This is actually the FINAL chapter. The Final battle is in this chapter!it's gonna be EPIC. And by the way, I'm already working on the SEQUEL to this story, so look out for it! I've got so many ideas for these characters and this whole situation, and I can't wait to start getting into the swing of things with the sequel! Enjoy!

The dark, twisting vortex felt like...nothing. Ion less than a second, she was in the heavens...and she almost fainted in chock. The once bright, pleasant skies were invaded by red clouds. Sadie wasn't even sure if the clouds were red, or if the sky itself was. The golden gates to the heavens were being beaten on by horrifically ugly demons and minions of Time, Confusion, and Forever. All the gods were lined up in their full battle armor, waiting for the gates to finally shatter, and the demons to flood in. Sadie held her knife so tightly, her knuckles turned white. The demons began to grasp the gates and shake them violently. Some of them took out their weapons and started mercilessly slashing and cutting and shooting the gates. Sadie looked around. Walt stood next to her, his amulets in hand.

"Walt-"

"No, Sadie. I'm not gonna let my disease prevent me from fighting. This is likely to be the last time any of us ever fight, so I want to be apart of it."

Sadie tried to reply, but she realized there was no point. Each person deserved the right to fight for their survival, and she wasn't going to try and rob Walt of that. The gods looked more nervous with every second that passed, with each harrowing bang coming from the gold gates. Where was Najan? They had no chance without him. Suddenly, a black portal appeared and Najan stepped out of it, decked out in complete and full battle armor. Void also stepped out, wearing what he usually did...except for this time, he wore a black, half destroyed crown. Void stepped behind the defense lines, not uttering a word.

"Had to make a few...arrangements," Najan spoke shakily.

Sadie could see he was trying to be strong for the gods and children...but she could all but her the clattering of his quivering armor as he shook in fear.

"You are all fighting for your lives, and the lives of every living thing on this planet. I am fighting for the balance of this universe. Fight like your life depends on it, because it does, I will do the same."

As the line advanced towards the trembling gate, Najan held Sadie back.

"I'm fighting for you too Sadie. Whatever happens today... I need you to promise that you won't forget me," Najan said quietly. Well, as quietly as he could with the demons howling and banging.

"I promise," she replied.

"Good." Najan pulled her in for what might have been a final kiss.

Najan pulled away and smiled. Sadie did the same, and at that very moment, Najan tensed up, took a deep breath, and drew his sword. The gates to the heavens shattered, and demons of all shapes and sizes poured in. For a moment, Sadie was blinded by the pure numbers of the enemy. There was no way they, even with the help of the gods, could kill all of them. But that wasn't going to stop her from doing the best that she could. Sadie did moves she never even remembered learning. She noticed a few demons from the Duat, and a few soldiers. Just as she pierced the throat of a demon, her sword's light flickered out, and the hieroglyphs stopped glowing. A sense of pure fear and evil rose in her body, and she looked upwards to see none other but Time, Confusion, and Forever. They immediately started fighting the gods, who were no match for them at all. Time took on Horus. The older evil god was destroying Horus with only his fists. Then, he drew his gigantic sword. He caught Horus across the chest, slashed him in the face, then, finally, stabbed him clean through the belly. Horus screamed in pain, but dropped like a fly to the ground. Sadie retched in unfiltered horror. Then, they spoke something that made sadie run towards them.

"Where is that little cat goddess? The one that is trained to fight!"

Bast rose into the air, her claws glistening with fresh blood.

"Fire! Come here." They spoke in unison.

A female demon with long orange hair approached the evil gods. "Yes masters."

"Destroy the cat goddess," Confusion yelled.

Fire whipped towards Bast, and attacked. Bast S\sliced every which way, her five thousand years of training showed very clearly, but it was no match for Fire. The demoness shot pure heat from her hands and mouth, and her hair turned into a mane of fire. Bast screeched in horror as Fire clenched her throat. Sadie screamed for Bast to move, but she was being suffocated as Fire squeezed tighter and tighter. Tears burst from Sadie's eyes as Bast turned blue, moving her mouth, begging for mercy...but Fire's eyes were cold and uncaring. She tore Bast's throat, burned her face, and flung her to the ground like a piece of garbage. Sadie ran to Bast's destroyed body, and held her scorched face in her hands. Tears flooded from her eyes.

"Bast! Bast! Please, please, please! Wake up!"

