This is Part 12 of this fic. The end is finally at hand. Took me friggin' long enough!
The POV is still Duo's, but it's going to be kind of weird, since I wanted to describe everyone's actions, so bear with me please.
~blah~ = thoughts, "blah" = talk
This is my first GW fic series, there is violence, strong language and it has the yaoi pairings of Heero & Duo and Quatre & Trowa. So if you don't like male/male pairings, then don't read this, or pretend that Quatre and Duo are chicks. Okay?
We got to the top of the hill, and there stood the huge fort. I gathered my courage, and walked towards the door. A hand grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back.
"Ack, what?"
"Maxwell, you of all people should know."
"Know what?"
"Never knock on the enemy's door."
"Oh, right."
What was I thinking? Jeez, me of all people. I specialized in stealth and covert ops. Maybe all this vampire stuff was getting to my head. I walked around to the edge of the hill. There were no windows for me to climb into, just a cliff that dropped to the sea. There was no other way in other than the front gate. No stealth goodness for me.
"There isn't any other way in," I informed the others. They just shrugged.
"Then I say we go in and fight," Wufei said.
It seemed the others agreed, for they all started heading for the door. I just followed them.
Wufei slowly opened the door and peered inside. He gave the okay, and we all cautiously entered the fort. There was a huge hallway in front of us, and most of the decorations were old, really old. It looked as if nothing had been changed for a thousand years.
We all heard the sound before Quatre did, but it was too late for him. He slammed into the opposite wall before we could do anything. "Quatre!", Trowa shouted. He ran to his side, and checked him.
"I'm okay," Quatre said. He stood up, a determined look on his face. "Come out!"
A group of ninjas, maybe about twenty of them, flew from the walls. I mean it, they just literally came from the walls. They wore all black, and their eyes glowed red, like rubies. And they attacked us head on.
Wufei was the first to strike one down. He slashed one in half with his sword, and it wafted away like smoke. I drew out my scythe and sliced another one. Heero and Hilde were back to back, then leaped forward, ripping into the shadows like they were made out of paper. Trowa was fighting like a lion, pouncing on the shadows and knocking off their pseudo-heads. These shadow ninjas were relatively easy to defeat.
Then the scattered remains reformed into full ninjas again, and attacked us again.
"This isn't working!", Trowa yelled.
"I know, but what else can we do?", I replied.
Then I noticed that Quatre was in the corner, blocking off any attacks with an energy shield. A lot of power was coming from his direction; I wonder what Iria taught him...
Then I found out, for a flash of brightness engulfed him, and rays of light shot out from him. Each ray hit one of the shadows in the area where the heart should be. They shrieked and disintegrated into dust.
And Quatre collapsed.
"Quatre!" We all ran to him, and he tried to stand up, but he shakily fell down again. "I'm sorry you guys," he breathed. "I don't think I can go with you for a while. Go on ahead, I'll catch up."
Trowa kneeled down next to him. "I'll stay here to make sure he's okay."
"Trowa, you don't—"
"Shh. I know."
Quatre smiled, and leaned into Trowa's embrace. Trowa looked at us, and with all the wisdom in that emerald eye of his, told us to go.
"Alright, but make sure you stay safe," Hilde said. We turned and walked down the hallway, leaving two of our comrades behind.
I didn't want to do it, but sometimes, the hardest decisions are the ones you don't want to make.
After a while, we reached a door. A rusty-hinged, wooden door. I opened it, and it made a loud creaking noise, causing me to jump. Wufei batted my arm for my stupidity. "Chun-choy," he said. [1] I didn't know what that meant, but it was probably something mean in Chinese.
I peered inside. I saw a wall directly in front of me. I looked around and saw the stairs. They went down in a spiral, at least I thought so because they started curving around the center when I looked around a little more.
"No way to go but down," I said. We all walked cautiously down the long stairwell, looking for traps or any other goodies Morbius might have put out for us. But amazingly, nothing was around.
When we got to the bottom, we saw another long corridor. We walked past several doors on either side, each one with a strange symbol. I think we passed four doors total, and then there was another door at the end with another strange symbol.
