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Chapter 8:
Trial of the Heroes
Malefor erupted a gigantic wave of Dark Energy towards the Heroes that forced all three to duck down. The darkness inside began crackling them but they had to hold it off for Malefor could not be hurt by Darkness. All three pressed for the opposite effect of their lighter side and succeeded with three bright white flashes which drove the three Villains back. Crash had his white glowing hands, Spyro was surrounded by an aura of violet energy, and Jak had turned into the angelic Light Jak. All three started blasting Light Energy towards the Villains as Dark Energy was thrown in return. Malefor growled and ducked down, leaving only Erol and Cortex. Cortex turned around in panic at this and was hit with a powerful burst of white light from Crash. Erol was slightly more successful at blocking Jak and Spyro's attacks and sometimes repelling them back. Cortex began firing at random towards Crash, which made Crash duck and hide for a time until he could find a pattern. It continued with an exchange of Light and Dark Energies, sometimes with the bolts colliding explosively. Suddenly, beams lurched towards the Heroes so that they ducked to avoid the powerful Darkness. The source was identified as one long concentrated beam erupted from Malefor's mouth and seared a hole in the platform the Heroes were standing on. Jak charged Light Eco into the Eco Sword and shot a retaliatory beam of Light Energy at Malefor. The scorch of Light forced Malefor back for a time before he attacked again and two beams, one of Dark and one of Light, collided. The high amount of power caused the Dark/Light Reaction caused waves of radiation to fill Convexity as the ball of grey light wavered in the middle of the two beams. Crash got an idea, conjured his own beam of Light, and joined it with Jak's so that the balance started to deteriorate and Malefor was put in danger. Cortex tried to restore balance, followed by Spyro and Erol trying to push the highly reactive grey energy towards the other party.
The fluctuating energy was held in equilibrium for what seemed like hours with the ball growing brighter and brighter as time went by. Electricity began arcing off of the ball to the point that a large cloud of electricity surrounded the ball. Only Malefor knew what this meant and he quickly pulled the other two Villains with him as he retreated from the imminent explosion. The grey light obliterated near everything in its path so that the Heroes were left floating in a now collapsing Convexity.
"Now I destroy you!" the Dark Master shouted and unleashed another wave of Dark Energy. This time, the Heroes were too weak to resist and became their Dark selves. "There is no way you can defeat me with my own power!" Malefor gloated and laughed evilly. Dark Jak clung to the last remnants of his normal self's logic. Malefor was so full of Darkness it seemed that no Light could penetrate it. He then remembered Samos talking back in the Red Eco Sage's hut in the past: "Impossible! No one can control Dark Eco!" However it seemed that Samos was wrong… partly. A new light shone through Dark Jak's consciousness. He knew there were some that could control Dark Eco to some extent, but too much and they were done for. With this new idea in his mind, Jak unleashed a ray of Dark Energy into Malefor. The Dark Master only laughed but Jak kept his resolve, even if he had to pour every last bit of his energy into destroying Malefor he would. Another Dark beam flew into Malefor from the side. Jak and Spyro made eye contact, and Jak now knew that Spyro understood what was happening. Crash showed that he too had shared this idea as a third blast of Darkness entered Malefor.
It seemed like hours before Malefor's laughing stopped and he grunted. Dark Electricity raced across the Dark Master's scales and made their way to his eyes. Malefor roared in pain as the Dark Energy started glowing around him in its enormity.
"No, this cannot be! I am ultimate master of Darkness, it cannot destroy me!" Despite Malefor's shouts that this would not work against him, it showed all too well that the power was becoming too much for him. Erol and Cortex bolted out of the portal into the normal world out of fear of also being obliterated. "Cowards! Bloody cowards come back and destroy them!" Malefor roared as the Darkness tore apart the very molecules of his being and erupted throughout Convexity so that both he and his former prison were destroyed forever.
The fighters on the Wumpa Islands saw as the portal to Convexity began to disintegrate and finally exploded in a flash of Darkness. Malefor's minions suddenly froze and collapsed as their master met his end, leaving the Elite KGs with no choice but to surrender to the considerable force of the Heroes' supporters. But among all of this joy, a select few looked up at where the portal had been with tears. Samos patted Keira softly, Craig rushed from the fighters to embrace Coco, Cynder pressed her head into Coco's calves, and Daxter and Sparx unashamedly embraced each other with tears erupting from their eyes.
"Oh, Sparky Boy!" Daxter sobbed before nearly drowning the dragonfly with tears. From behind, they all heard three snickers, and they turned to see three extremely scorched but perfectly fine and alive Heroes.
"Aww, Daxter, I didn't know you cared," Jak teased before he, Crash, and Spyro were tackled by Keira, Kendra, and Cynder respectively.
"But, but how?" Kendra asked once she had stopped kissing Crash all around the head and neck.
"Kendra, come on, we're the good guys, nothing happens to us!" Crash chuckled. Kendra allowed a strangled giggle and buried herself in his chest. Crash tolerated it for a few minutes then called out: "Okay we just saved all you guys, now who's gonna save us?" Laughter erupted from all around as the celebration began and once the laughter stopped, Crash could be heard. "I'm serious, someone get her off me."