Mikey vs King, Part 2

Mikey's eyes widen in fear as he peers towards King, who smirks back in response.

"I know you can't move your mouth right now, so I'll spare you the trouble and provide you with an explanation," King explains. "Using my Black Prism, I have transported us into an entirely different place in time. Outside the walls of my Black Prism, stands the Temple of the Almighty Torch. But within my Black Prism, we are standing exactly where we are right now…just eighteen thousand years in the past, during the ice age."

King's explanation is interrupted when -from within the block of ice- Mikey's entire body engulfs in black flames, which swiftly melts the ice, freeing Mikey from his frosty captive.

"And why are we here?" Mikey shivers.

"Just showing you what I can do. Right now, the radius of my Black Prism is small, only a hundred or so feet in diameter. But my Black Prism is slowly getting larger by the day, by the second. In a few years, my Black Prism's radius can span the entire planet, and everyone will be sitting in the palm of my hand," King answers, before tilting his head up the sky and splaying his arms to the side. "I CAN THRUST THE EARTH BACK TO WHEN IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A BLAZING BALL OF FIRE!" King booms.

"Black Prism: Chronos Destroyer!" King then shouts as his Black Prism then manifests around him and Mikey again, and this time, Mikey finds himself standing in a wide open plain.

"Where are we now?!" Mikey snaps as he frantically looks around.

King says nothing, he simply points to the sky. Mikey glares at King, then peers upwards to where King is pointing. And when Mikey does so, his eyes widen. For Mikey sees a giant, flaming meteor falling towards him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Mikey cries.

"I have used my Black Prism to transport us back in time to the prehistoric ages. Above us, is a meteorite. The one that caused the extension of all dinosaurs millions of years ago," King answers, causing Mikey's eyes to widen even further.

"That's going to kill both of us!" Mikey cries. "Are you suicidal, or something?!"

"I can move myself back in time before the meteor kills me," King replies. "But not before you die."

"So you expect me to just lay down and accept my death?" Mikey asks as he tilts his head up to the sky and face the meteor again. "So he's a Rule Breaker too now, eh?"

"Well there's not anything you can do against a meteor," King answers with a small chuckle.

Mikey doesn't reply. Instead, he ignites his entire body on fire, causing King's eyes to widen. "Don't tell me you're planning on attempting to destroy the meteor?!" King cries.

"IT'S BETTER THAN ACCEPTING MY DEATH!"

Mikey then aims both his behind him, and -with a wicked, cackling laugh- propels himself into the air and towards the meteor with a steady stream of black flames. Mikey flies until he's standing before the meteor, and launches a flaming fist forwards.

"FLAMES OF DESTRUCTION: METEOR BREAKER!"

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" King cries.

With a roar, Mikey slams his flaming fist forwards, and slowly, cracks begin forming in the meteor, branching out like steady rivers.

"N-no way…" King marvels.

And then…the meteor explodes, sending flaming chunks of rock flying everywhere. The meteorites begin falling to the ground, but before they can fall upon King, he activates his Black Prism, and transports him and Mikey back to the Temple of the Almighty Torch.

Mikey drops to the ground, panting heavily and clutching his broken arm. Mikey's entire body is soaked in blood, and his Crimson COat magma armor has chipped and cracked off his body.

"You destroyed that meteor, Michael Hakan, color me impressed," King smirks. "But unfortunately for you, your body is shattered. This fight is over."

"That's what…you think…" Mikey pants as his entire body engulfs in fire again. Mikey then aims his palms behind him and uses a steady stream of black flames to propel himself towards King one last time. MIkey winces in pain. "WIthout my Crimson Coat…my Flames of Destruction are burning my arms…" he grunts.

"Black Prism!" King desperately shouts as he attempts to manifest his Black Prism again, but instead, a rush of blood explodes out of King's nose, causing king to drop to the ground on his knees and clutch his blood-gushing nose. "Shit…I've been over using my Black Prism…I only have one left…" King grunts before standing back up again. "BLACK PRISM!" King shouts, and this time…King's able to manifest his Black Prism.

"FLAMES OF DESTRUCTION: METEOR FIST!" Mikey roars as he launches his flaming fist forwards, striking King like an arrowhead, slamming King into the wall of the Temple of the Almighty Torch, and breaking through the wall, and then the next one and the next, before slamming King back into the final wall in a giant explosion of black fire and dark purple Cursed Power.

Slowly, cracks begin forming in King's Black Prism.

"Dammit…he's cracking it!" King cries.

"Not enough…NOT HOT ENOUGH!" Mikey roars as he turns up the heat, engulfing King's entire Black Prism cube in his Flames of Destruction, as well as Mikey's own body.

The cracks which had formed in King's Black Prism slowly begin spreading and branching outwards, forming even more cracks, like glass.

"No…this can't be…" King grunts. "I WON'T LET YOU DESTROY MY DREAMS!" 

"MY WORLD WILL BE THE ONE TO COME TO PASS, NOT YOURS!" Mikey roars.

