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Disclaimer: the finale.
Chapter 12
Marco Gear Solid:
Swords of Liberty
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"Is this the power of your bloodline, Dark Knight?"
Hell naw, babe, Marco just achieved Ultra Instincts bwahahaha!
"…"
Eclipsa raise her hand
The Dark Knight immediately swung his sword effortlessly and a massive sword arc came screaming at the two forcing them to leap over it, their wings keeping them aloft. Marco thrust a claw hand at them and they felt the air around them suddenly constrict and he brought his fist down and so did they into the hard marble flooring.
Eclipsa coughed while Meteora grasp her head, stopping it from ringing.
Marco smirked as the elements danced in his open hand:
Fire. Water. Air. Earth.
"Check it out, I can do it with one hand."
FORCE OF NATURE!
Eclipsa shot her hand up,
BITTER ROGUE!
Marco laughed as he used the Traitor's Sword and sends a blazing arc at the dark magic beam nullifying it, his call out a feint to draw out Eclipsa and blasted her.
Eclipsa screeched as the twisting gold beam paused as she tried to keep it at bay with her defiled Butterfly powers. Meteora leapt over her mother and the beam and readied to blast Marco with her six arms and the eyes on her wings glowing ominously.
HIENOUS BARRAGE!
Marco swung the Traitor's Sword overhead swatting the blast apart before thrusting the sword at Meteora and a lance of lightning striking her through the ceiling into the room above.
Marco winced when the beam exploded and Eclipsa flying out of the smoking crater it left, dark magic contamination spreading into her shoulders. She pushed herself up as Marco walked casually closer to the down queen,
"Beating you two up—"
"Who says you're beating us?"
Eclipsa suddenly stood up and rammed a fistful of dark magic into Marco's chest, the resounding blast shook the newly built fortress from mortar to window, the glass jittering.
The queen looked smug for a moment, she could see the exit blast marring the far wall with soot and bits of metal.
She blasted clean through the Dark Knight.
"Eclipsa…I'm not impressed."
She looked at the dark knight startled before he stepped back and fell into the marble floor, shattering as if made of glass.
Eclipsa stared at it for a moment before she looked around, the entire fortress had finished upgrading itself. She looked around and saw tall marble pillars with matching archways, an expansive crimson carpet with golden line edges with decorative patterns covered majority of the marble flooring, the windows tall but reasonably narrow to allow what little light in, the ceiling hand painted depicting scenes of battle she was not familiar with and the walls were painted a lovely shade of cream with tapestries here and there of exquisite patterns.
Eclipsa nodded at the sight taking in the craftsmanship, she paused when furniture began to make themselves seemingly out of thin air and land in places around her. She ran her hand on a luxurious wooden chair, feeling the smoothness and sturdiness before she saw the walls make themselves portraits and such.
She glanced upwards hearing a ruckus, she sighed hoping Meteora wasn't doing anything vandalistic but the sound of things breaking she didn't keep her hopes up.
She casually walked through the hallways, the air crisp and refreshing despite the windows being closed, it wasn't at all stuffy. Eclipsa reverted back to her normal state and browsed through the fortress Marco instantly prompted up.
She skipped through the halls opening magnificent doors and glanced inside before moving into the next one:
Parlor.
Lesser Hall.
Great Hall.
Chapel.
Armory.
Living Quarters.
Recreation Room.
Man cave.
Study.
A room filled with anime swag.
Kitchen.
It was fully furnished from pots to utensils, furniture and every cook's comfort and completely spotless of dust, but Eclipsa didn't care about that and made a beeline for what she assumed was the pantry and opened it and took some Snookers bars and began to eat it, need to get some of my magic back.
Eclipsa glanced up again when she heard her daughter angrily yelling, she sighed and opened the rest of the candy bars and ate it, tossing the wrappers to the floor and leaving the kitchen.
She followed the yelling, she walked out to the courtyard where it was big enough to host a football game, it had wonderfully manicured hedges and even a small garden growing vegetables and wild greens, a little brook running through a section of it.
Eclipsa looked around seeing the fortress many times tall and just as magnificent outside as it was inside. She made her way into the Inner Ward and looked around curiously, seeing extravagant portraits of Marco.
She frowned seeing scenes before her:
Marco fighting alongside an army.
A man with a skull mask with a pair of pistols. Bloody.
A red hooded figure holding a flaming sword.
Marco in front of what looked like three foreboding knights.
Marco holding his hand out to someone.
A Dark Knight fighting a massive dragon.
"What an…active imagination you have, Marco." Eclipsa ruefully chuckled at the sights and feats before her, "I doubt you tangled with a dragon that size and lived."
She looked at the richly decorated and furnished room and saw a stairway leading upwards, she smirked and decided to see where it led. Halfway across the room, something materialized: mud people.
Eclipsa paused as each one looked the same but it weren't Marco: it was female.
"And who…are you?"
She grinned before she dipped her hand down into the flooring and produced an electric guitar as did her others pulling out more instruments. The queen's eyes narrowed as she recognized the mud girl,
/I heard you didn't like my singing…you just don't appreciate fine art and great music./
"Yes, I suppose I don't." Eclipsa replied drily before she gestured to the stairway, "Marco's up there, I assume?"
/You assume right. Why don't you give the Dark Knight an audience in the Throne Room?/
Eclipsa laughed at the place he waited but still walked up the flight without a backward glance at Musica. The Concept shrugged before she began to strum as did her others as the song reached Eclipsa regardless of distance,
Walk away, walk away, you made an enemy
Deep inside realize never want to be your enemy
Change me, rearrange me, make me your enemy (Yeah)
Deep inside realize never want to be your enemy (Walk away from)
Change me, rearrange me, make me your enemy (Enemy, yeah)
Deep inside realize never want to be your enemy (Walk away from)
Change me, rearrange me, make me your enemy, your enemy
Eclipsa walked into the room, lavished from top to bottom in rich red velvet, the same windows with curtains of red notes, the floor made with stones she could not decipher, the walls littered with more portraits, trophies and loot Marco no doubt obtain throughout his life with suits of armor alongside them, in the middle was a richly ornate comfy black throne, studded with various precious metals and jewels with exotic furs and pelts thrown upon it.
Marco sat on it with one leg on the armrest, slouching with one arm behind the seat and the Traitor's Sword carelessly lying across his lap.
A crown seated upside on his helm.
Eclipsa smiled before she curtseys before the comfortable Dark Knight before she threw her head back, laughing at him.
"Goodness, Marco, you must find that stuffy throne quite comfortable! Did I make you wait long?"
"Hardly, I saw you raid my kitchen. You could have asked for a Snookers Bar."
Eclipsa mockingly walked to the side, taking fake interest in some of his fixtures and glancing at a long table in the corner.
"…where did you get these powers, Marco? Never before have I've seen someone make the elements bend to their will sooo…easily. And this thing about making yourself older…and that light you carry…care to tell me?"
Marco laughed, "Yes, well, Eclipsa I got it from none-of-yo-business-Mart, just know I can use it and I will thrash you with it until you can be reasoned with."
Eclipsa mused over the threat.
It had a lot more bite than before.
"Cracking a 'whip' over and over again will not make me heel to you, Dark Knight. No matter how much you try, you won't break this Queen."
Marco got off the throne and ran a hand across the blade, "Guess I'll 'whip' until you do then."
