-pg152- Retribution: Bound in Irons Beast of Darkness -pg155- Skull Knight .......... It is as if the fires of hell have burned themselves out... Quite a struggle. And yet just another step on his way... It seems he is still dogged by ill fortune. ....but. For a human to follow this path... As cruel as the evening is... Can he continue to walk it as a man? Or will he... -pg157- Skull Knight .......... -pg160- Demons You killed them. You killed them, didn't you? You killed them all. The children. The little ones. You killed them. Lots and lots of them. Ahh...you killed them. All of them. So you could let out your resentment. You killed them. You killed them. Just so you could do whatever you wanted. Those poor little children. So many of them... That you killed! So who's the monster? Do you like killing? Do those children mean you liked becoming a monster? Those poor children. All of them. For your innermost thoughts... Was the killing good? How many was it? Tens? Hundreds? Did you like killing them? Did you leave a single one alive? Was it good for you? -pg161- Demons You stink of darkness... You do! Your stench is coming ever closer to ours... Soon... Soon you will be one of us... A beast... The Beast Black, black... A beast of darkness... You thirst for it... You long to be this. Ever so slowly... Your thirst grows. Whenever you bathe in blood... Your thirst grows. The unsatiable hunger of the beast... The more you kill, the more you thirst. The more you thirst, the more you kill. Your bloodbath will never end. You will keep on killing... You will keep on thirsting... More... All for yourself... More... More... All alone... More... More... -pg162- The beast And then the beast will eat you. And it will take your place. It will feel nothing but hate. And the monster will take your shape. No... If you use that... Maybe you will become the true monster. Maybe you will... Maybe... Maybe... Like your friends... Like them... ....... -pg163- Gatts You've gotta be kidding... In a place like this... In a nothing place like this!!! Demons The sacrifice! The sacrifice! The sacrifice! Gatts But... If I get through this, Will I gain anything? After I thrash these ghosts... After I kill the five God Hand... After I crawl through the darkness... To him... -pg165- Pakk (Ohhh, closer and closer...) He's pretty badly hurt... Wonder if he's managed to die somewhere? Jeez, that'd suck... (Beep...beep...) (Radar waves...) Found the idiot! Time to give him a piece of my mind! Yo, you there! Fine, just lie down on the job! -pg166- Pakk Yipes! Hey, what're ya doin'? Don't go to sleep! Do you want to die!? (Give? Give?) (1!) (2!) Idiot!! Where's your motivation!? Did you say all that great sounding stuff to Jill for THIS? -pg167- Pakk Ookee-ookee! Eh? ..... (Boop...) (Boop....) (Bing!) (Nah Ha Ha Ha!) -pg168- Gatts .......... Pakk Fencing thrust! Note Drawn by Miyaora Background text Big Fish! Note Drawn by Miyaora -- thanks a lot! Gatts Oi... Pakk I'll show you! Just try comin' back for more! Thrust! Thrust! -pg169- Gatts O... Pakk Thrust! Gatts .........!! Pakk ....... I think that's the first time this has ever worked on you. Gatts You little... Goofin'... ...heh. Ha... Hahahaha! Pakk ? Gatts Ah...ah.... Christ... Saved by your strength... Trying to take that seriously is...stupid. -pg170- Gatts Never a dull moment, eh? Pakk (Witness mah power, bitch!) (Yeah!) Demons It will be! The beast... Become it! Become... A monster! ....... -pg171- Gatts A beast? A monster? Heh...don't make me laugh. Pakk ? Gatts I... Am me. And nothing on earth. Can change me. No matter who chases me. -pg172- Pakk Well... You look like you fell in a river of blood! Till I treated your wounds. Gatts Oi... Pakk It's all thanks to me. I kick ass. It's thanks to me... That you can keep on bein' alive. Only I can do that. Gatts ........ Man, he's just... Turning into a walkin' first aid kit. Fine then. You win, Pakk! That's your house. Do as you like. Pakk Say... It's a little cramped in here... Enh? -pg173- Pakk Speak, damn you, speak! Hey, y'know, I think that may be the first time you ever called me by my name! Didja know that? Beast of Darkness - The End