Story Debate

*** Axel was absolutely terrified. What kind of monster was this? It was tremendously gargantuan, larger than any animal that Axel had ever seen or thought possible. It was violently red, as if it was ablaze with some sort of supernatural fire. It probably was. A frightening orange glow followed it. It smelt of smoke and ash and it sounded like a rusty machine aflame as it moved through the underbrush, destroying it as the beast went. If Axel had to compare it to any other animal on earth, he would have to think for a second before saying that it was somewhat ursine, but it was much, much more fearsome than a bear. He wouldn't be surprised if the monstrosity was forged in Satan's personal forges. Through the dark forest scrambled Axel, with the devil's creation right on his heels. Dodging trees that came up unexpectedly, watching for roots or rocks that may trip him up. Axel took a brief look back at what was chasing him, he found that it was much, much closer than was comfterable for him. He knew that Also, he tripped. The beast pounced, but overshot by a laughable margin. It didn't get it's prey, but instead barreled through trees which were toothpicks to it's awesome size and force. The satanic creature somehow made a gash in the woods that was approximately 100 yards long. Axel got up. He tried a little too quickly to get out his electric sword, and likewise fumbled. The beast rose, shook itself, and started running at Axel as if it hadn't gone through a football field of trees. Axel eventually got out his blade. To Axel's shock and delight, when he got out the sword and swung it, let out a bolt of lightning at the monster. The beast gave out a roar of pain and stumbled back a little. However, it wasn't about to give in to a few million volts of electricity. Out of a fit of bravery and egotism, Axel rushed forward. Swinging his sword to create the lightning, he drove back the beast. However, the beast wasn't a dumb barbaric creature, it was a fairly smart barbaric creature. Axel was getting close enough to strike at the beast. He started to stab the beast in what he assumed was the beast's heart, but the beast swatted Axel away, sending him flying. Now more than a mere mortal, Axel got up and was ready for the beast's counter-attack. The satanic creature jumped to capture Axel between it's paws, but Axel dived and sent a bolt of lighting at the beast. Axel knew that he couldn't do this forever, and he would eventually loose to the monster. He needed to get an edge on the beast. He then remembered the wolf-pelt belt with a gossamer sheen, and the power that it gave him. It was with Eva. Axel dashed into the forest, going back the way he came, except that it was now the smoldering and ash-covered carnage that the beast left in it's tracks. The only thing that Axel forgot about was the handler of the beast without an arm and with paper-white skin. However, the handler apparently forgot about himself too, as he was not there when Axel arrived. Eva was pale, translucent, and almost unconcious. Arriving at her side, Axel found that she was badly hurt, but still had the belt. She looked up with effort. "Take the belt" she said, her immaculate voice burdened with incomprehendable pain. Axel put on the belt. He turned to face the beast, which was running at him at full speed. Instantly, the power that the belt held flooded into Axel. He became stronger. Faster. He gained stamina. His senses became keener. He was in a microsecond a vastly powerful being far beyond that of a superhuman. And the belt was only just beginning to do it's job. It next started to affect Axel's corporeal form. His body began to grow. His muscles began to bulge and bulk. His face contorted. And still he was getting mightier, quicker, sharper, all of it. Somewhere along the way, he dropped the sword. He didn't need it. At the end of his transformation, Axel was something like a minotaur, except horrifyingly real and alarmingly mighty. He was as large as the beast, and was eager to show off his newfound capacities. He was now a beast in his own right. Axel and the beast flung against each other. Two titans were now clashing. Initially, the beast, with it's momentum, knocked down Axel. But minotaur Axel launched the beast far, far away. Axel ran after it, creating a wake of wanton destruction behind him. They again met up and wrangled with each other. Their fighting moved them, bit by bit, toward the town, which was eventually woken up to the sounds of the fierce, fierce struggle. Konrad, who had stealthily managed to get back into Viola's house without her noticing, was one of the first ones up. The sun was just beginning to light the sky. Konrad woke up Viola to investigate the sound. She didn't have to wait long. The beast was propelled into the town, right into the center. Minotaur Axel came right after it. The duel behemoths started battling with disregard for the city. If a townsperson was not awake by now, they were probably dead. They were either in one of two states: in awe or screaming while running away. Konrad was part of the former. He stared in wonder and horror as the huge fire bear and the equally gigantic minotaur quarreled violently. He did not notice, at first, an angel with delicate features and red-orange hair come out of the forest, frantic, but not hurt in any way shape or form. But after a while, and after the minotaur was pile-drived by the beast, Konrad did notice Eva. Quickly, and avoiding the two leviathans, he came over to the angel who's heart looked like it was crushed by an anvil. He asked her what was wrong, aside from the two battling monsters. "Oh, Axel has been cursed by the devil! He's been cursed by the devil! He's to be a horrible gargoyle all his life!" Her voice was utterly and completely distraught, and each word was surrounded by a sob. Konrad glanced at the monstrosities. "Is he the one with a bull for a head?" "Oh, yes! What terrible fate!" "So why is he fighting the other thing?" "He's been compelled to fight Satan's personal hound til either one of them dies!" "Does he have his sword?" "No, he dropped it as the devilish beast was mauling him." "Can I see it?" She pulled out the electric sword from it's sheath. Konrad was looking it over when the mammoth creatures caught their attention again. What they saw was the minotaur pinning the beast to the ground. The beast was emitting a low, metallic growl, as though it still had a chance. The low, dark chuckling sounds that were eminating from a smiling minotaur Axel told otherwise. Then, a sound of rusty machinery being torn apart as the minotaur Axel ripped the torso of the beast apart from it's hind. And with the torso raised to the sun, Axel ripped it apart. He roared loudly with one half of what was once was the beast's body in one massive hand and the other half in the other hand. The beast died, and unknown to anybody and everybody, so did what was once Axel. As the minotaur celebrated grotesquely his victory over the beast, the last of the memories and will that were Axel disappeared into a opaque haze of power. The belt made out of the souls that the late Axel once knew was designed to make power surge throughout his whole body, and not only disfigure his corporeal form, but also alter his mind and self. What was formally Axel was now a nameless drunkard for power, willing to destroy anything and everything for his next high. He would even annihilate the person who gave him gummy worms for it. And every drink of the cup of power made him larger and stronger. Eva had found the perfect steed for her plans of power for her own, using angelic constructions like the supposed angel of death and his undead army and the beast with a little bit of good acting to put her plan into action. And she was almost there. She didn't account for was a certain sneek who witnessed Axel's first encounter with the gossamer belt taking the electric sword and cutting off her hands.