Eclipsa jut out a hip, "Is this how you deal with your problems, boy? Swing your sword and hope it goes away?"
"Well, with this sword, yeah I can pretty much do that." Marco chuckled, "Besides, I tried to talk and I got a dark bolt thrown to my face. You should follow your own advice some time, Eclipsa, square up."
"Hmph. So much for talking."
The two faced off.
Magic versus Might.
Marco leapt at her, the sword engulfed in flames as he brought it thundering down on the queen who conjure up a massive hand of dark magic to catch the dark knight. He grinned widely at her as the hand faded soon as it touched him, not even stalling him much to Eclipsa's surprise.
The queen made herself a dark magic blade and met the steel only for it to shatter like glass, Marco rammed her with his pauldrons sending her flying across the room and skidding on the table. She pushed herself up and tried to bind Marco with magic only to have him rebuff through the magical assault and rushed her.
Can't hit him with magic eh? Fine, I'll just hit him with everything else!
Eclipsa raised her hands as many disembodied dark magic hands grabbed pieces of furniture and smashed themselves over the Dark Knight. He easily cleaved through them and outright dodged them, Eclipsa lifted the table to hit him but he made a clawing gesture and it froze in the air.
He brought his hand down and the table nearly flattens the queen if not for a dome that saved her.
She bared her teeth as the table continued to pressure her as Marco came closer, the sword alight with fire. Eclipsa cried out as the dome flashed purple and outwardly expand breaking the table apart allowing her move just in time as Marco cleaved through the dome with ease.
Eclipsa didn't have time for respite as Marco spun, sending a massive blazing arc at her. She made a sweeping crescent motion and sent her own dark arc exploding it in a display of power.
Marco held up his sword looking at it before cocking his arm and chucking it directly at her, Eclipsa on instinct leapt to the side what happened next frighten her.
The blade was halfway across the room before Marco seemingly flash step to it, caught the Traitor's Sword and threw it again at her in a single fluid motion. Eclipsa put up a barrier but tip of blade shatter it apart, the legendary sword inches away from impaling her.
"MOTHER!"
Eclipsa grunted as Meteora burst through the window and tackled her mother down, the blade shearing off clumps of her long bushy hair and lodged itself into the wall. Panting, Eclipsa was helped up by her daughter and stared at the menacing Dark Knight, not ever perturbed by the sudden appearance of Meteora.
Marco recalled his sword and leveled it again, Eclipsa let a swirl of dark magic entangle her, the dark knight broke form and laughed at the sight.
"More magic wont slow me down."
"I'm not going to use it on you." The queen said coldly, she glanced at Meteora before poking her on the forehead, the hybrid blinked feeling something unlock within her.
"Let's see how you do against us in our most powerful."
"Let's see…I spanked your daughter in her Monster and Butterfly Forms, overwhelm you in your base and held my own in your…True Butterfly Form. What more can you surprise me with?" Marco inquired resting the sword on his shoulder as he shrugged off the withering look from the two.
"This Marco…" Eclipsa grunted as the dark magic began to swirl more heavily around her, Marco lifted to throw the sword before he sighed and put it back down, "I know if the roles were reversed I would never get this courtesy but…oh well. I won't lie, I am curious."
Crossing my tentacles it's slutty.
Marco ignored the input of the disease as the swirls condensed and suddenly struck Eclipsa and began to spread thickly over her as if like tar. Meteora started to turn feral, her dress fabric stretching but her skin reddens and became scaly and red, it looked like she was turning into her Monster Form.
Marco turned his attention back to Eclipsa and he had to admit, he was impressed as the magic swirls eased off.
She wore an elegant dress of fierce red and gold only to have chainmail and plate armor pulled over it, her purple-black arms were now a tar black before it was fitted with slender plates studded with spikes. Her hair was neatly braided before a dark tiara was made and sat securely on her head. She looked at Marco with disdain once her magic finished being weaponize for her. Even her make up game was on fleek, except for what looked like runny mascara cascading down her pale face.
Fuck yeah, blowjob mascara! Told ya, it'd be slutty!
"Neat." Marco said through gritted teeth.
Eclipsa held out a hand and made herself a dark magic sword, Meteora didn't seem at all different and readied to fight.
Queen of Darkness Mode
Marco threw the sword through the wall, the sword easily cleaving through the wall and anything else in its way. The moment it left his hand, Marco launched himself at the two, Eclipsa skillfully hacked at his helm while Meteora tackled his midsection.
The Dark Knight buckled but instead of falling backwards, he fell to his knees missing the cut from Eclipsa and grounding Meteora. The hybrid tried to scramble out of the new position but Marco dropped a hammer fist in between her shoulder blades and she shrieked when it felt like bones gave way to the metal gauntlet.
Eclipsa savagely retaliated with shoving the blade into Marco's eye slits, but the Dark Knight grabbed her by the wrist, missing the lethal thrust before everything around her screamed.
Eclipsa grunted landing on stone floor, Meteora denting a countertop as she fell from the ceiling, Marco landing neatly on the ground. The Traitor's Sword was halfway through the ceiling.
The queen growled and held both hands forward,
NIGHTMARE SWARM!
Marco responded with stone and air quickly mixing from the floor and surrounding before fire sparked and turn the mixture into a transparent orb. The Dark Knight smashed it to bits before roaring,
Flask + Sylph
Shredding Tempest!
Eclipsa threw up a barrier as the whirlwind of broken glass tore through her spell and would have made her into mincemeat if not for her shield. Marco raised his arm to recall his sword only to be tackled onto the table by Meteora,
"STAY AWAY FROM MY MOTHER!"
Marco's helm disappeared underneath Meteora's massive maw, she had grown and nearly ripped her clothes, more and more of her skin red and scaly. She gnawed on the dark metal before Marco teleported above her to his sword and elbow bomb her into the table nearly breaking the legs.
Marco slid up and hammer fist the hybrid causing her to spit blood, Eclipsa darted forward and pulled her daughter from harm and at the same time yanking the Dark Knight's arm over, flipping and getting him on the table instead. A massive dark magic hand used a chair to hold him in place as Eclipsa used another hand and grabbed another chair and smashed it over Marco's head.
Meteora recovered and leapt to the ceiling and ripped off a support beam and smashed that sucker over the bastard.
The table gave up at that point; it and Marco were flatten to the ground.
Eclipsa took no chances and made herself a concentrated dark bolt and flung it to blow Marco's head off.
Automata + Seraph + Hallow
Backfire Mirror!
Eclipsa screamed when a reflective mirror materialized between the bolt and Marco, bouncing it back to the caster, the explosion rocking the kitchen. Marco broke free and throttled the two of them, slamming Meteora into the counter and Eclipsa into the sink. Meteora tried to attack but the countertop grew a pair of womanly arms and held her down.
Marco forced Eclipsa further into the sink before smacking the faucet and the torrent of water came down over Eclipsa's face.
Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!
"Repent!" Marco yelled, Eclipsa randomly punched him, he held her under again, "Drown bitch!"
Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!
Marco felt claws wrap around his neck and he was thrown across the kitchen, wrecking the wall cabinets and the teapots, teacups and tins within. Meteora pulled her mother out of the sink before she let out a gout of fire at him, Marco gathered the elements into his hands,
Undine + Sylph + Raigu
Storm Glaive!
