The Eternal Beyond
Act 3: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Alan and Nadia rushed forwards and used the Swords of Darkness and Light in the same way they used they keyblades from before. Obeion clashed with his own bare hands as the former keyblade wielders slashed at him, and he whiplashed both Alan and Nadia into the sky almost reaching the Moon of Eternity hovering over the Axis of Eternity. As they reached higher and higher into the sky, Alan summoned the darkness he felt within himself and created an aura of darkness around his body as did Nadia with her own body in an aura of light. They could also fly as well without wings and soared swiftly towards Obeion. The mighty sorcerer clapped his hands and created a large amount of shockwaves sending Alan and Nadia towards the ground and then he grabbed both of them at once and smashed them together up against the other, their bodies getting scrapes and cuts as Obeion did so. Then the almighty giant raised Alan and Nadia to his height of fifteen feet and asked, "Such impudence, why would such insignificant little primates even try to take a stand against a mighty and all powerful being like myself? What could you gain? Your powers are weak, your hearts are nimble and easy to break. Yet you and this girl have ruined my plans for some time now." Then Alan used his Sword of Darkness to slice at Obeion's right hand holding him and he abruptly threw Alan and Nadia into the air as they floated down to the crystalline ground of the Eternal Beyond. Alan then said as both Nadia and himself held their swords respectively, "We have overcome all sorts of dangers to be here today Obeion. People like you would never understand. You all judge glory, strength and success based on stuff that people are born with or have that no one else have. But I got news for you pal. Nadia and I have strength, not in the keyblades, not in these swords we have acquired, but our love." Alan smiled as he said this to Nadia and Nadia was smiling back to him in agreement.
Obeion clashed at Alan as the boy, still unknowing of the power he held within the Sword of Darkness, kept his own and slashed at the giant's black armour, but to no avail as Obeion grabbed Alan and slammed him into the crystallized ground. Nadia jumped on top of Obeion zapping the back of his head to which the monstrous behemoth grabbed hold of her and threw her at Alan. "Such a wonderful couple. I always did envy the emotion of love. What a sick display it is?" Obeion looked upon Alan and Nadia as they both lay in semi-consciousness and said, "Even now you two are thinking of each other in a warm satisfaction, but what good will it do. Love is the same as a smile, it can easily be broken, both are spontaneous things that have never had true meaning nor have ever done anything for your world's security. That's all love is…it is a vulnerability within. Without each other, you would be as good as dead." Obeion saw Alan twitch as well as Nadia and soon enough they arose from their state and he said, "Ah, wonderful. I was about to say that you two were too easy to face, but I stand corrected." Alan then thought of the all the bad things Obeion did before and he said, "Go ahead and mock us Obeion, you're just proving our point here. I always thought you were a coward, but I never thought you were a bitter old man though. You must have a lot to hold against us for if you would say love is that pointless and unworthy." Nadia dashed quickly to slice Obeion's neck, but he transported quickly behind her and Alan watched horrified as Obeion made his next move.
Then Obeion grabbed Nadia and threw her into the air and used his magic powers to hold her in place in the air as well as Alan so that he couldn't interfere. Obeion then said, "So you truly value this girl's life. Well now, let's see you save her now!!" Then Obeion summoned a huge wall of black crystal to surround them and then a giant twister appeared in the sky and at its center was a giant mouth filled with shark teeth as jagged and sharp as a thousand knives. Nadia screamed as this happened and Obeion laughed sinisterly as he said, "What good are pitiful values, your sweet tender affections, or your intimidating speeches? You have lost boy, admit it!! I have all the power in the universe to command. I have everything I need to take over a thousand worlds, maybe more in a single lifetime. There is no stopping me." "Except by me!!!", said a familiar voice. With a single blow of brown dust from the Sword of Balance, Obeion's sight was temporarily blinded and the twister was destroyed.
Out of the blue came Tyrannil, as he landed, his arms were crossed and the back of his heels pointed his body upwards in a proud stature as Alan said with a nice harmless chuckle, "Tyrannil, man are you a sight for sore eyes?" Tyrannil showed the Sword of Balance in its proud glory as he said, "We have to end this now. There's no time to explain let's fight on!!" Tyrannil faced off against Obeion this time and slashed at his black armour and seemed to do nothing at all to the giant brute, but the Sword of Balance was beginning to weaken Obeion's power with a single thrust into his heart. Obeion felt his heart begin to bleed as he was struck down and said, "Very perceptive, but I have expected the unexpected for quite some time now Tyrannil. I knew that you would take me seriously as an enemy of yours. I saw it ever since I took you and the rest of your comrades as my apprentices. For over ninety years there has been practice and practice between you all, but the one thing you never worked on during that time we were all together was…" Then Obeion blasted Tyrannil over forty feet to the far ends of the Eternal Beyond and said replying, "Your distraught and quest to destroy your enemies will always be your weakness in battle." Although it appeared that Tyrannil was barely touched at all, the man was in such a great amount of pain in reality.
