Angel Monarch

Around Lucy there was pure chaos, every enemy that can fly was dead. She and Hellfire made sure of that. But the war in the sky was a lot better than on the ground. Here anything could happen.

Lucy nearly got stabbed or shot in the back over two dozen times. Some she dodged, some she dodged only partially cuting her at one place or another and some Hellfire blocked with his armor.

They fought side by side delivering death to anyone and everyone who dares to challenge them.

Hellfire pierced the skull of another man, while Lucy defending his back cut the throat of a soldier. The battle was purely a melee at this point, some shots still rang out, but anyone with a ranged weapon didn't survive for long.

They continued their rampage when something changed. Their own army began to move with a lot more lethargy, like they were tired and only wanted to go to sleep.

Hellfire and Lucy looked at each other, they both knew whos ability was this. Nightmare has finally joined the battle.

The two of them took to the skies and began scanning the ground for their target. It took them about a minute to find him, then they swiftly descended next to him. He was standing at the edge of the roof, looking down at the mayhem with a smile on his face.

'Oh brother, what happened to you...' Lucy felt very sad, hearing that her brother went Mad is one thing, seeing it with her own eyes is another.

"Isn't it just beautiful! The chaos, the destruction, the Madness, the hate, it's just so delightful. Like after working for months you finally see it come to fruition."

Hellfire and Lucy were both stunned, neither expected him to be this fucked up.

"Wouldn't you agree, little sis? You helped me get here after all." Said Nightmare as he turned around.

"Nightmare, this isn't you... You can still change..." Said Lucy, but it didn't matter Nightmare just laughed hysterically. Then looked at Hellfire and asked.

"Is she serious? She wants me to change back? What about you Hellfire, do you think I can still change?" He asked with a smile.

Hellfire just summoned his halberd and pointed it towards Nightmare.

"Figures, you were always smart. But you little sis, were always naive. Your brother is dead! He has been dead for a long time."

Lucy was shaking her head not believing him.

"Then, who are you?" She asked with tears in her eyes.

"Me? I'm the one who killed him!" He said while giggling.

Lucy took a deep breath and summoned her daggers. "If my brother can't be saved, he will be avanged!"

Before Lucy even finished, she attacked. Moving with speed few Evolved could match she slashed with her knives. But Nightmare moved even faster and he summoned a pure black katana, with one move he deflected both daggers. Then with the next he slashed towards Lucy.

There was no time to dodge, but luckily a halberd stopped the weapon, just before it would've reached her. He leveraged the sword away from Lucy, but even Hellfire could only last so long against an Ascended.

Nightmare moved back a couple of steps, then laughed Madly. The sound was horrible, it caused pain both for Lucy and Hellfire. Nightmare redoubled his attack and Lucy desperately defended.

He made a side cut, Lucy moved back dodging it. She instantly went forward trying to stab Nightmare in the eye, but he leaned to the side avoiding the blow by millimeters. He then using his lean moved forward trying to pierce Lucy's stomach. Using her daggers she managed to push the blade off track, but it still cut her on the side.

Using Lucy as a distraction Hellfire attacked Nightmare with his halberd trying to cut off his head. He ducked under it and swung his sword at Hellfire's legs. The armor held and Hellfire delivered a punch into Nightmare's face.

He backed away holding onto his broken nose, he didn't stop laughing since the beginning.

"Lets make this a bit more interesting!" He clapped his hands once and suddenly Lucy felt extremely tired.

'Fuck... his so strong...'

Nightmare moved to kill her. Lucy dodged the first attack, but the second one managed to cut her on the arm. Everything seemed to be in slowmotion, she just couldn't react fast enough.

He continued the attack and after about a dozen, he backed away. Lucy barely survived the exchange, but her whole body was covered in cuts. Hellfire tried to help, but with him being as tired as her, he could hardly move.

Nightmare didn't try to pierce his armor, instead he used it to his adventage and delivered blow after blow on his helmet. At some point he fell on the ground, possibly unconscious.

"Well, this was anticlimactic. I expected better from the two of you, maybe if Bea would've been here, you might've stood a chance. It's sad really, dying like this. Not that I care though."

Nightmare slowly walked towards Lucy, she was kneeling on the ground.

'I guess this is how it ends... It could've been worse... Wait, what is that?'

"See you in hell Nightmare." Said Lucy while laughing.

Nightmare looked confused for a second, then a dark rapier was protruding from his chest. Faith had come to save the day. She dismissed her sword and looked at the two of them.

"You fucking idiots, didn't we say that charging Nightmare is suicide! And what do you two do, attack him on your own! What do I even expect from the two hotheads?" Faith shook her head, then checked on the both of them. After making sure they are fine, she went back to the killing.

Lucy slowly moved to Nightmare's corpse and put his head on her legs. There were tears in her eyes.

"Rest in peace, Brother..."

She stayed there as long as possible. After about an hour the fighting began to die down. Without the leaders the enemy army began to fall apart. They have won, but the cost of human life was devastating for both parties.