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Chapter 31
Darcy vs Marco
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Marco mulled over the news of a Mewni Civil War, again this was far from what he thought Mewni would ever do. He had stayed away and yet Mewni still fell into ruin, one side of him was apathetic, they deserved it for their incompetence…the other was just honestly surprised that they started to bicker so quickly in a span of a year.
He discreetly glanced to the rest of his tablemates: Jackie looked worried, Janna was more or less disinterested, Kelly shot him a concern look and Hekapoo was…studying him. That was odd…but then again she'd been through a lot so he let it pass.
Or so he would have.
"I understand that a year's time has passed for Mewni…but I find it very hard to believe that no one there would have called to plead with me if the situation was so dire."
"It's simple Muscles: pride. You know how Mewmans are. Also, why you specifically?"
Marco opened his mouth before he promptly shut it.
Kelly looked at Hekapoo, "Why didn't you come here before things escalated?" "Oh, the royals thought they had things under control…forbid anyone from contacting the outside dimensions." "That never stopped you before." "There are times when a glaring Queen Moon would put a damper on my free spirit ways."
Marco frowned as Jackie and Janna merely listened in, trying to gauge more of Hekapoo's character from the talking.
"…did you come here right AFTER you escaped?"
"Yeah…the moment I found an opportunity I cut myself a portal and leaped over. Look, maybe Queen Moon is gonna grill me when I get back but that bastard is no joke, if you want proof of how bad Mewni is…see for yourself."
Hekapoo pushed herself from the table and grabbed hold of Marco, pulling him and quickly slashing a portal, Jackie, Janna and Kelly reacted a second later,
"Well, c'mon, Marco." Hekapoo tugging him to the portal.
Marco paused before nodding, moving to
side kicking Hekapoo out of the café window.
Everyone stared in shock horror before Marco threw another $650 wad at the waitress and hoped out of the window, Traitor Sword in hand.
Hekapoo blinked being indented into a poor sedan, Marco marching up to her as she blocked the kick in the last second,
"I'm going to ask you this only once: who the fuck are you."
"Gah, what the fuck Marc—!"
Marco grabbed her by the horn and slammed her head into the car carcass.
His face was pure fury as Hekapoo blinked away tears and blood, metallic on her tongue, the sword glittered and he brought it for a chop.
Marco grunted as two boot heels kicked him back, he tighten his jaw as Hekapoo pushed the car parts apart and she rolled her shoulders.
"You are one—paranoid motherfucker, Marco~ I thought I played her quite well. What gave me away?"
"Hekapoo's portal is red."
"Heh…I guess I couldn't copy that."
Marco watched as the imposter grabbed her bloody face and literally tore it off.
Mangled flesh stared at him as she stepped out of the ruined orange yellow dress pulling up a garb from underneath it all, just as her body went from sexually plump and short into tall and lithe.
Her attire was so loose she might as well been butt naked.
"Hello Marco~ name's Darcy~ or would you prefer mistress~" she purred seductively.
Kelly, Janna and Jackie stared from the café window.
The waitress and occupants stared.
And in complete honesty, beat off at the sight.
Heck even traffic stopped and or crashed.
"Wow~ not gonna blush Marco?" she teased.
"Meh, I've seen better." Marco deadpan.
"…" Darcy's smile didn't fall but the temperature did.
"Huh. This is usually the part Monster Arm chimes in.
Or I get yelled at by the Elementals."
"…word, Marco?"
"…explain."
"Gosh. Rude."
"Good."
Darcy smiled as the two faced off, people were gathering to see the commotion.
Marco didn't let it show he was worried for them, so he barked at Darcy.
"What did you do to Hekapoo."
"Ooh, what haven't I done~?"
Marco glared, "ANSWER ME." "AND IF I DON'T." Darcy quipped impishly.
Marco felt an odd sensation at the back and forth between him and her, it felt…unsettling.
"You will."
"Oho! Scary. If you must know she's been my love slave for months, I've explored every nook and cranny of her alabaster body~"
Marco used every ounce of will not to drool as he looked down on Darcy, loathingly.
"What have you done."
"A lot of things, I'm guessing Mewni to keep this plot moving~ I've done a great many things, plunging it into chaos! Inciting wars are so much fun~!"
"Hmph, I've fought in them. What for."
"Well…because I could~ I'm so full of diversity that I can't help myself! I could say 'No' 50x but say 'Yes' on the 51st but if I were to do it again I might only do it 20x before it changes! You see…it's never the same twice, I am a maelstrom of desire and debauchery and evil and wants and sickness; I just can't help myself." Darcy smiled as tears streamed down her face, Marco narrowed his eyes.
"AND I DON'T REGRET IT. BECAUSE YOU'RE THE CAUSE OF MY BIRTH, MY WRETCHED EXISTENCE, HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS, FOR MEWNI AND IT'S LIES." "I don't what the fuck you're going on about, but you will spill it without being cryptic!"
