In the center, the infected were all gone. MKM was kneeling on one knee in the center, obviously struggling against an invisible force. She tried to raise her head slowly, and winced, and her head bowed down again. She fell to both her knees, and then into a position, sitting on her legs. She was struggling like she was being contained by invisible chains. Then her eyes widened. and everyone in the courtyard, even the infected froze.
A large, stormy cloud was appearing above them. It cracked with red lightning, and the center opened. Dropping down, slowly, was a figure clad in black. It landed gracefully, in front of MKM. MKMs eyes opened wide, in fear. The figure in black was hooded, and only MKM could see the face.
Then, slowly, he pulled his hood off, and turned to the others, standing above the courtyard. They froze, and stared.
Keighlan, his headdress now red and black, his face mouthless, noseless, and earless, but his eyes there, glowing red, was looking up at them. He rose up, slowly, to began eye level wi the four above them.
"Don't hurt them!" screamed MKM, but there was the sound like chains tightening, and MKM exhaled sharply.
"Hello, users." said the infected Keighlan, although mouthless. The voice seemed to come from everywhere.
"Hiya." said Skul.
The sound of chains whipping through the air echoed, and Skul fell to his knees, and so Starwarsgirl turned to him, and she too fell with the sound. Indy stood for a second, and then was too forced to the ground by the invisible force.
"I am Keighlan, the Supreme Mod Commander." said Keighlan.
"We guessed." said Skul, and the sounds of chains tightening echoed, and he fell over.
"Silence. I tried to stop JackieTimmins releasing the Spam Virus. I was the first to be infected, and I let it rain down upon the MB Forum. I spread it. I poured it upon the MBs. And you fought it. And now, you stand before me, the last three users in existence, and I wonder why it had to be you three."
"Four, actually." said Skul.
"What do you mean?" said Keighlan, bemused.
"Look up." said Indy, too, staring at the sky.
They all looked up into the stormclouds, but glowing, was the number in the air. A giant four.
"MiaKittyMoon is the fourth." said Keighlan.
MKM, struggling immensly, managed to speak.
"It doesn't...count...Mods..." she said.
Keighlan looked around, his eyes, the only feature of his pale black head, were acting as if searching for an inivisble user.
"Where is the fourth?" he screeched.
"Right here." screamed a user from far away. The entire crowd, including Keighlan turned, and saw a user standing on the top, wearing a torn up Jesters cap and gear.
The infected roared, and jumped off the walkways aro9und the courtyard, leaving Skul, Indy, and Starwarsgirl feeling slightly sick after being crushed by the invisible bonds.
"Whats happening?" asked Skul, whos vision was swimming. He stepped forward, and someone grabbed him, and threw him to the ground.
"Help!" he yelled, but he realized the person had let go. His vision was clearing and he could see Indy.
"You were going to fall over." said Indy.
"Oh. Sorry." said Skul.
He got up and looked into the courtyard. The users were smashing through the waves of the infected. The infected would freeze, and the darkness would disapear, becoming the users they were. However, the few infected that were left were now chasing MKM and Pacman, the only users they could affect.
Pacman and MKM were running, being chased by the infected Kiff, Marcel, and Legodurcheinander. LED was faster than the others, and was getting close.
"Come on!" said MKM, and they too burst out onto the walkway around the top where the others were standing.
"Ah." said Pacman, but MKM was already running around one way, towards them, not seeing hte gaping hole in the ground on either side of them. Pacman ran too, and the infected burst out but ran after MKM, who was slower than Pacman.
Then a blast of dark light slammed into MKM, and she fell to her knees, while the users in the courtyard stared up in horror, and Starwarsgirl, Skul, and Indy froze too.
LED grabbed MKM, and she instantly began turning black, the infected finally affecting her. Marcel dived at her too, but MKM flailed her hand, which slammed into him, and he was thrown into the courtyard, landing, and was grabbed by a ghost user, and the darkness left him.
Kiff too grabbed MKM, and they dragged her forward to the edge of the walkway facing out, into the endless darkness of the empty help and suggestions forum. Keighlan, who had sent the blast, lowered into the air in front of her.
MKM was struggling more weakly now as the infection spread through her as Keighlan stepped onto the edge, looking down at her.
"Im...not...going....to....be....infected...." said MKM.
"No, you are not." said the mouthless Keighlan, looking down at her, raising his hand.
"No!" screamed Starwarsgirl. She ran, leaped over the gaping hole in the walkway, just grabbing the edge, accidently swinging her knees into a pillar. She climbed up, and then continued walking around, towards Keighlan, who was still glaring at her.
"What do you think you can do?" he asked, his hand still over MKMs darkening head.
"Stop you." said Starwarsgirl, as Skul and Indy too came running around the corner.
"You cannot stop me. I have infected this entire forum-"
"No you haven't." said Skul.
"Yes I have." boomed Keighlan.
"No. Theres only you, Kiff, LED, and MKM." said Skul.
"That is enough." said Keighlan, turning awak from MKM and walking onto the walkway to face them, his red eyes still gleaming.
"No it isn't. Now its just you." said Indy.
Keighlan turned to see the ghosts of Magna and Dude standing on either side of MKM, grabbing Kiff and LED, who isntantly became cured, and fell again, unconcious. MKM fell free, and they both helped her to her feet, the darkness leaving her as well.
"I can stillk destroy you all." he thundered, and a sword of spam appeared in his hand, which he slammed into the walkway, which shattered around him, and fell, leaving him standing on thin air. The walkway fell away, around him, MKM fell. The effect spread, and soon the entire fortress disapeared into the dirt, leaving them on the dark ground.
Starwarsgirl, Skul, and Indy stood facing Keighlan, and to their side were thousands of the users, all standing, watching Keighlian.
