn't seen in two almost three years, The corpses of his men burnt to sunder with the shadow laughing at him, Blake motioned the shadow to drop them and so he did. the corpses fall not too far from Aren.
"This is what will happen to those who oppose me... I thought the first time was enough Aren," Blake mocked
Blake turned away from Aren walking back towards Maxine, with the shadow wrapping around his shoulder, but Aren started to laugh.
"Is this all you thought of me? All wise shadow king?"
Blake turned to his and felt something hit his side, Maxien saw what it was, a beam of light hit his side. Blake stumbled a bit before Maxien ran to help him stay standing, The shadow looked at Aren and saw that he had a new weapon in his hand, Aren smirked at the shadow, and with a mocking tone in his voice, he spoke. "I should thank the woman you once cared for Blake. if it weren't for the fallout of your fight, I wouldn't have this,"
Blake didn't look at him while looking at the ground he called the shadow, the shadow whipped around him before lunging itself at Aren who smirked at the shadow now on his feet, The shadow wrapped around him making him drop the weapon, Blake's words echoing in the shadow,
"Dont mock her name with your putrid mouth,"
Aren skin starts to burn within the shadow, Aren starts to scream in pain making Blake look up at him smirking and enjoying his screams. but a bright light went through the shadow causing it to drop Aren screeched out in shock. Aren watched as the ground became closer and closer to him, he closed his eyes waiting to feel his body crush into the ground but someone stopped him, Aren opened his eyes and saw that the woman he mocked before now had him in her grasp, Avalon took a glazing look at the man in her arms before staring at where Blake stands.
"That was quite the fall you took," Avalon said to Aren
Aren let out a scoff at her, Blake looked at Avalon, holding Aren staring back at him. Her eyes held composure in the face of her old foe. Maxine felt Blake push her away with the shadow now hovering around him, the shadow had a green glow to it once more as Blake told Maxine, "Go. Do as I commanded,"
Maxine scrambled to get up and left doing as Blake wanted. Avalon felt her sword appear on her hip as Blake walked closer to her, the wound in his side now healing, Blake watched Aren crawl away from Avalon and point at him,
"Shadow,"
The shadow went for Aren who saw a sword stop the shadow. The shadow went back to Blake as her sword shone in front of Aren, Avalon glanced at him and said, "I would run away from this,"
Aren upheld his arm and stared at the two before running away from them, Blake glared at where he left and then turned to Avalon.
"You have no business in my dealing with this man,"
"When you have those dealing in the middle of the city, I think it is my business,"
Avalon stared at Blake waiting for him to strike her first, but he only wanted a conversation,
"I see that sword of yours still comes in handy,"
"It does. Blake, what's your gain with this man?"
"Why should I tell you, Avalon? so you could stop my endeavors and burn me away?"
"I tried to burn you away. where did you think it got us?"
The shadow went to Blake's shoulder whispering, "The sword seems different this time master,"
Blake took a glance at it before answering, "Yes you seem to be right,"
"It seemed that you have grown stronger than last time Avalon," Blake said
"What it to you?" Avalon inquired
"To hear that you have gotten stronger than before hinders me. Why shouldn't I know?"
Blake motioned the shadow to move to Avalon, she glared at the shadow making her tattoos glow with the shadow warping around her, Avalon stared nonchalantly at Blake.
"What are you testing me?"
"If that was what you deem it to be."
Avalon huffed and felt the heat in her hand rising again, the shadow felt the pain from the heat, it made it giddy. The shadow is moved away by Avalon holding out her hand making her hand glow.
"Don't waste my time Blake," Avalon seethed
"Who said I was?"
Avalon saw that Blake ran towards her reaching out to grab her throat only to have her sword to block him. Avalon is pushed back, feeling the ground dig into her feet, Avalon pushes Blake off of her with her sword, and Blake stops himself and stares at Avalon with a grin.
"Thay was only a little of what you have?"
Avalon stayed silent pointing her sword at him, Blake felt the shadow crawl up his back near his head,
"Master, are you sure to fight her here?"
Blake heard the surrounding screams of the civilians, and he scoffed. These people will always be pawns to him. Or for most in the way of his wants. It didn't matter if he was in their position before, what mattered was what he wanted, and he would see to it.
"Why not see if her strength can withstand mine,"
He ran at Avalon who was waiting for this. Blake had his hand reached out to grab her sword but Avalon grabbed his hand before he could, she flipped him onto the ground and was about to stomp him into the ground, but he wasn't there.
"You always do that,"
Avalon looked over at her side and saw that Blake stood beside her leaning down, their faces close to each other before Blake landed a kick to Avalon's head, Blake thought his kick would send her flying but she stood there staring at Blake with an intense burn in her eyes. Avalon grabbed his foot,
"Hit harder next time,"
She then flipped him trying to make him fall onto the ground but the shadow pulled him away from her, Avalon stood up and watched the shadow help Blake up, He glared at Avalon before dissapping again.
"Isn't this getting a bit too old for you to wait and hit me?" Avalon asked
Avalon watched around her thinking,
"Marcello and Coille should be following Maxien,"
She saw the shadow go past her, and Avalon felt her arm get grabbed by Blake, He smiled at her before staring at the tattoos on her arms.
"You should have watched you back,"
The shadow went above her having Blake's knife in its grasp. the shadow giggled at this and said, "Is this the last of you Avalon Clover, how sad,"
Avalon looked at it shocked to hear another voice from it, Blake heard it as well and knew what it meant.
"Looking into the past was right... I will have to talk with her once more," Blake thought
The shadow lunged at Avalon but a man in a hood stopped it from stabbing her, Avalon huffed.
"I thought I told you to go with Marcello,"
Coille looked over at her, "You seem to need my assistants more,"
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Chloethebarbarian
Chloethebarbarian "The darkness seemed to have hidden itself well,"
The angel walked past the hallway into the next one,
"We must hurry the queen needs assistance, "
Two maids ran down the hallway she was in and didn't think to notice her, the angel watched them with a new sense of joy in her heart.
"There seems to be a new soul in this world,"
The angel heard its master say, the angel agreed showing a light smile, "Yes there ..."
A black mass went past her heading toward where the maids went,
"You must not let it get to the newborn,"
The angel ran after it leaving a light breeze, the angel saw the door to the queen's chambers open with one of the maids from before bleeding from the side, the angel only glanced at her before walking past her whispering a soft word, "Solas,"
The maid starts to heal while the angel goes into the room and sees the king feeding off the darkness with a sword, the angel notices something with the sword but doesn't think much of it,
"What are you?"
The king swings his sword through the darkness, it screams making the king move back, the darkness goes closer to the king but the angel goes behind the darkness,
"This is what he warned of,"
The angel was able to grab the darkness and pull it away from the king, he watched this in awe as the darkness snarled at the angel,
"He sent you here to take me away?"
"That he had and to help the newborn,"
The king glared at them both with his wife behind him holding their newborn,
"Then if that is the cause,"
The darkness turned against her and lashed out at her, the angle moved aside but got cut open on her arm. the angel opened her hand and spoke "Return to your descendent,"
Her eyes glowed a bright white hue as her hand reached out to touch the darkness, the darkness cried out and scattered across the room. the angel let out a sigh.
"You always have to make this difficult,"
Her light shined brighter making the shadow flee, but they told the angel one thing, "I will come back again to end you,"
The angel went over to the newborn and light grabbed his hand,
"I have a feeling that we will meet again,"
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