Shadow-Dancer: Return of an Old Foe | #Wattys2019 Nomination

Alan Walker

"How did you survive?!" Anti asks. Natemare just chuckles.

"Antisepticeye, you should know by now that even the great Obsidian isn't strong enough to defeat me."

"Excuse me?! What did you just say about me?!" I ask. "Besides, Natemare, you have no idea how powerful I really am, especially in October."

"But it's not October," he reasons.

"Yes, but what you don't know is that over the past two years, I have been getting more powerful," I explain. My power begins to crackle from my claws.

"Why don't you hit me with your best shot?" he suggests.

"It's definitely tempting," I confess. I generate a ball of (f/c) energy in my hand, but I don't send it at Natemare. I want him to be on edge. I want him to know what it feels like to mentally be messed with. Natemare goes to attack, but stops when he hears Dark.

"Don't even try it, Natemare," he says.

As I look around, I discover that I'm not the only one with this idea. Green energy is coursing between Anti's fingertips. Crimson energy is coursing through Dark's and Celine's. Orange energy is coursing through Brianne's. And Wilford has his golden gun pointed at Natemare's forehead.

"Why are you doing this?" Natemare asks. Perfect! This is the reaction I'm looking for!

"After everything you've done to us, you deserve a taste of your own medicine," Brianne says. "And you deserve this." Suddenly, I notice Natemare struggling to stay up. He's getting weaker!

I look around, trying to find out why, until my eyes land on Brianne. Her irises are glowing even brighter, and white strands of power are flowing from Natemare to her. Her wings are outstretched and her claws and fangs are fully extended.

"This must be Brianne's unique ability!" (Y/n) says.

"No kidding," I reply.

"For the record, Natemare, this isn't my only unique ability," Brianne says.

As Brianne absorbs all of his power, Natemare's chest begins to glow a reddish orange.

"Huh. That's odd."

"You're absolutely right, (Y/n)."

Before I can do anything, Dark, who is now standing off to the side, uses his powers to gain control of Anti, Mark, Wilford, Celine, Brianne and I, and moves us out of the way. Before I can ask why, a large, bright blue laser bursts from Natemare's chest. The laser dissipates, and Natemare's lifeless body falls to the floor. I examine the hole in his chest, and discover that the laser had obliterated his heart.

"Great job, b34c0n!" says Alan Walker to his AV-8 drone. I walk up to him to greet him, transforming my dress into the Walker uniform.

"We meet again, #0," I say.

"That we do, 5h4d0w-d4nc3r," he replies. "Wait. Where's (Y/n)?"

I transform the uniform back into my dress and explain to him that yesterday, I was finally able to restore the physical link between (Y/n) and I.

Alan's POV
I walk up to the man who looks a lot like Jacksepticeye, save for his greenish skin, the deep cut on his neck, and his glowing green right iris. His left eye is completely black.

"I don't believe we've met before. I'm Alan Walker," I say as I extend my hand.

"Antisepticeye," he says as he shakes my hand. "My name is a bit of a mouthful, so please call me Anti."

Anti introduces me to Mark Fischbach, Darkiplier, Wilford Warfstache, Celine, and their new friend, Brianne.

"So, what's the plan?" I ask.

"ThE pLaN iS tO lOcAtE anTiMaTtEr AnD pUt An EnD tO hIm," says Wilford.

"Fortunately, he gave Celine a tracker, and we are using that to make our way towards him," Brianne explains.

"Would you mind if I scan that?" b34c0n asks Celine.

"Not at all," she says, holding it out. b34c0n scans the tracker, acquiring Antimatter's location. Using this information, he creates holographic arrows on the floor.

"What just happened?" asks Mark.

"These arrows point in the direction that we need to go," the drone explains. "Of course, it would take forever to just walk, so everyone, get behind me."

Ob's POV
To my surprise, the arrows turn into a large portal, which sucks all of us in. It takes less than a minute for the portal to take us to Antimatter's enormous private quarters.

"b34c0n and I will free the rest of the prisoners," says Alan. He and b34c0n disappear back through the portal.

We begin to walk at a rapid pace towards Antimatter, who has his back turned to us. I decide to fly towards him. He's completely oblivious. I fire a bolt of (f/c) energy at him, barely missing his head.

"You knew this day would come, Antimatter!" Anti says. Brianne begins to siphon Antimatter's power. However, instead of being absorbed by her, the power forms a large white orb. Suddenly, hundreds of white strands of power shoot out and travel all throughout the building. I realize that there are other demons being held as prisoners. Each strand travels to all the demons who had been subjected to the device that stripped them of their power. Brianne even regains the power she lost. One strand hits me, and I feel a surge of energy as I regain the large amount of my power that he had stripped from me.

I soon discover that I have a third ability. I can now control my shadow in two ways. Now, when (Y/n) is in control of our body, I can take control of our shadow much more directly than I used to be able to. And the inverse for when I'm in control of our body. The process causes our shadow to gain a more three-dimensional form. In fact, (Y/n) has already gained control of our shadow. She moves to stand beside me, and I can faintly see her features. I discreetly give her a high five.

"Well, now we know we can do that," she says as she brings her consciousness back into our head. Suddenly, the door opens to reveal Abe the detective, as well as a middle-aged man and woman, who look to be in their forties. They must be Ella's parents.

"Hands where I can see them, Antimatter!" Abe says, drawing his handgun.

(A/N: Sorry to leave you guys on a cliffhanger. Song up top is "On My Way" by Alan Walker feat. Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko.)