Electrified water spun through the air and cleaved through the fire and shocked the hybrid, Marco launched himself and grabbed the stunned Meteora before throwing her across the room. Not a moment later he was there and opened the pantry door and shoved her head in the doorway and proceeded to slam it over her head repeatedly.
Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!
Meteora fought against the dark knight's grasp, spewing fire into the pantry during her struggle before Marco was pulled away by Eclipsa and dark bolt exploding in his face. Hardly fazed, Marco deflected the next bolt by conjuring up a ceramic blade courtesy of Gnome, Undine and Ignis before he threw it at her. She sidestep only to have Marco catch her suddenly before thrown into the dented countertop, she pushed herself up but Marco grabbed one arm and put it behind her back and pushed upwards, she shrieked.
Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!
Marco leaned to the side to avoid Meteora's attack from behind before jabbing her with lightning, dazing her enough for him to grab and smash her head on the countertop.
Eclipsa stared wide eye at her daughter unconscious from the Dark Knight.
"YOU'VE GONE FAR ENOUGH, BOY!"
Marco was flung back by a dark magic bubble, Eclipsa rounded to him, eyes blazing and cheek marks aglow.
UNDERWORLD SERPENT!
Marco braced himself for a frontal attack only to have a massive snake burst underneath him, chomping his torso and rammed him through the ceiling and successive floors. He called the Traitor's Sword to his free arm and drove it deep into it's flesh, it cried in the ugliest volumes, even Eclipsa blinked in confusion as the snake let him go and sunk down the hole it came, she looked at him.
"You…killed my spell?"
Marco glared from above, wings of black gold and white gold held him aloft before he gathered the elements,
Gnome + Ignis + Hallow
Magma Shot: Full Automatic!
Eclipsa gasped as a stream of lava bullets rained from above, she grabbed Meteora before bursting through the door as the room was ignited in flames.
She carried her daughter upon a dark magic hand through the fortress before she came to the courtyard and pulled some water from the garden and made her daughter sip the clean liquid mixed with her magic. She glanced up and saw Marco there, he lifted his sword and Eclipsa made herself a bolt, no matter how useless her magic was against the blasted sword she would use all her magic to divert the blade from ever making
Aaand the boy just threw his sword into the night sky, it winked out of sight, …is he daft?
Marco then powered dived.
Oh, he is definitely daft.
Eclipsa made herself a bow and pointed it at Marco, the bow made itself a bone arrow before she let it go with a mighty thwack!
Marco frowned, unable to see what was let loose, he quickly unfurled his wings as the singular arrow suddenly made itself into a thousand.
SKELETAL SPLINTER!
Seraph + Automata
Photon Needles!
A thousand arrows versus a thousand needles of light lit up the night sky in a radiant explosion, Eclipsa notched herself another arrow and let it loose again, trying to buy herself time while Marco was out of reach.
Again and again, arrows were flung and again the explosions were the result.
Marco frowned seeing this before he called upon more of the elementals as he dived for the fortress, Eclipsa fired more arrows intent to keep him away. Enough arrows and even his armor would fail to keep him safe.
Ignis + Seraph + Olive + Hanabi
Sunflower Volley!
Yuki + Undine + Sylph
Hail Hammer!
Gnome + Hallow + Automata
Orbital Bombardment!
Marco, are you crazy!? This is too much!
"I can't use Iron Skin since Automata is fueling Meteor Crash, I need to survive the volleys incase the armor gives!"
Jewel, lend him your Diamond Skin!
[Just letting you know, Marco that diamonds can still be shattered.]
"Thanks for the vote of confidence."
Eclipsa watched Marco's attacks collide with her own resulting in a show of explosions, she fired again before Marco burst forth and took the arrow straight on. She bared her teeth and fired again, this time the arrow would be a lot more potent, fueled with the emotions of the caster,
ARROW OF THE BETRAYAL!
Marco felt the darken arrowhead score his armor and immediately he realized it was a mental attack, Eclipsa smirked seeing the dark knight suddenly off balanced.
It felt as if he was in a kaleidoscope of vivid pictures and livid emotions, so…Eclipsa can still mentally assault her foes, pity she can't use this to enter my mind just befuddle it.
/Allow me to handle this./
Eclipsa expected Marco to land face first but when he landed calmly to the ground, Eclipsa to unfurl her Butterfly Wings whilst carrying Meteora away, in disbelief and terror. Marco wasted no time making himself a ceramic sword and leapt at the queen trading blows in midair with her, she spun away before Marco could overwhelm her.
Meteora stirred and saw Marco leveling his sword at them from the ground, before he planted it down on the fallen bow, "Enough of this already!"
Yuki!
Winter Spine!
The two Butterflys watched as the ground grew white and cold with frost before ice spikes tried to spear them.
Yuki + Hallow + Gnome
Tundra Terrors!
Meteora broke free of her mother as she pummeled a polar bear made of ice, Eclipsa dealing with owls and ravens in the air. Marco pulled the sword free and ran after Meteora as she threw the polar bear aside and made a beeline for Marco, snow hares, wolves, foxes and a caribou stampeded for her.
She rammed through them before Marco came down on her, she ducked but Marco instead willed the ice to make itself a slide and he managed to get back and club her. Eclipsa broke free of the flock and threw dark bolts at him, he skillfully dodged it before unleashing a many chirping birds at the queen,
Raigu + Slyph
Sparrow Shock!
Eclipsa unleashed her Nightmare Swarm to contest them, leaving Marco and her glaring at one another. Somewhere in the background, a snow hare was kicking Meteora.
"How far will you take this farce? Why don't you fight like you mean it, Marco, I know you're powerful now. More than you let on, so why don't you end this fight and force me to do your bidding?"
"…you're right, I am a lot stronger now, it wouldn't take much from me to pummel the two of you into the ground…but I rather you just cooperate, Eclipsa like I asked from the beginning. But you are so—"
"Stubborn? Unbending? Uncooperative? Marco, you stupid boy, selfish and sooo full of yourself…you want me to do as you say, when you say it, because you say it? Do your bidding? You think me dumb? Who are you to command me? Who are you to tell me any better?"
"—!"
"SHUT UP." Eclipsa spat coldly, Marco stopped, "If you did the same to the Mewni kingdoms they would laugh at you, scorn you, belittle and no one will heed your words…and if you force your hand they would look upon you disdainfully. You are not Mewman. You are not royalty. You are an outsider. Do not meddle in our affairs."
"…even so, I will try. I refuse to do nothing."
"And if we not heed it?"
Marco stared at her, "Then I will let Mewni die."
"That's cold. Even for a Dark Knight. Hmph, well, defeat us and I will consider your terms, boy." Eclipsa taunted.
"I—!"
Eclipsa pointed at him and he sidestep, dodging a dark bolt, he blinked before glancing behind him and seeing Meteora struck.
"Heh. That look in your face…for a moment you thought I would…it really shows your overconfidence and arrogance boy. You won't be defeating us. Not now anyways." Eclipsa smiled as Meteora began to change, Marco felt the sudden increase in power for the hybrid and quickly harness some of the Elementals and threw it at the hybrid.
Hanabi + Seraph + Ignis
HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTIOCH!
The hybrid yelled as a flash of iridescent light launched her through the walls of the fortress.
"Meteora!"
"Ughhhh…mother?"
"Don't come back inside!"
Marco faced Eclipsa, "Whatever you did to Meteora, it won't do her any good."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that, she'll be a behemoth…just like her father." Eclipsa smiled dreamily, Marco rolled his eyes, "And she'll crush this puny empty fortress of yours."
