[hider=Lucifer appears][b]“Oren… what are you doing?”[/b] [i][b]“LUCIFER!!”[/b][/i] [b]Vandrell: Hawthorne Manor[/b] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/HJlVBY2.png[/img][/center] Hanging suspended in the sky, silhouetted against the bright and giant full moon; big, mighty wings beating within the air to keep the suspended figure aloft, a dark and sinister being gazed down at those assembled below him with cold, piercing gold eyes. The beleaguered and battered Pride, whom had suffered many an injury in their battles with the individual members of the Family, and then against that, the towering, mutated monstrosity known as Oren, could only look on. Oren’s large, giant form looked up too, as his body continued to heal the wounds the Pride had dealt to it and make himself newly immune to their attacks. He looked up, a vicious snarl forming upon his grotesque lips. [b]“I said… what are you doing? What have you done to yourself, Oren?”[/b] [b][i]“Power, Lucifer!”[/i][/b] The madman raged. [i][b]“I have achieved true, glorious power!!”[/b][/i] [b]“Oh?”[/b] [b][i]“Never before have I… or anyone else… possibly achieved what I now have! This power… the ability to cheat death… I now have it! I am unstoppable! I am immortal! Invincible!”[/i][/b] The flying figure, Lucifer, looked down at the mutated aberration, his head cocking to the side as he thoughtfully contemplated Oren’s words. [b][i]“My life’s work… I have achieved it… although never before did I imagine it to be so successful! True power… coursing through my veins… I have no weakness! There is nothing that can hinder me… prevent me from having what I want…!”[/i][/b] A giant arm whiplashed out, destroying the north-western tower, much in the same way as he had done moments ago to the north-eastern tower where Lisette, Lucien and Nikki had been. Debris and rubble rained onto the ground with a thundering crash. [i][b]“Abraxis… the ritual… none of that is now important! Not anymore!!” [/b][/i] Lucifer’s brow furrowed. [b]“What did you say?”[/b] [b][i]“You heard me, Lucifer!”[/i][/b] Oren snapped back, his eyes bulging wide with excitement, a pulsing red glowing brighter and brighter. [i][b]“I am immortal, invincible, more powerful then ever before! Nothing can stop me! We don’t need Abraxis, we… I! Don’t need him! Don’t need you! I am invincible!!”[/b][/i] [b]“You don’t need me, or our Lord Abraxis? Is that what you just dared to utter?”[/b] Silver locks flowed up and down amidst the harsh wind, and lips curled in disgust, shining white fangs exposed to all, glistening in the moonlight. Without warning, Oren’s right arm was thrust into the sky, and from each of his spiky armoured digits, more black mass surged forth in the form of tentacles streaking through the sky, ready to impale and devour Lucifer whole. They shot through the sky with such speed and forth, the Pride on the ground below could feel a sudden surge of wind press against them. Darting through the sky, the five appendages streaked across the whiteness of the full moon, seconds away from reaching their target. When, all of a sudden, Lucifer, who had raised his arms across each other in front of his chest, suddenly swiped them down in a cross shape. And the five bulging black tentacle masses… were severed completely. A guttural roar escaped Oren’s maw. [b]“Invincible, you said?”[/b] Lucifer cocked his head to the side again, looking down at Oren with unbridled disgust. Oren’s roar didn’t stop. With his head tilted back, his throat started to bulge more and more. Fire and smoke escaped through the gaps in his jagged teeth, when finally, Oren’s head shot forwards, and a ball of pure, raging inferno was unleashed into the sky. The mass of flame was impossibly huge, far bigger then the same attack he had attempted on Marcus, and as the ball of flame was shot into the sky, it appeared for a brief moment as if the full moon above was joined by a miniature sun. And in its path, was Oren’s new hated enemy- Lucifer. But Lucifer was not devoured by the flames. Instead… [b]“Let us see how invincible you are.” [/b][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/gSf5RSL.png[/img][/center] [b][i]“What?”