In a cataclysm known as the Nightfall, the worlds were almost completely destroyed by a harrowing surge of darkness.
In the shadows of the ensuing chaos a new group has taken shape. Led by an Aegyl named Kalos, the 11th Hour touts an esoteric knowledge of how to combat the darkness and restore the worlds. They might be the worlds’ best chance at survival; but nobody really knows enough about them to confirm or deny their claims.
On the brink of collapse, the universe holds its breath in anticipation. Of restoration? Of destruction? It is up to individuals like yourself to decide.
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Night had fallen upon the Destiny Islands once away; every single citizen had found safety in the warm and cozyness of their own huts... their homes. No one on their right mind was out on the streets, much less near the beach. It was midnight and all of the islanders had stripped out of their daily clothes, warmed up in their pijamas, clenched their pillow tightly and welcome sleep to their lives once again. All except one, of course.
Not that he counted as a citizen, anyway, but he would sure love to be considered as one. Though he had found a faint feeling of home in the town of Traverse, Mikhail had begun to wander other worlds once more, looking for a suitable one where he would build his little group's new home: The Guardians of the Worlds' homebase. Of course, he hadn't had much luck with that as of late but he didn't mind much. After all, he had started his search quite recently.
He glanced up at the sky, staring at its beautiful coat of stars and worlds alike. A few of them had started to shine brightly in the past minutes but now their lights turned dim. If he didn't do something... if he didn't succeed in his task... many other worlds would cease to exist as well. A soft sigh escaped his lips as he sat on the papou tree's log, leaning on one of its too wide branches. His feet gently played with the sand as he relaxed, quite bored to be frank.
You could say he missed the action that had turned out to surround him recently, a few months ago. When he had been handpicked by Jadis he sure had felt special and when others started to trust him dearly he felt loved and cared for. There was also the fact that he had left his beloved Antique behind. He knew he couldn't take the one he cared for so deeply along but Mikhail couldn't help but to miss her random statements and giggles. He had picked one of those star shaped fruits for her earlier that day, intending to bring it back to her eventually. He closed his eyes, listening to the sounds all around him.
Oh well, he'd probably have to wait 'till dawn to go and look for the keyblade wielders...
"A new world, a new adventure." V thought, as she landed her gummi ship on the sands of a beach. She looked through the ships window, and surveyed her surroundings warily.
"Wow!" she shouted, peering at the large vast sea. "There's so much water, and sand...I wonder what kind if world this place is, and what mysteries it holds."
She turned her head, "Hey Shiro look-" she started to say, until she was interrupted by a loud snore. In one of the back seats was Shiro, soundly sleeping. V closed her mouth, "oops!" she thought, "I guess waiting in the backseat made him resless."
She got up from the pilots chair. And grabbing a nearby blanket, wrapped it around him. She smiled, as she looked upon her loves face, he looked so relaxed and at ease. She kissed him on the top of his head, and turning around picked up her bag from another chair.
She looked out again from the ships window, the world outside looked so beautiful! With the moon, and the stars reflecting over the clear water. It was like Radiant Garden, beautiful. V looked back at Shiro, she had thought to wait till her love had woken up.
But seeing the new world, made V's curiosity sky-rocket. Making her want to explore fir a little while. She whispered to Shiro. "I'll be back in a while."
And pressing a button near the exit, went out onto the soft warm sand. She started to walk around then, gazing at everything she past by.
"This world seems smaller than the others, I've been to." she thought.
Shira's voice rung in her head, "Yeah...almost seems pointless to walk around here."
V was shocked, "Oh Shira!" she said smiling, "I didn't know you were up."
Shira chuckeled, "Im always awake V..."
"Thats true, I don't know how you do it!" V replied laughing, "You never sleep, and yet somehow your always ready for a fight."
Shira shrugged, "Maybe theirs coffee in my blood."
At this, V and Shira both laughed. "Well if that's the case how come I always get tired?" V asked.
"Simple, karma."
V laughed even harder. Suddenly V bumped into something, she fell to the ground.
She let out a small, "Oof!" and looked up to see what she bumped into.
It was a figure that seemed to be in the shape of a person, "Oh sorry!" she said smiling.
