"Nooo!" Sora's yell echoes around us. He runs over to where Nyzol is laying and drops to his knees. Roxas is soon to follow. They both flip Nyzol over onto his back. The wold is bad. Blood is already soaked through his clock. But he's breathing. Barely.
Hubrin is using the break in the battle to regain his strength. He's leaning on his spear, breathing heavily. The rest of us can only stare as we're faced with another loss. I even think I see Andriel's face twitch from above us.
"You can't die, Nyzol. I know I haven't been very nice to you, but you've got to stay with us."
"Just hold on. We'll get you out of here." Roxas's voice is so low it can barely be heard.
Sora's tears start falling from his cheeks and onto Nyzol's face. He told his Keyblade out. "Cure! CURE!" The green halo that surrounds Nyzol seems to have no effect. His wound must be too bad for Sora's magic to help.
Suddenly, Nyzol's hand jumps up and grabs Sora's wrist. His voice is weak as he speaks. "Go. Finish…what I started. Help…the Creator."
From what I can tell, Andriel may not need our help. While we have been distracted by Nyzol, she has taken p the fight with Hubrin without ever moving. All around us, Keyblades are being pulled out of the ground and flying towards Hubrin. They are attacking him without anyone holding on. Some of them are so rusted that they are easily broken by one swipe of Hubrin's spear, but others are getting good hits on him.
"Go." Nyzol lays his head back down and closes his eyes. He's not dead, but if we don't get him help soon, he will be.
Sora and Roxas both jump to their feet and run at full speed. They jump into the attack against Hubrin. With all the Keyblades flying around, it looks like a giant swarm of insects right in the middle of what is left of the crossroads. Hubrin manages to slam his spear against both Sora and Roxas, sending them rolling in the dirt.
Everything starts to move in slow motion as soon as I see Hubrin's fist start to glow. I know what that means. Before I can make a move to stop it, a beam of light shoots from his hand straight to Roxas.
His scream fills my ears. I feel a pain in my heart as my legs start to move. I open my mouth the yell out.
But it isn't my voice that comes out. It's Riku's. "Noo!" Riku jumps into the swarm of Keyblades, hitting Hubrin right in the head. It's enough to break his connection to Roxas. The screams of pain stop. I run over and kneel next to him. He's breathing, but unconscious. A few tears fall down my cheeks.
And then I feel it. All the joy inside of me for Roxas still being alive melts into anger. Anger for what almost happened to Roxas. For what did happen to Namine. For all the destruction that Hubrin has caused.
I jump to my feet just in time to see Hubrin lifting off the ground. "Do you not see, wise Creator, that these children you have sent are no match for me? I am too powerful." Hubrin is now eye level with Andriel.
"But I am stronger than you, Hubrin." Her voice is still eerily calm. How can she not be getting angry?
An explosion of lightning bolts rips through the air, coming from Hubrin's spear and Andriel's hands. Both sets meet in the middle of them, spending sparks to the ground. Their eyes are locked together, ignoring the rest of us. Just looking at them, it's obvious that Hubrin is struggling while Andriel is not.
Sora and Kairi drag Roxas over to where Nyzol is lying. Riku and I are standing a ways from each other, staring up.
"Dexlin!" I look over to see Riku running towards me. "Stick out your Keyblade!"
I know immediately what he has in mind. That's a trick we haven't used in a look time. But now is the perfect time for it.
I hold the time of my blade out towards Riku. Trying to visualize myself light on my feet, I wait. It only take a second for him to reach me and lock his Keyblade with mine. I feel myself being pulled off my feet. Riku and I lock eyes as I go flying though the air.
"Do it for Namine."
I'm flying towards Hubrin incredibly fast. I don't have a lot of time to prepare for my attack. At least he is so distracted with Andriel that he doesn't see me coming.
The lighning bolts die down as I collide with Hubrin. He let's out a yell as I push my Keyblade against his spear. Suprisingly, we aren't falling from the sky. He must be keeping us in the air.
Sweat starts to roll down my forehead and on Hubrin's as well. He's struggling just like I am. But he's weakened and I'm angry.
"You will never hurt Roxas or anyone else again."