"Empty? This place isn't empty in the slightest." Marco responded genuinely confused, "You didn't see the exterior of this fortress? It's manned with cannons, ballistae and the like with hundreds of mudmen armed to the teeth. Meteora isn't getting in here."
Eclipsa paused before she darted for the hole in the wall but Marco merely waved a hand and walls repaired themselves. Eclipsa blasted the walls to no avail; she turned to the Dark Knight who began to melt the frost, "Boy, you think I'm stuck here with you…you're stuck here with me."
Marco shrugged before launching himself at the queen.
Meteora stared at the vast size of the fortress; she looked at the ramparts, seeing all she had done become undone. What's more was the fact it had armaments now with mudmen carrying a variety of weapons and manning siege weapons.
They would prove a mild distraction.
She grinned feral as her mother's magic began to fuel her catalyst into her full heritage, her true form, no doubt she could do it when she practice but that would be for a later time. Now it was time to let the entire universe know her splendor.
MONSTER BUTTERFLY HYBRID FORM: METEORA BUTTERFLY
She roared at the top of her lungs as she grew larger and larger, her clothes were tatters now but that meant little as her scaly red skin stretched all over her, her tail swinging as thick as a tree trunk, her paws larger enough to provide shade to a town, her second pair of eyes peered at the ramparts as she licked her lips at the destruction she would cause, the delight of watching this fortress fall to her immense strength. She winced when her wings tore open her back and flapped, sending howling winds across the lands and fortress, she laughed at the pain and delight as her powers felt fit to bursting.
"Now, Princess Marco…your little fortress will fall!" she inhaled causing the fortress to tremble some before she spewed her acrid purple fire over the fortress. The mudmen harden at the intense heat and broke apart, causing the massive hybrid to laugh before she stomped on the ground sending tremors through the fortress before she pulled a rock slab from the ground.
"This fortress is sooo tacky, let's fix that!"
She threw the slab and it broke apart one of the towers and some spires, she gave an ugly laugh at her attack and tore another slab from the ground, the mudmen that fell quickly reformat and manned the battlements aiming their weapons at the behemoth hybrid.
"Oh please as if I would be—!" Meteora held the slab like a shield when the cannons fired and the projectiles bore holes into the massive rock. The hybrid growled before she flung it before spewing fire, the mudmen aimed all the cannons at the slab and fired tearing it apart in midair.
The rush of fire came and the ballistician mudmen loaded their machine with a split-chain payload and fired.
The fire doused 3/4s of the missiles but those that survived split apart in midair revealing a chain between the two halves and tangled over Meteora. Enraged, Meteora tried to tear free but in the lapse the mudmen worked double time and began their counter-attack.
Cannons, ballista, catapults and the numerous mudmen carrying rifles and bows began to rain upon the behemoth as she tore through the chains, her wings flapped with titanic force driving the projectiles back to the fortress. Meteora grinned, feeling the sting of many small injuries before she breathed fire along with her gust scorching the fortress once again.
Meteora looked at her handiwork and destruction for a moment before a thought came to her mind, she unfurled her wings and the massive eyes shone, she looked at the scurrying mudmen,
HEINOUS NEEDLE SHOWER!
The mudmen that wasn't in cover were struck with 10 foot long needles, Meteora laughed, clapping her hands and jumping for joy, "Yesss! Even my magic is enhanced! Oh, Mewni doesn't stand a chance now!"
HEINOUS HELLHOUNDS!
Again magic conjured from the hybrid came and tore up the fortress defenders, the mudmen combat the massive purple dogs of war, however the vicious beasts proved too much for them.
Meteora stomp forward before driving her claw foot through the wall before grabbing the tallest tower and ripping it free and throwing it across the fortress, smashing brick and mortar.
HEINOUS HAMMER!
Her fist glowed an ominous purple as she pummel everything she could reach.
"I AM UNSTOPPABLE! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME NOW! PRINCESS—" Meteora's declaration roar halted by a stray arrow from a mudman standing in the tower railing hitting her temple.
Meteora spat on the mudman and it fell and turned into paste on the ground.
"Fuckin' little…" Meteora muttered as she readied to burn the fortress inside out as she tore open a hole with her claws, she peered inside ready to unleash her flames
METEOR MORTAR!
Meteora found herself being uppercut by molten rock and sent tumbling backwards from the hit, stomping on the fortress before landing on her enormous back. Groaning and feeling her jaw sore, she rolled to her side before she screamed as molten slag struck her.
Get up you big oaf! I got a bone to pick with you and your bitch of a mother…
Meteora shook at the words and lumbered to her feet, she frowned seeing floating women of fire, water, air and earth glaring at her.
"Harlots, the lot of you…" Meteora sneered before she breathed fire only to see the flaming one wave a hand and the fire died before reaching them. Frowning, Meteora tried to send gusts of wind at them only to have the windy one make a gesture and it died too.
Meteora leapt into the air and drove her feet down to send a devastating quake, only to have the ground grow spikes and she screamed as it drilled through her heavily padded feet.
Gnome wasn't finished as Meteora was knocked off her feet by a jutting wave of rocks bursting on the command of the earthen one and she was sent flying into the distance.
Meteora roared in frustration and pain as her injuries mended itself, she unfurled her wings and began to chant, the Elementals saw this and quickly began to raise a wall. The four massive wing eyes were pointed at the fortress as it was surrounded with a wall,
"Die! Die! DIEEE!"
HEXAGONAL HEINOUS BLAST!
The four wing eyes and two hands of Meteora sent a beam of concentrated dark magic straight for the wall, the hybrid bared her teeth as massive explosion forced her back and the tremors made the entire ground wobble. She fanned the dust clouds and frowned disappointed seeing the walls destroyed but the fortress intact minus what she had already done.
Meteora growled and ran straight for the fortress, if magic wouldn't cut it then brute force would make it so. The Elementals looked at her for a moment before they dived back into the fortress leaving the defenses wide open, the hybrid didn't care if they were there or not, she would bulldoze her way through.
Rocks and debris were kicked up and Meteora braced herself to smash the fortress in two
The side exploded and she grunted as the missile struck her midsection and sent her tumbling backwards.
Marco stepped out of the hole, rolling his shoulder as he was missing some armor,
"I'm not done with you!"
Meteora looked at him blurry before her midsection stirred and she looked down to see her mother was the missile from earlier. The hybrid picked up her mother and put her in her palm and stood up, the Dark Knight glared at the massive hybrid.
Meteora spotted Marco and without warning leapt and stomp the Dark Knight, he planted his hand to the ground and roared,
Gnome!
Mighty Mountain!
Meteora flapped her wings frantically to avoid the sudden emergence of a mountain, Marco sat atop the summit, peering down on the two. The hybrid tried to close the distance, but the Elemental attacks he produced in rapid succession proved too much for her, especially with her mother unconscious and only using one hand.
Sylph + Hallow + Seraph
Sylph Storm!
Ignis + Seraph
Hallow Fire!
Seraph!
Laser Show!
Hallow!
Runic Ray!
Flask + Sylph + Hallow!
Obsidian Shards!
Eclipsa woke herself amongst the commotion and struggled to her feet, she looked worse for wear after Marco's thrashing, she couldn't see the Dark Knight but spoke up all the same.