No answer. Bast's face was still twisted in pure anger, fear, and realization, probably at the moment when she realized that her immortality would end today. Sadie stood up on shaky knees, and saw Najan swinging his sword at his brothers. They laughed, and all at once attacked him. They tore at his chest, stomach, and face with their fists and swords. They grabbed his thoroughly beaten body, floated over to the gates,, and flung him down from the heavens to earth. Sadie couldn't even speak, she was too full of grief. She was shaken back to reality when the clouds beneath her began to tremble. They became thin...and finally dissipated. The heavens fell straight down to Earth, but amazingly, No one felt the impact of the heavens hitting the ground. Sadie stood up, and she was somehow standing on the Mississippi River, The middle of the United States, with her back facing the east. The gods that were still alive stood in the same position, battle weary and defeated, with their backs acing the east. The enemy stood facing them, looking shiny and strong, with their backs facing the west. Their weapons and mouths shone with dark blood, and was decorated with torn flesh. The demons looked ready to begin fighting again, so they could finish off the Egyptians once and for all, so evil would rule forever. Just as Sadie thought the fight would come to a standstill on the Mississippi, the demons launched forward, biting, punching, slashing, and stabbing with more force than ever. They wanted the Egyptians erased from existence so that the evil gods could reign over the destroyed world with an iron fist. Sadie eventually grew so tired, she just began to swing and stab her knife in random directions. Then, Najan recovered from his injuries by his own power, and rose up. Sadie was so happy, she almost smiled, but then the image of Bast's mangled body reappeared in her head, and she began to cry again, newfound emotions exploding inside her. Najan was dressed in brand new battle armor, but this time, it was blue, red and black, but not separately. The colors seem to merge into one, while staying their own at the same time. The god walked slowly up to her, with a new look in his eyes, strength and assurance.

"I know what I'm going to do Sadie. I will miss you, But you promised you;d never forget me, and I'm gonna take you up on that."

Sadie shook her head. "Najan...tell me what you're gonna do. And I'm not taking no for an answer this time around."

Najan smiled and pushed her hair back behind her ears. "For everything to be okay...for my brothers to be gone forever...I have to be gone too. With them gone and me here, the balance will be disrupted. I'm so sorry, but Sadie I have to-"

"No! You- you can't just go! Najan...I've never felt this way about anyone...ever. You can't leave me. I've already lost Vast, and Horus is dead, please-" Sadie realized she had become so distraught that she had completely broken down into a sobbing fit. Najan seemed to make her stop crying, and kissed her once again.

"I'm so sorry, But I have to do this. If I stay, my brothers will become to powerful, and I will grow to weak...and I won't be able to do anything to stop them. Our levels of power are at just the right amount so that I can sacrifice myself and be able to take all three of them out with me...Give me your palm."

Sadie stuck out her hand. Whatever he was going to do couldn't make her feel any better, or any worse.

He pressed his fingers into her palm, and she felt a tickle. When he took his fingers away, there was a very clear letter, ca capital 'N'.

"You'll know I was here...and if it ever starts to pulsate...something good is going to happen." Najan smiled.

Sadie hugged the god for the last time, and as he walked away, the demons started pouring over to her again. She was just happy a moment ago...and now these evil beings were trying to steal her happiness. She slashed and stabbed with new strength, determined not to let her happiness slip away. She saw Najan fight his way through the demons, which got stronger and stronger the closer he got to his brothers. Suddenly, the Mississippi stood still, and a huge, slimy, huge mouthed sea serpent arose from the river. Time, Confusion, and Forever laughed in evil joy. This was what they had in store to finish off the gods and Najan. The demons crumbled into dust, and their remains flew into the serpent, increasing its size tenfold. Sadie knew there was no way they would beat this. The odds were 100 to 0. She wiped her knife on her shirt, and got ready for her likely death by this gigantic monster. It swung it's gigantic body towards Najan, who leaped over it, and stabbed his sword into it. The serpent shook off the pain and struck again, but this time at Violet. The trained assassin slid right over the serpent, took off one of her heels, and whipped it straight at the serpent. As soon as the heel hit flesh, and sent out shock waves of pure unhindered electricity. The enormous sea demon roared in pain, and opened its mouth, then shot straight at Violet, swallowing her whole, along with Anubis who was standing next to her. Sadie gasped in horror at the deathly quick loss of two of their group members. The serpent spun around and whipped it's tail, beheading Isis and ending the rest of the group flying backwards. Suddenly, the sky cracked, and a woman fell. A an rose from the earth. They were Nut and Geb. They embraced each other and kissed, only for Sadie to interrupt them with a warning.

