[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=60122859]All previous chapters[/url] Pangs of guilt passed over panzie. He had hit rogue, and he knew it was the wrong way to get her attention. He couldn't worry about that for the moment. He steadied himself, In front of him the single most powerful man in the entire land of bungie stood, smiling eagerly. The dark anti-light that surrounded him danced and flowed in an evil choreography of perverted light. The long, thick bladed sword on his back was a reddish hue, and bits of hairlike light spouted from along its edge in sporadic intensity. The man himself simply lookedTainted, as if some demon had entered the world through a single man. Achronos spoke after seconds of panzie sizing him up. "I find it hilarious that you even consider taking me on. Hot damn, these floodians get dumber every year. Good thing They won't be a problem anymore." Panzie felt a bit insulted, but didn't try to make it show. If he gave even the slightest hint of weakness, his friends would be dead within the night. Of coarse, so would he. He forced himself to speak up. "What do you mean? We've ruined your -blam!- plan to nuke the flood." Achronos chuckled as if panzie had just told him a rather hilarious joke "True, you did manage to destroy our plan B, but that still leaves plan A.. I prefer plan A." He wasn't even annoyed. "And what might plan A be?" Panzie asked. "Ha. Do you take me as one of your monologueing super villain dumbasses? It isn't going to matter what my plan is, I'll have killed you by the time it would take me to explain." Achronos replied. "Come now, I'm sure someone working as hard as you would enjoy a bit of recognition. Even if it will only be a surprised gasp, or something similar." Panzie said coyly, knowing each word bought another second for rogue and gamerz. "Tell you what, If you manage to survive for thirty seconds, I'll tell you." Achronos shifted into a lazy fighting stance. "But for now, I would rather kill you." With that, Achronos launched himself toward panzie in an incredible forward charge jump. A bit of black lightning shot sporadically from the small blackened impact crater created from the initial kick-off. Panzie Dodged the first charge kick, but achronos had already made it behind him. A solid boot to panzie's back rocketed him into the nearby wall. It crashed down in a shower of sheetrock and plaster. Panzie stood from a kneeling position and faced achronos. He tried to land a kick of his own, but a punch to the gut doubled him over and another kick dropped him into the swirling mist entering the room from the room with the broken wall. A crack of pain blasted him as he landed on his back. Panzie jumped to his feet and adopted a power stance. Rainbow fire engulfed his fists. Achronos capitalized on the delay and attempted a roundhouse kick. Panzie dodged the kick and repeatedly slammed his fists into achronos. Blasts of happy, cheerful fire exploded as they collided with achronos, burning his shirt off to reveal a surprising physique. A downward strike from the overlord knocked panzie out of his combo. Achronos tightened his knuckles and similar balls of black and red fire engulfed his own hands. Panzie and Achronos exchanged blows in slow-but-powerful volleys. Several heavy haymakers and exploding fire fists from panzie were met by faster, harder hitting ones from achronos. Finishing his own volley and dodge attempt, panzie backed out to get a bit of breath. Several bruises covered achronos' body, but he knew inside his own armor he was even worse. He looked down. His nearly unbreakable armor was cracked in several places, and even had a few holes. It's weak shield ability had been used up on the first hit. Panzie turned to insult Achronos just in time to take a punch that would have flipped a humvee. He dropped to the ground in agony. Panzie looked at the over powered man through his visor. The bastard had managed to crack the lens to near completion. Silvery streaks ran through the gold armor-glass and the weak shield would likely shatter with another punch like that. Panzie's eyes lit afire and he quickly swept his leg outward. Achronos was taken off guard and stumbled. Panzie returned the original volley with a quick series of haymakers. Those that struck seemed to hurt achronos, but in the quality an eight year old striking an eighteen year old would. He stopped panzie mid punch, and held Panzie's fist casually. In the second of panzie's surprised, A twisting tornado of black flame twirled from achronos' other hand. It eventually formed into a thick, one handed broadsword. Its foot thick blade was a dark misty red with streaks of the darkest black along it's length. The edges burned with a bright red glow. The sword of black hearts fell toward panzie. His fist was still in achronos' titanium grip. [Edited on 06.11.2011 1:43 PM PDT]