A/N: This is the last chapter; I've managed to fit everything into this final chapter. Enjoy
SIX DAYS LATER…
Theo woke up suddenly as a giant rumble of thunder sounded overhead, he was greeted by a colossal headache that felt as if every neuron in his brain had been torn apart and put back together with nails and glue. He groaned and sat up, he had fallen asleep at the desk, head in his hands, a tumbler of whiskey nearby, the bottle standing, half-filled next to it like a overlooking guardian.
"God my head" Theo muttered, the demon bomb was lying near his left arm, glowing softly, thick wires were attached to it like the tentacles of some monster, a small USB cable ran from the bomb to a small laptop lying nearby, on which was displayed a red bar, unreadable coding above and below it, the bar was about one third full and it slowly edged towards the end, when it finished, the bomb would be ready for detonation, but according to the screen it wouldn't finish for another five hours, if he left it too long, the Hellgate would open and hell would be unleashed upon the chaos-bound planet, and…Game Over. He wasn't sure what the laptop was uploading into the bomb, probably a stabilisation program for the Daemonaseptium core, but what ever it was, it had to hurry up.
Theo got up out of the mahogany chair and stretched, stifling a yawn, he looked at the slowly advancing bar on the screen and sighed,
"Come on, hurry up!" he yelled at it, he didn't mean to yell, but he was so frustrated, the world was on the crux of falling into oblivion and he was powerless to stop it…unless he finished the bomb and killed the demonic army. An tremor shook the room, the chandelier jingled and the tables swayed slightly, a few papers and books fell off the tables, tremors had shook the city over the past six days, not very powerful but all were unnerving. No screams or gurgling yells could be heard from outside, the streets had been silent for the past three days, it was as if the infected were hiding, daring him to come out of his shelter so they could rip him apart; Theo had been having nightmares in which the infected had broken in and had ripped him limb from limb or the Mephiles would torture him senseless. Theo shuddered.
Over the past few days he had been sitting, reading the files that clustered the room, he had been surprised to know that they weren't just files on the Hellgate or the bomb, but also on the Legacy Gene itself; something was buried in the deepest layers of the virus's RNA, something demonic, this meant that the infected had a demonic virus in them, which could also mean that someone was controlling them. Theo walked over to a small camera in the corner of the room, attached to it was a small laptop, like the one he was using to program the bomb and a plain oak chair was sitting in front of the lens of the video camcorder, Theo sat down on it and clicked a few keys on the laptop, he was streaming this broadcast to every radio and TV station, so he could be broadcasted on all channels and frequencies, and using a temporal energy field generated by the storm, he was going to beam the message, four months into the past, hiding it in layers and layers of code for his past self to discover. He pressed ENTER and the camera began to capture him,
"My name is Captain Theodore Arcreus, I was born on the 15th July 3145." He gulped "I've come to cleanse this world, it's cannibalising itself, civilisation is committing suicide and all this was caused by the government and their longing for self-destruction. Humans and Mobians have used their lust and greed to build the planet into what it is today, they are foolish, sin and felonies do not make a world, they make a ticking time bomb. Many of you have said that I am a murder, a terrorist, a freak, I'm all these things but I've realised what I've done, and I'm prepared to put it right, if my plan works; then Spagonia and the rest of the world will be saved, not just from the infected, but also from demons that are attempting to cross now. I'm not a hero, I'm not a messiah, I'm just and ordinary guy who wants to save everything, evil will not win, utopia will rise again, but not the demons utopia, the utopia that sin as built and the one we all love and cherish." His eyes became down cast, but then he looked straight at the camera "And to those of you who know me…. I'm sorry for what I did, but I'll see you all soon." He smiled "I love you all… Goodbye". He tapped a few more keys and the camera stopped recording and instantly began to transmit to stations all over the planet and into the past.
"Well thank god that worked" Theo muttered grinning, "I pretty much poured my heart into that". He got up and walked back to the table on which the bomb stood, he looked at the screen, the bar had barely moved.
"Fuck" Theo muttered "Hurry up you lousy, son of a bit-
Suddenly there was an enormous explosion, the glass in the domed ceiling shattered and rained down upon him like a flurry of razors. He covered his head to protect himself, the glass sliced his arms, causing blood to trickle out of the gaping wounds and soak into his fur, but he would live. The ground shook tremendously, the Edwardian architecture of the university began to crumble and crack as the quake tore though the city like a rampaging bull. Theo looked up, out of the smashed roof and saw a continuous beam of white light, souring into the air and disappearing behind the black veil of clouds, lighting them up from behind, causing them to go a greyish white. Theo knew what was happening…. Game Over, end of the line, the end had finally come. A pain shot through his head as quick as lightening, he fell to his knees, yelling in pain, a dark whisper sounded in his head, inside every fibre of being , in ever particle of matter in his body, resonated that evil voice;
Meet me at the cathedral, Theodore, it is time…
Then it faded away, and the pain subsided, he got to his feet, he dashed over to the table and unplugged all the wires from the bomb, there was a shower of sparks as he disconnected the USB cable, there was a click and then the core began to glow, brighter than ever, and the humming got louder,
"Its ready" Theo muttered, he grinned "Its actually ready". He ran his finger over a small red button, if he pressed it, he would detonate the bomb, but he wanted to detonate it at the cathedral, he wanted to see the light go out of his eyes. A portal burst into bloom before him, still smiling, he attached the bomb to the back of his belt and he walked forward into the portal.
