By Kevin Larry Ivy
I don't own the Powerpuff girls or any related characters. I do own Leviathan, Sezu, Kisu, Delu, Glyja, Beelzebub, and the six dark puffs.
Leviathan and Malebolgia continue to clash throughout the lake of fire, which has been practically torn apart. Malebolgia holds Leviathan in the fire and releases his devastating HellFire directly into Leviathan's face. Leviathan howls and his unholy power flings Malebolgia off him. Leviathan stands up and snarls, gathering his unholy power. Malebolgia rises, growling and gathering his own unholy energies. The two fire beams of black and orange respectively at each other. The beams collide and cause the fires in the lake to whip up and rip around furiously. A massive explosion goes off, and when it clears, the two are at each others throat, trying to overpower each other.
"Give up Malebolgia! It's over!" Malebolgia snarls and pushes Leviathan back a few steps, surprising Leviathan.
"It's NEVER over Leviathan! I told you before, I will never let you beat me!" Leviathan growls, his eyes blazing with fury, and pushes Malebolgia back, then punches him across the face. He uppercuts him off his feet then blasts him away with a beam of darkness from his mouth. Malebolgia lands painfully and growls, feeling his body begin to weaken. Despite how well he had been doing against Leviathan it is clear he just can't win. No words can change the clear advantage Leviathan will always have.
"Don't you see how pathetic you are Malebolgia? You fight for a pathetic notion like LOVE, I fight only for myself, and that makes me invincible." Leviathan picks Malebolgia up and laughs. He throws him across the fire, grinning evilly.
"It's all over Malebolgia, I win again, just like I always will. You never even stood a chance. In fact, I don't care if the goddesses show up because I now know I am invincible." Leviathan is about to bring his fist crashing down on Malebolgia, when suddenly a massive beam, shining with blue, green, pink, black, and white slams into him and shoves him off balance. He turns and grins, seeing the…four? What are all four of the deities doing here? Glyjametsu is standing behind his sisters, defiant as ever before, with his four swords of the heavens. Glyjametsu should be dead…how is he here? He doesn't make much of a difference, he can't even compare to the goddesses in power, let alone Leviathan!
"So you finally decided to show up did you? Malebolgia will have to thank you some day, when you meet him in the never ending hell I'll create once I'm through with you!" Leviathan fires a huge black beam at the deities, who separate, and quickly take the offensive against the master of Hell.
Malebolgia tries to get up, but his body has grown too weak. He lies in the fires of Hell, unable to help fight back against Leviathan. The puffs are amazed by Him's true form, frightened to the core knowing that the giant nightmare used to be the fruity cross dresser who messed with them their whole lives. But now that's not important. The giant black beast is the most of their worries. Leviathan swings at Blossom, who quickly dodges and fires a burst of energy at him. Leviathan isn't phased by the attack at all as he fires his massive eyebeams at Bubbles and Buttercup, who split up and fire their elemental powers of fire (from Bubbles) and a shockwave (from Buttercup) at the monster. Leviathan flies into the air and fires down a beam of black energy from his mouth. Glyjametsu fuses his swords and swings the fused sword at Leviathan, managing to knock him off balance. The girls fire their Starburst Ray at Leviathan, knocking him into the fire. Leviathan rises, laughing evilly and grinning.
"You can't stop me. You're even more pathetic than Malebolgia. Just give up and give in. It'll all be over in a matter of moments!" Leviathan powers up and howls, spreading his wings out. Beams of black energy begin to rain down on Malebolgia's broken body and the four deities. They all protect themselves as well as they can, but the beams fall relentlessly. Leviathan laughs hysterically, raining down more beams on the broken heroes, seeing victory already. He closes his wings around himself then thrusts them out and causes them to become solid black energy. The energy wings shoot out and wrap around the deities, crushing them causing all of them to cry out in pain.
"GIVE UP! I'VE ALREADY WON!" He laughs again, as Malebolgia weakly opens one eye and watches the deities lose to Leviathan almost instantly. Leviathan really is invincible…there's just no way to beat him! Malebolgia closes his eyes and feels tears well up in them. He can feel his eternal life coming to an end, slowly choking the breath out of him. He clutches his chest, panting, feeling more horrible than ever before. Flashes zoom through his mind; images of his daughters, their accomplishments, the fun they had with him, the foreign, accursed feeling of love blooming in his heart as he held them and rocked them to sleep the day they were born, and how he came to cherish that feeling. He gasps for air, finally coming to grips with the fact that he really is dying. No one can save them from Leviathan's wrath because Leviathan is always right; he always wins. His body goes limp, as the last of his eternal life begins to leave him.
