"Look who's up after such a long nap."
A redheaded girl said, lifting a baby out of his cradle.
The baby giggled as he chewed on the girl's hair.
She smiled and made faces at him, as the baby giggled more.
The baby started to cry a little as the sister started to hold him close.
"Ooh there, there little guy. Mom, I think Jack is hungry."
The girl called out as a woman with brown hair walked into the room.
The red headed girl handed baby Jack to their mother.
"There, there, Jack, are you hungry? We'll get you something right now.
HONEY, would you mind cutting up some fruit for your son."
Jack started to reach upward, everything was still blurry.
He closed his hands and reached out as far as he could.
Until someone grabbed his hand.
He opened his eyes and saw a hand holding his.
He looked to his left and saw Sierra laying next to him.
"You okay?"
She asked him as she pulled his arm back down and onto her chest.
"I'm okay, I'm just not sure if what I saw was a memory.
Or maybe it was a dream."
He said letting out a breath, as Sierra kissed his cheek.
"You know when I first met you for some reason,
I knew that neither of our childhoods wasn't exactly your typical kind of childhood.
Do you ever wonder who your birth parents are?"
Jack chuckled and smiled.
"All the time, what their names are, what they look like, everything.
I even know the first thing I wanna do when I find them."
"Hm, what's that?"
She said snuggling closer to him.
"I'll introduce them to you."
He told her as she started to blush and laugh.
"What's so funny?"
He asked her as she kissed him.
"Nothing, it was just really sweet."
She said getting out of the bed.
"Now hurry up and get ready, we don't wanna be late for day two."
Jack sat upright and pondered more on his dream.
"I wonder if that was them, but why couldn't I see their faces."
He sat there for a moment when suddenly he felt someone touch his shoulder.
He looked to his left but didn't see anyone there.
All he saw were two petals, one was red and the other was crimson.
They floated down twirling around each other.
Jack reached out and the petals landed in his hand.
"Jack you better hurry up or else my dad is gonna kill you."
Sierra poked her head out of the bathroom.
She saw a tear coming from Jack's eye.
She quickly ran over to him and put her hands on his face.
"Jack, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
She turned his head towards her, knocking Jack out of whatever daze he was in.
"Huh yeah of course, why would you ask that?"
He asked as she wiped his cheek.
"You started crying."
Jack wiped his face to feel the tear.
"Huh, that's weird, sorry about that I don't know how that happened."
Sierra stood up and went back to the restroom.
"Okay just don't do that again okay.
You scared me."
Jack chuckled
"I scared you?"
"Shut up."
She said, flipping him off and heading into the restroom.
Jack looked back at where the petals had come from but could no longer see them.
"What was that?"
He wondered as he stood up and got ready for the games.
Day two of the Olympic game and much more excitement was expected after yesterday.
The team was in the locker room. Fighter stood in front of everyone giving them instructions.
He was talking in a weird accent with a cigar in his mouth.
"Alright team, it's day two and we are winning.
That means no holding back, Jack, Cero, and Downercut you guys are up next. Now go make papa proud."
He puffed out some smoke as everyone stared at him for a moment.
Jack, Cero, and Downercut all got up and started to leave.
The three stood on top of the stage.
The crowd cheered as the second day of the competition began.
Jack started to stretch and take in the sunlight.
"Another great day for a competition, oh hey didn't you guys fight? Who won between the two of you?"
Jack asked, looking at them.
Cero didn't answer, he just continued to keep his hands in his pocket.
As Downercut chuckled and said.
"It was me the kid, didn't stand a chance."
He let out a big smile and crossed his arms.
As Cero turned back around gritting his teeth.
"I just don't get it.
How come my ability didn't work on you?"
Cero demanded to know.
"You mean his healing thingy?"
Jack said, stretching his leg.
"Oooh, I get it you can stop others' abilities, right?
Well, I hate to break it to you but regenerating isn't Dowercut's ability.
It's more like a genetic thing or something."
He said as he started to stretch his other leg.
Cero was in complete shock, he had never meant anyone like this.
"A genetic thing? Wait if regenerating isn't your ability then what is?"
Downercut laughed and uncrossed his arms.
"You really wanna huh kid, we'll here I'll tell you.
My ability——."
The three continued to talk amongst themselves as the others were in the team room.
Watching everything on a tv.
As Gerrit was in deep thought.
Sierra noticed something was troubling him.
"What's wrong?"
Gerrit rubbed his chin.
"It's strange Clockwork should know that we're onto him. He knows that we know he's planning to attack on the final day.
So either he's so confident in his plan or.
Fighter, where's the machine you made to block Souls powers!?"
Fighter turned around with two cigars in his mouth.
"Why?"
Gerrit rolled his eyes and sighed.
"I think Clockwork is gonna try and take out your machine before he attacks."
