Infinite Justice: Beyond (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Open)

[Zarkenis Ultima]

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Nelli turned towards Nico just as she was finishing peeling the apple. "How did you know my na-Oh, I remember, the translation spell does that sometimes." She nodded to herself and then tossed the removed matter onto a nearby trash bin before looking at him and answering his question. "I come from a place called the Hall of Descent. It is one of the places where the souls of the dead rest and the last stage before reincarnation, since it sits above thirteen other heavens which are rather intuitively called the Thirteen Heavens. So... it is a somewhat important place, I suppose, though you probably have never heard about it, since our existence is known only to the people who live further to the south, for the most part." She stated and then paused, thinking of anything to add. "It is... a nice place, I suppose? I quite enjoyed playing around the Flowered Tree when I was younger." She stated. She still did, but she wasn't going to say that. She then cut off a part of the apple and offered it to Nico

"Want a slice?" She asked him as she bit into the flesh of the fruit.

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"You're such a cute puppy. Where did you come from, anyway? Not that I'm complaining of course. Nice to meet you." Kirisvala said, continuing to talk to the puppy as if it could understand her, which was obviously not the case, because she couldn't speak puppy... yet. Either way, she was quite happy to see that someone had brought back a mascot, even if she didn't know who had done it. Animals were one of the things that made her days brighter back when she lived in the Wynn mountains with the rest of her clans, so having one of them running around the Tower of Youth, especially a small and cute one such as the puppy, was a pretty uplifting discovery for the Hadrian girl.

As she casually glanced around, however, she noticed Mars looking at her with a smile, and blushed slightly, looking away and also remembering why she had come here in the first place. She approached him, trying to avoid making her blush any more evident than it was already, and then showed him the cellphone. "Umm, a guy and two girls were at the front door and they asked for our help. They said they stopped a bank robbery and took the phone from one of the criminals, and want to see if you can see who hired them, because the phone is crypted or something like that." She explained.

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"Well, I guess that's not so nice, then." Garnet commented after hearing Masami claim that there was blood inside the hoodie and that someone had probably died shortly after removing it. She shook her head. "Way to fuck up a compliment, random dead stranger number six. You just pranked me through space and time." She chuckled again, before pausing momentarily as she heard Akari's voice behind her. Immediately, Garnet took out Misery and pulled back the hammer of the revolver, striking a pose. It did absolutely nothing to the arcane pistol, but it looked fairly cool.

"We're going to kill the president." The blonde woman deadpanned.

She then looked around. "Anyway, didn't you invite the boy? You were getting along fairly well from the looks of it. After getting along horribly, too."

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"Oh, you have much to learn yet, darling, this is only the tip of the iceberg." Sarah whispered into John's ear after hearing his joke. Now, it was a blatant lie, Sarah was not that creative, especially not with food, but John had no reason to know any of that. Either way, after that, Sarah simply continued eating her dessert, occasionally stealing small portions of the others' meals while they weren't looking, just to mess with them. She was so used to having that kind of game going on during dinner with her sisters that it didn't occur to her that it might've been out of place in a restaurant, but she wouldn't have cared very much even if she had thought of it.

When DeeDee appeared out of nowhere, Sarah smiled amusedly, even before anything happened. From what she had seen back at the Devil's Den, having the witch show up meant that Samantha was going to get teased to no end, and seeing the erratic woman's actions, she wasn't disappointed at all.

"So I suppose this means we're in a triple date now, then?" She said, taking the opportunity to tease both of her sisters at once. Probably Roy, too.

[New Neros]

Mister Magnificent
The Wanderer

Magnificent simply grabbed the lone strangers' forearm and twisted it violently. Instead of a shriek of pain, the limb simply tore off from the sheer force, spraying the wandering man with blood. Glancing down at the severed forearm and hand, Magnificent looked precariously at the shiny pistol still held in the arm's grip. The scene was some putrid back alley in a dark, dirty, damp city whose name was of little if any importance. The man who had just gotten his arm ripped off entered shock immediately, glancing down at his stub as blood simply sprayed out violently. Magnificent tossed the arm against a trash can some distance away, letting the would-be mugger drop to his knees as he tried to comprehend what all happened. Magnificent simply turned and walked the way he had been before being accosted, unflinching at the brutal carnage he had just inflicted.

He emerged on a street in the 'bad' neighborhood of whatever city he was in, somewhere on the East Coast of the United States by the look of it, and his bloody clothing provided quite the scene for some. A woman screamed as Magnificent walked under the street lamps, going down the street as if it were normal to be covered in more blood than a butcher on a busy day. The police were on the way, but Magnificent was already making his way to an apartment complex, the rundown building housing little more than your average dealers and addicts, but he went without a worry, walking past the bums who slept just outside the complexes' doorway. The hallway was not much better than the buildings' exterior, and the roach problem seemed to be far past any remedy or exterminator worth his salt.

The building was rather empty, and Magnificent passed no one on his way to the fourth floor - taking the stairs as an elevator was too much of a convenience for such a slum. He passed a single resident, whose episode seemed to remove her so far from reality that she simply stood on a step by the third floor and twitched now and again, her dilating eyes locking onto Magnificent as he walked up and past her without a word. He opened the fourth floor's door carefully, shutting it behind him as well, a three-digit number repeating itself in his head, until he stood in front of that number in reality - 459 - A room in this complex. Without a word, Magnificent twisted the knob to find it locked. Unphased, he simply applied just the smallest amount of pressure and tore the entire door handle off. "Oh what the fuck!" A voice yelled from inside, Magnificent placing his hand on the door and pushing on it - the door flying off of the hinges and into someones' living room.

Some feet from the door's remains was a medium built man, his attire relaxed and rather lazy by the looks of it, but in his hand, a semi-automatic pistol, Glock 17, nine millimeter. Magnificent scanned it just once to gain that information in a split second, noting that the man had pissed himself as well. Magnificent stood there for a moment, assessing the situation, the man whose home he had invaded shouting at him all the while. "Who the fuck is you? Whachu want coming all up in my motha-fuckin' house, huh? G-get the fuck out!" He said, stammering and fumbling with his weapon, shaking a bit, but growing steady and determined, gripping the pistol tight, and aiming right at Magnificent. "L-last warning, fucker."

As Magnificent did what he does best and stand there, unmoving and unchallenged, the man squeezed his eyes closed, doing the same with his finger, a single pop filling the apartment, that unnamed man carefully peeling back his eyes. Expecting to see a body laying in front of his door, the man saw Magnificent still standing, unaffected by the gunshot. Perhaps he had missed...Impossible, though, he had the gun aimed right at the door and only Magnificent was there. Then, "M" took a step forward, showing that he was indeed hit, right in the right side of his chest, he did nothing, the bullet being pushed out of his muscle mass by sheer willpower. Shocked beyond all ability, the man jammered, "Wh-what the fuck...What...What are you?" He cowered a bit as Magnificent got closer, instinctively curling up in a ball. "Wh-what do you want?!"

Finally, the mute goliath speaks, demanding a single thing with a single word. "Answers." His voice was masculine and rough, entirely fitting of his presence and stature - commanding almost, like it was one bad motherfucker speaking. Confused, the man glanced up at the unstoppable man, while Magnificent snatched him up by the neck swiftly. Pinning him neck-first against a wall, the man got to see that whoever this was, he wore a simple mask. In a symbolic gesture, Magnificent grabbed the man's dropped pistol with his off hand as Magnificent grabbed him, crushing it into a metallic ball right in front of him.

"I-I don't know what you want answers to! I don't know nothin'!" He shouted, more out of fear than any willingness to withhold information. "I swear to God, man, I swear I ain't know nothin' about nobody!"

"LexCorp." Magnificent said vigorously, tightening upon his captives' neck. "What do you know about the Everyman Project?"

"Wha-? What the fuck? I was a janitor at LexCorp for like...Two weeks, man! They fired me because I showed up late one time!" He said, almost as if he were insulted by the question. "I never got past the front desk and the offices, man, I don't know jack shit about what they do!" He pleaded, "I don't have the keys or anything...I worked for them about a year ago, man, c'mon..."

Magnificent stared hard at the man, his expression searching for authenticity, and found him to be telling the truth. Magnificent found no use for him, and any more people onto his mission seemed detrimental. He wasn't sure why, but an overwhelming urge to end this man's life fell over him, one that wouldn't be ignored, and was only silenced by the vicious crack that severed this unnamed man's cervical vertebrae. The act was over in a single second, and the man's body slumped onto the floor. Turning to walk away, another dead end to finding himself, Magnificent's eared perked up. He stopped, and turned his head to the side, a lone voice giving him an order. "Freeze. Hands up."

Something snapped in the man's mind. From the stoic and unchanging demeanor he held before, a wicked grin spread across his face as invasive thoughts to maim, kill, and destroy flooded his mental landscape. It was a blink of an eye, and Magnificent pivoted on his heel and whipped around, meeting a hail of gunfire from numerous police officers. Pistols and rifles alike, it didn't matter, Magnificent charged it under that fire and began the slaughter. Heavily wounded yet still functional, Magnificent tore those men in uniform apart with his bare hands, ripping off their heads and simply punching through their chests with ease. He eventually slammed one through a wall and into another apartment, running with him still, and out of the the apartment on the other side - ending up outside four stories above ground.

Magnificent slammed down on top of a car's hood, crushing it immediately, and finding himself surrounded by even more police units, with reports that more are incoming, and that special help - in the form of heroes - was on the way. Magnificent held his haunting grin firmly on his face, ready to continue his brawl without much thought or purpose, utilizing his berserker strength and ability to just tear through anything in his way, forgetting his search momentarily as his mind lapsed into a psychotic episode of untold proportions. Yet, was it truly him in charge, or is there another pulling the strings?

[Confederation of imperial states]

Knight's Domain

Marcus awoke, his head pounding from the amount of pain hitting him as soon as he awoke, though the after effects of the anestetic were still lingering, and relieved most of the pain. Marcus sat up shaking his head a but, he looked to his Right to see Anna fallen asleep in the chair with her head resting on the Clinic's bed. Marcus quietly slid off the bed and stood up, a bit wobbly at first though he managed to hold it together. Marcus looked around, the clinic was empty except for Him and Anna, Marcus looked at the Digital clock resting on the Clinic's counter.

[3:43 am]

Marcus sighed and walked out of the Clinic, the audible steps waking up Anna, Marcus turned and walked into the Main Room of the Domain. Marcus saw His Father, Thomas, and Ice at The Knightcomputer looking at a News feed. Marcus walks over, THomas and Ice with their eyes locked onto The Monitor, not hearing Marcus Approach. Marcus walked to the right side of Ice who was sitting in the Knightcomputer's chair, and Thomas standing on her left. Marcus asked, [color=#FF0000"what's the News Feed about"[/color], Ice half jumped from Marcus seemingly showing up out of nowhere and Thomas nonschalauntly peered over at Marcus, "Slade is in Chicago". Marcus' eyes widened slightly as he looked at the News report.

[Slade Wilson takes Police captain and 5 Civilians Hostage, Calls out The Knight to face him]
"The Infamous Mercenary Deathstroke has Taken Police captain Jeremy fisher and 5 Chicagoans hostage, The whereabouts of these people is unknown.
Deathstroke was last seen around The Chicago Shipping yard, however Police are only surrounding the premisces as, the Commissioner has stated,
"Sending Officers in without support os suicide, 7 officers were sent in and only 3 were able to come back out". More news on this Subject at 5"

Marcus stood up straight, "I'm going to the Shipping Yard to finish this", Thomas looked frustrated and stopped Marcus as he walked over to the Armor stand which held Marcus' Mask and hood/cape. "Are you Mad Boy?", Marcus turned around, "why the Change of Heart?". Thomas Continued, "If you go and face slade You'll Die, You're suffering from a Concussion, Have just been patched up from a Gut shot from a Hollow Point round, and Are 20 hours without sleep". Marcus gave an angered face, "I am more than capable to Handle Deathstroke, With or without my body at full strength". Marcus turned around, after walking, a few steps he then said, "father what Do you see when you look at me?", he half turned to his father. "The Boy who's Shoes you used to tie when i was ten, The Teenager you Hugged after a Depressed break down". Marcus reached over to the armor stand and took out the mask and the hood-cape. "deathstroke is-", "Is the Same brand of Criminal that has killed many in this city, including my mother", Marcus put on the Mask and hood-cape. "when the Robber and Murderer thinks twice, that is me. I Am The fear That Scares the Scum on the street, I Am The Reason Criminals Breath easier In the morning". "That may be true-", "No it is True, I Am The Danger I am the Fear. The Knight turned and walked towards the VTOL Hanger, "Tonight will not be My end, But it Will be theirs!" The Knight said loudly, and profoundly as he walked through the hanger doors. Thomas looked at the Ground peering up to look at Ice, and Anna who stood by the Hallway leading to the Clinic.

