Malideus...

I Clenched the suit's claws as I stared blankly at my final obstacles, both of them. Celestia and Luna, dressed as Smough and Ornstein for... some reason. Well, either way, this was happening, and I was ready. All I'd been doing had led up to this moment. The people I met. The enemies I killed, and the ones I spared. Now, it has all come to fruition. I was going to get through these two clowns, kill Ragnek, and become a god. But first... came this.

"So... You two've been busy, huh?" I ask, attempting to distract and circle the two, but they were far apart, ready to counter any move I made. Still, almost characteristically, Celestia was the first to speak up in reply.

"Malideus, I don't know what you're doing here, or what you intend to do after, but it doesn't matter. This ends, NOW. I'm giving you one last chance: Surrender peacefully, or die." Celestia warned, but it was all puffed-up sputtering, the last threats of a cornered and dying animal. She can't take me. None of these worms can. And I was eager to let her know just what I thought of this whole charade.

"Hm. So, after all this time, after all I've done, Celestia, you're still trying to get me to go down quietly. Why? Do you really see that much good in me? Or are you just scared you'll lose?" I ask, buying time to find a weak spot in their positions. So far, nothing. But I'll find something. I just have to keep her talking.

"Celestia, give it up. He'll never repent his ways. He won't stop until the world is left in ashes, just as his masters like it." Luna chides, surprising me. Damn, who knew she could be so bitter? Still, Celestia shakes her head, and retorts.

"No. Malideus, I admit that I've been... lenient with you during your stay. But unlike you, I try to see the good in everything. I try to bring it out. I know what your attempt at genocide is; it's a lost child, crying for help. You don't understand this land or its inhabitants, so you destroy them. That is how you... humans, work, is it not?" Celestia asks, but I say nothing, still looking for a chance to make the first strike, allowing Celestia to spout some more pretentious garbage at me.

"Well, I've tried seeing the good in you. I've tried luring it out. Now, though, I'm afraid that I can't anymore. After seeing what happens next Malideus, I can't afford to be kind with you anymore. So, Malideus, this is it. This is where I draw the line. Sooner or later, one way or another, you'll have to learn when to stop... and it looks like that time is now. Because right now, if you keep doing this, if you keep going the way you are... You're REALLY not going to like what happens next." Celestia leered, unnerving me immensely, like I could feel my sins crawling up my back. But, I was steeled for this fight, and no amount of pillow talk was going to get me to back down from my last shot at ultimate power. Not this time.

"Big talk, for a peace-loving flower child. But that's neither here nor there. You want me to stop? THEN MAKE ME. That is... if you can." I challenged, readying my pose to charge her full-force. But despite my efforts and obvious threat, she made no moves, and continued to eye me, almost pityingly.

"Don't do this Malideus. I haven't taken a life in my entire queenship of this land. But I'm done beating around the bush, as it were. I have given you your warnings. I've drawn the boundaries. And I will enforce them for as long as you threaten them. Malideus, I won't move to kill you. I won't even threaten to. But if you take even one more step... You're going to have a bad time." She says, and I almost fall over, dumbfounded. That dyke just Sans'd me! Christ, this was going to either be really bad, or really fun. Either way... I was BORN ready. So, in commemoration of our two-on-one duel, I put one foot forward, And Celestia sighs, lowering her head, While Luna tightens her grip around her hammer, ready to do this thing. Just like me. Finally, after the briefest pause, Celestia puts her head back up, leering at me beneath her leonid helmet, and speaks.

"Well, guess that's it. Here we go." She then readies her spear and lance, ready to charge, and Luna follows suit, the fight inches away from breaking into a castle-destroying Hell.

Here we go, indeed.

Suddenly, before I can even blink, it happens. In a split second, Celestia moves across the room, and slams her lance into the suit's chest, throwing me down the hall, right into the waiting hammer of Luna, who bats me to the other end of the hall like a professional. So, in an effort to retaliate, I activate the suit's jets, angling myself into a better landing position, and suit's feet hit the tile floor with enough speed and force to leave a crater and upheave flooring. But still, I nonetheless held up my aether cannon, took aim at Celestia, and opened fire at her, knowing her own magic would weaken her to the cannon's shots. But, almost shockingly, she dodged them, every last one, even the fat charged shot. And in no time, she was right up against me, ready to throw me into the air again. But before that, and even during, came her usual monologue... though this one actually caught my interest, later in.

