"I think you made him mad." Observation goes to Swift, though that was a clear image due to the amount of condensed magic gathering where Ruin landed, if anything, he was preparing to go all in on me and that could spell disaster if I were to play this foolishly again. I had a single, more than mangled, life left. I also had backup.

"Depends, does he usually replicate a shit-ton of weaponry-which are currently heading this way?" I asked in return, seeing the hundred or so weapons flying in our direction, but before I could lift a finger to rid them from my issues, I watched as a pack of timber wolves took the brunt of the hits, their bodies black and gooey, eyes sunken and white too

I glanced over at Swift, holding Void Edge in her hands, whist she smiled coyly.

"See, I can help too." She mused, before I grabbed her leg and threw her behind me, whist the ground where she stood melted and snapped at the cursed flames which easily consumed the Taken Wolves with ease, leaving me to stare at Swift's disappointed face. "Just once....let me win...."

"The adults are talking, brat! So stay out of this!" Ruin snapped, kicking my gutless gut through the door and back down the flight of stairs as I continued to roll, my pride dripping down every step of agony. "I've waited so long to do this...."

"A bit of a delay on your part." I muttered under my rolling body, before I saw the emerald eyes watch my tumbling with glee. But I still had to ask one simple thing. "You had every opportunity to kill me, or attempt it, so why only start now? I'm far more powerful than the last time, so it seems a little wasted?"

"'Wasted'? No-no-no-no. You think you've the only one who worked their way to the top of the board from nothing? You though, you are nothing, you deserve nothing, you....are NOTHING!" Ruin snarled, before I was pulled through the spiral-stairs and through the wall into a hallway, the bricks clattering upon me as I moved off the carpet

"Someone's upset?" I added, not wanting to be dragged through another wall, since Ruin stood a few feet away from me, his talon tapping against the marble floor with irritation. But I could tell he was waiting for me to focus again, this was his final move I guess

"You have been the biggest pain in the soul to me since day one. Albatross is something else too, but right now, I just have one last offer for you." Ruin summed up his life story, but I was listening nonetheless. "Quit doing this world, and Loki the favor of aiding it, and I'll simply let you leave, clearly you hate this place, given the fact you smeared the faces of their Monarchs across the battlefield with ease, so why waste time here?"

"Better than that, I can get Loki off your back, by the time he notices your....disappearance, you'll be nothing but a ghost in the wind." Ruin emphasized his point with a wave of his hand, and to be fair, the offer is tempting, all gaps were sealed in this, hardly any twisted wording, and Loki is kind-of a dick. However....

"Why would we trust anything you say, you've tried to kill him before!?" Didn't even need to speak, Swift did it for me, seeing her stand beside me for once with a glare, now, I'm no psychiatrist, I failed horribly at it, but she's really pissed with Ruin, and in a, 'I know you know' way. "You're a pathological liar."

"Guilty as charged. But I'm serious, with my help, you'll be a distant memory of Loki, almost....adrift in an endless nothingness that even he can't detect." Ruin spoke, his left hand glowing a sickly green, as the embers dripped like venom to the carpet, question, how come not a single guard has shown themselves yet? Just me? Ok. "What do you say, buddy, feel like vanishing?"

"Yeah....how about...." I was really finding this offer tempting, but Loki did bring up a valid point, if not a very simple one at that

"-Nightmares are creatures of destruction, they all love violence to a degree and are more than willing to do anything to get what they want."

"-Me and Swifty here don't just kill you...." I trailed off, seeing his eye twitch with his claws, whist Swift seemed to grasp Void Edge closer to her chest. "But violently maim your sorry ass like a fish-stick?"

"Hmm....how about...." Ruin pondered, tapping a claw to his chin with narrowed eyes, before he melted, quite horrid might I add, into the ground like a puddle, before I turned sharply to my left between me and Swift. "No."

Ruin was far faster than I had anticipated, as his tail lunged at my stomach, slicing my chest, whist placing the force of a train behind the strike, knocking me backwards across the floor, whist his flaming left fist connected with the flat face of Swift's Void Edge, the shockwave rattling the air, as the floor beneath them shattered like glass, with Swift being forced to her knee under the pressure of his ignited fist.

