A/N: Well as some of you may know... I base my chapters off of songs... I've done some from Breaking Benjamin, Coheed and Cambria (AWESOME) and even Billy Talent... And I figured... This would be a perfect chapter for some FOO FIGHTERS! Lets see who can guess the song. Whoever guesses it... Gets a Sugar Cookie! Good luck!
"Costa Del Sol is under attack! Everyone stay in their homes and take cover!"
His body rested in it's bunk, Ryaz laid snoozing in the bunk over him. Before, he had enjoied the thought of sleep, looking forward to the feeling of serenity. But something else was waiting for him once he closed his crimson eyes. He watched as Chaos destroyed the homes of thousands, Death Penalty's cry of death not wearing away with eac life it had taken. The buildings burned and fell beside him, people ran in fear and terror. Panic in the streets, mayhem in the skies. So many screams, so much pain... Death... And Salem could not do a thing. He was simply a image in his own mind. Towns people ran through him, as if he was just a image of fog. Why was this happening? Why was Chaos doing this? His eyes searched for answers in the fires of a home, where screaming from a child was heard, before silencing over a few moments. A anger grew inside of him. This was reality, this wa happening... At the exact moment. The chuckles and shrieks from the Angel of Chaos were heard from above, but to fast to follow. Salem was helpless, he could do nothing, Shadow was now gone... As he wished.
The cries from the city, the sounds of guns firing at the being they could not kill, the explosions... Made thoughts rush through his mind like moving pictures; what if this carnage spreaded even father? What if more people died? What if the world was... gone? Omega would return... Vincent would have no choice in the matter... UNDERGROUND would completely take over... And who ever was behind them. The regret built up inside of him, bringing a tear to his eye, bluring his sight. This was the world to come... This was the world that would come to be. His fist clenched as he lowered his head in shame. "I will not let this happen... I will not allow this hell... This is my planet... My home... My friends..." His tear wivered it way to the tip of his nose before dropping to the ashed ground, before he lifted his gaze in hatred. "This is MY WORLD!"
In that moment, the chuckles from Chaos ended... Salem lifted his gaze to the skies above, searching for any sign of the beast. "This is... What?" A dueled voice blurted beind him, making Salem look over his shoulder slightly. "This is MY home... I have a choice in its end." Chaos chuckled in it's evil way before his face instantly shown an evil frown. "Let us see what Eternity thinks, then!" With incredible speed, he jurked Salem into the air by his leather jacket and lifted them both into the skies. His speed grew greater and greater until the streams of life force dwindled between the planet and the Life Stream. Chaos lowered his speed before Salem found himself watching the waves of green around him. Chaos came to a complete stop, lowering them both onto a ground that was not there. Salem gained his footing. His eyes fixed and ready for the being that he feared for so long. Chaos strided way before a opening through the streams of life was seen, Havok walking out in all his glory. Chaos took his side beside him, chuckling and giggling evily, waiting for what would happen next.
"Haha!" Havoks' booming laugh echoed. "The one whom held Death captive... Pathetic excuse for a being..." Salem's fists clinched. "I know what your doing... Let him go..." Havok gave a sarcastic look of surprise. "Why... What do you mean?" "Let Vincent GO!" Salem screamed in anger. Havoks' chuckle boomed once again as Salems' anger rose higher and higher. "Human... I am not the one holding your brother captive... Chaos is... And he has no means to leave." Chaos laughed in histeria, agreeing at the statement. Salems' crimson eyes shot from on angel to the other, before pulling his gun. "Let him GO..." "You must not understand... Only an Angel of Ending can kill another, human... Or, of course... A Neo..." Chaos dropped to his knees, covering his ears, screaming in pain as if the silence was the worst thing imagenable. "A Neo?" Salem asked before another howl was heard from Chaos. "You are not enough to destroy us..." Havok chuckled, saying not to Salems' question. "But I am..." A voice echoed behind him. Salem turned to find Shadow reaching his side, giving a shiver up his spine.
"Hahahahaaa!" Havok howled. "And what kind of hero are you, De Morte?! You are just a pretender... You know your real meaning... Your reason of existence... You are just one of us..." Salem stood quiet, waiting for a reply from the hooded figure. "What if I say I'm not like the others... I'm not just another one of your uses to end this planet..." Havok said nothing in return... Just a smirk played on his expression. "You..." Shadow continued. "You are the pretender, Eternity... You will not see your creation reach it's final stage... Your destruction will NEVER take place... I will fight... This human will fight... All of us will fight... Even the Neos." Havoks expression grew evil in its name. The thought of failure eating at his being like maggets to a corpes. "GIVE IN TO YOUR FATE, DE MORTE!" Havok yelled in the greatest anger. The hooded angel stood still, no anger, nor hatred in his tone. "I will never surrender... To you..."
