As the clock stuck the 3 of them stood still. They heard loud shrieking sounds. It was like a battle cry.

  Kami remains asleep, unaware of what’s to come. Chima stands there in fear quivering like a deer in headlights. “What is this Chima?” Lu says. “The cries of death”. Bodies started to rain from the sky. “Is this Kami?” Lu asks. Llywelyn and Chima just shrugged. “Run” he yelled. The 3 of them ran as fast as they could to the car but before they could get to it, Akna landed on the hood. Her landing was so strong it tore through the engine. “Dammit,” Lu muttered. “The hand has struck twelve, your time is up,” she says with confidence and ferocity. Lu charges up his energy spheres but they’re much weaker as the sun has gone down. Body’s continue to rain from the sky and the ones that have hit the ground begin to rise. The dead stand before the group, they stand still around them surrounded. Lu looks at Akna “So this is your power?” “What is the meaning of this?” he asks. She just smirks. “Go” she whispers.

  They all stand there confused. Lu prepares to ask the questions once more but before he can the dead rush at them. “Shit, we gotta go,” Chima says, overwhelmed by the numbers. As the dead close in they prepare for battle. “Undead surge” akna yells while laughing. “Your souls will pass through the veil and belong to the lord”. Llywelyn starts to make a dome of plants around them but it doesn’t stop the dead from rising from the floor. He trapped them with the dead. Chima transforms into a dragon and starts knocking them back. “We need to go,” she urges. Llywelyn sets Kami down and covers him in plants. “Hope this works,” he says to himself. He then reaches down and pulls a battle axe made of plants from the ground and prepares for battle. Chima and Llywelyn focus on defending Kami, but Lu is too distracted by questions in his head. “Who is this?” he keeps asking himself. He’s frozen in one spot staring in the direction of where they last saw Akna. A corpse jumps at Lu but before it gets close he shoots it back with an energy sphere. He's still distracted but his guard is on point. “This is too much” “Jump on” Chima yells out. Llywelyn grabs Kami and jumps on her back. “Lu it’s time to go” he yells out. Lu quickly snaps back and rushes to them. He tries to get to them there but the corpse stands in his way. He charges up his energy and then jumps on a corpse’s shoulder. He bounces from corpse to corpse like they’re stepping stones. He gets closer and closer until.

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  A corpse grabs hold of his leg as he jumps and causes him to fall face down on the floor. “No no no” Llywelyn yells as he pulls out a grass-made cannon. It begins humming as it charges up and begins to shoot green and black energy beams like a railgun.

  “Leave me” he yells out. He gets back up, creates a Morningstar, and begins to infuse it and swing.

  The plant dome starts to decay from the top. The 3 of them look up to see Akna falls through the roof and lands right in front of Lutalo. Lu just glares at her. He dashes at her hoping to get a quick attack on her but the dead are overwhelming him. The dead fall from the sky again filling up the dome like water. Chima and Llywelyn start to fly away and dodge the raining dead. “We can leave him,” Llywelyn says with worry. “Don't worry” she says as she prepares to fly to Lu and help. Lu fights for his life as the dead attempt to grab onto him. “Help us,” says a voice “Help up please” another voice cries out. “These souls, are mortal,” he says with a sad look in his eyes

  Lu stops fighting and begins to charge up again. “I’m sorry lost ones,” he says as he touches the face of a corpse attempting to eat him. He focuses his power on the energy around him making it burn brightly. His power is so powerful it starts burning the corpses around him. He begins to say “release” but before he can finish Akna yells out “undead explosion” and as she does each corpse begins to scream and cry. The shrieking was so loud Lu lost concentration and then. *boom* *boom* *boom* explosions everywhere. Each corpse exploded one by one. Lu was in the middle of the corpses and was lost in the smoke. Chima and Llywelyn look for him once more but settle on the worst.

  They get ready to fly away, but before they exit the dome they see Lu flying up through the air unconscious. Llywelyn uses his power to grab hold of him using a plant vine. He pulls him in but before he can Akna jumps up and cuts the vine. The vine starts to decay. Lu drops down once again. Chima continues flying away as she knows what could happen if she attempts to help. Lu falls into the sea of death once again and is seen no more.

  The dead have fallen.