Greeting: Jester's gone, Jenner, Black and Elleroth are the last beast witches left.
Leslie is getting closer and closer but so is the Fazbears' demise. Maybe even in this chapter.
Time to go weird but awesome. Enjoy, guys and gals!
( Jenner, Black and Elleroth. Up in the clouds)
Elleroth had spoken to his son about the new world. He had assured Jenner that Electra could be resurrected.
The Apocalypse witch's power knew no boundaries nor limits.
Black had left them be for the most part. He just wanted to see the Fazbears die.
Only Ornica had ever defied him like that. He wanted to be there personally as the entire Fazbear crew would die.
It was only a matter of time, they were running out of wind. Even Marionette was getting cut to pieces.
He wouldn't stand alone for long anymore.
The Phantoms had surrounded him and nothing was getting through them. Black thought about when it would happen as Elleroth spoke to Jenner.
" Your sister is a brave warrior. She isn't gone, just paralysed. I know since I have been touched by the Shadow blade", Elleroth said to him.
Suddenly, Jenner fell to his knees and moaned in pain.
" That damn mutt! Those damn Fazbears!", Jenner's eyes were burning.
" What is it? Is it that witch?", Elleroth asked him.
Jenner's claws were scraping the rock, underneath, and the air was pulsating around them.
Jenner's rage made the air shiver in fear. Even Elleroth had hard time trying to keep his feet on the ground.
" Those damn animatronics killed Jester. They tricked him like cowards. How dare they insult him like that? Insult me!", Jenner shouted.
He stood up but groaned in anger.
" They have received the Shadow blade again. It is working with them now", Black nodded.
" Of course it is, old friend. It was designed to do just that. The guardians are here too which means that the great pure witch is near", Elleroth replied.
Jenner grinned at the thought of Leslie.
That witch had become more powerful and Jenner felt it. Leslie had started to feel more like a borther to him but now that feeling was gone.
" Father? When he comes, can I kill him?", Jenner asked Elleroth.
That was one of the only requests that made both Black and Elleroth smile.
" Of course. It would be the only suitable ending for our quest of world domination.
Once he is dead, nothing is there to hold us back", Elleroth said, smiling.
He was happy about it. He and Black hadn't liked realizing that Ornica had saved Leslie's mind.
That hadn't even come into mind when they had performed the ritual.
" But if it is true what you said, can't he fuse with me again?", Jenner sounded worried.
" You have been apart for long. You can take him down now. You two are still connected. He has gained power but so have you", Black told Jenner.
" Even if he gets inside you, he is vulnerable", Elleroth agreed.
Jenner nodded to them but then they heard something. All three went to the edge of the rock to see what that explosion had been about.
Something slim and fast was flying at them.
" Marionette", Elleroth grinned in disgust.
The tall puppet had received the Shadow blade and he was coming for Elleroth.
" Leave him to me, you need to rest so He can take you into Himself", Elleroth whispered to Black.
Marionette came around the edge and his hands were glowing. It was quite a sight to behold.
" Surprised?", Marionette tilted his head.
He was floating in the air with a majestic sword in his hand.
" Not much. I thought you would have been shredded by now without your friends. You are impressive, our choice to make you an Elder wasn't foolish", Elleroth answered him.
" Maybe not but it is a choice you are going to regret very soon", Marionette pointed at him and Black.
" Oh Marionette. Always so certain and intelligent. An attribute, we three have in common", Elleroth smiled.
" Only certainty is that I will win against this weakling!", Jenner walked forward.
Elleroth put his hand in front of Jenner, a wolf, able to level cities at that point. That cat didn't lack guts, that was certain.
" Rest, my son. He is not your foe. I want to kill him. You stay here and blast that witch to oblivion once he arrives", Elleroth told Jenner.
The brown wolf was lacking self-control.
Marionette found one thing weird. Usually, Black was the really angry one. He was seemingly calm for the time being, which wasn't a good sign.
Something was happening to him. There was a strange aura around Black.
Something was going into him.
" I can fight him. I want to. We have waited long enough. Let me just finish this already!", Jenner grinned.
" He is a weakling. You have more strength than he ever could. Do not praise him by wasting your strength on him", Elleroth commanded him.
To Marionette's surprise, Jenner gave in.
