Cereza's ears flicked, as her eyes began to glow a brighter yellow. "The mut is here." She growled lowly. "I can smell him."

Kye leaped up into the air, and cut through an entire hellknight with his blade, only for another one to send him back ten feet with a punch. He dragged his sword along the ground in a charge before cutting through the neck of the hellknight that just hit him before saying, "Good, we could use some help!"

Cereza growled lowly, as she charged a hellknight, ripping its throat, as she turned to Kye. "Only out of convince." She growled lowly.

******

Nijuu looked around, and saw the female Dire Wolf from before. 'Tynan's cousin?' She thought to herself, then looked at Tynan..who clearly, had seen her, and was growling. "We can't afford to fight her." She told Tynan, as she rested her hand on Tynan's head.
Tynan nodded his head, ceasing his growling.
Nijuu closed her eyes, as she summoned her mark beneath her feet. She held her staff in her hand, then slowly opened her eyes, her once blue eyes, now a dull yellow, as the mark on her neck also began to glow, as well as the mark on Tynan's chest.
A hellknight charged at the pair, lungging for Nijuu.
The flames upon Tynan's body began to burn a bright red, as he charged the hellknight. Knocking it over, as his fangs ripped into the hellknight's throat.

Kye shrugged as he headbutted one hellknight and toasted it alive with his flames. "I see, guess your still mad at him, aren't you?" He sliced through another hellknight with his bare hands.

"Still mad?" Cereza raised her brow, as she ran a hellknight through with her less damaged sword, then kicked it off her blade. "That would mean I would have to acknowledge his existence...and that I will not do."

Arron fired ten rounds at the clone genesis sent after him, grinning as they came at him as green strecks.
"you know, I wasn't using omega's full power before... in this battle" he steadied himself with his huge white wings as he kept his sights on him.

He growled in annoyance at her wounds healing, and at the smack staggered back, out of range of her blade.
Before she could capitalize, he kissed Chastity gently on the cheek - and his horns fixed themselves back up.
"You heal, I heal, see how this works?"
Then he advanced slowly, waiting for her to attack either him or Chastity, which was what he expected her to do...

Grimm fell to his knees in flesh form, as did Reap, both of them completely exhausted, fighting for their lives against numerous hellknights. Nihil was nowhere to be seen.

Caelestis grinned, sliding the blade back into her wrist, and leaving herself open, before mouthing the words, 'Bring it!'

Grey was holding his own against Genesis, however, he didn't know how long he could do so, and for his plan, he would need his wife's help. Quickly, he sent out a shadow specter version of himself to her location, only for Genesis to stab him through the torso with the lifeblade. A moment later, a wave of surging energy was sent through Grey. Seconds later, he fell out of the sky, looking dead, falling toward the ground.

Kye chuckled, "I see, but then why do you keep growling whenever he's near, isn't that acknowledging his existence?" He looked up into the sky and saw his brother falling and snapped, dropping his blade in order to use his bare hands to crush the skulls of nearby hellknights.

The flying Genesis continued to dodge Arron's shots, as speed and agility were its prime features.

The temptation to spring was almost overwhelming, but he fought against it.
He continued to move slowly, spreading his wings out, ready to dash in an instant.
"I believe the polite thing to do... is ladies... first..." he said slowly, still not charging full on, though withdrawing Regret and aiming it...

Caelestis grinned, just standing there, staring down Mawthough. The air around them became cold, as if the presence of death was nearest.

Grey hit the ground ten feet away from Mawthough, and didn't move, as Genesis flew downward to jam the Lifeblade into his back. Ezekiel flew forward and intercepted him, clashing with Genesis at this time, though his injuries were adding up.

Mawthrough adjusted his angle, stepping away from Caelestis, ensuring that he could keep both Genesis and the hybrid in sight.
He returned his gaze primarily to Caelestis.
"Believe me, darling - I can wait all day."
Then he spoke to Grey without changing his forced casual tone.
"Any time you want to destroy him would be utterly appreciated..."

