560713MM: Hey guys! The very long wait for the new chapter is finally over! Now I probably should've said this quite some time ago. Sayyyy... Probably Chapter 1. LEL But this is the darkest of all my Fanfics combined thus far. Violence, fatal/severe injuries, and death are the most frequent in this fanfic. But don't let that stop you from enjoying this fanfic! :D Anyways, as you probably already know, I don't own Yugioh ZEXAL, nor its characters. All I own is this story, its plot and my OC's.
Chapter 23
"Neptune! How could say such a thing?!" Rio questioned her son in confusion. Dumon on the other hand, was reading a new article on his cellphone. He turned around and faced the group.
"Neptune you're correct. The Board of Directors decided to execute Michelle and Yen over the charges of treason, murder, illegal money transfers and child abuse." Dumon told the group. Some of the faces in the group began to sadden at this news. Neptune then out his hands behind his head.
"Well, it looks like our options are simple. Surrender and maybe only get sent prison. Or die at the hands of the army of Nexus." Neptune gave his 2 cents on the matter at hand; giving sharp look towards Heather's general direction.
"Sorry scum! Did I disrupt your emotional moment?" A voice said, looking down from the chimney; which was untouched by the explosion(s) prior. Minerva looked up the chimney to see a face that has haunted her nightmares.
"Minerva; you look so scared….. Oh, I wonder how your parents are?' Shadow Priest said with a grin plastered on his face while standing on a barrel.
"Oh great! It's the traitor, what do you want?" Mizar growled, wrapping a bandage around his foot where the harpoon pierced it prior to Vector's own harpoon. Shadow Priest just hurled another harpoon at Mizar's other foot and laughed as it pierced it. Mizar howled in pain from that.
"Is this "Hurt Mizar day"?" Shadow Priest just chuckled darkly in amusement to Mizar's pain.
"I'm here to deliver something of value to you Mineva." He said with a dark grin plastered on his face as he continued tapping the lid of the barrel. Minerva's eyes widened.
N-No… It can't be… Minerva thought; terror obviously on her face. She could feel her entire body shaking. As if reading Minerva's thoughts, Shadow Priest grinned with a dark expression his face.
"That's right Minerva! Your father is inside this barrel! Well….. His remains!" Shadow Priest laughed darkly. Minerva could feel herself shaking ever harder now. This caused the Shadow Priest to grin ever so wider.
"You can keep the barrel….." Shadow Priest finally remarked. As he tipped over the barrel; acid and bones spill out towards skull of her father hitting her feet. She knelt down and move her now shaking hand towards the skull of her now dead father. But right before she touched it, she reeled her hand back and began to cry. Everyone else looked at her in shock. (Except the Shadow Priest.) While she was crying her eyes out, the Shadow Priest was laughing.
"Enjoy the gift I brought you, assholes." Shadow Priest grinned darkly. He turns to leave, then added, "Consider this your warning….. Your last warning…" As he was leaving, Mizar now had enough of Shadow Priest's crimes and let it all go. He clenched his fists and grit his teeth in absolute anger.
"Hades…. You come here with a barrel of your father's liquidated remains and you have no feelings about it?! Tell me do you have any limits?! Do you care about the hundreds of the dead by your hands?! Do care that you destroyed your family?! Finally, do you care about poor Tethys; who can't go single day without guilt, nor your sister, who has lost pretty much everything because of YOUR antics?! TELL ME HADES MICHELLE DARSON!"
Shadow Priest stops and turns around to face Mizar; narrowing his eyes and they turn a fiery red. "Mizar…. The answer to your question is….. NO! You all deserve to suffer for your unanswered crimes! Mizar, you and the other Barians killed millions of innocent people! I killed those who deserved death! I killed the murders, the rapists, the corrupted, and the ones who have hurt the innocent!" Shadow Priest then pulls out a shadow pistol from his holistiler on his belt and shot Tethys right through the stomach. Tethys can't even release a gasp. The gunshot was too painful for such a thing. Blood trickles out of the wound and onto the floor. She too, then crumples to the floor. The rest of them gasp in absolute shock, shortly after, they all glare back at Shadow Priest/Hades. Shadow Priest didn't seem fazed by there reaction to his assault on his former girlfriend.
"The second I realized here the errors that haunt this world being trapped here. Mizar, you think you're in the right to tell the people of Neo Heartland what's right and wrong… Even though you yourself did a wrong centuries ago… You killed them with your own Dragon! Your wife, Heather, is a no good fool who picks fights with leaders who created order, peace, and stability! You're losing this war…...your alliance is breaking apart…...your troops are dying and finally, Michelle and Yen have met there end…" His lips curl into a malicious grin that Mad Prince Vector would use. "And the best part is that you have no hope! No hope at all! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shadow Priest then opens a Vortex of Darkness and disappears; pleased with his job well done.
