20-02-2005, 01:02 AM
Chapter 9: The True Enemy
The four re-appeared in one of the bubbles on the top of Pioneer 2. Directly in front of them was an electronic door. "Ria?" Kashima asked. She walked up to it, held a button down, and spoke. "Decs...Decs! I have completed my mission! May I come in?" The door buzzed, and opened to reveal...
Decs! The one who had ordered DarkMagician's assassination. He stood before them, a look of mock surprise on his face. "Oh NOOOO! They overpowered you, and forced you to bring them to me! Oh whatever shall I do???" The four stood there, stunned. "Oh, I know...THIS!!!" Decs held his hands out, and fired a beam of darkness at them all. DarkMagician teleported out of the way, and Ria was unaffected by it. Kashima and Mirinee fell, seemingly dead. "NO! KASHIMA! MIRINEE!" DarkMagician screamed. Decs laughed, "Hahahahahahah! Do not worry DarkMagicician! They are not dead...not yet anyway. I merely brought them on the Verge of death. This ring..." He held it up, it was a sapphire in an emerald. "Can reverse that spell of mine...nothing else can!" Ria drew her gun. "How DARE you attack me too Decs!" Decs merely grunted, "Huh. You were expendable. I have been trying to kill YOU for so many years!" He said cruelly, glaring at DarkMagician. Suddenly, it hit DarkMagician. "You...I know you...I sensed your darkness when I fought Rannu, and The Sages, as well as Ryu, the Dragon Prince! What ARE you!?" Decs lost his smile. "What am I? I am YOUR DARK SIDE INCARNATE! DARK FORCE!" DarkMagician took a step back. "Wondered why recently you have been happier? We were split up one day. The day Albert died a second time, I started to fade away. By the time you met Sakura, I had been removed almost entirely from you." Ria decided to take action at this point. She leapt forward, stole the ring, revived Kashima and Mirinee and shoved them into a telepipe. "Good...let them go...this is between you and me, Decs!" DarkMagician said menacingly. "Yes. All those times before, when you were attacked, I organised them ALL!" "But why go to so much trouble?" DarkMagician asked confused. "If you die, I will get your powers. With both of our powers, I would rule the galaxy!" DarkMagician frowned, "Idiot! YOU are the reason for my tragic life?! I SHALL DESTROY YOU!" Decs started to laugh. "If you kill me, the darkness will consume YOU. the good half. YOU-CANNOT-WIN!"
Meanwhile, Ria, Mirinee and Kashima re-appeared back down on a beach. "GAL DE VAL! WE MADE IT!" Kashima shouted thankfully. Ria nodded, and Mirinee stayed silent. As they started to walk around a little, Kashima fell over something jutting out of the sand. "What the?! Ooof!" Mirinee walked over. "...It's metal..." She said cooly. Suddenly, a voice started speaking from underneath the sand. "Who is there!? DarkMagician?" Kashima realised, and started to dig. Ria walked back over, "This is no time to be making sandcastles." Mirinee turned around angrily. "Leave it." Kashima called behind him, as a robot was dug out. "Yes! I'm rescued! Woohoo!" It said, as it got up. Mirinee pulled out the crystal. ".....Follow me then....." It said slowly, as it recognised the situation. They walked over to a solid wall. V looked around. "All clear!" He said, as he walked THROUGH the wall. "Wow!" Mirinee blurted, as they walked through. V made conversation, "Legend has it DarkMagician stumbled upon this, after a failed attempt at a speed boosting spell. Went right through the wall!" Ria raised an eyebrow. V stepped on a hidden switch. A platform raised up from out of the sand. On the platform was a large black and purple ship, shaped like a Marica Mag. "Ladies and gentlemen...I give you... The DarkNova!" "Not bad..." A voice called out. They all turned. "DAMMIT ROBDELAMORTE! YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP DOING THAT!" V screamed at him.
