Dark energy crackled through the air.

The temple filled with the sounds of metal and explosions of energy.

"Up there!"

He blasted the magic circle with lightning, the two energies cancelling each other out.

"You fool!"

His friend was engulfed in crackling, sparking smoke.

"Ga ha ha! Die!"

He countered the fell magic with more lightning.

The temple was silent for the briefest of moments as the agent of destruction sneered at him.

His friend stood next to him, face brimming with confidence.

"This is it, our final battle!"

"We will kill him together!"

Words spoken by an unseen woman.

"You're both one of us now, and no 'destiny' can change that!"

His friend charged after saying those words.

The dark sorcerer laughed and turned to meet his charge.

"Ha ha ha! Why do you resist?"

His friend swiped at the sorcerer with the sacred sword.

The sorcerer jumped back, directly into his lightning strike.

"You cannot unwrite what is already written!"

Another explosion of dark magic engulfed them both, despite the sorcerer's temporary paralysis.

"Anything can change!"

Still paralyzed, the sorcerer could do nothing to prevent the sacred sword running through his chest.

His friend stepped back, watching as the sorcerer collapsed to his knees, engulfed in purple flames.

His friend turned and grinned.

"This isn't over…"

The charred body rose and flung its unholy flames at its opponent.

"Damn you BOTH!"

He shoved his friend to the ground without hesitation as everything went white.

"Are you alright?"

Someone else lifted him up along with his friend.

"He hasn't sustained mortal damage."

He watched the sorcerer's corpse turn to ash.

"That's the end of him."

The ash scattered to the nonexistent wind.

"Thanks to you we carried the day."

He lowered his head in exhaustion.

"That was almost too easy."

His vision suddenly went red as he felt a thunderous presence tearing at his mind.

"He's dead, isn't he? We can rest easy now, at long last."

He looked up at his friend without willing it.

"What's wrong?"

The presence grew louder, ripping and tearing, demanding the one thing it craved most.

"Please, you must resist!"

"Hey, hang on!"

A great impact caused his friend to grimace.

His friend stepped back, a blade of thunder impaled through his abdomen.

"Oh gods!"

His friend looked down at the blade.

He looked at his own sparking hand.

"This is not your…your fault."

Now his heart pounded along with his head.

"Promise me…you'll escape from this place."

"Please, no!"

His friend began falling to the ground.

"Please…go."

"NOOO!"

His friend fell to the ground, unmoving.

He held his face in shame and darkness filled his vision.

"You bastard! You are not my brother!"

Horrid laughter filled the temple.