Him's LairIn the living room of the endless void where Him and his daughters live, the four Darkpuffs are sitting in the living room. Belial and Blaze are on the couch, as far from Bomb and Battle, who are sharing the recliner, as possible. They are all sitting in silence, feeling awkward like nobodies business. Blaze is lying against Belial, who is leaning against the armrest of the couch, staring down at Blaze's head while she hugs her. Bomb is sitting on Battle's lap, the two trying to avoid looking in their big sister's direction. Blaze probably feels the most comfortable of the four of them. Despite having just gotten out of a war against her cousins, she is ready to move on. The three sisters; however, still have a long way to go before their war can finally be over. Years of unrest and hatred don't just vanish on a whim.
"So um…how do you think they're doing?" asks Blaze. Belial mumbles something into her hair and hugs her tighter. Battle and Bomb just shift and continue looking away from Belial. Blaze sighs and looks up at Belial, who seems almost afraid to be around her sisters. She shakes her head and cuddles closer to Belial, who gratefully hugs her tighter.
Bomb suddenly shrieks and jumps up clenching her head. She begins screaming loudly, her eyes burning bright yellow. She falls to her knees, crying and screaming as unbearable pain quakes through her body. Battle is next to her instantly, trying to calm her down. Blaze gets up quickly and kneels down next to Bomb, while Belial remains on the sofa, staying away from her sisters.
"DADDY!" screams Bomb. She falls forward and screams again, her head feeling like it's about to split open any second. "DADDY'S DYING!" She jerks back and suddenly the TV turns on and shows Malebolgia lying in the fires of hell, coming closer and closer to dying with every passing second. Battle screams and scoots back away from the bloody image on the TV.
"Daddy! Don't die Daddy!" cries Battle, staring at Malebolgia, who has finally given up trying to resist death. Belial chokes back a sob, her eyes watering and spilling over at the sight of her dad's broken body. The image changes to show Leviathan laughing hysterically as the four deities are slowly killed by the hellish energy of his wings. The four Darkpuffs stare in disbelief, feeling hopelessness akin to the fight with Beelzebub. They're powerless to help them…Leviathan is a demon god; nothing the four of them can do will make a difference. Belial is the only one who is an Omega Class anyway; Bomb and Battle are only Gamma Class, while Blaze is below Alpha Class, leaving her the weakest until she becomes enraged. The three Malebolgia sisters can feel their eyes begin glowing; Belial's violet, Bomb's yellow, and Battle's blue. Blaze watches, feeling useless and awkward around the three while her estranged uncle is dying by her father's hand. She sits on the couch and hugs Belial, breaking down and crying into her side. Belial hugs her back and cries freely as well. The three Malebolgia sisters suddenly jerk upright, feeling distant and strange. Their eyes flash and a bright burst of light, coming from their chests, shoots into the TV, and into the flames of Hell itself.
The Lake of FireMalebolgia feels his last breath leave him, his head rolling to the side as his eternity finally ends. Suddenly his head jerks back up; he is panting and his chest is glowing brightly. Not his chest…something in his chest, the very source of his strife, the thing he held as the only way he had beaten Leviathan. His heart is beating, and not just beating. No, his heart is beating fiercely, pumping brand new power into Malebolgia. This power is warm and welcoming, like something that had always been there waiting to escape. Now he feels his wounds heal, his bones mend, and everything about him become faster, stronger, and better. He grins, the power forcing the grin to his face as his orange eyes burst into flames. He rises and howls with demonic glee as the flames from the Lake of Fire swirl around him high into the endless void above them. Leviathan turns around, mouth gaping at the sight that greets him. Malebolgia laughs maniacally as the flames die down. Malebolgia looks the exact same as before. However, he is no longer slouching, he is grinning like a pyromaniac with a flamethrower, and his eyes are burning, like two orange fireballs in their sockets.
"M-Malebolgia…but you should be dead by now, there's no way you could have survived that," says Leviathan, his voice strong and demanding…but at the same time holding back a hidden terror. Malebolgia laughs hysterically, then grins and begins walking slowly toward Leviathan.
"By all accounts dear brother, I should be dead. In fact I died right there in the lake of fire. But as you can clearly see, I'm not dead anymore. In fact, I've come back with the power to destroy you," Leviathan laughs and turns to face Malebolgia, still holding the deities.
