Tales of Cosmic wars
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Chapter 22: Revelation! Staring in to the depths of Madness, The True Face Of Sithantos!
Last time in Tales of the Cosmic wars, Ben, Link and the Enji Knights were unfortunately too late to stop the dark Patriarch of Sithantos, Havoc Drashid's plan. As the envoy of darkness, Nightmare distracted the warriors the dark shadow priest sacrificed Enji master Gandowan to bring back Link's archenemy, Ganondorf!
After convincing the king of evil to make an "alliance" with him, Havoc went to search for the fragment of the "key" and gave Ganon his first Sithantos task, to destroy all the people that were coming. Ganondorf did not mind this, since he got another shot at destroying Link!
Although Ganondorf and been reborn with more power than ever, it was not enough to beat the combined efforts of Ben, Cloud and Link. (The others were handling his minion Twinrova at the time.) Beaten Ganon attempted to transform into his monster form to crush our heroes, but Link, Cloud, and Doug tried to finish him before he could get the chance. Just as it looked like Ganon was going to be done for, the three were blasted back by Havoc Drashid!
After finding the thing he was searching for, the leader of Sithantos did not want to wait in the shadows anymore and has ordered Ganon to return to the Dark Specter ship so he could destroy them all himself! Can our tired heroes manage to defeat the powerful leader of the order of Sithantos? Let's find out.
Havoc hovers above everyone in the ruins of the former base of Ganondorf. He is looking quite amused. Ben remembers the first time he saw Havoc and sees the evil patriarch surging with dark power before he shrugs and says,"
"So, now we have to fight the leader of Sithantos? He does not look like anything special to me, he may have some special spells up his sleeve but a wizard is a wizard, whatever happens we can take him!"
Cloud hears Havoc laugh before he tensely looks at Ben and says," Do not be deceived by his appearance, Ben. He may just look like an old man in black robes, but this person is the one who is most responsible for the Galactic Civil war with the United Federation of Zeon along with reviving Sigma and Ganondorf here. I thought you would know by seeing Master Myers and the others that age means nothing in the face of someone who wields such a high level of magic."
Ben feels his new enemies energy tear off parts of the ground before he gulps and says," Well, now that you mention it, I can feel a very powerful dark magic energy from this guy. Geez, all this in one day without a food or sleep, I can barely stand up after just getting through Ganondorf! Well I guess no one said being an Enji knight was easy."
Link just glares at Havoc and says," So, you are the one responsible for bringing back Ganon to this world! Why would you do something like that, unless you are pure evil yourself?"
Havoc pretends to be insulted before saying," My, you're all a judgmental bunch. I always found you Enji heretics and types like you so amusing with your narrow perspective of justice. You are always claiming to be the freedom fighters of the universe destroying evil anywhere in the universe, and yet you were helpless in preventing this newest war from breaking out. Bravo."
Doug instantly gets ticked off at his enemies heavy sarcasm before cracking his neck and angrily saying," Don't go talking like you are all that, when everyone knows that it's your fault for manipulating this war in the first place!"
James nods and quickly adds," Doug's right, our intelligence shows how you were making constant visits to Weil Zabi and his allies before the war, preaching how they have been unfairly treated by the Lylat republic when it was really just that they were all too greedy!"
Havoc looks at James with amusement before he says," Ha, you all think it's as simple as that? I admit I might have enlightened Weil and the others of Zeon, but I did not tell them to separate from the Lylat Kingdom, no, they were well on their way to do that without me. I just gave them a little push and may have helped them out with my followers but make no mistake, they decided to cause this war and all the death and suffering with it by their own free will. It's not my fault that most mortals are a bunch of selfish idiots that only value themselves over the greater good.
Your "great " leader Grand Master Rodimus Myers is always preaching about believing in the best of people. But me and the previous leaders of Sithantos have observed the actions of mortals for millions of years now and there is only one sad truth."
Ben looks at disgust at the dark mage and bitterly says," Oh really? Let me guess, is the truth that every one that does not follow your cause is not fit to live?"
Havoc grasps his free hand tightly to make a dramatic gesture before he goes on to say," No, it's that the sins of mortals outweigh any other factor. People keep saying they are going to bring a better age than the next, but the fact is that the only thing that truly evolves is the technology.
Minds of inferior beings remain the same from one generation to the next, and in the end, although there may be a small few whose hearts are filled with light the reality is that the masses that populate this universe are weak and are controlled by the darkness in their hearts. That is why Sithantos exists, to make the universe force itself to acknowledge its true nature and then bringing about the paradise of darkness that they deserve!"
Ben sees the madness in the man's eyes before he narrows his eyes and says," It's official, you're nuts! I figured it was because of Brad being an idiot that this mess started but it's clear now that you were gunning for a sick mess since the start! It's true that some people are weak. Some may give into the darkness, but most people are good at heart!"
Havoc looks exasperate at the owner of the Star Sword before saying," Bah, naive fool. One who knows nothing understands nothing! Darkness is the heart's true essence, if you cannot accept that you must be re-educated!"
Cloud points his sword at the bearded man before shouting out," Havoc! You will pay for what you did to Master Gandowan! It's time you get what you deserve!"
Havoc cackles once more with cruel laughter before stating," HA, you are foolish. Do you really think a bunch of beings such as yourself can compare to my power?"
Link raises the Master Sword and snaps back bravely with," No matter how strong you claim to be I will not allow anyone that uses the power of darkness to threaten Hyrule!"
Havoc forms a wide grin before he raspy says," You may be a brave native, but you are far out of your league! Do you think I came to where I was merely because I was good at words? Please, I am indeed no slouch in manipulating but there is only one way to become the leader of a group such as Sithantos, and that's by power! But don't worry my friends; before this little game of ours is over I assure you every one of you will have a firsthand look at just what terror my power can do! Heh, in fact before you all die I want to show you something over here."
He then removes the wall of darkness he put up during the battle with Ganondorf and shows everyone Grand master Myers, still frozen by the Dark Specter's imprisonment beam! Ben sees the frozen leader of the Enji Knights before he turns pale and says," Grand Master!"
Cloud nearly looks as stressed as the rest of his team before blurting out," Impossible! Havoc was able to stop him?"
