The Shadow of Fire
Chapter 61: Endgame
A/N: One more left.
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Lord Xalveris stood tall, standing on the grounds of the city center.
Stretching, the dark God took in the sights around him. He deserved to relax. After all, his grand plan finally had come to fruition, one that he had been working forward to for what seemed like a millennia.
"X-Xalveris..." Orion stuttered as he stepped back, gasping as he realized they had failed.
"Hello, nephew." Xalveris smirked, looking down at Orion's fearful face. "I am so glad to see you again."
Saturn could feel the pressure growing as the God talked. This one he had never seen before, but he knew he possessed power beyond Orion or Ruby. He could taste the raw Aura the man held, and the crime lord suspected that this wasn't even a fraction of his power.
"Welcome, the sons and daughters of my brother." Xalveris cackled. "Welcome to your deaths."
Weiss bolted down an alleyway, moving closer to the city center. A fleeing group of demons had taking some of her attention before she got back on track.
Moving past an abandoned car, the girl felt the sky tear open as a fleet of ships appeared out of nowhere bearing the Atlas sigil on their hulls. At the center of it all, High General Ironwood's personal flagship blasted through the remains of Dagonus's fleet.
"Atlas...?" Weiss blinked. "Father?"
The ground shook as a single ear shattering scream took hold of Weiss' attention, drawing her down a series of alleys before she was opened up to the city center.
Cheshire's lifeless corpse landed next to the heiress as a clean hole was running straight through her chest. Weiss felt the girl's pulse only to find none.
Orion was deep in combat with the Elder God, weaving in and out between blasts as Xalveris held one hand out like a gun, blasting bolts of deadly energy towards the God of Fate from the tip of his finger. Orion managed to smack aside one such blast and send a stream of consistent golden energy into the deity's chest. Xalveris didn't budge an inch, laughing as he levitated Orion into the air and pushed him with such force he was thrown miles into the earth below.
Ruby attempted the same method of attack as she did with her father, holding the deity within the confines of time and space. Ruby had no such luck as Xalveris simply pulled the barrier in two, blasting Ruby aside. Yang didn't last long either, blown through a steel structure as she attempted to burn the man alive.
"Is this the best defense of Mortal-kind?" Xalveris asked aloud as groaning filled the streets, the God looked to his side to notice the Schnee.
"Weiss. Melody. Schnee." Xalveris spoke calculatedly so, savoring the words like a honeysuckle. "The little hero! The star of the show!"
"Xalveris..." Weiss was still baffled. He really was here.
"Oh don't be so bashful! Come, miss Schnee. I was just about to kill one of your teammates but I just couldn't decide which!" Xalveris clenched his fist, bringing all three members of Team RWBY together one last time. "Please, choose for me?"
"I am going to eviscerate you." Weiss growled.
"Wrong answer." The God sighed as he twirled his fingers, Blake groaning in pain before screaming bloody murder.
One of the girl's lungs were ripped from her very body, falling down before igniting in an inferno out of spontaneous combustion. Blake gasped for air as her windpipe struggled to exist, clawing at the air in a plea for help. Yang struggled violently as her eyes flashed the fiercest red she had ever shown before.
"LET HER GO!" Yang screamed. "I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF!"
"That reminds me..." Xalveris remembered his assistant, looking down at the wounded Dagonus. "Your services will no longer be required, thank you very much."
Just before the God blasted the man through the very core of the planet, a small bug bite snapped at his backs. The God turned around to notice the massive fleet of Atlas airships banking towards the strike team. Laser blasts flew across the sky into the God, coaxing him into a cloud of smoke as the beams tore through the ground.
A single hand rose out from the dust with a black orb in hand. Raising it higher, Xalveris morphed the gravity of the airspace the ship's resided in. Carriers slammed into one another as the controls failed in the bridge, destroying the massive fleet almost instantaneously.
One ship remained standing in the end, it's bay doors opening as a rail gun was lowered, pointing towards the group on the surface. A single missile was sent plummeting towards the surface, right towards Xalveris.
Ruby manage to raise a barrier around everyone in the team as the missile made impact, striking Xalveris directly in the chest. The world turned bright white for the group, struggling to see as the blinding flash was too bright, even for the Gods. The shockwave that followed destroyed everything in its path, turning the land into glass.
