Blizzard carried two large battle axes on his two sides. Both frozen to the touch. Jack had both his arms frozen and took a fighting stance.
"Ice world!"
"Ice kingdom!" The two men shouted. Opal quickly clapped his hands, causing the space itself to burst full of speed and traveling through space. Everyone beside Opal and the man flung back and hit against some sort of barrier. The barrier began to rotate as it was moving fast through space. Jack wasted no time. He lunged at the clan.
It seemed as it space itself was frozen. The barrier continued its path.
Sleet jumped in front of her clan and clapped her hands together. "Ice attack: iceberg!" A massive iceberg shot out of Sleet's hand and at Jack. Jack used the momentum from the rotating and flipping barrier to avoid the ice. Jack pulled his fist back, his whole arm began to glow. "Frost attack: Black ice jab!"
(Black ice?!) Sleet thought. Jack punched the iceberg, causing it to turn black and destroyed it completely.
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Widow tried to look around and keep up. Everything was happening too fast and with too much going on. Colt's eyes glowed green. Colt floated up and held out both his arms, freezing the barrier in its place.
"Good thinking, Colt." Flow sighed.
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"What is your name, warrior?" Opal asked. The man across from him stood firm and tall. "My name is Rogue. One of the five Yamo of the world. I remember doing some research on you, Opal. The strongest beast. I know for a fact that the giants are stronger when it comes to physical strength and even abilities. However, you will be a fun foe." Rogue said as he swung the large chain over his head slowly and with intimidation.
Opal took a stance that Rogue was familiar with. This was kung-fu. "Let us begin, Rogue." Opal said with a grin. (Martial arts training?)
Rogue was a muscular man. He was 6'11, muscular everywhere, a wolf-style hair cut, no facial hair, a white cape with diamonds along the sides, white fancy pants with a black shirt, and a silver chain around his neck. Rogue took a deep breath. "Let's get this done." He said. Rogue immediately began to swing his chains.
Opal was pulled in from the force of the swings. (He's powerful.) Opal thought. As Rogue pulled in Opal, he used his right hand to swing his other chain at the beast. Opal curled up his body to block, but it was as if the chain had phased through his arm, and hit the beast in his ribs. Rogue focused all of his attention on the point of attack. He used his aura to look and see past the world. Past space, atoms, and existence itself.
He looked through Opal like he was a ghost. A light ball appeared where the chain had hit Opal. Suddenly, Opal's side bursted open. Opal fell to a knee and smirked. He looked up to see Rogue charging at him with immense speed. Opal immediately healed his wound and kicked his leg out. Rogue slid to the side and wrapped his chain around Opal's leg. "Rrrahhh!!!!" Rogue yelled, tossing Opal into the air and cracking the barrier.
Opal held out a finger. He slowly wiped it across his face as a white line appeared. "Star shattering strike!"
Rogue quickly spun his chains. He launched the one on his left arm at the attack, completely reflecting it back at Opal. Opal flipped and spun, avoiding his own slash. It sliced easily through the barrier. Opal smacked his lips and flew out of the barrier. "Hmph!" Rogue said. Rogue jumped out of the barrier, following close behind Opal.
"We have to help him!" Widow said. Widow picked up her sword and prepared herself. "Wait!" Elizabeth's eagle yelled out. "It's me! Elizabeth. I'm talking through my bird. Can someone please explain what's going on?!"
"I'll make it shirt and simple. All I need you to do…is get ready to follow a yellow line going across the universe." Flow said, picking up his sword and rolling his shoulders. That line is the key to us leaving this place. I believe fully in you and your eyes, Elizabeth. Now leave us! We have this under control. Please, find the gate. Follow the yellow line! It's going to appear any second!" Flow said urgently.
