Lantern Corps Unity

Death by Death

The phone in the office started ringing. Luis answered it. He heard Julio on the other side.

"Rodrigo went off and rescued the girls," Julio said.

"I was at the fight and you told me there," Luis said.

"Well he just got back and they are all safe," Julio said.

"That's good," Luis said.

There was a knock at his office door.

"I have to go. I think one of my employees wants a meeting," he told Julio.

"Alright," Julio said, "Talk to you later."

Luis hung up the phone. He went over to the door and opened it. Luis saw that no one was there and that everyone was getting ready to go home.

"See ya tomorrow boss!" said one of the employees.

After thirty minutes, Luis was the only one in his restaurant. He went into his office to prepare the checks for his employees.

There was a knock on his door. Luis walked over and opened it. He saw no one there.

Suddenly a black mist went through Luis's body. Luis froze and realized he wasn't in control of his body.

"Well," a voice said, "You are the last of your group. And I am the last of my group."

The black mist turned into a man with a skull mask. He wore all black and had two combat knives on his legs. He walked over to Luis's chair and sat down. He then used his powers to move Luis over to the chair in the other side of the desk.

"Who are you?" Luis asked.

"Just call me Death," the man said.

He put his legs up on the desk and leaned back in the chair.

"Listen Luis," Death said, "We can do this the easy way or the 'you die' way."

"How does the second way work?" asked Luis.

"We fight. I win. I kill you and I take your ring," Death answered.

"What's the easy way?"

"I kill you right here, right now, and take your ring."

"So both ways involve me dying?" Luis asked.

"Yes they do," Death said, "and I'm going to enjoy every moment of it."

"Well I choose the second option," Luis said.

Death chuckled.

"Alright," Death said, "Let's do it then."

A hole opened up below Luis and he fell in. Luis fell for three minutes before hitting the ground. He got up and looked around.

He saw that the environment around him was on fire. The ground was completely.

"Are we in Hell?" asked Luis.

"No," Death said, "This is my home planet after an attack from the Astema Armada."

Death pulled out a throwing knife and threw it at Luis. It barley missed Luis's head by an inch.

"Shall we?" Death asked.

Luis put on his ring and his black suit appeared.

"Let's go," he said.

Death ran towards Luis and Luis did the same. The two clashed together. They punched at each other but each punch was skillfully dodged. Luis kicked Death and sent him back. Death slid on the soles of his combat boots. He the grabbed his knives and ran towards Luis once again.

Luis thought of a bow and it appeared. He started firing at Death but he was agile. Death was able to dodge the arrows with grace and agility. Death got close and started slashing at Luis. Luis was cut once on his left arm. Death then backed Luis up against a dead tree trunk. He put his knives away and pulled out a small dagger.

"I'm going to make this long and painful," Death said as he walked over to Luis.

Suddenly a black box appeared in his hands. It had a handle on one side. The handle was spinning slowly. When the lid popped open a sword flew towards Death's face. He vanished quickly into his shadow form and the box dropped.

"Thought that would work, huh?" he said as he appeared in front of Luis, "A jack in the box but the little doll was switch with a sword.

"No," Luis said, "But it went as planned!"

A black boxing glove appeared and punch him backwards. He lost his footing and wobbled a bit. A pipe then appeared and knocked him off his feet. He started to fall backwards. Luis then came and Superman punched him onto the sword in the box. It when straight through Death's chest.

"This isn't the last of me Luis," Death said with his last breath, "I will kill you..."

Death then disappeared in a poof of black smoke.

A portal opened up and Luis hopped through it. He ended up back in his office.

He took off his ring and put it on his desk. Lui's started to bandaged his cut.

"What an evening," he said to himself.