"They are not stopping..." Kai gagged. "They are coming for us."
"Neither are we stopping." Neil ran towards them. "Let's return the favor."
"That's my man." Sandy cheered.
Both candidates seemed to be powered up as they dash towards each other. Neil could feel the auras of his comrades going higher than before and they're ready to fight... Sandy conjured his lightning card and slotted it into his gloves with grin on his face...it sure has been a while except the duel that he had battled anyone. Clint conjured his rose and held it with his fingertips, anger written in his eyes as he moved ahead of everyone.... Now someone's pissed off.
Ned's hand suddenly had a silver like glow and his expression seemed to have changed too, like he was ready to break his vows of not engaging in a fight. And Kai... Where's is he anyway? Neil looked back and saw Kai standing behind them with fear in his eyes and not willing to fight.. Guess he's a scared cat after all.
"Guess it's four against five." Neil thought.
The one with the rockstar hair suddenly seemed to multiply into.... Wish Neil could count but many would categorize it, seemed that was his gift but none of them were real except the real one which was at the middle. The brown hair conjured scorch into both arms, seeing it the first time made it look like a ball because of the way it spinned before getting its form.
The one with bald hair seemed to have a radiation surrounding him and it moved in circular motion before it settled in front of him, though his arms were swinging; the radiation were in arms length.
The gray hair had no special unordinary motion like the others but he was running and retreating at the same time... What is he up to Neil wondered. The red hair guy also seemed to be surrounded by a box... An invisible cube box that glintered at the corners and a neon light seemed to connect each sides together.
And these seemed strange to Neil.. He only knew the scorch guys powers but now he knows all but still don't understand it.
"Ned..." Neil telepaths.
"Yeah." Ned replied.
"I want all the details." Neil telepaths
"Of our opponent?" Ned asked
"You're on track." Neil smiled.
"Alright... Here it comes." Ned nodded.
Mr Brown hair opened the ceremony by shooting out the scorches he had held for too long towards Neil and his comrades. Suddenly a big root came out of the ground serving as shield, taking the smile of Gray's or Mr scorch's face.. Swift spike-roots shot out of the giant roots towards the abductors. But they deflected it by hopping into the air, Mr bald sent his combustion which he had concentrated on for a long time towards Clint's blind side... It was really close to Clint who had his focus on Mr scorch didn't seem to sense the combustion.
BOOM... Smoke filled that zone and Mr bald smiled at his success as he nodded.
"One down." Mr bald said. "Three more to go."
When the smoke integrated before he noticed a golden circle with multiple rectangle shape inside it like a shield. And his smiled disappeared, the shock on his fear showed for he was surprised and tried to see through the light.
"You owe me one, bro.." Ned smiled at Clint.
"Guess I do now." Clint got up to dust himself clean. "How did you arrive here fast?."
"Seemed you forgot we had a teleporter amongst us." Ned smirked.
"Sure I do... Guess you've mastered it after all." Clint smiled
"Nope.... Guess it's andrenaline rush." Ned explained
"Guess it is after all." Clint smiled.
"Guys... You can chit chat later.." Sandy warned. "We still have company."
"Yeah he's right at that." Clint spoke.
"Guess Neil is already keeping himself busy." Ned added.
"Can't let him have all fun ehh.?" Sandy smirked.
He conjured a card with many shadow drawn on it,and slotted it into his gloves and shadows came out of Sandy like slates and they transformed into him... A shadow copy it is then, those are one hell of a shadow clone he's gat there.
Each had different card on their fingers and slotted them into their gloves.
"Guess we are matched now." Sandy yelled as the clones attacked.
Neil had been battling the bald guy who had been throwing combustion at Neil non-stop but somehow nature was at Neil's side because they seemed to be leaves everywhere so it would be easy for him to substitute himself with them preventing his combusting attacks.... Neil finally saw an opening for his opponent seems to be opened from his last attack on him, without wasting much time, Neil approached with a punch aiming for his spinal cords because he knew if he attacks the man there; it would prevent the man from moving for few hours and that would be one down. BANG.....
That was supposed to be a bone.. But what did Neil hit he wonders as he saw the rockstar's hand preventing his attack... But the real one was over there and with few minutes of observation he knew that the real one don't receive attacks instead one would just pass through them and the real one has seemed to keep his distance from everyone.. So how come this one was able to deflect his attacks? This were questions that seemed to run through Neil's mind as he retreated from the clone and stared at it. He felt a shadow of another that appeared behind him trying to knock him out with both fist.
PUFF.... Neil made a quick substitution with a leaf as the clone smashed empty air, it grinned and looked deep into Neil as Neil stood panting...