Being so absorbed in his very own thoughts, Mikhail didn't realize he was not alone and failed to hear the girl's footsteps until it was too late. He yawned as he realized something had collided with his feet, and was thus alerted. Even though the islands were usually white clean of Heartless, you never knew if one could suddenly break the pattern and sneak up on you. His eyes suddenly went wide open as he looked before him, seeing nothing more but a girl on the ground... a boy she sure was small.
She looked up, facing the pyromancer as she apologized for her clumsiness. He sighed with relief, thankful that she was -not- a Heartless. Mikhail was unable to sense the "other woman" within the young maiden's aura like he sensed Deathblade inside Saxen.
After all, Shira was a part of her and not a completely independent entity like the symbiote. Still, he knew there was something special about this girl... perhaps he could strike up a conversation with her. Actually, he -could- use some company.
"Don't worry about it, it's my fault. I shouldn't be so sneaky..." he said, leaving his comfy spot on the tree to reach down and help her stand up once more. Mikhail continued to study and analyze her appearance, noticing the eyepatch she wore right away. He couldn't help but wonder if she had lost her eye... somewhere... somehow... but he wouldn't ask about it. After all, if it turned out to be true, it would sure prove to be a sensitive subject and he did not one to get yet another enemy.
He blinked twice, his eyes now fixed on her face as he got a weird feeling of deja vu. Strange... it was just as if he had met her before at some point of his adventure. It was possible... after all she didn't sport the usual islander's clothing so his best bet was that she had come from a foreign world, like him.
"Have we... met before?" he unconsciously asked out loud, more to himself rather than to the girl. Realizing that he was asking questions before even introducing himself, Mikhail released her hand before speaking once more. "I apologize, I believe I have not introduced myself... my name is Mikhail and I assume you have come to this world to explore, Miss...?"
As the man, helped her back up V smiled softly at him giving him her thanks. But...when she looked up to look at the strangers face...She felt a large burst of energy just go through her.
It was suffocating...this mans aura...it was incrediably strong. She looked the stranger in the eyes, and trying to calm her nerves examined his aura carefully.
It was incredible..,this mans aura...was bright red, and shaped like some sort of fire. It enveloped the man, wrapping around him like a blanket. V couldn't help but look in awe, but she was confused. She had never seen anyones aura like this before. Were her aura abilities perhaps getting stronger?
Her thoughts were then interrupted, as the stranger asked if they had met before. V was confused, she looked examined the mans face...now that he mentioned it...he did look kind of familiar.
Suddenly the man introduced himself. so his name was Mikhail...interesting....she smiled at him. "Well Mikhail, its nice to meet you!"
V took his hand, and shaking it added. "My names V! And yeah...I have come here to explore, maybe you can tell me somethings about this place."
Her smile widened, then letting go of his hand waited for his response.
She looked back at him for a few moments, her expression being quite a strange one. The girl looked rather disturbed as their eyes met; well, not disturbed... more like surprised at something. But surprised at what? At him? It was most awkward... almost as if he was being studied by hordes of hidden scientists. Mikhail blinked, shaking this thoughts away from his mind; while his knack for assuming things could be useful, at times it was quite unappropiate. He should really stop judging people.
"However, she sure looks familiar... I'm sure we -have- met before..." he thought, sending his mind all the way back to his past as he hoped to remember this girl. Where could he possibly have met her, anyway? He could have seen her once or twice while he was in Traverse Town, though it was highly unlikely; those cameo guests were usually cleaned out of his mind unless they had spoken with him.
Hmm... strange...
"It's a pleasure to meet you, V." Mikhail replied, offering her a big smile. V... a one letter name.
Quite unusual... one would have thought it was a nickname but she -had- stated it was her name. "My name's V!" she had said. In any case, it was not important; there were more important things to discuss and he'd probably look like some sort of creeper by touching the subject.
"So you came by Gummi Ship too? I see... well, this is quite a small world compared to the others I've visited. It is known as the Destiny Islands, and as you can see most of its surface is pure water, oceans. There are two islands, the bigger main island over there," he paused to point at the big island nearby, where all of the people lived. You could see the tiny lights coming from the lamp posts from a far, illuminating the island like a christmas tree. "And a smaller island, usually called the "Play Island". Most of the children come here to play at day though it's usually a good place for sparring as well."
"The Destiny Islands are pretty much a place to relax. Heartless are rarely sighted around here so that's one less worry off your back..."
The pyromancer looked up, glancing at the dark sky above them; another star blinked down at him before ceasing its existence afterward. They sure needed to be stopped; he was willing to die for his cause.
