Chapter 47: Stand

Soalious descends to Infinite Island.

Soalious: "(smirking) Good to know that they were worthless."

Soalious begins to walk towards the beach.

Soalious: "That just makes my job so much sweeter."

Cale has hidden herself in the shrubs towards the edge of the jungle.

Cale: "(in head, afraid) I-I c-can't d-do a-anything!"

The moment Soalious arrives at the beach, he abruptly stops.

Soalious: "Don't think that I don't know you're there mortal."

Cale: "(in head, terrified) H-H-He k-knows!"

Soalious looks straight at Cale, even if he can't see her.

Soalious: "Fear is my specialty, but you already knew that."

Soalious lifts the boat out of the water and tosses it into the jungle.

Soalious: "But that's just what everyone must feel."

He can see water splashing in the distance.

Soalious: "Trust and Nervousness are here."

Cale: "(in head, afraid) Makoh and Xaena!"

A yellow light can be seen to the east.

Soalious: "(smirking) Tranquility and Ambition."

Cale: "(in head, afraid) Lariat and Thoris!"

A pink beam is flying towards the island.

Soalious: "(laughing) Belief and Joy!"

Cale: "(in head, terrified) Veld and Nyria!"

Lastly, a large being seems to be crashing down towards the island like a meteor.

Soalious: "(laughing) It would've never been complete without Enthusiasm and Bravery!"

Cale: "(whimpering) Rox... and Owen."

Xaena and Makoh have arrived at the beach.

Makoh: "Sorry to keep y-you waiting."

Soalious: "Not at all."

Xaena: "W-We're back, better th-than ever!"

A rock with a yellow aura gently falls next to Makoh and Xaena, with Thoris and Lariat hopping off it.

Thoris: "How're you guys doing?"

Lariat: "(calmly) We don't have much longer Soalious."

Soalious: "For mortals like you? That sounds about right."

The pink beam sends Nyria and Veld above the group before having them land in front of the others.

Nyria: "Did you really think that those husks could beat us?"

Soalious: "No not really."

Veld: "Good."

Rox is above the island in her giant form, holding Owen as she begins to shrink down as they get closer and closer to the ground

Rox: "(cracking knuckles) Now for something worthwhile!"

Owen wipes away a bloody nose.

Owen: "Is everyone thinking the same thing?"

Nyria: "Definitely!"

All assume battle stances.

Soalious: "(laughing) Looks like you're all ready for the main course!"

They charge toward each other.

Cale: "(in head)They're insane!"

Veld and Xaena block one attack, only for them to be used for an attack on Owen and Thoris.

Veld: "You two okay?"

Owen's blade becomes an orange flame.

Owen: "We're fine!"

Thoris picks up the chunk of the ground Owen is standing on.

Owen: "Looks like everyone got a new trick up their sleeves."

Soalious has black, vine like tentacles form around his forearms.

Soalious: "Just try and hit me!"

Owen's blade enters the whip like form.

Owen: "With pleasure!"

Owen's blade extends downward as the tentacles grabs the blade, halting it's progress.

Soalious: "Now what?"

Owen can't get the blade free.

Owen: "(struggling) I know what."

Lariat forms multiple arrows at his fingertips.

Lariat: "Is this what you meant?"

A massive arrow is blocked by the tentacles, allowing Owen's sword to revert to it's normal state.

Nyria: "Looks like we're at a near perfect stalemate!"

Makoh merges his hands with the sand.

Makoh: "Can anyone blast me straight into him?"

Rox changes to her giant form and picks up Makoh.

Rox: "Here we go!"

Makoh: "Wh-What?!"

Rox tosses Makoh like he was a ball as he zooms towards Soalious.

Soalious: "Wait!"

Makoh goes straight through the tentacles and makes a huge impact on Soalious's side.

Cale: "Wow..."

Nyria follows up with Single Point, causing a chunk of his stomach to fly towards the unknown Cale in the bushes.

Cale: "(gagging) Dear god!"

A small bit of black energy seeps through the gap.

Soalious: "That actually hurt..."

The gap begin to heal.

Soalious: "(laughing) Good thing no one here knows the definition of Fear!"

Veld: "What do you mean?"

Soalious: "You know how you mortals obtained those abilities?"

Cale slowly begins to rise from the shrubs.

Cale: "(in head) H-He's wrong..."

Xaena: "O-Our connections to a certain emotion."

Cale blends in with the jungle so no one really notices her still.

Soalious: "(laughing) So the only way you're really going to make this an even playing field..."

Cale makes a break for the opening before it finishes closing.

Soalious: "(laughing) ... is if you had someone who knows what it's like to be-"

Cale reaches her hand into the gap the moment everyone notices her.

Cale: "You're wrong!"

Cale's body develops a black glow as Fear enters her body.

Soalious: "Dammit! I forgot that you were in the area!"

Cale's clothes begin to change from brown, to black.

Xaena: "Wh-What are y-you doing?!"

Cale: "(struggling) Giving us a chance!"

By the time new tentacles rip Cale's arm out of the gap, it's too late. Her clothes have gone from brown to black.

Cale: "(coughing) There we go..."

Soalious stumbles for a bit.

Soalious: "You... YOU THEIF!!!!"

Rox protects Cale from an incoming attack.

Rox: "(struggling) Those things pack one hell of a punch!"

Similar tentacles form on Cale's arms.

Cale: "I... don't need to hide..."

Cale's tentacles lock in with Soalious's, saving Rox from a nasty attack.

Rox: "Thanks!"

Rox reverts to her normal size as Owen jumps down from his platform.

Thoris: "Guess that means that we're even!"

Thoris and Owen try to attack Soalious in the back, but tentacles of all of the colors sprout and block the attack as the tentacles on his arms change as well.

Soalious: "Time to stop holding back!"

Everyone begins to attack in perfect unison, with every attack from both sides perfectly countering each other.

Lariat: "We aren't losing here!"

With every attack, reality seems to crumble bit by bit.

Makoh: "Thousands of lives have put their faith in us!"

Neither side is stopping.

Thoris: "We're the last line of defense!"

The world is soon only the island.

Everyone: "That's the only thing we need to win!"

Nothing exists anymore, the fighters have vanished along with the world...

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