Havoc relives in the dismay he is seeing before he snickers," See you fools? I could outwit even your previous Master Myers. I admit I have to use my super nova crusher's power to contain him but hey, all is fair in love and war. Hehhahaha!"
Doug grinds his teeth as he says," Man this guy is getting on my nerves!"
Master Myers is at last able to move his lips before saying," Cloud, all of you! You must leave immediately! Havoc is too powerful for you to defeat so leave before you are killed!"
Cloud's eyes turn deadly serious before saying," Sorry, but fallowing that order is not an option. I cannot let Havoc escape now, after all he has done this has to end here and now."
Ben chuckles grimly and then fallows up with," Besides, it's kind of hard to escape when a giant warship the size of the country is above us!"
Havoc raises his staff before eagerly saying," Ha you are right, there is no escape for those that defy me!"
Before anyone can continue the shrill mad voice of Kotake shouts out," Hey wait a second!
Master Ganondorf what happened to you!"
Doug sees to his great dismay the two witch's barley fly over to their master till he groans," Hey, I thought we blew that freak away!"
James just shrugs and says," They're like roaches, very hard to kill because of there apparently very thick hides."
It would seem that Komue and Kotake defused after being blasted by Reflector Wyrmmon's attack and after waking up they went back to Ganon, they go over to where he is now. Komue sees Ganondorf 's current state before she shirks and says,"
Master, what happened to you?"
Kotake hisses at the Enji before saying," Did those Knights get the jump on you? I am sure you are just warming up, once you warm up I know you can."
Ganondorf growls before shouting out," Will you two be quiet! You're being as useless as always!"
Komue cowers at her angry king and says," S, sorry, master."
Kotake shakes her fist and says," We may be a little roughed up but we can still finish them all right here!"
Havoc suddenly clears his throat and sternly says," That's enough witch. I don't need anything of you for the day. Your highest priority now is to return to the Dark Specter with the fragment of the "key" while I bring judgment to these heretics."
Komue is aghast at hearing this and says," What?"
Kotake growls and snaps out with," No one tells master Ganondorf what to do!"
Havoc all of a sudden turns around with a deadly serious look as coolly says," Silence! After I have been so gracious to you all, you now dare to defy me? "
Kotake nearly feels like Havoc's disgust will shred her apart before she stutters and says," Well, it's just."
Ganondorf clears his throat and slowly says," That will be all Kotake. Havoc I will agree to your request for now. But if you do not leave Link to me our alliance is over!"
Havoc reshapes a civil smile before he says," Of course, I am generous enough to bring him directly to you after I kill the rest."
The two glare at each other for a while before Ganondorf slowly says," Fine then, come along you two, we are heading to this ship of Havoc's! But hear this, Link! I will be the one to bring your death; I will be the one who rips out your heart!"
Link grasps the Master Sword tightly before saying," You're not getting away this time Ganondorf!"
Ben sees Link dash right past him before he hastily says," Wait Link!"
Link charges at the evil king, but before he can strike Havoc waves his hand and the ground in front of Link shoots up to form a giant stalagmite to block his path. Link gazes at Havoc before the Sithantos Patriarch dryly says,"
So sorry but I'm afraid I cannot allow anyone to interfere with my operation. Here Ganon, take this and give it to my servant once you are aboard the ship, he will know what to do."
He hands Ganondorf a dark red glowing oddly shaped crystal before he raises his right hand and says,"
Now then, bring the three beside me aboard now, captain! "
Havoc's ship captain seems to instantly obey his order and a red beam fires from the Dark Specter that warps the evil king and his two witch minions onto it. Now only Havoc remains. Link forms a less then stellar reaction to this before he yells out in dismay and says, "
You, it's because of you that Ganondorf has gotten away! Not to mention it's your fault that he is alive again in the first place! You twisted fiend, your pure evil and I will never forgive you for this!"
Havoc just yawns and flatly says," You know you and your predictable heroic commentary are getting to be quite the annoyance."
Link puts the Master Sword away and says," I will show you before this is over that I am much more than that!
"Link then takes out his bow and arrows and proceeds to fire a barrage of Light Arrows at the dark priest. However, even though Link's aim is dead on Havoc puts up a hand and stops them all in mid-air! Havoc then waves his hand and has them becomes consumed with fire before they turn around and nearly ram through Link! Havoc sees Link's shocked expression before he says,"
"Not bad, for a being from such a primitive world, an attack like that might have a fair chance of harming me. That is of course if I would ever allow myself to be hit from such a weak weapon!"
Link remains resolute before responding with,
" Your arrogance exceeds even Ganondorf's! Those that rely on darkness will never prevail! I will clear away your dark power with the light of the Master Sword!"
The hero in green quickly takes out his magical sword Havoc forms another wide grin of malice before saying," Ha, oh really? Come at me with all your pathetic power and see where it gets you! "
Link charges up his energy and his Master sword begins to glow.
Havoc uses this chance to fire a powerful energy flare at Link but the hero uses his hook shot to grab a temple pillar in the room and get out of the way!
Now directly above Havoc Link attacks with a downward thrust in hopes of hitting Havoc before he casts another spell. Unfortunately, he did not expect Havoc to be surrounded by a barrier of darkness! The magic force field repels Link's attack and he is flung into the wall. Before he can get up, Havoc warps in front of him and grabs him by the throat with his hand! Ben sees Link scream in pain before he edgily says,"
Get out of there, Link! I have to do something! Gah, I can barely move after using most of my energy on the Shinryukenha attack against Ganondorf. Cloud Sensei, guys please help him!"
Cloud sees that Havoc is still surging with dark magic," We can't just charge in, Havoc is expecting us to."
Ben tries to move forward and finds pain rolling through his leg before he says;" Still, we can't just leave him at that nuts' mercy!"
Havoc laughs loudly as he eyes Ben and Ha, your friends are so worried about you, but Cloud is right, attack me and you will die even faster!"
Link struggles out of his enemies deceitfully strong grip as he says," You will never win, you monster!"
Havoc looks amused and retorts with," Me, a monster? History shows that those that bring change are always the outcasts; I am willing to play this role in order to bring this universe to the new era it deserves! Now brave fool, open your heart to darkness!"
Link feels a surge of pain before he shouts out," AH!
