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Disclaimer: I don't ownubisoft and I ain't the prince of Persia.

Chapter 5 – The Beast falls

The prince rushed across the street that was now damaged beyond repair. Large holes were everywhere and buildings that once stood lay in rubbles. The beast roared and swung his axe madly towards the prince. The blade cut through the air, narrowly missing the prince's head by millimetres. The prince rolled back before the beast could attack him again and hid behind a building, which by now, was about to collapse. He was powerless without the dagger in his hands and his mind was filled with ways of trying to get the dagger back from the wall of that building across the street.

Before he could take his second breath, a large shadow loomed behind him and there the beast was, grinning evilly at him. The beast held its axe high once again, and this time, it jumped high into the air, somersaulted and flew down towards the prince like a drill. The prince jumped away before the blow was done and he ran across the walls. The beast crushed the ground, and drilled into it. The prince watched in shocked as the beast disappeared from the surface.

The prince felt a strange vibration beneath him. He looked down and saw cracks forming on the ground. He instantly jumped away from the spot and the ground exploded from beneath. Rocks flew in every direction and some hit the prince hard. The prince received a few more bruises and cuts from the rocks, but nonetheless, he was still able to move. The explosion caused sand and dust to swirl around the prince and the prince had to cover his eyes as this happened. Sand and dust soon covered the prince's vision and before he knew it, he was totally powerless.

The prince craned his ears to hear any movement or anything that would help him at all. He heard footsteps behind him and grabbed the figure without hesitation. He held the struggling man in the air, and recognized him instantly. He placed the man down, knowing that is was Jamal.

"Sorry Jamal, I mistook you for someone else," Said the prince hastily. He bent down and helped Jamal up.

"Well, I guess we both are in a pretty tight situation now, eh?" said Jamal looking around the area but couldn't see anything other than sand and dust. The prince felt at a lost, how was he supposed to defeat that beast? How was he ever going to reclaim back his kingdom? He escaped from his trance as Jamal pinched his shoulder rather anxiously.

"What is it now?" The prince asked irritably. He saw that Jamal's face was filled with grim concentration.

"Here it comes, get ready." Jamal took out a rope from his bag pack, tied it into a knot, and ran ahead where the beast was. The prince was bewildered and astonished but he followed Jamal anyways.

The sand and dust soon were gone and the beast could be seen clearly. The beast still had it axe in its hands and it was looking really pissed. The beast punched its chest and roared loudly. The roar pierced the silence of the night and shook buildings that were looking too weak to stand on themselves. The prince caught a small glint of light above the beast's head. He squinted to get a better look at the object and instantly felt his heart leaped. It was the dagger.

Jamal ran straight towards the beast and threw the rope around the beast's neck. The beast's seemed unaware of this and it continued on with its roar. Jamal shot a frantic look at the prince.

"Hurry prince, we don't have much time on our hands!" shouted Jamal. He tightened the rope and threw it towards the prince. The prince caught it, and instantly knew what Jamal was hoping for. He nodded to show confirmation of this plan and climbed up the rope, hoping to reach the beast's head without any other surprises.

The beast noticed the little prince that was climbing up on it while using a rope. It growl angrily and swung its body around madly. The prince saw what was happening and three horrible words entered his mind. "I'm gonna die". The prince flew up and down, north to south, and in every direction you could imagine, but the prince still held on the rope for dear life. As he swung dangerously from side to side, he saw the dagger gleaming brightly in the moonlight. Taking this opportunity, he released his grip on the rope, and was throne towards the dagger.

He caught the dagger's hilt and he was now hanging from the dagger with his legs on the wall. As he touched the dagger's hilt, he heard a voice in his head saying, "Took you long enough,". He was surprised but he then whispered towards the dagger, "I still came didn't I?" The beast was still jumping around, thinking that the prince was still hanging onto the rope. As the beast neared the prince, the rope on its neck came closer towards the prince. The prince kept the dagger back on his belt, and jumped forwards and grabbed the rope.

The prince could hear Jamal screaming something from beneath him but he didn't care, all he cared was toppling down this beast. He climbed the beast's entire body, his full concentration on holding on to the rope. After a few moments, he reached the beast's head and pulled out his dagger, and climbed up the beast's nose. He faced the beast and was now at the beast's eye level. The beast seemed shocked and instantly stopped moving and the prince swung his dagger straight into the beast's eye with all his might.

The beast roared in agony. Blood gushed out from the wounded eye and the prince took the blade of the dagger out from the eye. The prince held on the nose hairs of the beast as the beast clutched its eye in pain. It roared angrily and grabbed the prince. It gave the prince a powerful and strong grip. Yelling in pain, the prince quickly stabbed the dagger into the flesh of the beast's hand. The beast let go and the prince stabbed the hand once more. He hung on the hand and after a few seconds, he threw himself up once more and caught the rope that was hanging on the beast's neck. The beast was clutching its hand in pain and its right eye seemed blinded from the wound the prince created.

The prince grabbed the rope and untied it and slid down from the beast's armour from behind. He called for Jamal to help him tie the rope at the beast's leg when he got his feet back onto the solid ground.

"Grab this rope Jamal, and help me tie this thing around its legs!" the prince roared. Jamal nodded and hurried off to tie the other end while the prince tied the other.

"This part is already tied!" roared Jamal. Sweat dropped down his forehead and he felt his entire body shake in fear. "What are planning to do?"

"Just watch," and without further ado, he tightened the rope and tied the legs of the beast.

The beast felt its legs strapped together by the rope, and was powerless to do anything else because it was now falling towards the gate that was blocking the exit.

CRASH!

The beast felt head first into the gate and a sickening crunch was heard. Rocks, sand, dust were swirling everywhere and buildings crumbled to the ground due to battle that was fought. The prince and Jamal stood rooted at the spot. They both looked at each out in shock, and both of them walked up to see if the beast was dead. From the look of it, the prince thought, with the steel of the gates sticking out from behind its head, it was surely dead. Jamal laughed tiredly and fell back on the ground.

"I thought we were going to be dead right just now," he said, his voice shaking with excitement. "But I now know that I was wrong."

"Well, we were lucky enough, if it wasn't for this dagger, we wouldn't be standing here right now," said the prince. He then kept his dagger back and helped Jamal out. "Come, we must move on, from the looks of it, maybe more of these things would be coming."

"Yes, we must hurry," said Jamal hastily. He grabbed the prince's hand for support and heaved himself up. He and the prince then walked out of the city and were now heading towards the legendary Temple of Time.

On their way out, the prince asked Jamal a question he had been longing to ask.

"Jamal, what in the world was that thing?" he asked, bandaging his arm while walking on the soothing sands of the desert.

"I'll tell you about it later," and both of them walked in the freezing night desert.

End of Chapter

Author's note: Alright, another chapter finished and another one to come! Hope you guys enjoyed the fight scene, it took sometime to write, but I eventually finished it! Please submit a review! PLEASE! I'm dying for one!