The near nude Mewman giggled, she slashed a portal and pulled out a familiar twisted sword and pointed it to Marco, whose eyes widen in shock at the sight of it.
"Like I said—oh, the sword? Yeah, I pulled it from this wretched Mewman's fingers, whoa!"
Darcy leapt to the side as Marco suddenly blurred forward, cleaving through the sedan, her eyes catching Marco's.
Fury.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIGGS!? HEKAPOO!? ANSWER ME BITCH!"
Darcy spun away before using the FrostFlame to withstand an arc from Marco's sword, she blinked feeling suddenly in over her head against the fabled Dark Knight. She felt a sudden tug to the FrostFlame as if it was trying to fly out of her hand!
"What I do best: I destroyed them!" Darcy taunted.
Marco fell into a stance, feeling his muscles tense; ready to launch himself forward and split Darcy like a piece of plywood. Then Jackie, Janna and Kelly rushed to the broken window to see the commotion and Darcy's eyes fell upon them.
And she smiled widely.
Vengeance Volt!
Marco threw the sword into the pathway of the lightning fork exploding from Darcy's fingertips before he slammed into Darcy. The Mewman tried to slash Marco with the sword only to have it whiz out of her hand and into his, "What the fuck—ack!?"
Darcy hacked up blood as Marco chopped it diagonally into her, cleaving through collarbone, he pulled back for another chop but a fireball erupting from her hand sent him flying. Marco grunted hitting asphalt, throwing off his singed shirt leaving him shirtless, Darcy stood up glaring at him, wiping blood from her chin.
"Fuck that hurts…damnit, Ignis why didn't you stop that?"
No answer.
Marco blinked.
"Now, you've done it Marco: I'm angry." Darcy snarled and slashed open a portal with the scissors and pulled out a black thorn sword and pointed it at him.
"I was planning to beat you to a pulp then take you back to Mewni and dominate your sweet boy pussy for every Mewman and Monster to see, make everyone lose that last shred of hope. NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO LOP YOUR HEAD OFF AND THROW IT AT THEIR FEET!"
Darcy swung and black thorn spikes came shrieking out, Marco sent out flaming and icy arcs before recalling the Traitor's Sword and diving for Darcy. She hissed and dodged the dual wielding Marco, blocking the sword strikes before her sword was cut in half by the Dark Knight's sword.
Darcy leapt back before grabbing the blade and pulling it, regaining its previous length and diving back into battle, this time avoiding the Traitor's sword swings. Marco spun and tried to end the battle quickly, the longer they fought the more collateral damage they were causing to Echo Creek.
Darcy's thorn missiles, his arcs and cleaving hits were wrecking the streets; cars were swerving to dodge them as they fought. He tried to lead her away but every time he did she would rush Janna, Jackie and Kelly in the café forcing him to give chase.
"Get back here, you fucker!"
Marco focused and tried to launch himself.
Falling short and rolling on the ground, he shook himself off and tried to close the distance.
"What the hell, Sylph!...Sylph? Undine! Gnome!"
No answer.
"Fuck!"
Marco threw the Traitor's Sword and cut off Darcy who was rushing back to the café, Kelly was ready with her claymore but Marco landed in front and sent a savage arc at Darcy who flipped away.
Marco threw out a punch roaring, "IGNIS!"
Darcy braced herself but when nothing came all she did was crash into the ground, peeved.
Marco looked at his hands, the bystanders staring at Marco as if he had gone mad. Darcy pushed herself up brushing off grime and sweat, "You keep yelling shit like that Marco, what the fuck are you even doing? Other than being a disappointment to my expectations! Everyone on Mewni either loves or hates your guts! I've heard nothing but legendary feats and absurd stories about you, day in and day out! But all I've been getting is this sub-par GARBAGE! Show me your true face, Marco! WhAt Is It GoInG tAkE!?"
Darcy's maddening eyes darted to Jackie, Janna and Kelly.
Jackie and Janna looked ready to bolt while Kelly was ready to stand her ground.
Marco gritted his teeth, he didn't want to bring his sordid past to Echo Creek but it was here regardless…
He summoned the Traitor's Sword and slash above him and roared,
"Come to me!"
[MARCO?! Don't you dare—ack!?] [Ouchie!]
Out of my way!
We're here!
I'm coming too—oof!?
Hey! Let go of me!
Marco buckled as several Elementals slammed into him from above before the portal was closed from Prima's side courtesy of an enraged Seraph.
What's the matter, Marco?
Hey, wait, oh by the ELEMENTS!
What the fuck happened to my sister, MARCO!?
"I don't know! They didn't answer me!"
Ignis?! Oh, no!
Oh, my sisters!
They better not be dead, Marco, or I'll, I'll…
"I swear on my life, I do not know!"
Their asleep…its faint but they are alive…whoever did this to them…
/Even Monster Arm…who…? Oh, by the Concepts…I know who did this! You met a PENDRAGON, DIDN'T YOU!?/
"I literally do not have the time to answer these questions! I need your help now!"
