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Chapter 19 â€" Honour

Location: Yggdrasil â€" Hall

The fight between Munchy and Aries had become very intense with both of them bleeding heavily. Munchy delivered an upper-cut to Aries that knocked him backwards but the horse was still not giving up.

"Mmmmm... your not bad" cheered Aries as black blood trickled down his face watching the panting Munchy. He reached down and pulled out a long and beautifully bladed knife from behind his hoof. He stood up and brought his arm round into a defensive stance.

Munchy grinned as he drew his own knife that was a little smaller then Aries but was still capable of killing him. "Fine... at least you have a sense of honour..." he said standing adjacent to Aires ready for combat.

"I am a solider... you understand...don't you Munch?" asked Aires.

Munchy nodded, even through Galladia's plague that had inflicted him, he was still an honourable soldier. Concepts like that were not easy to destroy.

Aries rushed forward, pulling into a stab that narrowly missed Munchy as he used his knife to block Aries, making sparks fly from the blade of the knives as they skimmed each other. Munchy countered by kicking out and moving the knife round straight at Aries who blocked it skilfully.

They were evenly matched.

Location: Yggdrasil â€" Central Chamber

"Diamond!" shouted Eclypse as Diamond ran down the dimly lit hall. He stopped to turn around in amazement as Eclypse strode out in a black uniform.

"W-wh-what?" said Diamond in utter confusion. "How did... what?"

"Just another clone." smiled Eclypse. "I've been keeping out of the Dark Collectives way here. The Asgard cloned me and left me here to be the guardian of Yggdrasil as they travelled the mortal plane."

"Then how do you know who I am?" Diamond smiled suspiciously. "And why do you trust me, last time we met, I tried to kill you..."

Eclypse smiled, his rat-features lighting up his face. "The memories flow from one Eclypse to another... and that was not your fault, it was Loki."

Diamond felt like crying, he could not believe that Eclypse was just willing to forgive him for all his misgivings... all his mistakes.

"I knew that you were here..." he continued. "I feel the presence of Levantine. Let's take Galladia down together..." he offered his hand to Diamond.

Diamond thought about this and then took his hand and shook it. "Ok... lets go."

Location: Yggdrasil â€" Hall

Munchy spun out the way of another knife attack from Aries, the battle between the horse and Munchy was fierce with both sides receding an inch. Aries clashed his knife against Munchy's as the two fought.

Finally there was an opening.

Munchy took the opportunity and rammed his knife deep into Aries chest. Aries stood there, tranquil against the pain. It did not hurt that much, he stared at Munchy and collapsed backwards, falling against the table.

The virus that affected him began to dissipate and his normal brown fur colour started to return to him. His mutations slowly got smaller and smaller.

Munchy stood over Aries looking victorious, he watched the horse squirm in a pool of blood, wiping his own blood from his nose. He watch Aries squirm but he was still alive.

Aries looked up at him as he watched his death draw closer and closer, like he was watching the sand drain from an hourglass. "M-munchy..." he said as he lay there, Munchy leant down, still feeling a little sadness for him. He was an honourable soldier, it was only something that a soldier could understand.

Aries looked over at his gun that was on the floor and Munchy knew what he had to do. He walked over and picked up the gun, pointing it down at the dying horse. This would be a much quicker way.

"Do it..." mouthed Aries as Munchy pulled the trigger, echoing a gunshot through the hall and setting Aries free from Galladia. He was suddenly alone but it was not over, he needed to meet up with Diamond.

Location: Yggdrasil â€" Central Chamber

Eclypse was surprised that they had not encountered any resistance at all as they moved through the absorbed part of Yggdrasil. The walls looked like they were organic and moving, almost like a thick black ectoplasm. Diamond reached inside his uniform and took out a packet of cigarettes, he took out one and lit it, blowing the smoke out of his nose.

"Your smoking at a time like this?" said Eclypse, keeping his hand on his sword that was suspended on his belt.

"Yeah... if I'm gonna die, it really doesn't matter does it?" asked Diamond as he strode down the hall, watching the ectoplasm.

At the end of the corridor, they came to an opening and through it was a massive mass of bio-matter in the centre of the room. It pulsated like a cocoon that housed something, it was almost translucent, allowing Eclypse to see something moving inside the slimy cocoon.

Diamond neared the Cocoon and turned round to face Eclypse. He stood near the cocoon. "This is Galladia, she is absorbing Yggdrasil..."

"You know that's Galladia!?" asked Eclypse in surprise. "How?"

Diamond flung his hair back, his skin turning green as he stared at Eclypse with passion and a darkness not seen before.

"Because Galladia and myself are the same..."