Chicago, Shipping Yard

The Police surrounding the Shipping yard were shaken and tense, the Fact that the World's Most Notorious Mercenary was lingering within firing range, that 7 officers were slashed and taken down without trouble, scared them. The Commissioner stood by the Police Blockade, He stared at the hood of a Police Cruiser, both hands on the hood. The Commissioner tooka deep breath, then looked up with many officers as the Sound of Jet Engines, and a Large VTOL flew overhead, it flew by then left, but a Figure jumped and glided from the VTOL. The Commissioner sighed in relief as a few Police cheered in Righteous Anger.

The Knight landed ona lower Shipping container, The Shipping yard dark, besides the floodlights spread out accross the yard. The Knight looked around, Blood splattered on one container, and the sight of a Dead officer in the corner of his eye. The Knight took a breath, "Come on out Slade, You can't Hide anymore". The Knight heard a laugh, "I'm Right here Knight!".

Knighthunt: Deathstroke

The Knight turned as Deathstroke leaped down at The Knight, getting ready to swing his Metal Staff. The Knight rolled out of the way, Deathstroke landing with a hard clang on the Shipping container. Deathstroke turned to the Knight, "Attrition form this entire Night will be your Death Knight", "I'll give you one Chance to back out Wilson", Deathstroke laughed as he lunged forward, swinging hsi staff. The Knight blocked the horizontal swing with the armored back of his right gauntlet, Setahstroke began to send a flurry of swings at The Knight, the Knight quickly and Carefully blocking them. Deahstroke kicked The Knight square in the side, the Knight backed against a Shipping container, landing hard against it.

Deahstroke Jabbed his Metal Staff at The Knight's neck, The Knight Ducked, qucikly grabbing Deathstroke's shoulders. The Knight kneed Deathstroke hard in chest, letting go as Deathstroke was forced back. The Knight grabbed hold of Deathstroke's Staff, Deathstroke regained himself and drop kicked The Knight, The Knight rolled back as Deathstroke lunged at Him Again. The Knight quickly blocked Deathstroke's swings as they came, keeping calm and being sure to be aware, The Knight was kicked by Deathstroke, hitting the same container harder. The Knight and Deathstroke looked up as a container ontop of the one The Knight hit came falling down, Deathstroke rolled out of the way as it fell. The Knight then kicked deathstroke hard, having caught him off guard, Deathstroke fell between the container stack and another one. Deathstroke quickly, while falling, wedged his staff inbetween the gap, allowing him to swing himself back up. The Knight peered down to try and spot Deathstroke, Only to be kicked by both of Deathstroke's fee,t sending him flying back.

The Knight Slid down a container that had been knocked out of place by the fallen one, flipping forward and landing on his Arms and Knees. The Knight stood up as Deathstroke landed infront of him, Both men locked eyes. The Brisk air of The Night sky around them, Both men locked eyes, knowing both were evenly matched, and that a single slip up could mean their doom. Deathstroke unsteathed his sword and lunged at the Knight, beginning a new Onslaught of Swings with his sword, quicker that the staff. The Knight blocked the sword swings that came at him, being aware and careful of Deathstroke's swings. Deathstroke, tired and frustrated, swung down horitontally at The Knight, The Knight carefully caught the blade between his hands, then kicking Deathstroke hard in the chest, forcing Deathstroke back. Deatstroke stood up, The Knight took a breath as he took out the hilt to his sword, and with the click of a button, extended the blae to full length. Deathstroke chuckled, "now this is getting fun".

Deathstroke and The Knight foguht, sword to sword, the clanging and Clashing of Blades echoing through out the trainyard. The Two men eventually locked blades, their faces just inches from each other. Deathstroke laughed, "Give it up boy, this fight was over before it began. "If that were true, I would've been dead 5 minutes ago", The Knight said, Kneeing Deathstroke straight in the chest. Deathstroke was caught offguard, close to taking a Knee, The Knight the wound up a strike. The Knight spun to gain inertia, then with his elbow and the hilt of his sword, hit deathstroke hard straight in the face, knocking off his mask. Deathstroke gritted his teeth as he lunged at The Knight, attacking viviously and violently, more than before. The Knight was forced back, eventually to a large gap between Two containers. The Knight flipped bakcwards, Deathstroke threw his sword in an attempt to hit The Knight. Deathstroke's Sword missed The Knight by inches as The Knight landed taking a knee. Deathstroke's sword flew, hitting the chain holding upa container full of volatile substances, sending it falling. The container fell, hitting two Large Propane tanks, causing them to explode makign a huge eruption.

Deathstroke and The Knight were thrown back from the Explosion, The Knight hitting a container before landing behidn it, and Deathstroke beign sent flyign to where they were fighting before. The Knight regained focus moments later, hooting his Grapple and climbing to a Higher Container stack to gain more view of the situation. The Knight saw the area of effect of the explosion, with entire Containers being moved, The Knight jumped and glided over to where he and Deathstroke previously fought. The Knight landed, and between a space inbetween two Containers, Deathstroke's mask laid down, faced upwards. Deathstroke's sword went through the one eyehole in the mask. The Knight took Deathstroke's blade inspecting it and placing it into a hilt spot on his Utility belt, he then picked up Deathstroke's mask. 'Deathstroke Left this hear as a Token of Mutual Respect'.

The Knight quickly linked communications with the Commissioner's Radio, the Commissioner answered.

Communications Established...
["Knight, Have you Captured Deathstroke"]
["No John, but. Deathstroke Won't be coming back to Chicago in the near future I Know that for sure"]
["Good To Know, is the area secured"]
["yes, Send your men in to secure the area"]
Communications Disconnected

The Knight grappeled up to his VTOL as it hovered over him, The Knight climbed in, Placing Deathstroke's Sword and Mask on the pilot seat. The Knight Took control and switched the VTOL out of Hover mode as he piloted off back to The Knight's Domain, The Knighthutn ended as the Sun arose in the distance.

The Knighthunt Arc has ended

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

Lucky Break, part 1 - Tinseltown

The world is a fickle place. One day, you're having the time of your life, and the next, you're trapped in a cage with blood dripping down your chin.

But I digress.

My name is Jonathan Seller, better known to bounty hunters and casino ban lists as Johnny S., aka, 52. I'm a mutant- Just some regular Joe that life decided to play a cruel trick of the genome on. See, inside a huge portion of the human population, there's a latent so-called "X-Gene." I'm no expert myself, but the way I hear it, it takes a certain kind of bastard luck for your X-Gene to actually 'turn on,' as it were. I'm a big fan of the idea of luck- After all, that's what my powers are based on.

I can manipulate chance. Let's take a coin flip- There's a 50/50 chance for heads and tails, right? Wrong. When I'm in the room, it lands where I want it to land. When I shuffle a deck, all four aces will always end up on top, and when I roll a dice, double sixes all day. I'd be a killer D&D player, but instead of devoting my powers to good, I decided to try my hand at poker. Four world tourneys and forty-eight times being kicked out of casinos later, I got bored. That was, 'far as I know, three months ago.

Three months ago

TSA is annoying, even for a guy like me. Sure, I could sneak absolutely anything I wanted past security, but that doesn't mean lines aren't a damn hassle- Especially when every cop in the city has your mugshot in his hand. As it turns out, if you clean out three casinos in as many hours, they start to catch on that you're rigging it somehow. Anyway, so I got through after about half an hour and got on a plane (without ever buying a ticket, mind you) to Hollywood. No real reason- Just an impulse. I've learned to trust those over the years. Don't know if it's my powers working passively, or just my ability to turn every situation to my advantage, but following my impulse has certainly gotten me a pretty penny in the past.

When I arrived in Hollywood, it was without a penny to my name. Naturally, I had to fix this- And wouldn't you know it, local news started reporting on an aerial battle between Captain America and some Nazi big-shot, Baron Zero or something like that. Apparently, Hydra had a base here in Hollywood. Not really that surprising in hindsight. Anyway, I learned later that Cap lead a strike team to take them out, and succeeded, only to find that one escaped- the Baron. BZ got into a fighter, Cap jumped on top, and the two fought like that for about three minutes- Interestingly enough, in the middle of their fight, Cap took out BZ's sword and gun with a well timed shield throw, causing his own weapon to go flying downward as well.

Guess who they landed right in front of, completely unharmed? I had to use my powers a bit more to make sure the rabid fanboys didn't rip it out of my hands, but it was worth it. I turned them in at the city's SHIELD office for about a thousand dollars for the shield and a couple hundred for the Hydra weapons. Turns out, vibranium shields belonging to national icons are pretty damn valuable. Now, was it me or just pure chance that the SHIELD goon who doled out the reward money happened to miscount the number of hundred dollar bills he gave me by a ridiculous amount? If you think it was just chance, you have't been paying enough attention. With the money I got from the dropoff, I ensured that so long as I was in Hollywood, I'd probably be pretty damn well off. My exact thoughts were something along the lines of, "I really love my life."

Now

Never thought I'd see the Sunset Strip so deserted. I thought to myself as I wandered through the eerily empty section of Hollywood. Whoever this '52' guy is, his powers must be stronger than the briefing indicated if they pulled off a city-wide evacuation here, of all places.
"Sigma-Four, this is Sigma-Overwatch, do you copy?" My communicator suddenly activated, making me jump. I sighed and shook my head. This is why I hate abandoned cities. I always get so jumpy.
"Sigma-Four here. What's the deal with the city-wide evac? Intel said the event was localized in a three building radius." I asked. In the distance, I could see what looked like neon flashing lights- The last building in the city with the power still on. That must be where he is.
"Energy output is higher than expected. Remember, this is the first time since he showed up on our radar that they've gotten a good read on him. Intel is-"
"Shit. As usual." I laughed. "One of these days, you guys are going to get me killed. I see the building up ahead, looks like lights-" As I got closer, I could clearly see I was wrong. The lights weren't flashing. Hell, they weren't even on. The light I saw was from the building freezing itself blue, setting itself on fire, exploding, and then reforming from the scraps over and over again. Top floor seemed to just be floating there in the rubble. That's probably where 52 is.
"Sigma-Four, repeat? What's up with the lights?" My communicator came to life, making me jump. Again. I fight supervillains for a living, and I can't handle a couple abandoned buildings?
"Sorry, no, the lights aren't on like I thought they were. The light was... I don't really know how to explain it. You sure video and images don't work here?" I replied.
"Yeah. The only reason we're talking at all is some salvaged Kree tech from the Builders' War." Overwatch said casually.
"Guess you're going to have to wait until debrief to see this video. Pretty cool, if I do say so myself." I chuckled. "Anyway. You sure this suit will protect me?"
I hear a page turning. "Yeah. Your suit is designed to protect from temperatures above 50 million degrees and below 20 Kelvin. Some sort of techno-magic babble I don't understand, and a warning not to use in the vicinity of the, and I'm quoting here, 'Gates of Tartarus, for it will unleash a mighty reckoning the world has naught to see.' This is why I don't like it when Richards plays with Asgardians and Amazonians."
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. Going in." I tapped the activation mechanism on my wrist, and I saw the metal film go in front of my mask. It was see-through, but everything had a slightly yellow tint. "Yellow? Really?"
"It was either that or clear, and we had to use our whole budget." Sometimes, I hate Overwatch.
I walked into the building cautiously, having memorized the pattern as I turned on the suit. One, two, three, brace. Explosion. Seven... I knew that he was on the second floor, but just to be sure, I checked each of the others. Nothing and nobody. Eventually, I got to the bottom of the stairs. All right, waiting here for the next... brace! Just after I braced for the fireball, I rushed up the stairs before the cycle repeated. I looked around. It looked like the entire upstairs was on giant wrestling ring. In the center of it, directly facing me, was a figure kneeling. His eyes were flashing the full spectrum, one after another, and he was in a kneeling position and chained with what appeared to be steel. Strangely, his mouth was opened and his throat was strained, as though he was trying to scream but couldn't. Around me, I realized that my timing was off- The explosions were happening sooner and sooner.

We don't have much time.

[Siliarba]

Xyri paused. "Well... The scientist said I was made of something called primordial Ooze... Or Primordial Jelly. It's very rare from what I've heard, but I grow bigger by turning other things into more of me." She explained. "I'd rather not get experimented on... though I could always fine a way to absorb something and then regurgitate a bit for you or something." She explained. "As for the hug... Of course!" The nine foot Xyrixma completely encircled Rin in a warm and gentle embrace. Of course the situation was a little pecarious, because now Rin my be able to leave the hug completely dry, but if the warmth went on for too long, the Xyrixma could start to secrete liquidy slime.

Rin Tarla

The hug was nice, bit weird, like, like, well I don't know what to compare it to, but it was still nice. "Oh don't worry, I was never planning to experiment on you, it would've been on a piece not related to you, if that exists. I'm not that in to experimenting on living beings, at least not that kind of experimenting. Social experiments however might be fun sometimes." I giggled, a bit, I guess I started to learn how to talk to people I'm curious about without falling in to disarray. "You can stop hugging now by the way. It's fun but hugs are usually shorter to avoid the feeling of constriction." I smiled a bit, it was weird for me to be giving tips on social interaction when I barely know how to talk to people myself. Maybe I'm learning.