Tyrannil's bones shook from all the pressure that Obeion pressed against him and he was blasted away. Obeion then aimed his right hand to Alan as the youth teleported behind Obeion and pierced his back with the Sword of Darkness. Meanwhile Nadia rushed off to Tyrannil and knelt down to look at the damage. There was a crack in his armour around his right hip and as Nadia put her hand close to the wound, he held her left hand and said, "So much pain…Obeion has learned a great of magic I would have never guessed possible. We have got to end this battle before he learns anymore tricks." Nadia then asked, "But what about you though? You're gravely injured." Tyrannil stood up, twitched from the pain in his right hip and said continuing, "Sacrifice is often required to make good things happen my dear. What are a few scratches and injuries if this world and all others are saved from peril?"
Alan slashed at Obeion's back ripping off any excess armour at the back and left his front armour being the last piece of protection for his body. Obeion smacked Alan and froze Tyrannil like he did to Alan and Nadia in mid-air. He then threw Tyrannil towards Alan and said roaring, "Such foolishness!! Why must you all persist? I am Obeion!! Former Rulius Court Second Hand Commander, the mightiest of all the soldiers on Aragon. I am especially more powerful than all of you, especially you Tyrannil, you little traitor!!" Alan stood up with a couple of cuts on his cheeks and said pointing his Sword of Darkness to Obeion from his right side as did Nadia to Obeion's left side and Alan said, "You're a fool Obeion!!" Nadia continued the conversation and as she sliced his neck said, "We may be small and insignificant, we may be human and sometimes lose our way, but we will never give up!! Never." Obeion grabbed Nadia and raised her high into the air as he said, "Such a valiant speech my dear. You shall be the first to die!!" Obeion felt a slice near his right arm holding Nadia and Nadia fell to the ground landing on her feet. Nadia sliced his arm and it began to purify the magic that Obeion was using for darkness. He said as his right arm began to shake, "This power. It is so pure, inviting. This must be the great Sword of Light I have heard of. These weapons alone could grasp the Moon of Eternity and grant me eternal life and strength beyond that of a god."
The trap they set for Obeion was soon beginning to close as the giant said, "Give it up. I will never accept that prison as a home. Regardless of what lies within I shall never lose!!" Alan and Nadia then used the 'Love Shield' in a beautiful essence together and in respect to their suits, Alan became a brown ball of energy and Nadia became a pink ball of energy. Tyrannil felt a sudden surge of power within and from his duty to save the universe became a black ball of energy. All three of them intertwined together and became a single warrior. It was that of the Golden Warrior from the Inner world back on Earth that Alan and Nadia saw on their travels. The knight was as tall as Obeion, the armour was gold and shiny, making it even more significant and shinier than the Eternal Beyond itself, and the sword and shield that the knight wielded were made of the hardest titanium steel found in the universe as well, but to him were as light as feathers. The knight rose in essence to the challenge and faced off against the likes of Obeion.
Obeion used his powers to hurdle a series of twisters to the new Golden Warrior, but none of these even made it flinch. Obeion, suddenly looking worried said, "How can this be? What power have you three gained?" The Golden Warrior raised his weapon in a mighty grace and it began to shine and glow as the energy that Alan and Nadia collected from the entire group of people they met filled the sword with power and light and the Golden Warrior said, "Obeion…you have caused harm to this universe and all that live in it. Your dreams have become squashed and yet you think you can win. Now your prison awaits, begone!!" With a single swoop the sword slashed Obeion's heart, but didn't pierce it. Instead, Obeion was sent flying in the air in the form of someone swirling in mid-air doing a quadruple evasive maneuver. He was sent into the prison of all prisons inside the black hole above the Moon of Eternity and it sealed tightly behind him shut, ending the fight of Alan and Nadia's lives and ushering in a new era, both for their universe and for Kingdom Hearts itself.
