Rise of the Malactric Heir

"What exactly is it, Adora?" Alix inquired and she sighed.

"It's about why I lost focus on the crystal, if I didn't lose focus the crystal would still be here, I guess, it's something Vellon told me," She responded as she lowered her head when she started to see double then grabbed onto her arm and took a deep breath.

"What did he say to you, Adora?" Misran asked as she stared at him and then gnashed her teeth.

"Whoever killed my mother will be unleashed on a marked one; my mother had many secrets, and I don't even know what really caused her to die in front of her weak child."

"That's what he said," she said, and Alix clenched his fists.

"Therefore, you were correct; the enemies we are currently facing are those who had something to do with your mother's death," Alix replied and she nodded.

"Then we understand Adora, don't be too hard on yourself for losing the crystal, we can't expect every mission to be a success, there are many risks and we all know that, would you like to tell us what our next move is?" Ifrit inquired, and she looked at him as he approached her, placing his hand on her head, which she held onto while smiling.

"Warm as usual, I'll tell you guys, but let's wait until we get to the base, then we'll talk more about what to do next," Adora responded, and they smiled.

"We can wait, come, let's all go have dinner," Alix said as he walked away and they all went to the living room to have dinner.

After they started eating, Adora began to have flashbacks of her mother's death, which was triggering something within her that she had suppressed for a long time, but it was now rising again and there was no way to suppress it once more due to everything that was going on.

Adora got up and went to her room shortly after they finished eating, but Alix followed her.

"Hey," he said as she entered her room, and he followed her in. She turned to face him, and he closed the door behind him.

"What's the matter, Alix?" she asked.

"Sit, I'll help with your wound, that seems to be bothering you more than you want to admit," he responded, and she smiled and sat down, and he grabbed her arm and looked at it as his eyes began to glow purple and red as she stared at him, and he placed his hand on the wound, which began to glow purple.

"Did you unlock more of your powers within that gate?" She asked after placing her hand on his chest and his eyes narrowed as he looked at her.

Her eyes began to glow red, along with her entire body, and his began to ache as he gnashed her teeth and his eyes began to mix with a green glow and another gate burst open and he took a deep breath as his body glowed purple and green and he left staring at her as she nearly fell to the ground but he grabbed onto her.

"Hey, are you okay?" he asked as he lifted her up, and she smiled before leaning in closer and sniffing him as he stared at her.

"What are you sniffing?" he asked.

"You better conceal yourself a bit more, you smell more than strong, great is one way to put it," she responded as he clutched his chest and she placed her hand against his.

"Thank you," he said, "but you're hurt, and you shouldn't have done that." She sighed.

"That's fine, your powers coming to light is important to me as well Alix, I need your powers to rise, for you to get stronger, you will definitely surpass me, that I do know besides, I have to show my true powers soon enough," she replied as he lay her back on the bed and his eyes glowed purple and the same glow surrounded her wound, pulling the darkness from her hand.

Adora grabbed his arm, squeezing it because her hand was hurting so much, and finally the darkness came out and just vanished, and he sighed as her hand began to heal faster than before.

"Thank you, Alix," she said, and he glanced at her.

"You are welcome, and I assure you that I will become much stronger, stronger than everyone in all of your teams," he replied as she stared at him and smiled.

"I'm glad to hear that, it's kind of relieving to be honest, I guess I'll have to catch up with you after that," she said, holding onto his hand and he looked at her then scoffed.

"I have a lot to tell you, but first now that I am all set to go," she said as she flung herself off the bed, and he looked at her.

"What are you doing?" he asked as the colors in his eyes became brighter and she smirked.

"Getting ice cream," she responded and he stood up.

"I'll get the ice cream for you, just stay put, it's amazing how energetic you are despite being hurt, something is wrong with that part though I am not going to complain, it's good in a way, but I suggest you don't push it too much, you used to tell me that, glad I got the chance to say it back, he said with a smirk before leaving, and Adora lowered her head, realizing Alix's will was as strong as hers and stronger than many others in her teams.

'Soon enough, half of the old Alix will vanish, he is evolving into something much more, everyone has already noticed many changes in him, he relies on no one, and he is getting stronger because he wants to, he wants to push himself to his limit and see how far he can go, how high he can fly, when he does get to that, a lot will happen, ah, I cannot wait to see what happens when the beast is released from its cage,' Adora thought as she looked out the window of her room smiling.