"THEN YOUR FATE LIES IN MY HANDS!" Havok said before vanishing. Salem looked franticly as Shadow kept contempt. "Salem... Your brother can be saved... But there is one thing you must do..." Salem looked to him, his face still covered by the hood. "What?" "You must take me back... Accept me as you accept yourself... I am a part of you, whether you like it or not... I am the voice inside your head... That you so many times, refused to hear. I am the face you have to face, everytime you look into the mirror... I am what is left... I am the only one that does right from the rest... I am their enemy... I will be the reason they will search for you... I will be the reason you will fall to your knees..." Shadow paused for a moment as Chaos began to draw closer to them. "Do you accept me?" Shadow asked as Hell Raiser formed in his hands. Salem stood without a word... His thoughts overtaking him. For so long he beared a cross he wasn't willing. A curse that he couldn't void. Now it was needed once again. His eyes searched for an answer, his voice unable to speak. "Hurry, Salem... We haven't much time..."
It had to be done... For the sake of the world... His friends... For Vincent. "I accept you... As mine, myself..." Salem voice uttered in shame, but strength none-the-less. Shadow faded into a red energy of light, streaming into Salem's chest, but this time, he felt no sorrow... He felt... The same... He was himself... But different... Chaos grew closer, gun in hand... Salem focused as his wings shot from his back, this time, no blood was shed. The red liquid don't spew from his throat. After a few moments, Salem threw his hood over his face, blue eyes shining behind the dark. "Time to rid of you once and for all." Salem said, his own words speaking through his appearance, Shadows words echoing in his mind. I what is left... I am what is right... Chaos halted in his steps, drawing the gun into the air. Salem waited for the moment to strike, to make his move...
Boom! Chaos shot off a ground shaking blast. But Salem was nowhere to be found as the massive blast continued into nothing. Click click... Salem held Hell Raiser to the temple of Chaos. "Told you I'd kill you myself." The blast was heard, an echoing distance away it continued. Chaos fell, twitching and spazzing. His being was only there for a moment before fading into a cloud of violet life force, revealing a tattered and torn Vincent. Salem threw the gun aside, before it vanished in a bright light. He kneeled beside his broken brother, looking him over for injury, only none was found. "Vincent!" He called out. After a moment, the exhausted Valentine opened his eyes. "Sa-... Salem?" He asked tiredly, not surprised by the form his brother had taken. "Yeah..." Salem said with a loving smile. "I thought... I-" "No..." Salem cut him off. "YOU didn't do anything... It was all Chaos... You couldn't help it." A slight smile curved Vincents' lips. "I have always thought... You would never change your ways..." Tears formed around his crimson eyes as he spoke. "I suppose I couldn't have been more wrong." "Vincent... We're coming for you..." Vincent shook his head, his smile fading from his lips. "I can not hold on any longer, Salem... They have put me through to much to bear." "This is coming from who faught a monster five million times his size..." Salem joked. "I'm not letting you give up that easy. Your a VALENTINE. That should men much more to you than a last name... All of us have been through hell and back... We're hardasses from hell..." Vincent gave a slight chuckle from his throat Salem giving a louder one behind to cheer his mood up. "Besides... The team needs you... And let me tell you... They are BEGGING for you to come back... I've put them through so much crap, it isn't even funny..." Salem gave another chuckle before his face grew saddend. He pulled back the hood on his face, allowing for his sadness to be seen. "I want to be a family again, Vince... I've always hated being so far away from you... I never ment the things I've said... They were just out of anger." "No..." Vincent said in return. "'It WAS me... I left to early... Mom... You... I should have stayed..."
Salem said nothing... His tears streaming from his face. "We're coming... Be strong... Don't give in... If you die... I die... Remember?" Salem's words brought tears to Vincents eyes. "If you die, I die..." Vincent repeated. "I'll never give up..." Salem nodded before standing to his feet. "We will be there in two days time... Get ready... We're bringing hell..." Vincent gave a nod as he smiled a bit, saying the words he hadn't said in so many years. "I love you, Salem..." "I love you too, Vincent..."
Salem sat up in his bunk avoiding the one over him. The sun was rising, the others had already awoken. He took a few breaths for a moment before whiping his eyes from sleep... They felt wet... He stood up for a moment, a smile of happyness crossing his lips. Putting on his shirt and jacket, he stepped out of his cabin, watching the others at work. He was in a good mood this morning... "SALEM!" Stella's voice screamed out from somewhere on the ship. Salem's smile drooped... "If I hear that womans' voice again I'm going to KILL myself..." He said as he walked off to find her.