"Havoc then shimmers with darkness and with his power begins to freeze Link solid with a spell! Link soon becomes completely frozen and Havoc then throws the ice statue across the room, it lands against the wall but luckily does not shatter. Still, he does not seem to be moving.
Ben is horrified to see his new friend slide across the ground before he says," Link! You monster!"
Doug turns beat red before he says," That's it, even if he is waiting for us; I can't stand him laughing all smugly, like that!
Wyrmmon snarls and says," The Boss is right, I am not gonna let you get away with hurting my friends!"
James aims his energy bow and sighs before he says," Although the odds are against us, being an Enji Knight means facing the impossible sometimes, right?"
Havoc looks amused before he shows it with," You Enji fools are so amusing. You're all nothing but a bunch of fools who know nothing! You're all enough but a bunch of pitiful pawns, pawns who will learn all too late your place!"
Cloud readies his sword and sternly says," I did not join the Enji knights because I thought they were just any other soldiers. I joined because I wanted to protect my world and all others that suffer from those that like to inflict pain on others. I will not let what happened to Zack and Aeris happen ever again! Squad 7 attack in the Delta formation now! "
James then fires a barrage of energy arrows at Havoc, but his dark barrier blocks them all. However this does distract Havoc long enough for Doug and Cloud to attack him from both sides! Doug warms up his Fist of Might attack while Cloud begins to perform his Finishing Touch limit skill. Doug just grins and says,"
"Ha, looks like you are not able to anticipate everything, huh?"
Cloud presses forward with all his might before saying," Your magic shield might be strong, but I doubt it can stand two powerful attacks at the same time!"
Havoc sees both men striking his barrier with all his might before he responds with a snide," Tsk, you are correct on one account, my aura barrier just might fall from your clever strike. But you are dead wrong in thinking I could not expect this! There is more than one way to defend myself. Come guardian!"
Cloud suddenly says," What, AH!" Doug moves back and says," Too late, AHH! "
Both Doug and Cloud are hit from what seems to be nothing! They are hit back to where Ben, James and Wyrmmon are. Doug coughs up some blood before he says,"
"Hey, what's the deal? He did not move at all!"
Cloud quickly scans the area before he adds," It was not a magic attack either; at least I could not sense any movement in his magic power."
Reflector Wyrmmon sniffs his nose before he gets alarmed and says," Hey wait a second, I was not sure before, because of those other guys earlier, but I think there is something else in this room! "
Ben is shocked and says," You sure, Wyrmmon?
Reflector Wyrmmon answers with," Positive bosses, here, I'll prove it. Mirror Cyclone! "
Wyrmmon fires a storm of mirror shards to engulf Havoc, but before the attacks hit him they seem to stop in mid air! However as the shards move in mid air it is apparent that the reason for this is that Havoc is being guarded by an invisible monster!
The monster reveals himself and shows that it's a Necrocalcous! Not just any Necrocalcous either. This one has giant dark wings on his back, along with a demon horn on his head. Another note worthy factor is that his bottom half is that of a snake, complete with large fangs! Ben just staggers back in shock before saying," Well that was unexpected, good work Wyrmmon."
Ben's Digimon partner chuckles and says," Just bringing out the cowards, boss."
Havoc sees his new servant hiss out before he snidely says," Oh my, it seems that you forced my guardian out of hiding. This is Diabound, an elite class of Necrocalcous. Although I am powerful enough to crush you all on my own I thought it would be handy to have a special guard just in case of any dirty tricks.
Alas now that you made him angry, I guess I will have to calm him down by feeding you heretics to him! I should just destroy you all now, but I do not want to rob my pet of his meal."
Ben cringes as he sees Diabound open its snake mouth before he says," Great, just what I wanted, a freaky looking half snake half demon monster."
Diabound then fires his spiral wave energy blast from his snake mouth, that every one dodges, but the monster is quick and goes to attack Doug at once.
Just as he is about to smash Doug, James fires an ice infused energy arrow at the creature's head to throw it off course and try and freeze it. Wyrmmon then slams into the beast with his tail to send it right into the one remaining wall!
However, to the surprise of our heroes, Diabound goes right through the wall! As
Doug sees this he rubs his eyes and says," What? What happened?"
James quickly looks around the area as he answers with," It's obvious that he went through the wall or something."
Cloud gets even tenser as he says," Be on guard, he could attack from anywhere!"
Doug sees nothing for a few seconds before he chuckles and says," Maybe he is just scared? AH!"
Just as Doug said that, Diabound's hands appear out of the floor and grab James and Doug by surprise! James struggles to maneuver to a good position as he bitterly says," You had to say it, didn't you?"
Doug hastily tries to land a target with his fists before snapping back with," Not now!
Havoc just laughs loudly again before he licks his lips and gleefully says," Oh, did I forget to mention that Diabound can use the power of darkness to move through solid objects? Oh well, I must be getting forgetful. Now Diabound, throw them this way for me! Ha say good bye, you Enji heathens! Ultima!"
Ben sees dark energy surging around the dark man before he says," No, I've got to do something! "At Havoc's command, Diabound stops squeezing Doug and James and throws them into the air just as Havoc fires one of the highest class of a magic attack!
Just as it looks like the two are going to be evaporated by the Ultima spell Reflector Wyrmmon flies in front of it to try and absorb all of the powerful destructive magic energy. As the digital monster struggles to redirect all of the absorbed energy he barks out,"
Don't worry guys; I've got your back! Ah, it's so much energy though; have to get all of it. ARG, almost, have it! All right then here is your energy at twice the price!"
Havoc sees the amount of energy being gathered around the digimon before he looks amused," My trying to beat me with my own power are we? Nice try but I am not beaten so easily my friend. It's a pity. You were supposed to be our willing servant, you Digimon traitor.
If only that incompetent doctor could have held up his word, but ill just make due. How about this, if you come now by my side, I will forgive your sins. It is your destiny to serve Sithantos!"
Wyrmmon snarls furiously at the man before saying," There's NO way I will betray the boss for you! I do not care what you say, even I was fated to serve you, the Boss and the others are my friends and you are not even close to anything but a smelly old freak!"
Havoc slowly narrows his eyes and hisses out," Such a pity, you had so much potential. Oh well, I guess this means you must pay the price of treason!"
