Case #11-Hell on Earth, Part 4

After Satan's declaration of battle…he charges, and in the blink of an eye, Satan is on top of Ezra and I. 

Mine and Ezra's eyes widen.

"Satan…is so fast!" I cry.

"Was Satan always this fast?!" Ezra cries.

Before either of us can react, Satan swiftly reaches two hands up and grabs Ezra and I by our faces. Satan slams our heads together, then uses his two remaining fists to uppercut Ezra and I in the gut, causing us to both spit up a glob of blood as we're sent flying upwards and slamming through the ceiling of the basement floor, before landing on the ground above.

"Ohhh…" Ezra and I groan as we writhe on the ground in pain.

With a mighty stomp, Satan leaps out of the hole that he had created in the basement ceiling and lands on the floor in front of us, shattering the ground and sending shockwaves of air flying everywhere.

Satan is so strong that his mere presence alone can summon the earth and air of Hell.

"Was Satan this strong before eating Loki's core?" I grunt as I push myself up to his feet.

"Not sure,," Ezra answers as he pushes himself off of the floor as well. "But yeah …probably."

Satan takes a step towards Ezra and I as he raises one of his hands up, which engulfs in Hellfire. "I think that I would prefer to eat you two cooked!" Satan smirks as he releases a blast of Hellfire towards Ezra and I.

But before Ezra and I can be scorched by the Flames of Hell, another voice shouts: "Hellfire Scream," as a rush of Hellfire flies from out of nowhere, before blasting into Satan's flames and canceling his attack out.

"Crimson!" I gleefully exclaim as I turn and peer over to where the flames came from, watching as Crimson limps over to Ezra and I.

"I'm a little upset that you started this party without me," Crimson says.

"Better late than never," I smirk as I pat Crimson on the back.

"How long do you intend to defy me, daughter?!" Satan roars.

"Until the day you die, father!" Crimson roars back. "And that day is today!"

"Let's go, guys!" I shout.

"Right!" Crimson and Ezra reply as the three of us charge Satan.

As the three of us charge Satan, I pop a few Souls into my mouth before bringing my sickle-sword up, as its blade begins to glow blue and expand, forming a giant scythe blade. As for Crimson, she chambers a fist which then engulfs in white-hot Hellfire. And finally, Ezra brings his sickle-bow up as one of its bladed limbs begins to glow purple and extend outwards, forming a glowing purple katana blade.

"SOUL HUNTER!"

"SOLAR HELLFIRE MACE!"

"ZION REAPER'S KATANA!"

With a roar, the three of us launch our attacks forwards with all our might. Satan simply smirks as he watches our three attacks fly towards him. Slowly, Satan lifts all four hands up as one engulfs in maroon Hellfire, his second hand with purple Hellwater, his third hand with green Hellair, and with his final hand; golden-orange Hellearth.

Our three attacks continue flying towards Satan until we're a mere second away from striking the King of Hell.

"YOU'RE GIVING EVELYN BACK TO ME!" I roar.

"YOU DIE TONIGHT, FATHER!" Crimson roars.

"RAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Ezra roars.

And then…Satan thrusts all four of his hands towards us.

"THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF HELL!"

The Four Elements of Hell swirling around Satan's four hands then fire outwards and merge together, forming a giant blast of Hellfire, Hellwater, Hellair, and Hellearth. Before the three of us can strike Satan with our respective attacks, Satan's elemental beam blasts into Crimson, Ezra, and I with a GIANT explosion of flames, water, wind, and rocks, instantly overpowering our attacks and sending Crimson, Ezra, and I flying backwards.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Crimson, Ezra, and I cry as we're sent flying backwards, before landing on the ground in a cloud of dust.

"Damn…" I grunt as I struggle to push myself off of the ground.

"Satan…is too strong…" Ezra grunts as he struggles to push himself off of the ground as well.

"How…are we supposed to win…?" Crimson grunts as she struggles to push herself up as well.

"Don't you three realize that this is futile?" Satan booms as he takes a step up to Crimson, Ezra, and I. "When I was just a Devil…I was unbeatable. And now, as a Consumer, as well…I'M INVUNERABlE!"

"Nah, there's hop," I grunt as I struggle to stand up again.

"Can you truly say that when your body is as destroyed as yours is right now?" Satan asks.

"Well unfortunately for you, I was the one who killed Loki for ya', and I've already defeated Bronze…" I smirk as I shakily aim the blade of my sickle-sword at Satan. "So whether you be a Devil, or a Consumer, or whatever…I WILL KILL YOU AND RESCUE EVELYN!"

Slowly…Crimson and Ezra stand up to face Satan as well.

"As I told you, father, you die tonight!" Crimson booms.

"Yeah, and I've got my own shit to do, and you're in my way!" Ezra smirks.

I pop a few souls into my mouth, causing my entire body to begin swirling with Soul Energy. As for Crimson, she holds a hand in the air as her entire body engulfs in Hellfire, which begins to rise into the air and condense, forming a miniature sun above Crimson's head. And finally, Ezra reaches a hand up and rips off the dirty bandages covering his eye, revealing the Eye of Garuda as well as the scar created by Agent Kardos.

"HARVESTER DRIVE!"

"PLANETARY HELLFIRE!"

"GARUDA'S EYE!"

"Crimson…Ezra…" I smirk. "IT'S REAPING TIME!"

Swiftly, Satan raises two hands up, as one engulfs in maroon-red Hellfire, and the other begins swirling with green Hellair. Satan then begins his two hands together as yellow lightning begins crackling between them.

My eyes widened. "What…did Satan do…?" I ask Crimson.

"My father can wield all four of the Elements of Hell," Crimson explains. "And each hand can wield one element, which you can tell based on the color of his eyes-" Crimson continues as she points to Satan;s face. "My father's top right eye is red, so his top right hand can wield Hellfire. My father's top left eye is purple, so his top left hand can wield hellwater. My Father's bottom right eye is orange, so his right hand wields Hell Earth. And then of course, the bottom left is Hellair."

"The four Elements of Hell can also be fused in order to create new elements," Ezra explains. "And as we see, Hellfire plus Hellair equals Hellightning."

"Great," I grumble. "I thought we only had to worry about four elements."

And then…Satan thrusts his hands towards Ezra, Crimson, and I.

"HELLIGHTNING SHIVER!"

Crimson raises her right hand up, which engulfs in white Hellfire, before thrusting a hand towards Satan. As for Ezra, he aims his sickle-bow at Satan, then knocks back a Soul Energy arrow.

"SOLAR HELLFIRE SCREAM!"

"EZRA REAPER'S ARROW!"

Crimson's flames and Ezra's arrow fly towards Satan's blast of lightning, and the three attacks collide. But lightning instantly overpowers Crimson And Ezra's attacks, then continues flying towards them, and causing the Devil and the Reaper to howl in pain as they're electrocuted by Satan's Hellignting Shiver.

While Satan is busy dealing with Crimson and Ezra, this gives me the chance to charge. Swiftly, I draw my sickle-sword and charge Satan, reinforcing my entire body with Soul Energy to get in close quickly. Once I'm in front of Satan, I raise my sickle- sword up as its blade begins glowing with blue Soul Energy.

