3 3: Rumble

"WHAT THE FUCK!" I screamed after several moments of silence. My brain still having a hard time understanding what I just saw.

'Are you seriously telling me that all this time I could have magically shrunk evos' down to fucking pocket size and carried them around in my crystal?!' I thought then ran my hand though my hair in frustration. 'All those summers I worked with mom and dad at the factory corralling steeds and titans from one pen to another when I could have just done that! I wasted so much time!'

"I see you can't be that stupid if you can realize how dangerous my thrad Ash is." Damon laugh and folded his arms smugly. Hearing his his annoying voice broke me out of the mental loop I'd been stuck in. I shook my head and gave his thrad a proper once over.

Thrads were a simple but powerful Evo, made from the combination of ape and alligator DNA their looks could vary depending on the type of ape used, though commonly they had the face and body of their ape species enlarged enhanced by the reptile DNA. Generally they stood on two legs using their reptilian tail for balance though the wild ones back home were known for needing all four plus the tail to walk.

Damon's thrad looked to have Silverback gorilla as a Base, it stood a few feet taller than me, its massive arms had reptilian scales from the shoulder down to its hands. I knew from experience that those scales were stronger than steel and those scales covered all its vital points. The thrad growled at me showing a row of jagged but still sharp teeth. It was massive, in a different class to the ones I was used to dealing with at home.

"Mr. DeCharles! Fighting on school grounds is against the rules!" The secretary he yelled at early spoke up. "Especially summoning one's evos!"

Damon turned and gave the woman a looked of contempt.

"And what are you going to do about it? Honestly what can you do?! Do you know what happens to those who get on the bad side of my family?"

A look of horror flashed in the woman's eyes and she looked away in fear. Damon smirked then looked toward the guardsmen who both did the same, even their titans looked away. The other onlookers looked excited and crowded around the gate to watch. Seeing his audience Damon then turned to me a devilish smile on his face.

"Seems they all know what happens when you mess with the great house of DeCharles, now it's time for you to learn! Ash break both his arms and his legs!" Damon ordered then snapped his fingers.

His thrad dashed from behind him and barreled toward me. It was faster than your average thrad, in a instant I was in its range. It threw its massive hand out trying to grab me but I managed to duck in time then roll out of the way. The thrad turned on its heels and jumped while it spun.

My eyes widened in horror as I saw it line up it's attack. I quickly rolled out of the way as the thrad slammed his fist into the pavement, shattering it and making the ground shake a little.

'That could have killed me!' I thought. My eyes darted to Damon who gleefully watched as his Evo continued it's attack. I scurried backwards just barely avoiding a spinning backhand as it yanked its arm out of the ground, as it spun around completely I nailed me with its tail.

Pain coursed through my body as I few back a few yards past Damon and landed in front of the group of spectators.

"Why isn't he summoning his evo?" A woman asked.

"Cause knows he fucked up! Better to take his punishment like the commoner he is now than deal with the DeCharles family later." Another guy chimed in.

'What does being a commoner have to do taking a punishment?!' I thought bitterly as I stood up.

"Ash break his arms and legs are still intact! Destroy that commoner!" Damon roared.

"Ash stop!" I commanded. My crystal glowed dimly underneath my leather glove as waves of energy gathered and condensed from throughout my body into it. Time slowed to almost a crawl as sound, smell, and even sight gradually faded to the background. No spectators, no guardsmen, no Andromeda Collage. Only me and Ash.

The energy that gathered in my crystal shot out and wrapped around the thrad, forming chains.. It attached itself to every limb before jabbing directly into the Evo's skull. I felt something shatter inside the thrad as time sped up to normal.

Ash slammed his foot down skidding to a stop inches away from me. I smirked and reached up and petted him.

"Good boy!" I said cheerfully.

"Ash what are you doing?! Attack him!" Damon yelled but Ash ignored him. Instead it angled it's head slightly so I could scratch behind it's ear then let put a low groan when I scratched the right spot.

"What's going on? How'd he do that?" a spectator asked.

"How should I know? I've never heard of a owned evo taking orders from another splicer before." Another chimed. I ignored the peanut gallery and pretended to be totally engrossed in petting Ash.

Damon continued to bark orders at his evo not realizing it was under my complete control. I could see on his face that the complete disregard he was getting from me and his evo combined with the stares and whispers from our spectators was getting to him.

"Goddammit Ash! LISTEN TO ME!" He roared as his crystal's shine grew to blinding levels. He was trying to use his splicer powers to exert control over his evo but my powers were blocking his. It felt like a bunch of tiny ants were try to chew away at my chains.

"Ash, knock him out." I ordered. The evo grunted in response then stood up and turned to face Damon.

"Ash what are you doing?!" Damon squeaked. "My father created you! You belong to the DeCharles Family!"

Ash charged full speed at Damon who look petrified seeing his own evo coming straight toward him. I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the look of terror on that pompous asses face. When Ash got in striking distance Damon screamed and threw his hands up, I snapped my fingers, releasing the hold I had on Ash but not before I gave it one last command.

"Sleep."

Ash's body went limp as it collapsed on top of Damon, the moment of its charge sending them both rolling until they came to a stop a yard back. I chuckled and walked over to Damon stopped just a few feet away from him and kneeling down so we were eye level.

"You filthy...c..commoner!" He muttered. I shrugged and smirked at him.

"I might be a commoner but at least I'm not flat on my ass and pinned under a evo." I gave him a toothy smile and patted him on the cheek. "Have a blessed day."

I stood and looked towards the guardsmen and the spectators, they all had looks of equal astonishment and disbelief.

"Hey, where was I supposed to go again?"