Book One: The Five That Changed

by JohnTheMoon

Five Brothers. Ed,Double D,Eddy,Techlin, Dante are the five semi-normal teens of the Cul-da-Sac, they have semi-normal days that end with success or faliure. The years passed and they changed for the better or worse. One night they have the biggest change of their lives. Will they fear the change? Or Accept it? Rated M: Profanity and blood.

19. First Villain VI: The Final Battle Pt 3

There's a storm brewing, will you meet it head on?

Here it is. The moment we all have been waiting for and anticipating. I won't say it out loud but we all know how its going to end because of being based on Super Eds. But its different due to me making this different and adding my own flare to it. So who really knows what to expect at the end. So I hope everyone read the little update before this on what powers you would like to see. Can't wait to see it and thanks to everyone who had send their own suggestions, every power helps. So lets get on with the story.

But I wanted to say thank you guys for sticking with me through so much. You guys are really awesome and without all of you who read each chapter, deliver that helpful criticism, and/or giving your own ideas to the story. Thank you.

Chapter 16: First Villain VI: The Reckoning of Vladimir Makarov and Homeward Bound

The Chosen Ones and Vladimir. February 7th, 2010. 3:34 P.M.

Dante charged at the villain, his arms glowing with blue electricity as his anger fueled his attack. In almost an instant Dante was upon Vladimir and swung his electrified arms at the man who easily dodged the punches that were thrown. Dante made for a kick to his legs and instead of blocking, Vladimir redirected the attack to spin the young innovator around. His back now turned towards him, Vladimir quickly held his index finger behind Dante's head in a the form of a flick. Dante turned around prepared to attack and only saw the man's finger flick his forehead. In place of a slight pain to the head, Dante was launched backwards as if he was hit by a train.

Luckily, Techlin got in the way and caught his brother. They both started to go back at staggering speeds until Techlin pushed blades out of his foot and the concrete floor underneath upturned as the two brothers slowed down. Techlin made the blades come back in and checked on his brother, who was alive but dazed.

"Dammit." Dante got out as he put his hand on his forehead.

"You're going to pay for that!" Double D shouted after he looked away from the two brothers and seeing both of them alright. He pulled back his bow, the familiar Light Arrow forming, and shot the arrow at neck break speed, but Vladimir still dodged by simply cocking his head to the right.

"Arrow Storm!" Double D's pulled back and the drew the energy quickly as the arrow shined brighter before being released. Mid-flight it shook and exploded into dozens of other arrows. This time Vladimir stomped the ground with a crater the size of a watermelon forming from the force and thick large wall came between him and the arrows. They hit with piercing thuds, but none got through and they dissipated a second later.

As soon as the wall came down, Eddy was already at him. His hands that of Fire Fists. Vladimir couldn't dodge but turned his arms to lava to deflect the attacks. Eddy only striked faster as to find an opening. Vladimir didn't allow it as he drew his hands back and caught both of Eddy's fists in his hand. Now it was a stand off.

"You...bastard...I'm going to enjoy...burning you!" Eddy said as the heat started to rise around them and the both he and Vladimir leaked out fire and lava, respectively.

"I can only wonder why Eddward and Ed followed you all those years ago. You can't burn magma!" Vladimir said calmly and they both continued their stand off. The ground around them had either melted by the lava or started to turn to ash by the intense flames. It lasted for another few seconds until Vladimir drew back his head and spit out magma in Eddy's eyes. He moved his hands away from the grip to wipe it away and Vladimir took the chance to shoot out magma from his arms like a volcano. Eddy got caught in it and it started to go to the other Chosen Ones.

"Frozen Wall!" A huge, thick wall of ice came from the ground and blocked the magma from reaching them.

Double D was inches away from the wall and moved back. He can easily see the lava meet with it's polar opposite and saw it try and fight its way through.

"Thanks Techlin." Double D said to the boy whose hands were stuck through the ground. Dante stood in front of him on his feet and slightly dazed.

"No...problem." Tech knew that he was still low on power, but this was what he could do for the time being.

"What about Eddy?" Dante asked not seeing him.

"He's on the...other side." Double D knew of his resistance to things of fire and heat, but what of lava. A combination of both earth and fire? The smart Edd realized that he probably couldn't resist it.

"You don't think…" Techlin said and stopped. " I guess he's immune to that as well." This brought confusion among the Pack's smartest members. Thier state of confusion ended as soon as Eddy came down from above and landed on the ground. Covered in lava. His jacket was gone and he was now showing his white undershirt and red tie. The Fedora was still on. Eddy shook the molten rock off of him as if he just went for a swim.

"So glad for my power over fire." Eddy stated as he saw the visibly relieved faces of Dante and Edd.

"Good to see you're okay Eddy." Dante said to the boy who brow rose.

"Why?" He didn't get his answer because of Double D tackling him to the ground.

"What the hell is your problem?"

"That." Double D got off of Eddy and pointed to where he stood. There in the ground was a metal rod that penetrated the ground. Vladimir was holding it in a downward position, most likely following Eddy out of the lava pool.

"I must ask you something." Vladimir said as the rod was absorbed by him. Double D and Eddy had moved as he talked and stood next to the Dante and Techlin. Ed was still healing Lily in the a meter or two behind them.

"What? How we plan to win this fight?" Techlin said fiercely. Ready for anything.

"No? It has to do with her," The scientist pointed to Lily. She definitely looked a lot better. Her clothes and hair was still messed up. Her skin was back to her peachy complexion. She was also breathing at regular, even breaths as if she was napping. Ed was still holding out and he was sweating slightly.

"I must ask, why save her? You barely knew each other for more than two hours, yet here you all are, furious at her being hurt. So why care for someone you barely even know?" It was an honest question on Vladimir's part. The answer not changing anything. It was something he just wanted off his chest.

This made them stop in their tracks. Why were they so mad at the fact of Lily being hurt? It was true that they just met her, but Dante had a more serious connection to her, so what of themselves? It really made them think of the green haired musician.

"That's really stupid," Ed said lowly, yet among the silence it was loud enough to be heard. Ed's hands stopped glowing the dark green tone and his eyes now glowing a fierce red. All eyes were on him.

"You're right, why would any of us had any reason for helping Lily, even if she was our enemy." They all remembered, she was indeed an enemy if she was the one Dante said he stole the kiss from. "You know what though? That changed when she came on our side. She's one of the Chosen Ones just like us!" Ed stared at Vladimir which such intensity that Vladimir actually took a step back, forgetting all the powers he had.

"On the night we received our powers, Jane said that our destinies have been laid out since we were born, hell I bet it was before that time, we were destined to meet each other. Me, Eddy, and Double D came together because his parents decided to move here. Then came Techlin and Dante, who suddenly moved here two years ago. Finally, out of all the armies under your command you send the one with Lily as an officer to capture us and she met Dante. It's all planned out, we were destined to meet! Destined to be together!"

"I feel like I known her for as long as my brothers. So if I have to give my life to save her then so bet it!" Finished as he moved his jacket from the side and showed his spell books.

The others agreed to Ed's resolve. They steeled themselves as they were prepared to attack the villain for hurting their friend.

"Ed's right, if we were destined to meet, then we have the help her no matter what!" Double D drew an arrow and aimed at the man.

"As much as I don't like her, she owes me a favor so she dies when I say!" Eddy drew his chakrams and spun them on his finger. They started to turn to wheels of blue fire.

"I would let her live, I feel like she and I can make something of us." Dante stated seriously. He wanted her safe and sound, even if he had to sacrifice himself. This time he radiated with Red Lightning

"If my brothers want her to live, then I want her to live." Tech made his shield appear and a sword to come from both of his hands. He wanted to try this fighting style out, two swords and one shield.

The pack stood ready to face the mastermind. He made them come here to be one of the statues, he hurt their families, peers, teachers, and the neighborhood gang, terrorized them by locking them in cells, trapped others like them as if they weren't human. He was going to pay.

Vladimir stood firm against them. He was absorbing the information and had to admit that despite them having such bad habits, these five were very noble when they could be. He would regret harming them...later.

"I see...she's your friend now? Well, the answer changes nothing. I wish you all the best in God's graces and for such nobelity I will make your close ones' death quick and painless." Vladimir said cruelly and they all glared at Makarov. Vladimir brung his fists together in front of his chest and bowed his head. This confused the five.

"Goddess of Etro, I ask the power to defeat those of many and to separate your gift to fight my battles along side me. Release your almighty power!" A blinding light shot from his position and they all guarded their eyes from such a spectacle. The light abruptly stopped and they looked at Vladimir, or Vladimirs.

Now stood six Vladimirs, all identical, and all bearing a different colored Amulet on their chest.

"What the…" Techlin began only for the Vladimir with a dark red amulet to disappear in a pillar of flames and come into contact with him. Techlin made for a quick punch, but he dodged it and grabbed the ice user by the shoulders and a ring of fire formed around them and they fell through the floor. The circle was gone and so was Techlin.

"Techlin! You bastard!" Eddy charged at the group of Makarovs. The Vladimir with a maroon blue amulet came towards him and punched him in the gut. A cold, white substance formed around them both and as if a wind blew, they were both gone with the wind.

"No, it's divide and conquer!" Double D exclaimed only for a dark amulet Vladimir Makarov to come and cover them in dark bubble. It popped and no Double D.

Dammit, Ed keep Lily safe!" The young innovator knew what they were doing, he hoped he didn't separate Ed from Lily. He didn't fight back as a rusty amulet Vladimir appeared and laid his hand on his head and they turned to dust. They crumbled away and that left Ed, an unconscious Lily, and two Vladimirs. One of them had a gray amulet and the other had a green amulet.

"Lily…" Ed glanced to his fallen comrade. She was still sleeping. She was completely healed and it drained a lot out of him but his reserve for his Arcane was growing. He guessed it was three-fourths filled. His energy filled quickly, he always noticed. Maybe it was because of Arcane being around him, being everywhere.

"I'll protect you, you just rest and I'll finish these two." Ed whispered turning back to the other Vladimir's. It was going to be a challenge and he probably won't make it, but it all ended here and he knew the others knew as well. Especially since the plan worked. Ed couldn't believe it did.

He offered the idea of separating the powers than as he probably won't be the original one, but altogether they were Vladimir's soul separated. H would then be made easier as he doesn't have all of the powers on just one of him, but it was split six ways. The only problem was Lily being injured so bad, she was supposed to make it to the courtyard for it to happen. They all guessed he was too strong for her to lure all the way. Besides wanting to help her, Ed felt guilt, because she almost died because of the plan and the idea that he himself offered. He will right his wrong.

"Bring it as Phase two of our plan is in action: Defeat Vladimir!" Ed exclaimed and that confused the two Vladimirs, wondering if he had gone mad.

With Eddy.

Eddy and the Maroon Vladimir appeared in the form of ice shards coming together, Eddy and him still in the same position as they left. It wasn't for long because Eddy grabbed the man's fist and turned his hands to blue fire. He screamed in pain and kicked Eddy in the chin. The fire boy flew back and hit something hard, sharp, and had leaves falling from the impact.

"Leaves?" Eddy took in his surroundings and saw that they were in a forest, and once he saw the mountain he and his friends went down he realized that they were in the forest of the same floating island.

Eddy stood from his down position and saw Vladimir holding his hand as a slushy, white substance covered his hand, the same hand Eddy burned. The con artist smiled once he understood what happened just a few minutes ago.

"Damn it, Ed. Getting smart like that." Despite the insult he couldn't hold the grin back as stood.

"Then phase two of the plan start, I can go full power without hurting the others." Eddy was glad because part of the plan was to suppress their energy level. A quick little trick Lily taught them that not only helps avoid detection, but can also build one's energy level..

"Whatever plan you thought of won't help you." Maroon Vladimir said confidently.

"Yeah, too bad everything is going according to plan!" Eddy's chakrams came to his hands and spun them. Blue fire came from the weapon and started to make a blue ring. The metal part seemingly disappearing due to the speed it possess and the air started to flow around it. Everything was started to get hot and pretty soon an orange fire appeared around Eddy and increased in intensity to equal his flames. There was nothing standing but ash.

"Don't think all because of your fire it would be that easy." Vladimir came towards the boy for an attack with his white fist. A cool air started to form around it as he came at the blue fire. Eddy reacted by throwing the chakrams at the charging villain. He dodged, but the weapons continued on to the forest around them. In a matter of seconds the land on the island started to catch fire.

"Put the rest this fire of hell, Blizzard's End!" Vladimir spoke and suddenly a blizzard formed from nowhere.

"A blizzard!" Eddy shouted in surprise. A smirk crossed his features. "Oh this won't do anything for you Vlady!"

"Think again!" The man pointed towards the fire around his own hands and saw that it was dissipating!

"The hell!" Eddy shouted in shock as he put more energy into his hands to keep it alive only for it to go out. He got nervous as Vladimir appeared in front of him.

"This is no normal blizzard. It's magic, being made of pure energy supported by the spiritual power around this island. It can put out flames hotter than yours." He punched Eddy with the hand that was burned and covered in the white substance that he guessed was snow. It was as hard as ice. It sent him flying. A wall of snow came up and stopped him.

He landed on the soft pile of snow with a daze looked in his eyes.

"Damn it, this is going to be harder than I thought." Eddy thought as Maroon Vladimir came at him for another attack.

With Techlin

Techling dodged another attack by the Red Vladimir, whose fists were that of magma. Both fighters were in the rocky yard outside of the castle. The entrance he and his friends came through hours ago. So far the ice user wasn't doing too well. Ever since Red Vladimir had teleported him, he had been on the defensive. Techlin admit that despite his willingness to fight it was going to be hard as he was low on his own reserves.

"How the hell am I going to win?" The thought came after another attack was dodged. The ground was now stripped with magma that burned through the ground.

"Easy, fight like you normally do." That voice again.

"Who is this?" Techlin asked.

"It's me silly! Lunar, your Spirit Guardian, met about a day or so ago, gave you back your arms, ring a bell!" The goddess' giggles echoed through his head and annoyed him. Techlin suddenly felt hot in the chest and saw that while in his thoughts, Vladimir had landed a hit on chest. Techlin jumped back and saw that it left a mark over the moon shape. It started to slowly repair itself.

"Okay, while I dodge and try not to die, answer this question: Why the hell are you in my head!?" Techlin mentally challenged as he half paid attention to her and the man in front of him.

"Well, as your Spirit Guardian, I have the power to not only control your powers, as proven earlier, and the Soul Plain, I can also be in your thoughts and even taste, feel, hear, and see everything you do. Is that the bad guy?" Then he heard a gasp from the goddess.

"Is that the Amulet of Etro!? What is a mortal doing with such an artifact!?" The obvious shock made Techlin wonder if she knew it's origin.

"Yes, but it's not the real one. My friends and I had made Vladimir split up its power and so I'm facing a sixth of what it really is." He explained quickly, still dodging the attacks and the Red Vladimir was getting agitated, faster, and hotter.

"Oh, so you can face about a few hundred other powers. That's really cool."

"Few hundred? But its like a dozen or so, there was about one hundred statues in there." Techlin dodged another attack and countered with a smack to the face by his shield. It was enough to daze him and for the blade user to put some distance between the two.