The Golden Warrior separated as Alan and Nadia soon hugged each other and the news universe wide had been proclaimed: Obeion defeated!! Tyrannil looked up to the sky as the Moon of Eternity disappeared inside the Axis of Eternity and Alan noticed Tyrannil's worried face as he asked holding Nadia, "What's wrong Tyrannil? We've won man, cheer up." Tyrannil looked upon Alan through his armour and helmet and said, "I am Alan I am. Yet we didn't exactly kill Obeion. He's inside our prison, trapped like a mouse in a cage, but I feel as though his energy is still present here. I'm afraid he still is a powerful threat, even if he is behind that black hole." Nadia then said, "I agree. No one must ever find out about this place." Alan nodded as she said this and then he asked, "So what now old friend? What does the future hold for you?" Tyrannil looked towards the black sky and said, "My future is quite good for me now Alan. I am free. The wrath of Obeion has been lifted for me. I think I may do a little exploring as well, like you and Nadia I want to see the universe and all of its beauty. I will also take responsibility over Obeion, should he escape and threaten the universe again. I bid thee farewell my friends. Thanks to you two I have a new journey to go on: living again. I hope we see each other again someday."
A black portal appeared behind Tyrannil and as he went inside it, Alan and Nadia waved goodbye to him and he did as such in return, leaving behind friends he wouldn't see for five to six years. Yet behind that portal was a warrior like that of the Knights of the Realm. His armour was that of a bronze colour and his three horns of the top of his armour were also point straight up making it look like a triangular crown was on his head. His face, like the other Knights of the Realm, was also covered and the weapon he wielded was that of a bronze snakelike sword. Alan drew out his Sword of Darkness and Nadia took out her Sword of Light preparing for anything as he asked, "Are you two the ones who defeated Obeion?" Alan asked in kind, "What if we are?" The bronze looking knight said, "It's nothing. I am but a free spirit knowing this. It's a shame that this is just the beginning for troubles in your world. Unlike other galaxies, yours has many foes and villains that will want to come for glory and dominance as well." Nadia then asked, "You're not serious are you? We just defeated Obeion and everything a few moments ago." The Bronze Knight said, "Aye m'lady, but there is still evil in every heart. There are far greater foes than that of Obeion I fear. If you don't believe me, then you'll just have to find out the hard way." The Bronze Knight walked away slowly and stopped as soon as Alan yelled, "Wait!! You haven't even told us who you are." The Bronze Knight turned to them and said, "I am Dalian: I was once part of the Knights of the Realm, but was banished since Obeion came into our lives. I would've joined to fight back alongside you two and tell my old friends what they were doing was wrong, but I wasn't strong enough and by the time I arrived here, it was too late."
Alan and Nadia looked to the ground as he said this and then Dalian said, "But forget about me now. What matters is there is still another threat that will come to challenge you two for dominance in your world, in five years time. I know because he is a mortal enemy of the Knights of the Realm, and lost to us a decade before this fight of yours with Obeion began, today. He vowed revenge and sought out the Earth because we fought on Pluto and that was the first planet he gazed eyes on." Alan then said, "How will we know he's coming? Do you know what he looks like?" Dalian summoned a bronze looking portal and said overlooking his right shoulder, "All you need to know about him is this: He stands ready for a challenge. His powers are incredible, and he has the will like that of Achilles. Head my warning you two. Your adventures are just beginning. The good from all of this is that I too shall defend Earth when the time comes. Now I shall see you…" Then as quickly as he appeared, Dalian was gone. Alan and Nadia didn't know what to think of it and they also, with the power of the Swords of Darkness and Light were taken back home. The Swords of Light and Darkness, however, were left back at the Eternal Beyond and floated back to their places respectfully as did the Sword of Balance coming from a dark portal of its own and Soon enough all was right again in the universe. The worlds were free, the Eternal Beyond and all other worlds were saved, and life survived. Yet Alan and Nadia, worrying of the warning they received, did all they could night and day to train and prepare for the worst that would come in five years time. It would not appear at first in clouds, or darkness, but something even more unexpected and surprising rather.
(What a chapter, this is one of the longest chapters I have taken the longest amount of time to do. Sorry for any delays, anyways the Golden Warrior they transformed into together (Alan, Nadia and Tyrannil) is a group type of protection in which a trio of warriors used to protect themselves. What Obeion and Aranse had of course was a simple power transformation, sorta like Goku turning into a Super Saiyan. Either way, this new character Dalian is key to my next story as is Alan and Nadia and a surprise returning character too. Stay tuned, a secret ending is on its way.)
(Next Time: Epilogue.)