"I don't get it.... How come he was in two at the same time." Neil thought. "Or did he do it in a split second.... Guess I have to be on guard and observant.".
Sandy on the other hand seemed to get in handy with the clones, his clones seemed not to be of match to the rockstar's clones for they seemed to go past them... Clint and the solidizer are in a thug war as he solidize all of Clint's root to hard dry wood that breaks to pieces when it hits its target and that seemed to freak Clint out... Ned battles the scorch with his matrix, like he is creating shapes with his glows an they seem to had impact on scorch for he was at disadvantage against the number most intelligent idiot. And Kai.... He's still running from a fight and he is running away from the sensory one, sure makes a class A student.... Fantastic.
These team are really high leveled and he has just had the honor of facing two opponents, the combusting man and clones that seemed to drop him on a puzzle he doesn't understand.
He sensed a heat signature heading towards his direction which he escape using a front flip picking a pebble and threw it at the bald who seemed to dock it easily and he smiled.
"Seems your gift is not for attack... Isn't it?" He asked Neil. "That means you can't touch me."
"People always make a mistake when fighting me." Neil smirked.
"And what is that.?" He asked
"People always underestimate me.." Neil tint his head a little. "Which is a biggest mistakes ever made."
With those words in the air Neil substituted himself with the pebble. BANG.... A hard punch landed on the bald man's face and it sent him few miles before hitting the ground. The man stood up looking at Neil with surprise written on his face.
"Impossible... How did that child hit me and it sent me to the ground." He thought. "What kind of punch was that?."
Neil felt hot tingly on his neck as he held his neck and groaned in pain, dropping to his knees...
"Not now... Am not done yet." Neil thought.
"This is my chance." The bald man thought.
Never knew Neil heard him at all he dashed towards Neil creating a combustion, shouting all though the process as he approach Neil by a meter away. Although he was a meter away from where Neil was kneeling, he could feel the heat of the combustion.... Like this was his ultimate attack.
"This is it for you kid." He yelled. "FLARE ULTIMATUM."
BANG...
"Neilllllll...." Neil's comrades yelled.
"That's the boss." The bald guy's comrade cheered
There was steam in that area for ones eyes to figure out what has happened... The steam cleared off as Neil knelt beside the bald man who lay on the ground.
"Huh... What is going on here?." Rockstar asked. "But I saw him hit the kid... What is this that am seeing.?"
"Neil the smart ass..." Ned adjusts his specks. "He did a quick substitution."
Neil stood in front of the bald man as he bleeds and coughed.
"How did you use my gift against me." He asked.
"I was waiting for that opportunity to come.. So your friends would not intervene with my plans." Neil spoke with difficulty. "I substituted myself with your body and not your powers."
"How then did I still get hit by it?" He asked with difficulty.
"I knew it won't hit you if left half way... That's why you threw the others but this combo of yours.... It was different." Neil answered. "I went through your memories and saw how you used this particular combo... So I waited for you to be close to me with an inch before I did what I did.... Using my hands to push the combustion against you."
"A psychic you are...." The man breath. "Splendid."
He exhaled and went cold... Dead. Neil bent almost falling on the dead man but supported himself with his hand that shook vigorously, he stared at his right arm which he used in pushing the combustion... It was all messed up and sprinkled out blood... Neil's vision bagan to blur again.
He noticed someone was close but didnt know who it was for his eyes had deactivated making 360° vision gone. The person bright out a knife, it glinted in the sun sending rays to Neil's eyes and he flicked before dropping his head and looked at the man he just killed. He smiled, for he was about to die but not as a coward or weakling but as a strong man who kills high leveled gifted.... Those rays reminded him of the assassins he also killed the first day he awakened his gifts. As it came down taking the light out of Neil's eyes as he saw darkness that had a light at the far end.
"Guess this is it for me... Goodbye everyone." He thought. "And am sorry Nara for not keeping my promise.
He closed his eyes waiting for the cold slash of the knife to penetrate his skin and he somehow energized himself to let out the last scream... Funny enough for him to be able to energize himself to scream and not to run... Even if he wanted to, he still couldn't for his body seems to go numb and heavy for him to carry... Like it was a heavy burden casted on him.
He heard a slash and a yell but he didn't feel any pain nor remembered ever yelling out all.
"What is going on?.... Why am I not feeling pains?.... Why am I not dead yet... Why didn't I yell?." He thought. "And who is this person carrying me?.... I wish he would just let me go."
He felt someone's grip as the person zoomed passed carrying him in the process.