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Boss Battle Chapter Twenty Five: An Eye For An Eye
White's POV
"Frost! You take care of Glow! We'll take care of him!", Milk commanded as she held out her deathly silver katana with both hands in front of her stomach with a tremendous amount of force, staring dead ahead at the deformed creature. The walls very slowly began to degrade into the colour black as blue and yellow lights suddenly shone from random places. "White! You provide support for us while we all charge in and attack!".
"Got it!", I immediately replied, taking four good steps backwards on the grey marble tiles as I held my pale, moderately large sniper rifle in my hands, steadily holding the handle of the gun with my right hand and my index finger on the trigger. The gun was extremely modified, having various attachments such as a longer nozzle, an extended rail, carbon fibre barrel, a low powered scope and finally, a full metal jacket. Carefully, I monitored them all through my sniper scope, watching them all charge up to the wicked beast that bared many sharp horns sticking out of its body all over. That man is no longer a 'he'... I can't even describe it's face! It's horrifying, blood curling face! I kept my left eye closed during this operation, aiming the black marker directly at the creatures eye as the others attacked it mercilessly. Surprisingly, their blades bounced off it like rubber balls and emitted exploding sparks of red and yellow to be the proof of the failed attack. Melee resistance... Let's see how it likes bullets!
I held in my breath, hearing my own heart beat loud and clear as I kept my composure, relaxing my muscles as my right index finger applied pressure onto the pale trigger of my sniper rifle. Fire! Boom went my gun, muffling both my ears as a flicker of flames followed by a black haze escaped my gun's nozzle. I grunted quietly to the painful force of recoil bash my right shoulder bluntly as the screams and battle cries of Melody, Diamond and Vortex filled the cold, demonic air with poison... As fast as possible, I released the handle of my weapon and quickly grasped onto the small, jet black lever that stuck out of the right of my sniper. Forcefully, I lodged it upwards, causing it to unlock the chamber with a satisfying 'click' before pulling it backwards with a painful, metallic scraping noise. Right after, it came to an abrupt stop accompanied with the remains of the previous bullet launching out of the small hole that was now on the right of my gun. Gritting my teeth, I slammed the lever shut back to where it previously was and aimed once again at the creature just in time to see a massive spike launching straight towards me with lightning speed, INSTANTLY crushing my heart to smithereens as my blood cooled to arctic. Instinctively, my body tossed itself towards the left, JUST barely dodging the agonising spike that passed my face by a mere three inches which forced my eyes to broaden a tenfold... Time seemed to slow down a bit. But not too much... My mind was unable to comprehend what on earth had just happened... I can't die... Never! Argh!
I spun around as fast as I could, regaining my footing as I immediately released the barrel of my gun with my left hand, sticking it out to balance myself properly as my right hand held the full weight of the pale, shiny sniper rifle solely, aiming directly at the monstrosity that rebelled against both us AND Glow. I don't know whether or not my shot will effect it, but as long as it hits, then I'm happy! Here! We! GO!
Milk's POV
I grit my teeth like never before, clenching onto the handle of my razor sharp, slender katana that rested in both my palms and fingertips, holding it below my waist very slightly. My heart and soul vibrated with fear, but my mind was filled with courage. A lethal combination, but it's better than nothing! A little confidence is all I need! I watched the horrifying, jet black creature that no longer looked like a human with my light blue, piercing eyes, staring straight into it's hardly visible dark red ones. It's forehead bled the most darkest blood I've ever seen in my entire life, spilling down its face to the darkened ground that reminded me so much about Frost's hell of his own creation. Insanity.
Everyone backed off from it, pausing and holding heir weapons close to their bodies, ready for whatever it decides to throw at us. White's bullet did a lot of damage to it, but it doesn't look like it made a difference. Even tho it hit it point blank in the head... This is tough... Really damn tough!
