Shattering Humanity

While Saku helps Itsuka up off the ground, Shelly is still no where in sight.

Approaching them is the enemy with a blood red aura surrounding his body and covering his exposed Bowie knife. From underneath his red tipped hair covering his eyes, Esau starts to eeriely cackle in the minimal lighting produced from the city’s street lights hanging above the fence border.

Esau: "Finally, the time has come Laban, all that pain you caused not only to me, but the thousands of ’pets’ who have been left to continue in ruin. All the lives you’ve destroyed or caused irreversible damage to. Even if you repent DaeMon, what about the people like me, who can’t just ’retry’!?"

Saku is listening to every syllable of the broken man’s monologue. He peeks over at Laban, she is not taking her eyes away from the dangerous man either.

Esau: "That’s your answer, isn’t it?

You’re sorry?

You’ve changed?

That we should all move on, forgive, forget, and get along?

While I have to live wondering how happy I could’ve been?

You’ll just use the murder of my wife and unborn child as one of the infinite moments to reflect over how you were once the epitomy of evil?

Does your single act on that day, actually mean nothing to you, while it became a life destroyer for me?"

Jormungand and Drakaina look at each other from opposite sides of the little brother’s rubber protection cell. Knowing that they could have been one of those broken and destroyed families, if Saku hadn’t rescued them.

Esau: "What about MY happy future, Laban? The future I tried to build... but you carelessly destroyed it all. Did you really think, just because it was considered a dead practice of witchcraft, that there weren’t any ’Pets’ who were accepted by Seiõr in Roronora?

Or that your oppression wouldn’t create more accepted individuals?

Did you not think those of us who were already accepted by Seiõr, while also being considered citizens by you, wouldn’t try to help those being mistreated and oppressed?"

Laban EyeEngages with the man and mocks his anger.

Laban: "Okay ’Vengeful Soldier’, big whoop. You can create a red SeiõrShield using your anger, me too!"

Fully healed, but still scuffed with dirt on her cheek, Itsuka shoots an angry glare over at the unapologetic Don. After hearing first hand, how this man’s life wasn’t completely ruined by an alien invasion, but by Laban’s post apocalyptic dictatorship.

The man smirks at Laban’s assumption.

Esau: "You’re true knowledge of Seiõr is more ignorant than I was aware of, Laban. Individual SeiõrShields, once perfected, become the color of each individuals ’desired and current’ soul."

While still on his ass, Dom is listening, he rolls his eyes and speaks out loud by accident.

Dom(sarcastically): "Don’t tell me, those are called SoulSeiõrShields or something?"

Esau pulls out the gun and fires a single shot that barely misses Dom’s crotch.

It makes the Gunner tear up after almost losing his most precious body part. Drakaina has her arms crossed, hanging out of her rubber box window with a comedic side-eyed expression.

Drakaina: "You’re never going to learn when to shut your mouth, huh?"

Esau puts the gun back down.

Esau: "My ’SoulSeiõrShield’ is a reflection of my dear Edom. My desired and current soul is filled to the brim with all red. I am completely red, from the inside-out. This color is not the same as one of your pathetic, weak SeiõrShields of pity. I bet you didn’t know DaeMon, advanced Seiõr users can also cover other people or inanimate objects with their SharedSeiõrShield."

Saku uses his 2nd Stage Anjell Eye again.

Saku(thinking): *Where’s Shelly? Where the fuck is she?*

A look of annoyance covers his face in realization from seeing something with his Laban/Rebekah eye ability combo.

Saku(under his breath): "Fuckin’ Katsu..."

Saku is panicking while visibly angry.

Saku: "How the hell did she get over there!? We need to get out of here! If his eye ability can’t use repulsion on Shelly while she’s using her SeiõrShield-"

Esau: "That descendant of savages, the one you all rely on to save the day...’Shelly’, was it? She may have unlocked her SoulSeiõrShield, however, because of her inability to practice it on true opponents, she can be ’tripped up’ by her own outrageous momentum."

Itsuka looks ashamed and clenches her fists at her hips, both arms shaking in anger.

Jtsuka(thinking): *Even though I told her I was okay with it, Shelly didn’t want to go all out with her new technique during our training matches this past month. I may have beaten her in that birthday tournament match, but after her significant upgrade as well as me losing to Laban so badly, I don’t blame her for worrying about me.*

The man who had kept to himself until this confrontation, continues his confident monologue, with clear tones of pure hate being let out in his voice.

