(A/N: With all honesty, I think I rushed the end before. So here is the revised last chapter, which will soon be followed by an epilogue. Signed, Secret7)

FlameX: Inferno

Secret7

Chapter 13

Professor Isaac John Utonium found himself running for the very life of one of his two remaining daughters. He ran down the lab stairs, and abruptly lost his footing. He fell down, toppling onto the hard basement floor. He heard one of his arm bones snap. He didn't care. With his undamaged arm, he grabbed the Antidote X, and began to load it into the familiar gun...

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Bubbles was truly unafraid. She stood her ground, glancing around.

"Interesting human reaction," Corruption noted. "She's unafraid."

"Indeed," said Death, hovering back to his feet. "But deep down, you are afraid, aren't you?"

Bubbles shook her head vigorously.

"Fear is a natural human reaction; there is no reason to deny it or to block it. Why do you? Your sister is dead; your other sister is likely to be, if not now, soon. Why do you fight? What is it that keeps you going?" Death asked quietly.

Bubbles took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said:

"Because. Because there's life, and I don't want you to take it away."

She screamed, kicking Pain in the head, and chaos ensued. Corruption grinned, flying forward and shooting one of his beams. Bubbles took it full force, and wasn't even phased.

"How can a human do that?" Corruption mused. "How can a mere human--"

There was no time to answer as Bubbles applied a punch to the shoulder, breaking his shoulder blade.

"What?" Corruption murmured. "It...hurts...My arm...I can't move it..."

"It's because you have a human body!" Bubbles shouted. "And you CAN die, and go back to wherever you came from!!!"

Pain and Corruption glanced at each other, and sped forward, straight toward Bubbles mortal chest. Bubbles felt a horrible spasm of pain, but resisted it. She resisted crying.

"Why, little girl, why? Why do you choose to fight when you'll just get killed?" Pain asked. "Your body can be broken as well as ours."

Bubbles closed her eyes, and burst out of the hold. She suddenly noticed something: Where was the other one? Death?

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The Professor cocked the gun. It was ready for use. He turned around, and saw Death glaring at him, right next to his face.

"You thought you could trick us, didn't you?" he snarled. "You can't cheat Death, get it?" He laughed insanely. "Get it? I love jokes, don't you?" He giggled madly. And began to laugh. It was horrid. The Professor was frozen in fear.

"All things come to an end. And this is yours. It's that simple," Death said, more serious now. "So are you going to let me kill you now?"

The Professor glared back at Death, shocking the dark god.

"When Hell freezes over."

There was a blast of a gun, an explosion of light, and the carcass that was Brick, and later Death, lay before Professor Utonium.

He had killed Death. Well, defeated it at least. Death would always exist, as long as there was life.

"HELP, PROFESSOR!" A voice shrieked. It was Bubbles!

Professor Utonium began to run, began to dash, and was finally sprinting up the stairs, to the room the Three had broken into. Bubbles' throat was being clutched by Pain.

"You sent out brother back," Pain said.

"Back to Hell," Corruption echoed.

"So we're sending your daughter there as well. And you. And the world will go to hell, and its flames will consume all of you. You will all die!" he screamed, squeezing harder on her throat.

"I don't think so," a voice said.

Pain turned around, and stared into glowing pink eyes.

"I cannot allow you to kill my family. So I'm going to send you back from whenst you came." Blossom said. There was a jewel embedded on her forehead. It did not, however, carry the distinct feel of the Ice Crystal...it was something else. It was the Jewel of Angels.

Brent floated up with Blossom. "Me and Bubbles will take Corruption. You take Pain."

Blossom nodded. The Jewel of Angels shined on her forehead like a beacon of hope.

Bubbles and Brent stared at Corruption. He looked fearful, and began to step back.

"You cannot do this, Blaze. You know you can't," Corruption shouted.

"Stop calling me that!" Brent shouted, grabbing the dark one by his shirt collar. "Or I'll rip your throat out."

"You were created to kill! That's what you do, you fool! You've become a pathetic mortal! Do you really want to give up your chance for eternal life?"

Brent was silent. Corruption smiled. His game was getting to him.

"Yes," Brent said, punching Corruption in the stomach. He attempted to grab Brent's shoulder in one final, feeble attempt, but fell to the floor, failing.

Blossom kicked Pain in the head, knocking him to the floor.

"Go back to Hell," she said.

"Your life...if you do this, it will never be the same!" Pain said. "You're missing a chance...we could turn things back to normal for you. Bring your sister back. We could--"

Brent stomped on Pain, killing him.

There was a flash of light, and the Three were sent back to the inferno they had came from.

To be concluded...