Chapter Fifty-Three of Doom

The fifty-third chapter of Eternal Destiny

Iris Message Discussion: Part Eight
''"What?" he asked. "You couldn't pick up a team as strong as our old one?"''

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE OF DOOM
Dana was ambushed before she even got to the stairs.

"Alright, Watergirl," the familiar voice of Edison's second-in-command Layla, daughter of Hypnos, said. "Goodnight... permanently."

"Kóv o ,"  Dana said. Her sword enlarged, hopefully enough to block Layla's powers. "I'm not going to go down that easily, demigod."

Layla smiled playfully, as though Dana were an amusing animal that had just seen the trap and thought itself smart for going around it. She tossed a shard of glass at Dana. Dana immediately blocked thr shot, and the glass fragment hit the ground.

"Toxik í nanoúrisma," Layla said with a grin. From her eyes emerged a beam that Dana thought she was prepared for. Only... it was aimed lower than expected. Too late Dana saw the beam strike the glass shard and reflect back at Dana.

''Darkness... nothing but darkness all around. The only sensation was that of her hands being stuck to something. She could not move the rest of her body either. Then she winced in pain as a sharp object - probably a knife or dagger - jammed into the side of her leg. More daggers struck as well, on her arms, her chest, her neck...''

''Then suddenly another sensation moved through her, burning along the way, like liquid fire flowing through her veins before igniting. She could no longer stand the pain and started to scream, only to find that she had no mouth to scream with.''

''A pair of bright red eyes appeared in the darkness before flashing out of existence as quickly as they came. Then they reappeared just out of her peripheral vision. Then came the voices - first Rune, then Nilstrim, then Molly. "Dana's one of us..." "She's one of the most hardworking students ever..." "I've got your back, just like you always have mine..."''

Why are you doing this?'' Dana wondered. She would have said it aloud if she had a mouth. ''I gave Edison his payment! I stayed loyal!

Layla looked at the fallen girl flailing and shifting but not quite screaming and grinned. The weak, pathetic little Watergirl was down for the count. That's what she gets for picking a fight with the superior ones. Layla picked up the body and tossed it out the window. All the other little legacies could just eat it, or whatever it was their kind did.

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Trivia

 * This chapter was written by DarkCyberWolf on 14 July 2013.
 * Characters met this chapter: Layla Rembuls