Jason uses his full speed to keep The Architect at bay, traveling across the walls as a streak of blue. The Aoi variant shoots out spikes from the walls as projectiles. "This isn't fun, just watching you run away.." He snarled, using both hands to manipulate the structure of the entire room. The white room was filled with sharp and long spikes that inches closer and closer to the center, forcing Jason to face The Architect head on.The spikes were starting to pierce Kira in the back as she was forced to endure the pain.
Jason took a chance, he secured Aoi's position on his back before blitzing forward as a blue beam straight towards The Architect. "800 miles per hour. That's how fast this boy is traveling towards me.." He smiled, a twisted smile. "Hes planning to ram into me, killing me on impact.."
Chains leapt out of one of the spikes and restrained Jason just before he could reach him. The Architect moved instantly, slamming his fist into Jason's gut. The impact is earth shattering, making a mix of blood and saliva pour out of his mouth. Aoi fell off of his back, he's going to be impaled by one of the spikes.
Just when Kira approached her limit, and Aoi was going to get impaled, they disappeared..
The Architect turned his head to see a man, with black hair and eyes just like his, no doubt. This man is a variant. He made the spikes retract back into the ground.
"Just collecting my property~" The man smiled, before Jason closed his eyes, he could see..that this man, was most definitely Prime Aoi Takamura. He was wearing a sleek black suit with the sleeves rolled up to reveal blue wires connecting his skin to his Chrono-Watch. He was constantly taking power from his Chrono-Gauntlet and pouring it into his veins.
"Y'know, these two are like son and daughter to me~ It'd be a shame if they died, to someone like you." He held Aoi in his left hand, and Kira in his right. The Architect was on edge just by his presence…The Tyrant suddenly rushed in and reached him in a second, delivering a direct kick on his neck. The mere power was enough to send The Architect tumbling along the floor, crashing into the wall across from him.
"Another variant that's this strong..?!" He snarled under his breath as he rose from the smoke, pressing his palm against the floor. Spikes shoot out, flying upwards into the air before reining down on The Tyrant.
He smirks before tossing Aoi and Kira aside, and with the power of his Chrono-Gauntlet, he stops time, dodging all of the spikes before they get a chance to lose momentum.
Time resumes and The Archiect is unimpressed, "Keep abusing that Gauntlet of yours, soon it'll give out~" He flashes a wide smile, within seconds, nanites cover his wrist like a glove, revealing a Chrono-Watch around his wrist. "I didn't think I'd have to bring this out…as of now, I can beat you with one shot."
Prime Aoi readied himself before The Architect launched himself directly at him, making a sharp spike rise behind The Tyrant at dangerous speeds.
He dodged both attacks and appeared above The Architect, grabbing the back of his coat before launching him upwards, sending him hurtling through the air, colliding against a wall. Before The Architect could even recover, he saw The Tyrant charging up his Chrono-Gauntlet in the distance before releasing a large Time Blast straight at him. He tried to block, but it hit anyway.
When the debris finally cleared, The Architect looked at his hand, to his horror and surprise, one of his hands was shriveled up and old. He was getting older every time wave he took, half of his body aged by 50 years. Half of his jet black hair was changed into a, thin, aged, white color. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! MY BRAIN! MY BODY! IT'S RUINED!" He cried out, out of pure rage, he summoned large, stake-shaped, spikes that are able to strech, and quick to strike.
The Tyrant couldn't bring himself to even care, his expressing unchanging. The spikes struck the ground, but no one was there. Prime Aoi reappeared in front of The Architect, already charging up another beam directly towards his temple. "Gotcha~" He smirks as he grabbed The Tyrant by the neck, activating his Chrono-Watch.
For once in this battle, even the Prime variant, broke a sweat as he struggled to get free. Suddenly, his body started to fade away,his body is dematerializing.
The Architect starts cackling as The Tyrant actually struggles. "Didn't expect that? I'm erasing your very atoms!~ Your DNA, your chromosomes, everything that's inside of that body of yours is being erased!" He looked at him with a sick grin as the last of him began to fade away. This was the power of The Architect's Chrono-Watch.
Once The Tyrant is no more, The Architect looks at his shriveled hand, laughing. "NOT EVEN THE HERO TO YOUR STORY COULD STOP ME!!!" He boasts, half of his body fragile and weak as he teleports onto the solid floor.
Aoi jolts awake, mid surgery. The second the AI detects movement, it stops. The GUI reloading and calculating back to life.
"Wound is 48% closed, would you like to speed up the process?"
