It's here! sorry for being SOOOO late, I just never got around to working on the story, somehow. Anyway, here it is!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! (Not counting Ignast or any other OC's)
Dark Pit and Ignast made camp in another abandoned farm house. Ignast found a pig and began to cook it as Dark Pit made plans to get to the underworld, searching through Pandora's memories.
"Hmm," Dark Pit said as Ignast entered the room Dark Pit was in.
"What?"
"So far I can only see one way to get into the Underworld, with the key, which Thanatos has."
"So we go beat up Thanatos!"
"Pit already did. The key won't let us all enter. Plus, that might mean taking orders from that stupid goddess."
"Ah, yeah. So there's no way?"
"There has to be one!" Dark Pit said, banging his hands on the table. "How do the other commanders get to the underworld?"
"Hmm, maybe there's a way to make another?" Ignast said.
"If that's possible, I don't know how," Dark Pit said, annoyed. He started sifting through Pandora's memories, trying to find anything."
"Ah ha!" Ignast said, snapping his fingers, "I know a god who owes me a favor!" Ignast sent fire from his hands, and it morphed into an old man holding a large hammer.
"Dyntos!" Dark Pit said. "The god of the forge!"
"Correct," Ignast said, "I helped him out while working for the Pheonix."
"I do have a question about that," Dark Pit said, "the Pheonix doesn't talk, so how does he give you instructions."
"Um- let's... um... let's get back to the subject!" Ignast said, flustered. Dark Pit made a small laugh.
"Let's go!" Dark Pit said, activating the power of flight.
"Wait up!" Ignast yelled, following his lead. They flew for a couple hours before meeting resistance, in the form of the underworld monsters. Dark Pit separated his bow, slashing at the monoeyes, while Ignast smashed them with his Phoenix arm.
"Well, well, hello there! Ignast, eh?" came the voice of an old man in Dark Pit's head, Dyntos. "But who's this now?"
"Dark Pit, Lord Dyntos," Ignast said.
"I see! So are you on a mission for the phoenix?"
"No, my lord. Neither of us have a master anymore," Ignast said, "we need your help however."
"I suppose you want me to make two keys to the underworld, right?"
"Yes," Dark Pit said, slashing a monoeye, "are you going to do it or not?"
"No need to get impatient now!" Dyntos said laughing.
"We really need to get down there by tomorrow," Ignast pleaded, "could we please have two?"
"Yeah, or can you not make them?"
"Simmer down there!" Dyntos yelled, agitated. "I can make it, but you'll have to earn it!"
"But you said you owed me a favor last time!" Iganst pleaded. Dyntos didn't speak, presumably thinking.
"So I did. You can have a key. The other angel however, does not have a free ticket!" he said, then laughed. "Oh, I'm going to have fun with this one!"
"What exactly do you mean to that?" Dark Pit asked.
"Oh, I think a little test will prove your worthy," Dyntos said, then laughed.
"What exactly does this 'test' involve?" Dark Pit asked, dreading the answer.
"Why, fighting me of course!" Dyntos said, still laughing.
"What!? No!" Ignast exclaimed. "Lord Dyntos!"
"Let's get on with it," Dark Pit said.
"Excellent answer!" Dyntos said. "Now then..." Dark Pit's surroundings suddenly changed. He was now standing in the middle of an arena. In front of him was an old man. He had a long beard and wielded a hammer. It was Dyntos. Dark Pit detached the sides of his silver bow.
"Take this!" Dark Pit yelled, running toward Dyntos and slicing at him. Dyntos blocked with his hammer faster than Dark Pit had predicted, and Dyntos knocked Dark Pit back.
"Silver Bow," Dyntos said, as if reciting something, "weak point, left side of the blade." Dyntos ran at Dark Pit with speed no one would have expected of a god, and slammed his hammer into the left side of one of the blades. It shattered instantly. Dark Pit barely had time to adjust before Dyntos did the same to the other. Dark Pit muttered something about old gods that Dyntos couldn't hear, then activated the Power Of Flight and made a short burst of speed backwards, buying him the time he needed to summon his ogre club. Dark Pit ran at the god, jumped up, and slammed the club down on his head. Dyntos blocked, but instead of pushing him, he quickly dodged so Dark Pit's club slammed into the ground.
