"He left me no choice. If I wanted to show him how he was already far from human I had to bring that darkness in him that was even greater than my own. He would become a great demon with wrath that could take out million and billions of people, if only he could see his rage was gift"
Nibera sighs once more. Pen tries to ease her "I can at least promise this Nibera, when he becomes a demon he will be all yours"
"And what makes you think that even as he is now he will become one? As far as he's concerned the only reason he's like this now is because your game took away the little sanity he had left"
"Well…Sometimes to defeat a devil, one must become a monster" looking at his creation Pen is well pleased with himself "Yes, I have created not a demon but an angel. An angel in the garden…Brute"
The two continue to battle eradicating everything, anything and anyone in their way. The entire stadium is shaken by their fight, their clashes send rays of light engulfing the fields in flames and torching most dead bodies. The two of them continue to clash but none have managed to land a single blow on their opponent. When Cheshire becomes aware of this she feels insulted and also gets angry
"Come on Ed! I just fed your friends to the chimera and your still not fighting me at one hundred percent? What is wrong with you!? What does it take or will it take for you to fight me with everything in you? Do I have to kill more of your friends?"
Edward in a flying rage charges at her from the sky directly at her "Don't you touch them!"
Cheshire blocks "You're the one making me do this Ed! Fight me with everything you have! I won't be satisfied with anything less than a hundred"
She falls on her back and Edward flies over her as he does she kicks him in the gut and send's him flying. She leaps into the air chasing after him and once they meet they exchange blades and words
"Why are you lying to yourself Edward? It's clear your strong, someone this strong doesn't get this sort of power from simply playing it safe or fighting to defend others. You say you want to kill me to avenge others but just admit it. Deep down you want to tear me lib from limb because you enjoy it don't you?"
"Shut up?"
"It gets your hard doesn't it? In fact, I bet you've got a hard on, don't you?"
"Shut up!"
"This battle is getting you excited isn't it!? You can't contain yourself. Just admit it! Deep down you as disgusting as I am!"
"I said shut up!"
He uses so much force as they struggle in mid air that they repel each other. Edward flies back towards her and spin kicks her, to slow to use her sword because of the knock back she uses her hand to block his kick instead. His heel digs deep into her arm as she's sent flying back into the field with a force that shakes the stadium. There's a lot of dust and smoke, Edward descends from the sky slowly and out of the smoke is Cheshire with only a trickle of blood coming down her head. She holds her position by resting on the sword and spits out some blood
"See *Heavy breathing* Finally got a clean hit in. you're the only one who could do this to me Ed, the only one who could make me so wet! And the reason is because you and I are the same, we can never get satisfied in a fight because there's always something or someone holding us back, but now there's nothing! Were free! You're the one the clown promised me, the one who would be stronger than the rest, the only one for me. I don't want to be the only one enjoying this, I want you to enjoy yourself to. Let loose! There's no need to hold back!"
"Shut up! Can't you see I don't want to fight you with all the urges in me right now?! Can't you see I'm torn…barely holding together what little sanity I have left… I don't want to lose myself"
Ethan and Isabel walk in on this conversation between Cheshire and Edward. Ethan sees Edward trying to hold back his tears
'Ugh. You know Ed you're a real heart breaker and a liar, because you want to know what I think. I think you like losing control, you love how numb you are to everything in that moment, you love the rush of adrenaline and power you feel. You just hate when you realize in the end... that you're a monster. And your scared to let your friends see that side of you. You know? The real you, you feel it's a curse? But it isn't. I want that you! That real you, the you who makes me want battle, the you who makes me wet, the you that you try so hard to hide! If they won't love it I will!"
Edward says nothing. Cheshire nods in disappointment "You're a real heart breaker you know that Ed? Oh well it doesn't matter" She walks over to her left side. Squats and picks up a gun. A cop. 357 dinger then walks back to her previous position
"If you wont release that you completely…I'll do that for you" She points the gun at Ethan, aims…
"W-wait… Who are yo-?" Edward turns behind him and see's Ethan. He faces forward
"How many more will you let die before you give me what I want" Cheshire says as she fires. Four bullets fly out of the gun. The bullet, hurling towards Ethan. Edward can see it, he has the power to reach it but despite having that power… his brain just can't keep up. He isn't fast enough to chase after those bullets. In that moment of slow-motion Ethan smiles and pushes Isabel away.
The bullets hit Ethan dead in his center and send him flying. His body doesn't move. The others just stare at Ethan's body for a few seconds then their heads turn to Edward. The aura around him from earlier intensifies to the point the ground beneath him cracks and the stadium starts to shake. Edward starts to laugh as tears stream his eyes. His friends stare at him, most with confused but worried faces
"Are you that hell bent… On tearing me to pieces" He puts his hand on his face, cackling as tears pour down his cheek
"Haaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Sad, truly how sad it is" He stares up at the infinite void above him. His friends just watch. Their spit hanging in their throats, the fear wont of what might happen next won't let them swallow. The frustration of not knowing what to do causes them to sweat. But quickly they come to realize the futility of trying. Because there is nothing they can do but watch their friend fall into madness
"Truly it's sad. But!" With the speed of light, he appears in front of Cheshire with nothing but a smile and a red glean in his eyes "The show must go on!"