"You have…no chance now…Marco." Eclipsa panted, Meteora glared at him, her tainted magic beginning to swirl around the behemoth obscuring the land beneath her. Marco frowned, yeah…that'll definitely break my armor…even Eclipsa managed to…after I pushed her far enough.
No subtly or finesse, Meteora merely opened her massive maw and spewed her acrid purple flames all over the mountain, turning it a cherry red, Marco leapt a moment before to avoid it. He grunted when a dark bolt struck him in midair before a shadow fell upon him, Meteora spun and her tree trunk tail smashed him into his own mountain despite the elemental blasts.
The Dark Knight was firmly pancaked into the rock face even after the tail retracted, he shook his head before he saw the dark magic cloud swirl into Meteora's palm, Eclipsa harnessing it, he felt the Elementals shriek and the Concepts raise a brow at the amassed power.
/That'll leave a mark./
Marco broke free but not before Eclipsa unleashed her wrath upon the mountain, it was a dark twisting spectral blast, the name lost over the screams of the magical build-up and the Dark Knight braced himself as the Elementals shielded him with their respective powers only it proved futile.
Marco felt his entire body racked with untold pain, every part of him howled in agony, feeling as if his very bones burn, crack and spike outwards, his blood hotter than molten lead, his head fit to bursting and his insides being cooked by the intense heat, his skin sticking to the ultra heated armor.
All of this happened within a moment.
The fiery explosion sent him flying to the fortress, crashing through it and the mountain was leveled.
Eclipsa fell back to the palm as Meteora stared in disbelief at the raw magical power they both possessed with her mother channeling it.
"Kill…him…now…" Eclipsa whispered weakly.
Meteora let out a torrent of fire over the fortress, setting it ablaze once again.
Marco pushed himself up, his helm peeling of his head as was the other armor pieces. The Elementals fussed over him and he quickly in short breaths, told them he was fine, just incredibly sore and hurt all over, this time one of the more conservative Elementals helping him along with the a two Concepts working in conjunction.
"I need to…end this fight…before I…"
[…Marco, you're can't take another hit like that again.]
"Yeah…my thoughts exactly…I thought the armor you gave me nullify magic…"
[Hah, magic…if there's one thing I do not understand why something exist at all, it's magic…]
"You said it was a bypass to your authority, to law of nature and to me, physics and reality bending it to your whim; a shortcut."
[Hmph, so you do pay attention. Magic became present after…well, it existed before but never used so much, but after the universe being so hurt and left to lick it's wounds, magic flourish with abandon…of course when the universe was back on it's feet, things were different because magic became sooo…prominent. Technology and 'breakthroughs', as if it something new. It takes a tremendous amount of magic to harm you in the blessed armor, Eclipsa's own brand is tainted and mixed with very volatile essences makes for unpredictable results.]
"Wait, so do you know where magic came from?"
[If you're thinking it just burst from the ground like a wellspring, you could be right. I never cared to know where magic came from.]
/While I do enjoy watching the two of you bond over things you mutually hate, why don't you entertain your guest?/
Marco froze as he was brought back to reality as Meteora continued to rampage without check. The Dark Knight steady himself, feeling the tremble of the fortress, he peered out from where he was: one of the towers it looked like.
He frowned seeing Meteora having a grand old time wrecking his fortress, he glanced upwards before shaking his head, I was planning to threaten them with that, but it looks like I'm going to really have to use it on them.
[Yeah, stupid move Marco. Throw your own sword like that…] [Lend him yours.] […No.]
"Wait you have a sword? What for?"
[It's a sword comparable to the Pendragon's Sword.]
"Oh, now I got to see this! You made it Seraph?"
[…it's not mine, but I was asked to keep it safe. Besides, it your damn fault you threw your sword to the stars. Why should you get to use it?]
"I don't want those two wreaking havoc any more than you do."
[…] /You would prefer Marco uses us, Concepts to end this battle? It'll be a jolly good time! For all of us…/
Seraph felt the underlining threat from Chronos, the Concepts were extremely free spirited…they always have too much fun and stars in the heavens were known to wink out of existence.
[Fine. But under any circumstances: do not unsheathe it. The scabbard will serve you just fine.]
Marco felt light pour out of his chest, gingerly he put his hand into the light and felt around.
[HEY!] "Sorry! Sorry. You're really soft."
Marco felt his cheeks redden before he grasp the sword hilt and pulled the sword free from his chest. The bright golden light completely shrouded the sword and lit the entire room, he squinted and could make out a vague shape of it.
"FOUND YOU!"
Marco held back a curse as the top of the tower was pulled away by a feral grinning Meteora, her eyes on him, the Dark Knight instinctively swung and Meteora grin was turned upside down when she was sent flying across the air, a massive golden sword arc clipping her.
Marco looked at the glowing sword, feeling the unrestrained thrumming of light and power, "…what? What is this sword?"
/That, Marco, is the Sword of Creation, the first weapon ever forged in the universe and Father to All Swords. No one knows where it came from but the last time it was unsheathed, well…/
"I'm thinking something bad." Marco was surprised the Concept was hesitant, feeling the warm golden light beneath his fingers.
[…]
/…well, that's a story for another time./
Marco leapt impossibly across the ruined fortress thanks to the Elementals, he shook his head in dismay as the once beautiful place was riddled with damages, fires and footprints. He quickly scaled the tallest tower, the one being where his Throne Room was and looked at the sword, "What can this sword do?"
[I would be out of breath if I were to tell you. For now, plunge it into the fortress and let my Sisters do the rest.]
Marco didn't have time to contemplate Seraph's words when Meteora recovered and charged at him, ready to utterly ruin what was left standing of his home. Without ceremony, Marco slammed the sword deeply into the brick and mortar, Meteora roared while Eclipsa hovered over her daughter's shoulder, watching him.
/Let's get buck wild!/
[Control yourselves!]
I need Megazord power NOW!
Marco clung to the sword when the entire fortress began to tremble, he watched fascinated and afraid as the place began to repair itself with it's fallen pieces and even modify bits of itself. Without warning the entire fortress seemingly lurched and pulled itself upwards, the sound of brick and timber whining and grinding got even Meteora to stop in her tracks once she realized something was amiss.
[Sister!] [I suppose if this ends this farce!]
Four massive wings of black and white sprout out of the fortress and flapped pulling the fortress ever higher, the towers moved as did the walls and battlements to form a humanoid shape.
GRAND IMPERIAL FORTRESS: ALEXANDER MODE!
Deck her!
Wreck her shit!
/*bleep*/
Meteora and Eclipsa stared in disbelief of the fortress turned mecha before their very eyes, the fortress cocked its arm back, it was riddled with cannons and ballistae and fired upon them before socking Meteora into the ground.
The queen leapt away just in time to avoid the same tragic fate.
The queen turned her head at Marco, sitting atop the fortress's head and fired a dark bolt volley at him and he responded with his own, one hand still on the sword hilt and he felt an insane amount of power funneled through him.
Hallow + Raigu
Bitter Bolt!
He teeth chatter as the black lightning he conjured were several times bigger than the dark magic bolts it met and the result was hundreds of explosions with some stray bolts punching through.
Marco stared at the landscape on fire and riddled with craters from the aftermath.
/We can deal with the behemoth, play with the queen for a while~/
"Will you be alright?"
[There's plenty of pilots for the fortress, go on already. And take the sword with you, it already did its job.]
