Your's truly walrus is back with another chapter. The finale continues. Thunder will have his final battle! The Slave's leader, Thunder's betrayer, Darkrai, the Nightmare king will finally get his showdown. Will our Shinx be able to take him down or will he fall to the Nightmares? Reviews are appreciated. Have fun reading!

Chapter X3: Thunder: The world's nemesis

Music: Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story OST – The grand finale

Thunder's POV:

"For the first time, I'll do you a favour. AND END YOUR SORRY LIFE!" Shadow balls began to circle around the shadow Pokemon. The atmosphere felt dark. I knew that my decisive battle had come. My role in this finale was not to destroy the demon, but to finally get the revenge I always wanted. Either this, or to die. But standing in front of the Slaves leader, second was not an option! Seconds after summoning them, Darkrai attacked me with his shadow balls. Since I already know most of his tricks, it was easy for me to read this move and to dodge, before striking myself. But like I already thought, Darkrai disappeared into thin air as I tried to attack. Dodging was his biggest strength. But only because of his biggest weakness: His defence was literally zero. It would only take one strong hit to end him for ever. I just had to hit him at all. Most of my attacks did only work in close range combat and the ones that could reach further, Darkrai knew about them. This battle would be a test of endurance. I had to punish only one mistake of his… but first he needed to make one.

Reappearing right behind me, Darkrai tried to Shadow claw me before dodging again. "You know, you could just make this easier for the both of us. You know yourself that you'll die here. You don't stand a chance against me!" "I do stand a chance! It`s your own fault! You made me who I am. You trained me to become strong!" Shooting a Dark Pulse at me, he responded. "I trained you once, long ago, since I needed you. You were never more than a tool to me! And every tool break sometime… and I'll make you break today!"

I continued to dodge. I knew, getting hit once would not only hurt him badly, but if I got hit, I would suffer the nightmare energy. It would set a time limit for me to win, since it would hurt me further and further until I'd not be able to fight anymore. And so, I dodged and tried to hit him.

"Why are you even trying? Don't you see the truth?" "I won't let you get away again. I'll avenge myself and my friends!" Darkrai just sighed. "You really will never learn, will you? Everyone you ever trusted betrayed you at some point. Me, your parents, SD and… well since you never had any more friends, that's it. And now you DARE telling me, that you fight for your friends? You'll be broken again! Just like you always were!" Trying to break my spirit, Darkrai opened up the wounds of my past. But I knew that he only tried to scare me. I know, my friends would never betray me. Evan was just too nice to do so and Fate… she was more than just a friend to me. And I knew that she returned these feelings! Even if she was not by my side now, she only wasn't for greater good. This time, I would not let Darkrai break me! And so I fought on.

"Why are you even doing this? You never were betrayed like the other Slaves. You have no reason and you have no idea. Do you really believe, that you'll be able to control the demon's power?" "Heck, do I look that stupid to you? Of course I don't!" For one moment, I was too surprised to react. My nemesis used this situation to strike his first blow! A Shadow Claw right to my side. I kept standing, even if the Nightmares were tearing me apart from the inside. "You just don't get it again, fool! I just need these naive idiots to believe!" "Do you really mean…?" "Of course I do! You were not my only tool in this story. Every single one of them, from Rookie to General, all of them are just instruments for my plan!" "You really do betray again. That's your only strength, isn't it? Even the ones who trust you the most…" "Are you in any position to complain? I just needed an army. As the Demon finally gets back all of his power, he'll destroy all of the light! And all of these fools together with it!" "You're a sick bastard!" The nightmare king started smiling. "Thanks!"

This second of carelessness was all it took for me. As he did not expect it, I hit him with a Thunderbolt. He instantly fell down to the ground, a pool of blood forming underneath of him. "I… did it! Do you see now? You trained me and ensured your own death. May you never see the light again!"

Music: Final Battle (Final Boss Phase 2) - Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam OST

I still felt the nightmares hurting me from the inside. I may not be able to help Fate anymore, but I did my job. One last look at the Shadows corpse, before I left… I wished. As I wanted to leave, I heard a voice. I instantly recognized whom it was. "You… dare… TOUCH ME! YOU ISOLENT FOOL! YOU NAIVE IDIOT! YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT!" The Shadow king I believed to be dead rose up once again. All of his belly was bleeding since he had a big wound there. But he was alive. Even if I believed that he'd not be able to, he survived. "YOU'LL NEVER KILL YOUR MASTER! ACCEPT YOUR FAILURE! But I have to congratulate you…" He seemed way calmer now, as he spoke while holding his wound with one hand. He started to smile again. "You actually did it. I did not believe I'd ever need to do this." A purple aura started to surround him. "But you got me to this point." The aura exploded and clouded the room in Darkness. As it disappeared, Darkrai had changed. Now he, too, was purple, his eyes glowing red. "FEEL THE POWER THE EMPEROR GAVE TO ME!" And with this, the battle continued… or did it? It was not a battle anymore. The power Darkrai got was something no Pokemon should ever be able to use. Only using his mind, he could summon spears made of Dark Magic out of every wall. With just one movement of his hand, he could push me in there, like he wanted. I could only move if he wanted me too.