When the dust settled, everyone survived save for Xalveris, who was nowhere to be seen. The airship broke its course and turned to flee back to Atlas.
"Get us out of here! Now!" Ironwood demanded to his men as his fleet was lost, stumbling as the massive airship stalled in the air, something that was impossible with Dust engines unless they broke atmosphere.
Ruby lowered the barrier as she fell to the ground, Weiss moving in to help her up. Yang quickly cauterized Blake's wounds, not sure how badly she was injured.
"Foolish." Xalveris noted as he stood nearby, uninjured. The being raised his open palm up to the sky, taking hold of the massive airship. Ruby barely had time to scream before he pulled the ship from the sky down upon the strike team.
Weiss emerged from the darkened landscape first. Her vision was blurry and hazy in addition to the mountain of dust forming from the crash. As she wandered the wasteland, she became aware of how dire things were. Ozpin was dead, evident by his blood stained outfit found nearby. Saturn was dead. Blake was spectacularly dead. Cheshire was nowhere to be found after the crash, Yang cradling Blake's corpse, sobbing as Aphrodite struggled to locate Orion. Ruby stumbled around aimlessly, her eyes scratched by the ship, leaving her momentarily blind to the world around her.
Dagonus rose up from his deathbed, the Saber free from his chest. He summoned all of his strength, searching for Weiss to protect her. Xalveris would try to come for her first. He knew this more than anyone. He had seen his vision.
The cloud of dust began to morph into a darkness, new clouds of black began to encircle the remains of the strike team plus Dagonus. The sun was completely blocked at this point, leaving everyone alone in the darkness with fading hopes.
A familiar cackling came from nearby as Aphrodite was suddenly yanked into the darkness next to Weiss. Her screams indicated Xalveris had gotten to her before she was thrown back into the minuscule light, landing with cuts and marks all across her body. Her pink dress was torn to shreds; whimpering.
"Group up!" Ruby called out as Yang protected Weiss, trying to save her from Xalveris as they tried to formulate some sort of plan. A pair of ghostly hands tried to grab at Weiss through the darkness before she was pushed to the ground.
Dagonus was ripped through the cloud only to be thrown back a moment later, his throat slit with holes blasted through him. Groaning, the God of death rolled over and blasted beams of red into the darkness. A sharp grunt indicate he hit something before he fell unconscious.
Xalveris weaved through the dark dimension he conjured, searching for a way through to Weiss. A firm grip grabbed at his shoulder as he turned to face the source, only to be punched through his own field into the center. The cloud dispersed, almost running in a way, revealing Orion standing bloodied and battered.
Cheshire appeared above the God of destruction, grabbing his head with sharp claws. The girl spun and tossed him with all of her might, sending him through a nearby building.
Weiss dropped to her knees to catch her breath, groaning as a spike from the ship had flown through her hip during the crash. Blood dripped from her dress, morphing the color of the dress slightly.
"Everyone okay?" Orion asked as he tossed his trench coat to the side, wearing a slightly torn suit. His golden eyes regarded the world around him with concern.
"I have had enough fun, my dear little friends." Xalveris spoke from the roof top of the building he was flung through, raising a palm to the sky. "Time to finish this."
A miniature black hole began to form in his hand, much to Orion's fear as he yanked his Saber from the ground.
"You'll kill everything!" Orion shouted as he fired off a blast from the sword towards the man, everyone else following suit with their own weapons. Arcs of energy followed by stream of Dust, magma, shadowy orbs, and arrows flew towards the God, all being sucked into the black hole as its mass began to grow and grow. Xalveris cackled as the world went black once more, everything becoming vaporized.
Weiss woke up having been passed out after the initial blast. Orion and the others summoned all their collective strength in order to protect the girl. In their true Godly forms, they could survive the void. But they knew Weiss would die instantaneously.
"Hold it!" Orion shouted as he fell to his knees, struggling to keep the barrier up.
Xalveris cackled as he lowered the orb into his palm again, showing the world around them once more.
Everything was dead. All of Vale was instantly killed save for their group. All at the snap off a finger.
"Stop resisting! You all have no hope!"
Xalveris cooed from his position, mocking the group below. "You are all dead!"
"Ruby!" Orion called to his sister, everyone dropping the barrier. "Protect Weiss!"
Ruby understood completely, running to her teammate. Ruby crouched next to the girl and raised a barrier, locking themselves away from everyone else.