Marco reluctantly pulled the sword free before Sylph carried him, gliding across the air to meet Eclipsa, the queen glared at his new sword before making herself one.
"Another one…"
"One just good as the other!"
Marco brought the sword down and Eclipsa slashed across it.
She pulled her hand back when the dark magic sword made contact with it before it was vaporized and nearly cut her hand off. Seeing the shock in Eclipsa, Marco shoved a palm at her,
Ignis + Sylph
Blast Rupture!
Again Marco felt his body suddenly filled to the brim with unnatural power and it showed when the blast erupted from his hand was a hundred times bigger than last time.
Eclipsa didn't stand a chance.
Nor did her barriers.
She screamed as the explosion rocketed her to the ground just as her daughter was back on her feet and contending with the fortress that heckled her with cannon fire and punching her with its oversized fists.
Marco fell to the ground as Eclipsa pulled herself up, unsure what just happened even as more concentrated dark magic tar covered her, "How…did you…"
Salt + Undine + Toxin
Acid Brine!
Eclipsa leapt away from the melting liquid came at her like fire hose, she chucked dark bolts at him and he swung the sword, destroying them and at the same time golden arcs coming forth forcing Eclipsa to flee.
Olive + Ignis + Sylph
Deep Fryer Spray!
Eclipsa cartwheel in midair to avoid the pressurized searing oil and flung a dark dagger at Marco, the glowing sword smashed it to bits before he blurred after her. The queen flew for the horizon, throwing exploding dark javelin behind her back hoping to slow Marco down.
Marco growled at the randomly thrown dark bolts before he felt his armor began to change,
Sylph, he'll never catch her like this, I'm going to close the distance!
Before the Dark Knight could ask what Automata intended to do, the mended armor leapt off him as Sylph carried him. Before his eyes the armor began to stretch and pull itself into something new, the other Elementals lent their powers before Marco was shoved back into Automata's transformation: a Bugatti Veyron.
The gas pedal pushed itself and Marco instantly regretted getting into the car along with the Elementals who also screamed as the car not only outran Eclipsa but begun to spin and skid across the land.
Too much! TOO MUCH!
Gnome!
The Elemental willed the land to make itself a makeshift half pipe and curved the transformed Automata for the queen.
"What the hell happened!?"
That sword! It must have amplified MEEE!
I wonder if you know
How they live in Tokyo
If you see me then you mean it
Then you know you have to go
Fast and furious (Drift, drift, drift)
Marco felt the entire car change itself to a Lykan Hypersport without the Metal Elemental's command as it drifted nearly faster than the half pipe was being constructed. Eclipsa saw the out of control car and tried to veer away but it came way to fast and struck her with the flat side of the car and sent her denting a nearby rock slab.
Marco grabbed the steer wheel before it changed again and the Ferrari F60 America spun out, the tires on fire before the door opened and Marco chucked out as the car burned itself out and sat upon a pool of melted tire.
I'm gonna puke…URGHHK!
Marco laid on the ground and waited for the world to stop spinning before he got to his feet, he buckled when the fortress suplex Meteora then proceeded to rain cannon fire before putting her in an arm bar in the distance.
He looked over to where Eclipsa laid and walked there without Automata covering him, despite the warnings from the Elementals, I hit Eclipsa pretty hard, I'm sure she's unconscious.
[And if she isn't.]
I'll figure something out.
Marco looked at Eclipsa, the queen was face down; he looked at the slab and tried to gauge how big the dent was before discarding the idea. It didn't matter. Marco reached out before pausing, he lifted Eclipsa's arm with the tip of his boot and let go: it flopped to the ground.
"Shit. I must have—"
"KILLED ME? THAT'S SOME CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF!"
Marco brought the sword into guard but yelled instead when several dark hands grabbed his legs and yanked him down to his knees, dark magic spikes exploding all over his body, nearly dropping the Sword of Creation.
The hands picked up Eclipsa and she looked at him with a frigid glare, she looked terrible. Gnome snarled and tried to manifest but seemingly sensing the anger, she threw a spike into the ground and Gnome shrieked, "Trying to escape? Not going to happen boy. These spikes are chockfull of some of my most concentrated arcane— dark magic…all this power you have, no matter how many times I knock you down! You get up again. That simply won't do. Now, hold still while I dig out your heart."
Marco's eyes fell to the knife she fashioned, dark magic so dense it was a solid piece instead of tar or wisps.
She slashed him across the chest, ruining his hoodie, "Oops. My hand slip."
The Dark Knight bared his teeth as she poked and drag the knife across him, even tapping the blade against his teeth before placing the blade over his heart.
Eclipsa smirked before she slapped him across the face, his head turned and unintentionally spewed fire as the queen laughed, "I knew you were gonna flame me again! Tsk tsk, naughty boy!"
The queen let the tar on her body roll and coat Marco, "There, now you'll—!?"
Eclipsa threw an oversized dark bolt javelin as the fortress came thundering to his aid, the bolt arced before hitting the ground, just as the fortress took another step the bolt detonated. Marco and Eclipsa felt the land wave as the fortress got its foot stuck in the crater and tumbled forward, Meteora was lying in the back beaten.
"Hmph, I'll deal with your overgrown castle…after I'm done with you."
The tar ran all over Marco before it harden and some digging into his chest, Marco yelled as it burrow deep and began to pull. Eclipsa ran the blade tauntingly across the open patch of flesh. She paused and shoved the blade with full commitment.
[NOW MARCO!]
Marco bit hard as the sword funneled into his body, making his entire body glow a golden hue. Eclipsa roared and shoved the blade in, hoping death would claim him first.
ALL CREATION
Eclipsa backpedal, her body singed as Marco wheezed, the dark spikes exploded the moment the golden light made contact with them. The queen drew herself up, the dark contamination spreading further and further over her only leaving her face free, her cheek marks turned violent red to completely black.
Marco grabbed her hand as she faced it to him, he winced feeling the dark magic burn him to the touch,
"You'll die."
"So long you do, too!"
She uttered the spell just as Marco drew power again from the sword and the two were nearly undone by the two primordial forces trying to overwhelm each other. Eclipsa claws his hand, trying to break free but his grip was iron and refused to let go, her eyes burned as the corruption spread further and further along with the damages that it was known for.
Without warning a blast of dark magic caught him in the face then the torso, but despite the close proximity and intensity, Marco was steadfast. He slammed the glowing sword down and grabbed Eclipsa even as she began to kick and hit him and forced her to grab the sword hilt.
"Experience serenity, Eclipsa!"
The queen's eyes fell on the sword and attempted to engulf it with her darkness. She threw everything she had at the sword, every bit of her hate, frustration, loathing, desperation, bitterness and wrath. Every horrid memory of her past, the nightmares and visions she was plagued with, the utter hopelessness of her imprisonment and loss of her past loves.
A dark speck briefly showed underneath her pinky before the golden light returned and surge into her in retaliation. Eclipsa screamed and tried to pull herself free, Marco kept her hands on it even as she wailed loud enough to pop his eardrums.
"LET GO OF ME, MARCO!"
"NO! NOOO!"
"ALL OF THIS, I STUDIED, HONE AND WROUGHT UPON MYSELF! IT IS WHO I AM! THESE SCARS ARE MY OWN, CHOICES I HAVE MADE!"
"…that's terrible."
Light engulf the two of them before Marco released Eclipsa, she staggered back as if drunk and struck; holding her arms. Eclipsa glanced down and stared horrified at the sight: all the dark magic contamination were ill faded…gone.