Esau: "You foolish kids obviously don’t have any reliable backup to her and because of SeiõrShields, those ’God Eyes’ are no longer viable cheat codes to winning real battles.

Those alien creators were intelligent enough to craft the DNA of our species, yet ignorant enough to choose the wrong vessels to save said species. My Edom could’ve been the true Yang Vessel and I could’ve been the Yin!

Me and her also lived together like those founding aliens.

We also learned together about the universe around us like those damn aliens.

We also wanted to create life together. Yet, they chose two irresponsible boys, who depend on their women to fight their confrontations for them, while they butt heads with each other on the sidelines."

Saku grits his teeth, not trying to bite for the obvious bait like Laban does.

Laban: "Wrong, numbnuts. Guys are the Yang and girls are the Yin. Besides my Saki wasn’t chosen that way. Those aliens that created humanity decided based on the parent each Vessel inherited their gorgeous green eyes from. Which for my Saki, was his dumb cunt of a mother."

Saku doesn’t say anything, but is obviously bothered by Laban calling his mother such a crude term.

Laban: "Just cuz you have green eyes like his, doesn’t mean you qualified for the rightful position in the balance of this universe like him.

Besides, even if I instinctively can’t control my lust for the Yin Vessel, I could never imagine wanting your baby, fuckin loser."

Drakaina(whispers to Jormy): "Can someone tell her she’s not helping the situation either?"

Jormungand is looking at the heartbroken man with pitiful eyes.

Esau: "Speaking of losing, that reincarnate defeated you already with ease did she not, ’Last Born’? I knew if you didn’t have an entire law enforcement under your thumb, I could’ve killed you. Long before that blonde devil got the opportunity to publicly humiliate you."

A disrespected and angry Laban pops off her Eyelien to 2nd Stage with an engulfing smokey aura. She puts down Princess Rebekah and calmly struts towards the cocky man.

Laban: "Ight, you want the smoke? I gotchu then. I’ll pack you up and send you straight to your wife. Cryin lil bitch."

Esau, with his Eyelien at 2nd Stage a smokey aura, exposes a grin as if a plan of his has worked.

Saku in that same instant realizes the possible plan, but it’s too late.

Saku: "Wait, Laban, where is H-"

Everyone is suddenly launched backwards into the chain linked fence, or ground.

Jormy rubber protection stays in place but he flies back, stretching his appendage further.

Everyone except Princess Rebekah and Don Laban, who grabbed her daughters arm at the last second, resisting the invisible force trying to separate them.

Laban, pulls Rebekah towards her and plants her feet hard into the ground, even her sad blue SeiõrShield becomes visible around her as she attempts with all her might.

Esau: "It’s no use Laban, that version of SeiõrShield doesn’t protect you, neither does this fake snow."

Her grip slips and she barely recovers to grab her adopted daughters wrist, accidentally digging her nails into Rebekah’s pale skin making the princess bleed.

Esau watching the family being torn apart from each other, has a smile but his eyes look distraught and pitiful as Rebekah starts getting pulled towards him. Her feet float up and her body becomes parallel to the ground. The young girl screams in fear and pain while her arm is outstretched.

Esau: "I wouldn’t hold on for too much longer Laban, or soon you’ll be holding on to the torn off left arm of your little girl. Without anything between you two, there’s nothing to stop the attraction and repulsion of my ability."

Rebekah is crying and EyeEngages with Laban.

Princess Rebekah: "Momma, it hurts! My arm! Please!"

Laban grits her teeth and reluctantly lets go, also disengaging. Rebekah flies into the thick muscular arm of Esau, his bicep covers her chest to her chin. Also covering her with his own blood red SharedSeiõrShield as Saku runs and successfully catches a propelled Laban, falling to the ground with her.

Still in hiding, Princess Kawaii and Friend watch, shaking in fear.

Princess Kawaii(whispers): "Big Sidder Rahbeggah..."

Laban and Saku get up, the Don looks around.

Laban: "Hathor! Get Rebekah-"

Laban looks around, but Hathor is nowhere in sight.

Saku: "That’s what I was going to say! You’re ’Homie’ is fighting Shelly trying to stall her!"