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The rock had less than no effect. It had served no purpose and failed to get the creatures attention. Deep down somewhere in Jacks stomach he felt it turn to knots not out of fear but a wounding of his pride. Jack was going to be crushed by this... THING, whatever it was, and lose for good. There was no second try. No chance to improve and finally.. Jack could see his father then in that horrible choking cloud. 
The monster was gone from his sight, a brilliant radiance was shining through the mist permeating the area with a light that stung his eyes. The monster was just a silhouette now and in it was..

[color=ed1c24]"Dad.."[/color] he mouthed, the worlds failing to escape his lips.

His father was looking down on him with a mixture of something.. Pity? anger? It made no sense! 

The phoenix creature shimmering in the daylight was lost to his eyes as they failed to see what was happening. The beam of light, the creatures roar of pain, even the creeping vines failed to be registered to Jacks mind as whatever madness of near death was showing him.

[color=ed1c24][i]It can't end this way! I haven't beaten you yet. I promised to win one day, to finally crush you, and its all going to be for nothing![/i][/color] 

His mind was screaming the bitter hatred mirrored in his soul directed at his misfortune. It was the quiet but stern voice of an older male voice that cut through the haze clouding his thoughts that brought clarity for the briefest of moments. A breath of fresh air sweeping over his tensed muscles.

[i][color=f7941d]Do you want to fight too?[/color][/i]
Jacks eyes saw the scene unfolding around him in a new light. The phoenix and that pink haired girl.. Was she fighting? But how. Jack tried to move towards the monster but his legs were bound painfully tight. A painful throb rocked his brain, a gasping hiss escaping his lips.

[color=f7941d][color=f7941d]You want to win. Don't you, Jack?[/color][/color]
The voice teased him with the very words screaming in his heart. Every syllable only brought with it a wave of fresh agony, enough to make his knees week. If not for the vines he might have fallen to his knees.
 Of course Jack wanted to fight, to win, to survive! Nothing meant more to Jack than the freedom he would earn when he could overcome his father and earn the right to stand as a man. The rock he had thrown earlier wasn't to help the girls.. it was his own selfish need to be stronger than this circumstance. 

[i][color=f7941d]I can show you the path to power and freedom. Will you hear me, Jack.[/color][/i]
The pain had become excruciating. It gnawed at the last lingering threads of his sanity like wolves to a fresh corpse, eliciting a breathless scream of frustration and anger Jack had never known inside of him. The knotted feeling of his stomach now felt like something was trying to tear it out, and the crashing waves of searing agony hitting his mind like a sledgehammer had all but erased any thought beyond accepting. 

[color=f7941d][i][b]Very well.. 
Jack clutched his head and felt the words bubbling up inside of him. A name he did not know and a word he did not understand.. 

Thou art I, and I art thou.. Together we will achieve glory eternal and stand atop the mountains peak of perfection as the ultimate warrior, he who stands above all others in the face of obliteration! 
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All he had to do now was win.

[color=ed1c24]".. Persona."[/color]

Orange flames races across his body from the tips of his hair all the way down to the soles of his shoes, scorching away his fears and worries as it burned bright as the sun. A white hot fire that burned with no heat. From inside the heart of this centralized firestorm rose the blackened form of the [url=https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-us/game/forhonor/fh-game/fh_s2_arm_centurion_thessalia4b_v1_770x690_ncsa.png]warrior.[/url] A hulking being seemingly sculpted from gold and steel given a humanized form. In it's gold-plated fists was a sharp gladius, held with familiar ease. 

[color=ed1c24]"Stop it, now.."[/color] Jacks voice was raspy from the lack of air entering his lungs, [color=ed1c24]"DENTATUS!"[/color] 

The steel soldier cleared the distance in an instant, blade flashing side to side as it slashed at the reaching vines with deft precision before leaping the lunging.. 
To stand in front of Blair and Enju. Its defensive capabilities were well balanced with its offense. Protecting the girls was top priority until they could get clear of the fiends range, then Dentatus would go for the kill.