Lumine's Mind
the new world shall come
none of you can stop it
they tried to stop it
called me mad
i'm not mad
i am a -visionary-
the new world
without humans
without the weak
it is evolution
it is needed
it will happen

Axl's Head
This room looks a bit like a small tornado has been through recently.
The walls are all filled with cracks, and the eastern wall is missing
entirely, some sort of purple energy bleeding across from the darkness
beyond the wall. Broken toys and weapons lie across the ground, the
cabinents fallen and their contents scattered. Most notably, figurines of X
and Zero have been all but torn apart, the various parts lying everywhere.
The remaining walls have been painted purple and white, although a few small
pieces of navy show through the purple. The only thing that seems to have
been left untouched is a glass-doored cabinent containing SNES cartridges
with odd labels such as "Mad Nautilus" and "Incentas".

"I can do this. I can break through. I can do this..." The mantra quietly permeates the air at a bare whisper, its recanter desperately huddled in the least demolished corner of the room. Axl maintains the chant, paying attention to nothing else around him.

"I'm afraid I rather doubt that, dear brother." The familiar mocking voice cuts through the room as Lumine steps over the rubble of the wall that once held him back. "You're weaker than I am, a mere prototype. And your little barrier has fallen~...

Axl refuses to make eye contact with Lumine, or even to customarily snap back that they're not related. "I can do this, jut ignore him, he can't control you..."

Lumine steps even closer, the purple energy from the next room seeming to cling to his armor in thin whisps. "Another mistaken assumption. I already control you. And your little chant is doing nothing."

Axl brings himself closer, his whispering growing even more faint, as to be inaudible. He's certainly trying to look like it's working...

Lumine kneels by Axl, placing one arm around the other. "Just give up. I'll keep you safe in my mind. Nothing else will harm you, and you won't have to watch your world fall apart~..."

Axl raises his head just enough to let a sliver of his venomous glare be seen, mere moments before he stands tries to shove Lumine back. "Don't touch me! I don't have to listen to you... I'll -do- this, no matter what you say about it!"

Lumine allows himself to be shoved, then stands as well. "Why? What is there left to salvage?" He smirks. "Signas is imprisoned. Zero will soon be dead. Spider has betrayed you. What does the waking world have to offer?"

Axl says '...If I can't do it for them, I'll do it for myself. I won't give up just because things look a little bad!'

"A little bad?" Lumine shakes his head. "Just how much are you deluding yourself, darling brother?" He picks up half of a broken X figurine. "All your precious toys are broken. Everything is broken. And from the ashes, I will arise."

Axl stands still for what seems like eternity, nearly his whole person trembling with barely-restrained anger... which is released as he lunges for Lumine's neck, growling ferally.

Lumine smirks faintly and raises one hand, firing a simple icy bolt at the lunging Axl...

Axl takes the bolt deep in his right shoulder, but that doesn't keep him from trying to charge Lumine again. /Get out... get OUT! I'll do it myself if I have to!/

Lumine this time resorts to a more standard laser, aimed directly for the gem on Axl's helmet, the smirk still etched on his face. "You'll have to try a bit harder."

Axl may be controlled by his rage, but isn't stupid enough to let -anything- hit that again. He throws himself to the right, allowing the laser to merely glance off the left side of his helmet while he finally pulls a gun and tries to fire as close to

Lumine doesn't quite dodge in time and the energy grazes his waist, revealing a few wires and burning his body suit. With a slightly more intent look on his face, he this time fires off a wave of flames at the other...

Axl quickly gets to his feet and runs for the wall opposite Lumine, taking a quick hop towards the ceiling. From here, he pushes off and uses his Dash boosters to get him over the flames(not without feeling the heat, of course) and over his opponent...

Lumine whirls and once again chooses to use the laser rather than anything elemental, aiming for the dash thrusters on Axl's boots.

Axl starts to take out his guns again, but having his feet shot out from under him catches him a bit off-guard, sending him off-course and into the glass cabinet(which remains miraculously unharmed). He remains motionless, lying sprawled on the floor..

Lumine steps towards Axl, placing one foot on his chest. "You are still inferior to me, dear brother. And things will continue on the proper course." With a slight kick, Lumine starts to walk back towards his own room...