Fighter pulled the cigars out of his mouth and reached into his back pocket.
He pulled out a cookie and started to eat it.
"We'll see that's the thing I figured, he might try to find it so I hid it in plain sight.
The entire coliseum is the device.
Broadcasting the all-clear signal.
So Clockwork can't tell who's friend or foe."
Gerrit sighed in relief.
"Whew, I'm glad you didn't do anything too obvious, just get ready to broadcast the signal when it's time."
Fighter chuckled as he did some crumbs fell out.
"Oh dang I'll have to clean this up, what I was about to say before the mess is.
The signal has been broadcasting since we got here didn't want to risk a surprise attack ya know.
Look at this mess it's gotten everywhere.
All over the floor I'm gonna have to get a broom or something. Does anyone have a vacuum?"
Gerrit turned towards Fighter with a disgruntled look on his face.
"Fighter, are you telling me that you left a very traceable signal open, the moment we got here?"
Fighter swallowed his cookie and took a moment.
"Of course not, I have Dani turn it off when the games aren't going on.
Right, Dani? You've been turning it off and on right?"
Dani looked nervous as Fighter and Gerrit both looked at him.
"So um it's funny you should ask that, cause you see the funny thing is.
I may have perhaps, accidentally, not on purpose, a definite brain fart, I forgot to turn it off."
Loki smacked him in the back of the head.
"You idiot! That was the thing you forgot to do yesterday."
Dani rubbed the back of his head.
"I'm sorry I just figured that since I forgot it probably wasn't a big deal."
Gerrit groaned and suddenly Gerrit's eyes widened.
"If the signal has been broadcasting this whole time. Along with the device being built into the colosseum that can only mean."
He picked up Syra and carried her on his back.
He started to run straight towards the stage.
"When I say put up a shield, you have to protect everyone."
He told her as everyone quickly followed behind him.
Roushin was the last to follow; he was running behind Loki and Dani.
"I don't get it, what's about to happen?"
Loki looked back at him with a nervous look on his face.
"I think I've got a good guess.
Clockwork only cares about killing the world leaders and taking powerful souls.
So my guess is he's planning to blow up the stage, he'll kill a lot of people but it doesn't matter to him.
He only needs the strong to survive."
The entire group stood on the outskirts of the stage.
Gerrit kept on running towards Jack with Syra on his back.
"It's a traaaaap!"
Gerrit looked up at Mr.Clockwork, pointing a gun at him.
Clockwork had a giant smile on his face as he glared down at Gerrit.
Clockwork disappeared into the shadows.
He looked up at Lady Moon's booth as she had also disappeared.
As everyone heard a loud whistling and something flying towards them from the sky.
Gerrit put Syra down on the ground. She walked in front of him as her eyes started to glow purple.
"Your time to shine kiddo"
Syra put up a shield around the entire stage that blocked the missile.
Jack ran up to Gerrit and looked up at the shield.
"What's going on?"
Gerrit pulled out a gun and took the safety off.
"Clockwork wants to blow up the stage to take out the device.
We gotta take out whatever just attacked us."
Jack grabbed Gerrit on the shoulder.
"Wait, why would he do that?
My mom, my sister, and my brother are here, his wife, his daughter, his son.
Why would he attack the colosseum if they're here too?"
Jack looked over at where Mrs.Clockwork, Jessica, and George were sitting only to see they were not there.
"They're gone? Where could they be?"
Jack looked all around for them; he couldn't find them anywhere in the crowd.
Gerrit put his hand on Jack's shoulder.
"Don't worry I'm guessing Clockwork had them moved to wherever he is, he may be heartless but he's still taking into account Soul needs a successor."
Gerrit looked up and saw a man floating down to them, he had blue flames under his feet.
He was carrying a girl with him as he did.
The two landed as he sat the girl down and she did a bow.
"Hello I am princ— I mean Queen Isabel of Dundrum.
This is my brother prince Arama.
We would very much like to know what's going on?"
Gerrit continued looking at his gun pretending not to hear them.
Jack signed and began to explain the situation to them.
"It would seem your highnesses, that the island is under attack from a gang empire known as the UnderCity.
We don't know how many were up against so any help would be appreciated."
Isabel nodded her head
"Please allow us to help in any way."
Gerrit finished and put his gun in a holster.
"Okay that's enough Syra put the shield down."
Gerrit told her, Syra put her shield down.
As she started to breathe a little bit heavier.
Gerrit patted her on the back and looked at Isabel.
"We need you and your men to defend the colosseum.
To sugar-coat it this colosseum is acting as both a place to defend the people of this island and a device to hold the enemy plan at bay.
We'll take care of whatever just attacked us."
The two nodded, both Jack and Gerrit leaped up onto the top of the colosseum.
They looked out into the ocean and saw hundreds of battleships surrounding the island.
