OOC: Co-written with Eterna. You can guess who wrote all the U1 comments.
Oh, and sorry, I had said before that I had plans for LL's return. So he can't really be on the battlefield just yet. If it's not too much trouble, can you please edit LL out of your posts between this post and the post I made about him meeting Xellos?
"There's no end to this!" Eterna shouted as Virus!Epsilon charged straight at the cloud of smoke left behind by the Popcorn!Dynamite's explosion.
"Zeni, what's wrong?" Unknown asked, a brave stab at a concerned look disfiguring his demonic face.
"I-I'm fine..." Zeni managed in between wheezes as she clutched her chest with her free hand. "This is...dragging on a bit longer than I expected."
"No, Zeni's not fine. Part of her soul force is still inside the GMF." Eterna said, holding Zeni up, while looking up at U1. "She's been fighting at 40% power for the entire battle...if she keeps straining herself like this..."
"Don't worry, Zeni, I'll recover the rest of your soul for you." Unknown said, patting Zeni on the back. "You've done enough."
"No, this is my fight too." Zeni wheezed as she straightened up. "We've gotten here together, we'll finish this together."
"We've beaten her up real bad." Nikolaus said, noticing the GMF faltering under Epsilon, David's, and the others' renewed combined attack. "Her regen's slowing down."
"If only we had a bit more firepower...." Zeni said, breathing heavily.
This Song suddenly filled the air as crack fic energy started to slowly seep out of the cracks in the ground.
They gathered and formed a small yellowish gold whirlwind at first before it exploded upwards into the sky, forming a giant tornado.
Above them, the aerial battle around the Spire had moved over them, the resistance's combatants taking heart at the new song that had permeated the air.
It was the song of the resistance. It was a song that was...well, ok, it was just plain silly, but that's what crack's all about, after all.
"Take heart..." A voice said as the tornado slowly dissipated. "For we are the ones chosen by the Crack Fic Force to wield its godly potential..."
"LL!" The group cried as the tornado dissipated completely to reveal the form of LL.
He smiled, his bright grin as psychotic as ever as a huge yaoist battleship exploded above them, silhouetting his form. "Did somebody ask for firepower?" He asked, raising a hand to coax more crack fic energy to gather around the group. "Thanks to Zero's plan, and the will of the Crack Fic Force, we now have all the firepower in the world." He raised his hand up. "Allow me to demonstrate. CRACK FIC FORCE! GRANT ME THY UNLIMITED POTENTIAL! CALL FORTH A GREAT FORCE TO SMITE DOWN THYE FOES!"
A giant Kirby doll appearead in the sky, hovering gently for a moment before it realized it was floating and allowed gravity to catch up to it as it started to fall...fall....fall....
...becore crashing heavily on the Grand Master.
"Kirby!" Eterna leapt up with joy. "Score one for Kirby!"
"....Great force?" Zeni asked, her eyebrows twitching as the giant kirby doll went up in a puff of smoke, leaving behind a huge crater from which the Grand Master slowly stood up, her head steaming.
"I'm...not quite sure about that....it always seems to do that..." LL said, a bemused expression on his face. "Xellos said it had something to do with you, Zeni. What exactly did you...?" He gave Zeni a questioning gaze. Zeni merely coughed and pretended she didn't hear anything.
"We've got the firepower now!" Locke shouted, as the crack fic energy flowed around him.
"What are we waiting for?!" David asked, grinning as crack fic energy permeated his BAR.
"Now's our time to strike..." Zeni said, her grip on her blade tightening as she looked at the people gathered around her. "LET'S GO!"
With an almighty shout, the group, as one, delivered their own brand of death and destruction down upon the GMF in one combined attack.
OOC: Sorry, there's so many of them that I'd rather not bog you down with details ^^;;
"AAAAAARGH!" The GMF shrieked, staggering backwards from the force of the attack as her body smoked and smouldered from the damage. "WHY?! WHY?! WHY?! MY PLAN WAS PERFECT! IT WAS....IT WAS....uuuuhh...AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" She screamed into the night as she fell to her knees from the strain. "MUST...FIND...NEW...COMPATIBLE...BODY...." The GMF's eyes frantically scanned the group assembled as a dark shadow started to seep out from her body and gather around her.
"No! Everyone run!" Zeni shouted, pushing Unknown and Eterna back as she darted forwards towards the GMF, blade raised. "I'll stop you HERE AND NOW!"
"Yes....the one....the soul I have devoured....but I want that soul whole...WHOLE!" The GMF laughed hysterically as the last of the shadow detached itself from the GMF and reared up before forming a claw that flew straight for Zeni.
"ZENI! NO!" Eterna screamed as she got up to her feet and ran forwards.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Zeni shouted, slashing at the shadow.....but to no avail. It circled around her and enveloped her tightly. "AAAAAAAAAARGH!" Zeni screamed, falling to her knees as the Grand Master did as the shadow around her slowly poured into her.
"Zeni!" The Grand Master cried, wincing as she held her own wounds. "I've....What have I done?!"
"I...don't blame you..." Zeni gasped as another stab of painful darkness seared through her. "I...should have known....I'm sorry..."
"Zeni...you..." Tears poured down the Grand Master's face. "I'm sorry, I'm so very sorry..." She sobbed.
"Zeni! Are you..." Eterna began as she ran forwards, before she slammed hard into something very solid. "What...the blood fortress...? Zeni?! What are you doing?!"
