Angel:
I'm going to blow you off the face of the Earth with the fury of God's own
thunder.
Doomsday
smiled.
Doomsday:
Oh please, Sailor CENTAURI, if you could do that, you would've done it years
ago. I, on the other hand...
Doomsday
wrapped a tendril around Sailor Angel's leg and pulled him away from
Doomsday. However, the Angel staff
cought on the cowel of Doomsday's cloak and knocked it off. Everyone gasped as they saw a skull with a
hole in it's forehead. All of a sudden,
all the Titans had a flash of an image overlapping Doomsday. It was the image of a demon that looked like
it's skin had just been wrapped around it's bones, with no muscle tissue. All the Titans recognized him immediately.
All:
BAAL!!!
Baal:
That is correct, Sailor Nothings. It is
I, the Lord of Destruction.
*Theme
song: Dare, by Stan Bush*
Sailor
Angel stood in front of Baal, gaping at him.
He tried to comprehend the knowledge he had just acquired. Doomsday, the demon that had killed Lucy,
Sailor Cephiros, was in fact, the final Prime Evil that they had fought so
hard, so long, to destroy. He was one
of the Prime Evils, the first villains the Titans had joined together to
destroy.
Love:
We killed you...
Asteroid:
It took us everything we had.
Moonshine:
It took us our last ounce of breathe.
Angel:
But we killed you.
Baal
smiled.
Baal:
You were wrong about your interpretation of the prophecy, CENTAURI.
Angel:
Don't you dare call me that, demon!
Baal:
Oh, what are you going to do, bleed on me after I've crushed you?
Sailor
Angel gritted his teeth, but readied his staff nonetheless.
Baal:
As I was saying, you were wrong about the interpretation of the prophecy. "Neither Titan nor Soldier could stop
the destruction." You thought it
meant it needed someone who was both a Sailor Soldier and a Sailor Titan. And you were wrong. Yes, my body was destroyed beyond repair. Not fully destroyed, merely lost. My spirit wandered aimlessly, with no
knowledge of who I was or where I came from.
Baal
began to pace back and forth.
Baal: I
finally made my way to the broken down Chaos Sanctuary, where I saw a
vision. A vision of YOU, Sailor
Centauri, destroying my brother, Diablo!
*FLASHBACK*
Diablo:
No more, Sailor Centauri! Grant me
mercy, I beg of you!!!
Centauri
arched an eyebrow.
Centauri:
You, who are without mercy, now plead for it?
I thought you were made of sterner stuff.
Diablo's
eyes widened as the energy began to form into the shape of Saturn.
Centauri:
THIS ONE'S FOR TRISTRAM, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!
The
final energy ball struck into Diablo, peircing into his skin. He screamed with enough pain and anguish to
shatter all the glass in the world. A
light blue image of Diablo seemed to fade out of Diablo, which circled around
him as he still screamed. The
silhouette suddenly shot into Diablo's forehead, where the soulstone was. Diablo fell to the ground, one last time.
*END
FLASHBACK*
Baal:
The vision returned some of my memories.
I remembered that I was Baal, the Lord of Destruction. I had been cast out of Hell because of my
ideas to end the war between good and evil once and for all, along with my
brothers, Mephisto and Diablo.
Baal
stopped pacing.
Baal: I
slowly made my way to Mephisto's Durance of Hate in search of him, not knowing
he was dead. When I arrived at the
nearly destroyed Durance, I saw another vision. The vision of you, Sailor Love, destroying Mephisto!
*FLASHBACK*
Sailor
Love's heart brooch glowed with a massive intensity. Winds began to swarm around Sailor Love, and electrical bolts as
well.
Mephisto:
What are you doing?!!? Another pathetic
attack?!?!
Love:
No. The power of love, Mephisto. The love of this world, and of the HEART OF
HEAVEN!!!
All of
a sudden, a white beam of light burst through the ceiling of the Durance of
Hate, and the light immediately touched Mephisto. Mephisto screamed in pain as the holy light burned his bones and
he began to slowly evaporate.
Love:
You feel that, Mephisto? That's
heaven's love. It is what I
needed. Love always conquers over
hate. See ya later, lord of nothing.