"You know, Malideus, you could have stopped this. It didn't have to end this way. In another universe, perhaps, we could've even been friends." Celestia says, attempting another skewer with her spear, which I barely dodge, due to her staggering speed. Seriously, how the fuck did she get this quick!? Anyway, I'm tempted to tell her off, but she denies me the opportunity, continuing her own, unusual speech.

"I bet you're curious as to why I'm talking to you about this. Different timelines. Different endings. Different ways to tell the story. Well, I didn't even know these things existed, until only moments ago. I was curious when you arrived, yes, but I was never sure... until now." Celestia continues, striking thrust after thrust at me, While Luna swings at me with her hammer, forcing me to go into maximum over-vigilance. I literally have no time to retort or really anything else, only dodge, while Celestia continues her annoying-as-fuck speech. God damn, GET TO THE POINT ALREADY!

"... Malideus, you can't even imagine the things I heard from her. Different universes, Alternate planes of existence We never even thought possible, even WITH magic. The fact that time goes not one way, but branches out, forming rivers all their own. Forming seas. Cascading down falls. Flowing into deltas. Infinite possibilities, infinite universes where ANYTHING could have happened. I could never have been Princess. There could have been SEVEN Elements of Harmony, or even none at all... You could have been a decent person. You can't imagine how this feels, being so close to better places, better stories, but knowing you'll never have their happy ending. Knowing that, one day, your story, your whole world, just... stops. Like it never even existed." Celestia rants on, not even sounding like she's talking to me, but simply saying her mind to the open air... While she's stabbing me. Still, even if she isn't focused, her sister is, and she's raining hell on me; I narrowly avoid a strike to my head, only to have to roll away from a well-timed swing, that while ultimately missing me by inches, destroys a pillar in its wake. Even so, I put my faith into the suit that it wouldn't break, and continued diving and dodging the hits as they came, a nonetheless difficult feat, given that Luna was swinging a massive hammer at me, and Celestia was moving at the freakin' speed of light. Even so, I was doing well. It was only a matter of time before she tired herself out, and I could give them back all this hell.

"Stops? What the Hell are you on about this time?" I ask, my curiosity obtained. Celestia, in turn, just shakes her head, and replies, still continuing her assault at a million miles an hour.

"You would know, Malideus. This is all your fault, after all. You erase fate wherever you touch. The fate that holds this universe together. At this rate, you'll face Ragnek, become unstoppable, and you'll just keep consuming timelines until nothing is left. Everything we'd built. Everyone's memories... gone, like they never happened, and only you left to stand in the ashes. And honestly, Malideus, that makes it a little hard to NOT give it my all, even against someone as pitiful as you." Celestia says, her attacks getting more frantic and more hectic, With Luna still silently backing her up. But despite the increase in difficulty, this is what I wanted. she's getting tired. Now, I need only wait for my chance. Still, though... this conversation is getting a little disheartening...

"What a load of bull, princess. You really think this world's going to vanish if I get past you? Get real. I wouldn't waste one more second here once I killed Ragnek. I'd be off, and you'd still be here, whining about how I chipped one of your nails. That being said... uh... you really like swinging that thing around, don't you?" I say, pushing the conversation away, but like some undead horror, it gets right back up, And Celestia keeps getting faster and faster. I manage to dodge five consecutive swipes in the span of two seconds Before Celestia picks up her talkative spirit and goes at it.

"I don't know WHAT'S going to happen, really. But that's just another reason for me to stop it before it does. If you kill Ragnek, if you take his power, you'll throw the universe into an unbalance that can never be repaired. The basic fiber of this world will be destroyed, and after that... well, who knows? All I know is, After seeing what happens next, I can't afford not to care anymore." Celestia chides me, still keeping her oppressive offense going, and leaving me avoiding strikes at speeds I would never have done without my suit. Even so, after a brief pause, She just keeps talking, though to what purpose I have yet to discern.