"Soul Hunter!" I shout as I slash my sickle-sword down across Satan's chest, but the Devil doesn't flinch. My eyes widen as I look up, seeing that I couldn't even make Satan bleed. Instead, Satan simply peers down his nose at me and smirks.

My attack…didn't even phase him.

I've never felt so small and pathetic before in my life.

"Shi-" I begin to say, but before I can finish, raises two of his hands up, one swirling with green Hellair and the other with orange Hellearth. Satan then brings his two hands together, and coats one of his fists in silver metal.

"HELL IRON MACE!" Satan shouts as he slams his iron fist into my gut, causing me to double over and spit up a glob of blood, before being sent flying backwards.

"Ezra Reaper's Arrow!" Ezra shouts as he fires off a Soul Energy arrow towards Satan, which pierces the Devil in the chest. Satan raises an eyebrow as he peers down at Ezra's arrow, before reaching a hand up and plucking the bloody arrow out of his chest. Satan then tosses the arrow to the ground and stomps on it, causing the arrow to fizzle out.

Swiftly, I reach into my messenger bag and draw a few souls, which I pop into my mouth. "Crimson, Ezra-" I begin to say as I stick one of my arms out to one o'clock and the other at seven o'clock. "I need you guys to hold Satan off for a while as I charge up."

Ezra's eyes widen. "So you can use …the Soul Cannon…?" He asks.

"Got it," Crimson replies as she takes a step forward. "Let's go, Ezra."

Ezra furiously shakes his head. "Right," he replies, and he and Crimson charge Satan.

"Hellwater Howl!" Satan shouts as he thrusts a hand towards Crimson And Ezra, but upon drawing close to the Devil, Crimson's Planetary hellfire evaporates Satan's hellwater.

"The heat of my Planetary Hellfire can evaporate all!" Crimson explains as she thrusts a hand towards Satan, releasing a blast of hellfire. "While also heating up my own flames!"

Crimson's Hellfire Scream continues flying towards Satan, who, in response, brings two hands up, one half engulfed in maroon-red Hellfire, and the other in golden-orange Hellearth.

"Your flames may be hotter than my water, but nothing is hotter than the lava of Hell!" Satan cackles as he thrusts a blast of magma towards Crimson. "Hellmagma Scream!"

Satan's blast of Hell Magma collides with Crimson's blast of Hellfire, then instantly overpowers Crimson's attack and blasts into the Devil, causing Crimson to howl in pain.

Through the smoke billowing off of Satan's attack due to the sheer heat of his magma, Ezra charges. Using the smoke to get in close, Ezra aims his sickle-bow at Satan as he knocks back a Soul Energy arrow. "Xave Reaper's Net!" Ezra shouts as he fires off his Soul Energy arrow, which explodes, and the Soul Energy takes the form of a purple net, which wraps around Satan.

Satan lets out a feral roar as he flails about, desperate to break free from Ezra's net, but Ezra digs his heels into the ground and holds on tight with his own roar.

As for Crimson, her Planetary Hellfire aims a white-hot beam of flames at Crimson's hand, which engulfs her fist in white Hellfire. "Solar Hellfire Mace!" Crimson shouts as she charges Satan.

As for Ezra, he removes his sickle- bow from his net as he raises it up, the bladed limb of his blow glowing purple and extending outwards, taking the form of a katana. "Zion Reaper's Katana!" Erza shouts as he charges Satan from the other side.

Coming from either direction, Crimson And Ezra pincer Satan between their Hellfire and Soul Energy attacks, causing Satan to grunt in pain as he struggles against Ezra's net.

"The cultivation of all my souls…" I begin to say to myself as I wave my arms through the air in a circle before cupping them to my right hip. "You guys might want to move out of the way, things are about to get messy," I smirk as Crimson and Ezra hop out of my way. "SOUL CANNON!" I shout as I thrust my hands forwards, firing off a powerful white-and-blue beam of Soul Energy towards Satan.

My Soul Cannon blasts into Satan with such force that it melts Ezra's Soul Energy net. Satan brings both hands up and thrust them forwards, pushing his palms against my Soul Cannon to block. "Damn, I don't have enough time to prepare an attack," Satan comments. I grunt as I continue blasting Satan with my Soul Cannon, and Satan grunts as he struggles against my Soul Cannon. Satan digs his heels into the ground and holds on tight, but then…I notice something…

My Soul Cannon is pushing Satan back!

With a final roar, my Soul Cannon pulses again as it blasts into Satan with enough force to send even the King of Hell flying backwards, and crashing through the wall behind him.

My eyes widened. "I…pushed Satan back." And then…I throw a fist into the air. "YEEEAAAHHH!!!!" I roar. "HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, BASTARD?!"

"YEAHHHHH!!!!" Crimson and Ezra roar as well.

The ruble begins to stir. A hand sticks out of the rubble and begins clearing away the rocks, and then another, and then another, and even one more. And pretty soon, Satan clears away all of the rocks and exposes himself, before standing back up to face Crimson, Ezra, and I again. "I suppose that you have to take the little victoires when you're so weak," Satan pants. "You sound victorious for someone who can barely stand."

And as Satan says that, I feel a wave of dizziness course through my entire body. But then, knees then buckle, forcing me to drop to the ground on my rear. "Damn…" I grunt.

"So it seems like you three aren't as weak as I thought," Satan says. "It looks like I'll have to turn things up a notch.

Satan's body then begins to flail about and convulse frantically. Satan's four eyes then roll into the back of his head, and Satan's body limply flops to the ground right after.

Oh dear God no.

OH DEAR GOD NO.

"Is he…dead…?" Crimson asks.

"No…" I answer. "This looks like… what happened to Loki, before he took his Consumer form."

All of our eyes widened.

"Satan…wasn't going all out."

A creepy black and purple mist begins to ooze out from the pores of Satan's body, and Satan lets out a hideous scream. Satan then begins to grow larger and larger. As he expands, Satan's body becomes bloated and wrinkled, and covered in fat rolls. Satan continues growing until he shatters the ceilings and walls around him, reducing the Castle of Hell to rubble.

"Quick, run!" I cry, and Crimson, Erza, and myself turn around and begin frantically running away from Hell's Castle, which begins to collapse on top of us.

"WAHHHH!!!'' The three of us cry as we leap forwards, landing on the ground on our stomachs just as the castle walls around us crash to the ground in a cloud of dust.

"You guys okay?" I groan as I sit up and rub my head.

"Yeah…I'm fine…" Crimson groans.

"Same here," Ezra groans as well.

Satan lets out a Jurassic roar through the dust, causing the three of us to flinch.

As the dust settles, I stand up and turn around, seeing Satan standing at thousands of feet long and hundreds of feet tall. Unlike Loki, Satan's torso retained his original form, still outfitted with his muscular chest and abs, four arms, horned head, and four-eyed face. Satan kinda looks like…a red centaur, but with a snake for his lower half.

Satan…has become a Consumer.

Satan then opens his large mouth, revealing row upon row of long, dagger-shaped teeth, and bellows: "NOW… TO CONSUME YOU ALL!"

