CHAPTER 15: Sibling Showdown/ Claiming the Rooder

Vega: Alright, peoples! For the sake of trying to remember this point of the game, I am going to improv now and I intend to end this story even IF IT KILLS ME!!! So for lack of better words… Be warned, a few 3rd person perspective changes off the bat...

Sledgehammer: HEEEERREEE'S SLEDGIE!!!!

Vega, Psycho, Katie, Zoe, Jimmy, Amanda, Slayer, Nightmare, Alyssa: -_-U

He awoke slowly, feeling rested unlike any since his resurrection into Lord Burroughs's service. The name rang in his head, then his red vaporous eyes flared. He quickly jumped up, his dark armor appearing after a burst of purple flames encased him, his sword, HellRaiser, rested on his back as he looked around in the small room. After inspecting the couch, one thing was clear; Alyssa was not there. "Damn! Where is she!? He cursed as he walked to the stairs not too far away and started to climb them. The wood creaked from under his weight as he ascended to the top of the stairs and slowly pushed the door open. Nothing but darkness flooded the room as he stepped in.

With a chuckle, he opened a iron clad hand and a ball of purple flames enveloped his hand, lighting the area dimly as he made his way down the hall, searching for Alyssa.

The door burst open as Nightmare entered. His yellow eyes glowed brightly in the dim light as he walked over to the diary and read the Rooder's inscription. "Brother…" He said as he reached behind him and yanked hard, revealing a steaming ax blade that all but melted away. He chuckled to himself as he tossed the ax away. "I will find the Significant Item of yours and I will destroy you once and for all… traitor…" With that, the Sigil appeared in front of him with the circular motion of his kantars and he vanished at once.

"Slayer!" Alyssa cried as she saw a purple flamed hand knight walk around the corner of the hall. She quickly ran to him and looked up to him. "I found something interesting… I think you might be able to make sense of it better than I." She said as Slayer made his way to the item of interest; the fireplace.

"Yes… A fireplace… What's so interesting?" He asked with a shrug.

Alyssa sighed. "This fireplace is walled up… When I was last here, there was a secret passage here… That's where I got the Holy Water." She said in a matter-of-factly tone. It was Slayer's turn to sigh.

"So… Where IS this place?" He asked somewhat dumbly as he rubbed the back of his helmet.

"This is the Hamilton Manor… My home!"

Slayer nodded in understanding as he walked to the flameless fireplace and knocked on the bricked wall with his flaming hand. Only a metallic thud made itself known in the silence. "No.. this isn't even hollow…" He noted as he looked back to Alyssa whom had opened a door. He quickly joined her and watched moments of a woman cradling a baby. She cooed at the baby, speaking to it and naming it…

"Alyssa"

"What is this madness?" Slayer asked as he took hold of the HellRaiser handle. Alyssa stopped him and slowly walked to the woman, reaching out to her but suddenly stepped back as the woman made her was out of the way.

"Mother…" She said softly

"Alyssa.. You know this woman?" Slayer asked as the room suddenly grew dark. The HellRaiser found itself in Slayer's hands as he stood in a defensive stance.

Evil laughter filled the room… Laughter of an all too familiar foe… "Brother! Your time has come!"

Vega: OH, COME ON!!! YOU ARE SO ORIGIONAL!

Nightmare: Really?

Slayer, Vega, Alyssa, Psycho: NO!!!

Katie: YES!!!

Everyone: *Stares at Katie*

Katie: Ummm... What?

The floor light up as a giant Sigil where the strapped boots of the masculine Nightmare stood, purple electricity coursed around his kantars as purple flames caught onto Slayer's HellRaiser. "Marshall!"

"Jonathan… It's been a while…"

Slayer: Actually… in standards of this friggin' update- *Glares at Vega* Yes, but in terms with the sotry, it's only been a couple of hours at most…

Nightmare: SHADDAP!!!

"Slayer…" Alyssa's voice became shaky as the knight stared down his brother.

