A/N: Here’s the final conclusion to the This Is What I Am  series. I had to finish this sometime. I think the ending is especially sad…drove some of my friends to tears…O_o…the other world is sorta confusing, but I’ll let you decide how you want it…basically it’s just another dimension….confusing, yes….but anyways….have fun reading….if you can…muhahahaah!! BTW, I own noone except for Ana, Gohan, the zombies, all the monsters, and the ending demon….

 

 

Faces of Death ( Part 1: Test Your Might )

By Trent Reznor_X_Marilyn Manson

 

 

 

With a strong punch, Marilyn Manson sent his fist crashing through a zombie’s face. Three more of the undead ghouls were closing in on him. He dropped them all within a few seconds. Marilyn, along with Trent Reznor, his band and family, had been transported to the 7^th dimension by the evil wizard and demon Diablo. There was no time to think, as another zombie landed down next to him. Manson rid himself of this menace with a snap kick.

“ Hehehehe……you always were a good fighter……” A vaguely familiar voice, which Marilyn hadn’t heard in a long while, spoke behind him. Marilyn turned around and saw Zim Zum. ( Remember him? He was mentioned dead in Clash of the Super Powers. Read that fic for the details on how he died…)

“ Z….Zimmy??” Manson couldn’t believe his eyes. “ Is that you?”

“ No, it’s John Lennon….” Zim Zum laughed. “ I decided to help you here….don’t worry…there’s more fights ahead…”

Marilyn and the others, including Zim Zum, continued on down a dark corridor. A demon dropped down from the rafters on the ceiling. It began to laugh evilly when it saw the crowd.

“ Oh yeah, like he hasn’t seen a guy in makeup before…” Marilyn folded his arms across his chest and turned his head away. The monster set his sights on John.

“ I’m Vekou…I’ll take on blondie…” The demon said. John jumped out at Vekou with a kick. It connected and sent him flying. He teleported behind the demon and punched him into a wall. Minutes seemed like days as the two fighters slugged it out. It appeared that John was winning, but Vekou would not give up so easily. The monster created a Kienzan energy disk in his hand and threw it out at John. John leaped out of the way. Vekou had a few tricks up his sleeve, and was able to contort John’s energy to have him teleport in front of the disk. Before he was able to counter, the guitarist was sliced in half.

“ John……oh no…” Marilyn ran towards his fallen ally’s lifeless body. “ He knew this was going to happen, and that’s why he wouldn’t let me do it!!! How am I going to break this to Raye??!!” Manson’s eyes watered over. ( Raye is John’s wife…O_o)

“ Hehe….clean up your trash, little man!!!” Vekou cackled.

“ Shut…your..mouth….” Marilyn surged with power. He shot out a huge energy blast that killed the demon instantly.

“ W…woah….that was good…” Pogo complimented. The fighters continued walking down the hallway, and yet another monster, named Troten, appeared before them. Pogo stepped up to him.

“ N…no!! You can’t!!!” Marilyn cried. The keyboardist turned around.

“ You’ve already been brought back to life…you don’t get another chance…” He replied. Pogo ran to Troten and hit him with a punch. Troten slammed his knee into Pogo’s stomach. It didn’t matter until a piece of his spiky hair fell out of place. He got really pissed and kicked the monster across the face. Troten flew back at Pogo, who threw a ki blast out at his flight path. The demon split into two copies and dodged it.

“ W…what??” Pogo barely had time to dodge a kick that one of the copies threw out. The keyboardist now had to fight TWO opponents, and feared if Troten could make MORE copies of himself. Pogo charged up a Masenko and shot it out at him. One of the clones flew at Pogo and hit him with a dash kick. He hit a wall, but flew back to fight. The main copy made more clones of himself and placed them up on top of the rafters of the ceiling. They started to shoot at Pogo, ( Yes, REAL bullets…) but he was too busy to notice until they hit him. The bullets stopped him in his tracks. Even after he tried to get up, he ws shot back down. After a few seconds, Pogo was dead.

“ Oh….no….” Marilyn gasped as he witnessed the death of yet another close friend. “ Is this our fate? Will all the members of Marilyn Manson die cruel, horrible deaths? Is this the end of the revelation??” He thought.

