(after receiving a vision pertaining to his childhood dream of ruling a castle) Was that...an illusion?
UUbik
No illusion. We're merely holding a mirror to your own consciousness and allowing you to witness the reflection. You yourself stacked the cobblestones to reach the castle in the sky. That was and always has been your destiny.
CConrad
Without doubt, you stepped over the thousands of dead, whose bodies made up the stones to pave your way! And they, for you, have done the same to those before!
UUbik
Your minds fixed on a single ideal.
And now, before you reach the end of your magnificent journey - behold! (points at the Hawks) The gifts that await you, at the summit of your bloody quest! Your comrades, each a feather in your wing, have carried you to your great cause. They will surely forgive you. Though they may feel engulfed in a shadow of despair, they will forgive you, for they have always loved you. Entrust your wounded soul and tattered body to them, and you shall have life everlasting! Think not of your past, let it moult like old feathers, and consume yourself in the aftermath of your dreams!
The aftermath... my dreams...
That is the sentence of God. But if your dream still lives, if that castle still gleams just as brightly in your eyes, then it is your obligation to lay the stones that surround you now. Let us begin the chant of offering. Stray from the path, and you will not be granted the black wings that will carry you to the heavens. Fate has set you free from human reason, and by providence, embrace your inner evil. Now stand, and face your future!
You. Out of all the thousands of comrades and tens of thousands of enemies, only one, only you, and you alone, obscured the vision of my dream. I submit.
[Guts is surrounded by thousands of Apostles, several of them holding the mangled remains of the members of the Band of the Hawk.]
You bastards...! ...DAMN YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
[At the same moment...]
CConrad
A new demon king!
Our new kinsman, to wear the mantle of evil. The Wings of Darkness... Femto.
[Griffith, transcended into a Godhand, hatches from a Behelit-shaped egg, rising to his feet with a scream of mixed fury and agony]
[Griffith, reborn as Femto, spreads his wings and descends into the crowd of Apostles to meet Guts. He lands gracefully, several feet from Guts. Guts stands, shocked.]
[Femto outstretches his hand; a tentacle holding Casca lowers her down to him. Guts gasps at the sight of his lover in this state. Femto brings the outstretched hand to Casca's breast, groping it. He then places his other hand in between Casca's legs, rubbing her nether-region.]
[Femto continues, staring at Guts all the while. More tentacles from the Apostle restraining her begin to pull her legs apart.]
...what the hell are you doing...?
STOP! What the hell are you doing?!
[An Apostle -- Borkoff -- lunges forward and bites on his arm, holding him in place. Femto, meanwhile, has the tentacles of the Apostle restraining Casca to turn her to him. She opens her eyes to see Femto standing over her.]
CCasca (recognizing him)
...Griffith?
[Femto forcibly kisses her, making her eyes widen in horror as she realizes what Femto is about to do to her. As Guts watches with seething hatred, Femto moves to penetrate Casca by force and begins to rape her. Guts snaps and struggles against Borkoff's jaws clamping down on his arm. Femto looks up from Casca, staring at him with contempt as he forces Casca against her will. Guts turns back to Borkoff with his sword and stabs at the monster's teeth, hoping to get free, but his sword breaks. In a split-second decision, he resorts to chiseling his arm half-off, then pulling until his arm disconnects, freeing him. Yelling furiously, Guts charges at Femto, stabbing towards the Godhand's eye with his broken sword. Femto stops him mid-charge, holding him in place with telekinesis.]
UUbik
How foolish... what can a mere human do against a being who has transcended the mortal coil?
[Ubik suddenly gasps as Guts begins to break free of the grip, slowly inching his sword towards Femto's right eye. Femto responds by hurling Guts in the air, making him land in the same spot he lost his arm. Femto has Casca turned around so he can continue violating her. Guts gets back up, but several more Apostles dogpile him, halting his final attempt to save her. Femto continues to rape Casca.]
How delightful. It might move me to tears. Love, hate, pain, pleasure, life, death. All of it here to enjoy, right before our very eyes!
UUbik
This is to be human. This is to be evil.
[Guts watches tearfully as Femto forces another kiss on Casca as he rapes her. As he does this, one of the Apostles restraining Guts stabs into his right eye with its claw, the last picture in his right eye being of Femto sticking his tongue down Casca's throat. Suddenly, Femto finishes, letting the exhausted and humiliated Casca topple sideways onto the ground. Guts lifts his head and wails in agony and despair.]
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