Ahhhhhhhhh! Must pooooost!
In the cave:
Defer and AoC stared at each other intensely as they were starting to breath heavily from their battle. AoC's suit was disheveled and ripped from Defer's attacks, while Defer's leather coat was scratched and burned from AoC's attacks. Ani stood back as she watched their battle, and although she grew concerned when green blood dripped out of Defer's mouth when AoC punched him, Defer looked at her in a way of telling her to stay back. The two stood their ground in their stare-down, until AoC spoke,
"You've gotten stronger. Much stronger than I anticipated of a Dark Fracture. How interesting... I wonder if the human heart you have has anything to do with it, but I'll hold my curiosity aside until I make you beg for mercy, and give up your claim over my future bride."
"Tsk. I already told you that she doesn't belong to you, and I won't have you try to taint her mind ever again! She's my love... she always has been, and you'll be the one begging for mercy," Defer said with a growl.
"Hmph. You're overconfident. How foolish... but don't worry, I'll beat that right out of you," AoC said, as his hands began to glow in an eerie dark flame.
"You beating me is like a mouse fighting a cat, naturally, I win in the end," Defer said, as his hands started to glow green and red.
They continued to fight, as Ani felt a gust of wind from the cave entrance she was standing next to. Footsteps followed through the rest of the way, as Violet ran into the area.
"Violet!" Ani called, as she approached her child.
"Mother!" Violet called back, as she turned and ran over to her.
They hugged, as Violet said,
"Oh my gosh! Thank goodness you're okay motha!"
"I'm so glad to see you too, Violet. I was worried about you, but I was first stopped by a robot named HH HGH, and then the Angel of Chaos came to force my hand in marriage, but Defer came and saved me," Ani said, and they parted as Violet's eyes were widened.
"The beast really is back... but thank goodness Defer was here or I wouldn't have made it in time to save you," Violet said.
"How did you know I needed saving?" Ani asked, and then mother and daughter quickly told each other of their ordeals while being apart.
"My my. I'm glad she decided to help you, sweety. I hope to repay her kindness," Ani said.
"Well, I kind of threatened her, but I guess she was nice enough to tell me everything, and she did realize that you were in trouble... ... So mom, Defer huh?" Violet said with a smirk and raised eyebrow as her mother blushed.
"Violet, behave yourself!" Ani said with her blush still present, and Violet looked away with a small smile.
"I didn't say anything ma... although I guess you'd like a former dragon dude since he's -eh hem- hot," Violet said with a giggle, and Ani signed with a face palm.
"RAAR!" Defer yelled after AoC shoved him to the ground, while Ani and Violet gasped.
"Well well well! My favorite future daughter! You've come at such a perfect time! I'll be taking Ani back home with me, while taking you to see your future sanctuary in the Netherworld!" AoC said with a dark smirk, as he started walking towards them.
Ani stood in front of Violet to protect her, while Violet passed her a firecracker gun behind her back.
"No. You won't touch either of them! I won't let you take them from me!" Defer said with more fire in his voice, as AoC turned towards him.
"Foolish urchin! Why do you continue to fight?! You are only begging to be destr-"
AoC stopped speaking when he saw Defer standing up as his eyes were glowing brightly.
Although Ani and Violet were in the cave, at this point, neither of them could hear well what Defer and AoC were saying from the dense magical essence coming from them.
"I won't. I won't! I won't let you take them from me! Not while I live and breathe! Even if I die, I won't stop fighting you!" Defer said, as his hands began to glow a neon blue while he made specific hand signals.
AoC heard this speech before, as his dragon eyes widened, and he began proceeding towards Defer with white claws growing out from his hands, not only from his fingers.
"Those words... for you to speak them... NO!" AoC yelled, as he lunged at Defer with fiery claws and eyes of fury.
Defer calmly stood in place with his hands in a rectangular formation, as he raised them up and yelled while a wave of energy surged and pushed AoC back. His skin began to burn as smoke rose up from his body, and AoC screeched from the pain that it brought him. He stopped screaming when he noticed a portal open near him, leading to a neon green world of various green and blue hues.
"What is this?! Defer!" AoC called out, as he felt the portal starting to drag him in.
AoC turned over and locked his claws into the ground as the portal tugged on him even more, slightly suspending his body in midair.
"DEFER! How can this be?! When could you do something like this?! Where does this portal lead?!" AoC yelled out.
"To a world where evil can never escape from. To a plane of existence that is forever a lost world to a dark and corrupted heart like yourself. Somewhere that you will never harm my friends and family ever again! A Netherworld for an evil cretin like yourself! Bask in immortal death, you filthy swine!" Defer replied as he powered up to prepare for a final wave of attack, while his wings pulled back.