"You've…truly become a disgusting monster, father!" Crimson cries.

"I have become a monster…" Satan replies. "THE STRONGEST MONSTER IN EXISTENCE!"

I reach into my messenger bag and draw a soul, before flinging it towards Satan's Consume body like a bomb, as Crimson thrusts a hand towards Satan and releases a blast of Hellfire and finally, Ezra knocks back a glowing ourple Soul Energy arrow and fires it towards him.

"Soul Grenade!"

"Hellfire Scream!"

"Ezra Reaper's Arrow!"

Our three ranged attacks blast into Satan in a small explosion of purple, blue, and red, but Satan doesn't even flinch against our attacks.

"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!" Satan cackles as he lifts his wormy-snakey tail up then slams it onto the ground, causing a mighty earthquake to echo across Hell as shockwaves of air are sent flying everywhere, knocking Crimson, Ezra, and I off of our feet.

Satan then brings two hands up again, one hand swirling with purple Hellwater, and the other hand spiraling with orange Hellearth . "HELLNATURE JUNGLE!" Satan shouts as he brings his two hands together before thrusting them towards us, firing off dozens of thick,dark green vines towards Crimson, Ezra, and myself.

"The water of Hell and the Earth of Hell create the nature of Hell," Crimson explains as Satan's vines continue flying towards us.

"Alright, well we'll just have to break on through!" I exclaim as I bring my sickle-sword up, as its blade begins to glow blue. "Soul Hunter!" I shout as I swing my sickle-sword downwards, using it to slice through some of Satan's vines.

"Ezra Reaper's Assault!" Ezra shouts as pierces some of Satan's vines with a rainfall of Soul Energy arrows. Ezra, of course, is able to use his Garuda's Eye to dance through Satan's vines, as well.

"Hellfire Pitch!" Crimson shouts as she uses her fireballs to burn through Satan's vines.

Satan vine's continue flying towards us, and we continue moving through them down. But eventually, I find that I'm unable to slash through one of Satan's vines, and my sickle-sword uselessly clangs off of the thick plant.

"What?!" I cry. "I can't cut through them!"

"Yeah, me neither!" Ezra cries as one of his Soul Energy arrows bounces off one of Satan's vines.

"And my flames can't burn through them anymore," Crimson adds as her fireballs fail to burn Satan's vines.

Satan's vines continue flying towards us,and the three of us soon find ourselves overwhelmed, powerless to break through Satan's vines. Satan's vines then wrap around Crimson, Ezra, and I, and hoist the three of us into the air. We kick and flail in protest, but everything we do to break free from Satan's grasp is futile.

Satan then begins his two remaining hands up, as one engulfs in maroon-red Hellfire, and the other swirls with green Hellair. "Hellightning Cable!" Satan shouts as he begins his two hands together, creating shockwaves of lightning which travel down Satan's vines, causing Crimson, Ezra, and I to howl in pain as we're electrocuted by the lightning of Hell.

Satan's vines then drop us to the ground and retract back into Satan's hands, leaving Crimson, Ezra, and I laying on the floor in bloody, charred lumps, smoke billowing off of our bodies.

Satan opens up his large mouth even wider, revealing a future row of long, dagger-like teeth, and Satan's mouth begins glowing rainbow form within, red, purple, orange, and green.

"So Satan…can still use the Four Elements of Hell in this state?!" I cry.

"My father truly has become a hybrid of both a Devil…and a Consumer…" Crimson says.

"FOUR-ELEMENT SCREAM!" Satan roars as he fires off his energy blast of four elements with such force that the earth trembles and shockwaves of wind and energy are sent flying off of Satan's body, nearly sweeping Crimson, Ezra, and I off of our feet.

"Zach, hit 'em with a Soul Cannon!" Ezra orders.

"Right!" I reply as I stick my hands into my messenger bag and begin fumbling around, but then, my eyes widen as I lift my hands out. "I can't!"

Ezra's eyes widen as well. "You can't?!" He snaps. "Why not?!"

"I used up all my Souls with my previous soul Cannon, my messenger bag needs time to restock!" I cry.

"Great," Ezra grumbles as he pinches the bridge of his nose. "We're done for."

"Not yet, Ezra," Crimson interrupts as she sticks a hand out to Satan. "We don't need Zach for this, we can fight, too."

"You're right," Ezra replies as he aims his bow at Satan's wormy body. "Let's do this."

Crimson's Planter Hellfire begins to glow white hot, as purple Soul Energy explodes out of Ezra's bow, before molding itself into the form of a giant Soul Energy bow, with Ezra's sickle-bow at the center. Ezra knocks back a giant purple Soul Energy arrow.

"PLANETARY-SOLAR HELLFIRE SCREAM!"

"EZRA REAPER'S ARROW MEGA!"

Crimson releases a powerful burst of white-hot Hell Flames out of her Planetary Hellfire, as Ezra lets his Soul Energy arrow fly. Crimson and Ezra's attacks continue flying towards Satan, before colliding with his four-element blast. Satan's attack

INSTANTLY overwhelms Crimson and Ezra's, and the three of us are powerless to do anything as we stare down our impending doom.

"Is this…it…?" Crimson softly asks.

"Satan…is unbeatable…" Ezra softly replies.

"No…!" I cry. "This can't be it!"

"THIS CAN'T BE IT!"

The three of us continue to stare down Satan's attack, powerless to do anything, and the glow of Satan's attack is so bright that it blinds us with a white light.

I can already feel the heat of his attack on my skin.

Clap.

A mere second before I thought I was about to be incinerated by Satan's attack and die, a clap rings through the air. My eyes shoot open as I spin around to face where I heard the clap, watching as three lonely souls are incinerated by Satan's attack in a matter of seconds. Satan's four-elemental blast continues flying, blasting through wall after wall of Hell's Castle, then continuing onwards and ransacking Hell, obliterating mountains and caverns as it flies.

A few moments later…Satan's attack dissipates.

Mine, Crimson's, and Ezra's eyes widen. "We would have died!" I squeak.

And then…I hear some fotosteps, and I turn to where I heard them, and my eyes widen as I watch two new fighters slowly strut over to the two of us.

"Uncle Grim!" I excitedly exclaim.

"Aunt Lucine?!" Ezra cries.

Uncle Grim's eyes widened upon seeing Ezra. "Ezra…" he softly says. "My son…"

Ezra turns away and frowns. "It's been a while, dad," he replies. "And you, too, Aunt Lucine."

"Ezra…" Aunt Lucine replies. "We'll catch up once this battle is finished."

"Uncle Grim!" I exclaim as I jog over to my uncle, who is leaning on Aunt Lucine for support, and soaked in blood. Aunt Lucine is bloody hands wet herself. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh…your Aunt just had to knock some sense into me," Uncle Grim answers with a small smile. "Now…" Uncle Grim continues as his face narrows into a scowl as he turns to face Satan. "Let's finish this."

"HMPH!" Satan spits. "Two new allies won't help you now!"

"Ugh!" Uncle Grim gags upon seeing Satan's wormy body. "Satan, you've… really let yourself go!"

