Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Twinkle, twinkle little Starlight ❯ The Final Day ( Chapter 7 )

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Part 8
Relight stood proudly, as best as he could give the circumstances. The Scouts had wisely decided to move for cover but they had a clear view of the dark, evil cloud that was the Controller. The lowered temperature and the rumbling of thunder gave the atmosphere an apocalypse feel to things. Relight stood still, waiting. For Relight was an old war dog, a master of tactics and strategy that led the Kinmoku army to many great victories. Relight was going to play this fight to his advantage all the way. Besides, at his current power level he couldn't afford to lose, not with Twinkle behind him.

He didn't have to wait long as the Controller struck out with the same attack that had nearly crippled Relight during the last war. He leapt into the air and with a big swing of Novia cut the ball in half and as it passed him exploded but he was already flying straight at the black cloud. The Controller fired another ball and this time Relight made no move to block it. The ball went straight through him as his image flickered and then died out. An after image. The baffled Controller was suddenly being hailed upon dozens of Blue Novas from high above. The energy balls exploded rapidly, dispersing the Controllers cloud like form. But he began to reform himself faster then Relight could fire. Relight changed tactics and flew just below his enemy. He cupped his hands together and powered up a powerful Comets Tail attack, much stronger then his Gold Novas. With an enraged cry he fired the yellow beam and blew a hole through the Controller, but even that reformed, albeit slower then before.

Relight knew that in this form the Controller couldn't be harmed so easily, but his former captor couldn't attack very good at all. It looked like a stalemate for the moment. At the distance they were the Scouts had trouble seeing what was happening but they knew it wasn't good with all those flashing lights.
"Come on dad" Fighter muttered and her jaw ached.
"Fight me like a man you son of a bitch!!" Relight shouted, dodging another dark ball. The Controller took this rather personally and began to swirl and shrink to a smaller form. Relight got into a fighting stance and watched on as limbs took shape until the cloud resembled a humanoid. A very scary, way bigger then Relight with red eyes humanoid!! Relight sensed the massive power increase and became worried. The Controller raised an arm and pointed it at Relight, who held his hands up in defence as another nega ball was fired at him. He caught it, but he struggled to hold it as it burned his hands and refused to let up. The Contoller let loose a roar that seemed to give the ball more power and it finally over powered Relight and hurtled him into the ground below, shattering the concrete leaving a long trail made by Relight's body and exploded. Normally such a crash would never hurt Relight but with his lack of power and the near fatal wound near his heart it was more painful then it looked.

Fighter wasn't sure her father had survived the fall but sure enough Relight burst from under the rubble in blue flames and within one second was face to face with the Controller. He clasped his hands together and fired another Comets Tail at point blank range in the Controllers face. The bright flash completely covered the Controller and carried on for a whole block before it sent the Controller flying into a building, sending it crashing to the ground in a huge cloud of dust and steel fragments. He could hear the Sol Scouts cheering him on from below but he dared not relax until he knew for sure he had won.

As expected the Controller came flying back, arm drawn back to swing and Relight charged to meet him. He powered a Thunder Cracker and swung, connecting with the Controllers fist, causing a huge shockwave to rock the city as both combatants continued to fight with lightning speed. Fazing from one part of the city to another, bright lights and thundering crashes all around. The fight carried on during the night, each fighter gaining the upper hand every few hours. The Scouts were now quite well rested and healing nicely from their wounds, not many could have said that when attacked with a Blue Nova. They watched on, patiently for their last hope to win.

Finally, with a huge double axe handle the Controller bashed Relight into the ground, rupturing a gas main and catching fire as the asphalt crumbled beneath his falling body . Relight crawled out of the crater which nearly became his grave and painfully stood up, only to have a nega ball detonate in front of him. He skidded along the ground, his armour making sparks along the way until he slowed to a stop. All was silent as Relight remained still for a few moments..seconds..minutes. Fighter started finding it hard to breath as she stared at Relight. The Controller slowly floated down to the ground and landed with a thud. He walked over to the fallen warrior and picked him up by the neck, who made a straining sound, a good sign he was alive at least. The Controller drew back a huge hand and drove it repeatedly into his victim's stomach with sickening thuds. Fighter squeezed her lover tight as she watched on.

He finally tossed him aside, sending his body into a pile of rubble where he lay limply.
"I guess all those years in torture softened him up..plus getting stabbed in his over sized heart by his own daughter makes it even more delicious" he directed his glaze Relight to Fighter and chuckled slightly. Fighter herself was trembling in anger but couldn't stop a few tears from spilling down as she did blame herself for her father's lost battle. The Controller no longer saw Relight as a threat, his power faded and his time short. The 9 foot monster, uninjured from the battle slowly walked over the hiding Scouts who knew running was pointless, and that they would have to die fighting in what they believed in….justice. They got to their feet and prepared themselves. The Controller merely laughed.
"How fun, like shooting fish in a barrel. Killing Scouts is my favourite past time. In fact the last Star Fighter didn't even know I was the one who killed her" he stated and everyone's eyes shot open in shock. His heavy footsteps got closer.
"Yes I killed her, death by post birth stresses?? What a joke. She was wide open for an attack when she gave birth to you and I poisoned her right under your fathers nose" he spat, now only a few feet away, another nega ball charging in his hand.
"Mama?.."
"In the last 10 seconds you have left as an orphan just remember you helped me kill both your parents!" he laughed and thrust his hand forward to attack, his red eyes sparkling. Fighter felt like dying at those words.
"Huh? What the?" The Controller cried as the ground started to shake and crack up. The intact windows left in Tokyo shattered and debris flew wildly as the rubble containing Relight ceased to be as an explosion rocked the city to its foundations.
"Daddy!" Fighter yelled as a fire of blue and white flames expanded around her father, a cosmic power crackling about his aura as his eyes burned a hot white. He heaved deeply with anger, for the words of the Controller reached his ears and he had not liked them one bit.