Jace's POV
Tightly holding onto my icy textured warhammer in my right hand, I swiftly jumped to the right, JUST avoiding a razor sharp, dark green thorn fired from that hideous creature's mouth that was tipped with a 'one-way-ticket-to-hell' typed poison. My dark, log trench coat fluttered to the left as my long dark blue hair fluttered around me majestically, giving me that badass impression that astounded a few of the others. I landed hard on the ground, skidding to the right for a short distance, bending my knees very slightly to reduce the shock on my knee caps as I continued to stare up at the creature that spun around slowly, bombarding everyone with many horrific thorns via it's mouth... Dammit... I'm at a major disadvantage with my trusty hammer... Same goes for that girl over there... Looks like I'll be needing to improvise! I took a good three steps back, bringing my left hand up to my face as I stared down into my palm, gritting my teeth slightly, thinking dearly and debating with my subconscious whether or not if I should use my life-threatening magic against this foul beast... No... I'll wait a bit... Then we'll see what happens! If things get too hot, then I'll do it! My first ultimate move!
Frost's POV
"IDIOTS! RUN OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU ALL GET TRAPPED IN THIS PLACE!", I screamed out at the top of my lungs upon further inspecting the interior of the concealing darkness, feeling it's freezing temperature chill me to the bone as my blood burnt like ignited oil due to the large amount of worry and fear eating at me. I held the girl in my arms tightly, resting her head onto my chest as her long, faint light blue, twin tailed hair collapsed down to my knees. I bent forwards slightly, narrowing my eyes, showing just how serious I was. If there's something I've learnt while fighting evil creatures like these, it's that they ALWAYS have their main intentions hidden via a major distraction... They need to get out of here and destroy those towers if we want to successfully kill this thing! White, Jace and Star all shot looks to me as if I was some sort of psychopath... Fuck! Argh!... For once, can't they be selfish?! They need to all leave and save themselves before it's too late!
"You expect us to leave you to fight this thing alone?!", Star cried of at the top of her lungs as she sent multiple jabs at the foul creature's torso with her pink, slender rapier as fast as lightning, suspended in mid air like small, invisible strands of rope held her in place:
"GO!", I snapped immediately. These guys... There's not a lot of time! If they don't leave... Then we'll all be in trouble... Especially me... This thing is draining me through the despair I have of it being victorious... And not only that... It's trying to use the others a as the major fuel to my despair... Fuck! My attacks won't even scratch it's surface no matter what unless the towers are gone! "IT'S GOING TO USE YOU ALL AGAINST ME!", I claimed, immediately catching that creature's attention... Dammit!
"HAHA! YOU KNOW ALL TOO WELL!", It screamed at me... Oh no...
"GUYS! RUN!", I screamed one final time before suddenly, the darkness surrounded us entirely... Too late... N...no... My sanity is going to end if... Argh!
"TOO LATE!", It screamed aloud... No... This is just like the dream I had last night... I...I can't let that happen to me! I don't want to loose my right eye! Ah! Ahhh! I can't! I can't... Why is my mind reacting so violently?! Dammit... It's forced despair! Argh! I can't let it consume me! Not like this! I just got this body back and I ain't going to loose it! Come on... "Come! Become consumed by despair and feed me!", He creature cried in it's hoarse, demonic tone of voice that forced chills down my spine as I began to shudder whilst holding onto Glow in my arms... In the background of the deep eternal darkness, was bright colours of blue and yellow in line-like formations, that filled me with both awe and even more despair...
"Take this!", Ruby exclaimed, jumping behind the creature before immediately sending a blazing slash to it's back, making it groan in what sounded like pain for the first time... I blinked, ceasing my trembling as a sudden thought came to my mind... A strange, yet logical explanation to why it might have hurt... But at the same time, I'm not to sure if it's correct. "You leave daddy alone!", She cried vividly in seriousness, landing hard onto the cold, black ground before quickly jumping up again, slashing it's back and again, it cried in agony...
