The door to cell A-9 opened after Pami entered commands into the console next to the cell. They all stepped inside. The room was cooled, and a layer of icy mist hovered in the ground. Inside the room were two pods.

Nero rushed forward and collapsed onto his knees beside one of the pods. He rubbed his palms over the pod's glass, clearing away the condensation on the glass. Laughed escaped his mouth and tears, "My Elinor, I've finally found you!" He searched the cryopod and found the deactivation button. He pressed it, rushed over to the other pod, and pressed the button on that pod.

Icy mist escaped both pods as they began to reanimate their occupants. Latches on the pods popped open, and a hiss escaped the pod as the tops to the pods opened. Both Elinor and Rykar sat up, and then, on shaking legs, they got out of their pods. Elinor's legs gave out, and she fell to the floor. Nero rushed to his wife's side, keeping her from falling to the floor. Rykar was doing better than Elinor and could keep himself from falling.

Elinor was tall, tall even for a man. She towered over Nero. She wore thick horn-rimmed glasses over her soft green eyes. Long, curly strawberry blond hair draped down her back. Rykar was a combination of his parents. The boy was tall, taking after his mother in height. But he was brand like his father. He had his father's hazel eyes, sprinkled with flecks of green of his other. He had straight strawberry-blonde hair done up in a ponytail.

A loud alarm began to play over the prison speakers, and red flashing lights lit the cell and the rest of the prison in red light. "Intruders have entered the prison! They are in cell A-9! I repeat they are in cell A-9!"

"Shit, we have to get out of here! Draven go grab Rykar!” Sygvar yelled.

Draven sprung forward, grabbing the boy and assisting him. The group ran out of the cell and towards the exit. Draven could hear the guards behind them chancing after them. They opened fire at them, but Sygvar constructed a telekinetic shield behind them, blocking their assault.

They exited the prison and stopped. Raylen and Egween were in front of them, and a squad of mystics was behind them.

"Hello, friends! I'm glad that you made it to the party!" Raylen said.

Pami ran over to the console. She typed in some commands, and the blast door to the prison was sealed shut. Cutting off the guards chasing them from assisting Raylen.

Draven let go of Rykar, sitting the boy on the ground. He then drew his sword and cycled Essence through his body. He did not bother to hide his anger from the Weave; Draven wanted Raylen to feel his hate. "This time, you die!" Draven pointed his sword at Raylen.

Raylen laughed, "Look at you! So scary!"

Draven found the thread to Vibration, Strength, and Sharpness to his sword. Essence surged into his weapon, setting it a glow with the crimson red light of his Essence. "You will pay for all the lives that you took! You are evil incarnate!" The rage in Draven began to roar to life. Burning hotter and hotter within his heat. Today was the day that he got vengeance for his family.

"Draven, get ahold of yourself!" Sygvar stood in front of Draven. "Now is not the time for a fight. We're deep in enemy territory, and we need to escape!"

"No, I can't wait any longer," Draven said, pushing past Sygvar. He needs to die today." Draven dawn his transparent aura of telekinesis.

Raylen drew his sword. Lightning began to arc around his body, and the salary along his body and blade began to glow an eerie lightning blue.

"Draven, don't be selfish; you can get your revenge again. Think about my family," Nero pleaded from next to his wife.

Draven turned around to face Nero. "Flee if you want. I came here for Raylen, and I will get my revenge." Draven sped towards Raylen, his telekinetic blast accelerating him forward faster and faster. He collided with Raylen, causing a shock wave. Draven clamped down on his rage, using it as an aid to strengthen his attacks against Raylen, but he was careful that it did not control him.

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"Damn it, Draven," Sygvar said as he sprinted towards Egwene. "Nero, Pami, and Mydren. You three take the other three Mystics. I'll handle Egwene."

Raylen disappeared in a flash of lightning. The Weave warned Draven of danger, and he turned around just in time to block Raylen's sword strike. Draven kicked Raylen in his side and then stabbed the older man in the gut with his blade. Draven twisted his sword, the vibrations and sharpness of his blade easily parting Raylen's armor and flesh. He pulled his sword free, allowing blood and guts to escape Raylen's body.

Raylen laughed and revealed a bloody smile to Draven. "You've gotten better." The wound in Raylen's stomach closed at a visible rate.