" Jenner doesn't want to overestimate me and make a fool out of himself. Hopefully it leads to Elleroth underestimating me", Marionette thought.
Then he looked at Elleroth who rose to the air and floated closer to Marionette. They were like two superheroes, facing each other from eye to eye.
Elleroth was a black cat with a white chest and a white tail. His eyes were red and they were glowing in the dark.
His aura was huge and Marionette could see it looming behind Elleroth. It was like a shadow, expanding with Elleroth's pride.
" You may have the Shadow blade but it doesn't mean that you'll win this fight.
I am still more powerful than you. My power made you and it can also destroy you. Basic logic really", Elleroth told him.
Marionette raised the sword and swung it around.
" Your dark era must be brought to an end. It has already gone for too long. People are killing each other and monsters have taken over the entire world.
I am not afraid of you and will never be", Marionette pointed the tip towards him.
Elleroth chuckled as the winds got stronger.
" Your friends have been dying down there. Even if you'd somehow win, you would have lost many of your friends who trusted you.
They aren't coming back", Elleroth told Marionette.
The puppet wasn't afraid to know who had died down there.
" I know they are going to die, at least some of them. We all did when we came outside to face your army.
My friends are dying and it hurts as much every single time. I know the risks but we are willing to take them.
But are you? Are you ready to lose, beast witch?!", Marionette shouted.
Elleroth raised the winds and shot them at Marionette. He flew back and realized that the fight had begun.
Elleroth smashed into Marionette and they shot into the eye of the storm.
Marionette fought back and they fell closer to the ground. Pieces of buildings were flying around them and those were difficult to dodge.
Of course, Elleroth didn't have to care about any of them. He was punching left and right, creating huge shockwaves that pummeled Marionette.
That fight had just started and Marionette was getting wounded already.
He healed the wounds as fast as it was possible for him. He had prepared for it.
The Phantoms had surrounded him but had posed no real threat. Sirius maybe but not the others.
There weren't many Phantom elders left but they had been the toughest.
Sirius had died quickly on Marionette's blades along with his strongest warriors.
That fight had given Marionette's blood time to warm up. He was healing even as Elleroth's punch sent him to the ground.
He felt concrete hit his back, then he suddenly jumped back to Elleroth who punched him again.
" Like father, like son", Marionette thought by himself.
Elleroth had some of those telekinesis powers. Jenner might have been the source of that ability obviously.
If he was powerful enough to give powers to others, Jenner had been more ready than anyone had thought.
Marionette was lucky not to have enough time to worry about it all that much.
" Come on. You are pitiful!", Elleroth shouted at Marionette.
The two had a red trail of fire behind them as they flew around the sky. Marionette was flailing his strings around and they whipped Elleroth.
The string hadn't done anything but the Shadow blade was at the end of another string.
The first one had been a distraction, the second one hit Elleroth in the face.
His skin cracked open and revealed the first drop of blood anyone had drawn from Elleroth.
He hadn't bled in a long time. He had forgotten how cold it felt to be bleeding.
The scent of black blood pleased Elleroth and he raised his hands. Marionette looked up and saw a flying river coming at him.
That was unexpected, a flying river, no kidding. There was moist in the air but it hadn't troubled him before.
Elleroth had concentrated it onto one big rapid that was coming for Marionette. He had to back off or else his body would be in trouble.
Rust was the last thing he wanted to have while flying around at the speed of sound.
Elleroth rose higher and the rapid shot past him straight at Marionette.
At first, Marionette backed off quickly but then he decided to stop running.
He had to surprise Elleroth and wound him some more.
Before he died, he would want to draw a bit more blood than just a drop. Marionette knew it was dangerous to go against a rapid.
Even a normal rapid was dangerous, not to even mention a flying one.
Marionette turned around in the air and flew straight at the water, flowing down an invisible tube.
Elleroth thought that Marionette was finished, water would destroy animatronics, even Marionette.
His pride made him underestimate Marionette's ability to control his movement in the air.
Marionette saw that there were stones inside the water flow. He grabbed one with his one of his strings and hoped it would be a steady anchor.
The Shadow blade was pulling Marionette forward, towards the flow. He pulled himself toward the rock to get out of the way of the flow.
The water gently touched the bottoms of his puppet feet.
