The injured boy collapsed. “NO!!!” Both Death and the second boy stood there; Death staring blankly with his glowing eyes and the second boy staring at his fallen friend. **YOUR FRIEND IS DEAD, AS IS ALL WHO IS TOUCHED BY THE BLADE** **YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS LOST BATTLE OR WITHDRAW AND LEAVE…SAVING YOUR OWN LIFE** “No…I came to win…to defeat Death.” Death bowed his cloaked skull and shook it. **SUCH A FUTILE EFFORT** The second boy walked over and stood in front of his dead friend. Death raised his bony hand and pointed at the boy. **YOU WISH TO DEFEAT DEATH…DEATH IS FOREVER…AN ETERNITY LOCKED IN A SINGLE MOMENT IN TIME** **DEATH CAN NOT DIE, NOR BE DEFEATED…DEATH IS FOREVER AND IS WHAT EVERYTHING FINDS IN THE END.** “I never said that I would kill Death…I just said I would win…” The boy raised his wand like a dagger and stabbed it through the center of his left hand. With a scream, he wrenched it all the way through. **DO YOU THINK THAT I WILL GO EASY ON YOU IF YOU MAME YOURSELF? DO YOU THINK THAT I WILL SHOW PITTY OR MERCY? THAT IS NOT THE WAY OF DEATH.** “I thought I told you…”he pointed his wand at the creature, ”I am going to win…” The boy yelled…”POENAVITA!” A red flare shot from the tip of the wand and struck Death directly in the chest. A noise like no other rang out…the voice of Death…the voices of the dead…billions of voices, from the smallest child to the largest planet…eons of the dead… Death fell to its knees, the cloak blown away. Flesh was erupting from the bones, growing out and covering it; yet no sooner than it was whole, the flesh decayed…melting and dripping off the skeletal creature…flesh attempting to win against Death. The screams; so horrible; so loud and shrill; the boys ears began to bleed. The columns holding up the distant ceiling began to crack…the boy spoke, though in a normal tone, he knew Death would hear. “An eternity locked in a moment…a moment of Death, and an eternity of the pain of life.” Onyx flames erupted behind Death…flesh decaying…life cycles, endless lifetimes, locking Death in its own immortal spell…the screams of Death…a gasping…darkness…silence…weightless…a void…empty blackness………