Chapter 6 - Final Battle

This is the sixth and last chapter of the book.

Kenan returned to his parents’ home only to find the basement room ransacked. He noticed Kel was sitting down facing the whiteboard. “Kel!!” said Kenan. Kel got up to his feet and noticed Kenan was standing by the door. “Kenan.” said Kel with a glare. Kenan gasped at the sight of his brother. Kel’s eyes have turned into an even darker blue, fangs have grown from his jaws and claws have grown from his fingers. “What have you done to this place?” said Kenan. “I fucked it up because you have escaped defeat from me.” said Kel. “I’d refuse to let you have my watch. And why’d you write all those names on the board.” said Kenan. “They’re all my targets to wipe out from existence.” said Kel. Kenan approached the board slowly and read the names on it. “Adolf Hitler. Ted Bundy. Charles Manson. Jeffrey Dahmer. Derek Chauvin. Jared Fogle. There are even more names on here. You wrote down people behind various atrocities. Look Kel, I’m not going to convince you to stop what you’re planning. All I want to ask is if you’re ready to fight.” said Kenan. “Of course. Let’s do this.” said Kel. “We will have our fight but not here. We’re not fighting at the home we grew up in again. Not ever again.” said Kenan. “Ok. Where?” said Kel. “Come with me.” said Kenan as he left the house. Kel followed his younger brother to the limo outside. “Where are we going in this limo?” said Kel. “The place to end this.” said Kenan as he got into the limousine. “Whatever. It makes no difference to me.” said Kel as he followed Kenan into the vehicle and sat down across from him. The driver drove the brothers back to the manor and parked in the driveway by the mansion. “We’re at the Newton manor.” said Kenan as he exited the limousine and walked over to the field. “I see.” said Kel as he followed and stood ten feet away from Kenan. “Before we fight, I am going to ask you this. Why are you so hell bent on killing those people on that board?” said Kenan. “It’s simple. To bring order and balance into this insane world of ours. To let this world know that I am that order and those who oppose it will meet their end. To let this world know that I am God. Those who will oppose that God will answer to me and my power.” said Kel. “I will say this again. You have lost your mind. You also have no idea that you sound like that psycho that tried to kill our parents. There is no way anyone like you can bring order or balance. I will stop you right here and now!!” said Kenan as he charged at Kel. “Ha!!” said Kel as he charged as well. The Johnston brothers' watches glowed as they got closer to each other. The moment Kel attempted to use his super speed Kenan matched his blows and deflected everyone. Failing to land a hit on Kenan made Kel furious up to the point of screaming with frustration. “Why can’t I beat you?” said Kel. “You want to know? Because your evil plan will never come to pass if I am here to stop you.” “That’s it. I have had enough of your defiance!!” said Kel as horns began to grow out of his skull and his body size grew a few feet taller. “Kenan. I hate to say this, but he is no longer your brother anymore. He has been possessed by a demon.” said Kafziel. “Hah!! I am going to crush your bones into dust. I am also going to feast on your guts before I am through. Then this universe will be mine.” said Kel with a more appalling voice. “How can we get it out of him?” said Kenan as he backed up. “I am afraid it’s now up to me to take care of this.” said Kafziel as she exited out of Kenan’s body and began to cast the demon out of Kel’s. “No!! Stop!!” said Kel as he screamed, begged, cried, and prayed. Despite Kafziel’s hands burning up in the process she never gave up and successfully extracted the demon out of Kel. Kafziel gasped as she noticed that the demon was quite familiar to her. “Kafz. Do you know this monster?” said Kenan. “Yes. I should’ve known that this was all because of you Astaroth.” said Kafziel. Now in his human form, which was an African man in a dark blue suit, Astaroth got up to his feet and said, “Of course Kafziel. Who did you think it was?” “You still are up to no good. Using humans for your own selfish goals.” said Kafziel. “My goals are Lady Satan’s. You understand that? This world will be at the palm of her hands.” said Astaroth. Kenan stood beside Kafziel and said, “You possessed my brother!!” Astaroth looked at Kenan and said, “Of course I did. I also led that pathetic grunt Thomas James to kill your parents. I am also the one who told him to keep you both alive. I, as the demon of time, gave Kel his super speed. Without me, he no longer can use it. When my plan had failed, I figured I’d use your stubborn brother and now out of him I will take care of you myself.” “Why would you do something like this?” said Kenan. “Simple. I saw that James as well as your brother had a thirst for power. I just simply gave them the