Wyrmmon howls out a," We will see about that! Mirror!"
Before he can get his attack off, Havoc all of a sudden warps in front of the Digimon and puts his hand on the cannon, freezing it! This causes Wyrmmon's attack to back fire and the damage is so critical that it reverts him back to his previous form along with knocking him out of the fight! Ben grimly sees Hiryuumon bounce to the edge of the area before he gulps and says,"
Oh man. He forced Wyrmmon's attack back into him with his power! How strong is this guy?"
Havoc gleefully turns to Ben before saying," Ha, I am beyond your pathetic level of tactics! Face it, the power I possess makes me superior to you lowly fools! Now embrace Sithantos, or I will send you all to the next realm in pieces!"
Cloud sees the murderous energy emitting off his foe before he gives off a disgusting grunt and rebukes Havoc with,
" You, you're just like Sephiroth! Your kind thinks you can do whatever you want, just because of your power. Well, I will put an end to your ambitions right now! "
As he says this his energy level rises enough to get Havoc to pause! "
Ben feels the extent of his squad captain's power level as well before he says," Unbelievable, I've never seen Cloud Sensei so powerful before!"
Havoc seems undaunted by Cloud's efforts as he just wryly says," Bah, are you Enji fools incapable of realizing you're hopeless?"
Cloud just grins," What can I say, I am a slow learner."
Havoc is no longer amused as he quickly points his staff at Cloud and says," Bah, destroy him Diabound! "
The Necrocalcous roars with anger and charges at Cloud but he dodges the punch from the beast and slashes him across the chest with his sword!
Now in pain the demon fires an energy attack from his hand but Cloud deflects it with his sword. However this leaves him open for Diabound's snake head to try and swallow him!
Cloud blocks with his blade just in time and the two are deadlocked. As Cloud tries to avoid being swallowed, Diabound attacks yet again with an energy blast from his hand. However, the beast is in for a surprise, as Cloud presses a button on his sword and a second one comes out!
With his second blade he deflects the blast into the beast's face and then attacks him hard with both swords.
Diabound is slammed into the wall and this time he hits it. Cloud then wastes no time closing in on Havoc and as the leader of Sithantos sees this he quickly warps out of Cloud's path. As he lands on the other side of the room he hastily says,"
What, you were not displaying such power before! "
Cloud quickly responds with," That's because you underestimated our resolve! Mortals might give into their sins from time to time but I believe in the hearts of those who cry out for peace!
Now Havoc, it's time you see what such resolve can do, Omnislash!"
Havoc responds by having energy crackle around his hand and saying," Your insolence is beginning to irritate me. Be gone! "
Cloud begins to charge up his energy for his most powerful limit break skill. Havoc tries to stop him by sending a stalagmite his way, but Cloud's attack is so strong it goes right through the stone! Cloud then makes impact with Havoc's magic shield and begins to barrage it with very powerful blows. Havoc sees Cloud continue to slash him before he grins,"
"Fool, no matter how much you try you will not get pass my defenses!"
Cloud just keeps going as he says," We will see about that!"
Havoc sees Cloud is attacking with an even faster pace before he snarls and says," Your ignorance knows no bounds, what's this? My shield, it's cracking!"
Ben gets excited as he says," Wow, Cloud sensei is fighting incredibly! Yet all I am doing is standing here all tired out! I'm supposed to be the chosen hero whose destiny is to prevent the destruction of the universe and yet I can't do anything! Well, I'll just have to try harder!"
As Ben says that, his energy begins to rise, but he is still too tired for now. Oh yeah, Cloud is still bombarding Havoc with his original Omnislash attack and it is beginning to look like the attack might be able to destroy the shadow priest's barrier!
A shocked Havoc then says," This is impossible! Someone like you cannot get pass my magic!" Cloud grins as he says," Maybe you are not as powerful as you think! Take this!
"Cloud lands his final blow of the Omnislash limit and it is successful in destroying Havoc's shield! Before Havoc can react Cloud goes in for one more slash! But before he can reach Havoc, dark colored snakes with red eyes appear out of his sleeves and constrict Cloud! Havoc then laughs loudly and says,"
Most impressive, but I always have a trick up my sleeve Cloud Strife! For your effort I will make your death quick, come Diabound! "
Diabound emerges out of the rubble of the wall and charges hungrily at Cloud with its snake mouth wide open! Cloud struggles to break out of his enemies grip only to find more pressure forced on him as he says," It can't end like this! "
Havoc then has a psychotic grin sprout before replying with," Ah, and yet it shawl my deluded spiky haired friend. You may be brave and powerful, but in the end you will meet the same fate as all who are foolish enough to walk the path of the hero. Good bye!
"Just as Havoc expects to see blood all of a sudden Ben says," Not so fast!
Havoc swiftly turns around and says," Huh? GHAA! "
At the last possible second Ben appears in front of Havoc and frees Cloud by slashing Havoc across the chest!
This attack also destroys the shadow snakes that were binding Cloud. As Havoc recoils in pain, Ben continues the attack by roundhouse kicking him right into Diabound, sending them both into the ground hard! Ben looks adamant at his enemy as he says," Try to hurt my friends and you are going to pay for it!"
Cloud wipes some sweat off his forehead and says," Thanks for that Ben."
Ben grins and then turns to Cloud and says," No big deal, just thought you would not want to be dinner today."
Doug sees his friend looking dead set on seeing through his word before he chuckles," Man, how come Ben always gets to make the cool saves?"
James shrugs and says," He's just lucky."
Hiryuumon struggles to get back up on his feat as he weakly says," Give the boss some credit! He did get chosen by the star sword after all."
Cloud senses something and quickly says," You can argue about this later, Havoc is not down yet!
"As he says this Havoc gets up from the ground and sees that he is bleeding from Ben's strike. This causes his magic energy to explode with anger and darkness begins to cover the area before he hisses out,"
You worthless insect! You dare think you will get away with humiliating me? I am Havoc Drashid, the Patriarch of the Sithantos order! You were just a bug who only a minute ago had nearly no magic energy!"
Ben shrugs and says," I guess I got my second wind. Besides I did not get chosen by the Star Sword to sit calmly while my friends are in danger."