Darcy was unsure what Marco did but she felt the atmosphere change and she attacked, Marco threw the Traitor's Sword behind him before he dashed forward with the FrostFlame.
Darcy's eyes trained on the Traitor's Sword, that blasted sword lets him make arcs and teleports him to its location…if I run after those three he can get back here just as quickly, that just leaves him with that sword…perfect~
Marco locked blades with Darcy before suddenly he found himself flying back, Darcy giggled rolling her shoulders, showing her arms had grown, Marco narrowed his eyes. He launched himself and slammed blades, it took only two hits before Marco was overpowered and he felt his arms jitter and the sword bend to the brute strength as he was sent flying back again, skidding on asphalt.
"What the fuck are you."
"I am Mewni's hope."
"More like it's Scourge." Marco spat, Darcy laughed at the comment.
"Funny you say that: I came from you."
Marco blinked.
Darcy grinned.
"I am the Mewman Clone of Marco Diaz, I am their answer to the Dark Knight of Mewni~! But I've become more than that! I am the answer to Mewni…"
"…so this is what made Mewni cave in…an abomination." Marco said quietly, his eyes traveling all over Darcy she smiled and bent over to show her killer cleavage, how can Mewni be so stupid…
"I wouldn't say that~ more like a God!"
"So humble."
Darcy smirked and readied herself as did Marco, he ignored the fact the both of them fell in the same stance.
"Let's see what's stronger: a clone or the original…a God or a Dark Knight."
"Your not a God, so it will be me." Marco dashed forward, Darcy grinned, "Sure about that~!?"
Marco felt his arms buckle as the two collided, Darcy snarled surprised Marco wasn't sent flying, she pushed but so did he and they were fairly even.
"I was knocking you around a second ago!"
"Yeah, well, Automata was tending to her sister, now she wants to fight."
Darcy's eyes looked to his arms and bare torso and saw it had a metallic tinge to it.
Marco dropped from her field of vision and delivered an uppercut and sent her bouncing off a brick wall.
"Automata, Moku, Jewel, Raigu, Yuki, Dunes and Golem, I'm going to need all of your help!"
/I'll help too Marco~ oh the police are coming, I know you got this under control so I'll send them away for you~/
Marco grunted as Musica ejected herself from him as he channeled the Elementals as Darcy recovered, "That's a neat trick, Marco, want to see mine!?"
Marco narrowed his eyes as the Mewman began to bulk up, scales and feathers grew over flesh, her eyes changing to match that of a bird and her maw filled with rows of sharp teeth along with claws.
Marco grunted as Darcy suddenly closed the distance and punched him in the gut, sending skidding and breaking a telephone pole in half.
The Dark Knight pushed himself up before his head was grabbed by a claw foot and slammed back into the ground, "You look better face down, Marco~! Gyahahaha!"
Darcy casually slapped the claymore thrown at her by Kelly, she turned to look at the bushy green hair girl, "YOU'RE NEXT."
"NO SHE IS NOT!"
Darcy yelled as she was sent airborne and Marco appeared above her and savagely axe kicked her down.
"DID I STRUCK A NERVE!?" Darcy laughed from the crater, Marco crushed her insides a second later, driving both feet through her midsection.
Marco saw what he had done, briefly closing his eyes because he had witnesses to his brutality.
"Is this the deepest you've been in a woman, Marco~?"
Marco flinched.
Darcy's arm turned swol and punched him in the side of his knee, an audible crack of broken bones and Marco's surprised yell sent tremors down everyone's spine.
Marco crumpled backwards, Darcy grabbed his legs and pulled it free from her carcass and tossed it to the side as Marco screamed in pain.
"Super Mewman Strength is no joke~ gotta say that fucked up my hand something fierce!" Darcy laughed off her own injury: her hand was missing leaving only a stump at the wrist with mangled meat and exposed bones.
It took only a moment for it to heal and she grabbed Marco by his foot and slammed him all over the crater, Automata frantically used her powers but that only made Darcy slam Marco even faster and harder. His broken unresponsive leg flailing, threatening to rip off.
Darcy brought Marco down only to smack her hand into the ground; he vanished.
Marco gasped for air as he landed next to the Traitor's Sword, Kelly, Janna and Jackie gasped at the sight of him.
"…eal…heal…" Marco croaked, Moku made several saplings grow around him, tenderly aligning his leg before becoming a tourniquet and brace. Other plants and herbs sprouted around him and began to cover his leg.
I'm not as good as Undine or Seraph but this will help speed up the healing!
"MARCO~? WHERE ARE YOU~?" Darcy's singsong voice rang out. Kelly scrambled out of the café and grabbed her claymore standing between the crater and Marco, he shook his head frantically, "Get…out of…here…" "No way, Marco! She just thrashed you!"
Darcy hopped out of the crater and grinned, "Oh, so you want to play? I wonder if you'll burn as well as you look, shrub!"
