~Mal's side~
D had summoned a cannon and was firing rapidly. Mal, every now and then would be able to do some damage with his grenades. But then D would fix it with another one of his powers and even create temporary force fields. D was using fowl play, mal tried the same but when mal had taken damage he was too busy to make a force field so while he used his powers to fix his own base, D would strike so mal was completely vulnerable. "I'M NOT CHEATING, I'M MERELY USING THE LOOPHOLES IN YOUR RULES TO MY ADVANTAGE!" D yelled over another shot. That gave mal an idea. I never said we couldn't create multiple weapons on the spot during battle, "TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME D!"(literally AND metaphorically haha). Mal focused and his own cannon appeared only it looked more futuristic with all sorts of different side launchers for different types of ammo. One was paintballs, another were his grenades, some were even acid shooters that could melt whatever it's target was. Either way it was nothing but an absolute death machine and mal was proud. He loaded his new weapon with incredible speed and was about to pull the triggers until he saw D create what seemed to be an old, worn out, withered trampoline that was facing him and had a big red dot in the middle like the one's you'd see in an old 50's carnival. Mal laughed at it assuming that that was going to be his protection...but still...knowing D, there must be some catch. So mal aimed at D instead of the tramp. When D saw the weapon being pointed at him, he looked shocked and scared almost. Mal smirked and fired without a second thought. D smirked as well the minute he fired, confusing him until he realized too late…. D raised his hand and another shield appeared, when his projectiles hit it, they immediately bounced off and went off in all directions...including his base. It was the worst of his ammunition that hit him head on; The exploding cannonballs. Mal leaped away from his former base as it got hit, he was in mid-air when the blast shot him even farther away from where he started and he landed with a hard dusty impact that knocked the wind out of him. Their imaginary battlefield now looked like a total wasteland. Mal slowly got up until he heard footsteps and he was yanked back up to his feet by his hair, he turned around and punched D in the stomach. He didn't even flinch, mal was getting angry and his black aura started to appear and his face started to turn evil...D smiled but the silence between the two remained. D snapped his fingers again and their previous scenery had returned. He stepped back and let go of mal's hair but ruffled it first like an encouraging father which angered him more. D stepped back a little more until he was in the exact center of the battlefield. Mal was confused but still frustrated then D removed his other hand from behind his back and showed mike's soul once again. Mal tried to lunge at D for the threats of harming mike's soul. He moved his hand slightly upward, throwing mal to the ground. D walked up to him and surprisingly helped him up, he then showed mal mike's soul which seemed to be glowing even brighter as D closed his eyes tightly and a sort of glass orb appeared around it. Mal had no true expression on his face, but you could tell he was amazed at what D had done as his eyes widened. Both of their faces and some of their bodies were almost completely enveloped by the purple light the soul was emitting. Mal looked as though he was in a trance but then noticed D's hand was moving back until his hand was no longer holding the ball up. Neither of their hands were underneath it so it was just…. Floating, mal and D were just in utter and total silence. Mal was thinking about this as an opportunity to steal mike's soul back. MAL, DON'T DO IT! Mal looked up and all around but still made no sound. He snapped his fingers once more and the scenery had turned back into the dark, red-tiled, one light source room. Mal was just downright confused, "so…-". Just then the glass orb holding mike's soul started to come down slowly. SHUT UP MAL! DON'T LOSE FOCUS! Mal looked around but then turned back to keep his eye on the orb. Just then a large mirror came out of the darkness, from the direction of mike's side, and into the small light. It was bue and his mother standing next to each other. Mal looked over for a quick second before looking back at the orb. His mother saw bue's real reflection and gasped. "You really do look like a girl!" Bue had an annoyed look on her face and put her finger to her mouth signalling her to shut up. She whispered in her ear what they were really doing and what the purple glowing ball was, his mother gasped and cupped her hands over her mouth trying not to show her fear. Then she saw who the two boys were that were staring at the orb, mal but she wasn't all that shocked by this but then the other boy whose face he'd kept hidden turned to face her and she held her breath as if, afraid to breath when she saw his evil face and his deadly crimson eyes. Is that…? She looked down at bue's real reflection to notice her nodding telling her yes. Bue was listening in on all of their thoughts and was personally horrified at D's thoughts and the images that were going through his head aside from his own concentration, that he kept on the floating orb, this made her shudder. Her mother was only worried for mike but when she looked down again and saw bue's face getting angry, she tried to hold her but then decided not to, bue was talking to D and she was most CERTAINLY not happy about this conversation. I SWEAR, 'YA LAY ONE FINGER ON THAT SOUL AN' I'LL MAKE 'YA PAY...D!
