Maleck didn't make a move. Instead he thrashed around in evident pain. It was the Shadow of the Mysterious man that aided in the magic change of Zurka by erupting the Void from Paradine and removing the Darkgrim from it. Allowing him to do whatever he wished with it's pieces. "Begone from here Maleck. Let not your power's curse her nor this place!" he shouted. Maleck looked up and saw, in a away; himself. Then he roared and disappeared from the Void and returned back to the area he was before. Yet no longer Maleck. But now Volkenagrim. A very wounded and exhausted Volkenagrim. 

She changed back into a human form. "Believe me I don't pretend to know all of anything. I only know a small amount of his thoughts, which are not easy to decipher, I'll only know things if he wants me to, and even then he'll just erase it again afterwards. To him I am simply a tool for him to understand the thoughts of beings from the mortal realm. I'm still basically myself, and I'll answer as much as I can think of as the answer."

"Thank you... Well here's the question." Volcanotano cleared his throat and paused. His eyes studied her carefully. He then spoke. "How can I and Volkenagrim be at two same places at the same time? We are the same living entity. He is me and I am him. How is that possible?" He asked Zurka. He waited for her answer. Volcanotano was indeed Volkenagrim. The same person. Yet was different in terms of mood and some appearances. Yet these changes were slight. Volkenagrim had pale violet black hued scaly skin with a rainbow's essence when light shined on it. Volcanotano had ivory skin without scales. Volkenagrim had flames surrounding his eyes. Volcanotano had no such thing. Volkenagrim's hair was Black as Night. Yet Volcanotano's was Golden as the Sun. Alas they had the same tips in the hair Red as Blood. Yet they BOTH had the same rare coloring in their eyes when able to be seen. Rare shades of blue mixed with silvery gray and red hue in the background. Another thing that made the eyes rare was an inner flame glowed within them when angry. But when calm so was the glow of fire within. Steady and peaceful. Right now the inner flame within Volcanotano's eyes were that sort of flame. Steady not at all like the eyes of his other.

She looked very puzzled indeed, she honestly had no idea how on earth it worked. She did have some little bits and knowledge and understanding from Paradine's power, but it didn't help all that much. "Maybe it has something to do with the void magic? I'm not sure."

Volcanotano sighed. "No. It has nothing to do with the Magic of Darkgrim Voids. The Voids have no power of their own. They are fueled by my inner being's Darkness of our Souls. Like I my Dark and Evil Mother said. These aren't Voids at all. But simply Souls of one entity. Mine. The reason is this. It is a distortion of Balance. For the flow and very force of Balance, the Agent of Darkgrim.... is distorted. Due to the fact half has opened the heart. While because of the Curse Takinomra forced upon him and I no memory is remembered. Meaning I and Volkenagrim are existing in two places at the same time because one is the embodiment of Good. Me. And the other is the Dark Embodiment of Pure Evil... Volkenagrim, another flow of myself. Two halves broken in two and become whole only for the force of Good is swallowed and kept stored in this realm. Deep within one's own Soul's." Volcanotano explained. He sighed and seemed to become weak for some strange reason. He fell to one knee and seemed he was about to collapse the rest of the way. "If ever you see Forma and the rest of the God's and Goddesses could you ask it of them to NOT invade the Voidal Souls called Darkgrim Voids again. I overheard them say that it would be too much work to destroy this world to clean it up and create a new one. The reasoning is this. If there is a Distortion within them like there was it will destroy me. And if I'm destroyed... So too will the World. That is why you are needed to become the Soul Tamer.... To tame the Flux that is slowly destroying me and my Dark Whole from within. The Voids are the flow that promote balance that was forged through my birth...." He winced and began to shake. He pointed to the opening of the Void they were in and shown the Solar Eclipse. The Sun had an ominous Blood Red Moon causing the Eclipse of the Day. This indeed shown it wasn't a natural Eclipse. But one caused of the Balance being distorted within the Soul of Volkenagrim's Darkgrim Voids. "That's what happens when only a very minor Unbalance is caused.... Imagine a more serious catastrophic result if the Unbalance was more severe. Flames would erupt from the Earths Core creating an Inferno on the very realm of Earth that BOTH wholes are in. And it would spread for miles and miles until all is destroyed like a Meltdown." Then he shook more violently. His body was like it was drawing up on itself like he was having a seizure. "I am not that powerful alone. I'm not God no anything like that. But I am Immortal... Caused by an Eternal Curse of the Darkest powers. This is caused Dark WarVoidal Magic. Mother created me and the Darkgrim Voids by mixing wit her Dark Enchantment Blood Magic's and normal Voidal Magics and thus making Dark WarVoidal Magic and new force that the Gods knew nothing about but out of pride say they created it. Although I understand why. Tow Magics already in the world were used to form a new force of Magic so in a way they created it but Takinomra was the one who combined them..." He gasped and fell down completely now. He was badly wounded from the distortion that was caused within the Darkgrim Voids. 

