"Midas! Get up!! You can't die now!!"
Despite the amount of blood lost, Midas' eyes flutter open to the familiar setting of the void and Oro's echoey voice.
He struggles to stand, but a boney hand catches him and helps him stand on his two feet.
"O-Oro..."
"Come on Midas. You have to finish this. You can't give up when you've come so far..." The skeleton king sighs.
"What can I do Oro?! He stabbed me in the back! I'm basically dead!"
The gold skeleton thinks for a long moment, then looks thoughtful.
"If I give you the rest of my power, it could heal your wound and bring you back to the land of the living."
"No. That'll kill you!! There must be a better way! I'm not going to lose you!!" Midas panics, declining the idea as blood runs down from his mouth.
"What else can we do Midas? Do you have a better idea?"
He goes to speak, but pauses...then he lets out a defeated sigh. For once, he was all out of ideas. Oro holds out his hands, so reluctantly, he agrees and takes them.
Almost all at once, Midas could feel the power beginning to flow from his fingers to the rest of his body, making him grunt as he flinches. At the same time, his wound was closing up and healing. Midas looks up to find Oro's skeletal figure slowly loosing its shine and glow as tears threaten to form in his eyes.
"Goodbye Midas... and good luck..."
When it was done, he was devastated to find Oro nothing but a pile of dust on the floor leaving behind his crown, grey empty staff and lifeless head.
"I'm the golden king now... aren't I?" He sighs, looking down at the head and crown.
"Farewell Oro... and thank you for all you've done for me..."
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Midas' eyes shoot open, feeling the power flowing through him.
"Chaos!!" He yells, standing up.
The Chaos Agent turns around, covered in a purple aura.
"Hmph, thought you gave up and died." He scoffs, pulling out his now purple ink coated scythe.
"You should know by now that I'm not a guy who gives up so easily."
The gold on his wrists spreads up his arms, covering him in gold.
"And I'm not letting you beat me in this war, not today."
"Do you ever stop monologuing to yourself?!" Chaos Agent yells, leaping at him ready to swing his scythe. Midas retaliates, pulling out his golden pickaxe and blocking it.
"If its to annoy you, then no."
Growling, Chaos Agent backhands the gold man into the device, electrocuting him slightly, purple sparks flying off him.
"For a mastermind you're pretty stupid to forget about how gold is a conductor of electricity." He laughs, swinging the scythe down once more.
"Well, there's a benefit to losing. You learn from your mistakes!" Midas smirks.
Without warning he dodges the scythe as it lands on the device, cracking it slightly, and leaps at Chaos. The two of them engage into a heated fist fight, landing solid blows on each other.
At the same time, Skye, Jules and the others enter the scene, having downed every single Shadow henchmen with only a few Ghost henchmen left down there, beaten and out of breath.
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More Than What He Seems - A Fortnite Story No.1
Fanfiction*THIS STORY, ALONG WITH ITS SEQUELS AND ONESHOTS, IS AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE SO ANYTHING HERE IS NOT CANNON TO THE MAIN FORTNITE STORY. THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL HEADCANNONS.* - This story takes place after the events of Season 2, and before Season 4...