Satan begins to twitch.

Somehow, during the final battle to save the world…my uncle has managed to seriously piss off the Devil.

"It's called…" Satan begins to growl. "MY CONSUMER TRANSFORMATION!"

"You four focus on offense," Aunt Lucine orders. "I'll hang back and use my Soul Displacement to make sure you don't die. With me around…you won't have to commit any energy to defense. Just keep on attacking."

"Right," Crimson nods.

"Alright," I smirk as I aim my sickle-sword at Satan again. "Crimson…Ezra… Uncle…for one last time…"

"IT'S REAPING TIME!"

"YEAH!"

Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, and myself begin charging towards Satan, and as we do, we ready our attacks. I bring my sickle-sword up as my uncle brings his sycthe up as well, and our blades begin glowing blue and purple respectively. Uncle Grim peers down at me and smirks, and I look up at him and smirk back.

As for Crimson, her Planetary Hellfire fires off a small beam of white-hot flames towards Crimson, engulfing her fist in white hot Hellfire. And finally, Ezra raises his sickle-bow up as its bladed limb begins to glow purple and extend outwards, forming a katana blade.

Satan aims all four hands towards us, firing off a blast of Hellfire, Hellwater, Hell Earth, and Hellair, one from each hand. "THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF HELL!"

My body instinctively flinches, and I resist the urge to jump to the side to dodge.

"Just keep charging!" Aunt Lucine calls us. "I'll focus on defense!" Aunt Lucine then reaches into her messenger bag and draws four souls, before flinging them over to Satan using her Soul Energy infused back, shoulders, and arms. The four souls then surround Satan's head.

As Satan's attack continues flying towards the four of us, I begin to grow worried. But then, Aunt Lucine shouts: "Soul Displacement," as she claps her hands together, and Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, and myself swap places witht he four souls that Aunt Lucine had flung, which are blasted to bits by Satan's four elemental blast.

"NOW GO!" Aunt Lucine cries.

"PLANETARY-SOLAR HELLFIRE MACE!"

"ZION REAPER'S KATANA!"

With a roar, Crimson And Ezra launch their attacks towards Satan with all their might. As for my uncle and I, we peer over at one another from a distance and smirk.

"SOUL HUNTER!"

"GRIM REAPER'S HUNT!"

Uncle Grim and I join Crimson and Ezra in their assault, tand the four of us launch our attacks towards Satan with all of our might, causing the Consumer-Devil to howl in pain as he's blasted in four places at once.

Afterwards, Aunt Lucine reaches into her messenger bag and pulls out four more souls, which she tosses next to her. And with a clap of her hands, Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, and I find ourselves standing side by side with Aunt Lucine again.

"YOU DAMN PESTS!!!" Satan roars as he aims all four hands at us again and fires off another blast of all four of the elements of Hell. Just as before, Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, and myself charge Satan, while Aunt Leucine uses her Soul Displacement to make sure that we aren't hit by Satan's attacks.

Once we're standing before Satan, Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, and myself launch a flurry of ranged attacks towards him.

"SOUL GRENADE!"

"GRIM REAPER'S HUNT MEGA!"

"PLANETARY HELLFIRE!"

"EZRA REAPER'S ASSAULT!"

As our attacks fly towards Satan, the King of Hell brings two hands up again, one engulfed in maroon-red Hellfire, and the other swirling with green Hellair. "HELLIGHTNING SHIVER!" Satan roars as the yellow lightning explodes outwards, knocking away our four attacks, before continuing on towards us.

"Shit!" Aunt Lucine cries as she draws four souls and claps her hands, but Satan's lightning attack extends so far outwards that not only the four of us, but Aunt Lucine as well are engulfed by Satan's Hellightning Shiver, and Crimson, Ezra, Uncle Grim, Aunt Lucine, and myself all cry in pain as we're electrocuted by Satan's attack.

By the time that Satan's attack lets up, the five of us drop the ground, our bodies charred-black and bloody.

"Your Soul Displacement is too annoying to leave unattended, Lucine Spryidon!" Satan booms as he brings two hands up, one hand swirling with purple Hellwater, and the other circulating with green hellair.

"Lucine, look out!" Crimson cries.

"HELLICE PRISON!" Satan roars as he brings his two hands together before thrusting them outwards, sending an icy breeze flying towards Aunt Lucine.

Swiftly, Aunt Lucine reaches into her messenger bag and draws a soul, which she tosses to the side in order to dodge, but before she can clap, Aunt Lucine finds herself encased in ice from the shoulders down.

 "NO!" I cry.

"Damn, I can't use my soul disc moment like this," Aunt Lucine grunts as she infuses her entire body with Soul Energy in an attempt to break free, but nothing can melt the ice of Hell.

"Now…to start with you, Zach Reaper!" Satan cackles as he turns towards me. "Hellfire Scream!" Satan shouts as he thrusts a hand towards me, releasing off a burst of Hellfire.

"Damn…" Aunt Lucine grumbles as she struggles in a failed attempt to free herself from Satan's ice.

"Shit," Crimson wines as she tires yet fails to push herself off of the ground.

"Zach's…dead…" Ezra flinches.

"Zach…" Uncle Grim grunts as he struggles to push himself off the ground.

I struggle to push myself off of the ground as well, but then, a wave of pain courses throughout my entire body, forcing me to crash face-first into the ground. Slowly, I strain my head up and peer at Satan's powerful attack flying towards me.

"Is this…it…?"

"Zach…" my dad grunts again as she struggles to get up to his feet.

"ZACH!"

Slowly…I close my eyes, accepting my doom. But then, after a moment later, I hear a grunt of pain as a warm, sticky fluid splatters against my face. Slowly, I open my eyes, to see…

Uncle Grim standing before me with his arms spread out to his sides.

A gaping, smoldering hole in the aisle of his chest.

My eyes widened.

Uncle Grim lets out a grunt of pain as blood sprouts from his wound, before falling to his back on the ground.

My entire body begins trembling.

My face goes numb,

I can feel myself grow cold and pale.

Tears begin streaming down my cheeks.

"U-U-U-" I stammer.

"UNCLE GRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!"

Aunt Lucine's eyes widened. "NO!" She cries.

Ezra begins trembling as well. "D-dad…?" He softly asks.

"How…terrible…" Crimson gasps as he covers her mouth.

"UNCLE!" I cry as I drop to the ground next to my Uncle Grim.

"Zach…" Uncle Grim weakly replies.

"Don't talk, save your strength!" I wail. "Once this battle is over, we'll get you outta here and get you to a hospital, ASAP!"

"No, Zach, I don't have much time," Uncle Grim replies. "So before I die…I want you to reap my soul."

My eyes widen. "REAP YOUR SOUL?!" I cry. "WHY WOULD I DO THAT?!"

"Harvest my soul, Zach," Uncle Grim continues. "Plunge your hand deep into my chest and Harvest my soul, then consume. Consume it to gain the power to defeat Satan. Only you can do it."

"I'M NOT GOING TO KILL YOU!" I cry.