[/i][/b] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/gSf5RSL.png[/img][/center] Suddenly, the mammoth Oren was stopped in his tracks. He felt something, deep inside of him, that was not right. Something moving, breaking and tearing things apart. He could feel- And then he felt nothing. A giant hole exploded from within the behemoth’s chest, and a mighty pouring of black oozing blood burst forth from the gaping wound, raining down onto the ground below. Oren’s hands twitched, moving slowly, shakily to his gaping wound, as the fires of life in his eyes started to flicker and fade away, extinguishing in the night. There, besides the gaping wound, hovering several feet away from the spurting fountain of blood was Lucifer once more, holding in his hands a slowly throbbing and dying heart. Oren’s heart. He took one last look at it, before crushing it in his hand and making the organ implode in a shower of tissue and blood. Oren was no more. His body, now rigid, wavered in the air, before tumbling down and collapsing. To the unbelieving eyes of the Pride below, they could not comprehend what had just happened. How the monster they had struggled so hard and in vain to defeat was laid low so simply, and easily. And nor could they believe the transformation that was happening to Oren’s body as he fell. His mass shrunk, and the gleaming onyx armoured that surrounded the dragon mutated monster receded and vanished, the beast once more becoming the aged, fragile and decrepit man he once was… and then disappearing into the abyss he had emerged from. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/cG1jCnx.png[/img][/center] [img]http://i.imgur.com/wv6nkSY.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/T07Xw1w.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/9iZrspN.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/q5PjiIP.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/H5KaVNz.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/cfXWu5X.png[/img] “What the hell… what the hell just happened?” Moira asked, with Lucien still slumped over his shoulder. By her side, on the north-eastern part of the courtyard, amidst the rubble of the tower that had collapsed onto her, was Julius with Lisette and Syed with Nikki and Kapi. They too could not believe what had happened, or what that strange new being in the air. [img]http://i.imgur.com/0ZOCUcl.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/QZVhIJT.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/R0dMlyP.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/COh55ZM.png[/img] Neither too could Don, Amy, Trixie or Celeste, who were all gathering in the centre of the courtyard, leaving Marcus, Selan and Dylan to the south. [img]http://i.imgur.com/dVhLlOy.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/VQL4rMN.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/5LzOyhI.png[/img] “What… what is that thing?” Dylan asked in disbelief at the white haired, winged creature above. He had never seen anything like it. And then, before he could receive an answer, the being was gone again, having vanished in the blink of an eye… his presence remaining a mystery for not much longer, as a chilling voice emerged from behind. [b]"You’re the most powerful of them, aren’t you?"[/b] A chilling gasp of icy breath exhaled from the grey skinned man’s lips, as he looked towards the trio. His gleaming gold eyes, centered on Marcus. The wind mage turned, but it was already too late. Lucifer had already raised his hand, his fingertips cutting through and scratching through the air, the force of his slash raking fresh wounds along Marcus’ entire body. The silver haired man didn’t even have time to scream, as his body slowly collapsed to the ground. [b]“MARCUS!”[/b] [img]http://i.imgur.com/JO4B0vT.png[/img] A scream erupted from Lucifer’s side. He turned his attention to see a calico coloured nekomimi charging towards him, her body launched in the air with her clawed gauntlets aimed directly towards the horrifying aberration’s face. Lucifer made no moves to evade, instead flicking his wrist again, this time towards Nikki. The far wall behind (the same one which had been damaged when Frank first assaulted Moira and Syed, ripping them through it) was destroyed even further as five vertical lines snapped along it, destroying everything in its path. Nikki too, would have been caught in the deadly attack if her body hadn’t suddenly been ripped out of the way, caught in mid air. A speeding bullet passed where Lucifer’s attack had been launched, and the blur shot forth into the air after almost hitting the southern Manor’s wall. Trent had saved Nikki’s life just in time, but a thin gash on his arm trickled crimson. [img]http://i.imgur.com/fQWT986.png[/img] [b]“Hmph…”[/b] Lucifer watched after the pair, before turning around again to focus his attentions on the two stunned Guilders before him, Dylan and Selan, and the rest of the Pride further north beyond. He took a step forward, his feet crunching and cracking the ground below, as his head turned from one to the other, before settling on Selan. A sinister smile stretched upon his lips, as he raised his left hand up towards the dancing songstress. [b]“We didn’t have that dance yet, did we Selan...?”[/b] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/i60t4Yi.png[/img][/center] [center][b][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKJcUW4PXbU]Planet Hell[/url][/b][/center][/hider]