"Wait."
We all turned to look at Wufei. He stared at the fifth door. Then he walked back to look at the other doors. We followed him quietly. We knew that staying together was probably our best bet at staying alive.
"These symbols... are Chinese," Wufei stated. "Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth." He pointed to each door as he said their symbol. "Someone here knows the five elements theory," Wufei said. [2]
"You got that right."
We all turned towards the voice. Someone had followed us down the stairwell without any of us sensing him. That's not good.
A man with a foo-man-choo and a red sorcerer's robe stood behind us. He had dark brown hair and golden brown eyes. He held in his hand a peculiar looking staff. From the looks of it, it seemed to be entwined with snakes. He looked to be about 30 in human years, but God only knows how old he really was.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Wai-Yun." [3]
"That tells us a lot," I responded. Wufei snickered.
"I am not here for your amusement, boy. I sense the Dragon's blood here."
Thus Wufei stepped up to bat. "I am the one who possesses the Dragon's blood."
The expression on Wai-Yun's face turned positively evil. "Then you shall die, like my ancestors did three thousand years ago."
Wufei pulled out his sword. "I am prepared." He looked at Heero, Hilde and I. "Go through that door," he said while pointing to the door that had the symbol of Earth. "Hurry," he added with urgency.
I didn't want to leave my buddy here alone, but we started to walk, while Wufei guarded us. As soon as we had walked past Wai-Yun and got to the door, I felt a wind blow around us. Somewhere in my mind, it clicked that the wind that just blew wasn't natural. I whirled around, just quickly enough to catch Wufei flying towards me. I caught him, and we flew back to hit the door. That door was softer than I thought it would be, and incredibly warm...
"Duo..."
I turned to see that Heero had caught us, but our weight flying at him had also knocked him into the door. He wasn't too hurt fortunately. Can't hurt a 128 pound weapon of destruction. I turned back around to glare at Wai-Yun.
"I guess you're here to stop us," I muttered.
He laughed, a hearty sound, then spread his hands in a friendship gesture. "Come now, did you expect Master Morbius to let you into his chambers without a test?"
And that was the only warning we got before three rods of lightning tried to zap us.
I leaped out of the way dragging Wufei with me, while Heero and Hilde jumped out of the way in a different direction. I let go of Wufei, who stood on his own and glared at the man. We watched Wai-Yun for a moment, and then we pounced, from different directions.
He phased out of the way and we nearly had a head-on collision. Shit.
"What? Can't catch the bird?" He laughed before saying, "And thus the dragons have been caught in a trap. And the bird will have his revenge."
This guy was just plain confusing. What was with the bird and dragon remarks? Why did he have a problem with Wufei's clan? And why the hell do I even care?
I closed my eyes and summoned the power within. But Wufei yelled, "STOP!"
"Why?"
"You need your power for the fight with Morbius. Let me handle this. It's my clan..."
I didn't want to let Wufei fight alone. I looked back behind me. Hilde and Heero had backed off. Now I really didn't want to let him fight alone.
"Wufei..."
"Just back off, Maxwell."
"But..."
"Duo." That's one of the few times he has called me by my first name.
"What?"
"Just do as I ask. Please. I will tell you about this later."
~Yeah, if there's a later,~ my morbid mind thought. I took a few steps back and gave him some space. I would let him fight, but if he looked like he needed help, I was gonna jump in and kick some ass.
Hilde, Heero, and I watched like spectators at a golf tournament, silent as a cemetery. Wufei put his sword away, and placed his hands together, as if he was praying. He started chanting, "Gum, Moock, Shoi, Foh, Toe..." [4] A ring appeared around him, and the shape of a five-pointed star appeared within the circle. Each point was lit with a different color, probably representing the five elements that he was talking about before. The colors were yellow, green, blue, red, and brown.
Wai-Yun was standing, his arms crossed over his chest, a smirk plastered all over his goddamned face. He made a quick symbol in the air, too quickly for me to catch it. But soon, it glowed, and we all saw what it was. An upside-down star.
