"Where in the hell do all these come from?" Bloodlust shouted, smashing a Pyramid Head against the wall. It emitted a shriek.
"You answered yourself, Hell." Was Insanity's reply. He swiftly gave a monster a roundhouse to the head.
"Oh, how I pity you." The monsters froze, Claudia amongst them. "You think you can escape so easily? I think not." She smiled grimly. Greed scowled and stepped forward.
"You think you can take us?" He scoffed. Claudia continued that unnerving smile.
"I know I can keep you here…I know your flaw. Your weakness." Greed didn't even flinch. "You only think you're invincible." She snapped her fingers and the sky turned black. Behind her, something rose from the shadows. Something huge. "This is God!" Claudia cried, flinging her arms in the air. The creature was as large as a building. It had the head of a woman, the ribs of a human, the pelvic bone of a human. The arms, however, were birdlike, the bones tapered off into points. Below the pelvic bone, nothing.
"Holy shit…this is…God?" Bloodlust gaped up at the monstrosity. The hairs on the back of her neck stood straight out. Something was behind her. She quickly turned to see a grayish skinned humanoid, bloodstained bandage around its arms and face. An off-coloured smock of some sort covered up the rest. It twitched involuntarily and made obscene noises deep in its throat. Bloodlust raised her arms in defense, but the thing paid her no mind. It stepped past her towards the front.
"This is Valteil. The keeper of the Souls. He decides who leaves and who doesn't." Claudia explained. The smile dropped off her face. "Go!" She yelled. Valteil swooped down on them, along with the god creature.
"God in Hell? Thought I'd never see that!" Insanity cried, ducking from the bird like appendages.
"So, you think this is my weakness? God?" Greed laughed at Claudia. When she smiled, he stopped.
"No, this is!" She pointed behind Greed. He turned, his eyes meeting a sight he hoped never to see.
Insanity had his fist raised in mid air, ready to dish out a beating, but he wasn't moving. He slowly lowered his fist and opened his mouth. Blood poured out. Protruding from his torso was a rather frightening looking piece of metal. The metal was attached to Valteil's hand. Around the group, everything had stopped. The god creature was gone, the Pyramid Heads still as statues.
"Your weakness…." Claudia purred.
Valteil ripped out its fingers, blood spraying everywhere. Insanity fell to his knees, one hand coming up over the wound. He fell down on his side and lay there.
"You die here, you die for good." Claudia said smugly. She crossed her arms as Valteil swooped up to stand behind her.
Bloodlust growled at her. Beside her, Greed had lost the shield. Bloodlust turned to face him. The look on his face completely washed her mind blank. The entire time they'd known each other, Greed had been the emotional rock, always angry or joking, never sad or broken. That was exactly how he looked right then and there. He was gazing at the corpse of his lover, a look of pure despair adorning his features. He uttered one word: "Why?"