And with one final push, Mikey ups the heat of his Flames of Destruction one last time, and then…King's Black Prism shatters. King's eyes widen as a rush of blood explodes from his body.

"Y-you…" King stammers. "Three years ago; you, Slayer Hachi, and the Blue Demon weren't able to break through my Black Prism, so now h-how c-could-"

"I'M A LOT STRONGER NOW THAN I WAS BACK THEN!" Mikey roars as he aims a hand towards King. "FLAMES OF DESTRUCTION!" Mikey shoots a final fireball towards King, which engulfs the man in flames. King howls in pain as he falls to the ground.

Defeated.

Mikey's Flames of Destruction extinguish as he falls to the ground as well. Much like King, Mikey's entire body is shattered, soaked in blood, and littered with scorch wounds.

"Have I finally surpassed you…" Mikey mumbles to himself as he slips unconscious. "Nick?"

***

Gasp!

I wake up with a gasp as I instantly sit up.

"Wh-what happened?" I groggily ask.

"LUIS!" Ella cries as she leaps onto me and wraps me in a tight hug. Ella's face then flashes red. "Did…did you hear what I said…?" She nervously asks.

"Um…no," I answer.

"Thank goodness…" Ella replies, breathing out a sigh of relief, and causing me to raise an eyebrow at her.

"H-how did I get here?" I ask as I slowly look around.

"Ace brought you here…" Ella sadly answers as she gets off of me. "He wanted me to heal you before your final fight…"

"Ace…" I growl. But then…my eyes widen as I remember something. "That's right, Mikey!" I cry as I look down at my stomach, seeing that through my yorn-open hoodie and shirt, the hole in my gut is no longer there.

"I healed you," Ella says, causing me to turn to face her. I flinch a little when I see tears streaming down her cheeks. "You died, Luis! Your heart stopped, and I don't know how I healed you after that!" Ella wails. "How did you get the wound to begin with?!"

"Mikey," I answer, causing Ella's eyes to widen. "Mikey did this."

"Why would-" Ella begins to ask, but I cut her off.

"The Chairman is right. Mikey is not our ally. Mikey helped open the portal to Hell, and plans on using it to wipe out mankind and demonkind alike," I explain. "Next time I see him…I have to put a stop to him. Mikey is unhinged. I'd never forgive myself if he hurt someone else like that, especially not you…"

Ella wipes the tears from her eyes.

My entire body begins trembling

"I need to kill him."

"Just…be careful…okay?" Ella sobs as she throws her arms around me again, wrapping me into a second tight hug. I don't hug Ella back.

"Please, Luis…save Mikey…bring our friend back to us…" Ella begs. "But don't you go dying in the process."

"I can't promise you that…" I softly reply. "Either of those two things…"

Now I know why Mikey vowed to kill me when he learned I am a half demon. Now…the feelings are mutual. But do I even have the strength to kill Mikey? Not just physically, but…mentally?

"LUIS TRAMONATANA!" A voice roars, interrupting my train of thought. I look past Ella to where I hear the voice, seeing Ace charging us from behind. Behind Ace, are the fallen bodies of Grover, Jamie, Austin, and the rest of the Cards of the King. Their bodies are soaked in blood and littered in slash wounds, but I don't have time to worry about them now.

"Ella, look out!" I cry as I shove Ella to the side. Quickly, I spring to my feet and draw my katana as well as using a partial-demon transformation to enhance the strength of my arms, bringing it up to block as Ace slashes his bamboo sword downwards. Our two blades collide, sending shockwaves of Cursed Power exploding outwards, and sending everything around us flying away.

"Luis Tramontana…" Ace growls.

"Ace…" I growl back.

"So you've come back from the dead, Luis Tramontana?" Ace asks.

"Yeah, thanks for that. I'd be a real bummer if I died without getting a chance to kill you," I sneer.

"It is not I who will be dying tonight, but you," Ace replies as we knock each other's blade away, before clashing yet again.

Slowly, Grover, Jamie, Austin, and the rest of the Cards of the King begin to stand up and face Ace and I. I look around, observing their wounds, before turning back to face Ace.

"Let's take this somewhere else," I order. "If we fight here, everyone will die."

"That was the plan, Luis Tramontana," Ace replies. "Let's go."

Ace then sweeps me off of my feet and hoists me over his shoulder.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" I cry.

"I found the perfect spot for our battle, I'm taking you there," Ace answers as he begins running away from the Temple of the Almighty Torch.

"LUIS!" Ella cries as she watches Ace carry me away.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine! Just focus on your own battles!" I call back to Ella as I watch a jagged spike made out of the ground fly towards Ella from behind. But Luckily, just in the nick of time, Jamie leaps in the way and smashes the earth spike with her Iron Gauntlet.

Slowly, the forms of my friends and their opponents grow smaller and smaller as Ace carries me away.

But before they can leave my sight, I see the entire Temple of the Almighty Torch explode and go up in black flames…