"SILENCE!", It examined... Before I could even blink, a sharp, horrific thorn was fired from it's back at Ruby who still suspended in mid air... I felt a major surge of despair strike the base of my skull with a sledge hammer the moment she let out a quiet gasp with broadened, pitiful eyes... No... Argh! It's eating at me away! Before my very eyes, I watched Ruby's stomach become impaled by the large thorn, horrifyingly hearing her spinal chord crack and snap into tiny fragments as her major organs spilt from her back along with many litres of her blood... I wanted to cry... But I forced myself not to, less I want my sanity taken from me for good... All I could do right now, was stand and stare...
"RUBY! NO!", Milk cried of in tears of sadness as she rushed up to her, dropping her sword forcefully to
the ground, causing an eruption of metallic clanks to emit and cancel out the horrific gurgling of my dear daughter... Please... W...why her... Ruby... Dammit... I'm going to cry. I'm going to cry!... I'm... Crying...
"AHAHAHAHA! Yes! The all mighty Black Heart has fallen to tears! This is why you're weak! You care about useless people!", It yelled out in laughter, instantly sending a terrifyingly powerful vibe down my spine as my mind blanked out momentarily... I blinked, gritting my teeth as calm streams of my crystal clear tears rolled down my cheeks and onto Glow's face... Useless?... Haha... If it triggers THAT part of me, then it's in for a treat... The opposite of my insanity form from my female counterpart... Sanity! I need him to provoke me a bit more...
I couldn't see what was currently going on with Ruby as she, Milk and a few others stood behind that demonic black, spike infested creature that looked similar to an ogre. Slowly, I tensed myself, looking down at Glow who smile up at me warmly with red cheeks, causing me to smile back at her very slightly... My heart stopped aching just by seeing her smile. It was like she was an angel... Her adorable, light blue eyes filled me with everlasting hope and courage...
"Frost... Use this hope that I have given you, and use it to fight him... He's changed so much... After all these years, I never would have thought he was this dark... Nor did I ever think that someone who has so much darkness, wields so much hope", Glow whispered in pain to the wound she exhibited in her thighs... She easily defeated the despair inside of me like it was nothing?... Who is she?... "Put me down", She said calmly. As she said, I did so very slowly, taking a step back as he sound of swords and arrows sounded from dead ahead... But I just couldn't remove my eyes from her... She's not just an ordinary person or thing... Just like Shine... She stood up as straight as a wall, smiling vividly at me before she said something to me. "Let's make a contract"... Huh? At a time like this?
White's POV
Argh... I guess it's just up to me and Jace then. Most of the others are either injured or under pressure via a depression attack. Luckily for us two, we were prepared for it... But at the same time, it made us hesitant at attacking. Really hesitant. Nevertheless, we still bombarded it with many attacks. Jace stood to my right, wielding Sino's sniper rifle as his warhammer proved to be ineffective against this beast. I on the other hand, held two pistols, one in each hand and fired as many bullets at it as possible, endlessly creating the music of explosions along with the stench of sulphur poisoning our immune system. Each shot Jace made was point blank at it's skull, yet it stood there, unmoving like a statue... Just staring at us like we were some sort of idiots. Argh!
"It's eating out bullets dammit!", Jace exclaimed in frustration, cocking his sniper anxiously in desperation, not wanting to suffer the same, painful fate that Ruby held... Neither did I, but I need to take this thing down before it can get to Frost! I won't let anything hurt him ever!... My fingers grew tired over time, and so did my mind, but I kept on pushing, never giving up, until all of a sudden, my back was punched hard by an unrelenting force from behind, causing my eyes to broaden up as wide as possible before Jace suddenly fell flat to the ground beside me with no reason at all... I didn't fall tho... Not could I feel anything, hear, smell of taste... Just see. My head fixed itself upwards as my body moved sidewards for an unknown reason until Frost's face came to view... He couldn't have... No... Did he... Join the enemy?...
No! No! No! No! No! Frost! Don't approach it! Don't! Please! I can't move an inch!...
All of a sudden, tears fled from his eyes... He said something, shaking his head vividly whilst the tears flung off his cheeks, landing on my white, soft face... Fros-... This is exactly like my dream... That means... FROST! DON'T DO IT! I'M BEGGING YOU!... His eye! I don't want him to loose his right eye!... Please Frost!...
