TRAILING SHADOWS

"Noooooo..." Elder thundered, another oppresive wave of Aura shooting out from him.

Face contorted, he struck with the base of his staff at the ground whilst 2nd Prime Anu held him down, using her innate Pseudo DemiGod ability, 'Heavens Might'

Blobs of energy coated her arms, greatly boosting her strength as she held Elder by the shoulder stopping his every moment.

It drained her severely.

She was an Early Pseudo DemiGod Classed Irunmole who had broken in just recently. It had enhanced her strength, making her tough to just waive by. With the enhancement, she was able to breach the gap that existed between a Prime in Transcendency and a normal Prime.

Even at that, she could barely hold her own, stopping Elder. True that she was almost at DemiGod level, but the Prime before her, had his powers boosted on par with a DemiGod.

That was something huge.

And to top it all, Elder was not even try to resist her that much. He had tried to move but after she resisted, hands on his arms, locking him in place, he let out his frustration on the staff.

Elder on his own end, looked straight at her , weary and angered.

First he had unleashed several techniques to take down one Wolf. Well, not any regular Wolf. It was a Rare Type 9ft Prickled Bane Winged Wolf.

But still he hadn't expected it to have withstood them much. Maybe because he hadn't practiced in a long while. Maybe that was why he had become rusty.

But again, he could have taken it just before it made any efforts. He could have.

But he chose not to.

All because of the prophecy. Sunday was destinied for darkness. And all the measures he had taken was to prevent the prophecy from taking place. He was even en route to the Ilu of Medicine and Prophecy to properly verify and cleanse his son when the wolf showed up.

Initially, he had let it slide, trying to know just what and why the wolf appeared. Within seconds, he found the answer.

Sunday was the fated being that drew the wolf to them.

And since then, the Orisha went silent on them, even Obatala. For such a thing to happen, it could only mean one thing- Sunday's Existence was a fated to bring doom to the Irunmole World. And the Orishas forbid that his own son would be that devastation.

And that was why he refused to make any attempt to save Sunday.

That was why he had left the wolf to do what it had come here for. To balance out Reality by taking out the fated being-- Sunday.

Elder bit his lips, his breath ragged as he closed his eyes shut, worry and anxiety flooding him.

That decision he made , he wasn't at peace with it. He saw the look on his son's eyes. A look of disappointment and disgust. If he himself was Sunday, he wouldn't have done any better.

His son merely wanted to show that he was strong.

Stupid Child!

'All of what I have done has been in your favour. I wouldn't have been on this journey if not for you. If I didn't love you, none of this would happen.

But some things are just bound to happen nonetheless. It's why I let the Wolf attack you.its why I did what I did.' Elder thought.

The image of the Gryphoon taking his son and Niniola in a distance hurt him deeply.

'If only I didn't have this damned responsibility of being The First Prime. But with great power comes great responsibility and what I do, I do for the greater good of my own. And never will it go down in history that My Own Son will be the progenitor of doom. I love you , My Son. But I cannot allow you further.

That was why I had hoped that the Wolf would have taken you down, possibly. But instead, you absorbed it. A feat I still don't believe.

But that goes to prove the prophecy was going to come true.

This Gryphoon, I hope it will complete the job.'

Elder thought, a bitter smile cutting across his face as his eyes glistened.

In a flash of light, his body quivered, trembling under the strain of Transcendency. Transcendency was a move that boosted the power of a Prime but was not one to last long. But because of the blessing of the Orisha as the Elder of all the Primes, being the First Prime of Obatala Ilu, he was able to extend it for this long.

Still it had it's drawbacks.

He shivered as a wave of white light washed over him, slowly wiping of his Transcendency off from him.

Slowly, his golden armor that shone and glittered, giving out sensations of danger shimmered before fading out. His now golden staff followed the same motion, all of it's gold sheen vanishing down to the bottom.

Before exploding in an explosion of shockwave.

