A jumbled, blue intertwining duo of waves exert great force on the metal walls causing a dent as they continue expelling the energy.

Raz was mesmerized by how durable the walls were and how technology had advanced drastically to temporarily withstand the blast.

Boom!

Rubbles flew out and were suspended in motion by Nix's passive gift.

WiWiWi!!!

Shutting their ears from the alarm that permeated the premises, they knew it wouldn't be long before the creatures came in to validate the breach before reinforcement by the core members was sent.

"Go! Go! Go!" Nix yelled at them while directing their attention to the hole created for their escape.

Taking the cue, they all but Obsidian dashed through the exit.

Inhaling and staring at the view at a distance, Obsidian had a wide grin as he spoke up. "I never imagined that I would finally get a part of my revenge realized."

Nix chuckled at his friend's words and shook his head, "you've been one crazy teammate."

With that, he created an invisible barrier that served as a sealed shut wall in front of Obsidian.

"Are you ready?" He grinned as he prepared to make a gunshot gesture at the barrier with his finger.

Nodding in response, Obsidian's eyes glowed as he activated his devour ability–making use of the gas magic.

Nix made the gunshot gesture at his barrier and realistically a bang could be heard and the air got sucked into the other side of the building.

"It's time to leave with a bang!!" Obsidian cackled in a peal of crazed laughter while directing his personalized black gas into the tiny hole sucking it alongside the air.

In a matter of seconds, the black gas spread out and a series of snarling could be heard approaching the barrier.

'Stupid creatures!' Nix clicked his tongue and stepped forward once the gas was the only thing that could be seen and sealed the hole he had made.

Bang!

Bang!

There was a series of hit-and-slash and scratches to the barrier as the creatures designated to curb the problem were trapped.

He turned around to Obsidian to inquire why they still went in even though they could see it was black.

Obsidian shrugged his shoulder and feigned ignorance, "probably they are just dumb."

[Gift: Fire in effect]

Creating a little ball of fire in his hand, he throws it to his left and continuously does so while laughing.

Obsidian frowns at how Nix was taking the situation too lightly and the fact that they needed to leave soon.

Finally getting over his hyperactivity, he cleared his throat and looked at the futile effort of the creatures.

Making a funnel from the barrier, he pushed in his flame and quickly pulled Obsidian as they jumped through the hole.

Splash!

Booom!!!

Nix and Obsidian popped their heads out of the water and wiped down their faces.

"Watch out!" Nix called out when he saw a pillar coming crashing in on Obsidian.

Zzzt!

Zzzr!

The pillar was split into two by a lightning strike and static energy dispelled it causing it to crash into the building.

"It's about time, you jumped in tow!" Lumina snapped as her green eyes glowed.

Nix froze as he turned around to see the displeased faces of his team. Their anger wasn't truly directed at him, but rather on Obsidian.

Solis narrowed his eyes at Obsidian, "are you trying to kill me?!"

Obsidian laughed as he saw that they had all latched onto the pieces of luggage he had engulfed with his dark spherical balls.

"You seem more scared of the water than the rest, any reason bright legs?" Obsidian taunted.

Solis had wanted to reply with a smart remark but was beaten to it by Lumina.

Threatening him, Lumina placed her palm into the water with a crooked grin, "would you like to know how dark your body could go if I decide to share a bit of my electricity with the water?"

Obsidian grimaced and froze at the condition he found himself in, swimming toward Nix, he latched his hands around Nix's arm.

<This feral is trying to cook you two alive, knock him off!> Red snarled.

'Shut up you mangy scaly beast.' Nix snapped and had to hide his amusement at the words.

Red could sense his internal conflict with the words Nix had just said and realized just like he was kidding, the same was for his host.

<I'd excuse your impudence this time, but watch out for your head.> Red warned.

Getting to the reality of things, Nix shook his head and created a barrier he could use as a stepping stone.

"Sure, you could have done that instead of clinging onto this unstable luggage." Lank finally spoke up with a roll of his eyes.

Doing the same for all, they lightly got onto what looked like lightly stepping on the water.

Solis had a firm grip on his sister and to the surprise of the others, she soothed him with soft strokes on his head.

Knowing they were curious, Luna smiled and explained that a mass body of natural water drains Solis' ability for a few minutes and could render him powerless for the day if prolonged.

She shot a glare at Obsidian and shook her head at how insensitive he was even though he knew nothing of such a condition.

Obsidian's mood fell instantly at her glare and felt something uncomfortable pierce his chest. His hand involuntarily reached for his chest and he tugged at his shirt.

Nix noticed the gesture but kept shut and focused his attention on how they could leave successfully.

Looking behind him, he had a smile at the partial destruction of the organization. 'This would serve as a warning for all of you!'

Turning back towards his teammates, he had a smile and assured, "we got one place that I'm sure you all would love."

'We'll get away from all this madness.'

"We should leave before they decide to bring back up or strengthen the barrier of the city," Lank recalled with a hint of panic.

"I have a better place where we could branch by to regroup before leaving for the outlands," Nix said with a smirk.

"Oh really?" Lank folded his arms and had the same smirk his friend had.

–––––––––––

In Fegan's Cottage,

Placing his feet on the wooden floor, Fegan flinched and pulled back his legs from the cold flooring.

He looked puzzled at the wet towel that dropped to the floor and the weird fact that he was shirtless and with black shorts.

He looked around him and realized he was in his room.

Holding his head and racking his thoughts on the lost memory he tried to gain after he had blacked out.

'What did I miss?!' He groaned in pain while he tried to recall to no success.

Dropping his hands onto his bed, he took a handful of the sheets in fury when he quickly realized there was only one person that could have done this to him and his daughter was still alone in her room.

'Lotus!' He frowned and narrowed his eyes as he stared out the window and the sunrise casting its rays on his face.

Involuntary making his cottage to create a shade to block out the light that refracted from his eyes, he let out a sigh and blinked.

Click!

Clank!

The wooden bowl with water and a towel dropped to the floor and a gasp could be heard from his side.

Looking to his side, he witnessed a shocked and teary Lotus staring at him almost as though she had seen a ghost.

Rushing toward him, she hugged him and burst into tears.

Fegan was too stunned to react and had his hands awkwardly raised and curved around her but not returning the favor.

"I had thought I had lost you too!" Lotus shook from her tears and sniffled as she finally confirmed it wasn't something of her imagination.

'I'm not dreaming!' She thought with a smile and happy tears trailed down her cheeks.

"I'm not dead, why are you over–"

Lotus had created a vine that picked up the wet towel and shoved it into his mouth in slight rage that he would mention the dreaded word.

Fegan pushed back and spat out the tangy towel and continued to spit with little gagging. "What the hell?!"

Lotus looked down guiltily at her actions and muttered a weak, "I'm sorry."

Fegan searched for a jug of water he had always kept at his bedside table to rinse the taste off his mouth.

Upon spotting it, he was glad it was filled with water and greedily doused his mouth and gargled on it.

"I'm sure it doesn't taste that bad, Fegan." Lotus tried to talk him out of his overreaction, but he wouldn't listen to her so she allowed him to satisfy his desire to get his mouth clean.

Sprinted towards the window and spat out the water.

He let out a satisfied sigh of relief and wiped it on the corner of his lips.

Taking a glance at his front porch, his jaw dropped.

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