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Opal created a floor-like object beneath him and Rogue. It expanded for out into space. Rogue rotated both of his chains while walking towards Opal. "Plasma-" a chain appeared behind Opal. (When did he-)
"My chains can expand infinitely. Right now, they're the same size as your universe. Barley able to fit." Rogue said. "You damn monster!" Opal laughed. Opal flipped to avoid the chain. The beast lifted his head and landed softly on the white platform. "I suppose I'll take you seriously. Shall we finally begin?" Opal asked.
"Begin? No, this is the end." Rogue replied. Rogue stomped his massive foot onto the platform, causing it to tilt in his direction. Opal jumped up and pointed at Rogue. "Star shot!" A Star traveled at the speed of light, almost grazing Rogue. "Not yet!" Opal roared. The beast held out both his arms and threw them towards Rogue. Millions of stars were now headed towards Rogue. "Ultimate wild swing." Rogue slammed both his feet down into the platform. He stunk the chains and began swinging them so fast, that it looked like he was standing still. (Amazing!) Ipal thought. While looking at Rogue's stiff body, he felt a sudden stabbing pain on his neck area. Opal spun to see Rogue had jabbed him in the back of his neck. Opal quickly grabbed Rogue by his wrists. Rogue quickly responded by slicing Opal's hand off. Opal healed it immediately and kicked Rogue away, or so he thought. Rogue counterattacked Opal by tossing his chain to his speed clone. The clone tossed him a small blade that he used to jab into Opal's chest. Opal grabbed Rogue by the shirt and headbutted the massive man away. Opal twisted and turned to land back on the platform. He removed the blade and looked up to see two Rogue's running at him.
Opal took a fighting stance and braced himself. The two Rogues leaped into the air and slammed their chains down, shattering the platform itself. One Rogue tossed their chain around the other and launched him at Opal. Opal delivered a powerful punch that destroyed the fake Rogue. The real one appeared behind Opal and hit him hard in the face with Rogue's chain. Opal planted his feet into the falling platform that was going into space.
The two continued to fall as pieces of glass-like objects fell around them. Rogue and Opal leaped from one price to another. Opal spun around and threw a kick, trying knock Rogue off of the giant piece. Rogue tanked the kick, not moving an inch. Rogue pulled his right arm back. The arm grew more red and bigger in size. "Terrorizing punch!" Rogue yelled.
Opal leaned his body backwards, avoiding the man's devastating punch. Opal took this opportunity to chop Rogue's arm in half with his hand. Rogue didn't yell in pain or anything, he continued to fight the beast.
"Do you feel pain?!" Opal asked, avoiding the two chains. Rogue ignored Opal and put the chain that was in his left hand into his mouth. Opal pointed at Rogue. "Plasma canon….exploding star!" A bright white light formed at the tip of Opal's two fingers.
Rogue hadn't noticed it, but a new platform had been created by Opal. Rogue was ready to unleash a defensive move to stop Opal, but something felt wrong. Rogue fell and took a knee, dropping both his chains. "Giving up already? This was a just starting to get good." Opal said as the light grew brighter. "No. Just amazed by how slow you are to actually think this is me."
"What?!"
Opal turned his head to see Rogue swinging both of his chains over his head. (How long has he been over there?! His wounds…they're gone!)
Opal spun around and prepared to shoot his attack, but the powerful Yamo had already chanted his attack. "Devastating Serpent strike!" Both of the chains combined to take on a serpent-like mouth. The chains became red and filled with power. "Aauughhh!!!!" Rogue yelled, slamming down on the beast. The explosion shaked the entire dimension itself. Rogue pulled his chains back and took a fighting stance, waiting for the dust to clear.
Opal walked out from the dust with no scars or injuries. Opal cracked his neck and held up a finger. "Inner strike."
Rogue could feel his ribs shattering. Rouge coughed up blood as he fell to a knee. "I've just ruptured a lung, broke your ribs, and many more problems. That should slow you down some. Now, stay still and let me kill you, Rogue." Opal said as he pointed at the massive man.
(All I need is 30 seconds to heal! That's all I need!)
"Plasma canon…Full power!" Opal roared. The opal energy shot at Rogue. Rogue closed his eyes, but was shocked to feel nothing. He opened his eyes to see Widow standing in front of him, holding off the beam. (Widow?!)
