Well, here is the final chapter for this story! It's been a long journey. I really don't have much to say at this point, so here you go!

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Erza quickly changed into her Armadura Fairy armor, the strongest in her collection. The Titania drew her sword, pointing the tip at the demon who stood before her, smiling at her.

"I won't waste time with any other types of armor. I'll give you the best I've got, and don't even think about screaming mercy." growled Erza angrily as Hudson scoffed at her words.

"Do you really think I'm going to beg for mercy? It's you who will beg once I'm through with you! There's a reason I am the leader of the immortals!" laughed Hudson as Erza turned into a blur, disappearing completely.

The immortal's crazy grin disappeared as he looked around the hall, trying to figure out where Erza had gone. There was a metallic clang as a large section of the wall exploded, sending dust flying, clouding everyone's vision. Hudson coughed as he suddenly ducked, the dust being disturbed by something incredibly fast. The immortal stood, looked around the settling dust and laughed as he jumped into the air and flipped as the ground tore itself apart, a jagged crack running through the solid concrete.

"You'll have to do better than that, Scarlet!" laughed Hudson as he looked around with his mad, red eyes.

"Then how about this! Storm of Swords!"

The air was filled with swords as they slammed into the ground, driving their steel blades into the concrete. Hudson dodged several of the swords with ease, never even breaking a sweat. However, a look of uncertainty came upon the immortal's face as Erza appeared in front of him, sword in hand. Erza's face was one of pure anger as she drove the sword point straight through Hudson's body, the steel point emerging out the other side. The immortal let out a scream of pain as the sword exited his body, blood spraying from the sword wound.

Hudson fell back onto the concrete floor and his blood stained the grey concrete. Erza sheathed her sword and looked down at Hudson's bleeding body with contempt.

"You underestimated Fairy Tail's skill. If you thought you could actually challenge Fairy Tail and win, you were wrong." said Erza quietly as she turned to go check on Justin and Athena.

"I have a fear of blades, Erza. A mistake many years ago created that fear. An immortal is driven by fear, and when faced with fear, an immortal grows strong."

The eerily quiet voice was followed by a disturbing laugh, and Erza turned around quickly enough to see Hudson's body crack in half, a black humanoid form emerging from within. Erza stepped back and her face twisted in disgust as the strange creature that had come from Hudson's body quickly became Hudson once again, the immortal smiling back at her.

"You claim to be strong, but I wonder how strong you really are? Dark Arts: Ghastly Orbs!" said Hudson as hundreds of small black balls appeared in front of him, flying towards Erza with incredible speed.

The Titania ran forth to meet Hudson's attack, cutting the balls apart one by one. However, the orbs were quick, and more than a few struck her, exploding on contact. Erza let out a cry of pain as she smashed into the ground. The orbs had contained more magic than she had thought. Hudson waved his hand in the air and a small red crystal appeared in the air, dropping into his palm. Erza had started to charge him once again, this time sending several swords flying towards Hudson with her. The immortal moved quickly, taking the crystal and swallowing it. The air around Hudson glowed red, and the swords slammed into the air around Hudson, the blades twisting into tiny pieces of steel, dropping to the ground as useless balls of bent steel. Erza's eyes widened as she slashed her sword across Hudson's body, only to become paralyzed upon contact with the red air around Hudson.

"You ate it?! Are you insane?!" shouted Erza as Hudson smiled, holding up a hand.

"It's a terrible cancer, I know, but I'm immortal!" laughed Hudson as he pointed a finger at Erza, the immortal's eyes glowing red as he did so. "I'm not sure why you bothered to fight. You could never defeat me anyways! Ruby Palace: Execution!"

There was no cry of pain as Erza slid along the concrete floor, tearing the mangled concrete even more as she did so. Her armor was cracked, smoking in some places. Hudson walked with confidence towards her. He passed her, and glanced down at her body with grim satisfaction.

"That wasn't even full strength, Erza. I'll let you rest while I kill these pesky kids. I'll take care of you later." laughed Hudson as he gripped the handle of the steel door and pulled the door straight out of the wall, looking at the scared faces of Justin and Athena. "Oh, hello!"

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Justin and Athena had heard the entire fight, shivering. Their hopes had risen when they heard Hudson scream, but when Hudson had returned, they were even more scared than before. Justin was shivering, and he reached into his pocket and pulled out the small lacrima he had taken before going to join Fairy Tail. He clutched it tightly and shut his eyes, trying to make everything go away.