"Dammit, an inverted pentagram," Wufei muttered. He made a triangle with his hands and shot some energy out of it, but Wai-Yun's force field blocked it, sending the energy towards us. I dodged out of the way, but Hilde took part of the blast in the shoulder. She screamed as it burned the skin, making it look like blackened paper.
"Hilde!" I shouted as I ran to help her. She seemed okay, and the wound started healing almost immediately. I glared at Wai-Yun, and he just smiled. "Such beautiful faces shouldn't frown so much," he sneered.
That was it. Wufei or not, I was gonna kick some ass. I marched up towards him, but two strong arms pulled me back. "Let go Heero."
"Sorry, but Wufei said he would handle it."
"Who is your master?"
"You... but..."
"Let me go."
I could feel Heero shake his head. His grip loosened but he didn't let go of me. Something was off about the entire situation, and I didn't like it.
"FEI HOONG!!!" Wufei shouted, sending forth a massive blast of energy, the likes which I have never seen, at least from him. The bluish-white energy took the form of a Chinese dragon, with its mouth open, rushing to eat its prey. Wai-Yun stood there like a statue, smirking. He put his hand up, and his force field dissipated and turned into a huge dark red phoenix, creating a shield around him.
The dragon and phoenix clashed, two symbols of happiness and luck in the Chinese culture turning against each other in an epic battle to the death.
Heero held me tightly again, as if he feared I would fly away to help Wufei and get myself killed in the process. I looked back at Hilde, who was staring at the scene, clutching her shoulder protectively. This wasn't fair.
"The dragon... is strong..." Wai-Yun muttered as he upped his power, making the phoenix-shield glow a dark crimson. Wufei's face reflected the determination in his heart, and he made a final decision. He leaped into Wai-Yun's force field.
In my shock, I could hear a voice scream, "WUFEI!!!!!!!!"
Oh, hey, it was me.
There was a massive jolt as the cavern we were in started to shake with the power of their blasts. "We need to get out of here, right now!" Heero yelled in my ear. I shook my head violently. I tried getting out of his grasp to help Wufei, but he held me tight. He dragged me to the door, while Hilde opened it for us. I kicked and screamed, trying to get back, but my two vampire friends dragged me through the door and shut it. There was no noise coming through, and no power leaking through either. We were cut off from the outside.
"Wufei..."
And then there were three.
"Let's move on. Wufei would want us to continue. He had his own thing to do," Heero said emotionlessly.
I sulked, and followed them down the hallway.
The hallway lead to a pair of doors, black as midnight. They had several archaic symbols, carved into the doors. I touched the material, and it felt like stone; it was probably marble. The entire feel of the place seemed a bit familiar. "There's no way that we can already be here," I mumbled.
"Be where?", Hilde asked.
"At his main hall."
They both looked at me. "I've never been here physically, but I had a dream about it," I told them. Only Hilde seemed a bit eased by my answer and backed off. But of course, Heero would be a bit suspicious about my dreams.
"You had a dream?"
"Relax Heero, it was just a little dream. No biggie."
He either didn't believe me or decided to ignore it, for he turned away and didn't say anything else. I moved to open the door. It creaked open as I pushed at it with all my strength. It was a heavy door.
"Welcome, Son of Shinigami. Welcome to your death."
The owner of that voice was exactly who I had suspected. "Morbius," I calmly stated. He was dressed in what he had in the dream; he wore a black cloak, fluffly black pants, and a dark red poet's shirt, unbuttoned, of course. Heero and Hilde jumped and stood in a defensive postion, flanking me as I walked towards the silver throne. "Stop this. I have rights to the Shadow Lands. You, on the other hand, don't. So step down." Me, feeling haughty?
"Ah. Hah hah. I don't think so." He stood and walked towards me gracefully. "I seem to have a problem with authority." He made a quick move, and I leaped back. He laughed again, and I realized that he had bluffed. "A little jumpy, aren't we?", he said with a mocking tone. "I think YOU should be the one who steps down."
