I – VIII
Test and Answer
Dan sliced through robot after robot blindfolded, allowing Chaos to guide his two swords. He dashed with incredible speed through hundreds of robotic Sirus copies and headed into the large castle in front of him. He began to glow purple and broke through the wall before him and into a large dome. He took off the blindfold and looked around. In the center of the roof was a sky light, and the windows and paintings of the American Dragons, Chaos, Sirus, Dan, Kaje, Roy, Behemoth, Rose, the Huntsmaster without his mask, and a cloaked figure in the center of the skylight, which cast a shadow surrounded by red and yellow on the floor. From the center of the floor, a cloaked man appeared and took one of Dan's blades.
You are mine, Daniel…
Dan stepped back. The being didn't speak, everything just went black and the words appeared before him. As he was stunned, the figure slashed his face, causing him top fall back. He got up and blocked an attack from the silent figure, before having himself kicked in the stomach and pushed backward. He spun around and attempted to attack the silent figure, but his attack was blocked. The figure was surrounded in black flames and dashed headfirst into Dan's stomach. "Gah!" He screamed.
Darkness is forever… surrender to the void…
Dan was punched in the face the cut across the chest. He winced in pain before returning the attack with a stab, with was blocked by the figure's own blade.
You can't fight forever…
Dan was punched yet again in the face.
So embrace what you fear most…
He was then knocked to his knees by a blast of dark energy.
So don't be afraid…
Dan dropped his sword and closed his eyes as the figure's sword was above his head.
And embrace the darkness…
Dan then watched as the figure disappeared into smoke. He too then disappeared and reappeared in a dark world, with a locked door behind him. "Where am I?"
The darkest place of all… you are in your mind, Daniel…
"My mind?"
Embrace your inner demon…become one with him…
The cloaked figure put his gloved hand touched Dan's forehead and a blast of black energy surrounded his body. "GGAHH!" He screamed in pain.
Your body has become weak… it has become used to the light! Embrace it! Absorb the darkness!
Dan kicked the being away. "You will accept it!" The being finally spoke, screaming at the top of his lungs. Even with his face shrouded in shadows, Dan knew the being had an expression of rage and excitement on his face.
"No!" Dan hit the being's chin with an uppercut. But before Dan could blast the man with a fireball, he rolled away and returned the attack with black fireball. "I'm bent for more than destruction…"
"And that's why you spent all your time killing?" Dan punched the being, knocking him into a wall.
"I don't!"
"You do. All your lives… It's been nothing but constant killing and destruction." Dan tried to punch the man, missing. "Thrilling, isn't it?"
"No!"
"You use light… why? You know the power that Chaos has granted you can easily finish me off."
"Because I know that I don't need it! I've made it before without it. It is tempting… but there are better ways."
"So you fight what you fear. How ironic." The man stopped fighting Dan and stared at him with a cold stare.
"Who are you?" The man pulled down his hood. "Kaje?" Dan said confused.
"Congratulations Daniel. You pass."
"I… pass?" Before Dan could look at Kaje again, he had disappeared.
… … … … …
Dan found himself in a completely black room, with a large white orb before him. "…"
"It is beginning… play your games. But the seed is growing, and the process is nearly complete."
"I won't allow it, Chaos… I'm not your pawn!"
"But you are… Don't resist what you know to be truth."
"Leave him be, demon! His time has not yet come!" Kaje flew into the area, but something was different. His hair was now as white as snow, and his cloak was white and black. His hands were surrounded in a white light and a blast of both light and darkness hit the large orb that was currently Chaos, sending it into a wormhole. "He lives on, Daniel. He is still imbedded into your body… and only you know how to destroy him."
"It's a shame… Kaje. We got so far… we had fought for so long… we've lost so much… but in the end, it doesn't even matter."
"All legacies end in tragedy Dan. Its time I tell you… even if you destroy Chaos… in the end, this world will be destroyed."
"So its meaningless? Is that the truth?"
"Even if you cannot save the world, you'd have saved countless universes."
"Then that's it. If its how the world will end… so be it. I don't even know what I'm fighting for anymore Kaje. I'm the one villain I can't knock down, the one threat that I can't destroy. I fight for one side, but in reality I'm fighting for the opposite."
"The others are surprised you've made it this far. You've gone farther then we ever could have imagined. But in the end, its how it must happen." Dan found himself laughing.
"Its all been for nothing…" he continued to laugh uncontrollably. "I've given up everything I held close and it means nothing! I've rejected society for nothing!" He continued to laugh before finally stopping and began to cry.
"Leave him be, demon. You're going to get what you want in the end. No need to torture. Dan, I've put my trust in you."
End Chapter
Next chapter deals with yet another new charecter, neither good or evil. A being with powers beyond imagination... Till next time, see ya!