V listened to Mikhail, as she looked around. So there weren't many heartless here? That's was a relief, though she had to wonder why not?
"So what about you? Where do you come from?" the man asked.
V was silent, not sure of how to answer. She remembered in one of her visions, a man saying "Matataki village." So was that it?
Must be....it was at least better than no answer. "Im from a place called Matataki village...or at least that's what I think." she answered, murmuring the last bit.
"And what about you?" she asked Mikhail, "What world do you reside from?"
V was quite interested to know more about this man, something in her gut just told her, he would be an interesting person to get along with.
However, Shira had other plans. "V..." she whisered mentally, through her mind.
"Yes?" V replied.
"I want to fight this man..."
"What? Why?"
"Because, I don't quite trust him. Also...I just want to uncover what he can do."
V was silent then, not trust him? She peered into the mans eyes, he seemed like a pretty good guy.
Maybe Shira was just making up some excuse, but then again...Shira could tell what a person was like better than she could. she sighed. "Ok...but later after I'm done speaking with him."
The man himself did not know why the islands had remained untouched by the darkness for so long, specially since they were quite... exposed to the outer space. While it wasn't as popular as Traverse Town, Twilight Town and Radiant Garden, the Destiny Islands were often visited by travelers. Mikhail had come across this world quite a few times and the fact that the Heartless hadn't was really incredible...
The world was a lucky, for sure.
The girl did not answer his question immediately and she remained silent for a moment. Had he offended her somehow? Was it a sensitive subject? Mikhail did not know, but fortunately she spoke to quiet down such fears. However, V seemed quite uncertain of her answer and she immediately threw the ball into his court as soon as she could.
"Well, that would depend on what I'm doing." he stated, letting a small chuckle escape him before he continued to speak. "I was born in a place known as Elona, but it was... lost to the Heartless years ago. I've been traveling for quite a while, thought I have taken a liking to Traverse Town." Or possibly a girl living in Traverse Town? Sure thing, the main thing keeping him bound to the world was Antique's semi-permanent residence there but he was making progress.
He was planning to take her with him and show her the wonders of the universe; after all, he had not forgotten his promise to take her to the islands and he was sure she hadn't either...
"The sea?" she asked, and looking up to him with those big, pink eyes. "I've never actually seen one before..." Her voice trailed off as she turned away, apparently deep in thought. She looked so cute when she pondered and wondered, her innocence taking her to magical places without the need of a Gummi Ship.
"I've seen many worlds... one of them was a tropical archipelago of some sort." Mikhail began, glancing at her as he remembered his past adventures around the islands. He loved the warmth of the sand caressing his feet and he was pretty sure she'd love it too. "Maybe I'll take you there.. someday."
"You'd really take me there?" Antique asked quite surprised, her eyes lighting up as if he had been some sort of angel coming to her rescue. She smiled, probably daydreaming about it once again. Fortunately she soon snapped out of it. "It sounds like fun! I'd love to go!"
He smiled, treasuring the memory in his heart. Even though she was probably ignorant to his feelings, Mikhail knew he loved her. He had loved her ever since he had first laid eyes on her, and he had immediately bonded with her; his well-being was dependant of her own well-being and he couldn't help feeling quite... incomplete without her.
Rutherford turned to face V once more, deciding to save her from listening to his autobiography by ending it short and sweet. "And I came here looking for someone, but it's night time and it would be proper to wait here until sunrise."
"looking for someone?" V repeated questiongly, she was curious to know who the man could be searching for, but then realizing how rude a question it was panicked.
"Sorry!" she said, rushing the words togeather. "I didn't mean to- sometimes my curiosity gets to me..."
She laughed nervously, seeing how silly she was being. Suddenly she could hear Shira say, "Are you done making a fool of yourself?"
V mentally glared at Shira, she then smiled at Mikhail. And remembering Shiras request said hesantly, "hey! Since your not doing anything then, would you mind...have a quick duel with me?"
She waved her hand, "You don't have to if you don't want to! It's just...."
V cut off there, she didn't know what to say. Best choice was to probablly lie, and make it seem like she really wanted to fight him, when really it was her counterpart.
"I just haven't really had, a good fight in a while...and by the look of your aura, you seem like a worthy opponent." she said, hoping she hadn't wierded the man out.
