Curse of the Necromancer

      The thunder thundered more and more. The thunderstorm shone, spreading across the sky like the roots of trees that cling to life on the rocks, hanging down. It rained like a bucket, or even like a fire hose, as if trying to flatten everything below. Residents were more likely to take shelter from the downpour in shops and houses, communication lines were cut off, the streets were slightly flooded.       “Wow! It going to crush me now!” — Mike leaned down slightly. The rain made it harder to run as it hit him in the eyes and in the face.       “I do not argue! The rain is very heavy, this is probably because of…” — shouted the wise guy, because the brothers could not hear what he was saying because of the rain pounding on the roofs and the water pouring down.       “Don! This is not the time to be clever, you are still hard to hear!” Leo barked in a loud bass, closing his eyes from the drops. Of course, the wise guy did not hear all the words, but the latter definitely did not fly past his ears, forcing him to shut up, otherwise the mud from the rain will fall into his mouth.       “Hey! What’s this?” — the blue-eyed man stopped abruptly, covering the half of his face with his hand and looked towards the abandoned buildings, on which a caustic fog was spreading, not a natural dark red color, one might think that this is an ordinary smoke bomb, but no! The smoke would then quickly dissipate through the air due to rain and wind, and this one would remain in one place, as if absorbing drops of falling water into itself. At the same time, sparkling with a maroon color.       “A?” — the rebel braked and squinting, — “Mikey, what are you, really crazy?!” — barked. — “Such a rain shower, and you…” — he stammered, moving his gaze in the direction where Mike was looking. — “Uh… I take the words back. What is it?”       “Wow!” Don stopped, followed by Leo. — “What a big bundle of energy!”       “What do you think is there?” — the leader blinked from the rain hitting his face.       “Let’s see!” — Without a second hesitation, Raf changed the route and ran there.       “Raf! Completely crazy!” — Leo, mentally beating his brother half to death, ran after him, out of despair.

      In the woods

      “Jack!” — found his home girls. Lara knocked loudly on the door. “Jack!”       “Lara…” Venus hissed at her, “Maybe he’s not at home at all!”       “He is at home, at home! Where else is he to go. Jack, wake up, come on! Jack!”       The guy from the noise opened his eyes a little displeased and groaned.       “Well, who is there…” — in a hoarse bass with a displeased face, got out of bed, wincing in pain, went to open the door.       “Jack!” — with growing irritation in her voice, Lara pounded on the door. The guy, gradually recognizing a woman’s voice from dull sleep and wondering how she got here and how she found him, opened the door. Lara stood in front of him with her eyes closed, her hand raised to knock on the door again, not suspecting that it was already open. Jack caught her fist.       “I have a few questions.” — he made a serious face, looking at the amazed girl from such a turn. “How did you find me? What happened? Is this your older sister?” — also, not taking his eyes off the rebel, said Jack. Ven was even surprised, because he wasn’t looking at her.       “I found you in silence. To tell a long time, yes, this is my sister. And who decorated you like that?” — she examined her friend from head to toe.       “Uh-uh… Ah… I don’t remember.” — he chuckled. — “So just happen…”       “Have you seen a girl, blue eyes, two pink pigtails, short?” Ven began to chatter.       “No, after meeting her,” he threw his head at Lara, “I came home and slept.”       “Then who painted you like that?” — asked Lara.       “I do not remember.” — the guy looked away. And then it dawned on him. — “Stop! Little girl, pink pigtails… Have the youngest, disappeared?”       “And told him about it?” — looked at the younger senior.       “It doesn’t matter anymore.” — rubbed the back of the rebel’s head, exhaling.       “Let me help, I can still walk.” — Jack took the sword and stuck it behind his back.       “Oh…” — Lara examined him and turned her gaze to Ven, then back to him. — “Provided that we will not drag you back, such a Godzilla.”       “Pf, you won’t!” — grinned.       “Go ahead then!”