Fire danced around Darcy's fingertips.
Marco gritted his teeth at the sight before he focused on the Drop of Seraph in his heart, accelerating Moku's healing.
Kelly brought her claymore to guard as Darcy tried to slash her, Kelly's entire frame jitter from each successive hit, Darcy taunted her as she pushed her back one hit at a time.
"I'm gonna split you like a log~"
"Imma plant your head in my garden~ I wonder if you'll grow?"
"Going to cut you into pieces and make you into a bookshelf~!"
Kelly felt her blood boil and swung as hard as she could, Darcy caught the blade and snapped it before chucking it at her.
Marco's heart shot to his throat as Kelly cried out falling to the ground.
Darcy's clawed foot held her down, "Now—ow!"
The Mewman glared as Jackie's hand was outstretched, Janna had a piece of brick.
She threw it, missing Darcy who snarled and threw Kelly at the two of them.
"That's right, fear me you bunch of thots!" Darcy crowed, she turned to face Marco who was struggling to get to his feet with his leg in a wooden moss covered cast, "That's right Marco, you must be scared of me! Appropriate~!"
Musica looked at the two from her vantage, the police forces were in disarray after she sang, she frowned at the words and began to sing, focusing on primarily Marco but knowing it had an area of effect,
/If I can't find the cure, I'll
I'll fix you with my love
No matter what you know, I'll
I'll fix you with my love
I'll fix you with my love
And if you say you're okay
I'm gonna heal you anyway~/
Marco's cast crumbled away revealing a fixed leg but more than that was the fact his other injuries healed before Darcy's eyes, a surprised gasp confirmed Kelly was healed too. She glanced at Musica, figuring out what she was doing and threw a slab of concrete at the Concept, before throttling Marco.
Marco was sorely tempted to recall the Traitor's Sword…but knowing Darcy's tactic he left it behind and duked it out with her.
"Automata! Jewel!"
Marco flicker forward and punched Darcy, he grabbed her by the arm and savagely kicked her in the shin, feeling bones break as she shriek before he did an improvised hip throw. His fists turned one metal and the other diamond and began to hammer away at Darcy's face, she roared and threw a punch getting Marco at the chin and he step back.
Darcy scrambled to her feet as Marco darted forward, she bellowed out fire from her mouth forcing him to slam his hands onto the ground,
JEWEL!
CRYSTAL COVER!
A wall of neon blue crystals buffered the fire before Marco sent them flying to Darcy stopping her from burning everything behind him that included the café and its patrons. The Mewman snarled feeling shards before she backtracked for her sword, Marco took it as her fleeing and gave chase, leaving the Traitor's Sword behind again.
He called the FrostFlame just in time as Darcy found the Misery Rose and began to chuck thorn spikes at him, forcing him to deflect it.
Marco, she's forcing you on the defensive! The more you let her control the fight the more she's going cause mayhem around you!
"I KNOW! But she's the source of this mess and I WILL wring the information out of her! Even if I have to beat her into undeath!"
The Elementals conjure their powers to stop spikes thrown from killing bystanders be it a wall of ice or spouts of lava, Marco snarled, "Automata! FULL AUTOMATIC!" Got it!
Musica grinned at the sight of Marco wielding two handguns, Darcy leapt back just as the pistols began to fire.
Like machine guns. Without Marco even reloading.
Darcy thought it was strange immediately as she blurred across the urban landscape to avoid being riddled with holes by the trigger happy Dark Knight.
/Are those pistols reloading themselves out sheer fear, Marco?!/
"YOU. START SINGING. NOW."
Musica experimentally coughed before she sang out, Automata making a microphone stand for her as she leapt on top of a car as the two combatants duked it out.
Darcy swerved out of the hail of bullets as Marco was amped up by the Concept of Music, feeling the more powerful but aware of a growing darkness inside of him as well…
I'll endure the exile
The darkness of night falls around my soul
And the hunter within loses control
Gotta let it out - gotta let it out
Gotta let it out - gotta let it out
The Echo Creek inhabitants watched in horror as Marco moved in inhumane speeds as he dueled against the Scourge of Mewni. Slamming blade over blade and when they did, sending massive shockwaves across the place.
Kelly felt cold sweat form at the sight of Marco delving into his darkness…
Marco snapped his twisted sword apart and in a whirlwind of fire and ice began to put the serious hurt on Darcy.
FIRE DARTS!
FROST MISSILES!
Marco roared as he sent his projectiles forcing Darcy to dodge it but she quickly realized it was homing on her forcing her to destroy them, Marco drew up Automata again and bled the other Elementals into the bullets.
DIAMOND SLUG!
Darcy felt a hole punch through her side.
SAND TURRET BARRAGE!
Darcy felt as if her organs were buffed with a coarse sand paper.
Marco drew his swords again and roared into the heavens before blurring forward as Darcy held her sword aloft to meet him.
