Songs used in chapter:

Shock-Fear Factory

Mein Land-Rammstien

Dystopia-Iced Earth

Chapter 11 and Epilogue

Tripp's POV

"Now let me show you how to make a big one!" Doviculus said and slid his claws on the double neck guitar, and began shredding to an industrialized guitar solo. Suddenly the ground began to shake and I race down the steps and to stage as fast as I could.

I made it a safe distance away just in time to see the building rise, and revealed what it actually was, a giant sized demon chained to the bottom of the sea.

"So, how'd it go?" Ernesto said casually. Just then the demon shot giant needles at the ground and they began injecting possibly demon venom. Yep, it was demon venom as a giant, ugly pod rose from the ground and at least five other demons jumped from it.

"Ernesto, get back on the board," I told, but thankfully he was one step ahead of me. "Time to end this once and for all," I growled and we charged at Doviculus' forces.

Welcome to my world
Headfirst to the earth
With my sights on the goddamned kill switch
I've become a fuse
Charged with attitude
Fixed and dialated by my anger

I have become a direct
I have become a current
I have become a direct
I have become insurgent

I will be the power surge
Shock to the system
Electrified, amplified
Shock to the system

Alternate my wires
Heat my core desire
I will not stand for condemnation
I've become the volts
To lead the revolt
Fuck with me ensues certaind danger

I have become a direct
I have become a current
I have become a direct
I have become insurgent

I will be the power surge
Shock to the system
Electrified, amplified
Shock to the system

I am the power surge
I am the insurgent
Electrified, amplified
Electrified, amplified

Shock!

As the battle continued, I hoped into the car and raced towards the demon and rammed the car straight through one of its arms, crippling it. "RRAAAAHHHHH!" roared Doviculus.

"THAT ONE WAS FOR IZZY!" I shouted as I flipped him off.

"You know, I'm glad that your mother refused my advances all those years ago," he said, "because at least I know, you're not my son. There aren't many who can say that!"

"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh mit mir von Ost nach Süd.
"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh mit mir von Süd nach West.

"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh mit mir von West nach Nord.
"Da kommt er angerannt mit der Fahne in der Hand."

Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land
Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land [mein Land]

"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh mit mir von Nord nach Ost.
"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh mit mir von Ost nach West.

"Wohin gehst du, wohin?"
Ich geh von Land zu Land, allein.
[Und nichts und niemand lädt mich zu bleiben ein]

Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land
Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land, meine Welle und mein Strand.
[Jaaah]

Eine Stimme aus dem Licht, Fällt den Himmel vom Gesicht.
Reisst den Horizont entzwei...
Wohin gehst du? Hier ist nichts mehr frei! - Das ist mein Land.

DAS IST MEIN LAND!
DAS IST MEIN LAND!

Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land, meine Welle und mein Strand.
Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land, meine Welle und mein Strand.
Mein Land
Mein Land
Du bist hier in meinem Land, meine Welle und mein Strand.
Mein Land
[vertrieben]
Mein Land
[vertreiben]
Mein Land
[vergessen - und nirgends kann ich bleiben]
[*mein Land*]

"AND THAT ONE WAS FOR JARED!" I shouted, flipping Doviculus off with both middle fingers after I took out the demon's other arm and it crashed to the ground.

"Oh give it up," Doviculus snarled, "whatever powers your demon blood grants you, will soon be unraveled by your human weakness. Come and see me when you go a pair as big as your mothers."

And with that he flew inside. "I hope he's talking about horns," I said to myself.

I revved the car and raced inside the demon's head, where Doviculus was there waiting for me. "Son of Sacoria, suckled by the teat of man," he said, "you are half so many things. I doubt any part of you is whole. Is there even a word for a creature such as you?"

"Yeah, I'm a rodie," I told him, "I keep the trash off the stage! YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!"