"Oh?" Xalveris raised a brow. "What's all this?"
Orion spoke to himself, thrusting both palms outwards. His eyes began to shine violently as Cheshire joined in the chanting, Yang copied the pair moments later, the trio in almost perfect sync.
The resulting explosion nearly split Remnant in two. Distortions were popping up all around the group as the trio reverted to their pure, Godly forms. Yang was simply an avatar of fire, a literal flame as Cheshire was but shadow. Orion stood as a figure of gold, their Aura not registering of any known level. Had Weiss been outside the barrier, she would have been vaporized immediately like everyone else.
Xalveris actually took a step back as Orion threw himself towards the God, grabbing him before slamming him into the city center with the force of a million men. Xalveris was thrown through the planet to the other side, only to meet Yang there as he was punched back through. Cheshire was ready as she brought her leg back and delivered a round-house kick to the Elder God's neck, practically tearing the man in two with the sheer impact. The entire planet shook as Xalveris tore across the glassy landscape, covered in muck as he struggled to stand. Raising his hand like a pistol, the deity fired off dozens of black inky bullets across the land towards Cheshire. The shadowy form of Cheshire weaved between the bullets, un-phased by their assault as she blasted towards the God. Her tail wrapped around his neck, flinging him back towards the others as both Yang and Orion punched forwards as one, breaking the sound barrier as their fists collided with Xalveris.
The deity groaned as he coughed up golden blood, falling flat on his face as he struggled to stand up. Orion and the others all recalled themselves back to the defense of Weiss, who was still at Ruby's side.
"What am I supposed to do?" Weiss asked aloud as Orion fired off a massive beam of energy. "How am I supposed to be this mystical hero?"
"I'm sure whatever is supposed to happen is going to happen. I can feel it." Ruby nodded with a hopeful but mostly fake smile, wondering if this truly was the end.
Orion was sent flying back as Xalveris began to glow a dark color, much different than his standard Aura manifesting. This power seemed more... sinister, perhaps a one-off kind of power.
"Feel my curse, worms!" Xalveris cackled as he threw multiple orbs across the field of battle, each slamming into their respective God. Orion and company fell hard, Dagonus and Aphrodite both twitching violently against the pavement. Ruby leapt out of the safety of the barrier to aid her friends, only to be struck by an orb as well.
"A copy of my seal, courtesy of Yveltal's own divine power." Xalveris cackled, blasting his fallen enemies with waves of dark power.
Weiss began to shake.
Not as the others were. No, she was not affected by the power Xalveris utilized on her friends. The barrier still held firm, defiant to the dark God. Tears fell freely from her eyes, not sure how she would be able to defeat such a being. She would be vaporized if she left the confines of the barrier, yet she was the only one who could defeat the God.
She broke down.
The heiress cursed herself for her own inadequacy. She wasn't a hero, she was a failure. Ozpin, Blake, Saturn, Melody; everyone was gone. And she could do nothing about it.
Xalveris smiled, looking down upon Weiss' failure. Her weakness had reached its climax, she was no God after all, only a lowly Mortal.
Orion ever so slowly raised a hand towards the Schnee heiress, pushing forth a wave of divine power from his body to hers. Stealing away from his very own essence, the God of Fate poured his very being into hers. Weiss felt a spike in her Aura, unlike anything she had ever felt. A glimmer of hope, perhaps?
Orion was struck by a blast of forceful lightening, pressing him into the stone below.
"Cease that!" Xalveris ordered.
It was too late. Weiss could feel the others pooling their power together, pressing it down and channeling it into Weiss herself. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Dagonus, the weakest, pushing all that he had towards the girl.
The impossible had happened, and Xalveris knew this very well. Taking a step back, the God of Destruction knew what awaited.
The Gods had become Mortals, and the Mortal become a God.
Weiss stepped free from the barrier, courageous in her effort as the pressure she felt before seemed to have dissipated entirely. Her injures from the battle with Rook ceased to be, healing up to maximum percentage. She felt in the prime of her life; the pinnacle of what she was meant to be, what she always was. Looking down at her hands, the heiress could feel gold blood traversing her veins, morphing her anatomy and biology on a cellular level. Her being became Godly from one unworthy before. It was amazing that her body could control let alone contain that much power. Her fingertips glazed with powers of winter, much greater in scope compared to the fabled Winter Maiden of old. Her combat skirt morphed into a fabric woven with ice itself, her bolero jacket performing likewise.
