[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/5gmmJyE.png[/img][/center] [center][img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/lego-elves/assets/characters/elements/large/character-element-fire-desktop-150px.png[/img][/center] [h2][center]The Museum[/center][/h2] [h3][center][color=f26522]"I hear you, Ben..."[/color][/center][/h3] Stopping dead in his tracks, the boy felt as if paralyzed, his feet unable to move with eyes wide from the sudden voice echoing through his mind. [i][color=f26522]"Ben..."[/color][/i] The boy's thoughts returned, his teeth clenched before his body released the tension which had been building up inside. For a moment, the chaos seemed to pass him by unnoticed, as if he had been dragged out of the abyss by the voice of a loved one. Yes, a loved one, indeed. [i][color=f26522]"Ben, I'm sorry...I..."[/color][/i] Shifting his demonic eyes from The Barron and towards Benjamin, Skyler found himself as if enchanted by the wolf's ocean blue gaze. For the first time, the two locked eyes, gazing into each other's souls as the beasts they were. School days had come and gone, but their connection never came to be. Skyler's ceaseless hunger for the wolf's attention, his affection, his love, it was only now being met with a response, now in the deepest pits of depravity. Once more trembling from fear and anxiety, Skyler's ravaging advance as the demon he was reached an abrupt halt. [i][color=f26522]"H-hurt...yes..."[/color][/i] The Efreet's thoughts continued, boiling tears forcing their way out of his eyes before dripping onto the ice covered floor, causing the frozen water to evaporate in steam. [color=f26522][i]"Ben...it...it hurts so much..."[/i][/color] Unable to shield himself from the influx of images pouring into his mind, Skyler's momentary calmness came to an explosive end. Abuse, neglect, hatred, sorrow, misery, devastation...death. The images came flooding and it all ended with Skyler's sister set ablaze beneath the same flames now tearing through the walls. Taking a step back, the boy shook his head in disbelief, his eyes never leaving Benjamin's heavenly visage. [color=f26522][i]"I'm sorry, Ben. I'm sorry..."[/i][/color] Finally regaining enough control to spin around and dash out of the room. Though the flames ravaged on, they were starting to die out due to Skyler's unstable state of mind. It didn't take long until he fell down to his knees on the grass outside, his claws holding onto his head as the boy screamed out in a demonic cry. A scream of anguish and pain washed over him, the hellish flames which had been encircling him sporadically spinning around the boy. He was unable to prevent the tears from making their way down his cheeks, the wave of emotions too much to bare. Joining the screaming with anguished cries, Skyler was feeling the loss of control seeping into his infernal rage, though wasn't able to retract their advance. His powers were simply too powerful for him to manage effectively and started to grow in size around him. Like a bonfire, the Efreet was engulfed in his black fire, the flames creating an infernal orb which encased him inside. At this point, it was quite clear that this orb was imploding, getting smaller before it would eventually explode and more than likely consume the entirety of the museum along with the blast. Sixteen years of pent up flames were forcing their way out of their owner all at the same time, and the devastated creature within their embrace was all but helpless to halt their approach.