Chapter XV

Ally






   "Ha! I knew it! You'd never make it, never make it in time!" The Demon Lord boasted.
   Shut your pie hole. I wanted to say.
   "And where is Will? Too scared to fight me?" He continued, and turned to the weak Keesa. "And Keesa, the one who was too soft to cut my string of life!"
   Keesa wiped soot off her face. "I would've, but your string was too shadow-infused that I couldn't bear even looking at it!"
   The Demon Lord walked only a yard to the very top. We followed aggressively. Then, Keesa fell to the ground, coughing hard.
   "Ah, yes. You were too dumb enough to realize that this volcano's ashes is like venom to a lung." The Unborne boy only put his hand to the side, and a force pinned Keesa up to a wall of air. "Now, where was that battle?"
   I growled, my tail low. I aimed for the neck, but the demon boy only grabbed me by my scruff. I tried biting him, but stopped as he took out a glass vial of water.
   "Good." The Demon Lord put the glass vial away, then took out a whistle. He blew into it, then the phoenix appeared out of the volcano's crater, and screeched loudly. "I captured the phoenix, just in case you reached this place in... a more human form."
  I only growled, but I saw this glass vial, and kept quiet. He took the phoenix. The phoenix could've helped me!
   "Ally..." Keesa said, covering her mouth and nose. "The phoenix... it's a fake."
   I turned my head again, and saw a hologram's elements. I turned to the Demon Lord, then pounced on him, biting him and scratching him.
   "At least it's too late now!" The Demon Lord laughed. "The necklace you wore was containing the phoenix! But you must've broken it, leaving the phoenix's soul shattered and unable to renew itself!"
   A wind howled, dusting the ash off. I stopped. What? The whole time... I  could've just used it and instantly be worry-free!
   I bit the Demon Lord again, catching him by surprise and dropping Keesa to the ground. She tumbled down for a few moments, then she gasped in pain.
   "Ally... I'll get the... neck..." I knew she wanted to finish the word, but her death bell had rung. She was dead. And so was Will.
   You absolute monster! I barked, tears streaming from my eyes. You killed my friends! My best friends! You ruined my life, you no-good PYSCO! 
  I lunged at him again, but he only dodged. I slashed at his heart area, and that's when things started to get funky.
  The Demon Lord collapsed on the ground, and a thick, black fog poured out of his wound. Then, a shadow that looked like death formed into a boar-like figure. I looked to the Demon Lord, and saw a regular boy covered in wounds, looking extremely pale.
   The shadowy figure laughed in a warped voice, sending a shiver up my spine. It charged at me, but I jumped onto its back and bit it several times, then clawed his face until black ooze shot out.
   The shadow tossed me off, and I landed onto the ooze that burned my skin. I jumped back out and gripped the shadow's tail, and being a shadow, it fell right off.
   I could only climb its back and stay there for as long as it took, feeling ill to make another attack. The shadow tossed me off, then trampled me repeatedly. The shadow then took form as a humanoid, black fog twisting and turning around him.
   "You pathetic fool!" The shadow laughed. "Rina only barely defeated me! Do you not know my power? I created this world, only to destroy it clean! You are only a small bump in the road, so let me kill you!"
   A black sword appeared in his hand, and cut me all over. I whimpered, feeling the pain cover me like a blanket.
   Then, I heard the sound of a gun firing. It was Will! He was alive!
   "Ally..." The ash had been blown off clean, so he didn't get affected. "Hang in there."
   The shadow hissed words I couldn't understand, then charged at Will, attempting to stab him. Will dodged, then shot the bullet several times.
   Suddenly, Keesa's body moved. Her eyes fluttered open, and a light appeared in the middle of her shirt, cleansing her face from ash and soot. As it faded away, Keesa took out a knife and stabbed the shadow right in the chest.
   My mind was light-headed from the loss of blood, but I lunged at the shadow and bit where Keesa struck. The black ooze poured out, then rose up to the sky and created a black super-cell. Instead of a column of rain, red and blue tongues of lightning reached down to the earth. Thunder boomed loudly.
   I saw the figure of what used to be the Demon Lord, turning on his back, looking beaten and looked like his life force was sucked out of him.
   I felt a powerful force emitting from him, his eyes red with fury.
   "Fools! You think you can only kill me like that?" His sword glinted in the darkness. He managed to quickly lunge and cut my shoulder.
   Someone get the necklace. I said, gritting my teeth.
   Will seemed to understand, and he told Keesa to get the necklace and that there somehow weren't any Unbornes in the way. Keesa nodded, and slipped away unseen.
   I lunged at the shadow again, and bit him. I quickly moved away from where I landed, the ground crumbling into the magma.
   I charged at the shadow again, missing this time. I felt an extremely large pain in my back, then the black sword was stuck right in front of me so I could see what had happened. My vision faltered for a moment, then went black.