"PEOPLE DIE, ZACH, AND THAT'S A FACT!" Uncle Grim shouts, shutting me up. "WHETHER YOU'RE A REAPER, OR A HARVESTER, OR EVEN A HUMAN, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DYING WHEN IT'S THEIR TIME. YOU ARE NO ONE, ZACH SPYRIDON!"

"And that's why you must hold them close and love and protect them while they're alive."

Tears begin forming at the corners of my eyes.

"Harvest my soul, Zach," Uncle Grim says with a sad smile.

Tears began streaming from Aunt Lucine's cheeks.

And then…I begin wailing.

"DAAAAAD!!!!!" I sob as my body begins to turn transparent. "SOUL HARVEST!" I continue wailing as I plunge my Soul into Uncle Grim, no…my dad's chest, before ripping it out. And in my hand, is a ghostly blue orb.

 "Good…" my dad whispers as the light of his eyes fade. "Now go get 'em, my son."

And then…my dad's eyes close for good, with a smile still on his face.

My uncle…my dad…has died

I wail unlike I've ever cried before as I drop to my knees and begin sobbing into my dad's chest.

"I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING, DAD!" I wail. "I LOVE YOU!"

"D-dad…" Ezra stammers, and even his voice is choked up.

 "Grim…" Aunt Lucine sobs, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Grim…" Crimson cries as she covers her eyes with her arm.

Satan's eyes widen.

"My old friend…"

And then…Satan's confused expression curls up into a sinister smirk.

"GOODBYE, MY OLD FRIEND!" Satan cackles as he thrust a hand towards me and my dad, firing off another blast of Hellfire.

"ZACH, LOOK OUT!" Crimson cries, but it's too late. Satan's blast of Hellfire engulfs my dad and I in a fiery inferno.

"With Grim and Zach dead, there's no one left to stop me!" Satan ackles.

"No…" Crimson gasps.

But then…a miracle happens.

A glowing purple light begins to shine through Satans' inferno, causing the King of Hell to narrow his eyes at it.

"What…is that…?" Satan asks.

And then, with a roar, an EXPLOSION of purple soul Energy bursts from my body, bowling all of Satan's flames away instantly, and cradling my body like a protecting, parently force.

"Dad…" I softly say as I stare down at my hand, which is swirling and pulsing with purple energy. "I can…feel your strength inside me…"

"Zach!" Crimson exclaims. "You're okay!"

"I'm better okay," I reply as I fix my glare on Satan. "I have the strength of my dad on my side."

"Be careful, Zach," Aunt Lucine calls to me. "Even with the power of both a Harvester and a Reaper, with me not able to use Soul Displacement, you're susceptible to Satan's attacks again."

"That's okay, Auntie," I reply as I turn and peer over my shoulder at Aunt Lucine with a sad smile. "I think…that I can do it myself now." I then turn and face Satan again before pulling out a soul and tossing it over to the King of Hell.

And then…I clap my hands together.

"SOUL DISPLACEMENT!"

Aunt Lucine's eyes widened.

Satan's eyes widen.

Ezra's eyes widened.

Crimson's eyes widen.

"Zach used…Soul Displacement…" Aunt Lucine marvels.

In the blink of an eye, I trade places with the soul that I had flung towards Satan, and I find myself hovering in the air before the King of Hell. "Woah!" I cry. "This feels weird!"

"EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN USE SOUL DISPLACEMENT NOW, YOU STILL CAN'T DEFEAT ME!" Satan roars.

"We'll see about that!" I smirk. "GRIM REAPER'S HUNT!" The blade of my sickle-sword begins to glow purple as I swing it forwards, slashing Satan, and causing the King of Hell to grunt in pain.

"Rake Reaper's Shredder!" I shout as I frantically swing my sickle-sword back and forth, its blade still glowing purple, sending dozens of crescent-moon shaped Soul Energy projectiles flying towards Satan.

Aunt Lucine's eyes widened. "So you can use Soul Techniques now, huh…?"

"And…Ezra Reaper's Arrow!" I shout.

This time…Ezra's eyes widened.

I swing my sickle-sword towards Satan one last time, firing off a Soul Energy arrow, which pierces the King of Hell in his chest, and causing Satan to howl in plade as his blood squirts everywhere.

"Look out, Auntie!" I laugh. "I'm coming for your place as the strongest Harvester!"

A small smile spreads across Aunt Lucine's lips. "THEN SHOW ME, ZACH!" She booms. "SHOW ME THAT YOU CAN SURPASS BOTH ME AND YOUR FATHER!"

I turn back to Satan and smirk. "Right!"

I then reach into my messenger bag and pull out five souls, which I toss Satan's way, and the five souls surround the King of Hell. Next, I stick one of my arms out at one o'clock and the other arm out at seven o'clock. "The cultivation of all my souls…" I begin to say as I wave arms in a circle before, cupping them at my right hip. I then thrust my hands outwards, keeping my fingers apart as I touch my palms together, and firing off a powerful beam of Soul Energy.

Next, I clap my hands together, and my Soul Cannon swaps with the five souls that I tossed around Satan, and my Soul Cannon is split up into five different pieces as it blasts Satan in the LARGEST explosion of Soul Energy that I've seen to date.

"SOUL CANNON GATLING!"

"I'LL KILL YOU, ZACH SPYRIDON!" Satan roars. "I WON'T LET IT ALL…END HERE!!!!!"

An explosion of all four elements of Hell burst from satan;s body, but before I'm caught up in the blask, I toss another sul behind me and clap my hands, trading places with the poor soul who is incarcerated by Satan's rage, and dodging his attack.

"Close one!" I whistle.

"Zach, that was amazing!" Crimson exclaims.

"The battle truly is turning in our favor," Ezra adds.

"Crimson, Ezra," I say as I turn to face my two allies. "This…is the final attack!"

"Right!" Crimson smirks.

"Let's go!" Ezra nods.

Crimson, Ezra, and I charge Satan, who brings two of his hands up, one engulfed in Maroon-red Hellfire, and the other swirling with purple Hellwater. "Hellsteam Scald!" Satan shouts as he brings his hands together before thrusting them towards us, releasing a scalding blast of Hellsteam.

Swiftly, I draw three souls and tss them to the side, before clapping my hands together and shouting: "Soul Displacement," using my new-found ability to help me as well as Crimson And Ezra dodge Satan's attack.

With a roar, Crimson, Ezra, and I continue charging Satan again.

With an equally matched roar, Satan launches attack after attack upon Crimson, Ezra, and I.

"Soul Displacement!"

Clap!

"Soul Displacement!"

Clap!

"Soul Displacement!"

Clap!

By spamming my Soul Displacement, Crimson, Ezra, and I are able to get in close to Satan, while remaining relatively unharmed.

I then draw three final souls as I toss them intot he air before Satan and clapping my hands together then shouting: "Soul Displacement," and Crimson, Ezra, and I swap places with the three souls.

Ezra aims a sickle-bow at Satan, as a burst of Soul Energy explodes out of it, then takes the form of a giant Soul Energy crossbow. "Ezra Reaper's Arrow Mega!" Ezra shouts as he fires his arrow towards Satan.

