The falls

chapter 54

The wind howled around them as Lilien, Neomi, and Jessica stood at the base of the massive glowing rip in the sky. The chaotic storm of angels, demons, and nightmare creatures raged in the distance, but the real fight was right in front of them: Bill Cipher. His triangular form floated high above them, laughing maniacally as reality itself twisted around him.

"Ah, ladies!" Bill sneered, his single glowing eye locking onto them. "I see you brought some new tricks with you. Too bad it won't matter! You can't stop Weirdmageddon 2.0!"

Lilien stepped forward, her fiery sword raised. "We're not here to play games with you, Bill."

"Yeah," Jessica added, her staff glowing with a sickly green hue, representing her power over pestilence. "This ends now."

Neomi, gripping her scythe, felt the weight of her responsibility as the Angel of Death. The scythe glinted ominously in the dim light, as if it too was ready to deliver the final blow.

"Alright then," Bill chuckled. "Let's see what you've got!"

The battle erupted in an instant.

Bill summoned waves of energy, reality-bending blasts that twisted the very air around them. Neomi narrowly dodged a swirling mass of nightmare creatures that lunged at her, swinging her scythe to cut them down with deadly precision. Her wings flared behind her, shimmering with otherworldly light, but she was focused. Lilien charged forward, her sword blazing as it sliced through Bill's attacks. Jessica, standing back, aimed her staff and sent plumes of pestilence toward Bill's body, causing him to flinch as he tried to deflect the energy.

As Bill lashed out with a blinding beam of energy, Neomi spotted an opportunity.

"Hey, Bill!" Neomi shouted, catching his attention just as he was about to fire another attack.

Bill's single eye turned toward her, and with a flick of her wrist, Neomi pulled out a can of spray cheese—something she'd grabbed during their scramble to get supplies.

"Cheese to meet ya!"

Before Bill could react, Neomi launched the spray directly into his eye. Bill screamed in shock, recoiling as the cheesy substance filled his glowing yellow pupil.

"MY EYE! I CAN'T SEE!" Bill screeched, clawing at the melted cheese now smearing his vision.

Lilien and Jessica exchanged incredulous glances. "Did she really just—?"

"Don't question it!" Lilien shouted. "Keep him distracted!"

While Bill was focused on trying to clear his eye, Jessica quickly ran toward the rip. She held her staff high, muttering incantations under her breath as the green glow intensified. Her energy reached out, intertwining with the edges of the rip, pulling and twisting them. Slowly, the tear in reality began to close, sealing off the connection to the nightmare realm.

Bill's screams grew louder as he finally managed to clear his eye, only to see Jessica's success.

"NO! YOU CAN'T CLOSE IT!" Bill's voice echoed with panic as the rip began to fully seal shut.

Just as Bill lunged toward Jessica, Lilien blocked his path, slashing her fiery sword across his body. Bill let out another howl of pain, his form flickering as the rip disappeared behind him. Without the nightmare realm to back him, Bill's power weakened drastically.

"You're done, Bill!" Lilien shouted, slashing again, this time with more force.

Bill stumbled back, his once menacing form now sputtering with unstable energy. "You... you think you've won? I am chaos! I am eternal!"

"Yeah? Well, not anymore," Neomi said as she stepped forward, her scythe glowing with deathly energy. "It's time for you to face judgment, Bill."

Lilien and Jessica flanked him, ready for the final strike.

Bill tried to summon more power, but it was futile. The nightmare creatures were gone, and his grasp on reality was slipping. Lilien delivered a powerful blow with her sword, driving Bill to the ground, while Jessica used her pestilence to further weaken him.

Bill lay on the ground, his form barely holding together. "You can't kill me... I'll be back... I always come back..."

"Not this time," Neomi whispered.

With a swift motion, Neomi raised her scythe high and swung it down in a deadly arc, slicing through Bill's form. His body writhed in agony as Neomi's powers took hold. Chains of angelic steel materialized from the air, binding his body and wrapping around him tightly.

Bill screamed as the chains bound him, glowing with a celestial power. "No! You can't do this to me!"

Neomi's wings flared out as her eyes glowed with an ethereal light. "You're going to hell, Bill. And you're not getting out this time."

With a final surge of her power, Neomi used her abilities as the Angel of Death to drag Bill's form downward, sending him spiraling into the underworld. The chains tightened around him, preventing him from escaping, and the very essence of Bill Cipher was torn from the world, banished to hell for eternity.

As Bill's last scream faded into silence, the mountain grew eerily still. The sky above began to clear, the apocalyptic battle between angels and demons coming to an end. The rip was sealed, the nightmare creatures vanquished, and Bill Cipher was gone.

Neomi lowered her scythe, breathing heavily as the weight of the moment hit her. Lilien and Jessica came to her side, both looking equally exhausted but relieved.

"It's over," Jessica said softly, her staff dimming as her pestilence powers receded.

Lilien looked around at the now-still landscape, her sword lowering. "Yeah. We did it."

Neomi, still catching her breath, nodded. "We sent him to hell... and he's not coming back."

For the first time since Weirdmageddon had started, the three of them could finally breathe. Bill was defeated.