And So The War Begins

[zerowonder]

The Little Sister was already a little way towards Lucifer, hypnotised by his appearance.
"Look, Mr Bubbles. It's an angel."
She targeted the Devil with the ADAM extraction needle fitted with an empty vial, the Little Sister continued to walk forwards. Big Daddy followed prompt; he doesn't recognise whatever the thing in front of the Little Sister is, but it looks like a threat and a tough at that. The two were practically heading for hell.

(gantzgun74's post has my approval, how about you Felix?)

[Felix Falora]

(Sure... I know how to twist my way around things to keep my plot.)

Roland's magic had no effect. A simple little word and the barrier fell. Satan stepped out of the portal and he did, indeed, look like an angel. His true name was Lucifer and it meant the Morning Star... but now he was known as the Fallen Star, the Prince of Darkness... Hell's King. He smirked. "Yes... I remember the city of Dalmasca... I had to retest my powers when I awoke... but sadly my apparations were unable to utilize my full power... what happened to your city is only a fraction of the destruction I will unleash upon this universe and all others." Then he looked at the Little Sister and smirked. "You will find no ADAM here, little girl... Only death..." His hand facing her, it began to swell with energy. Threat readings for the Big Daddy would now be off the chart as he prepared his attack. "And destruction," he finished.

"Reflega!" Shadow screamed, setting up a reflective shield in front of the girl. The minute the blast hit the barrier, it shot back at Satan, who, with the twist of his body, dodged it.

"Not bad, little Black Mage," he said as he whisked his hand in an upward motion. Suddenly Shadow was sent flying in the air with a crack and a yelp of pain as if she had been uppercutted. She hit the ground hard and spat out blood and a couple of teeth.

[gantzgun74]

That surprised Roland. Moving faster then one would credit the old creature for, he ran over to Shadow, pulling out a rod. "Hang on, this might hurt a little, but not a lot I promise." With that being said (with a fatherly face to help comfort the little girl), he pulled out his mace and held it to her face, "Curaga!"

A warm feeling passed through Shadow, healing up whatever damage Lucifer had done; if her jaw had been knocked out of place, the bone realligned itself with as little pain as possible. "There that should do it." He quickly reached into his bag, (A side-bag hung by his shoulder) and pulled out a small bottle. "Take this. If you need another round of healing just drink it. It's an X-Potion." He turned back to Lucifer, giving him an angry glare. "It may taste bitter, but it will do it's job."

That was the last thing said, before Roland charged, letting out a battle cry. "Take no step further!!!!" He roared as he pointed his mace at Lucifer. "GIGAFLARE!!!!" Energy gathered around Lucifer...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The energy then burst out, exploding like that of a Anti-Tank Missle...

It made no difference. Lucifer merely walked out, a barrier protecting him. The barrier looked charred, but the char marks disappeared after a second. Roland looked surprised, but undeterred. "SCATHE!!!!" Energy charged in a magic circle around Roland before firing with a powerful burst at excess speeds of around 200 mph. Again it made no difference, as the beam merely connected with the barrier, and disintegrated into nothing.

Roland took two steps back, realizing what a hopeless fight this was. Unless Lucifer let down his barrier, he'd NEVER be able to land a decent hit on him. "Damn..." However, he didn't let that stop him. Even in the face of death, he stood defiantly, his mace outstretched. "You shall not pass m-"

CRAAACK!!! "GAAAH!!!!"

This was followed by intense pain as he felt his left arm being bent behind him, feeling his old bones being strained almost to the breaking point. Feeling his arm being stressed further, he hit his knees, fighting back tears of pain. "YOU~!!"

[You can imagine Lucifer is fighting without touching him, like he did against Shadow.]