"No, over the time it has been created by my mother, it has trapped a good few thousands powers from animals and humans. She lends it to someone, a guardian to use, as to stop those who cause trouble with the powers. It was a way of punishment for those who mistreated her gift and suffered for eternal paralysis. They live longer than usual if their really old or close to death, but after a decade of being frozen organs will fail and a year later, they'll die. From the memory of you seeing them, I guess about half or three fourths of them are dead. Some are maybe on the verge."

"What?" The shock was obvious as he said it out loud. Red Vladimir recovered and started to close the distance.

"I'll explain later, right now finish this guy. All you need to do is draw the energy from inside. You use Chi, Spiritual-Physical energy, focus on what you fight for and use that power. I'll tell you one thing that we will discuss more about after this, if you survive, but you have three energy sources." With that she said bye and left the boy.

"Three energy sources?" Techling thought as he put it aside. Deciding to focus on what she said. Vladimir appeared behind him and hit him in the back with his hand now the size of bowling balls, acting like a mutated form of his arm. Twisted and made to look that way. It dented the armor and Tech could feel all the pain from it and heard a slight snap as he was off his feet and sailed in the air. He painfully landed on the jagged rocks and that served to hurt him more as he bounced on the rocks, his legs, torso, and arms hitting them painfully. But what really did it was when a large magma wall came up and stopped him. He spit out blood and saliva and his eyes widen as he bounced off the wall, his already hurting back hitting the wall and burning, his screams filled the air and he landed on his chest.

"I guess you aren't the strongest of them afterall." Vladimir said and stepped up to the downed boy. Tech could barely move without his back shooting pain all throughout his being.

"No, have to get up." Techlin said as he was able to get on his hands and knees. He looked up and a kick to his face was what he saw next.

With Eddward

"Light Whip!" A whip made of pure energy surged forward to strike the Dark Vladimir, who jumped back before being hit. The ground was scarred and cut deeply from where he stood. Double D stood a few meters away, panting. The whip dissipated and Double D saw Vladimir made another move towards him. He got his bow, which was on his back, and drew an arrow.

"Piercing Shot!" The arrow moved at speeds unknown and the Dark Vladimir simpled stepped to the side and continued his charge.

"No, I can't let him touch me!" Double D grabbed his side, scratched deeply, a mist of pure darkness flowing from the bloody wound. It had happened just as they teleported to another part of the castle. Their battlefield was an open space, with a giant telescope a few yards away and pointing towards the sky. It was a fairly large room, but wasn't fit for long range combat. This Vladimir was fast, able to dodge all of his arrows and close the gap quickly. That was where the scar came from, and it hurted him to the point of exhaustion. Eddward guessed it was a poison.

"This one is already draining my energy. If he hits me one more time, then I'm done for!" Double D turned invisible and the charging bull of a man stopped. He waited for the boy to appear, looking everywhere for the teen. He heard something on his left and looked, a hand came to his face.

"Repel!" Double D's hand was covered in a force field and knocked the man back as if he was hit by a train. He crashed into the large telescope and making said object collapse on top of the man. Double D felt a pang of guilt for destroying a tool of science.

It was not long before Dark Vladimir came from the rubble with him holding his slightly bleeding head, his hair in the front matted down to his forehead by the life liquid. He looked at back at Double D, who already had an arrow drawn and shot at the man. Vladimir quickly held his hand up and the arrow dropped to the ground and pierced the floor.

Double D's features was that of confusion and surprise. Suddenly he felt heavy too, as if gravity suddenly got stronger and weighed him down.

"Surprised aren't you? You can thank Daniel Rooks of the year 2000 for this power. Caused a great deal of resources to capture him with his Gravity Manipulation. But like him, you shall fail to stop me and this silly plan of yours." The expression he had previously was still present and intensified after hearing the words.

"It was not hard to figure out, Vladimir knew he couldn't take you all on so he did split into six beings. But you got cocky. Thinking that he'll randomly choose any power to give us. No, he made sure that for each and everyone of us to have most of the powers given to us to be an opposite or advantage towards your own. It was a good plan, he had admitted, but it'll only lead to failure." Dark Vladimir made the dark bubble appear around him and it expanded until it burst and he was gone.

The bow wielder kept sharp and looked around his surrounding for the madman. The bubble appeared above him and he looked up in time to see a darkened fist, surrounded by a dark streak of light, and hit in the cheek. Next thing he knew was his body hitting the ground beneath, and making a crater. Double D also felt pain unlike ever before and the previous hit being a pale comparison to the current one. He felt as if his soul was being damaged, directly. The scream he emitted was unheard from the boy himself, and Vladimir smiled evilly at the sound. Taking utter satisfaction in his pain. It slowly died down, though, and it soon became heavy breathing on Edd's part as he tried to stand with a struggle equivalent to that of a newborn.

Vladimir, who had moved out of the crater, watched gleefully at seeing the smartest of the group struggle to even stand. As Edd tried to gain his bearings, Vladimir decided to inform him of what he was up against.

"Dark Bubble Manipulation from Asden Calara of 1995, can coat yourself with the dark bubbles than can "pop" darkness onto others and the user to be a danger to others in physical combat." Edd's memory suddenly flashed to Vladimir's first hit and how his hand had a bubble around it and how it popped and his hand was made black.

"Then there is the opposite of your main power, Dark Light Manipulation," Edd's eyes were as wide as saucers, and he heard a gasp, but it wasn't from Vladimir. It was from inside his head. " from Falkis of Sweden, 1992. As of now, that pain you are feeling that makes it hard to stand, means that your power is corrupted. If you use it, then it'll only bring more suffering." By this time, Edd was standing with harsh breathing and trembling legs, bow in hand.

Edd, seeming to not hear Vladimir's warning, held the bow up and drew back the arrow forming and for the color to be a mix of yellow light and the dark light. He felt it a moment later, and he dropped to his knees as he, again, felt the pain striking him in his soul.

"No stop, don't use it Eddward. Its hurting both of us!" The voice sounded too familiar for Edd.

"Apollo?" Edd said lowly. Vladimir still caught it in his ears.

"Who?" Vladimir asked. He shook it off a second later. The quivering boy in front of him was nearly gone. All he had to do was wait. The battle was over as soon as his fist made contact with his cheek. He sat on the floor, indian style, and waiting for the boy to stop breathing. The Dark Light would corrupt him and enter through his system. It was killing him from the inside.

"I would like to say that I wish you everlasting happiness, Eddward. You'll die slowly, but at least once its over you can rest easy. Your brothers will join you soon." Vladimir said as Edd fell to his hands and knees, coughing up blood. Edd fell to his side, blood lining his mouth, and still coughing. It was at this point that Edd went unconscious from the pain.

He woke up in his Soul Plain, seeing the sky mixed like his arrow, patches of it were dark and other light. The wind was strong, and Double D, who was still breathing hard, yet stood on his feet unlike his physical counterpart, stared at the sight before him: Apollo fighting a black bird on the half black and white clouds. They weren't fighting in the air, but on the ground and Double D saw that Apollo's wing had a large cut on it.

"Apollo!" Double D shouted towards the God. He took a backwards glance towards Edd and turned back towards his opponent

"Edd, listen to me very closely. This thing, its from the Dark Light power's Soul Plain, its killing you from the inside out! Its too strong for me, you must get your other Spirit Guardian, Vales, to come and help me!" Apollo made a slash with his damaged wing and blew back the black bird. The God of Light turned towards Double D and ran to the boy, laying next to him.

"Get on me, I'll take you there!" Edd didn't hesitate to climb on the giant bird. They started to fly a minute later, and despite his wing being damaged, the God flew at tremendous speed and nearly launching the Hero off his back. They flew straight up in the air.

"Wait, is he my Dark or my Balance?" Edd asked.

"Vales, is your Balance. Trust me, you don't want to met her just yet. Just tell him to come and help me, it might take some convincing on your part, though." Apollo remained silently after that and Edd did so as well. He felt a phantom pain in his chest, it was strong and noticeable. The Hero of Light could only guess that he was slowly dying as more of the Soul Plain was starting to turn dark. Surprisingly, he felt nothing of fear or shock of that fact. He felt at peace with the fact.

"Maybe, its because I knew that it was probably a one way trip since we left home." Double D had his doubts once they saved their friends and family, but with the recent plan in action it came back in full force.

"Don't give up Eddward! There's still hope for you all to win." Once he finished that sentence a black beam shot towards them and scrapped the left wing of Apollo's wing that was previously undamaged. He screeched as he started to lose speed, the black bird was flying at them and catching up quickly. The clouds was still far away and the place where, Edd guessed, his Balance resides in. Apollo's feathers suddenly sprouted from under the young genius and launched him in front of Apollo's path. The God spread his wings and leaned back, slowly down to a stop. He gave a huge flap from both of his wings and a gigantic gust of wind pushed the dieing Edd higher Into the sky. The clouds getting closer. Seconds before he touched the clouds, he can hear Apollo's words to him.

"Its all up to you!" Was what he heard before he breached the clouds surface and a bright, dark blue light engulfed him.

With Dante

Dante jumped towards the wall of a cell, dodging another rust attack. The Vladimir in front of him being able to use rust, something he didn't want to touch if he right arm, now covered in enough rust to render it unusable, but still attached. They both ended up in the cells where everyone was kept captive. Dante tried to attack him once they appeared at the location, and he grabbed the boy's metal hand and started to rust it. Reacting quickly, he made a blade appear in his left hand and chopped off the arm. His arm was free and Dante thought with a limb lost, it'll be easier to fight. That thought of an easy victory was lost as the arm regenerated like a reptile's' arm. Then he transformed into a hybrid of man and alligator and was currently attack Dante.

"Hey, lizard! You could have hurt me!" Dante said as Rust Vladimir, whose body was muscular and leathery and perfect for an extreme bodybuilder on steroids. The only form of clothing on him was a torn pair of shorts.

Vladimir roared and charged at the tech savvy teen, breaking through the cell bars like tissue. Dante jumped out of the way in time to dodge a powerful jaw attack that took off the concrete floor where he stood. He spit out the rock in his mouth into his hands and quickly threw it at the mid-dodge boy and it landed on it's intended target and sending Dante into another set of bars.

He slid to the ground painfully and felt the pain on his chest where the bars and him impacted. He gave a few coughs full of saliva and stood from the small amount of rubble. He looked towards where Vladimir stood, or was standing. He disappeared.

"Where are you?" Dante shouted as he gained more focus from his state.

"Here!" A deep, croaky voice said behind him and immediately moved from his current position to avoid two fist crashing down on him. The results were evident if he didn't dodge as the floor below received a large crater. Vladimir then disappeared in the way they arrived, dissolving into dust and being scattered.

"He's using teleportation, or Rust Teleportation?" Dante thought as he landed on his feet and kept rapt attention around his surroundings. He didn't see anything for a while and didn't hear anything either. Suddenly, he was punched in the chest by a large fist without a body, until the rest of Vladimir appeared in the rusted dust that he disappeared in and kicked him in the side of head and cartwheeling the boy to the left. He, again, was slammed against cell bars. but unlike the previous impacts, he broke through those, then another set, and another set until he ended with a roll into a wall. He laid there, his head bleeding and his eyes lazily opening and closing as he tried to gain his bearing and focus of his settings.

"What...happened?" Dante questioned in a confused state as he stood up, with an obvious struggle and leaned against the wall. He looked to see the man he was fighting, turn from the lizard man to the same face of the man that harmed Lily and his brothers. His breathing was quick and sharp as his vision started to blur and for a second he saw a faint wisp of electricity in his chest, where he felt the most pain with each breath he intaked causing his heart to beat with a greater force than the last. Dante fell to his knees. The genius could guess what would happen to him if his slowing heart beat was an indicator. It was almost like the organ was out in his ear, beating like the drums of a god. It would drive normal people insane.

"Is this it?" The Hero of Lightning wondered as his world went dark, the last thing in his sight was Vladimir approaching him with his arms the same rust color. The sound of the heartbeat was still in his ear.

"No, Dante. Just let the darkness consume you. I'll handle it from here." Dante eyes shot open and saw... nothing. It was just darkness. A never ending darkness. And the heartbeat, he grabbed his head by holding his ears, yet it only seemed to get louder.

"Yes, never ending, "A woman's voice with a tone of power and lust filled words cooed in his ears, but when he looked in the directions it was possible for her to be and saw no one, but darkness. The beating was now slower.. "The potential of the power you possess. You won't see me, or would you ever experience this type of power for a long time. But since I have an interest in you, I'll help you just this once and as payment you will become my servant, and no choice on your part as life saved is a life payed in service to the savior. I will only make you truly mine once you are stronger, so to make that happen faster, experience your true potential!"

Unaware to the boy, Vladimir was standing over him. His hands the color of rust as he reached down to finish Dante. "You were a genius of so many skills, yet you failed to realize that you cannot win this battle. Have a wonderful life in the afterlife." Vladimir said morosely as he touched his head and the first of the rust appeared on his hair and Dante's eyes opened to show a pitch darkness. The beating heart was now gone.

With Ed and Lily

"Terra: Eruption!" The spell activated and the floor underneath the Grey Vladimir stirred before the floor became spikes and nearly pierced the clone. Ed didn't stop there and called another spell just seconds after the last.

"Ignis: Fire Fist!" The fists of fire appeared around Ed and he pointed to the Green Vladimir this time, whose hands were venus fly traps, and he simply dodged the attacks as they came and held out his hand, a green blob shot out towards Ed. The elementalist eyes widen as he jumped to the side, seconds before the blob hit him, instead hitting the wall behind and making it slowly melt.

"Acid?" Ed turned his attention back towards his opponents and was met with an iron fist punching him in the face, hard. It was an understatement of the massive pain Ed felt as he held his ground from a punch that would kill a normal person. Luckily, the biggest Ed was never normal. Another punch came to his gut and Ed nearly hunched, in his peripheral vision he saw the Grey Vladimir run past him and Green Vladimir. Ed immediately covered his hand with the familiar Z-P and punched the Vladimir holding him in the head and launching the man with such force that Ed could hear the snapping of bones from the chest. The spell user paid no heed and turned to the other copy of the mad scientist, going for his still unconscious ally, Lily Violin D'or. He was bend over and about to kill her with a knife hand until Ed reached out towards the man with Z-P, the static and hum arriving in his ear, and caught the man before throwing him in the direction of the other carbon copy.

"I won't let you near her!" Ed exclaimed to both of his enemies. The teen held strong with his Zero Point Energy now around his hands. The now smart Edward was surprise he could still use this power, thinking it was a spell book, but recalled that it was only a listing of different techniques and practices to master the use of it in a few years time. It was so far the strongest of his magical abilities and he decided to use it.

"I have been neglecting it ever since I started to use these spells. It what made me begin this journey, so it is fitting that it is used to end it." Ed thought proudly as he stood as a sentinel to Lily.

"Dante said to protect her, so I will, even if I die!" The Vladimirs had recovered and were going for another attack. That was what he guessed. Instead they disappeared. The Green Vladimir scattered into flower petals and the Grey Vladimir seemingly sprinkled out of existence. Ed tensed up, looking around crazily for the Vladimirs. It was until he heard the sound of glass shattering behind him and he looked in the direction seeing one of Vladimirs having turned the hand into glass. It was the Grey Vladimir. He was moving to strike Lily. Ed moved to intercept, only for the Green Vladimir to summon a Venus fly trap under him. The teen anticipated the movement and, using the upper "lip" of plant he jumped high into the air and reached out to the Grey Vladimir to stop him from killing LIly. Unfortunately, his Z-P was stopped by the vine of the flytrap.

