The Darkest Day

[Atticus the Fallen]

The attack would find its mark, and the heartless monster would stagger back with a loud cry of pain, gripping a smoking stub where a hand should be. On the ground, his dark claw would be twisted around a glorious, glowing, albiet cracked, heart which was still connected to the body via vessels and arteries still not wanting to relinquish such precious cargo.

Atticus stood there, seething in anger. His form would begin to crackle, and streaks of electricity would eminate from his form. All around the stone room, similar currents would coil against themselves as though they were trapped inside Tesla's personal nightmare. His voice was angry, hissing almost as he looked to Beatrix, his eyes sparking lightly. "You... ignorant... twit!" he growled, his whole form crackling over with raw, seething power. His good hand would begin to glow, shooting bolts of excess energy as he held it ready. "That... was a mistake..." he growled, then turned to face her, ready to end this little dance.

"May the darkness have mercy on you... because when I'm done... there won't be enough of you left to form a puddle!" he roared, preparing to attack.

[Agrias Oaks]

Badum..... badum......badum..........ba-...

The heart made it only an inch out of her body when Beatrix acted, throwing the body ONCE again, against the cold pavement. She rested lifeless there, until something...[glow=purple,2,800]strange occurred. The heart slowly en-wrapped itself in the pure darkness from Atticus' aura, and the evils that had happened in the room... twisting and turning upon the brightness of the cracked heart, and swirling with the surrounding blood, a new being forming from it.

At first, it was a disgusting, small amorphous figure moving within a glossy sac of blood still connected to Agrias' body. It grew to be the size of an average human. A low hiss would be heard, and something would be clawing, itching to get out of its now, small prison...

It sounded possessed... inhuman, whatever was inside.... and it also sounded metalic...[/glow]

[General Beatrix]

Beatrix' eye widened in shock as the Heartless she'd just attacked previously reared back its ugly head in a rage, and began glowing with complete hatred for the general of Alexandria.

As the room's magnetic energy seemed to be intensifying, Beatrix started breathing heavier, as with electricity came extreme heat. First the choking, and then the lack of breathable air. It was terrible, but there was no time to stop to catch what little air she could; on the stone floor Agrias' heart was doing something Beatrix feared and prayed would never happen.

She redirected her vengeful gaze back onto The Fallen and, with the battlecry of Alexandria, hoisted back Save the Queen and bolted forth, charging once again another swift, powerful Seiken ability. Best not to use a lightning attack, as it would only be lost in the mass or absorbed. Instead she would try something else.

"Stock Break!" she roared, the thunderous boom of her blade as it cut through the crackling air to meet Atticus' inky black flesh. If this attack hit, she would be in the lead...she hoped.

[Atticus the Fallen]

What came next... was possibly the last thing the general expected. As the sword came crashing down with all the sound and fury of a deathstroke, Atticus the Fallen stepped into the arch of the blade, his bright, crackling hand reaching up to literally catch the sharpened metal in his palm. Granted this would cut deeply into his hand, but his next move would prove far more deadly to Beatrix.

The stubbed arm would wrap around her waist and pull her close to keep her from escaping. When they were close, he whispered to her. "Non-Organic Chemistry 101, dear general..." he muttered, his own black, bilelike blood oozing down his arm. "All metals conduct electricity..." he finished.

And with that, the power he had stored within himself unleased itself down the blade Beatrix had intended to end Atticus with. Gigawatts of pure, raw, unchecked destructive power would rip through her arms and into her chest and shoulders. Because both were well grounded, the circuit would continue through them. Thankfully for Atticus, his body was accustomed to massive amounts of lightning, because it was being generated by himself. However, he would hold onto Beatrix as long as it took to utterly weaken her...

When that time came, he would forcefully push her off, still holding her sword in his hand. He would then throw it downward, so that it stuck in the ground a foot or less away from the nearly reborn Agrias. He stepped forward, towering over Beatrix dangerously...

"You've lost, Beatrix... Watch as your precious light... rips you to shreds..." he mocked, watching her reaction delightedly...

[General Beatrix]

Thanks to her lightning resistance, Beatrix was not completely annihilated by this sudden shock of horribly painful, hate-induced lightning. She was very grateful.

Her back arched while in the Heartless' grasp and she convulsed with the coarsing electricity tearing about at both her outsides and innards. She cried out in agonizing pain and felt the life fading, her heartbeat slowing down.

But then the innumerable anquishing pain subsided and she crumpled over onto the floor, her entire form smoking as her vision blackened beneath The Fallen's shadow; she felt a new darkness coming into being and her stomach lurched. This night was to end in failure, and she had taken the front seat in ensuring this.

She invoked the Old Ones to take her away, for that is what the woman felt she truly deserved after such meaningless cruelty spewed forth by her wretched, blind chaos.