"Enough of this banter. Let's see who really deserves the title of Shinigami," Heero stated plainly.
"Ooh, let's," Morbius said quietly. He lifted his arm, and suddenly Heero and Hilde fell to their knees.
"Heero! Hilde!" I shouted, and looked at both of them. They were grasping their heads, shaking and shuddering, as if someone were trying to tear apart their skulls and reach into their brains to control them. Control! I threw a energy blast at Morbius. He gracefully dodged, without losing grip on their minds. I charged him, my hands crackling with energy.
Then I felt someone coming up behind me. Before I could turn around, he had his arms around me and was holding on to my wrists. I knew the identity of my attacker before Morbius spoke.
"How does it feel to have your own servant go against you, Son of Shinigami?"
"I have a name, you know."
"Oh? And what might that be?"
"You can read minds, figure it out."
"Duo? Duo as in, double?"
"Yeah, double trouble."
Morbius laughed at my last remark. He waved his hand, and Hilde was kneeling before him. "What a lovely specimen, extremely spirited." He petted her head, and she nuzzled his leg, like a dog. He lifted his hand, and she stood before him. He ran his hands over her body. "Beautiful. I may have to keep her."
"You keep your grubby paws off of her!!!", I screamed. He just laughed and continued to pet her. He sat back on his throne and threw back his cape. He waved for Hilde to come closer, and she kneeled before him. I noticed that she was in between his legs. "If you make her do anything sexual, I'm gonna tear your throat out!"
He laughed, a sound that reverberated through my body. It felt like the throes of a climax, and it touched things that a mere laugh should not have touched. I may have underestimated his power.
Morbius touched Hilde's head, and she did the unspeakable. She nuzzled his crotch, then pulled out his cock and started sucking on it. I writhed, trying to get away from Heero without hurting him. But he held fast, Morbius' power over him making him hold me tight. Then he started rubbing my groin. I knew something weird was going on. Gee, that made me sound stupid, didn't it?
Morbius' power over Hilde and Heero didn't waver, but it did change. While he was forcing Hilde to do something sexual, he couldn't keep the same kind of control over Heero. Am I making sense? I knew that if Morbius changed his type of control, then it would be over both of them. That was why Heero was stroking me. And it was proving to be to Morbius' advantage, since my mind was becoming numb with pleasure.
"God, Heero, you gotta stop... or else..." I couldn't say anything else, for he had slipped a hand into my pants and was giving me the best goddamned hand job in my life. Jesus, this had to stop. I swallowed my passion and tried to break away again. He held me fast, and unfortunately for me, Morbius noticed.
"Squeeze," Morbius commanded.
Heero's hand clamped down hard on me, the pain shooting through me like an arrow. I felt burning tears coming from my eyes, and I swear I saw stars for a moment before he started jacking me off again. I panted as the unwanted pleasure ripped through me. "No... not now..."
Heero took his hand out of my pants. Then he threw me against the wall, and the stars returned for a moment. He pulled my pants low enough to have access to my cock, and started sucking for all he was worth.
"NO!! Heero, stop!"
But he wouldn't listen to my pleas, and sucked mercilessly.
Morbius was obviously enjoying Hilde's mouth, for he was moaning and petting her gently. I wanted to rip his dick off and shove it down his throat. How dare he take advantage of her! But there was no time to plot revenge, since I felt myself climax in Heero's mouth. "Uh... oh... ah!"
Heero sucked me dry, and lapped up any spunk that may have escaped his mouth. I pulled up my pants, and slid to the floor, too tired to fight back. Morbius certainly knew what he was doing. Then I felt a wavering in the power. I looked over, and from the look on his face, I assumed that Morbius was close to coming. Now was my chance!
I summoned as much power as I could, using all of Shinigami's techniques that I could think of. I shoved that power through Heero, in hopes of returning him to my side. He blinked. Then he looked at me, his glassy blue eyes returning to their original gleam. I sighed with relief.
I sighed too soon. His eyes returned to being glassy, and he kept his hold on me. So far, this entire trip has been pretty shitty. I should have stayed home today.