"Hellfire Scream!" Satan shouts as he thrusts a hand towards Ezra, which pushes past Ezra's attack then sends him flying backwards in a rush of Hellfire.

Crimson's Planetary Hellfire then begins to glow so hot that it turns white, and fires off a white-hot beam of Hellfire towards Satan. "Planetary-Solar Hellfire!" Crimson shouts.

"Hellwater Howl!" Satan shouts as he thrusts a hand towards Crimson, which pushes past Crimson's attack then sends her flying backwards in a burst of Hellwater.

I'm the only one left standing.

"DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOU CAN DEFEAT ME ALL ON YOUR OWN, ZACH SPRYIDON?!" Satan booms. "YOU'RE PUNY, WEAK! YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A MERE CHILD IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING OF HELL!"

"You're right, Satan," I smirk. "I can't defeat you alone."

"GO, ZACH!" Aunt Lucine shouts

"KILL SATAN!" Ezra exclaims.

"But I'm not alone!" I continue with a beaming smile. "I have my friends by my side!"

"I ENTRUST MY DREAM TO YOU, ZACH!" Crimson booms.

"Nah!" I smirk to myself. "Don't wanna!"

And then…I clap my hands together.

One second, I was hovering in the air above Satan, and in the next second, I'm standing on the ground, staring at Crimson's back who's hovering in the air above Satan.

Crimson's eyes widen. "Zach, what are you doing?!" She cries as he turns and pees over her shoulder at me.

"This is your fight…" I begin to say. "-So you finish it-!"

"CRIMSON!"

Crimson smiles as she turns back around to face her father. "Right!"

"Oh?" Satan smirks. "So my daughter thinks she is going to be the one to deal the final blow? How poetic!"

"I don't think…" Crimson growls. "I will."

Crimson engulfs her fist in Hellfire then launches it towards Satan, slamming it into the king of Hell.

"THIS WON'T WORK, CRIMSON!" Satan cackles. "I'M IMMUNE TO HELLFIRE!"

"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!" Crimson roars.

The maroon-red Hellfire engulfing Crimson begins to glow brighter as it grows hotter, turning from dark-red, to a light shade of red, then to orange, to yellow, and to white. Crimson roars grow louder as her flames grow hotter.

Satan begins to sweat. "Hey, uh…it's getting kinda' hot in here!" He panics.

Crimson lets out another roar as her flames grow even hotter from that, taking the form of a grand blue blaze which engulfs Satan's entire body.

Satan cries out in pain.

"YOU CAN'T KILL ME, CRIMSON!" Satan roars. "YOU'RE WEAK, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN!"

"YOU'RE DYING TONIGHT, FATHER!" Crimson roars back. "WITH THE VERY SAME FLAMES THAT YOU GAVE ME!"

With a final roar, Crimson's flames grow even hotter and take the form of a magnificent golden flame which engulfs Satan's entire body then explodes.

My eyes widened. "How…beautiful…" I marvel.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Satan cries in pain.

"RRRRRRRRRR AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Crimson roars in anger.

Slowly, Satan's skin begins to char black, and then, it begins to melt. Layer after layer of flesh, then muscle and fat, and then bone begins to melt and reduce to ash. By the time that Crimson's flames subside, Satan is nothing more than a pile of black goop and gray ash on the ground.

Satan is dead.

We've won.

***

I then peer up at Crimson again as she begins falling out of the air, and see that she isn't in much better condition than the black puddle of goop on the floor that was once her.

I watch as Crimson's limp body begins free-falling through the air. "CRIMSON!" I cry as I attempt to take a step towards the Devil, but once I do, a wave of pain echoes across my entire body, just as before, as my knees buckle, and I'm forced to crash face- first into the ground.

"Crim…son…" I weakly grunt as I strain my head up, watching as Crimson crashed to the ground a couple dozen feet in front of me.

Slowly, I crawl over to Crimson on my hands and knees, and once I'm in front of Crimson, I see that her body has been charred completely black and is covered in scars and blood. One of Crimson's eyes has melted to goop, and the arm that she used to feel the final attack on Satan has been burnt completely off. Crimson's hair and clothes have melted off as well.

Not even Crimson could withstand the heat of her own flames.

"CRIMSON!" I cry as I drop my ear to the Devil's chest, where I hear a weak, faint heartbeat. I sit up on my butt and breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank God…she's alive…"

Crimson lets out a weak moan. "Zach…" she says, causing my body to tremble.

"Crimson…is dying…"

The ground then begins to tremble, causing me to lose my balance. "Woah!" I cry. "What's happening?"

"Zach, look out!" Aunt Lucine cries, and I look up to see a landslide of maroon- red boulders falling towards me.

"Shit!" I cry as I attempt to scoop crimson up, but I don't have the strength to do so.

"Leave crimson behind, dumbass, she's half dead!" Ezra snaps.

"Never!" I roar as I struggle to drag crimson away. 

And before crimson and I could be flattened to pancakes under the boulders, a clap rings through the air, and a moment later, I find myself standing next to aunt lucine with crimson, as the boulders collapse on top of two souls floating where crimson and I previously were.

"Auntie!" I exclaim as I peer up at Aunt Lucine. "How did you get out of the ice?"

"It must have melted once Satan died," Aunt Lucine explains.

The ground then trembled again with a mighty groan, causing us to lose our balance.

"What's happening now?!" I cry.

"With Satan dead, there's no one around to keep all four of the Elements of Hell in balance!" Ezra cries. "Hell…is collapsing!"

"Come on, we need to go!" Aunt Lucine orders as she scoops Crimson up,

"NO!" I shout. "You two can grab Crimson and go, but I'm not leaving without Evelyn!"

"So you'll throw your life away for some girl?!" Ezra snaps.

"I would!" I answer as I turn to face Ezra. "Now show me where Evelyn is!"

"Find her yourself," Ezra grumbles. "I ain't dying over your hard-on."

"EVELYN!" I cry as I begin looking around. "EVELYN!" Hell begins collapsing as the earth continues to tremble. "Dammit, where is she?!"

But that's when I hear a voice all out to me. "Zach!" The voice cries.

"Evelyn?!" I cry as I turn to where I heard the voice, watching as a frantic Evelyn runs over to me. My eyes widen as a small smile spreads across my face. "EVELYN!"

"ZACH!" Evelyn cries, but then, the earth rumbles again, causing Evelyn to lose her balance and fall to the ground. But then…a rockslide of maroon-red boulders begins falling down upon Evelyn.

"LOOK OUT!" I cry.

"Soul Displacement!" Aunt Lucine shouts as she claps her hands, and a moment later, the boulders shatter the soul that Evelyn had swapped places with, and Evelyn teleports up in front of me.

Evelyn's eyes widened. "Zach…you came…"

"Of course I did," I reply with a small smile as I wipe my eyes. Evelyn then leaps into my arms and begins sobbing. A blush creeps across my face as I recoil, before wrapping my arms around Evelyn as well.

"I was…scared…" Evelyn sobs.

"Evelyn, where were you?" Aunt Lucine asks.