Opal moved his hand to the side and tilted his head at Widow. "Are you okay, Rogue?!" Widow asked. "I am. Don't focus on me, soldier. Focus on the enemy in front of you!" Rogue said. Widow turned her head and focused fully on Opal.
Opal caught a glimpse of a tall creature waving him over in Widow's place. Opal blinked hard and cleared the vision of the creature. "Came to die with him?" Opal asked. Widow ignored the beast and began running towards him. "Star attack: Glazzing rain!" Hundreds of stars fell from above. Widow clutched her sword tight and took a deep breath. "Aggressive winds!" She shouted. Powerful winds pushed some of the stars away. She avoided and blocked the remaining that fell. Widow managed to make it to Opal. She went in with a flying kick. Opal moved his head to the side and grabbed Widow by her leg, slamming the woman on her back. "Die!" Opal roared. Widow quickly wrapped her long legs around Opal, stopping him from throwing punches. Opal lifted her up and slammed her into the ground again. (This woman is surprisingly stronger than I thought. These humans….theyre the ones the king warned us about!)
Opal flung Widow off of him. She clutched her sword and was about to release another attack. Widow blinked for only a second, to see millions of stars now headed towards her. Widow reflected and dodge thousands of stars. Widow jumped in between two stars in a flashy way, doing a flip and landing to continue running. Colt came crashing in, landing a kick on Opal's face. The beast roared, grabbing Colt and slamming him into the platform. Widow used her winds to push Opal off of Colt. Opal was blasted hundreds of yards away before landing. "Are you okay, Colt?" Widow asked, running past him. "Y-yes!" Colt responded, following closely behind her. Rogue crashed in front of Widow, knocking her up in the air a little.
The massive man swung his chains and turned to look at the two. "Keep up…do not slow me down." Rogue said. In a flash of light, the three left trails of their aura behind as they charged at Opal. Rogue reflected stars, as Widow ran and jumped from Rough's shoulder and unleashed her wind attack. Opal avoided the attack, as Colt was lowe underneath him. Rogue used his chain and snatched up Colt, helping him avoid Opal's kick.
Opal looked up to see thousands of chains in the air, still reflecting his stars. Colt was thrown in at Opal by a chain. Opal moved to the side and engaged in close-combat with Colt. Colt managed to slash the beast in multiple areas.
(This feeling…)
Widow was also thrown in at the beast. She used her winds to increase her speed while driving her knee into Opal's stomach. Before Opal could react, Widow was launched back by a chain. Rogue used Widow to the. Launch himself at Opal. In that moment…in just a second, Opal had noticed it. Rogue…was far more powerful than he had anticipated.
(If only you were stronger, little bastard.) a voice echoed in Opal's head. Opal snapped out of it and noticed him being stabbed repeatedly by Flow and Colt. Widow used her winds to with Rogue's chains to restrain Opal's movements. Opal coughed up red blood. Flow and Colt looked up at him.
Flow could see a yellow line shoot through space. (The trail!) Fkow thought.
"My…my name…isn't Opal. You guys…you guys are so damn dead….im gonna…I'm gonna….I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ALL!!!!! MY NAME IS UNIVERSE!!!! PRIMAl UNLEASHED!!!"
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Sendra put her back against a tree and closed her eyes. "Feels like we've been walking forever. We must…I don't know if we rest or keep moving, actually." Sendra chuckled nervously. Jade and Summer both sat down near Sendra's tree. "We rest for 10 minutes. Then we have to keep moving. You know that, Sendra." Jade said in a dry voice. It was as if she had no emotion. Jade glared at Summer and Summer glared at Jade.
(As soon as Sendra goes to sleep…I can only hope that Jade will do the same. I'll slit Sendra's throat and that should-)
"Hope you all rest well." Adisa said, slowly landing on a tree. Sendra popped up and summoned her golden spear. "Adisa…what the hell are you doing here?!" Sendra asked. Jade looked up and noticed Adisa was o Lu looking at Summer.