[Siliarba]

Sam
Sam was eating her salad when suddenly she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and she jumped a bit in surprise before she heard DeeDee's voice and knew who it was. Sam flushed bright red at DeeDee's words and her licking Sam's ear. DeeDee want to embarrass Sam and it was working quite well. "Uh... Hi DeeDee, what are you doing here?" She asked, stuttering a little bit before quickly adding, "Not that it isn't nice to see you or anything. I just wasn't expecting it is all." In all honesty, what Sam was really curious about was how DeeDee seemed to be able to know where she was all the tkme. Was that some kind of spell? Either way, Sam would have to worry about that later. Right now she had to do her best to not die from embarrassment.

Roy raised an eyebrow as some strange woman appeared from a ball of fire and hugged Sam. He had no idea who this woman was or what she was doing there, but she seemed to be making Sam uncomfortable me so Roy spoke up. "Hey, leave her alone." Roy said to DeeDee, looking straight at her. Sam heard him and spoke up, "It's okay Roy. DeeDee's a friend. She doesn't mean any harm. But thanks for looking out for me." Sam told Roy, not wanting to start a fight between him and DeeDee.

DeeDee

"I'm here to tease you of course, I was bored, nothing special is happening at the club and I can only sing for so long before I don't feel like it any more, so I came to visit." When one of the guys at the table started raising his voice in defence of Sam I couldn't help but smile "Aww that's adorable, there's a knight in shining armour sitting here. He's feisty, guess that's how he got himself here." I stole a chair from a nearby table and sat myself down next to Sam when I heard her sister mention something about making things a triple date "Triple date? Sounds like fun, all though I usually sleep with my girlfriends before I meet their family, or go on a date, or, ..., well I just usually sleep with them first and don't really have a timetable for anything else. Sam's the exception, I've only stolen her shirt once and besides that only teased her and fantasized about her naked. You look good in my fantasies Sam, that said being a succubus I don't need to use my fantasies. One of my powers is being able to look at you naked whenever I want to. Cute birthmark by the way."

I was jesting, I had no clue if Sam had a birthmark anywhere and wile it was true I can use my powers to make me see people naked I haven't used it yet, it's no fun if it isn't a challenge after all. If your partner doesn't get naked willingly then what's the point after all.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Wait..." Otis said when Hadri asked if he said Saitama. "You mean to tell me. That you. A goddess who lives in the middle of God-knows-where in the universe, watches One Punch Man?" He asked. "Awesome! I can't believe I actually know someone else who watches it! Okay, how far are you, and what did you think of the fight scene with Genos and Saitama? Because that was freaking awesome, in my honest opinion." He said gushing about the show. Was he a god in the presence of other equally superior beings? Yes. Was that going to stop him from gushing about his favorite anime? No. Made even better with the fact that she was a goddess. As he was talking, the ground began to shake.

"Wow... He opened a boom tube!" Naja said as the portal opened in the room above where they were all standing.

Out stepped Yuga Khan. Towering over the tiny gods as he thundered with the mere step. "Little boy, this is the dirty collection you've allied yourself with? They will watch as I burn your flesh off and return the Omega Effect to it's proper place. Then I will raze this planet as I have all that opposed me. What have we here? An Asgardian? Pitiful. A World Dragon? You could prove a small nuisance. At best. And... What have we here?" He said and looked at Manifest. "A human with a cosmic trinket? I am not certain how you insects are responsible for the death of my son. The fact that you were only proves how worthless and weak he was. Something I am not." The first person to strike was Naja.

"You forgot about me-" She was cut off and promptly was fed a face full of Kryptonian crystal by Khan simply swatting her away.

"I did not forget. You were simply not worth mentioning." Khan said as she moaned. "But, you were the first to strike. So your death shall be the quickest-" Otis blasted the Omega Beams at him only form Khan to put his other hand up, absorb the beams and spray them back at Otis. "You could have actually been a threat, boy. All that power and not the slightest bit of imagination."

"I forgot how much those hurt... And why does everyone keep calling me that?"

[New Rnclave]

Hiroshi:

" Oh yeah? I'd like to see you-" The Halfling didn't have time to finish his sentence, a blue freight train rocketing into his side, carrying him off at break neck speeds. Heat exploded on his back as they broke the atmosphere, the cold winds of Acros tearing at his frame.

In an almost instantaneous blur, Hiroshi felt his body jar as it hit stone, the entire planet shaking from the impact. Teeth grinding together, the Saiyan-Kaioshin staggered to his feet, breathing heavily and looking out over the frozen landscape in a haze. Drunkenly stumbling forward, a odd blue blur revealed itself to be Mira. This was his opponent, the being who had simply smacked him through a planet when he wasn't tired. Even amongst the pain and frustration over how this battle was turning out, Hiroshi could feel his blood boiling in anticipation.

" So... How's it feel to be someone's lackey?" Hiroshi remarked coldly. " I mean, more so than you are for that blue skinned bitch you follow around like a dog?"

"Hn." The demon rumbled, the ground quaking as his power warped the air and stone around him.

" God." The Saiyan spoke. " You're as stupid as I thought." With those words, Hiroshi dove at the Mountain of power.

As he was moving in, the Hybrid already knew his course of action. This Demon was a mountain of power, even when Hiroshi wasn't tired. So his best course of action was to wear down Mira until he was at least manageable. Putting his middle and index finger together, Hirosh jabbed at the Demons eye, a satisfying scream escaping Mira as he clutched his eye, falling back away from the Saiyan. Bringing his other hand around for another strike, Hiroshi grunted in pain as a blue fist blew through his guard, pushing into his cheek.

Summersaulting backwards, he pressed into his opponent all the same. Snapping his leg out, Hiroshi aimed for the groin, Mira rumbling as he lifted his knee to block, a burst of energy throwing Hiroshi's leg off and knocking him off balance. Dust rolled in waves off the ground around them, obscuring the area and making the Halfling cough.

"You think you can cheat to defeat Mira? Good-" Not letting him finish, Hiroshi thrust his palm forward, bright azure energy bubbling in his hand. Tossing it directly into the demons core, the Saiyan flipped backwards, raising his guard as the bolt detonated, blue energy scorching the area around them.

'If this is any indicator, I'm right fucked aren't I?'

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

Lucky Break, part 2 - Fisticuffs

Now you know some of my story. After I got to Hollywood and picked up my morally ambiguous reward money, I headed downtown to the seediest bar in the city and bought three rounds. Best way to get the city underground on your side is to booze them up and play a few dart games.

The fact that I always win the dart games is beside the fact. I love my powers.

Anyways. I spent my first week in the city getting associated with a couple low-profile gambling dens. Every city has them, nobody likes to admit it. When someone like me (As in, someone with superpowers) shows up in a city, they usually get their first headline about three days later. I usually take around two months, personally, and never for blowing something up- It's always something about 'Local man wins big at luxury hotel' or 'Visiting man lucks out,' something along those lines. The first time I was in the news in Hollywood was when I signed up for that damned boxing tournament.

Two Months Ago

I was counting the money I had left from turning in Cap's shield about a month after it happened. I'd been more frugal than usual, with the exception of that round I bought. I still had about two hundred left in cold hard cash, and I'd made some high risk, high payout investments with some businesses. Naturally, I was pretty much sure I'd get my money back, and then some. I was walking down the Sunset Strip, looking for a nice restaurant to have a free meal in, when I saw a building putting up an advertisement for a local fight club. Suddenly, my eyes gleamed- I'd been cleaning out casinos when I could've been cleaning out the gamblers straight up. I make myself out as an underdog, work my way up the ladder, and make it big. I'd make more at this fight club than I ever had at poker or slots if I played my cards right. And I always played my cards right.

I walked up and got a sign-up form. They were looking for human fighters only- No mutants, no Inhumans, no chem-spill Superheroes, and of course, no steroids. They even had some government guys with a bunch of fancy machines designed to test for all that. I got three shots and a full body scan before they let me in. Naturally, all of them came out negative. Even the Mutant one happened to come out a false negative. Did I ever mention that I love my powers?

Anyways, my first fight was the next day. After spending the night with a lovely lady on the street who insisted she didn't normally do that sort of thing, I showed up for my first fight that morning with a completely fake worried expression on my face and a lovely right hook ready for the guy I met in the ring. I walked in and let him hit me, knocking me to the floor and dazing me for a second. It almost ended badly, gotta admit it- Wasn't expecting to be thrown off my game. I managed to recover in time to do a little of my persona magic and roll out of the way. He tried to pin me, but just ended up slamming his face to the ground. I stepped on his back, 'somehow' managing to pinch a nerve centre, knocking him out. I won the fight, but everyone was just laughing since it looked like he knocked himself out. All the bets were on the other guy- Except mine. I won more than two hundred with my first fight, and according to the director of the whole thing, the bracket was fourteen fights long. I'd be rolling in dough by the time I made it to the top.

Now

"We can't afford to let this go on any longer, Overwatch." I scowled, looking down at 52's chained up body and bracing over and over to make sure I wasn't blown out of the building by one of the explosions. "If this keeps going, all of Hollywood is going to be a smoldering mess by the time SHIELD comes in to clean up. Every time he reaches critical, the boom is a little bit bigger."
"Sigma-Four, don't you dare." Overwatch's voice came through the communicator, cold and, frankly, judging. Gotta hate it when Overwatch is judging. "Sigma-One is on his way, and he can clean this up. He's three minutes out, that's it."
"I'm not sure we have three-" My voice was cut off by another explosion. I wasn't ready. I didn't brace. It threw me from the building, slamming me into the pavement outside. I've taken hits from Juggernaut, and I gotta say, hitting the road at several hundred miles an hour was worse. I survived, of course, but that didn't mean it didn't sting. As darkness clouded my vision from the pain, the last thing I saw was 52's silent, screaming eyes glowing a constant gold, and the last thing I heard was Overwatch calling me, over and over.

[Charmera]

Xyri paused. "Well... The scientist said I was made of something called primordial Ooze... Or Primordial Jelly. It's very rare from what I've heard, but I grow bigger by turning other things into more of me." She explained. "I'd rather not get experimented on... though I could always fine a way to absorb something and then regurgitate a bit for you or something." She explained. "As for the hug... Of course!" The nine foot Xyrixma completely encircled Rin in a warm and gentle embrace. Of course the situation was a little pecarious, because now Rin my be able to leave the hug completely dry, but if the warmth went on for too long, the Xyrixma could start to secrete liquidy slime.

Rin Tarla

The hug was nice, bit weird, like, like, well I don't know what to compare it to, but it was still nice. "Oh don't worry, I was never planning to experiment on you, it would've been on a piece not related to you, if that exists. I'm not that in to experimenting on living beings, at least not that kind of experimenting. Social experiments however might be fun sometimes." I giggled, a bit, I guess I started to learn how to talk to people I'm curious about without falling in to disarray. "You can stop hugging now by the way. It's fun but hugs are usually shorter to avoid the feeling of constriction." I smiled a bit, it was weird for me to be giving tips on social interaction when I barely know how to talk to people myself. Maybe I'm learning.

"Yeah. I'm not sure if that does exist. I've never seen anything like myself, like I said." She remarked, then let go of Rin reluctantly, "I know. Sorry. I just tend to get over excited with hugs." Xyri replied, she was still smiling though despite the fact that she was no longer hugging Rin. "So you must be smart like Mars if you're doing experiments and stuff. I mean I'm not really smart like that, so I wouldn't know though." She spoke. "Still, I can see if I can provide some jelly if I happen to find it. You could always go back to the Lab in which I was born. You might be able to find something there, either in their inventory or notes or something."

[Siliarba]

"Yeah. I'm not sure if that does exist. I've never seen anything like myself, like I said." She remarked, then let go of Rin reluctantly, "I know. Sorry. I just tend to get over excited with hugs." Xyri replied, she was still smiling though despite the fact that she was no longer hugging Rin. "So you must be smart like Mars if you're doing experiments and stuff. I mean I'm not really smart like that, so I wouldn't know though." She spoke. "Still, I can see if I can provide some jelly if I happen to find it. You could always go back to the Lab in which I was born. You might be able to find something there, either in their inventory or notes or something."

Rin Tarla

"Calling me smart might be an overstatement, my smarts go from asking other people what to do and surfing the internet. And my experimentations are mainly limited to, let's see what happens if I do x." I giggled at this point as it kind off sounded funny to myself what I just said "And when it comes to sound well, I'm not as smart as the people who can detect what sound is going to do by doing calculations and building machines to check. I just have the ability to see what it does. It's like a man who can see that the clouds are white isn't smarter than a blind man who read that they are white. If that makes any sense."

I looked over to Vera right now realizing in the excitement I forgot that I came here to check upon her puppup "I'm sorry Vera, I got distracted, your little puppup looks really cute, and he's relatively healthy. Might need a routine check-up at the vet. I might not hear any issues but I'm not an expert on how things are supposed to be in doggies."

