Disclaimer: not mine.
Julius looked at his lab in disbelief. He was only gone thirty minutes, maybe forty, and he came to this. All his goblin minions KO'd on the floor and the weakness of his rival vanished.
"Oh, well," he thought to himself, "Violet can figure the weakness out. I might remember it if I try hard enough. But either way, he'll be gone and I'll have no more need for this stupid orb and all the rituals that go with it."
The moon shown down on Metroville Park. The Dark One waited for Violet in the place they had agreed to meet that night. All was silent except for the occasional sound of the wind in the trees and bushes.
It was then that Julius saw him appear, as if he materialized from the air itself. There before him, stood Rigerden, turning toward his direction. He was sniffing, as if to pick up Julius' scent.
Turning to him, and seeing him at last, he smiles.
"Julius, why do you hide in those bushes like that? You do not mean to scare me do you?"
"Ha, ha, very funny Rigerden, but lets not do the small talk. You want to end all supernatural life, starting with the highest on the scale ever, a vampire species with only one of them left. I on the other hand want to prevent you. You get my drift. Let's do the fight, finish it and get on with our lives, okay."
"You always were one to be to the point and exceedingly brief in your work," Rigerden takes his staff out slowly, "You should take time to savor the moments and gloat a little."
"Ever notice that the villains in the different shows that DO gloat end up beaten by their adversaries."
The two men walk closer to each other and they start circling. Rigerden shakes his head, pulling his spear to fight position.
"Villain I am, huh?"
"Yeah! And it's about time the hero prevailed. Don't you think!" Julius lunges forward toward Rigerden. He reaches for the staff, grabs it and throws, knocking it out of Rigerden's hands.
He turns, receiving a blow to the cheek and equally landing a kick back. The two men continue to land kick, punches, jabs, and blows. The fight seeming to go in the Dark One's favor, that is until Rigerden breaks free. Quickly getting to his staff, he grips it tightly.
"Now, this should even the odds, don't you think?"
The tide of the battle turns and it is Rigerden that is winning. Julius, beginning to tire from the fight, sinks in his stance and lessens his attack.
"Tired old man," Rigerden says noticing his weakness.
"I'm not the only one," The Dark One points out Rigerden's heavy breathing.
"Well, I guess I am going to have to finish you now, to keep my body, huh."
Standing back from Julius, he jumps into the air, leaping toward Julius, who stands confidently. This confuses Rigerden, but he attributes it to Julius being mental. He lifts his staff for the blow that would finish him, his victory close enough to touch. True he would have to regenerate for a few days before any real labor could be done again, but he would finish it now. Then suddenly, he is hit out of the air, and falls to the side.
"What..." Julius watches as a figure attacks Rigerden at lightning speed. It's only the fact that he far away that kept the figure from making more blows.
Noticing that the figure was Violet, he smiled. She would take care of him. And she did. He could hardly get a hit in between her thrashing. She just kept on, her heart pushing her to get Tony back, even if she had to give up her own life to do so.
Further and further she ran his strength down as he began to get back. Faster and stronger she fought, giving it all she could. Her will driving her on, pushing her to her limits.
And then it happened. She hit his ring and a great CRACK echoed through the park, causing Rigerden to stop. Causing everyone to stop.
He looks down at the ring on his finger. On the ring, a crack in embedded. As they watch, it spreads around the ring, until it is almost completely cracked in two.
A light emits from the crack, bright and white, enveloping the whole ring.
"What, that's imp...no one could every break...how?" Rigerden stammered
It was then that Julius realized Rigerden's weakness. The only thing that could do that break the ring like that, was pure and absolutely true love. The fact that Violet was willing to fight and possibly loose her life due to the fact that she loved Tony was the reason she prevailed.
"Oh, dear," Rigerden says, recognizing this as his end. His ring glows white hot on his hand and he finally gives up, "Congratulations. You beat the bad guy."
With that the ring blasts apart and Tony, now free of Rigerden, collapses. Running to him Violet catches him and lays him down gently. Above them shards of the ring rain down, still glowing brightly.
The Dark One turns and pauses for a moment.
"Good bye Violet," Julius says, "Destroying the ring could only be done by someone who is both selfless and has charity. I have discovered that through this I could only have obtained one of those."
"So what will you do?" Violet says turning to him.
"I've decided that I am weary from my evil deeds and now, I think it is time I atoned for what I have done with a new life. One by which I hope to live more selflessly and more charitably. No longer will I be the Dark One."
"Very well, I wish you all that luck I can."
"Farewell then, my friend, and may you have good luck as well."
And with that he disappeared, never to be seen again.
Looking back down at Tony she says his name.
"Violet..." he begins to wake slowly.
"Tony...you're alive," she sighs in relief, and then kisses him, "Thank God you're okay.
A little stunned at her kiss, he suddenly notices something.
"Vi...the sun...it's up."
Seeing this as an odd comment she replies, "of course it's up, why shouldn't it be."
"You're a vampire. Aren't you?"
Then a feeling coursed through her as she realized what that meant. She was free from the curse. She was normal again, at least as normal as a super can be.
Now she knew that all would be well. The day was saved and Tony returned to her safety. Violet then helps Tony return home, explaining that she was cured now. And so, once again the world was at peace.
The End
A/N: That's all folks, hoped you liked it. I sure did. Until next story, Furmicana.