"Look out! The serpent-"

Sadie stopped yelling as soon as the serpent smashed his massive body upon the god and goddess. They were surely dead. When he slid away from the spot, their was only a pool of flesh and blood. Sadie could barely stomach all of this death and destruction. She looked ahead and saw that the serpent was blocking Najan's path to his brothers, and he couldn't just leave the serpent behind for the demigods and few gods to face, so there was no way around fighting the gigantic monster. Suddenly, Thoth and Osiris leaped forward with swords, and hopped on top of the serpent. The cut, stabbed, and smacked the serpent with their sharp, shiny swords. The serpent screeched in pain, but it couldn't reach the two gods, because they were on his back.

"Go Osiris and Thoth! Take it down!" Sadie cheered.

As soon as she put her hand down from a very poor fist pump, she saw Forever become nervous about the two gods, since they were close to killing the massive water snake. Sadie flinched in horror as Forever leaped on top of the serpent. He nailed Thoth right in the nose, spun around and kicked him in the back,grabbed his leg and threw him down, snatched his sword, and stabbed him right through his heart. He kicked the mangled god off the serpent like he was a rock on the sidewalk. Then, he turned to Osiris. Sadie began to cry, already knowing that her father would be unable to defeat the much more powerful god.

"If you imbecile gods keep making us kill you," Forever spoke angrily, "There won't be any left to make my slaves."

"I'll die before becoming a slave to a heartless tyrant," Osiris retorted.

"Najan! Help him!" Sadie screamed, along with Carter who had run up to her side.

Najan was too busy trying to slice through the already half-dead sea serpent. But he yelled "Take this!" and suddenly, a quiver of arrows and a large bow appeared. Carter took them, and got the arrow ready to shoot.

"How did you..." Sadie wondered.

"I don't know...There was this sudden presence that helped me put it together...it doesn't matter. I have to save dad."

Forever, just answering back to Osiris' comment, spoke. "So be it."

The evil god punched Osiris directly in the jaw. Osiris spun to the left and swung his sword, and it connected squarely with Forever's chest. He winced in pain, then grabbed Osiris' arm and twisted it to an unimaginable angle. Osiris roared in pain, Put somehow transferred his sword to the other hand, brought it up, and stabbed it into Forever's back. The once in control god gaped his mouth open in agony, but continued to fight. His hands began to glow bright purple, and Osiris knew then that he could not win. It was also that same moment when Sadie turned to her brother.

"Now! Shoot him now!"

Carter took aim, and fired the bow. To their amazement, it caught fire while in the air. But not any type of fire...it was black fire. Carter, nor Sadie had ever seen something so dark, but so bright at the same time. The arrow traveled with scorching speed, and finally came to rest...right in Forever's leg. The god collapsed to the ground, clawing at his leg, screaming for his brothers to help. They didn't come...because they were occupied. Najan had sliced clean through the serpent, ensuring its death. Time and Confusion were now standing up, as they had been sitting in the thrones of the gods, after the heavens had fallen to earth. They were standing up in front of their thrones, ready to fight Najan, but Najan was simply talking to them, knowing what he had to do. But Sadie turned her attention to Forever and Osiris. The evil god had stumbled to his feet, and he was not looking very happy. He yelled curses and wished death upon Osiris. Then, he touched his purple glowing hands to his wounded leg. It healed in less than five seconds. Forever smiled evilly and stalked up to Osiris. Sadie screamed.

"Osiris! Run! Don't let him kill you! Please!"

"Listen dad! You can't let him kill you! We barely have any gods left! And we can't lose you again, dad please!" Carter yelled as well.

Osiris turned to his children.

"I love you both, so very much. You will never know how much I do. But...I do not deserve to live as a god, if all the others have died. Horus, Bast, Anubis, Violet, and now Thoth," he said, while looking down at the ground at Thoth's still body, "it would upset the balance of Ma'at. That's why Najan is doing-"

"Enough sappiness. Goodbye, worthless god," Forever said

He smacked Osiris, snatched his sword, and stabbed him in the stomach. He was about to let go and kick the body off the side, but he turned and looked at Sadie and carter. He smiled, and plunged the sword deeper and deeper, until the tip came out Osiris' back. Forever laughed, then tossed Osiris over his head like an empty box. He then floated down off the top of the dead serpent, and approached Carter and Sadie. Walt and Jaz ran up to them.

"Guys! What are you doing? Get to safety!" Sadie said.

"Hey, if we're gonna die, I wanna die with friends," Walt spoke calmly.