It only took a few attacks for me to be nearly dead. Darkrai laughed at me again. "Do you see it now? You never had a chance against me! But guess what? Since I'll kill you soon, how about I tell you about my true intentions. If anyone deserves it, it's you!" Not even waiting for an answer, he started explaining. "First of all, you need to know the difference between a legendary and a mythical Pokemon. Mythical Pokemon are legendarys, that can't be part of the council because of different reasons. Many of them are born being cursed to stay a child forever, which doesn't help the council. Other's… are exiled from the council. Or they exiled themselves. That's what I did! I was a long time member of the council over this world as I slowly felt the darkness rising in this world. Feeling it's true power, I decided to leave and to join it. To join, what became my emperor. As the Shadow Demon arrived this world, I was the one to greet and praise him first. From the very first second, I was his loyal servant. He gave me power! I helped him! But I could not stop the stupid eon dragon from sealing him away. But at least, I could seal her away too. Since then, I did everything for my god to return. And now he is back! And he'll destroy everything. He will reign this cursed world. The darkness will get a new home. And only the Demons chosen ones will be allowed to live. And I am already chosen to do so."

This summed up everything I did not know about the Nightmares King. "Even my Nightmare Energy was a gift from him. It's pretty great, like you should feel!" He started laughing again. All he said means, that from the very beginning, everyone was just his tool. And he was just a servant. To the beast Darkrai calls his emperor! "The time has come. Thunder, it's time to say goodbye. This will be our last meeting. Maybe, I'll try to think of your stupidity sometimes. So that we may never see again!" With these last words, I felt myself getting pierced by spikes once more, as the world turned black.

Music: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Music- Valhalla

I could see nothing, but I felt a force coming nearer. I knew, it had to be Darkrai, wanting to finish me off completely. Within my pain and rage, I put my life behind. All my suffering was Darkrai's fault. From the very beginning to the very end. He betrayed the whole world. He was the one, making me the coward I am. He destroyed not only my life, but Fate's too. He tried to kill her back before I found her… As I had these thoughts, I heard a voice talking to me. It wasn't Darkrai. But still, I knew the voice. It was Fate. "Thunder, Evan! I am sorry. I did not know that… I… have no time left. I am sorry. I failed you. Farewell." It couldn't be. Was Fate unable to win too? Had the Darkness really won? And, most importantly… how was Fate? Did she really… My soul felt like breaking, I knew Darkrai was standing right in front of me now, wanting to finish me for good, as I heard another voice. This second voice was completely new to me.

Music: Blinded by light – Final Fantasy XIII Battle Theme

"The hope is not lost. Feel your rage. Feel your pain. Feel the Dragon's Fury turning your pain into power! You can still win!"The very next second, I felt something flowing through my veins. Power was flooding my body. Right as I opened my eyes and rolled to the side, Darkrai punched the ground where I laid before. He seemed pretty surprised. "Still alive? Why don't you just give up! You don't stand a…" "SHUT UP!" My voice echoed through the cave. Shocked, Darkrai DID stop talking. "I'm tired of you bullshit! All of it ends now!" He just laughed once more. "Oh, it will. Now DIE!" Again, he moved his hand. I felt an invisible force pushing me. But this time, I stood my ground. Darkrai seemed pretty shocked again. He moved his hand again and again. "Do you know why you always won? You never played fair! You betrayed others and let them do your work! Without cheating, you can't win! And I'm sick of it! You can't cheat anymore! You'll have to fight fair now! If you're even able too!"

Darkrai slowly floated backwards, keeping his eyes on me. "We… we can talk about anything… right Thunder? My buddy! You wouldn't hurt your old teacher, would you?" "I would do it. And I would enjoy it!" One last hit was finally taken… Darkrai fell to the ground once more, the purple colour leaving his body. "This… this can't be. Only one thing could be able to beat my emperor's… you can't possibly use the Dragon's Fury! You just can't!" "It seems like you were wrong, doesn't it? It's over Darkrai! Your done for. This if for all the Slaves! For Metro Village! For the Police! For my friends! And for myself!" Darkrai spoke his last words, before he disappeared to never be seen again. "My lord… I'm sorry… I failed you… but… no one can stop you… set this world's fate in stone!" Finally, he disappeared. My nemesis was gone. The Slaves had lost their so-called leader. The "Dragon's Fury", what ever it exactly is, slowly lost effect. And I remembered Fate's words. Instantaneously, I ran in direction of the next room, ready to meet the Demon!

Jesus, Word really DID want to annoy me with this chapter. Everything just turned into a mess of letters. Took quite some time to fix. But now I did. See you again next time, for the grand finale: Fate vs. Shadow Demon(?)