"The light is frail." Jet responded, turning Deus' gaze unto himself. "Too weak to be any use in battle. The strength lies with the darkness. With your children. We recognise that."
"MY SISTER THINKS DIFFERENT. BUT THIS MATTERS LITTLE." Deus growled. "HAVE YOU AN ESTABLISHED TITLE ALREADY FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP?"
"The Roses of Darkness." Both Jet and Ruby replied at once.
"FITTING BY YOUR NAMES AND RINGS." Deus commented. "NOW! HEIR AND FULCRUM. ARE YOU READY?"
"We are." Jet and Ruby both spoke in unison. Ruby felt a sizzling pain in the palm of her right hand, and looked to see a circular cut forming on her palm, crying out and attracting Jet's gaze. He also had the cut on his right hand.
"DO YOU, JET XIAO ROSE, CLAIM YOUR RIGHTFUL STATUS AS AN ANGEL OF DARKNESS, AND OF MY KIN?" Deus asked.
"I do." Jet replied, turning back to the Grimm. The cut was now bleeding slowly, warm drops staining her skin.
"AND DO YOU, RUBY ROSE, VOW TO BECOME THE FULCRUM OF THIS NEW ANGEL?"
There was silence as Ruby considered all of the things she'd be throwing away if she did this. Her team, beacon, her family… but this must be done. If they stood any chance of defeating Flux, then it must come to pass, for the sake of those she would abandon eventually.
She knew that she and Jet would eventually be branded as outcasts from society for uniting with the Grimm, but if truth be told, she didn't need them. Nothing mattered too much, as long as she stayed by Jet's side.
"I do."
"THEN LET THE SHACKLES BE RELEASED!" the Dark God roared, and Ruby gripped Jet's right hand with her right hand!
She felt her blood intermingle with his own, seeing the incarnation of Deus raise its arms, and as it did so, purple energy gathered between the two lovers. Ruby felt it course through her. It felt so strange, yet so… empowering!
"TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS, AND LET THE WORLD KNOW OF YOUR UNLIMITED POWER!"
Jet released Ruby as she stopped glowing with purple energy. He however, continued to glow.
"DO IT, HEIR!" Deus encouraged. "EMBRACE THE SHADOWS!"
Jet fell to one knee, flattening his wings against his back and crossing his arms against his chest. The power flowing through his veins was incredible, the electric jolt as it surged through his spine, reaching every inch of his body as the glow increased in intensity. He gave a final scream, barely hearing Ruby yell his name, before a flash blinded him.
When his eyes had recovered, Jet realised that his strength had returned. He stood up, and noticed that purple flames danced around him, and he was holding a sharp, long lance with a swirling pattern along the weapon, and a circular shield was attached to his left arm with a similar pattern.
Just like Flux.
Ruby had uncovered her eyes, and was now standing beside Deus, looking at him with wide eyes.
"How do you feel?" she asked tentatively. Jet grinned at her as he extinguished the flames, and began to laugh as he felt the weight of his new weapons. His laugh echoed throughout the castle, and he didn't stop for a good five seconds.
"Excellent." he replied. "Like a new person entirely."
"GO FORTH, AND DECIMATE YOUR ENEMY." Deus declared, and the dark god vanished from the spot. "EXERT YOUR POWER TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT!"
"We will do exactly that." Jet replied, before he outstretched his hand for Ruby to take.
As soon as she took it, he stretched his wings and flared his new flames. He took flight, flinging Ruby onto his back and blasting though the stone roof of the chasm. They soared higher and higher, Ruby in dead silence, holding onto his back tightly.
He reached the clouds and looked over the snowy grounds of the castle. This was it. His final transformation was complete.
Now, Jet was ready for her.
"Flux." Jet said to himself in a low growl as Ruby climbed up into a more comfortable positon. "Your days are numbered!"
There was silence, then a little giggle from behind him.
"Yes, Jet. They are." Ruby hissed from behind him.
With that, they shot off, away from the castle, back to Beacon, in a surge of purple beams of light.