ShadowVentus said
He has both hands on his head. "No...stay back! Get out of here, both of you, before it's too late!" You see that Michael's body is starting to glow slightly with black energy.

supertinyking said
I leap back to the little girl, and I pick her up. I then portal away to a small bunker then I then shield with the darkness, interfering with anything trying to teleport in.

ShadowVentus said
From your bunker, you can sense a sudden explosion that is loaded with energy. There's even a flash of light to prove that it happened. You can see that it happened right where Michael is.

supertinyking said
I teleport back without the girl.

ShadowVentus said
You return to find that Michael is unharmed, but a large crater is before you, anything within that radius is dead.

ShadowVentus said
He extends a hand your way, a dark aura trickling from his fingers. It's heading your way very quickly.

CreedTheChimera said
In an instant, Ari appears. She raises her hands and her eyes darken black, pushing back the dark aura. "There's only one Darkness user around here punk..."((Yeah, her power is literally Darkness))

ShadowVentus said
Michael looks up, his the redness of his scarred eye burning intensely. "Grima's Grip." Michael's aura wraps around Ari in a tight grip.

CreedTheChimera said
The dark aura wrapped around Ari quickly disbands, her eyes solid black as she seems to push it back, her own hands being covered in darkness.

ShadowVentus said
The aura disbands, but remains floating near her. With a small movement of Michael's hand, the aura turns into spikes, elongating to the point where if Ari made a single movement, she'd take a hit. "It's not wise to challenge me..." Michael speaks in a voice not of his own. He then cups his hands over his mouth. "Grima's Breath" He breathes a torrent of dark flames at Ari.

CreedTheChimera said
Ari, sensing her life is about to end, screams. The scream somehow carries a physical force, as it blows away the darkness and extinguishes the black flames, but does not apply any abnormal pressure on Michael. When she is done screaming, Ari immediately summons a black aura herself, hurling several black spikes at Michael.

ShadowVentus said
Michael dodges all of the spikes except for one, the lone spike piercing through his abdomen. He let's out a beastly roar of pain. Meanwhile, the spikes surrounding Ari fade as whatever is controlling Michael attempts to remove the spike, causing him to bleed even more in the process.

CreedTheChimera said
The spike disappears as Ari freezes up. She seems to be vibrating or something, frozen in place. Except her eyes. They dart around wildly, trying to comprehend what is happening.

ShadowVentus said
For a moment, albeit brief, Michael regains control and speaks. "Ari...you've gotta..set my heart free.." Grima then regains his control and begins walking toward Ari. His movements are sluggish, his left hand putting pressure on the fresh wound in his abdomen.

CreedTheChimera said
Ari doesn't move. She can't. She just stares at Michael in terror and wants to scream, but even that isn't possible.In a place very far away, a man smiled. Ari would now meet her end. Unable to save herself.

ShadowVentus said
As he draws nearer, Michael collapses a foot away from Ari, looking skywards. Ari sees that he has lost a fair amount of blood, a trail of it behind him serving as proof. "...." He's silent as ever.

CreedTheChimera said
For some reason, the wound heals and new blood begins to pump in his veins.The man feels an unbearable need to facepalm. He probably should have done that the second the spike disappeared...

ShadowVentus said
Just when Michael thought it was over, his wounds had healed and Grima was back in control. He creates a bolt of raw energy in his right hand as he gets back on his feet, and then continues to walk slowly toward Ari, his eyes gleaming red.