“ Is that all?” Troten taunted after the copies disappeared. “ I thought you and your friends were supposed to be the most vile forces alive…but I see now that it did you more than justice…”

Marilyn clenched his fists. A red aura began to form around one of his arms. “ Oh my, if you clench those fists any tighter you’ll break a nail…” Troten laughed. Marilyn flew to him at an unbelieveable speed and kicked him into a wall. Manson powered up and threw out hundreds of ki blasts at Troten’s landing spot, giving him no chance to recover or defend himself.

“ FINAL FLAAAAAASH!!!” Marilyn yelled, and powered up a huge energy beam that killed the demon. After the smoke cleared, he realized he had blown a hole through the wall, as well as kill Troten. “ Uh……oops….” Marilyn gulped. The fighters continued their trek down the death-filled corridor. They met another demon, named Seru.
” Alright…get back…I’ll take care of this guy…” Marilyn walked up to him. Seru threw out wild punches, but Manson caught them all effortlessly. Marilyn knocked him off-balance and hit him in the head with his knee. Seru tried to punch Manson, but he disappeared. Every time the demon tried to attack him, Marilyn would jump out of the way. Seru leaped at him with a punch. They began clashing with furious attacks. Manson hit the monster in the stomach and kicked him into a wall. Marilyn powered up a Makkensoppo attack and threw it out at Seru before he could counter. The demon was unfazed and appeared behind Manson while he was using his attack. Seru grabbed Marilyn from behind, catching him completely off-guard. Manson struggled to free himself, but the monster was too strong.

“ Hahahaha!! Time to die!!” Seru tightened his grip on Marilyn. Before he knew what hit him, the monster was sent flying into a wall. Marilyn fell to the ground, gasping for breath. He looked around for who had freed him. It was Gohan!
” Gohan?? Wh…what? How’d you…?” Manson asked as his son, Gohan, ran to check on him. “ Thanks…but you’ve got to get out of here!! I’ll take care of these guys…take the rest of our friends and find a way out!! I’ll catch up later…” Marilyn said.

“ No!! I have to help…I have to do something…I can’t just let you die….” Gohan replied. He stood up and faced off against Seru.

“ Tough luck, kid, but this is the end of the road!!” The demon yelled. Gohan flew out at him with a punch. Seru blocked it and hit Gohan in the stomach. The boy recovered quickly and charged up a energy attack. The monster was able to dodge easily. He flew a few feet back and powered up. Seru disappeared for a split second before reappearing in the same spot. Gohan’s midsection exploded with blood. Seru had managed to thrust his fist through the boy’s stomach at godspeed.

“ GOHAN!!!!” Marilyn cried, unable to believe this was happening. Within a few seconds, Gohan, Marilyn’s own son, had been killed. Ana ran to him, hoping he was still alive.

“ What are you doing!?? Don’t you even care??!!” Ginger yelled at Manson. Marilyn didn’t hear him.

“ H…how…could this happen? You were so strong…..Gohan….” Marilyn hung his head, trying to hide his tears from his friends. “ You’re not dead…I know you’re not dead…..” 
Twiggy decided to comfort Manson. He walked up to him and put his hand on Marilyn’s shoulder.

“ Go ahead…cry….don’t be ashamed of your grief…” Twiggy said. “ Let it go…..”

Marilyn looked at him.

“ It’s not just Gohan….it’s everyone…John….Pogo….all of them…I let them die……” He cried.

“ It’s not your fault….it’s noone’s fault…please….don’t blame yourself for something you couldn’t help….”
Marilyn broke away from his friend’s hold. He walked up to the monster, passing Ana along the way. She looked up at him.

“ Brian…what are you doing?” She asked as he walked to Seru. The demon looked into Marilyn’s eyes, which were filled with a fury unknown to even the most evil of minds.

“ How could you?” Marilyn asked.

“ Haha…you want more? This will be the last time I fight you!” Seru laughed.

