Disclaimer: See chapter one
Aki Kitsune- Tell me about it. It took me a nearly an hour in one fight just to defeat him( (I think). Bottom line, it does suck.
chero666- Commentator sounds about right. Heh.
Chap. 25
Shaking...? That's what halted my charge on Anubis. Anubis raised his hands and outstretched his wings, releasing vast amounts of Metatron into the sky. My head suddenly lifted after hearing the sound of a loud cracking noise. The ceiling high above us shattered and cracked, sending down intense amounts of searing light down. The entire chamber rumbled and shook as more cracks appeared above us
"Behold!" Anubis crackled. "This is the power of Aumaan! The power of the gods!!!!!"
The ceiling cracked further and spikes of light poured down further, illuminating the entire chamber area.
"What...is....this?"
"Aumaan..."
I turned to the sound of the voice. It sounded...it was Anubis. No…His double. The clone was still alive, although he was floating limp in the air.
"Gate...Aumaan...opening...P...Phobos..."
Phobos? The moon of Mars was Aumaan? I couldn't believe it. Anubis had turned an entire moon into the dark fortress. It was incredible, and yet impossible. But given Anubis's power and drive, it was well within his power. But if this was a direct gate, then the energy itself would rip apart the area it was opening in. Oh, no? Vascillia.
"Stop this. You're going to destroy Vascillia!"
Anubis looked back at me and folded his arms and wings. "Vascillia?" he asked. He then laughed, "Forget Vascillia! I am going to start by destroying ALL OF MARS!!!!!!!!!!!"
More energy flooded in, causing me to cover my eyes behind the shield. Anubis opened his wings and beat them toward me once, sending a massive surge of energy at me. It was too much for me to handle, even with the shield up and the energy tore at my very body.
"Guuuuuaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The shield ripped apart and my armor shortly after. Metallic parts flashed off of my body like an orange being peeled. I arched back in sheer pain, but I held myself enough to prevent me from flying back. My eyes were now open to the air and I pulled myself together to glare at my arch-nemesis.
"Power and energy are wills of their own. Since the dawn of time, power has willed many thing from civilization to civilization. So what will does the power of Metatron call for all of us?"
His eyes lit in an insane light, "Destruction! Destruction to end all!"
His head shot up to the light once more and his arms opened, embracing the light like some sort of dark priest.
"The universe and all life within it are bringing their own end!"
Suddenly, another force emerged. The gate...it's opening! Vic Viper's battered body was pulled in along with the second Anubis's injured body. As they all lifted before me, Anubis continued; his own body ascending as well.
"Look! This is the will of Metatron. And there's nothing you can do about it, brother! Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!"
As they all flew up at me, I thought about it. My body was severely injured. I didn't know if I could even fight in this condition. My shield was gone and given the damage to my armor, I wouldn't be able to stand direct blow from Anubis. But...I still felt the power. Zero Shift was still active within me. But would that be enough?
"Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
-"Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"-
Huh? That has never happened before. Me and Dingo having the exact same thought. Our joining must be more connected than I thought. It told me...it would be enough. We didn't care if we had lost all our body parts. As long as we can fight, we will. And with that united cry, I soared into the gate...
Light blinded me for a second before it cleared. I found myself in an orange vortex. Light streaked around me for as far as I could see. Looking back for a moment, I saw that I was now in orbit of Mars. The fiery planet was slowly descending away. Looking around, I saw Vic Viper and Anubis's clone still drifting within the gate. They looked unconscious, so I couldn't tell if they were dead or not. But they would have to wait. I couldn't help them now. Not until I deal with one major detail.
"Anubis!!!"
Anubis was still flying up through the gate, but he stopped and looked down to face me.
"Jehuty, Jehuty." he smiled evilly. "When will you learn that you do not stand a chance against me? Do you really want to die by my hand?"
My blade unsheathed, "I will not die. Not before you...brother."
He arched his head back in laughter, "Hahahaha!!! Are you serious? In the condition you're in, you wouldn't last two seconds. Do you really seek death that badly?"
I chose not to respond to him and merely leveled my blade. He shook his head disapprovingly as he pulled out his lance and pointed its blade at me.
"Very well. Come on, Jehuty!"
Anubis suddenly shifted and his entire body turned to darkness, fading into the gate stream. I would have to be careful here. Extremely careful. I shifted and flew in on him. Anubis didn't move and I slashed out, but nothing. No damage, not even impact.
"What?!"
"Hahaha!" he laughed before sliding away into the stream and distancing himself from me. He then re-materialized and his body began to surge with light. I stretched my arm out to fire in or to disturb his attack, but no energy emerged out of my hand. 'I must be more hurt than I thought.' Looking back at Anubis, a ball of plasma-looking energy formed within his body. 'Uh, oh.'
KKkkkkppooowwww!!!
The energy ball surged toward me and I dashed away. If that thing hits me, I'll be vaporized. I continued to fly away, trying to get the energy to dissipate before it hit me. It finally did after a long while, but by that time, Anubis was gone again.
"Show yourself, you coward!"
A familiar laughter echoed behind me and I turned to see...
"Here I am."
Anubis had warped right behind me. On impulse, I slashed out furiously, but my blade hit nothing. It just passed through him like air. 'What kind of power is this?'
The shadowy master simply grinned at my confusion and warped away again. Reaching a distance, his body began to charge again. 'No way. Not again.' Summoning my own Zero Shift power, I warped right at him and appeared just as he continued to charge his power.
"Now I've got you."
Even he seemed a little surprised as my blade come down open him, slashing his shoulder. However, this interrupted his energy summon and allowed him to unsheathe his staff. As I brought my blade back in attack, Anubis slashed forward and our attacks caused a powerful surge of force. I was amazed by it, but even more so because I was able to attack like that. I attacked again and Anubis did likewise. The energy clash was even bigger than before, causing me to fall back. I shook myself out of it and tried to attack again, but Anubis went into shadow mode again and warped. When he materialized, I waited for him to charge his Metatron Sphere again, but rather he drifted off to the side. His hand waved off before him and several beams of red energy curved out at me. I saw this technique before.
It was the same one used on Inhert...
The red veins of energy twisted around and came directly at me. Again, I flew to avoid them, but they were everywhere. And Anubis was just sitting there, smirking at me. I wish I could wipe that off his face. Perhaps I could kill two birds in one stone.
I shifted through the beams and straight at Anubis once again. But I had failed to notice that he had been gathering energy within himself while he was moving away. And he had been waiting for me to shift. Waiting so that he can...
"You're mine."
He released the energy, sending it surging through his arms and into the lance. He slashed out in a big arch, nearly cutting my head off. I was about to counter, but his attack wasn't finished and he went into another slash, this time vertical. Again, I dodged...just barely. I tried to back away, but Anubis in for a final slash. I couldn't avoid, dodge, or deflect it, leaving only one thing.
Taking it...
"Gaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
The fiery blade ripped right across my chest and I was propelled away. As I spun out of control, I grasped my chest. An angry red gash was streaked across my chest and body. I tried to force the pain out of my mind as I regained control of myself. Shaking in pain, I looked up to Anubis again, only to find what I saw very terrifying.
Another plasma sphere flying right at me...