Jaz nodded in agreement. Forever was now no more than a yard away from them. He stopped walking. Sadie and Jaz almost gasped in surprise. They had never been this close to the evil god before. He could have been even better looking than Najan, if it wasn't for the blood red eyes. And, it seemed like pure evil formed wrinkles in his young looking face.

"Yes yes, the little magicians. You four have caused so much trouble...It's time for all that to end. Oh, and The Kane children, did you enjoy watching your father die, at his own sword? I surely did."

Sadie wanted to yell, and Carter actually did.

"You evil, evil man! You are nothing but a bully, a liar, and a murderer!" Sadie's brother spat.

Forever shook his head. "Flattery will get you nowhere. Now, for the killing."

Suddenly, two gods appeared in vortexes of sand. The scene flickered from the Mississippi, to the Great Pyramids. They were now fighting where Egyptian gods had began...and today, could end. Forever looked around him, but before he could react, Set and Sekhmet tackled him to the sandy ground. Forever right hooked set in the mouth, causing the god to roll off of him. Forever head butted the goddess of war, causing her to be stunned for a moment, long enough for forever to stand up...and call fire. The female demon appeared in a split second, in a quick burst of fire.

"Yes, my master," Fire spoke with a cold voice.

"Destroy the war goddess," Forever spoke evenly.

Sadie could tell that Fire was just barely controlled by Forever and his brother's commands. She was almost as powerful as they were. Fire's beautiful orange hair erupted into a mane of raging fire. She growled and leaped at Sekhmet, who rolled on the ground to dodge her. The war goddess slashed out with her right hand and swung her claws. Fire grabbed the hand and ripped out each claw, one by one. Sekhmet howled in pain, and swung her other hand at Fire. The demoness did the matrix move, avoiding Sekhmet's powerful hand, and doing a backflip, kicking Sekhmet's chin. Sadie knew that Sekhmet was a match for fire, since she was created to fight. Sekhmet would definitely hold off Fire better than...better than Bast did. Sadie shed a quick tear, and wiped it off before anyone could notice, thinking about her dead protector. Fire swung her foot around impossibly fast and tripped up Sekhmet, and before the agile war goddess could stand up, Fire brought her heel down incredibly hard on the back of her neck. Sekhmet roared in pain, and struggled to stand. Fire's mane of fire grew bigger with every successful hit she made on Sekhmet. She squeezed her eyes shut, and her mane reached out in front of her and grabbed Sekhmet. The goddess didn't roar, but screamed in pure agony, and when Fire's mane let go, all that was left was a pile of golden ashes. Set watched in horror, and then, Fire turned to him. Her eyes were blazing orange, and she leaped at the god, who was unprepared.

"Fire! Stop! I wish to fight Set!" Forever commanded.

Fire looked at the evil god and roared in defiance, then continued to attack Set, who was losing horribly to the female demon.

"You DARE defy me? You will suffer!"

Forever ran up and tore the demoness of off Set, who was quickly dying. Forever ripped off his head, finishing the job. Sadie, Walt, Carter, and Jaz stared in disgust at set's death,and curiosity about what was going to happen with Forever and Fire.

"You are a disrespectful demon. You shall die."

Fire roared and attacked Forever. The evil god was in a state of complete surprise; he thought Fire would simply accept the punishment of death. The demoness raged her fire, grabbing Forever, biting stabbing, and punching. Forever stood up, tattered and defeated. His hands began to glow purple, and is face twisted into a horrifying scowl. Sadie saw worry in fire's eyes. As quick as she appeared, she disappeared in a quick flash of fire. Forever let his hands go back to normal, and faced the kids again.

"Now. Which one of you wants to die first?"

Walt stepped forward. Sadie grabbed his arm.

"Walt, you don't have to do this! We just have to wait for Najan to-"

"No, Sadie. I've lived a good life. I helped fight in this Final Battle. I used so much magic today...it'll be a miracle if I even live past this week. This isn't going to change anything."

Sadie shed another tear. She couldn't take all the death, all the pain of losing the people that meant the most to her. Now Walt...and eventually Najan. She gave Walt a long, tight hug, thinking about how she was about to lose one of her best friends.

"I'll miss you Walt," she said quietly.

"I'll miss you too Sadie," he replied.

Carter and Walt shared a man-hug, Jaz gave Walt a huge, tight one, and they all stood back and watched in sadness. Forever smiled, and plunged his sword straight through Walt's chest. The tall boy collapsed instantly to the ground, the entire sword now ripped through his back. Sadie broke down into tears, unable to control her emotions any longer. This was the saddest, most heart wrenching day of her entire life. She knew what she was going to do next.

