Nas and gang ran as they knew that an intellectual was a foe they could not defeat, they needed to get away from him as fast as they could. While wondering why the intellectual didn't give chase, their run is halted by an invincible wall. They then realized that they were trapped, the intellectual slowly closing the gap between them.
Flourish suggested that the intellectual had created a barrier to prevent them from escaping and Peter added that the barrier had made communication with the outside world impossible, showing them his phone.
The intellectual had caught up with them, he stood a few feet away, watching the kids as if analysing them. Adrian asked the intellectual what he wanted and why he was attacking them.
"THE ELEMENTOR" the intellectual coldly responded
"Give me the ELEMENTOR and I'll be sure to give you a quick and painless death"
The group instinctively created a barricade around Michael, their action a sign of refusal. They took their stance, ready to face a foe who was more powerful than them.
Adrian advised that Nas and Peter take cover but Peter refused, reminding Adrian that he too was intellectual. A scared and frustrated Adrian snapped, pointing out that Peter would only be a burden as he was yet to get his suit.
The intellectual who'd been quietly watching the children bicker lunched himself at them, the children's confusion and in-fighting had given him the opening he needed to claim his prize, the elementor, Michael.
Alexei noticed that the intellectual had made a move, and used his body as a shield to protect his friends.
"Tsk" the intellectual clicked his tongue
"An impenetrable skin? What magic is this?" The intellectual asked as he expected his punch to tear through any of the kids.
"Not enough force, I see" the intellectual added as the crack in the suit began to glow as soft red colour "this looks like it might be fun"
The swift response of Alexei brought his friends to their senses, and Adrian told Peter, Michael and Nas to go hide, adding that they'd not be able to fight while protecting the three of them.
The intellectual knocked Alexei to the side and went for Michael, Adrian guarded Michael with his wooden katana.
"This won't break too?" The intellectual asked shocked as the wooden sword remained intact even after his attack.
"Ahhh!" the intellectual sighed "so you enchanted the sword." He said looking at flourish
"This is wonderful ... beautiful." The intellectual said excited.
Alexei jumped in from behind but the Intellectual evaded his punch, easily evading attacks from Alexei and Adrian, watching them closely as if studying them.
With Adrian and Alexei keeping the intellectual occupied, Phoebe told Nas to go take cover and when he tried to revolt, she reminded him of his uselessness in the current situation because of his lack of magic, and a greatly heartbroken Nas went to take cover with Peter in the distance.
Flourish with his wand stretched used his elven magic to create vines and roots from seeds he'd scattered on the ground, to hold the intellectual but it was pointless as the intellectual swiftly evaded all of his attacks, coming face to face with flourish ready to deliver a resounding blow.
Just then, Alexi stepped in, using his body as a shield, pushing flourish away from the attack. Alexei countered with a heavy punch, the intellectual unable to guard against it.
"Is that the extent of your strength?" The intellectual asked as if disappointed "Allow me to demonstrate what true strength feels like" he added
The intellectual held Alexei by the wrist as the suit let's off another soft red glow through its cracks, and he punched Alexei in the face, sending him into the ground and creating a small crater.
Michael would not go hide with Nas and Peter, he was a mage too, a very prideful one at that, he'd rather stand and fight than watch his friends get hurt while trying to protect him. Realising that she could not make him go away, phoebe gave up and decided to fight together, after all he was a mage with a decent control over his abilities.
Victor, out getting groceries got a call from a scared Kendra, stating that she could not find her son and his cell wasn't connecting, adding that she didn't know what to do, Victor assured her that he'd bring him back to her, safe and sound, finally easing her worried heart.
Victor who had installed a tracking software into Nas's phone the night before, after picking him up from the cinema, tracked Nas's phone and according to the traveling log for that day, Nas had suddenly moved from his school at siluko road to somewhere in Ugoneki before suddenly disappearing from the map.
He'd initially thought that it was a glitch and decided to check again but got the same result. Wondering how Nas could move from school to Ugoneki in just mere seconds, deciding it was worth checking, manipulating the gravity around him, he blasted into the sky.