Adisa ignored Sendra and pointed at Summer. "Chose what you say carefully. After all, they're about to be your last words." Adisa said as he jumped down from the tree and walked towards Summer.
Jade entered his view and stood tall. Adisa stopped in his tracks. The two just stared at each other. "Adisa…"
"Jade…move out of the way. I'm going to kill Summer."
"You can't just…do that. Not right now." Jade said, slowly walking towards Adisa. Adisa stopped and quickly put his hand on the ground.
In the background, Summer pulled out a piece of crystal from her pocket.
"What a damn monster!" Adisa said. Adisa stood up and summoned tank. The massive creature towered over everyone. "Tank, I want you to watch over them instead. Open up the dark dimension. I need time to prepare something that'll break through this creatures dimension." Adisa explained.
Jade picked up her sword. "I'm coming with you." Jade said. "No, you're not. I need you to stay up here and try to rally our fighters." Adisa said as a black pool rose beneath his feet. "I'm not asking you. I'm telling you I'm coming." Jade scolded. Jade stepped into the black water. Adisa locked eyes with Summer again and noticed the crystal.
"Call him. I want the three of you to search for fighters who know of our plan. Remember…Tank will be keeping an eye on you, Summer." Adisa warned as he and Jade submerged into the darkness.
Tank stood with the two women and just looked up at the sky. "Take a rest first. I sense a hard fight ahead for you two." Tank whispered.
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Jade fell into the dark dimension. She landed on her feet and lifted her head to see nothing but darkness. "This is…"
"Tell me about it." Adisa said. Adisa put both his hands in his pocket and walked slowly through the dark. "Jade…I want to apologize."
Jade and Adisa stopped walking and sat down together. "Apologize? For what?" Jade asked, looking down at the floor.
There was a long silence between the two. "Two things," Adisa began. "My team's deaths…weren't on you. Forgive me for putting that into your mind. And the second thing…I'm sorry f-for everything, Jade." Adisa said as he clutched his sword. "What I said back at the city…I didn't mean it at all. Not one bit. You and Xavier…truly…are one of a kind. I'm grateful to have met the both of you." Adisa placed his hand on Jade's head. Jade slowly turned her head. "No matter what anyone tells you or has told you. You're the best, Jade."
"Adisa…why are you telling me this? And there's no reason to be sorry. I shouldn't of-"
"As captain of my section…I should've protected my group. And for that reason…it is only me and Splinter that remain. I've failed so much in my life. I failed to protect anyone who I loved and cared for. The only reason I'm even important…is because of my father. My name has no meaning…because I've done nothing to put honor on it." Adisa said as he looked straight ahead with a blank expression on his face. "The reason I'm telling you all of it Jade…is because it needed to be said. Forgive me."
Jade's eyes started to get watery. "Adisa…you shouldn't even think like that. You're a fool to believe all that stuff. I don't think you've let anyone down." Jade said.
Adisa slowly turned his head. "Captain. Dora. Xavier. Alayah. Zarbon. Blaze. Silvia…and more." Adisa whispered. "All those deaths…will be counted towards me to the world. Even the innocent people that are dying right now. I wonder. Was Frost wrong after all? If I didn't exist…would that mean you and everyone on the island would be safe? I still…I still have this rage in my heart, Jade. It's strange. I hate the akies that created this concept of "child of prophecy" stuff. I hate the akies that follow that belief. I hate the humans that run the world. I…hate myself."
Jade placed her hand on the side of Adisa's face. It was like everything had froze in place. "Huh?" Adisa gasped, his eyes were wide from surprise and shock. "I always knew…you weren't the monster the world said you'd be," Jade said with a smile. "Whatever it is that you want…I can't promise that I'll be on your side at the end, but always remember this: We all love you, Adisa."
(I feel as though…I won't be making it back to earth when this is over.)
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Next chapter: Survival