A low groan and higher pitched moans signaled Morbius' climax. He had his head laid back, petting Hilde as she cleaned him up. Then he smiled at me as Hilde put his pants and everything back into place.
"Now we're even, don't you think?" He had a wicked smiled on his face.
I just raised an eyebrow at him. "Let them go, you've had your fun," I said. "Why don't we fight, just us two, mano a mano."
He laughed that weird touchy-feely laugh again. I shuddered involuntarily. "A fight to the finish between two people, you might say?"
"Yeah, that."
"Sounds fair."
"It sure does. So what do ya say?"
"No."
"WHAT?!"
At that point, I was pretty outraged. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised. Since when do the bad guys play by the rules? I tried breaking past the Heero barrier, but Heero was still stronger, and I didn't want to hurt him by pulling on my dark powers. I looked back and forth, between Hilde, Morbius, and Heero. How was I gonna get out of this without killing my lover and my surrogate sister?
Then suddenly, Heero and Hilde fell to their knees, the second time that night. I felt a familiar presence, and I felt a smile creeping onto my face.
"Morbius, you need to learn some manners," said the familiar voice.
It figures. The son gets to be bailed out by the father.
"Shinigami," I said. He nodded in my direction. I closed my eyes and took back control of Heero and Hilde. Well, not really 'took back control', it was more like I put them back in control of themselves. They stood back up, and Heero let go of me. He looked as if he had just woken from a dream. Maybe it was more like a nightmare.
"Duo? I'm sorr—"
I put a finger against his lips, hushing him. "Don't worry, it wasn't your fault," I said gently. "I wasn't strong enough to stop him, so it's really more like my fault."
His lip twitched slightly into a small smile before returning to that stone face that I've known for so long. We both turned towards Shinigami and Morbius. Hilde joined us, standing to my left. Heero stood to my right, so we made an ominous looking trio.
"Stay out of this Duo," I heard Shinigami say. "This turned out to be my fight after all."
Not wanting to disobey him, and the fact that Morbius was much more stronger than me, I stepped back. But I was prepared to help him if, more like when Morbius would cheat. The bad guys never played by the rules. Hilde and Heero fell in step with me on either side, mirroring my movements like eerie shadows. I leaned back against the wall, and they did the same. The battle for the Shadow Lands, and my world as well, had just begun.
The forces of darkness and evil were pitted against each other. You'd think that darkness and evil were the same thing, but when you look on them in a different light, the darkness isn't really evil, and the evil isn't always dark. [5]
Shinigami and Morbius floated into the air, their powers flowing around them in circles of blue and green, respectively. They circled each other, like rival wolves in a fight to the finish. This was going to be a fight to the finish, a battle royale of which the likes of which would probably never be seen again for a while. Then the real power contest began.
Their powers heightened, and then they summoned their weapons out of midair. They were ancient weapons, a sword for Morbius and a scythe for Shinigami. The sword had a red aura of its own, and was shaped like an old broadsword, with a red jewel embedded in its hilt. Shinigami's scythe was glowing green, with a blade the length of my leg and a golden staff with silver snakes winding around the bottom and top. It looked a lot better than my piece of crap excuse for a weapon. The only thing I could take pride in was that it was built with gundanium, and it was state of the art. Take that you archaic weapons! Yeah, that was pretty pathetic, but I'm not going to have my pride stepped on like some old welcome mat.
I watched in wonder and awe as they clashed for dominance. It was an elegant dance, almost. They swung their weapons in perfect arcs, and swung at each other with the grace and fury of a tiger hunting its prey. They dodged and evaded the attacks with precision and ease. Those attacks would have left a normal man shaking. It made me kind of jealous.
"You'll never win," Shinigami said over the loud clanging of their weapons.
"I certainly won't let you win," Morbius replied with a smirk before feigning an overhead strike. Even I saw it coming. Shinigami moved to block it, and realized too late that he had bluffed. Everything seemed to move in slow motion, as things often do when something dramatic happens.
The sword stabbed through Shinigami's chest.
"SHINIGAMI!!!!!!!"