The two looked up and saw a giant zeppelin in the sky flying towards the island from the south.
Jack scratched his head and whistles
"Huh, talk about covering all your bases.
Even if we wanted to escape, it doesn't seem like we can. Those ships are covering all our exits.
So what's the plan, team leader?"
Gerrit looked over his shoulder and saw the rest of the team behind him.
Gerrit sighed and chuckled to himself.
"I hate when responsibility is thrust upon me.
Alright, you lot listen up here's the plan.
Clockwork is most likely in the zeppelin, we'll have to take care of that last.
Jack your mother, sister and brother are most likely abroad, I know you want to go after them but you'll have to hold off.
Syra will stay here to keep this place under guard.
Tucker and Sasha you two head down to the docks and guard the ships.
If those get destroyed we'll have no way out of here.
Jack and Downercut will take out those ships.
The rest of us will keep the fight in the city, keep as many of the incoming troops away from the Colosseum and protect the civilians.
Charlie and Fighter will-"
Gerrit looked and saw them eating food and playing chess.
"What are you doing?!"
He ran over to them looking down at what they were doing.
"Um, playing chess duh."
Fighter said, rolling his eyes and taking a bite out of a blueberry muffin.
"Oh and also eating this muffin, you should try them good.
I have blueberries, chocolate, banana, apple cinnamon."
Gerrit clenched his fist.
"No I don't want a muffin, are guys gonna help?!"
"Pff rude and I brought so many, hm more for me than.
Also, why would we help?"
Fighter continued to eat his muffins.
Charlie sighed as he moved chess pieces around and answered Gerrit's questions.
"What he meant to say is, we'll only help when we deem it necessary.
This is your battle kiddos, not ours."
Gerrit groaned and walked back.
"Alright, we're on our own let's move out team."
Everyone nodded and prepared themselves.
Sierra grabbed Jack's hand and kissed him on the cheek.
"Good luck, try not to do anything too reckless."
Jack chuckled and winked.
"I make no promises."
Dowercut kicked Jack in the butt.
"HURRY IT UP, I WANT TO SEE WHO CAN DESTROY MORE SHIPS!!"
"IT'S GONNA BE ME!"
Jack said, turning towards him.
The two but heads as Downerut laughed.
"Let's find out aye pretty boy."
The two jumped off the building and ran south towards the ship.
"YOUR ON A**HOLE!"
Jack shouted as the group all laughed and watched.
Loki reached behind his back and pulled out his batons as he took a deep breath.
Dani came up to him and patted him on the back.
"You okay?"
"We've trained our whole lives for a fight like this.
Now that it's here I thought I would be more nervous, more scared than I am right now.
Yet somehow I feel calmer than I've ever been.
It's like this whole year has been preparing us for this moment."
Dani looked at Loki confused.
"Are you high?"
Loki got frustrated and hit Dani over the head.
"Ow, What did I say?!"
"Let's just get out of here and fight."
Loki said, jumping off the roof.
Dani rubbed his head when he felt someone pat his shoulder.
He turned around and saw Syra handing him chips.
"Thank you, Syra."
She gave him a blank stare and a thumbs up.
Dani and Roushin followed them and Cero as well.
Sierra started to follow when Gerrit stopped her.
"You're gonna have to fight your sister.
Are you sure you want to come?"
Sierra looked back at him.
"She may be my sister but she chose her side, I'll do what I have to."
Sierra followed after them as Gerrit sighed.
"That's what we all say."
Gerrit followed after them as they all headed to the city to fight off Clockwork's troops.
While Jack and Downercut made a full dash towards the enemy fleet.
Clockwork's men were all dressed in black military uniforms.
The men inside the ships remained at bay until one of them picked something up on the radar.
"Sir two objects are approaching at high speed."
The radioman said.
"Do we have any audio of the incoming objects?"
The man at his station listened on his headset.
"Well um yes sir but it's um not a ship.
It sounds like people arguing."
The captain looked at him confused.
"Patch it through Lieutenant. I want to hear this."
"Yes sir."
The Lieutenant patches the audio through to the speakers in the ship.
The audio came through saying
"Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine mine, MINE, UPPERCUT!!!"
The ship felt a sudden rupture as it flew up from the bottom of the ship.
Creating a huge hole in the ship, you could see the ocean start to flood the ship.
"I told you that one was mine."
Jack said, falling back down from the sky.
Downercut flipped him off while he was running on the ocean towards another ship.
Other ships started aiming their guns and cannons at Jack.
There were at least 25 naval ships surrounding Jack and Downercut.
"Crap I can't maneuver that we'll mid-air.
Red would increase my speed but I want to save as much stamina as possible.
Blue armor is good for defense but my speed, wait a second.
When I meet the user of blue armor he called himself the user of blue wind.
