Fate On Wheels 2 ~ Skephalo/Dream6d AU

Chapter 35 ~ Fatal Fight

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[TW: Death]

A few weeks later, the team was now fully healed from their last fight. They had begun to do patrols around 2 weeks ago, getting back into the swing of things quickly. Bad ran around all day, helping with what he could to make up for the time he was out of commission. During this time, him and Cecilia worked together more and more, much to Skeppy's dismay. They became a little bit closer every day.

Currently, they were guarding a carriage as it traveled to the closest village to collect supplies. It was calm, but like always... that came to an end.

In a flash of light, the team was teleported into the forest nearby. You could see the remainder of the kingdom's walls through the treetops.

The second they were teleported, something inside of them knew what was going on. They turned to the familiar cloaked figure with anger. The figure smiled, a demented smile.

"Let's make this the final round." The man spoke with a laugh. 

<BATTLE START! ~ FOCUS: SKEPPY>

Skeppy used a teleportation spell, teleporting behind the figure and attempting to strike him with his dagger. The man teleported himself away just in time to dodge this attack.

This time, A6d struck the man. A powerful blast of pure mana pushed itself towards the enemy, the man once again dodging it.

Dream jumped in and went to stab the man with his custom sword, but fell back as the attack was blocked by a shield. He quickly pushed himself up and got back into a battle stance.

Bad threw one of his potions at the man, this once again being dodged. 

Skeppy jumped next to Bad and spoke, "None of us can even land a hit on him! What do we do??" he yelled to his team.

"Bad!" Dream started, "Cast a strengthening spell on all of us! If we're fast enough we can do this!" 

Bad nodded, casting the spell and taking out another potion, ready to attack.

They attacked, he dodged, they attacked more, he dodged. He never even attacked back, it was like he was playing with them. Like they were bugs he could easily squash. 

A6d launches himself at the man, his summoned sword in the position to stab. This didn't go as planned, or as expected, though. The man released his arm from under his cloak, a hard, sharp, black claw, smacking A6d and launching him against a tree.

The team gasped and ran to their friend, "A6d!" They shouted. 

A6d shoved himself up, and got back into a battle stance. With the strength given to him by Bad, he would be able to handle this pain and still fight.

"A6d, are you okay??" Dream asked, a concerned look on his face as he turned towards his friend.

"I'm fine, plus. We don't have much of a choice but to fight." A6d spoke. 

More fighting later, the team became more and more tired by the second. All the man did was laugh and shout insults, treating them like rats. Then again, they hadn't done anything to him. Not even a scratch. Little by little the team became more and more injured. 

"I think it's time to stop playing around, don't you think?" The man spoke with a laugh, tying back his cloak to fully reveal his arms of obsidian, his hands like claws. 

He reached to his back and pulled out a bow and arrow, pulling it back and aiming towards a specific someone.

"Bye bye, Leia wannabe." The man spoke one last time before laughing and shooting the bow.

An arrow laced with a green liquid - similar to what was on the arrow that struck Bad weeks before - headed straight for the red-eyed boy. All he could do was stare as it got closer and closer. He needed to dodge! His body won't move, why won't it move?!

Right at his last moments, he put his arms out to block the arrow. But.. nothing hit him.

As he opened his eyes, his friend.. the one who had been with him on his whole journey. Skeppy stood in front of him, the arrow lodged in his body as he knelt in pain.

Bad looked at him shocked, hearing a yelp as he turned to the sound to see an injured A6d bent over, checking on the newly wounded Dream.

They're all hurt.. they can't fight properly. They're only up against one person... is he really that strong??? What can they do?? They're gonna get out of this, right??? They'll get through this... right..? But... how...?

"Run."

Bad regained his focus as he heard his friend speak. "W-what...?"

"Run! All of you!" Skeppy yelled with pain in his voice. In a pure act of desperation to save his friends, he was going to sacrifice himself.

"No! We can't just-" Bad responded, being cut off by Skeppy.

"Its either we all die or only one of us does," Skeppy said, his tone cold and serious.

Bad stared in silence... 'no.. please..' He thought.

The enemy took this time of confusion to his advantage, loading up his bow once more.

"GO!" Skeppy yelled again, standing as much as he could with his shaky legs. A single tear dripped down his cheek.

Tears began to fall down Bad's face as well. He was frozen. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't just leave him to die..

A6d huffed. "You're an idiot." He said, a single tear in his eye as he picked up an unconscious Dream and ran to Bad, dragging him away as fast as he could.

"No.. nO! NO, WE CAN'T LEAVE HIM!" Bad sobbed.

"We have no choice, Bad. I don't want to either, trust me." A6d said, his voice beginning to crack as tears streamed down his face. "But you know he wouldn't forgive himself if we died and he had a way to stop it.."

Bad turned silent, staring off at Skeppy as he was dragged away. The tears never stopped.

Skeppy took a deep breath, pulling the arrow out of his body with a grunt. A smile appeared on the short boy's face as he threw the arrow on the ground next to him, the tears slipping past.

"And why are you smiling? Are you depressed or something? Do you WANT to die??" The hooded man spoke with a laugh.

"No..," Skeppy said, standing with a sturdier stance, looking behind him to make sure his friends were gone before looking up at the man in his face as a sword appeared his hand.

"As long as they're alive, I will be happy. Plus..." He said, a chuckle escaping his mouth as he adjusted the sword to be ready for fighting. His smirk grew as determination glazed his eyes.

"I don't plan on dying today. I still have things I need to do." 

A voice spoke in Skeppy's head, one of a woman. "The god of darkness must keep the balance. The god of darkness must keep its domain in check. The god of darkness must protect its light."

{End of the 'Reality Hits' Arc}

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