[nintendonut1]

(just let me know when it's a good time for my characters to join in. No rush ^^)

[Felix Falora]

I'm guessing that old man's never heard of the Incarnation of Darkness, Shadow thought. That being her title, as she was usually a very evil person, she once took pride in it. But the pride wasn't showing up much in this situation as she accepted the X-Potion, despite no thanks being given, and then proceeded to watch as Roland got his ass handed to him. Lucifer was not even touching the man; his mental prowess allowed him to bend and twist the man's arm with minimal effort. Suddenly there was a loud snap as the arm finally broke and the snap seemed to also be what remnant of judgement Shadow had left. Standing up, she held her hands out and spoke a long incantation before the last word caught Satan off guard.

"ULTIMA!"

A light began to shine. It engulfed Lucifer, covering his entire body, before it proceeded to explode, taking him with it... or so it seemed. The smoke covered him, hiding him from sight, and Shadow was sure she had taken him out, so sure that she smirked and said, "So that's all the King of Hell has for me? Weak."

"You know Ultima... I'm impressed." The sly, snakish voice caught Shadow off guard and she cringed as he walked out of the smoke unharmed. "The ultimate Black Mage spell... or so it seems."

"What do you...?"

"As magic evolved, this spell became real. APOCALYPSE!"

All the animations took place in this video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce_mQ0z5hDU

Forgive an author's laziness to describe it. Either way, at the end of the attack, the explosion, Shadow was pretty much near death and unconscious. Leon noticed this and ran towards her, but, without a single sign of movement, Lucifer appeared in front of Leon and engulfed the boy's face with his hand. A surge of dark magic exploded within that hand and sent the Fallen Angel flying back to the ground. "Pitiful... So pitiful," Lucifer said. "None can challenge me."

(Now Kelsey! Now! XD)

[zerowonder]

Big Daddy's instincts ordered him forward, but a full-on physical attack is futile. His brain was in a panic, trying to make sense of the situation. For the first time, Big Daddy was thinking for himself. If he can't destroy the threat then he can atleast save the Little Sister.
"Mr B. The angel doesn't want to play with me,"
Red lights scanned the area, it meant nothing more than a battle field with few smatterings of dead splicers. Could the splicers have something? Gun...wrench...plasmids. Rather than figure out how to use them, Big Daddy started bombarding Lucifer with random plasmids. Each one was deflected by the barrier, whilst one smashed and coated the shield with...Sercurity-Bullseye.
*Brrip-bip-bip-bip-bip*
A moaning siren summoned two sercurity-bots that whizzed in like insects on small propellers and showered the shield with bullets. With The Devil distracted, Big Daddy charged in and scooped up the Little Sister before retreating. There is nothing Big Daddy can do now except keep the Little Sister safe.

[gantzgun74]

Roland fought back a scream of pain defiantly; but that did little after the Fallen Angel used Apocalypse. Though it wasn't aimed at him, he still had to dig his hands into the ground to keep from being blown away.

"The Devil... Every bit as strong as I imagined..." Roland muttered.

Call him daffy if you will, but seeing Shadow once more wounded deeply, he crawled over to her, whilst Satan was busy with Leon. Using his unwounded arm, he pushed the mace up to Shadow. "C-cura..."

[Hey! It's not like he knows what Shadow is, he just thinks she's a powerful mage and nothing more.]

Though still unconscious, Shadow immediately felt a good portion of her pain leave her, and her breathing returned to normal.

However, Roland's kindness had not gone unnoticed, as he was suddenly lifted up into the air.

[nintendonut1]

"You're wrong."

Like a choir of angels piercing through the darkness, a voice spoke through all the maddening chaos in the area. Upon an opposing hill, Lucifer would turn to face one small, lanky, youth with a silly-looking ski cap and a most firm gaze that betrayed no fear. His companions were all behind him, but he stood out among them.

Slowly, as if time was in slow-motion, he stepped forward, his gaze locked with Lucifer's. Not even the Devil's glare could deter him.

"Evil is born from the weakness of human hearts," he spoke in the lowest and deepest voice his friends had ever heard from him. "From the hatred... from the fear."

His fists clenched, force fields wrapping around them as he continued his agonizingly slow steps. "I do not hate you. I do not fear you. I have suffered greater pain that anything you could give me.