He fell.
The great lord of Shadow Lands fell to the ground, his blood flowing from his wounds like a miniature fountain of blood as Morbius pulled his sword out. I ran to him, Hilde and Heero tailing me.
"Shinigami... dammit!" I had not known him for long, but he had proven that he was my father, if not in blood which I still doubted, but in spirit. I looked down at him, suddenly regretting having not spent more quality time with him.
He reached up and touched my cheek. "Hurry son, get him... for the throne..."
In the midst of my rage and grief, I heard an evil laughter ringing in my ears. I looked up at Morbius while he laughed his goddamned ass off.
"Oh, that's rich. Ha! You think your little pipsqueak of a son can defeat me, after I defeated you?" He laughed some more. "Face it old man, your reign is over. Morbius is the new king!"
He sauntered over to me and took my chin in his hand. He looked at Shinigami and spit on his body. "See your little boy? He's gonna be my favorite whore!" He pulled me in for a kiss.
Then he flew twenty feet and landed back on his throne. He stood gracefully and looked at the attacker.
"When you fuck with Master, you fuck with me," Heero said ominously. "Omae o korosu."
I just love it when he says that.
Morbius wiped his lip, and looked at his hand. "Bl... blood?" He looked up, a rage that was previously unseen had lit in his eyes, making them glow with an unholy fire. "You will pay for that, little boy." He disappeared before me, and I couldn't sense him anywhere. Heero, on the other hand, was staring straight ahead, as if he hadn't moved. Where the hell did he go?
Suddenly Morbius appeared between me and Heero. He went for Heero's throat, but Heero was fast and moved quickly. I took another look at Shinigami. He gave me a weak smile and nodded. I turned to Hilde. "Take care of him," I said before pulling out my gun, the Browning, from its shoulder holster. I threw off my jacket and the holster. I wouldn't be needing it. I slipped the one extra clip into my jeans pocket, and I was ready. The expandable scythe was hooked to my belt.
Shinigami had told me to rely more on my powers than on some simple toys like my gun. But sometimes, a little firepower works wonders. I leaped into the fray, ready to kick some ass. I reached out to connect with Heero, and soon, I could also see Morbius's movements. I shot at him, but he was really fast. I soon ran out of bullets without getting a single shot. I had nicked him on a few occasions, but that was about it. I guess Daddy was right.
Heero was throwing all sorts of energy blasts at Morbius, but Morbius blocked all of his shots with a fling of his hand or with a movement of his sword. I pulled out my scythe and activated it. I swung it around, just for effect. I mentally told Heero to get the hell out of the way.
~Move it, Heero.~
~But I want to help.~
~Too bad. Haul your ass out of the way.~
~But...
~No arguing. Get out of the way!~
I leapt into the battle, nearly slicing Morbius with my scythe. Had he purposely stayed close so I would feel a sense of triumph and let my guard down, or was I really that fast?
I decided on the former, because he smirked when I whirled around, my scythe cutting thin air. "You think your little toy can match mine?", he said with a sadistic glee in his voice. He held up his sword, and flew at me, the blade in front of him as if it would grow teeth and bite me. I raised my scythe to block, and to my horror, it was sliced in half. I quickly jumped out of the way, but not fast enough. I felt the stinging cut before saw the blood fly off my arm.
"Uhhg," I grunted painfully. My left arm was pretty sliced up. I looked at the remains of my thermal scythe and sighed. Well, that was the end of fighting with weapons.
~Use your father's scythe...~
~Heero?~
~Close your eyes and summon it. I'll protect you...~
I stepped back and closed my eyes, willing Shinigami's scythe to me. I held my hands in front of me and wished for it. I heard battle sounds in front of me, I felt the pain in my arm, and I nearly lost my concentration.
~Focus Duo, focus...~
I felt something form before me, its presense pulling at my senses. I opened my eyes and there it was, glowing blue. It was the same scythe, different color aura. I didn't have time to ask questions. I grabbed it and lunged after Morbius.