"No!" Ed shouted as he started to descend to the plant, yet he did not mind as he was too focused on the green beauty. He needed to wake her, to get her to move, so he did the best the only thing he could do. He brung his head with an inhale of enormous amounts of air and yelled,

"Lily!" His voice was as strong as a roar, echoing defiantly as he continued the long calling of her name, even as he fell into the belly of the carnivorous plant, even as the mouth closed, the shout was still there and only partially suppressed. Ed, inside the darkened belly of the plant beast, inhaled the air of acid that was from the belly and shouted her name again. It penetrated through the plant as if his own voice was acid to the walls.

The Green Vladimir only kept supported the power of the Venus flytrap because he knew that the calls of his friend was only for nothing. Last ditch and completely meaningless. That was until he heard a clasp of metal and glass and looked behind him to see her awakened. Her dress was still torn and she sat up using her right hand and her golden flute in her other, blocking the attack that would have ended her life.

"You're still...around?" Lily felt woozy, though despite using all of her power to block the nuclear blast from Vladimir, she felt as if she was back to being completely filled. She felt better than that actually, the musician felt like she can take over the world!

"Yes, but don't worry. You won't see me as soon you'll be dead!" Vladimir other hand came to stab the side of her head, but that wasn't quick enough for the green haired woman had already sung.

"Sonic Cone!" Lily's voice erupted into a high pitched scream that not only shattered the glass hands of Vladimir, but blew the man away in a train of blood coming from his ears, being damaged at being so close to the source of the attack. He impacted the wall and indented it, but it didn't stop there as Lily stood to her full height and kept fueling the attack as he went deeper and deeper into the wall. The special effect of this type of scream was that it was all focused on one single point, him.

While this is happening, The Hero of the Elements had came from the plant by setting it on fire. The Green Vladimir was too distracted and caught off guard by Ed, who decided to use his fourth fire spell.

"Ignis: Fire Stream!" Ed held the Book of Fire in front of him as a blanket of fire sprouted from the book, shooting at the distracted man in a straight path and he didn't know until it was too late. He caught fire, but he didn't move and Ed thought that he may have killed him. That was until the strangest thing happen, it wasn't Vladimir that he was burning. It was Techlin.

"Ed! What have you done!" Techlin screamed as he tried to put the fire out with no prevail.

"Techlin, no!" Ed shouted as he moved to help put out the fire. He didn't see the small smile that came across his face for a split second as he came towards him.

"Ed, help! I can't stand this! I can't hold on!" Techlin fell to the ground, still covered in flame. Ed reached him and shouted: "Aqua!", he put more energy into it to summon more water. It landed on "Techlin" and doused the fire out. Through the smoke Ed saw Tech's shard body and turned it over to see, wood?

"What the…" Ed's eyes widen as he felt something painful in his stomach. He looked down and saw the object and his eyes widen at the sight and he started to cough blood. The pain in his stomach was a sharp vine piercing him, Ed guessed it came from behind. To his horror, five more vines pierced his stomach, then more and more. Now Ed was sure that if they were to be removed that it would be a hole big enough for a child to fit in. Ed stood though, even as more blood formed under his body and his vision started to blur. Ed felt his hands get pierced and his body slam to the wall. His face was smashed to the wall, but it didn't stop there. Suddenly, he felt being stabbed in every part of his body, as if a giant porcupine was put against his back and was pushed in more and more. Ed started to see dark as he saw the venus flytrap and the Green Vladimir by it's side as it controlled him to constantly stab him. Ed knew at this point it was over, he lost, and that it was most likely the end. He failed his brothers, he failed LIly, he failed his family, peers, teachers, everyone in the world. Maybe it was destined for him to go. That was the last thought as Ed, for a split second, felt something hit his head and everything was dark.

With Eddy

Outside of the castle, it was nothing more than a snow blizzard. The entire island was casts into winter and Eddy was currently hating the fact. Eddy could only run as at the moment it was the only thing he can do. The boy's outfit was torn up, and his shoes missing. His face also held bruises and he held his left arm close to his chest and cringe in pain. Yet through the cold and snowy wind, he ran as if a cold hell was chasing him and in a sense he actually believed it.

Eddy's skin was smoking slightly because he kept his body temperature was high and melting any snow that came into contact with his skin. The Hero of Fire looked over his shoulder as he ran and saw nothing but snow and snow covered trees. He turned his sights forward and was met with a hard punch to his damaged face strong enough to knock him on his back. Eddy looked hazily around for his assailant and saw nothing but snow. The blizzard was so dense it was hard to see any trees.

"Come on Eddy, you just need to focus." Eddy heard his Spirit Guardian say as he tried to ease his mind of the headache that had developed.

"It's harder to do when you can't see the one fighting." Eddy pointed out as he sat up and he saw for just a split second a distortion in his view and felt the pain to his cheek by what felt like a foot and hit a tree that was a yard or to away from his original position.

"Eddy, this is getting old. Just do something, use your wind or sand!" The half-snake half-woman goddess exclaimed in annoyance.

Eddy couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, that wouldn't work either. The problem was not that he couldn't fight back, but he couldn't even see where his target should be and even if he did land an attack, the Maroon Vladimir would only disappear once again with the snow. This has been going on ever since they came out. Eddy would have attacked and either he blocked, dodged, or sustain little damage and counterattack. That formula lasted for a good twenty minutes, but now he was just blending in with the snow and attacking him.

"I have to get rid of this snow, it's inescapable," Eddy looked for the distortion again and saw nothing. "if I can't do that then I already lost."

"Is there anyway that I can get rid of it besides your previous ideas which nearly cost me my arm." Eddy said curtly.

"Rude," The Savior could only roll his eyes at her response. "There is one way of getting rid of it, but it's too risky."

Eddy was suddenly impacted by multiple hits from all sides, they came fast and strong and Eddy could swear that it was as if blunt bullets were hitting him and one ending with an uppercut which lifted him off his feet, a heel slammed down on his head in his mid-air flight and slammed him on a dense pile of snow. Eddy could only feel the cold, and pain at the moment. The teen could only see dark spots and his mind was a wildfire of thoughts. The cold started to settle as he lost focus in projecting the heat in his body and the snow started to smother his body.

Eddy could feel the eyes of the Vladimir clone staring at him and feeling satisfied as he watched his opponent lose. The Hero felt the end arriving. He was too out of it to move as each time he twitched the pain would only intensify. Eddy heard the his Spirit Guardian asked in a mutter tone if he wanted to take the risk.

"I'll take anything right now, I just need to beat him." Eddy said almost pleadingly as he closed his eyes. Darkness was the sight that greeted him. Before he fell into unconsciousness, he heard the one word that made him slightly grin.

"Okay. Listen carefully to what I want you to do..."

With Eddward. Outside of the Soul Plain.

Vladimir Makarov's clone watched Eddward squirm around on the floor in extreme pain with a small smile on his face. The smile was that of pure cruelty and malice towards the young man in front of him, who he was certain would die in mere minutes. Dark Vladimir sat a few inches away from Double D, who was starting to settle and calm down, and the smile intensified on the grown man's face as Edd stopped moving seconds later and his chest rose and fell showing signs of breathing. Suddenly, the breathing stopped and Dark Vladimir broke into a mad man's laugh at his victory. He didn't notice in his laughter that the breathing stopped again but this time only slightly and unnoticeable to someone not truly paying attention.

Eddward. Inside the Soul Plain.

Edd's ride through the clouds was a short run and he was surprised to see that he was slowing down at an exceptional rate despite having been blown as fast as a bullet into the air. Soon, it felt as if he was just floating up through the white clouds, now turning to a shade of light blue, which were noticeable not as moist as a regular cloud; in fact, it had no water in it. Edd lost interest in this detail as his mind went back to Apollo, most likely still fighting that thing that came into his soul.

"And here I am wondering why a cloud isn't moist," The Savior thought. " how long is this going to take anyway, I need to hurry up and save Apollo!"

"Oh you are already here." A light voice stated and Edd went on the defensive as he got his bow out, with no arrow.

"Who's there? Show yourself?" Eddward's shout echoed and oblivious to himself being with no ammunition.

"Oh, I am hurt, I thought you knew your Balance Spirit Guardian." Edd's eyes widen once he realized who he was talking to and lowered his defense.

"You are Vales?" Edd looked around trying to see where the God was at, but only saw the light blue clouds.

"Yes, what do you want my little Savior?" Vales answered with an amused tone. His voice still light, almost a whisper now that Edd thought about it.

"It's Apollo, he needs your help right now! He might die if we don't go right away!" Edd pleaded and he heard a scoff in response.

"Apollo? Why the hell should I give any sort of help to him?!" Vales' light tone turned to that of resentment, now a bit distorted and changing in pitch.

This certainly took Double D by surprise. He assumed that the Spirit Guardians would be a peace with each other since after the Spirit War.

"I can hear your thoughts little one!" This snapped Double D's attention to the sourceless voice. "Trust me, there are still scares felt, especially since his parents took the souls of mine!"

"But that was about a millennium ago!" Edd cried.

"I was just a child when it happened! Trust me, something like that at such an age sticks with someone forever. I will never forgive his parents! Why does he have the right to his parents? He still has a mother and father and I have no one else! He deserves to die!" The light tone was gone, and the clouds turned to that of a dark navy color and thunder crahsed.

"No, I understand tha-"

"You don't understand absolutely nothing! You yourself have your parents!"

"No!" Double D's eyes glowed the eerie yellow and his voiced was strong enough to silence the thunder. "You don't think that I never had my parents! You obviously aren't my Spirit Guardian then! I have grown up from the age of five years old alone! Coming home to nothing more than instructions on what to do to keep the house in shape. I stayed up nights crying wondering why my parents never came home to me. I asked if they even love, or was I just a waste of space to them. I just got them, I just got them back after over a decade of not seeing them. I spent my birthdays alone at home, so don't you dare tell me that I still have my parents because I, in all rights, have just got my real parents!"

The young man was left panting at his outburst. Everything around him was silent, as if he was in a soundproof room and the only living thing in it. He continued.

"But you need to get a grip of yourself and put aside those petty feelings. Because as far as I'm concern, if Apollo dies then I die. And since I die you will die with me." Edd bellowed and the God only scoffed.

"Yeah right...I will simply leave the husk of your body and go back to my home in the Otherworld." Vales said smugly.

"No, you see my soul is being attacked by something and are you not linked to my soul as Apollo has said to me?" Double D could feel the confusion coming from Vales.

"No he hasn't, I observed the conversation myself and there was no mention of this." Vales himself was confused of this mysterious link that he has mention. It did not help that Eddward was actually his first host.

"Oh but the night that I came from my Soul Plain back to the island he came to me in a dream. And he informed me that talking to me while I was asleep was strictly private and not you or the other Soul Guardian will be able to interfere or observe." Now Vales was shocked and could not believe what he will hear next

"So in turns you will die with me. In agreement on joining souls with a human, you will not die if the human dies by physical and mental means, but you will die if I die spiritually. If that thing that is attacking Apollo kills him, then it will only spread to you and you will be next and then the other Spirit Guardian. My heart will still beat and my brain will still function but I will just be soulless and with you dead. So if not do it for Apollo, just save yourself! I mean your parents wouldn't want you to die by being killed by something as insignificant as a human putting something in my soul right?" Double D finished with a valiant smirk.

Silence was abundant once again in the air. Double D still with the corner of his lips turned upward and awaiting for an inevitable response. The smartest of the Eds had to pat himself on the back later for his successful argument against a being that was far more old and probably have more overall knowledge of the world. The Savior of Light was also confident that from his sense of confusion just minutes prior that Vales was inexperienced with being a Spirit Guardian.

A sigh was heard, a reluctant, annoyed, and tiresome, sigh. And Vales spoke the next few minutes after said sigh.

"Fine, but only to preserve my own existence." Suddenly the clouds disappeared and revealed Vales and Eddward had to glance down at the rather short God.

Like Edd saw, Vales was a short one, being the size of Eddy before his recent growth spurt. And he was dressed in a formal suit. He looked like a business man with polished black shoes, navy blue dress pants, a light blue tuxedo, and combed back short dark hair. His face was darken to a dark brown tone and his eyes a light blue. Though he was small, Vales looked as if he had power under his belt and could probably destroy Eddward in mere second with just a fraction of his power. This was exemplified by his define and manly looks as his face had no source of baby fat. Edd noticed the slight expansion of his suit and that was evident of muscle.

"So," He spoke with the same light tone and his eyes lit up with excitement. " where is the fight taken place?"

Eddward smirked." Just on Apollo's field, but let's hurry. I do not know how long he can hold on!" And with that they both fell through the clouds at break neck speed.

Seconds Later. In Apollo's Field.

Apollo was on the concrete like ground. Groaning in pain. Gashes on his wings, face, back, and his claws were broken and bleeding. Even through this he tried to stand with the obvious result of him only falling on the ground in pain. The black hawk was above him, having suffered only a few scars and an eye was lost, it's wings were slightly clipped, but it was still standing.

"Eddward, please hurry." Apollo whispered as he saw the hawk, crow, or whatever the hell it was lift it's claw to make the final strike.

It did not speak as he turned Apollo over and that entire motion made the God of Light to cry out and second later for a claw to come down on his head to make him stop. Apollo was on his back and couldn't move due to the pain. The thing lifted it's claws over where Apollo's heart was and gave a devilish smile as it lifted and brought it down. A blur came in the last second.

"Repel!" The claw was stopped as Eddward appeared where the claw would have hit and held on as the claw fought against his force field. Eddward didn't have to wait long as the bird was knocked to the side by a boulder size force field.

"Sorry for coming a little late, Apollo," Edd stated as he landed on the side of the badly injured bird. "Vales took some time to convince."

"It is better than never. I need to rest for a while. I hope you guys can take over." Apollo said and saw Vales.

"Hello Apollo." Vales stated emotionlessly with a hint of satisfaction at seeing the God in pain and suffering.

"Hi Vales, I see you still hating me as always." Apollo tried to chuckled but only grimaced in pain. " I guess Eddward told you of the Soul Link. Otherwise I will be dead by now."

"He has...but just rest...I don't want to hear your voice." Vales stated coldly.

"My pleasure, the sight of you was about to make me throw up. Good luck Eddward. Don't use my power once you get out. That Vladimir is too strong for my power, use your Force Fields. That should beat him easily." Apollo said that and his eyes closed and he now rest.

"I won't Apollo. I will see you after my battle is over." Edd whispered. He turned to Vales who was standing next to Apollo and looked towards the dark entity that was getting up.

"Ok kid, I will handle this thing here in a matter of seconds. You go back in the real world and get ready to kick that man's ass."Vales said as he made a force field appear above him and those suddenly bursted into seemingly millions of small spheres and it only seemed to multiply. Edd was starting to fade from the Soul Plain and the last thing he saw was the many force fields to charge at the entity and for a loud cry to be heard.

In the Physical World( Pay mind that the entire transaction within in Soul Plain to five minutes.) I will explain in the bottom author notes.