I didn't think about it then but positive energy is just added to his ability to make it stronger.
His ability is just mixed in with his already made ability."
Jack's left eye glowed blue and his right arm and left leg were surrounded by a blue aura that acted like the wind.
The ships all shot at Jack, shooting missiles and large tank bullets at him.
Using blue armor's ability Jack used the wind to propel himself through the air.
Going upwards and flying through the sky.
"Yes, this is perfect. With this, I can maneuver freely through the air.
It'll take a while before I can do any fancy tricks.
However, for now, this will do."
Jack thought to himself as he flew above a ship.
He pointed his right arm up and propelled himself downwards.
As he flew down towards the ship, he raised his left leg.
Jack came crashing down, kicking the ship in half.
Downercut ran across the ocean as he scoffed to himself.
"You think you show me up, ME!!"
Downercut grabbed some shrapnel from one of the destroyed ships.
He leaped up into the air above a ship.
Using the piece of shrapnel as a stepping-off point, he launched himself down toward the ships.
"DOWNERCUT!!"
He shouted and punched the ship in half.
"HAHAHA BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!"
Downercut stood on top of a piece of shrapnel, in between the two ships.
He kicked the ship backward into another ship.
He spun around and kicked the front piece into another.
It went crashing into another, he kicked it so hard it broke straight through it
Causing the ship to sink.
Jack landed back to back with Downercut.
Downercut crossed his arms and chuckled.
"That puts me up one Uppercut."
Jack chuckled as the ships circled them aiming.
"Fights not done yet."
Jack said, stretching his arm.
Jack and Downercut bumped fists as they leaped towards the surrounding ships that were firing upon them.
~meanwhile~
The rest of the group headed for the center of the island.
The group made it there and they were surrounded by many buildings.
Since the people of the island didn't have the same technology as the outside world, they stuck to their traditional methods.
Henceforth the houses were made of brick or stone.
Cero walked up to Gerrit and asked.
"So what's the plan now?"
Gerrit turned towards him.
"The plan now is-"
Suddenly bursting through one of the buildings was a giant Jaguar.
The Jaguar swung its claws at Gerrit.
Gerrit threw up his guard, and was smacked into a building.
When he crashed into it the building exploded and came crashing down on him.
Sierra immediately took action and leaped towards the Jaguar.
However, she was cut off by Envy and Lady moon.
"Hello my dear sister, hehe."
Envy and Lady moon attacked Sierra viciously, pushing Sierra back and to a different part of the island.
Cero and everyone else pulled out their weapons and took their stances.
Cero's frustration grew as he thought to himself.
"Damn it I didn't put up my field so that the others could use their abilities.
However, in doing so the enemy was able to jump on us.
I'll have to put it up now and take this guy out."
Cero put his field up, in doing so the Jaguar started to turn back into his human form.
He stood there six foot one and completely naked.
He had long golden hair and eyes to match.
"Yo kiddo remember me?"
He asked Cero.
"Jeffery Thomas the cage fighter and Mr.Clockwork's left-hand man."
Thomas started to laugh.
"You left out the part of guy who kicked your a*s.
How often do you think about that day in the warehouse? I beat you so hard all you did was run away in the end."
Someone threw Thomas a pair of pants. He caught them and slipped them on.
Cero took his stance holding his dagger in his right hand.
Loki started to take out his batons.
Cero looked over his shoulder and shouted.
"STOP! This one is mine, we have a score to settle."
Cero charged at Thomas at lightning speeds.
Cero stepped on something hidden under the leaves.
It launched an arrowhead from out of the ground and up towards his chin.
The arrowhead had a faint weird smell and was covered in some kind of purple poison substance.
Cero swayed to the left to dodge it.
Thomas acted quickly and pulled out an arrowhead from his pocket, and thrust forward stabbing Cero in the arm.
Cero groaned in pain as some of his blood splattered onto the ground.
Thomas began to laugh.
"Sorry kid but we don't play fair!"
Cero leapt back holding onto his wound. Blood was leaking out and he could feel his body getting hotter.
"Damn it, how could I have been so reckless."
Loki pulled out his batons and charged in.
When bursting through a building in front of them, it was a man with light purple hair.
He was carrying a bow and arrow and shot out arrows at the ground faster than they could react.
They weren't ready for the attack.
The arrows grazed both Loki and Dani's cheek, however, no arrow came for Roushin.
Loki touched his cheek and grunted.
"Damn it we couldn't move as fast as we normally do because we can't use our abilities."
Suddenly the poison started to grow throughout their veins.
Cero winced in pain for some reason the poison was spreading through him at a quick rate.
"What's happening? It's already spread down to my wrist."
The man with the bow known as LongShot leapt over and stood next to Thomas.
"That would be because of me, it's my ability.
It attacks the energy a core user makes and turns it against the user, slowly eating away at them.
