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*Counter Earth Chronicles - The Demon's Slave *

Interstitial 2: The Duel

Day: N/A (eternity)

Diamantopoulous, Flo's master sat on his throne in the throne room of his tower brooding. He was very restless, something was not right in the realm- his realm. At the base of his tall chair sat his mortal slave who tried her best to cheer him up.

Why the hell was she so damn cheerful all the damn time?!

"Quiet slave!" He said pulling her leash.

"Yes master." Flo said sitting down next to his left foot paw.

There was a disturbance- he sensed it. But what was it? Was Big Daddy returning? No, he would have received advanced warning. Was it a massive influx of spirits from the realm of the living? No. The cataclysm had yet to happen. Then what was it? It was at that moment the realization hit the wolf demon *TREACHERY!!! *

Someone was plotting against him! But who? Was it the orangutan slave girl?! That would explain why she had been cheerful as of late. Nope scratch that, she is always cheerful to a fault.

As the dark wolf was pondering that the doors to his throne room opened and in walked his subordinates and other creatures of his realm lining up on either side of the room as a lone individual made his way toward his throne- another of his minions.

"Something I can do for you Mortimer?" The wolf demon said addressing his minion the quadrupedal fire creature who confidently stood at the foot of his throne.

"Big Daddy was a wrong to leave you in charge Diamantopoulous!" The red and black lizard creature said confidently addressing the dark wolf. That is right, Mortimer had seemed to be quite obstinate and irate with him as of late.

"And why is that?" The dark being said addressing the fire lizard. The reptilian looked like a large lava blotch with the exception of his head and tail. His soulless eyes and mouth dribbled smoke, ash, fire and flame and then there were the pronged claws.

Flo looked up at her master as he stood up from his throne dropping her leash. He was being challenged by a large lizard?! The creature appeared to be quite formidable. Flo was glad that she was not forced to work under him.

"You are soft and too lax!" The young impetuous fire creature said to the dark wolf.

"I am now?" The wolf demon said.

"You lack direction, focus and leadership ability, you exercise bad judgement and you even allow mortals to live among us!" Mortimer said pointing to the naked female orangutan staring at her master and his rival.

Flo shivered as she felt all eyes from the creatures that inhabited this realm lock on to her. The beastial female looked to her left and to the right at the crowd that had assembled to watch the spectacle. She saw the shadow creature she had labored under, some blobs like the one she and Alex had met after they arrived in the realm, and a few wyverns her master had made her run errands for as well.

"I challenge you for leadership and control of this realm here and now!!" The fire lizard creature shouted.

"Very well Mortimer." The wolf demon stepping down from his throne on to the floor of the room facing his challenger. He snapped a finger paw. In an instant his throne room was reshaped into small battle arena with a large rectangle on the ground. The spectators and Flo were positioned at the far corners of the room away from its center.

Like, wow, Alex was right- there is a lot of turnover in this place. The female orangutan thought to herself. Wait! She dedicated her existence to serving the dark wolf, her master. What if, what if he loses?! What would become of her?

The fight began between Diamantopoulous and Mortimer. The crowd cheered as if this was the only form of entertainment in the realm of fire and magma. In a way it made sense- there was no hub.

The lizard recoiled, turned and swung its tail around tripping the dark wolf who landed on his back. Mortimer then launched himself into the air in an effort to flatten his former master with all four of his paws. But Diamantopoulous rolled out of the way at the last second managing to stand back up.

That was when the fire lizard charged and bit him on his abdomen front and back with his massive maw nearly shattering the giant necklace - collar that adorned the dark wolf's neck and chest.

He responded in kind with a elbow smash to the lizard's head. Freed from the beast's jaws the dark wolf picked up the lizard and threw him to the far side of the room into a wall. The creatures of the realm quickly moved out of the way as the quadrupedal lizard's body slid to the floor.

"I won't be beaten so easily sir!" Mortimer said standing back up and charging.

The wolf demon was head butted right into his stomach. He responded in kind using both paws to hit the fire lizard on the head really hard.

The lizard rolled smacking Diamantopoulous with that tail of his. The dark wolf launched into a fury of swipes with his claws trying to carve his challenger up like a roast.

