The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Eximo's finger twitched around the trigger. It fired...

...and a crystal swiftly flew through the air, blocking the shot.

"Enough," Amethyst said calmly, flying into the library. There is something you should both know. Observe..."

She produced three crystals, which floated and began to display an image of the Library of Lies. As she opened her mouth to speak, however, the image of Konka Rar interrupted.

"Do not let her interfere!" he screamed. "Your orders must be fulfilled!"

***

The image of Eximo extended its arms and advanced. "You are not authorized to be here. Standing orders insist that all intruders be captured or eliminated. Surrender and this unit will not harm you."

"No thanks," the image of Aeon said. "I'm not giving up that easily." He grabbed a torch from the wall, and touched it to his adaptive tool. "Say goodbye, vacuum cleaner!"

***

Eximo turned towards Amethyst, wordlessly.

"You're still looking for guidance, aren't you?"

"Don't listen to her!" the subconscious Konka Rar screamed.

"I am afraid only you can do that for yourself, Eximo," she said, ignoring the lich. "But there is still something important I must tell you."

"You imbecilic machine! Don't you realize that while you're watching her, Aeon is getting away?" he screamed.

Eximo started to turn, but at that moment, Nathan leapt from nowhere, knocking Amethyst from her broom.

"Ah, I thought you might be coming about now," she said, picking herself up off the floor.

***

The image-lich's warning had come too late. Amethyst had already provided the distraction Aeon needed in order to slip away.

Unfortunately, he found himself back behind the bookshelves. To his shock, he found himself standing not far behind Konka Rar, who was staring at Lutherion from across a corridor.

"I have had enough of you, intruder," the lich growled.

"Yeah, well, I was going to help you, but then I remembered how ugly your face was!" Lutherion sneered.

Konka Rar replied with a single word. An effective one, as it turned out.

"Inferno!"

A pillar of flame erupted around Lutherion. He looked at it in shock, and the flames engulfed him, slowly charring his body.

Aeon realized that the lich was far too dangerous to be left to his own devices. And here he was, poised to make a surprise attack.

Once again, Aeon changed his tool into the shape of a holy sword. He charged at the cyborg lich, who turned around in surprise...

But too late. Aeon drove his sword through Konka Rar's head, splitting it in two. The holy power drove away the dark magic animating his body, but his dying scream echoed throughout the library.

***

Eximo seemed to hesitate between turning towards the struggle between Amethyst and Nathan, and investigating the scream. But the now-alone image of Konka Rar intended to make it very clear there was no choice.

"Do you know what that scream means? Aeon killed your master. Will you still allow that man to live?"

After a single moment, Eximo wheeled itself through the bookshelves, and the imaginary lich vanished from sight.