"The Rooder is mine, Nightmare-""Oh, get over yourself, 'Hero of the Subordinates'." He said, quoting with his fingers. "We all know by now that that stupid little girl is something more important than just a Rooder… Hand her over to me and I will return her lifeless body to you so you can continue to play you little dating games…"

Slayer growled. "So this is why you were helping me? Just so you can have the powers of the Entity to yourself!?" As he finished, Nightmare cackled.

"You always were the one with the since of foresight…" He answered. "I may be the puppet now, but I will have that power and I will free us from Lord Burroughs's reign!" With that, Nightmare seemed to fly at Slayer and quickly brought his kantars up from his sides in a slash.

As quickly as Nightmare took off, Slayer shoved Alyssa out of the way and his HellRaiser came up sharply, deflecting the small blades. He spun hard, swinging the massive sword and missing his masculine brother within inches. "You'll never get away with this! I'll make sure of it!" Slayer cried as he lunged forward, running his brother through.

For a moment, things got quiet, Nightmare gasped and coughed, but soon the agonized sounds were turned to sounds of laughter. "You should have killed me years ago, little brother…" He said as he slashed and cut into Slayer's armor, cutting through and causing the tares in his armor to light in minor purple flames, quickly dwindling. "You know the powers of an Insubordinate… Able to draw power from any agonized soul… Including Subordinates and even the Entities…" He said as he stepped forward and thrashed at Slayer, missing significantly.

Slayer had jumped away, landing in his grieves wrong and taking a tumble, flipping backwards until he slammed into an electric barrier that seemingly fried him and knocked him forward a foot. Slayer laid sprawled with his red cape covering his back. He could hear Alyssa calling his name as the heavy footsteps of his brother came closer and closer. "Bro… ther…" He trailed.

"Mhmhmhmhmhm…" Nightmare cackled as he moved and stepped on Slayer's back hard, denting his armor. "Hero… Of nothing…" He said as he leaned in close, shifting his one kantar into his gauntlet and opening his hand wide. Within seconds, dark matter collected in his hands as particles that formed a larger ball. "It's over… Jonathan…" He said plainly.

He expected the worst and his eyes grew slender, closing them slowly. "Alyssa… Annabel…"

"Yes, yes… they do look and act the same, do they not, dear brother? I daresay they would be descendants…" He cackled again. Slayer's eyes widened.

That explained the familiarity…

That explained almost everything about Alyssa to him… But if that were true… That would mean…

"ALYSSA!!! RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN!" Slayer roared at the top of his lungs (what were left) and concentrated hard, making his red cape flutter in the air, morph into spikes and stab into the ground, pushing Slayer off the ground and into the air. With an outstretched hand, he fired three purple fireballs at Nightmare direction. The spikes uprooted themselves from the broken ground and transformed into his cape, allowing the Black Knight to come down on his brother.

Nightmare: FRIGGIN' SPAWN RIPOFF ARTIST!!!

Slayer: *Crosses arms and looks the other way* Not my fault I'm more creative than you are, big bro…

Vega: Children! PLEASE!

The attack was blocked effectively with Nightmare's kantars, throwing the HellRaiser to his right, only to be quickly reacquainted with the blade as his little brother spun and held the sword to Nightmare's throat. He chuckled and shook his head. "You still can't kill me…"

"Yes I can… I can if you touch the Rooder…" He spat.

"If I touch her, I will kill her… And if I'm correct, your plans will be for nothing…" He said, smiling inwardly as his kantars met with Slayer's weapon, throwing it off, but the weapons were once again connected in a power clash.

Both powerhouses struggled and pushed, trying to unbalance the other as Alyssa watched helplessly; the Holy Water would not transform. No matter how tightly she held it, it didn't glow or anything. She shook it desperately, wanting to help Slayer. "Come on! Work!" She cried.

As if by a miracle, there was a soft whistling noise that grew louder and lower. It wasn't until the two titans looked to the ground, then back up at a large falling object. It fell quickly and loudly now.

The two jumped away as the object crashed into the ground hard, making a mock explosion. As the dust cleared, the object revealed itself to be…

A fridge…

Katie: OHWOW!AFRIDGE!IWONDERWHAT'SINSIDE!C'MONPHY-CHAN!LET'SOPENIT!PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEEEEEAAAAASSSEEEE!!!!!!

