Michael's blade met Lucifer's again and the sound did not stay inside the trial.
It went beyond it.
Beyond the bubble Khaos made.
Beyond the chamber.
Beyond the realm that held them.
The strike rang through creation like something old had just been offended.
Gabriel felt it in his bones first. Ariel grabbed the cracked stone beneath her, though there was no stone left to grab. Exousia's head snapped up. Khaos' expression changed for the first time in a while.
Inside the infinite space, Lucifer and Michael broke apart, then vanished.
Not speed.
Not teleportation.
Just two beings moving so violently that place stopped keeping up.
A slash of dark.
A line of pale gold.
Then both reappeared half a world apart inside the false infinity and rushed each other again.