"Uh... yes, I need his help..." Mikhail was caught off guard by her query, not sure if it would be wise to tell her all the details. Sure, V looked like quite a nice girl but he could never be sure; he had been fooled in the past and he wouldn't be fooled once again. Trust was something that had to be earned with time and the pyromancer wasn't going to give it away like a freebie.
Fortunately she noticed the awkwardness of her question soon enough, relieving him of the need to explain himself.
"It's alright, I understand."
Whew... that had been a close one. Now that he thought of it, no one except the three keybladers should know the true reasons behind his trip to the islands. After all, there -could- be a member of the Dark XII hiding in the darkness, listening to the conversation with interest...
Rutherford offered V her smile of his own before turning away, looking straight into the deep blue ocean. Now that he thought about it, the temperature was quite low.. the wind was quite chilly. Fortunately his aura was warm enough to keep this from disturbing him.
And before he could think further about this, V had challenged him to a sparring match. He was quite surprised once more, as he hadn't thought of her as a fighter but simply as a mere traveler. And she was a woman; he, being a gentleman, disliked fighting females. Oh well... he would simply have to make an exception that time.
"Uh... sure, I'd be honored to... spar with you." A small smirk graced his features as he took off his traveling cloak, revealing his usual attire as he simply released it from his grasp. Mikhail wouldn't miss it; he could always buy another one at Traverse Town. He decided to create some distance between his opponent and himself, doing a couple of swift backflips. The pyromancer remained standing, not drawing any weapon to fight... yet.
"Ladies first." he spoke at last, fixing his eyes on the girl before him. The night was sure young...
Let out a sigh of relief, as mikhail accepted her challenge. She smiled, as he moved so that there was space between the two.
"Ladies first." he spoke out to her.
V nodded, she took out her scythe from it's holding place on her back, and closing her eyes switched the eyepatch over her eye.
At first nothing happened, then suddenly a high amount of burst out from the girls body, her aura growing stronger, and powerful. The right eye which was closed at the time, opened revealing dark crimson red eye.
Shira was thrilled to be out once again, unlike V, she remembered the man from Traverse Town. A smirk laid across her face as she stared at her opponent.
"Thanks...." she said.
Suddenly she disappeared from Mikhails line of vision, and flash stepping to the side of the man held the her scythe across his chest.
"Dont hold back..." she whispered, her face now calm and cold. She stared deeply into Mikhails eyes.
And flashstepping once again, appeared in front of the man.
The girl nodded, drawing out her weapon while he watched. He couldn't help but raising an eyebrow upon seeing such an uncommon weapon; she wielding a scythe, a light scythe... a double-bladed scythe. Mikhail failed to see the purpose of carrying around such a weapon around. Scythes had a long range to strike, but adding a second blade to the weapon's other end would dramatically shorten its range. Sure, it would certainly be useful when facing mobs but in a one-on-one fight... not really.
A soft sigh escaped his lips as he focused on the energy around him, creating small chains of flames to dance around him. He would not underestimate V; after all, her strange weapon could perhaps carry other properties unknown to him. Rutherford's eyes were locked on the girl as he waited for her to attack...
...and then it came.
Mikhail was not ready for the energy waves that had come out of her lithe body, being obviously surprised by them. It was just as if a seal had broken within V... a seal that had been keeping another entity trapped. At the same time, however, her aura was still V's, though much more aggressive.
Suddenly she darted off, leaving nothing but a fast moving blur behind. The girl appeared beside him, holding her weapon close to his chest. Rutherford instinctly opened his right palm, creating a small orb of darkness to aid him. He felt quite threatened by the girl; she was as fast, if not faster than him. His main ability would be pointless here.
"Dont hold back..."
Sapphire eyes narrowed as they heard her request; this wasn't V... at least, not completely. The man's expression was now a serious one; he really wasn't going to underestimate her. As the woman disappeared once more, Mikhail decided he was getting tired of her game. She successfuly dashed to face him, but the pyromancer had speed of his own: moving his right arm forward, the gravity sphere intended to collide with V's body, seeking to hit her square in the stomach.
Hoping this would slow her down, Mikhail jumped back and summoned Flame's End to his right hand. The flames followed him as he retreated, spinning around him in a speedy rage. Rutherford turned to face V once more, awaiting her next attack.