Frosty's POV
This is the best I can do right now... Unless I do what Glow told me to do. And if I do that, then I've finished the contract with her... The Child Of Hope, will grant me hope to counter this thing's despair. It's been waiting all this time for me to arrive... It knew all along that if they had a major problem in their kingdom, then I'd one day arrive to help... But it was a trap this entire time. And now I have to pay the ultimate price!
"Black Heart! Why do you care about these mortals?! Let alone White Heart?! They all should burn and die in the flames of the underworld along with everything else!", It exclaimed... I've heard enough out of this piece of trash!
"D...on...t...", White moaned from underneath me, but I paid little to no heed to her as I was fully set upon doing the most gruesome, painfullest thing to myself as a mortal... To dissect my right eye and to crush it with my bare hands... If I can do that, then Glow's power will transport us back to Colour Academy in the blink of an eye as well as destroying this place via a photonic explosion consisting of fragments made of supposed 'light matter'... But the question is, am I man enough to do it? Course I am! I'm Frost Richtofen for crying out loud!... But still... Gah! I have no time to think! I need to do this... "P...le...as..."... Sorry White... I don't have a choice right now! I'm doing this for the sake of everyone!
I bent over, lowering my upper body down to level my hips before bending my knees into an acute angle, supporting both White and my weight as she trembled vividly in my arms, trying to say something at the same time but failed to do so. I almost felt sorry for her... But this was for her own good. I didn't want her to also take the toll that I'm going to take right now.
Slowly and gently, I placed her down onto the charcoal black, demonic marbled floor that was as cold as ice and as hard as platinum. The blue and yellow lights of the surrounding darkness shone upon us as well as the blood left behind by my dear daughter, Ruby... My hands slipped off from behind her, finally completely releasing her as she lay still on the ground... She stared up at me with trembling, widened eyes of worry and sorrow, making me really regret what I did to her... For whatever reason, I like seeing her helpless sometimes... Haha... I've became a slight sadistic, haven't I?... I gave her a soft, warm smile to ease her, letting her know that it's alright...
"White, please forgive me", I whispered before I darted my left hand into my left pocket with lightning speed, reaching in deeply to get a grasp of one of my old, unused throwing knives that I kept ever since Charcoal's time.
My finger tips were the first to touch the handle, then, my fingers enveloped it as I quickly looked up, staring deeply at the horrific creature's face with my piercing light blue and light red eyes... It didn't move, nor did it look like it was going to. Like it was frozen in time... Wait a second... It's just like Charcoal... It can't move from it's position nor does it look like it can engage in it's thorn barrage every so often! Meaning I have this clear period of time to give myself a live dissection! A very lively dissection!
Slowly, I pulled the knife from out of my left, black pocket, grinning evilly whilst White began to sob quietly from underneath me. I thought for a bit, pulling my left hand with the knife up to my face. How fast and dark did this all turn out to be? From that one, unexpected moment, that land had turned into a demon in the blink of an eye... Just how abrupt have things gotten after Charcoal's defeat?
"What are you grinning at? Your demise for failing to be the proper Black Heart?", It asked in a painfully hoarse tone of voice that scraped the base of my eardrums like sharp shards of glass.
I chuckled for a brief moment, pulling the knife to my eye and broadening my smile wickedly as if I was insane. My heart furiously bashed at my rib cage, threatening to pierce right through and end me in a moments notice. Blood rushed all over my body, both my eyes were as wide as day and I could begin to hear the dreaded whispers of lost children. All laughing, playing around me which greatly increased my motivation to remove my eye...
"Move Frost!", Milk suddenly exclaimed from far behind, instantly causing my blood to shoot a cool, icy temperature... Fired like the lightning bolts of Zeus, a large, dark green horn was fired directly at me, causing my to grit my teeth and immediately channel my blackened energy into this very knife. It hurt very sighting for an unknown reason, but I shrugged it off and held the dagger with my left hand further away from my face vertically with a fully outstretched arm. I won't let this thing take me down before I tear my eye out!