"Stay...away...." Zeni managed, wincing and grimacing in pain as she fought the darkness. "Run....take everyone...away..."
"Zeni! Don't do anything foolish!" Unknown shouted.
"You...can't possibly kill me..." Zeni chuckled bitterly. "I...have to...do it...myself..." She said as she slowly raised one hand up to her chest. "Good...bye..."
"Terminate." Virus!Epsilon said, appearing behind Zeni, right at the border of her Blood Fortress. He raised his clawed hands and smashed through the weakened Blood Fortress before rushing at Zeni.
"Epsilon! NO!" Eterna screamed.
.....
And then there was silence....
Blood pooled on the floor as Virus!Epsilon retracted his claw out of the huge gaping hole where Zeni's heart was, spraying more blood out.
"Zeni..." The Grand Master shuddered, her tears flowing freely as she fell forwards onto her hands. "Zeni..." She sobbed, her tears trickling onto the stone.
"GET AWAY!" Eterna cried as she blinked away her tears as best as she could. "RUN! NOW!"
"Target elimina..." Virus!Epsilon began....before...
STAB!
A huge spear of blood had risen out of the pool of blood around Zeni, stabbing straight through where Epsilon's Organic Interface's heart would be.
Zeni slowly stood up, blinking a bit, as the wound healed itself with ease. She surveyed her surroundings before looking down at her hands. She flexed them a bit, before grinning as crack fic energy spiralled up from the ground around her, causing the blood to stir and mix in with the crack fic energy, turning it a dull bloody red.
She slowly turned her gaze to the Grand Master, who was slowly getting to her feet.
"Zeni....no matter what....I'm going to save you..." The Grand Master winced as she dragged her claymore up. "I'm not....going to let you...end up like me..."
"Sis!" Twin Blade shouted, running up the Grand Master. "Sis! I knew it wasn't you! I knew it couldn't have been you!" He cried, as he stopped short of the Grand Master.
"TB....I-I'm sorry..." The Grand Master said, breathing heavily. "So sorry...for everything...for mother...for father....and you too...but now I must correct everything I've done....I will save my sister. I can't let her....become me..."She said, taking one step towards Zeni, dragging her claymore behind her.
"Hmmm?" Zeni smiled. "You said you're going to save me?" Zeni laughed. "You should've done that a LOT earlier, mistress. Now, I will have my revenge for what you did to my sisters..." She raised a palm up towards the Grand Master and balled it into a fist, causing a spiral of bloody red crack fic energy to well up from the ground and wrap itself around her, binding her tightly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" The Grand Master screamed in pain as Zeni increased the pressure, tightening the grip of the crack fic spiral.
"Zeni?! What're you doing?!" Twin Blade shouted. "Let go of sis!"
"Hah! You want her, you'll have to get her." Zeni said, tightening the grasp further. The painful sound of creaking and shattering bone was heard as the Grand Master screamed in utter agony.
"DIE!" Twin Blade shouted, leaping towards Zeni with his palm raised. "...BURN AWAY THE IMPURE! OMEGA...." He began, before he dissappeared under a huge steamroller which came down and crushed him into the ground.
"You know what I find silly about you?" Zeni sighed, watching a few cracks appear as the ground shattered gently under the weight of the steamroller. "Your incantations take too long, idiot. They sound cool, but there's no way you're winning a fight like that."
"Zeni...." Eterna shuddered as she faced her sister.
"Ah, dear sister." Zeni smiled serenely at Eterna. "Don't worry, I'm still the very same Zeni you know and love." She smiled, extending her hands to Eterna. "It's all over. The Grand Master will soon die in my hands and we can return home together."
"Zeni...." Eterna exploded into tears. "I...I..." She raised both her hands towards Zeni. "I love you, sis!" She shouted, as she ran towards Zeni's outstretched arms.
"Idiot!" Unknown shouted. "Stop!"
"Which is why..." Eterna whispered, as two katanas materialized in her outstretched hands, causing Zeni's eyes to widen in shock. "....I won't let that thing consume you..."
STAB!
"...I'm dissapointed in you, Eterna..." Zeni said, looking straight into Eterna's eyes which were only a mere two inches away from her own. "...I thought you loved me....but it matters not now...." Zeni said, as a thin trickle of blood came down one side of Eterna's mouth.
Zeni tossed Eterna's limp body aside with a flick of her double-ended blade before burning the blood off it. Eterna landed with a thump on the stone, her katanas clattering beside her before coming to a rest, silent as she was.
"Unknown, you know I love you." Zeni said, turning to Unknown. "Would you doubt me too? Your beloved Zeni? You wouldn't, right?" She asked, tears suddenly filling her eyes. "I love you...dearly....don't betray my love..."
"I..." Unknown clenched his fists, his face growing dark. "I would never doubt Zeni...." He said, stepping forwards towards Zeni. "...but you're NOT THE ZENI I LOVE!" Unknown screamed, raising two thunder charged arms towards Zeni.
"Disgraceful..." Zeni sighed, making a quick broad slash upwards into the sky.
"Hah! It'll take more accuracy than that to..." Unknown shouted....before he was cut off by a gigantic neatly-cut block of stone, most likely a piece of the spire, that fell out of the sky, crushing him under.
"Sigh....and they said they were my comrades..." Zeni sighed. "Nobody defies me..." She said, before she could stop herself. "Ulp...oh, never mind." She sighed, before turning around to face the rest of the group. "Well, will any of you trust me? I'm still the Zeni you know, after all."