Despite being on death's door, Relight was going to make sure he kicked Controller's ass before going to the other world. In one smooth motion he pointed two fingers and fired a concentrated beam that whizzed right passed the Controller's defence and ripped a gapping hole in his broad chest, a bubbling ooze dribbling out as he screeched in distress. Relight zipped forward and planted a hard kick in his opponents stomach and released a flurry of blows, each leaving dents in the controllers sponge like body accompanied by claps of thunder. He finally jumped up on the still bleeding chest and swung both fists into an uppercut that sent the Controller hurtling high into the sky. But Relight was far from finished.
"Soft!? I am Relight!! The most powerful warrior in all the universe and you are nothing!!!!" he screamed as he fired a Comets Tail from each hand, they twisted and intertwined before detonating into the Controller, dispersing him back into his cloud form. Relight placed himself between the Scouts and the cloud, his Ki rising each second as was the Controllers.
"I SHALL NOT BE DENIED!!!!" he cried insanely.

With that the master of evil called upon all the forces of evil, calling them to lend him their strength so he might win. Thick lines of darkness seeped their way across the galaxy to the planet Earth, soaked up by the dark master. The Controller grew larger and fiercer with every feeding, his power threatening to overcome Relight again. But Relight had ignored this. All he knew was that his only child was behind him, scared and hurt but more then willing to give her life for the ones she loved. How she was a blessing to him, to Quazel his wife. How he watched on helplessly as she passed away, leaving their child in his arms. How the one responsible was now ready to end everything he had done for the Universe he loved. Never!!!! His anger and power rose as he recalled all those who had given their lives for what they loved and how he knew they would do it all again. He didn't just fight for himself...he fought for all those who were just like him,,,,who he loved. His parents...his friends...his wife!!!
"QUAZEL!!!!!!" he screamed with all his being, releasing all his power in one go. The result was massive.

A dome of pure blue energy encased the country of Japan, knocking the power out in every home and office block. All across the world there were tidal waves, wind storms, earth quakes and even the ice caps were breaking up. For every country the ground shuck under their feet, power lines crashing and rivers flooding. The Earth gave off waves of star energy that travelled the cosmos. These waves quickly found their way to the wandering star Kinmokusei where a certain red haired princess looked up. The energy she felt was familiar, comforting.
"Uncle Relight?" she whispered.

Back on Earth the few Scouts who could think without being blown away by the hurricane like winds were wondering why they weren't vaporized by the outburst of energy, they couldn't even look at Relight his power was too bright!! Fighter managed to open her eyes and look at Healer and shouted over the noise.
"If we don't make it, I want you to know I love you for all eternity Dwai!"
Healer opened her eyes against the gale force winds and looked at her lover, she smiled as she clung to the lamppost.
"I love you too Twinkle, but if we do make it my answer is yes!" she cried back and grinned as
"Yes? You mean?!" she asked. As if she had heard wrong or the blood loss affected her brain.
"Yes,I'll marry you my love" she smiled, and it was if they were in their own little world, the terror of the outside fading...until that one moment.

The Controller, dark overlord of evil had released his ultimate attack; The Annihilator! This attack could wipe out entire galaxies in an instant but now it was being used against the champion of champions, Relight! The warrior in question was at the absolute peak of his power and as he watch the black/red energy advance on him he couldn't help but chuckle. Oh how sweet this would be. He launched himself the air and help himself high above the skyscrapers. He thrust his hand together over his chest as the dome plating opened, and the Quaar crystal pulsed with his energy. With a final battle cry his fired the legendary Quaar wave, it's size as vast as New York, it's power not even rivalled by the Gods.

The Wave and the Annihilator, two juggernaut powers collided with big impact, the shockwave finally dislodged the Scouts and sent them flying away half a dozen blocks away before rubble stopped them. Meanwhile the two massive powers were still trying to over power the other. Relight was under immense pressure, his attack was eating up all his life energy but the same could be said for the Controller, as his form was gradually getting smaller and smaller.

But despite this the Quaar wave was being pushed back, much to Relight's annoyance.
"I win, I WIN I WIN!!!!!!!!!" The Controller screamed crazily, adding even more power. Relight closed his eyes and thought back to the moment his master Lord Quaar died. The fallen warrior had reassured his soldiers that they could defeat their current enemy together and had passed on the crystal to Savlo, the second in command. He then closed his eyes and his body turned black, turning to dead crystal like all Starions would. Quaar's only living relative, his sister was there, she cried over his body for hours that day.

Relight's eyes shot open and suddenly the Annihilator stopped pushing him back. He refused to die that way! He had all ready lost 2 loved ones that way, he would not subject his little girl to that fate...Twinkle. With a mighty cry he unleashed the rest of his power into the attack. The bright shining silver beam not only pushed back at it's adversary, but cut through it, all the way to the Controller himself. The beam of goodness consumed the Controller, burning and tearing at his gas like body. Within minutes his entire being was destroyed and the beam carried on into outer space, signalling to the Universe the death of the Controller.

2 hours later the Sailor Scouts had finally made it to ground zero, slowly but surely. Through the still smoky craters and the wreckage, they searched for their savoir. But it looked grim. But Fighter and her fiancée refused to give up, they worked passed their injuries and exhaustion they sieved through the rubble, until they found him.
"Father!" Fighter yelled, kneeling beside her father's prone and bleeding body, he looked terrible. Fighter just looked at his face, so peaceful…and started crying. The Scouts could only watch on in sadness for their friend.