In the town

      Orimura walked through abandoned buildings in this fog, where it didn’t even rain, like in all the surroundings. His eyes gleamed a dark gray, veins swollen from exertion. Everything was cloudy and gloomy around. Even the walls of the buildings enveloped these clouds, everything seemed so scattered, vague that if you touch it, everything will disappear and evaporate. The feeling grew that you were in a different dimension altogether. Orimura walked along the roof, because of the fog that had settled below, his legs were not visible to the ankles.       “Oh,” — there was a disgusting laugh, to which the girls' father immediately reacted and sat down a little, looking around and showing his teeth. — “Whom do I see, Orimura the Great! An old acquaintance. We haven’t seen each other for a long time.” — this laughter was heard and seemed to be repelled from these walls straight into the ears.       “Yes, it would be better for you that time — the heart was cut out!” — Orim growled, eyes looking for where the voice was coming from.       ((- Girls! Oliver! Daria!)) — my father mentally called the whole family here, but no one responded.       “Wow!” — The guys have already approached this dark red cloud.       “Scary…” — Mikey shivered. — “But what is there?” — Mike approached the smoke.       “Are you sure? Oh, Fearless?” — Raf crossed his arms, mocking the appearance of the younger. — “Leo, you have a replacement!”       “Yeah.” — Leo grinned and together with Raf imperceptibly and quickly passed into this wad of smoke. Mikey put just one finger in the smoke and then, opening one eye, squinting. Something touched his finger, and then completely grabbed his hand!       “A-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!” — heard the wild shout of the younger. — “IT WANTS TO EAT ME!” — he tried to pull his hand in panic, but something only squeezed him harder.       “Mikey, you silly donkey! Why are you yelling?” — from the fog appeared the head, and then the half of Raf’s body with the hand with which he was holding the younger. So, Mikey’s light skin became even lighter by three tones.       “Enough for you to toil the foolishness!” — chuckled, covering his face with his hand, Don, aside. — “Raf, why are you scaring him so? It would be a different matter if he were a singer!”       “There will be less talk!” — the rebel grinned and pulled the younger one with him.       “That’s enough for you, why else scare you?” Leo frowned. — “He has already seen enough and read these comics about how it is…” — snapped his fingers. — “These Alien Cannibal Squirrels.”       “Begins,” — Raf rolled his eyes and looked around. — “It’s strange here.” — let go of Mikey, whom Donnie began to bring to his senses, the Saino man went up to the wall and touched it. His hands were missing in pairs, but the brick surface was clear. “Raphael!” — the old man’s hoarse quiet voice echoed in his head, from which he staggered back from the wall and shook his head, a chill went through his body.       “It doesn’t even rain.” Leo looked around and looked up. There was the same red-dark cloud, layered.       “Does it absorb the rain?” Donnie was amazed, bringing Mikey back to normal. — “More and more interesting! It’s like a dome… From the clouds.”       “Or maybe this is a portal to another dimension?” — pretending to be smart, blinking his eyes Mike. — “Or a new weapon…”       “Mikey.”       “Well, really…”       “Well, really, let’s move on, otherwise we stand in one place and don’t do a fig!” — shouted the master sai.       “Yes, let’s move on and don’t get lost. “Leo nodded his head.       “Raphael!” — Again this voice echoed in his head only harder. Raph frowned and looked back over his shoulder, tense. Shaking his head, he followed the brothers, ignoring it. More precisely…       “You shouldn’t have called them,” a voice rang out from the void again, making Orimur tense and angry. His gaze fell on a butterfly — Red Dead Head Hawk Moth flying at him. So slowly and slowly. She flew past his nose and over his shoulder. Without taking his eyes off her, he turned and looked after her with a slight horror and anger in his eyes. A ghost began to appear at the cloudy wall, flashing red eyes. The hawk maker, sitting on his finger, dissolved. — “Through this foggy barrier, nothing can be transmitted to anyone mentally. Or do you think that I am so weak that I will not hold you back?”       “Let go of my daughter!” — like a wild wolf, father bared his teeth, clenched his fists and just glared at his enemy. — “Let go of Amoli!”       “I don’t understand what you mean,” red eyes sparkled viciously from the darkness.       “You understand everything, you freak! Let go, my daughter! " — the veins were swollen from the exertion, the eyes were dull and took on a gray tint, which looked and gave his face a cruelty.       “A-ah-ah, are you talking about my niece?” — a little ghost light appeared. Because of this fog, its outline and silhouette took on a gray-blue color with a red sheen.       “She’s not your niece anymore, bastard!” — Orim growled and quickly ran his eyes around, if there was something or someone that could attack. — “Where is she?!” — the father looked with challenge at the old acquaintance.       “Here,” he bent his arm and clenched his fist. These clouds began to gather into one…       ((- Lara, Tali, Veni, Oliver, Dari!!!)) — with the help of his power, the telepath tried to break through the barrier from these clouds and reach the rest.       “Allie! Daughter…”       “What’s going on?” — Don looked around, seeing how the fog begins to move in one direction, as if releasing the walls from their embrace.       “I don’t know… It seems that you are smart here, we should ask you: ” What’s going on? “” — Raf scoffed.       “The clouds are moving in one direction, so…”       “RUNNING FOR THEM, THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING!” — abruptly, as if distraught, Mikey ran after the fog.       “What a moron… Well, stop!” — the master sai ran after him. As soon as the smoke left the place where Leo and Don were standing, it started to rain again.       “Hey! We were forgotten!” — Recovering from the cold water, they flew after the younger and older.       “Dad!” — said in one voice the children in different places where they were looking for their sister. Still, father managed to break through this barrier and mentally report what happened.       “Darling…” — quietly, almost in a whisper, said his wife and looked away. — “He found her. Let’s go there! Daughter!” — she looked at Talena.       “Yes, mom, come on faster!”       Lara and Venus immediately jumped off and ran to the sensations, leaving Jack at a loss, in part.       “E!? I was forgotten!!!”       “Catch up!” — Lara paused, breaking a couple of branches.       “Okay, run. I’ll find you and catch up…” — the guy hissed from pain in his legs and abrasions.       “Exactly? Can I help you?” — looked at him brown-eyed and wanted to approach.       “No. Do not be late. I said I will find — then I will find.” He snorted. Jack hated it when because of him someone does not have time or is delayed.       “Okay, Ven, go and I’ll help him.” — looked at the sister of the rebel.       “Lara!” Jack barked. — “Go, since you have been called! I will find you.”       “Oh… my conscience will eat me later!” — indignant spreading her hands. The guy took a deep breath       “Father is waiting for you, not me, I am superfluous there. Come on, go already, no one will eat you.”       “That’s what a stubborn ram you are!”       “Baby, go already!”       “Grrrrrrr… Okay!” — Resigned herself to this stubborn friend, she ran after Venus.       Orimura watched with bitterness, fear and horror as a hand emerged from the clouds, which gripped Emoli. She was beaten, there was a blue bruise on her head, her lip was broken, her blue eyes, which once sparkled with joy, were tear-stained, they were filled with resentment, pain, despair. Apparently, the ghost has already managed to mock her and instill that no one needs her and they will not save her, but when she saw her father, a light of hope and joy lit up in her eyes. It began to rain sharply and a thunderstorm flashed across the sky.       “Let her go!” — after the thunderstorm, thunder struck, in a fit of anger, pulled out Orimur’s sword, although he was already attacking, but the next words and actions of not his friend were simply put into a puddle.       “Of course I will, because you will kill her.” — he shrugged his shoulders, smiling a little. At that moment, Orimur’s pupils became smaller, as if from the bright light of headlights to the distant one, and the only thing he could utter, no, not even utter, but whisper with disbelief and horror, and then, almost inaudible and trembling:       “What you said?”       “EMOLI!” — Mikey saw her on the roof through one and was already running there as fast as he could.       “Mike?! What, what’s going on there?” — the older brothers started shouting and turned in the direction where Mike ran. Seeing a huge hand, in which the younger sister of the De Milo family was clamped, they rushed there, not knowing or even suspecting what would be there.       “RAPHAEL!” — already shouting this voice was heard, so firm and persistent, the rebel had already stopped, clutching his head. He was enveloped in this fog again, out of nowhere, but only he was there alone. The brothers did not even notice how he disappeared from sight, but ran to help. “You see, they didn’t even notice your absence, are they brothers?”       “Leave me alone!” — shouted opening his eyes and bared his teeth. — “What do you even want?! What the hell?!” — Raf raged. A current went through his body when he felt a sharp headache. There was an impression that someone would climb into his head and rummage, getting information. “But all the same, tell me, do the brothers do this? They didn’t even pay attention…"- did not shut up the disgusting bass.       “So what? There is nothing wrong with that!” — the sai master turned his head sharply and strongly, he felt that they were trying to impose a grudge on the brothers and it was starting to work out. From whom, but from his relatives, the blow was the strongest for him, but also one more “but”! This offense was trying to impose some kind of fucking voice. In the head.       “Am I going crazy?” — the rebel already asked himself the question out loud, to which he was immediately answered: “No, you obey me.”       “Emoli…” — Mike ran out onto the roof, out of breath, along with the others except Raf, seeing the whole picture. Orimura takes the sword with shaking hands, tears flow from his eyes… Tears? Yes, tears! He is crying. Emoli looks at him in horror and just begs.       “Daddy, don’t! Daddy, don’t! Come to your senses! Daddy!”       “Well, what are you, Orimura? Nothing against me now? Do you understand?” — a gray shadow appeared, through which the drops of falling water pass.       “What the…” — the guys were crazy about such a sight.       “Shut up! I won’t do that, you scum!” — the father bared his teeth and took the sword away from the throat of the youngest daughter, he was just shaking and from the tension, veins are visible.       “It’s not a bad swing,” the ghost laughed and pulled his hand aside, clenching his fist. The father did the same, only with a weapon, making a swing to cut off his daughter’s head.       “Mikey?!” — Allie looked behind her father, wide-eyed. The ghost looked displeased with his red eyes, distracted from Orimur.       “Extra faces.” He snorted. Orim exhaled and looked over his shoulder at the guys, he was, to be honest, glad they were coming, although he shouldn’t have. The guys jumped off the roof and looked viciously at the ghost, then in bewilderment at the master Orimur.       “Damn… It seems we will have to tie them into business…” — only said Orimur before a sharp flash…       “Where I am…?” — then mentally, then aloud Raf asked himself this question. In his mind, everything was mixed into a mess and it seemed as if someone was catching useful information from this mess.       “Come to me…” — a voice drew, but calmer and longer and somewhere nearby. Because of this, the rebel’s eyes bowed to sleep and the eyelids, as if they had covered themselves, and the last thoughts about not succumbing to it disappeared…

      Pov raphael

      I woke up in absolute darkness, where there was nothing. It seems like I shouldn’t have seen myself, not even my nose, but, probably, I’m the only one here, in the literal sense of the word — I glow like a light bulb. WTF? I looked down, hoping to find the floor under my feet and found that… My mother is a tortoise, my father is rat! He’s not there?!       “Sai me in ass, where the hell am I?!"(him weapon) — this phrase, of course, is very vulgar even for me, having heard it, Mikey would not let me breathe calmly, but otherwise I cannot explain what is happening. — “What’s going on?! Guys, where are you?!” — having hesitated, I wanted to find with my eyes at least someone or something that I can grab onto or touch, but this was nothing. Absolutely empty and there is nothing anywhere. Where the hell am I…?       A? What is it that glows there? Can I see a light at the end of the tunnel…? I’m dead…? This is news for sensei and brothers… I can already see that Mikey will write on my grave: “Fuck knows what he died, but we love, remember, grieve…”.       …Stop…       Was it me as a child…? What the… A… Like, the whole life flies before your eyes? Well fucking… And then you can say goodbye to everyone? O! I hit Leo in the face with a ball and he flew into the TV set. How nice… Sensei scolds us… I’m 10 here or what? What… What is this? Am I at a party? What the hell is this in front of me?       … STOP…       And the hell am I so… Positive? Are these not my thoughts or what is it? Memories? … And what kind of child is this? A boy like… Whom does his father beat? No, this is not a boy. Is it… the roof…? Lara??? So little! No wait. Teenager? Why is she holding the blade? What… Where did it go???       Stop, stop, stop       What kind of hypnotic music…? Oh, damn it, she’s disgusting! It feels like they took Leo’s player and played his shit tracks.

