Adam : From a man to a God

"I heard you took down V."

"Huh?" Adam looked down, noticing a soldier's head a foot away from him. "What do you want from me? Who is V?"

"You don't know, do you?" Terra smirked. "You possess incredible power. Most likely mortal or superior. I believe you've noticed it."

"What do you mean? What's happening to me? Why are you looking for the relic? What is it?"

"Oh my god, you ask a lot of questions." Terra sighed. "I'll answer them since I'm going to kill you. The relics are items, objects, or jewelry created by the gods or used by them. They have power, and when you put them on or hold them, they become one with you."

"Gods... One with you? What do you mean?"

"For example, if you hold a sword crafted by a god and the god poured some power into it, it will incinerate and enter your body, giving you more speed, strength, and a special ability that the god possessed."

"What about me? I never had that."

"There are four kinds: Mortal, which means weak; Superior, which is strong; Unique, which is stronger; and Godly, which is god-tier. From what I can sense, you have Mortal. If you had Superior, you would have dealt with the soldiers like I did. Enough talk, show me what you're made of."

She dashed forward, slashing at Adam's gut. He leaped backward over a vehicle.

"Whoa, I didn't mean to jump that high," Adam thought.

Terra spun over the vehicle, hurling a small dagger. Adam bent, watching it pass over his forehead. As he straightened, Terra aimed a sweeping kick at him, but he jumped again. She rotated swiftly, delivering a spinning kick to his face mid-air. The force sent Adam crashing through a thin tree, which snapped and fell, hitting another tree that also broke. He groaned in pain.

"I hit him with the same amount of force that killed the soldier," Terra thought. "His artifact must be upper-grade Mortal."

Adam stood, clutching his back. "Stop evading and fight me. I know that's not how you defeated V."

"Is she talking about the last person that attacked me? I didn't do it on purpose...I have to fight her though, I don't want to go through the same thing again."

Adam picked up the broken tree and hurled it at Terra. She sliced it in half with her sword. Adam's eyes glowed light red as he dashed forward at 100 miles an hour. His right fist burst into flames, and he hit her with an uppercut, sending her flying through the forest, breaking trees. Surprised, he looked at his burning hand, then caught a dagger flying toward his forehead. It pushed him backward.

"This dagger is going to kill me if I don't stop it," Adam thought.

He shouted, the flames on his hand intensifying until the dagger melted completely. The fire went out. He looked at the broken trees, realizing Terra wasn't dead.

"If she was, the dagger wouldn't have moved, would it?" Adam ran towards where Terra had landed. He found no trace of her. Hearing a whoosh, he turned his head and saw the sword coming his way. He dodged, but it slightly cut his cheek. Terra was already close, sliding down and rotating to trip him. Adam jumped.

"Oh shit, not again," he thought.

She spun, kicking his shoulder with a force that broke it and sent him flying 24 feet, crashing into a tree. Before he could react, she was on him, punching his gut rapidly, delivering five blows per second before a final punch to his chest, breaking the tree behind him. He spat blood and fell.

"This kid was tough, but he's done for," Terra thought.

She flipped Adam over as he coughed blood. Picking up her sword, she brought it down toward his heart. His life flashed before his eyes.

"You idiot! You thought you had a chance, you thought you could actually beat her. You should have run away like you always do. A coward is what she called me, and it's what I am!" Adam thought.

Ragna, resting deep within Adam, saw another crack in the crystal trapping him.

"Is that enough for me to escape? Let's give it another try," Ragna thought.

He glowed briefly but then dimmed, unable to escape, and went back to rest. Terra's sword stabbed Adam in the heart. He gasped for air and fainted. Terra turned away, staggering and pulling out a small, busted cell phone.

"It was a hard fight, but it's done," Terra said.

"Okay, I'll tell Father. You will be rewarded nicely. Sounds like you had fun. I wish I was the one to kill him, but being F and all, he wouldn't have been a worthy opponent," the voice on the phone said.

Terra turned to face Adam as she spoke. "He was a tough little bastard, but…"

She saw Adam on the ground, glowing and burning brightly.

"I... I think we made a mistake," Terra stammered.

"What? What's wrong, what's happening?" F asked, concern in her voice.

"I think he's Superior. He's not dead, he's healing, he's glowing," Terra said, panic creeping in.

"Get out of there!" F commanded.

"It's too late. I have to face him," Terra said, throwing away the phone.

Adam stood as if something was lifting him. He floated a foot above the ground, the sword in his chest falling away, half-melted. He screamed, and an explosion of flames erupted from him. Terra screamed in pain as the fire consumed her, slowly burning her to a crisp.

The forest was engulfed in flames. Adam fell to the ground as the fire dissipated. He landed on his knees, quickly using his hands to steady himself.

"I... I killed her. It happened again. I... I have to get out of here," Adam muttered to himself.

He ran out of the burning forest.

"Whoa! I think I'm faster now," he realized, noticing he was faster than before.

"I have to get to Atlas City," Adam said, determination in his voice.