Shira stayed calm, as she saw the man named Mikhail rush towards her with some sort of sphere in his hand. Not hoping to see what the sphere would do, if made contact with her, she quickly dashed to the side.
Her opponent them jumped back, and summoned fire from his right hand. The flames spinner madly, around. surprised, the darker personality almost got hit by one of them, but it just barely touched her, as she jumped back.
She sighed, 'Alright...so...rushing in and out is out of the question now...' she thought, examining the fire that now surrounded Mikhail.
The flames seem to serve as a shield, but not only would it show to be a good defense...Shira guessed it would also prove to be a good offense for her opponent as well....
'Hmm...' Shira hummed I'm her head, 'what to do...I'm probably fast enough, she slip through that fire of his but...this guy seems to have a lot of tricks up his sleeves...'
She smiled, 'well...no matter cause I have a few as well...'
Her smile widened into a grin, then flashstepping around the flames, it took her awhile to reach her opponent. Once she was face to face with Mikhail though, she swung the scythe viciously.
From her opponents point of view, it would look like she was attaking his chest. The blade on the top end, going across it. But really her was aim was for his right arm. By twisting the scythe upward, the down end blade would skim at Mihails shoulder, forcing him to stop the flames that came from his hand.
((Just a note, the flames are just floating around Mikhail. They are controlled by his mind and not by his right hand. Flame's End, his sword, is being held by his right hand, however.))
Mikhail's lips curved into a smile as he continued to analyze his opponent, looking for some sort of weakness to exploit. She had not struck back right away so at least he could tell he was proving to be more than a weakling for her. After all, the many years he had spent training and fighting back home had sure given him valuable skills to fight various threats. But instead of getting overconfident, the pyromancer needed to observe his opponent.
She had already proven herself to be a speedy one, one that could move faster than himself. She had dodged his previous attack so attempting such kinds of moves wouldn't be smart at all. Hmm... it seemed that he would only be able to defeat her by using long ranged attacks. The idea, of course, didn't go well with him. Rutherford had better skills in close combat as he hadn't really had the need to attack from afar.
He was a warrior, one that leaded the attacks.
However, this did not wipe the grin of his off his face. Mikhail knew he was capable of defeating V and winning this battle; he trusted his skills. Flame's End twirled and spinned around in his right hand's grasp, showing confidence and skill with the blade. He knew how to fight with a sword; he had fought with such weapons nearly all his life and if they came in a bundle pack it was much better.
Rutherford was a better dual-wielder, for some strange reason. His movements flowed quickler and softer, as if they were some kind of soothing liquid. However, when one of his blades was taken away from him, his attacks usually became rough and vivid. They lacked the style his dual-wielding showed off.
When the girl's smile grew in size, he knew it was time to play defensive. She started to appear and disappear all around him, as if she was looking for an opening to cross that fiery shield. Sapphire eyes narrowed upon noticing her plan; if she managed to go through the flames unharmed, he would be in big trouble.
And suddenly, as if someone had been listening to his thoughts, it happened. She stood right before him, inside that deadly circle of flames. As the girl predicted, Mikhail guessed he was aiming for his chest and he raised his weapon to parry the attack. However, this was obviously not her goal; though the sword managed to push the scythe back, the latter managed to cut a bit of his shoulder. Slightly wincing in pain, Mikhail backed away to create some distance between them.
Damn... she was also smart.
As he jumped back, the circle suddenly began to shrink in size in an attempt to slightly burn his opponent. The man did not want to hurt her but now he wasn't going to hold back. Ignoring the slight pain he could feel coming from his upper arm, Mikhail summoned another sphere of darkness on his free hand. Though he had not really trained with this technique, the man realized he would have to use her against V.
With his eyes still fixed on her, Rutherford awaited her move. She wouldn't know what was to come...
Shira smiled as the flames began to die down a little, her plan had worked. Good thing too, otherwise...she might have gotten seriously injured back there. But now was not the time to think about that, she had to plan out her next move.
The girls eye narrowed, as she thought about what to do. She flashstepped around the flames, looking for another opening, however as soon as she did something clicked in her mind.
She instantly jumped back, as if she was a puppet, and someone was pulling her strings backwards. However, during this process, a flame did manage to skim part of her right hand, making her cringe.
But that didn't matter, she had to get some distance in between Mikhail and her immediately. There was just something not right, her insticts were telling her so. She looked up at her opponent, and to her surprised saw a dark orb in one of his hands.