He tries to cut her with the blade in his left hand, but Cheshire sees through it and goes for a quick counter that will cut Edwards left arm clean off. Because Edward can freely maneuver in the air he pulls back and leans in to his right punching Cheshire in the face, the punch sends Cheshire over the edge of the stadium, directly over the chimera pit. Edwards friends smile in joy, thinking it might finally be over. But there's a voice in Edwards head that starts asking him.
"Are you really going to let her go? Is this really justice? Come on Ed… the fight just started, you can't let her get off like that, its to easy. She hasn't suffered enough. Make her suffer, make her wish for death but deprive her of it, make her feel the ultimate pain. And make sure you have fun while you do it!" Edward inside himself agrees
"Yeeeeessss." He looks at her over the pit "Oh no. You don't get off that easy! Not till I make you suffer"
Edward as fast as he got in front of her gets underneath and uses both feet to kick her from underneath. She's sent flying into the air. He's on top of her again, he grabs her by her track suit and flips her over his head. She falls like a meteor into the stadium. While these two have a heated battle, it takes others on the field so much just to survive
"What's wrong Cheshire? This is the fight you wanted but so far, you've done nothing but take a beating and bore me. Am I to fast for you? Or is your brain to slow to keep up?"
"Oh, Ed baby I'm sorry. It's just that your sudden rise in power just got me so turned on I lost my focus but starting now ill try my hardest to kill you"
A much brighter red and orange aura envelops her even more. The build up causes the dead bodies to rise into the air but it isn't just her, Edward to. Their Auras build up so much that they start to sparkle, their energies begin to resemble milky ways with millions of bright flashing stars in their red and blue Auras. With a smile on both their faces they charge at each other, this time no one, not even the people watching the match in the stands can follow them, the only one whose eyes can see it all are Nibera and the clown.
While this goes down, Isabel, Cayafaz, and Maya try to get out of the location of the fight. They go to pick up Ethan's body so they can leave and head to a safer area on the field, but nowhere is safe. Their fight ends up taking them into the air and dropping on the ground like rounds from a cannon, leaving hotel room sized holes in the floor. This sort of movement continued for quite sometime and had killed most people on the field, those who weren't dead where hiding, those that were dead were blown to bits and others though it would be better to die to the chimera. So, they jumped off.
The others had finally gotten some breathing room after the drop attacks stopped, at this time they were already on the other side of the field. they checked Ethan's body to see where the bullets had hit but when they opened up his tracksuit, he had a bullet proof vest on.
So, that meant Ethan was still alive. When the others realized this they quickly tried to revive him. Isabel gave him C.P.R and was able to bring him back. Ethan was shocked but happy to be alive but his joy was brief, he immediately remembered the situation before he blacked out. Ethan asks the others if Edward is still on a rampage, they tell him yes. He suggests making his presence known to Edward to try and calm him down and everyone agrees, but Isabel asks the others
"Wait… So, Edward thinking Ethan died is what triggered this side of him right?"
Maya responds "Yeah, that's what triggered him"
"And right now, that's what's keeping him on equal footing with Cheshire?"
The others are confused "I mean to say that if we reveal that Ethan is alive, wont Edward lose the fight? We sort of need him to beat Cheshire so we don't die"
The others nod to this but then Cayafaz objects saying "Have you forgotten that were in the death games solely because of Edward? If he wins we lose our souls!"
Maya with a tired expression on her face and a tear in her eye "So it's either we let Edward beat Cheshire and die…Or have Cheshire kill Edward then die. Either way…None of us here can beat her"
The moment the others quickly realize this… they can't do anything. At this point the fight with Cheshire has gone on for 30 minutes and the field is nearly completely destroyed. Edward is barely hovering over the ground with a few scrapes and bruises and blood running over his right eye, while Cheshire is barely able to stand, using her stand to keep herself from falling.
She has her left knee on the ground and her right leg in squatting position. Her right hand on top of her swords hilt and her left hand on the left side of the handle, her blood running down her face with multiple bruises on her body and one stab wound in her right lap. Both of them breathing heavily stare at each other with deep content. Edward drops to the floor
"This fight is over, I'm done here. You can't fight anymore so there's no point in this"
"Oh, come on Ed! Don't be like that, I've got one more clash left in me and I'm sure you still want to run your blade right through me, your more of a monster than I am. I can see it in your eyes. You're not even closed to satisfied" She chuckles
"I'm doing you a favor here so I suggest you shut up!"
"We both know the only way your going to get me to stop talking is if you make me"
"Are you sure you want this?"
"Come on Ed" She pulls her sword out of the ground and stands up straight "One more go?"
Edward hovers over the ground a bit with a smile on his face "One more go"
At this point the whole stadium can't take their eyes off of them. The two stare each other down with nothing but their eyes focused on each other. Blood drops from both their brows and touches the ground at the same time and they zoom of into each other. This will be the final clash between Brute: the angel of death and The Cheshire cat. Who will win?