Chapter 15: Zeth and Sasha vs Crimson

Chapter 15: Zeth and Sasha vs Crimson

Back to the abandoned town with Zeth and Sasha as they confront Crimson.

Standing in the middle of town, Zeth looks at Sasha, nerves gripping him. “I have a bad feeling about this guy’s power. If you think you can fight, feel free to join in and help me.”

Sasha nods. “Okay. I will.”

Zeth thinks to himself. “I have a feeling I should use all at my disposal to take this guy down, and with nobody else here but us, I have that ability.”

Grinning with psychotic excitement, Crimson holds out his hand and curls his fingers, beckoning Zeth. “Come at me!”

“Here we go!” Zeth shouts as he rushes forward.

He screams as he readies his fist for a punch. He lands a powerful punch to Crimson’s chest, but he does not react as his body is pushed back.

Zeth doesn’t stop there. He quickly lands more punches and kicks, repeatedly hitting Crimson with ease.

He then slams Crimson into the wall of a run-down building. His fists glow a red aura, and then he punches Crimson multiple times, breaking down the wall into the house in the process.

He charges and forms a Star Shine Blast in both of his hands and thrusts them against Crimson at point-blank range, causing an explosion that destroys the whole house.

“Well, that was easy,” Sasha says with a smile.

Zeth walks back toward Sasha, his face overcome with unease. “Something seemed off about that, though. He did not react to my attacks. He just stood there and let me land all of them.”

Another explosion goes off in the destroyed house. Zeth turns around to face it as he and Sasha open their eyes wide in disbelief. They see Crimson walk out of the now-fiery rubble with just a few scratches.

He yawns as he asks, “Is that all you got?”

“No way!!” Zeth shouts as his eyes tremble.

Both Zeth and Sasha stare with fear in their eyes as Crimson walks toward them.

With a stern expression, Crimson says, “I wanted to test your strength, but after that test, it appears you are nowhere near as strong as I am.”

Knowing he is overmatched, Zeth shakes in fear. “Just what the hell are you?”

“I’m a human just like you,” Crimson replies with a sly smile. “In fact, I had never even seen you or heard of you until the voice in my head appeared. She tells me to consume you, and if that is what she wants, then that is what I will do… Prepare for consumption!”

Crimson charges at them, and with no other choice, Zeth and Sasha prepare for his attack.

Zeth and Crimson both try to punch each other at the same time. Their fists collide with each other and cancel each other out.

Sasha approaches from the side and goes for a kick, but Crimson dodges it and kicks her back by swinging his foot into the side of her body. The kick sends her flying into a building’s wall, colliding with enough force to shatter it. She drops to the ground, screaming in pain as she holds onto the side of her body.

“Goddess!! It hurts!!!”

Seeing Sasha in pain like that, Zeth screams, “You bastard!!!”

Zeth tries to retaliate with a magic-powered punch, but he misses. Immediately after, Crimson grabs him and throws him into a different wall, cracking it, but not completely destroying it.

Zeth pushes himself off the wall, adrenaline starting to mask his fear. “I admit that you’re powerful, but you are nothing that I can’t overcome!”

Zeth grits his teeth as he rushes toward Crimson, who is preparing a punch. Upon getting close, Zeth sidesteps at the last moment instead of trying a direct attack. He swings his leg and slams his foot into the side of Crimson’s body with a fierce kick.

Crimson flinches just a little bit, while Zeth transitions his attack to an uppercut to Crimson’s chin. Once again, Crimson just flinches only a little bit.

Despite Zeth putting everything he had into those attacks, Crimson doesn’t look impressed. He gazes at Zeth with droopy eyes, yawning from boredom.

“Are you done yet?” he asks.

Zeth stares back with eyes and mouth wide open.

“Those were some hard hits!” He cries. “What is your body made out of?!”

Crimson’s boredom changes into a smirk. “My body isn’t made of anything special. You’re just weak.”

He kicks Zeth, knocking him on his back.

With a grin, Crimson takes a step closer to Zeth. “Regardless of how strong you think you are, there will always be someone stronger. And now, I’m going to consume you and make the voice in my head stop.”

Zeth’s entire body trembles in fear. “No!! Stay away from me!!”

Zeth quickly gets up and releases two Star Shards into the ground. As one Star Shard comes up from the ground, Crimson notices and easily grabs it with his hand.

“Impossible!” Zeth screams.

As the other comes up from the ground, Crimson quickly kicks it in Sasha’s direction. She barely dives forward in time to avoid getting sliced by it.

“That was close!” Sasha exclaims.

“He is on a whole different level than us!” Zeth acknowledges with a fearful tone.

“You are right. It was over before it began,” Crimson replies. “Now, what should I do with this?” He asks as he looks at the one remaining Star Shard that he holds in his hand.

“I know,” he says with enthusiasm. “Here, let me demonstrate my power.”

He holds the glowing Star Shard forward. “Watch this.”

He flicks the Star Shard with his index finger, and it travels at the speed of a bullet. It barely avoids hitting Zeth directly, just grazing his cheek, and opening a thin blood wound as he stands there, completely paralyzed with fear.

Gaining courage, Sasha rushes toward Crimson. “I won’t let you harm Zeth!!”

Sasha gets close to Crimson and tries to punch him, but it doesn’t matter. He just grabs her by the back of her head and slams her face-first into the ground without even taking his eyes off Zeth.

“Such a nuisance,” Crimson groans in annoyance. “Now, what was I going to say? Ah, yes, now I remember. If I were trying to outright kill you, I would have had that shard go straight through your face, and your head would have been shredded. However, your fate is to be consumed by me. Accept it.”

Zeth falls to his knees, shaken to his core in terror. “No, this can’t be the end, can it? I never even got back home…”

Tears flow down his face as he feels inevitable dread.

Zeth and Sasha are getting dominated by Crimson! What hope do they have?

Chapter 15 END

To Be Continued in Chapter 16: Kurt’s Strategy