Not long ago,
Arthur's words echoed deeply within Derek's mind, wounding him more than Arthur's attack as he remained suspended in space.
How could someone who was dead come back to life? How dare he come back and try to ruin his plan that spanned tens of thousands of years?
All those years ago he had people who loved him even more than they loved their own family. They were willing to die with just a word from him.
But all that was taken away from him…by the very same man he had been trying to erase over lifetimes.
How…Why…Why was it so hard to make him nothing but a rotten memory? Why won't he just die? Why does he have to always watch him rise again?
No…This ends today!
"ASHERRR!!" he bellowed, the air tearing apart in his path, sky and earth splitting from the violent tremor of his voice.
Derek's roar shattered the silence of space itself. His immortal body burned brightly, encased in brilliant white-blue flames as he hurtled downward, a meteor of radiant rage.