"Where am I?! Hello…?!..Jason, Kira??" Aoi struggled to get up, his muscles still weak, his eyes widened, he looked to his right, Jason and Kira were unconscious. Kira was surrounded by her own blood. Aoi frantically rushed to Kira's side, flipping her on her back.
Rising among the smoke was The Architect variant,
his Chrono-Watch freshly used. He turned around at the sound of Aoi's voice and footsteps. "You…You're the one who started all of this…if you weren't present, I wouldn't had to get my hands dirty.." within mere seconds, he reappeared in front of Aoi. Before he can do anything, a figure reappeared a distance away from them in a flash of blue light.
"It worked….It really worked!" When the light faded, what stood there, was the Prime variant himself. Still battered and bruised, clothes ripped. The Tyrant had escaped the grasp of death. Both Aoi and his Archiect variant were shocked, eyes widened, sweat dripped off of The Archiect's forehead.
"How could one possibly survive complete erasure?! It's not possible!!" The Archiect's Chrono-Watch whirred, preparing to erase him again. He still couldn't believe there was an explanation to how Prime Aoi survived, but here he stood, grinning at him like he achieved something no one else can comprehend.
"I know, it's surprising! But let me tell you! It was easy! Everytime you teleport or travel to another timeline, every atom, every part of your body, down to the sub-atomic level is erased and replaced, or "rebuilt" when you arrive at your destination! Yours is no different, when you erased me, I traveled to another dimension at the same time! I still was erased, but due to the mechanic of my Chrono-Gauntlet, I was re-built!! I USED YOUR OWN ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RAISE MYSELF FROM THE DEAD!!" The Tyrant cackled, which transformed into a maniacal laugh as he made random hand gestures like he was going insane. The Architect rushed in instantly, reappearing in front of Prime Aoi, hand raised, to erase him for good. He dodged, and landed a massive time-beam straight to the Architect's temple. It was more than a solid hit, it was critical. The Archiect felt his cells, tissue, and organs rapidly decline with age.
"Do you feel it?! I ramped up the force!" He smiled widely as he grabs The Archiect by the back of his neck, hurling him across the room with devastating strength. The Archiect screamed at the top of his lungs out of pure rage. Commanding spikes to be sent The Tyrant's way, the spikes leaped, turned, and struck towards The Tyrants direction at extreme speeds.
The Archiect made the entire floor into a weapon, making spikes lunge out from the ground like snakes. The Tyrant dodged all of them with grace, like he already planned what he was going to do. The Tyrant made sure to keep Aoi, Jason, and Kira safe for his future plans while fighting The Architect.
Before Aoi knew it, he was being tossed across the room, adrenaline rushing through his head at alarming rates, while Jason started to open his eyes.
"System is unable to continue surgery." The AI constantly blared through his ears, while in mid air, he made sure to reach for Jason.
Prime Aoi toss all three of them into the air at the same time, waiting until the spikes leapt out and twisted to capture him. He dodged all of them at once before using a time blast to propel himself upwards to catch them. The Archiect was adapting to his plan, he started teleporting all around the room, making sharp projectiles and spikes shoot out towards him.
"You've lost your mind! Just like me! Truly an amazing experience to watch up close…!" He laughed, slowing down time for a last ditch effort if things got overwhelming. He held Aoi by the neck in his left hand, Jason on his right, and Kira on his back. He easily weaved through the spikes as they moved in slow motion, he used the slow moving spikes as a way to push himself upward.
The Archiect, Chrono-Watch fully active, moved as well. Appearing in front of The Tyrant, ready to erase him. They both collide with each other at the same time, not only did it revert time back to normal, it activated a time collapse. Prime Aoi rises from the debris with only scratches and some bruises. When the dust clears, it reveals The Architect, extremely old and frail, fading to ash because he exceeded his human lifespan.
Prime Aoi created a portal in front of him, throwing Aoi and Kira in with no hesitation. He purposefully waited for Jason to wake up. 15 minutes later, when Jason woke up, he smirked. "You like what I did to the place?~ Took care of that weakling." He talked so casually, like it was just a friendly conversation. He has Jason's katana in his hand, before tossing it into his hands. Jason was stunned, his face lighting up and not in a good way.
"Why are you doing all of this, why're you here?! Is this apart of your twisted game?! I'll cut you down and end this!" As soon as he felt the familiar grip of his blade, he sliced through what seemed like Prime Aoi, but he weaved his weapon easily. Before Jason knew it, a portal opened up beneath his feet, instantly falling through.