"So. Which of you Vala will be the first to fight me?" asked Melkor. He was ready to take any of them down.

"We won't fight you, Melkor. We'll stalemate you here. You will be defeated soon enough," stated Manwe.

"Please. I'm the one with time on my side. Daleks, fire the Cruciform at any of these fools. Choose randomly."

The Cruciform fired its all powerful attack. Manwe began to block it using his power, but that's when Melkor revealed his newest trick. He raised Grond into the air and had Grond absorb the Cruciform's blast.

"Melkor… what are you doing?" asked Manwe, shocked.

"Absorbing the Cruciform's power into my own. One step closer to the God I will be. I will make this world perfect! There will be no crime, no chaos! Nothing!"

"... How? What?"

"I will do anything to overthrow the corrupt order of this world, Manwe. You cannot understand me."

"I remember now why we threw you into the Doors of Night. Despite everything, you… you do not understand Iluvatar. You cannot understand me, Morgoth," spat out Manwe. Clearly, Manwe wanted revenge. For Ulmo. For Lorien. Brother against brother.

"Well, Manwe, you do not understand me. You have surrounded me with all your strongest warriors but they do not match my strength in any way. Each of you - fight me one on one. Your wounds will stay, making the next one's job easier. You may choose to stop fighting at any point, but don't be a coward.

The first to step forward to challenge Melkor was Aule.

"Melkor. You and I, we are the most similar and yet the most different. You are consumed by your pride, by your wish to be the best, but you are not the best. I created true life, even if I accepted help, and if you want to be a little crybaby, I'll make you a little crybaby impaled by rocks killed forever."

He took forth the earth and forged a mighty shield for himself. Then he brandished his great hammer and formed several floating rock javelins in the air. Melkor merely wielded Grond, but now the Hammer of the Underworld glew with an unholy green energy - the power of the Cruciform, incarnate in one.