"I explained this before Malebolgia, nothing you do will ever be enough to stop M-" before he can finish he doubles over gasping for air. His wings return to normal, dropping the deities, who quickly and shakily regain flight to avoid falling into the fire. Malebolgia grins and pulls his fist away from Leviathan's stomach.
"Nothing I do will ever beat you, but what they do will. It's because of this heart Leviathan, the accursed object of my endless suffering, that you are destined to die by my hand!" Leviathan snarls and swings a punch at Malebolgia. Malebolgia moves out of the way and punches Leviathan across the face. Before he hits the flames, Leviathan jumps back and fires bolts of black energy at Malebolgia. Malebolgia grins and fires back his HellFire, which is a shimmering beam of violet, yellow, and blue fire.
Leviathan flies into the air and fires back his mouth beam. Malebolgia jumps back and begins throwing orange bolts at Leviathan. The dark lord flies through the air, firing mouth beams at Malebolgia. Malebolgia grins and leaps into the air. He lands on Leviathan's back and begins to tear at his wings. Leviathan howls in unholy agony and blasts Malebolgia away with a black wind. He falls to his knees in the Lake of Fire, snarling and trying to end the pain coming from his ravaged wings. Malebolgia gets up and laughs then rams his talons into Leviathan's right wing. He takes hold and in one swift motion tears it from his brother's back. Leviathan falls to the ground screaming in pain.
"What's wrong Leviathan? DOES IT HURT?" Malebolgia laughs and throws Leviathan's wing into the fire, where it burns away into a dark mist, which fades away. He then grabs his brother by the hair and jerks him to his feet. He stabs his finger into Leviathan's eye, causing Leviathan to howl in more pain. Malebolgia laughs and shoves him into the fire, then turns to the deities. The deities are stunned by Malebolgia's sudden display of impossible power. In seconds he had rendered Leviathan a quivering mess of pain.
"What happened to you Malebolgia?" asks Glyjametsu, who doesn't trust the Lord of Cruelty in the least. A forced partnership can be easily broken once the force they'd joined against is gone. And by the looks of it that may be soon. Malebolgia grins and waves his hand.
"A little gift from my girls, I must say it's better than a fancy tie," he laughs hysterically, not noticing Leviathan rising to his feet behind him. Blood is pouring from Leviathan's pierced eye, and gushing down his back. He snarls and howls angrily. The black wind shoots from his body and begins driving Malebolgia and the deities back. Malebolgia is surprised; Leviathan shouldn't still be this powerful. Leviathan is snarling fiercely, nearly foaming at the mouth.
Leviathan snarls and clutches his head. His one wing thrusts outward and drops a few black feathers into the fire. He vanishes and instantly a thunder-like crack resounds through the burning Hells as Leviathan's fist smashes across Malebolgia's face.
"He can't do this alone Leviathan has too much power left. Let's help," says Blossom. Bubbles and Buttercup nod. Glyjametsu floats there, watching Leviathan pound Malebolgia around quite easily, just becoming angrier when Malebolgia fights back.
"Right Zu-Zu, let's get this war over with," Blossom nods and together the four split up and fly in to help Malebolgia. Blossom warps forward quickly and rams into Leviathan from behind, moving almost instantly when he spins around and slashes at her. He snarls, running on pure demonic instinct to survive rather than using his brain. Bubbles fires hundreds of icicles at him, but Leviathan just gets angrier and fires a shower of black bolts at her. Malebolgia slams an orange bolt in Leviathan's face, turning his attention back to his brother.
Buttercup and Glyjametsu fire giant shockwaves at Leviathan courtesy of her power and his Atma sword. Leviathan throws Malebolgia across the lake then turns and fires a black wind at Glyjametsu and Buttercup. When she looks up Buttercup sees Leviathan's giant fist coming down at her. She screams and does the only thing she can think of in the situation. She puts her hands up and catches Leviathan's fist.
"Delu!" shouts Glyjametsu, expecting to see his sister crushed beneath the Lord of Darkness's fist. Buttercup growls and pushes back his fist slightly. Leviathan howls and brings both fists down at Buttercup. They slam into the lake, as Blossom appears high above him with Buttercup in tow. Without a second thought, Buttercup thrusts her hands out and powers up her Mega Beam. The beam explodes, sending thousands upon thousands of bolts of energy down on Leviathan. Blossom goes through the long motions and throws her Shinespark at Leviathan, further adding to his discomfort. He roars and blasts them both out of the sky with a black bolt.