Xalveris growled as he examined the new opponent before him, sensing her mysterious Aura. The Elder God blasted a solid beam of darkness towards her position.
Weiss swiped her hand to the side and diverted the path of the beam off into the distant right. The girl didn't buckle at all, looking down at her hands once more.
"You have no right to the power! You are a stain on our kind!" Xalveris shouted from his roof top, raising his hands as he spread dozens of orbs into the air, all the size of apples.
"This power..." Weiss spoke to herself, noticing a tingling at her back. The spear was now ice cold, flowing completely with an icy blue Aura. The weapon was surprisingly light, balanced totally with her rapier.
Orion looked up, summoning as little remaining strength as he could. His eyes went wide as he saw Weiss at her peak, the prophesy coming true.
The choker Weiss placed around her neck began to glow at the sapphire, infused with her newfound Godly power. The heiress lightly tapped the surface of the gem as Xalveris clapped his hands together, sending hundreds of orbs towards the girl.
Rook's ancient armor began to manifest itself around the heiress, unfolding from the jewelry. The triangular helm finished unfolding just as the orbs made contact, slamming into her at Mach speeds. Weiss emerged from the cloud of dirt and glass that became, standing perfectly fine before leaping at the Elder God.
Weiss, with both her sword and spear in hands, slashed at the God before her with perfected arcs. Her assault was too much for the man, Xalveris barely having time to spawn his own spear to counter as Weiss pressed, twirling her spear before kicking the man off the roof with a hyper-powered Glyph.
"Gah!" Xalveris cried out as the structure fell on top of him, crushing him under tons of steel and concrete. Weiss hovered in the air, wobbling as she wasn't used to the strange feeling.
"This is so strange!" The heiress noted aloud as Xalveris threw a chunk of metal at her, followed by dozens of other pieces. Weiss was struck by several, plummeting into the glassy ground.
Normally she would have been killed by the sheer impact of the metal, yet when she stood up, she was practically untouched. Any wounds were healed rapidly, almost instantaneously as she felt rejuvenated.
"So this is how you all feel..." Weiss muttered as she looked up through her visor of the helm, rolling to the side as Xalveris slammed his spear into the ground beside her.
The Elder God of Destruction swiped violently with his spear, nearly slicing the girl's head off as she deflected with her own, spinning before throwing her rapier like a tomahawk. The blade pierced the God's chest, grunting as he tossed it aside before pressing his attack. With a simple flip in the air, the God brought down his spear against Weiss' own, splitting the earth below into a crater of glass and stone. Weiss buckled slightly under the pressure, grabbing his wrist with her right hand much to his surprise. She twisted and snapped his arm back, breaking the bone beneath the skin as he roared in pain, swatting her with his spear across the visor.
Weiss dropped her spear as a chunk of metal fell from the armor, showing her left eye split across the skin. She could barely see out of it as a black essence began to flow into it from the spear. The girl cradled her head for a minute before thrusting forwards, unleashing her anger.
Xalveris was suddenly trapped within a prison cell of ice. The God tried to fix his arm to no avail, not noticing the rising pressure in the chamber as Weiss forced her hand downward.
Dozens upon dozens of icicles speared forth from all directions in the cell. Xalveris didn't even have time to think as he was torn to shreds by the attack, ripping through his being with ease. Weiss continued to scream in anger until the entire cell was flooded with icicles at every centimeter, all retracting at once moments later as Weiss' eye began to heal.
Her vision returned in full, the girl examined the death before her. The cell dissolved into nothing, leaving Xalveris, somehow standing, punctured with holes all around his body. A slight gasping noise escaped his throat before he twitched slightly, going still.
Weiss almost broke out into a dance, overjoyed as she killed Xalveris. Everything was fixed. Everything was going to be fine.
The orbs that contained the group to the ground were lifted, allowing them all to rise up, Aphrodite and Dagonus both assisted by Yang and Ruby. Orion moved forward, placing a friendly hand on Weiss' shoulder.
"Weiss, I can't believe it. You've done the impossible." Orion laughed as he gave Weiss a hug, who was still snug in her armor.
"Heh..." A sight sound escaped the corpse of Xalveris, although he did not move. A sinister shadow danced around the ground surrounding him, his being glowing a void color.