They heard the fighting from outside and Justin opened his eyes to look at the lacrima, cursing his decision to join Fairy Tail. In the darkness, the lacrima appeared blue, like ice. Justin shivered some more and buried his head in his knees, trying to forget, hoping that Hudson would go away.

"You can't hide forever, Justin. Look at Athena, Justin. She's not entirely scared. She's got a grip on her sword, ready to fight if she has to. Are you ready to die here?"

The tiny voice in Justin's mind kept talking, and Justin could feel the tears coming. He was a coward and he knew it. He was no hero. But there was something within Justin that made him stop the tears and get angry. It was the thought of death, and Hudson threatening the safety of Athena and everyone else. He gripped the lacrima even tighter and looked up at the steel door, angry.

"Why should I die here? Who said I have to die here? Why should I die!" shouted Justin as he put the lacrima in his mouth, teeth clenching down on it to prevent him from screaming in sudden anger as he charged straight for the steel door.

"No!" cried out Athena as she drew her sword.

The door opened, and Justin charged straight into Hudson, knocking him over. Athena charged out the door with him, sword in the air. The immortal was surprised to see the sudden show of force, but he smashed his fist into Justin's face, sending the boy sliding across the ground. Hudson dodged Athena's sword and sent her flying with a flick of his wrist. Hudson rubbed his shoulder as he sneered at Justin slowly getting up.

"So you want to die quickly? Fine, I'll give you t-"

The immortal froze. Justin was walking towards him, limping, but otherwise unhurt. The look on his face was angry, but it was something totally different from what he had seen before. Hudson took a step back. There was no way the child had acquired a shard of the mirror. But then the realization hit him. The child had been chewing on something! Hudson let out a roar of rage as he charged towards Justin.

"There's no way! You stupid brat!" roared the immortal as he slammed into Justin.

But instead of knocking the boy over, Hudson found himself being flipped and then smashed into the ground with tremendous force, knocking the wind out of the immortal. He looked up into Justin's face to see anger.

"I'm not afraid of death anymore. So go on! Stab me, rip my body to shreds, or do whatever!" shouted Justin angrily as he slammed his foot down on Hudson's body, the impact making the immortal cough up blood.

Hudson tried to grab the boy's leg, but when he tried, his hand grew incredibly cold, like he was touching ice. The immortal howled as several more kicks came down on his body like a punishing rain. Then, a stabbing pain. The steel blade of a sword cut his skin to shreds and the immortal looked up to see the girl stabbing him with her sword.

"No! Y-you bastards!" screamed Hudson as he tried to get up, being smashed in the face with a fist, and slamming down into the concrete with a smack.

Where had the scared children gone?! Where had the pathetic mages gone?! Why was he being assaulted by confident mages?! The strength of his foot was not even from the shard! It was his own strength! The immortal let out a gurgle, and Hudson felt his strength ebb away as Justin threw him against a wall, a trail of blood smearing against the warped concrete. Hudson looked up at the mage who stood over at him with weak eyes. The immortal still had no idea how the tables had turned this way. The child moved to put his hand on his forehead, but the immortal managed to say something before Justin could do so.

"There will be more you know. Just because you kill me…doesn't mean it's the end. There will be more horrible things coming." laughed Hudson weakly.

"I don't care. Whatever horrible things come our way, the strength can be found to overcome them." said Justin as he placed his hand on the immortal's forehead.

Athena watched silently as the most horrible demon turned to ash, their nightmare ending with a single act of bravery. Justin turned to give Athena a weak smile. Their battle had been won.

The Sanctum

"There is no end. There is no end. There is no end. There is no end."

The constant string of words coming from Life's ancient lips made Vincent feel strange. The God of Evil had come upon Life mumbling to herself while walking through the Sanctum, and he was disturbed to say the least. Life seemed to be completely insane as she continued to repeat the same phrase over and over again. Eventually, Vincent backed up, a slight smile developing on his face. Evil walked away, a strange feeling in his body. Was this happiness?

"She's lost control! Oh, this is perfect…"

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Not too happy with this chapter, but I think I should leave it as it is because it took a while to write this chapter. I apologize for the sort of anti-climatic fight at the end, but I really lost inspiration at the end because I really couldn't figure out what else to do (kind of like Bioshock's ending). Anyways, I hope you had a good day, and I will see you all later! FF