"Such a shame, I really liked you." Ruin grumbled, before something wrapped around his arm, pulling it away, and towards the now glaring head of a Hydra, its sunken, white eyes narrowing under its slimy body, as the tongue dragged him closer to the crooked, serrated teeth, only for Ruin to simply swipe his tail back, slicing the head of the Taken Hydra in two, before he spun in the air, kicking the remains of the single head aside. "But this tune has gotten dry, and rather repetitive."

Facing me again, his body dashed in a blink of shadows, before he grabbed my shirt, pulling me to my feet, before his claws extended, piercing my skull like an apple, before he threw me into the wall, his foot striking my stomach again, shattering the wall behind me, then he kicked me again with much more ferocity, causing the wall behind my spine to collapse, throwing me through the bricks with ease. Then I warped behind him myself, striking the side of his face with a fist, but....I was actually startled to see him blocking the force with a single finger, then he looked over his shoulder with a mad smile.

"Bye now." Ruin put simply, flicking his finger against my knuckle, turning my arm's bones to dust, whist throwing me backwards into a spiral down the hall. Then I turned, blocking his fist with my concealed xenomorph tail, striking him, and slicing his fingers off his palm, before I bounced back off the floor, and threw a right cross into his side, followed by a left uppercut to the jaw, throwing him into the ceiling above us

Ruin only seemed to melt into the shadows again, appearing behind Swift, as she flew forwards, avoiding his grab, as the Taken rift broke between them, releasing another pack of Taken Wolves before Ruin, who only kicked one back through the rift, before he grabbed one by the neck, and used it as a stick to break the others to his left and right like a baton, before he dropped the remains of the Taken Wolf, and flattened its skull under his foot, his talons digging into the Corrupted wood.

I was finally given a chance to attack, seeing as he was trying to knock Swift from the sky, so I vanished again, appearing just behind him, but his left arm reached around to grab me again, only for me to twisting his shoulder in my fist, snapping the bone under the pressure, as his right knee flew around, breaking my ribs, before he threw a gut punch from his right fist, so I grabbed it, pulling him closer, as I threw my right fist across his smug face, throwing him back slightly.

He only seemed to twitch under the strain, before propelling himself towards me, his left fist clenched, so I did the only logical thing, I threw my face into the connecting blow, the impact absorbing into my muscles, as the bones within Ruin's fist seemed to shake and recoil from the unbreakable force, as he winced, pulling his arm back.

"N...no...!" Ruin was startled, perfect for me, as I moved closer to him, my right hand connecting with his face, throwing him backwards, before he grunted, a purple streak of void energy digging into his back from Swift, as she spun around, bringing the blade down in a horizontal arc. Ruin grabbed her wrist then twisting, making her grip loosen on Void Edge, before he grabbed her face, throwing her across the floor, before she struck the wall harshly, knocking the wind out of her, so I moved closer

Ruin reacted though, ducking with his left leg held up behind him, then he spun on his heel, swiping at my legs with his leg, but I leapt over him, so he grabbed my right leg, before throwing me into the wall, before he flew upwards, pulling me with him, before he spun in the air, and threw me into the floor, shattering the tiles even further, and most of my shoulder blades, spinal cord, and pelvis for a few short seconds of pain. Then that was replaced with Ruin's feet impaling my chest, snapping my ribs, and puncturing my heart and lungs, as I coughed up black blood, as he pressed further to look at me with a grin.

"I was going to be a simple guy and kill you quickly, given the fact you are the greatest challenge ive had in years, but now....now all I feel is robbed." Ruin frowned, moving to kick me onto my stomach, as I felt the magic pressure build into his body again. Shit, I'm kind-of having some deja vu from the last time, damn, I think he may have placed more of those nullifies again....not good, would explain my decreased strength. "So long, Chris...."

"What the...hell are you doing!?" Ok...didn't really expect Swift to be still coherent, but hey, miracles in death. "You have more power than most people across this world, you fought off impossible odds before, so what's stopping you now!? For Celestia's sake, get the fuck up!"

