Darkness Deals With... What?
Chapter 11: Us Lose... What?

By: Major Frostwing

Red and myself stepped out of the portal to see the sky swirling with magic. "Fuck looks like the final act has already started." I said as I turned my attention to the hill overlooking the school. "LETS GO!" I yelled running off towards the hill with Red on my heels.

"Jon a plan would be useful." Red said as she easily kept pace with me.

"These bitches run off of ambient emotion caused by their music. Our plan was to fight fire with fire and use magic to stop them. Now that they have Moon I have the next best idea." I said as we passed the stage. "Moon is conscious magic. And she is an emotional type. If we can supercharge her then we can get her out of her prison." I said as we finally reached the bottom of the hill. "You up for a solo?" I asked her as she cracked a smile.

"You know I love singing." Red said with that same cocky smile. "Give me the beginning and I can sing it." When we finally reached the top of the hill the girls were to busy trying their hardest to fight off the magical projections of the sirens. Vinyl on the other hand looked back at us cracking a smile as she hit a button as a compartment opened on the side of her car revealing a guitar and a microphone.

"Get ready for the hardest round of karaoke you have ever done." I told her as I strapped on the guitar plugging in. I listened closely to where in the song the girls were before slamming out a cord joining in as hard as I could. The girls looked back seeing me. "DON'T STOP! KEEP IT GOING! SHOVE THEM BACK!" I yelled as they all nodded going back to playing. We needed to shove them back even if it was just a little bit.

We played as hard as we could but we were the ones being shoved back by their music. Until finally we were shoved completely back our music stopping altogether. I grit my teeth getting back to my feet looking down to the stage.

"Is that all you got?" One of the Dazzlings asked as I stepped up to the mic.

"NOT IN YOUR FUCKING DREAMS!" I roared back as I tossed my phone to Vinyl. "Grab the song Red's Favorite and blast it." I said stepping back as Red took center stage. She ripped the mic from it's stand as I cracked a cocky smile. Standing next to the girls. "They don't stand a chance in hell of beating Red."

"What makes you say that Jon?" I chuckled.

"Red and Moon share a frequency when it comes to music. They both love Melodic Death Metal." I said as the music kicked off and Red began to sing. The girls staggered back from the brutal singing coming from Red. I just smiled staring down at the dazzlings who tried to fight back with their own music only for it to be stomped out by the raw power of Red's singing.

"My word I never expected this from such a sweet girl." I looked to Rarity chuckling.

"Well she is my wife. She has a bit of corruption running through her. And she owns it." I turned to Sunset holding my hand out as she placed my case into my waiting hand. "Now it is my turn to add to this." I drew Umbra and Solaris from the case as the music went into a lull. I seized a mic roaring into it. "HELL COMES FOR YOU!" I handed the mic back to Red as she went right back into it. I turned my sights on the dazzlings as one of their amulets began to glow a menacing purple. Arcs of power carved into the stage as I took off.

It didn't take me long to reach the stage which I leapt onto coming face to face with the dazzlings. The amulet continued to arc with power it just needed that last push before it would break. "STOP HIM YOU FOOLS!" Adagio ordered as Aria and Sonata charged me magic glowing on their hands. I cracked a smile raising Solaris Slashing through both of them. Their magic seized up as their glowing stopped. I reached out seizing Aria by the throat lifting her high before putting her straight to the stage cracking the floor in the process. I turned to see Sonata throw a punch only for me to meet her fist with my own. I heard the bones shatter from the impact. She screamed out in pain only to be silenced by a chop to the throat.

"So sick of listening to your voices." I said as i flicked my gaze onto Adagio raising Solaris towards her. "Let's see what you got when facing me head on." I threatened as Adagio charged a spell pulling from the dark purple amulet only for Solaris to embed itself into her chest her spell died out. She looked at me horrified before I began to walk forward my fist primed. I dashed forward seizing her outfit as I blasted the amulet as hard as I could. The amulet detonated and out flew Moon who impacted the crowd knocking them down. I kept a solid grip on Adagio as I wrapped my fingers around her crimson choker. "I'm going to break this and then I am going to break you." Adagio shook in my grip before she took a deep breath screaming out a battlecry directly into my face. I only heard it for a second before I heard a loud pop and only pain rang through my head. I still kept a solid hold on Adagio as she continued to scream only to be silenced when I drove my knuckles into her throat. She gagged as I ripped the choker free breaking it in my hand.

I only heard a ringing in my ears as I continued to glare down at Adagio drawing Umbra off my back about to drive it home when a blinding white light surrounded us forcing me to take a step back from it's intensity. When the light finally died down I saw Adagio smoking from the attack. I looked to Umbra to see the corruption had been removed once again. I turned back to Aria and Sonata to see them smoking as well. I turned to the crowd seeing Moon jump up to the stage before melding with me once again. I continued to look about only hearing silence before I raised my hands to my ears. I heard a second pop as the ambient sound returned to me once again. I looked to the crowd raising a hand flicking my wrist once as my disguise returned. "Well that was fun." I said hopping off of the stage as everyone moved out of my way. I gripped Umbra tighter as it corrupted once again returning to it's true glory. I looked up at the hill to see Red and the girls running down to meet me.

Red was the first to get to me as she wrapped me in a tight hug which I returned. "Good singing there Red. Couldn't have done it without you." I said as she only tightened her grip.

"Reckless dumbass." Red muttered as I chuckled looking to the other girls.

"My job is done here. I'm going home now." I said before a scream caught my attention. I turned back to see Aria charge me with a guitar. I could only sigh as I flicked my wrist summoning my spell pistol and planting a stun round into her chest. "To think I let them get the jump on me." I muttered dismissing my pistol as Aria impacted the ground.

I turned back to the girls shrugging. "You all have fun with your competition or whatever. I'm tired and it is Bright's bed time." I began walking away with Red by my side. Then I heard something I didn't expect. I heard the start of an applause which made me pause. I looked over my shoulder to see the applause turned into full on cheering. I looked about the crowd as they continued to cheer for us. I couldn't help but smile as Red wrapped an arm around me. I looked down at her as she smiled up at me. I chuckled shaking my head.

I raised a fist in the air which Red mimicked before we turned as one walking back to the portal. Maybe this place isn't so bad.

Author's Note

The song Red Sung is this
Arch Enemy - Nemesis