The more someone uses their ability the faster it spreads."
Cero passed his dagger to his left hand.
He held it tightly taking his stance, still, his right arm and shoulder had both now been completely covered in it.
"That's impossible, my ability should be canceling out all others, you shouldn't be able to use your core ability?!"
LongShot laughed as he started to pull an arrow from his quiver.
"You're still young so it makes sense that you haven't run into one of us yet.
I'm what you would call a Hunter.
I'm a genetically altered human given the abilities of a core beast.
Back in the day, not everyone had a core, so there was quite a power imbalance in the world.
Whichever kingdom had the more powerful user they were unstoppable.
However long before humans had ever gained the ability to use them.
Animals of legendary strength had attained them.
From the ones that died a scientist known as Dr. Volkan made us.
Taken from our homes at birth, many children were experimented on.
Many died but for the ones that survived, we became hunters.
Our DNA is now mixed with that of a core beast, giving us enhanced speed, strength, and abilities to take down core users.
I mixed with a scorpion and can now produce the venom that is going through your veins."
LongShot laughed at Cero was trying to think of a strategy.
"What happened to this Dr.Volkan?"
LongShot rubbed his chin.
"All we know is that his last experiment killed him after going crazy.
However, I'm afraid the history lesson must now come to an end, as you see we're on a schedule, and best not to be late."
LongShot chuckled as Thomas cracked his knuckles.
Loki started to charge towards Thomas, but a huge lady stood in his way.
A woman standing 10ft tall stood in their path.
Roushin instantly recognized her.
"Matilda?!"
Roushin said, shaking, Dani looked at him and asked.
"You know this freakishly tall woman?"
Roushin nodded
"That's my older sister and the third strongest in my family."
Matilda started to walk towards Loki and Dani.
"Roushin you utter disgrace, you may be completely useless but you are still unfortunately related to me.
Leave this island if you get in my way I'll kill you."
She punched down towards the ground at Loki. leapt back as her fist came crashing down causing a crack to form on the ground.
She charged at Loki and Dani at full speed and Lariated them into the ground.
Dani and Loki grunted.
Dani punched her in the face and Loki kicked her side.
However, she didn't even move in the slightest.
Thomas slowly walked towards Cero laughing the whole time.
Cero took deep breaths thinking to himself.
"Damn it all, if I take down my field the poison will spread faster through the others.
However, if I keep it up it'll just spread through me faster, kill me, and then the others.
I'm running out of options.
Why did I even come to this sticking island, damn you Fighter, why'd you drag me into this."
~months ago~
Cero was walking through a forest all alone.
He heard the sound of a twig snapping behind him.
He turned around, knife in hand ready for a fight.
When he turned he saw Fighter waving at him.
"Yo, how's it going assassin boy?"
Cero stood up straight and bowed.
"I've heard of you master Fighter, not many people can sneak up on me.
I guess this is just a testament to your strength.
How might I be of service?"
Fighter threw a muffin at Cero, which he caught.
"I am at your service."
Fighter said mockingly
"So formal geez, no wonder you're out here in the forest all by yourself.
You hungry at all,
I got muffins galore, apple, cinnamon, banana, bull berry.
Actually you can't have that last one those are my favorites.
Well listen you see there's gonna be this thing, and my kiddos are gonna need your help."
Cero looked at Fighter confused.
"Why should I help these kids of yours?"
Fighter pulled out his business card and threw it to him.
Cero caught it and looked at it.
"You can come if you want to or not, if you do come you'll gain something you haven't before."
Cero looked back down at the floor and back up at Thomas.
As he held his knife tight, gritting his teeth.
Thinking to himself what he could have gained from all this.
Then suddenly he heard a voice in his head.
"Everyone listen up,"
It was Gerrit's voice he was talking to all of them.
"I don't have time to explain how I'm doing this so just listen.
I've stashed a bullet on each of you.
Cero when I give the word you drop your field.
Loki and Dani you'll have to knock her back in one attack.
Roushin hit her with your biggest explosive attack you've got.
Then Cero toss the bullet in your pocket in front of you."
No one said anything, they just all nodded.
Thomas charged at Cero.
At that moment they all heard Gerrit shout.
"NOW!"
Cero dropped his field and everyone immediately went into action.
Loki's eyes lit up with electricity and Dani summoned earth to his arm.
They both punched Matilda as hard as they could, knocking her back.
Roushin thrusted both arms at her, hitting her with an explosion.
She flew up into the air and on her back.
Cero tossed the bullet in his pocket in front of his face.
In a flash, Gerrit appeared duel-wielding pistols.
He was wearing a long scarf and his eyes were glowing orange.
He fired four bullets into Thomas's joints.
"Agh."
Thomas said as he fell on the ground bleeding.
Gerrit stood in front of Cero completely loaded up.
