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"Get ready." Exo said, lifting his blade up to his shoulder as he prepared to take on as many as he could before being defeated. "If we go down, we die defending what we believe in."

As the dark macaws were preparing to attack, for some reason, they just stopped, and took a few steps back. The three assassins looked confused for a moment before a glowing dark macaw and a red-bellied macaw had arrived.

Exo immediately recognized this macaw that caused him to growl in anger. He place his katana across his back while he took off his helmet, wanting to see his old nemesis and former friend with his own eyes. "Vadin."

"Hello, Exo." Vadin greeted, folding his wings together as he examined his former soldier. "My, my, you have aged."

"True, and you seem to have changed, too." Exo replied, smirking slightly as he did not seem as bothered as he did just about the army of dark macaws. "Last time I saw you, you were using a cane to move around. You finally healed your talon, old man?"

Vadin growled as he was tempted to just charge towards him and beat up up until he was satisfied. But he was stopped by Nexus, who had placed his right wing out towards him.

"No, Vadin." Nexus ordered, placing his wing back to his side before he approached the assassin in armor, grinning slightly across his beak. "You must be the famous Exo I have heard so much about. I believe you have something that belongs to me."

"And that would be?" Exo inquired, but deep down, he was trying to buy him some time while he thought of a plan to get out of this.

"Don't play dumb with me!" Nexus snarled, gripped Exo's neck in his talon before he held him up into the air, choking him slightly despite his protective armor. "The scroll of a million souls. Where is it?!"

"Go ahead, kill me." Exo replied, placing both of his wings onto Nexus's talons as he tried to get free. "If you do, you will never find it."

As much as Nexus wanted to choke him right here and right now, he understood he would have to resist the urge to kill him at the moment. He half-closed his eyes as he looked towards the two macaws standing a couple of feet away, and this gave him an idea. "You may be right, but I am sure your friends there are willing to talk."

Exo gasped as he could see dark macaws restraining Anox and Asya. He would not let that happen, because not only where they his allies, but they were also his friends. "Wait! I have a proposition for you."

"I don't like deals." Nexus replied, tightening his grip further that almost caused Exo's eyes to pop out (not literally of course).

"You'll like this one." Exo assured him, wiggling around like a fish struggling for water on land. "I swear."

Nexus thought about this for a moment as he looked towards Anox and Asya, who had been tied up and forced down to their knees. He wanted his scroll right now, but he feared that maybe those two did not know the location, and if Exo died, he would never find it.

"Hmm, alright." Nexus replied, dropping him to the ground as he beckoned for his dark macaws not to take them away yet. "I am listening, but make it quick."

Exo coughed a couple of times as he summoned the strength to get back up onto his feet. He rubbed his throat a few times so he could get his words out, and propose his deal to the evil hawk. "My proposition; if you let Anox and Asya go, I am willing to take on your best warrior. I win, you let me go. You win, I give you the scroll. Deal?"

Nexus was going to think about this one for a few seconds. Either way, he would risk losing the scroll, but it was a risk he was willing to take. "Alright then. You two! Let them go."

Asya could only watch in shock as she realized that her friend had just basically gave everything up so she and Anox could live. As soon she was set free, she attempted to run over to Exo, but was held back by her boyfriend. "Exo, you can't!"

"It's what I have to do, Asya." Exo replied, closing his eyes for a moment as he tear shred down his eye, suspecting that there was a strong chance he would never see his friends again. "Now go! You and Anox have to get out of here. Don't hang around. Just go!"

Asya did not want to leave him, but she knew he was right this time, and this was a time she was forced to run away. She took Anox's good wing as they both walked away from the area, silently wishing Exo good luck.

Nexus chuckled slightly as he watched the two walk off into the distance. He called out to them as they stopped for a moment and looked back. "Just go, before I change my mind."

Exo took a deep breath as he could no longer see his two friends in the distance. But now was not the time for sadness. Now was the time for bravery. He turned his attention back to the evil hawk while he took a couple of steps back into the open area. "Alright. You know our deal. Who will you have me battle?"

This was yet another decision Nexus was forced to decided. He placed his wingtip to his chin as he figured out who he would pick to battle Exo. He knew full fact it was going to have to be someone with skill, intelligence, and someone who knew what he was doing.

But who? The smart macaw or the stupid macaw? No, they were too stupid. Mr. Kirilenko? No, despite him being strong, he was slow and was not very intelligent. Kate? No, she was not a good when it came to combat.