"You know... it's almost hilarious, really. At first, I thought you were just someone who needed help. Some good friends, a nice stay, maybe a cheap laugh or two. I thought that, maybe, if I reached out to you, got you to see the good in this world, you'd finally be satisfied, and stop all this mindless destruction and killing... Maybe, you could... have been a friend. But creatures like you... you'll never be satisfied, will you? No matter how many lives you ruin, how many places you conquer, or how many universes you erase. You'll never know when to quit." Celestia says, finally easing her assault, and motioning Luna to do the same, ultimately confusing me. What was going on here? What the Hell were these clowns trying to pull? Before I could ask, though, Celestia began to speak again, neither princess moving to attack me.

"But... that being said... it... seems like neither of us are getting anywhere standing here and wasting energy, are we?" Celestia says, taking a deep breath, and looking at me, her gentle eyes visible behind her leonid visor, staring at me with a compassion I had only ever seen from her once, when I was imprisoned, and she had offered to spare me. In the end, I immediately knew what was coming next, but said nothing as she continued.

"... Look, Malideus... I know, somehow... You don't really want this. Or at least, a part of you doesn't. That part of you... "Chris"... I know it's somewhere inside you, deep, deep down in your being... A glimmer of someone good, and kind, a memory of someone who, at one time, only wanted to do the right thing, no matter what he had to do, or how much it hurt him. Someone who, in another life, might have even been... a friend." Celestia pauses a second, letting her speech sink in. I feel something stir in me, but I ignore it... for now, anyway.
"Mali-... No, Chris. I know that you're in there, somewhere, and if you can hear me, understand me... Lay down your weapons. Let me help you. If you do that... It would certainly make our jobs a lot easier." Celestia said, kindness in her voice, and she held up her arms, beckoning me to lay down my weapons. And for a second, I almost do. That feeling, wriggling in my chest, felt like it was going to burst out like some kind of parasite. I almost give in, I almost reach for my suit's power... but I stop. I'd come too far to just stop now. Too many people depended on my victory. People I built relationships with, people that trusted me with every fiber of their being; Kelias... Mizzietta... Kherrie... Whip... Alignment be damned, I wasn't a quitter. I wanted to, I really did. This whole joyride was fun at first, but now, it's just a hassle. But I... I will see this through. Not because I want to, nor because I HAVE to... but because I can. So, as if in a daze, I pull away from the suit's power... and aim my aether cannon, slowly, as not to attract attention. And once I have the princess in my sights... I fire, shocking both of them.

Celestia moves to dodge the blast, but she honestly expected me to quit, and just wasn't fast enough. But in the heat of the moment, I never saw that her Sister was prepared the whole time for anything, and before I could register it, The blast hits something, and, to my shock and dismay... Luna stands there, having put herself between me and her sister. However, my dismay does not last long, for not long afterward, she begins to wobble, and finally, she falls, leaving just her sister, and me. However, I, like the kindly villain I am, let them have their goodbyes, as Celestia rushes over to Luna, absolute shock and sadness in her voice.

"Luna! No!" Celestia cries, hovering over her fallen sister. However, her air changed from fear to mild relief upon realizing that her sister wasn't dead... yet.

"Luna, You... Oh thank heavens... you're not..." Celestia sighed, almost crying. But Luna coughed once, and looked to her sister, her aura unreadable.

"Cel... Celly, didn't... I say to be... careful..? He... almost killed you..." Luna said, coughing between words. Man, that Aether cannon is some OP shit, huh? Anyway, I continue watching as the two talk, ready to end this fight once and for all.

"L-Luna, I... I'm so sorry... I thought he... He was..." Celestia sputtered, but Luna shushed her sister, and replied, sadness in her voice.

"It... It's fine, sister... I thought he... was going to give up, too. I just... was always faster, you know..?" Luna said, catching my interest. SHE was faster than CELESTIA!? Oh shit, I'm glad it wasn't HER with the spear, though that did explain how she kept getting behind me during the fight... Suddenly, interrupting my thoughts, their little goodbye continues, making it more of a last conversation than a last farewell.

