Danny ducked as he dodged Myrus's blow. They were both in a small, cramping elevator, and they were taking violent swings at each other and occasionally firing blasts of ectoplasmic energy. (but in a small elevator, that was dangerous)
"Hey, Myrus, how you about you actually try to hit me instead of just swinging in mid air?" Danny yelled, trying to make Myrus as heated as possible.
As soon as Danny made that remark, Myrus blasted the EMV at Danny's head, and Danny was able to move out of the way just in time.
"Go back to swinging," Danny said as he dodged it. He didn't waste any time after that; he immediately fired his own EMV at Myrus.
Myrus jumped out of the way of that just in time, and the remainder of the long elevator ride up was nothing except vicious and savage punches and blows aimed for each other. When the elevator finally stopped, Myrus and Danny jumped out of the elevator and started fighting as if there were no limits.
Myrus fired some ectoplasmic energy at Danny with so much speed Danny had no time to react. He got blown back against a wall, but regained his focus in a matter of moments. He saw that Myrus was ready to fire the EMV at him, but Danny did a quick roll away from the wall and the blast left a gaping hole where Danny had been the moment before.
Danny shot up into the air and started firing ectoplasmic energy from his hands as if they were coming from a machine gun. All the blasts came so close to hitting Myrus that he had to keep jumping to avoid all the energy blasts.
"Wow, Myrus, you sure can dance!" Danny yelled as he kept firing. However, it wasn't long before that began to exhaust him. Myrus took advantage of the opportunity and fired an EMV ray at Danny. Danny had to put up a ghost shield fast, and the EMV ray just dissolved as it hit the shield.
Danny tried to get up, but Myrus fiercely ran over and gave Danny a hard blow to the head. Danny got knocked to the ground in pain, but it wasn't long before Myrus grabbed Danny by the hair and pulled his head up. He gave Danny another solid hit to the head, this time almost rendering Danny unconscious.
Myrus was about to fire a third and decisive smash to Danny's head, but Danny pulled his arm up and was able to stop Myrus's fist in mid air. Danny used his free hand to get an EMV ray ready, but before he could fire it, Myrus used his free hand to hit Danny in the head again.
"I'm gonna really need some Advil after this fight," Danny thought to himself as Myrus beat him. Finally, Danny just had enough. He focused all his power and flew into the air with as much force and velocity as he could.
Danny's plan worked. He shot up in the air and was able to smash Myrus into the ceiling when he went up. Myrus didn't take long to regain himself, and the savage brawl began again between the two.
Danny wasn't having a lot of luck holding Myrus off, but luckily for him, Raschenda and Vundeter were doing a good job of putting the Maldum troops in their place. Without Myrus there to help Maldum soldiers and to fight for them, the fight was almost a pushover for the two Esceron leaders.
"Do you think Danny is handling Myrus all right?" Vundeter asked hopefully as he and Raschenda continually blasted any Maldum troops that came their way.
"We can only put our faith in him," Raschenda replied with no emotion.
The fight was really a breeze for both of them, because while their soldiers went in and did all the violent stuff, Raschenda and Vundeter just blasted any Maldum troops that they saw. They hardly had to break a sweat for this battle. It looked like this part of the fight would fall the Escerons' way.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for Danny. He had to use every bit of his strength to keep up Myrus's seemingly inhuman power. Myrus was extremely fast, and Danny couldn't let his guard down for one second if he wanted to stay alive.
Now, Danny and Myrus were fighting on a stretched floor. It was at the very top of the base, only about four feet wide, and there was a fall over two-hundred feet high if one of them were to accidentally slip and fall. The blasts and screams echoed down the long shaft as Danny and Myrus fought with all their might.
As Danny and Myrus fought as hard as they could, they both began showing clear signs of fatigue and wearing down. However, neither one of them acted like the exhaustion was getting to them.
"What's the matter, Danny?" Myrus said in a sick, twisted way about ten minutes into their fight. "You can't be getting tired already?"
"And you can't actually land a good punch already?" Danny said, trying to think of the wittiest thing to say back to him. But, he was focusing too hard on staying alive now to think of puns.
The fight was becoming more intense now. Even though the action and speed slowed from the beginning, the heavy breathing from both combatants made the fight more intimidating.
Both Myrus and Danny stopped temporarily. They were having a standoff and stared at each other for a while. It wasn't long, though, before Myrus fired an EMV ray at Danny and Danny had to throw himself on the ground so it wouldn't hit him.
Danny didn't spend any time at all getting up. He shot up in the air and tried firing his own EMV at Myrus. Sadly for Danny, Myrus took a huge leap back and completely missed the ray. The ray hit the floor, leaving a huge hole in the center of the narrow floor. Now, the only way Myrus and Danny could reach each other is if one of them jumped across the hole.