Vladimir changed from his maniacal laughter to a soft chuckle as he watched the dead Eddward's body. He had to wait. Wait for the others to finish their target off. Dark Vladimir didn't like that he got the weakest one but then again it more time for him to just be lazy. He gave another short laugh for that.

In this moment he didn't know Double D's eyes shot open. Eddward slowly stood and gained back his consciousness. He felt as if he was empowered and just woke up instantly. All his energy was back to him and he saw the laughing Dark Vladimir and scowled. Eddward turned invisible and went to strike.

Dark Vladimir was too preoccupied laughing to notice and when he was done laughing and wiped the tears from his eyes he saw that the Ed boy was not there.

"Where the fuck…"

"Giant Repel!" Vladimir stood up fast enough to launch himself a feet off the ground and turn mid air to see Edd and a car size force field encompassing his hand and hit him in the face. Vladimir wasn't prepared and his defense was down as he took the blow head on. But instead of being launched backwards, Double D somehow kept Vladimir attached to the ball and felt his skin start to peel.

The force field was different and moved at blender speeds as it felt like knives were cutting into him. The troubling thing was that Edd was adding power to it. As if he was fueled by something to end him in this one blow.

"Giant Repel!" Vladimir's eyes widen as he was crushed between two of the same attacks and felt more of himself being torn to shreds. Then he saw Edd, his eyes glowing a bright yellow and radiate with so much anger. Such emotion was telling the Dark Vladimir was that he will end on this day, that he will pay for all the pain that he has caused any of his friends, for any Beings of Power, whether Savior or Destroyer, for anyone who he has ever hurt in his life. Dark Vladimir couldn't believe the power that came from Double D.

"I thought he was the weakest of them, but is he the strongest!?" Vladimir shouted in his head as his vision start to fade.

"Vladimir, I know you all will hear this!" Eddward shouted at the top of his lungs. Over the monstrous sound of the two attacks. "But my friends will not lose! We shall leave this alone together! You have lost from the very beginning! You have taken too much from us to let you go by free, you hurt our families, our friends, our peers, and teachers. You hunted our kind like animals and use their power wrongfully! This is the day you pay for everything to done!"

With the end of his small speech, the two powerful attacks were stopped and the Vladimir was left a bloody mess, nearly all his skin on his upper body was gone and revealed some muscle. Blood dripped from his as if it was raining. Surprisingly, Dark Vladimir was still standing and breathing. Double D didn't like that.

Eddward, panting hard from his previous attack, decided to finish it with another Repel. Faster than he could react, Dark Vladimir grabbed hold of Eddward's right hand in an iron grip. The mad scientist looked at the smart Ed with a bloody face, one closed eye, his cheek bones showing and his eyebrows gone. For some reason his face also held a smile.

"Eddward, that was something, I admit. I don't know how you survived my attack on your soul, but I don't plan to let you live pass this point." His voice was tired. He was weak. He had suffered too much damage to really do anything, but his grip was still strong. He started to cough up blood.

"You can't do anything, it is over for you Vladimir. "Eddward gave him the look as he free hand made another force field. "I wish you haven't turned out this Vladimir, in all truth. You could have helped us. You could have done so much more than trapping the others here and making them statues and taking our kind's power. You could have helped us use our powers for good. Make us all stronger, yet you only lured us here on false statements, taken our family, friends, and peers with force, and caused more chaos than tranquility. But why?"

Vladimir knew what he was asking. He didn't want to tell him anything. Dark Vladimir could only intensify smile as he raised his fist that was nothing more than muscle and bone and covered it with a dark bubble and striked. Edd was faster and his attack hit him directly on the heart.

With Dante and Rust Vladimir.

Rust Vladimir dodged another swipe of darkness as yet another gash appeared in the wall. The cell room they were in was now nothing more than a room, the bars that held prisoners were now torn in half and on the floor, some of them with gashes that were pure black. The T.V.s were no better and in the same condition as the bars but with sparks.

Rust Vladimir was against the wall. No longer in his alligator form. He was panting and his body now sported large cuts, dark cuts. There was no blood coming from them, strangely, as some were deep enough to cause blood to be gushing out. His eyes were different as well, his eyes was now that of a fearful man. He was scared, terrified even of the thing in front of him.

"I thought...I was fighting a boy. But I am fighting a demon." Rust Vladimir thought as he gazed at the eyes of his assailant, who was once on the floor and ready to die, but now here he, or rather it, was staring at him. Those pure black eyes. The shape of this thing was that of Dante Livingston Gates, but he was covered in complete darkness, his eyes a bright white. Rust Vladimir could only stare at it, wondering what to do next. Nothing worked against it. It simply dodged or shrugged it off. He tried everything. The spells, the shape shifting, the rust, everything that could defy Dante was not doing anything to him.

Rust Vladimir suddenly gained thought of something."His power is darkness, so the original Vladimir must have given me a power to fight against this thing. He must have."

Rust Vladimir was going to go for a quick search of the powers in his amulet but Dark Dante was upon him. He appeared suddenly, without any warning and was in mid-strike. He barely dodged the attack that left another deep gash in the wall. While still in his dodging motion, Dark Dante appeared next to him and Rust Vladimir's eyes widen and was barely able to use rust teleportation to escape a kick that left a gaping hole in the wall. Rust Vladimir appeared on the other side of the room and quickly searched his amulet for any light element powers and after another second, found one and opened his eyes.

He saw the white eyes that he had grown to fear in the past ten minutes and for his jaw to suddenly hurt and his body to be aching due to hitting a wall. Rust Vladimir fell to the ground, nearly lifeless until he started to move and stand up...laughing.

"You think you won? Trust me boy you are far from it. I won't give up that easily! Fear my power!" The mad scientist's clone shouted as he stood and started to glow. "I cannot go on for long, I used too much of my power. This may not kill him, but it will buy me enough time to escape from this demon."

So he started his chant. "A thousand signs shall never cease to end the darkness that is in front of me. I summon thee, the power of all that is pure to defeat the darkness and to cure the impure!"

Finishing the chant, Rust Vladimir started to glow even brighter. Dark Dante shielded its eyes and gave a small screech as the light burned it. Dark Dante suddenly felt itself being pushed back and tried to fight the force that was dragging it backwards. The mysterious force only got stronger the more it struggled and eventually it was up against the wall. Dark Dante couldn't see anything due to the blinding light. But what it felt next was a sharp pain around its limbs and its neck. The light ended soon after and the Dark Dante opened its eyes to see Vladimir in front of it. His hand was imbued with a mysterious light and Dark Dante saw that his restraints were that of light and were as pointy and sharp as barbed wire.

"I am fairly surprised by this Dante. Surely I am, but now that this is the last that you'll see of me. Just know that I shall come back for you and take your life." With that Vladimir thrust his right hand, imbued with the light and hit Dark Dante in the chest. A loud and dark screech filled the air as the darkness of Dante was directly hit. Eventually it started to recede and go back into Dante, who was now gaining back his familiar white clothing. A minute later, Dante was back to his usual self and was half conscious.

"What...happened…?" Dante asked. His voice was raspy and he coughed up a little blood that was a darker shade than regular blood.

"Just know that you have lost and that my time here is over." Rust Vladimir said, noting that the presence of Dark Vladimir being lost was just felt. Rust Vladimir looked down and saw that his amulet was cracked in half and that it was continuing as cracks started to develop. Rust Vladimir started to rust, needing to leave the area before Dante gained full consciousness.

"I shall defeat you, don't think that your friends have won this day. This is just one battle in a war." Dante barely heard those words as he was still trying to comprehend what had happened and his vision was dark and blurry as the dark man in front of him seemingly dissolved into black dots. The only thing he remembered was a voice, a woman's lusty voice, telling him to sleep and that was it. The constraints on his limbs that were strapped to the wall dissipating into light particles and Dante fell to the ground.

A few minutes passed, Dante still laying on the ground and trying to comprehend the situation.

"Dante...Dante...can you hear me?" Dante's eyes shot open as he looked around trying to find the source of the voice and saw no body belonging to it.

"It is me Dante…" Dante recognized the voice. It was the gray fox from his Soul Plain.

"Where...are you?" Dante said weakly.

"Just think your words, we are able to hear you better."The Gray Fox told.

"Everything is so hazy. What happened?" Dante asked as his vision slowly began to clear.

"The Mistress has came to help you before you died." Gray Fox informed him.

"I almost died!?" Dante screamed in his head.

"Yes but don't worry. She came to help you just in time and revived your heart which was hit by a fractured rib bone and repaired some damage to other internal organs but not the bruises on your body. She states she wants you to suffer for nearly dieing."

"Yeah, whatever. Look I think I have some body movements and I should go help everyone else...talk to you later." Dante said.

"Okay...just don't do anything stupid or death related. She nearly gave my children heart attacks." The Gray Fox said tiredly and silence was in Dante's head. Dante stood up slowly, his body sore all over and leaned against the wall for support. Groaning in pain, Dante took a gander of his surroundings and saw the battle ground that he and Vladimir made.

"Man...can we make a party or what?" Dante joked under his breath. Feeling soreness in his chest and when he breathed.

Dante pushed himself off the wall. Taking the first few steps were painful with a throbbing in his legs as his feet moved in front of the other. Soon his resistance to pain started to kick in...and the pain started to go away slowly. It was a side trait that he developed due to free running because of him and his brother receiving many injuries when they first started out. They taught themselves to just ignore it and it would go away.

Dante walked towards the entrance, stepping over the metal bars and the few pieces of rubble from the ceiling. He saw the flat screens on the ground..the sparks dancing around through the bars and small amounts of it will come to Dante. It didn't hurt. It felt energizing really. He made it to the entrance and pushed the door open with a little effort.

Dante continued his walk down the damaged hall. Dante stopped and stared at a trail of rust that went to the right wall and dragged across said wall and ended at a pile of rust.

"I guess...I won...huh?" Dante gave a small chuckle. He continued on his path. Towards his friends.

With Techlin. Rock field.

An injured Techling was barely able to dodge another eruption of magma from under his feet. He winced in pain as his opponent made another eruption happen just when he landed. Techlin acted fast and made ice appear under his feet that quickly started to melt. He kept adding energy to it until the attack ended. Techlin, with a quick burst of chi to his legs, jumped a yard away from the previous attack.

He landed on the ground and crouched as he tried to catch his breath. He mentally thought of his injuries so far.

"So I have burns, I know that much and that they hurt like hell. He was able to land a few of those Earth strikes on my arms and chest but that is minor and numbing. I am still low on reserves since I have been using my Chi to dodge. My trench coat is gone and my armor is dented in most places. This gauntlet and shoulder guard on my left arm has proven completely useless at the moment. How the hell my straw hat has been on is a complete mystery and this face mask. " Techlin looked at Red Vladimir who held a face of no emotion and simply waited for the ice user to act.

"Man...I am glad that I was able to land a punch on him. Chi should have left his chest broken. But he just took it with that damn Earth armor of his," Techlin saw that he was still covered in it. Red Vladimir's skin was reflecting light off of him but was only partial. " what the hell was Lunar talking about with three energy sources?"

"Hi my Moon Night! How is the fight going?" The ever so cheery voice of the moon goddess penetrated Techlin's thoughts and he groaned.

"What do you want now?" The Hero of Ice asked, obviously annoyed by her sudden appearance.

"I was just wondering how the fight was going on. You figured out the hint?" Lunar asked.

"Does it look the fight is going well. I barely did anything to him, and he got a bunch of hits on me! I am still low on reserves and this fight only been going on for ten minutes! I can't last much longer. Tell me what the hell you meant by three energy sources?" The Hero nearly demanded.

"I won't tell you until you figure it out. Want another hint?" It ended with a snicker.

"Yes." Techling mentally grinded out. He still kept his gaze of Red Vladimir who simply waited.

"Okay. What power have you used this entire time in this fight?" Lunar asked as if she didn't know.

"Chi what does-"

"How many powers you have?" Lunar asked.

"Three but-" The family man was once again cut off.

"If you have three energy sources to draw from and so far you only been using just Chi what do you think that I meant by three energy sources?" The childish god asked and Techling could feel her smirk as his face came to understanding.

"Didn't you notice how you stopped that attack from erupting on you. How you kept on adding power to it and felt no fatigue? You see you dumb dumb your powers are all separate and don't rely on the same reserves. The only reason you would feel tired and not have energy to make the others is because you rely on your human reserves. You know that warm feeling you get each time you use Chi?" The Chi user nodded. "That was you drawing on your Chi reserves which isn't so high at the moment. But you barely used Ice or Blades to attack."

"I see...damn I feel so stupid! But whatever...so I just draw on the other two powers in order to beat this-"He was cut off by feeling the ground underneath him becoming warmer.

Techlin dodged in time to avoid a very hot and melted end. Red Vladimir was done waiting.

"Yes! Focus on the feelings that you get when you use those powers and draw from it. Now beat this guy! And use my shield to help. It is not useless!" Lunar spoke in an enthusiastic tone and left giggling.

Chuckling to himself and a small smile now spread on his face, Techling stood tall and felt that his own fatigue was still there and that Chi was pretty much done for at the moment. But he felt for the cold feeling and saw that it was a strong feeling and made his breath visible in front of him. Next was the blades, which felt as a stab, yet strangely comfortable, feeling. It was poking him rapidly, meaning that it was high in power, very high. Techlin could almost feel the blades begging to be let out.

"This is going to be fun." Techlin said pulling his face mask up to his nose and reattached his straw hat, hanging on a string around his neck, to his head. He crumpled his left hand, still in the gauntlet and felt the shoulder guard on his left shoulder. The Hero of Blades suddenly thought of something that he felt would give the advantage to him. On the scale he was thinking it would use about three-fourths of his Ice reserves, and he wasn't even sure that it was accurate estimation.

"It should give me a huge advantage and to make this my own turf. I am a wolf and I shall not have this trespasser survive on my turf." Techling remembered his time in the forest. When he lived with those wolves and how he saw them fight for their home one time. How he had fought one of the wolves himself and killed it to protect their home. That day he earned the respect of the wolves.

"I shall protect my brothers, my family, and my home from this monster by beating it to a bloody pulp! This ends now Vladimir!" Techling roared and held out his hands as the air suddenly dropped to sub-zero degrees. Ice started to build up on his hands and he closed his eyes and breathed in and then out. His eyes opened to show them silver and slit like a wolf and he saw Red Vladimir who was about to attack, but the wolf beat him to it.

"Sub-Zero, "Techlin started and the air around him got even colder. "Ice Forest." The ice exploded from the Hero of Ice as it covered the area around him and went to Red Vladimir. Ice shot up from the ground, as thick as a car. The area of the ice seemed to only grow and grow and Red Vladimir tried to make a run for it but was in vain as it was too fast and the ice soon meet him. But it continued on, the area growing to eventually cover the entire outside field. And the pillars of ice soon reached the height of the castle itself and branched to connect to the other pillars as if they were trees and ice launched out down the pillars. Soon, like the name suggest, the entire rock field was now a forest of ice as white as snow.

Techlin stood in it's center. His hands were extended and the ice was still connected to them. He broked his hands free and it sounded as if glass was broken. The young man panted as he tried to catch his breath, the cold feeling was now lesser, still there but definitely lesser than it was before.

"Damn...I really overdid myself here." Techlin chuckled as he looked at his Ice Forest. He looked past the trees and saw that it went on and on.

