After hearing an explosion, Arthur, who was still suspended in the same place with tears in his eyes, looked to the side and saw a purple mist turning into lightning and giant purple fireballs colliding with pillars of white flames, explosions sounding intermittently while Buildings and vehicles were ripped apart and flung great distances; people were already far from the scene at the time, but the repercussions still ended up claiming the lives of dozens of unlucky people who were caught by the debris flying at high speed or even by the simple illation of their attacks, which was enough to kill the weakest people in the vicinity. However, despite the fantastic fight taking place next to him, Arthur didn't care one bit about this scene worthy of being a premium scene in any movie of the time, his eyes staring at his mother were filled with tears; in Arthur's eyes a scene that could be described as beautiful and tragic at the same time was reflected, there were pillars of ice that were half melted everywhere causing a dazzling effect when the lights coming from the battle taking place not far away were reflected, the broken and melted pillars covered the entire road and extended to a car that was wrapped in ice off the road, next to the car covered in ice was a woman leaning on a pillar of ice full of cracks and with much of it melted, She stared at the car for a few moments before turning her gaze in the direction where the fight was taking place, looking at the intensity of the combat she shook her head with a self-mocking smile before forcing her wounded and exhausted body to walk to the car, even though the distance was only a few meters she had to struggle to take each of her steps, and each one brought a grimace to her beautiful face. When the woman was facing the car, she put her hand on the ice that covered the car and then exhaled, as a white mist came out of her mouth the ice in the car evaporated until there was nothing left, after removing the ice the woman fell to her knees on the ground, a heap of blood and saliva came out of her mouth and at that moment her legs began to freeze, panting she trying to force herself to hold back the tears and screams that were stuck in her throat at the moment, she watched the ice slowly expand under her body, the woman just let out a laugh as her eyes glistened from the accumulation of tears.
After allowing some of her tears to flow, she steadied her trembling hands on the door and guided her children, Arthur, and Sophie, out of the car. After wiping the tears from her eyes and calming herself, she placed her hand on Arthur's forehead to wake him up.
- Huh? Mom? - As soon as she woke him up, the boy instinctively tried to get up, but he felt a strong dizziness before his head throbbed, thanks to which he couldn't help but close his eyes in pain; Before Arthur could recover, he felt his arms being opened and something being placed on them. Startled, Arthur opened his eyes and saw his little sister in his arms, who strangely had a frozen belly and was a little chilled. He also saw his mother's hands supporting his hands. Arthur didn't understand what was happening and looked at his mother with an anxious expression and asked. - Mom, what's going on? Why is Sophie freezing? - Arthur asked this as he stared at Sophie with concern, he watched her for a few moments until he realized that apart from the fact that she was extremely cold at the moment there was nothing else that caught his attention apart from the half-red ice on her belly, he even managed to notice how she seemed to be sleeping calmly and calming down he turned his gaze to his mother, but before he saw his mother he heard a loud explosion which was followed by a strong gale that almost made him lose his balance, after a while the wind died down and Arthur who was hugging his sister tightly looked in the direction of the explosion; he was instantly paralyzed as his gaze followed the deafening sounds, in his vision he could see countless white snakes spitting flames and purple rays that formed images of random animals that passed through the flames expelled by the snakes and became entangled with them, as well as countless animals formed by energy he could also see white pillars colliding with pillars of mist and amethyst-colored rays that generated huge explosions. Arthur was trembling as he tightened his grip on your little sister, even though the little boy was a considerable distance away he still found it difficult to breathe because of the dry air and began to gasp; As he tried to catch his breath, another explosion occurred, but it was bigger than the previous ones and several pieces of debris and vehicles were thrown far away. Paralyzed with fear Arthur saw part of a burning car coming towards him with some more debris, he wanted to run, he knew he had to get out of that place, but unfortunately for him his trembling legs wouldn't follow his will and he was forced to stay in place and watch various pieces of debris engulfed in white flames approaching, then he curled up hugging his little sister tightly and closed his eyes.