Slayer and Nightmare: o.O

Vega and Psycho: -.-U *Insert massive intake of air* NO!!!

Nightmare scratched his head at the contraption and inched closer to it. "What the… What the Hell is that!?" He roared, his helmet cocked to the side as he poked it with a kantar.

Slayer looked behind him and saw Alyssa, deciding it would be best to make his way to her. He ran to her as the door of the fridge burst open, causing Nightmare to stumble backwards. A cold mist flooded the room until a tall headed figure appear wit a long scepter that adorn a cross at its top. "Is that… the…"

"I-I think it is… WE'RE SAVED!" Alyssa cried and jumped for joy.

The mist cleared and the clergyman appeared; His Holiness, the Pope.

Everyone: Hooray!

Nightmare: -_-* ...Crap...

At the speed of light, His Holiness flew and swung his scepter Nightmare, beating and bruising his masculine frame in a flurry of blows, screaming at the top of his lungs; "MY THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELL YOU!!! MAY BE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELL YOU!!!"

Nightmare screamed in a mix of surprise and a little agony as the Pope caused damage to his helmet. "NO! STOP YOU FOOL!!!" He cried as he tried to bat His Holiness off, but it's known everywhere… You just can't touch the Pope. He tried to push the holy man away, but the scepter popped his gauntlets, denting them and malfunctioning his weapons. "DAMNED FOOL!!!" He roared.

Slayer put a hand on Alyssa and tried to concentrate. Dark energies entered his being as he focused the remaining powers to open a hole in the time fabric. "Get in and find a place to hide… I'll buy you some time here…"

"Aren't there more Subordinates?" She asked. Slayer's gaze did not leave his elder brother.

"No… The rest were taken care of… I would feel their presence anywhere…" He said as he lightly pushed Alyssa in the portal. "I'm not going to let Nightmare take you… Go find a place to hide and wait for me…" He said. He watched her look at him with concern. "I'll be fine… We Insubordinates can draw power from fallen Subordinates… I've taken two with your help, so I'll be fine…" He said. Without warning, she took his hand and he felt something cackle in his hand; three Lavender Waters.

"Good luck…" She said as she quickly kissed the side of his helmet. She smiled and entered the portal, watching him as the tare closed.

By this time, the Pope had mangled Nightmare and returned to his fridge as Slayer walked to him. "Thank you, sir…" He said as he closed the fridge door and picked it up, throwing it into the air and out of sight.

"Your… pet… is gone? Where is she!?" Nightmare sputtered as he struggled to his feet, dark energies encasing him and rebuilding his armor and repairing his wounds.

"Gone… Away from you, brother… your fight is with me…" He said as he clenched his left fist, ignited purple flames and delivered a blow to Nightmare's helmet, shattering the bottom right corner of the chin guard. "Time to end this, brother!" He roared as he felt pain flood from his stomach. Slowly, he looked down and saw the kantars in his armor deep, cutting into his rotting being. "Wha…"

"We may be able to absorb the powers of fallen Subordinates… but they need to carry tormented souls… unlike your Rooder's belief… So in short, my dear brother… I win…" He said as he let his brother fall to his knees.

Jonathan felt himself growing weaker and weaker as the armor burst into the purple flames, revealing his rotting corpse as he slowly felt the cut burn through his stomach like phosphorus. With a sudden jerk of his skull, his red eyes met the yellow ones of the victor of the battle. With little effort, Jonathan could no longer feel his legs as his torso was ripped from his legs and embers lit his skin.

"Why… Marshal… Why?" He asked as he watched his brother hear his hand back and charge dark matter into his hand; Dark Matter Bomb.

From the exposed flesh from the damaged helmet, an evil grin could be seen from Marshal as he simply fired the shot at his little brother.

Vega: WOOHOO!!! A Decent Chapter for a long wait, huh guys!? Read and review! Can't wait to see who likes this cliffhanger! Take care and God Bless!