[Confederation of imperial states]

Knight's Domain
The Knight, Lawbringer

11:30am

Marcus sat at the Knight computer, no longer in his Lighter armor Marcus recieved the chance to final, take a moment to relax. Marcus was inputting Contingency plans for worse case scenarios, many of them involving if The Knitht were incapacitated or even dead. Marcus took a break from Typing and rubbed his Forehead, Sanza chimed in, [How Is your work going Sir?], "it's going alright Sanza, and please, Call me Marcus", [of course sir]. Marcus shook his head as he continued to type, he was interrupted when a large thud and shakig of the ground, which shook the whole Domain, caught his attention. Anna contacted Marcus on his earpiece, ["What was that?"], Marcus looked around, ["I don't know, we're quiet a long ways underground so whatever the impact was had to have been-"]. Marcus' father interrupted the conversation when he quickly, and , most notably fearfully, COntacted Marcus. [Son, Quickly, Turn on the Channel 9 News].

Sanza Turned on the news on a Seperate monitor, Marcus quickly saw the Horrible Situation in downtown Chicago.

Metahuman Villain Thunder attacking Downtown Chicago

---

"We've recieved reports of a Metahuman Villain, Calling himself "Thunder", Is Attacking Downtown chicago. The Metahuman staretd out robbing the Chicago National Bank, when P{olice turned up at the scene he attacked them, so far no FireArms, no matter what caliber, have been effective. The Police Commissioner is now ordering people to Evacuate Downtown Chicago and. More News as the Situation Develops".

---

Twitter Feed: @Jamie111 "Where are you Knight?"

Marcus gave a Stark, Angered face, Thomas chmined in again. ["What are you going to do Marcus?"], "I'm going to Go Down there, and Stop Him" Marcus said as he stood up and walked over to the Armor Container. Marcu stepped in, turned around, extended his arms and the doors closed. Anna quickly came rushing out of the Hallway, half dawned in her Lawbringer suit, Marcus walked out in the Powered Knight suit. "I'm Goi-", "No You're not". The Knight said walking to the VTOl Hangar, Anna grabbed his left wrist, forcing him to turn alightly around to her. "You'll need some sort of back up, Let me operate the VTOL and give you backup where you need it". The Knight paused for a second, then nodded his head, giving her the go ahead, The Knight and Lawbringer cimbed into the VTOL. "When I bail out of the VTOL, keep at a Distance, I'll message you if i need Air Support". Lawbringer Nodded as she buckled up. The Knight wasted no time, switching the VTOl into hover mode and blasting up and out of the VTOL exit.

The VTOL shot through the Chicicago Air, The Kngiht radioed to Sanza, "Sanza Link me to the Commissioner", [Yes sir]. After a Mnute The Knight heard, ["Dispatch this is the commissioner, who is-"], "John It's me", ["Knight, Thank God, THis guy is tearing through everyone"], "I'll stop him, Keep your men at a Distance, This is going to get rough". The Knight the hovered The VTOL Near Chicago's grande Avenue, The Knight climbed out onto the wing, nodding to Lawbringer who climbed over into the Pilot's seat. The Knight then dropped off from the VTOL, falling in an aerodynamic Position, "Activate propulsion Jets" The Knight said. The small Jets activated and the Knight's Metal Cape locked up, slowing The Knight's Descent. The Knight then landed hard on The Asphalt Street, on one knee with his fist slamming into the ground.

The Knight stood up, Looking down the Grande Avenue he meet eye contact with The Metahuman Villain, Thunder. Thunder looked at The Knight and gave a Devilish smile, "I'll Assume you're The Holy Guardian Knight, right?" he said ina half sarcastic tone. The Knight began to walk towards Thunder, "I'm giving you one chance to stand down", Thunder laughed, "Or WHAT?". "Or I'll beat your Face into the Pavement" Thunder laughed, "THEN BRING IT ON!" THunder yelled jumping up and preparing to smash down onto The Knight. "have it your way".

The Battle of God V Man

The Knight activated his Jet Boosters, flyign up and smashing against THunder, The Knight then propelled Thunder down into the Pavement of the street, tearing it up and smashing down onto of Thunder. Thunder kicked The Knight off, Sending The Knight flying back, the Knight rolled backwards and landed on his feet. Thunder flew forwards, Punching The Knight Hard in the chest, Leaving a fist imprint in it. Thunder than began to Hit The Knight in the fist with aleft hook, then a right hook, The a Left Hook again. Thunder Attempted to Right Hook The Knight again, But The Knight beat him to the punch and Caught His fist midswing, causing the Kinetic Energy to clash and 2 nearby Cars to be thrown back. The Knight twisted Thunder's hand and arm around, forcing TZHunder down to one Knee. The Knight then punched Thunder straight in the jaw, smashign him into the Concrete sidewalk crushign it. The Knight then grabbed Thunder with both hands and threw him, turning in the process, and throwing him accross the street into a large concrete Pillar.

Thunder's back slammed into the Pillar at The Chicago national Bank, Thunder loked up to see The Knight jumping at him, Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a large chunk of the Pillar. Then swung it at the Knight, sending The Knight crashing into a convenience store. The Knight got to his fee,t only to be knocked off them again by Thunder, pushing them out of the fromt store window out onto the street. The Knight, on his back with THunder's right knee keeping him down, attempted to blocked with the Suit's arms as Thunder kept throwing punches at The Knight. The Knight managed to get his legs free, reeling them back, and Kickign THunder off him. THunder swung a left hook at the Knight, The Knight ducked down, throwing a hard punch into Thunder's pelvis. Thunder reeled back, The Knight took booth of his fitss and slammed them on both sides of Thunder's Neck. The Knight reached back, grabbing his Sword Hilt and extending it. Building up a hard swing, The Knight swung underhand, sending THunder flyign back, smashing through the back of a truck, smashign off a car and landing Hard against a Statue in the middle of the Grand Avenue Square. Thunder laughed as he got up.

"I've got to Admit, You actually somewhat hurt me Knight", The Knight stood there and watched as cracked his neck. "But this time, I'm taking off the Kid GLoves". Thunder began flying towards The Knight, The Knight's armor adjusted, locking the fiasts to give the power suit's punches more impact. The Knight saw a metal gerdur laying straight infront if him. The Knight stomped on the end of The gerdur, Causing the end to stick up, Thunder was too slow to avoid and his CHin and lower jaw slammed into the Gerdur's end. The Knight jumped and slammed down onto Thunder's chest. crushign the street below them and sending Thunder and The Knight into a Water line below. Thunder stood up, the water at their knees, Thunder took a swing at the Knight, The Knight ducked, Kneeing THunder in the stomach and slammed his right elbow down onto Thunder's back. The Knight pressed his right foot onto Thunders back causing him to be submerged in water. The Knight grabbed THunder by the shoulders and neck and slammed his head down continuously into the stonework of the Waterline. Thunder regained his focus turning over and grabbing the Knight, Thunder threw the Knight of the The water line, creating a new hole in the ground. The Knight landed on his stomach, Thunder didn't stop as he grabbed The Knight's right leg and swung him, sending him crashing into a construction yard.

The Knight Stood up, preparing to continue his fight with THunder, The Knight grabbed a steamroller wheel to his left with both hands and swung right as thunder was within a few feet, Knocking THunder off guard. The Knight then lifted the heavy steamroller wheel and slammed it down on Thunder. Thunder gritted his teeth er he threw it off, then flew into The Knight, sending it crashing through walls of plaster, stone, and metal of the under construction building. The Knight contacted Sanza mid flight, ["Update on the Suit's System?"], [65% Efficency sir], ["Just Enough"]. The Knight lietfed his amrs and slammed His elbows down onto Thunder's shoulderblades, Sending them crashing into the Ground. The Knight grabbed a heavy gerdur layign on the ground and lifted it, Swinging leftwards and sendign Thunder crashing into the Stone Foundationwork of the Building.

[Scotatrova]

Knight's Domain
The Knight, Lawbringer

11:30am

Marcus sat at the Knight computer, no longer in his Lighter armor Marcus recieved the chance to final, take a moment to relax. Marcus was inputting Contingency plans for worse case scenarios, many of them involving if The Knitht were incapacitated or even dead. Marcus took a break from Typing and rubbed his Forehead, Sanza chimed in, [How Is your work going Sir?], "it's going alright Sanza, and please, Call me Marcus", [of course sir]. Marcus shook his head as he continued to type, he was interrupted when a large thud and shakig of the ground, which shook the whole Domain, caught his attention. Anna contacted Marcus on his earpiece, ["What was that?"], Marcus looked around, ["I don't know, we're quiet a long ways underground so whatever the impact was had to have been-"]. Marcus' father interrupted the conversation when he quickly, and , most notably fearfully, COntacted Marcus. [Son, Quickly, Turn on the Channel 9 News].

Sanza Turned on the news on a Seperate monitor, Marcus quickly saw the Horrible Situation in downtown Chicago.

Metahuman Villain Thunder attacking Downtown Chicago

---

"We've recieved reports of a Metahuman Villain, Calling himself "Thunder", Is Attacking Downtown chicago. The Metahuman staretd out robbing the Chicago National Bank, when P{olice turned up at the scene he attacked them, so far no FireArms, no matter what caliber, have been effective. The Police Commissioner is now ordering people to Evacuate Downtown Chicago and. More News as the Situation Develops".

---

Twitter Feed: @Jamie111 "Where are you Knight?"

Marcus gave a Stark, Angered face, Thomas chmined in again. ["What are you going to do Marcus?"], "I'm going to Go Down there, and Stop Him" Marcus said as he stood up and walked over to the Armor Container. Marcu stepped in, turned around, extended his arms and the doors closed. Anna quickly came rushing out of the Hallway, half dawned in her Lawbringer suit, Marcus walked out in the Powered Knight suit. "I'm Goi-", "No You're not". The Knight said walking to the VTOl Hangar, Anna grabbed his left wrist, forcing him to turn alightly around to her. "You'll need some sort of back up, Let me operate the VTOL and give you backup where you need it". The Knight paused for a second, then nodded his head, giving her the go ahead, The Knight and Lawbringer cimbed into the VTOL. "When I bail out of the VTOL, keep at a Distance, I'll message you if i need Air Support". Lawbringer Nodded as she buckled up. The Knight wasted no time, switching the VTOl into hover mode and blasting up and out of the VTOL exit.

The VTOL shot through the Chicicago Air, The Kngiht radioed to Sanza, "Sanza Link me to the Commissioner", [Yes sir]. After a Mnute The Knight heard, ["Dispatch this is the commissioner, who is-"], "John It's me", ["Knight, Thank God, THis guy is tearing through everyone"], "I'll stop him, Keep your men at a Distance, This is going to get rough". The Knight the hovered The VTOL Near Chicago's grande Avenue, The Knight climbed out onto the wing, nodding to Lawbringer who climbed over into the Pilot's seat. The Knight then dropped off from the VTOL, falling in an aerodynamic Position, "Activate propulsion Jets" The Knight said. The small Jets activated and the Knight's Metal Cape locked up, slowing The Knight's Descent. The Knight then landed hard on The Asphalt Street, on one knee with his fist slamming into the ground.

The Knight stood up, Looking down the Grande Avenue he meet eye contact with The Metahuman Villain, Thunder. Thunder looked at The Knight and gave a Devilish smile, "I'll Assume you're The Holy Guardian Knight, right?" he said ina half sarcastic tone. The Knight began to walk towards Thunder, "I'm giving you one chance to stand down", Thunder laughed, "Or WHAT?". "Or I'll beat your Face into the Pavement" Thunder laughed, "THEN BRING IT ON!" THunder yelled jumping up and preparing to smash down onto The Knight. "have it your way".

The Battle of God V Man

The Knight activated his Jet Boosters, flyign up and smashing against THunder, The Knight then propelled Thunder down into the Pavement of the street, tearing it up and smashing down onto of Thunder. Thunder kicked The Knight off, Sending The Knight flying back, the Knight rolled backwards and landed on his feet. Thunder flew forwards, Punching The Knight Hard in the chest, Leaving a fist imprint in it. Thunder than began to Hit The Knight in the fist with aleft hook, then a right hook, The a Left Hook again. Thunder Attempted to Right Hook The Knight again, But The Knight beat him to the punch and Caught His fist midswing, causing the Kinetic Energy to clash and 2 nearby Cars to be thrown back. The Knight twisted Thunder's hand and arm around, forcing TZHunder down to one Knee. The Knight then punched Thunder straight in the jaw, smashign him into the Concrete sidewalk crushign it. The Knight then grabbed Thunder with both hands and threw him, turning in the process, and throwing him accross the street into a large concrete Pillar.

Thunder's back slammed into the Pillar at The Chicago national Bank, Thunder loked up to see The Knight jumping at him, Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a large chunk of the Pillar. Then swung it at the Knight, sending The Knight crashing into a convenience store. The Knight got to his fee,t only to be knocked off them again by Thunder, pushing them out of the fromt store window out onto the street. The Knight, on his back with THunder's right knee keeping him down, attempted to blocked with the Suit's arms as Thunder kept throwing punches at The Knight. The Knight managed to get his legs free, reeling them back, and Kickign THunder off him. THunder swung a left hook at the Knight, The Knight ducked down, throwing a hard punch into Thunder's pelvis. Thunder reeled back, The Knight took booth of his fitss and slammed them on both sides of Thunder's Neck. The Knight reached back, grabbing his Sword Hilt and extending it. Building up a hard swing, The Knight swung underhand, sending THunder flyign back, smashing through the back of a truck, smashign off a car and landing Hard against a Statue in the middle of the Grand Avenue Square. Thunder laughed as he got up.