Heero must have been completely in sync with my actions, for he dodged out of the way as I drove my scythe towards the bastard. His sword tried to block, but I let loose a shockwave of power. The evil red glowing sword snapped in half, then dissipated into thin air.
Morbius staggered back, and clutched at his heart. "How... how can this be?" He was quite shocked, and I felt a little better about myself. Then he laughed his annoying touchy-feely laugh again. "No matter. I can defeat you with my power alone."
Then I felt the hot tsunami of power shudder over me. I gritted my teeth, dropped my scythe and threw a shield around me, but it wasn't enough. My power started to waver, and I felt a crack in the shield. His power leaked in and stabbed at me.
All of a sudden, my blue tinted shield glowed purple. Heero was making his way behind me, and soon he had his arms around me, giving me his power.
"Heero, no!"
"Why not? I love you."
"Heero... I love you too."
So it wasn't exactly the time to be professing our love for each other. But it did make the shield stronger, and I felt it was time to keep the promise I made to rip out his throat. I slowly walked towards Morbius, a determined look on my face.
"You... will... die... you... stinking... bastard!" I said with each step, and with each passing moment I grew stronger, with Heero's power fueling mine. I silently told Heero to let go of me, and he did, reluctantly. But I could still feel his power wafting through me.
I smirked, and raised my hand. I gave him a 'come and get me' look, and gestured with my hands. "Come on, come get a piece of me. If you can handle it."
He laughed, thinking himself to be invincible. He lunged towards me and lashed out with his power. I reflected his power, and I drove my hand towards his throat. Concentrating my power, I reached out and grabbed it, moving faster than I ever have before. He gagged and fell to the ground.
"No way...," he muttered.
"Yes way," I replied. "And how." I tightened my grip and tore out his vocal cords. He started gasping. I dropped the bleeding organ to the ground, and shoved my hand into his chest. I reached for his heart and caressed it.
"Can you feel this?" I asked evily.
"N... no..."
"Good." I squeezed it, just like I squeezed Murdida's heart. It crushed like a ripe tomato, and just as cold. I pulled my hand from his body, and the blood flowed black over my skin. I shook it off in shock.
A low gurgling sound alerted me. Morbius was still alive. Or undead. Whatever. He still moved, and was attempting to laugh with his broken vocal cords.
I kicked him aside. I didn't know what was keeping him alive. Then I felt a whisper in my mind... "Shinigami!"
~Use... use the scythe...~
I picked up the scythe and drove it into his chest. More blackness spewed forth, covering my own shirt with it. Fortunately my shirt was black, but it still was going to be a pain to clean out. I pulled out the scythe and swung it in an arc, aiming to lop off his head.
But Morbius lifted an arm and blocked it. His lips moved, but no sound came out except for that damn gurgling. Fortunately, I can read lips.
"Even if I die, my legacy will remain... Heaven is not all light and good!"
I think he was a raving lunatic. I pulled my scythe from his slippery grip and chopped off his arms. Then I took a good swing and his head went rolling. I rolled until it hit the wall, landing with a squishy thump onto the ground. His body lolled forwards and fell, a slushing sound accompanied by globules of his black blood flying here and there.
The nightmare was over.
Back to: Part 11
[1]: "Chun-choy" means "stupid" in Cantonese...
[2]: I kinda got this from Card Captor Sakura, but I'm Chinese too, so I know a bit about it. It's basically the five elements in the world, Metal (usually symbolized as gold), Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
[3]: Okay, I know the Chinese speakers are going to kill me... "wai" sounds like the Chinese word for "bad", and "yun" sounds like the Chinese word for "man" or "person". (Remember, this is Cantonese, I don't speak or understand a lick of Mandarin.) Well, you get the idea... *dodges rotten tomatoes...*
[4]: Cantonese for Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. They probably aren't romanized very well... ^^;;
[5]: FORESHADOWING!!! I'm writing a sequel to this, if anyone's interested... remember this quote...
Ooh, I think Tokyo Babylon fans will recognize some of the stuff I put in there... Anyway, feel free to e-mail me your rants and raves, just don't cuss me out, okay?
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