It’s the final showdown between Light and Darkness.
But what happens when Light finally defeats every last bit of Darkness left in the world?
During the last stream, a random subscriber got to pick the prompt. Justintoons was the winner, and they chose that we write this: The literal embodiment of light and dark fight a duel to the death, and the outcome of their fight destroys the world.
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So many great ideas came together for this one!
Light had finally cornered Darkness. He had conquered every inch of the world, bathing it in his brilliant glow, except for this one small nook of one small shed in one small village. Darkness cowered in fear of the white-shining Light, coughing and wheezing out blackened dust.
“I knew you’d find me eventually,” he said, grinning with shadowy teeth. “I just hoped that maybe you’d have a change of heart.”
Light glared down at Darkness, his stare as piercing as the rays beaming off him. “I vowed to hunt down every last bit of you. And now it’s time to finish you off.”
Light reached into his glistening scabbard and removed his sword, a massive beam of frozen light that emanated such radiance its mere presence in the room caused Darkness to start to sizzle. As tendrils of smoke rose off him, he chuckled to himself.
“Funny, isn’t it?” he said. “When you first started coming for me, I thought I’d have a huge advantage over you. I mean, on a universal scale, you’re quite rare compared to me, aren’t you?”
Light pointed the tip of his sword to Darkness’s neck. His sooty skin glowed like embers from its heat.
“You are no more than the mere absence of me,” Light said. “All I have to do to defeat you is just show up. I don’t know why I let you exist for so long, but the terror you’ve brought to the world ends today.”
Darkness coughed, harder and harder. Billows of dusk trickled out of his mouth as he held up his fist to it and gave Light a coy look.
“You didn’t come after me all these eons because you knew better,” Darkness said. “You knew there needed to be a balance between us. But now, with your crusade of domination, you’ve forgotten everything.”
“All I’ve forgotten is how strong I used to think you were,” Light seethed. “Now that I’ve opened my eyes, all I can see is what I should’ve done a long time ago.”
Darkness wheezed and grinned at Light. “Ironic, isn’t it? If your eyes take in too much light, then darkness is the only thing they’ll ever see again.”
Light had had enough. He thrust the sword into Darkness’s throat, piercing it in a shining burst. Not even blinking from the sudden radiance, Light watched as Darkness dissolved away, empty air eating away at his body from the middle outward. His stomach, his legs, each and every toe disappeared into nothingness.
Turning on his heel, Light left the shed, and marched back outside. The deed was done.
Outdoors, the sun shone like never before. Pure white, it tinted the sky a blue so intense that it screamed at the ground below.
Finally, without any darkness to hold it back, the light was free to glow as bright as it wanted. Light himself extended his arms, welcoming the warm embrace. It glinted off his armor. Shimmering. Sparkling.
Burning.
The entire world burst into brilliant flames. And when the last embers finally died, only Darkness remained.
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Scott Wilson is the author of the novel Metl: The ANGEL Weapon,
forthcoming March 2019.
Featured image: Pakutaso