"You've lost, Beatrix... Watch as your precious light... rips you to shreds..."

"A...grias...ughk..."

[nexus]

"Your not moving...... Your not moving.......Airinose.................Why aren't you moving Airinose?" Nexus was in the middle of the crater, holding Airinose's head in his lap with his right arm, his left arm hung limply at his side. "Move girl.................move............why aren't you moving........." tears began welling up in his eyes, even tho his right eyes was shut and covered in blood.

Nexus had hit the ground hard, but he wasn't on the bottom, in mid air his dragon had shifted so that she would take the brunt of the impact.

"Don't leave me Airinose..............Don't leave me alone........" he was whispering to her now "... I don't want to be the last one....." his tears fell from his face and onto hers, clinging to the dust and dirt, making trails down the side of her face. "No......no......no.... it's not fair........ you can't leave ........."

A loud roar would cause Nexus catch his breath, and stare out the crater toward the large creature that had taken them from the sky. "Him" Nexus hissed "It was him Airinose wasn't it?" Nexus slid Airinose's head slowly off his lap and place it on the ground in front off him. He bent over slowly next to her ear."It won't stand much longer, i promise you Airinose.It won't " he said as he slowly started standing up and making his way to the edge of the crater.

As Nexus reached the crater's edge, he grabbed onto solid ground pulling himself out. No blessings this time, no requests would he ask for , he knew the elements felt the same way he did, he knew they would not deny him this day. He knew what he was about to do, and now he felt only one thing....... Rage........

There was a song that began to play but, he didn't care to listen, he didn't want to listen, he just wanted "it". Nexus saw the beast stop and stare at the sky as he pulled himself out of the crater with only one working arm.

"You took her from me " Nexus hissed as some of the dirt follow him as he stood , clinging to his chest and waist. Earth had acted and given him strength. "You've made me the last" he said as the wind pulled in towards his legs, and he began feeling warmth inside. Air and Fire had acted and given him speed and endurance. "And now" he said as his arm suddenly became encased in ice, forming a long blade protruding out from his fore arm a couple feet, but still could bend his arm. Water had acted and given him a weapon that was as sharp and strong as any sword but also when it cuts it freezes as well.

"Now........"he said as he jerked his head up glaring at the Beast with his one working eye, again having a vertical slit within it. "NOW YOU ARE MINE!!!!!" Nexus scream as he lunged at the beast , the wind in his legs and the strength from the earth launching him like a cannon shot, leaving a indent in the ground and a cloud of dust behind him. Nexus swung with an over head vertical strike with the Iced blade, aiming strait for the Beast's chest.

[Agrias Oaks]

[glow=purple,2,800]A growl seemed to emit from the sac of blood and darkness, before there was a momentary silence. Without warning, a metallic fist broke free from the placenta like structure, an arm covered in what seemed black, bloodied armor. Fingertips sharp enough to be used as weapons allowed it to rip and tear its way to freedom.

What stood there was a woman with pale complexion and holy armor, stained by darkness... a black knight. Her eyes were behind a metal visor, which seemed to cover her sight, although it would not be the case; She could see quite clear. She took a deep breath, and gave out a painful, horrifying war cry, that echoed through Beast's Castle, "gRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" the thing shouted at the top of her lungs, reaching up to hold at her head, and shake violently at all the rage which filled her. This form had uncontrollable rage, ready to burst at any second...

Aeur, the berzerker... was born... and Agrias began to glow, ready to vanish.[/glow]

[Atticus the Fallen]

Atticus looked over to the newly formed creature before looking down on Beatrix once more. He slowly stepped aside, allowing the woman the full view of the nightmare she helped create. "Behold your light, Beatrix... intermingled with my darkness and the blood of the holy knight. In a way... you could call her my daughter..." A slight chuckle would escape him as he looked to Aeur once more, nodding to the sword he had left right next to her.

"Does it hurt, Beatrix... to know I've begun a family with your lover?" he said, then walked away slowly, cradling the stump where his hand should have been. As he passed Aeur, he placed a hand on her shoulder and leaned over to whisper to her.

"Be a dear, and dispose of the general for daddy?" he said, then walked directly toward one of the walls, darkness swirling and becoming semipermeable to allow him to step through. He had more work to do, and things were well in "hand" here...

[Secondary Characters]

The monster that was once the kind-hearted prince Adam slowly turned when he heard a man's voice behind him. A strange "Rrr?" would escape this hellish creature, his sluggish mind unable to piece the clues together that Nexus was on the rampage. However, this very slight turn of his mass would be enough to set in motion a chain of events that would lead to an incredibly touchy situation for the attacking man.

