Bring Down the house!

" Sir Kay, keep those arrows firing, Black knight keep those demons at bay. Excalibur follow me, we're breaking through!" Gawain shouted. He raised his sword to the sky and shot out a blinding flash of light. " NONE MAY HIDE FROM THE LIGHT! SOLAR FLAAAAAAAARE!" Gawain swung his sword down and a white-hot beam raced out across the land, straight towards Morgan's castle. The sword slash cut through the hordes of demons protecting Morgan's castle and slammed into the barrier around it.

The barrier held strong, and Gawain grit his teeth.

" Okay, gonna need a change of plans. Can any of you break that barrier?" Gawain asked Excalibur.

" I might, be able to breach it, but I'll need time to do it." Apocalypse spoke.

" You'll have all the time you need. I can't fire off another attack like that for some time, but that doesn't mean I don't have other methods. Are you ready?" Gawain asked.

" We're gith behind you!" Jubilee replied.

Gawain watched as the other members of Excalibur nodded.

" All right, let's go!" Gawain shouted. He jumped forward into the crowd of demons and ghouls and slammed his blade into the ground, and a massive pillar of fire erupted from it. " ALL RIGHT! WHO WANTS TO PLAY WITH FIRE!!!!!!! YAAAAAGH!" Gawain slammed his sword into the ground again and the ground split apart, with walls of flames rushing out of them. Gawain's blade started changing. The former long sword grew wider, and the straight edge curved forward. " When my soul is burning there's nothing I can't burn. Rage and engulf Galatine!"

If Excalibur is the blade of light to slice through the darkness, then Galatine, Excalibur's sister, is the blade of holy fire that can burn brighter than any flame. The power to burn away the darkness.

Gawain's power, the burning soul!

" Whoa! Homme is on fire. Literally." Gambit stated.

" Yeah, no kidding. That's red hot." Jubilee agreed with Gambit and watched in awe as Gawain's hair lit aflame.

" What are you staring at? We don't have to be amazed. I can't hold this for too long. Follow me and let's burn our existence into history!" Gawain exclaimed. He charged forward and started mowing through the enemies in front of him.

" Heh! Right behind ya, Gawain! Maximum output 200 percent! LICHT REGEN!" Sir Kay followed up Gawain's charge by firing a massive volley of arrows into his path, taking down the demons that Gawain missed, and clearing Excalibur a path ahead.

Excalibur took the chance and charged forward through the thick enemy lines, following right behind Gawain, staying close but not close enough to get burned.

Gawain did as he said he would and cleared a clean path right to Morgan's castle. Once there he turned back to Excalibur and gestured for them to hurry.

" Come on! Hurry up and get to work. I'll try to keep them off of you for as long as possible, but I won't promise that it'll be- GAHHHHHHHH!" Gawain was speaking to Excalibur when he was suddenly cut across his back. Gawain turned to face his assaulter and growled like a feral beast when he saw who it was. " Mordred! You cowardly traitor!"

" Gawain, you obnoxious buffoon. I've waited for this day for too long." Mordred said to the man.

" What the hell is wrong with you, Mordred? Why turn against us, against your own father?" Gawain asked.

" My father is dying, why wouldn't I want to put him out of his misery?" Mordred replied. He smiled evilly at Gawain, mocking him and his honor. " Camelot has the power to conqueror all of Britain. And why stop there? With our combined might, and auntie's magic... We could take the entire world. Why wouldn't you want to make Camelot stronger, Gawain? Don't you see? You should be on our side. Fight with us and we'll rule the world together."

Gawain ignored Mordred's request and lunged at him with his blade. Gawain's tried to cut Mordred, only for his blade to be repelled.

" Did you really think, that with all the mystical artifacts and weapons my father keeps locked away, that I wouldn't help myself to a few gifts?" Mordred asked. " Gawain, meet Clarent, the red blade. My father locked this one away for a reason, would you like to take a gander?" Mordred asked.

Gawain ignored the man once more and charged forward.

" Because it was forged in darkness to swallow the light. The light of Excalibur!" Mordred exclaimed. HE swung the blade downwards and suddenly Gawain's flames vanished and a horizontal slash, running down from his left eye to his waist appeared on Gawain's body.

" GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Gawain hollered in pain and retreated from Mordred.

The moment he left his radius, his flames returned.

Gawain was hurt, but he knew if he didn't stall the bleeding, he would bleed out quickly. So, he used his flames on himself and seared the wounds shut.

" Hey, jerk try a little plosion!" Jubilee shouted and fired a barrage of explosives at Mordred.

Mordred smirked and with a wave of his sword he sent the explosions away.

" What?! But how?" Jubilee asked.

" Were you not paying attention young lady? Let me spell it out for you, A magic attack like that isn't going to hit me." Mordred told the girl.

" If magic won't do, then how about these hands' homme?" Gambit lunged at Mordred with his bo staff and swiped at the man.

Mordred dodged gambit's first attack and used his sword to cut the staff in half.

" Fuck." Gambit cursed. He dropped the two halves and moved closer to Mordred to try and engage him in hand to sword combat.

Mordred dodged gambit's punch and went to stab him, but Gambit grabbed hold of Mordred's hand and shoved it towards the ground. He spun off the man's arm and kicked him in the face.

Mordred stumbled backwards gripping the spot where Gambit's foot had hit him.

" Gah, you little shit." Mordred cursed.

" Hah! What's the matter homme? Gambit a little too spicey for ya?" Gambit taunted the man, succeeding in making him angrier.

" Gah!" Mordred yelled and swung his blade at Gambit and Gambit's stomach suddenly sliced open.

' What? But I didn't see his attack!' Gambit grabbed his stomach and collapsed, wondering just how he was injured when he didn't even see the attack coming.

" REMY!" Rogue turned and shouted for her husband.

" Now die, worm." Mordred swung his blade down at Gambit, but before he could kill the Cajun, Gawain intercepted the strike with Galatine.

" Hey! We're not done yet traitor." Gawain spoke.

" Ooooh!" Mordred smirked and Gawain's arms was cut open.

" Gah! AGHHHHH!" Gawain screamed again but still stood ever strong in the face of his enemy.

" Rogue, don't worry about this. We'll keep apocalypse safe. You go help the boys." Jubilee told the woman as she blew away the enemies around her.

" Right!" Rogue, attempted to fly over to Gawain and support him and gambit, but before she could, she was knocked out of the sky by a giant object. " UGH!" Rogue shouted in pain as she hit the ground hard.

Rogue rose up from the ground rubbing her head, and when the dust cleared, she saw what had hit her.

It was an Ogre, one of Morgan's deadliest creatures.

" Damn you, ya big ugly bastard!" Rogue cursed in frustration.

" HAhahaha! So much for the aid, huh Gawain?" Mordred asked. " You know, it didn't have to be this way. You could have joined us, but no. You just had to be the noble knight. NOW, YOU CAN DIE LIKE YOUR BROTHERS!" Mordred raised his blade above Gawain's head ready to deliver the killing blow.

His blade fell towards Gawain's skull, and just before it hit, someone grabbed the blade's edge and it stopped.

Mordred's world froze as a dark shadow loomed over him.

He looked up slowly into the Angered eyes of the most feared man in all of Britain.

" They were your brothers too!" Poseidon told the man.