Reddragon

An explosion rocked in the forest, destroying several trees and other nearby objects unfortunate to get caught in the crossfire of what just transpired. Castro slid against the dirt ground as he came out a smoke ball that was slowly forming in a middle of a small crater. " Well damn it, he said to himself, that's gonna get unwanted attention for sure!" he finished while clicking his neck and stretching his arms.

"remind me to warm up next time i let loose, otherwise i won't be able to control all collateral damage" he looked around at his surroundings as he eyed some destroyed trees that were laying down with broken branches charred wood on most parts. The smoke finally cleared in the middle and behold it was not a pretty sight. What remained of the once proud mighty manticore was now a pile of of meat, charred and roasted beyond recognition, even one of its paws just fell of because it was burned so bad. It did not leave a pleasant smell either but Castro was used to it, after all being able to have control over fire meant burning your enemies to a crisp and leaving a stench afterwards.

Castro laid his now calm eyes over the fallen beast and thought to himself (Seriously... a lion with a scorpion tale and wolves made of sticks and twigs just begging to be burned by me, what the hell is up with this place?) He then began to look around again looking for any more sigh of trouble that might come his way. When nothing showed, he sighed in relief. "That was honestly a waste of my time, i did not come here to waist my time fighting cartoon creatures!! i'm here on a mission!. he finished speaking to himself as he slowly turned away from the carcass of the Manticore and began heading deeper into the forest.

"Of all places why here? he began speaking to himself. It does not matter where we end up Alexei i will find you and destroy you, and all who stand in my way of vengeance!!" he added the last part with a hint of anger in his voice. Castro came into another space of the forest and again slowly looking around once again. "This would be an ideal place to set up camp" He finished as began walking towards some trees and stopped in front of some stuck together. He slowly raised his right arm to grab the weapon that is resting on his back. Once he got a firm grip on the black handle, very slowly he pulled out the staff out of its straps and brought it over his head. Once the weapon was was fully over his head he lowered it over slightly to the ground, and stood it up. The weapon just about stood taller than Castro but that did not matter, he was more than strong enough to wield it with mastery. He tilted the weapon slightly and got into a fighting stance. With a deep breath he raised the weapon over his head again and then with blinding speed, begun spinning the staff around his hands with such ease and mastery, and with impressive speed, the red blades looked like a blur for how fast it was being spun, then with a sudden swing, Castro sliced the weapon through the tree. Easily slicing some branches clean off. The cut branches flew in the air, spinning and twisting in all directions.

Castro breathed slowly and gently as he raised his weapon once again, and with another swift movement of his arm, he cut the flying branches into pieces as they fell into a small pile on the forest floor. Castro put his weapon back into the strap on his back and looked over his work. "Not bad" he said to himself. He walked up the pile and extended his right arm slightly with his palm open, then he shot a small fire ball out of his palm which was powerful enough to ignite the piled wood and set them ablaze. Castro set himself down in front of his little fire and started undoing the buttons on his trench coat, revealing a plain bright shirt underneath. His well toned body slightly shown through his shirt, revealing his well defined abs. He took his coat off showing the rest of his white shirt which was a long sleeved t-shirt. His arms were nice and muscular as well. Castro's body was built like a professional wrestler's, he clearly worked out and trained hard to attain a body like his. He sat quietly and stared at the small campfire he made with his eyes slightly glowing green.

Then flashbacks began playing in his mind. (You won't get away with this Alexei , i will hunt you down and destroy you if it's the last thing i do. He started firing fireballs at a shadowy figure in front of him, but the figure just deflected them effortlessly and the fireballs exploded on the walls, causing a fire alarm to go off and smoke started to form in the room Castro and Alexei were in. An evil laughter could be heard as Alexei stood over Castro on a platform looking down at him. "C'mon Castro. Why the long face?" he chuckled out loud. Castro's answer however came in the form of another fireball flying towards the shadow man. He simply moved his body to the left as the fireball flew right past him, causing another explosion behind him. Alexei just rolled his white eyes at Castro's attempt to attack him.

"You fool! he laughed, did you think it would be that easy!!". He finished with a evil grin on his face.

"Oh don't worry, i came prepared castro said, you see those were just warm up shots. Now comes the real DEAL!!!" Castro yelled.

"Bring it!" Alexei spoke darkly with an evil grin still on his shadowy face.

And with that Castro shot a bolt of lightning out of his palm. Alexei deflected the attack back to Castro who just swatted the lightning with his arm and it went flying towards the other side of the room, crashing into some crates and shattering them to pieces. Alexei shot some black balls towards Castro which flew fast towards him. He dodged to the left as the balls crashed into the floor, creating small holes were they crashed. Castro began swinging his arms, firing fireballs towards his enemy, but Alexei deflected every one of his attacks and launched another black ball with his other hand. Castro did not see this attack coming and it collided with his stomach. Alexei clicked his fingers and the black ball blew up, causing Castro to get knocked into a bunch of crates. He skidded against the metal floor as he crashed into a big metal beam in the middle of the room. Alexei zipped into the air and continued his assault, firing more black balls towards Castro and causing them to blow up right in front of him, forming a giant smoke. Alexei seized his attacks and he rested his arms behind his back and stayed afloat in mid air looking on at the smoke in front of him. First nothing happened. "Well it looks like i win" Alexei grinned wickedly, but then out of the smoke came flying Castro who turned his entire body on fire. Alexei tried to brace himself but  Castro was to fast for him and he nailed a vicious right hand on the shadow man's face which exploded on impact, causing Alexei to get sent flying back and through glass with a small smoke trail forming.

Alexei skidded against the floor bet he recovered quickly and flipped himself back to his feet. Alexei quickly brushed himself off and looked towards the shattered glass now in front of him and saw Castro flying towards him once again. This time Alexei was ready for it. He moved his arm forward and shot a black ball towards Castro and it exploded on impact making him slow down his charge and skid his feet against the floor. Alexei then formed a small black black hole in his palm and it sucked Castro towards him fast, he then swung his other arm forward with force as he closelined Castro's neck and sent him flying back and crashing into the ground. Castro slowly got himself back to his feet coughing and breathing hard. He looked forward and saw Alexei with both his shadowy arms stretched in front of him.

"THINK FAST!" he yelled as he fired a black blast out of his palms towards Castro. He cartwheeled out of the way just in the nick of time as the deadly attack went straight past him and out the shattered glass, causing some of them to turn to dust.

Castro drew his weapon and once again charged towards the shadowy Alexei.

Castro snapped out of his flashback like trance and stared at his campfire with a deadly glare.

"Your time is running out!" he said in a dark quiet voice as he shifted his gaze towards the stars.