Chapter 4: The Immense Battle
The Lux Veritatis Order reached the ruined castle and Lara and Kurtis stood a few meters away from their common enemy. They eyed the Dark order carefully and could see that their enemies were two times more than they were. Lara then focused on the person in front of them."Glad to see me again, Lara?" Karel's voice echoed.
"I'd prefer to see the devil himself." Lara said in anger.
"Please bitch, just shut up." Came Gunderson's voice from the back.
"I'm gonna enjoy killing you with my own bare hands" Kurtis replied, full of wrath, Gunderson had no right to call Lara that.
"Really? Too bad I'll be the one who will enjoy seeing you suffer." Gunderson said and wanted to walk pass Karel, but he is stopped.
"Enough" Karel's voice echoed again.
"Yes Master." Gunderson said and step back.
"Now back to business" Karel said and looked at Lara. "Lara, I'll give you one more chance to join me in the new world."
"Over my dead body" Lara said to him.
"You're very stubborn Croft. Just like Trent. Too bad that such strength is going to be wasted." Karel said to her. You could have joined me, he thought.
Then Lara told him "We will fight until we slay the last of your order and then I'll send you to hell myself". Her words were full of wrath.
"As you wish" Karel said and turned around and walked off to the Castle side, waiting for Gunderson to lead his army to attack the lighten ones.
This is it. The Immense Battle between the Cabal and the Lux Veritatis had finally arrived. This is the day that the Shadow War would finally end, after centuries of fighting. Light and Darkness were about to have their last battle on those forsaken lands. Good and Evil were about to end their eternal war once and for all. The time has come, the skies started to change. The moon is now over the sun, hiding every sunlight. It is now dark and as the last of the sun light vanished. With a last glance to their enemies, Gunderson led the Dark side to attack first.
Dark soldiers ran straight to the Warriors of Light, having only one purpose: to kill them. The soldiers of Light ran to the direction of the Cabal members before many of them became prey of the Nephilims. As soon as the first souls floated away from the battlefield, angels started to come and stood on top of the castle, watching the battle and the souls that were floating away, one by one.
This world ain't going to be swallowed by darkness forever, Lara thought and with a loud scream, she immediately ran to the direction of her hated enemy. She is desperately trying to get close to him but the army of Nephilims prevented her from doing this. Her partner is a little busy with Gunderson to help Lara get to Karel. It is up to her to get a way to him.
Finally, she reached Karel and attempted to attack him. Her effort is in futile as her enemy with a sudden move of his arm, threw her to the ground with a great amount of power. She fell so hard that she couldn't breathe and struggled for air as her enemy walked up to her.
As soon as Kurtis realised that Lara had fallen on the ground, he throw a powerful force to Gunderson, sending him flying backward and then Kurtis shot him in the head, making Gunderson fall dead. After that Kurtis then tried to reach Karel. After killing every Nephilim that is blocking his way to his direction, he managed to reach Karel. He took his Chirugai from his belt and wielded it. He made it spin right to Karel's direction and it cut his arm making blood spill from his scratch but that is all. It didn't make any damage to him. Furious, Karel heads for Kurtis' direction.
When Lara gained her strength back, she realised that her enemy is about to hit Kurtis. The Shard she thought at once. She took it out of her backpack. She then tried to reach Karel again but before she could a Nephilim jumped in front of her, with a long looking knife and Lara had to dodge it fast. As she rolled out of its way, she dropped the shard. Sighting she turned to the Nephilim and started shooting it with dual-pistols.
At last she managed to kill the Nephilim, she made sure no other creature would try and attack her, when she is sure that they all were distracted by the light warriors. She started to look for the Shard. It could be anywhere. The dead bodies lying on the ground didn't help Lara at all. However, she decided to search for it.
Karel had an angry look on his face after Kurtis threw another force wave at Karel. He just wanted to rule the world and to that he needed to fight the stubborn and irritated Lux knight just to do that. Karel got to his feet again after Kurtis threw another force wave at him and ran to Kurtis, dodging the next force wave. Kurtis now also had an angry look on his face. It showed the message to Karel that they would fight 'till one of them fell down to the ground'.
The Eclipse is right above them, this one would be the longest eclipse in the world, but Kurtis knew if he didn't win then the sun would never come out from underneath the moon again.
