Climax, Part 2

My dad then changes Death as well, who turns to face Pestilence with a small smirk.

"Oh, this again?" Death asks. "Just like a couple thousand years ago?"

Death then swipes a hand towards my dad, sending dozens of bone brambles flying towards him. Much to my surprise, my dad doesn't block Death's attack. Instead, he holds his left arm out and allows it to get pierced by Death's brambles.

"Just like the poison in my pores…there's toxins in my blood…" my dad monologues as sickly green blood spews from my dad's wound and douses Death's bones, which then appears to melt through all of Death's bones. "MY BLOOD IS ACID!"

"You're right, Pestilence, you aren't one of the Four Horsemen anymore," Mikey says as he draws his dual pistols and aims them at my dad, firing off a volley of bullets his way. Swiftly, my dad brings his katana up, using it to block Mikey's bullets. "BUT THERE STILL ARE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE! BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, "FIRE THE PYROMANIAC"!"

"Hands off my dad, Mikey!" I shout.

"You know, demon, I don't find it fair that you killed my father…" Mikey growls in response. Mikey's lips then curl up into a sinister grin. "I THINK THAT I SHOULD KILL YOURS!"

Black Flames of Destruction engulf Mikey's fist, as he charges my dad, aiming another attack his way. But this time, I jump in the way, blocking Mikey's flaming fist with my katana.

"Out of my way…demon…" Mikey growls.

"My dad isn't the enemy here, Mikey!" I desperately cry. "War is the one you're after! The Four Horsemen are the ones we need to defeat!"

"YOU ALL ARE!" Mikey snaps, instantly shutting me up. "You…your dad…War …the Slayer Organization…EVERYONE IS MY ENEMY! EVERYONE IS CORRUPT EXCEPT FOR ME! I may be evil…BUT AT LEAST I'M SELF-AWARE!"

"YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HURT FROM NICK'S DEATH?!" I cry. "I am too! We all are! But killing me…killing my dad…hurting our friends…this isn't the way to solve this…"

"I know…" Mikey sadly replies. "I know that killing you won't solve what I'm after…"

"BUT I STILL WANT TO KILL YOU."

Meanwhile, War charges my dad, and the two begin to exchange blows. "I think you know what I'm about to do, right, PESTILENCE?!" War cackles.

"I do…" my dad growls in response. "BUT I WON'T LET YOU!"

War launches an Invincisphere-coated fist towards my dad, who counters with a slash from his katana, which has poison gas swirling around its blade, like my Wind Blade.

My dad then discharges a cloud of poison-gas at point-blank range upon War, who hops backwards to dodge, just as Famine aims a hand towards my dad, sending her tentacle-fingers flying towards him. My dad manages to use his Extend-o-Sword to slice through some of Famine's tentacles, while others bypass my dad's reach, and wrap around him.

"Mikey...I don't want to fight you…" I sadly reply. "Not to the death, not out of anger…not like this…"

"Well that's a shame, demon," Mikey growls. "Because I really, REALLY want to fight you like this."

"I'm going to kill you."

"I'm going to stop you."

Mikey and I's brief scrap is interrupted when I hear a yelp of pain come from behind me, and I quickly turn around to see my dad doubled over in pain, Death's bones piercing straight through his chest.

"DAD!" I cry.

"FOCUS ON YOUR OPPONENT, DEMON!" Mikey roars as he slams a flaming fist into me, sending me crashing to the ground in a rush of black fire.

"AHEM!"

Death lets out a fake cough as he claps his hands together, in order to get all of our attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I liked to turn your attention to the main event!" Death booms as he motions towards War, who slowly approaches my dad, who's bound my Famine's tentacles, struggling against her grasp desperately, but to no avail.

"You see, other than my Invincisphere I have a second Cursed Ability," War begins to explain, causing my eyes to widen. "It's called "Emotion Manipulation," and judging by its name…I think you can figure out what it does. Some of you -like Mikey- have already felt its power." This time, Mikey's eyes widen.