Havoc chuckles and says," What is this? You are telling me the legendary Star Sword had chosen an inferior begin like you? Those markings, it really is the sacred blade of the stars! But why would it choose to be with you, it should belong to me!"
Ben chuckles and quips out," Yeah, right, like it would choose an evil nut case like you. I thought you said you were smart!"
Havoc then clutches his fist and says," Silence! A weapon that powerful does not belong with a fool like you! If you hand it over now I might just spare you all from damnation!"
Ben grasps his sword tightly before answering with," I'm not going to give the Star Sword to anybody! Especially someone who kills so many innocent people for some "cause"! Besides people like you never let their victims live!"
Havoc continues to give another deep chuckle before saying," Well, you are not as stupid as you look. In that case I will destroy you all right now! "
His magic energy rises even higher and he flies above Ben and the others. He then begins to use his power to create a giant sword of dark magic! "
Myers can see this attack as well and says," No! Havoc is using too much power; the others do not have a chance! All of you run now you can't counter that attack!"
Havoc cackles yet again before saying with sadistic enjoyment," It's pointless to try and flee grand master! This attack of mine is more than enough to destroy at the very least oh, this entire mountain! Hum, I did promise Ganondorf that I would let him kill Link. Oh well, after this I will just turn some of the rubble into a statue of Link. I am sure he will not notice."
Ben feels the amount of power forming above him before he feels mortified and says," We can't let that attack hit us or it's game over!"
Doug turns to James and says," Quick, James, summon that green guy again to reflect it back at him!"
James cringes as he responds with," I don't think that will work this time even if I had the energy to do it."
Cloud nods and adds," James is right. It will take much more than a simple reflect spell or two to reflect the magnitude of power Havoc is putting in this attack."
Ben sees Havoc, his friends and then the looming attack before he grinds his teeth and says," There has to be something we can do!"
Havoc narrows his eyes and adamantly says," There is nothing you can do to survive this! As you die you will witness my brilliance! Now Master Myers, watch as I obliterate you're precious Enji followers. Maybe even you if I am lucky! Eternal Finality! "
Havoc hurls the massive energy blade at the heroes and it causes a massive explosion!
So massive that it can be seen all the way from Hyrule castle!
In fact Terra, Lacus and the rest have just finished escorting Princess Zelda safely back to the castle when they see the massive explosion. Zelda feels the ripples of energy and gasps before she says," Such dark power! What could have happened? Captain Auron, the direction of that explosion came from Death Mountain. That was where Link and the Enji Knights were going to confront this Havoc Drashid, right? Do you know what's going on?"
Auron looks at the sky and says," I am sorry to say I have not had contact with anyone since Master Myers told me to ready the Neo-Highwind."
Terra then turns to the regal women and smiles before saying," Do not worry Princess, The Grand Master is with them and I have never seen him ever be defeated, I am sure he will not let anything happen."
Zelda gives a faint smile before she says," Thank you Terra, I am just concerned about Link." Lacus nods and says," I am sure Princess that that explosion was Havoc being destroyed right now! They will probably call in a few minutes. Everything will be fine I promise! "
Lacus then sees the dark storm of energy now swirling around Death Mountain before she grasps her necklace tightly and thinks. " It better be, I can't bear just sitting around here. Ben, everyone, please be ok! "
On the part of Death Mountain near the Goran settlement, Luke and his team also see the explosion on the top. By the way they are still fighting a brutal fight with envoy of darkness Nightmare to a standstill. All this time Nightmare has not been hit hard enough to be kept down. Although for that matter he was not able to beat Luke and friends either. Luke has just dodged another blow before he feels the tremor and says,"
What was that? "
Jade looks up and says," I believe what we just saw is an explosion most likely caused by a high level magic attack."
Luke grimaces and says," I knew that! I meant what could have caused that?"
Guy dodges some falling rubble before he says;" I thought such an attack could have only be caused by a warship, but I do not see anything in the sky."
Tear grasps her staff tightly and says," I sense dark magic energy form that attack, a person caused it."
Natalia looks aghast before saying," But what kind of person could have castes such a powerful spell?"
Nightmare just chuckles before he says," You fools, that energy could only be from his eminence! It seems he revived that Ganondorf and found the other thing he was looking for and decided to celebrate by destroying whatever maggots decided to interfere! You Enji are fools to think you can continue to defy us!"
Guy grins in responds and says," Don't be so sure, I had a sparring match with the Grand Master before and he beat me without breaking a sweat. It will take more than whatever your leader has to beat him!"
Nightmare points his sword at Guy before responding with," I see you fools continue to fail to understand the true power of the dark side! I will make it be the final thing you understand!"
Luke eyes the dark knight intently before saying," Yeah, right you armored psycho! I will not let you harm any of my friends!"
Nightmare grunts with disgust as he says,"Bah, your friendship is a sign of your pathetic weakness! The strong do not need anything but their own strength! Only the weak need to team up to have the power to survive!"
Luke angrily snaps back with," Friendship is not a sign of weakness. It takes true strength to put aside differences to work for a common goal you creep!"
Guy then chuckles and says," Wow, Luke, you are starting to sound like a guy from a fairy tale."
As Luke eyes Guy Mieu pops out of his pocket and chips in with,
" He's right master; even I thought that sounded kind of lame. "
Luke angrily glares at his small green friend and shouts out," Shut up, thing!"
Mieu quickly retreats in to Luke's pocket while shamefully saying," Mieuuu!"
Tear smiles for a second before firmly saying," Luke is correct though, those who depend on only themselves can only get so far."
Nightmare has his eyes glow red before saying," Your rant reminded me of what the last group of warriors said, right before I slaughtered them! Love, friendship, kindness, I do not need any of those worthless emotions! The power of darkness is the only thing I need to slather anything that stands in the way of Sithantos! I'll slash you all to pieces! Storm of Death!"
Luke sees his enemy explode with power before hastily saying,"Watch out everyone!"
"Nightmare's massive Soul Crusher sword begins to surge with blood red energy and he jumps high into the air. He then quickly descends in Luke's direction! "
As Nightmare comes crashing down like a speeding bullet the red haired Enji says,"
Oh hell he is faster than I thought!"