"And as much as I feel it as vengance for all the pain and suffering you've caused us and countless others..." He paused, shaking his head. "...that's not why we need to destroy you. We are here to protect this beautiful world from becoming engulfed in your flames..."

He stood up straight, relaxing his fists.

"...which much be extinguished NOW![/b]"

THWACK!

The Eddward standing before him was an illusion. The real, invisble Eddward had come up from behind and smashed the strongest Sheild Fist he had ever delivered into the PRince of Darkness' jaw.

[Felix Falora]

In all retrospect, Lucifer did not care much for the Little Sister. If he had cared that much, she would've died or at least been "played" with more then she had been. But the bots that were raining bullets on him were a nuisence. He swished his hand across the field, them being so weak, and then they were dismantled and immediately fell into pieces. But never mind Big Daddy carrying the Little Sister away, he suddenly turned his attention to Roland, who had healed Shadow yet again with his Cura. He chuckled and then raised his hand, squeezing his fist. The man immediately rose up and began to choke. Leon was trying to force himself to get up, but Shinichi stood over him. Holding his blade point down, he thrust it into the fallen's heart, causing him to choke up blood. It all seemed hopeless... God was nowhere to be seen and evil was triumphant.

That is... until they appeared. With Edward as their leader, the heros of the world that always sacrificed everything for it showed up, standing tall, faithful, and fearless. Felix glared at Lucifer and then he noticed Leon's body, pierced and stabbed, and about to do so again. "Leon," he gasped.

"Damn," Trevor whispered.

"I need to save him. Without him, I cannot utilize the Twilight energy required to defeat the Devil," Felix muttered.

"The minute Double D puts this plan into motion, we'll cover him," Minato whispered. "That'll give him enough people to stay focused on, giving you enough time to get to Leon."

And the minute Edward bashed Lucifer's jaw, doing no real damage, but sending him mid air anyway, they all dashed out. Trevor jumped and sent his two swords into Lucifer's heart. Minato summoned Daisoujou and used Samsara, a light-based skill, while Shine charged up and used Holy. Both the light-based attacks struck Lucifer hard. They actually did more damage then what a lot of spells had done, but not much. He did have a couple of scratches and his teeth were somewhat cracked from Edward's fist, but other then that, it was nothing severe.

[nintendonut1]

"Ha HA! Nice hit, Sockhead!" Eddy commented as Double D sweeped up beside him to stand his ground, launching a few fireballs towards Lucifer as distraction. "Though, we ain't doing much damage."

"Of course not," Double D replied briskly. "He's the King of Hell, for god's sake. But the fact that he CAN be hurt is good enough."

"So we chip away at his health and draw out the fight until Felix and Leon bring on the finishing blow, right?" Fletcher summerized, pumping a few bullets into Lucifer's head.

"Right. Keep him away from those two at all costs." Then, surprisingly, he drew back, turning to another opponent.

"...I'm not afraid of you either... Shinchi."

[Felix Falora]

Shinichi turned and saw them. His eyes widened as he backed up. "D-Dwenn... What are you doing on this battlefield?"

"That is the one you are manipulating?" Lucifer asked, unphased by the fireballs and the bullets. "You choose well, Shinichi. But I am afraid I cannot let him live. His heart is too pure."

"W-What?! Wait! We had a deal!" Shinichi growled. "You said you would give him to me if I brought you back!"

"Lowlife!" Felix snarled. "Did you really think the Devil, the Prince of Darkness and the Prince of Lies, would really honor that commitment?!"

Lucifer smirked. "You do me too much honor Felix." With a flick of the wrist, he slammed Trevor away, sending his body flying for Fletcher. "Yes... It was never my intention to give the boy to you... His soul is pure and it is in the presence of a pure soul that the energies of light and dark convulge into Twilight."

"Then you no longer have my help!" Shinichi snarled. "Trecherous snake!"

"Then you are no longer needed," Lucifer said, standing there with his hand held up for a long time. Suddenly he squeezed it shut and Shinichi fell, unable to move, screaming in severe pain.

[nintendonut1]

"OOFNH!" Fletcher caught Trevor, falling backwards. "...unh..."