Grey didn't speak, he remained still, like a corpse, his blood now becoming cold.

Caelestis grinned, then spoke for once, "Checkmate........demonspawn..........." At this time, Nihil shot out from the shadows, his double edged scythe positioned to where he could decapitate Chastity and Mawthough at the same time. If one moved to get away, the other would suffer a horrid fate. Caelestis then summoned two blades from her wrists and approached, while Genesis continued fighting against Ezekiel in the air, slashing and hacking away at his flesh.

A hand gently reached out from behind Nihil and took hold of his scythe, stopping him from moving forwards any further.
Friend smiled at Caelestis.
"My dear child, it's unwise to call checkmate unless you've taken away the advantage. And right now, the advantage is me."
He nodded to Mawthrough.
"Do me a favor, and finish this quickly, would you? I'll keep this naughty boy under control until you find the time to deal with him."

Mawthrough, who was still standing protectively in front of Chastity, gave Friend a suspicious look.
"Why are you helping us?"

"Because, dear boy, we need to have a talk. It's about you and Chastity, your favorite topic... but take your time, the pair of you. I'm in no rush..."

Mawthrough nodded, still suspicious, then leaned in to Chastity again.
"You fire at her from here, I'll get my claws dirty."
He kissed her and as the fire surged over his shoulders towards Caelestis from the woman he loved, he hurtled across the ground towards her, wings out, flying low in a rugby tackle.
"Sorry, but I'm not going down to some pawn. Chess joke, get it?"

"Ha!"

Ezekiel slammed into the ground, his body nearly broken because of Genesis, the arch angel barely able to move. "Dammit........"

Grey slowly stood up, though surprisingly, he wasn't breathing, and his eyes were glowing the same as Omega's.

Caelestis growled, this time, unleashing a wave of burning holy energy like never before, unleashing her true strength. "Occidio.....was a traitor.........." She spoke, "he deserved to die............to be erased........." She said as her power began to spread throughout the area, as the Lifeblade began to fuel her.

Nihil summoned his scythe back into his hands and backed away from the two of them, only for three different Scythe's to pierce his chest. Turning his head, he could see the Grimm Reaper, Reap, and Taruk had all taken part in his assault. The hybrid's body fell cold, as his soul left it for good.

Caelestis drew her wings, a pair of the purest, most elegant wings ever shown. They radiated power and beauty, as Caelestis flew forward, aiming with both of her blades, to decapitate her foes, all the while, energy specifically meant to kill celestials and demons built up inside of her.

He drew strength from hell. He drew strength from the wanton souls of the world, their very essence calling out to him.
But above all else, he drew strength from her, from her spirit, from her life.
From their bond. Something not even death could overcome.

He left the ground, dark lightning surrounding him.
Her power trumped his, he could sense that instantly.
But a quick glance around told him something.

His mother, on the ground, unconscious.
His soon-to-be-father-in-law, barely breathing.
Allies around him, allies he barely knew, but allies nonetheless.
And finally, his gaze came to rest on Chastity. The woman he loved, willing to fight and die for him.

He focused his gaze on Caelestis.
"Occidio was not a traitor," he said evenly.
"And you are one. We are many. We don't care how powerful you are."
He flew forwards, ducking under her slash, and punched her hard in the stomach, sending her flying back.
She would instantly recover, he knew. And she would come at him again.
But for the sake of his allies, for the sake of his mother, even for the sake of Inferno - but above all, for Chastity's sake - he would just fight her again and again.

"Face us, Caelestis, and know what it means to face the kind of power no lifeblade can match."
He looked briefly over his shoulder.
"And yes, my queen - let's show this puppet what it means to fight!" he shouted defiantly, returning his gaze to Caelestis again...