"What…why did you do this to me?"
"…it had spread all over you and the adverse effects…well, you would have died. Leaving your daughter to handle negotiations. She would be…ill-suited for the task."
Eclipsa looked at him critically,
"You mean to use me."
"In a way, yes, but what does it matter, if we get what we want."
She cautiously looked at her arms.
"…the contamination would have shorten my lifespan but not kill me outright…I am not indebted to you. Not I the slightest."
Marco shrugged, he looked as if his patience was worn thin, as if it was the last straw,
"Alright, how about the threat of death?"
"You'd go so far? Please, boy, like you're capable of that."
"You're adamant about that, Eclipsa?" he questioned her, his tone strange.
"I will…not submit…?" her words slow, her mind reeling back to what Marco had done before: the monsters she threw at him…the weapons he had…sparing her and Meteora when he could have easily…
The thoughts interrupted when Marco sighed, feeling the fights weighing on him, he glanced upwards,
"Have it your way."
He recalled the Traitor's Sword and Eclipsa's eyes widen at the sight, her thoughts of him using it on her were discarded when Meteora let out an audible tired exclamation. The queen looked around, seeing nothing creeping towards her, the fortress still lying flat then she noticed shadow around them. She blinked and looked far to the edges of the land and it was covered in shadows, she slowly turn upwards and gasped.
Above them, obscuring the vast night canvas was an enormous blazing meteor, heading straight for them all.
The queen looked at him astonished,
"You wouldn't dare!"
"That meteor will at minimum destroy a hemisphere of this planet. I can escape. You can't stop it nor outrun it. And neither will Meteora. Just agree to my terms Eclipsa and we'll all be better off in the end."
"No."
"Fine. Suit yourself."
He pulled the Sword of Creation free before nonchalantly walking away, Eclipsa looked at her arms, free of the corruption. The queen frowned for a moment at her hesitation before she called upon her dark magic, black-purple veins sprouted up once more in her pale arms and she unleashed a volley of dark bolts.
Marco shook his head before he spun unleashing arcs with both swords, grunting as he was thrown back. Eclipsa flew at him wings unfurled and avoided the arcs.
Eclipsa flipped over Marco and held him at dark bolt point, she hissed in his ear, "You think I can't tear open a gateway out of here?"
"Yeah, because I'll stop you."
Eclipsa bit her lip, feeling out the threat Marco laid out before her, eyes darting upwards she saw the meteor fast approaching, the heavens turning an ominous red. Her eyes flew to Meteora who was still thrashed by Marco's fortress and has yet to recover from the bout.
"…fine." She muttered, "Fine! I agree to your terms Marco. Now get my daughter and myself out of here before we die and most gruesome and unnecessary death."
"Eclipsa, believe me, if there was another way…I would have—"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard this kind of speech a thousand times already, boy, hoof it."
Marco said nothing before chucking the Traitor's Sword to Meteora and teleporting himself and Eclipsa to the down behemoth. Eclipsa let her stomach settle before she walked over to her daughter and mend her, she got her to revert back and covered up her daughter. Marco looked away just as Eclipsa did so with herself.
"Take us away already, boy."
"Let me deal with that nasty meteor before we go."
He sighed and Eclipsa saw Marco age back to a teenager again before he grabbed hold of her hand, he frowned seeing the dark marks again.
"Give me, Meteora." He slung her over his shoulder.
Eclipsa watched fascinated as he sheathe the glowing sword into his chest before using the Traitor's Sword to cut open a portal and they moved through.
Chronos, Spatial I'll leave that hunk of rock to you!
/Mhmmm~watch your back boy./
/She's going to betray the feck out of you!/
Stepping out, Marco felt a massive hand shove him at the same time Meteora taken off his shoulder. He spun the Traitor's Sword into guard just in time to block a dark bolt for his face.
"Talk about not keeping your word."
Marco blocked more bolts as he backpedal across the ravaged lands of Mewni once again. The monster carcasses and blood still lying in place in the battlefield as he held his ground with the queen.
"What about our—" "Shove it up your arse, boy!"
Marco sighed before drawing the Elementals, many of them unhappy with how things were going, especially Seraph.
Dune + Hallow
Quicksand Entrapment!
The ground beneath Eclipsa feet churned and she took to the skies, Meteora hovering just inches from the ground by her mother's magic. Marco followed her before electricity crackled between his fingertips, fire in the other,
Ignis + Seraph + Hanabi + Olive
Sunflower Volley!
Raigu!
Lightning Snare!
Eclipsa dodged the attack, letting it strike the clouds and having it rumble as she dived and fired more and more bolts at him, evading the fireballs that struck the ground.
"Enough Eclipsa!"
Undine + Seraph + Hallow
Water Spout!
The ground shook before a fountain shot to the sky, swelling up the clouds before a brief but torrential rain came pouring over the landscape.
Yuki!
Freezing Mist!
Eclipsa felt her wings grow heavier and heavier, frost clinging on it unable to break it off. Marco thrust his palm at her,
ASTRAL THRUST!
Eclipsa grunted as if someone punched the entirety of the air out of her lungs along with most of her magic as she crashed into the ground. Meteora joined her mother as the magic was sapped via the connection of the caster.
Marco panted feeling the stress catching up to him as he put his hand over the ground and a stone coffin came up before he grabbed something inside and aimed it at Eclipsa. The queen weakly threw up a barrier before Marco shot at her, the bullet bouncing off as he walked over. He pulled the trigger again and again and Eclipsa struggled to keep the barrier up, wincing at each hit. She angled the barrier and Marco yelled as the bullet ricochet and managed to find it's way back to him.
Marco stumbled, falling into the mud and staining himself with muck and his blood, even still the Dark Knight got to his feet, determined. His hand shook as he aimed it again only to have Eclipsa crush it before he chucked it aside and leveled his sword at her. He took a deep breath before he unleashed a blazing arc, destroying her barrier and knocking her into the mud, exhausted.
Seraph looked at the convenient sight before her: Marco had finally triumph over Eclipsa and Meteora. It was the perfect time to cut Marco loose.
[It's seems your battle has concluded. I'll taking my Sisters with me now, Marco.]
Marco was blindsided at the news as was the Elementals and Concepts were merely amused at the decision. Before Marco could even ask why the sudden retraction, the Light Elemental snarled,
[You've broken your promise too many times. You've put my Sisters in danger and abused our powers not for justice but for gain. The Elementals and Concepts will help you no longer.]
"I…I understand." Marco reluctantly relented, he had pushed Seraph to the brink, he was even lucky enough to have them as long as he did, "Thank you all for granting me your powers. You all have been a tremendous help."
The Elementals were reasonably put off and angry. The Concepts merely shrugged, it matters not to them either way.
Well, I'm staying. No point trying to change my mind, Sister. I am not abandoning, Marco.
[So quick, Iggy…I see you ensnared one of my Sisters already, Marco. Take Ignis with you. That is the only aid you will have for the rest of your life.]
[Ignis…if you go with Marco, you could perish alongside him.]
I know…but there is no place I'd rather be.
"Ignis…no, go back to Prima. I can't put you in peril. There's a chance one day I will fall and I won't let you get captured or killed with me. You'll put your Sisters at risk."
