Chapter Ten: Apocalypse Metal
Metals POV
As I held Gale in the air by his throat I started to notice that his body's steel was becoming lighter, the darkness that had overtaken him must have been purged. “I guess Lisa was successful in getting this idiot to listen to reason.” I dropped him and watched from the air as his body began to shift around and a large black blob started to form on his chest as the darkness gathered in one place. “Interesting…”
I floated down and kneeled beside Gale before grabbing the blob as all the darkness had gathered and flew back up in the air.
“Is this some kind of parasite or some shit?”
The blob then launched itself into the air and began to expand, forming the shape of a black version of Gale...except different. It seemed to have a more demonic design to it. It grew two dragon like skeletal wings out of its back and it's quills were sharper and had small spines around them, it's hands had become claws and its eye glowed red rather than orange.
“Ok, a crappy recolour is going to fight me, I didn't know deviantart could invade realities.”
“You fool.” It spoke darkly. “I am much more than-”
“Ok I'm going to have to stop you right there.” I interrupted by holding up a finger. “We could just stand here and you could go on and on about your powers, how you're much more than whatever and that you are stronger than whatever. Or! You could just tell me your name and we can get to the actual good bit of this little meeting.” With that last part I punched my right hand into my left palm, sending a shockwave over the area we were currently in. God I loved this form, too bad it's not able to last really long periods of time like the super form, but it should still hold up.
“Very well, since you seem so impatient.” He spreads his wings and his eye gleamed. “I am The Alpha Nightmare, one of the most powerful Nightmare Fuels in the multiverse, and I shall be your undoing.” He stated proudly.
“A Nightmare Fuel eh? I've been wanting to see one of you freaks for awhile now. Don't tell me, Xram is here too right? I want a chance to beat his boney ass into the ground for what he's done to Gale and what he made Lisa go through.” I summoned a lunar blade which came out red. I remembered the Apocalypse Magic that was still in my system, I looked down to my hand and saw that it was starting to change to the claw of The Wolf as I like to call it now. I clenched my fist and fought back its possession. ‘Keep it together!’
“A version of him is indeed here, as well as another of my Nightmare brothers.” I could tell that Alpha was smirking as he spoke the next line. “I seem to remember that the Nightmare of this world took great satisfaction in killing your little female that happens to get mixed up in all of this. As well as beating that seedarian that cared for you so much.”
Like that, the sound of glass shattering riddled the landscape as any mental barriers blocking out the anger I had been repressing for so long was finally let free. I have been holding back so much anger...so much rage...I've seen and done some underhanded shit in my time...but killing an innocent girl was NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!
Samantha...my sweet...precious Samantha…
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It's their fault…
That Nightmare...that Xram...this Nightmare…
It's all...their...fault.
I am going to tear each and every one of them to shreds. I am going to obliterate their consciousnesses. I am going to disassemble their molecules.
In other words…
I AM GOING TO DESTROY THEIR VERY EXISTENCES!!! AND I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO TEAR THIS REALITY APART TO DO IT!!!
Lisa’s POV
I woke up in the cave to see the machine broken, Metal and Gale nowhere to be seen. I teleported outside and looked around, seeing a blue blur by the forest nearby.
As I rushed over I saw it was Gale, his body back to normal. He coughed slightly and began to rise to his feet. “Man...whatever happened to my body has just...drained me of energy.” He said tiredly.
I helped him to his feet and looked down at him with caring eyes. “You gonna be ok?”
He nodded slowly. “Yeah...I think so.” He shook his head and took a step forward. “Alright, let's go find Metal...I need to apologise to him for almost killing him like that.”
As we were about to leave the area we suddenly stopped, sensing a very large amount of dark power flooding the area. Looking up we saw what looked like a Nightmare version of Gale and...oh god.
Metal was in his hyper form...but something was very wrong...so...so very wrong.
Red lightning shot out from his body, the flashing colours of his highest form ceasing and his body being coated by a blood red coat. His head hung low, the dark clouds above circling him.
He clenched his fist as he was now completely red, dark blood red mist seeping from his body and forming the shape of dragon wings behind his. His eyes were closed, but even then I could see the relentless anger in them… what happened while I was in Gales mind?
“Shit.” Gale was staring at Metal’s new form. “And just when I was about to say sorry.”
As Metal opened his now glowing red eyes his arms fell limp to his sides, an eerie silence passed over all of us, the Nightmare Gale just looked at him with curiosity. “Well well, what do we have here? It's seems as though you have more control over that magic than I thought.” It spoke. “But the question remains, do you control it or does it control you?”
"W̗̻̠̳̮h̡̻͉̠̯y̬̠͇̖͙ ͏̞̦̦̲͍d̲̣̻o̘̼͈͓͙̬͈n̼͖̻̟̼'͉t̟͈̫̼͢ ͈͖̻w͓é̻̹͇̘ ͚̫f̡̲i̘̭̱̩n̞d̟͕͚͇̪͢ ̣̫͔o̹͎͈u͘t̝͚̰́?͚̪̙̫̰͚"҉͇̪͓͖
Gale and I froze at the sound of Metals voice. There was no way in hell that this was a good thing. I could tell by his voice, his posture, the look in his eyes...Metal had snapped.
