Without further ado, chapter 2B.
Chapter 2B: Invisible Ties
"This is it! Our final battle! You're one of us, Robin, and no 'destiny' can change that. Now let's kill this dastard and be done with it!"
"HAHAHA, you fools! Struggle all you want, but you cannot rewrite what has already been written!" Validar yelled.
"Don't listen to him, Robin! Anything can change!" Chrom cried. "On my mark!"
Chrom proceeded to charge Validar with Falchion poised to strike. Robin followed him closely, laying down cover fire in the form of repeated Thoron shots.
"Why do you resist?" Validar taunted. " All of your efforts are futile! YOU WILL ALL DIE HERE, BY MY HAND!"
Amplified by Grima's power flowing from the altar, Validar hurled orbs of dark magic, intercepting Robin's Thoron and forcing Chrom to perform drastic evasive maneuvers.
"Robin! Now!" Chrom yelled.
"Right!" Robin replied.
Chrom leapt into the air in front of Robin. On cue, Robin switched to his Elwind tome and cast its magic towards Chrom's airborne figure, propelling him to the roof. Switching back to Thoron, he cast another bolt at Validar, intercepting his attack towards Chrom, filling the air with smoke and obscuring Robin's view.
Pinpointing validar, Chrom flipped and pushed off of the ceiling and came barreling down upon Validar, burying Falchion up to the hilt in Validar's chest.
"AARGH!" Validar cried.
Not knowing who yelled, Robin began to panic.
"Chrom? CHROM?!...ELWIND!" Robin cleared the smoke away just in time to see Chrom pull Falchion out of Validar's chest.
"Wha-...What have...you...aaah." Validar exclaimed as he fell and was consumed by a mystical purple fire. Chrom dropped his guard and walked over to Robin, sheathing Falchion and sporting a triumphant smile.
"THIS ISN'T OVER! DAMN YOU BOTH!" Validar screamed, using the last of his strength to hurl one last bolt of dark magic at the two friends. Unable to intercept the blast with one of his own, Robin did the only thing he could think of. He shoved Chrom sideways, taking the full force of Grima's pure, dark energy. The next thing he knew, he was being lifted up by Chrom.
"Hey, you alright? That'll be the last of him. Thanks to you we were able to put an end to this. We can rest e… lon… st" Chrom's voice grew faint as red streaks began to encroach Robin's vision.
"Hey! What's wrong? NO! HANG O- GGH!" Chrom gasped as he looked down, impaled through the chest by a dagger of lightning magic.\
"This is not your… your fault. Promise me… Escape from here. Go…"Chrom collapsed, dead. Maniacal laughter filled Robin's head as he blacked out.