Chapter 54:
Mor'gul walked into the training room, two pawns immediately approaching him. One handed him his katana Mordreth while another started up the training simulation.
Suddenly, elite pawns appeared all over the room. They jumped at Mor'gul furiously, some firing dark balls of energy. The wolf however, just grinned wildly.
Moments later, violet liquid spewed from their bodies, every single one of them falling in the face of Mor'gul's blinding speed. The wolf himself could barely be seen. Every once in a while a blur would pop into existence, but it would go out just as quickly as it came in.
The wolf licked a piece of black flesh before devouring it whole.
"Tastes really rough!" he grinned. He looked towards the training field, and noted, "You guys might have a hard time cleaning up that mess!"
He walked out to find an orange hedgehog leaning against a purple stone arch. His expression showed nothing in particular, as cold as ever.
"What's up?" Mor'gul asked.
"The King has a mission for us," Apollo stated, "Take anything that would be useful for any type of survival, and find me in Central City.
The hedgehog then exited through a dark portal, leaving Mor'gul to prepare.
The cool summer night held large shadows, obscuring the alleys of the large capital and giving a foreboding feeling to the area.
Mor'gul leaped off the first roof with little effort, landing on another. He looked up at the full moon, glistening brightly. The wolf appeared to be in a trance, but he quickly dashed and leaped off the edge of the roof, landing on the next one using a flip to lengthen his jump.
He stopped there, and gazed from one side to another, his eyes darting back and forth. He stopped, and turned around to look upon the shadows cast by the staircase structure leading down into the building.
"Apollo, I know you're there," he pointed.
Surely enough, the knight of darkness stepped out a moment later, his face a wall of stone. He stepped to the other side of the roof as his partner.
"What's our mission?" Mor'gul wondered.
"None," Apollo responded, "I just...wanted to talk outside of the King's watch."
"Well, what is it?" Mor'gul questioned.
"It's time to leave," Apollo opinionated, "You saw how the King lost control of his monster and almost ended up with the Princess dead! What would've happened if Seth wasn't there! He's questioning everything DARKNESS has been doing, I could feel it!"
"We shouldn't turn our backs yet," Mor'gul disagreed, "We still have an advantage by staying with the King. We can wait for Naga's betrayal."
"No, we can't!" Apollo hissed, "You think we stand a chance against him? He may be in turmoil, but he could easily beat us! Mephiles' power and his own, I wouldn't even try!"
"There's only one way to solve this, you know," Mor'gul noted.
"Fine, but no swords or illusions, just hand to hand," the orange animaloid demanded. Mor'gul complied, and dropped Mordreth onto the cold hard concrete.
The two stood across from each other, fists and claws at the ready. Apollo stepped back into the shadows, his shape in the darkness writhing and bubbling, screams of pain coming from it.
When he stepped back into the light, the form of Espio was there, having cold blue eyes that seemed to tear into everything. One huge difference was that his hand had two sharp red knuckles cutting through the fabric.
Mor'gul grinned, his claws ready to shred into anything.
"Let's go!"
The new Espio jumped into the air, forming quick hand signs before unleashing a flurry of shuriken. He fired a Thunder Arrow as well from his spiked knuckles, electrocuting the shuriken.
The wolf kicked his sword upwards, knocking off the sheath and attracting the shuriken to it.
"I'm technically not wielding it!" Mor'gul exclaimed as he dashed at the falling knight of darkness.
Apollo swung around, and kicked at one of his hands. When he swung the other one around, it was caught by a wire and shuriken.
This gave Apollo time to jump back. As Mor'gul ripped the wire off of him, he jumped to the next roof to avoid a slab of concrete.
Apollo followed, but backed off as Mor'gul sliced at him several times, wielding his claws like a sword. The orange hedgehog finally managed to catch one of Mor'gul's claws in between his knuckles and took the opportunity to throw a few punches at Mor'gul's jaw. The wolf felt like someone was rocking his jaw with a huge sledgehammer.
Finally, Mor'gul sliced his other claw against Apollo's chest, sling numerous gashes through his rough, scaly purple skin, and cutting through his soft interior. This caused the hedgehog to back off, going into the shadows once more and coming out with his normal orange fur.
"You put up a good fight," Apollo commented.
"So do you," Mor'gul replied.
"But you know, I still can't let you win!" Apollo yelled as the two dropped into the street.
The hedgehog tossed a few slabs of pavement at the wolf. But they gray animaloid jumped over and rolled under most. He then was hit by the last slab of pavement that the orange hedgehog rammed into him, choosing to go close range.
Mor'gul quickly recovered, and delivered a fist of his own to Apollo's head, knocking him backwards and into the ground. As Mor'gul drew back his claws, the orange knight of darkness rolled out of the way, and flipped through the air to land on the other side of Mor'gul. As he landed, Mor'gul swerved around, a gleam in his eye.
The orange hedgehog swerved to the side quickly as Mor'gul dashed past him at non visible speeds. A piece of flesh from his side ended up in Mor'gul's mouth, which he swallowed hole.
Apollo fired a Raikouga, which hit the wolf head on, and knocked him down the street. Mor'gul quickly got up to find a car flying towards him, the driver falling out of the car.
The wolf blurred quickly to avoid it, then blurred back into existence as it passed. He ducked to avoid a punch, then fired off a few jabs, only to be blocked by his partner every time. Apollo's left eye turned an emerald green as he launched a Slicer Kick, which only hit Mor'gul's shoulder.
The wolf could feel his tendon tear, but ignored it for the sake of continuing the match. He charged forward, his claws ready to shred anything in his path. Apollo charged as well, his fist reeled back.
Both of them brought their attacks forward as they dashed past each other. Both fighters seemed to pause for a moment. Then, both of them fell on their knees.
Mor'gul felt as if a rhinoceros had skewered him from the punch Apollo delivered to his gut. Meanwhile, Apollo simply held the huge slash on his stomach from Mor'gul's strategic blow.
"Fine," Mor'gul sighed, "We'll go. I see your point."
"Then why did we fight like this?" Apollo inquired.
"I needed a challenge," Mor'gul smirked.
"You have such a sick sense of humor," Apollo muttered. He stepped back into the darkness once more, then stepped out as his normal hedgehog form.
"Chaos Control!" Apollo shouted, a blue flash of light signaling their escape.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Please review, but I also have extra stuff to talk about this time. First off, I will be updating super fast today, so please try to review as many as you can. Second, the second, third, fourth, and fifth chapters of part four will be like the chapter contest from before in chapter 34. I'm starting now so I can decide which one I want later. I need one chapter about Jax, Seth, Naga, and Kyira each. I will also let you submit OCs that I will use in the same fashion as Agile and Berserk, for example. Here's the format.
Name of chapter:
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Chapter summary: You get the idea.
Monster: If you want to use a DARKNESS monster, you can put it here.
Heroes: Put as many as you need here.
Chapter Ending: Try not to make it so that it ties in too much with affecting the plot I already set out.
OC Info: If you submit an OC, you must put in:
Name-
Species-
Personality-
Background-
Physical Description-
Abilities-
Strengths-
Weaknesses-
Extra Stuff-