War then stops in front of my dad, smirking up at him. "But just in case you can't…let me give you a demonstration."

"Keep your hands off of him…" I growl. "KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAD!"

Quickly, I draw my katana and use my Sky God's Anklets to charge War, but before I can get very far, my dad shouts: "LUIS, NO!" Instantly, I pause in my tracks and stare at my dad in concern. "Don't…Luis…" my dad grunts. "Don't come near me …it's dangerous!"

"I'm not a kid anymore, I'm not scared of your "demon instincts" possessing you!" I shouts as I charge War again, but before I can get very far, Mikey shoots me down with a Flames of Destruction fireball.

"Stay out…demon…" Mikey orders, his voice quivering in fear. "I need to…see what War's doing…"

"Dammit…" I grunt as I attempt crawling towards my dad, but I find myself unable to move once Mikey pins me down underneath his knee.

War slowly reaches a hand out to my dad, and presses a singular finger to his forehead, which is bubbling with rainbow Cursed Power. My dad lets out a small moan of distress as he stares at War, who stares back at him with an evil, conniving grin. "Don't worry…" War sweetly smirks. "This will only take a second."

And then…War's rainbow Cursed Power floods into my dad's forehead, causing him to fall to the ground and writhe in pain, as my dad's lime-green Cursed POwer bursts form his body.

"DAMMIT, WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" I cry.

"Make it stop…make it stop…" my dad groans as he claws at his own flesh, carving into his skin. Until eventually, my dad's Cursed Power changes from a lime- green to a dark-blue, and his clawing motions stop. Light gray scales spread across my dad's entire body, as his hands and feet turn into dark-blue claws and talons. In turn, black curved goat horns jut out of the top of my dad's head, as a black tail ending in the shape of a mace juts out from his tailbone. My dad's skin turns an eerie white, as his moans of distress turn into a bellowing cackle. The whites of my dad's eyes turn black

"Is that…your demon form…?" I weakly ask my dad.

My dad's dark-blue Cursed Power then subsides back into his body as he turns to face me. And when he does…my eyes widen. For my dad's toxic-green eyes and poisonous-purple pupils…have instead turned dark-blue and bright silver.

"Dad…?"

Slowly, my dad's lips curl up into a smirk. My dad brings his right hand up face and wiggles his fingers, which subsequently cracks his knuckles. Next, my dad tilts his head to the left then to the right, letting out another "crack crack" with each twist. 

Finally, my dad slowly strains his head towards Mikey. My dad reinforces his entire body with dark-blue and silver Cursed Power then takes off, and then -in the blink of an eye- disappears, before reappearing standing directly before Mikey, looming over him, as Mikey's eyes widen in fear. Without a single word, my dad launches his Cursed Power reinforced fist forwards, slamming it into Mikey and sending Mikey flying away, as he coughs up a glob of blood in the process.

"MIKEY!" I cry as I turn to face Mikey, just as he flies past me.

"That was for attacking the other me," my dad smirks as he lowers his fist. "YAHOO, I'M FINALLY FREE!" My dad then cheers as he throws his hands into the air in celebration.

"Dad…?" I ask again as I push myself off of the ground, with Mikey no longer pinning me down. And then -in the blink of an eye- my dad reappears before me just as Mikey did, causing my eyes to widen.

"Hmm…" my dad mutters as he crouches down and leans his face close to mine, staring directly into my eyes.

My eyes then lower into slants as I hop backwards a bit, tightening the grip I have on my katana.

"Woah, woah, relax, I'm not going to hurt you!" My dad chuckles as he holds his hands up in surrender. "I'm just sooo happy to finally meet you after all these years, my son! "Do you know how much it hurt me to hear you call that bastard Pestilence "dad"?"

"Dad…what do you mean…?" I growl as I keep the tip of my katana's blade aimed at my dad. In response, tears begin to well up in the corners of my dad's eyes, causing me to recoil. "Are you okay?!" I cry.

"It's just…I've never heard you call me "dad" before…" my dad sobs from happiness, almost too choked up to speak.