Once he was gone, Dumon and Rio rush to their daughter who was now on the ground in a massive pool of her own blood. Dumon and Rio stare down at there daughter in sadness and guilt. Rio's one eye has tears falling down. Dumon's face contorted of pain and sorrow. Heather felt there sorrow through her own past experience. The silence between them lasted a few more moments, and then Dumon breaks the ice called silence.
"First Helen…..and now our own Tethys…" Dumon muttered. He gets up and turns towards Heather and Mizar. He then points at Heather.
"It's YOUR fault we're in this mess!" Dumon snapped. "You should've just surrendered to them when given the opportunity!" Of course, Neptune HAD to chime in.
"I agree with Dad." Neptune spoke up. "We're better off surrendering to the cosplayers, considering how strong they are. Heather just turns away from Dumon. She had no words. Mizar on the other hand, wasn't pleased with Dumon's words.
"Even IF we surrendered to them, they'd STILL kill us!" Mizar retorted hotly. Dumon rolled his eyes.
"Where's your proof that they would?!" Dumon remarked back. Mizar gritted his teeth.
"There need be no proof to prove it!" Mizar growled. "They're VILLAINS! They bend the rules to their liking until they are on top!"
This arguing continued for a several more minutes before Rio and Heather stepped in to stop them.
"Stop!" Both Rio and Heather pleaded.
"This arguing will get neither of you, nor of any of us, for that matter." Heather added. It seemed to work in calming the two men down slightly, but it wasn't enough to cool down their tempers. After a few more minutes, Neptune spoke up once again.
"Mizar, you said villains bend the rules, right? So you are a villain. I mean, you're bending the rules all the time and let's face it, you embodied everything Hades said was wrong with the world…" Mizar grits his teeth towards Neptune. He points his right index finger at Neptune.
"Shut. The Hell. Up. Boy." Mizar snapped in a dangerous tone. Neptune just stares at Mizar. At this point, Caesar had enough of this senseless arguing, so he steps in.
"ENOUGH!" Caesar shouted. "I've had enough of this nonsense! Now maybe you'd rather give up on this war, and some of you don't. But I'd rather die fighting than running away and die a coward! Understand?!" Mizar's hatred vanishes from his eyes. Neptune on the other hand, just shrugs and walks away towards a scorched couch. Once the whole ordeal ended, they can hear Minerva crying while holding her Dad's skull.
"I…..I'm all alone now….. No one can help me now…." The majority of the group that was part of the argument turn towards Minerva. Some of there eyes widen at what they're hearing. Helen slowly approaches Minerva.
"H-Hey, you're not alone." Helen tried to reassure her friend. But sadly, it didn't work.
"My mom is now dead from an unknown killer….. My dad shot and melted…..and my brother is now lost to the Darkness forever… Who's left?" Minerva murmured, holding her tears back. When no one answers her question, Minerva continues, "That's right… No one's left….." At this very moment, the group realize what suffering really is.
At the conference room in the Yilaster of Darkness Building, top floor…..
"They're more divided than I thought." Rex noted, while looking down at screen to observe the scene.
"I really wanted a deathmatch between Booknerd and Dragon Lamer!" Vector whined as Yj and the others enter the room. Yj proceeds to approach his chair at the head of the conference table and takes a seat. The Shadow Priest took his seat to Yj's left. Yj then raises a glass full of what appears to be red wine and stands up. It seemed he was doing a toast.
"Gentlemen! Today we have accomplished a victory against the Light! Our very own Z-ONE and Shadow Priest have delivered a major blow to these uneducated rats. We now have crushed there stronghold and moral!" The members at the table clapped with joy.
"Unfortunately…...one of our members went rogue and destroyed it without permission. Therefore, I pass the announcement to Roman." Yj concluded, sitting down looking at Vector who was too busy polishing a knife he stole from Dumon.
"Firstly, congrats to Shadow Priest on a successful mission. And because of this, he shall now be promoted to. HDP. These letters translate to: Head of the Department of Power. Secondly, our friend Vector, who broke orders and destroyed the temple without it giving up all it's secrets must face a punishment. Dartz has decided it." Roman finished; passing the torch to him.
Dartz stood with his glass of wine, Vector finally looked up, sheathing the knife he stole.
"Vector, your actions have gotten you a trip to the lab where we will be testing a new fear gas." Dartz spoke. He then turns towards Girag and Alito, which he motions for them to drag Vector away from the table. They salute and do so.
"HEY! I got ticket to the opera tonight!" Vector complained as the door slammed behind him.
0713MM: Well well well! This was certainly an interesting specimen of a chapter! No dueling in this chapter. Obviously. LEL But the finale of this Fanfic is nearing it's arrival! When it comes... It WILL be a Dueling fest!