"̨L̦̰̹̝̙̦̟e̞͚̫͔̺t͎̙'̵͕͚̤͉̥̥̗s͚̜̺̙̠̲͙͡ ̳͖̦͕͝s̡͎e̖͓͔͖̭͚ͅe̮̩̬̻̠̱̲ ̼͕̘͡i̴̹͚̺f҉̟ ̹̭̲̹̲͈y̷͔̙͍̙̼͖o̖̼͇u̵̗̤͇̯̩̼ ̫͞N̪̰i̸͍͍͓̩̖̝g͍̩͎̳͢h̼̝͙͔͚̲ț͙͔͉͕m̪̪͚͍͚͔͝a̧̳̺r̀e̩s̖͍̞͍ ͙a̛̪̖͔͉͍̝̳r̜̻̬̪̜̤̫e͏̲̼ ̣̬a͓̠̦̲̙ͅs͙͔̪̻͍̮ ̸̲̲̺̻̞̘s͏͔̺̺̯̹̫t̟͈͔͚̖̀r̡̬͈̞͙̟̪o҉͙ng͢ ̧as̩̣̭̣̘̮̖ p̨̫͚̼̬e̼͎̰͓͕o̴p̫͕̣̪̖͚l̵̝̦e̜̩̟ ҉̘̗̭̺ͅs̜̩a̡̮̗ý.͘"̳̩̺͖
Metal held up one hand and snapped his fingers. Suddenly the Nightmare was knocked away by a red explosion of energy. Metal snapped his fingers again and another explosion knocked it into the air.
He held out both arms and hundreds of red lunar blades began to appear and circle him before he threw his hand forward and sent a wave of cursed swords shooting at the distracted Nightmare.
The Nightmare dodged them all with ease and shot straight into Metal who began to shoot towards it. The collided and caused a massive surge of energy to spread over the land, blowing us off our feet.
“Jesus how strong did he get?!” Gale yelled out before he was smacked against a tree.
We both looked up at the fighters, neither moving an inch as they pushed against each other. Both broke apart and began trading blows, when each ouch landed a hit a shock wave was created, leading me to wonder just how strong they were...and how strong Metal really was. Then, Metal landed a punch on the Nightmare’s face, sending him flying back before he unleashed a ball of energy aimed at the Nightmare. It exploded in a massive red blast, creating a massive dust cloud. Metal glared at the plume of smoke as it began to clear.
“You know, there is a reason why I’m called the Alpha Nightmare.” When the smoke cleared, Alpha was shown to have no signs of battle damage. It was like nothing had even touched him. Holding out his hand, he created a laser blade from his wrist. He held it up in front of his face before swinging out, clearing away the rest of the smoke around him. “I won’t go down as easily as my weaker brethren.”
"̵̭̱͍̥̘̭T͇h̞͘e̥͙̮̣̘͜n̶̲ ͕͖̭c̫̼̪̠͕͔̼͜o͍̘m͏̰̥̮̯̲̠̼e͖͕͉̱͙̳̟͡ ̫̱̝ḁ̙͕̳̥̦ͅt͏̬ ͉̙m̙̙̰̕e̬̥̤͙ ̬͢w̩͎i̜͉̗͝ͅt̬̝͢h̢̬͍̥̤͖̤ ̮͈̼͍͟ͅͅe̦̻̬͍͚ṿ̩͓̦͙̳e̴ŗ͈̼̩ý̩̘͇ͅt̫̰̩͓͈̪͞h͔̼ị̴̖̘̺̩̥n̛̯͉̰͓͓̹̹g̜͎͈͚̝, ͍̬͟I̦͚ ͓͎̥͖̘͍̬w̤̹̘̱i̶l͈̜͓̭͈̙̜l̖̞ ͏̺͍̠͉̰̘̯ẖ͖̳̼̹́o̪̟̹͓̲l̮̞̦͘ḓ̳͙̘͢ ͜n̲͙͔̟͓ot͕hi͚̭̣͉̥̠̱n̘͖̬̦g͎̼̞̹ ̶̼̭̳̝͉͕̱b̴͚a̲͕͉̗̻͍c̪̺͚k̷̺͈͓͓ ȩ͓̠̻̺͖͉͈v̢̬̱͎e͎n͔͍͙ ͇̭̭̳i̥̺̝f͔̝̩ ͏̬i̫t̵̮̭͓ ̖̪̩͘m͘e̘̱̬a͚̦̣͚̤̮n̨͉̱̳̲s̨͍ ̺̪̪̙̥̯̕th͔͙̥̠͞a̠̫̠̝̭̞ț̲͍͉͙̯ ̦̞͚͚͘t̰̱̥̠̳h͏̝͔͍͎̥̣is̻̠̺̥̯̘ ҉w͎̳̲͈͚̞o̞̺r̺̫̝͎͜l̠̻d̨͎̗̰̳ ̢͎m͏͈̭̟̻͔̹a̲͕͈͎͉y̤̭̙ ̡͚̜b̳͉e ̫̰̺͚̬to͍̲̹͖̹r̸̪n̞ ͓̟̰̫͝ą͈̖͖̰͙̯p̵̙a͉ͅr̵̭̠̼̼̻̰̭t͙̯̭̘͜.̭͓͜"̝̪̦̭