Double D cringed deeply at the utterance of his sacred name, but threw the pain aside. It was so much easier now. At Lucifer's comment, he turned around sharply, glaring. "No one manipulates me!! Not anymore!"

However, things changed at the sudden revelation. Things seemed to make more sense now.

"He... he was just..." Ed was speechless.

"YOU LYING JERK!" Eddy howled.

"A pure... soul..." Double D's hands rested on his chest emotionally. Was he really the...?

He broke out of his trance when Shinichi fell, and he rushed up and caught him. "Shinchi!!!"

[Felix Falora]

"D-Damnit," Felix gasped as he finally realized what Shinichi was after... Edward... That must've meant that he was in love with the boy. Ignoring that for now, he turned back to present matters while the others staved off Lucifer.

"If you've never fought me, you don't know how strong I can be," Trevor growled as he got off of Fletcher, helping the other boy up before turning back to face the Devil. "I'm not going down!"

"Keep him off of Edward," Minato said. "His target is Edward."

Felix looked over Leon's wounds and his eyes widened as he saw that the heart had been stabbed. "Leon..."

"Damn... Sure does feel good," Leon moaned, and not in the way you perverts are thinking, damnit! "But... I'm about to go again."

"You masochistic bastard!" Felix cried. "You can't go! We need you! Who's going to take over Hell? Who's going to keep the balance?!"

"My... queen... She..." Leon growled, unable to speak on about that matter.

"You imbecile! If you die, you'll never come back! Don't leave us like this!" Felix cried.

"Selfish... You keep trying to speak about more then yourself using us and we... but in the end, you're just a brother who doesn't want to see his kin go off... again," Leon admitted.

"... Does that even matter?! We've always fought! We've always been mortal enemies! I tried to be a good brother to you, but in the end, our differences made us hate each other!" Felix lamented. "And now... now that we finally have a moment to come together... and fight together... You're going to die?! It's not fair!" He could hardly hear the sounds of the battle anymore, Trevor's scream of pain as Lucifer mentally broke his legs, Shine raining down Holy spell upon Holy spell on him, Lucifer using his powerful magics to attack the warriors, obliterating their hope of ever defeating him. "It's not right!"

"... Whatever is right or not... doesn't matter now... What matters is this... You, alone, hold the power to defeat... him," Leon groaned.

"I cannot... I cannot activate the energies of Twilight by myself... I need... I need you," Felix cried.

"... Do you know... about transfusion of energy? It's a legend that states... with the knowledge of one's soul name... A person can give another person his entire being.... his entire soul..."

Felix looked up. "What are you...?"

"My soul... my powers... are yours to command... Lilx," Leon said. Unlike the flurry of pain that had come from Shinichi using his soulname, Felix felt a shocking comfort that had come from his brother's usage of it. "And now... for the finale..." With his last ounce of power, a sudden mental assault caught Lucifer off guard and the rest of the heroes stunned as Leon's energy picked off the memories of the soul names of Felix and Edward from all except the two specified. "My revenge... is absolute," he said, looking at Shinichi. "Now I... Now I can... rest... in... peace..." Leon's eyes closed and he immediately fell into death's grasp.

[nintendonut1]

"Dammit!" Fleetfoot groaned, collapsing. "We're losing ground!"

"What now!?" Eddy demanded to Double D, and his response was moving a weakened Shinichi into his arms. "Oof! Hey!!"

"Felix!!" Double D hurried past the carnage, dodging thrown spells and debris until he collapsed beside Felix and Leon. He looked over Leon forlornly, but he knew of the noble sacrifice; his soul connected to Felix's, he knew of their transfer.

Meaningfully, he took Felix's hand into his. "...it's now or never. You... need my help to activate the Twilight, right?" Despite evrything happening around them, he blushed slightly. "...it feels weird, being called pure... don't ask me why."

[Felix Falora]

Felix felt Edward take his hand and he frowned softly. "Yeah... but I..." He shook his head. "No... I must... I'm the only hope left for this world against Lucifer's might now." He nodded. "Whenever you're ready."