Chapter 13: Breakin' into da base. (2nd Last (L) Chapter!)

Finding Devil Dinah sleeping in his arms, morning had come. But everything was dark. Glancing down at his watch, the digital alarm bleeped, signaling that there was only four hours left. A small flicker caught his attention on the watch, making him press another button.

"A huge map. If I follow this, I might be able to get to the others..." Joshua sighed.

Turning around to still see Devil Dinah asleep, murmuring about mana and other things, Joshua quickly kissed her on the cheek, took a glittering crystal from his back-pack and placed in her hands. Doing the same for Angel Dinah and Michelle, he raced outside, the sky was getting darker. Purple volts of lightning crashed into the ground in the distance, making the Earth shake.

"...Don't hate me if I don't come back." Joshua whipsered, before dashing off towards the source.

Huge machines slowly came into view as he approaced the Dark Sector, missles already raining down around him. Focusing his thoughts on his misson, he weaved through the explosions that had taken out much of the ground below him. Fire burst forth from the dark depths, demons called out to him.

Pushing it from his mind, he leapt over the chasm that blocked his progress. Slashing at the missle platforms with his swords, they were rendered inopereable. The machines exploded, causing the remainder of the road to fall into the fiery depths below. Turning back wasn't an option.

The shadows around him moved quickly, signifiying other living things. Clenching his fists tight, his eyes going red..

"ULTIMA...MASHER!!!"

Purple energy formed around the bodies of his opposers, trapping them inside an indivdual sphere of Ultima magic. Clicking his fingers, the spheres shattered, the remains of the attackers were scattered around his feet. Giving a disappointed glance at them before procceding, the large tower's shadow grew darker...

Many of Devan's minons rushed at him when he burst through the front doors, but were quickly reduced to smoking corpses by Joshua's Force Lightning. Sparks of electricty danced around the floor as our hero forced his way up the stairs, slicing anything that stood in his way into ribbons.

A large pathway opened, darkened corridors leading in many directions...

Left. Left. Right. Up. Down. Right. Joshua followed the blinking dot on his map as the signal got stronger. Before he had a chance to go any further, a large wall of flame sealed of the end of the passage, laughter coming towards him. He cursed under his breath when the figure appeared. Blisy...with an Xmas hat.

"Of all the people...it had to be you. I guess I better finish you for good." Joshua groaned.

---BATTLE: Xmas Blisy. ---

The red demon teleported down the corridor, before his hands were thrust forward, a large smoke-screen billowed towards Joshua, clouding his sight. Unable to see his foe, Blisy got the hand, grabbing Joshua's left wrist, holding it tight before Blisy's fist ignited into a ball of flames and collided squarely into Joshua's chest.

Fire burned at his flesh, the scent wafted around them, making Joshua want to gag. His shirt was left with a big, black hole on it, the after-effects of Blisy's Fire Fist. Surprisingly, snow rained down on him, making Joshua laugh. Snow wasn't going to stop him...it quickly began to pick up, the wind caused the snowflakes to cut into his flesh, light gashes forming on the surface of his skin.

More wind whipped past him, lifting him into the air and towards the wall of fire. Closing his eyes, he grabbed his swords tightly.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

Joshua re-appeared on the ground, breathing heavily, bleeding lighty while Blisy stood over him, unscathed. He quickly changed his attitude when Joshua quickly stabbed him with his sword, his blood dripping down the blade. Everything around Blisy became a large haze of heat, hell-fire shot up in pillars around Joshua, making him dodge, or he'd be fried.

More illusions of Xmas Blisy were created by the heat wave, making Joshua feel dizzy.

"Whirwind!"

A large gust of wind rushed down in front of him, blasting the flames and heat away from him. The haze vanished, leaving the real Blisy vunerable. A simple lunge forward with his swords...STAB! Both of the blades cut directly through his heart. Looking at Blisy's life diminish, he tore the swords apart, making his foe's body go in two directions, blood splattering everywhere.

"Fatality. Now, stay dead." Joshua ordered.

The wall of flame died down, the dark room opened up before him. Now was the time...would Light triumph, or Darkness consume all...?