      End pov Raph

      The music was not yet loud, but clearly audible. While Raf was swimming in his thoughts, this white light of memories absorbed him and therefore he saw complete delirium from the memories that were in the light. He frowned and covered his ears from the growing melody that seemed to be going into a trance. It was louder and louder, harder and harder hammering on the ears and brains. The master sai gritted his teeth and breathed heavily, pressing his palms to his ears harder so as not to hear this disgusting melody, which gradually began to gain the upper hand over him.       “What a good boy,” the same red-eyed shadow that he had seen on the roof loomed, and stroked his head.       “So is that you?” — Raf hissed through clenched teeth, directing the remnants of consciousness to what, so as not to succumb to the music. He looked directly into the eyes of the shadow man. “Fuck you, you piece of shit. I have to admit, you have a disgusting taste for music.”       “You will like it anyway. Go to the place of events, I need you now, Raphael…” — the man bent over to him and the rebel just now realized that his legs disappeared somewhere in the fog on the floor, that he was now waist-deep, as if in the red swamp.       “Who are you, you bastard?” — The sai master said almost in a whisper, succumbing to the music, out of impotence.       “Remember my name once and for all, I am the Necromancer, and you are my pawn. Better not resist me, otherwise it will hurt.” — The man took him by the cheekbones and grunted viciously.       “Fuck you, bitch.” — abruptly and hatefully, looking into the red eyes of the phantom, said the rebel.       “I thought you’d be smarter.” — red eyes darkened and gradually disappeared, leaving Raf to listen to the hated melody, which played around with renewed vigor, deafening. There was a cry of pain. Raphael’s body began to break and his muscles cramped. The mind departed from him and into his head, through his nose and mouth, a red mist began to be absorbed, in which he was, poisoning the blood and reason…       “What have you forgotten here?” — Oliver growled at the guys, emerging from this flash, as it turned out, the flash was due to lightning. “What’s wrong with you? And what…” — Leo began to be indignant, but Orimura interrupted them.       “Oliver! Don’t…” — the son looked inquiringly at his father and after reading his request mentally was surprised at first, but after a couple of seconds he resigned himself and looked at the guys with displeasure.       “Okay, since you’ve already come, then don’t interfere, but help if you can…” — Oliver’s displeased growl and violet eyes surprised the guys, because they all forgot what happened.       “Ah…” — Donnie began, although he asked why Oliver put on purple lenses, as his eyes opened wide, looking somewhere behind them. Scream. The floor underfoot is no longer felt. What the hell, you ask?       Dariyasa stood on the other part of the roof and her mask floated in the air, developing, as if from the wind, only vertically. The guys were carried to the wall next to her, and they stood in confusion, hatching at her. Oliver himself, with the help of his super speed, dodged a huge hand of dense blackness, which was trying to flatten them. The guys tried to move, but their bodies were numb and hung slightly above the floor, they were pressed against the wall.       “Where is Raphael?” — Dariyas looked sternly at them. — “Why is he not with you?!”       “He was with us…” — Mike squeaked and looked around only with his eyes, not finding the tormentor, he swallowed. — “Where did he go?”       “If he grabbed him,” — the mother nodded at the ghost, frowning, and one of her eyes began to glow with light-light blue. — “Then, I’ll spank you myself so that you won’t be able to sit for a month!”       “I will be jealous…” her husband hissed through clenched teeth, leaning on the tip of his sword, standing on one knee, trembling all over with tension. But the corners of his lips were still lifted up, stretching into a smile. Well, he knows the moment to joke.       Dariyasa looked at him and immediately ran to him. The guys immediately let go and they got to their feet, slightly stretching their limbs.       “No, don’t come near!” — barked Orimura, gripping the sword tighter. — “Either I’ll kill you.”       “What are you talking about?” — his wife was surprised at his words and stopped a meter away, still reaching out to him.       “Blood… on Blood…” — Orimura growled at her and jumped up, raising his sword, swinging at her, but it was clear that he did not want it. — “Leave quickly!” — he grinned and for a second his eyes turned red, and there was a grin on his face, brutal, cruel, merciless.       “Darling…” — Dariyasa said the last and closed her eyes. Orimura lowered his sword… Venus and Lara ran as fast as they could, bruising along the way. Noticing the huge burgundy-black hands made of something similar to resin, they rushed even faster to the place, but as the master sai blocked their way.       “Raf? What are you doing here?” — Lara was indignant and came close to him, putting her hands on her hips, frowning. The rebel, as he stood with his head lowered and his arms spread out to the sides, as if on a crucifix, remained standing. Lara tried to move him, but was unsuccessful that she started to turn on. “Let us pass, you idiot piece! Emoli is in trouble!” — she pushed him in the shoulders and he took a step back, but did not change the pose.       “What’s the matter with him?!” Ven snorted.       “Raf, can you hear me at all? Get out of the way or help!” — the rebel wanted to pass under his hand, as he roughly shoved her back, that she fell on Ven.       “Raf, what are you doing? Can’t you hear what we have to go through?!” — the elder put her sister on her feet and was indignant at such behavior. — “What’s gotten into you?!” — there was a squeal from the destination. The girls, not understanding and not approving of this behavior of Raf, decided to go for a break, which was their mistake…       “Are you sure it’s Raf?” — as soon as the girls rested in his hands, trying to push him and go through him, he spoke in a voice that was not his own and opened his eyes. Ven and Lara froze for a second and immediately pushed him away from themselves, jumping back so that he would not catch them. He raised his head and looked at them with red-red eyes shining in the dark, and the girls turned pale…       “Already you are scum…” — just escaped from their lips…       “Mama!” — Oliver and Talena appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the hands of their father, holding them, so that he would not lower the sword to the end.       “Sensei Dariyasa!” — the guys came to their senses and jumped from their seats, rushing at Orimur, fixing his limbs so that he could not move and injure his wife. Dariyasa opened her eyes and froze in horror, the blade of her husband’s sword was a centimeter from her neck. Orimur was shaking all over and sweat poured down his forehead, but his body did not obey and continued to reach forward to cut his wife’s throat, despite the fact that he with all his might resisted with all his might. One of his eyes turned red-red and glowed, the other remained gray, making it clear that he had not yet been fully captured by the enemy force.The guys should have noted that the girls' father is as strong as a bear, or even a bison. The guys tensed with all their might and piled on at the same time to hold him. Oliver, growling, pulled his father’s hand with the sword away from his mother, seeing how his father was tense and frightened himself.       “Go away, I won’t last long…” — the husband said, chattering his teeth.       A ghost watched this and laughed contentedly, spreading his arms to the sides. He flew up to Emoli and took her roughly by the cheekbones, jerking her head in the direction of what was happening."You see, your father wants to kill your mommy, who doesn’t even pay attention to you,” the uncle laughed and looked at the face of the youngest, who was crying and pouting with broken lips. — “Soon three more will come here…” — Before he had time to say this, Lara and Venus jumped down from the roof, fleeing from Raf.       “You’re wrong, you bastard.” — appeared from behind the ghost, an angry mother and he instantly evaporated, dragging Emoli behind him.       “Mom, Dad!” — the older sisters said breathlessly and turned their gaze to their father, who was not letting go by the guys with Oliver and Tully.       “Watch out, girls! Behind!” — shouted the middle sister, and her father involuntarily pushed her to the roof, almost throwing her down. Don caught her hand, simultaneously holding her father’s elbow so that he would not harm his wife.       “Talena!” — Ven shouted, putting her hand forward, as Lara pushed her aside, taking the blow from Raf, who attacked from above.       