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Axl and Fenix awoke the next morning sore and tired. The others had already got up and left, but not long ago for their footprints were not glazed with the morning dew. They hurriedly packed up and left the camp. They began talking about the night before. Fenix had decided he was going to help Axl out in the black point. As they talked on and on Axl looked at the foot prints they were following. They had become drag marks. Fenix realized this a second after Axl in which they exchanged glances and burst into a full run down the trail.
They came upon a clearing in which rested the largest flower thy had ever seen. Its stem was that of at least ten of the surrounding tree trunks. It stood at about as tall as one and its petals were the same height of Axl. In the center of these petals was a large gaping mouth above which one of the boys dangled.
Axl and Fenix both ran toward it drawing their weapons. Fenix jumped up the stalk of the flower cutting and catching the boy before jumping down. Axl ran around cutting loose all the others from its vines. The flower let out a roar and smacked Axl into the air before grabbing him and swallowing him whole.
"AXL," screamed Fenix!
His fears were soon squashed as the golden Enki Axl used slice throught the "throat" of the plant, and Axl jumped out from the cut. He landed kinda akward and almost fell over but he quickly regained his balance.Fenix let out a sigh and returned his weapon to his back. Axl and Fenix then turned their attention to the others. All of them had survived but the one they saved from the creatures mouth had a broken leg.
Once everyone calmed down they made a stretcher and dragged it with the boy on it. They only had to go a short distance before they were at the shrine of the hunt. They all instinctively knew what to do. They laid the boy down and then they all took a knee in a circle around the shrine.
Axl sat there for only a moment before his vision swirled and blurred. He heard a
voice in his head, "do u want power....or knowledge..... and for what reason do you seek it."
Axl thought for a moment, he then replied, " i want power. i want the power to be able to protect those who need protection." Axl's vision returned to normal. In his hands was a black katana with a serated edge. He stood up slowly. Their cermony was done.