My my, what anger you possess...that's why you're my favorite.
Bue had another disgusted look on her face as she turned away, her mother was curious as to why bue's expressions kept on changing. THIS TIME, bue was letting her in on the conversation (more like...in vague details but whateva') by whispering in her ear including the rules of the game that the two were playing. The Quiet Game (D's edition):
There's an object that two people together must focus on as it is in the air.
You must keep it from falling, once it hits the ground...it breaks.
You cannot under ANY circumstances talk, otherwise, even if you maintain your concentration…, if you were to speak...the object will fall at a certain pace...depending on the amount of words used.
Neither of the two players may hold the ball as it floats above the ground.
No third parties are allowed to enter the game once it has started.
The purpose of the game is to keep the item above ground.
Only one player can win.
One player is trying to focus on the object staying up, while the other player is trying to make it fall, whoever has more wits and will power shall triumph.
Bue's eyes changed into her normal brown color but were still very serious. Her mother noticed this and was about to say something until, without removing her sight off of their feud, bue cupped her hand over her mouth with such impeccable speed that you couldn't even see her arm rise before her hand had managed to make her mom shut up before she even took a breath to speak. She looked up at the, now, silent woman who was now just worried. She snarled at her for a quick moment before averting her eyes back to the 'Mental Battle' without a second thought or waiting a small second to see the reaction she had. D's eyes were no longer crimson, but black as he stared at the orb while his smirk remained glued to his face while he continued his conversation with bue.
You DO know that I can always tell what you're about to do, but just remember...if you were to jump through that mirror, which I know you can seeing as you were able to even do this much with your power...IT'S REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE!
I merely have motivation...I'll admit to that. But you're gettin' off topic….an' I know what you're doin'...I WON'T FALL FOR IT!
Bue, bue, please...you know me better than that and believe me...your anger and frustration, blinding you from common sense makes for astounding entertainment. HAHAHAHAHA!
Bue was starting to grow more and more furious as she began to growl. Then turned her attention towards mal's mind. She had a very concerned look on her face as she uncupped her mother's mouth who didn't care much for such a scene of nothing happening, though still worried for her child, decided to see this out. She then looked down to see bue biting her fingernails while she sweat and seemed to be afraid by the expression on her face. Her mother turned to face the mirror once more to reveal the darkness coming toward mal. Then bue looked angry and saw her mouth moving oddly. At first she assumed it was because of the scary black cloud coming towards them but that would only explain her feared look, not her angry one. Bue...reluctantly, focused again as she tried to make the clouds go away, knowing that mal's concentration wouldn't be enough. It was when she saw mal's eyes that she got worried. With that, she dragged her mother out of the bathroom with immense speed and slammed the door behind them as hard as she could, some hinges became loose and you could feel a tiny earthquake which shook their house for a quick second. Her mother was very frightened at how powerful she was, bue grabbed the collar of her bathrobe and pulled her down fast as her eyes turned deadly serious. "What's going on, what happened?" Bue slapped her, leaving a small mark. "'YA DON'T HAVE TO WHISPER ANYMORE, DUMBASS...WE'RE OUT OF THE ROOM...now listen carefully-". Bue paused, her mother slapped her harder. "WELL?!...TELL ME ALREADY...I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING IN THE DARK!" Bue's face showed no expression as she turned back from the slap to the face to see the woman with pure anger in her eyes. "Get the frying pan." Bue let go of her bathrobe and ran toward the kitchen with her mom close behind. She understood what bue was asking of her but just