Tear instantly says," Get out of the way Luke!"
Nightmare then quickly laughs out," Too late, the red- haired one will be the first of your merry group to die!"
Mieu at the last second jumps in front of Luke and says," Stay away from my master! Mieu, fire!
Nightmare quickly says," What is this?"
Mieu attempts to defend Luke by attacking the black knight with a fireball from his mouth. It does not damage the Inquisitor at all, but it delays him just long enough for Luke to get away from the attack. Luke grabs his green friend out of harm's way before he says,"
Thanks Mieu, I own you one." Mieu gives a cute smile before replying with," No problem, master!"
Nightmare glares at Mieu before saying," You worthless fluff ball! I will crush you in my hand!"
As Miue cowers behind Luke the Enji defiantly says," Stay away from him, your fight is with me!"
Nightmare grasps his fist tightly before snarling out," Fine, I will smash him with your corpse! "
Nightmare keeps swinging his blade at Luke but Luke is faster than the dark knight and he is able to avoid being killed. Guy soon dashes in to his friend's aid and working together the two heroic swordsmen are able to not only avoid being hit, but after Nightmare misses with an overhead chop Luke strikes with his Rending Havoc strike while Guy hits Nightmare with his Dragon Tempest skill! Nightmare starts to get annoyed from the battles results and Luke hears his foe snarl before proudly saying,".
" Luke- What's the matter, too slow to hit me?
Nightmare- you think you're so fast, huh? Let's see how you like this! "
Nightmare swings his sword at the ground and the force causes several rocks to break off and head for Luke. Luke chops through them, but when he gets pass them, Nightmare is gone! Luke looks around and says,"
Hey, where did he go?"
Guy suddenly hears something and says," Luke behind you!"
"Luke does just that and sees that Nightmare is behind him!
Luke widens his eyes and says," No way!"
Nightmare chuckles and smugly says," Who is slow now? Time to die! HAA! "
Nightmare is just about to stab right through Luke when by a chance of luck one of the mountain steam geysers hits Nightmare in the face! Nightmare is distracted with steam in his face. Luke takes the chance to attack Nightmare with his Mystic art attack! As Luke unleashes all of his energy he says,"
" Now is my chance, take this! Lost Fon Drive! "
Luke attacks the dark knight with his most powerful attack. First, he releases his Key of Lorelei sword and releases a wall of energy that scourges Nightmare. As Nightmare reacts to the attack, Luke presses the assault by hacking away at the envoy of darkness. After hitting Nightmare a couple of times, he hits him back and finishes the combo by firing a huge beam of light that hits Nightmare hard. As the Sithantos Inquisitor is pushed back he grunts out,"
" Err, so you have more power than I thought. It's not enough though, not enough to stop me!"
Guy then powers up and says," Really? Then I guess you won't mind this, then!"
Nightmare widens his eyes to say," Where did you come from?"
Guy just grins as he replies with," It's called working together. Brilliant Overlord! "
Just as Nightmare is getting out of Luke's attack, he is bombarded from behind by Guy's Mystic art skill. Guy sheathes his sword and with a blinding glow, bombards Nightmare with waves of energy. He then finishes the attack with a flashing orb of energy. This last orb causes an explosion that while not as big as Havoc's Eternal Finality attack; it still causes a decent explosion. "
Luke sees the results of his attack and says," Good work, Guy! That should get him."
Guy grasps his fist and says," I would like to see him walk after that! "
Tear grimaces as she shouts out," You had to ask, just look!
" Luke and Guy see that as the smoke is clearing Nightmare is walking out of it! At least he did not walk out of the attack undamaged, as he is holding his left arm and there are bush marks all over. Still, with all this damage he is still laughing.
Guy looks mortified at the site before him before he slowly says," How, how is he still alive?"
Nightmare then smashes the ground with his claw hand before saying," Ha, these are only flesh wounds. I must admit I am impressed with your resolve. But no matter what you try, you cannot defeat the unbeatable! You cannot defeat me when you rely on working with each other to make up for your lack of power!"
Luke groans and says," Someone like you can never understand what it means to have friends."
Nightmare just points the Soul Crusher at Luke before saying," Hah, here is what I think of your "friendship", Terror Flame! "
Nightmare points his sword like a cannon and after charging up his energy fires a massive blast at Luke and friends.
Nightmare as even more vile energy pour in to his blast while he says," HAHAHA, I will destroy any weaklings who defy the new era of darkness!"
Jade gives a deep annoyed sigh before calmly saying," Oh my, the level of energy that I can sense from that attack can destroy everything in a one mile radius."
Tear then has her white aura blast out of her body before saying," We will just have to break through the attack then! I will not let him win, Fortune's Ark!"
"Tear begins glowing with light energy and fires a powerful purifying light beam at Nightmare's attack of darkness. It collides with Nightmare's and it seems evenly matched, for a second. Soon Nightmare's attack begins to overwhelm it though. Nightmare sees the long haired women look strained before he barks out,"
" Ha, silly girl, you cannot beat me with all the energy you have got!"
Tear stands her ground as she says," No, I will not give in."
Natalia then gets besides Tear and says," Don't give up Tear, we are in this together! Nobel Roar!"
Jade then gets on the other side of Tear and says," Well, I never liked being out of the fun, so enjoy this, Indignation! "
Both Jade and Natalia help Tear out by firing their own most powerful Mystic art attacks.
Natalia fires her Nobel Roar, which is an arrow, filled with light energy.
Jade had caste his Indignation spell, which is a massively powerful bolt of lightning.
The two attacks combine with Tear's attack to form a massive energy attack that starts to push Nightmare's Terror Flame blast back! An outraged Nightmare blinks for a bit before saying,"
What? This is not possible! There is absolute no way maggots like you can be pushing my blast back!"
Luke just grins as he states," Well, there's a first time for everything!"
Guy nods and says," It's the end of the line for you! "
Nightmare growls again and says," No, I cannot be defeated!"
Luke grinds his teeth and responds with," Oh, sure it is!"
Nightmare sees the energy coming for him before he shouts out," NO!"
The combined attack from the Enji breaks through Nightmare's attack and hits him dead on!
Nightmare is consumed by the attack and he is launched into the sky before it causes an even bigger explosion! When the smoke clears, Nightmare cannot be seen.
