All light stays bleak and opaque with no sign of movement or feeling, two demons standing face to face in what could be one of their last ever moments in this world. Lukz grapples his katana firmly with both hands, standing prepared as he glares into the shadowy hellish shell which lies before him. Needle raises it's one half broken spear high into the sky, gently piercing the moons natural light as it casts a gaping spotlight over them both. They lock onto each other and unleash! Needle rapidly charges, slamming its bladed arm downwards, Lukz quickly spins around, pluming dust into the air, covering his entire body, *SMASH!* Needles blade splices the cloud into two pieces, revealing nothing,
"Haha, still too slow.", Lukz cheekily calls from beside him. Needle immediately swings its arm around, but Lukz dives underneath, slashing the back of its ankles, causing Needle to tumbles to its knees. Lukz suddenly charges again, smashing his mallet around the shadows face, collapsing him to the floor! Needle quickly jars its arm back towards Lukz, but he easily mallets it to his side, knocking it away. Laying limp and weak upon the forest bed, Needle struggles to move his huge, lanky limbs. Lukz struts to its side, retracts his blade by twisting the bats handle, then drapes over Needle, staring ominously towards its feeble body.
Kevin's voice screeches in the background, "LUKZ, IT KILLED HIM!! IT KILLED DON!!! DESTROY THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!!"
Lukz flinches his head towards Kevin's voice, when his gleaming black scars explode into flames, coating his body in a layer of pure pain and deceit! He stumbles back, startled by his engulfing flames! "What the hell is this!!!" He asks desperately, frantically patting his arms, trying to put out the golden black glow which embers within him! "What the hell is going on! I feel so powerful! This is AMAZING!!" He bellows out, slightly confused. Swiftly turning towards Needle, he storms over the top of him, wailing out, "WHAT. ARE. YOU!!". Its crippled carcass doesn't reply, it just groans in pain while cowering behind its half-severed blade.
*Thwack!* Lukz clatters his bat around Needles lacerated feet, "I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU!!" He erupts, immediately flipping his bat around, pummelling Needles arm against the floor. *THUD!!* An enormous quake shudders everything beneath his mallet, slightly enlarging the split within Needles arm, sending it to cringe in pain. Lukz Kneels down, only inches away from its bold headed, mauled face, able to see the ripples of what use to be human flesh but are now a burnt black leather texture.
"I will ask you one more time..., What. are. you!" Lukz stands to his feet, raising his mallet high in the sky, pulsing with his omnipotent fury, when without warning,
"Part of You." A repugnant, gurgling voice seeps out from Needles sewn lips.
Lukz freezes in a complete haze, out of nowhere Needle kicks it's legs into him, burying them deep within his stomach, sending him soaring through a multiple of tree's, snapping each one clean into two upon impact. Lukz batters into one more, stunning him completely and evaporating his flaming skin! He immediately tries to open his eyes, but the impact blurs his vision, causing his movement to be stumbled and uncoordinated. Needle gingerly stands back up, constantly wobbling side to side as it tries to put its immense weight on a pair of black ash weeping heels. Suddenly, Needles leather face notices Lukz fumbling around, trying to re-cover his bat. He instantly stabilisers, then charges towards him, directing its blade straight at Lukzs head. Lukz quickly shakes out of his daze, darting his eyes around to see his bat only a few feet away as a thunderous sound of feet charges towards him, he looks up,
"Ow shh..", he blurts out, splitting his legs like a gymnast, causing himself to folds flat onto the floor, *Shhhhhing!* Needles blade glides narrowly over his head, skimming the top of his mask, causing sparks to spurt around and gently float down onto a dry forest ground. Needles blade propels straight into a dense oak tree, cutting it almost completely in half! The demon rips it loose, hurtling it back towards Lukz.
He snaps his gaze sideways, leaping back to his feet followed by instantly back flipping over Needles blade, it narrowly misses him again, but manages to sweep his bat further away. Lukz twists his head, watching it roll deeper into the forests pit,
"Grrr. Okay, I guess I'm gonna have to show you how real men fight!" He says confidently, kipping forwards, followed by upper cutting Needles chin to send them both soaring through the air! Lukz lands back down, crouches his legs, then instantly rockets towards the still hurtling beast! He clatters Needle left and right in mid-air until grappling both fists together, lifting them above his head, then bellows out,
"LEEROOOOOOOOY JENNNKINNNSSS!",
His skin re-ignites, blasting a giant flaming light high into the forest canopies, *BOOOOOOOOOM!* Lukz destroys an almighty blow to the top of Needles head, thundering him to the ground! A great, earth shattering, *SMAAAASH!!* Rings through the night sky, followed by a flood of sirens calling out in the distance. Lukz firmly lands back to his feet, poised with one fist planted onto the ground, "Superhero Entrance." He says playfully, quickly glaring towards a crippled Needle, heaped next to a half spliced oak beam. Lukz stands to his feet, his flaming skin dies back down as he notices his bat directly next to him. Rolling his eyes while grabbing it, he twists its handle, once again releasing the Katana. Slowly walking over to the half-butchered tree, he circles his blade around his head, *slash!* skimming it through the rest of its almighty trunk. A large, *creeeeek!*, starts to echo around, as more faded sirens drift into a desperately muted forest. Lukz turns away, strolling towards the exit.