This demon inside has ahold of me
Clenching its power - trying to break free
Gotta let it out - gotta let it out
Gotta let it out - gotta let it out
One hit from amped Marco made it very clear that the fight had gone south for Darcy, she buffed herself but to her surprise it wasn't enough! Marco was slamming his twin swords harder and faster than before, a touch of fear licked Darcy's innards.
A darken look had taken over Marco's face.
And with an almighty swing, the Misery Rose was knocked out of Darcy's numb hands.
And a fist closing around her neck.
Darcy's scream was muffled by concrete as Marco slammed her head into the concrete before he ran down the avenue.
Move fast, baby - Don't be slow
Step aside – reload – time to go
I can't seem to control
All this rage that's inside me
Darcy clawed at Marco's arm as he ran faster and faster, leaving a scar on the road and a trail of blood and bones. Residents that didn't run away, puked at the sight of Marco literally smearing a girl's head off.
"LET. ME. GO!"
Marco threw Darcy just before she could put hands on him with her transformed arm.
Her face was looked as if it was taken out from a blender prematurely as gravel and asphalt mixed with her dangling mangled flesh, her eyes bore into Marco's darken ones.
Her body began to bulk and morph taking traits of Monsters she devoured as Marco pulled out Automata Pistols and began his assault once more, firing bullets from a pistol at the same rate of a 50 cal.
Pullin' shots – aimin' dots – Yeah I don't miss
Branded by Fire – Born in the abyss
Red hot temper – I just can't resist
All this vengeance inside me
Musica got the microphone stand between her legs as she grind up and down it as Marco and Darcy went into a frenzy, blurring across the place from shops, to the park to even the school sending the school mascot flying and crushing cars in the parking lot.
Darcy punched Marco in the gut and grabbing a sedan, smashed it across his face, only to find a diamond coating over it protecting him. She roared, spewing fire all over him before she gagged as ice lodge into her open orifice, Marco kicked her up the chin, breaking her jaw.
"Mmmarcoo!" Darcy cried in pain, she thrust a palm at him,
VENGEFUL BLAST!
Marco summoned both his swords and poised it in an 'X', taking the magical blast head on, normally he would have evaded it but the music was denying him clear thinking only focusing on destroying Darcy.
All of these thoughts runnin' through my head
Arm on fire, veins burnin' red
Frustration is gettin' bigger
Bang Bang Bang – Pull my Devil Trigger!
Darcy recovered and uppercut Marco, grabbing his leg before he lift off too far and brought him back down, face first into concrete.
"YOU MISERABLE HUMAN! HOW DARE YOU—AHHHHH!"
Darcy let go of Marco's leg as lightning raced around him, he rolled back to his feet before he delivered a blistering combos of kicks to roundhouse finishing with a flipkick, Darcy staggered back. Marco was already molding the Elementals together, Darcy charged up her own magic as the two laid waste to each other.
Embrace the darkness that's within me
No hiding in the shadows anymore
When this wickedness consumes me
Nothing can save you and there's no way out
Kelly felt the café shake, spying explosions at the distance, knowing full well Marco was using too much of his borrowed powers. Jackie and Janna steady themselves against the counter, this level of wanton destruction was surreal to the both of them, but as the explosions got closer they knew better it wasn't a dream.
Not when Marco crashed through the café and back out, Darcy tore in a moment later, completely unrecognizable as she used more and more Monster DNA to combat the Dark Knight.
Marco fused FrostFlame together and took up a pistol, his signature Mercenary style of fighting. The two clashed again, leaving the three girls speechless on the sheer ferocity and brutality Marco was capable of.
I'm a wildfire you won't tame
Igniting my temper, can't put out my flame
There's no way to contain
This storm swelling inside me
I'm a bomb you can't defuse
Might just accept you're gonna lose
Can't turn down, I refuse
to hold back anymore
Marco sent arcs at Darcy leaping over thrown cars and slabs thrown, cutting through them with the machine-gun pistol; protecting people from being killed outright by the attack. Darcy roared sending a debilitating shockwave pounding Marco into the concrete before Darcy leapt and stomped on him bursting him open.
Darcy looked at the bloody remains before it turned from blood into water, it shot up spiking her and freezing at the same time.
Marco burst out of the ground, sand pouring off him as he slammed his palms together,
MAGMA UPPERCUT!
A fiery Marco burst from underneath Darcy and sent her flying into the air, flecking blood down below.
All of these voices inside my head
Blinding my sight in a curtain of red
Frustration is getting bigger
Bang Bang Bang – Pull my Devil Trigger!
Marco's eyes shined with brilliance, he cupped his hands together and willed the Elementals into it, he screamed and buckled; falling to his knees as the incompatible Elements warred with each other as he tried to focus them.
Darcy recovered, growing wings and saw what Marco was attempting and copied him, she grew out a unicorn, tapping into more magic as her attack grew larger and brighter, near dwarfing the sun above.
"HOLY FUCK!"
"RUN!"
