Meta Thanaton: Maledicti

I.

"So now that I'm the leader all of you do as I say!" growled Negative when he returned with the others to the throne room in which he had been sealed in.

He sat down on the throne and closed his eyes while crossing his arms. He stayed like that for a long time.

"What is he doing?" asked Sciska quiet.

"I don't know but I don't like him as our leader already!" whispered Hivira.

"I bet if we work together we'll be able to beat him!" growled Tenebrus silent.

"Now that is just a horrible Idea" stated Huligir.

"Why?" wondered everyone.

"You have seen his face, right? You all felt this... shock... this unsettling feeling... Negative wasn't just cursed. His face... It poses the jaws of the Curse Itself. Whatever his full strengh is, the Curse itself has plans for him"

"Good..." growled Negative as he opened his eyes again startling everyone. "I found it..."

"What?" wondered Tenebrus.

"A universe with many strong souls"

"And what do you plan on doing with these strong Souls?" asked Huligir.

"I'll destroy them and absorb their powers. With this..." Now Negative opened his beartrap like jaw and a long dark purple tongue with a mouth at the end which housed many sharp teeth slowely creeped out of the darkness of his maw.

It moved like a snake in the water, fast and elegant, but mostly frightening.

"D-did you just say you want to de-destroy the souls!?" stuttered Sciska shocked.

"That is even worse than what I did!!! And I threatened gods!!! No sane soul would do such a thing!!!!" roared Huligir. "Negative, listen to me! This is not you who speaks here, it's the Curse! He must be controlling-!"

"SHUT UP, LIZARD!!!! I DO WHAT I WANT!!! THIS CURSE IS NO ONE COMPARED TO ME!!!! And especialy not when I get my jaws on those souls..."

"You're insane!!!!!!"

"I WARNED YOU!!!!"

Suddenly the long tongue of Negative shot towards Huligir and entered his chest.

The big Cursed one began to scream and roar in agony as the tongue twisted around inside his chest seemingly pulling on something.

Suddenly the tongue of Negative ripped something very bright out of Huligir and he collapsed on the ground.

With the glowing thing in the tongue's mouth it retreated back into the maw of Negative who then closed it and the dull sound of an explosion was heared from the inside of his maw.

Everyone stared in shock as the husk of Huligir started to shake as if it was having a seizure before falling apart into tiny particles that vanished into nothingness.

"Y-you destroyed him..." stuttered Hivira in unbelieve.

"H-how..." were the only words that Tenebrus was able to say.

"The soul of a cursed one is a weak one... The remaining three of you would just barely be enough to give me the power of just one soul. But lucky for you I still need you for the future" growled Negative. "Now you'll help me to open a portal. I might be able to do it on my own now but it takes forever to do..."

Meanwhile Positive had fully recovered from the massive attack he had to endure last time and was now floating in the void again.

But then he felt a very familiar aura. One that he had thought to never feel again. "Negative!?"