Caelestis seemed to sigh a little upon being hit, and for a moment, showed some restraint in the will to fight, only for Genesis to wave his blade, and cause her eyes to bleed red as her body became completely corrupted. "Kill them now Caelestis, better yet, just mortally wound them!!!" The celestial then focused all of her power into her core, and as she did, an aura similar to Occidio's surrounded her, the slayer aura. "End it!!!" Caelestial flew forward, faster than the human eye could detect, the ground and earth torn asunder as she passed by it, the entire area burning.

In the face of that kind of power, Mawthrough really only had one choice - respond in kind.
He focused every inch of his own strength in to his claws, which caused the dark armor-like substance that covered his hands to spread up his body, forming armor around his chest and even his wings.
"Alright... then... let's... do... this..." he growled, his voice twisted demonically...

Caelestis made contact with Mawthough in a massive clash, and moments later, she fell to her knees, as if she was on death's door, a smile covering her face as she looked back at Mawthough, and grinned further as she looked at Chastity.

Mawthrough fell back, stunned from the collision.
Seeing his smile, he stopped, looking at her, confused.
"What's... going on...?" he said slowly, noticing her grin at Chastity and then looking back at her...

At that moment, Caelestis clicked her figners together, as she fell over, in a pool of her own blood. A moment later, several blades shot out of Chasity, all of them impaling her body, as several impaled Mawthough, though on a far less lethal level. The blades began to glow, as if ready to explode, however, tearing them out would be just as severe.

Genesis stepped forward, and crushed Caelestis' lifeless body with his boot. "You don't need power to kill those with it you know, you fell for her little display you know.....you fell for it, hook, line, and sinker........."

chastity screamed out as the blades hit her, she dropped to her knees gasping for air
"m-maw..i-i...."
she reached out towards him before collapsing to the ground still gasping for breath



at that moment serenity came in through a portal, looked around and noticed her husband laying on the ground she flew over to him landing next to him
"what happend, let me heal you"
she placed her hand out and started to heal him

Grey rose up from the ground slowly, his hand holding onto Serenity, "You're a life saver.......you know that........." Noticing the glowing blades within Mawthough and Chastity, he quickly held out his arm, using Omega's power to disrupt the explosive flow of energy. "Serenity, I can last for now......get those blades out of them, then heal them......okay..........."

Genesis charged toward Grey, only to clash blades with him.

Friend gave a wince.
"And that's why I don't envy you at this moment..."
He looked over towards Serenity, and sighed.
"But the arrival of the healer bodes well..."

Inferno managed, impossibly, his body a mass of bloody wounds, to sit up, his eyes wide at the sight of his impaled daughter.
"...N...n...no..." he gasped, struggling to his knees.

"No..."

Mawthrough was frozen.
The pain inside him was completely and totally paltry. His blood spilled down onto the floor - but he was beyond caring about that.
"C...ch...chastity..."
He managed to take a step towards her. His eyes widened at her on the ground, and he staggered over to her, knelt by her, staring at her wounds, powerless to do anything. If he removed the blades, she might die faster.
It was then, and only then, that the thought of Chastity dying entered his mind.
Then the anger seized him, and he turned, slowly, painfully, but very VERY purposefully towards Genesis.
His eyes turned black, and he started snarling, the pain in his body and the pain in his heart combining.
The result was something raw and dark and not human yet at the same time the most human thing in the world.
"Rrrrrr... rrrr.....rrraaaaahh..."

He stood up again, no longer even aware of the blades in his body, his entire body driven by raw hate and anger and fear.
He was physically on the brink of death, but at the moment he was riding a surge of instinctive bloodlust, his human side completely and totally lost in hell.
"RRAAAAAGGGHH!!"
His claws extended to their fullest length, as did his wings. No black lightning accompanied him this time, but he did. Not. Care.
He managed to straighten up, his body struggling to function, but posed to fight to the end, standing over Chastity like a wild animal, not moving away from her, his instincts in charge.
And they said very plainly: Stay with her. And destroy anything. ANYTHING. THAT TRIES TO HURT HER.
ANYTHING.