"We're all gonna die—YOLO, I hate your guts bitch!" "DAFUQ YOU SAY LIL DICK!?"
"Get ready to be smeared on floor, MARCO! DIABOLICAL DOWNFALL!"
"WRATH OF NATURE!"
Marco brought his hands forth just as Darcy and the two twisting beams collided in a devastating boom, Marco could feel his muscles peeling off his bones as he was pushed back into concrete, Darcy forcing herself downwards to keep herself from being blown into the Mesosphere.
The two beams pushed against one another, getting dangerously close to each end but they persevere despite it all.
Musica frowned at the sight and sang out the last crescendo.
When the night ends it's not over
We fight through to get closer
Like a silver bullet piercing through
I throw myself into you
Darcy's eyes darted to the Concept as she dipped into Marco and then it was over.
If it wasn't for her heighten awareness and sensory she won't have seen Marco overpower her blast before summoning his sword, fly up to her and slashing her, splitting into wood, ice, lightning, metal, sand and lava of himself and each taking turns bashing her before the real Marco slammed her back into reality.
Leaving her in a crater.
Marco grunted as he landed back on solid concrete, feeling himself buckle and collapsed to the ground, feeling the Elementals shriek and cry in concern and agony, his hastily made attack had cost them some bruising within him.
OUCHIE!
NEVER-DO THAT AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING!
DIAZ!
"My bad..."
Marco grunted as he tried to push himself up, propping himself with the FrostFlame the best he could, he was dimly aware he of the commotion he had caused was catching up: people were coming to investigate. They would all know now...
Marco sighed, picking up the best he could and dragging himself to the crater, the indentation had ruined everything, even the underground sewer and water pipes weren't spared as it rapidly filled the crater with a floating body. Marco gestured with his sword,
"Ice...missiles..."
Marco swung and brought the sword to guard swiftly as the body suddenly shot at him just as the missiles whiz past, Marco's eyes bore into Darcy's own: both filled with untold rage and menace.
"MARCO!"
"BITCH!"
Marco threw her to the side as she slammed into an overturned sedan, she pulled herself up, even as her skin covered herself the merc knew he had finally done enough damage to hurt her.
Especially when the she kept her hand over her belly.
Marco savagely swung FrostFlame at her sending twisting darts but the Misery Rose cut them to ribbons, Marco recklessly threw the sword at her and summoned the Traitor's Sword, ready to end the fight but Darcy pointed the Misery Rose at him and the sword blade extended sending the FrostFlame spinning back at him. He ducked and cursed as the sword skitter behind him just as Darcy used the extension to push her further away from a surprised but now seething Marco.
"GET BACK HERE! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" he threw the sword and warped close enough to slash the Fiend.
Darcy snarled.
Spinning and kicking Marco back as the two came falling.
"This isn't over, Marco! YAH HEAR ME!? I'LL GET YOUR SWEET ASS, I SWEAR ON IT!" Darcy landed on her back and managed to scream as her insides slid between her fingers trying to hold it back in. She pitifully rolled to her side before furiously slashing a portal and pathetically fleeing from the enraged Dark Knight.
Marco pushed himself up and sluggishly gave chase before he realized it was futile. He wiped his chin and glanced around…the destruction he had caused.
Musica looked around from inside him and waved a hand,
/Don't worry about it, I'll call Chronos, she'll fix this./
"Good…" Marco muttered as his eyes dimmed and felt his body fall forward...
He swore he could hear the cries of Kelly, Janna and Jackie in his ears…and a portal ripping open.
.
Darcy fell back in her hideout, howling in pain, clutching herself.
Defeat.
She ran. She ran away.
With her tail between her legs.
She gritted her teeth at the thought: Marco did this.
"Damn you, Marco..." she snarled.
"Pfft~ looks like you failed~"
Darcy glared at Hekapoo as she looked at her smugly, Darcy pushed herself up and limped over to the redhead looking down at her, "I failed? No. Marco failed. I'm alive. I'm not dead. And that will cost him. Dearly."
Hekapoo narrowed her eyes at the words.
Darcy shook violently for a moment before her bones cracked and skin split, she grunted as her body began to morph taking a fighter's build, better muscle and skeletal structure and improving her bodily function under intense stress situations for prolong time.
"I've fought paltry foes for nearly a year and trained to fight an imaginary Marco who I thought was this skilled based on what I have been told and gathered. But with real data, real experience of his physical and combat capabilities? Thanks to this defeat at the hands of Marco now I know how to improve my chances for our next encounter; he basically taught me how to kill him~"
Hekapoo was silent at the words, even though Darcy had been thrashed nearly to death...she was right...Marco had basically failed. Now he had given the Scourge of Mewni what she wanted...he had shown his hand.
Darcy continued to look down on her, with maddening eyes, swirling with such hateful insanity of sire...her donor...her twisted 'father'.
She turned away from Hekapoo and dipped into the shadows, looking at the palm of her hand…a cut that did not heal.
.