"I was in some prison in the castle," Evelyn answers as she unburies her face from my chest and looks up to face Aunt Lucine, while keeping her arms wrapped around my waist. "I heard the commotion outside, and figured that you guys were fighting Satan. And when I'm assuming Satan died, the castle began to shatter and I was able to break free."

Hell begins to tremble again, as even more mountains and caves around us begin to collapse.

"Come on, we can't stay!" Aunt Lucine orders as she spins around and begins swiftly carrying Crimson away. "If Hell collapses on us…we'll die!"

"Alright," I reply as I grab Evelyn's wrist and drag her away, but Ezra remains still. "Ezra!" I cry as I turn and peer over my shoulder at my cousin, who remains staring at Satan's corpse.

"EZRA!" I bark.

No response.

And Then…a sadistic wide smile spreads across Ezra's lips.

Ezra begins cackling. He looks to the collapsing ceiling of Hell and spreads his arms out wide, cackling maniacally to the world, his voice echoing across hell.

"Ezra…?"

"YOU GUYS FELL FOR IT!" Ezra cackles. Ezra lets out a few more cuckles as his lighter slows down, and runs a hand down his face. "Satan fell for it…you all fell for it…"

"Ezra, what are you saying?!" I cry, as a boulder falls before me.

"Zach, we need to go!" Evelyn cries as she tugs on my sleeve, but I remain still.

Slowly, Ezra struts over to Satan as he raises a hand up. Ezra's body begins to turn transparent, and then…Ezra plunges his hand into the chest of Satan's corpse.

My eyes widened.

Aunt Lucine's eyes widened.

"No…way…"

And then…Ezra rips his arms out of Satan's chest, and laying on his palm, is a ghostly red orb. Slowly…Ezrea turns to face Aunt Leucine and I with a creepily wide, sadistic smirk. "Have you forgotten, Auntie, little cuz', I'm half Reaper, half Harvester, remember?"

My eyes widened even further.

"Ezra…has Harvest Satan's Soul…?"

"SOUL HARVEST!"

Ezra tilts his head up to the sky and opens his mouth up wide, like a snake. Ezra pinches the red soul by its tail as he lifts it above his face, then drops it down his mouth. Satan's soul slithered down Ezra's gullet as he swallowed, and then, a giant explosion of red Soul Energy bursts from Ezra's body.

"WITH THIS, I'VE OBTAINED THE POWER OF SATAN!" Erza booms. "AND NOW…THE REAPER'S GENOCIDE ASSUMES!"

"So you were lying to us, Ezra?!" I cry. "Your words…they felt so genuine!"

"WAS EVERYTHING A LIE?!"

"Of course it was," Ezra smirks. "Everything I've done was for revenge, nothing more."

And then…Ezra sticks one of his arms out at one o'clock and the other arm out at seven o'clock. "The cultivation of all my souls…" I Ezra begins to say as he waves his arms through the air in a circle, before cupping them at his right hip, and causing mine and Aunt Lucine's eyes to widen. Ezra then thrusts his hands outwards, keeping his fingers apart as she touches his palms together.

"ELEMENTAL SOUL CANNON!"

The area around Ezra explodes in a giant burst of red Soul Energy, the ground, the castle ruins, Satan's corpse, and all. The blast of Soul Energy then flies from Ezra's hands, glowing a red color from Satan's soul and swirling with the four elements of Hell.

"AND LUCINE, TAKE EVELYN AND CRIMSON AND GET OUT OF HERE!" I cry as I draw my sickle-sword, just barely having the strength left in my body to aim its blade at Ezra. "I'LL STAY HERE AND HOLD EZRA OFF!"

"Are you sure, Zach? Aunt Lucine asks.

Evelyn's eyes widened. "Zach, you're already hurt, you can't go through with another battle!" She cries.

I turn and peer at Evenly over my shoulder with a small smile. "I'll be fine," I say. "I came to rescue you, didn't I? I refuse to keep you here any longer."

"NO, ZACH, I CAN'T LEAVE YOU AGAIN!" Evelyn cries as she throws herself towards me, but Aunt Lucine throws an arm around Evelyn and drags her back.

"Come on, Zach's giving us this chance to escape, we need to take it while we can!" Aunt Lucine orders as she begins dragging Evelyn away, while also carrying Crimson.

"Thank you," I nod at Aunt Lucine.

"I'll see you soon, nephew," Aunt Lucine nods back, and then…she drags Evelyn away for good, who kicks and flails in protest.

"ZACH!" She cries. "ZACH!"

"YOU'RE BOLD, LITTLE CUZ', THINKING THAT YOU CAN TAKE ME ALONE!" Ezra cackles.

I turn back to face Ezra's attack as I draw a soul, before flinging it over to Satan's corpse. "Soul Displacement!" I shout as I clap my hands together, swapping places with the soul that I had flung, which is demolished by Ezra's attack.

In response, Ezra turns to face me as he brings his bow, knocking back four Soul Energyaarrows, each arrow swirling with a different Element of Hell. "EZRA REAPER'S FOUR-ELEMENTAL ARROW!" Ezra shouts as he fires all four of his arrows towards me.

Swiftly, I raise a hand up as my body begins to turn transparent. "If Ezra can do this…then I can do it!" I cry as I plunge a hand into the chest of Satan's corpse, before ripping it. Laying in my hand…is a glowing red gem.

Ezra's eyes widened. "No, is that…?!" He cries.

"It is!" I answer as I shove the gem into my mouth. "THE CORE OF A CONSUMER!"

A giant explosion of black Soul Energy then bursts form my body, blasting away Ezra's attack instantly.

I raise a hand up and stare out at, observing the Soul Energy pulsating throughout my body. "I've…never felt so powerful before…" I marvel. "Reaper's… Harvesters…Consumers…we're all so similar…"

"So you're a consumer now, huh?" Ezra growls.

"And what are you, some weird Reaper-Devil-Harvester hybrid thing?" I ask.

"YES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE POWER I'LL USE TO MURDER ALL OF THE REAPERS!" Ezra booms as he rushes down into a leaping position. Red Soul Energy explodes from Ezra's body, which houses it to strengthen his entire body. Ezra's entire body then begins swirling witht he four elements of Hell as he springs towards me in the blink of an eye. Ezra then launches a red Soul Energy-infused fist into my gut and uppercuts me onto the ari, and the two of us fly through the ceiling of Hell overhead.

"WWWWAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"RRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

I cry and Ezra roars as Ezra continues to propel us through stone layer of stone layer of Hell, then through a fiery pit of flames, up through layer upon layer of earth, through ocean water, into the air, through the sky, into space, and past the stars, until then, finally, Ezra and I blast through a cloud, before landing on the ground for good.

I gasp heavily for breath as Ezra looms over me.

"Two hours," he says. "That flight took two hours."

"Where…are we…?" I ask as I sit up and look around, seeing that Ezra and I are standing on top of a fully white cloud, which is surrounded by other clouds, which are floating in a pure blue sky. Off in the distance, I see a large golden castle. And then, once I see the humanoid figures around us,staring at Ezra and I with their confused faces, adorned with white, feathery wings and golden halos, I get a sense of where we are, and my eyes widen.

"No…way…" I marvel.