Well Zurka was shooting through that hole faster than she'd ever shot anywhere honestly. And she was now back out into the normal realms. And she was glad to be there. 

Volkenagrim looked at her. He was slightly surprised at how fast she'd gotten out of there. The Agent of Darkgrim smiled and laid his head to the side. He tried to speak but the words wouldn't come out. His eyes became clouded. They seemed as though his life was waning from him. His breathing was very weak and heavily labored. Liam popped out from the bushes. He was covered in many dings, bumps and several bruises. "Gah... Wonderful to see you back Zurka. I meant no offense to the Goddess Forma. I had forgotten how her temper could get. She and I NEVER got along. I couldn't help I was born part Demihuman. I sometimes wished I was born of her law's kind however. She's so beautiful and powerful and got a secretly great big heart...." he sighed to Zurka. His cheeks were a bit rosy as he talked. Then he shook his head. "Daw.. I'm to old... She'd never want an Old Shape-shifting Lion-Man Sage... You see she and I had a history together. I shown promise with me Skills of Magic. But I am far now Diminished... And Goddess' must NEVER fall in love with Mortals... As well as a Mortal should never fall in love with them..." He sighed. Then he noticed Volkenagrim. "NO!!!" he yelled running over there to him. He touched his friend's arm and shivered. "No... The Flame of Life within him is dying... No.. Volkenagrim! Wake up...! I meant to scare the Goddess from entering those Voids for they were only Voidal Souls. Souls that move and flow about like Voids and even have the presence of Voids! Yet they aren't! What has she done...?" He seemed very dire in worry. And Volkenagrim's coloration was indeed showing lack of life, still flowing within. "Zurka.... What shall we do? If he dies... Terrible things will happen. Things they shouldn't stop or it will flow more out of hand and invade all other worlds. And if all living things that worship them die, then the Gods and Goddesses themselves will fade for they need prayers to fuel they're own-selves. I know this secret for Forma told me this..." He now held his head in his right hand and was very concerned. Liam knew not what to do. Volkenagrim didn't look at all now like he could bounce back. The Orb even looked weak now. The Distortion had serious affects within it too. "Zurka.... Don't let that Orb of Darkness Souls break...! If it breaks like this now... I won't repair itself. And if it breaks the Inferno will erupt from the core and destroy everything!" He told her.

"Would life force work?" she asked, strange pieces of knowledge were floating into her mind, she knew what she could do, but she wasn't sure if it would work in this situation. 

"Not alone.... I don't think you've got enough of it... Not alone..." Liam looked at Zurka. He knew what she meant. "It will take all my remaining Lifeforce and a little more than what you can spare of yours... He must also feed on Blood and Souls... That you can't give him. But I can. I can give him my Soul..." He added. Liam stood up. Then he sighed. "It is indeed feeling like my time was going to come to and end... I just didn't know when.. But first..." Liam grabbed Zurka by the arms. "You MUST promise me one important thing! You MUSTN'T allow Volkenagrim to become too discouraged... He knows in order to stay alive he must devour other's lives! But it evidently tears him up inside. For every time he does so, Not a soul sees him leave that house. Not to eat or anything. He basically tries to starve to death. But is eventually pushed to eat for he then remembers he MUST live! But this time I doubt it... If you aren't there at his side... I have become almost a brother to him. For I haven't given up on him as he's given up on himself... I just hope Forma accepts my entry. You see when Those like us Die we choose where we can go as a new beginning. I choose to be of Forma's like I've always wanted. In life I couldn't but perhaps in Death if she allows it... I can..." He explained. Then he bowed his head to her. Liam finally went over to Volkenagrim. "My friend I give my Lifeforce and my Soul to you and my blood..." He pushed Volkenagrim to his throat and forced him to bite down on it. Liam gasped and streaks of his life leaving him could be seen across his body where his blood flowed inside. Liam closed his eye and told Zurka. "Hold Volkenagrim to this manner. His fangs drain Blood as his breaths inward drain the Soul and Lifeforce. I won't live much longer. So hopefully you can start where I left off. And that is to continue trying to help him...." As he said the last words he finally died. Liam was on his way towards peace. Peace at last.

A few tears dripped down her cheeks. "You never know Liam, maybe now she'll love you back." 