DarkMagician sighed, a tear rolling down his cheek. There was only one way this could end, and he knew it. "I see we must both die... Well, if I die now, forever, I AM GOING TO SURE AS HELL PUT UP A GOOD SHOW!!!" He yelled, glowing. "What are you doing? It is a waste of time..." Decs replied slowly. DarkMagician carried on, charging up as much energy as he possibly could. More than he had ever held before. This was it. The final magic spell. DarkMegido! DarkMagician released an immeasurable amount of magic, pouring all of his life-force into this final act, multiplying the power tenfold. The entire ship exploded, in a Supernova of Pure Darkness. Everything was destroyed, Pioneer 2, Ragol itself, even Algol was affected by it. Only one thing remained, just near the edge of the galaxy...A purple and black ship...
Mirinee, RobDeLaMorte, Ria, V and Kashima had watched the entire thing. "My...god...." V stuttered. "It's over..." Kashima said quietly. Mirinee started to cry, "Everyone...everything is dead! Only WE are left!" Ria was completely stunned. RobDeLaMorte whistled, "He really WAS the most powerful of us all! Even more so than Dark Falz itself!" "What now?" V asked. "Let's recover his body. He would want a proper burial..." RobDeLaMorte replied. "Will there be ANYTHING LEFT?!" Ria finally spoke. Suddenly, the crystal that Mirinee still held began to glow. A hologram was projected onto the wall. "What the!?" RobDeLaMorte blurted. "These...these are co-ordinates..." V began. Kashima frowned. "Do you think...he planned...this?" "Perhaps..." V replied, "It seems the sort of thing he would do. Anyway, let's get his body back..."
Epilogue: RobDeLaMorte's Final Epitaph For DarkMagician
They flew back, and found DarkMagician's body drifting through space. Completely untouched. Completely in place. They brought him aboard, and said their final farewell. All that remained, was his story to tell. And so, friend mortal, remember his life. His friends, his enemies, and his lost wife. Thus we draw now, to the final page. Of the chronicles of, the Ultimate Mage.....
The four re-appeared in one of the bubbles on the top of Pioneer 2. Directly in front of them was an electronic door. "Ria?" Kashima asked. She walked up to it, held a button down, and spoke. "Decs...Decs! I have completed my mission! May I come in?" The door buzzed, and opened to reveal...
Decs! The one who had ordered DarkMagician's assassination. He stood before them, a look of mock surprise on his face. "Oh NOOOO! They overpowered you, and forced you to bring them to me! Oh whatever shall I do???" The four stood there, stunned. "Oh, I know...THIS!!!" Decs held his hands out, and fired a beam of darkness at them all. DarkMagician teleported out of the way, and Ria was unaffected by it. Kashima and Mirinee fell, seemingly dead. "NO! KASHIMA! MIRINEE!" DarkMagician screamed. Decs laughed, "Hahahahahahah! Do not worry DarkMagicician! They are not dead...not yet anyway. I merely brought them on the Verge of death. This ring..." He held it up, it was a sapphire in an emerald. "Can reverse that spell of mine...nothing else can!" Ria drew her gun. "How DARE you attack me too Decs!" Decs merely grunted, "Huh. You were expendable. I have been trying to kill YOU for so many years!" He said cruelly, glaring at DarkMagician. Suddenly, it hit DarkMagician. "You...I know you...I sensed your darkness when I fought Rannu, and The Sages, as well as Ryu, the Dragon Prince! What ARE you!?" Decs lost his smile. "What am I? I am YOUR DARK SIDE INCARNATE! DARK FORCE!" DarkMagician took a step back. "Wondered why recently you have been happier? We were split up one day. The day Albert died a second time, I started to fade away. By the time you met Sakura, I had been removed almost entirely from you." Ria decided to take action at this point. She leapt forward, stole the ring, revived Kashima and Mirinee and shoved them into a telepipe. "Good...let them go...this is between you and me, Decs!" DarkMagician said menacingly. "Yes. All those times before, when you were attacked, I organised them ALL!" "But why go to so much trouble?" DarkMagician asked confused. "If you die, I will get your powers. With both of our powers, I would rule the galaxy!" DarkMagician frowned, "Idiot! YOU are the reason for my tragic life?! I SHALL DESTROY YOU!" Decs started to laugh. "If you kill me, the darkness will consume YOU. the good half. YOU-CANNOT-WIN!"
