65 Doctor (3)

In a flowery field, a small round white dome made of quartz stood tall in the middle of the domain. The dome consisted of three doors on three sides along different types of flowers beside them. In the middle of the dome was a table made of quartz with two chairs on opposite sides.

Two people with the exact same looks and outfits, a white shirt with a grey coat and blue trousers, were sitting on the chairs except, one had a bowtie and the other didn't.

On one side was Holborn and on the other was Doctor, two enemies sitting at the same table while having a meal.

"You still like to wear a bowtie?" Holborn asked.

"What is wrong with a bowtie? Stop judging people based on what they wear," Doctor answered, fixing his bowtie.

"Hm, it feels like we have had this conversation millions of times already... Stop wasting your time Doctor, we both know how it ends. One of us has to die here... You don't kill people and I won't kill myself no matter what you say. So, in the long run... I have already won," Holborn smiled, maintaining an eye contact with Doctor. "You can't keep this going for too long. Putting us in a time loop for too long will reset this world's timeline. This domain of yours... How long can you keep it up?"

"79563813 times, that's how many times this time loop has been reset," Doctor sighed. "Why do you keep doing this Ray? Why do you keep hurting yourself? I understand your pain believe me... I feel the pain of loosing your entire family, friends and everyone that you knew but destroying a timeline? You are drowning yourself in the prison that you made for yourself. Why can't we just work together and-"

"You know that is never going to happen. You still have someone Doctor, I lost my family a long time ago," Holborn got up from his seat and teleported out of the dome, dodging the roots that were crawling around his legs to wrap them.

"You need to be more creative than that... Or, maybe you have already tried all the others?" Holborn asked, pointing his left hand towards the dome and firing a concentrated purple lightning bolt at Doctor.

Crackle Boom

A cloud of dust formed in the dome as it broke down bit by bit.

Crackle

In an instant Doctor appeared behind Holborn, trying to catch him off-guard by hitting the back of his head but Holborn caught him easily.

"Are you even trying?" Holborn mocked him, kicking Doctor in the stomach and knocking him back. "Resetting the time too much drained too much of your energy, I believe *cough*"

"You are the one to talk, your stamina level is lower than mine," Doctor mocked him back. "Time loops affect every one that are inside of them."

Both of them circled around the field, leaving trails of lightning wherever they stepped.

They knew each other too well to beat the other, every single time they fought, it would rather end in a draw or, Holborn escaping in some way.

"Please tell me I don't have to do this... I can still help you," Doctor said, stopping at his tracks.

Holborn didn't answer him, his eyes said it all... Quite literally... It didn't give of a purple light anymore, it turned into black colour as if... He was possessed by a demon except he wasn't... He own soul had turned into a demon soul... He was the demon.

"Well, that's one way to become a fourth dimensional being..." Holborn smiled, looking at the lightning running through his hands. It's colour had gone through a terrific mutation, the once pure white colour was long gone... All that remained was a pure black lightning current, running through his body, changing it bit by bit.

The scene in front of Doctor had shocked him so much that he didn't even sense the to black energy beam coming towards him until it was too late. In the last second he stepped away from its path, injuring his left hand in the process. Doctor immediately cut off his left hand with a small wind slash and regenerated it the next instant. To him, Holborn had become an entirely new species, he couldn't risk getting infected from his attacks.

He immediately tried to reset the time loop again but he failed. Holborn had blocked off the speed force and still force energy from coming inside the domain. Although it affected both of them, Holborn's Sage Force had been strengthened so by demon transformation that he couldn't care less.

"I am sorry... I am so sorry... I can't save you from this. There is nothing I can do to bring you back," Doctor cried, he didn't know how Holborn had transformed his soul into a demon soul while having a mortal body. 'Can it even be reversed?'

"Give it up Doctor, you lost this fight before it even started," Holborn said, manifesting a black coloured skythe in his hands.

All of a sudden an invisible force destroyed Holborn's right arm and the skythe, blood gushed out of his wound spreading all over the area.

'What the?!-' Holborn wasn't expecting him to make a lethal attack all of a sudden, he was completely caught off guard by Doctor.

"You are right, I lost you before this fight even began..." Doctor waved his again, destroying Holborn's left over limbs, making him fall on the ground. "You have to regenerate Ray. It's the only way I can save you."

"You are so are attached to this body, makes me wonder... Would you let it rot and die like this, hm?" Holborn asked. "The Ray you knew is long gone, all that remains is an meat suit with a demon soul inside of it."

"No, I won't let you die. I will cure you... But until then... You will have to be patient," Doctor walked towards Holborn and placed his hand on his head. "Domain Creation: Purgatory."