"Now this is my field. My ice. I can manipulate this in anyway I can. I just hope that this works. If it doesn't then the fight is going to be a lot longer." Techlin made way to the closest tree and touched it and focused. He then opened his eyes as he saw Red Vladimir. He was in ice but soon broke free by melting it. He was know destroying the ice forest by trying to melt it. It wasn't working as fast as he wanted.

"Sub-zero temperatures are really something. But the ice isn't indestructible. It would be a matter of time before he increases the heat to destroy it. I must beat him before that and use this area to my full advantage. Besides observing, I wonder if I can do this." Techling pushed forward and saw his hand slowly go into the ice pillar. He smiled as he soon his entire body was in the ice pillar. The Knight of the Moon shot up in the pillar and started to head his way to Red Vladimir.

Red Vladimir shot out another wave of magma that surrounded him and melted the ice on the ground and the base of the ice trees.

"Trying to beat me in this manner will not work. If he wants to battle it out in a field such as this, he will lose anyway. Just going to be a longer fight." Red Vladimir stated as he sent another wave of magma.

He did not notice Techling appearing on "branch" above and behind him. Techlin devised a strategy in his head. After a minute of thinking. His plan was done in his head. He started it out by drawing a small blade. He threw it at fast speeds and Red Vladimir reacted by blocking with his arm, still covered in the Earth armor. The blade scratched his skin but did nothing. He looked towards the origin of the blade and saw no one. He turned and block another from the opposite direction. He saw a black blur but no one was around.

"Come out Techlin and face me like a warrior!" Red Vladimir knew that Techlin had a soft spot for honor.

"Unfortunately, the times have changed Vladimir." Vladimir looked around him. The voice seemed to come from every direction.

"What do you mean times have changed?" Vladimir asked.

"I may be someone who would honor and charge into battle. But not today. I will defeat you, don't worry. You are on my turf. As a "wolf", I must kill those who trespass on my turf. I can do so in any way possible." Techlin said. Suddenly Techlin appeared directly above Vladimir who saw him.

"Rain of Blades!" Techlin drew his hands back as if it was whip and a large amount of blades covered his arms. He brung them forward and sent hundreds of blades upon Red Vladimir who surrounded himself in a blob of magma. The blades pierced the icy ground and melted once it reached the blob. As soon as it stopped, Vladimir spun and shot magma at the still airborne knight. Techlin eyes widen at the attack and made a thick ice shield to stop the attack.

Steam filled the air as the two attacks continuously collide. Once it stopped the blade user landed on an ice branch and saw the area filled with a deep steam. He decided used it to his advantage. He phased into the pillar of ice. He made blades appear in the pillar and quickly went to another and another. FIlling each pillar he was in with blades. He made sure to check to see if Red Vladimir was still where he was before he went into the pillar. The clone of the scientist moved towards his general direction. Techlin continued to make the forest even more of a weapon. He felt his Chi reserves filling up and he smirked. Everything was going to plan.

Red Vladimir paid attention to each tree, how they gained a color of silver in them. Of how each time he moved farther, more and more of the trees gained that silver color. He knew that the Hero was going in the direction he was heading. Red Vladimir had to admire the boy's sudden amount of power, thinking that he was low on his reserves but in truth he was holding it up. To be able hold so much strength must mean that he is their strongest, thought Red Vladimir as he tried to keep up. He increased his speed to catch up to Techlin, but that was for not as he was soon lost. The pillars of ice now all had that silver glint.

Red Vladimir turned, trying to figure out where had Techlin has gone. The tried to sense his power and he saw that he couldn't. The forest was masking it. It was all still being fueled by him.

"An attack of this magnitude will surely kill him. Soon, it will be him that will die from pure exhaustion." Red Vladimir noted. He still decided to look for him as to end it quickly, he felt the loss of the Dark Vladimir and the Rust Vladimir.

He ran in a random direction, hoping to find him before Techlin died.

Techlin stopped at the last tree, breathing hard and coughed up blood to the world below. He made sure that the blades were in as many pillars as he could cover in the short time.

"Damn...I...can barely...breath...I need to hurry... and initiate... the last...part." Techlin said and phased into the tree and searched for Red Vladimir. It was easy to find him.

Tech expressed some worry. He knew that Red Vladimir was still relatively unscathed. He would need to put the last of his reserves into it.

"Wow, wow, wow, lets not get too desperate here." Lunar appeared in his head again.

"What are you talking about?" Techlin asked as he saw Red Vladimir stop.

"Don't use the last of your reserves like that...you are just going to kill yourself if you do." Lunar explained. Her voice was filled with worry.

"I know...but I can't do anything else. I must end it here. There is no other way at this point."

"Well hey I-" Lunar gasped. Techlin wondered what made her seem so frantic.

"Wait...wait...how are you here...he isn't strong enough to see you and to hear…wait what?! We can't let him do it! He will die! But...I...please just stop being stubborn...fine. Fine!"

Techlin was left confused as to what was going on with Lunar. She was acting weird and talking to herself. That is unlike her...well he thought it was unlike her.

"What is going on Lunar?" Techlin asked.

"Your stubborn as hell Aequalis is what happened! He said go ahead with your plan. That dumb ass. I bet he just wants out of the body. Just go along and please try to survive." Lunar pleaded.

"Okay?" Techlin put that aside at the moment and focused on the man in front of him. Quite literally in front of him.

"Hello Mr. Gates." The clone of Vladimir greeted.

Techlin said nothing and bared his teeth, partially sharp, and covered with his blood.

"Will you really act like an animal or civilized human being?" The man asked the teen.

"Just know that this is over." Techlin stated and gave an Chi enhanced Ice Punch to Red Vladimir's face and that sent the man to the ground from the high altitude that they were on.

Red Vladimir was left dazed by the surprisingly hard punch. He was definite that his Earth armor was on, but yet he felt so much pain in his face. It was not long before he hit the ground. He got up quickly as to get Techlin back for the punch but he saw the boy just in his fast with his arms pulled back and two blue spheres in his hands.

"Double Chi Ball!" The attack met him in the chest and sent him flying into a pillar and it started to crack.

"I told you...this is over!" Techlin then focused on his Chi and started to bring it out. He started to become covered by a thin line of blue with smoke of the same color flowing off of him. The ice started to crack around him. The air increased greatly as he continuously build up his power.

"What is this? How can he have so much? He has used too much power to have so much left!" Red Vladimir thought in great shock as he felt Techlin's cold and dominating intent.

Techlin started to bring his hands in front of him and held them a few inches apart. A ball started to form in the space between. The wind picked up strongly around the ball and the ice all around them started to crack at the increasing pressure. Red Vladimir wanted to stop the power from developing, but he couldn't move. For some strange reason, he felt that there was nothing to do. Techlin's intent was telling him, forcing him to stay where he was and to not move an inch.

"How...just how can he be this powerful?" The clone whispered To be able to dominate someone who has years of experience. Who have felt the intent of so many more stronger Beings of Power.

"What is it that makes him so strong at this very moment when he was at his weakest?" Red Vladimir questioned aloud.

"Eddy," Red Vladimir met Techlin's silver and slit eyes which held so much power that he felt that he needed to obey. The ball was making even more cracks in the ice as rock sizes of the cold material picking up and starting to hover around the boy." Double D, Ed, Dante, mother, father, Callie, my unborn child, and everyone else is what makes me strong! I have a purpose here. To save each and everyone from you! A wolf would never leave his pack to die, a wolf lay his own life for his own, no matter who it faces! I will destroy you today and protect everyone close to my heart!"

Red Vladimir looked and his vision started to blur. He saw something cover Techlin. He saw that it was a head. A head and it was shaped like a snarling wolf.

"What is he?!" Red Vladimir thought.

Techlin's eyes widen as he felt his heart beating harder and that his own vision was starting to fade. The ball was nearly complete. The young man felt the blood trickle down his mouth.

"I guess this is it. I'm sorry everyone for not coming back alive. Please forgive me Callie for leaving our child fatherless. I will miss you all!" Techlin closed his eyes and felt the tears come out and flow off his face. Blown off by the wind caused by the growing ball.

"Time to finish this once and for all! Final Stand," Techlin's eyes shot open for probably his last time. The ball condensed to that of a pea and held it to the ground." Forest of Blades!"

Techlin slammed the ball into the ground and it started to rumble. Suddenly and unexpectedly to the scientist was impaled by a very large blade through his stomach. Then he looked up in shock as he saw Techlin on the ground, unmoving, but still glowing blue. Then he saw the forest more and saw that it was darkening. He realized that more blades were coming from the trees, piercing everything in sight. The ice started to break and shatter as the blades took control of the once icy forest. Red Vladimir saw his own death approach as it came closer and he couldn't do nothing but think as another pierced his chest, seeing that it was covered in a thin line of blue mist.

"I...have lost." He stated as the blades closed in and ended the clone's life.

It was still and nothing moved. Not the blades, not Techlin who still glowed a misty blue, and the stabbed chunk of molten rocks of the once alive clone of Vladimir. Techlin himself was stabbed but only through his legs, arms, and stomach. It was not as bad. Due to them being his blade, they only went through him and left a stabbing feeling, but no blood was loss. Techlin's eyes opened, now their normal dark blue color, there was still some blood on his mouth and he breathed slowly and heavy.

"How...am I still alive?" Questioned the boy as he looked around and saw the many blades that were all around him.

"Because somehow your damn Balance guardian is still keeping you alive with his powers." Lunar said.

"Lunar...I can't move...everything is so...painful." Techlin thought. Never in his life feeling so much physical pain.

"Well duh! You used so much of your power that you shouldn't be alive! At this moment your power reserves are at none. You will still be able to move around in about ten minutes or so when your normal energy comes back, but don't use any power. You will die if you do. But for now, you might as well come to the Soul Plain.I can tell you more of the energy sources there." Techlin didn't have much choice and closed his eyes. It got cloudy and his head felt a little bit dizzy but he was soon at his Soul Plain all covered in ice and snow with the full moon high and the sky filled with stars.

"Now take a seat and listen up." Lunar said cheerfully as a throne of ice came from under Techlin.

"Now with each power comes a source of energy…" Lunar started.

Eddy and His Fight. Main Island.

Eddy was running at high speeds once again. He was using it to stay away from Vladimir as much as he could. He was hearing Hestia explain the final details of what he needed to do.

"...okay?" The Snake-human hybrid asked.

"Got it. So I can only use it for two minutes right?" Eddy asked as he slowed down. Hestia confirmed his question and stated going over could possibly kill him. "Then that is all I need."

Eddy slowed down to a stop and closed his eyes. He needed to focus for him to activate the technique he was about to perform. Hestia said it was dangerous due to the high amounts of energy that it required. It was an old technique that the wind user before him used to gain amazing amounts of power. His body was not even close to ready to use it but the moment called for him to use it. He focused on his wind. The wind inside his body, the lungs, and he breathed in deep and slow. Then he started to force the wind to his heart, to his lung, and through his blood. His blood started to move at unbelievable speeds and his brain seemed to get more active and his heart started to pump. Eddy felt the power, the rush of adrenaline to his body and how he felt faster and stronger than before. The only thing about it was that it would only affect his wind powers and damper the other two so that he could use it longer. In fact, if he did use it with his other powers active he wouldn't be able to use it for over fifteen seconds.

Eddy opened his eyes and saw that his senses were also increased and that his body felt so warm. He saw that smoke started to leave from his body due to the intense heat. Eddy suddenly felt a presence behind him and dodged at unspeakable speeds. Maroon Vladimir blinked and surprise and saw Eddy appear behind him and his fist drew back and a smoke trail following.

"Typhoon Bullet!" Eddy shot his fist as a blur as it was surrounded by a small amount of wind and made contact to Maroon Vladimir's back and the receiver of the attack recoiled in pain as he was lifted off his feet and launched forward at speeds too fast for a regular person to track. Eddy kept up to him and was right next to the close. The scientist's clone made a wall of dense snow appear as he saw Eddy get ready for another attack.

"Hurricane Kick!" Another wind attack from Eddy as he did a round house kick to the snow shield and broke through easily with a shocked Vladimir sent headfirst to a tree. He recovered fast and landed on the tree and launched at Eddy.

"Guide me to victory and crush thy enemy! Snowing Hammer!" The spell activated as a hammer of snow suddenly appeared on his arm and was ready to hit Eddy.

"Hurricane Fury!" Eddy said as he started to rapidly punch the air in front of him and it looked as if the had hundreds of fists being thrown at once due to the speed of the attack. The two attacks met head on and while the hammer lasted, it soon was broken and Maroon Vladimir started to receive the brutal attack as he was punched more than he liked and saw that he was also getting cut up from an invisible force. Eddy knew that it was the wind.

Vladimir acted and sent a spike of snow under Eddy that forced him to dodge and in doing so to end his attack. Eddy made for another punch but with a great amount of effort and with evident pain, Maroon Vladimir caught Eddy's punch and that surprised the wind user for enough time for Vladimir to reacted.

"Cut the enemy before me! Snow Blade!" Snow surrounded the clone's free hand and he struck. Eddy dodged it but barely because of Maroon Vladimir holding him in his grip and was grazed deeply in his side. He started bleeding a lot due to the blood pumping so fast.

Eddy sent another Typhoon Bullet to Vladimir that was strong enough to knock the air out of him and to spit up blood. Eddy took his chance and jumped far away. Really far.

"Eddy you are losing blood fast! You can only hold this form for just fifteen seconds!" Hestia called out as time seemed to slow.

"I know." Eddy stated with his fedora covering his eyes as he prepared his final and probably his most powerful wind attack as of yet. He jumped back one more time and could still see Maroon Vladimir recovering from the previous attack. Eddy counted and saw that he had ten seconds now. Eddy charged forward, cocking both fist back as wind started to develop around them, so much, in fact, that it was visible as a torrent of wind surrounded the fist and the snow falling was cut to nothing when it even got a few inches close.

"Hurricane," Eddy gained more speed and the ground started to catch fire and the wind on his hands grew stronger, faster, and more dangerous. He counted five seconds. And he saw it was three seconds as he reached Vladimir. Two seconds to finish his attack."Rifle!" And one second to end the battle. The attack hit dead on and the effects were immediate and devastating as Maroon Vladimir coughed up more blood than a human should. His eyes wide and his mouth agape with blood covering his chip and his chest. He looked down in shock to see Eddy hunched over and his armed extended in front of him. The knuckles were covered in blood and were a few inches away from the clone's body. In front of those hands were also two gaping holes of the man's body and his intestines torn to shreds and blood to be blown behind him. Along with the ground, trees, and snow that were behind him leaving a scorched field that was being covered with the falling snow. The blizzard slowed to that of a light falling.

"Eddy…"Said boy's eyes shot open and his gaze went up in shock of him being able to speak. His body was also not emitting smoke and he was breathing heavily."...you...bastard...I will see you...in hell! Big Bang!" Suddenly the man started to build power and his body started to glow.

"The hell…" Eddy didn't know what hit him as the man blew up. The attack hit Eddy dead on. It was over as soon as it started. The land was now scarred and barren. The trees were knocked down and burnt. Anything else started to catch fire and a torn Fedora was left to float to the ground.

