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Zad threw his other foot at me, trying to
maim me, but I ducked down and pinned him down by placing my right
foot between his legs. Desperate, he drew out his gun, a look of
fear plastered on his wretched face, and tried to pull the trigger;
however, I managed to wrest it from his right hand with a swift,
low kick. A powerful explosion erupted from the muzzle of the
gigantic gun, frightening tremors cracking through the concrete
floor, and a massive amount of steam spreading thickly through the
room. An unexpected shockwave pried me away from Zad, knocking me
into the left wall.

“This isn’t over,” Zad screamed, his eyes
glowing red, as steam oozed from his body. “I will not let you best
me twice, Rave. This time, you will be the one who will
perish.”

“Then, by all means, have at it, old
friend,” I snickered, twisting my sore neck, before bolting
forward, the dagger clutched in my left hand.

Shifting left, within range of close
combat—I dodged an unknown projectile and pivoted to the left side.
Zad charged in with a right kick, but I grabbed it and pulled him
towards the big gun. He shot me in the chest, and as I ignore the
pain, I pulled him even closer to his special weapon, planning on
throwing him inside the muzzle. Sparks of electricity flashed
around us, the currents electrocuting the both of us, and dropping
us both to our knees. The floor sunk into a great depression, the
steam making visibility impossible, as the muzzle of the gun,
engorged in never-ending bowl of fire, lowered to the ground.
Twisting his head to the left, trembling, Zad threw a slow punch
and I grabbed it, pulling him closer to the burning muzzle.

“Any words, Zad,” I smirked, dipping both of
our hands into the fire, which burned as hot as a space ship’s
afterburners. “How does pain feel, or is that feeling lost to
you?”

“Ironic, right?” he laughed out loud, sweat
pouring from his forehead, as the flesh from his arm was synched
off, revealing the mechanical modifications beneath his arm. “I
said the same thing to you, a while ago, and now you are saying the
same thing to me.”

“You will die here,” I proclaimed, standing
over him, whilst pulling out our terribly, scarred hands from the
flames: “Any last words.”

“Don’t act so high and mighty,” he roared,
forcing himself up, and swinging a wild punch. “This is not over,
you dumb fool. I will not let you destroy my life’s work, my great
ambitions of galactic conquest.”

“Yes, I will,” I laughed, grabbing his
punch, growling, and pushing him into the direct line of the
flaming muzzle.

I moved back, the ground getting hot, the
thick steam burning my eyes, and almost fell over a crack in the
ground. Crumbled pieces of the ceiling were falling to the ground,
and massive surges of electricity were shooting in every direction.
I heard a howling sound, and when I traced the noise to its source,
I saw red eyes all over the room, numerous growling noises from
several vicious beasts. It was the mutant chimeras, who had
survived and could not escape because of the control he placed on
them.

“I will not die,” a voice boomed, a metallic
body, harboring a brain encrusted in a solid crystal, breaking
through the scorching flames.

Looking back, my mouth open, I could not
believe what I was seeing. Zad had turned his body into machine,
his organs into gears, bolts, and wires, and had, somehow,
transformed his brain into something of fiction. Even his skull was
completely metal, which explained the reason behind his unnatural
longevity. He was no longer human. Steam hissed from the gears
churning inside of him, foul liquids gushing from his abdomen, and
whenever he took a step, I heard an annoying squeak from loose
chain rings on his thighs. In all honestly, I could say he was done
for: this was the chance I was waiting for.

Facing him, ignoring his minions, I ambled
towards him, the blade angled by my hip, and a smile on my face. He
looked at me with his menacing, red eyes, sparks shooting out of
his shoulder, and tried to say something, but I grabbed his head
and pushed him back into the flames.

“How does it feel, Zad, to be the one being
tortured,” I asked, pulling him out of the flames, and bringing his
face close to mine. “Does it feel good to be on the receiving side?
Personally, I don’t care about what you did—my agenda with you lies
in the ship you cost me, and the mission I failed to complete
because of it.”

“You can damage my body, but as long as my
brain is encased in this diamond crystal, I will live on forever,”
he chuckled, his metallic hands dangling from his sides, the left
side of his jaw crooked.

“That seems true,” I replied, digging into
his head, and plucking out his brain. “But there are fates much
worse than death, old friend. How about I show you the eye of the
abyss?”

“Impossible, you, of all people, couldn’t
have mastered that dark, ancient magic,” the brain spoke, a thing
unheard of, glowing in a green color. “Wait a minute—this explains
the source of your power, and your immortality. You are truly an
idiot, Rave, to have awakened the abyss, and claimed its power for
your own. Sooner than you think, when you least expect it, it will
consume and destroy you.”

“Enough talk,” I smiled, walking over and
closing every door, the mutant chimeras watching me silently. “This
is the part when the fun truly begins.”

I raised my right hand up, and the fire and
lightning stopped, the darkness around my body spreading to every
corner of the complex. Stillness grew inside the room, the tremors
stopping, as the air became stiff. Massive winds roared out,
clearing the steam within seconds, and sending a storm of dust and
debris into the air.

“I order you all to stop him, right now,”
the brain cried, talking to the mutant chimeras.

Like robots, they became mobile again,
growling, and drawing out their weapons, corrosive saliva coming
out of their mouth. “Kill him, now.”

“Too late, Zad, the eye has already opened.”
I smiled, glancing down, and watching this massive red eye open in
the ground. “Now that the others are gone, I can finally reveal my
true power, and let you suffer for everything you have done. Now,
let the carnage begin.”

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank you, dear reader, if
you have made it this far without throwing or deleting the book
away. Personally, I didn’t like Rave, when I created him, but his
side of the story is very vital for my future books to come. There
might be some mistakes in this book, and with time, they will be
found and corrected.

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