"Lulu... I'm so sorry. If I had been, just a little more vigilant... I could... he'd... I..." Celestia sobs, allowing Luna to reply, holding her hand to her sister's face compassionately.

"You couldn't have helped it, Sister. Malideus just... can't be helped anymore. Besides... I'm not going... not yet. You... you know what must happen now... right?" Luna says, mildly shocking me. Uh oh, I did NOT like where this conversation was going. Suddenly, Celestia nods, as tears finally fall from her helmet's visor.

"I'm sorry, Luna. I'll return it as soon as possible." Celestia says, and at that exact moment, the pieces all clicked together, and my eyes dilated, my hands got sweaty, and my whole body clenched up in preparation for what was about to happen. Finally, Luna nodded and fell still, not dead, but preparing. Celestia then placed her hand on Luna's chestpiece, and I could only wait as a huge surge of power began to fill the room, a pressure unlike any I'd felt before. Then, Luna's armor began to collapse as she diminished, but as I watched, I heard the floor creak and moan as Celestia absorbed her sister's power, and almost instantly, she soon towered over me, at a whopping 15 feet, causing my jaw to drop and my PTSD to kick in again.

"Oh... Shit..." I accidentally said, And Celestia stared down at me, her eyes no longer visible in the darkness of her helmet, and she points at me with her spear, ready to end this.

"Malideus... you miserable scum... I'm going to do what I should have done a year ago... And squash you like the roach you are!" Celestia bellows, her voice shaking the entire room in an epic manner befitting her new size. Even so, despite my unrelenting urge to bail, I figured that this had to be it, their final gambit. I had armor. I had wits. I had magic. She? She had size and a spear, that's it. I could take this broad!

"Bring it on, Gigantor!" I call, utilizing my favored fat joke in an ironic manner, given the situation. But almost immediately afterward, I begin to regret my decision. As soon as I got into position, Celestia was upon me, and so was her massive spear. I narrowly avoid that, but am immediately swatted aside by her lance, now as thick as an oak tree, and I tumble across the floor, almost going out one of the windows. And before I can get up, she's upon me again, and more than ready to skewer me. But luckily for me, I had something she didn't; Jump jets! With a palpable push, I hit the jets with all my might, sending me sliding across the floor belly-down like a penguin, just as Celestia's spear pierces the flooring with a fiery vengeance. Quickly, I stop the jets, halting my sliding, and jump to my feet, ready for her next move. Thankfully, Celestia was still pulling her spear out of the floor, and I had time to take aim with my weapon. As soon as I get my gun up, though, Celestia pulls her spear from the tile, and begins to turn toward me. Thankfully, her girth makes her an easy target, and while She's busy looking for me, I take the shot, landing a direct hit to her chest. Celestia, upon contact with the lethal bolt, staggers, using her spear to keep herself from falling over, but my smile quickly fades as she laughs, getting steady, and prepares her charge, taunting me in her loud, booming voice.

"Heh heh... You're going to have to try a little harder than that, runt." Celestia taunts, and I instinctively roll to the side, just as she charges me at light-speed, destroying the floor I stood on only moments before. But before I can aim again, she gets up, points her lance at me, and launches a ray of solar magic at me, keeping me dodging while she gets ready to skewer me again. But by now, I've learned her pattern, and I'm a step ahead of her, and as soon as she lunges again, I pull my greatest trick yet. As soon as she passes over me as I roll, I activate my jets, and I use them to jump me up to her back, where I latch on using my suit's powerful claws. By that point, she's looking for me, thinking I've vanished.

"Wh-what the..?! Where'd you go!? Stop hiding and face me, you miserable coward!" Celestia says, stomping around, trying to find me, leaving me snickering on her back. Finally, after a while of being jostled around, I finally decide to enact on my plan, and I begin to charge my aether cannon, readying for a short, sweet victory. However, she must have heard or felt me, because as soon as I ready to fire, She reaches behind her, forcing me to let go to avoid getting manhandled again. So I hit the floor and open fire, only to have my shots avoided or blocked by that damn spear of hers.

