Remnant's Protectors

Down With The Creator

3rd POV

While heroes and villains fight below, we cut to the sky. There we find Creator and Noctis staring each other down.

Creator: "It's not too late to stand down brother."

Noctis: "I cannot, will not stand down. I must do this. It's the way I am."

Creator: "You can change."

Noctis: "Our kind doesn't change. We're a fixed variable. We must be what we are."

There's a moment of stillness.

Creator: "I'm sorry Noctis."

Noctis: "I'm not."

He reappears right in front of Creator, reaching for his face. His hand crashes against a golden barrier. Noctis uses his spare hand to swing a sword, instantly shattering the barrier. Noctis latches onto Creator's throat. But he's blinded by a heavenly light. Creator waves his hand, trapping Noctis in a golden translucent sphere.

Creator: "Please stop. I do not wish to hurt you."

Noctis: "I do."

He touches the sphere, making it shatter. He spins, bringing his sword down on Creator. It phases through him, causing him to vanish. Noctis whips around using his sword to block Creator's hand.

Noctis: "You're still using the same old tricks."

Creator gasps as a Noctis clone manages to slice open his back.

Noctis: "That makes you predictable."

Both of them skewer Creator with their swords. But like before he vanishes from their sight. Their eyes dart around, searching for Creator. The clone screams as he fades into flecks of light. Noctis turns only to receive a blast of light right to the face.

Creator: "I have new ones."

Noctis narrows his eyes. More clones manifest. All at once they rush towards Creator. Creator puts his hands together. Spreading them a blinding light is seen. Like a whip, Creator swings the light around, slicing each Noctis clone in half. But with each one that's sliced in half, two more take its place. Creator is quickly surrounded by hundreds of Noctis clones.

Creator brings his hands back together, that light growing brighter than before. The clones come down within inches of him. But at that moment Creator fully spreads his hands. A rippling wave of light hits the Noctis clones, freezing them in place. When the last of the clones is captured, Creator once more brings his hands together.

The Noctis clones are pulled forward. They swirl into the ball of light held within Creator's hands. The ball of light pulsates when the last clone is sucked in. Creator aims his hands to the heavens, and opens them. A grand explosion of light erupts. The clones that were sucked inside blow as flecks of light in the wind.

Creator: "Try harder."

Noctis: "Checkmate."

Creator gasps. Looking down a sword is seen through his chest.

Noctis: "Always keep your eyes on the enemy."

He puts his foot of Creator's back and pulls is sword free. Creator falls to the earth. Every hero and villain stop fighting to watch him fall. The villains cheer for their major victory. The heroes meanwhile watch in horror as Creator hits the cold dirt. Noctis raises his sword in triumph.

Noctis: "The great Creator is dead!!!!"