At the center of the explosion was nothing but a gaping hole. Surely, nothing could have survived the explosion up that close. Even Maroon Vladimir didn't survive it. But strangely enough in that gaping hole was a black ball was still and didn't move. Suddenly, it started to shed and made the sound of sand falling and that revealed a completely fine Eddy. His fedora and the rest of his upper suit was missing and left him with nothing but the pants that were burnt at the bottom. Eddy stood and with great effort as his face contorted to that of extreme pain as the rush of the battle left him.

Eddy felt tired. Really tired. His left arm was now even more in pain. His right arm was just as bad. His legs felt like they would break and his ankles were not far behind. His chest and torso also felt the same same with his heavy breathing making it worse. Eddy, even though he felt the pain across his body skyrocket, started to climb out of the hole. It was deep and quickly became steep where Eddy fell back and landed on his side. The young man screamed in pain and it echoed throughout the scorched land. Through gritted teeth and tears coming to his eyes, Eddy got up and continued his ascent. He digged his hands into the dirt and climbed and climbed, wanting to scream from all the pain but kept his teeth clenched. He reached the top and with a great heave and yell, the Hero of Fire landed on his torso and on even ground.

The Hero laid there, panting and unmoving from his position as he felt his vision blur from the tears.

"My body is...so fucked up!" Eddy whispered as he saw his torn fedora. For some reason, some compelling force drew him to crawl to the object. He stayed to the ground and planted his hands into the ground and pulled himself to the hat. His body scraped against the dirt and his hands only kept going. Tears spilled from his eyes as he came closer to the hat that he needed to get. Eddy soon reached his target and lay next to it on his back, panting. Eddy stared at the sky. He could feel the wind blowing through his hair and he saw the nice blue sky above him. Clouds lazily drifting by and not caring for the world below them. Not caring for the battles or anything. Just floating along without a problem in the world.

"Stupid...clouds." Eddy said as the tears slowly stopped.

Eddy glanced down and not move his head. He saw his body was scarred slightly and that he saw his skin was peeling in some parts. Most likely from the ability that he used to finish the fight in under two still looked and saw his tall body, somehow not believing that he wasn't the short little kid no more. That he was taller, had hair, a good body and face, and a more mature mind.

"All of it in less than a week. These powers changed me." Eddy said under his breath then looking to his fedora on his left. He reached out with a painful grunt and grabbed the hat and placed it over his hair. The teen brung it over his eyes and gave a large smile.

"These powers changed everyone of us." Eddy said at the same level of volume. With the same smile. With the same grin he had when he realized that his friends were always there for him and that he should cherish them like those two years ago. When the five of them came together and of how it became from the constant self-promotion and arrogance that he was the greatest to the reliance on his brothers and for him to improve for them and not himself.

The former leader of the Ed trio chuckled as he let the tears flow.

"Those dumbasses. Got me almost giving my life to beat someone up. I will beat them up if they don't win." Eddy broke out in a mad laugh, no longer caring for the pain in his lungs or body. He then breathed in and let out a powerful yell."You bastards better not lose!"

The words echoed as he smiled with more tears streaming down his face.

"I will be nothing without them, we started together and we grew stronger together, grew smarter, did everything we can to help one another no matter the problem. From Double D's tutoring, to Ed's optimism and love for the group, to Techlin's words of helpful advice, and to Dante always putting a smile on our faces. I was nothing without all of them. If we start together, if we win together, and if we lost together before this and that I won. We will leave this island together!" Eddy thought, his smile now threatening to split his face in half.

"Never leave a man behind." Eddy said the first of six parts of their motto. The motto they made each time they departed from one another. And Eddy felt that the part fit him perfectly as he refused to leave any of his men behind.

With Lily.

Lily sent another wave of notes of the two Vladimirs who deflected or dodged the attack. Lily turned towards a wall and quickly painted three wolves with her second Spirit Weapon. It was a silver brush that made it's own paint from pushing her power into the item. She made them come alive and sent them to attack Green Vladimir. While they preoccupied him, Lily focused her attention to Grey Vladimir. She took a glance to Ed, his body pierced and unmoving. A big pool of blood surrounded the body and the young woman couldn't believe that he was gone.

"How the hell am I going to tell them?" Lily thought as she turned her attention to Ed's killer who saw where her eyes went.

"It doesn't matter that he's dead. Soon you and his brothers will join him." Grey Vladimir words brought anger into the woman.

"I will make you pay for this!" Lily got her flute out and played an attack song that sent the notes at blazing speeds to her target. The familiar glowing red notes was dodged by Vladimir but what he didn't expect was for them to turn around and attack him from the back. They hit him then. The attack hurt, but it was easy for the clone to recover.

"Glass Needles!" Vladimir opened his mouth and needles made of glass shot out towards Lily who dodged the attack and continued to do so as he sent more and more needles her way. Lily jumped over the attack and got her brush and pointed to the ground. The paint somehow reached the ground and the image was of a spear and shield. They popped out of their 2D form and became three dimensional. She grabbed the weapons and had the shield in her right arm and the spear in her other. She put the shield in front of her to block the sharp projectiles.

The armed woman charged towards Grey Vladimir, who now wielded two glass blades that caught a silver lining.

"The power of chill, embrace my weapon!" Suddenly the glass blades started to turn blue and crack as the air became cold. The man charged at LIly.

They met halfway and the blades meet her shield and she lunged her spear that only graze Grey Vladimir's arm. She noticed that her shield was started to freeze over quickly and so she jumped back and dropped the shield that broke on contact to the floor.

"The hell? How can you freeze my weapon? You don't have any ice powers!" Lily questioned.

"I don't, but I have the powers of the enhancers. I can enchant the weapons I have and my body with the elements. I may not be able to create the elements and use them like your friends, but I can have their effects." The man explained and said another chant that changed the blades to be covered in a dripping green liquid that when touched the ground, started to melt it.

Grey Vladimir charged at her and Lily attacked with her Sonic Bullets, she screamed for just a second and they formed bullets that Grey Vladimir dodge with ease and was soon upon her with a flurry of strikes. With her training from her father and her past experiences in the fights of France when she was little, she dodged the attacks. She continued her dodging until she saw an opened and drew back her fist and hit in the side and that stop the flow of his attacks. Before he could recover, the musical prodigy roundhouse kicked him in the side of the head and that knocked the man over. He caught himself on his hands and spun on his hands and that attack hit her directly on her chest. She was pushed back on her feet from the force and she slid to a stop as she grabbed her chest and saw that the acid had hit and left a minor scratching.

"You will see that I am not like the others. I am designed to destroy you. Everyone one of the clones are made to negate the ones they went with. Trust me, I am more than enough for you to handle." Grey Vladimir stated as he said another chant that now made his fists turn to fire.

The battle continued and after a few more minutes, Lily noticed that the wolves she created were finally put down and that Green Vladimir was going for her. Lily saw the fire fists and came up with an idea. She slowly, but surely started to head to Green Vladimir. They were both attack and she was dodging the attack, not being able to get her her own attacks in. It lasted for another minute before she dodged and Grey Vladimir's fist of fire hit the Green Vladimir in the stomach. Both Vladimirs' eyes widen as Green Vladimir hunched over in pain.

"Watch where you hit Vlady!" Lily laughed at them and Green Vladimir made way to attack the green haired woman, but not before he launched Grey Vladimir into the wall.

"Since you can't take care of her, I will!" He shouted to his ally before he started his vine assault on the woman, who only continued to dodge. While dodging she was able to paint foxes and wolves on the ground, but fast enough for her assailant to not notice as she dodged and painted. Lily dodged another attack and slammed her hands on the ground.

"Barrage of Beasts!" The ground suddenly sprouted dozens of wolves and foxes. Lily ordered them to attack the two clones and they listened. Lily breathed heavily. Painting always took the most out of her powers. She decided to rest while her pieces of art dealt with her enemy. The Hero of Music put her hand down and felt liquid and looked down and saw red. It was blood. She glanced to her left and saw Ed's body. Bowing her head, the hair covered her eyes.

"Ed...I will make sure they pay for this. I am sorry for not being able to protect you like you did me. And I heard of what you said about me. When Vladimir asked why you guys was angry at him for what he did to me. Thank you." Lily said lowly. It wasn't the first time she saw death and it wasn't the first time that someone died for her.

"I won't let it happen a third time." Lily thought as she looked to the dead boy one more time and noticed something strange. His stomach. Or rather where a gaping hole should be, Ed didn't have that hole in his stomach no more. He didn't have the piercing through his skull. Lily was able to see all of the events that lead to Ed's death and saw where they all penetrated. The holes that should be all over the teen's body was gone. His skin looked as if it was never touched and the only evidence of him being penetrated was the giant hole surrounded by many smaller holes in his jacket and the many hole in his pants.

Lily stared with wide eyes.

"Is it possible?" Lily wondered in great shock as she leaned over and pushed him on his side to see a relaxed face. Holes in his shirt and pants. And reached to his surprisingly lean and muscular chest. She waited and her eyes widen in great shock and she let out a gasp. It was faint and it wasn't that strong, but Ed's heart was beating.

With Ed.

"Where am I? I have been wondering forever in this abyss!" Ed shouted as he continued his walk. He came here after that weird pain in his head. He was confused as to where he was and sat still to think. He got bored of it and decided to walk around to find something in the darkness. He was doing this for a while and he was tired of it.

"What's that?" Ed squinted his eyes. He saw something in the distance. He ran towards it, excited to see something. As he got closer, the object started to become more evident and Ed saw a person sitting on a throne. Ed slowed to a stop as he gapped at the giant figure.

"You looked smaller farther back." Ed saw that the throne was of bone with red skulls every now and then. The throne also had a wicked feeling to it. As if it contained the evil of the world in it's structure. The figure was a robbed man. Hood over shrouded any features of his face and his bone like hands rested on the throne. His feet was also shrouded and Ed could swear that he could hear screams coming from the rob as the bottom shifted slightly with the wind that the boy did not feel.

"Who are you?" Ed asked cautiously.

The figure remained silent. Ed could swear that he felt eyes staring at him from under the hood.

"I," The voice made Ed's eyes widen as he felt the darkness and cold surround him. The voice was raspy, slow, and made Ed feel chills to the very core."am Death."

"Wait...wait...wh-who?" Ed stuttered. The pain that was in the back of the head became evident and he didn't want to make the connection for why Death was in front of him.

"You are dead," It was slow and that made Ed start to stutter."but yet you live."

"What?" Confusion crossed the face.

"It is not your time. The deal I will honor. The deal I will not speak of. Your comrades' soul shall be mine. All in due time. Yours will follow with no complications. And you fall under in times of desperation. I will wait in this darkness, receiving the souls of those who have fallen. And wait for the souls of you and your companions." Death's word were slow, cold and made Ed even more confused.

"What do yo mean?" Ed asked but was greeted with the sight of a sword. A sword that was black with skulls at the hilt. The blade was black and doubled edged. Silver lined the sharp sides on both ends.

"Get out of my kingdom, your soul is not yet ready, to be free from your prison of flesh and bone."The blade slashed in front of Ed who flinched and put his arms up to defend himself. Instead Ed saw a ripple in front of him that drew him close. It was even darker in that ripple and a strong force pulled him towards it. He tried fighting but the effort was futile and he ended sucked into the hole.

In the real world.

Ed's body stir and his eyes opened yet his sight still blurry. Ed heard sounds of battle. His vision started to clear and his face was of great confusion as where he was. The teen sat up and that he was in a pool of blood. With great horror it realized it was his own and looked to see his injury, but only saw his damaged clothes. He looked and saw his books were fine and still on their straps. Ed's memories rushed back to him and he looked frantically for Lily and didn't wait long as he saw her down the hall, fighting the two Vladimirs and Ed could tell, even from back here that she was tiring.

Ed remembered what Dante said.

"I must protect her!" Ed steeled himself as he stood and he felt woozy by the rush and leaned against the wall for support. He panted slightly and his sight once again blurred.

Ed steeled himself. He needed to save Lily and he would do so at any cost. Ed pushed himself and stumbled a little, but caught himself. He staggered forward and pulled out his Lightning book. He flipped to the fifth page and his strongest Lightning spell.

Ed glanced at it and read the quick notes to use the attack. Ed looked towards the battle and knew that Lily would be hit if he didn't warn her.

"Lily!" All three of them stopped their attack and Lily eyes widen in surprise. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Ed standing and a spell book in hand. She couldn't help the smile from spreading over her face as she saw the boy standing and alive.

"Ed!" Lily shouted in joy and the Vladimirs looked in shock at seeing the once dead boy standing in front of him.

"Get away Lily! Fulgur,"Lily understood and screeched at the ground below and that launched her high into the air. The Vladimirs looked up and sent were about to attack her while she was midair. "Bot Shower!" In Ed's hand appeared a sphere of yellow and that sphere had lightning dancing around it haphazardly.

Ed, using his inhuman strength, launched the ball at the speeds of a bullet and before they could act the ball was upon them and it hit Green Vladimir dead in the chest. It exploded and their position was covered as lightning dance around them crazily and the screams of them both radiated through the hall. The spell lasted for a few more seconds before it ended. In it's place was a completely burnt Green Vladimir whose eyes was that of white. Green Vladimir stumbled as he reached out for Ed. The clone started to gasp for air as plants appeared around him and he held himself up.

Then the plants roared around the scientist as it covered him and they launched forward to the boy at speed Eddy would have trouble keeping with. Green Vladimir, still burnt and his eyes filled with malice as he made sharp vines appear again and ready to pierce him.

"You are going to die for that! I will make sure you are nothing but a pile of meat!" The mad scientist yelled with the Intent of malice and Ed felt the pressure again, but instead of wanting to kill himself he broke into a cold sweat. Ed felt that if he didn't do anything, then Death would surely have him. Ed went to his fire spells and went to his last and strongest spell. He quickly read and was prepared to use the spell.

Ed got in a hasty stance with his legs spread apart and his fist at his side. He breathed in and out and he felt the flames rise in his hands. They surrounded him and glowed red.

"Ignis," Ed's voice was calm and he opened his eyes lazily as his eyes glowed red with much power. The Hero of Magical Elements snapped his hands back and fire around his fist became large, hot and glowed a bright red as they burned strong and scorched the walls and floor behind him in about ten feet. Green Vladimir was still coming and made large vines appear and three venus fly traps that were twice the size of the one before. He roared as he went to strike, but Ed was now ready." Hell Fire Punch!"

Ed yelled the attacks name and shot forward with Vladimir just feet away t. What happened next were two giant fireballs, the shape of fist and the size of trucks to be launched at Green Vladimir. They burned with such ferocity that anything they touched started to burn and turn to ash in a matter of seconds. Green Vladimir charged forward still and he and his plants were consumed by the flames. The fire continued to burn and reached even past Green Vladimir and his many plants and reached Grey Vladimir as well who put a glass shield between the walls enchanted by ice in front of him. Luckily it was in time and it negated the effects.

Grey Vladimir heard the boom of the attack hit his shield and saw that it was even breaking the glass! He pumped more power into it. He didn't know Lily to appear behind him, flute in hand and the power building inside of the instrument.

"Final Song: Soulless Melody." Lily made this attack to be her strongest and deadliest of them all. It also consumed a lot of her energy so if she failed this attack, it might just be it for her life.

