A Love In Dark Times

“The time has come to fight, we cannot let ourselves be captured. -said Luis, swinging his sword at some shadows, breaki them into pieces,

-And if we let ourselves be captured so that they don't take us as prisoners, they can keep our friends in those jails. - Estrello still couldn't see clearly.

-1 don't think that they would keep them prisoners in such common places, they must have them in their palace, as well their key. -Angie opined, cutting shadows with her flaming sword, with black and grey flames.

A soldier pointed a sniper rifle at them from behind, carrying powerful bullets capable of piercing an armoured tank. A boom sounded, it was caused by the old man, who hit him with a club, smashing his head, preventing him from shooting off and shouted happily:

-1 knew you were not from here, you are the gods who are in the prophecy, the ones who once said they would return, that's wonderful, you are going to end this world war without end, sorry for telling on you, I just wanted to make sure you were our saviours.

Out of nowhere more shadows came out to applaud us, they were saying things like:

Please release the prisoners, they took my husband for the soap factory, please save him.

~Your husband is going to be made into soap, which will later become explosive for your weapons, it is a very cruel thing do. -Guio answered them, not gently.

Please, we need to £0 to the palace as soon as possible. -It seemed to him that a soldier circled the coordinates and indeed he was not mistaken, the sky was filled with iron mosquitoes that threw them their resounding charges.

Run! Francis proclaimed. Everyone followed him without refutation, except for Luisa, who stood watching as the small shadows that were picking out the wounded were hit by the bombs. Luis could not get her to react, he had to throw her over his shoulder to save her, she saw when the grey flames of the explosions disintegrated all those civilians, even the o man who, because of his age, could not reach safety.

“Go and be reunited with your beloved,” thought Luisa, as the tears lingered in the breeze.

When they arrived at the palace they were greeted by the breeze, but of bullets that threatened to break their energy barriers, they had to destroy almost blindly the defences to penetrate the fortress, where again they were received by Mephistopheles announcing to them:

-I congratulate you for coming to this place to bring me the keys. They need not have made such a fuss, they would only have announced themselves. -He looked like a big shadow and then snapped his fingers changing the atmosphere, illuminating the room, I guess so far everything they have seen has seemed normal to them, of course, that's what they s normal people doing. My people, of course, know that I am the absolute leader because I figured out how to make pacts with other creatures, as well as travel across dimensions. Its just that my weaponry of greatest destruction is not nuclear warheads, it's these beings that normal people call monsters, heartless beings that are capable of murdering anyone, wit unlimited thirst for riches and pleasures. Now I know that I always have to look for something that will give me the edge, that's why I'm going to Las Capas.

You want to go to that realm for something to kill the resistors. -Francisco growled at him, with his sword ready for combat.

No, that would be very foolish, I can’t end the war, it's what gives me strength. The resistance is another hoax, their leaders are also under my orders, it's like a private game, that way I can control the masses. I can't imagine them protesti over there demanding their rights, that would be fatal for the system, of course not, I just want more power to extend my kingdom to other worlds, we can easily conquer your land if 1 find a way to resist that sun of flames that evaporates us. ~You are like one of those arms merchants who provoke wars to sell their wares. -Luisa was finally able to speak, drawing her sword and handing it to me.

“1 go further. I am the owner of the arms factories, where I see that there are riches, I provoke wars, so that they give ther to me for arms, that's round business, in the end they end up with piles of scrap metal, dead and without resources. It's 2 song that sings itself, very hilarious, by the way I'l let you go in exchange for that sword,” Mephistopheles guffawed forcibly.

“This ends today. -Francis announced, pulling out the emerald Fura, which with its beautiful greenery coloured the landscape.

All the shadows covered their faces, Mephistopheles shrieked in horror:

“I can't believe it, it's the sacred stone, it's a pity they can only use it once against one of us, then they will have to take it back to the mine and I bet they won't survive, they will be forced to use their joker, I will attack them with my elite troops those of us who are here, are the thousand shadows in one, my most powerful soldiers even on your planet fear them, I remember you already fought against them, I had forgotten. From the rooms came out five robust shadows laughing like hyenas, launching themselves to attack them.

Careful, they are as if they had compacted a thousand people, that's why they are called legion. -Francisco explained to them, although they already knew that, as he tried to defend himself against the one attacking him with several weapons and an agility that seemed to flow like water.

“We must hit them with everything we've got. -Angie shouted furiously, somersaulting through the air, slashing at her adversary's arms.

They can't beat us, no one can, except Mr. Mephistopheles. -One of them shouted as he attacked Guio, hitting him with several fists.

“It will be easy to destroy them. -mentioned another one of them.

“Its all for Lord Mephistopheles, he found us in those cold woods, saved us and trained us to serve him. -Another one spoke as if in a thousand voices.

50 you owe him a lot for letting you protect him? -Estrello asked them as he tore at one of the shadows.

-Don’t be so clever, don’t try to enlighten us, it is an honour to serve him, he is very strong.

He is a tyrant, someday when he no longer serves you he will kill you, look now he sent you to use the power of the emerald on one of you, something that will surely finish you. -Louise affected them more with her words than with the slashes of her sword.

“It is something I have thought about when I have seen how he consumes the servants who no longer serve him or those who make mistakes, it is something I question, but if the almighty shadow placed him in command of this kingdom, we a nothing to stand in the way of his decisions, we do not want to arouse his wrath. -A legion, striking at Francisco, “Do not I yourselves be swayed by a few.

Don't let yourselves be convinced by strangers, better to fear the known, the wrath of our lord. -That voice made them attack with more force, hitting everyone against the walls, even Shatter lost his beast form and became defenceless.

We will not give up, we have to rescue my mother. -cried Angie attacking her shadow.

Those prisoners are already lost, Lord Mephistopheles swallowed them,” replied the shadow, increasing Angie's anger, wi cut him into several pieces with her sword, which again glowed blue and orange, the shadows melted into a black puddle where raised arms sprouted and then fell apart like a soap bomb.

Wait, I remembered something, we were not things of the forest, we came out of a laboratory where Mr. Mephistopheles, directed, we are just experiments, weapons, I can not conceptualize how we have been manipulated,” the crazed shadow threw himself against his boss who without making any effort grabbed him by the neck and absorbed him in one breath, without flinching.

“That's how he locked up our friends. -Luis mentioned it, while continuing to hit the shadow with his face in his fists. We'll have to purge him with the Yagiie, although I don't know where I'll throw him. -Francisco digs his pockets, while he cuts the shadow with which Guio fights, since his opponent was what the king of the shadows devoured, Angie also joins the combo chopping and cutting like machines, they don't stop until they see him fall to the ground.

On the other hand, poor Estrello is at the limit with his opponent, he couldn't fight being human and only received blows Angie manages to cut off the head of his attacker before he cuts off the wolf's head, and at the same time she saves him, she looks at his beautiful face that was hidden behind his wolf face.

“I need some help too. -Luis confesses, causing the shadow to run away, terrified that it won't be able to fight the four of them, but on its way it meets the arm of Mephistopheles, who devours it with a sigh. The last one stands motionless fighting with Luisa, not knowing whether to fight them or be devoured by their cruel master, she decides to fight with all her strength, pulling out her many claws, but she cannot give battle to these warriors, another exploding puddle confirm: this. However, Mephistopheles shows no sign of alarm, only a hiss and through a door enters a huge three-headed dog. -Look, it's a cancerbero. -Guio screams in terror.

No, crazy boy, it's his shadow.