With a stretch of his right arm, Karel sent a strong force against Kurtis but he managed to scatter it with telekinesis. As they were approaching each other, Kurtis' soul became full of anger and wrath. All he wanted is revenge for the people he had lost because of him. That is something Kurtis called justice. He wielded his Chirugai again, this time aiming at his enemy's throat. Karel got out of its way in time and tried to strike Kurtis with another force wave but Kurtis with an unexpected move managed to dodge it.
Kurtis got fed up of throwing Karel with force wave that he now intended to punch Karel but the thing he sees next made him stop. Karel had turned into Konstantin's form. He is just like his father who looked the same as Kurtis just the grey hair.
"Bastard" Kurtis yelled at him.
"You've always been a disappointment to me, Kurtis" Karel said with Konstantin's voice also.
"Karel! Change back!" Kurtis yelled at him.
"Okay, since it hurts too much and you're too weak…" Karel said and turned into the dying Konstantin, who looked beaten up and bleeding from his stomach wound.
"I'm not weak!" Kurtis shouted. "Now, Change back."
"Don't you want to see him again, you can, Kurtis. I can give him back to you." Karel said.
"Liar!" Kurtis yells and sends a powerful wave to Karel, sending him backwards. It hurt Kurtis as Karel fell like that in his father's form.
"His not dead, Kurtis" Karel said as he stood up from the ground.
Kurtis looked at him in so much rage and anger. "Go to hell." He screamed at Karel
"Are you afraid?" Karel said
"I'm not afraid of a bastard like you." Kurtis replied dryly.
"If you are not afraid, then you won't be afraid to face me without any supernatural powers." Karel said with a smirk.
Kurtis eyed him "Okay, let's do this" Kurtis said angrily.
Now they would face each other without any supernatural powers. Their only weapon would be their determination and their hunger for each other. Whose desire for vengeance is greater?
"I'll make you suffer just how your father is suffering at this moment." Karel's voice sounded threatening in Kurtis' ears.
Ameer knew various ways to kill those bastards of darkness. He used many of keen knowledge to kill as many Cabal members and Nephilim creatures as possible. He killed an admirable amount of enemies. His luck didn't last for a long time, though. He tried to defend himself but one of them had been doing witch craft and he got hit. He collapsed on the ground powerless. Nephilims were standing above him, ready to end his life. Ameer felt that this is the last time he would see the world again, but only the darkness of it. He is wrong. At the exact moment the Nephilims would tear him to pieces, a strong crystal light knocked them down. In surprise, Ameer recognised Lara with the Shard of truth shining in her right hand. She ran and kneeled beside him in order to help him, but Ameer immediately stopped her.
"I'll be fine Lara. Go! Go help Kurtis. He needs you more than I do" he ordered her.
"Ameer" Lara wanted to refuse but he only looked at her in the eyes that told her that he would be fine, so she ran off to find and help Kurtis.
With fists in the air, Kurtis is ready to knock down the man he despises the most. Karel is ready to have his revenge, the thing he had been waiting for a very long time. Kurtis made the first move. He attempted to punch his enemy in the stomach but Karel dodged Kurtis' punch with an extremely swift move. He attempted to hit him again, successfully this time. Karel is distracted by his enemy's fist, so Kurtis had the chance to knock him down. He punched him several times in the face and then with a very strong kick Karel fell on the ground.
Karel stood up and healed his wounds so fast that it looked like he had never got them and then he hit Kurtis very hard. After receiving several punches, Kurtis collapsed to the ground. Tasting the blood on his lips made him feel even more wrathful, if it is possible. With a violent move, Karel pulled Kurtis' hair so he could face him.
"Say goodbye to this doomed world, Heissturm. A world that I'm going to rule, forever and you, you will only see it from a little place I will call hell for you" Karel said with a smile.
Kurtis wouldn't give him the pleasure of being defeated yet. He just looked at him with empty eyes. Those dark blue eyes showed no trace of human emotions in them. Nothing but rage and justice.
Karel gripped Kurtis hair even tighter "Kurtis Heissturm, last of the Lux Veritatis, you are finished, the sake of the Shadow War, you are finished."
Kurtis looked at him with a death look "For the sake of the world, go to hell"
Karel looked up as two of his follows came near "take him to the cells" and with that Karel leaned in and whispered something in Kurtis' ear that made his eyes go wide. Karel let's go of his hair and the followers took him by the arms.