Summary: With Hannah, Yuna, Wanny, and Daniel defeated, the rest of the group must face Yorick on their own, without mana to cast spells. Josh uses Riven's Ultimate Ability, "Blade of the Exile," which instantly repairs the Broken Blade and dramatically increases his attack power.

"Death is only the beginning" – Yorick

Graveyard

Yorick stepped onto one of his ghouls and he soared up high into the sky. He stood on the top of his wall of ghouls, and he looked down upon his foes.

We looked back up at him, and Yorick pointed his spade down at the ground. More ghouls launched themselves out of the wall at bullet speed. Jonathan blocked them with his shield, while the rest of us went around dodging them.

One was launched right at me, so I put the Mercury Hammer behind my head and gripped it like a baseball bat. Then I swung it, knocking the ghoul back into the wall, damaging it. I didn't want to waste mana using a "Thundering Blow" spell to knock it back.

Josh kept slashing them down with the "Blade of the Exile." We soon rallied behind him and Jonathan and we moved slowly toward the wall. Yorick was surprised, and he ordered more of his ghouls to be fired out of the wall. The fire rate was dramatically increased to an almost machine gun speed.

"Look out," Jonathan said to Josh. He was standing in front of the group; then Jonathan cut in front of Josh to protect him from the ghouls. The shield was battered by ghoul after ghoul, but the group trudged forward.

As they got closer to the wall, the number of ghouls thrown at them was increased and so was the strength at which they were thrown.

"I will not let you get any nearer," Yorick said angrily. He then motioned a swirling pattern with his spade, and the wall started turning into a sideways whirlpool of ghouls and specters. Then Yorick moved his spade upwards, and the whirlpool went upwards.

We looked in awe as we witnessed how much power the gravedigger had over the spirits of the dead. We knew he was pretty overpowered in the game, but nothing like this. He was like a maestro coordinating a symphony of ghosts.

Yorick then slammed his spade downwards, and the twister of ghouls followed along. A torrent of ghouls and spirits had swarmed our position. Darren used a "Riptides" spell to break some of them off; Rupee tried spinning his axe in desperation, but to no avail. Both of them were caught by the wave of spirits and thrown into the graves marked with their names.

To avoid that fate, I used my "Lightning Field," spell which disintegrated the ghouls long before they got anywhere near me. Jonathan detonated his eclipse spell and the minions around him were pushed away. Also, his shield of light naturally repelled dark spirits like the ghouls. Josh, unleashed a "Broken Wings" sword combo empowered with "Blade of the Exile" and a "Ki Burst," and he also used "Valor" to shield himself and find an open space outside of the twister.

"To the skies," I yelled. I broke out of the twister of ghouls and landed on a patch of soft grass. The twister of ghouls had left Jonathan, and the ghouls regrouped with Yorick. The ghouls recreated the same twister he had made at the start of the battle.

"Where are Rupee and Darren," I asked.

"In their beds, awaiting eternity," Yorick replied. I was about to charge up to him again, but Jonathan stopped me.

"What," I asked him.

"That's what he wants us to do," he said," if we keep doing the same tactic of burning through all of our spells and wasting mana to defend ourselves, eventually we'll lose." He continued, "this isn't the mana-burner Yorick we are used to seeing in the game. He has nearly unlimited control over the ghouls he has at his command."

"Well if we are burning through mana, then why are Josh and I still able to use our abilities?"

"Josh is representing a manaless champ. So assuming that, all his skills don't require the use of mana," he explained, "your passive on your 'Lightning Field' allows you to keep regaining mana upon every strike you make with your hammer."

"Oh yeah, haha. Well what do you suggest we do to break through that wall?"

"I know, I'll use Zenith Blade to break through and hold him down for a couple of seconds. Josh uses the active ability on his ult. You finish him with an "q,w, e" combo."

"Sure let's do this! Bring it on Yorick!"

"Done talking people, time to get this going once more." His ghouls had picked up headstones from the ground while we were talking out our battle strategy, and they were tossing them at us. Josh dodged them as we got closer, and I whacked them back at Yorick, doing some damage to the tornado. Jonathan got behind his shield and waited for the right moment to shoot himself through. Then that moment came.

"Go!" Jonathan commanded.

"Wind Slash," Josh said. A wave of green energy pulsed through his blade and came out as a slicing wind. It broke through the whirlwind of ghouls and created a large, gaping hole. He then charged in and launched another "Broken Wings" sword combo on Yorick while he was stunned by the blast of "Wind Slash." Yorick, who was blinded by the flurry of sword attacks he had to delfect, didn't react to the second part of their plan to defeat him.

"Zenith Blade," Jonathan cried out. He shot a beam of light out of the sword he was carrying, which hit Yorick square in the chest. Then Jonathan stepped and reappeared in front of Yorick. "Shield of Daybreak," he said. He then smacked Yorick in the jaw with his shield, stunning Yorick for a few seconds.