The ghost bared his teeth, stood on the edge of the roof, holding Emly in his big hand just above the edge, as if he was about to throw it off. His eyes flashed red and the light spread through the city. Orimura lost his mind completely, as soon as a flash pierced him, he seemed to have brutalized and threw everyone off himself in one motion, after spreading it to the sides. Raf, with renewed vigor and a desire to pierce through everything that moves, attacked Lara. The fight was hot, but the rebel had her own plan."Let go, Emoli.” — Dariyasa hissed and rammed the phantom. Her husband blocked her path, who began to defend the enemy, unwillingly. His eyes burned with a flame of hatred.       “First pass your husband, and then yap in my direction.” The ghost laughed and made a wave of his hand, which Orimur repeated.       “Mama!” Emly yelled. — “Daddy, what are you doing?” — Orimura stood still, swinging a sword at his wife.       “Mom!” — holding the hilt of the sai in her hands, Lara was distracted from the battle, which doomed herself to defeat. Raph pushed her onto the roof and loomed from above, wanting to stick a sai into her head, but he pushed him towards Leo.       “What’s going on here anyway? What has Raf gotten into you?!” — he growled and helped Lara up.       “I’ll tell you, when we free Emly from our hands, now we need to attack Naiichu! Or he will kill mother with his father!” — took Leo by the rebel’s hand and, picking up the others, ran to the ghost. Raph immediately rushed to protect him and stood next to the telepath, grinning.Bright light. Flash again. Thunder, bolts of lightning, like swords, stabbed into the burgundy hand, knocking Emoli out of it. The hand shattered into pieces that looked like meat. The ghost recoiled from this, his mind control of Raf and the girls' father reeling. As soon as this happened, Orimur’s weapon fell out of his hands and he crouched down, rubbing his eyes. Raph grabbed his head, bending over and mooing.       Screeching       Lightning in a split second fell from the sky and caught the falling Emoli, without causing her any harm. From these lightning bolts appeared Oliver with purple veins that pulsed with white, luminous eyes and a body composed of these lightning bolts, one might say, an electric phantom. Having hugged his sister, stood on the roof and bared his teeth, looked into the eyes of the ghost, becoming normal.       The phantom darkened and looked around, starting to take control of the minds of the guy and the man again. They howled and pulled their hands again to the weapon, but this time the turtles managed to press Raf to the floor, and Dariyasa shook off her husband’s sword further, so that he would not reach him.       “Maybe you will calm down already? You lost this fight!” — heard a voice unfamiliar to many from the shadows and the grinding of iron. There was no limit to the question on the phantom’s face, especially when he turned to consider who said it, but he could not. The blade of a heavy sword split his eye and dripped pitch-black, thick blood onto the roof. The necromancer screamed and grabbed the cut, flying to the edge. Wanting to consider the offender, he furiously cast his eyes around everyone, but he did not expect this.       “I’m too late, of course, but on time.” — Jack came out of the shadows, shaking off the acrid blood from his sword. Lara looked at him with a deep breath. Oh, how she would introduce him to everyone… She didn’t think about it… Mother, examining the young mutant, turned a frown at her daughter, then at the enemy, noting that Jack and Naiichu had a similar eye color.       “You’ve lost, Nayichu. Give up.” — frowned Oliver, hugging Emoli, shaking from the cold. He, of course, was interested in a new personality that came out of nowhere, but he gave preference to his younger sister. Talena and Ven moved closer to their brother to see if everything was all right with their sister, not paying attention to Jakan at all.       “You will regret…” — in a fit of frenzy, a phantom was screaming. — “You will all regret! But I will take the trophies with me…” — with these words, the bodies of the exhausted Rafa and Orimur were absorbed by a mixture similar to the blood of Naiichu.       “No!” — everyone rushed to them, but it was too late — they disappeared…       “The necromancer has returned… And now he will not leave us alone…” — with horror of realization, Dariyasa breathed out, watching the clouds slowly disperse, allowing the sun to illuminate the city…