She played the song as it was low and monotonous. The notes played in front of her in a black color and the sound was simply depressing as it continued. Grey Vladimir looked behind him and saw the musician playing her flute and the black notes to appear. The scientist's clone broke into sweat and awas filled with panic. Ed's attack was still and if he dropped the shield, he would die. But he could feel the power of Lily's attack. She was stronger and had more time and experience to make an attack even stronger than Ed's currently active one.

He didn't know what to do and waited. It was pointless to try and choose, he was a goner anyway. Lily finished her song and the notes came and attacks Grey Vladimir. The notes hit with great force and it broke his back. The assault kept going strong and soon he lost his focus on the shield and it broke. The fire met him head on as well as the attack from Lily. It horrible to die like this he thought. To be crushed by two attacks if it he was a bug.

A few seconds past and the attacks ended. Nothing in between the two attacks was left. Grey Vladimir was no where to be seen and so was Green Vladimir. The distance between Lily and Ed was nothing more than black scorched material and ash that floated in the air. Lily was tired as she went to her knees to catch her breath and Ed, on the other end of the hall, did the same.

Both had used a lot of energy in the attacks, but both smiled. They knew that it was over. That they had won. A few more minutes passed before Lily saw Ed in front of him. The young man somehow closed the distance between them in little time. Ed reached out his hand in front of the woman's face, the grin on his face not wavering. Lily took hold and was pulled to her feet. She wobbled, but Ed caught her. Ed put her arm around his neck and he held her by her waist.

"Come on, we have to find the others." Ed stated. They started to walk in silence. Lily didn't mind needing help to walk. The battle was hard. But she was also glad that the boy was still here and a question probed her head and she had to ask.

"Ed?" Said boy grunted in response. "How did you survive that? I saw your wounds, Hero or not, you should be dead right now but here you are. What happened?"

Ed hesitated to respond. He can still hear Death's words to him. So cold and dark. He shivered a little and turned towards the woman with a smile.

"I don't know...I just felt like I woke up from a dream. Probably because of my healing ability. I guess it can save me from the brink of death like it did." Ed lied. He was going to keep this to himself.

Lily was too tired to think it was false. She accepted the answer. The prodigy smiled and said that she was glad to have survive and that it would be dumb for the Chosen One to die this early. Ed gave a hearty laugh at that. They continued on their mission to find the others and get the hell of the island. They felt, along with the others, that it was time to go home.

With Eddward. Hallway. 4:44 PM.

Eddward limped through the hall. He was battle had taken a lot out of him and he lost all of his energy from the last attack. He didn't know if he could take on anything at the moment. His hood was up and his bow was on his back. He felt so tired and weak that he wished to lay down on the ground and just sleep.

"But I can't, I need to find the others and get home to our families." Eddward drawled out as he continued on. For a good five minutes he wandered aimlessly until he saw a figure down the hall and his sharpen eyesight identified it as a limping Dante. Eddward filled with happiness and tears stung his eyes as he saw his friend, who looked just as beat up and tired as he was.

"Dante! Dante!" The boy perked up when he heard his name and looked to his right and saw Double D right down the hall limping towards him. Dante could only return a smile and wave. The inventor went to the closest wall and leaned against as he waited for his brother to come to him. It took only a minute for the two geniuses to meet. They both gave each a tiring smile.

"You look like crap Double D. I guess your battle wasn't that easy huh?" Dante asked with a knowing grin.

"I can say the same for you with all your clothes so ripped and filthy." Both boys laughed for a short while before they continued to walk with each other.

"Have any idea where we going?" Double D asked after a few minutes.

"Nope." Dante responded as if it wasn't a problem.

"Okay." Double D didn't much care either. He and Dante felt that they will find their friends either way.

Ten Minutes Later. Outside the School.

Techlin started his path towards the school. He was full on his human energy, but his body was sore all over. He could feel the presence of his friends and he smiled as he soon came upon the bridge.

"I guess we all won." Techlin whispered and chuckled lightly while crossing the bridge. The blade user looked over his shoulder and saw the evidence of his battle. For some reason, he wanted to leave it there. Evident to him that the battle was over.

It was not long before he reached the gate. The memory of them coming through all came back to him. The Hero of Ice took hold of the door and with a mighty painful grunt, opened the door just enough for him to fit through. He was still dressed the same way he was when the battle ended. The only difference was that the gauntlet was gone, but the shoulder guard wasn't. Once in, Techlin saw that the hall was empty and was confused. His eyes soon took a darker shade as he bowed his head and continued to walk. The statues were once here. The Beings of Power that were cursed for no reason were once here and with most of them dead.

"I have to tell them when we all meet up." Techlin thought and continued in silence.

With Eddward and Dante. Courtyard. 4:56 P.M.

The Hero of Light and the Hero of Metal soon came upon the black and dead ground of the courtyard. To their surprised they saw Kendal and Lana at the base of the destroyed fountain. The two human kids looked and saw Dante and Edd.

"Hey there you guys are!" Kendal said and he and Lana ran to them.

"You guys looked like shit." Lana said plainly.

"We know." The two replied at the same time.

"What happened with you guys? We forgot all about you." Dante said and he could've sworn he left them tied up in a room.

"Well after you and your brother tied us up," That confirmed Dante's thought," We heard a bunch of stuff going on. We avoided and ended up here. We didn't know where we were so we decided to just wait here." Kendal explained.

"Sorry, but we had to dash to get someone and we didn't need you guys to distract us." Dante said sheepishly. The two neighborhood kids shrugged it off.

"So...is it over?" Lana asked the two.

"The battle? Yes. Us getting home? No. We need to find the others and get out of here." Double D explained.

"Look no further for us then. Glad we found you guys here." A voice said. Everyone present turned and saw coming around the corner was Ed and Lily.

"Ed!" Double D cried.

"Lily! You are alright!"Dante said afterwards.

"I did as you said Dante, kept her nice and safe." Ed said with a big grin as the two came closer.

The first thing that Dante did was hug Lily. Ed limped towards Edd and they greeted each other with a smile and nods.

"Don't scare me like that again!" Dante said.

"Whatever. Let go of me." Lily said with a slight blush and the boy didn't listen. Lily actually found it nice. It was soon that Dante stopped and LIly gave him a smile before giving him a quick punch to the shoulder. He yelped in pain and asked why she did that.

"I felt like it." The woman smiled and moved past the boy who followed rubbing the shoulder she hit.

Everyone else watched the moment with slight smiles. Once everything between them was done. They all came to conclusion that they needed to leave immediately, but with the transport bay not functional it was going to be hard to do that. It was at this time that they all heard a rumbling. It was strong enough to start shaking the castle and everyone nearly lost their balance as they tried to see what was causing it. Suddenly everything titled to the right and they all fell towards the wall. Kendal and Lana were first to hit and everyone else followed on top of them with Ed being the last and hardest to hit them.

"What is happening?" Ed shouted as they all got up with the ground still rumbling.

"I don't know," Eddward said. "But we must not stay, head to the entrance of the castle!"

"Follow me then!" Lily said and they all started to run. Even with all the pain, the Chosen Ones present had one thought.

"I survived almost dieing once, not again!"

They kept running and running and soon they met up with Techlin who was confused as to what was happening. They only told him to run and Techlin saw something else behind them all that made them want to run faster as the castle was getting steeping and that a torrent of water was heading towards them all.

"Run!" They all shouted and soon they all started to sprint. It only took a minute, but they all made their way to the bride etrance and stopped as the bridge was falling apart.

"Damn it, we can't go over this!" Lana exclaimed.

"Just keep moving!" Techlin shouted and with great fear they did and hoped that they could make it. In the middle of the bridge was when the bridge started to really fall apart as Kendal fell through a hole and was falling until Techlin caught him just in time and pulled him up.

"Thanks." The Asian said.

"Tell me that after we get off this bridge!" Techlin said and they both started to run. Everyone was ahead of them and on the rocky land. The bridge was falling back and lifted off the ground with both sword users still on. They both ran up the inclining bridge and made it to the end and jumped without a second thought. Kendal landed first and looked behind him and saw Techlin was going to fall short. The boy reached out and grabbed his hand as he fell and miss the land. Techlin hanged and looked below as he saw the castle fall towards its watery grave.

Kendal pulled Techlin up and Techlin said thanks.

"Yeah...this...makes us...even." Kendal said through the pants. Everyone laid on the rocky surface trying to catch their breaths. They took a few more minutes of heavy breathing before they all stood and looked to see everyone there and alive. It was then that they took notice of the blades and few pillars of ice that Techlin left behind.

"What the hell is that?" Lana asked. They all stared with confusion at the many blades going in every which direction and the pillars of ice that stood slightly cracked and tall. Everyone except Techlin was confused as to what it was..

"My final attack." They turned their attention to the blade boy. "I used that to defeat my version of Vladimir.

"How did you do that? An attack on that scale could have killed you!" Lily stated with shock.

"I know, but my Spirit Guardian gave me some juice to stay alive. If he hadn't, I would be dead." Techlin stated seriously.

"Wow." Edd, Dante, Kendal, and Lana said in a whisper as they stared as it stretched to nearly the entire field!

"Good job Techlin!" Ed shouted and gave a pat on the boy's back and that made him cringe.

"Thanks Ed." Techlin said.

It took a few more minutes of gazing before they all were left wondering what they could do now.

"We need to get out of here," Lily said. "but we have no way of getting out now!"

"Yes we do." Dante said after a few minutes of hopeless silence.

"What do you mean? We have nothing that could possibly get us to the surface. THe pressure here is too strong for us to go out. We will be crushed!" Edd stated matter of factly and Dante shook his head. Pointing up, they saw the tube that was once attached to the castle. It was leaking with hole from being violently torn from the foundation of the castle.

"Okay, but we don't have anything to reach that and I can't take us up that high. I am out of energy." Ed said with a frown. He hated not being able to help in times like this one.

"Again we do. Remember what I took for when we were in the transport area?" Dante said with a grin and the ones that were present, Lily only, grew with understanding.

"You still have the chopper?" Lily asked and they gained them confusion. Dante simply nodded and put his satchel on the ground and opened it. He jumped inside and imagine everyone's surprise when he brought out the transport chopper that belonged to Vladimir.

They all soon remembered that Dante had a pocket dimension and that he could pretty much send anything there. No matter the size.

"Well you better start powering up because of that!" Double D pointing towards the dome ceiling and saw that it started to crack and leak. Dante and everyone ran to board the chopper and Dante took the pilot seat. The memory of the flying simulators he took a year ago coming back to him. After checking the systems and making sure they had enough fuel, he powered the chopper on and they started to lift up as the cracks gave way and water started to rush inside.

"Hey where is Eddy?" Lana asked them and they all gasped.

"Where is Eddy?" Eddward cried out as he looked through the open door and down below.

"Shit, was he still in the castle?" Lily asked.

"I don't know, Vladimir separated all of us. Damn it, he could be down there, Dante go down!" Techlin ordered.

"No can do bro, water is rushing too fast. Besides, even if he was down there he is a goner!" Dante said sadly.

"No, Eddy is stronger than that go down!" Techlin said as he was about to rush into the cockpit. Ed grabbed hold of him and held him back.

"Techlin no!" Ed said as he held back the angry teen.

"Let go Ed! We need to save Eddy, don't you want to save him?" Techlin shouted and tears started to come about. He didn't want to lose his brother.

"I do, but I don't think Eddy is there. I mean, if Vladimir transported all of us to different locations, then maybe he is on the island above." Ed's word made Techlin stop and think.

Ed soon let the boy go but was ready for if he was going to act. Techlin did nothing, he just stood as the sound of the chopper echoed and everyone watched. Lily was in the cockpit with Dante and was looking out from the right side. They had made it to the tube where aircraft exited and the dome was completely destroyed and Techlin's forest of blades was crushed and swept to the bottom of the sea.

"If he was down there, he isn't alive no more." Lily thought gravely and turned her attention to Dante. Dante too was a little stiff at the thought of Eddy still being in the castle when it went down. He hoped Ed was right and that he may be on the island. Everyone hoped Ed was right, even Ed himself. It didn't take long for them to reach the outside world and came from under the island. The water was still falling like a vortex and the Hero of Invisibility once again saw it and was still astonished by the sight.

"Amazing." Ed whispered the words of everyone as they saw it.

They were up in the air and flying over the island. Everyone's senses were on high alert as they try to spot Eddy. They all noticed that the entire landscape was different with a giant scorching field with fires on the edge and scattered around. Further away from the edge of the blast was snow.

"Yep, he was here." Techlin whispered and gave a sigh of relief while searching for his friend.

"Damn, what type of battle happened here?" Kendal whispered and none of them could give a guess.

Dante flew over a few times before Edd was able to spot a body on the ground. He pointed and shouted for the technological boy to head next to the giant crater. Dante did so with ease and landed next to the hole, but Techlin and Double D didn't wait for him to land and jumped out of the transport chopper and ran to the body. The two spotted the fedora and quicken their pace.

"Eddy!" Techlin shouted. The boy said sliding to a stop next to the hothead teen.

"Eddy! Are you still with us?" Double D said and saw his rising and falling chest. They also heard snoring. Techlin was glad that he was alright. He knew it once he saw the battlefield but the feeling was reinvigorated now that he saw him in person.

"Come on, lets get him on board. We have to head home." Techlin said. The smart Ed nodded and they both picked him up and the action woke Eddy by him screaming in pain. The scream terrified them both and they almost dropped the fire boy.

"Damn it guys...waking me up like that!" Eddy said and the two rolled their eyes.

"Shut up and stop complaining."Techlin now wondered why he was worried of him so much if he was going to treat them like this.

"Yea, well I had a hard day. I deserve rest." Eddy said with a grin as his two friends helped him walk. His fedora was still on his head.

"We all had a hard day, but it is all over. We are leaving and saying bye to this island. Home awaits." The Hero of Force Fields said with a smile as they headed to the chopper that picked up dust all around it.

"Good." Eddy stated simply and once they made it on board and Ed was stopped from giving him a bone crushing hug. Eddy added as he sat down. "I am that we all made it."

The words brought a smile to everyone in the chopper.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," Dante said as he left his sit in the cockpit. He left his technology animals to take control, he joined the rest in the back and with the doors closed. The chopper was surprisingly big and had enough room to fit them all, though a little snuggly. " we are on course to our hometown and would be there in about fifteen hours. Everyone in the choppers back home are about six hours away and should be on the coast to be picked up."

Everyone was silent. They enjoyed the peace, especially the Heroes as they rested. The battle was hard for them, but somehow they prevailed. They thought of all things that lead up to the very moment and they gave a sigh of relief that it was all over, that everyone they loved was safe, everyone they knew were safe. It was a big weight of their shoulders and they all felt a little world was only peacful for them and they didn't want to think or anything. The comfortable silence lasted for a long time as the chopper went to their destination.

"I love these choppers. So much space." Lana said out of the blue.

"Vladimir wanted a lot of soldiers to go and catch our kind so instead of more choppers he made them bigger." Lily informed as she came in with them. They were seats that lined the back that had the Eds sitting next to each other, Lana, and Kendal. Techlin sat next in between his brother and now LIly and they sat across from the others.

Once Techlin heard Lily mentioned their kind, his eyes darken and thought it would be best to tell them now.

"Guys I hav-" Techlin was interrupted as a giant explosion was heard. Suddenly the helicopter started to shake and Dante went to see that his inventions were unable to hold on to the controls. Dante took control and tried to stabilize the chopper. Once he got control, Dante turned the chopper to see what blew up and everyone looked from their seats and saw that there was a mushroom cloud and that it was where the island use to be.