"What?" Orion took a step back, clenching his fists as he realized what was happening.
Xalveris wasn't dead. He was free.
Realizing too late, Orion was blasted back by a flash of darkness, sending him spiraling into the ground.
Two ghostly hands extended from a wound at Xalveris's neck, clawing at the air before grabbing the sides of his body. The hands tore the body in half, freeing themselves and the rest of their being into the light of day.
Xalveris's body was his Seal, the only thing containing his power.
And now he was free.
"Ahhhhh!" Xalveris appeared as a total shade, the very definition of darkness. His form flicked from that of a mere blob of darkness to that of a man, no physical features on his being.
"Thank you so very much, my dear girl." Xalveris cackled as his formed altered chaotically. "You must be so proud of yourself!"
"What are you...?" Weiss muttered under her panicked breath.
"The final solution. The key to the lock that is death." Xalveris proclaimed. "I am death. I am destruction. I. Am. Xalveris!"
Weiss dashed forwards with her spear in hand, trying to skewer the God with the tip of her blade. The formless God simply dispersed into nothingness, forming again behind Weiss with a horrifying laughter.
Xalveris blasted a beam of pure darkness into the back of Weiss. Her armor worked well to protect her from the immediate impact, yet leaving a strange almost putty like material across her lower back. Her spine felt like it had aged decades, slowing her movement significantly. Gritting her teeth, Weiss turned and tossed her weapon aside before thrusting forwards with both palms, blasting a pure beam of light into what would be the chest of Xalveris. His body parted to make way for the beam, hissing as his form divided into four pieces, each emerging as an avatar of his former look.
"Come Weiss." The collective mind spoke, each laughing with arms to their sides, their shape shifting suddenly as they began to assault Weiss with a bombardment of auto rifle bullets. The hail fire of ammunition appeared from nowhere, flying at the Schnee at incredible speeds. The munitions tore into her armor, dropping her to her knees as she struggled under the sheer impact of the fire. After a minute of gunfire Xalveris halted his attack, merging back into one formless being.
"Now Schnee..." Xalveris cooed as the putty had now merged into her armor, attaching to her skin. Entering in the wounds of the bullets, the virus soared through her blood stream, taking over her body as she struggled to fight against the onslaught. Her left eye began to change, altering color to nearly void as her blood veins began to change from red to black.
"Let us finish what we started."
Xalveris swam through the air and attacked Weiss at her eye. His gassy form merged into the Schnee girl through the opening, cackling as he took total domination of her being. Entering a seemingly catatonic state, all Orion and the others could do was watch.
Weiss struggled to remain.
Her mind was still functional, struggling immensely against his attack. Weiss could visualize the form of Xalveris assaulting avatars of herself born of her memory. He appeared as a dark thunderstorm, taking down avatar after avatar as he v-lined straight for her very mind, desperate to take her out. She was different from Dagonus, much more difficult to persuade.
"You will become so much more, Miss Schnee." Xalveris ordered the girl, cackling with glee. "Even if you manage the impossible, don't you worry. I have back-up plans for that. Submit. You can not win."
Weiss felt her mind slipping, her very soul becoming corrupt as she slowly felt her being drift into nothingness.
Out of nowhere, a powerful light tore through the darkness.
"What is this?!" Xalveris demanded as he attacked the light, only to fade from her mind in a bright flash.
Xalveris's form changed to man as he faded from Weiss' being, standing a fair distance from the girl. Standing just behind the young girl was a being of pure light, radiating goodness and justice.
"Hello. Miss Schnee." Yveltal spoke.
The heavens above tore through the dark dimension Xalveris had projected upon the world, revealing the extent of the damage Xalveris had inflicted on the planet. Weiss could easily see a portion of the planet itself drifting off near the moon, pockets of the oceans of the world floating off into the void of space. Weiss couldn't even imagine the death across the planet, but it must have easily been extinction level.
"Y-you! You cannot be here!" Xalveris growled in an accusing tone.
"Et toi?" Yveltal wore a suit of golden armor, almost perfect in its craft. Missing a helm, the white hair of the Elder God blew faintly in the breeze. "Where is your seal?" The God demanded.