"I've just gained control of my emotions," Draven began to conjure four force bolts.

"Oh, is that so. You were upset about the Leto massacre, right? Oh, how I enjoyed that day. Everyone in that town deserved what happened to them. I loved how they screamed for their lives." Raylen said as he conjured bolts of lightning.

Draven ground his teeth, "Shut the fuck up! We were peaceful people and didn't deserve what you did to us!"

"But you did. You all did. And I enjoyed every second of it. Who did I kill that made you so upset? Was it Mommy?"

Draven's rage began to boil, "Shut up!" He fired his force bolts.

Raylen fired off his bolts of lighting, "Was it Daddy?"

Draven screamed and charged Raylen. His attacks were wild and full of strength, and their speed was beyond what they were before. Draven burned Essence in an uncontrolled rage, fueling his strength and speed.

Raylen squinted, his eyebrows together in confusion, "What, did I kill your whole family?"

Draven went quiet. His eyes were two pits of hatred that stared at Raylen as if they could kill him. Draven surged Essence into his leg and kicked Raylen with an empowered telekinetic kick. Raylen blocked the blow with his arm and grunted at the blow.

"It looks like I hit the mark," he smiled. He grabbed Draven's leg and sent arcs of light into his body.

Draven screamed in pain as lightning paralyzed his body. Raylen then stabbed Draven in the stomach, dragging his blade upwards towards Raylen's torso. Raylen channelled more lightning into Draven. Draven's body spasmed as he fought to regain control. Finally, Raylen freed his sword and allowed Draven to fall to the floor.

Draven groaned as he focused one of his parallel minds on healing the giant wound along his torso. Blood, organs, and guts spilled out of his body onto the floor; slowly, his parallel mind began to pull his organs and guts back inside of him, closing the wound. Residual lighting still causes his muscles to contract and relax uncontrollably.

Draven watched as Raylen neared Elinor and Rykar. The mother-son pair scrambled to get away from Raylen, but they were still weak from cryosickness. Draven got to his knees and yelled. His force came out horse and low, thanks to all the screaming he had done earlier at Raylen's hands. He channeled Essence into his throat and tried again: "Raylen's going for Elinor and Rykar!" Just those few words caused his throat to burn with pain.

Nero stopped fighting against the Mystic rebel and rushed to the aid of his family. Raylen turned around and flashed stepped to Nero. Nero blocked Raylen's sword with his spear. Lightning arched from Raylen and impacted Nero, causing the president to scream and console. The Mystic rebel who had been fighting Nero caught up and stuck his sword into the president's stomach. Nero fell to his knees in pain.

Draven sent a burst of Essence into his body and climbed to his feet. He shot out a blast of telekinetic force, launching himself towards Nero. Raylen flashed and stepped before Draven. Draven swung his sword at Raylen, but Raylen easily deflected the weak attack. He then backhanded Draven, sending the weak man to the floor.

Raylen slowly walked back over to Nero, his sword scraping along the ground as he went.

“No,” Sygvar screamed. He disengaged Egwene and sprinted over to Nero.

Egwene's bloody whips caught Sygvar, wrapping around his waist. "I'm not done with you," she then pulled him back towards her.

Raylen held his sword height above Nero's head. Then, as swift as lightning, Raylen severed Nero's head from his body. Nero's lifeless head fell to the floor. His mouth opened in a silent scream, revealing his golden teeth, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head.

Sygvar frees himself from Egwene with an explosion of Essence. He then slammed Egwene's head into the ground, knocking her out. Sygvar appears before the rebel Mystic, standing next to Raylen, and swiftly cuts the Mystic in half. He then turns his sights onto Raylen, and they begin to battle.

"Draven, get Elinor and Rykar out of here," Sygvar said between sword strikes.

"But-"

"Do as I say! You already got the president killed! I will not have his family's blood on my hands!"

Draven rushed over to Elinor and Rykar. Assisting them to their feet and guiding them away from Raylen and Sygvar. Pami and Mydren had finished off the Mystic rebels they were fighting and joined Draven's side.

Sygvar disengaged Raylen once everyone was clear. He then ran away, collapsing the corridor behind him, blocking Raylen and Egwene from following them.