Rise and Fall- Discovery

Menacing

"Grainger! Are you mad!?" Malice yelled, storming to the back of the ship.

"Are you?" Grainger stated sarcastically. Malice's face burned with anger. She could feel Grainger's presence darkening.

"Don't worry, mom. I'll take of him." Luka cooed.

"Luka! Luka sit back down!" Reagan chanted. She grabbed hold of Luka's arm as he rose from the pilot's seat and made his way to the back of the ship.

"Let him come. It will only silence him." Grainger responded and Luka grew nearer. Luka jumped into the air with his long coat dangling to the ground as he levitated. Grainger did the same expect he pulled the hood of the cloak further to cover his face.

"What are you trying to do?" Luka challenged Grainger.

"I was supposed to rule over all of the Milky Way but seeing as that didn't happen, Ragnarok will do... for now! " Grainger explained. Luka shook his head in despair. His own brother had turned to quickly.

"So it was you that blew up Rouge! To get rid of the soldiers and the Senate, anyone that served as a threat to you!" Reagan remarked. She had put two and two together. The planet had only blow up after they had left. Grainger was the only one who didn't seem distraught  or in any sort of pain after the planet was blown to pieces. As a matter of fact, Reagan swore she saw him smile.

"Was it that obvious?" Grainger cheered, evilly. He no longer cared about the pull of the light- the darkness had a stronger pull and it won this game of tug-a-war with Grainger's fate. Luka took no chances. He threw out his hands, sending lightning bolts to Grainger. This caught Grainger off guard. He put his hands out to block the blast not expecting his hands to absorb the explosion. Grainger looked at his hand, impressed with his new dark side abilities.

"The darkness is stronger than you thought. Luka, you can't beat me, not when I can absorb everything you try." Grainger called.

"Grainger! Don't do this! You're breaking my heart, your at a point of no return! You are weak for giving into the darkness!" Sofia interjected running to get in between Luka and Grainger.

"Don't make me kill you too." Grainger stated almost as if he knew it was wrong but had lost control.

"Grainger, I love you! You can come back to Albea Point with us and be a fantastic father but we need you! I can't  do this alone." Sofia coaxed him. Grainger lowered himself back down to the ground. He put his head down and looked up at Sofia with his eyes.

"Take off that ridiculous hood." Malice ordered. Grainger side-glanced at Malice and glared at her. Grainger reached up and threw back the hood, exposing his black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. His lips where a blood red color. Malice gasped and covered her mouth with her hands.

"Grainger, come back." Sofia continued.

"I warned you," Grainger muttered. He lifted his head slowly and seized Sofia around the neck with one hand. He pulled her close to him.

"I told you not to get involved. This is your fault." Grainger shouted as he closed his hands around Sofia's neck.

"Gra..ing..er.... stop..... I... lo-" Sofia gasped in between short breaths.

"LET HER GO!" Luka yelled as he made another attempt on Grainger. He ran, charging at Grainger and tried to push him out of the way. Instead, Grainger put out a hand and blew Luka back against the wall. With one hand, he choked Sofia, and with the other, he used his powers to force Luka against the wall.

"Grainger! Don't you still feel anything for any of us?" Reagan mentioned trying to get Grainger to stop.

"The only thing I feel is hatred." Grainger answered as he continued to choke Sofia. His smile widened as Sofia's face turned purple and her eyes rolled back in her head.

"Grainger! You're killing her!" Malice screamed.

"I know....that's the point." Grainger responded without looking away from Sofia. He let go of her neck as she fell to the ground.  Malice stared at the hand mark around her neck.

Malice could feel her spirt leaving her body. Malice fell to her knees.

"You.... monster," Malice croaked out.

Grainger tilted his head as if this peeked his curiosity and walked over to Malice. He bent down beside her and grabbed her face.

"Monster?" he asked through his teeth.

"Get away from her!" Mackenzie yelled, coming to defend Malice. Grainger laughed as he let go of Malice and used his other hand to throw Mackenzie across the ground. Reagan was terrified. She knew Grainger had a dark side but so did everyone. It was only that it was harder for him to control his dark side. His was angry and filled with rage, violence, and hate.   Mackenzie hit the wall hard and fell face first onto the ground. She laid motionless. Luka struggled trying to break free of the grip Grainger had on him. It was no use, whenever he tried, Grainger only pushed him back harder. Grainger was too strong.  Reagan ran to Malice as Grainger proceeded to hurt her. Reagan's scream was ear-splitting. It rang across the galaxy and shattered ear drums everywhere. Grainger winced in pain and let go of Malice to cover his ears as Reagan's screams continued. Luka and Malice where instantly knocked unconscious from the pitch of the scream. It was only Grainger and Reagan left. Reagan stopped screaming as she was out of breath. Grainger stood and began to pace around in a circle. Reagan followed him shaking her head and letting out sighs here and there.

"You didn't have to do this, Grainger." she started.

"I did though." Grainger responded.

"Why?"

"It is the only way to gain power."

"Power? Why do you need power?"

"If you have power, people fear you. More importantly, the fear to lie to you."

"This is about Malice isn't it."

"No. This is about me and me getting what is rightfully mine! What I deserve!"

"You deserve to be slapped really hard and thrown in prison!"

"I will destroy you, just as I did Sofia!"

"I am not afraid of you. Come at me!" Reagan dared. Grainger's eyes widened as he jumped into the air and threw fire at Reagan. She caught it and threw it back to him flying into the air. Together, they soared threw the air firing shots at each other. Red lights lit up the room and the sirens sounded. Reagan and Grainger where too busy fighting to realize that ship was heading straight for Albea Point and  no one was flying the ship.

"You are my brother, Grainger! I love you!" Reagan yelled. Grainger was taken back by her words.

"If you loved me, why are you trying to take everything from me?" Grainger boomed. They continued to fight with Grainger throwing black fire to Reagan and her dodging it or catching it and throwing it back to him. Grainger was hit twice with the lightning and it was slowly making an impact. Grainger's chest heaved as the electricity flowed through him. He attempted to throw more fire but he was too weakened by Reagan's lightning. He dropped from the air and landed on his stomach. Regan dropped from the air, landing on her feet. She did it effortlessly and walked over to Grainger.

"I loved you!" Reagan snarled. Grainger looked up at her. 

"I hate you!" Grainger yelled. He could feel the electricity killing him. This was it, his final words to his sister. Reagan noticed the flashing lights and ran quickly to the front on the ship.

"Crap!" she exclaimed as the sirens continued to sound and the ship grew closer to a crash landing on Albea Point. She had forgotten all about Grainger. He got to his feet, limping over to the wall and using his hands to keep himself steady as he escaped down the stairs. It took him a few minutes to get down the stairs. He had one hand on the wound on his side and the other to balance him against the wall. He scampered to the escape pod as fast as he could before Reagan could notice he was gone.

"Grainger! Grainger!" Reagan's voice echoed from up the stairs. She noticed. Grainger scrambled to get into the escape pod. He started the engines and looked to his right to see Reagan gliding down the stairs. He hurried and pushed the button that opened the hanger of Luka's ship and made his get away. Reagan ran to where the ship was and stared into space as the wind from the engines blew through her hair. It was all over, and Grainer had won.