Shadow found himself back in New Metropolis, the downtown skyline stretching out before him; he turned to Cynder.
"How?"
"Mass teleportation" she said "Never managed to do it with this many people before but there's always a first time for everything, right?".
"Thanks" Shadow said "At least we can get these guys medical attention now"
Luna walked forward using her staff for support, she gazed around at the vast city,
"We made it," She muttered
"Yeah we did" Ghost said, smiling. A siren could be heard across the street as a GUN patrol vehicle rounded the corner and stopped straight ahead of them, a platoon of soldiers filed out, and Shadow limped towards them, the most senior looking of the group walked towards Shadow and saluted
"Agent Shadow"
"Sergeant Broody" Shadow responded, saluting "How did you find us so quickly?"
"We were on patrol and we picked up some unusual temperature fluctuations so were sped straight there and here we are".
"I presume New Metropolis has been quarantined?" Shadow asked
"Yeah, we've got reserve food and water surplices to last us about six months and NICOLE has activated the artificial weather system so that crops and trees don't wither and die."
"Ok then" He glanced back at the injured party " Can you get those guys to medical attention?"
Sergeant Broody nodded " Yes sir, what about yourself?" Shadow glanced at his deeply gouged arm, which was slowly dripping blood over his glove and staining the torn white fabric.
"I'll be fine, have you got a first aid kit?"
"Yeah, it'll be in the back of the van; I'm going to call in an ambulance" He pulled out a mobile phone and began to dial a number. Shadow walked briskly towards the back of the van and flung open the doors, he spotted the first aid kit and picked it up, sitting down on the floor of the van, he opened the plastic box and rummaged through it looking for bandages and disinfectant. A soldier ran up to him,
"Agent Shadow, I have a priority three call for you, sir"
"Right, thanks" the soldier ran back to assist the Sergeant, Shadow picked up the earpiece and placed it in his ear, "This is Shadow"
"Oh thank god, you're alive," Levinski said, his voice tinny and cracked through the earpiece.
"Yeah…just, we're all beaten up pretty badly though" Shadow said, finding the bottle of disinfectant and proceeding to pour some on an old rag, "What did you call me for anyway? And why Priority Three?"
"Well, this is an emergency" Shadow grunted and put the disinfected rag on his clawed arm, making him wince heavily "It's about Chaos"
"What about her?" Shadow asked, removing the rag and beginning to put bandages on the oozing gashes,
"She's pregnant" Shadow sighed,
"Look if you just called me to say she got lucky with some dude then-
"With Theo's child" Shadow froze, eyes wide
"What?" Shadow said, dumbstruck
"We did a DNA scan and there is no doubt about it, its Theo's child"
"Can't we do an abortion?"
"We could; but that child is half-demon, demon spawn, more powerful than any mortal or demon, who knows what damage we could do to Chaos".
Shadow simply sat there
"This changes everything"….
Theo stepped out of the portal and on to an ornately carved large stone roof, high above the city, wind whipping across it like a fast flowing river. High above him was a gigantic colour-shifting portal, over 10 metres across and 30 metres tall, shooting a continuous beam of white light into the blackened sky from one of its poles. The air tingles with raw power, which carved into Theo strengthening him, making him more powerful than he thought possible.
"It begins, Theo" a dark whisper called out of the darkness, Theo looked around for the source of the noise but found no discernable point.
"Show yourself, Mephiles!" Theo yelled back at the shadows, a figure emerged from the darkness, hands clasped behind his back, his green eyes glowing manically, his crystallised body shone from the white light that lit up the sky.
"So, destiny has led us here" Mephiles proclaimed, "The strings of life have now woven together into our destiny" he intertwined his fingers for added emphasise,
Theo stepped forward, electricity charging up in his hands,
"Why open the Hellgate?" Theo muttered, his red eyes locked on his green ones. Mephiles looked over his shoulder at the glowing optimum of reality and grinned madly,
"Sin and crime stains this world" Mephiles growled, he walked forward towards Theo until they were about two feet apart "Since the beginning, we Demons have watched and wept as the mobians and humans ripped apart their beloved world to tatters. We have been waiting for the right time and now there is no greater time, now with the civilisation contempt in fighting the plague that stalks the earth."