Branches and twigs dive down from above, tumbling to the floor, smacking Needles head and body. It weakly raises his blacked out silhouette, to see Lukz slowly waving towards him as an immense pillar comes crashing down...
*BAAAAAANG!*
"And the dirt is gone", Lukz softly whispers to himself, as the great beam sends a sea of dirt high into the air, causing another foggy mist to settle amongst the columns, confining Needle within a wooden tomb. Lukz quickly flinches his head as the sirens start to blurt out nearby,
"DON!" He calls under his breath, suddenly blistering towards the exit!
"NOOOOOO!" Kevin screams, grappling Don, smothering him into his chest! "Why! WHY!" He bawls out, when a firm prod pushes against his shoulder. Kevin turns around, his eyes beam a blood shot red, tears stream down his face as he clinches onto Don's wilted body. Lukz falls to his knees beside him, gently smothering them both in a warming hug.
"He's gone Lukz, that thing killed him!" Kevin says hysterically.
Lukz pauses for a moment, gingerly replying, "That thing said, it was part of me?"
Kevin's head swiftly turns towards him,
"What? I know it looked like the Needle we joked about?! But, how? There is no way!?!" Kevin says desperately.
Lukz gently shakes his head, "I don't know, but it's dead." He replies softly, clinching his finger in between Don's hand.
A paramedic charges over, tossing a stretcher beside them.
"IS HE ALIVE!" A delicate woman's voice calls out. Kevin and Lukz both weakly shake their heads. She cries out, distraught, "How did all this slaughter happen! There must be nearly thirty dead officers!"
Kevin snarls his face towards her, but suddenly stops as he gazes upon Darcie's crystal bronzed skin, long luscious mousey brown locks and her glimmering green eyes.
"They! They, were murdered by some manic demon." He replies in a weak tone.
Lukz kisses Don on his forehead, quickly rises to his feet, then storms off towards his car.
"Lukz! Where are you going!" Kevin shouts out.
Lukz just gets in his car, ignites its thunderous engine, then screams away.
Darcie turns towards Kevin, placing her hand on his back as she gently speaks,
"Kevin. let us take him with the others. Lukz needs you?".
He grapples Don tighter, kissing him on his forehead, "No, I'm staying with Don! He needs to know that at least one of us cared!"
She grabs his face, pulling it to stare deep within her submerging greenie blue eyes,
"Come on, Lukz loved him! He just can't handle pain like this. I'm sure he's gone to spoons? Please, let's take him together." She calmly replies.
Kevin stops balling with tears, ripping his gaze away,
"You don't get it, Darcie! He can't handle this because, the thing that killed Don…. came from his twisted mind!" He screams at her! When his eyes burst open with realisation,
"That's right, Terry, Dave, Paul, Steve, Andrew... Ow my GOD!", Kevin instantly grapples Darcie's arm.
"We have to go and tell Lukz… He's creating these things! All his night terrors, all the descriptions! They line up!! Plus, he's the only actual living thing that can kill them?! Ahhhhhhh, I'm so stupid! How did I not see this before!!" Kevin yelps out!
Darcie scowls towards him, "Wow, calm down Kevin. If you were right, then why on earth would these things be trying to kill him? They would see him as a God, not an enemy?" She replies, troubled.
Kevin fumbles around, "Sh*t, you're right? Why are you always right?"
Darcie smirks, "I know. We need to take Don away first, then find Lukz and stop him from falling asleep? Hopefully, he won't be too drunk?"
Kevin nods, "Yeah, okay. Is Aimee working at spoons tonight? I don't think we should let him tell her what's happened?"
Darcie pulls a concerned smile, "Yeah. But, I'm sure it will be fine? She is basically your sister?" she replies, unsure.
Kevin stares back with a blank gaze as she reaches down towards Don, lifting him up off the floor. "Okay, Let's go." He quickly replies, grabbing the stretches end, carrying his silent body over to a mud splattered, private ambulance.