"You coward, using such cheap tricks! How did I ever trick myself into thinking anything good could be in you? You're nothing but a weak, miserable vagrant!" Celestia bellows, swinging her spear at me, causing me to work to avoid getting swatted by the tower-sized weapon. But still, it seems easier this time, likely because of her anger, or because of her size. Either way, I jump sing after swing, roll under each and every thrust, even manage to parry a particularly weak swipe of her spear. And believe me, the opportunity was not wasted. As she struggled to recover, I practically launched myself at her, toppling her over, and fired my weapon at her chest nonstop for a good five seconds, doing more than my fair share of damage to her. But even so, this massive dyke was just TOO determined, and before I could react, She grabs me, and throws me into another column, destroying it. The suit though, bless Kelias's heart, was undamaged. So, getting up, I press my advantage, and launch everything I had at Celestia. I grappled, punched, kicked, shot and headbutted her too many times to count, made easier by the fact she couldn't reach me half the time. She was so stressed, I could see steam come out of her helmet. It. Was. Glorious.

"Had enough, Celestia? Looks like bigger really ISN'T better after all!" I taunt, further angering the towering Princess of the sun.

"Damn you... DAMN YOU!!! Hold still, you damned pest! I'LL END YOU!!!" Celestia roared, frantically trying to hit me, or catch me, or at least get away from me. But alas, she could do nothing as I whittled her strength away to nothing... that is, until she stood still, hunching herself as if in prayer. I tried to figure out what she was doing, but it quickly dawned on me, and I only managed to escape the subsequent wave of lightning by the skin of my teeth. My suit, however, still felt its effects, and quickly overheated and shut down, leaving me dazed and confused, in a dark, limp shell of armor.

"Ohhhh, that's not good..." I muttered, And soon, I felt the suit jostle as Celestia picked it up, and I heard metal groaning as she stuck her thumbs in the chest cavity, trying to pry it open. But, though great be her efforts, to no avail did she attempt, because Darksteel is too fucking OP, even for her.

"Grrrrr.... Just... get... Why won't this thing open!? WHY CAN'T I KILL YOU!?" Celestia cried, punching the suit, jamming her spear into its joints to pry it open, and even removing her helmet to bite it. But no matter, the suit did not yield, and I couldn't help but feel a little bit smug about it.

"Ha ha, good luck trying, bitch! This thing is made of pure Darksteel! Only way you're getting in is if you could bend physics!" I say, laughing. However, after a moment, Celestia says something that sends pure, unadulterated fear-chills up my spine.

"Hum, Lightning seemed to work pretty good..." Celestia says, and without another word in, I frantically try to power the suit back up, hitting every button available to press, but to no avail. The thing was still too hot, and another shock was going to cause it to activate all vent ports, including the chest. I needed a plan, and fast.

"Uh, hey, let's try and take this moment to calm down real quick. look, I'm sorry I shot your sister. But I didn't kill her, did I?" I ask, trying to worm my way out of this. But, for once, My words couldn't save me this time.

"You tried to shoot ME! After all I'd done, you still tried to kill me! You know what, I want to use your own eloquent language to describe how I feel about your pitiful 'offer', Fuck your offer. Fuck your suit, FUCK your stupid plans, and most importantly..." She continued as she charged her attack, and I could only sweat as I felt the air fill with rage and static electricity. "...And most importantly of all... FUCK... YOU!!!" Celestia shouted, her voice causing the windows to all shatter, and then the loosed a fucking thunderstorm into my suit, causing the weapons and jets to explode, the alarms to blare, and the vents to open, revealing my frail form within, and immediately launching me out of the suit with a blast of hot air, right into Celestia's waiting grip. Now, you know how I hate being manhandled? Well, this just turned my dislike into a God-damned phobia. I tried to struggle, to kick, to do ANYTHING, really, but to no avail. I was done.

"Well, look at this. Look who's the short one NOW, wretched wizard." Celestia said eerily, squeezing me in her hand.

"Gak! hur.... j-just kill me already..!" I wheeze, my lungs no longer able to take in oxygen. But Celestia was fresh out of pity. Instead, she just stared at me, a cold, evil smile etched across her face.

