Chapter IX: Destiny

Part II

Jake, Dan, Travis, and Hannah looked around what was Times Square. They arrived to late… only a few buildings and burning stores remained. "I can't believe one magical creature did all this." Jake said. "This can't be done by only one beast so quickly…"

"You're right." Millions of tiny black dots appeared and created a Loki image, which turned into a physical being and dropped to the ground. "It had help." Loki summoned Chaos Thor's dead body and kicked it towards the four. "My idiot brother helped quite a bit."

"Loki!" Jake said.

"Sick freak." Hannah muttered.

"Hey, I heard that!" Hannah shot a snowball into Loki's face. "Hey! That was…" Before he could finish, another snowball was shot at him. He opened his mouth to speak and a snowball was flung down his throat. "HRAH!" Loki morphed into Sirus and blasted Hannah with a ball of Dark Magic. "Ha! In your…" Yet another snowball flung down Loki's throat. "Stop that!" Loki felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked behind him and Travis punched him into the street.

"Enough games, Loki." Travis said. "Where's Chaos?"

"Like I'd…" Concrete soon became a large rock spike, floating above his chest. "Giant castle… center of city… can't miss it."

"Thanks." Travis let the rocky spike fall.

"What's with the mood swing, T?" Dan asked.

"I just want to end this as soon as possible."

… … … … …

Destiny made his way to Chaos's castle and stood before him. "Well, Chaos. I know you know. Let's just end this."

"Sounds good to me." Chaos incinerated Destiny. "Next victim!" As if it were planned, the four heroes entered the room.

"Melchior." Dan said.

"Oh how long has it been since I heard that name?" Chaos's mask faded away. His face was a surprise to everyone… he looked exactly like Dan, just with light blue hair.

"You… you're…"

"You. I know, Dan. Our DNA structure is almost exactly alike. We're almost like clones. Funny how fate made us like this, eh?"

"…" Hannah was silent.

"Melchior, you will pay. You will pay for everything you've done to this world, past and present!" Dan said. He morphed into his dragon form.

"Oh how I have waited for this day!" The castle shattered like glass and everything was dark. Only a light illuminating Dan and Melchior was there. When it was bright again, flames illuminated everything, and the four heroes and Melchior found themselves falling through earth's atmosphere. "I'd say we have three minutes before we burn, Daniel. Now lets fight!" Melchior shattered into a million pieces and reappeared as a ten-foot high human skeleton with horns in the forehead and dragon wings. A large, gray eye appeared and glowed a faint gray, and the skeleton came to life. The eye turned invisible. "HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!" Melchior's voice echoed. "Feel my power, my purifying power!" The skeleton attacked Travis, Jake, and Hannah, caging them. "No helpers, Daniel. This is one on one!" A fireball flew straight towards Dan. Dan quickly jumped out of the way. "Reflexes won't help you, Daniel. Nothing will!" The mile wide and long eye reappeared, and fired a laser. "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!"

"Playing games of hide and seek won't help you, Melchior."

"Melchior? Ha! Pathetic human fool, there is no Melchior! Daniel… you were born of me! You have my potential! My power!" The skeleton spoke. The large platform Dan and the others were on stopped immediately after Chaos spoke. "I created you Daniel. All of the Longs are my children… born from my world! Shaped by me! Your world cannot escape its master!"

"Created by you?"

"Yes. The Long family is an artificial family I created. Each one has my potential… but you, Dan… you have control over it! You know what you must do… you must help father destroy this human world!" Dan glowed yellow.

"LIES!" Dan screamed. An explosion of dark magic revealed Chaos. The large eye that was Chaos was shocked. The skeleton shattered. "ITS ALL LIES!" Dan screamed. "I know the truth, Chaos. You have been using me since the beginning! I was just a puppet and you were the puppeteer. But Fate has freed me of your control… suffer! Suffer the way you should be right now!"

"You know more than you should, Daniel. Perhaps too much. I have let you gain too much. Its time you lose what's dear to you, Daniel. Your friends… your family… your sanity. I gave it to you, hoping you would fulfill my destiny! Forever cursed you were! But that meddling Fate got in the way! You only got what you did in your life because I allowed it! I am all seeing! I know all! It's time I show you true power… prepare to lose it all, Daniel. My son shall eliminate all you love."

"Son?" Chaos disappeared and Dan, Jake, Hannah and Travis were back in the palace.

"Yes, Son. I've been fooling you, Daniel. Meet your true fate in the hands of the Son of Chaos!" Travis spoke.

"Travis?"

"Please. That is not my name. My name is Tenma Ranmyaku, and I was born of Chaos to do what he could not! Destroy this world!"

To Be Continued…

The final battle of Chaos Reign is next! Tenma Ranmyaku… it's actually Japanese for demon and chaos. So it's like Demon of Chaos. Till next time, Adios!