Threats

He laughed in the darkness of the void, he could feel it all falling to pieces and he hadn't even planned it! All he wanted to do was show Fate that he wasn't going to be used, he wouldn't just follow his elder brother like the other two, and now there were Immortals rebelling, Squall was being protected and that would make it easier for him to wipe out the other Immortals.

Injustice sat and wondered just what Fate was playing at, was he letting him win or was he finally losing his grip, his laid out plans coming back to bite him? He was unsure what to do next, he would love to destroy all their servants just like they had damaged Sephiroth, plus there was the fact that Squall and Paine combined would turn his existence upside down.

He was trying to think of what Fate would expect him to do next so that he could something totally different when he sensed someone behind him. He stood and turned to find himself looking into blue/green eyes.

'What do you want?' he hissed.

'I bet you feel so smug right now don't you?' Fate said softly.

'What are you talking about?' Injustice growled his emerald eyes flickering.

'Turning Protes against me and starting this rebellion!' Fate snapped back.

'Hey don't you come blaming me! I guess the Righteous Immortal got sick of the way you worked brother.' Injustice retorted.

'I see... and what exactly is that meant to mean.' Fate said softly.

'You're twisted Fate, we all know it. You play around with all these mortals doing whatever you want just to achieve your aims, you only think of the end result not of the consequences during. At least I care about my people.' Injustice replied.

'Whelp! You criticise what I do?' Fate snarled and grabbed Injustice by the front of his shirt.

'Yes I do.' Injustice told him glaring at him. 'You make out you don't plan for Squall and Paine to meet yet you do everything you can to make that more likely. I've seen what they can do when they're combined, you want me reduced to nothingness! You want to rule the multiverse!'

Fate pushed him away. 'You're deluded. You've been so immersed in all the destinies of the worlds we influence that you've contracted you people's paranoia!' he told him laughing.

Injustice glared at him. 'Whatever. I think you're the one who's scared Fate otherwise you wouldn't be here or so bothered by this 'rebellion'. Protes and Sever must really worry you, I can see it in those watery orbs you call eyes.' He said grinning.

Fate looked away. 'And you aren't worried by the fact that they could disrupt the balance you feel I'm trying to disrupt?' he intoned dryly.

'They're belong to you and Death, surely you can't tighten their lease before they cause too much damage... you usually enjoy that.' Injustice retorted.

Fate shot him a look and turned away. 'I don't know what you're up to Injustice but trust me I'll put a stop to it, I always do.' He said and started to fade.

'Yeah well this time you'll never know what hit you!' Injustice snapped to his retreating back.

When Fate had gone Injustice snapped his fingers and a swirl of blackness appeared behind him.

'It's time.' Injustice said softly and the swirls faded too leaving him alone once more.

Zell and Aeris ducked as Grat was blown back towards them, its tendrils swinging over their heads as it crashed into a tree. Aeris got up off the dusty ground and saw the carnage around them.

'Mort what the hell are you doing?' she yelled at the tall pale man who held a sword in his hand its blade made up of patches of blood.

'Purity... well, well, well. I guess you felt it too huh?' Mort said grinning.

'Never mind that! You're not here to go on a killing spree!' she snapped.

Zell just stood behind her following the argument.

'Well I was bored! Beside it wasn't like I was killing people!' Mort whined.

'You're here to protect Squall!' Aeris told him placing her hands on her hip.

'From what? Besides does it really need both of us?' Mort asked his sword dripping blood onto the ground.

'We don't know what might be coming and since Sever and Protes have gone A.W.O.L, we're all that's left and so it'd be easier for the Other to do whatever he wants.' Aeris told him.

'Yeah well when it comes I'll be ready. I couldn't cope being cooped up in that room.' Mort retorted.

'You couldn't think of something better to keep you occupied?' she demanded.

Mort didn't get chance to answer as Zell had double punched him in the sides making him crumple.

Zell sucked his teeth turning to Aeris. 'I thought he said he was ready?' he said to her looking down at the coughing form of Mort.

Aeris tried to hold back a laugh and muffled it with her hand.

Mort rose to his knees, giving Zell a look of pure hatred. 'Think you're funny mortal?' he growled.

'Not really but if I can floor you then whatever this 'Other' can send will no doubt be a lot tougher.' Zell retorted.

'Exactly.' A voice whispered and black swirls formed behind Mort, a scaled hand reaching out from within them, grabbing his red hair and yanking his head back with a loud crack and dropping his limp form, Mort eyes wide open in shock.

Zell leapt back in front of Aeris protectively.

'Who's that?' Zell asked out of the corner of his mouth.

The black swirls faded away and a figure stood before them, one arm reptilian and scaly, the rest of him was seemingly human. He was the same height as Zell but more muscular, with green hair that snaked down his back, his eyes were brown with slit pupils and he wore black pants and vest top. There was a crunch as he stomped on Mort's ribs with a booted foot.

He grinned exposing rows of pointed teeth. 'The name's Rage.' He hissed.