In the next instant Arthur heard a loud bang, followed by a loud explosion that made him clench his eyelids tighter as if he was preparing for the pain that would follow, but the pain he was expecting didn't come, after several seconds with his eyes closed Arthur realized that something was wrong and this became clearer the moment he felt something fall on his face, it looked like someone had thrown some water on his face, which left him perplexed. After pondering for a few moments, Arthur decided to open his eyes and find out what was going on despite his fear. Opening his eyes, he first looked at his sister, he saw her wavy hair, which was now dirty with blood and then he saw the same blood on her shirt and realized that it extended to her face. Still looking down, Arthur saw a pool of blood under his mother's legs and tears began to fall from her eyes. Arthur didn't have the courage to raise his face and just asked in a trembling voice. – Mother? - Arthur waited for an answer for a long time. The once dazzling fight had begun to subside, but he still couldn't stop shaking. Now, he didn't have the courage to look at his mother and could only hold his sister while waiting for a response; His tears kept flowing down his face and some even landed on his little sister's face, whom he was holding protectively. Arthur was feeling completely desperate and unsure of what to do, but in the next moment, his despair was greatly relieved when he finally heard his mother's breathless voice. - Arthur... Take your sister to the first drone you find... - Beatriz did her best to make her voice sound normal now, but unfortunately that was impossible, not only did her voice sound weak and show how much pain she was in, but she also had to make a huge effort just to say those words. Upon hearing his mother's voice, Arthur noticed her labored and irregular breathing, and turned his gaze towards her. As he saw her, he found himself unable to hold back his tears, and uncontrollable sobs escaped from him. Beatriz had a part of a car door going through her stomach and almost splitting her in half, the cut was so deep that no doubt her spine had been damaged and possibly making her an invalid, not that it mattered at the moment, looking around her it was possible to see a small pool of blood that came out of the huge wound that caught Arthur's attention, after a few moments Arthur's attention went to his mother's now extremely pale face, the only color on her face apart from her still bright eyes was a small red line running from her lips, in addition there was also a huge wall of ice behind her which seemed to originate from her left hand which was inside the wall at the moment. Arthur stared in shock at his mother and couldn't utter a single word at the moment, he couldn't even think what he should do at the moment; silence lingered where only Arthur's sobs could be heard, and it took a few seconds for Beatrice to finally move, trying hard not to show any grimace to her little boy she struggled to move her right hand, her hand went behind him and putting some force against his back as she pulled him giving him a big hug with Sophie in the middle of the two, tears flowed from her eyes without stopping as she spoke in the most caring and gentle voice she could muster at the moment. - Arthur, you need to take your sister with you and look for a drone... ask him for help, Sophie has hurt herself a bit and needs a doctor. - She paused for a moment to take a breath, but thanks to her irregular breathing, she was unable to continue before Arthur began to speak amid crying. - Mo... Mom, I'm taking you too... I'll drag you along to the drone too! - Arthur said this as tears fell incessantly, and snot mixed with the small amount of blood dripping from his nose, making him look pitiful, as he cried, he noticed that the hug loosened, and soon afterwards he was gently pushed back; in the vision his mother's face then appeared, wearing a beautiful smile as she looked at the little boy with tenderness and love. In a voice filled with affection and kindness, she spoke. - Arthur, you told me you were all grown up, right? - She paused as she stared at her son, she then wiped the blood from her lips with the sleeve of her blouse and kissed Sophie's forehead and then Arthur's; Arthur was confused, but before he could understand anything he was pulled into a hug again, but this time the hug was stronger as if trying to imprint the feeling in his mind, soon he also felt his mother's tears falling on the back of his neck and heard his mother's crying voice. - I'm sorry Arthur, but you're going to have to be a little adult now, Sophie needs you... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry...
For a few moments, it was as if the explosions of the nearby fight didn't exist, and only the crying of the two could be heard; it took a little over a minute for Beatriz's hands to finally loosen, and after another kiss on his cheek she asked him to run to a drone and ask for help. Looking at his sister who had ice blocking the blood from a wound in her abdomen, he decided to run.
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As he was forced to watch the whole scene unfold, tears streamed down the face of an Arthur who was a little more mature than the little boy, when he looking at his younger version who was running while carrying Sophie, and at his mother who was slowly turning into an ice sculpture while still maintaining an affectionate expression for her son, he slowly stopped crying while continuing to sob; the few tears that still flowed from his eyes stopped in mid-air, and as they did the color of the room gradually faded and everything except Arthur himself turned gray and became still, little Arthur's tear-streaked face, Beatrice's gentle smile as she watched the backs of her running sons, and even Loki's fight with Cocabiel became static. The whole environment was still and there was no sound, as if it were a painting, there were only shades of gray that demarcated everything Arthur could see suspended in the air. In all the gray scenery there was only one color that stood out, and this was the color that Arthur's body took on when the world turned gray, it was a color extremely similar to the space he was in before he insulted Zeus, as if he were formed by flames, Arthur looked at everything around him observing mainly his mother's gentle smile; observing that smile he kept trying to move in the same way he had tried from the beginning, he tried to propel himself downwards to get closer to his mother, and this time he actually managed to get closer; Responding to his desire to get closer to his mother, a flame rose from his feet and led him to his mother. Looking at his mother's gentle smile in the ice, he raised his hand to her face, but before he could touch her, her mother disappeared and everything around her became black and he could no longer hear anything. Looking around in a daze, he tried to float again for a while, but all he could see was still darkness. - Do you miss her? - Arthur looked around, but couldn't find the source of the voice; he spent a few minutes trying to find something different in the total darkness and desolation that surrounded him, but he found nothing and ended up just leaving it to continue wandering aimlessly without really understanding why he was still moving around in this place, so a few more minutes passed in his opinion before he heard the voice again. - Do you want to avenge her? - Arthur remained silent, but this time the voice didn't stop, it kept asking if Arthur wanted revenge.
- Who are you? - After listening to the same question for a few minutes, Arthur became intrigued and frightened, and ended up asking in the midst of his nervousness.
- Do you want the power to kill him? - Ignoring Arthur's question, the voice continued to incite him to revenge, causing Cocabiel's image to appear in that spot for a few moments before disappearing again.
