It's been another whole week after the strange visit he had from the little boy. Aster can't get it off his mind, every night he slept he would see the little man in his sleep.
He walked into the firm, he's at the test units. He sees a young man standing. It's him, Xander. He's staring at him, he looked like he practised the dark arts with demons.
His hair had completely changed from the darkest shade of brown to the deepest shade of black. His skin turned slightly pale but in all of that he was attractive still, his eye lens were now dark as well. He noticed his hands, the veins were more evident than before.
Xander didn't look happy or sad, he just stood still. Aster thought it was another vision like the first but this time it was real. He stood close to Xander and realised it. "Xander you are back? Why are you quiet?"
Xander turned to him with his shirtless body, he replied, "Kneel."
Aster didn't understand his utterance, "Kneel? Why?" his eyebrows furrowed as he asked the question. Xander looked at him with the worst form of facial impatience, he eyed him from his feet to his face.
He said again, "Kneel for your king." Aster knew immediately, the dark powers were speaking through him. This wasn't Xander, he was trapped in his own body.
Aster moved away from him slowly, he didn't want to trigger this part of him.
Thankfully, Void just walked in. He spoke to Xander, "Xander, you have to remain here for a while. Until you can't the powers properly, don't leave. You may hurt someone in the process if you do."
Xander replied, "Who are you? I'm the lord of the executions. Who do you think you are to command me?"
"I'm Void."
Aster asked, "Will he be like this? This is bad. They should have warned him."
Void replied, "He'll learn the same way I did." Void takes his phone to send a text to Galen about his son waking up.
Galen received the message a few moments later about his son awakening from the dark powers. He sent the text to Mara, he rushed to the test unit room. "Xander?" Xander looked at him and turned away from him.
Galen wondered why and how he turned to this, he moved closer to him. "Xander I'm talking to you." He held his left arm. Xander turned to him in anger and he held his neck. He tried to strangle his father.
Galen couldn't breathe, Void held Xander from behind. Kira walked into the room, she felt his awakening from her location. Xander dropped his father to the ground the moment he saw her. He said, "Kira."
Kira stood still, she knew the aftermath of the process. He held her hand, he looked into her eyes. He said, "My queen, don't be afraid."
She was surprised to hear that, she held his face. He smiled at her, he held her waist. Galen watched his son cling to the embrace of another woman he barely knew.
Apex appeared, "Xander! Appear before Solstice now!" He left.
Xander walked away from them into the court room, still shirtless. Solstice asked, "Do you have to barbaric before you ascend?"
"I do what I want, I have ascended Solstice."
Solstice can sense the evil from his heart, he said, "You know one thing I love about the dark potion? It reveals your heart, the inner most part of your heart during the first day of your awakening."
"Be silent! You know nothing of power Solstice! I am Power!" Xander yelled.
Solstice stood to his feet saying, "Boy, you have lost it. You must fight those demons before they take over your soul!"
Xander said, "Help me." This time the voice changed, it was really Xander. His eyes were back to normal again but he couldn't barely keep it up.
Apex said, "We need to drain him a little, let him battle with the creatures. Either the behemoth or the serpent. It'll aid him. Better."
Nebula supported him. "Truly if he could defeat the Behemoth, he could kill. Anything."
Solstice ordered, "So be it."
Apex opened the portal, he cast Xander into the creature's nest. He locked it. And they watched.
Xander looked at the creature, it could kill him in an instant. He moved back, suddenly the powers took over.
He started blasting the behemoth with his powers. It turned invisible and escaped his sight. Xander blinked in shock and moved back to look carefully for the creature. He looked to his left and saw nothing, same as his right.
Apex watched closely, yes he wanted to help Xander by making him go through this but he never wanted him dead either. He stood by Solstice. Nebula folded his arms on his chest, "He doesn't know what he just got himself into. He should have laid low."
Apex whispered back, "I'm guessing two things, it's either he forgot to read the books I gave him or he totally forgot about battling with this creature the first time and then expected it to be the same after the first battle. He's a lord but he sometimes forgets that battles have different strategies and enemies are diverse."
Solstice asked, "Do you think this is the proper way to deal with this energy within him? Let's just pull him out and train him our way."
Apex refused, "Solstice don't. Don't do that, let him drain it out this way. He could easily get triggered by anything at this time."
Xander stood still, it wasn't a war fought with the help of strength. It was a war meant for the mind. The behemoth could sense his immense energy and knew it, it appeared again and looked down to him. He stood watching it closely, he asked it. "What are you doing?"
It remained silent. He knew it spoke through the mind but he couldn't hear it. He just realised something, he couldn't use his mind. It was blocked by the power. He stood there struggling until he collapsed to the ground.
He opened his eyes and he was on his bed, laying sideways in his room with his family. He was back to normal.