After a moment or so, Nexus made up his mind of who he would chose to battle Exo, and that was no other than someone he was close with. He gestured his wing to his right hand man as he moved aside. "I chose Vadin."

Vadin was shocked that Nexus would chose him to carry out such an important task, but at the same time, he was glad he would have the perfect opportunity to take revenge on someone who he had treated like a son to him.

Nexus smirked as he teleported up to a nearby large tree branch so he could have the perfect view of this battle. He decided to go over some rules so he could make this fair at least. "Now, let us go over the rules. You may use any weapon, skills, and techniques as you wish, but you may not run away. Only one of you will live. Good luck."

Vadin could not be more happier as he took a katana from one of the dark macaws to use as a weapon. He smirked as he approached his old friend, while he cracked a couple of his bones in his body. "I have been waiting a long time to do this, Exo."

"It doesn't have to be this way, Vadin." Exo reassured him, not sure if he had it in his heart to kill someone he looked up to as a father. "You can walk away from this."

"I don't think so, Exo." Vadin refused for two reasons. One: he would not dare disobey Nexus. And two: he was looking forward to this for a long time. "Now, may the better man win."

"If that's the way it is going to be." Exo replied, setting his helmet back onto his head while he pulled out his own katana from his back holster. "Let us do this."

The two stood on both sides of the area for a couple of moments while the dark macaws were cheering as they stood in a circle around them. It was now almost nighttime, and the sun was just about showing.

In a split-second, Vadin used his dash ability to charged straight towards Exo, who blocked it just in time with his own blade. Vadin kicked Exo in the stomach, knocking him into a nearby tree.

Vadin charged towards him a second time, but this time, Exo was prepared. He waited until Vadin was close before he dodged his sword attack, tricking Vadin into stabbing his sword into the tree that gave Exo the perfect chance to headbutt him.

Vadin grunted as he fell down to the ground, but he was not willing to give up yet. He dashed to the side of Exo before knocking his sword out from his wings, disarming them both, and making it even for them.

The two grunted as they gripped each other's in their wings, but Vadin got the other side and delivered a few hits into Exo's face, enjoying every moment of it.

Despite wearing a helmet, Exo had to admit that hurt. He grunted as he blocked Vadin's attack using his wing, followed by striking him directly in the chest. He kicked Vadin back down as he panted a couple of times. "You certainly know your skills, Vadin."

"Of course I did." he admitted, struggling to stand for a moment as he wiped the dirt from his face. "I did train you everything you know."

"Not everything." Exo countered, running towards his old friend with his wings curled like fists. He sung multiple hits towards Vadin, who blocked almost each one with his own skills. He certainly had been training.

Vadin blocked a few more of his attacks before grabbing his right wing in his left wing, locking it in his grip to keep him from hitting him. He curled his free wing and delivered four blows to his stomach.

Exo groaned in pain as he managed to bloke Vadin's wing as he went for the fifth wing. He kicked Vadin to the side of his hip before tackling him to the ground. He held him down as he placed his right wing against his neck, choking him slightly.

Vadin chuckled for a moment as he placed both of his wings onto Exo's shoulders where he squirmed his left should tightly, remembering a little incident that happened in the past. "Don't think I forgot about the time you were shot in your shoulder, did you?"

Exo cried out as the agonizing pain shot through his shoulder. He grunted as he watched Vadin laugh like a manic, but he was sure not planning to let him win any time soon. He curled his free wing like a fist and struck Vadin under the chin, causing him to release his grip on him.

The scarlet macaw groaned as he held his wing against his shoulder, trying to ease the pain. He was soon caught off guard as Vadin dashed towards him, tackling him against another tree.

Vadin placed his right wing against Exo's neck while he began striking him in the face with the other wing. He continued on doing this for a few seconds, almost knocking the scarlet macaw unconscious.

He chucked as he pulled Exo's helmet off and threw it away, wanting to look his former friend in his eyes before killing him. "This is it. This is what I have been waiting for." Vadin tightened his grip further as he watched Exo struggle for air. "Aww, don't tell me you're gonna fall asleep now, are you?"

Exo groaned as he lifted both of his wings out from his sides and slapped them both against Vadin's causing him to release his grip again. He coughed as he collapsed to the ground, realizing how close he was too death.

Vadin grunted as he held his wings against his ears, hearing a ringing noise shot through his eardrums. He opened his eyes for a moment where he saw a wing coming straight towards him, and he did not have enough time to react as he was knocked to the ground.

