Chapter 21: Father Verses Son
Shadow frowned while Shadic stared at Silver in shock. Silver looked around and stood up. He knew what he had to do. He had to confess his love to Shadic. Then, maybe, that would break the Dark Lord's hold.
Shadic was still in shock as Silver approached him. "You were Gothmog?" he asked.
"Yes...I was. I transformed myself into an Orc so that I could get you back. Please, Shadic...you have to snap out of it."
Shadic frowned and drew his sword, aiming it at Silver. He would never go back to the good side; Shadow was his master now. "Why would I want to? This is where I belong."
Despite his threat, he made no move to harm the hedgehog.
"When we first met, you treated me with such kindness. Over the past month that we were walking here, I felt...this feeling, and knew what it was." The hedgehog walked up to Shadic and stood in front of him. "Please, Shadic, come back...I love you."
Silver then kissed Shadic on the lips. Shadic's eyes widened in surprise. He could feel something inside him; it was the same feeling that Silver was talking about. Shadic stared at Silver, lips pressed against the other's. Hesitantly, he moved a bit closer to Silver. The Nazgul closed his eyes and felt his form changing back to normal. The feeling in his chest grew stronger, and he knew what it was: love. His eyes closed as he moved his hands to Silver's arms. Pulling back, he gave the other a smile.
"I love you too," he said.
Silver smiled and nodded. Shadic groaned as he felt the Dark Lord's corruption leaving him.
Shadow snarled in anger. "Shadic? You aren't allowed to leave me!" Shadic turned to his father, glaring angrily at him. "You don't need love," Shadow said. "Which is more important? Him or your family?"
Shadic looked at his father, and then back to Silver. He kissed the other once more. Shadow growled in anger and sent out a telepathic message to Shadic's ring, telling him to corrupt his son once again...permanently, this time, along with Silver. The ring was silent as it looked into Shadic's mind. It could still see a darkness, and used that as the trigger. Shadow smirked evilly and spoke to his son once more.
"Come back to my side." Shadow extended his hand toward Shadic. "You know it's where you belong."
Shadic hesitated; he could feel the darkness corrupting him but resisted it. He shook his head and spoke angrily. "You never did a thing for me! Silver loves me, and he's not afraid to show it to me." Shadic's eyes filled with tears. "It's better to be with someone who actually cares about you than someone who doesn't."
Shadow growled in anger. He had to get Shadic back one way or the other. The Dark Lord poured his entire soul into Shadic's ring, causing it to corrupt his mind permanently. Then, he drew his sword. If Shadic was not going to join the darkness, then he would fight until Shadic gave in. Shadic drew his own sword, wincing as he felt the darkness corrupting him. If his father wanted to fight over this, he wouldn't back down. He stepped in front of Silver.
"I have to handle this alone."
Silver nodded. He wondered if he should transform back into Gothmog, but decided against it for now. Shadow and Shadic faced against each other, their swords drawn. When the battle started, Silver's eyes widened. He'd never seen people fight at the speed they were moving. Clashes of metal on metal rang out through the air.
Shadow growled in anger and parried Shadic's every blow. His son was strong, and matched him evenly. But he still had a few tricks up his sleeve that Shadic didn't know about. Shadow jumped away, throwing fire at Shadic. The younger dove to the side, avoiding most of the blast. He tried returning the attack, continuing to move to the side. A frontal attack would never work.
Shadic threw a attack of darkness at Shadow, who avoided the attack also. The two used their swords and magic attacks also. The power of their rings enhanced their powers greatly. With every blow Shadic sent, the darkness inside him grew. Shadow smirked as he continued the attack. Shadic was bound to give in to the darkness again.
Shadic growled angrily and spun around, kicking Shadow in the back. The Dark Lord fell to the ground and then got up again, transforming into a dragon using the power of his ring. Shadic sped away before Shadow's transformation could hit him. He transformed as well, hoping his Dragon form would be powerful enough to hold out against Shadow's. The move poured more darkness into him. He growled in hatred as his eyes became blood-red. Hopefully, he could kill Shadow before he became completely corrupted.
Shadic lunged at Shadow, jaws opening as he reached for the other's throat.
Shadow snarled and tried to retaliate but it was too late. Shadic's jaws closed around his throat. The Dark Lord roared in pain and fell to the ground, turning back to normal. He was weak. Shadic landed and stood in front of him, turning back to normal also. He could feel the darkness inside him as an evil aura surrounded him.
Shadic raised his sword over Shadow. Driving his sword down, Shadic paused just as the point of the sword touched Shadow's chest. Looking down at him, Shadic had a rush of different emotions. He felt pity, shock, but most of all, hatred. His father was no longer who he once was, and he had to be destroyed. Shadic plunged the sword into Shadow's chest. Immediately, darkness flooded his body and Shadic became corrupted once more. Now, he was the new Dark Lord.