Malebolgia tackles Leviathan and begins punching him the second they hit the lake. Leviathan blasts him off with the black wind just in time for Glyjametsu's fused sword to come crashing down on him. Leviathan stands up and roars once more, causing the hells to shake and tremble. Bubbles rams into Leviathan and flies away, her body becoming a blade of energy. She stops in the air and takes the energy blade form again before slamming into Leviathan. He knocks her away with his wing and fires out a massive mouth beam at Glyjametsu. Glyjametsu swings all four swords, creating a massive crescent beam of energy. It doesn't stop the mouth beam, but slows it down enough for Blossom to warp Glyjametsu out of the way. Malebolgia tackles Leviathan as the four deities gather together in the void above the Lake of Fire.
"Wow he's really tough…" says Buttercup. Bubbles nods and gulps. Glyjametsu is leaning over Blossom, wiping some of the blood from her face. She pushes him away, half jokingly and half out of frustration.
"Yeah but we seem to be more effective than we were as the goddesses. I'm thinking we can take him with Him and Glyjametsu this time," says Blossom. Glyjametsu blushes a little and stands up straight, nodding. "What's wrong Glyja?" asks Blossom. Glyjametsu just mumbles something incoherent and coughs into one of his fists.
"Uh the battle, priorities Zu-Zu" Blossom nods and turns back to the fight.
"What are we supposed to do…Leviathan is running on autopilot, he'll bring the universe down around him before he lets himself die…
"We can try a super duper ultra special attack with all of our powers." Suggests Bubbles. Buttercup pats her on the shoulder and gives Blossom a thumbs up.
"Yeah that works for me, let's do it," she says while panting. Blossom nods and soon the four deities are focusing all of their power together, each holding out their right hand (or in Glyjametsu's case his upper-right hand) and gathering their power in a single point.
Malebolgia throws Leviathan off him, only to have his brother back on him in seconds, gnashing and tearing and thrashing him around. Malebolgia blasts him back with his Super HellFire, but instantly Leviathan fires a mouth beam at him and knocks him off his feet. As he's falling to the ground, Malebolgia can see Leviathan appear above him. Time slows down as Leviathan pulls his hand back and thrusts it downward toward Malebolgia's chest, to tear out his aching heart.
"It's all over…" Thinks Malebolgia, his eyes bulging as the talons head for his chest. Malebolgia's breathing quickens, as a fourth light shines from his chest. He quickly grabs Leviathan's arm and holds it above him. He twists and lands on his feet, quickly tackling Leviathan and ramming his own talon through Leviathan's stomach. Leviathan hunches over and begins to cough up blood. Malebolgia stands up, breathing heavily and holding his chest. Where had that fourth warmth come from? He only had three daughters…and he'd been able to identify their power…
Leviathan howls and punches Malebolgia back. Malebolgia clutches his chest and pants, while Leviathan holds his stomach and snarls in pain.
"Why Maleb-bolgia…why did she…she betrayed me…they all betrayed me…why…I AM THEIR MASTER! I AM GOD!" screams Leviathan. Malebolgia realizes whose power is now flowing from his heart and gathers his thoughts through the pain.
"You try to r-rule with fear and hatr-hatred Leviathan…she wanted love and she found it someplace else. Now you'll suffer for denying your daughters the love they deserved." Malebolgia steps back and looks up. Leviathan follows his gaze and begins trembling, a moan of fear escaping his lips. High above them is a burning holy light, the very power of the universe gathered in a single point. Leviathan stumbles back, shaking uncontrollably.
"N-no…not that…I c-c-can't die…I can't you can't do this to me! Please I'll do anything! You can't kill me! NO! DON'T KILL ME! ANYTHING BUT THAT!" Leviathan stumbles backward and falls into the Lake of Fire, screaming hysterically now.
"NO YOU CAN'T! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Malebolgia watches, with an almost sadistic glee. The giant ball of holy energy fires out, slowing time and space. Leviathan screams louder as it consumes him, tearing him apart; piece by hated piece. He screams and begs as the holy light seals his fate. Within moments the Lord of Darkness is no more, dying like the coward he truly was in the end.
Malebolgia watches the four deities pass out and fall toward the Lake of Fire. He hesitates, thinking about how easy it would be to just let them fall into the fire and perish forever. But as the realm around them settles down, he reaches out his hand and catches them.
"Someday I'll begin my own black story in the history of the universe. Then we'll see who fate smiles upon…until then…thank you for all of your help."
Malebolgia fades away from the burning Lake of Fire, which continues to echo with the screams and cries of those who died in sin. Only now, a new voice rings out over the endless masses. From the deepest depths of oblivion, Leviathan's cries of suffering can be heard, echoing on for all eternity.