Prince of Persia - Kindred Blades Chapter 24, a prince of persia fanfic

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

Light Path

As the Prince rode his chariot through the barely lit streets, he thought for once that he'd get a break and make a smooth trip to his current destination without delay. Unfortunately, that wish was seemingly short-lived as he found himself caught between two of the Doppelganger's generals, who rode their own chariots at the same speed as his own.

'Hey Prince,' the axe twin said. 'Why don't we make a stop at the makeshift arena up ahead. It would make for a more interesting fight.'

'Fine.' the Prince said in a dismissive tone, as he stopped his chariot and got off, following the Twins to the makeshift arena.

'Alright. Let's get this over with,' the Prince said with great annoyance.

The Twins could only look at each other and let out a knowing laugh, before resuming looking at the Prince again.

'Brother. If you'd do the honors?' the axe twin suggested.

The sword twin pulled out his sword and made a mad dash around the outer rim of the arena, the sparks generated from the tip of the sword causing fires to spring up.

The Prince could only look on in fear, knowing what would happen to him next. His corrupted right arm flared up as flames found themselves magically drawn to it, eventually covering his entire body till he was alight and screaming in pain as the transformation into the Dark Prince occurred.

'There we go,' the axe twin said. 'Now things can be a little more interesting.'

'Don't speak.' the Dark Prince said, as he made a taunt encouraging his opponents to come to him.

And as the Twins began to engage in battle, the Dark Prince knew after a bit that he wasn't going to survive this fight without making a change in his battle strategy. He did what he could to block incoming attacks, but the Twins were landing more successful hits than they were missing and the Dark Prince felt himself getting weaker, unable to keep up the good fight for much longer.

'Come on. Surely you can do better than that.' a familiar voice called out as they landed on the ground behind the Twins, her back turned to them.

'Mahasti!' the Dark Prince said.

'We need to stop meeting up like this.' Mahasti responded, as she made some hard stabbing motions with her dual swords at the axe twin, who narrowly dodged out of the way of the attack while Mahasti joined the Dark Prince at his current position, both their weapons raised.

'You handle the one with the broadsword. I'll handle the one with the axe.' the Dark Prince suggested.

'Fine. I've been looking forward to this.' Mahasti said, as she made a combative scream before charging for the mute sword twin.

'Now, its just you and me,' the Dark Prince pointed out to the axe twin. 'Time to join your brethren in hell.'

The axe twin could only express feelings of frustration in his face, as he proceeded to charge for the Dark Prince, moving his axe left and right, the Dark Prince continuing to dodge as best he could until the axe twin slammed his weapon into the ground and got it stuck.

'It was a mistake to challenge me monster,' the Prince mocked. 'And your second mistake...

The Prince stabbed the axe twin in the back, effectively killing him.

'...was to mindlessly fling around that battleaxe without stopping to be mindful of your surroundings.'

And as the axe twin faded away, an unexpected amount of extra sand got absorbed into the Amulet (as the Prince felt great pain within his skull). He finally remembered the 'Ravages of Time' technique, which had proved especially useful against large groups of enemies on the Island of Time, time speeding up to almost unseen levels from his perspective while enemies could do nothing to defend themselves against it.

'Aaah!' Mahasti screamed, sustaining an incredibly lethal blow.

'Mahasti!' the Dark Prince cried, as he activated his new sand power and went to town on the sword twin, tearing him limb from limb and killing him before he even realized what happened, returning his sword to his scabbard before tending to Mahasti.

Mahasti coughing, the Prince carefully raised her with his arms as he acted as physical support.

'Guess I... got too overconfident.' Mahasti joked.

'You fought well. I'm sure Shahdee would be proud of what you did, in fighting off a physically stronger opponent.'

'Thank you... At least I went out... fighting.' Mahasti said.

'But why come back to save me? Surely it would have been better to leave Babylon and save yourself?' the Dark Prince questioned.

'And... go where, Prince? I'm a... warrior who no longer has... a purpose. One who has... no purpose is... doomed to lead a... miserable existence.'

Placing one of her hands on the Prince's left cheek, she quietly let out some final words. 'Please... promise me one thing... See that your shadow is... dealt with honourably... for me.'

'You have my word.' the Dark Prince said, as Mahasti's body faded completely into dust.

And as rain started to pelt down across the arena, the Dark Prince transformed back to normal (clearing up as quickly as it arrived).

The momentary distraction of a conflict now over, the Prince headed back to his chariot and rode off into the sunrise, preparing himself for the final battle.

Dark Path

'Hey Prince,' the axe twin said. 'Why don't we make a stop at the makeshift arena up ahead. It would make for a more interesting fight.'

'Fine.' the Prince said in a dismissive tone, as he stopped his chariot and got off, following the Twins to the makeshift arena.

'Alright. Let's get this over with,' the Prince said with great annoyance.

The Twins could only look at each other and let out a knowing laugh, before resuming looking at the Prince again.

'Brother. If you'd do the honors?' the axe twin suggested.

The sword twin pulled out his sword and made a mad dash around the outer rim of the arena, the sparks generated from the tip of the sword causing fires to spring up.

'Hahahahaha! Yes! The transformation is now complete! No longer will I have to worry about reluctantly doing the 'right thing' or 'playing the hero'. Now, I'm going ALL OUT!'

'Starting to think this wasn't a good idea brother.' the axe twin said to the sword twin.

The sword twin merely made a calming facial expression at his nervous brother, non-verbally telling him that there was nothing to worry about as the sword twin prepared to attack the now completely irredeemable Dark Prince.

The Dark Prince merely smiled as he slowed down time, dodging out of the way (before he forced the sword twin to the ground and began to choke him out with the Daggertail, putting his full strength into the manoeuvre till a distinct snap could be heard).

'Brother?' the axe twin inquired. 'Are you okay?'

'I'm afraid he's no longer among the living. But don't worry. You'll be joining him very soon,' the Dark Prince cruelly commented.

The axe twin let out cries of anger as he prepared himself for his deadliest technique, charging forward as he raised his axe up, ready to slice the Dark Prince in half.

But it was all too predictable to the Dark Prince (as he merely dodged out of the way, causing the axe twin to slam his weapon into the ground and get it stuck).

'Don't worry. I always keep my promises.' the Dark Prince said, as he stabbed his sword into the other twin's back, immediately killing him.

Unexpectedly, a ton of extra sand got absorbed into the Amulet (as the Dark Prince felt great pain within his skull). He finally remembered the 'Ravages of Time' technique, which had proved especially useful against large groups of enemies on the Island of Time, time speeding up to almost unseen levels from his perspective while enemies could do nothing to defend themselves against it.

With this newly-gained power in hand, the Dark Prince walked away, intent on slaying the one remaining serious threat that stood between him and a new world order (returning to his chariot as he rode off into the sunrise).