“ Fight you? No…..I’m going to kill you…” Before the monster could respond, Marilyn crashed his fist through Seru’s face, leaving a huge, gaping hole. Manson withdrew his fist from the crater, as blood dripped off of it. Seru’s lifeless body collapsed to the ground. Marilyn stuck out the same hand and blasted the demon’s body to ashes with a ki blast. He began to walk into the next room, but stopped. “ Well….aren’t you all coming?” He asked. The rest of the crowd quickly followed him. Another demon, who introduced himself as Bakura, began to fight Zim Zum. The two fighters clashed for what seemed like hours, until Bakura planted a ki blast into Zim Zum’s chest. With the flick of Bakura’s wrist, Zim Zum was sent flying into the air.

“ Hehehe…. just a few seconds and BOOM…goodbye Zimmy!! Heeheehee!!” Bakura laughed.

“ STOP!!!” Marilyn yelled, but it mattered none to Bakura. As he squeezed his hand into a fist, Zim Zum imploded. ( An explosion from the inside of something. Often used to describe the demolition of a building.) The 5 remaining warriors stood in shock at the repeated death of a close friend. Ginger powered up.

“ I can’t take this anymore!! You can stand here all you want, but I’m ending this!!” He yelled. Marilyn pulled him back.

“ NO YOU’RE NOT!!! You and I know both know you’re not going to finish this with one blow, so wait, just a little while…” Manson said.

“ For what? For us to get killed?!! For him to rip us all to pieces, one by one?!” Ginger replied.

“ You won’t be finishing anything, kiddies!!” Bakura cackled and used all of his energy to teleport each fighter to a different area in the giant dimension. By doing that, he had killed himself. Soon, each person had found themselves alone, with only their wit and strength to keep them alive. Marilyn, Twiggy, Trent and Ginger decided to try and find each other by sensing their energy, but Ana encountered some difficulty, since she was unable to sense ki. She walked through the dark chamber, trying to keep herself calm.

“ I don’t want to die….I don’t want to die…..I don’t want to die…” She whispered, in case a demon was around. Meanwhile, Twiggy, Marilyn, Trent and Ginger had found each other and decided to look for Ana. “ I don’t want to die…” She cried. “ I don’t want to…..” Ana turned around, sensing a presense, but it was too late. “…DIEEEEE!!!”

~ Meanwhile….

Marilyn felt a energy suddenly disappear. He turned to Trent, Twiggy and Ginger.

“ That….that must be Ana…..” He said. They picked up the pace and flew through the hallways. “ What if I’m too late?” Manson thought as he flew.  When the 4 of them stopped, Marilyn’s worst suspicions had been proved to be true.

“ Oh no…..” Trent gasped as he saw Ana’s dead body, and another monster standing above it. Marilyn ran to her, hoping she was still alive, but he knew better.

“ No…Ana….why’d you have to leave me?….It’s not fair…” He cried as he knelt down next to her. “ You were everything to me………..everything…..”

Twiggy and Ginger looked down at him, but Trent turned his head away. He couldn’t bring himself to see this horrible sight. “ This just isn’t fair…..Ana……ANAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!” Marilyn screamed and powered up.

“ Oh no, here come the waterworks….” Ginger remarked. Manson’s sudden raise in power made Trent look over at him. A golden aura formed around Marilyn as he got to his feet and walked toward the monster. In a split second, Marilyn lashed out his leg and sliced off the monster’s head.

“ Holy-“ Twiggy was about to curse, but Ginger covered his mouth. Marilyn ripped off the demon’s leg and beat him senseless with it. “ Woah! He’s gotta try THAT at one of our shows!!” Twiggy smiled.  After a few seconds, Marilyn had killed the demon. He walked out of the hallway, with the others following. When they had walked for a while, Manson stopped.

“ Look,” He said as he turned to his friends, “ There’s one more monster in this dimension….You know who I’m talking about?”
Twiggy, Trent and Ginger nodded. “ Good….we’ll need to give this fight everything we’ve got, maybe more….and make him pay for what he’s done…and the innocent lives he and his monsters have taken!!!” Marilyn said. Trent spoke, finally.

“Your softness makes me retch, as usual….You’re not strong enough to fight Diablo….not unless you become immortal!! You don’t know the terror you’re up against!!!!”

