~Mike's side~
"EVERYVONE! BUE'S GONE!" Svetlana yelled alarmed when manitoba heard this he knew exactly what happened. "Aw man...she's taken control." Manitoba seemed to always know these kind of things, he remembered walking by mike's room recently and saw a seeing mirror. He told the others this and they seemed shocked. "Aye yo rememba',we don't know a whole lotta 'bout bue...she's MAL'S personality...for all we know, she could be just as evil as D!" Vito stated, svetlana nodded in agreement that it WAS a good point. "But...guys...I just kinda have a feeling that...she's good...I mean….she said she was mal's NICE personality." Manitoba reassured them. They were still in disbelief…. Just then...they heard an explosion, everyone turned around in horror as an earthquake started. They all ran out of the hallway as the rumbling of the earthquake became more intense. Once everyone made it out of the hall, they almost fell over. Svetlana and vito were holding each other but manitoba stood his ground….The darkness was coming for them.
~Mal's side~
Mal had managed to free his hand as he started to bang on the walls of the tank. It began to crack as he started hitting harder, it was his anger that was giving him more strength until finally...he shattered the glass and all the water spilled out. Mal started to unbuckle himself. once he was freed he jumped out of the chair, picked up mike and crawled out of the tank. D was getting scarier, he wouldn't stop laughing. While on the floor he started giving mike CPR while D was distracted. He began to cough up some water but he still wasn't breathing. He gave him mouth-to-mouth but it didn't work, he tried again multiple times but he just wouldn't wake up, he started lightly smacking his face like little tiny slaps but...nothing. Mal was crying at this point as he held mike close to him. "YOU BASTARD!" Mal yelled as he looked at D menacingly. D payed no mind to mal, in fact, he hadn't even noticed that they had escaped. Mal started running until D turned his head and moved his hand toward mal's direction which threw him across the room...which seemed to be getting...smaller. It took mal just a few seconds to understand this...until it hit him but...he didn't quite like the thought, it scared him so much, he was holding onto mike so he could shield him. He now knew what D stood for...darkness….
"Haha...that's right mal….it's true, I admit but...my name is merely a title. FOR THE THING THAT SURROUNDS US ALL!" Darkness stated, finishing his thought, mal was just surprised and frozen, speechless d-does that mean that...all this time….it was HIM who…-. "Indeed, I've been here...long before YOU were even BORN! I WAS THE ORIGINAL! WHEN YOU WERE BORN, IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAINTAIN A SOLID FORM! HAHAHA SO IN A WAY YOU SORT OF GAVE ME YOUR BODY!" Mal was confused but furious at the same time. Darkness started to walk towards mal as he closed his eyes and tried to cover mike's body to shield him from the tyrants power. D's aura disappeared but you could tell it was still there just in his body. "I could give you mike back...if you want?" "What…?" D snickered as he took his hand out from behind his back and opened up his fist to reveal a small purple orb that looked like compacted, solidified gas in the form of a ball and it was shining brightly as it floated just a couple inches above D's hand. Mal instantly knew what it was, "Mike's soul...want it back?" D asked obviously. Mal looked down at mike who was getting paler and his blank eyes….actually….started to form...tears and they trickled down his face but that didn't change his cold body temperature, his dead heartbeat, and his mouth remained breathless. Both mal and D were confused beyond belief but mal decided to let it go, knowing it must of been a plea for help, he looked back at D who was still holding the purple orb. Mal lunged at D to try and grab the orb but D avoided the tackle by jumping back so high as if he was flying and landed softly. "I don't just give to greedy little betrayers like YOU, I need something in return." Mal was thinking about this, trying to think of a way to give him something of equal value. If I gave him MY soul then...how would mike escape the darkness, how would the others be able to help if they can't get here...what would happen to bue-" "'ya don't have to worry about bue, she'll be safe...she was born seperately but from the darkness none the less..just...like...you. Mike didn't create you, I did and thanks to you I now have my own solid body that can travel anywhere I please." Mal seemed to be falling into his own abyss..he was confused at first but...then it all made sense. He was lying when he said 'he learned from us'. But if HE'S the darkness, that means mike thought of HIM first, that was his hatred in it's purest form. But because of the fact that this part of his mind was never used...and because of his father...his anger started to grow until D was made. He's right, it wasn't just his name or title, what he meant was...he IS the darkness itself. I'm just a personality created from D so mike could actually VENT his hatred. Bue was created to balance this anger out...but she's also the most violent. ALL THE POWERS WE HAVE WERE FROM D AND D ALONE! "That's riiiiiight...maaaal….you're actually NOT real and you never were. The only reason you grew attached to mike was because you merely needed something to love and care for but even THAT wasn't real." Mal's eyes were almost bulging in shock and were very dilated as his face turned to upset and scared. "No.." D changed his face to an understanding friend as he tried to make him truly get what's going on… "You and I...we're the same...you are me and I am you. I created you, not mike...why do you think we look exactly alike twins almost, no one else in this mind looks anything like you. You're not real...you just have to except that…-" "NO! no no no no no no no NO I'M NOTHING LIKE YOU, I AM REAL! YOU, YOU'RE LYING, YOU'RE LYING...YOU'RE LYING YOU'RE LYING YOU'RE LYING!" "Please mal...try to understand. Mike and his personalities are completely separate from us...the darkness is OUR home; you, bue, and I, we belong here. Not out there. Mike doesn't belong here...but YOU DO!" Mal stepped back slowly in disbelief, but the as the darkness was growing, the more the room seemed to be closing in on them. "Well?...what do you trade?" D asked, his evil grin and crimson eyes returning. Mal stood up, looked down at mike's lifeless body and his own cocky grin and black eyes returned as well. "How about a bet instead...a 'game' if you will.." D looked intrigued and surprised, recognizing exactly what mal was doing. Mal put his hand over his face and immediately flew it down, creating...his war image. D understood and finished his sentence of the rules "- so the challenger gets to choose the game...which I assume you already have...soldier. And the winner gets to walk away with a soul intact. Am I missing anything?" D put his hand over his face and created the same war image as mal. "We may summon any weapon we like and if you were to call on an ally or if someone, even accidently, walks on or interferes with the battle...it's a draw...we both lose." Mal informed him but D had a confused look. "But then...what would I lose…". Mal didn't hesitate for one second to give his proposal. "You give mike his soul back and send him to his side...afterwards...you and I will both take each other's lives...fair?" Mal asked, D snapped his fingers, as well as mal. They created their own bases...but they were both fair as the battle ground set was made the darkness that had previously surrounded them had disappeared, creating more room for the fight. D moved his hand toward mike's direction and made a force field to shield him from battle. The two ran to their bases and were given 30 seconds to imagine their weapons and ammunition.
"GAME START"!