"You alright kid?"
Cero walked over and stood next to him.
"I'm fine, I'm confused though I thought your ability was making guns."
Gerrit handed Cero three syringes.
"That's my core ability, I'll still have plenty of Hunter abilities."
"You mean, you're one of them?"
"Was one of them, they kind of hate me now."
Cero looked at Gerrit's guns and then back at him.
"How did you communicate with us?"
"I can send frequency through my bullets to send messages, however, it's not a two-way streak.
If you talked into I wouldn't be able to hear it.
The syringes I gave you are the cures to the venom I still had some leftover.
Get them to Dani and Loki.
I'll handle LongShot.
I'm counting on you kid."
Gerrit started to walk towards LongShot.
As Cero thought to himself.
"Hmph, so this is what you were talking about, Fighter."
He stabbed himself with the syringe and gave himself the antidote.
Cero then headed towards Dani and Loki to give them the antidote, which he successfully did.
Gerrit spun his left pistol around.
"Yo LongShot it's been a while."
LongShot aimed with his bow and laughed.
"Well look who it is the traitor himself, I thought you died too easily earlier Drake."
Gerrit aimed his gun at LongShot.
"We don't have to do this LongShot."
LongShot chuckled as he fired his bow.
"Of course we do."
Gerrit swayed out of the way and fired two shots.
LongShot jumped in the air and aimed with his bow.
Gerrit started to aim when suddenly a giant spike made of smoke came at him from behind.
Gerrit backflipped over it and landed on his feet.
He looked over his shoulder and saw William Clockwork.
"Oi, my mother was killed by a gunman who wore that scarf and called himself a Hunter.
You Wouldn't happen to know anything about that?"
William summoned a hundred spikes made of smoke, and launched them at Gerrit.
LongShot fired three arrows at Gerrit from the air.
Gerrit sighed and in less than a second.
Analyzed all the incoming attacks and chose the best course of action.
Gerrit stepped forward and suddenly started dashing all over the place leaving behind afterimages.
Gerrit's eyesight and quick thinking we're genetically enhanced, Gerrit was a part of the mad Dr. Volkan's twisted dream.
To create the ultimate being no matter the method.
Gerrit dodged all the attacks and continued dashing everywhere.
William summoned a hundred more spikes of smoke.
"What is this?"
LongShot landed behind William and aimed with his bow.
"This is one of his abilities, he's different from other hunters.
He was combined with a drake, the core beast that was integrated into my DNA gave me one ability.
However, the beast he was integrated with was able to use 5 out of the 7 core types.
Right now he's using the enhancer ability.
The quickstep allows him to travel at high speeds creating afterimages."
Gerrit appeared in front of LongShot pointing his gun at his face.
LongShot moved his head out of the way.
Gerrit chuckled as he fired one bullet past Williams's head, and another towards the ground.
When the bullet flew 4 inches past Williams's face it glowed orange as Gerrit switched places with it.
Gerrit appeared in front of William.
William didn't have time to react when Gerrit punched him in the face with his gun.
The bullet Gerrit had fired towards the ground and the one he switched with both headed towards the ground.
The first bullet hit the ground, however, in a split second, the other bullet bounced off the end of that one and into LongShots right arm.
LongShot grunted as blood spilled from his arm.
"Gah, damn it he's gotten so much stronger."
Gerrit grabbed William by his suit head-butted him and then threw him to the side.
Gerrit then spun and kicked LongShot in the back of the head.
Knocking him down into the ground.
Gerrit grabbed LongShot's right leg and pulled him up.
Gerrit let go and punched LongShot back into the ground.
William stood back to his feet and lit a cigarette.
"I'll kill you if it's the last thing I do.
Scum like you don't deserve to live.
You killed my mother and now you stand here as if you were a hero, of justice."
Gerrit stood up straight, looked at William, and pointed his gun at him.
"I've done a lot of things I can't take back.
However I've gained many things, all we can do is keep moving.
So you can go ahead and parade me all you want, but could you honestly tell me that your mother would be proud of you right now?"
William launched more spikes at Gerrit.
However, they were all sliced away and a girl with blue hair and a katana landed in front of Gerrit.
Gerrit chuckled and scratched his head.
"I didn't think you would help me Rin."
Rin stood to her feet and took her stance.
"I still have many questions for you, I want to know the truth about my father's death.
I want to understand why you killed him."
Gerrit put his hand on her shoulder and nodded.
"I know for now I need you to head down to the docks, my friends down there might need your help."
Rin nodded her head and headed towards the dock.
William grunted and summoned more spikes.
"How did you turn her to your side?"
Gerrit pointed both of his guns at William and smiled.
"Probably because I've promised her the truth she's been longing for.
Or because you lot are a bunch of a**holes, probably the second one."