Mortimer picked his moment and chomped down on one of the raking claws spinning the dark wolf around and around launching him into the air, smashing him into his throne.

"Had enough overlord?!" The fire lizard scoffed.

Flo watched as the wolf demon, her master stood back up and assumed his true form- the fire being she had seen when she arrived at Torture Tower. The quadrupedal lizard also transformed into a being of fire! It spewed flames from its eyes and mouth directly at Diamantopoulous, who absorbed the discharge and sent it right back.

Diamantopoulous' minions and his slave watched as the two fire beings flew across the room leaving trails of flame as they moved. Each time they made contact with each other flames erupted from their bodies at the point of impact, the room and the tower shook violently.

*SMACK!!!*

*CLANG!!!*

*KRACK!!!*

Flo shivered again realizing that her master and his challenger were evenly matched. Torching each other, spewing fire was immaterial. This fight was going to boil down to knowledge and experience.

For a while it appeared the dark wolf was matching his opponent move for move, strike for strike. Or was that Mortimer? It was hard to tell, the two of them looked so much alike.

Then it happened- a nasty strike. One of the fire beings pierced the other with a very long and sharp flame ridden claw. The recipient fell from the middle of the room onto to the floor in front of the stunned crowd.

The fire being transformed back into the lizard appearing in front of the wounded wolf demon- his claws elongated.

"You lose!" Mortimer said as he drove his claws through the torso of his rival.

"AUGH!!!" The fallen fire being screamed.

Flo and the other creatures in attendance gasped as they watched the flame around their fallen overlord extinguish as if it he had been doused with halon.

The fire lizard returned to his 'feet' to address the spectators.

"Diamantopoulous was W-E-A-K!!! Behold your new master and overlord!!!" Mortimer announced triumphantly.

The other creatures in attendance looked at their new would be ruler as he paraded around the room stopping to fixate on the naked female orangutan in the crowd.

"There are going to be some changes around here! The first one being no more mortals!!!" The fire lizard said looking demonically at the orangutan slave girl.

Flo started to realize to her horror that she was on the wrong side of history. She had pledged her allegiance to the wrong individual in this realm between the world of the living and the world of the dead; her servitude and tenure was going to be cut short!!

"I am going to burn you to a crisp!" The fire lizard announced as he made his way toward the female beastial. "You will be consumed in fire and magma! But do not fret it will only hurt for a bit!!!"

"URK!!!"

Then again maybe not.

Mortimer screamed as a arm rammed through his side exiting his abdomen. Then another. The would be usurper had enough time to see two wolf paws exit his chest and stomach before he started vibrating, trembling and shaking very violently in front of all who watched the duel. "No!! I challenged you!! I won!!" The young lizard screamed.

"Did you?" A wyvern from the audience near Flo heckled. "Or did he make you think that you won?"

"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mortimer screamed as his body first imploded then exploded. The lizard's head separated from his torso while his limbs, paws, claws, tail, eyes went flying in all directions across the battle arena leaving bloody stains and body bits all over the floor walls and some attendees. It was quite a very horrible and gruesome way for any creature be it mortal or of fire, to die.

Behind the defeated, stood the dark wolf, bruised, battered- but triumphant.

"Mortimer do you know why you lost?!" The wolf demon said addressing the lizard bits that now littered the floor of the arena. "BECAUSE YOU ARE SO UNCOMPROMISINGLY PREDICTABLE!!!!!"

The creatures of the realm erupted in cheers- the overlord of the fire realm had vanquished his challenger and former minion.

Having won the duel. The crowd dissipated; the show was over. The orangutan was elated and relived that her master had won, but it dawned on Flo that maybe she should do the same- quickly, very quickly. Before....

"SLAVE!" The dark wolf called out to her.

"Yes master?" The orangutan said bowing toward the dark being respectfully."

"Um... yeah... I going to need to you clean this up- ALL of it." Diamantopoulous said walking away.

Flo looked at the bits, clumps and pieces of the fire lizard that now littered the arena floor, walls and ceiling- eww disgusting!

"You betcha." She sighed.

END....