"Black Heart! Do you realise just who I am?! And what this place is?!", It said horrifically, instantly inducing some sort of fear within the deepest part of my black heart... What does it mean?! Of course I know! It's a lying, double crossing thing that ruined Glow's life!... Unexpectedly, before the thorn made impact with my knife, it seemingly vanished into the very thin air without a trace, completely inflicting a great amount of terror into my body's sty stem, causing me to take a good step back... Huh? It doesn't want to kill me?... Or maybe I'm missing something. Something I must've overlooked... Wait a fucking second!... This is Insanity... Which means... Oh no! "That look on your face says it all, oh Black Heart! You've finally realised who I am?!"...
I gulped, gritting my teeth a bit more harshly before I gave my answer. "I don't know your name, but what I do know is that no matter where I am inside of Insanity, you're always there", was my
reply... That thing, is the same thing that gave me this magical power and the courage to conquer the Test Of Courage, easily succeeding over the past fifty heroes from the ORIGINAL history of time... And I know Glow knows EXACTLY where she is right now... I don't know when it all started, but I bet it dates back to a few days ago at that village...
"Precisely... This is the replica of Heartfill, not the real one. If this were the real one, then I'm as sure as your hell that you'd be in purgatory for the rest of your life, mortal"... That speech... Mortal... It said it exactly as how that first reaper said it to me... Don't tell me it's also... "Ahahaha! If only you were in your female counterpart with that face of despair and confusion!".
"Shut up! I'm going to take my eye out and there's nothing you can do about it!", I stated furiously, pulling the knife back to my face with my left, dark-charged hand up close to my right eye... The point looked as thin as a needle, yet the broader parts looked as large as my Night's Melody... Can I really give my eye... Argh... Dammit! I don't have a choice! All the other's are in a serious condition right now because of this place, and if I remove my eye, then we're free! No regrets! I'm going to... ARGH! I can't take it anymore!
"Do it, and as your slave, I will give you another eye to replace it...", It stated, really pushing me to the limit as my left hand, slowly pushed the knife towards my right eye... Hesitantly, I quickly pulled my right hand up to cup the back of my hand... But I was misfortunate enough to end up hitting it, right into my pupil...
I screamed with agony, widening my mouth as blood quickly rushed out of my right eye, pouring down all over my face and clothing as well as the poor White who witnessed it all with her very eyes. I arched my back forwards, letting out grunts of pure pain and suffering before I pushed the blade deeper into the soft tissue of my light blue eye. It hurt as much as the powerful, bone crushing attack that Charcoal used on me and equalled a hundred syringes all injecting a painful toxin that corrupted my near-insane mind...
"Frost... How could you?!", White exclaimed, regaining her mind and body back as she immediately slammed her right fist onto the cold hard ground with brute force, shaking the floor a little which rattled her dual, pale, glossy pistol. I didn't reply, all I could do was scream and grunt in pure utter agony. The amount of blood that squirted out of my eye was plain abnormal, spraying all over the place like a hose as the knife slowly sunk in seller and deeper into my light blue eye for a reason unknown to me, inflicting more and more pain into my very system that threatened to take my sanity. "Frost! Stop it!", She cried in pure worry and horror as my screamed suddenly ceased to grunts and sobs... Tears trickled down the left side of my face whilst blood ran the right... What I'm I doing?... Am I supposed to be doing this to myself?...
My body felt like giving out, but I held onto my life a little longer... I need to take it out! My right eye! Dammit! It hurts so much! It hurts! It's hurts! It hurts! Ahhh!
"Have you lost your sanity?!", White cried out at the top of her lungs, clawing herself upwards onto her feet, standing right in front of me with a terribly angered face, staring deeply into my blood soaked face... "HAVE YOU?!". Ha...haha! Ahahahaha! My groans of pain suddenly were replaced with bursts of my uncanny, maniacal laughter that filled the air eerily with dread and a sweet scent of insanity. I've lost my mind already?! hahahaha! It feels so good! The pain- no, the pleasure! More!