"I've got to Admit, You actually somewhat hurt me Knight", The Knight stood there and watched as cracked his neck. "But this time, I'm taking off the Kid GLoves". Thunder began flying towards The Knight, The Knight's armor adjusted, locking the fiasts to give the power suit's punches more impact. The Knight saw a metal gerdur laying straight infront if him. The Knight stomped on the end of The gerdur, Causing the end to stick up, Thunder was too slow to avoid and his CHin and lower jaw slammed into the Gerdur's end. The Knight jumped and slammed down onto Thunder's chest. crushign the street below them and sending Thunder and The Knight into a Water line below. Thunder stood up, the water at their knees, Thunder took a swing at the Knight, The Knight ducked, Kneeing THunder in the stomach and slammed his right elbow down onto Thunder's back. The Knight pressed his right foot onto Thunders back causing him to be submerged in water. The Knight grabbed THunder by the shoulders and neck and slammed his head down continuously into the stonework of the Waterline. Thunder regained his focus turning over and grabbing the Knight, Thunder threw the Knight of the The water line, creating a new hole in the ground. The Knight landed on his stomach, Thunder didn't stop as he grabbed The Knight's right leg and swung him, sending him crashing into a construction yard.

The Knight Stood up, preparing to continue his fight with THunder, The Knight grabbed a steamroller wheel to his left with both hands and swung right as thunder was within a few feet, Knocking THunder off guard. The Knight then lifted the heavy steamroller wheel and slammed it down on Thunder. Thunder gritted his teeth er he threw it off, then flew into The Knight, sending it crashing through walls of plaster, stone, and metal of the under construction building. The Knight contacted Sanza mid flight, ["Update on the Suit's System?"], [65% Efficency sir], ["Just Enough"]. The Knight lietfed his amrs and slammed His elbows down onto Thunder's shoulderblades, Sending them crashing into the Ground. The Knight grabbed a heavy gerdur layign on the ground and lifted it, Swinging leftwards and sendign Thunder crashing into the Stone Foundationwork of the Building.

Guardian and Kalder were flying a few hundred feet in the air in what seemed to be over Lake Michigan.

"Have you ever been to Chicago Kalder?"

"Why no Guardian, I actually haven't. I've been to Los Angeles, I've been to New York City. But I seemed to miss Chicago."

"Well, it's actually a wonderful city to visit. Especially this time of year."

Guardian looked over to see the bright lights of Chicago sitting on the lake. As they flew closer, Guardian stopped midflight and focused on this strange obscurity.

"What's the matter Guardian?"

"I'm not quite sure...All I see is....I think there are two individuals fighting."

Guardian and Kalder began to fly closer and they could clearly make out two men fighting each other. One was a bulky, muscular man and the other seemed to be in a metal suit. Guardian looked around to see some people fleeing the surrounding area, as the two men were pummeling each other.

"Kalder, I want you to get as many citizens as you can out of here, before anyone gets hurt."

Kalder nodded and went to go aid the people and get them out of there. Guardian then landed in the middle of the street in between the two with a loud stomp.

"Gentlemen, please, there are civilians, please refrain from destroying the city here and now."

[Confederation of imperial states]

Knight's Domain
The Knight, Lawbringer

11:30am

Marcus sat at the Knight computer, no longer in his Lighter armor Marcus recieved the chance to final, take a moment to relax. Marcus was inputting Contingency plans for worse case scenarios, many of them involving if The Knitht were incapacitated or even dead. Marcus took a break from Typing and rubbed his Forehead, Sanza chimed in, [How Is your work going Sir?], "it's going alright Sanza, and please, Call me Marcus", [of course sir]. Marcus shook his head as he continued to type, he was interrupted when a large thud and shakig of the ground, which shook the whole Domain, caught his attention. Anna contacted Marcus on his earpiece, ["What was that?"], Marcus looked around, ["I don't know, we're quiet a long ways underground so whatever the impact was had to have been-"]. Marcus' father interrupted the conversation when he quickly, and , most notably fearfully, COntacted Marcus. [Son, Quickly, Turn on the Channel 9 News].

Sanza Turned on the news on a Seperate monitor, Marcus quickly saw the Horrible Situation in downtown Chicago.

Metahuman Villain Thunder attacking Downtown Chicago

---

"We've recieved reports of a Metahuman Villain, Calling himself "Thunder", Is Attacking Downtown chicago. The Metahuman staretd out robbing the Chicago National Bank, when P{olice turned up at the scene he attacked them, so far no FireArms, no matter what caliber, have been effective. The Police Commissioner is now ordering people to Evacuate Downtown Chicago and. More News as the Situation Develops".

---

Twitter Feed: @Jamie111 "Where are you Knight?"

Marcus gave a Stark, Angered face, Thomas chmined in again. ["What are you going to do Marcus?"], "I'm going to Go Down there, and Stop Him" Marcus said as he stood up and walked over to the Armor Container. Marcu stepped in, turned around, extended his arms and the doors closed. Anna quickly came rushing out of the Hallway, half dawned in her Lawbringer suit, Marcus walked out in the Powered Knight suit. "I'm Goi-", "No You're not". The Knight said walking to the VTOl Hangar, Anna grabbed his left wrist, forcing him to turn alightly around to her. "You'll need some sort of back up, Let me operate the VTOL and give you backup where you need it". The Knight paused for a second, then nodded his head, giving her the go ahead, The Knight and Lawbringer cimbed into the VTOL. "When I bail out of the VTOL, keep at a Distance, I'll message you if i need Air Support". Lawbringer Nodded as she buckled up. The Knight wasted no time, switching the VTOl into hover mode and blasting up and out of the VTOL exit.

The VTOL shot through the Chicicago Air, The Kngiht radioed to Sanza, "Sanza Link me to the Commissioner", [Yes sir]. After a Mnute The Knight heard, ["Dispatch this is the commissioner, who is-"], "John It's me", ["Knight, Thank God, THis guy is tearing through everyone"], "I'll stop him, Keep your men at a Distance, This is going to get rough". The Knight the hovered The VTOL Near Chicago's grande Avenue, The Knight climbed out onto the wing, nodding to Lawbringer who climbed over into the Pilot's seat. The Knight then dropped off from the VTOL, falling in an aerodynamic Position, "Activate propulsion Jets" The Knight said. The small Jets activated and the Knight's Metal Cape locked up, slowing The Knight's Descent. The Knight then landed hard on The Asphalt Street, on one knee with his fist slamming into the ground.

The Knight stood up, Looking down the Grande Avenue he meet eye contact with The Metahuman Villain, Thunder. Thunder looked at The Knight and gave a Devilish smile, "I'll Assume you're The Holy Guardian Knight, right?" he said ina half sarcastic tone. The Knight began to walk towards Thunder, "I'm giving you one chance to stand down", Thunder laughed, "Or WHAT?". "Or I'll beat your Face into the Pavement" Thunder laughed, "THEN BRING IT ON!" THunder yelled jumping up and preparing to smash down onto The Knight. "have it your way".

The Battle of God V Man

The Knight activated his Jet Boosters, flyign up and smashing against THunder, The Knight then propelled Thunder down into the Pavement of the street, tearing it up and smashing down onto of Thunder. Thunder kicked The Knight off, Sending The Knight flying back, the Knight rolled backwards and landed on his feet. Thunder flew forwards, Punching The Knight Hard in the chest, Leaving a fist imprint in it. Thunder than began to Hit The Knight in the fist with aleft hook, then a right hook, The a Left Hook again. Thunder Attempted to Right Hook The Knight again, But The Knight beat him to the punch and Caught His fist midswing, causing the Kinetic Energy to clash and 2 nearby Cars to be thrown back. The Knight twisted Thunder's hand and arm around, forcing TZHunder down to one Knee. The Knight then punched Thunder straight in the jaw, smashign him into the Concrete sidewalk crushign it. The Knight then grabbed Thunder with both hands and threw him, turning in the process, and throwing him accross the street into a large concrete Pillar.

Thunder's back slammed into the Pillar at The Chicago national Bank, Thunder loked up to see The Knight jumping at him, Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a large chunk of the Pillar. Then swung it at the Knight, sending The Knight crashing into a convenience store. The Knight got to his fee,t only to be knocked off them again by Thunder, pushing them out of the fromt store window out onto the street. The Knight, on his back with THunder's right knee keeping him down, attempted to blocked with the Suit's arms as Thunder kept throwing punches at The Knight. The Knight managed to get his legs free, reeling them back, and Kickign THunder off him. THunder swung a left hook at the Knight, The Knight ducked down, throwing a hard punch into Thunder's pelvis. Thunder reeled back, The Knight took booth of his fitss and slammed them on both sides of Thunder's Neck. The Knight reached back, grabbing his Sword Hilt and extending it. Building up a hard swing, The Knight swung underhand, sending THunder flyign back, smashing through the back of a truck, smashign off a car and landing Hard against a Statue in the middle of the Grand Avenue Square. Thunder laughed as he got up.

"I've got to Admit, You actually somewhat hurt me Knight", The Knight stood there and watched as cracked his neck. "But this time, I'm taking off the Kid GLoves". Thunder began flying towards The Knight, The Knight's armor adjusted, locking the fiasts to give the power suit's punches more impact. The Knight saw a metal gerdur laying straight infront if him. The Knight stomped on the end of The gerdur, Causing the end to stick up, Thunder was too slow to avoid and his CHin and lower jaw slammed into the Gerdur's end. The Knight jumped and slammed down onto Thunder's chest. crushign the street below them and sending Thunder and The Knight into a Water line below. Thunder stood up, the water at their knees, Thunder took a swing at the Knight, The Knight ducked, Kneeing THunder in the stomach and slammed his right elbow down onto Thunder's back. The Knight pressed his right foot onto Thunders back causing him to be submerged in water. The Knight grabbed THunder by the shoulders and neck and slammed his head down continuously into the stonework of the Waterline. Thunder regained his focus turning over and grabbing the Knight, Thunder threw the Knight of the The water line, creating a new hole in the ground. The Knight landed on his stomach, Thunder didn't stop as he grabbed The Knight's right leg and swung him, sending him crashing into a construction yard.

The Knight Stood up, preparing to continue his fight with THunder, The Knight grabbed a steamroller wheel to his left with both hands and swung right as thunder was within a few feet, Knocking THunder off guard. The Knight then lifted the heavy steamroller wheel and slammed it down on Thunder. Thunder gritted his teeth er he threw it off, then flew into The Knight, sending it crashing through walls of plaster, stone, and metal of the under construction building. The Knight contacted Sanza mid flight, ["Update on the Suit's System?"], [65% Efficency sir], ["Just Enough"]. The Knight lietfed his amrs and slammed His elbows down onto Thunder's shoulderblades, Sending them crashing into the Ground. The Knight grabbed a heavy gerdur layign on the ground and lifted it, Swinging leftwards and sendign Thunder crashing into the Stone Foundationwork of the Building.

Guardian and Kalder were flying a few hundred feet in the air in what seemed to be over Lake Michigan.

"Have you ever been to Chicago Kalder?"

"Why no Guardian, I actually haven't. I've been to Los Angeles, I've been to New York City. But I seemed to miss Chicago."

"Well, it's actually a wonderful city to visit. Especially this time of year."

Guardian looked over to see the bright lights of Chicago sitting on the lake. As they flew closer, Guardian stopped midflight and focused on this strange obscurity.

"What's the matter Guardian?"

"I'm not quite sure...All I see is....I think there are two individuals fighting."

Guardian and Kalder began to fly closer and they could clearly make out two men fighting each other. One was a bulky, muscular man and the other seemed to be in a metal suit. Guardian looked around to see some people fleeing the surrounding area, as the two men were pummeling each other.

"Kalder, I want you to get as many citizens as you can out of here, before anyone gets hurt."

Kalder nodded and went to go aid the people and get them out of there. Guardian then landed in the middle of the street in between the two with a loud stomp.

"Gentlemen, please, there are civilians, please refrain from destroying the city here and now."

The Knight was cut from the battle when he heard a man hovering next to him,
"We Evacuated Civilians in a 10 Block Radius to Avoid civilian Casualti-" The Knight was cut off when Thunder slammed into him smashing him through metal support beams and into a Stone wall. Thunder grabbed The Knight's Suit by a ashoulder and said. "yes, Oh Valiant Knight, STOP DESTROYING THE CITY". "Electrical Shock Bursts Engage", Thunder raised an eyebrow. The Knight then slammed both fists into the side of his head, once they both made contact they gave a huge electrical shock to Thunder, THunder was knock out of focus, The Knight began to punch Thunder again and again. THunder attempting to block and regain focus. The Knight tripped Thunder and Placed hsi right foot o THunder' pressing him hard into the Ground.