The rock anchored him to the water so his feet didn't get out of the flow. That was a sight to behold and remember.
Marionette looked like he was surfing on the flying stream of water. The Shadow blade, at the end of a string, was pulling him along like it was a boat.
He was basically water skiing on the sky.
Elleroth was straight ahead and Marionette kicked him in the face.
The Shadow blade got stuck in Elleroth's neck as it went through him and the kick pushed it further in.
That was the sort of bleeding Marionette had been looking for. Elleroth was flailing his arms around as black blood was bursting out of his neck.
The dark mist was hard to see in the middle of all the blood but it was there alright.
Elleroth's blood was staining the sky as he and Marionette flew further. The water stopped flowing and it dropped instantly.
Marionette certainly hoped that no one would be underneath that.
To be honest, Faith, Eclipse and Snugs were underneath that water when it dropped. Without Snugs' alerted gaze, they would have been crushed.
Faith luckily got them out of the way in time.
While they were happy to be alive, Marionette was spitting black blood out of his mouth. He pulled the Shadow blade out and cut Elleroth more.
" Stop that, weakling Elder", Elleroth grabbed Marionette and headbutted him hard.
Elleroth's body was tough, Marionette gave him that. If it wasn't the Shadow blade, nothing penetrated that skin.
Elleroth was made out of the strongest substance in the whole world. Marionette might as well have been hit by a plane.
His head was dizzy after few good hits. He tried to concentrate on healing but it was hard when he had to fight at the same time.
Elleroth healed the wounds probably for the first time in centuries. His neck closed up and the blood stopped coming out.
Marionette was sure that anyone else would have been killed by losing that much black blood.
Elleroth acted like that had been a mere nuisance. Marionette had to step up his game if he wanted to win.
Elleroth retaliated with punches and a shout that shattered most of Marionette's skin. He had to heal his plating from scratch.
Luckily, he could do that, it was ridiculously hard but possible. His plating appeared out of nowhere as he kicked Elleroth in the chest.
That caused Elleroth to stumble but it didn't do damage. It managed to break Marionette's foot though.
He just had to suck it all up and keep on fighting. He couldn't allow Elleroth to get a moment's rest or else he'd get his strength back.
Marionette was about stab Elleroth to the chest when the beast witch grabbed his sword.
It was burning through Elleroth's hand but he held on.
" No, puppet! You can't do that", Elleroth grinned in anger.
He grabbed the Shadow blade and pulled it off Marionette's hand. He hit Marionette with the sword and used telekinesis to throw a huge brick wall at him.
He had picked that up from the ground, that range was shocking.
Marionette fell all the way down and hit the pizzeria's front yard.
It wasn't one of Marionette's proudest moments when he got up, having lost all his bearings.
" Back so soon?", Chica asked him, beside him.
It was obvious that Chica was mildly amused by all of that. Marionette just couldn't figure out what was so funny.
" Shut up. If you were in my place, you wouldn't look so well either. I was hit with a brick wall for heaven's sake", Marionette responded with a grumpy grin.
Chica understood that maybe she should have thought twice before sniggering.
She couldn't answer though because a certain cat grabbed Marionette by the neck.
" Are you leaving already? We were just about to begin", Elleroth smiled at his beaten up face.
That smile was full of sick, sadistic joy.
" Begin all you want, Elleroth. You better hurry or else I'll have finished you before you even started", Marionette replied defiantly.
Elleroth threw him at the pizzeria and Marionette flew through walls.
" Ouch. He really does play with his prey like a cat", Marionette stumbled up.
Elleroth walked inside and punched Felix to the ground. Chica went to help her husband who was fine enough to stand up.
Rachel, Carrie and Ray were inside too, watching Doug's corpse. Their time of sorrow was interrupted by Elleroth.
Carrie protected the corpse and Ray raised his gun.
Elleroth snorted at them and kept on walking.
As anyone could have guessed, Rachel didn't like that at all. She rushed in and hit Elleroth in the back with her sword.
The blade broke in half while leaving no mark on Elleroth's skin.
Rachel's anger faded away as fast as it had come.
Elleroth grabbed the head of that nuisance and prepared to crush it like Black had crushed Baron's head.
Carrie closed her eyes since she couldn't witness Rachel's death without emotionally dying. It would have broken her down.
