[ Location: The Key Chamber - Catwalk ][ Date: June 8th, 1985 - Night (8:35 PM) ]
The giant laser—The Key—was screaming as it drilled into the red glowing crack in the wall.
Five Demodogs growled, showing rows of needle teeth.
Grigori, the Russian Terminator, cracked his knuckles and looked like a tank wearing a leather jacket.
It was 6 against 1.
"Bad odds," I whispered.
'My Mana is at 60% and If I split it... I'll be weak but I can't fight them all alone.'
I didn't have a choice.
I put my hands together in a cross shape.
Tiger Seal.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
POOF.
Smoke exploded on the catwalk.
Three copies of me stepped out. They were wearing the same charcoal suit, holding the same glowing white swords.
"Handle the dogs," I ordered. "I got the big guy."
"On it, Boss," the Clones said in unison.
The Clones didn't use magic as they didn't have enough mana.
They used Martial Arts and Telekinesis.
They charged the dogs. It was a blur of motion. One Clone slide-tackled a monster, throwing it off the bridge. Another Clone jumped on a dog's back, stabbing it with a conjured knife.
It was chaos.
I turned to Grigori.
"Just you and me," I said.
Grigori pulled out a combat knife and he didn't look scared of my clones rather he looked bored.
He lunged.
He was fast for a big guy.
I swung my Chakra Sword. The blade hummed with white energy (Aether).
CLANG.
Grigori blocked my sword with a heavy steel wrench he grabbed from a toolbox.
Sparks flew.
"You are strong," Grigori grunted, pushing me back. "But too small."
He kicked me in the chest.
OOF.
I flew backward, skidding on the metal grate.
My ribs ached.
'Strength check: He's much stronger than Billy so he's superhuman.'
He charged again and swung the wrench at my head.
I ducked.
The wrench dented the railing behind me.
'Telekinesis: PUSH!'
I blasted him with my mind.
Grigori slid back a few feet, but he didn't fall. He dug his boots into the floor like a statue.
"Is he made of Stalinium?!" I yelled.
He grabbed my throat. His grip was like iron.
He lifted me up, choking me.
"Die, American," he smiled.
'Think, Vivan. Think!'
I looked at the floor beneath his feet. It was a metal grate.
I pointed my wand at the bolts holding the grate.
'Diffindo!' (Severing Charm).
SNAP.
The bolts cut. The floor fell out from under him.
Grigori's eyes went wide and he dropped.
But he didn't fall into the gears as he grabbed the edge of the catwalk with one hand and started to pull himself up.
"Oh, come on!" I coughed, rubbing my throat. "Just fall already!"
I walked over and looked down at him dangling over the spinning machine.
"Long live the revolution," I muttered.
I stomped on his fingers.
Grigori let go and fell silently into the blue beam of the laser.
ZAP.
He was gone.
Vaporized.
[ System Alert: Boss Defeated. Points +500. ]
I turned back to the room.
My Clones had finished the dogs, but two Clones had "popped" into smoke. Only one Clone was left, leaning against the wall, panting.
"We good?" the Clone asked.
"We're good," I said. "Let's turn this thing off."
We ran to the control panel.
There were two keys and they were far apart so you needed two people to turn them at the same time.
"Ready?" I grabbed one key and the Clone grabbed the other.
"Three... Two... One..."
We turned them.
CLICK.
The machine groaned. The blue beam sputtered and died. The red crack in the wall began to shrink.
But the machine didn't like being turned off and It started to shake. Sparks showered down. It was going to explode.
'I need to get out. Now.'
Suddenly, a scream echoed in my head.
It was the Mind Flayer.
"NO! OPEN THE DOOR!"
A wave of psychic pain hit me and tried to freeze my brain. It tried to stop me from running.
My knees buckled and I couldn't move.
' I'm going to blow up with the machine.'
Then, I heard a giggle.
Inside my head, the cage rattled.
Pennywise woke up.
"Get out of our head!" the Clown hissed at the Mind Flayer. "He's MY!"
[ Passive Ability Active: Fear Eater. ]
The Clown opened its mouth and ate the psychic attack.
It swallowed the Mind Flayer's anger like a snack.
My mana bar refilled instantly.
[ Mana Restored: 100%. ]
"Thanks, Bozo," I gasped, standing up.
The machine was glowing white.
"Grab on!" I yelled at my Clone.
The Clone grabbed my arm.
'Apparition.'
CRACK.
The room exploded behind us.
Fire filled the chamber but we were already gone.
[ Location: Starcourt Mall - Food Court ][ Time: 9:45 PM ]
I crashed onto a table in the food court and rolled off, hitting the floor hard.
"Blergh."
I threw up.
Apparating through that much concrete was awful.
The Clone popped into smoke, returning his remaining energy to me.
I stood up, wiping my mouth.
The mall was dark and the neon lights were dead.
The ground had stopped shaking.
"I did it," I whispered. "The Gate is closed."
Silence.
Then... CRASH.
The glass roof of the mall shattered.
Something massive fell from the sky and landed in the center of the atrium, crushing the display car.
It was the Spider Monster.
The Meat Flayer.
It was huge. Thirty feet tall, Made of melted people.
It wasn't moving well.
It was twitching. Dying.
Because I closed the Gate, its brain was cut off.
It was just a body now. But a body that big... it still had momentum. It still had rage.
It roared, thrashing blindly.
Then, the doors on the other side of the mall burst open.
El, Max, Mike, and the rest of the group ran in and they were covered in dust and soot from the Cabin battle.
They stopped and saw the giant monster and than they saw me standing in front of it.
"Vivan!" El screamed.
The monster heard her.
It turned its head. It lunged.
I stepped forward. I raised my wand and my sword.
"It's not dead yet," I yelled to them. "It's just not in full control!"
I looked at the beast.
"Let's finish this."
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