Nexus' swing was a wild one, an overhead vertical strike aimed for the torso. Because of the Beast's slight turn, the ice blade would find its mark on the meat between his neck and left shoulder, sinking in deep. However, even strength enhanced through the element of earth would find it difficult to completely slice through naturally occurring fur armor, tough leathery skin, incredibly dense-packed muscles, and bone which was at this point as hard as carbon-fiber. It would go in enough to become stuck, the wound freezing shut and producing frostbite... but it would NOT stop the oncoming hell.

The look on the monster's face would change from that strange, trancelike stare in slow intervals. First, it would twitch lightly, registering pain, then blink and look to the sword embedded into its flesh. His eyes would begin to glow angrily once more, his face contorting with anger and rage to match Nexus' own. He snarled, foam dripping from his lips as those eyes set on the much smaller man still connected to the ice sword.

He reached up with his good arm and grabbed Nexus about the neck and torso (his hand being large enough to wrap around the upper part of the smaller man's chest), and with his other, weaker hand slammed upward to break the connection between ice and owner. With that, the Beast roared right into Nexus' face, spittle and foam spraying lightly with the force of his anger.

He lifted the man high, his hand tightening and crushing, before slamming him back down, face first into the hard mountain ground at his feet. He would not stop at just one, but repeat this twice over for a total of three smashing blows, before releasing Nexus and leaving him in the small crater the attack would have produced.

Turning, the Beast snarled and huffed. There were three attackers left... a small one in a hat who made it rain fire... the one with the instrument who made the world foggy, and a silly little girl with a stick. He slowly advanced on all three, towering over them without ever having removed the blade of the ice sword which was now not only wedged into his shoulder, but frozen in place as well. With every step, he produced a shockwave-level thud in the ground. Those burning eyes looked upon all three of them. The first to attack... would be the first to die...

[Lilith]

Lilith stood on the roof of the castle staring down at the courtyard.
she scoffed.
"this shouldn't take long"

in an instant Lilith was gone, and in the same instant the beast was peppered by kicks to the side.
after the first volley Lilith darted to the other side of the creature and delivered the second volley.

finally Lilith appeared in front on the beast and gave the last of her attacks... an uppercut right to its jaw.

[Secondary Characters]

For Lilith, assaulting the Beast was much like assaulting a solid concrete wall with a layer of fur over top. The muscle was so packed underneith that it hardly registered to the Beast that he was being struck until the woman was right in front of him. The uppercut would connect, but do little more than piss the creature off. His head was turned upright from the force, but didn't knock him out. Instead, he brought his arm up and attempted to bash the vampire over the head with a loud roar of frustration.

Even if it didn't make contact, the fist would continue to travel downward from the weight and speed of the moving arm to slam into the ground, rattling it enough to knock people off their feet. Hopefully... this included the vampire...

[Lilith]

this guy is hard...
Lilith barely dodged the pile driver like arm.
...that came out wrong

then came the impact with the floor, Lilith was thrown onto her back, nothing a simple flip couldn't fix.
Lilith spun her legs, her momentum shifted and threw the vampire into the air...

...which gave her the perfect vantage point, she grabbed her pistols out of her holsters and clicked them into full auto.
her fingers pushed down onto the triggers and the bullets spewed out at the beast, accompanied by a flurry of explosions.

[General Beatrix]

Beatrix lay on the cold stone for several minutes, closing tight her eye to free her of the transformation of Agrias' Heart into the rotting, wicked form of the Heartless beast she would become. When Atticus next spoke she gritted her teeth, sobbing quietly to herself as he spewed his hateful words.

Inching up the general finally opened her eye and hoisted her body above her arms, and as she took in her new surroundings she growled at the sight of Atticus. To Aeur the Berserker, she looked on in horror and staggered back, looking for her blade. Agrias' Save the Queen stood useless--or so she believed--in its sheath on her side, calling out for a remedy.

"What is this treachery!" she roared.

[Vivi]

Vivi Orunitia doubled back when the monster's tranquility was taken away by the foolish, quick-to-act Nexus Maxus, and he dragged Sarah's dress to Lexia, hoping she'd move with the fabric, so that they could run.

"We've got to get back a little! Come on!"

[Secondary Characters]

The rain of bullets would keep the Beast pinned down for a time. He lifted an arm to protect his head, but the blasts one after another were wearing him down. Fur would fly as the little explosions would tear at his skin, but thankfully it would mostly hold. He was hurting, but a crazed monster of his size and power angry was not a good thing.

He was building dark power, and with each bullet that found home, it would grow and grow. His body would begin to emit smoke trails of darkness, and when it came to a boiling point, he threw his arm out, the power unleashing in a massive shockwave in all directions. He'd let out another roar of frustration and anger before tensing his legs, using this momentary break in the oncoming fire to leap at the vampire in the air!

He would tackle her at full force, wrapping his arms around her and taking her to the ground. Upon landing, he would stand, and lift a foot to stomp down on her chest, driving her into the ground...