Danny took this opportunity to fire a heavy blast at Myrus, and it knocked Myrus to the ground with little effort.
"Ha!" Danny yelled. He began to load up his Ectoplasmic Molecular Vaporizing Ray and tried to fire it at Myrus, ready to finish him once and for all. But as soon as he was ready to finish Myrus off, Danny heard a huge slam on the floor behind him and a deafening shriek.
He turned around quickly and saw the Green shape-shifting dragon right behind him, the last one alive. It must have saw Myrus was struggling to beat Danny and decided it should try to help.
Danny made a few quick dodges as the dragon swiped at him with its claws. It wasn't long before he just got tired of it.
"You know what? The heck with this!" Danny yelled as the dragon continued making vain swipes at his head. "This thing can't hit me to save its life, so I'll just end it for him!"
Danny charged up his EMV ray and didn't take another second. He launched it right into the dragon's abdomen. Less than a second later, the dragon turned a bright shade of green. It screeched in pain and took a step backwards, and then it broke into literally millions of tiny green pieces. The glowing green molecules that made up that dragon four seconds ago were now hovering in the air, and then softly went out.
Danny was happy that the last of the shape-shifting dragons were dead, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He turned around and saw Myrus getting up. Even though he only had about ten seconds without fighting, Myrus looked like he was charged up again.
"Impressive!" Myrus yelled. "That was the last of my dragons! Your molecules can join with it!"
Myrus, in a fit of rage, ran over to the hole in the floor and jumped it. Danny was shocked at how far Myrus could jump, because Myrus didn't come anywhere near close to missing the jump.
The two continued to fight and throw punches at each other in a violent way, but Raschenda and Vundeter were meanwhile were still being successful in bringing the Maldum troops to their knees.
"Vundeter, it looks like over half the troops have either surrendered or are defeated," Raschenda said. "How much longer until it's safe to try to find Danny and make sure he's okay?"
"It depends," Vundeter said. "Do you think he's fine?"
Raschenda didn't answer.
Danny was really beginning to get tired. He kept attacking Myrus the best he could, but Myrus always seemed to be a step ahead of him. Whatever Danny could do, Myrus quickly found a way to counter it and to do it better.
In no time, Danny was on the ground. He struggled to get up, but all Myrus did was kick him in the stomach and slam him back into the metal floor. Danny moaned in pain after all the abuse he had taken. He knew he couldn't hold out much longer.
"Danny, Danny, Danny…" Myrus said. "When will you learn that I am the more powerful of us? Am I going to have to destroy you to prove that?"
"I don't know, I've always been the better as long as I can remember," Danny replied, still struggling to get up. But every time he tried, Myrus just gave him another hard slam into the floor.
"This time, you're going to die," Myrus said, forming a ball of EMV energy in his hand. He pointed it at Danny's head. "It's too late for regrets…"
Danny had to do some quick thinking. He looked ahead of him and saw the giant gap in the floor, and he also saw Myrus was ready to blast something that could dissolve the floor, and there was a foot or two in between them. If Danny could just find some way to get Myrus to accidentally blast the part of the floor in between them, it would…yes!
Danny only had one shot at this. Just as Myrus was ready to fire the killing ray at Danny, Danny pushed Myrus's ankle away from him, hoping it would knock Myrus off balance and cause him to tumble onto the floor, and have his EMV ray fire downwards as well.
Danny had the greatest luck in the world at that time, because his plan worked. By pushing Myrus's ankle away from him, Myrus couldn't stay stable and fell forward. However, he fired his EMV ray accidentally as he fell, and the ray fired at the floor.
The ray hit the narrow patch of floor in between Danny and Myrus, which is exactly what Danny hoped for. Now, Myrus was standing in between both patches of the floor that got dissolved, so the part of the floor Myrus was on was disconnected from the other parts of the floor. The disconnected part of the floor started falling immediately, and Myrus started falling with it.
Danny looked down and saw Myrus falling down the long drop. However, instead of waiting for Myrus to smash to the floor hundreds of feet below, Danny fired his own EMV at Myrus. The ray hit Myrus dead on, and Myrus turned bright green. All his molecules instantly started breaking apart, and soon, his glowing molecules disappeared into thin air.
Danny was breathing heavily as he saw Myrus get destroyed. He just stared down the fall for what seemed like forever, before he eventually sat down on the floor and caught his breath.
Danny didn't realize how beat-up he looked. He saw his jumpsuit had been torn in quite a few places, his face was full of bruises and cuts, his snow-white hair looked like it was wet and dried out in a fast-blowing wind, and his entire body ached.
"It's over," Danny thought as he realized what just happened. Cobaark was dead; Myrus was dead; the three dragons were dead; he had all his powers back.
Yes, it was over. Almost.