Volkenagrim weakly jerked Liam away from him but was far too weak to move more. He was still gasping for air. The Agent of Darkgrim was indeed far from the area he must be to survive. "Zurka... Don't... bother to help me... You'll only be... saving.. a killer.." he pleaded to her. His coloration was too pale and his breathing was so labored you could barely tell he was still alive. He was so helpless in appearance. Volkenagrim jerked in pain. "Gragh! The parasite...!" He snarled and murmured in agony. "It is draining what Liam gave me... That killed him...! Gragh!" He began shaking in agonizing pain. His skin was becoming even more pale. Even more weak. Even more close to death.

"I'm not letting you die, not after Liam gave his life for you. You had no choice, just like I have no choice."

Volkenagrim began to feel strong again. He sighed and was still not wanting to live but once he felt Zurka's resolve, was now changing his own resolve. He remembered that he should live. He should live for the sake of all! Volkenagrim snarled out a vicious roar. Suddenly the plants around began to come back to life. With the parasite, gone all it absorbed from him was now returned to him. That it drained was returned to him and now was returning it to the land. The plants regrew. The flow of absolute force of Balance, but a Balance of peace. Volkenagrim stood up and his outline flowed with a new energy. It was like a blue flow at his feet. Droplets of this energy came out of this blue flow like blue water droplets. It was a powerful and beautiful in sight. It shown his emotions. He was sad and yet angry. Angry at the fact he was a monster. And sad at the fact he had to destroy to help life grow. He looked at Zurka and his eyes glowed once again with an inner flame that was of great power. "Thank you. But don't keep trying to change me when I can't be changed for it isn't meant to change." Volkenagrim told her. His black hair flared about in the wind as did the blood red tips. He was going to live but he didn't desire it. He understood he'd no choice. "Zurka... I don't understand why you see more than a monster in me... But I must try to see it in myself." He added. 

Zurka has long since laid down on her side, she's exhausted from whatever she just did.

Volkenagrim nodded. He then approached her. He reached out for her with his arms and gingerly plucked her up. He then carried her to his home. The Villages didn't seem happy however. They could tell Liam gave his Life to save him. One yelled, "You monster! You should be the one dead!" They all growled in agreement. One almost hit Volkenagrim with a rotten Tomato. But was put in his place by Volkenagrim's gaze. His eyes glowed a fierce red and with rage. "I didn't ask for Liam to die for me! I never wanted it!" He roared at them. Then he ran off with Zurka still in his arms and rushed her and himself inside. He carefully put her in a very soft bed and left. Or seemed like he did. But in truth he moved the centerpiece Rug in the main floor and moved the floor tiles to reveal the basement. He then went down the steps and covered closed the tiles above him. Then he went beneath the basement to his dark room and laid down inside the coffin closing it's cover. He snarled and was wounded from deep within. He wanted to shed tears of his emotion at the time. But couldn't. In this frustrated state fell into a fitful sleep.

And it was quite the while before Zurka woke up again. She managed sitting up and all of the normal things but she still felt drained from the effects of Paradine's magic. If it was his magic why on earth did it take so much out of her.

Volkenagrim was still out cold. But suddenly the Beast began to take over now. Volkenagrim jumped out of the coffin. He was unfortunately trapped. He roared out a vicious roar of pain. His left arm was now the skeletal arm with sharp spines. His face was halfway covered in the skull of Maleck's head. His body was going through razor sharp agonizing pains. "Graargh!" he roared out him pain. The whole place began to shake from where he stood. The yell of pain was indeed muffled however through the two layers beneath Zurka. His body quit shifting more than the skeletal parts of his body. He fell to the below basement floor and was out cold. The Lunar Eclipse was showing a Blood Moon in the background. He flashed Zurka a telepathic message. "Please! Come down here! Help me... Get out of here..." He called out to her. 

And she listened. She may have been tired but she could feel his desperation. Her *censored* was immediate, and she was soon flying down to try and find him. However once she got down to the ground floor she quickly grew puzzled. She had no idea how to get down farther. So she turned into a manticore once again and followed his scent to the rug. 

He was very weak. Volkenagrim seemed dangerous. Half his body was altered by Maleck was giving off a dangerous aura. His left arm was shining in the Ivory of his bones. His left side of his face was indeed that of Maleck's. But it was hominid as well. The breathing was hallow and labored. His body was shifting uncontrollably. His back began growing spines with flames erupting from them. Volkenagrim didn't look well at all. "Maleck is ready... To fight... I can't move..." he snarled. His body was shaking very badly. Volkenagrim's body began to glow with the dark energy of Maleck. He had to get out. But couldn't move.  

Zurka sighed, well it was probably better sooner than later.