"You think I'm just going to kill you, do you? You have no idea how wrong you are." Celestia says, squeezing tighter as she speaks, and I hear bones creaking. Oh god, this isn't going to end well... "No... I'm going to make you suffer, Malideus. You're going to cry. You're going to break. And then. I'm going to keep on crushing you. Over. And over. And over. And this time, not your friends, not your luck, and not your silly 'Narrator' friend are going to save you. Now get ready, because this is REALLY going to hurt." Celestia says cruelly, and I feel her grip get tighter around me, and while sorely tempted to, I do not scream, or cry, or anything. I already said she'd get nothing from me, and even now, I fucking meant it!

"You... you really are pretty cruel, aren't you... Celestia..? Just... like... me..." I wheeze, attempting to find my breath. However, She immediately loses her smile, and stops squeezing me, allowing me to breath, albeit shallowly and raggedly.

"Like YOU!? You petty little worm, I am NOTHING like you! You've killed! You've destroyed! You almost brought ruin to us, and for what!? I have done nothing to warrant such an insult!" Celestia reasons, more to herself than to me, but I've got her, all I need to do now is break her, and I'm home free.

"Yeah, well... look at this, then. I never tortured. I get it done, and move on. Never has my enemy suffered more than necessary. But look at you, torturing you prisoners, casing them in stone, squeezing them to death in front of God and everybody. In the end, Celestia, it doesn't matter, does it? You're no better than me. And I just proved it." I say, And Celestia seems hesitant at first, but her vigor quickly returns, and I feel the pressure suddenly return, even greater than before.

"You proved nothing. I'm doing this because I have to. I already told you I wouldn't kill you, but I never said I'd be merciful. You brought this on yourself, pushing every possible button until it came to this. Now, you're paying the price. I told you... if you stepped over the line, you were going to have a bad time. Now... Suffer!" Celestia shouts, but as soon as she starts to squeeze, a loud, thundering 'boom' echoes across the room, and finally, the pain stops, because she decided that whatever made that noise was more important than squeezing me to death... and after seeing it myself... well, she was right.

"MALIDEUS!!! COME OUT AND TAKE YOUR CHALLENGE LIKE A... WHERE IS MALIDEUS!? WHO IN THE NAME OF ME ARE YOU!?" The thundering voice, belonging to none other than Khorne himself, Asks, gesturing to Celestia, who looks genuinely shocked and scared.

"... Um, sorry, who in Tartarus are YOU?" Celestia asks, taking up a challenging pose to the Chaos god Khorne, who replies in kind.

"BITCH, I DON'T THINK I STUTTERED, OR ASKED YOUR OPINION. WHERE. IS. MALIDEUS!? HE'S LATE FOR OUR REMATCH!" Khorne bellows, Causing me to try and wriggle out of Celestia's hand. Oh no, I am NOT getting caught like this. Even so, her grip tightens, preventing my escape.

"Sorry, but you're not the first in line to destroy him. Now, if you'd please get out, before I force you out..." Celestia says, and two just stare awkwardly at eachother, making me wish someone would just kill me already.

"FIRST IN LINE!? I'M FUCKING KHORNE! I'M ALWAYS FIRST IN LINE!!! NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY, BEFORE THIS GETS EVEN UGLIER THAN YOU ARE, HORSE FACE!!" Khorne roars, causing Celestia to drop me, turn to him, and grit her teeth. Ohshitniggerwhatareyoudoing.jpg.

"You really want to go, don't you?" Celestia asks unusually quietly, dropping me from her hand. But I don't run. Instead, my body freezes, and forces me to see this ungodly spectacle play out.

"BRING IT ON, SEMEN DEMON! I'LL FUCK YOU 'TILL YOU LOVE ME, YOU LITTLE FAGGOT!!!" Khorne roars, trying to tower over Celestia, and the two stand off, almost comically, with me just watching.

Oh boy, this was going to be a fucking BLAST.

Author's Notes:

Here we are, Another short chapter, just because. Yes, I know Celestia sounds like Sans, but I've just been REALLY into Undertale, okay? Please don't hate me because I'm trash.

Anyway, this is just one part of many, just to get your appetite up again. Don't worry, the next chapter will be better, I promise. More death! More violence! More pop culture references! Until next time, Heathens!