"Well....that was touching." Ruin mocked empathy, whist my arm slowly inched closer to my face, as I moved my sleeve slightly under his foot atop my back, slowly grinding my spine, and organs like paste, as I spat more black blood out under the pressure, then, I saw him lean down. "Swift, say goodbye to your last hope of ever being someone significant....any last words, Chris?"

"I....AM THE MACHINE!!!" I barked up, seeing his face twist round, only for my arm to completely smack him across the cheek, imprinting the grey and orange Versatrix symbol across his face, the dial slamming down against the watch, it may only last a second, but this might just work. Within that time-frame, a flash of hot-orange blinded us, as my arm converted under the light of the Versatrix, as my arm completely took on the form of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's arm, spiting the ceiling above wide open, atomizing the roof in a single thrust of my arm, splitting the clouds, and grazing the side of the Donut Moon, looking now like it had a bite taken out of its side, with some stars flashing in the Twilight sky, indicating at where Ruin had ended up

With that flash of orange, I breathed heavily under the strain, seeing my arm back to normal, whist the rubble of the castle rained from the roof's edges, leaving me and Swift to relax under the silence of the aftermath, seeing Ruin was nowhere to be seen. For once, I felt rather glad to be still not dead, or unalive as it were.

"Is everyone alright!?" At the sudden male voice, our heads turned to see....Armour approaching us, a group of Guards accompanying him, all armed with spears, and shields, with Princess Celestia following too with a worried expression. Then, all eyes fell on me, as I coughed up more black blood over the blacklight rebuilding my bones, and organs again. "So....this was all you?"

"Oh go fuck a cactus." I commented, moving slowly to my feet to look at the damage caused. "I was used to cause this, but yeah I did some redecorating with both my face, and Ruin's spine."

"Its true-ow!" Swift winced, holding her left arm at the blood, as she walked up to me with a reassured smile. "This wasn't our fault, it was Ruin, he ambushed us, trying to kill Chris."

"I may not agree with Chris' methods, but this seems to be a foolish attempt on any person's part in attack him." Well, seems Celestia is of the understanding type, I can accept that, then she looked me in the eye. "Was this the Ruin, Loki talked of?"

"The one....and only, you swine!" A gnarled, mangled voice sieved behind me and the Guards, as Swift quickly moved to hold my left side up, huh, didn't realize my body was still weaker

"Thank you, Swifty." I nodded, before we turned out gazes to Ruin, seeing us with a twitching eye. His body was dripping with melted flesh, as some floated in the air like a parasite, sticking back together like ink, whist his eyes were pulled, torn like claws through his face, as his frown hung open with blackened teeth, whist his both smoked with the smell of burnt flesh, hair, and skin. "Shiiiit."

"Seeing you two like this makes my melted flesh itch with pain, your disgusting presence is enough to make this unyielding rage boil in me....!" He growled, his hand both glowing a sickly green once more, as his eyes narrowed permanently at us, whist bones protruded from his shoulders, with some beginning to aligning his arms, he was evolving, not a good sign at all. "I've had it, no more holding back, no Loki, no Princesses, and certainly no Albatross is going to stop me!"

"You mad bro?" I muttered, seeing his rage break completely, so I tugged at Swift's shirt, getting her to stare at me with pink eyes. "Back off, this won't end well for all of us otherwise."

"Chris...." I don't have time for this bullshit, not right now-am I....actually giving a damn about her? Did she somehow matter? Huh, not important right now. "I'll find the lacrima causing the nullification, just hold on, ok?"

I was actually caught off guard by that, seeing her switch gears, before flying off into the tower's staircase again, leaving me to deal with the background characters in my way behind me, whist the flames crackled around Ruin. Guess I have no choice now, not that I could care less, spilling his guts was my plan from the beginning. Might as well leave my fate in the hands of girl who could fly.

"Now then....lets see....how much power you have left, Chris, to stop THIS!"

I fucking hate weddings.

Author's Note

Back from the dead, bitches! Enjoy this one, since I doubt Lucaridis will be bothered to write for a while, I'll try, but hope this to your liking, peace!

Sincerely, Slendy

Yup, why write your own story when you have good natured slaves to do it for you. I'd say thanks but we both know I wouldn't mean it.