Luke looks around before carefully saying," Did we get him? I mean for real this time? "
Tear looks around before she cautiously says," Well, I cannot sense his energy anymore so he is either dead or blasted out of the planet. Whatever happened to him, he is out of the way for now but this other power level is blocking that out anyway. Come on, we do not have a moment to spare! We have to hurry to the summit to see what happened to Cloud's team and the Grand master!"
Luke takes a deep breath and says," You're right, Tear. I can still sense a bunch of big energy levels so the fight is not over yet. "
Guy winds his sword arm around before he says," Then what are we standing here for, let's go! "
With Nightmare out of the way, Luke and his team hurry to the top to see what has happened .
By the way, what did happened? Since Death Mountain was not blown to pieces it is obvious Havoc's Eternal Finality attack did not succeed. But, what could have stopped it? Time to find out.
As Ben opens his eyes he is surprised to find himself still alive. He looks around to see Cloud and the others are all ok, too
Before he nervously spits out," Hey! What happened? The blast hit the area because all the walls in this temple were blown away yet we are still alive, did you do something Cloud sensei?"
Cloud glances around and widens his eyes before saying," No, but the person behind you did. "
Ben then turns around and looks shocked as he says," Huh, Grand Master Myers!"
Ben and the rest of squad 7 are shocked to see that the leader of the Enji Knights is now in front of them all , breathing heavily! Myers grasps his right hand before he wearily says," Are you all right, Ben?"
Ben regains his composer before muttering out," Um, yes."
Havoc is not amused at all at the site before him and quickly narrows his eyes before howling out," This, this is impossible! "
What happened is that just as Havoc's energy attack is about to descend on the Enji knights, Grand Master Myers was already enraged about seeing his friend Gandowan die helplessly before his eyes and seeing how close Squad 7 was to death caused
Myers to realize he would not tolerate losing any more of his friends so he released his full power! Before he was only fighting at half strength because he did not want to hurt the planet by accident, but desperate times call for desperate measures!
After powering up to the max it, only took a second to destroy the beam that was containing him and he then warped right in front of Havoc's energy attack and nullified the full destructive power of the blow with his special magic barrier skill called Aurora wall. Ben realizes the massive amount of holy energy radiating from the senior warrior of light before he says,"
" Wow, Master Myers, thanks for saving us. Unbelievable, his power has tripled to what it was before! Even after all of this time it's clear it's no accident he is the Grand Master of the Enji Order. "
Myers sees the rest of Ben's group shaken but stable before he smiles and says," I am glad no one else is hurt."
Havoc grasps his fist and quietly but venomously says," Master, you should not have been able to break that beam! No matter how powerful you are, you could not have broken through a direct beam from a level six class warship such as mine!"
Myers has his face turn ridged before he firmly says," Once again you underestimated the power of justice, Drashid."
Havoc grasps his staff tightly before snapping back with," Oh, please, not another lecture from you, Master Myers, I am tired of hearing all you Enji talk about your precious "Justice"! I have a much more evolved view on the way this universe works and it is far beyond your narrow terms of good and evil!"
Myers closes his eyes before he solemnly says," You know I once had an apprentice of mine who said a lot of the same type of things. He was a brilliant person who was a master of magic. It seemed that he would become a great Enji Knight until his power made him arrogant.
So arrogant that he began to look down on all others and came to believe he knew the truth of the path for the salvation of the universe. Five years ago he left the order, after the events of the battle of planet Irazous because he thought our methods were too soft. You are starting to remind me of him."
Havoc just chuckles and darkly says," HA, how sentimental old man. This apprentice of yours seems to seen the truth of this pathetic cosmos just as I have! It's not that hard though to hate this worthless bunch of fools who never learn anything! It's obvious that the truth is that darkness conquers all!"
Myers then clutches his fist and says," Enough! You are as old as me and you mock me for my age? Tsc, your act does not fool me, not anymore! Why don't you just reveal who you really are!"
Havoc does not take being ordered well as he raises his arms and has dark energy erupt out of him like a geyser before he goes on to shout," I am Havoc Drashid, Patriarch of Sithantos! I will not be humiliated any longer! Diabound, destroy Master Myers at once! "
Myers sees the Necrocalcous rise once more before he narrows his eyes and says," I am in no mood to play games anymore! Stand back everyone, you have all fought bravely, but I will finish this battle myself."
Cloud sees how serious his superior is before he nods and says," Understood, Grand Master. "
Ben just chuckles nervously and says," Fine by me, I can barely stand, anyway. "
Diabound then roars and charges at the Grand Master. But Myers does not seem concerned and his golden colored aura begins to surround him. He then takes out his sword and charges right through Diabound, severing his left arm in the process!
Myers then heads straight into a surprised Havoc and punches him right in the face hard! Havoc is slammed into the ground and when he gets up he keeps clutching his face. The dark man growls out in fury before he glares at his attacker,"
"You, how do you get this power?"
Myers just walks forward as he says," You may mock fighting for justice but I believe in the good in peoples' hearts. I am not foolish enough to think every person in the universe is able to make the right choice. Havoc, you think that this universe is only able to be saved by consuming it by darkness. I believe that it is possible for the light to prevail as long as we have patience."
Havoc then has his eyes twitch for a few seconds before he emits a new disturbing tone of laughter," Ha hahaha, you always say the same boring, stagnant things. You are blind to the truth!"
Myers counters fiercely with," It is you who are blind Havoc! No, the real Havoc Drashid was a man that while he had negative views on society, he felt Sithantos was only to observe the path of mortals. Three years ago your speeches became more aggressive and your attitude became like that of my former apprentice."
Havoc's eyes become narrow murderous silts as he says," Enough with this talk of your apprentice!"
Myers has his aura flare up before he says," No, if you will not admit who you are then I will show everyone your true face! "
Myers then takes out his sword and charges right at Havoc. Havoc tries to block it with his staff, but he is not able to deflect it with it. The Grand Master then fires an holy energy blast from his hand that burns Havoc! Havoc falls to the floor and his staff begins to crack. Doug sees this and whistles before he says,"
" Nice, looks like Havoc is finished!"
Ben starts to get excited as well before he adds," Got that right, I wonder though. Why does Master Myers keep talking about an apprentice?"