"I blastes you through Hell, into earth, through space, and now, we've reached Heaven," Ezra answers as he spins around in a small circle. "Zach…we have attained the power to split the Heavens."

"So what do you plan to do now?" I growl as I stand up to face Ezra. Through our ascend, I had lost my sickle-sword somewhere along the ocean. "God will stop you. There's no getting away with this."

"I brought us to Heaven for our battle since the majority of the Angels are still battling the Devils on Earth," Ezra explains. "In an empty place of existence such as this, we won't be interrupted." 

Drowsiness… fatigue…hunger...thirst...muscle atrophy...physical conditions that I should be feeling after my battle with Satan and being literally blasted throughout the entire universe, I don't feel at all.

"How do you feel?" Ezra asks. "Powerful, right?"

"Invincible," I answer.

"I do as well, " Ezra replies as he brings a hand up, and stares at the red Soul Energy pulsating around it. "Now then-" Ezra begins to say as his entire body begins swirling the four elements of hell again. "LET'S BEGIN OUR FINAL BATTLE, ZACH!" Ezra roars, and in the blink of an eye…he charges. Ezra dashes towards me at speeds even faster than light itself, but amazingly enough, I'm able to counter.

Ezra launches as red Soul Energy-infused fist towards me, and I launch a black Soul Energy-infused towards Ezra, and our two attacks collide in the GRANDEST explosion of Soul Energy seen to date, both red and black, an explosion so powerful that shockwaves of air and Soul Energy are sent flying everywhere, sending the clouds hovering all around Ezra and I flying away, as well. Ezra and I are now standing on a small island of a cloud, surrounded by the sea of the sky.

"We've gotten pretty powerful, eh, little cuz'?" Ezra smirks. "We've achieved the power to rival the gods. The two of us have split Heaven."

"I want no part of your God complex," I growled. "All I want to do…is defeat you so I can go home and see my friends."

"WELL THEN, ZACH!" Ezra cackles as red Soul Energy explodes from his body. "LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN!"

 "THIS IS THE END, EZRA!" I roar, as black soul energy explodes from my body as well.

And then…the final battle begins

***

"Finally, we're here," Lucine pants as she steps out of the portal to Hell, with a bloody, injured Crimson in her arms. As Lucine and Evelyn step out of the portal, they find themselves exiting throught he cave from which Lucine entered. Surrounding the cave, stands Raiden, Circe, and Koga, their eyes wide in surprise.

"EVELYN!" Raiden, Circe, and Koga cry.

"GUYS!" Evelyn cries, as she leaps into her friends' arms.

"Lucine, where's Zach?" Raiden asks with a smile as he peers past Evelyn to Lucine.

Lucine doesn't answer. Instead she just drops to the ground on one knee, panting heavily for breath. "Please…help Crimson…" Lucine pants as she displays the Devil's body to Raiden, Circe, and Koga. "She's about to die…"

Raiden, Circe, and Koga's eyes widen.

"Crimson…" Circle gasps as she covers her mouth.

"What happened to her?!" Koga cries.

"Crimson…used flames so hot that they were able to kill Satan, but in turn, they destroyed her body," Lucine pants.

"And where's Zach?!" Raiden cries.

Lucine looks away in shame, causing Raiden's eyes to widen.

"WHERE'S ZACH?!"

"Zach…stayed behind…" Evelyn says as tears begin forming at the end of Evelyn's eyes, shutting Raiden up. "After Crimson killed Satan, Ezra consumed his soul then attacked us, and Zach stayed behind to give us a chance to escape…"

"How can Zach basically fight Satan a second time?!" Raiden cries. "He'll die!"

"YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT?!" Evelyn snaps as tears begin streaming down her face, causing Raiden to recoil. "BUT ZACH WON'T DIE, HE CAN'T DIE, NOT AFTER I JUST CAME HOME."

"I know…" Raiden sadly replies as he looks away in shame. "I know that…"

"That's enough about that!" Circe snaps as she rushes over to Crimson and attempts to scoop the Devil up. Koga rushes over, and cradles the other half of Koga's body.

"Thank you…" Lucine grunts as she falls face-forwards ontot he ground.

"Is…she okay?" Evelyn asks.

"That's not a problem right now!" Circe barks as she and Koga begin carrying Crimson away. "Come on, let's get Crimson to a hospital!"

***

One year later…

I stand across Ezra , panting, drenched in sweat and blood, and feeling like I am about to keel over at any moment. How long has our battle lasted now? Days? Months? Years? I can't tell. Time is a concept that doesn't actually exist in Heaven, so who knows?

Slowly, Ezra pants as he chambers a fist, and I pant as I chamber a hand as well. The four elements of Hell begin swirling around Ezra's hand, as black Soul Energy begins pulsating around mine.

And then…faster than the speed of light…we charge.

"BLACK SOUL FLASH!"

"ELEMENTAL SOUL MACE!"

With an open final roar, Ezra and I fire our attacks towards each other with enough force to obliterate Heaven for good, if our powers run rampant. Our two attacks collide, in the LARGEST explosion of soul Energy seen to date. Our two attacks struggle against one another, taking turns as to who's pushing who back, and my muscles scream in pain. And then…in one final push, I overpower Ezra's attack, and my fist continues flying towards him.

And it's at that moment when Ezra's eyes widen.

Because he knows that he's about to die.

With a roar, my fist blasts into Ezra, including him in a giant explosion of Soul Energy. By the time that the explosion subsides, I rip my fist out of Ezra's chest, which was blasted clean open. And the…Ezra falls limply to the ground.

I've won.

Ezra's wide eyes panta s he stares up at the sky above, not saying anything.

I pant as I stare back down at Ezra.

"I've…lost…" he softly says.

"So you have…" I pant.

"It's just…not fair…" Ezra continues.

"Life's not fair, Ezra…" I pant. "I've learned that the hard way."

"All I wanted…was to avenge my family…" Ezra replies.

"That's…not what they would have wanted…" I pant.

"I know…" Ezra replies. "It's just…the only way I could feel at peace…"

"What about now…?" I ask. "Do you feel at peace in your final moments…?"

"Zach…" Ezra pants.

"Yeah…?" I ask.

"If I could redo everything…then I would have done it all differently…"

"I know…" I sadly repelled as tears began streaming down my cheeks. "I know…"

As I had thought, Ezra's words…sound truly genuine.

Slowly, Ezra lifts a hand towards the sky. "Heaven…is so bright…"

And then…Ezra's eyes close for good as his hand falls back to the ground.

Ezra…has died.

"Ezra…." I softly say as tears continue streaming down my cheeks. "I wish things could have been different, too…"

Ezra's body begins glowing, and Ezra's body glows so bright that a white light blinds my vision. Once the white light subsides and I can't see again, I find myself back around. Slowly, I look around, spotting a portal to Earth in front of me.

I limp over to the portal out of Hell. My body is in excruciating pain, and I know that I've never felt pain this intense before in my life. I feel like if I stopped moving, even for a second…then I won't be able to move again.

Even still, I keep going.

I continue crawling towards the portal as I step inside, and so…I exit hell.

Hopefully for the last time.