"Stop this, Vadin!" Exo shouted, taking out his bow staff off his back as he spun it around, preparing to defend himself further. "I don't wanna kill you!"

"Oh, you won't kill me." Vadin assured him, chuckling slightly as he dashed towards Exo, striking him in the face now that he had no helmet on. "Because you will not have the chance!"

Exo dodged the next couple of Vadin's attacks by blocking them with his bow staff, not giving him the chance to hit him at all. However, his luck did not last for long as Vadin managed to land a strike against his stomach.

Vadin dashed behind Exo before he leaned his wings forward, grabbing onto his bow staff and holding it against his neck, choking him with his own weapon. "You really love those toys of yours, don't you, Exo? But now they are going to be what kills you."

"Don't count on it." Exo replied, leaning forward before leaning his head back as hard as he could, knocking Vadin back that caused him to release his grip.

Vadin groaned as the sudden impact had caused great pain through his beak. He touched it a couple of times where he felt like it was broken. "You broke my beak!"

"No, only bruised." Exo assured, whacking him the stomach with his bow staff that winded him before he whacked it up against Vadin's chin, knocking him back onto the ground. "If it was broken, you wouldn't have been able to speak."

Vadin groaned as he swung his talons, flipping the scarlet macaw down onto his back before he jumped onto him, gripping onto his bow staff so he could not use it to his advantage. He struck Exo in his face a couple of times, not giving him any sort of chance to recover.

"I trusted you!" Vadin shouted, hitting him a couple more times until he was satisfied. "You were like my son! You just left us! You swore you would never leave the order as long as you lived!"

Saying this, it caused Exo to get even more angrier or a moment that gave him the strength to defend himself. He blocked Vadin's next attack by blocking his wing before striking him in the face, followed by rolling them both on the other side so now Vadin was pinned down, and Exo was at the top.

"You were murdering innocent birds!" Exo yelled, striking him the face a couple of times to take out his anger on his former mentor. "You lied! You promised you order would bring peace and death, but all you were did was cause nothing but death and misery! I left because it was right!"

"I'll show you right, you traitor!" Vadin replied, placing his wings under Exo's bow staff that he used to his advantage by lifting it up and whacking Exo against his face, giving Vadin enough time to push him off.

Vadin got back up onto his talons where he could see his katana still stuck in the tree. He pulled out the blade as he approached Exo, who was recovering from the powerful hit of his own weapon.

"I am going to make you pay for your actions!" Vadin promised, lifting his katana up where attempted to slice Exo in half, but he missed, and instead, cut his bow staff in half.

Exo dodged a few of Vadin's sword attacks for a few seconds, knocking that could kill him if it got too close. He threw half of the broken staff towards Vadin, who easily dodged it with his speed.

Exo waited for him to attack again where he dodged and whacked the side of his head with the other half of his broken bow staff, enough to knock Vadin down to the ground on his stomach. He watched as Vadin attempted to grab his weapon, but Exo placed his talon against his wing. "Not so fast. Looks like you are disarmed now, my old friend."

"Who needs weapons?" Vadin smirked, using his free wing to pull Exo's other talon that caused him to fall over. He jumped on top of him as he placed both of his talons against his neck, choking him as he used his wings to hover in the air, keeping himself balanced.

Exo attempted to get free by hitting his wings against Vadin's talon, but found his attempts were just a waste of time. He could watch his possible death as he prayed for miracle to save him.

Meanwhile, back in the World of Darkness, the four feathered friends had stuck together as they tried to get through the castle with being detected, but found it was really difficult. They sure were not professional ninjas.

Blu sighed as he pushed himself through the hallway. He somewhat wished he was not here, but he had to stay focused, not just for the sake of himself, but for the sake of his friends, the Angelus, and his and Jewel's older selves.

Eventually, they made it to this small open area that had an average size double door at the end of it, followed by another hallway down on the left. As they all went inside the same room as them, some sort of purple dark essence glass had appeared behind them, blocking off the way they came.

Blu shifted his attention back towards the way they came, relieved each of them got through without being separated. "Well, I guess we're not going back that way."

"Just tip some whiskey on it and set it on fire." Rico suggested, not bothering to make eye-contact as he walked towards the double door, tempted to see what was on the other side.

"Very funny, Rico." Blu sarcastically replied, while he turned himself around and observed the glass shield, placing his wings upon it. "Anyway we can break these?"

"It's impossible to break this glass." the captain replied, examining the glass slightly as he attempted to break through it himself. "The only way to break through that is with light essence."