"I'll give you One more chance to give up. Refuse and I'll break every bone in your body". Thunder laughed as he grabbed the Knigh's foot and swung it to his left, slamming the Knight down onto hsi Right side, then grabbed his foot and threw The Knight upwards Smashing him up through 3 floors of the COnstruction building. Thunder smarked at Guardian, "Don't Mind me Guardian" Thunder said, laughing as he flew upwards through the holes created by The Knight.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

"Good. I was worried you'd have me running around calling everyone and their mother." She spoke. "Though, I expect I'll be less pleased about that when we actual fight Khan... So I'll see if I can send a message to the magic slime woman, the android and the pop singer who hates you. Oh! Did you know that? Chorus is actually on the charts as we speak." She spoke telepathically. "Anyway, enough rambling. I should be with you shortly."

It didn't take too long for Julie to come down, moving near Manifest. She recognised Xander's mind of course, but she didn't have time to talk to him. "Alright. Got some extra backup. Zaki and Chorus are going to get the android and come here. Hopefully she'll have a spell to help take out gods. "

"Wait..." Otis said when Hadri asked if he said Saitama. "You mean to tell me. That you. A goddess who lives in the middle of God-knows-where in the universe, watches One Punch Man?" He asked. "Awesome! I can't believe I actually know someone else who watches it! Okay, how far are you, and what did you think of the fight scene with Genos and Saitama? Because that was freaking awesome, in my honest opinion." He said gushing about the show. Was he a god in the presence of other equally superior beings? Yes. Was that going to stop him from gushing about his favorite anime? No. Made even better with the fact that she was a goddess. As he was talking, the ground began to shake.

"Wow... He opened a boom tube!" Naja said as the portal opened in the room above where they were all standing.

Out stepped Yuga Khan. Towering over the tiny gods as he thundered with the mere step. "Little boy, this is the dirty collection you've allied yourself with? They will watch as I burn your flesh off and return the Omega Effect to it's proper place. Then I will raze this planet as I have all that opposed me. What have we here? An Asgardian? Pitiful. A World Dragon? You could prove a small nuisance. At best. And... What have we here?" He said and looked at Manifest. "A human with a cosmic trinket? I am not certain how you insects are responsible for the death of my son. The fact that you were only proves how worthless and weak he was. Something I am not." The first person to strike was Naja.

"You forgot about me-" She was cut off and promptly was fed a face full of Kryptonian crystal by Khan simply swatting her away.

"I did not forget. You were simply not worth mentioning." Khan said as she moaned. "But, you were the first to strike. So your death shall be the quickest-" Otis blasted the Omega Beams at him only form Khan to put his other hand up, absorb the beams and spray them back at Otis. "You could have actually been a threat, boy. All that power and not the slightest bit of imagination."

"I forgot how much those hurt... And why does everyone keep calling me that?"

"Shit." Manifest watched Yuga Khan exit the Boom Tube. "I've never.." His eyes opened in awe. "I've never seen this kind of power."
His awe turned to a scowl as Yuga Khan began insulting the entourage in front of him. His scowl turned to pure rage as he simply swatted away Naja. He began rising into the air, the Manifest Blade and the flaming Infinite simply appearing in his hands. His eyes began glowing crimson so brightly that it shone through his midnight helm, and raw power began exuding from his form- The merged power of the Manifest Blade, among the most potent weapons in the Universe, and the power of the God of the Fragmented. "You dare?" His voice was twentyfold and layered with power the average being cannot even comprehend. "I am no mere 'mortal with a cosmic trinket."

"The Manifest Blade was forged in the fires of Infinite, and sharpened in the skeletons of a Herald of Galactus, and polished in the blood of trillions before you began as a thought in the minds of your mortal parents." Manifest intoned. "For once, you were mortal, before the Second World began. The Blade, nay, was never weak- Not like you. While you were flesh and blood, the Blade began as a power Omniversal. You present yourself as a superior to a might that not even the Living Tribunal itself can challenge? Folly on you! For though the Blade is but a shadow of the Cosmic Sphere of power eternal, you cannot even begin to comprehend it. Kneel, Father of Evil- Kneel before your superior."

Manifest suddenly opened his arms wide, and behind him formed a host of weapons. Some were simple- Perhaps even simple bullets or blades. Others, however, were annihilators on the scale of Stars. Even one going off would result in the complete and utter destruction of the Earth and the surrounding systems. "I said..." His mask disappeared. From his blank red eyes, crimson lines expanded across his face as if they were scars. His hair was fluctuating between midnight black and stark white continuously. His scowl was powerful and aggressive. "Kneel."

For a brief moment, there was silence. Then, Yuga Khan laughed. "The Manifest Blade?" His tone was mocking. "Your weapon is a mockery of what it once was. And the way you use it." He laughed again, harshly. "And here I thought the boy was unimaginative. You are not my superior, mortal." He extended his hand and at once, every weapon that Manifest had summoned simply vanished. All that remained was the Manifest Blade itself and the Infinite. "You are not my equal." He clenched his fist, and Manifest lowered, the colour draining from his eyes. Soon, they were simply pale white. He touched the ground and began to kneel. "You not even my slave." The Manifest Blade and the Infinite fell from his grip, flying in both directions and impaling themselves in the ground dozens of yards away. "You are a bug to be squashed beneath my boot." Yuga Khan lowered his arm. Manifest tried to speak, but it came out as a chocked gasp. He fell to the ground, unconscious. The Infinite's eternal Asgardian fire vanished, and the Manifest Blade went dark, inactive for the first time in twenty years.

The God of Fragments was defeated.

Another pause. Yuga Khan scanned the assembled Gods and Heroes. "Who would like to fall next?"

[Scotatrova]

Guardian and Kalder were flying a few hundred feet in the air in what seemed to be over Lake Michigan.

"Have you ever been to Chicago Kalder?"

"Why no Guardian, I actually haven't. I've been to Los Angeles, I've been to New York City. But I seemed to miss Chicago."

"Well, it's actually a wonderful city to visit. Especially this time of year."

Guardian looked over to see the bright lights of Chicago sitting on the lake. As they flew closer, Guardian stopped midflight and focused on this strange obscurity.

"What's the matter Guardian?"

"I'm not quite sure...All I see is....I think there are two individuals fighting."

Guardian and Kalder began to fly closer and they could clearly make out two men fighting each other. One was a bulky, muscular man and the other seemed to be in a metal suit. Guardian looked around to see some people fleeing the surrounding area, as the two men were pummeling each other.

"Kalder, I want you to get as many citizens as you can out of here, before anyone gets hurt."

Kalder nodded and went to go aid the people and get them out of there. Guardian then landed in the middle of the street in between the two with a loud stomp.

"Gentlemen, please, there are civilians, please refrain from destroying the city here and now."

The Knight was cut from the battle when he heard a man hovering next to him,
"We Evacuated Civilians in a 10 Block Radius to Avoid civilian Casualti-" The Knight was cut off when Thunder slammed into him smashing him through metal support beams and into a Stone wall. Thunder grabbed The Knight's Suit by a ashoulder and said. "yes, Oh Valiant Knight, STOP DESTROYING THE CITY". "Electrical Shock Bursts Engage", Thunder raised an eyebrow. The Knight then slammed both fists into the side of his head, once they both made contact they gave a huge electrical shock to Thunder, THunder was knock out of focus, The Knight began to punch Thunder again and again. THunder attempting to block and regain focus. The Knight tripped Thunder and Placed hsi right foot o THunder' pressing him hard into the Ground.

"I'll give you One more chance to give up. Refuse and I'll break every bone in your body". Thunder laughed as he grabbed the Knigh's foot and swung it to his left, slamming the Knight down onto hsi Right side, then grabbed his foot and threw The Knight upwards Smashing him up through 3 floors of the COnstruction building. Thunder smarked at Guardian, "Don't Mind me Guardian" Thunder said, laughing as he flew upwards through the holes created by The Knight.

Guardian sighed and shook his head

"Well, here we go."

Guardian lunged after Thunder and grabbed his foot. After grabbing Thunder's foot, he pull him down and threw him back down into the ground. Guardian then slammed his foot on his chest and got closer to him.

"Now Thunder, are you gonna stop or will I have to make you like all those other times?"

[Confederation of imperial states]

The Knight was cut from the battle when he heard a man hovering next to him,
"We Evacuated Civilians in a 10 Block Radius to Avoid civilian Casualti-" The Knight was cut off when Thunder slammed into him smashing him through metal support beams and into a Stone wall. Thunder grabbed The Knight's Suit by a ashoulder and said. "yes, Oh Valiant Knight, STOP DESTROYING THE CITY". "Electrical Shock Bursts Engage", Thunder raised an eyebrow. The Knight then slammed both fists into the side of his head, once they both made contact they gave a huge electrical shock to Thunder, THunder was knock out of focus, The Knight began to punch Thunder again and again. THunder attempting to block and regain focus. The Knight tripped Thunder and Placed hsi right foot o THunder' pressing him hard into the Ground.

"I'll give you One more chance to give up. Refuse and I'll break every bone in your body". Thunder laughed as he grabbed the Knigh's foot and swung it to his left, slamming the Knight down onto hsi Right side, then grabbed his foot and threw The Knight upwards Smashing him up through 3 floors of the COnstruction building. Thunder smarked at Guardian, "Don't Mind me Guardian" Thunder said, laughing as he flew upwards through the holes created by The Knight.

Guardian sighed and shook his head

"Well, here we go."

Guardian lunged after Thunder and grabbed his foot. After grabbing Thunder's foot, he pull him down and threw him back down into the ground. Guardian then slammed his foot on his chest and got closer to him.

"Now Thunder, are you gonna stop or will I have to make you like all those other times?"

Thunder smirked at Guardian,
"Bite me Boy Scout", Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a huge chunk of concrete, Thunder swung it upwards, catching Guardian off guard and Knocking him off. Thunder stood up, Getting ready to duke it out with Guardian, "I Know you Boy Scouyt, You won't Kill. But I'm not anchored like you are!". Thunder was caught off guard when The Knight dropped onto his back, "Round Two" The Knight said as he charged up the Electrical charge in the Suit's fists punched both Sides of Thunder's heads. Thunder gave out a Yell before reachign up and throwing The Knight offer him, smashing him into a wall. Thunder looked as both Guardian and The Knight got back up ready to fight.

"Now this is REAL Interesting" he said as he readied for the 2 V 1 fight.

[Scotatrova]

Guardian sighed and shook his head

"Well, here we go."

Guardian lunged after Thunder and grabbed his foot. After grabbing Thunder's foot, he pull him down and threw him back down into the ground. Guardian then slammed his foot on his chest and got closer to him.

"Now Thunder, are you gonna stop or will I have to make you like all those other times?"

Thunder smirked at Guardian,
"Bite me Boy Scout", Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a huge chunk of concrete, Thunder swung it upwards, catching Guardian off guard and Knocking him off. Thunder stood up, Getting ready to duke it out with Guardian, "I Know you Boy Scouyt, You won't Kill. But I'm not anchored like you are!". Thunder was caught off guard when The Knight dropped onto his back, "Round Two" The Knight said as he charged up the Electrical charge in the Suit's fists punched both Sides of Thunder's heads. Thunder gave out a Yell before reachign up and throwing The Knight offer him, smashing him into a wall. Thunder looked as both Guardian and The Knight got back up ready to fight.

"Now this is REAL Interesting" he said as he readied for the 2 V 1 fight.

Kalder appeared behind and blasted Thunder so hard that he was sent flying forward. Guardian barely moved to the side as Thunder flew passed him into a building. Kalder walked up besides Guardian and looked down at Thunder.

"This was the guy that you nearly leveled a city with last time? I barely used a fraction of my power to send him over here, this should be fun."

[Confederation of imperial states]

Thunder smirked at Guardian,
"Bite me Boy Scout", Thunder reached to his right and grabbed a huge chunk of concrete, Thunder swung it upwards, catching Guardian off guard and Knocking him off. Thunder stood up, Getting ready to duke it out with Guardian, "I Know you Boy Scouyt, You won't Kill. But I'm not anchored like you are!". Thunder was caught off guard when The Knight dropped onto his back, "Round Two" The Knight said as he charged up the Electrical charge in the Suit's fists punched both Sides of Thunder's heads. Thunder gave out a Yell before reachign up and throwing The Knight offer him, smashing him into a wall. Thunder looked as both Guardian and The Knight got back up ready to fight.

"Now this is REAL Interesting" he said as he readied for the 2 V 1 fight.

Kalder appeared behind and blasted Thunder so hard that he was sent flying forward. Guardian barely moved to the side as Thunder flew passed him into a building. Kalder walked up besides Guardian and looked down at Thunder.

"This was the guy that you nearly leveled a city with last time? I barely used a fraction of my power to send him over here, this should be fun."

