The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Aeon was getting desperate. The demon was hard to predict; one moment, it would seem to be toying with him, the next, it would make a directed assault.

It looked like the demon was back to toying with him for the moment, as it had suddenly disappeared from view. Aeon wasn't sure if it was an illusion, or if the demon was speeding up Nathan's body to move him out of Aeon's line of sight - but either way, he couldn't let his guard down. The demon might decide to strike at any time.

Well. If the demon was toying with him, he'd just have to toy with it.

He suddenly turned around and struck - he wasn't expecting the demon to be there at that moment, but now he'd made himself a bit less predictable. That might give the demon pause. He waited a few moments, and made another sudden turn...

And felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around just as suddenly, swinging at the same time. "Nathan" grabbed Aeon's hand and grinned.

"You'll only tire yourself out that way." He pulled back his other hand, still bound by Aeon's last trick, and prepared to simply punch him with it.

"Rock Bind," said a familiar voice. The demon reacted swiftly, jumping just as the ground began to rise at where Nathan's feet had been, but inadvertently loosening his grip on Aeon.

This put him at just the right height to collide with a rapidly-descending vacuum cleaner. Nathan was knocked to the ground; Eximo's hastened landing was thrown off course, and it crashed into a parked car.

Nathan quickly got to his feet, and shattered Aeon's binding on his knife hand. He was angry now. Amethyst landed near Aeon, preparing for the coming assault.