AoC stared at him in complete shock as he said, "You. It's you. You're back, alive... the heart... the human hearts I used... your specific heart was one of the few I found in a broken body. I took your dead heart to create a servant, and you came back even stronger... That's why... That's why you say Ani has always been yours, and you said 'family...' DARN YOU, JOVIN! DARN YOOOU!"
Defer used his final attack to push AoC through the portal. The dark king screamed as he fell inside, and then the portal closed, sealing him in that realm forever. Afterward, Defer relaxed himself as he fell on his knees and sat down on the floor to rest. Ani and Violet approached him, as Defer thought,
'Jovin... was that my name when I was alive...? Interesting...'
"Are you okay, darling?" Ani asked, as she bent next to him.
"Dude, you're freaking epic," Violet commented.
"Heh heh. I'm okay, and thank you. I learned that technique from speaking to a bat friend I made not too long ago. She helped me find the temple where I could find new techniques and spells and stuff. I figured I would need it if the Angel of Chaos ever showed his face again, but he came sooner than I expected," Defer said, rubbing the back of his head.
"A bat? Blizzabeth! Come over here! The Angel of Chaos is gone!" Violet yelled out.
Blizzabeth first looked out carefully, and then she flew over to them as she landed close by.
"Sir Defer! Nice to see you again, sir," Blizzabeth said, as she bowed her head.
"Sir?" Violet asked.
"Yes, she refers to me as an upperclassmen in a way, since I was created with a human heart and gained an identity before she did. But with Angel of Chaos around, that made it difficult for her to do so too," Defer replied.
"Oh, I see. That is also why you wanted the power to send him to another dimension, yes?" Ani asked, and Defer nodded.
"Defer, why are you such a good guy?" Violet said with a smile, and Defer smiled back.
"Of course, now that the Angel of Chaos is banished, I can change my form!" Blizzabeth said, in delight.
"That is great for you Blizzabeth, but I feel we are not through yet. The Angel of Chaos mentioned creating the Cyborg Ligers to swarm the world and then use the robot agents to combat them," Ani said.
"Many of the robots were destroyed by a group of Forest villagers, so I don't think we have to worry about them, but..." Defer said, and then Blizzabeth yelped,
"O-Oh my! The Cyborg Ligers are still around! We must dispose of them to protect the world or they will swarm and destroy it!"
"Where are they Blizzabeth? We'll get them now!" Violet said.
"I-Inside a dormant volcano. I b-believe it is called Mount Breaker. Oh, I hope we can vanquish them! The Robo-agents that are supposed to combat them are all destroyed, so the Ligers must be destroyed while they r-remain caged in the volcano," Blizzabeth said, and the four began hurrying out of the cave.
Outside cave:
Once outside of the cave, Violet and Ani's phones rang a few times, as they checked to see that they had been texted and called a number of times.
"Freaking junky cell service. We could have avoided that whole ordeal," Violet said with a pout.
"It may have been better we didn't, sweetheart," Ani said, and Violet shrugged in agreement.
"Let's fly. It'll be easier to travel," Defer said, and Blizzabeth stretched out her wings.
"But you have just fought with the Angel of Chaos. Your power must be pretty exhausted," Ani said, holding his arm to prevent him from trying to fly up.
"It can't be helped, my dear. We must find the others soon, or they may be in danger of those Cyborg Ligers," Defer said, trying to take his arm back, but Ani refused to let go.
"You shall not. I can see that you are exhausted. Violet, fly ahead with Blizzabeth and find Vito and the others," Ani instructed, and Violet nodded as she and Blizzabeth left.
"Ani, I'm alright. I could fly us along with them," Defer said in a soft tone.
"I would not allow it. You could grow exhausted in midair and possibly crash down. We must save my nephew and our friends, but how can we if we need to be saved ourselves?" Ani asked in a gentle tone, and he nodded.
"You're very thoughtful, my Queen of the stars," Defer said with a smile.
Ani's eyes widened as she felt her heart beat quicken to hearing her nickname that only one person called her a long time ago.
'Q-Queen of the stars... Only Jovin used to call me that. How would he know... he does have a human heart, but does that mean... no, that can't be... could it?' Ani thought, as she looked at Defer.
The sound of an engine approaching caught their attention, as they turned to see Lester and Kelly on a flying machine that looked like a very large drone.
"Hey! You guys need a lift?!" Kelly called to them, as she waved.
"Yes we do!" Ani called back.
Defer reached down and lifted Ani in his arms bridal-style. He flew up to the drone and landed on the top of it where Lester was behind the remote control console, and Kelly was there to greet them. As they exchanged stories of their trip in the forest and cave, they saw Violet and Blizzabeth and let them on board.