"I told you, it's as if nothing happened!"
"Who was she!"
"I don't know, open the damn door!"
"Oh, I hope Mr. and Mrs. Diaz isn't home…"
Marco's eyes snapped open before he realized he was propped against the door of his home, Kelly, Jackie and Janna hammering on the doorframe, a some pick locks by the doormat.
"I could always jimmy the lock, but after NachoMan here—Marco!"
Marco grunted as he pushed himself up, the girls took a step back as he dusted himself, "Are you alright?"
They blinked at him.
"Are we alright? How about you!"
"Marco..."
"Dude...that was some sick fighting!"
"...it wasn't pleasant."
He turned and opened the front door, no problem, Janna hopped up and down at the sight and rushed right in, he shook his head as he let the other two in.
He went to the living room just as Jackie, Kelly and finally Janna made it in, setting their things down and him to the kitchen grabbing a bottle of soda and cups and putting it on the coffee table.
They all looked at him expectantly.
"...yeah, let's not talk about what happened."
"Like hell!"
"Who was she, Marco?"
"Met her today, believe it or not...look, none of this concerns any of you, I'll take care of it." Marco sighed, Kelly gave him a concerned look. As did Jackie.
"Marco…" "Dude, she nearly killed you. Heck, we nearly died!" Marco frowned at the words, he couldn't dismiss the concerns, they were in the crossfire, he couldn't discount their fears: they could have died today.
And Marco felt responsible.
"I should have known that wasn't Hekapoo…"
Marco, you can't just foist the blame solely on yourself, who could have known?
"…I could have."
There he goes again, honestly how did we end up with such a pessimistic boy~?
"Hey, you're the one who followed me."
Cheeky~! There's the Marco we've been looking for! So what do you want to do big boy?
"…Mewni, has the answers and I very much want to avoid the place but with all this business of Civil War and that monster running around, this time skip too…there's too much I don't know and I better see it with my own eyes."
Those Mewmans are gonna blame and hate you for this mess.
"…when haven't they?"
/There shouldn't be anything holding you back then, oh by the way, all of your 'fun' has been cleaned up by yours truly. You can treat me to an expensive dinner later as a thank you./
"Uh—" /No. The Sinful Sips does not count. I don't care if it's a '6-stars' rating./
Marco sighed and shook his head, "You're right, this has to be handled right away. I'm going to get this sorted out."
He stood up suddenly, surprising Jackie, Janna and Kelly: they expected him to think it over some more.
"Marco—" "She could pop back here again, I better make sure she doesn't. And Chronos's dates would bankrupt me tenfold." He muttered the last bit to himself.
"Um, yeah. Heck, yeah!" Janna cheered, she grabbed on his arm, "So wha cha gonna do? Gonna go to Mewni? Hmmm?"
Marco rolled his eyes and got Janna off him, "This whole debacle is going to take some time so I gotta get an excuse from the school…I need to make a phone call."
Marco waved to them as he went upstairs to his room leaving the three behind.
The three looked at each other before they helped themselves to the soda and looked around the house. Since his return, no one was able to get in without being let in by Marco explicitly or some other condition, Janna for sure couldn't get in, his relatives were fine and Kelly was fine too.
Jackie…she didn't even want to try.
Somewhere, she felt that she would be let in no problem, but in the off chance…she couldn't…it was something she didn't bear to know, to question why she was not allowed…
Jackie sipped her soda quietly, before she noticed how relaxed Kelly was.
She didn't seem at all unfamiliar with her surroundings, they way she eased herself into a chair and glanced worriedly upstairs.
Jackie opened her mouth.
"Marco, I love you…but you're never gonna make anything better than your abuela, just stop." Janna said as she walked into the room, munching on something.
"JANNA. YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH."
Kelly and Jackie tensed as Marco's yell rang down from his room, Janna grinned to herself, "Heh, I wonder how he could hear me." "Instincts. Probably."
Kelly said irritated as she looked at her claymore across the room, it was repaired but her bout with Darcy had shown she was a ways to go if she wanted to be by Marco's side. She mumbled an apology, feeling crappy about taking out her frustration on the girl, Janna made no outward indication she heard nor cared.
Jackie decided to walk about the place, seeing it changed quite a bit since her last visit, glancing at new furniture and family projects and photographs, seeing a subtle change in the newer ones, his smile not quite reaching his eyes or the way his shoulders slumped, as if burdened.
"…oh, Marco."
"Hey. Let's eavesdrop on Marco's call."
"No."
"C'mon! We haven't been here in ages!"
Kelly was ready to retort but caught herself, Janna and Jackie however saw the blunder and the bushy hair girl sighed, "…whatever, let's go and see what's taking so long." "So, you've be—" "LET'S GO SEE MARCO."
Kelly stood up and took her claymore, Janna a little more wary now as was Jackie as the two followed her.
"Whoa there, that door wont open. Heck I put my ear against the door and I heard squat." Janna whispered, Kelly rolled her eyes and yanked the door open.