"Right...' said Indy, facing Keighlan. The entire army of the banned seemed to be holding its breath, waiting for the battle to begin.
"Well, it's been nice knowing you guys." said Skul.
"Yup." said Indy.
"Agreed." said Starwarsgirl.
Skul stepped forward, pulling out a ban sword.
"Well, I suppose this is it..." he said, and charged Keighlian.
Keighlian swung his large sword of spam down, and Skul blocked it. They began slashing at eachother. Everytime Skul cut Keighlan a glow of white light came from the spot, and continued glowing. Keighlian hit Skul over and over, and dark slashed appeared, and the darkness began to spread through him.
"Skul!" screamed Starwarsgirl, running forward, and she too began fighting Keighlian, her with her old ban blaster. Indy joined too with a ban hammer. They spun around him, keeping him occupied, firing and firing at eachother, Keighlian become less and less infected and Skul, Indy, and Starwarsgirl slowly becoming infected.
The infection reached Skuls head and he dropped, and disapeared into the ground. And a ghost Skul rose from the ground where the old Skul disapeared.
"Second time Ive lost my account." said Skul sadly, rising up above the battle. Starwarsgirl too dropped, leaving just Indy fighting him. Then Keighlian swung Indy's ban hammer out of his hand, and Indy fell to his knees.
"Goodbye, Indy." said Keighlian, and he was about to stab when Pacman ran through the crowd, and tackled Keighlian.
"What?" screeched Keighlian, lying on the ground, turning towards Pacman who too was lying on the crowd, the infection spreading through him.
Keighlian rose, the light shining from all over him now, blinding Indy, the last remaining user standing. Pacman groaned, and breathed out, and a blue ghost of him appeared as he sunk into the ground. Starwarsgirl's ghost too was standing near him, and so was Skuls.
"I always thought I'd be the last one standing." said Skul.
Indy grinned, but his grin disapeared as Keighlian rose again.
"I shall destroy you all." said Keighlian. as a white portal opened above him and WhiteAlligator appeared, and blasted him with another white light which slammed him into the ground. WA dropped beside him.
"WA!" yelled Indy.
"Indy. Are you the only one left?" asked WA, looking at all the users.
"Yes." said Indy.
"I managed to come back, finally. I was cured of the infection, but I was searching for you-I finally found you here."
"Who cured you?"
"I cured myself." she said, and looked down at Keighlian, fuming with rage. She dropped to the ground beside him.
"And now it is just us, Keighlian. For the Message Boards." said WA.
And Keighlian raised his arms and two blasts of spam shot at WA. She raised her hands and blasts of white shot at Keighlians blast, fighting for control. Indy covered his eyes, as sparks shot everywhere from the point in the center.
But Keighlian was stronger. He pushed, and the blast flew straight at WA, merging with hers, and hitting her. She froze for a second, and then the ball exploded, sending her flying up, and dispeared hundreds of meters away.
"That was easy. Now for you. Indy." said Keighlian.
Keighlan raised the sword above Indy's face. Indy was too busy staring at WA in the distance to notice. Keighlian glanced too where Indy was looking, to see WA pointing seemingly at Keighlian. She kept changing her finger direction though. Then she exploded in a burst of light.
"She tried to cure me. How tragic. The amoutn of power she had to use...burned her up..." said Keighlian, turning his mouthless face back to Indy. He was still glowing from cracks on his skin everywhere, but Indy still couldn't see inside.
"Now, child, goodbye."
He swung the sword down, and Indy closed his eyes. He heard an explosion, and he was sent flying away. He thought he'd been hit. It didn't hurt. He couldn't even feel the infection spreading. Was that what it felt like?
Then he heard the deep voice of Keighlian yelling in pain and disbelief. And then he opened his eyes.
WA hadn't been pointing at Keighlian. She'd been unbanning users. But that wasn't suppoosed to happen anymore, and she had used all her Mod Power. But it had been enough.
Skul, Dwarfy, and Dude were standing in a triangle around Keighlian. Numbers-their likes-were flowing out of their hands and into Keighlian, who couldn't see to attack. He fell to his knees, still wailing from his mouthless face, resisting. Dwarfy ran out of likes, and collapsed with exhaustion. So did Dude, leaving Skul. His like count was going down, but Keighlian was resisting. Keighlian pulled himself to his feet as the last of Skul's like ran out, and Skul collapsed.
"You, Dwarfy, and Indy. The only remaining users. That wasn't enough, though, was it for me?" asked Keighlian to the unconcious body of Skul, mockingly.
Then Indy raised his hands and his likes slammed into Keighlian. It seemed to happen in slow motion. Keighlian turned to see Indy, the likes flowing into him, and roared one last demonic wail, and then he turned to dust.
Indy froze, and the crowd beside him wailed with joy. The dark clouds seemed to evaporate, and the whites and blues of the forum came back. Skul could see the trees of Camp MB, all fully healthy again on the cliff. And slowly, the topics began to re-appear in the Help and Suggestions forum.
"We did it!" yelled Indy to Dwarfy and Dude, slowly getting to their feet. Skul was already on his feet, struggling to stand straight.
***
Skul, Dwarfy, Indy, Starwarsgirl and Zapty were sitting in the MB Lounge quietly. WA, thankfully, had returned, and so had the other mods, slowly unbanning all the users. Keighlians reign had dropped, and thus the infection had disapeared, making the other mods extremely powerful again. Keighlian was nowhere to be found, apparently.
"So Dwarfy, you managed to log back in?" asked Skul.
"Yeah. WA appeared on my screen which hadn't been on for days, and told me to log in. I tried, and there I was. I knew the cure, so...."
"Good." said Skul.
They all turned back to the TV, which was playing the MB Show.
The Virus was gone, and spam had been eradicated. They had won.
Wonder if there's still a way to find II and III.
