The voice called out again. "I'm soneone you know all too well."
John thought about this for a moment. The others... they're seeing some kind of illusion... this can't be real, maybe I'm seeing an illu-
"An illusion too?" The voice called out, this time sounding like it came from someone near. The person stepped forward. "No, Light, this is no illusion." He walked forward, up to Alyssa. Punching Alyssa in the cheek, John felt a surge of pain. "This is real, you felt that punch, right? Your pitiful little pain link... that which brings you real close to your friends, so useful to me as well, I must admit."
John's eyes showed pure, indignant rage as he rushed at the barrier, attempting to attack Dark head on, but it was no use, he couldn't break the barrier, he merely bounced off and back.
"It's no use, Light. You can't destroy this barrier, there's no way. Your friends are stuck here in their pain and hurt, and why? Because you failed to get there in time and to help them when they needed it most." Dark smiled as he spoke.
John merely brought his gun forward. "SHUT UP!!!" He began opening fire at the barrier, but the bullets merely ricocheted, doing nothing. He tossed the gun to the sky, making it disappear, as he took his twin sabres and slashed at the barrier, unable to get through. Fusing his swords into a broadsword, he struck again, to no avail.
"You've lost, Light. You've lost, and there's no way you can win now." Dark continued to taunt as John went at the barrier, unable to break it. "Your friends are going to die in their pain, then Gabrielle, then you! And you can't do anything to stop me!"
John bounced back, pausing for a second, then breathing deeply, calming himself down. "Lord... please... let me be able to stop him... I trust you to give me the power to beat him..."
Dark laughed. "You? Defeat me? Not a chance." His eyes looked, though, at what was unfolding before him.
John became engulfed in light again, as he went into Pure Angel. "I've defeated you like this before..." He opened his eyes, looking at Dark. "...and I can do it again. You're not going to harm my friends or my family, I won't let you."
"Then try getting through my barrier." Dark looked, laughing, but the laughing stopped.
John held his right hand towards the wall. "Blessed light." A huge beam of light engulfed him and impacted the wall, pushing against it with immense force. The beam and the wall disappeared at the same time, as John rushed at his evil counterpart.
"IT'S ON NOW! TIME TO LOSE, DARK!!!"