couldn't go through with it. "What're 'ya waitin' for….HIT ME!" She pointed at her head and stomped her foot like a spoiled kid. "I-I can't….no matter how much you deserve it though…." Bue was furious but then noticed that she couldn't move her legs and began to stagger until she fell to the ground and it was like her whole body started to go numb as she was being controlled like a puppet and stood up. Her mother was concerned for bue, "bue?...what's going on?" Bue closed her eyes tightly. "I-I-It's D-D, he's try-tryin' to keep me awake s-so I-I w-w-won't i-interfere…. Th-there's nothin' I-I-I c-can...d-do…. I-If y-you hi-hit me with th-the p-p-pan th-then maybe I-I could DO s-something to help th-the others. Th-they need my he-help, if y-you don't do somethin' fast….h-he's g-gonna g-get 'ya. HURRY I DON'T WANT SO'M TO HAPPEN TO 'YA...e-especially if I-I have a say i-in the m-matter!" She coughed up some blood and fell to her knees, bue looked up with sad eyes and looked down. "Once I-I'm out, go to the b-bathroom mirror...I-I c-can keep it up while I'm in there…-" Bue's look turned to annoyed and furious. "-DO IT!...NOW!" Her mom was in shock but reluctantly took her word for it and smacked her head with the frying pan. Her eyes went blank as everything seemed as though it was all in slow motion and with that, bue fell to the ground with her face frozen, her eyes blank, and her whole body was completely still and lifeless. She dropped the frying pan and ran over to her child and went to feel his pulse, it was still there, she sighed in relief and picked up her son to take him to his room and set him down on the covers and tucked him in. Then ran to the bathroom, as instructed by bue.
With her back to her and saw the battle that mike's personalities were having with the darkness.
She saw bue as well only this time in her war uniform; camo skirt(to the knees...which were bare), combat knee high tightly laced boots, old dirty light brown oversized longsleeve unzipped jacket, her WW2 hat on with the poker cards along the lining and unbuckled, and of course...her LONG spiked hair going down to her 'tush'. She was climbing up a small and wet muddy hill that led to the front of the hallway, where she found the others, who weren't at all surprised to see her there in her war outfit. They had the same look only they had dark green jackets and….were wearing pants. The mirror had come up along with her and she turned to show her face which had the hair flap covering her left eye once more and the two black paint marks were under them as she had a very serious look on her face and summoned her weapon. She merely closed her eyes lifted both her hands up as if to hold something and a rifle appeared with exploding bullets. Her mom was in awe, looking at, not only the true bue but...the SOLDIER BUE! and actually felt proud. The sky was cloudy and stormy as it began to rain, making the muddy trench even MORE slippery. The mirror turned to show what the others were seeing and it was this huge sandstorm, it looked like, only jet black with some purple-ish haze in an attempt to balance it out and it sounded like roaring thunder and lightning was shooting out of it. She was wondering why nobody was doing anything about this until bue read her thoughts. "It's because manitoba engulfed us with a force field for protection, he's out there fightin' the darkness alone...like an idiot…...the australian sexist idiot that he is." Bue looked away with her serious battle pose, holding her rifle like an olde-timey soldier line up though she wasn't saluting and put on a belt that was lopsided and attached her exploding bullets in a bag to it. Her mom just looked amazed at this, with what she was seeing her jaw had dropped, she chose to let it remain open. Then bue moved the mirror to face the force field and see what they were seeing as she saw manitoba running away from the darkness but also throwing, what appeared to be, little balls of light. When he threw them, the darkness would just eat it like it was just the small topping of an appetizer. Each time it ate a light it seemed to get louder and bigger, worrying their mother. "BUE! VITO! SVETLANA, CAN'T ANY OF YOU DO SOMETHING?!" She yelled, still watching over manitoba until she turned and saw bue holding a missile, preparing to throw it….. The woman