Thunder stood up, between Guardian, Kalder, and The Knight, THunder knew he was outmatched.
THunder smirked,
"I Know when I'm beat, Guardian, You haven't changed a bit Boy Scout". Thunder glanced back over at The knight, "you however, You're interesting. I'll see you later, Knight". Thunder then turned, and before any of them could react, Thunder flew off blasting away. The Knight walked up to wheer THunder was, 5 feet next to Guardian and Kalder. The Knight peered over at Guardian, "Friend of yours?". The Knight said, The Knight turned and walked over to Guardian and Kalder, they were at the same height, The Knight being slightly taller from the Power Suit he was wearing. The Knight saw the immense power stored in these individuals, The Knight was unnerved by the power but saw they weren't the likes of Thunder.

"I'm The Knight, Protector of Chicago", The Knight extended his hand.

[Scotatrova]

Kalder appeared behind and blasted Thunder so hard that he was sent flying forward. Guardian barely moved to the side as Thunder flew passed him into a building. Kalder walked up besides Guardian and looked down at Thunder.

"This was the guy that you nearly leveled a city with last time? I barely used a fraction of my power to send him over here, this should be fun."

Thunder stood up, between Guardian, Kalder, and The Knight, THunder knew he was outmatched.
THunder smirked,
"I Know when I'm beat, Guardian, You haven't changed a bit Boy Scout". Thunder glanced back over at The knight, "you however, You're interesting. I'll see you later, Knight". Thunder then turned, and before any of them could react, Thunder flew off blasting away. The Knight walked up to wheer THunder was, 5 feet next to Guardian and Kalder. The Knight peered over at Guardian, "Friend of yours?". The Knight said, The Knight turned and walked over to Guardian and Kalder, they were at the same height, The Knight being slightly taller from the Power Suit he was wearing. The Knight saw the immense power stored in these individuals, The Knight was unnerved by the power but saw they weren't the likes of Thunder.

"I'm The Knight, Protector of Chicago", The Knight extended his hand.

Guardian shook the Knight's hand and introduced himself.

"My name is Guardian, and this here is my extraterrestrial friend Kalder."

Kalder extended his hand and was going to introduce himself but he nearly fell over as he grabbed his head. Guardian looked over, a bit worried.

"Are you OK Kalder?"

Kalder shook his head and focused his vision.

"Yeah, I just feel a but lightheaded."

"Anyways, I do know Thunder, as me and him have a complicated history. Let's just say Denver nearly made it out alive of our last confrontation."

[Tomia]

The Grimms
Roy blushed a little at both Sarah and DeeDee's comment before sitting down again and hearing Hannah speak to him. He had let her eat in peace because he knew that she was quite hungry, but he was glad for an opportunity to speak to her. "So you met this woman in Gotham? Well she definitely is... Eccentric, but you're right Sam can take of it. I guess I was just paranoid. I'm not very good with surprises or sudden movements. My comba..." He stopped, not sure this was the best time to talk about his more than troubled history. "Well, let's just say I've had enough of those for my life time." He said, frowning a bit before breaking it out of it when he saw Hannah pouncing on her steak. "Well I'm glad you're enjoying it. You deserve it after you wrecked those guards today?" Roy said in appreciation, Hannah had saved his life multiple times that day and he was quite grateful for that.

John couldn't help but grin and flush a bit at Sarah's flirtatious comment. She was incredibly seductive and bold, more than John was used to but he found that he enjoyed it quite a bit and found it endearing coming from Sarah."Well, I'm just glad that I have such an enthusiastic teacher. Maybe tonight you can give me my first lesson." He said flirtatiously, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Sam continued to blush furiously at DeeDee's words, burying her face in her sweatshirt to in embarrassment as DeeDee pulled up a chair. Sam's face shot up though when DeeDee spoke about her seeing Sam naked, not even recognizing the fact that she didn't even have a birthmark to begin with. "What!" Sam called out in shock, feeling like she was about to die of embarrassment.

Mars
Mars raised an eyebrow when Kiris said that a group of people gave her a phone that was "crypted" which Mars assumed meant encrypted. He listened as she explained that they had gotten it off a bank robber and wanted to know who hired him. Mars was quite curious about these people and nodded as he took the phone from Kiris' hand. "Alright, I'll look into it. This doesn't seem like it will be too hard to crack. But, we should find out more about who these people are too. Do you think you could go talk to them again Kiris? Find out who they are and what they were doing at a bank robbery?" Mars asked his friend, as he examined the phone a bit, he would head down to his lab soon to figure out what was inside that was so worth protecting.

Nico
Nico heard his sister's complaining about why she listened to him. He was starting to get annoyed by her blaming everything on him, but he tried to keep a positive attitude. "Come on sis, this is an adventure. What would you be doing otherwise laying in bed? We can actually help people now. Ya its weird, but that makes it exciting too." He told her before turning to Nellie. He truthfully didn't understand anything that she had said but he figured it would be rude to admit that. "Well... That sounds interesting. So this Hall of Descent is where you learned this blood spell thingy?" Nico asked before Nellie offered him a slice of the apple. Nico smiled and nodded. "Sure thanks" Nico said before taking the slice from her and taking a bit from it.

Cora
Cora's blast slammed Apocalypse into a crater and the android soon followed up her attack to make sure that the mutant was knocked out. Luckily he was, and soon the police and special government agents had arrived, to take Apocalypse in custody, and hopefully they had a prison that could hold him. Cora then flew over toward Katie. "Hey sweetie, we took care of Apocalypse. What should we do with metal head here?" She asked, gesturing toward Magneto.

[Charmera]

"Good. I was worried you'd have me running around calling everyone and their mother." She spoke. "Though, I expect I'll be less pleased about that when we actual fight Khan... So I'll see if I can send a message to the magic slime woman, the android and the pop singer who hates you. Oh! Did you know that? Chorus is actually on the charts as we speak." She spoke telepathically. "Anyway, enough rambling. I should be with you shortly."

It didn't take too long for Julie to come down, moving near Manifest. She recognised Xander's mind of course, but she didn't have time to talk to him. "Alright. Got some extra backup. Zaki and Chorus are going to get the android and come here. Hopefully she'll have a spell to help take out gods. "

"Wait..." Otis said when Hadri asked if he said Saitama. "You mean to tell me. That you. A goddess who lives in the middle of God-knows-where in the universe, watches One Punch Man?" He asked. "Awesome! I can't believe I actually know someone else who watches it! Okay, how far are you, and what did you think of the fight scene with Genos and Saitama? Because that was freaking awesome, in my honest opinion." He said gushing about the show. Was he a god in the presence of other equally superior beings? Yes. Was that going to stop him from gushing about his favorite anime? No. Made even better with the fact that she was a goddess. As he was talking, the ground began to shake.

"Wow... He opened a boom tube!" Naja said as the portal opened in the room above where they were all standing.

Out stepped Yuga Khan. Towering over the tiny gods as he thundered with the mere step. "Little boy, this is the dirty collection you've allied yourself with? They will watch as I burn your flesh off and return the Omega Effect to it's proper place. Then I will raze this planet as I have all that opposed me. What have we here? An Asgardian? Pitiful. A World Dragon? You could prove a small nuisance. At best. And... What have we here?" He said and looked at Manifest. "A human with a cosmic trinket? I am not certain how you insects are responsible for the death of my son. The fact that you were only proves how worthless and weak he was. Something I am not." The first person to strike was Naja.

"You forgot about me-" She was cut off and promptly was fed a face full of Kryptonian crystal by Khan simply swatting her away.

"I did not forget. You were simply not worth mentioning." Khan said as she moaned. "But, you were the first to strike. So your death shall be the quickest-" Otis blasted the Omega Beams at him only form Khan to put his other hand up, absorb the beams and spray them back at Otis. "You could have actually been a threat, boy. All that power and not the slightest bit of imagination."

"I forgot how much those hurt... And why does everyone keep calling me that?"

"Shit." Manifest watched Yuga Khan exit the Boom Tube. "I've never.." His eyes opened in awe. "I've never seen this kind of power."
His awe turned to a scowl as Yuga Khan began insulting the entourage in front of him. His scowl turned to pure rage as he simply swatted away Naja. He began rising into the air, the Manifest Blade and the flaming Infinite simply appearing in his hands. His eyes began glowing crimson so brightly that it shone through his midnight helm, and raw power began exuding from his form- The merged power of the Manifest Blade, among the most potent weapons in the Universe, and the power of the God of the Fragmented. "You dare?" His voice was twentyfold and layered with power the average being cannot even comprehend. "I am no mere 'mortal with a cosmic trinket."

"The Manifest Blade was forged in the fires of Infinite, and sharpened in the skeletons of a Herald of Galactus, and polished in the blood of trillions before you began as a thought in the minds of your mortal parents." Manifest intoned. "For once, you were mortal, before the Second World began. The Blade, nay, was never weak- Not like you. While you were flesh and blood, the Blade began as a power Omniversal. You present yourself as a superior to a might that not even the Living Tribunal itself can challenge? Folly on you! For though the Blade is but a shadow of the Cosmic Sphere of power eternal, you cannot even begin to comprehend it. Kneel, Father of Evil- Kneel before your superior."

Manifest suddenly opened his arms wide, and behind him formed a host of weapons. Some were simple- Perhaps even simple bullets or blades. Others, however, were annihilators on the scale of Stars. Even one going off would result in the complete and utter destruction of the Earth and the surrounding systems. "I said..." His mask disappeared. From his blank red eyes, crimson lines expanded across his face as if they were scars. His hair was fluctuating between midnight black and stark white continuously. His scowl was powerful and aggressive. "Kneel."

For a brief moment, there was silence. Then, Yuga Khan laughed. "The Manifest Blade?" His tone was mocking. "Your weapon is a mockery of what it once was. And the way you use it." He laughed again, harshly. "And here I thought the boy was unimaginative. You are not my superior, mortal." He extended his hand and at once, every weapon that Manifest had summoned simply vanished. All that remained was the Manifest Blade itself and the Infinite. "You are not my equal." He clenched his fist, and Manifest lowered, the colour draining from his eyes. Soon, they were simply pale white. He touched the ground and began to kneel. "You not even my slave." The Manifest Blade and the Infinite fell from his grip, flying in both directions and impaling themselves in the ground dozens of yards away. "You are a bug to be squashed beneath my boot." Yuga Khan lowered his arm. Manifest tried to speak, but it came out as a chocked gasp. He fell to the ground, unconscious. The Infinite's eternal Asgardian fire vanished, and the Manifest Blade went dark, inactive for the first time in twenty years.

The God of Fragments was defeated.

Another pause. Yuga Khan scanned the assembled Gods and Heroes. "Who would like to fall next?"

Seeing Manifest, a powerful individual with abilities that rivaled gods, fall was a shock for Julie. She wasn't sure what to do in that moment, and was reminded of memories of when she had fought nightmare. The overwhelming imbalance. But once again Julie forced herself to compose herself, reminding herself of times fear had crippled her. Instead, she decided to act.

She moved towards the blade that had been dropped by Manifest. Grabbing it. She felt an incredible rush of power as she held it, feeling an insane rush of godly power. She felt incredible and every part of her body was tingling, sort of like the sensation she got from her first time using the GL ring. She could do this. Julie felt stronger than ever. She could do anything. She could-

Her thoughts found themselves cut off by a backhand to the face, sending her sliding into the ground. She groaned. Yuga didn't even look back to see what happened to her as he moved back to looking towards the rest once more. It was only her Martian physiology that kept her from loosing consciousness.

Yuga is not fucking around... She thought, finding it vaguely ironic she fell in the same pitfall as manifest, as she got back up.

[The Silhouette of Adventure]

A New Era Approaches
Sometime after the Age of Man and the rise of the Gods of Earth...

Old and New foes alike will make a stand.

"Everybody at this table brings a certain something to the field. Connections that cannot be reproduced. Skills that cannot be replaced. Names that cannot be ignored. Talent, ladies and gentlemen, that we will hone and use in our ultimate purpose- To destroy the self-proclaimed Heroes of our world. From now on, ARGUS can fight us all they want, and SHIELD can hunt us down and imprison us. It won't matter. The Society will live on."

A new apocalypse will ride on the horizon.

"My Lord. I did not expect to meet you again... So soon."
"It's been three weeks for you. Ten thousand years for me. One would think that unmaking Universes would get a bit monotonous after a while, but it really doesn't. What do the Heroes here call themselves? The Justice League? The Avengers? The Titans? My personal favourite are the worlds where they call themselves SHIELD. The audacity of such a name, can you imagine?"
"My Lord... All of those groups make a home here, and more."
"Oh, is that so? Well. Perhaps this time, the Oblivion Eternal may finally face a challenge."

A forgotten conflict will rear its head.

"Johnny Storm, you are under arrest for violation of the Superhuman Registration Act. Come quietly, Hothead."
"Like hell I will. Flame on!"
"Dammit, Storm! If you do this, it will be a goddam Civil War!"

Dead men will walk.

"Retlyer? You... You're supposed to be dead!"
"I am. You never saw me here. Now tell me, assholes- Where the hell can I find Dent? Tell him the Reclaimer wants to know how the hell either of us are alive."