Suddenly, Marionette rushed at Elleroth and the Shadow blade flew inside. Marionette grabbed it from the air and slashed down at Elleroth's shoulder.
The blade went through and it almost chopped his arm off. Elleroth groaned in pain and let Rachel go.
The rabbit stumbled backwards, covered in black blood.
" Carrie, get her away from him", Marionette ordered Carrie.
She came to Rachel and dragged her to Ray. Marionette pushed the sword downwards to chop Elleroth's arm off.
When that happened, Elleroth let out an actually high-pitched scream. Carrie, Rachel and Ray shivered in fear of that sound.
Marionette attacked and got tripped.
Elleroth kicked Marionette into the Arcade palace that was not what it used to be.
The wall, between the backstage and the Arcade palace, fell down as Marionette had flown through it twice.
Elleroth walked through the fallen wall as his arm grew back. The separated arm melted into mist in the main hall.
Marionette was lying on a rock that had fallen through the ceiling.
The floor was covered in sawdust that had fallen from the space between the ceiling and the roof.
" That was an ugly move, Elder. You should have already figured out that I can't die by your hand. That sword is useless against me and Black.
Without the right wielder, we can't die", Elleroth said angrily.
" I hurt you, didn't I? Whatever can be hurt, can be killed", Marionette grinned back.
Elleroth chuckled.
" There is a reason why Ornica didn't kill Black. She was using her sword but something was missing", Elleroth told him.
Marionette had heard enough stories. He rushed in and penetrated Elleroth's heart.
He expected Elleroth to die but instead, Elleroth removed the sword and kicked Marionette.
" You see, puppet? I didn't die. Ornica was missing the proper attitude to kill him. She couldn't hurt her lovely, little kitty. I chose Black for that reason, you know.
He is the ultimate weapon because of that. Nothing can kill him. Ornica went through reincarnation and risked starting the Apocalypse.
All of that just so there would be someone, able to kill Black. Luckily, Jenner will take care of that.
My father doesn't like being disturbed when he is becoming immortal", Elleroth told Marionette.
" The aura, around Black. The energy, going into him. It is..oh no!", Marionette realized what was going on.
" Yes! It is my father. The king of sin and the immortal dark cat are fusing into one. With Jenner, they won't be matched by anything in the world.
That is one heck of a title for me. The ruler of beast witches, the father of a witch with infinite power.
And of course, the best friend and son of the Apocalypse witch", Elleroth was delighted.
Marionette was terrified of the idea of Black and the Apocalypse witch becoming one entity. That would be more dangerous than anything else.
Only the Sorcerer would be able to match such a being.
Marionette was thrown in the air and then smashed back into the ground. Elleroth's fists punched him through bedrock and metal.
Deep underground, the humans were waiting for something to happen.
Springtrap had managed to calm the kids down despite it being very dark in there.
BB had a flashlight and he had been keeping the mood somewhat lit up.
Suddenly, Marionette and Elleroth came through the ceiling and almost crushed Mr. Fazbear. The kids shrieked at the sight of Elleroth.
That cat was strangling Marionette who was punching him in the face.
" So this is where you have been hiding all your other friends. You must already have realized that they mean nothing to us anymore.
They aren't safe here once Black becomes the Apocalypse witch", Elleroth smiled at Marionette.
He wanted the puppet to suffer during his last moments. It was nice to have people around to watch it happen.
Marionette was fading. He thought that they were finished.
Suddenly, something reached out into the hole and grabbed Elleroth.
That hand was huge and Elleroth, screaming, vanished into the hole. Marionette's hopelessness was gone in a second.
He had no idea of what that could have been. The Shadow blade fell down the hole and Marionette grabbed it.
" If anyone comes through this hole, kill them. You are still in danger", he told everyone in the deep basement.
Then he flew out of the hole to see what was going on.
He had never seen an arm, that long.
Marionette rushed outside to see a sight that made his jaw open like it was broken.
Farewell: Now things have kicked off. It still remains way cooler in my head but I would be a really good anime screenwriter, wouldn't you say?
Well, anyway.
Elleroth has revealed that only Leslie can kill him and Black.
The final stretch of the final battle has begun. Only eight more chapters to go.
THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.
