Fate of Realities

File 45: Drastic Measures

"Chika!" yelled Persona, rolling in the floor to grab her and drag her away, "What just slashed you?"

"Ryder told me a story of a man who seemingly hid in a mirror dimension, slashing at him and Mr. Neossin," explained Chika, using Collection to patch herself up since Persona couldn't heal her with his Restoration, "He hides in this dimension which he can freely attack in. I forgot how Ryder had beaten him.."

"We'll have to get rid of Lightness and Darkness first," said Persona, "They're obviously the greatest danger with their degenerative abilities."

"And get the chance to be assassinated by an invisible man?" said Will, "I wouldn't take the chance."

"Then it's settled," announced Persona, "Val and I will be taking down Lightness and Darkness. Will, Chika, and Ikarus will be taking on Joseph. Let's break!"

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"Not only is it infested with the regenerative goop coming from Darkness," said Law, "But it also has the negating abilities of the Diamond Zone."

"Then what can we do about it?" asked Persona as he dodged the attack of figure, trying to shoot at it with the Centurion, only to fail, "I can't exactly hit it with Platinum Rotation or the same thing would happen back at the prison."

"If Platinum Rotation wouldn't work," analyzed Val, looking hard at the properties of the figure, "What about my Emerald Shield? The Diamond Zone may take away the supernatural properties of the Emerald Shield, but it won't really take away the physical damage it can deal."

Val rushed in, the Emerald Shield appearing around her, spinning like razor blades. The figure bared the sharp fingers coming out of their hands and tried to pierce Val. However, Persona shot the gooped arms away from Val with his Centurion.

"I've got you covered!" yelled Persona, "Keep going on with your plan!"

Val burst into the figure, the Emerald Shield scraping away at the regenerative goop and piercing through the degenerative white pieces. The Emeralds within the Shield began to dwindle, but the damage had taken its place and were slowly erasing both Lightness and Darkness despite the Diamond Zone.

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"I'll try to use my Golden Daedalus to seek out where exactly he is in his dimension," said Ikarus, trying to sense any forms of life, "I can't see anything.."

"He's probably infused with the Diamond Zone too... it's blocking your omnipotence, Ikarus," replied Chika, "We have to make him reappear!"

"And how did your friend Ryder make him reappear?" asked Will.

"I don't remember.. he didn't tell me the entire thing," mumbled Chika.

"Then that means.. we'll have to try this!" yelled Will as he plunged all five of his swords into the ground, "I doubt he'd have an easy time assassinating us if the platform is messed up!"

The floors began to crumble and break as the restaurant slowly sank down, pillars emerging from the floor as the uneven place began to break down.

"Oi!" yelled Persona, "What do you guys think you're doing to my beautiful city?! We're over here thinking of a logical plan and you guys just break everything!"

"It was successful!" yelled Ikarus, seeing Joseph out of his mirror dimension.

"That's it!" yelled Chika, "It was the mirrors on the floor! Those mirrors set the domain for where he was invisible! And now, since the ground is uneven, it's all messed up!"

"Hey, wait!" yelled Joseph, "Take it easy now!"

"Then.." said Will, taking one of the swords out of the ground, "He doesn't have a degenerative body, and I won't have to lose my sword!"

Shling!

In an instant, Will sliced the head off of Joseph, leaving no mercy even if he had begged.

"Ruthless..." mumbled Ikarus.

"Even if they have the Diamond Zone in them, they're not completely invincible, and would still fall to the common blade," stated Will, "Those who die must stay dead and accept their fate. To change fate is to make an imbalance in these worlds that would be difficult to hide or cover up. It's better that those who are dead don't come back to life and suffer once more."

Chika gulped and tightened her fists when Will said that. She shook her head as if it would drown out what he was saying. At that moment, Persona restored the restaurant back to its original state. The killers that Jukkon had sent to assassinate the group had faded away.

Creak!

Someone had entered the restaurant: The last defense that Jukkon had sent. As he walked in, he silently stepped forward and took a seat in a chair. The group didn't recognize the man, but Chika was shaking from containing herself in anger.

"You.. how dare you show your face here again.." mumbled Chika, her voice breaking up a little, "How dare you show your face after I kill you, you bastard!"

The man looked up from his seat, "Is that a way for you to address your leader; Seraph?"