Enter the nightmare
This future does implode
A techno city-state
A prison, nothing more
Rounded up like cattle
You're forced into the trains
Nothing that you've ever known
Will bring you so much pain

If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

Micro-chipped like dogs
Their thoughts are not their own
All that's left of human kind
Is now in their control
Planned out through centuries
Patient and contrived
Played on man's naiveté
Gullible and blind

If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

The nightmare unfolds before my eyes
I will resist 'til end of time
A spirit born free
Has to break these chains
We're lost, we must find our way
We'll find our way!

They say that you're a danger
To everything that's pure
There are too many of you
They're offering the cure
Swift extermination
If you refuse the game
Arrested development
Your vaccinated fate

If you try to resist me
You'll find me inhumane
But if you just submit
You'll live your life a slave
You'll love your servitude
We'll medicate your pain
With our technology
We'll always keep you safe

The nightmare unfolds before my eyes
I will resist 'til end of time
A spirit born free
Has to break these chains
We're lost, we must find our way
We'll find our way!

The battle between me and Doviculus ended in one fell swoop as I sliced his head clean off with my axe. In victory, I screamed, "DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONN!"

And with that the demon emperor was dead. Just be sure he stayed dead, I ripped out his heart, before finding Izzy's, which dissolved in my hand. Suddenly, the demon building crashed into the sea and I found myself swimming in it. Beneath all the muck inside, I found the real Izzy asleep on a rock at the bottom. I just knew that wasn't the real her for earlier. I placed the necklace back around her neck, but she didn't wake up. I picked her up began to swim to the surface.

Suddenly, black muck grabbed my ankle and began to drag me beneath it. Just as I was about to go under, something gabbed my hand and dragged me out. It was Izzy! She was alive. We looked at each other for a second and together we swam back to the surface. We laid next to each other and smiled. Izzy then came in for a kiss, just like in my dream.

The war was finally over...

General POV

A few days, later the stage was set up once more in Bladehenge as the Iron Weäsele faction was celebrating their new found freedom. A bouncer and a headbanger walked on stage, ready to unveil a memorial

"Tonight," the bouncer said, "we are here to celebrate a great man. A true hero. Who lead us to freedom and believed in us when no one else would. A man who should never be and will never be forgotten." The headbanger climbed his fist and unveiled a giant statue of Jared. The crowd cheered in response. Ash then took the stage.

"When Jared Halford fell," he said, "the cause seemed lost. But it survived, because there was another great warrior in our mists. Let us not forget the sacrifice and bravery...of Lana Halford everybody!"

Lana nervously stepped forward and began her speech. "Um...my brother saw goodness in people. Even in people whom I had nothing but suspicion for. Now I hope that we can stand together. I hope we can all stand together. For the honor of Bladehenge. For the Freedom of its people. AND FOR THE GLORY OF ITS METAL!"

The crowd cheered and fireworks lit up the night sky.

Tripp's POV

As the party went on, I was backstage picking up a few things. I getting ready to leave, but I was going to gone too long. "Hey man, you're missing the party," Ernesto came up to me. "Oh...yeah," I said, "I'm much more comfortable back here." "Yeah. Oh by the way, I got something for ya."

"Ernesto you didn't have to...hey wait. This is my tour book." "Yeah, I swiped it."

"I can see your wrote in it." "Yeah, well, I wanted to leave you a little note, but the other guys wanted to sign it for ya."

I couldn't help but smile at that. I looked up and saw a good chunk of the army standing behind Ernesto. "Don't forget about us man," a headbanger said. "Dudes, I'm not going away," I assured them, "I just got a few errands to run. I'll be right back."

"You better," Ernesto playfully scoffed, "I'm not doing the load out by myself." "You don't have to do the load out at all; we're staying here for good." "The tour's over?" "Yeah, tour's over. We're home now."

The celebration continued as I hoped into the car and drove off. I still remember what the roadies said to me when I first became one.

'A good roadie knows his whole job is to make someone else look good, keep someone else safe, help someone else do what they were put here to do. A good roadie stays out of the spotlight. If he's doing his job right, you might not even know he's there. Once in awhile he may come on stage to fix a problem, to set something right. But before you realize he was there or what he did, he's gone...'

Izzy's POV

As I watched my love drive into the sunset, I couldn't help but smile and shed a single black tear...

And done!