The shockwave rocked against her, vibrations hitting her every joint as spasms of pain shut through. Instinctively, she pulled her hands, jumping several metres back, her wings giving her an added boost to her jump.

Her form shook too, exhaustion running through it. She wondered why she was able to feel the backlash of Prime's descension from Transcendency. After all she was but a Prime.

She struck out with a palm to the ground, shooting up fron the ground to her feet. As she did, the Alphas all jumped into position behind her, probably sensing a threat from Elder himself.

"Heh... Kilo shey awon eleyi?(1) So, because I jumped back you all piled up, like as if I am a maiden in distress. You under rate me. " Anu screamed, swerving backwards.

Ralia, Sena, Fayose and Balogun immediately went akimbo, heads down as they shifted away , inch by inch.

What had they done to warrant her outburst now?

After all, their main mission was to protect the Primes. And in this case, the one who jumped backwards from Elder.

Maerius was doing fine, howbeit, he was on his knees, clutching at the ground.

Disheartened, his pair of pseudo Demi God wings shrinking away.

"Maerius, listen to me, Elders voice boomed out despite that his Transcendency was off, Find My Son!"

Maerius crouched his back upon hearing that, his face a mixture of emotions. He rose groggily to his feet, clumping the huge blade from the ground as well. His aura oozed out in small amounts, unnoticeable except to the Prime Classed.

He heaved.

"As you say, Most blessed of the Orisha. Have the Orishas responded to you sir?"

Far behind him, Elder cluctched his staff tightly. "Find him, I have to take care of my ilu. Please, do what it takes to bring him back. He's my son, after all."

Elder said before he turned his back.

As he did, the shimmering halo over his head vanished, signalling that he was no longer in for battling. As well as a sigh that seemed to echo on and on.

Meanwhile,

Sunday sat, cross-legged, hands raised in meditatorial mode, his face was clear, free of all worries as he concentrated on absorbing surrounding essence. And what more, his face seemed to be in some sort of excitement.

The type of excitement you give when you've finally found what you searched for.

In all the times she had been with me, she'd never seen that expression on face. It just appeared immediately the bird like creature had dropped down on the Rocky landscape. After it did, it lowered it's head, rubbing the head against her body as if it knew her.

Initially she would have freaked out but not with Sunday in that state of fading off. She turned over to Sunday, noting that his frame was now becoming solid.

At that she heaved, a small smile crossing the corners s of her lips. Taking a step forward, she raised up to seat on his legs folded.

And then, his eyes shot open, the white spirals on his arms and legs radiating brillant light before dulling out.With a smile, he began meditation after noting that hulking bird like creature peeking at him.

He didn't seem to mind or freak out as before times. Instead, a calmness of spirit washed over his entire being, a strong feeling that he had realized something rocked the air.

However, not the same could be said for the bird like creature. It had panicked, flapping it's wings and crawing as if it had sensed potential threat in Sunday. The reaction happened so fast that the only possible thing she could think of was to attack the bird like creature.

"oko killasi..(2)" A spear of solid light appeared, bursting into view, wedged between her fingers. Running forward, to the bird only for it to take off, leaving a whirling storm of dust about.

She had stopped, regaining her senses and chiding herself why she had let out of control like that. She thought and thought about what the bird purpose was as she scanned the environs , half hoping that the bird would swoop down again.

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Hey hey, thanks for dropping by again.

I appreciate your reads and votes. Means allot to me. So far, we have reached the part where Sunday embarks on his first mission to the human world, Earth.

Now, if you note, the chapters all connect together with the First Chapter where Sunday Appears to the Bolu who's fasting -(see chapter one)-

That chapter was the start of TS initially and it continues down from there while showed Sunday seeking darker paths. But on a rethink, I wanted the readers to have some sort of emotional attachment to Sunday.

To be able to understand why he decided to trail shadows. To know what really went down in the heavens that darkened his soul.