"You released the Legacy Gene" Theo said, anger welling inside him, electricity crackled faster and louder over his fist, he fired a bolt at Mephiles, it hit him square in the chest, he was blasted clean off his feet and was sent crashing down the rooftop; he landed inches from the edge, "You going to let millions die!" Theo yelled, Mephiles smirked,
"More like billions Theo, please try and think in realistic numbers here" He looked at the portal with a look of pride "Corruption has gone on for too long here, Rafael will strip everything down and restart the world in a new demonic age, free of war and poverty".
"But I'm Rafael's vessel, he needs my body to do all those things" Theo said, "And I won't let him have it!". Mephiles chuckled,
"Rafael is no longer like a demon, he can't possess anyone, now he's more like a force, similar to life and death, with no consciousness but with a wrath that justifies his legend. And yes, you may be Rafael's true vessel but you're not his only vessel."
Theo began to charge both of his fists, not limiting the power he forced into them, thick bolts of red lightening arced off his fists and hit the roof with cracks as they forced the air apart between them.
"What do you mean?" Theo yelled, Mephiles laughed
"You haven't worked it out yet? Anyone in our bloodline can be Rafael's vessel, and since we are the last of our bloodline, that are currently in this world"
"Currently in this world?" Theo questioned
"Use two may be born and breathing but there is one who is still in the womb"
"What?"
"That girl, Chaos, is pregnant with your child" Mephiles said
"LIER!" Theo yelled, shooting off the electricity bolts at Mephiles, but he was ready, Mephiles dodged to the side, the electricity bolts flew off into the storm.
"I'm finished with your god damn lies!" Theo shouted, pulling the bomb from the back of his belt, Mephiles saw it and his grin shortened,
"Oh, what's that then?" Mephiles asked
"This is a Demonaseptium bomb, powerful enough to destroy all of the demon army along with you and Rafael" Mephiles chuckled,
"What's so funny?" Theo asked, Mephiles stared at Theo with his eerie green eyes
"Tell me Theo, did you upload a program onto it?"
"Yes" Theo lied
"Liar" Mephiles muttered "It was a stabilisation program for the core and since you didn't fully install it, when you detonate the bomb you wont just destroy the army and me, you'll also kill yourself".
Theo breathed in deeply and ran Mephiles statement through his head,
"I know" Mephiles said, walking slowly towards Theo "You don't want to die, give the bomb to me and I will give you power beyond your wildest dreams; you'll be respected and adored by all. You will be like a god". A tear ran down Theos face, he brought his hand up and brushed the tear off his face, he knew Mephiles was right; he didn't want to die, he wanted to live in happiness and peace, but he was a demon and demons never have peaceful lives. He knew what he must do. He closed his eyes, he was vaguely aware of Mephiles running towards him, he pressed the red button on the bomb. A bright blue shockwave ripped the surrounding area apart, Mephiles screamed as his body was ripped apart from the blast, the semi-completed Hellgate smashed with a roaring echo, the cathedral got blasted into smithereens as the shockwave hit it, pieces of charged debris rocketing up into the air, roads ripped up from the ground, building crumpled like children's toys. The shockwave spread across the planet in an instant, making the ground quake and the air rumble, the sky burned a brilliant, electric blue, all across the Mobius the infected crumpled as the charged air destroyed the Legacy Gene inside them, their injuries healed and they regained control of their minds. In New Metropolis, the glass dome above the great city shattered into billions of tiny pieces, which rained upon them like stardust, all across the city, every television and radio was transmitting Theos final words and suddenly everyone saw him for what he truly was, not a villain or a maniac but a boy who had the courage to fight destiny and accept his sins. He wasn't a messiah or a hero, he was Theo Arcrues and he would be remembered…
Theos body was found five days later in the ruins of Spagonia, it was transported back to New Metropolis and given a state funeral in Acorn Castle, a statue was built of him in central park, declaring him to be forgiven of his crimes and to be revered as a saint. The King and The President were present when him body was lowered into the deep abyss of his grave and then sealed underground with several feet of dirt and rock. Later that evening when his life was being revered and celebrated, Shadow stood by his grave and admired the great statue of him, he fiddled with a small medal in his hands he looked up into the stars dominating the sky.
"Without you" Shadow muttered "This world would be doomed" He breathed in deeply "I'm sorry about what I said to you; you were doing what you thought was right and I forgive you" He tossed the medal onto the dirt of his grave, on it's golden surface were emblazed the words:
Captain Theo Arcreus- given for bravery in the face of adversity
Shadow turned and walked away,
"Goodbye, old friend".
However, Theos blood now ran within the unborn one that now resided in Chaos womb, she was disgusted at what he did, he had destroyed the promise of a brave new world in which he would be a god. But he had thrown it all away, when the child was born, she would leave it outside Castle Acorn, she wants it to live a normal life.
But of course…Demons don't lead normal lives…
A/N: Ok then we are done, please review with your entire overview of this story. Thanks to everyone for their support. Anyway, See ya