Cloud looks at Havoc before he says," I am not sure. If Myers is talking about who I think he is, no that's impossible, there's no way he could be this guy."
Ben all of a sudden feels something before he steps forward and says," Look, Havoc's getting up again! What the? Look guys, his eye. No, his face! "
What Ben is talking about is that as Havoc gets up everyone sees that his right half of his face looks like it peeled away to reveal another face! From what Ben can see, this new pale face looks much younger and has a sinister yellow eye with a red pupil. Ben sees the intense hatred from this pale white face before he steps back and says,"
What the, just what kind of person is this guy?"
Myers grasps his fist before he says," Ben, this man is not Havoc Drashid. This person seems to have killed the Sithantos Patriarch leader three years ago to take his place. He is a rouge Enji Knight, and an former apprentice of mine. You can no longer hide, Xehamaru!"
Havoc, or more like Xehamaru chuckles quietly before it erupts in to a uproar of insane laughter, and everyone notices that the old voice from before quickly changes to a much more young, and vicious tone before this man straightens up and says," Heh, HAHAHA. I could never keep a secret from you for too long, could I master? I am impressed you saw through the charade, perhaps you have not decayed as much as I first assumed. Oh well, no use hiding any longer! I have been playing this act of an old man for too long anyway! "
Havoc, err Xehamaru powers up his energy and all of a sudden, the rest of his outfit cracks and explodes!
When the smoke clears Xehamaru's true form is finally seen. He is a man with long sliver spiky hair and yellow eyes. He is wearing a black and white regal outfit with a red cape.
The best way to describe him would be that he looks like a fusion of Kingdom hearts one's Ansem and Naruto's Orochimaru. Now that he has shown his true self, he is grinning evilly. Ben sees Xehamaru lick his lips before giving a manic grin that shows some fang like teeth till he gulps and says,"
What? I have no idea what just happened. Is this guy Sithantos' leader or not?"
Cloud takes a deep breath before he says," He is indeed the true Sithantos leader but he is not Havoc Drashid.
Xehamaru was in the order when I joined. He was very powerful in both physical and magical skills, but he had the same way of looking down on people as Sephiroth did.
The more missions I went with him, the more he began to disdain others and the more radical he became. During the mission on planet Irazous, he brutally assaulted an attack force with dark magic after begin hurt and wiped out the entire town.
Master Myers reprimanded him, and he responded by telling General Ginias to bombard the world to get the fighting to stop. After that, he vanished."
Myers looks at his former pupil carefully before he says," Xehamaru, why did you kill Havoc Drashid and take over Sithantos to stir up this war with Zeon?"
Xehamaru crosses his arms and excitably says," Simple, really. For someone with a first name of Havoc, he sure liked to wait, even if it went against the teachings of his very order!
After I vanished from the order to pursue my ideals, I made my way to the Sithantos home world. Havoc noticed my power and let me join him as a disciple.
He help me improve my power over darkness but I soon found him too boring and spineless to fulfill the destiny this universe desires! I gave him a chance to show some back bone, but I soon realized I would need to take charge if I could ever guide the cosmos to the destiny it needs! Ha ha, and it's all going according to plan.
First I helped Weil Zabi and the others realize their "Mistreatment" they easily went the path of rebellion, and now we are where we are in the war today. The only thing not going as planned is you pesky Enji heretics, being thorns in delaying the inevitable. I never thought you were going to show up on this world Master Myers.
If I did, I would have brought a much larger force to crush you!"
Doug sees just how deranged the true face of his enemy is before he says," Man, I thought he was crazy before! Now he's become a full loony! "
Myers looks disgustedly at the madman before him till he says," You were always ambitions, Xehamaru. I thought at first you would be able to overturn your evil ideals if I trusted you, if I guided you to the light but I see I was wrong.
Because of you, this Civil war with the Zeon forces has become a painful rift across the universe. I will now correct my mistake and finish you!"
Xehamaru chuckles again before he grasps his hands and says," Oh, you think that but I assure you things are just getting started. Once I find all the pieces of the "key" everything will change. But don't take my word for it, you will see for yourself soon enough!"
Myers then gets in to a fighting stance before he says," I think not. It's over, Xehamaru!" Xehamaru all of a sudden narrows his eyes and says," Not yet! The days when you commanded me have LONG since past old man! I had to mask my true power to conceal my identity. Let me show you, master, and the power that the dark side can give!"
Ben sees Xehamaru extend his arms till he says," So he was not at full power before?"
James shrugs and says," Oh, he is just bluffing to escape."
All of a sudden Xehamaru grasps his hands and says," HA, be devoured by the limitless wrath of the darkness!"
Xehamaru's magic energy rises even higher than before and Ben and the others are being pressed down by its power!
Also his staff from before glows red transforms into a double bladed thin black and red swallow type sword glowing like a sith lightsaber! ( Hint Hint).
Ben then sees that Xehamaru is releasing so much energy that entire chunks of the area are being blow away, and the magma itself is rising up as pillars around him! Ben then notices the sky itself seems to be blacked out by his enemies aura before he looks at the true shape of his enemy with horror and says," Oh come on, this is ridiculous!"
Cloud can't help but flinch at the fallen Enji Knights power himself as he grimaces," So this is the real power of Xehamaru, his power is on par with Sephiroth!
Xehamaru then points his Yami Kusanagi blade at his former master before he licks his lips and says," Heheheh, see Master Myers? The power of the dark side is the power of the truth! You tried to hold me back but I found the true power, the supreme magic I yearned to uncover! Even you can't overcome this ultimate power! "
Myers has his aura shine out with even brighter intensity as he counters with," Believe what you want, but I cannot permit you to disgrace the Enji order any longer!
Xehamaru! Your final lesson in this realm will be the true strength of the light of justice! "His power explodes and collides with the traitor of darkness' power."
Xehamaru looks intrigued at this and says," You're even stronger than I remember, but all the better for me to show you that the student has become the master! "
Myers sternly responds with," Only a master of evil, Xehamaru. Time to end your delusion!
Will Grand Master Myers be able to stand up to the power of his twisted former apprentice? Find out next time as this battle concludes in the next Tales of the Cosmic Wars!