And in the end...

"There's no turning back if you press that button."
"A bit too late for that."

Everything will change.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Thunder stood up, between Guardian, Kalder, and The Knight, THunder knew he was outmatched.
THunder smirked,
"I Know when I'm beat, Guardian, You haven't changed a bit Boy Scout". Thunder glanced back over at The knight, "you however, You're interesting. I'll see you later, Knight". Thunder then turned, and before any of them could react, Thunder flew off blasting away. The Knight walked up to wheer THunder was, 5 feet next to Guardian and Kalder. The Knight peered over at Guardian, "Friend of yours?". The Knight said, The Knight turned and walked over to Guardian and Kalder, they were at the same height, The Knight being slightly taller from the Power Suit he was wearing. The Knight saw the immense power stored in these individuals, The Knight was unnerved by the power but saw they weren't the likes of Thunder.

"I'm The Knight, Protector of Chicago", The Knight extended his hand.

Guardian shook the Knight's hand and introduced himself.

"My name is Guardian, and this here is my extraterrestrial friend Kalder."

Kalder extended his hand and was going to introduce himself but he nearly fell over as he grabbed his head. Guardian looked over, a bit worried.

"Are you OK Kalder?"

Kalder shook his head and focused his vision.

"Yeah, I just feel a but lightheaded."

"Anyways, I do know Thunder, as me and him have a complicated history. Let's just say Denver nearly made it out alive of our last confrontation."

The Knight nodded, he saw Kalder almost nearly fall over, Are you OK Kalder?", Yeah, I just feel a bit lightheaded". The Knight nodded, takign note and acknowledging this.
"Anyways, I do know Thunder, as me and him have a complicated history. Let's just say Denver nearly made it out alive of our last confrontation.", The Knight nodded, "He's a tough opponent, however it seems this time Chaotic Damage was averted, thanks to outside intervention". The Knight recieved an attempt at contact from the commissioner. "Excuse me for a moment", The Knight turned around slightly to listen to what the Commissioner had to say, the audio was partly hearable for Guardian and Kalder.

Communications Established....
["Knight, Have you stopped Thunder?"
["Yes Commissioner, Thunder won't be coming back to Chicago soon"]
["Good, We'll have our men move back into Downtown and secure the area"]
The Communications switched from The Commissioner to Sanza
[Sir, Thomas wants you to head back to the Domain, He's prepped the New Suit]
["Thank you Sanza"]
Communications Disconnected.....

The Knight stopped talking on comms and turned Guardian and Kalder, "I Need to head off back to my HQ". The Knight walked a bit until he was not under the Under construction building, The VTOL above him. The Knigh peered back at Kalder and The Guardian, "You two have earned my help today, if you need it simply ask". The Knight said before grappeling up and pulling himself up and into the VTOL. The VTOL Flew off, back to The Knight's Domain. Lawbringer Piloted The VTOL Back to the Domain, she noticed the amount of wear and tear on The Knight's power suit. "sooo, How'd it do?", "We stopped him", "That's good". The Knight noticed Lawbringer's tone, "why are you talking like you're my mother asking about my Day", Lawbringer partly laughed, "just trying to have a nice tone". The VTOL Landed and lowered down the Long chute, finally landing in the VTOL Hangar. Lawbringer hopped out, with The Knight barely making it out smoothly from almost falling. Lawbringer took off her mask, "So, Seems you have two new friends" Anna commented.

The Knight walked over to the armor Container, "They Fight on the Right side of Justic eyes, But I Hardly Know them Anna" The Knight said before the Armor Container shut. after a few minutes The Armor Container opened and Macus stepped out, Cracking his neck and stretching out his arms. [The Knight Power suit is at 53% Efficency, IT'll take good amount of time to fix sir], "take your time Sanza". Thomas walked out of the side hallway, meeting Marcus, "so, you done beating up Metahumans? Good, then you can see your new suit". Marcus followed his father over to the Old Armored Suit's case. "care to tell me what the New Version contains?", "The Kevlar and Carbin Fiber Undersuit is more tightly woven, providing more protection to bullet damage from last night, It also contains tri weave titanium coated Carbon Plating, making the suit's Armor much more stronger". The Suit opened to reveal the Darker, more meanacing suit. "it also Looks far more like a Knight than your old suit ever did". Marcus took a good look at the suit. "I Like it", Marcus peered over at his father, "We'll do testing later, for now we need to Survey Thunder's capabilites and prepare incase he, or other Metahuman's attack", "probably for the better, so you don't have to go in a power suit and get knocked about like aRagdoll again".

[Zarkenis Ultima]

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Black Nova looked down at the wounded Hadrian, now with more annoyance and less indifference. Had she not been wearing the red visor, one might have even seen her with a raised eyebrow, but as it was, the only indication of her mild frustration was the sigh she proferred after noticing that Seriskira was still on her feet, bleeding now from the side of her head in addition to her numerous other injuries but still very much battle-ready. The space pirate captain shook her head. "I will give it to you, lizard woman, you're far more resistant than-" She started, but was unable to finish, barely reacting in time to block the approaching fist of the redheaded huntress with her metal-clad forearm, taken by surprise as the Hadrian had leaped towards her with no warning whatsoever. Not letting up the attack, immediately after her fist was stopped, Seriskira opened it up and grabbed Black Nova's forearm, pulling it further to the side in order to prevent her from using that arm and then decking her repeatedly in the face with her other fist. The force of the impacts caused the resilient metal that the cyborg's visor was made of to begin cracking, and she decided that she'd have none of that. Swiftly, she spun around and sent her metallic elbow straight towards the Hadrian's head, getting a clean strike and sending her flying away, but not before Seriskira wrapped her tail around one of the pirate's legs, bringing her along. Black Nova sent enough electricity to power all of Earth through the metallic plates covering her legs, but to no avail, as her opponent seemed entirely immune to such attacks.

Eventually, Seriskira stabilized herself in mid-air before Black Nova could do the same, and, taking advantage of this, she spun several times in the air before letting go of the cyborg's leg so that she was sent shooting towards the ground, landing with a loud crash. As the Hadrian observed she took a moment to wipe a red stain from her eyes. Thanks to the elbow strike, there was blood now running down both sides of her face, and though it was not too serious an injury, it had the potential to become dangerous, as the blood loss was bound to finally catch up to her at some point, and she did not have the resources nor the time to patch herself up before continuing the battle. However, the indomitable redhead paid no attention to the damage she had sustained, thinking only of how to attain victory, of how to continue this battle in such way that she could exploit the opponent's weaknesses and defeat her at last. To her, it mattered very little if she was wounded severely while fighting her war against the Sunstorm Pirates. All that mattered was that she would destroy them and prove to the world that the Hadrians of Adai were not to be trifled with.

Still floating in the air, held aloft by the steady beating of her black wings, Seriskira set her sights on the smoke and dust raised by the cyborg crashing against the stone floor of the forsaken city, and her eyes went wide as she suddenly noticed a large sphere of energy headed towards her from the ground. Her tail quickly shot out and swatted it aside, but the next instant, several dozen more blasts emerged, and the winged huntress was forced to swing her claws left and right in quick sucession to reflect them all, loud explosions ringing all around her as she attempted to avoid being struck by the cyborg's attacks, indirectly laying waste to what little remained of the ruined cityscape. The Hadrian was about to sigh in relief when the barrage of energy blasts stopped, but she was unable to do so, as all of the sudden a massive beam of golden light pierced the veil of smoke, the dust clouds swirling around it as though it was a ray of holiness descending from the sky, though in this case it was quite the opposite. For a split second, Seriskira could see Black Nova standing there, with one hand outstretched towards her and firing the beam, her shoulderpads glowing brightly with energy. However, she could not stop to observe her or ponder the situation, and so, she immediately released a huge roar, halting the approaching energy beam with the sheer power of a pair of Hadrian lungs.

The beam eventually stopped, but just after, a bolt of fire reached her, taking her by surprise, hitting her squarely in the chest. It did nothing whatsoever to her, naturally, as she was immune to fire but it did burn away her bandages, leaving her bare. Despite this, the Hadrian only laughed, shaking her head. Her smile only widened as she saw another beam heading towards her, but it died down as she noticed something rather odd. This time, at the very front of the energy beam, was Black Nova. "Oh, shi-" Seriskira began, but could not finish her sentence as Black Nova reached her side, grabbing her by her soft, exposed shoulders and slamming a knee into her gut with all of the force behind her, breaking several ribs and causing the winged huntress to cough out a lot of blood; it was a miracle that none of her organs had been pulverized by the attack.

Taking advantage of Seriskira's momentary weakness, Black Nova let go and instead flew up behind her, planting one of her feet on the redhead's back, right between her wings, and then grabbing said wings and pulling as hard as she could, attempting to tear them right off of her opponent's back. Feeling the pull on her back, Seriskira roared at the top of her lungs, straining her vocal chords as her peculiar scream of agony swept away the entire landscape due to its sheer force. The cyborg herself suffered under the power of the roar, her elongated earpieces picking up all the noise and feeding it to her, causing her an enormous pain, even if it did not rival with that of the Hadrian at the moment. She could feel the integrity of both her organic and her cybernetic body parts being threatened by the mighty noise, but she did not give up, pulling harder and harder until eventually, at last, Seriskira's wings were pulled free from her back. The warrior's roar turned into a gasp before dying down as she felt her wings being practically uprooted, and her mind almost slipped into the darkness, but sheer willpower allowed her to retain her consciousness. Full of rage, she turned around, as Black Nova no longer had any leverage on her after her wings were torn from her. Her tail wrapped itself around the cyborg's waist, both to prevent her from flying away and to cause her pain, the bony appendage tightening as much as possible. The mad Hadrian began to throw punches as fast as she could, catching Black Nova off-guard and getting in several good hits, further cracking her headpieces, before the pirate managed to defend herself, blocking any further attacks as the two fighters tumbled down to the ground.

As they landed, Seriskira was intelligent enough to make sure that she landed on top, and, pinning Black Nova's body down to the ground with her knee, she continued pounding on her with all of her might, her tail wrapping around one of Black Nova's arms to prevent it from moving as she held the other still with one of her claws, leaving the other claw free to strike at her enemy over and over and over again. Black Nova's headgear has been nearly completely destroyed after a while, and so, in desperation, she hurled another massive energy blast at point blank range towards the Champion of Adai, thus managing to be separated from her, though she took as much damage as the Hadrian from the explosion, being sent sliding back across the ground, her body carving an enormous trench through the dull gray stone that was the floor of the now almost completely ruined city where they fought.

The redheaded huntress, unlike her opponent, had managed to jump away, thus suffering no damage from slamming into the ground or being dragged across the earth, though the explosion still rattled her, enough so that she became lucid once again, slipping out of her rage-induced bloodlust trance. As she stood up, the extent of the damage she had suffered was evident. The crimson liquid pouring from the wounds inflicted on her head by the cyborg had become such that her neck and her chest were beginning to be drenched by it as well, and more blood oozed from the two gaping holes on her back, which still caused an unspeakable ammount of pain, though she was managing to suppress it in order to continue fighting. Her throat was beginning to ache from the intensity of the roar that she had used when Black Nova tore her wings from her back, and there was a small string of blood running down from her mouth as well, from the knee to the stomach that she had taken earlier. Her opponent was everything she could have hoped for and more, but beyond the thrill of combat, Seriskira was also well aware that she had a duty to her people, to protect them from all harm, and at that moment, she doubted if she would be able to serve them again. She was beginning to think that she might not win this fight.

As she pondered all of this, she saw Black Nova beginning to stand up on the other side of the battlefield. The damage that the pirate captain had sustained during the fight was not nearly as evident as it was in Seriskira, but it was there nonetheless, and it was undeniable that she was worse for wear. Her headgear was almost broken, though still functional, which the cyborg was quite thankful for. She, too, was bleeding from the numerous strikes that the Hadrian had landed on her, and the sensation of blood was... new, in the sense that it had been so long since she had last felt herself bleed, let alone from a wound inflicted by someone else. Her long blond braid was stained with blood and dirt, and her skintight black jumpsuit had numerous cuts and scratches on it as a result from the battle, not to mention the many dents and scratch marks on her metallic parts. Yet, she was every bit as willing to continue fighting as her scaled opponent was, and so, she forced herself to stand, her shoulderpads glowing brightly once again.

"Time to end this." She spoke. And at that moment, an enormous ammount of electricity began to course through her body and the blades hovering around her, lightning occasionally arcing away from her body and vaporizing everything it touched. Such ammount of energy was enough to rival with the sun itself, and it was being simultaneously generated and contained by the lithe cyborg standing in front of the wingless Hadrian. Black Nova's headpiece began to glow with a bright red light as well, and after a moment, the pirate spoke again, the robotic component of her voice becoming much more prominent this time. "POWER RELEASE SEQUENCE COMPLETED." She spoke. "SUPERNOVA MODE ACTIVATED."

Seriskira watched with dismay. "Shit."