Janna gasped. Jackie raised both eyebrows.
"Yeah, I need a favor, and—really?" Marco balanced a cellphone between his shoulder and ear, he paused as he was in the middle of yanking his pants up as the three girls stared from the doorway. In true mercenary professionalism he continued to dress himself, Kelly apologized and forcefully yanked Janna and Jackie away, the former clawing for some foothold to continue ogling.
"Marco, where are you going?" Kelly asked from the other side of the door.
"School."
"Ooh, let's follow!" "As if I could stop you."
"Do you mind, Marco?" "…no, you have a right to know, after what happened after all. And Chronos didn't manipulate your memories so it's clear what the Concept wants."
Jackie smiled to herself at the gesture, "Thank you." She whispered. "…"
It was another 10 minutes before Marco emerged from his room and the four waltz out of the Diaz residency and went to school.
.
[EchoCreek High School, some time later]
"Who are we meeting at the school, Marco?"
"Someone with considerable sway; also an adult. Hopefully, she's here on time, she was going on and on about a year of hardship…I guess the time dilation wasn't a lie. And she managed to stay hidden despite this upheaval in Mewni; surprised me."
The four continued to walk till they reached the principal's front door.
Kelly gulped. Janna eyed her. Jackie looked at her curiously.
Marco sighed in relief.
"You made it, Eclipsa."
The queen sweetly at them.
"Hello, children. Hello, Marco. My, its been a whole year since I saw you. Did you know—" "Yes, time dilation. Mewni is one year ahead of Earth. I'm surprised you managed to stay low–key in all the madness."
"I do have a certain charm in the time of crisis." "You call it charm, I call it Dark Magic."
The queen giggled before motioning them to enter, "I'm expected already by Principal Skeeves, come in, come in."
Eclipsa smiled warmly at the highschool principal, decked in a lovely violet business dress, her bushy hair combed and sleek, minus the cheekmarks no one could tell she was no different from another person. Human, that is.
Kelly, Jackie and Janna watched from the end of the room as Eclipsa explained in a diplomatic tone that one, Marco U. Diaz must come to Mewni to finish his Royal Squire Practicum.
"Yes, well, Mr. Diaz had gone on an extended Student Exchange before: he landed himself on very hot water. How will this be different."
Eclipsa's smile didn't falter, she handed him a folder and he read it quietly and quickly, he handed it back and straighten his collar, "If…if Mr. Diaz comes back within reason I will allow for this little getaway of his. He must have his teacher's permission to miss their classes, that is out of my hands and professionally speaking, I would hate to have my colleagues egg my car again."
"Aw, Marco's leaving again? Principal Skeeves, can't we go too?" Janna voiced her desire, Jackie did too a moment later, Kelly merely looked miffed at the two, they already knew.
"No, Miss Ordonia, you do not have official business there." Skeeves replied peeved as Janna looked rebellious and Jackie disappointed.
Eclipsa glanced to them and her lips slowly curled, Marco felt a shiver pass him, "I don't see why not, it would be lonely for Marco, comfort is a hard commodity in Mewni right now." Marco narrowed his eyes at a particular word the Queen just uttered.
The principal glanced at the Mewman then back to the two and sighed, "Fine, fine, Miss Ordonia, Miss Thomas you may follow our resident 'Bad Boy' to uhhh Mewni? Have your paperwork in order, teacher permission; parent's consent…" the rest was lost as the principal just muttered it.
Marco glared at Eclipsa as did Kelly as they left, Janna and Jackie racing to their teachers, the Queen's eyes lingering on the two,
"What are you up to, Eclipsa. We already discussed our terms of this favor, what are you scheming?"
"Nothing! Last time you were in Mewni, you didn't have anyone to turn to, this time it will be different: you'll have your—friends there to support you."
Marco stopped hearing the slight pause.
Kelly too.
"If you do anything to hurt them, Eclipsa—"
"I swear, nothing of the sort, they'll stay in Knightshade, far from the conflict. They will be my esteemed guests, nothing but the best for them."
Marco eyed her for a moment before he drew the Traitor's Sword and slashed open a golden portal, Eclipsa curtsey before walking through.
Eclipsa walked into her bedroom and began to undress, Meteora rushed in to greet her before interrogating her,
"Oh, Marco just wanted to come to Mewni, officially this time. By the way, you're going to have guests so be on your best-est behavior."
"Whose visiting?"
Eclipsa smiled to herself, "Oh, just some lovely girls."
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How it goes, my avid readers, yes your eyes do not deceive you…
I am still alive.
Thankfully.
I missed the premiere of Season 4 and I just been caught up, and I gotta say...
Have I been spot on.
Hah, some times there is no joy in being right...
Before we all get teary eyed, updates are going to be skittish.
If at all.
It's the best I can do.
Music in order of appearance:
Lady Gaga : The Cure
Devil May Cry 5 OST : Nero's Theme, Devil Trigger
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