*Atlas Academy, Remnant; August 8, 2018; 3:15 PM*

"Tell me, Scion, are you anything like your father?" Cinder asked smugly.

"You'll see just how alike we are soon enough!" Cade seethed, charging his power while Flurry did the same.

Both time-travelers screamed as they powered up to maximum, by the time they finished, Cade looked very much like his father, while Flurry appeared to be engulfed by a form of Rainbow Power.

"We've spent almost our entire lives fighting you. Every time you absorbed another Maiden's powers, we adapted!" Cade screamed.

"Every parent, friend, and ally you took from us, we needed to move on! What you see here is the result of years spent training! Against an all-powerful seasonal maiden, we couldn't even compare, but against just a Fall Maiden.." Flurry continued.

"Let me explain. You, or at least another you, killed all of the Seasonal Maidens, absorbed their power, and became a god! Congratulations, you callous psycho, you won!" Cade took another step towards Cinder.

"But you made a terrible mistake.. You killed our friends. And now, we're here because of you." Flurry Heart coldly spat.

"Let us show you what you've created, Fall!" Cade screamed, charging towards Cinder with his sword drawn.

Cinder looked uncertain for only a mere second before composing herself, grabbing Cade by the chest and burning away his tunic.

Flurry sped behind her, bucking her behind the head and flying to attack again at Rainbow Dash-rivaling speed.

Cade staggered up, growling as he pulled out his sickle, and flew towards where Cinder would be.

"DIE!!!" Cade roared, slashing Cinder's back repeatedly while both him and Flurry tried to stay on the offensive.

Cinder eventually ducked out of the way, grabbing Cade's sword and ramming the wielded into Flurry. Cinder clutched the blade tigher as it turned a bright orange and shattered.

Cade swept underneath the Maiden, trying to stab her in the back while Flurry darted towards the both of them. Cinder spun Cade around, forcing him to get lanced by Flurry Heart's horn.

"Watch it!" Cade yelled.

Cinder leaped backwards, attaching numerous arrows on the string of her bow and firing, blowing up the exit, where Cade and Flurry could easily escape to.

Cinder stayed on the offensive, slashing away at both time-travelers and kicking one away.

Cade leapt away from the battle, clasping his hands into a ball at his side.

"Flurry, keep her there!" Cade demanded while he charged the attack.

Flurry darted side to side to avoid Cinder's attacks, eventually bucking her away, flying to Cinder's destination, and bucking her again.

Cade, by now, was at half-capacity for the attack, the one that his timeline's Alex had used to sacrifice himself.

'It's no use... Even at 1/4 her usual strength, Cinder is still somehow beating us.. I have no choice but to use this attack...' Cade thought hopelessly.

Flurry looked towards Cade, who by now had his arms to the sky, a large ball of electricity in his hands.

'Is that... No, it can't be!!' Flurry gasped.

"What... Is that?" Cinder seemed interested in Cade's attack.

"GOD SHOCKER!!!!!" Cade yelled, clasping his hands together and firing a bean of purple electricity.

Cinder smiled, grabbing Flurry Heart and throwing her in the direct path of the blast while she leaped out of the way.

"FLURRY?!" Cade gasped, powering down almost immediately.

Flurry tried to escape, but was caught in the blast and completely obliterated.

Cade gaped in horror, falling to the ground with barely any power left.

"W-Why..? H-How?!" Cade gagged.

"Because, Scion, you're still a novice. Even with all of your so-called training, which, I assume was just the cardio from running away while 'I' killed your loved ones. You're exactly like your father," Cinder smiled, planting a boot at Cade's neck while she strung an arrow to her bow.

Cade coughed.

"Do you believe in destiny..?" Cade glared.

Cinder stopped, thinking for a moment.

"Yes." Cinder pulled back the bow.

Ruby stopped to look at the sheer carnage that had taken place. She knew she saw Flurry get completely evaporated by Cade's blunder, but still couldn't believe it.

It was then Alex had been slammed to the ground, with Yang not far behind him.

"D-Dammit..." Alex coughed as Yang picked him up.

"Yang?" Ruby gasped.

"Woah, Ruby?!" Yang gasped, running out of power.

Yang's hair fell back down, turning completely blonde as her eyes also reverted to their normal color. Yang turned to her right to find Cade at Cinder's mercy.

Cade himself had passed out, still breathing, but barely alive.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" Yang screamed, lunging towards her son's attacker in blind fury.

"Yang, wait!" Alex yelled in vain as Ultimus flew from Cinder's left, hacking off Yang's right arm and leg.

Alex and Ruby stared in horror, their situation now hopeless as the two villains, still at their maximum, stood over their dismembered comrade.

Ruby's expression, in particular, was twisted in horror as her eyes began to glow bright white.

"YANG!!!!" Ruby screamed as silver light flowed from her eyes and towards their enemies.

Ultimus, who was Ruby's main target for dismembering Yang, stared on in horror before he was swept completely by the light.

"DAMN YOU!!!!" He screamed as the light completely enveloped him.

The light dissipated, with Cinder staring horrified at the young huntress.

Ruby screamed again, speeding towards her enemy and hacked her apart before the white light disappeared from Ruby's eyes and she fell over, merely unconscious.

Alex, the only standing survivor of the battle, stepped towards Cinder, he stared directly into her eyes.

"Y-Y-You c-can't do this..." Cinder gasped, coughing blood.

Alex only hardened his gaze.

"Y-You ca-can't... Do this..! Help... Me..." She gagged.

Alex growled angrily as Cinder continued to plead.

"H-Have m-m-mercy..!" She gasped.

"What gives you the right?! My parents, Karis, Pyrrha, and now Flurry! You didn't care at all when you killed them, why should I?!" Alex glared.

The warrior's shoulder's stooped as he let out a rattling sigh.

"And the worst thing is, this is all my fault. That's my one big mistake, letting you live. I won't let anything like this happen again." Alex turned again to face his nemesis, loading his old revolver, .44 Scratch.

"You f**king power-hungry sociopath!! This is for everyone! This is for ME!" Alex screamed, shooting his enemy in the neck once.

Cinder gasped and gagged as Alex turned away, not even bothering to listen to her strangled cries as she slowly expired.

Cinder Fall, the one who killed Alex's parents and his friends, the one who prolonged his hell, was dead.

Alex powered down, exhausted, and sat down. He pulled out his Scroll and sent a distress beacon.

"If anyone can hear me, this is Captain Alex Walker. I've got 3 people unconscious, and one is badly wounded. Please send medical attention and get us to Patch ASAP." He pleaded.

Author's Notes:

There's still one or two chapters of the Vytal Festival Saga just to wrap things up.
My only concern so far is that these chapters are way too short.

But I'm just wondering what you're all thinking of the story so far, I know I asked this a lot in the last story, but I'm just curious. Besides, I like hearing from everyone out there.

Until next chapter!

-The Destoyer