closed her eyes and covered her ears as she quickly heard a very loud explosion. The barrier was beginning to fade as the darkness started to get faster until, finally, the barrier vanished. Bue started to run down the slippery slope and got mud all over her when she landed in a big puddle, she turned and lifted her arm up to wave in order to signal the others to come down, they did so and so did the mirror. Chester woke up after he had heard the missile strike, he got up slowly then when he saw the others fighting, he realized that...everything that's going on is just an illusion. I bet bue and vito would just say, "well it's realistic enough to fight it!" A couple of ninny's, those two are, manny would probably say the same thing. Oy...sometimes I wonder if I'M the only one with a brain around here. They're just thinkin' of violence...I guess that's the only thing going through a youngsters mind these days. "WELL BACK IN MY DAY, WE SOLVED IMAGINARY PROBLEMS WITH OUR IMAGINATION, 'YA NINNY'S!" Chester yelled over the darkness, the others couldn't hear him over the raging thunder...but bue heard his thoughts. An idea struck her head, "CHESTER COME OVER HERE! HURRY" Svetlana and vito heard this and tried to cup her mouth shut in concern for chester and his feeble old man body. Bue grabbed both of their hands from behind and flipped them over with an angry look on her face, she was starting to get more of a grip on her anger issues so her eyes didn't turn black...but she still wouldn't hesitate to throw the two into the air until they twinkled like stars and disappeared. They knew this all too well and got up to witness bue raise her arm and aimed it at chester which created a slide for him to come down on. She used her other arm to pull him onto it and gravity would do the rest. As the darkness kept coming forward, wind started to pick up throwing bue's hair wildly around into everybody's faces. Before chester could fall on his face she picked him up with ease and told him that she heard his thoughts. He lifted her helmet and ruffled her hair, "I'm glad that at least SOMEONE listens!" Bue had an annoyed look but then shook it off when she saw chester's warm smile, she got embarrassed and yanked her helmet down and this time buckled the straps. "NOW THEN, I GOT A PLAN!" Bue yelled over the storm also making sure their mother could hear with the mirror close by in order to see inside the mind, bue winked and her mother smiled. She spun around slightly and stopped when she was directly in front of the hallway, leading to their rooms and surrounded by the trench, bue lifted her arm up and then her hand shot up after it and raised her own barrier...it was a different color (now green, not dark pink.) and looked 'staticky' as what looked like, electric currents surrounding it with a brilliant light emitting from the currents. Manitoba, who was running around the side of the huge black 'sandstorm' turned around to face an enormous light show which quickly died down as bue realized the same as manitoba that the darkness was out to destroy light. Vito, svetlana, chester, and manitoba were all shocked at how powerful bue was, they could tell that THIS barrier could NEVER break, it was much too powerful, only bue could undo her own spell. She looked up at her forcefield with a face of honor and a sly grin spread across her face. Everyone was shaking at this, except chester. Manitoba was the first to snap out of it, "BUE...WHAT'S YOUR FULL PLAN?! I KNOW THAT THAT CAN'T BE IT!" Bue was in silence as she pushed manitoba away and got on the ground, the others were curious as to what she was doing. GAH! DAMMIT ALL...THE DARKNESS IS 'BOVE THE GROUND AND ROLLIN' TO US...BUT IT'S NOT HIGH 'NOUGH FOR US TO SIMPLY DUCK UNDER IT WHILE WE'RE COMPLETELY DEFENSELESS! Bue got up and tightened her fists with a furious facial expression, when manitoba and svetlana noticed this, they could tell that bue was running out of ideas but were also feeling stupid for not being able to come up with any themselves. Just then bue's expression changed to glowingly happy then turned to serious, "EVERYONE, GET BEHIND ME!" The darkness was speeding at this point and was just seconds away from killing them with one touch. Then the jet black mist hit them with huge impact and immense speed...they had been completely engulfed.