“ Wait a minute…I’m more powerful than ever…by far!! And you say I STILL don’t match up to Diablo!?” Marilyn asked.

“ Diablo’s might is beyond anything you can conceive…you cannot even prepare yourself…”

“ Aw come on, Trent!! You saw how Marilyn tossed those other guys around like toys!! Nobody could take him!!” Twiggy said.

“ You can fight him and see…..” Trent crossed his arms and turned his head away.

“ Well….now what?!” Ginger asked. “ Anybody got an idea?”

“ I thought you were going to fight Diablo…..” Trent looked back at Manson.

“ Well….I WANT to…but you told me not to even get near him….so….I guess we’re stuck here…” Marilyn tried to force up a smile, but failed. Twiggy turned to Trent.

“ Look, Marilyn is the strongest person in the universe!!! Noone can beat him!! I’m sure with our combined efforts, we can bring this guy down!!”
Trent smirked.
” You guys go ahead….get yourselves killed…..but don’t come cryin’ to me…’cuz I’ll just say ‘I told you so.’”

“ You’re a real….team player….aren’t you, Trent?” Marilyn asked, sarcastically.

“ Come on…..who’s with me?” Twiggy said. Ginger thought it over a bit.

“ I’m game…” He decided.

“ I can dig it…” Manson smiled. They all looked at Trent, who had said nothing.

“……Sure…I guess….” Trent shrugged.

“ Then it’s settled…..we’ll give our lives to fight….” Marilyn said. The others nodded. They started to walk, but Diablo appeared with them in the room.

“ Well, well, well….a touching speech….” He laughed. Marilyn and the others turned around.

“ Cut the crap and let’s fight…” Manson said.

“ Hahaha!!” Ginger smiled.

“ Let’s GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Marilyn yelled as he flew at the demon with a kick. It connected and sent Diablo flying. Marilyn caught up with his flight path and slammed him into the ground. Twiggy flew up above Diablo and shot out a couple hundred ki blasts at his landing spot. Ginger threw out a Thunder Strike at Diablo’s place in the ground. Manson picked Diablo up by the leg and hurled him into a wall. Trent slammed his knee into the demon’s back. Marilyn jumped back suddenly. Diablo stared at him.

“ HahahahahaHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Let me teach you a bit about my true power, starting with the basics.” Manson said, smirking.

“ Forget it. I never asked you to explain anything…” Diablo scoffed.

“ You’re going to love this…..What you see now is my normal state…” Marilyn powered up. “ And this is my Ultimate Super form…” Marilyn powered up again. “ And this is what’s known as the Antichrist.”

“ Ho hum…” Diablo yawned.

“ Does Brian really know of a way to surpass an Antichrist?” Trent asked.

“ He’s probably bluffing. I mean, what would that make him? Double Acsended?”
” And this….THIS IS…TO GO…EVEN FURTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Marilyn yelled. He began to power up using every ounce of willpower in his body. The ground beneath him began to slowly give way.

“ Unreal? How is he generating so much power?” Trent yelled.

“ Do it, Manson!!” Ginger said. Diablo backed up in fear.

“ STOP IT!! STOP IT NOW!!” Trent cried. Marilyn’s power surged around him. His power even caused trouble back on Earth. Remembering all the terrible injustice done to him during his life, he let out a scream of pain and angst that shook apart the entire dimension.

“ YOU’RE GOING TO DESTROY THE WHOLE PLANET!!!! BRIAN, YOU’VE GOT TO STOP!!!!” Twiggy called to him.

Marilyn screamed out in pain again and a golden yellow aura formed around him. The rocks that had been raised into the air fell back down to the ground.
”Hehe…….sorry that took so long…..I haven’t had much time to practice it…..This is what I call the Antichrist Superstar….Shall we begin?” He asked Diablo.

Once again, Marilyn has defied the impossible, transforming beyond the Antichrist. But how long can these awesome new powers hold out? Or can he find a way to do what can’t be done, and defeat Diablo by himself? Stay tuned to find out, the next action packed part of Faces Of Death?

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