Gerrit charged at William while
both Thomas and Matilda started to stand to their feet as well.
Cero spun his knife around and walked towards Thomas.
"Shall we pick where we left off?"
Thomas chuckled as he charged at Cero.
"Bring it on kid, I won't need my Jaguar form to beat you."
Thomas punched down at Cero.
Cero rolled under the punch and stabbed him in the back of his knee.
Cero pulled out his shovel and hit Thomas in the back of the head.
He then spun around and hit Thomas right in the face sending him flying back.
Thomas grunted as he slowly got back up and wiped the blood away from his chin.
Loki, Dani, and Roushin were about to face off against Matilda.
On Matilda's left, she was joined by her gray-haired, rapier-wielding friend Reginald.
Along with another one of Clockwork's associates, Willbret Tepes.
Loki and Dani had fought him once before at Clockwork's warehouse.
Loki cracked his knuckles
"Which one do you want, Dani?"
Dani chuckled as he surrounded his arms in gauntlets of earth.
"I'll take the big one, you gonna be okay fighting your sis Roushin?"
Roushin nodded and took his stance.
"This is the most ready I've ever been."
Loki pulled out his batons and said
"Let's go!"
Swords were clashing in the tropical forest of the island as Sierra fought both Envy and Lady Moon.
Envy swung down at Sierra with her bow staff.
Sierra parried it to the side, she pulled her sword back and it thrust it towards Envy.
Envy leaned backward dodging the sword barely, she rolled back to gain some distance.
She whistled and then smiled.
"My dear sister is almost as if you're trying to kill me, hehe."
Envy charged at Sierra from the front, while Lady Moon charged in from behind.
Lady Moon swung her katana down and Envy thrusted her staff.
Sierra leaped up into the air dodging the attacks.
Lady moon put her katana into her sheath.
Her sheath emitted a blue glow.
She swung up towards Sierra unleashing a slash of blue energy in the shape of a crescent moon.
Sierra held her blade up blocking the blow, however, the attack exploded in her face sending her flying towards the ground.
Sierra landed on her feet, not even giving her a moment to rest Envy and Lady Moon charged her.
"Don't you remember sister dear, the best way to take down your enemy is to take out the medic.
The guys we sent in were just meant to tire yours out.
Without a medic to fully restore their stamina they're practically done for."
Envy swung her staff around and swung it at Sierra's gut.
Sierra jumped over it and kicked Envy in the face.
"I think you forgot the part where I'm the strongest medic."
Sierra leapt towards Lady Moon.
The two clashed swords and exchanged blows.
Sierra pushed her back into a tree.
Lady put her katana in her sheath.
She swung her blade at her.
Sending at Sierra 20 small moon energy attacks.
Sierra started to leap back dodging each attack.
Sierra landed on her feet and took a deep breath.
Both Envy and Lady Moon started to walk towards her.
The full moon shines down upon lady Moon.
Her hair started to glow bright blue and she gained a second sword that was made of energy and glowed blue.
"The leader of the Moon clan while holding this sword receives the blessing of the moon.
During the full moon, my strength is doubled."
Lady Moon crossed her swords and swung them at Sierra.
She sent 100 energy moon strikes at light speed.
Sierra started to deflect them, however, she managed to deflect 39 out the 100.
She managed to keep them away from her vitals, but most of her body was still covered in cuts.
Envy charged in and hit Sierra in the gut and sent her flying back into a tree.
The two started to laugh, Sierra breathed heavily and started to walk towards them.
Loki and Dani were fighting off Reginald and Wilbert.
Wilbert could shot sound waves and Reginald could teleport.
Making it tricky for the duo to win the fight.
Wilbert clapped his hands sending a sound wave attack at Dani.
Dani punched the ground creating a wall of earth.
Blocking the attack, Reginald teleported behind Dani and thrusted his rapier at him.
Loki came zooming in and blocked the blow with his batons.
Loki sent a stream of electricity towards him.
Reginald quickly teleported away.
Loki stood back to back with Dani.
"Every time I try to zap him he teleports away."
Dani kept his wall up and rubbed his chin.
"I can't get close to this big guy. He keeps using his sound attack.
The speed isn't an issue but if he manages to hit my ears it's game over."
"Hmph I've got a plan Dani let's switch dance partners.
Then when you see your opening take it."
Dani gave Loki a thumbs up.
Loki covered himself in lightning and charged at Wilbert.
"Nice suit, too bad it's about to get blood all over it."
Loki started circling Wilbert at lightning speeds.
Wilbert tried hitting him with his sound attack.
Loki was too fast for him.
Reginald teleported behind Loki and thrusted his rapier at him.
Then suddenly his foot was grabbed by the earth.
"Gotcha right where I want you."
Dani said smirking
Loki stood right in front of Reginald,
Wilbert launched another sound attack at him.
