Emental: the Series [Work in progress]

Part 31: Four score and a long time ago

Danny continued sobbing on Ken, even after he had stood up from the floor and sat in one of the seats. He was now steaming due to his high body temperature evaporating Danny's tears. Ken placed his hand on Danny's head.

"Come on, you were perfectly fine 10 minutes ago." Ken said. Danny looked up from Ken's shirt, his eyes were red.

"You try to forget someone who you've known your entire life!" Danny exclaimed. Ken raised an eyebrow. Danny sighed. "Right, you knew her just as long as I did... but I'm more sensitive!" Ken slapped himself.

"Danny, for now, try to let her go. When we settle in Cryoria, you can cry until your tear ducts wear out."

Danny sniffed loudly and wiped his face.

"Okay, I'll try." He sat up and adjusted himself in a seat next to Ken.

Sui and Izzi sat in silence at the dinner table. Sui closed his eyes and held his breath, he blocked out outside sounds and an image began to appear in his head.

"Sui! Are you okay!?" A voice suddenly asked. Sui opened his eyes. In front of him was a middle aged person with black hair that tailed behind him like a serpents tail. Beside him was Aerometus with a worried expression on his face. Around him, a ruined village that appeared quite old fashioned. Everything was made of wood, but it was also on fire. He was lying face up on a sand padded path in the middle of a market place. Explosions rang out from the distance, making his ears ring.

"Come on, pick yourself up!" Aerometus exclaimed, pushing Sui around. Sui struggled to his feet. His protective barrier was borderline shattered and he was covered in dirt. Suddenly, an emental appeared over them. He was hovering 20 feet in the air and was glowing.

"I will not allow you to kill this world." He said in a monotonous voice. The black haired man pushed Sui and Aerometus away into an alleyway. Sui turned towards him.

"Vance don't be an idiot! You can't take him on!"

Vance looked at Sui and winked with a thumbs up. He then returned his view to the levitating emental and balled his hands into fists. Black flames began to dance off them. Aerometus grabbed Sui with his hooked tail and pulled him further into the alley, much to Sui's dismay. Vance threw two punches into the air, launching two black balls of fire the emental, which harmlessly dissipated upon hitting him. The emental swished his hands in the air; The space around them began to ripple as a white light glowed dimly in them. He then thrust his hands forward in a channeling manner. A large concussive explosion erupted from Vance and destroyed everything around him. The sound of the explosion echoed around the entire village, but it sounded as if it was underwater. It had a unique sound to it that made Sui's hair stand up.

"Come on, we need to get out of here!" Aerometus said. He was continuously  pulling on Sui with his tail wrapped around him.

"Aerometus, we can't just leave him!" Sui exclaimed, releasing himself from Aerometus's tail. Aerometus flew in front of him and extended his wings, revealing his massive eyes that glowed bright red.

"Unless you want to die, we're going to leave right now!" Aerometus fired a blast of red energy into Sui's eyes, shrouding them in darkness and turning his iris' red. Sui stepped away from Aerometus in fear from his magic. He then shut his eyes hard and then opened them, turning them back to normal.

"He's going to die!" Sui growled.

"He's dying to save us!" Aerometus exclaimed angrily. A suddenly explosion erupted from between them, knocking them both away from each other. The armored emental hovered down and looked at Sui. He raised his hand to Sui, a pale white ball appeared in his palm. Suddenly, Aerometus's hooked tail caught the armored ementals body and flung him into a building wrecked across the alley. Aerometus quickly glided over to Sui.