Prince of Heart- Hmmmmm, these chapters are getting further apart, imma need to tighten up that schedule lmao
Eridan's blood ran cold as he glared at Her Imperious Condescension, the troll everyone had nightmares about nightly, and caused havoc and destruction among his and other species worlds; standing tall and proud just a few dozen feet ahead of the group. His muscles twitched, partly out of anger and partly of fear, as he stared into the almost soul crushing eyes of the absolute bitch Feferi would have had to fight back in their universe for dominance of the monarchy. His rectangular glasses fogged up from his surprisingly heavy breathing caused by his nervousness for the upcoming fight. He pulled out his wand from his specubis, the short stick glowing at his touch; he always trusted the wand to keep him safe; ironic considering all it ever did was bring death and destruction wherever it was used. But then again, Eridan thought, maybe that was the point of it. And all he had to do was point it in the right direction.
He looked beside him at some of his comrades, his friends in this universe. The only person slightly resenting him was Roxy, but it seemed like she didn't particularly hold the grudge for too long, maybe because she understood. The blue garbed Rogue of Void stood beside him, a heavy, funny looking gun in both her small hands, though she held it with determination and grace as she cocked it and stood ready for battle. Just in front of him was the other Lalonde sister, unknowing to what Eridan had done in the previous timeline, with no way of finding it out without asking Roxy. The Seer of Light pushed a strand of loose hair behind her ear, double the magic wands Eridan had sitting easily in her steady hands, glowing a darker white than Eridan knew of. Finally, the goofy Heir of Breath bobbed up and down slowly with his giant hammer gripped tightly in both hands just to his north west, the boy that had saved the universe. They couldn't mess this up. They couldn't AFFORD to mess this up.
The Empress snarled her nose in a wicked smile, twisting her trident around once before she took her battle stance, one foot in front of the other, surprisingly graceful for the giant troll. She cut an imposing figure, nearly twice the size of the eight-sweep old Eridan, and with lengths upon lengths of hair in a twisted contortion behind her body, only pushed back by her solid gold crown. He'd only seen pictures of her before, but he never thought she actually looked like this in person; almost like some gorgeous femme fatale in some low-bloods action novel. The silence in the air was choking Eridan, as he found it surprisingly hard to breathe gazing upon the curvaceous troll, knowing she could cut him down in moments.
That was when it all shattered, when John finally pulled the first move and sprinted at the Empress with his hammer raised high. He jumped higher than Eridan had seen before; above the head of even the eight-foot giantess that was the empress, and swung down with all his might. The empress dodged to her right, letting John hit and further crack the ground with the full force of his hammer. Rose rushed forth after him, aiming for the Empress' left side as she brandished her needles at her sides. She managed to score a hit, sticking both her sharpened needles into the Empress' hip, causing the troll to scream out in pain. But this only lasted a second before the Empress swung her hand down and hit the orange garbed girl, sending her flying over the railing. In that time John had regained his balance and swung his hammer once again into the right side of the Empress. She caught the attack before it managed to land a hit, grabbing onto the hilt of the hammer just above John's hands. Just before she could continue to do anything, a barrage of cube-shaped objects flew into and hit her, sending her off her balance and letting go of John, allowing the boy to land a hit on her finally and send her stumbling back further.
The Empress regained her control just as John went to attack again and blocked the next one with her trident. She then hooked the top of John's hammer with the middle of her trident, lifted the boy up with barely any effort, and threw him down with all her might. The Heir crashed into the ground, and even THROUGH the floor, and down to whatever building was below. The Empress turned to the remaining two kids and proceeded to smil at Eridan through pointed teeth.
"A mo'fuckin fish-troll eh?" She questioned him, much to his grimace. "You really tryna betray your own fuckin race by doin this? By fightin your own leader?"
Eridan spun his wand around in his hand once, the sweat on his palm unbearable, before replying, "you wwerent much of a fuckin leader. i used to followw you to the ends of alternia but all you evver did was send our people to their deaths one by one on some butt fuck planet that wwe nevver gavve a shit about. howwevver bad fef wwas she wwoulda made a better empress than you you fuckin toilet."
"Well it's your life, don't be miserable if I end it a thousand sweeps too early."
The Empress started to run at the two, so Eridan proceeded to raise his wand and fire a powerful white beam, narrowly missing her. The beam continued to fire, so Eridan attempted to follow her movements with it, but for a giantess she was surprisingly nimble as she continued to dodge it. She got frighteningly close to the pair, even as the Rogue readied for a second attack, but she was stopped in her tracks as a pair of smaller beams hit her in the right hip and sent her flying into the railing a few feet away. Eridan looked to where they'd come from and saw that it was John and Rose who had flown back up to the walkway to rejoin the fight. The two floated over and landed just a few feet away from Eridan, readying their weapons again.
The Empress rubbed her head, before snarling and sprinting towards the kids. She swung her trident at John, the boy just dodging out of the way, then looked over at Eridan with glowing, flashing eyes. Eridan stared into them, confused, before Roxy yanked him to the side just as a meter-wide beam flashing with intense colours shot past the two and exploded into the building behind them. Roxy had managed to pull him over the railing with amazing arm-strength, managing to hold him up even in the air, before she threw him back over the railing and behind the Empress. As soon as he landed, the Prince felt the heat of his wand wanting release, so he raised it up and shot at the surprised Empress. The beam grazed her side as she dodged, taking off a chunk of her flesh and body-suit with it, though this did little but anger her as she immediately retaliated by shooting another beam at John, who had readied another attack. Rose managed to weasel her way in and stop the beam with her own, the two fighting for dominance, before an attack from Roxy barraged the Empress with bullets.
She stopped her beam and lunged at Roxy, getting in a good bonk with her trident to the Rogues head. Roxy lurched to her side, nary a moments rest before the Empress managed to stab her leg before she fell, making her prematurely plummet the last few inches to the ground. The Empress pulled her trident back out and went for the rest of the group, aiming for the closest person to stab. This happened to be Eridan, though he easily dodged out of the way and let her trident crumbled the railing behind him like it was dust. Since John and Rose still remained behind her, the two nodded at each other, and a strange aura seemed to emanate off of them. Before long, the two of them yelled out, and various blue beams seemed to rain down from the sky that, while not piercing the Empresses armour, obviously caused her distress and harm. Eridan decided to join in, firing his own beam into the Empress, getting her square in the back. The beam proved super effective, cutting a hole from one side to the other and causing the Empresses fascia purple blood to seep out profusely.
The Empress dropped to her knees, and Eridan untensed his shoulders and sighed in relief. But after a moment, the Empress let out an ear-piercing screech and lifted herself up into the air through sheer power alone. Then her eyes began flashing again, and the Empress let of another beam, first aiming it at Rose and John but missing them widely and destroying the pathway behind them, then doing the same for Eridan. Before the Prince could react, he found himself falling through the air, the architecture a blur around as he continued for a few seconds. And then, before he could think, a sharp pain entered him, and he blacked out.