- Can you give me the power to kill it? - Arthur was curious and simultaneously frightened, but as he recalled the entire scene of the demon's appearance, anger and the thirst for revenge gradually welled up within him.
- I can give you the chance to have that strength... - The voice said and disappeared, Arthur tried to ask what kind of strength he would receive, but there was no answer. After waiting a while, Arthur, who seemed to have noticed something, asked. - What's the price?
- Your soul, however, you only have to pay after you die, of course. - The voice became more strident and there seemed to be a pressure inside his skull, he even felt a slight jolt in his brain for a moment when he heard the voice, it made him dizzy and stunned making it impossible for him to respond immediately, it took a few moments before Arthur managed to stabilize himself again and after processing what he had just heard it was possible to see anger emerging in his expression, as his anger increased he instinctively clenched his hands and questioned with an obvious anger contained in his childish voice. - Are you a demon? - Although there was anger in his voice, it was also noticeable that there was fear.
- Does it matter? Just answer, do you want power? - The demon's voice softened again, and instead of answering Arthur's question he asked him if he wanted power again.
- Would a demon give me the power to kill a demon? - Arthur forced a smile on his face trying to disguise the fear on his face as he looked around trying to see where the voice was coming from, but before he could see any sign of its presence, he heard the voice again. - Don't you want to avenge her? And your sister, don't you want the power to protect her? - The voice fell silent again, Arthur was frightened, everything around him was black making it impossible for him to discern where he was, or how long the silence had been going on, if it wasn't for the glow his body was giving off Arthur wouldn't have been able to tell if his eyes were open or closed, even now, he didn't even know if he was awake. Arthur decided to just ignore the demon's question and continued walking in a random direction, with time he had the feeling that days had passed, and loneliness began to creep up on Arthur causing a feeling of despair and helplessness that only continued to increase, but he still continued wandering without responding to the occasional provocations that occurred, he just continued following his instincts ignoring the demon and the indefinite passage of time in this desolate place; after his perception made him think that years had passed he gave up wandering, even though his instinct demanded that he continue he decided to ignore it, after all, he didn't even know if he was really moving in this place, he ended up standing in the same place where he had the feeling of several days passing, and with time he began to shout into the darkness, he shouted insults and tried to incite the demon to show itself, but that didn't show any results either, so he just stopped and looked at nothing demonstrating his giving up. For a boy as young as Arthur, this feeling of exclusion, which seemed to have lasted for decades, had completely destroyed his will; at the moment he no longer felt anything, not even fear of the demon that had incited him several years ago; Arthur felt only loneliness, an infinite loneliness that he desperately wanted to end, strangely the idea of taking his own life never crossed his mind, not even for an instant, even though he had given up completely for some reason that even he didn't understand, he was still waiting.
- Do you want power? - The demon's voice tempted him, but unlike before, Arthur was pleased to hear a voice other than his own; for a few seconds he said nothing and just kept his eyes closed, a few seconds later he opened his eyes again and to his joy he saw that the dark space had disappeared, he was now in a flowery field, a beautiful landscape that would be worthy of a painting. Arthur looked around his new surroundings with a smile and started walking, it took him a few minutes to reach a tree that he spotted in the distance, but as he got closer his smile became a little crooked as his eyes widened; the tree was at the top of a hill, so when he got there he could see and hear what was on the other side, and there he saw his mother who was as beautiful as ever and unhurt, looking at the scene a smile appeared on his face when he saw that she was pushing a swing where his sister, Sophie, she looked 5 years older than he remembered, and had a beautiful and contagious smile on her face as her swing was pushed by Beatriz. Arthur watched the scene for a few minutes enjoying this peace and happiness, it was only after making sure that this scene would remain etched in his memory that the boy decided to approach, he initially tried to approach in a calm and composed manner, But when he saw his sister smiling at him with genuine joy on her face, he couldn't help himself and jumped up to hug her, here his sister who could walk perfectly and showed a happiness that he had never witnessed in recent years; As he was about to hug his sister, the image before him disappeared and returned to the static scene of him carrying his little sister while his mother looked at him tenderly, that same scene that Arthur witnessed years ago before being taken to that place consisting of nothing but darkness. Looking at his mother's smile again and at his sister, he began to cry like a child again, and at that moment, when his vulnerability reached a perfect point to offer help, he heard the voice again. - Cocabiel has taken everything away from you, thanks to him there is no possibility of seeing those smiles or even your mother in the real world, now your mother is dead, and your sister can't even walk normally let alone run and play like this... So, answer me, don't you want to kill him? Don't you want him to pay? -- The demon's voice disappeared, and the whole environment changed again, it was completely dark again, but there was a tree with a white flame, Arthur approached it like a moth attracted by the light, and when he was only a few steps away from the tree something fell right in front of him, it transform into an object resembled a ball, and this ball rolled up to Arthur's feet before finally stopping.
"This is already the second chapter where the last paragraph has disappeared when viewed on cell phones. To avoid this, I've decided to duplicate this message at the end of each chapter, hoping it will resolve the issue. If you're reading this, I apologize if it's intrusive, but it's a better solution than leaving the chapter incomplete."
I still struggled with the cut, but it wasn't as problematic as the initial attempts.
Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!
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