"Who's next?" Forever asked.

"Me," Sadie replied firmly.

"No way in hell," Carter said quickly. "I'll go."

But before he could step forward for forever to kill him, Void and Najan stood next to each other.

"Only Void, the originator of all that exists, can banish my brothers from the fabric of the universe. And only I can use my remaining power to enforce that decree."

Void dissipated into black smoke, and merged with Najan. Najan squeezed his eyes shut, and when he reopened them, they were pitch black. He began to speak in a voice that was a combination of his and Void's.

"You three, my children, Najan's brothers, have caused immense, some irreversible, damage to this planet and the universe. Though many of us have not seen it, you have laid waste to every single nation upon this planet. It lays in tatters. I cannot let this evil continue for any longer. I, Void, creator of the universe and all that exists, banish Forever, Confusion, and Time from the fabric of existence. May your souls be erased, may you be held for all eternity in the depths of the forgotten!"

Confusion, Forever, and Time laughed.

"You can't get rid of us, you old bag! We're too powerful!" Time said between chuckles.

The black smoke left Najan, and composed as Void standing next to him.

"But I can."

His brothers began to look worried.

"No... Najan... You can't...you won't! You don't have the guts!" Confusion bellowed.

"I don't? Let's see."

Najan tripped off his shirt, so his built upper body was showing very clearly. He Placed his right hand on his 'V' tattoo, and murmured something that no one could hear. He then took his sword, and stabbed it directly into the 'V'. Light poured from the opening. Sadie lost sense of direction, the light blew her every which way. It was so bright even when Sadie closed her eyes and covered them with her hands, she could still see the cleansing white light. She heard Confusion, Time, and Forever scream in pure agony. She opened her eyes to the light. It was everywhere. Wherever there was air, the blinding white light was there as well. You could see nothing but the light and the people in it. Sadie gasped as Walt stood up. Osiris, Set, Sekhmet, and Thoth did as well. Bast appeared in the light, along with Anubis and Violet. Little did they know, but the light covered the entire planet, mending all the damage that Confusion, Time, and Forever caused. Sadie's wounds were healed, her clothes cleaned, and her hair straightened. Then she, and everyone else in the light that was involved in the Final battle, blacked out.

Sadie woke up in her bed at the Brooklyn House. She wanted to believe that the Final Battle was all a dream, that none of it had actually happened...That Najan was still alive, but she knew that it was all too real. She sat up in her bed, and someone knocked at the door. She spoke calmly.

"It's open."

Walt stepped into the room, closing the door behind him.

"How are you taking...everything?" He asked.

Sadie sighed. "Best as I can. How are you? I mean...you were dead for like ten minutes."

Walt laughed. "It was actually really scary. With evil having hold of the Duat and the Underworld, I couldn't go anywhere. I was a ghost. But then when the light hit...everything was fine. I was in the Underworld for a few seconds with no evil soldiers or demons, then, next thing I knew, I was back in the desert with blinding white light all around me."

Sadie nodded in amazement. "Wow, that must've been...Crazy."

"It was."

Sadie looked down at the 'N' in her hand. Walt followed her eyes and saw it too.

"I know you and Najan had something together. And I'm sorry you had to lose him."

Sadie broke down at the mention of his name. Walt wrapped his hands around her, and she rested her head on his chest.

"I know...I know he did the right thing...but I just wish I could talk to him again. He never judged me or got mad at me for being such a...a brat to him, at times. He understood exactly what I was going through."

Walt nodded, running his hands through her hair. "I know Sadie. I know. He was a great guy, and he sacrificed himself to save all of us. I wish I could thank him even more, and apologize again, after I was so horrible to him...Sadie, my diesease was cured by his light. I feel awful about the way I treated him, even though I apologized

Sadie wiped her tears and smiled at Walt. "He understood you Walt. He was competition to you...and he you were competition to him. But now...the competition's over."

Walt nodded and smiled. "Yeah...They are. Can I..."

Sadie nodded before he even finished. Walt rested his hand on her cheek, and they both leaned in. when he kissed her, she felt that everything would be okay. She pulled away, and they walked into the dining hall together, hand in hand.

Jaz smiled "Awww! Look at you two! So cute!"

Sadie laughed, and they sat down for breakfast. It was the start of a world where peace and evil were balanced, once again. It was, truly, The Beginning.

That's all folks! Tell me, did you like it? I LOVED writing it. There WILL be a sequel, called The The Climax, so watch out for that! Please review, and I really hope you enjoyed this story! Till next time! Toodles!