Terrible Fates (BEN Drowned story)

Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

Ben's POV

Faster than my mind could process, I instantly teleported out of the way of Ellie's first attack. I appeared behind her, readying myself to strike, but her Dark Hands slammed into me from either side and got a hold of me. I groaned as they lifted me up to Ellie's front and hung me upside down. Her one red eye glinted at me past her black hair and a warped chuckle escaped her lips, sending chills through me.

"It's been a long time since we last met, but I still remember how you fight," she stated with a menacing hiss. Before I could counter with any move, her Dark Hands flung me into the building next to us. The next thing I knew, I busted through the entire thing, tumbling onto the other side with rubble all around me.

Despite the aches in my body, I gathered the energy to lift myself up. Ahead, Ellie sauntered through the gaping hole of the broken building, her Dark Hands following behind with a macabre grace. Shaking my head, I pleaded, "Ellie, don't do this. Stop...! This...This isn't you...!"

"Ah, if only things were as simple as saying I'm not myself," she began, "and then I could magically return to normal..! But you can't claim who I am. You don't have that power. No one does."

Once I got up, I finally summoned my bracers onto my arms, launching the handles attached to them and releasing the electrified cords within. Steeling my gaze, I growled, "Well, I can claim this: I still remember how you fight too...!"

"We'll see about that," she taunted, before charging forward at a dangerous speed. I waited her out right up until the last second, then teleported to her left and caught one of her Dark Hands in my whip. For a split second, her back was open, and I launched my other cord at her. To my surprise, a black wall of spikes shot up from the ground, blocking my second attack. The other Dark Hand that I didn't catch came around the side, reaching to grab me but I teleported away just in time. Unfortunately, I had to release the Dark Hand I caught, but that wouldn't have gotten me anywhere anyway. It would barely slow Ellie down.

The wall of spikes fell away and the demented girl turned to face me with a twisted grin on her darkened face. She's faster than she used to be, I'll give her that, but sure enough she's still on the offensive side of combat, and reckless with it too. If I can just brute force her, then I'll gain an upper hand at some point. With this in mind, I grit my teeth and ran towards her. She laughed amusedly and sprinted forward as well.

We closed in on each other quick and readied our respective attacks. I wrapped an electrified cord around my arm and prepared a powerful punch. Her wall of spikes formed in front of me, but I sensed that move a mile away. With my current momentum, I teleported behind Ellie and carried on the force of my punch to the back of her head. Like that, I slammed her face into her own wall and bright light burst with the impact of my fist. 

Quickly, before she could react, I released my other cord and wrapped it around her neck. As the spike wall disappeared and Ellie stumbled forward, I hissed, "These things can carry up to a thousand volts, and much more, of electricity. I'd suggest you stand down before I have to hurt you..!"

A dry laugh left her mouth and she replied, "You sound so dumb threatening me like that, Ben. You don't have the balls to kill me...!"

I really don't want to. But...