The Path to New Babylon

[Erik Vrell]

Erin watched as people began to filter into the room, blocking off the exits so no one could escape. Among those people were Sasuke Uchiha, the King's hand, and Victor Wolfe, who Erik was unfamiliar with. He smirked as he faced the two intruders. "You've picked the wrong faction to mess with." He said as he drew Mageslayer. Instead of waiting to be attacked, he leapt towards the pair of criminals, spurred onwards by their impudence. He slashed at Demetri who easily dodged his attack. Erik swung his sword again and again and and the thief nimbly dodged out of the way each time. By the time Erik was out of breath, he hadn't landed a single hit. Demetri laughed and became invisible once again. Erik stood with Mageslayer poised in front of him, expecting to be hit at any moment. He was suddenly hit with something that he couldn't see but felt like a blade. It dug a shallow wound into the back of his leg and pulled out. The crowd around him gasped as Demetri returned to the shadows and Erik fell to the his knee. Erik pulled himself up once again. He stood and waited. Finally, Demetri revealed himself once again and another chain came flying at him. It buried into his shoulder and he cursed quietly. He grimaced as he grabbed the chain in his shoulder and pulled it free. He yanked the chain with all his might and heard a small thud as Demetri was pulled off his feet. He stabbed the chain's blade into the ground and, after a few attempts, stabbed Mageslayer into the chain, holding the thief in place. Erik materialised his twin psi-blades and looked at him. "Now the fight can start." Erik said. Then Erik realised that Daxter was in the courtyard as well. "Well what do we have here?" Erik said as he approached the small creature before him. He picked up the Otsel by the tail. "What exactly are you supposed to be?" Erik said before a chain narrowly missed his head, snapping him back to reality. His dropped Daxter and turned to face the thief. "That was close." Erik said. He dashed at Demetri and slashed at him with his psi-blades. Demetri was still able to dodge most of his attacks but was slightly slower than before due to bding rooted to the ground. Erik feinted and stabbed towards Demetri's arm when he attempted to dodge. The thief was able to react quickly enough to dodge the full force of the swing but still got cut. Erik was shocked to see the psi-blades cut easily through the flesh of Demetri's arm. "I've cut through butter with more resistance than you." Erik said. As Erik said this the other primes joined the battle, Victor with his daggers and Sasuke with his bare hands. The three primes swung at the bound thief repeatedly, rarely getting a hit in and never getting a solid strike. Sasuke took a step back and made a hand sign which Erik didn't recognise before releasing a burst of flame, narrowly missing Demetri and singeing the thieve's clothing. As Demetri dodged out of the way, he tugged on the chain which was trapped in the ground and pulled it free. The thief dodged out of the way of one more swing from Victor before fading from sight. Erik dematerialised his psi-blades and picked up Mageslayer. The three primes looked around for the thief but he wasn't going to reveal himself until he was ready to face his three angry enemies. The atmosphere was tense as they waited for Demetri to reveal himself. Daxter hid away from the skirmish, wanting to help without putting himself in danger. Erik looked around for any sign of Demetri and saw a slight movement in the sand. He decided to take a chance and lunged for where he thought Demetri was standing. All he had seen was some sand moving in the breeze, but he heard a muffled gasp when he lunged. He kicked in the direction he had heard the gasp in and felt his foot hit something. Demetri was shoved backwards and left a mark on the sand he had landed on. "We see you now!" Erik cried and Sasuke launched another fireball in the direction of the thief, missing by a hairs breadth. Erik retreated back to the other two primes. This was going to be a long fight.