Meanwhile, Ria, Mirinee and Kashima re-appeared back down on a beach. "GAL DE VAL! WE MADE IT!" Kashima shouted thankfully. Ria nodded, and Mirinee stayed silent. As they started to walk around a little, Kashima fell over something jutting out of the sand. "What the?! Ooof!" Mirinee walked over. "...It's metal..." She said cooly. Suddenly, a voice started speaking from underneath the sand. "Who is there!? DarkMagician?" Kashima realised, and started to dig. Ria walked back over, "This is no time to be making sandcastles." Mirinee turned around angrily. "Leave it." Kashima called behind him, as a robot was dug out. "Yes! I'm rescued! Woohoo!" It said, as it got up. Mirinee pulled out the crystal. ".....Follow me then....." It said slowly, as it recognised the situation. They walked over to a solid wall. V looked around. "All clear!" He said, as he walked THROUGH the wall. "Wow!" Mirinee blurted, as they walked through. V made conversation, "Legend has it DarkMagician stumbled upon this, after a failed attempt at a speed boosting spell. Went right through the wall!" Ria raised an eyebrow. V stepped on a hidden switch. A platform raised up from out of the sand. On the platform was a large black and purple ship, shaped like a Marica Mag. "Ladies and gentlemen...I give you... The DarkNova!" "Not bad..." A voice called out. They all turned. "DAMMIT ROBDELAMORTE! YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP DOING THAT!" V screamed at him.
DarkMagician sighed, a tear rolling down his cheek. There was only one way this could end, and he knew it. "I see we must both die... Well, if I die now, forever, I AM GOING TO SURE AS HELL PUT UP A GOOD SHOW!!!" He yelled, glowing. "What are you doing? It is a waste of time..." Decs replied slowly. DarkMagician carried on, charging up as much energy as he possibly could. More than he had ever held before. This was it. The final magic spell. DarkMegido! DarkMagician released an immeasurable amount of magic, pouring all of his life-force into this final act, multiplying the power tenfold. The entire ship exploded, in a Supernova of Pure Darkness. Everything was destroyed, Pioneer 2, Ragol itself, even Algol was affected by it. Only one thing remained, just near the edge of the galaxy...A purple and black ship...
Mirinee, RobDeLaMorte, Ria, V and Kashima had watched the entire thing. "My...god...." V stuttered. "It's over..." Kashima said quietly. Mirinee started to cry, "Everyone...everything is dead! Only WE are left!" Ria was completely stunned. RobDeLaMorte whistled, "He really WAS the most powerful of us all! Even more so than Dark Falz itself!" "What now?" V asked. "Let's recover his body. He would want a proper burial..." RobDeLaMorte replied. "Will there be ANYTHING LEFT?!" Ria finally spoke. Suddenly, the crystal that Mirinee still held began to glow. A hologram was projected onto the wall. "What the!?" RobDeLaMorte blurted. "These...these are co-ordinates..." V began. Kashima frowned. "Do you think...he planned...this?" "Perhaps..." V replied, "It seems the sort of thing he would do. Anyway, let's get his body back..."
Epilogue: RobDeLaMorte's Final Epitaph For DarkMagician
They flew back, and found DarkMagician's body drifting through space. Completely untouched. Completely in place. They brought him aboard, and said their final farewell. All that remained, was his story to tell. And so, friend mortal, remember his life. His friends, his enemies, and his lost wife. Thus we draw now, to the final page. Of the chronicles of, the Ultimate Mage.....