It's time to end this story…

Chapter 16: Phantom's Last Stand.

" What's going on? Whatever it is, I've got a bad feeling about it…" Spectra wondered to herself as she ran through the alleyways.

Else where, Phantom hopped from roof to roof while dodging the dark blasts from Trez.

" Run you fool! You are just meat on my plate…" the evil chao thundered. He then vanished. Phantom stopped and looked around. Trez reappeared behind him and grabbed him by the throat.

" Trez! Don't let the darkness take over…" Phantom pleaded. Trez grinned.

" You seem to think that I'm possessed by the dark power. You are mistaken… I'VE TAKEN CONTROL OF IT!!!!!" the skulled chao roared and hurled him off the roof and in front of Spectra.

" Phantom! Speak to me!" Spectra pleaded. The two eggs sat beside him.

" S-Spectra… Get out of here… Save yourself.." Phantom gasped.

" When we were married, you vowed to be with me through the worst times. I'm not leaving you!" Spectra bawled.

" Awww… Isn't this sweet…the whole family can die together!" Trez smiled as he fired a ball of energy at Spectra. Phantom managed to take the shot for his wife. He rolled near the one egg. Images flooded into his mind. He saw a white chao using the Dragon Fang fighting a giant skeletal monster, a strange black monster, Trez, some robots, and finally, blade locked with a sliver chao. Phantom stood up and picked up a pipe lying nearby. Trez was moving in on Spectra when the evil chao was struck with a rock.

" Hey, bonehead! I'm over here!" Phantom called. Trez struck Spectra and rushed over to his opponent. The mother hit the ground, rolled, and lay still. Phantom brought the pipe down on Trez's head but was blasted with a point-blank dark shot. The white chao flew back as Trez gathered dark energy around his right arm, forming a blade. In a matter of seconds, the two were locked blade wise.

" Give it up, Phantom… You have failed to erase this hatred or to slake my thirst… All that's left is gnawed bone!" Trez roared and sliced through the metal pipe, giving Phantom a deep cut across the chest. The dark fueled chao grabbed Phantom by the throat.

" If you have any last words, I'll hear them now. Speak of deep hatred and of darkest despair." Trez stated. Phantom chuckled weakly.

" Even if we fall today, we'll still fight you in spirit!" the hero shouted. Phantom was then flung away close to Spectra. Trez then vanished. Phantom felt a hand take his and recognized his wife's voice.

"Looks like he got away…" she said.

" Yup… Heh… We started this together, we're ending it together." Phantom replied weakly.

" So, you think that they…?"

" Yes, we can leave the world in their hands… Live long, Ghost and Akuma!" the white chao said with his last breath.

" We'll be together forever…I love you, Phantom…" Spectra said before she passed on. A few hours later, the one egg cracked and a white chao baby crawled out and crawled away. A shadow fell on the other egg. A white-gloved hand picked it up and a man smiled as his shades flashed in the lamplight.

END