It was at that moment she felt something unexpected. A warm pair of hands wrap around hers. She looked to her left and she gasped.
It was Tinder, sporting a black eye and a little blood from his mouth.
"F-Father!" Blaze exclaimed. He was looking right at the great ice beam that was about to kill them.
"Find the strength within you Blaze" he said determinedly. "We can beat him..."
"Tinder!" Gustav screamed. "I thought I put you out of action!"
"You never finished the job!" Tinder shouted back. "Now, it's time for you to go!"
"As if I'm going to let you beat me now! Take this you traitor!" Gustav screamed. Then, as he summoned even more power, Blaze felt an unnatural surge of energy run right through her. She knew why, and she watched as flames started to erupt around both Tinder and herself. He was adding his power to hers, and with the power of the Sol Emeralds, they were fighting back.
Slowly, Gustav's ice beam finally started to become pushed back. He gasped in horror as he witnessed what was happening, finally feeling a strain come in his legs.
"T-travesty!" he shouted. "What's happening!"
The two, with their hands together, continued to push back. Blaze could feel a happiness swelling inside her, a hope that grew strongly. She pooled new waves of energy together and felt her fires stronger than ever before. She yelled and shot another wave of energy into the beam. It pushed the ice beam back to the halfway point.
"I can't lose now!" Gustav shouted. "I was winning! I was going to rule the world!" But he couldn't hold the fire bam back. It pushed over the halfway mark and struggled towards the three quarters line. With even more strength than ever before, both Blaze and Tinder pushed one final inch, and Gustav fell to his knees, only able to stop the beam from killing him. But the two stopped exerting energy, knowing one more push would do it. It was time to shame and blame.
"And there you have it Gustav!" Tinder shouted. "All it will take is one more exertion of our energy, and it'll be you who dies!" But there was no response from Gustav. Just a little laughter.
"...So this is it..." he said slowly. "Very well. I am not afraid of death"
"What!" Blaze shouted. "You're...not afraid?"
"Why should I?" Gustav retorted. They could not see him, but his voice still rung powerfully. "I lost to Sol, not you!"
"Sol?" Tinder asked.
"I would never lose to you!" Gustav shouted. "If it hadn't been for the Sol Emeralds, you wouldn't have stood a fraction of a chance against me!"
"Enough!" Tinder shouted.
"Goodbye Gustav! To hell with you!" Blaze shouted also. Them, the two pooled the last of their strength and fired it right into the beam, Gustav watched as his ice beam dissipated as the fire beam slowly begin to engulf him. Suddenly, the beam gave way, and Gustav screamed as the fire beam completely engulfed him in a sea of pure white intense heat.
"Mark my words!" Gustav screamed through the pain. "As long as there is an unbalance in the world, it shall never know peace!"
Then, right before Blaze and Tinder's eyes, they watched as Gustav slowly disintegrated within the beam, turning into a black char before vanishing dust within the beam.
It was all over. Gustav had finally been stopped.
As they stopped the beam, the first thing that came to sight was the Hestia Blade, dug into the floor, cracked, but still somewhat leaking evil energy. Tinder turned to her.
"It's time to finish this" he said quietly. Blaze nodded, and watched as the blade she held reformed into the seven Sol Emeralds. They floated silently towards the Hestia Blade and floated around it, forming a circle. They spun faster and faster, with the Hestia Blade glowing brighter as they spun.
Suddenly, the Hestia Blade shattered, letting out a hoarse, yet quiet scream as its glowing shards floated around in the air like weightless feathers, before dissipating completely. It marked the beginning of a new era, the moment the blade shattered. It marked the start of peace.
A short chapter that basically killed Gustav! But that's not the end! The story has just a little longer left to go to clear up some things! So question time! Was it really indeed that start of peace? What will happen in the future? And do I deserve any mercy for making such a crappy chapter that really could have been better? It's time to go to the Final Chapter!
