Two before one another, their shaky paths, yet a future still waiting on its decision. Both stepping back a bit, their swift movements around the other.

Valor's sparking icy energy, Elec's electrical discharges in this place. The two clashing against one another, dispersing their great force.

"You should have been here a long time ago Valor, when I needed you most! It is now too late!" Elec's painful voice.

"You are right, I should have been here with you. Though, I am here now, and I won't let you live underneath Xea's rule!" quickly launching a kick.

Striking his friend's rib, hitting them back on their feet. Two running along their route, their screaming hearts in a black realm. Elec rapidly striking at the deity, setting electrical waves along the field.

The man piercing through, soon standing from afar. The violently reacting energy, exploding in a feverish might. An icy wave blasting the place, freezing the area in its icy prison.

"I suppose I am impressed how fast you adapted to the neutralization of your abilities." The man facing the god, faintly smiling at him.

"I cannot compete in the same way like I used to, but certainly I can get more creative." Valor grinning, gesturing his hand to the person.

Skillfully manipulating his icy abilities, making up for his weaknesses. Meeting his friend in the abyss, shouting his soul towards them. One without hope, another believing in the tiniest possibility.

Both rushing at the other, colliding their weapons into one another. Elec slipping around the deity, crashing continuous kicks against their back, launching them high. Immediately expanding his arms, trapping his friend in electrical waves

"More creative? Yes, I can see that. However, it does not matter, these tactics cannot bring down Xea!" Elec's harsh voice.

These sinfully flowing sentiments, a heart yearning for the old days again. Two against a nightmarish world, seeking after their dream. That passing time, a man swallowing his pride, trying to protect his home.

Painfully proceeding along his route, unleashing the despair in his soul. The god's icy waves, entombing himself in ice. Elec stepping back a bit, watching the space shatter.

Valor soon descending in the mist, landing from afar. His hasty movements to the one at the end of the path, that individual meeting the god in his rage.

Striking with his electrical katar, crushing the area around him. His friend slipping around the attack, rendering a fierce punch into their stomach, knocking the wind out of the man.

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"Heh...nice one..." Elec smiling a bit, stepping back in pain, falling to his knee.

"My wife is the Iconoclast, she is the one that has always filled me with hope. She is the reason why I will not back down. She showed me that nothing is truly impossible." Extending his hand to his companion.

"But how can you still feel hope? Didn't she die as well...?" lowering his head.

"Cyra, she is someone who can bring forward miracles. And just when I thought I lost her for good, she came back. Every obstacle in her life, she has risen to it, and surpassed it. No matter how much she fell, how weak she was, she found a way. I have to think like that, otherwise this world. The dream we shared, they will both end here, and I do not wish for that." His gentle vision on his friend.

Hearing those words, the man's increasing sentiments. Looking up to his companion in the darkness, seeing their hand to him. A great being tackling their challenges, wrapping many in her warmth, giving hope onto countless.

An individual passing on their will, filling Elec with energy. The person raising his hand, reaching for his friend. A red beam spreading out, soon surrounding the man, crushing him in its weight.

Valor shockingly looking, witnessing its heavy explosion. Sliding back on his feet, sternly keeping his attention ahead. The clearing smoke, the man lying down on his back, blood flowing from him.

"Damn you!" the god angrily looking to Xea standing from afar.

"I figured sooner or later I would have to dispose of Elec, it is just a shame I had to do it so soon." Folding his arms.

"V--Valor..." Elec's weak voice.

The deity running up to his friend, soon kneeling to them. Lifting them in his arms, worryingly looking at the person. Two with the other again, a small moment between them. Elec raising his hand to his friend, Valor taking hold of it.

"I lived so many years underneath Xea's rule...doing every little task trying to save this godforsaken world..." Tears to his eyes.

"Yeah...I know, no one cared about this world more than you did..." The god lowering his head.

"When we met again...for a bit...it was like a small bit of hope returned into me..." The man's slight smile.

Living a hellish actuality everyday, following a Tyrant's orders. Swallowing his disgust, believing in his path to saving his world. Losing his hope, falling into the black depths of his heart.

One returning after a long time, piercing the dark veils with their light. The god listening to his friend, hearing their pain, tears in his eyes.

"I'd have love to meet your family...maybe we could have even started a business together like we wanted..." His slowly fading voice.

"Don't say that, you can still meet them, and we can still live our dream!" the deity's desperate voice.

"Heh...that would be nice, but I have little time left. It might not be much...but take my power, and show this world a miracle. Just like the Iconoclast, show them what it is like..." Smiling at his friend.

Two hearts working together, trying to free a world from its eternal sorrow. A man's final solution, betting everything on his companion. Electrical energy leaving Elec's body, flowing into the deity's body.

The god's urgent voice, trying to stop him. The area slowly enveloping in a light, Xea looking onward in uncertainty.

Two friends soon standing before each other in an endless white plane, feeling the flowing force all around them, Valor sadly looking at his companion.

"I have left the Destruction Gem in your care. Now, go show Xea what the best tag team can do." Elec brightly smiling, giving him a thumbs up.

Elec, my friend. I will carry on your will, and make Xea regret ever coming into this world!