The Beautiful Monster

Chapter 236 - Fighting Alone

Elias whipped around to see Alaric sitting on the checkout counter. His heart jumped up into his throat as he stumbled back, preparing to defend himself.

He did willingly come here, but he wasn't going down without a fight. He didn't come here to give up. He came here to try to spare his friends.

"We need to talk," he said once he got his bearings.

Alaric chuckled as he tilted his head at Elias.

"Talk? We don't do much talking," he replied as he hopped off the counter, his boots hitting the ground with a heavy thump.

Elias tightened his fingers into fists, making himself ready for anything. He didn't trust Alaric in the slightest.

"I wanted to propose something to you," he said. He wasn't sure if Alaric would take him up on it, but he could at least try. He owed it to his friends to try.

"Propose what?" Alaric asked, looking intrigued.

"You and me just fight. We have one last battle right here, right now. You leave the others alone," Elias replied. Maybe he was basically sacrificing himself, but he was giving himself a somewhat fair fight.

It would just be him and Alaric. No distractions from anyone else. They would fight until someone was defeated, which he figured was death.Vissit for updates

Alaric lifted an eyebrow at Elias, looking surprised by the proposal.

"You think that you can take me by yourself? Did you see what happened the last two times that we fought?" Alaric questioned him.

Elias nodded, fully aware of the results of the last two fights. That was in the past, though. Those were different circumstances. He didn't know if he stood a chance against Alaric on his own.

The whole point of the trip was for he and Melina to fight together. That hadn't worked out yet, so he was trying things solo to spare his friends.

He didn't expect the possibility of it to come so soon, but everyone died. If he was going to kick it, he wanted to die doing something for his friends.

"Sure you don't want to call your friends? You're looking nervous," Alaric laughed coldly.

Elias didn't want to die alone, but it was better than watching his friends die. He narrowed his eyes, standing his ground and refusing to let Alaric get into his head.

"Let's get on with it. I'm not here to play around," he said firmly.

Alaric shrugged, looking disappointed that Elias wasn't reacting the way he wanted him to.

"You asked for it," he replied.

Maybe Elias did, but he was in no way prepared for what was in store for him.

Elias made the first move. He was taking all sorts of risks today. He sent shots of fire toward Alaric, feeling his palms burn.

If he wanted a chance at winning, he had to lean into his abilities like Alaric did. Alaric's strength came from his demonic powers, while Elias had witch and demon abilities to pull from.

Alaric dodged around most of the shots. One of them caught his cheek, burning his skin and making him grimace. He sent a newspaper stand flying at Elias' head with a wave of his hand.

Elias ducked, being mindful of things that Alaric could throw at him. He had learned that the hard way last time.

He wasn't going to make the same mistakes this time. His threshold for mistakes that he could allow was very small. Any mistake could put him six feet under.

"Come on, Elias. You have to put up a better fight than that," Alaric taunted him.

Fueled off his anger, Elias rushed at Alaric, slamming his shoulder against Alaric's chest. He didn't knock Alaric off his feet, but he made him lose his balance, which was good enough.

Elias grabbed Alaric's arm and tossed him against the only window that was intact on the storefront.

Alaric crashed through the window, glass raining down everywhere.

He grimaced as he picked himself up off the ground, shaking glass off him.. Cuts littered his arms and face as he climbed through the hole where the window used to be.