gall to want to quench it.” said Astaroth. Kenan gave Astaroth a glare and attempted to use his wristwatch, but Kafziel stopped him. “Kenan, you look after your brother. I’ll take care of this.” said Kafziel. Kenan walked over to unconscious Kel and said, “He is all yours.” And with that, both Kafziel and Astaroth stood facing each other. “Now I’ve had it with you. It’s time that I ended you. Right here. Right now.” said Astaroth as he transformed into his demon form. “Go ahead and try.” said Kafziel as she turned into her angel form. Kel, now awake, gasped at the sight of the two divine creatures charging into battle. “Kenan. Where are we? What the hell are those things?” said Kel. “It’s a long story but I will make it as short as I can. Earlier we fought each other because you were possessed by a demon. Kafziel, the angel in white, pulled that monster out of you and is now fighting it.” said Kenan. “Really? I’m sorry, brother. I knew what I was doing, and I wanted to stop but couldn’t.” said Kel. “It’s alright.” said Kenan. “Anyway. Watching those two go at it looks like we're watching Power Rangers again when we were littler.” said Kel. “Yep. Those were the days. I'm sure Kafziel can stop Astaroth.” said Kenan. “Oh, that’s his name? Astaroth.” said Kel. So, the Johnston brothers watched Kafziel and Astaroth fight each other for hours. “You accursed angel vermin. Why are you so hell bent on protecting this wretched planet?” said Astaroth. “This wretched planet is my home, and its people are precious to me. That’s why I protect it. I am going to stop you even if it means killing you.” said Kafziel as she charged at Astaroth. Astaroth charged right back. As Kafziel charged at Astaroth, she pulled out a small mason jar and opened it. At an instant, the jar began to suck Astaroth into it like a vacuum cleaner. “What the hell is that thing?” said Astaroth as he screamed for his life while being swallowed into the enclosed space. Kafziel laughed as hard as she could and said, “Who is the vermin now?” Kenan and Kel both approached Kafziel and looked at the jar closely. “What is that?” said Kenan. “This is a demon containment jar. The Almighty gave it to me to entrap demons like him.” said Kafziel. Kenan continued to look at the jar and laughed at Astaroth constantly trying to break out of it but failed at each attempt. “This is so funny. He can’t get out of the jar, nor can he transform.” said Kenan. “Exactly. Now that he is entrapped, he can’t do anything but stay there.” said Kafziel. “Anyway Kafz. I must ask. Why did you stop me earlier?” said Kenan. “Like I said earlier. I’ll take care of it. Let’s leave it at that.” said Kafziel. “Okay.” said Kenan. “Anyway, Kenan and Kel. What are you going to do now?” said Kafziel. “I want to go home but first I would like you to do a favor for me Kafziel.” said Kel. “What would you like me to do for you Kel?” said Kafziel. “If you can, I want you to erase all of my memories of the watch.” said Kel. “I can do that. I am the angel of time and space. Are you sure that that is what you want?” said Kafziel. “Yes. I consider that as my way to atone for what I’ve almost done. I don’t deserve to be a time traveler. This is my way to forgive myself. '' said Kel. “Okay. If that is what you want. Now I need you to come over to me. Kel.” said Kafziel. Kel did as Kafziel said and approached her. Kafziel then placed her palm onto Kel’s head touching his forehead. “Wait. Before you do this, Kel, I need to tell you something.” said Kenan. “Yes.” said Kel. “No matter what, you will always be a Time Guardian.” said Kenan. “Thank you, brother.” said Kel as he gave his watch over to Kenan. Kenan took it from his brother and said, “Kafziel after his memory is erased, I want you to send us home and clean up the basement room back to the way it was.” “I will do as you want Kenan. Now for you Kel Johnston. So, by the power vested in me on this day I make your memories of your life as a Time Guardian go away.” said Kafziel as she slightly pushed Kel onto the ground. Kel laid on the ground unconscious again. Kenan grabbed his brother, looked at Kafziel and said, “Thanks for everything Kafz. I guess this is goodbye. Can you send us home please?” “Will we meet again?” said Kafziel. “I’m sure we will. My friend.” said Kenan. And with that, Kafziel snapped her fingers and transmitted the Johnston brothers safely back home. Kenan smiled at the sight of the basement room. It was deeply cleaned up as if there was never any rough housing done there. The names on the white board were completely gone. With the final battle at a close, later alone in the backyard, Kenan buried Kel’s wristwatch for it to never be used again. Meanwhile in the depths of Kafziel’s mansion in the basement, Astaroth remained in his prison and laughed. As Astaroth sat there enjoying his moment of humor, he said: “I may be locked away in here but that doesn’t mean no one will come to get me out.”