"That was the island we were just on." Dante said with a shaky voice realizing they were lucky to have left so soon.

"What caused that explosion?" Kendal asked and they were all wondering the same thing. What caused the explosion?

A Mile away from the Island

"Sir, the island has been disposed of."A lazy voice said and the familiar swordsman that faced Kendal and Techlin spoke in the school. His purple eyes started at the mushroom cloud as he held the trigger in the hand.

"Good riddance." The soldier known as Windals stated as he flown the chopper.

"Hopefully that caught them in the blast and killed them." A soldier said and he was recognized as the very hyper soldier that encountered Ed at the school.

"I hope that Eddy kid especially suffered." The one who spoke was the spoke was the soldier that faced with Eddy. His helmet was gone and it showed his defined face and blond hair and blue eyes..

"Oh really Jackson?" The lazy soldier said to the man.

"Yeah, why the hell would I not want him to suffer Link? Beating me and my men in front of a bunch of kids! I hope he died a horrible death!" Jackson stated to Link who simply turned back and looked towards the explosion again as the smoke started to dissipate.

"Hey Smoke," Windals asked the newbie soldier that Ed faced and he turned to him. "How was the first job?"

"It was something. But since the island and everything is gone, I guess no more of this hunting for Heroes or whatever." Smoke said with a sigh of relief.

"No, this is just the beginning." All the men turned silent. "I may not have the resources now, but I can promise you all payback." The soldiers perked up. Jackson thought of Eddy, Windals thought of Edd, Smoke thought of Ed, and Link thought of Techlin and Kendal.

"How? We have nothing, we go against them, we done for sure!" Smoke said and the voice gave a chuckle.

"I may have lost the powers that I separated to my clones to get away, but I have more in this amulet that I can give to you." All men turned to their client, Vladimir Makarov, his upper chest bared and the amulet no longer in his chest but hanging from his neck with six of the twelve white gems that surrounded the Amulet of Etro's main diamond.

"You can really do that?" Jackson asked. Vladimir nodded.

"And they are alive. I made sure of it that they had gotten away." Smoke and Jackson drew their guns with anger in their eyes.

"You let them get away?! Why? You could have just gotten rid of them the easy way!" Smoke yelled.

"Because I am no fool. Something dangerous is coming to our world. Something that could destroy us. They were too young and makes no sense why so many young people started to suddenly get their powers. Have you all noticed that most of the ones we have captured were those in their teens?" They all took some time to think and realized that he was right. "Even though I wanted them gone, I knew somehow that they would win. Something weird made me think that no matter what I did, I was destined to lose. So I thought why not push them. Don't worry. I want revenge as much as you all do, they will pay, in time." Vladimir smiled evilly and released killer Intent that made them drop their weapons.

"Plus I can destroy you all if I wanted and find others to give this gift to." Both soldiers settled down and apologized through gritted teeth. While having not seem affected, Link developed a cold sweat on his face and so did Windals.

"Fine, I accept." Link said after a few minutes of silence. WIndals followed by saying he only wanted to beat those "freaks". Smoke and Jackson looked traded glances before nodding. The smile on Vladimir's face intensified.

"Wonderful." Vladimir said as the jewel in the center of the amulet glowed and so did the white jewels. The copper flew in the same direction with all men thinking of what will happen in the future and of how things will play out. The chopper was also followed by boats and a fleet of choppers.

With Our Heroes. 5:25 P.M.

"The hell is going on?" Eddy asked as they all saw that in Eddy's fedora, Ed's chest pocket of his jacket, on Edd's jacket sleeve, in Lily's hair, Techlin's shoulder guard, and on Dante's satchel was a strange white glow. They all reached for the glow and felt that it was a rock, more specifically that it was a gem.

"What are these?" Double D asked as the glow died down and in their hands were white diamonds. Techlin's eyes widen as he decided to tell them now.

"It's a storage device," This caught everyone's attention and they focused on Techlin, "it is from the Amulet of Etro that Vladimir had. No one say anything just yet and let me finish explaining some things about what happen when Vladimir used it." Everyone caught the grave tone in his voice.

"While I was in my fight, my Spirit Guardian, Lunar the Goddess of the Moon, stated that she was astounded that I was going against a clone that contained over a hundred powers. I was confused and tried correcting her that it was probably a few dozen. She then explained of how her mother, Etro, gave the Amulet to a guardian to punish those for her gift so Vladimir was probably wrong that the people in the past used it as payback against our kind. That amulet has been through thousand of years of use and contains many more powers than Vladimir thought. She said it contained thousands of powers in them and after my battle she explained a little more in my Soul Plain of what she meant."

"First, let me tell you it's effect. We all know that the users are turn to statues once their powers are taken. But it is more than that. While their powers are taken, their physical bodies are left in a state of paralysis. It doesn't mean their organs stop functioning. The entire process is a punishment, a punishment by death unless their powers are released in time. As time goes on, their major organs will cease function. Meaning as time passes and if at least a year has gone by then either they are already dead or on the brink of life and death."Everyone didn't want to assume what he was getting at.

"What are you getting at?" Kendal asked. Techlin looked up with his eyes that of sadness.

"We have a lot of graves to dig once we get home." Techlin said and silence came upon them as they absorbed the brunt of the information. Techlin decided to continue on.

"So in our hands are the powers of hundreds, Lunar said that maybe a few hundred are contained, no more than two hundred in each. And doing the math, currently in all of ours combine if they are full and most likely they are, that means that there are a total of twelve hundred powers. There is a way of saving those that are currently imprisoned and are alive at the moment, but we must do it as soon as we get home. Get food for the people that will need it. We can release the powers but the problem is that it will not release specific powers." Techlin explained.

"What will happen is that the powers will return to those that are in the paralysis that are still alive. Any other powers will not return to the owners, but they will find new ones. So while we free those and others, we will unleash the powers unto the world. Meaning that our kind will be shown to the world as people will most likely awaken and news will spread fast. So these are our choices: We can dig mass graves for every single one of them, or set those who have a chance to survive free and let the powers unto the populace who would choose anyone as their host, anything." Techlin said and waited for their reply. They all sat in silence as the chopper was the only thing that made the noise. It took a good twenty minutes of thinking that soon made some of them come to a conclusion.

"I say lets do it." Eddward said. "It wouldn't be right to just end their lives like that especially when we can do something to save them."

"I have to agree too." Techlin said so himself. "I may not want to deal with the aftereffects, but it must be done. It is inhuman and despicable to me to let our own kind die for regular people, no offense to you two."

"It's fine." The two "regular" people on the chopper said.

"Once we get home, we'll do it. We have enough time to rest up before getting there anyway. We should be in close at night and so it will be the perfect time." Ed said and the rest of the Chosen Ones agreed fully.

"Actually we need to think of what to do about everyone else." Dante said and they all looked towards him to and waited for him to explain. "I am talking about everyone we saved, they know about our powers, I mean I don't like that. If they let out the secret then we can be in serious trouble. Our normal lives will be out of the window faster than me trying to get with girls."

"Well I am with you on that. Despite the attention, I don't want it. The damn government would probably come at us with an army and experiment on us for their own uses. I may sound paranoid, but is definitely a possibility. In addition, we were going to tell our loved ones of our powers on our own terms and I don't like that they all saw us like this and risking our lives. BUt what can we do since you suggested it Dante?"

"I have something in my inventions that are controlling the transport choppers. It is a memory wiper. Yes I made one and yes I have tested it out. I used it on you guys when I knew you guys wouldn't remember. It was a few months ago and I asked and you all laughed at me and agreed. Now I want to try and remember October twenty-fourth last year." Techlin and the Eds did so and they Edd was the only one to remember completely.

"You did do it. I can still remember a flash on that day and a major headache. You said you were taking a picture with us, but you weren't. I was skeptical, Eddy was laughing and Ed was intruged and was saying something about his comic books and men in black or whatever, Techlin was uncaring of it and thought it was a fluke." Dante looked surprise.

"How is that possible? I thought it worked well, I did say it was for a photo as the programmed memory but you remember everything before that." Dante asked.

"No it worked cause I don't remember shit, but that photography thing." Eddy stated. Techlin and Ed nodded in agreement and only remembered a picture being taken on that day.

"I guess I wasn't affected by it in some way." Double D said and did explain that he had picture perfect memory.

"I guess, but yea. I can't program a memory as it is just too many of them. But what I can do is make them forget of our powers. The only thing that can happen is that they feel a little confused as to what happened in the blanks. They will all forget of the day that we discovered our powers and used it on them, forget being taken, forget the island, the cells, everything related to this event will be forgotten from them." Dante explained.

"But my dad is with them!" Lily said and didn't like that he would erase his memory.

"Lily, while that may be true we can't have everyone knowing of the powers we have. Look, maybe Dante can see if his things could warn him before they do it and tell him to look away. I am sorry, but we can't risk it." Ed spoke to the girl seriously and Lily wanted to argue.

"I can do that. Just give me a picture of him if you have it and I can give them the order to tell him to look away." Dante interjected.

"I don't have a picture." Lily said before remembering something. "But do you think that I can draw picture of him and they will take it?"

"Can you draw that well?" Lana asked. Lily nodded with a confident spark in her eyes.

"Alright, I can do it. You start on the drawing. Now, what do we do with our unexpected guess?" Dante said to Lily who got her drawing pad out and her paintbrush turned to that of a pencil of the same gold material and her hands danced across the paper. Everyone else's eyes turned to Kendal and Lana.

"Now tell us why you guys stayed back again?" The Savior of Light asked.

"We wanted to help you guys." Lana said quickly.

"Yeah. Look, in our old neighborhood and for a short time, Techlin and Dante were the ones who told us to that we should do the things that we do now. Lana is so good at technology because of Dante telling her she was a brilliant person and that she should try to learn things with a computer. Techlin knows that I was whiner and when we were young, he told me to man up and I guess I followed in his footsteps and I try to level up to him. We were discussing this in our time in our cell. We want to be your friends again and not your enemy. So when we saw you guys and how you were risking your lives for us, we just had to help in anyway. We stayed behind and we ended up at that lab or whatever and saw the message." Kendal explained.

"We're sorry for not going, but we didn't want to feel useless. Please don't wipe our memories of this, we promise to keep it secret, we can also help you guys you know." Lana pointed out.

"How?" Eddy asked.

"Well, ummm, okay we don't really know but we can. We just want to be your friends and if you wipe our memory it will only make us forget and become enemies with you guys again and we don't want that. I can do whatever, get information, spar, anything, just don't wipe our memories!" Kendal said and was on the ground begging.

"Huddle." Ed said and the five boys huddled together like a football team and took glances at the two every now and then as they discussed. After a few more glances and sounds of wishpered talk, they separated.

"Fine." Techlin said. "We will let you guys keep your memory."

"Really?" Both cried with joy.

"Only on one condition though," Eddy said with a grin.

"What?" The two asked with a hint of fear.

"That you guys get stronger," Double D said with a smile. "At your current stage, you guys may not prove to be of much actually use since we already can take of everything. But we can use some help with you guys gathering information or just helping out in general. If you guys become more skilled in your arts then we can definitely require your assistance often."

"Thank you guys thank you! We won't let you down!" Lana said and the two cheered and celebrated for a short while until Dante stood up. Lily had given him the picture of a detail sketch of her father and Dante exited into the cockpit. It took a good ten minutes, but Dante emerged.

Okay. The signal went out and everything was ready. As soon as we get home, everyone would be at home, asleep. I also told of them to activate the cloaking that Vladimir had put on the choppers so that they can get home with no problems or government questioning. I will get a report on your father soon Lily. But now we are just need to wait to get home." Dante said.

"I say lets all get some sleep. Surprisingly, I am very tired from all of today's events and it is all coming back at me." Eddward said and they all couldn't agree more.

Eddy was already fast asleep and so was Ed who had the Hero of Sand on his shoulder as he himself laid against the window. Kendal and Lana weren't sleepy and just stayed up and stared at the ocean and had a quiet conversation. Techlin was sleep and had his arm cross. Out of all them, he personally felt that he really, really deserved to rest. Dante stayed up for a few more minutes before he got a report saying that the memory wipe was successful and that Lily's dad was still able to remember.

"Thank you Dante." Lily said and she too started to fall asleep. Dante was going to try and stay up and focus on his inventions on the floor. It didn't last long and he simply leaned against the door opposite of Ed and Eddy's side and fell asleep with his invention pieces still in front. It was quiet, save for the chopper making the noise. There was peace among the heroes and they all deserved it.

The First Battle Of The War Is Concluded

And I am done. Wow guys...this took a lot of time to write and you can see that I really wanted to give you all everything that I could. I wanted to end it here and there and give it all to you. It is a lot to take in, but I wanted to give you all a lot to last and to give you something that shows that I had a reason for it.

It is now over, the battle is done as many as you guessed. They won, for now, you know there is a still a whole story to tell and this story is going to be amazing in the fact that I am actually, through everything I have experienced, care for this story. The next chapter is going to be shorter, and a little wrap up to it all. The epilogue I guess. And I want to say that all the contest like Ed's spells and The Heroes or Villains that I want are still open. If you want to be part of the story in some way then I will give it to you all. I actually have a document that holds all of the fanmade stuff and informative of Ed's spells. I want to get that out there for you all to see what people have contributed to the story.

I will work on the remake of World of the Dead next though and that will be short as well. I said in Intermission #2 that it was going to be like that for that series. Nice and good length chapters that I can do with my school schedule. Meaning more cliffhangers and stuff but who cares now. But yea guys, I hope you all love this and I hope that many of you will come and read this chapter all the way through and enjoy it. Thank you and I am sorry for taking so long.

So here are the formats for everything if you want to submit. All you have to do is either PM the info or leave it in a review. Please be detailed as you can as it really helps me figure out somethings with adding them to the story and whatnot. You can submit as many times as you want and I enjoy and add to the document that I mention so it will not be wasted. Thanks guys.

Format for the character creations:

Name:

Gender:

personality:

Powers:

Appearance:

Family:

Backstory:

Hero of Powers or Villain of Powers:

Format for Ed's spells:

Spell Name:

Description(Physical Appearance and Effects):

Level:(Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master)

Type of Spell:(Fire, Wind, Water, etc etc)

Format for Super Powers:

Name of Power: Can be anything you think of and in any language that has letters. Please put a translation in English in parenthesis (-).

Type of Power: Elemental, Physic, Personal, Environmental, Manipulative and so on. Like I said all type of powers should be on SuperPower wiki.

Nature of Power: This is labeling the power as Dark, Light, or Aequalis(Balance).

Strengths: What does this power offer the user and its capabilities. I mean all of its capabilities. Don't hold back and go into full detail!

Weaknesses: Show what makes this power also a problem and its weaknesses against other powers or just stuff that makes it weak or elements against the power. All of that good stuff. Leave no detail unmentioned. They are also called Limitations.

Note: The strengths and weakness should also be on the SuperPower Wiki.

Thank you all for taking the time to stick with me. So with that, my fellow Revolutionaries, I leave you all. Stay safe, have a nice Fourth of July and keep reading on. Review and Review and look down the next chapter title. Bye and see you in the next chapter.

Next Chapter!:

Epilogue Arc: Freedom and The New World