"Now, To the Skies," I exclaimed. I jumped up into the air, and smacked the wall of ghouls with such force that it not only broke the wall, but the hammer left a small crater in the ground. Yorick was now frightened by the strength we had. He tried striking me with his mangled spade, but Josh came in and deflected the attack with the broken blade. He was unaware of Yorick's physical strength, and the broken blade was knocked out of his hands.

"Get out of the way," I yelled. Josh ducked toward the broken blade which had reverted to its keychain form. Jonathan also moved out of the way, because he knew what move I was going to execute next in the combo. "Lightning Field!"

I raised the hammer into the sky, and a wave of electric energy burst from the end of the hammer. Yorick was shocked, literally, by the power of the attack. Then, I followed with Jayce's iconic ability in hammer form. "THUNDERING BLOW!"

I slammed the Mercury Hammer into Yorick's chest. Knocking him across the battle field and into several headstones before he finally came to a stop. He dropped his spade, and the ghouls that were floating around the graveyard returned to the tomb from where they came.

The stones that the ghouls were holding were also dropped out of the sky, so we had to dodge the rest of them before we had a half sense of security. One of the stones fell on Josh's broken blade keychain, and the trinket was destroyed in an instant.

"No…Dammit" Josh said quietly.

I walk over to Yorick, who was now cringing in pain, looked up at them. He then dashed over to his spade, we couldn't stop him in time, and he made a break for his spade. When he grabbed it, he pointed it in a random direction, and a portal opened for him to escape. He ran into it and the portal shut behind him.

"Well done Heroes, Return to your homes and rest," a familiar unearthly voice said. A bright consumed us, but before I teleported out, I snatched Josh's keychain from the ground, and then there was nothing but a single bright light.

School: Hallway between the Main Quad and the M-Building

I ended up back at the campus. I walk into one of the classrooms that happened to be open. It was the same time as it was when we were caught in the mist and teleported to the graveyard. I walk over to the M-Building and find Hannah lying on the ground. She was still in her Ahri attire and still retained her Ahri features. I walked up to her and kneeled beside her.

"Hannah, Hannah, wake up," I said softly. I put her in my arms.

"What, I had the most terrible dream, and you and…" she stopped speaking and realized where she was.

"Well this is awkward."

"What happened, I remember being in the sky and then tossed into the ground and everything…"

"It's alright Hannah, we took care of it."

"But how, he was so strong, and we couldn't use our abilities."

"You should thank Josh and I, both of us apparently can continuously use our abilities."

"I see."

"So do we still have our dance lesson today, or..?" She motioned me to let go of her. I did so cautiously.

"Um no I'm tired, cramped, and in a bit of pain, and why do I still look like Ahri?

"I don't know," I sighed, "but we better get you changed up before anyone sees you like this."

"Yeah…"

"I never asked before, but are those tails and ears real?" I poked at one of the tails, and it flinched, and I also brushed my hands over ears.

"Eek!"

"I guess they are, hahaha-", I laughed, and then she punched me. "Kyah, ow. That hurt."

"Don't touch, the tails or the ears, ever, again."

"Ok, Ok, sheesh." We both walked off. I called my dad, and told him that I could get picked up early today. I got in the shower in the men's locker room, and quickly cleaned off there. When I got in the car, my dad noticed that my clothes were all dirty, I told him that I was playing football with some of my friends on the Varsity Football team. He believed me, and on the ride home he talked about his days in high school.

Highway 101

"Dad? Can you turn on the radio to the news," I asked him.

"Sure," he said.

I turn on the radio, and first thing that came on.

"All around the world, people have witnessed the event that happened in San Francisco. This is now a global phenomenon. In cities around the country and the world are experiencing the same green fog that has surrounded the San Francisco Bay."

"What the…?" I said surprised.

"Here is a short list of the cities affected: San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Moscow, Cairo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, and many other cities have reported that a green fog surrounded their city. That is all the information we have on this subject, and we will keep listeners posted as updates continue."

"No way," I said, "what is this?"

"I don't know son, I don't know."

Home

We continued driving down the road, and when we arrive home. I see my brothers and sisters watching the same newscast about the worldwide spread of this mystery. My mom was more worried about how I dirtied my clothes so much, but that was taken care of quickly. I take my quick shower, and head on to my laptop. My Skype was pinging continuously as the group talked about what just happened. I receive a call from Yuna, and I talk to her for a bit. She wanted to know what happened, and I told her that we defeated Yorick, and she was glad.

I look out my window, and it starts to rain. I sigh, and I walk over to my couch. Vivid images of the horrors of the battle I just won flood into the forefront of my thoughts. Seeing Hannah and Yuna tossed around like dolls, and I hear again the cries of pain that were solicited by Daniel and Wanny as they fell.

"How is this all real?"

I receive another call on skype. It was Josh. He asked for his keychain back, and I promised I would give it to him on Monday when we get back to school. He quickly hangs up after that. I look at my keychain, and I imagine the heartbreak that Josh must be going through. To have the power to use his ultimate to save everyone, and then suddenly lose it, the loss of such a power is what disturbed me the most about the whole thing. I look at the Mercury Hammer, and I wished that I could use it to its fullest extent.

I finish up my homework and quickly rush upstairs to go to bed.