"Ogre Club," Dyntos said, "extremely heavy, so it can get stuck, especially where the ground repairs itself, like here." Sure enough, the cracked arena ground repaired itself around the club, sealing it into the floor. Dark Pit stopped trying to dislodge the club and instead again activated the power of flight, planning to get up in the air, where Dyntos couldn't tell what weapon he was using. "Come now!" Dyntos said. "Please, play fair!" Dyntos put a hand into the air and Dark Pit's power shut off. He crashed into the ground. Getting up quickly and jumping, so as to not lodge himself into the ground, he summoned his EZ cannon. "Don't you get it?" Dyntos said with a laugh. "No matter what weapon you use, I will always have all the statistics for!"
"Come on! Just one hit!" Dark Pit yelled, not listening. He shot an explosive at Dyntos.
"EZ cannon," Dyntos said, "highly explosive shots, to beat by hitting them back," he swung his hammer at just the right time, knocking the explosive to the side. And Dark Pit saw the meaning in his words.No matter what weapon he used, Dyntos would know exactly how to counter it, know it's speed, power, shot speed. In that case, thought Dark Pit, I need to use a weapon he didn't make! And I have one! The Dark Pit Staff, it's my only hope! Dark Pit summoned the brawler claws, hoping to get some distance between him and the smith.
"You really aren't very good at this," Dyntos said with a sigh, "claws are best used up close, not at a range. A better weapon would be something like this," he summoned a laser staff into his hand. "Now be my target, sonny!" Dark Pit threw off the claws. He focused onto the Dark Pit staff, and waited. "Good bye!" Dyntos yelled, and fired. Dark Pit willed the staff to become real. It did so, and he dodged the shot with ease. He fired with the dodge. The shot hit Dyntos' arm, and he clutched the wound. Dark Pit saw the blacksmith's eyes widen with fear. Dyntos grabbed his laser staff, which he had dropped, and shot at Dark Pit wildly. Each time, it went an inch in front or behind Dark Pit. The angel knew why this was: Dyntos wasn't a good fighter. He relied on calculation numbers to aim or strategize. This worked well, because his enemies all used his weapons. However, against a new weapon, his style crumbled. Dark Pit continued to circle him, shooting every few feet, until eventually Dyntos crumpled to the ground. Dark Pit activated the Power Of Flight and flew up to Dyntos to help him up.
"Well," Dyntos said, "I must say, I didn't expect that strategy. I must see that weapon!" Dyntos had a kind of hungry look in his eye as he eyed the staff.
"On one condition," Dark Pit said, "never make me fight you again."
"Fine, fine," Dyntos said, and Dark Pit handed the staff to him. "This is amazing!" Dyntos said, looking at the front of the staff with a professional eye. "The large tip gives the staff a counter balance, allowing for easy aim I presume?"
"Honestly," Dark Pit said, "I just imagined a staff." Dyntos, however, wasn't listening.
"But it could use little more power," Dyntos said, "perhaps you would let me add some upgrades?"
"Sure," Dark Pit said, "but first, the key?"
"Of course," Dyntos said, dropping a blue crystal into Dark Pit's hand, even though Dyntos hadn't been holding one. Suddenly Ignast was flying down from the sky.
"Dude," Ignast said, setting down next to Dark Pit, "that was awesome!"
"You were watching?" Dark Pit asked.
"I was up in the clouds," Ignast explained, "a barrier wouldn't let me get any closer."
"Well, thanks for your help, Dyntos," Dark Pit said.
"THAT'S LORD DYNTOS!" Dyntos yelled, but Dark Pit activated the Power of Flight and flew off. Ignast followed.
"We're gonna be late," Ignast said, pointing at the sun. Sure enough, it was setting. If they slept, they wouldn't make it.
"Then let's pour on the speed!" Dark Pit said, flying faster toward the entrance.
"Wait for me!" Ignast yelled. A few miles away, a Dark Pit saw a huge octopus fall into the ground, dead. A kracken.
I feel the need to apologize for being late once more, also, I'm sorry for the terrible Dyntos dialogue. For some odd reason I couldn't wrap my head around his personality. Next chapter should be out soon!