"We'll figure something out." Blu replied, shifting himself back towards the others when it was time to continue their journey.

While the others waited and decided on where they would go, Rico had finally got to the door where he was about to open it. As he placed his talon to the door handle, the double doors suddenly burst open, knocking Rico a few feet back.

The others turned their attention to the door where they saw five dark macaws charge inside the area. Four of them were just regular dark macaws, but one of them wasn't. He was quite big, around half the size of Kirilenko, looking like some kind of enforcer, and he did not look happy.

The dark macaw enforcer had his eyes set on Rico. He greeted him as he spoke in some sort of British accent. "Allo son, you know you ain't welcome here, don't ya? And do you know what we do to trespassers? Well, you are about to find out, mate."

"So much for sneaking in." Rico said, cracking his wings and neck as he prepared to take them on. "Blu, you stay back. Nico, captain, you guys take the small ones. The big guys mine. AHHH!"

Blu and the others watched in shock as Rico curled his wings like fists and charged towards the enforcer macaw, performing a rapid series of quick, focused attacks.

He continued in doing so for a few seconds but found it did not look like it effected the enforcer much. He gulped as the enforcer picked up in wings, crushing him tightly.

"What was I thinking?" Rico admitted, struggle to get free as he could feel the enforcer's grip tighten. He struck the enforcer in his eyes, causing him to drop him where he put up his defensive position. "Alright, big boy. I haven't had a beer today, so let's dance."

Back in Rio de Janeiro, Exo was on the verge of passing out from being choked by Vadin. In a last effort for survival, he placed his wing onto the ground where he threw some dust against Vadin's eyes, blinding him for a moment.

Exo quickly pushed Vadin off from him before hitting him once in the face, then in the stomach, in the face again, followed by one more hit to the chest. Before he would have the chance to recover, Exo curled his wings like fists and began a series of quick, focused attacks, rapidly hitting Vadin against different parts of his body as fast as he could, not showing any mercy to his former master at all.

After Exo had hit him at least thirty times or so, he delivered a powerful kick to Vadin's body, sending him flying across the ground. He panted a few times as he watched Vadin recovering, but could see he was struggling to stand. "That's enough, it's over!"

Vadin still was willing to give up, even despite the many hits he had just taken. He got up where he ran towards Exo with his wing raised in the air, attempting to hit him. Exo attempted to counter his attack, but Vadin was quicker and struck him on the stomach, followed by slamming his head into a nearby tree.

Vadin grabbed Exo's neck and forced him back up onto his talons. He used his dash ability to rapidly to move in different directions around Exo, who tried his best continue his attack, but Vadin was too quick and he could not block many more of his attacks.

Finally, not being able to take no more, Exo collapsed next to a tree, groaning in pain as his former mentor had beaten him. He attempted to get up, but found the pain was too great for him to handle, and he had last this battle.

Vadin chuckled as he stood over his former solider and stomped on his wing, causing him to cry out in pain. He turned back around to the dark macaws, who all cheered for Vadin as he took a couple of bows. "Thank you, thank you."

Nexus grinned as he teleported down towards Vadin now that the battle was over. He landed down towards him and praised Vadin for his efforts. "Well done, Vadin. You have without a doubt earned yourself a promotion."

"The pleasure was all mine, Lord Nexus." Vadin replied, standing aside as his king moved past him.

Nexus used his telekinesis to restrain Exo and lifted him into the air while he walked towards him. "As for you, a deal is a deal. Now give me the scroll and I may consider letting you live!"

"All right...All right..." Exo sighed, as he told the location of the ancient scroll he was searching for. "It's...It's buried deep in the ocean just below the southern cliffs. But I doubt you guys like swimming."

"Now that was so hard, was it. Now-" Nexus did not finish when he tightened his grip against his armor, that caused some kind of paper drop out from Exo's belt. He used his telekinesis to pick it up where he discovered it was not the scroll, but better yet, a clue to where it is.

Nexus read it's contents for a few seconds before he turned his expression into an angry one. He tightened his grip on him further when he saw through his lies. "You lied to me! According to this bit of information, it is near a waterfall area. The price for lying to me is very dear."

Nexus threw him into a nearby tree where he was knocked completely unconscious, but to Nexus, he assumed he was dead. He looked back towards Vadin and his men and beckoned for them to follow them. "Gentlemen, our work here is done. Let us be on our way."

Well, well, what a twist of fate. Vadin had won this battle in this alternative chapter and he lives. Now what will happen with him alive? And what will become of Blu in this story? Stay tuned to find out.