Mephisto
gaped at Sailor Love as he suddenly was engulfed with fire, and evaporated into
nothingness. Sailor Love
collapsed. Asteroid, still in pain, ran
over to her and held her up.
*END
FLASHBACK*
Baal
growled at the Titans.
Baal:
All my memories had returned. However,
YOU were all still alive! I watched
you, having fun, being happy of your earlier triumphs against us. I hate you all, a hatred that can travel
across stars and burn entire worlds.
Killing one of you will never be enough for me. It will be substantially gratifying when I
KILL YOU ALL!!!
Baal
roared with fury and released a volley of tentacles at the Titans. Sailor Moonshine engaged a time stopper at
the tentacles attacking her, freezing them in time. Sailor Asteroid did a Rocket Blast, charging through the
tentacles and tackling Baal, sending him into a nearby tree. Sailor Love used her Crescent Heart Crush on
the tentacles attacking her, crushing them all. Sailor Angel sent a Hand of Destiny through the tentacles,
slicing them away, but missing Baal.
Baal got himself out of the tree and charged at Sailor Angel.
Baal:
I'LL DESTROY YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL! I AM BAAL, THE LORD OF-
Sailor
Angel flew up into the sky as Baal charged at him, and grabbed Baal by the
shoulders. He pulled Baal up into the
sky and restrained him.
Angel:
What you are, Baal, is a foolish old man who thinks that he'll win if he
continues fighting. Look around you,
Baal! You are nothing! You have no superiors, no inferiors, just
yourself! Your existence is
meaningless. The Sailors fight because
we have something to believe in and protect.
All of this city, this world is ours to protect. What do you have, old man?
Baal:
What I have is my thirst for destruction of what you protect!
Angel:
Oh my God! You are as thick as clotted
cream, that's been left out by some clot, and it's so clotted that you couldn't
unclot it with an electric de-clotter, you clot! Not only have we been upgraded in power since we defeated you
1,000 years ago, there's going to be a sixth and a seventh Titan! What do you have, Baal?
Baal
stopped then.
Baal:
Seventh Titan?
Angel
nodded. Baal began laughing
hysterically.
Baal:
Seventh Titan?! There will be no
Seventh Titan, ONLY DEATH!
Baal's
tendrils came out of his body and lashed out at Sailor Angel, making him lose
his grip on the demon. Baal fell down
to the ground, his tendrils going first to break his fall. As Sailor Angel came down to the other
Titans, Baal roared and fired a yellow energy wave shaped like a V. There were black sections in the middle of
it, and the energy collided into the four Titans and slammed them into any
nearby objects, trees, walls, etc.
Voice:
SWORD AZUREWRATH!!!
Baal
turned around and saw Tyrael's flaming white sword come down at him. Baal leapt out of the way as the sword
slammed into the ground. Tyrael floated
down and picked it up. He aimed it at
Baal.
Tyrael:
You should've been erased from this plane of existence a long time ago, demon.
Baal: I
will enjoy feasting on your wings, Archangel.
Moonshine:
MOONSHINE MIRROR!!!
Baal
got slammed in the back by the energy from Sailor Moonshine's staff. He yelped in pain for a moment, then turned
around and sent a green energy pulse into Sailor Moonshine. She arched back in pain and then fell to the
ground.
Baal:
WHY CAN NONE OF YOU DIE?! MUST I SET A
BOMB FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU?!
Baal
launched several tendrils at Tyrael.
Tyrael used Azurewrath to slice through two of them, but the other
tendrils wrapped around him and throw him over to the Titans.
Baal: I
END THIS NOW.
Baal
aimed his hands at the Titans and powered up energy. He smiled with delight as the beaten Titans braced themselves for
an attack.
Voice:
CRYSTAL CRUSHER BEAM!!!
Baal
looked to the side of himself to see a pulsing white energy ball approach
him. He stopped collecting energy and
put his arms in front of himself as the energy blast collides into him and
knocks him into the air. As he flies
through the air, his entire body begins to crust over in silver crystal. His entire body becomes a crystalized
entity, and he falls to the ground and shatters upon it. As the Titans begin to rise up, tendrils
come out of the ground and wrap around the crystal shards that are Baal and
bring him down into the ground. The
Titans look around themselves to see where the attack came from.
Angel:
I think we can all assume that we were just saved by the sixth Titan.
To Be
Continued...