'Another type of magic?' she wondered.
Shira then looked directly into Mikhails eye's, his focus all on her. 'it's like as if he's daring me to attack...' she thought to herself.
She bit her lower lip in frusturation, what was she to do? She thought about doing a rush in, rush out attack, but that sphere in her opponents hand bothered her. And because the flames were now smaller than before, they becamer closer togeather not leaving much space to dodge.
Now she didn't know what Mikhail was up to, but if her senses had to kick in, in order to stop her from attacking...then that sphere in his hands was probablly something very dangerous.
'Come on Shira...' she thought to herself, 'Think...what do you do?'
A few secounds went by, and still the darker personality wasn't sure what to do. She began to feel frusturated, and sighed. "Maybe..." she whispered. "I should use that technique."
She looked down at one of her hands, and letting that hand release her weapon began to concentrate. Suddenly she could see a part of her aura break away from the rest, and form a small sphere in her hands. She looked at the sphere warily.
The ability to use her own aura as a weapon...Shira had never understood why such a power existed inside V and herself, but she always found it interesting. However, the darker personality never really took the time to use this technique, so the ability to her was still new.
But she did know how to use it, well partly at least. Suddenly an idea came to her head, making her smile deviously. "perfect..." she murmured, letting out a short laugh.
She then began to concentrate, closing her eyes in the process. She drew an image in her head, and suddenly some of her aura broke away from her. It began to transform, as Shira kept the image vividly in her mind.
After a few minutes, the transformation was done, she opened her eyes, and saw in front of her what looked to be her double, it's back turned towards her. Shira smiled, suddenly the double started to move, and controlling it with her mind, shira made her double rush in to attack Mikhail.
M I K H A I L R U T H E R F O R D "I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU ENDED UP SLAIN BY ONE OF THEM."
A soft smirk emerged across his face as the girl backed away; funny, he hadn't even struck and yet she had fled. The orb of darkness began to grow in size, the energy it emitted gaining strength as the seconds went by. If this played out exactly as he wanted it to, he would probably deal some damage and with luck he'd win the match.
However, Mikhail didn't want to bring too much harm to V; also this was supposed to be a spar, not a battle to death.
Eyes of sapphire narrowed as he wondered what to do. Flame's End was dismissed from his grasp as the dark sphere began bouncing from hand to hand. Fortunately he had enough skill to call the darkness and sustain it, rarely draining his energy with haste. However, he still wasn't going to get -too- overconfident; Rutherford was quite sure his opponent has a few tricks behind her sleeve. She had been a formidable enemy as of now and he expected V to keep acting that way.
Realizing that the pain coming from his shoulder was becoming quite a nuisance, he casted a single cure spell to bring some relief to his body. A soft sigh escaped his lips as his gaze locked on his opponent, offering her a smirk in an attempt to intimidate her further.
"This shall not last long. Now that I'm weaponless she shall be enticed to attack and I'll put an end to this." he thought, letting a single laughter escape him. This was proving to be easy... too easy...
Unfortunately, one's plans don't get to be properly executed all the time.
Upon sensing a disturbance in his opponent's aura, Mikhail's eyes widened. This was not good... at all. He felt an urge to go ahead and strike her while her mind was distracted, but he was fascinated by the technique. And before he knew it, two identical girls stood before him, waiting for the opportunity to strike.
Since they emitted the same aura, the pyromancer couldn't tell who was the real one. Summoning Flame's end back to his right hand, Rutherford adopted a defensive stance. It did not matter; his attack would strike both of them.
Just as he expected, both Vs ran toward him, intending to deal double damage. Mikhail's eyes narrowed as he watched them, offering them a wide grin as he threw the orb of darkness at them. However, he did not intend to -hit- them with the orb itself; suddenly, the orb seemed to combust, creating what was commonly known as "dark fire" or "the cursed flames".
The flames of darkness spread wide across the beach, creating a tall wall to stop the super duo of females. If he succeeded in halting their march, the darkness would bend over and lick their figures, seeking to deal serious damage to the real V. If they didn't stop their attack, however, they would be harmed by the flames as well. It seemed like a win-win situation for the pyromancer but he kept his eyes open just in case...
M I K H A I L R U T H E R F O R D "MAYBE I'LL TAKE YOU THERE... SOMEDAY..."