Back in Ugoneki, Michael is doing his best to make sure he's not captured, while Adrian, phoebe, Alexei and flourish do their best to protect him. The aim was to keep the intellectual occupied while Peter and Nas look for a way to disable the barrier and call for help.
Peter announced that he would not be able to disable the barrier, the only way to do that would most likely be to shutdown the suit if only for a few second.
When asked how that was possible, he revealed that from his analysis of the fight so far, he believed that the suit was empty, an unmanned suit, adding that the Intellectual could be controlling the suit remotely from anywhere.
The intellectual would need to constantly send information to the suit to aid its functionality. This would require a chip or a device to act as it's core, all they needed to do was find the core and destroy it.
It was not going to be easy, it seemed impossible, as peter stated that the intellectual has only been toying with them, not taking them seriously in the slightest, the intellectual had been studying them and their fighting styles, which has allowed him to evade all of their attacks without taking any damage.
When asked if he couldn't simply hack and shut down the suit, afterall it was an electronic/tech device, Peter explained that doing that would be impossible as every intellectual had their suit engraved and registered into their DNA, hence their ability to control the suit with 100% efficiency and from anywhere in the world, using a specially created chip as the mode of connection between the intellectuals and their suits.
A tired Adrian decided to attack and create an opening for the rest of them but soon realized that this was a mistake. The suit had become faster and stronger, it's punches were heavier, receiving one hit from the suit meant certain death.
It evaded Adrian's slashes, and using parts of its suit, it created a replica of Adrian's sword, in texture and size. With a small streak of electricity, the replica sword turned thinner and shaper, now resembling a real sword.
The suit, in one swift, and flowing motion, delivered a slash on Adrian's back, knee pits, and Achilles hills and tendons, permanently removing him from the fight.
Peter explained that every "INTELLECTUALZ-FANG" suit had a special ability, his dad's suit had the ability to adapt to any environment to aid his survival, and it seemed that this intellectual they were fighting, its suit had the ability to copy, modify and recreate it's opponent's weapons and techniques.
The attacks looked like a one to one copy of Adrian's, but it was also very different, it was at least four times faster and a couple times more powerful.
After incapacitating Adrian and leaving him bleeding on the cold and muddy ground, the suit made its way for Michael but is attacked by flourish's elven magic, creating thick roots.
It swung it's sword cutting the roots to pieces. Flourish already on one knee, knew he would not be able to escape the sword slash coming towards him, he knew he would not be fast enough, he wouldn't be able to activate his magic fast enough. But, Alexei jumped in, hitting flourish out of the way and taking the hit, forming a cross sign over his head with both his arms, the force from the swing forcing him into a deep squatting position and and to his knees, before being kicked in the opposite direction. He had no injury on his body but the force of the sword swing had broken his left forearm.
A slash of its sword cut through Michaels earth like it was butter, and no matter how much water phoebe manipulated from the stream nearby, it was useless against the intellectual, but she would not give up.
Phoebe's unwavering determination to protect Michael had become the most annoying part of the fight, removing Phoebe from the fight was the next point of action. The suit, while escaping the combined attacks from Phoebe, flourish and Michael made his way for Phoebe, strategically separating her from the other two.
Before Michael could reach her, the suit lashed out, it's blade slicing across her wrist preventing her from manipulating any more water. Pain flared white-hot, and with it, her connection to the water faltered, her last defense slipping away. The electrified sword arced toward her neck, and for a breath it seemed inevitable, she would fall here, before his eyes.
But she refused, letting out a scream, it tore from her throat, raw, primal and defiant, and in that moment, it seemed like the world answered. The nearby streams shuddered, the very air trembling as droplets ripped free from the atmosphere. Water surged violently, exploding into storm of needle-like shards that rained down on the suit. The intellectual unable to block the sudden assault, is forced to retreat outside her range.
Her vision blurred, her strength fading fast, but for those few, desperate seconds, she held the line, long enough to keep death at bay, and long enough for Michael to close the distance.