"Oh don't worry about the small things, worry about this." Xalveris cackled before blasting a beam of total darkness, tearing through the very space it traveled. Black holes began to pocket the sky, sucking the very earth away into the depths of the universe. Yveltal caught the blast, holding it with his bare hands as he was pushed back a few feet, stabilizing his stance as he collected the power, pushing it back at its owner. Xalveris was rocketed back in his normal form, breaking from his formless shape. The deity landed on his feet, drawing a dreadful black blade as Yveltal mirrored with his own white weapon.
"Don't make me do this." Yveltal pleaded. "I never wanted this."
"That's what makes us such good brothers, Yveltal!" Xalveris cackled, a tail of black matter extending from the small of his back, ending with a razor sharp tip. "War is best with family."
Xalveris bolted across the land and flipped, striking down at Yveltal. The Elder God of light deflected with his own, smacking Xalveris aside with the butt of his sword before pressing his own attack.
Everything was a blur to Weiss.
She couldn't tell if it was the remains of Xalveris's infection blinding her sight, or if the battle was just so intense she couldn't process it. It was so fast the pair of fighters appeared as specks of white and black, clashing in a flash at random places every few seconds. Weiss slowly got to her feet, nearly falling over as she clutched a wound at her stomach, looking out of her shattered visor.
Xalveris and Yveltal stood at opposing sides of the former city center, both hands thrusted forwards in a bracing stance. The two brothers of reality shot twin beams of light and darkness between each other, meeting in the middle as they clashed. A pulsating wave of energy was sent across the universe, nearly knocking Weiss over as she held her wound. Gritting her teeth, the heiress looked over the two battling for domination, Yveltal buckling much further than his brother.
Weiss looked over to her fallen friends, Orion struggling to be able to stand. Ruby looked on with confusion before it hit her, the girl shaking her head no rapidly.
"Weiss!" Ruby screamed as Weiss retracted the armor of Rook, nearly falling down as her dress glowed with the power of ice, leaving a path of the substance in her wake as she ignored Ruby, giving her a small smile before pressing on. Her wounds tore up, golden-red mixed blood dripping from her being. Her left eye dripped the black inky substance, semi-blinding her as she knelt down, plucking up her rapier. The heiress stumbled forwards, moving in towards the flank of Xalveris as her vision grew blurry. She only had one thought on her mind. This was her job. Only she could do this.
Weiss finally reached Xalveris after what felt like a millennia, flicking her sword in hand. Weiss counted down, taking several deep breaths as she did so.
Three.
The world began to shatter as Xalveris nearly overwhelmed his brother, on the verge of slaying his ultimate rival.
Two.
Ruby struggled immensely as her powers began to return to her, managing to her knees as she screamed in utter fear.
One.
Weiss grit her teeth and thrusted the blade deep through Xalveris's back, drawing his attention away from his battle as he roared in pain. The distraction was just enough as Yveltal overpowered his brother, enveloping the pair of God and Mortal in the same beam of light.
Yveltal ceased his attack, and nothing remained.
Yveltal assumed his original form, the one he used to morph the universe to the way it once was. Reality nearly collapsed, and such a rift in existence needed mending. With a wave of his hand, the world stabilized and reformed. Structures rose from the ashes of their graves as did people from thin air. All returned to the way it was, more or less.
Yveltal fell to the ground on his knees, sweating as his armor faded to nothing. The people of the city came from their homes, looking around as many fixated their looks towards the immense Aura at the city center.
Orion and company stood tall once more, free from their bonds as Ozpin, Saturn, and Blake all were revived, much to Orion's annoyance on that second name. All appeared to be as it was.
"Weiss?" Ruby asked as she looked around, hovering in the air as she looked around for the Mortal in question. Onlookers watched in confusion and awe as Ruby did so, many transfixed on Yveltal as his face grew grim, looking down at his hands.
"I..." Yveltal stopped, looking at Ruby as panic began to grow evident on her expression, the girl darting around manically as she searched. Orion caught the girl and held her still, Yang cooing her as Ruby let out a ear shattering cry of utter loss.
Dagonus looked around at the people he had harmed, guilt over his being. Watching his daughter cry for her lost friend, Dagonus searched for the girl in question in his realm, only to fail to sense her presence at all.
"Please!" Ruby looked to Yveltal, tears gushing down her face. "Please..."
Yveltal looked around at his creations, then back to his hands. The God of Creation was not meant to kill, and thus felt so foreign to him.
The remaining Elder God waved his hand before him and entered into an awaiting portal of light, stepping through to a place he hadn't been to in a very long time.