"I will not be stopped by anyone, much less an error of nature like you."
The rest of the worlds disappear and all I can see is Hubrin. His red eyes burn into me. The pressure in my arms builds as I push against him. "I…am…not…an…ERROR!"
A loud sound like glass shattering booms through the area. Hubrin's spear cracks into a hundred pieces against my Keyblade. His yell fills my ears as I make a direct hit to his stomach. I can't even hear that I'm screaming too.
We both start to fall to the ground. Hubrin lands with a thud while I land easily on my feet. He just lays there like a pile of clothes wrapped up in a cloak. I throw my Keyblade into the dirt, running to Hubrin. Grabbing the front of his cloak, I pull him to his knees. His face is the picture of a broken man. Even his eyes aren't as bright red as they were before.
"Who do you think you are?! What gives you the right to kill innocent people and destroy families whenever you see fit?! You're nothing, Hubrin!" I'm shaking him uncontrollably. His head bounces around on his neck. But I can't stop myself. Anger is all that is fuelling me.
A hand lightly touches my shoulder. Turning my head, I see that it's Kairi. Her touch brings me out of my rage. Looking back down, I can finally see Hubrin for what he is. Helpless.
"You have defeated me." His voice is weak. "My life is yours."
Part of me wants to kill him. That would make up for the fact that Namine is dead and Roxas is on the ground, unconscious. Part of me knows that it will make me feel better. But then…
"No." I pick Hubrin up by his cloak. "It's his." I throw him away from him and he lands at Riku's feet.
Riku's shock only lasts a second before he bends down, putting his face inches from Hubrin's. "You took her away from me. She had done nothing to you. Why should you get to live while she doesn't?" Riku's voice is filled with hate. Emotions that he's been feeling since Lyx's chapel flood out of him.
"Take my life. End it to ease your pain."
Riku is considering it. I can see that in his face. That dark part of me is urging him to do it and get it over with. It could be over so quickly. Just one second.
"No." Riku grabs Hubrin by the cloak and hurls him around. This time Hubrin lands on the ground in the middle of where the six pieces of the hexagon hang in the air.
Immediately the huge tornado of fire appears, swallowing Hubrin up. His screams can barely be heard over the fire that reaches all the way to the sky and beyond. It vanishes as quickly as it came leaving empty ground where Hubrin once was. The pieces move trough the air towards each other, making a complete hexagon again. The sound of a massive lock closing echoes around us. Hubrin is locked up for good.
There are no smiles or celebration as we stand there. Sora's eyes move over to where Nyzol is on the ground. Fresh tears start to fall as he starts to run over to him. I kneel next to Roxas and put my hand on his chest to make sure he's alright. He shifts a little under my touch, but doesn't wake up. I cast some cure magic on him to help his recovery before moving over to Nyzol.
Sora is on his knees holding Nyzol's hand.
"You did well, my son. You all did well. I had faith in all of you. I can die at peace now."
"No, you can't. You have to stay with us. Stay with me. We haven't had enough time. I've been a brat ever since we met. You have to give me a chance to make it right."
"Do not be sad, Sora. You have made me so proud."
Above us, Andriel starts to float down to the ground. The instant she touches down, she quickly walks towards us while still looking graceful. She kneels down on the opposite side of Sora. "Nyzol, my friend."
"Creator...I'm so grateful…that I lived to see…you free. I'm glad that…I could serve you…one last time."
"Nyzol, your death will be an honorable one. One that you have fought many years to earn." This is one of the most painful things I have ever had to watch. I wish Roxas was awake to hold my hand. "But it will not be today." She places her hand over his wound, not bothering to avoid all the blood. "Curaga."
The air all around us shimmers green. The effect on Nyzol is immediate. He take a deep breath as his would starts to close. Even I feel some relief in my sore muscles. Next to me, Roxas starts to wake up. I bend down to help him to his feet.
"Did we do it?"
"Yeah, we did. It's okay now."
On the ground, Nyzol is whispering something into Riku's ear. When he finishes, Riku jumps to his feet and runs straight into Andriel's arms.
"My son. How good it feels to hold you again." For the first time, there is a difference in her voice. She is close to tears.