Chapter 14: An Emotional Battle of Desperation (Part 1)

The next day had finally come... the day that I had feared the most. The day that I finally face Mikhail in a battle for the first time... I was already nervous as I had woken up from my sleeping chambers, since I didn't know what was going to happen once Mikhail and I engage in this fight. All that was on my mind is getting him back to the way he used to be... right before this ever happened.

I had just emerged from my sleeping pod, when Effie walked in with a breakfast tray. This time she had made us some omelettes with bread and jam. Her sister Irina was right beside her with her own tray.

"Good Morning Illia!" she said cheerfully, "I made you a special breakfast for your special day."

"Well thank you, Effie." I said, taking my tray from her. "This food sure looks tasty... maybe it'll help me get my mind off of fighting Mikhail."

I took a few bites of my omelette in a slow, but delicate matter. The tasty flavor seemed to melt inside of my mouth.

"Whoa! That certainly was a great omelette... what did you put into it?"

"Well... I put in some mushrooms, peppers, and some meat in it, but I think Irina may have added a little too much cheese." Effie said, pointing at the melted cheese on my plate.

"Sorry, I thought that it would taste better if it had a lot of cheese in it..." Irina blushed about her slight mistake.

"Hey, it's all right. It did make it taste better." I reassured her softly, as if to make her feel better.

"Thank you Illia." she said, smiling brightly. "I sure hope you can snap your brother out of his current state. He's starting to scare me a little bit..."

"I know what you mean... even though I still feel hurt by his actions." I said while solemnly looking down.

"Irina! Bring Necro and Effie down here this instant! It's time for the match... and Necro's judgement!" I heard Mikhail scream from afar.

I began to anxiously shudder, as I knew that the moment I feared had already arrived.

"I guess it's time Illia... follow me this way."

Irina began to lead me and Effie back to the main lab, where Mikhail was waiting for us. He looked very frightening, as he was absorbing electricity from the nearby machine. His angry face was even more terrifying than it was the first time I saw it.

"Welcome to your final judgement Necro." he said with a scary tone in his voice. "But this time, our battle will be much different. Instead of fighting you for three rounds like the normal rules, I'll be fighting you for five rounds."

"So I guess you'll have to defeat him three times instead of two then..." Irina said softly.

"If it has to be this way, then I'll do my best to beat Mikhail." I began to charge my electricity to full strength. "I won't give up until he's back to normal, no matter how emotional this gets."

"That's the spirit Illia!" Effie said joyfully, "Do your best, and stay strong. We're counting on you, Illia." She and Irina walked over to the sidelines behind me, as I began to face Mikhail for the first time...

"Round 1: Fight!"

Mikhail and I began to furiously attack each other with our Tornado Hooks at high speed. Luckily my attack landed head on, as I desperately dodged his attacks.

"DAMN IT NECRO! I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!" he screamed at me in anger.

"The hell you will... you never took revenge on me, when I accidentally destroyed some of your snow statues." I began to jog his memory in an effort to restore him somehow.

"When will you learn to take those stupid memories out of your head... they're useless to me! Snake Fang!" he proceeded to grab me by the ankle and throw me backward, causing me to hit the floor hard.

"Mikhail... why... why must you do this to me... Please... don't do this!" I desperately cried out to him, while trying to keep my own rage and despair in place.

"I'M NOT GOING TO STOP... NOT UNTIL I'VE GOTTEN RID OF YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!" he shouted in defiance.

"Mikhail..." I uttered out his name, lost inside my own pain.

"Blast!" we began attacking each other with our electricity, but I could strangely feel as if my strength was being absorbed somehow...

"Your electric powers are useless against me, for I can absorb electricity from all sources like a magnet!" he proclaimed with an evil voice. "They don't call me Magnectric for nothing!"

"But that's not who you are..." I slowly backed away from him. "This isn't how I remembered you to be like Mikhail..."

"Will you just let go of the past... and stop calling me Mikhail! That's not my name!" Mikhail shouted, "You shall now address me as Magnectric from..."

"Slam Dance!" I took Mikhail and slammed him three times in succession, knocking the wind out of him. "Guess you're still as inattentive as you are before, aren't you Mikhail?" I gave him the sweetest smile that I possibly could.

"Grrr..." he snarled at me with his bitter rage. "Don't think that this fight will be easy Necro... because it won't be."

"Round 2: Fight!"

The battle became more desperate now, as things were set to heat up between me and Mikhail. I maintained my focus as I began to attack him head on.

"Snake Fang!" I quickly grabbed him by the ankle and threw him to the other side of the lab. I took a step back to calm myself down before getting too upset.

"You son of a-"

"Don't you even think about speaking to Illia like that, you ungrateful monster!" Effie shouted at him. "He's your brother, he's done so much for you..."

"Necro is not my brother! Necro is my enemy!" It was clear to me that Mikhail was still brainwashed, and in denial.

"How can you say that!? I'm not your enemy! I'm not the one who did this to you!" The words he spoke had pissed me off to no end.

"Yes you are my enemy, and I'm going to keep you detained here just as Gill asked me to." he then grabbed me and began to throw me between his legs and pinned me down.

"Maybe you won't be such a disappointment, when I shock you to your death!" he began to electrocute me, as I struggled to get him off me.

"Please... stop this..." I faintly said, as he continued to shock me at critical blasts.

"NEVER!" he shouted, "I will not let you survive Necro, for you are an experiment that is due for permanent termination!"

"I...I... I'm not an experiment damn it!" I shouted in denial, I didn't want to believe that I was even one in the first place. I began attempting to throw him off of me, when he grabbed me by the wrists.

"Trying to escape my wrath are you?" he asked in a wicked tone, "Well, I'm not going to let that happen!"

"Let go of me, this is not who you are Mikhail!" I was desperate now, as my life and memories began to flash before my eyes. He shocked me again at a higher level of electricity.

I began to grow worried over my own life, as I was no longer able to move. Mikhail had me held by the wrists, and there was no way I could escape. I became distraught, as I knew I was going to lose this round to him. My consciousness was slowly slipping away from me, as each spark of electricity struck into my body.

"HAHAHAHAHA! How does it feel to have met your demise, Necro?" he evily said to me in a cold tone.

"No... you can't do this to me Mikhail... You just can't!" I desperately cried out to him in pain.

"I'm not Mikhail, Mikhail is gone forever! Say goodbye to your life Necro!" he began preparing for a fatal course of electricity to zap into me.

I had begun to embrace myself for the end... when...

"Don't even think about killing our pal Illia, you electric powered freak!"

"Yeah, I'd rethink your actions, if I were you."

Two familiar voices had risen up nearby, and I caught a glimpse of two familiar figures that were towering over me. Somehow I became fully aware that I was no longer alone, and that a miracle had finally arrived for me...