"More!", I exclaimed, twisting the knife inside of my eyeball counter clockwise, tearing the nerves that attached them to my brain off like string as more and more blood oozed out of my eye, causing White to grit her teeth in anger, standing as still as a statue. Not in fear, but in courage. Haha! She really is White Heart! Ahahahahahaha! I love this feeling! Blood everywhere! BLOOD! "MORE!". Ahahaha! "Why does it feel so good?!".
I couldn't hold back any longer to the lingering urge to pull my eye out right here, right now. White took in a deep breath through her mouth, ready to say something before I suddenly began to shudder upon slightly tugging the blade... Something's entering my body... Wait... My knife is infused with darkness! No... What am I doing?!
"Frost!", White exclaimed at the top of her lungs, feeling her right hand to the sides before immediately sending a slap to my face that collided with my left cheek painfully, causing my left hand to lodge itself free from it's statue-like state from in front of my right eye... A...a...a...AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I screamed in pain instead of pleasure, hitting me as hard as a bluer strapped with dynamite as my mind trembled to the immense blood loss that literally poured straight out of my gaping, soulless eye socket. I wailed around, immediately smashing my right hand up against my eyeless socket to cover it up as it stung like a thousand needles injecting me with a sedating drug that forced it to stiffen... My left eye could barely see anything but the dark shade of red, my very own blood. "A...Ahhh!", White screamed out right after me in a fit of terror whilst the blade in my left hand, still had my light blue eye impaled on it like a piece of meat. I stomped hard on the ground, not knowing how to cope with the pain as my body began to weaken over a matter of three solid seconds of screaming... I'm going to die of blood loss... Dammit... Like was fucking tricked!
Glow knew this... I know she did! She made the fake contract with me, knowing that if I take my eye out, magic or not, we'll ALL leave this place prior to my death! Dammit... I'm already at my limit! I'm going to die!... Agh... What was going through my mind?! I poisoned my mind with darkness directly!... The thorn shot... Argh! It wasn't intended to kill me after all! Dammit it all! This insanity... Is so painful when I'm so sane! I can't see anything!
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!", White screamed out in pure terror directly in front of me as my knees began to shake and weaken dramatically. I was on the last minute of my life. My right hand never left the bloody hole of my head as tears trickled down my left eye, mixing into my viscous blood to form a new sweet beverage. "I didn't mean to do that! I just... I...I...I...I-". Before she cod even finish, I dropped down hard onto my knees, echoing in the endless darkness before my head plummeted down to the ground underneath me... Blackness now invaded my vision, concealing the dark red of my blood before I fell into a deep slumber...
"How you acted right then, was no different to how the real Black Heart would"... Echoed inside of my subconscious mind... An eye, for an eye... Or... An eye... "Murderous, insane, bloodthirsty, sadistic... Despite all that, Black Heart cared for those who were innocent and those he loved..."...
Drago's POV
So that wasn't Hearthfill... Instead it was all inside of Frost's insanity world... That's hard to believe, but... It's possible... Besides, I think that was a good time to enter that realm. He really brought out two gems... And by gems, I mean two legendary forces. Hope and Despair. Haha! Who knew that these two would be inside of Frost's insanity instead of their own respected realms!
And it seems that these two are attached to him pretty damn closely... Haha! Get ready, Frost Richtofen! Your next test is going to begin very shortly!
My second test after the Test Of Courage. The Test Of Colours!...
Putting that all aside, I'm very relieved that Jace didn't have to do something too drastic... Haha! Why am I even worrying? I know very well that Star won't even let him SPEAK the first word of the chant... When the time is right, he'll know...
"An Eye For An Eye!".
"Insanity, sanity, which of the two is right? Which of the two is wrong?".
"Is light REALLY the fastest thing in the universe?... Think about it...".
"The strongest man is a man who can forgive even if he's in the position to take revenge on someone".