Chapter 57: The Rescue (at last)
((uh, question for shadow, how did you get to satan's place if in my chappy you weren't there. I can change it if you want, it's not that big o' a deal))
The altar room. There was no mistaking it. And there, in the glass tube was--
crash
Satan's fist was stretched out in front of him, the glass tinkling onto the ground. Akuma saw Kaylee writhing on the stone table and tried to go to her but is knocked back by an invisible force.
"Not so fast," chuckled Satan. "She's not going to live long anyways. I sucked the life force--the light--out of her. Soon her heart will stop and her body shall be another soldier in my army of darkness."
Akuma let out a roar and leapt at Satan, swinging his broken sword. The blade glanced off his shoulder and fully shattered. Where was Ninjitsu when he needed him?
"Give up," Satan laughed. "You know you are bound to me, you and every other mortal. The faith you follow is unreal, a fantasy created by a raving madman who wanted to feel important. Jesus is no more real than these stories you write."
"Then you obviously don't know the power of words." Growled Akuma.
"Give it up, Akuma. Join me. I will give you your kingdom back, your wife, everything. Come to me."
Akuma hesitated. But he remembered the bottle Ninjitsu gave him. Should he use it? No, no. It would be for restoring the kingdom. If he ever survived this, that is. With one last charge, Akuma dropped the hilt of his broken sword and shot at Satan, his fist swinging. Satan flicked one finger and Akuma was blown across the room.
Sinking into unconciousness, he heard him say, "So you've chosen destruction..."