Loki dashed out of the way as the attack hit Reginald.
Causing his ears to rings and causing him to temporarily lose his sense of direction.
Loki dashed behind Wilbert and kicked him in the air.
Loki jumped up and kicked him straight down, sending him flying down and crashing into Reginald.
Dani jumped into the air and summoned a large chunk of earth to him.
Creating a giant earth hammer, he swung the hammer down right into Reginald and Wilbert.
Dani landed next to Loki and the two pumped fists.
"Oi Dani, are they alive?"
"Um-hmm probably, they are definitely not happy right now."
Roushin stood face to face with his older sister, his fist was shaking and his feet wouldn't move.
Matilda scoffed and walked towards him.
"Look at you, you're still as weak as ever.
Why is it that the last thing mother left behind was you?
Someone so weak it took her everything just to give birth to you, a mistake.
Father should have cast you aside the day you were born a runt."
Roushin looked down at the ground and closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry everyone I thought I could do this, but it turns out nothing changed.
Absolutely nothing has changed about me, I'm still as weak as ever nothing has changed."
Roushin quivered as his sister punched him in the face, knocking him down on the ground.
Roushin fell on his back Matilda stood over him and started to punch him in the face rapidly.
"Die you worthless piece of trash."
Roushin closed his eyes and it was at that moment he heard.
"Get up Roushin!"
Roushin opened his eyes and punched Matilda in the face, knocking her off.
Roushin stood up and wiped the blood from his face.
"You don't get to decide."
He said standing up taking his stance.
Matilda stood up and rubbed her chin.
"What are you talking about?"
Roushin charged at Matilda pulling his fist back.
"You don't get to decide my worth!"
Matilda put her hands together and shot a giant fireball at Roushin.
Roushin took the hit head-on and kept moving forward.
He ran right up to her and punched at her.
Matilda tried to jump back but stumbled.
Roushin landed his punch hitting her right in the face.
Roushin continued to land a barrage of punches.
"You may not see any worth in my existence, and for a while neither did I.
All I remember growing up is that none of you gave a damn about me.
The only the one who did was Mrs.Bell and then father sent her away."
Roushin hit Matilda as hard as he could, sending her flying 10ft back.
"I was alone then, I couldn't see my worth, all I wanted to do was make you all acknowledge me.
I know now that could never happen, these past few days I've spent with complete and total strangers have treated me more like family than you ever did.
They had faith in me and they taught me to have faith in myself.
With the faith they put in me I don't care if my body is burned to a crisp, I'm going to take you down.
You don't get to decide my worth, I decide that for myself."
Matilda stood up and grunted.
"Well, well looks like the runt has finally learned to fight back."
The green fire covered her fist as she charged Roushin.
Suddenly down from the sky Loki and Dani came flying.
They hit Matilda over the head, stunning her for a few moments.
"NOW ROUSHIN HIT HER WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT!!"
They both shouted as Roushin pulled his arms back behind his waist.
Focusing all his energy into them and then thrusting them forward.
"Explosion impact!"
A huge explosion blew up where Matilda was standing.
She went flying up and then crashing down onto the floor.
The ones left were Thomas and William.
Thomas was taking a beating from Cero while Gerrit continued to dodge William's attacks.
Cero hit Thomas with a shovel breaking his nose.
Thomas held his face and stumbled backward.
Cero spun his shovel around and rested it along his shoulder.
"How did you like that one?"
Thomas started to laugh as he looked Cero in the eye.
"Let's get this party started, what do you say guys!"
Thomas shouted this as 5 soldiers came jumping down from the buildings.
Each one of them transformed into a giant animal.
A Rhino, Spider, Snake, hawk, gorilla.
Hundreds of more soldiers armed with machine guns all surrounded them.
Thomas stood to his feet as his hair started to grow longer.
Reaching down to his ankles.
His nails turned into claws while his teeth turned into fangs.
"This is the next step in animal transformation.
I've taken on the traits of the Jaguar form while still human.
Now my strength has doubled."
Cero scoffed and pointed his shovel at them.
"I'll just put my field up, then what will you do?
You wouldn't be able to use your powers.Than what would you do? Just die at that point?"
Thomas scoffed and took his stance.
"The moment you do, my friends here will attack your kid buddies.
Plus while we're here keeping you a lot busy your other friend at the stadium is being attacked by our strongest.
Haven't you noticed Vimpart isn't here?
Not to mention your friends at the dock, their all pro-"
Just then from the sky, something came crashing down between Cero and Thomas.
A huge dust cloud covered the field.
"Well, this looks like quite the party.
You kiddos go help your friend, I can sense she's in trouble."
The cloud of smoke disappeared revealing Downercut standing.
"I'll take every last one of these a*ssholes myself."
~To be Continued~
~In chapter 29 battle for Itudah part 2~