NO! Marco, you already proved you're worthy of our strength! Seraph please, if you're not going to aid no longer him give him more of your Light, then Marco could—
[No. Ignis why are you so infatuated with him? You already saw what he is capable of. His people capable of.]
I don't care! Wherever Marco's path leads him, ruin or prosperity, I will be there for him. I'll give him my Incendiary for as long as he can wield it.
[…foolish Sister. Undine, you're staying with Marco.]
WHAT?! WHY!?
The Light Elemental was quiet for a moment, looking around and seeing the carnage Marco had caused and by extension her had allowed.
[…if Ignis allows Marco to become destructive with her powers…I want you to kill both of them.]
The elementals and even Concepts were horrified at Seraph's words.
Sister…no! NO! Don't! Marco, damn you! You'll be the reason why I kill Ignis!
"Then don't."
I'd drown you right now. RIGHT. NOW.
Before the water Elemental could put her hands on Marco, two Elementals immediately stood between the human and elemental. Seraph took notice and gestured to them.
[Sylph. Gnome. You stay put too.]
I was…okay, Sister.
I'm not happy about this either, Undine. Calm yourself.
Seraph looked at Marco, a withering glare before jabbing his chest, [That Light inside of you will kill you if you divulge any information about us. Hallow put a bit of yourself as well, I want two of us watching him.]
Marco felt the pearls float within him as the Elementals and Concepts said their good byes before their departure. Musica kissed Marco on the cheek as did most of the Elementals and Concepts before she whispered to Monster Arm,
How can I convey my love for you before they fly away?
I tHink AbOUt It aLL dAY EvEryDAy!
We'll be together forever, we're never gonna be apart…
One by one, they only FALL apart…
Can it be undone?
Why can't I just be the one for once?!
Monster Arm yelled as they ascend to the heavens despite Musica's last words to it,
No! Not my main bitch!
Marco stared at the sky as they made their way home, Raigu lighting up the sky one more time for him as he walked towards the fallen Eclipsa.
"Im…impossible…"
"…"
A haggard Marco pointed the Traitor Sword at Eclipsa's neck, the entire landscape around them burning, ruptured and filled with blood, the sky cracked with lightning, illuminating the dark canvas of blood red clouds and burning constellations above. Monsters and the like littered the battlefield as the Queen of Darkness summoned them to her aid, but all for naught, even Meteora lay there in the mud, barely alive.
Eclipsa looked up to see the boy, no…the man that bested them all. He was worst for wear, torn up and bloody, but he didn't seem to care, even if he was bludgeon by her monsters, her daughter and even by her own hands and arcane magic, Marco took it.
Meteora weakly pulled herself up, Marco had no problem fighting her, in her base form, monster form, Butterfly form or even her Monster Butterfly form something never before seen. The sheer skill, strength and will from the wielder of the Traitor Sword was peerless to the Queen of Darkness.
"…how could you…?"
"Don't you fuckin' dare." Marco spat, his breath misting out of his breath, his eyes on Eclipsa.
Marco inched his sword closer, Eclipsa paused before the magic in her hand dissipate, she chuckled at being caught before slumping in the mud mixed with blood, she smiled at Marco even as it began to shower from above.
"I yield, Marco. You have bested Eclipsa Butterfly, the Queen of Darkness. What are your terms?"
"You already know my terms."
Eclipsa held out a hand and he pulled her up, she smiled at the gesture, she made sure to stand juuust right so the holes in her dress were beyond scandalous. Meteora gasped at her mother's display, but she ignored her daughter, her eyes only on the man in front of her.
"As you command…my lovely Dark Knight."
Whew, that was a doozy to write and I can hear all of you avid readers breathing sighs of relief that this arc is over. Yeah, but it was necessary because Marco is portrayed powerful but I never gave any real context how powerful he was, have I? This should firmly cement how much power Marco hands whether conventional, elemental or otherwise. Another helpful tidbut is that Eclipsa has used dark magic so frequently that low level spells don't mark her anymore, only when using much more powerful ones will it show and adversely affect her.
Now that all the fighting is done, it's back to the politics and drama.
I mean it pushes the plot but damnit, why did it have to be Mewni politics.
Shout Out to Darkness Rissing [Wood, Ice, Life + Death] SuicideGuy [Poison] for guessing some of the elementals and Concepts.
Songs in order of appearance:
Drowning Pool: Enemy
Dope: Die MF Die
Teriyaki Boyz: Tokyo Drift
Doki Doki Literatre Club: Doki Doki Forever!
Ignis [Fire] Undine [Water] Gnome [Earth] Sylph [Wind]
Seraph [Light] Hallow [Dark]
Automata [Metal] Raigu [Lightning]
Moku [Wood] Olive [Oil] Jewel [Crystal] Hanabi [Gunpowder] Yuki [Ice]
Flask [Glass] Toxin [Poison] Salt [Salt, duh] Dunes [Sand]
Chronos [Time] Spatial [Space] Life [Life] Death [Death] Musica [Music] Historia [History] Psyche [Mind] Spirit [Soul/Spirit]
"You're going to tell me where you got those powers, Marco?"
"No. Go back to your kingdom, Eclipsa, bury your warriors."
She swept her hand and the bodies were pulled under by some unknown force, "This entire place was a burial site before I came along...it pays to feed the beast that sleeps within this land."
Marco frowned at the lack of ceremony.
Meteora struggled to her feet before Eclipsa made a dark cloud and it slid underneath her daughter and flew to the kingdom, the queen looked at him.
"There, now we're all alone, speak your mind, Marco. Since I already yield, I would like to know more of your plans for Mewni. And how you're going accomplish it. You must have some power hidden that will sway like no other, I'm sure."
"Negotiations. Peace Talks. Treaties. Those will be more than enough."
"Oh boo, Marco, that's some boring check-and-balances you have!"
"It's effective."
Eclipsa clicked her tongue before she began to circle him, "C'mon Marco, no need to be shy~ What powers could you be possibly hiding, hmmm?"
The Dark Knight sighed, looking over himself and feeling weak and cold, his hoodie ruined and leftover gear in near tatters. Eclipsa wasn't going to stop heckling him and where he was going, he didn't need her to know, he took his sword and readied to cut a portal the moment Eclipsa was distracted.
"Powers that I hide? Fine, then let me tell you." Marco said quietly facing the queen, she paused at his change in demeanor, "I desired the power to protect those I cherish…and took a bite of the Devil's Fruit for it will lead me there…can you claim as much, Eclipsa?"
Her arms spasm at the words, her eyes widening as Marco's kind brown eyes disappeared as a pitch black sclera spread across it, obscuring and eating any kindness he had. A poisonous green filled the empty eye sockets, forming his iris.
A snake of a smile crept across his handsome face.
I am the Fallen Dark Knight…I AM THE FELL KNIGHT.
Eclipsa took a step back and unconsciously turned away, unable to look him in the eyes any longer.
Marco brought the sword down and slipped through a portal, landing in a very familiar room.
Marco's options to defeating Eclipsa and Meteora based on causalities, collateral damages and personal harm.
Option 5: Elementals [this arc]
Option 4: Call in the favor from all the Allies he befriended over 2 years [his allies could die in the assualt]
Option 3: his 300 Warband [the Sinful Sips mercs, his brothers/sisters in arms, handpicked himself]
Option 2: Unleash the Concepts [planetary destruction]
Option 1: Fully embrace the Fell Knight [permanent contamination of his soul]
Ciao,
I am NRG
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