Olly glances at Mei, and he senses her power radiating off of her, surpassing even the combined power of Seiju and Miri. "She's going to be a challenge. And to make matters worse, my body is already battered and bruised from fighting those two brats. I don't know if I have enough to spare."
"Seiju, Miri, while I fight this guy, you look for the apocalyptic weapon. I'll help you guys search after I beat this guy."
"Got it."
"Ugh, why do I always have to listen to you?"
"Because I'm the ranking leader of this mission, and you'll do as ordered... Little bro…"
"Grah, quit saying that! I hate when you say that all the time!"
Miri seizes Seiju by his shirt collar and drags him toward the exit. "Come on, you can whine later. Let's just find that apocalyptic weapon."
"Fine, I'm only listening to you cause you're hot."
Mei glances back at Seiju, a small chuckle escaping her lips. "That little guy hasn't changed at all."
"Her guard is down! I'll attack her now!" Olly charges towards Mei, his Wind JōKai creating a force of the wind in his fists as he throws a right hook in her direction. "Wind Fists: Omega Gust Punch!" Olly's attack sends Mei crashing into a pillar, which in turn triggers a shower of rocks to fall upon her.
"That... hurt," Mei removes the crumbled rocks, and then she channels Flame onto her hands, sending a barrage of fire bolts toward Olly. "Flame Summoning: Firebolt Swarm!"
Olly dodges most of the firebolts, but a few singe his skin, leaving painful, blistered marks on it. The attack causes him to release a deafening scream of pain before he crumples to the ground of the arena. He takes a deep breath and places his hand on the burn mark, wincing at the pain. "Her flames are a lot more potent than that arrow brat earlier. I need to-"
Mei springs into the air, her muscles coiled tight, and then she releases two explosive Flame JōKai blasts hurtling toward Olly. "Flame Summoning: Burning Ember!"
Olly's eyes widen in fear as the searing heat blasts approach at frenetic speeds. "There's no way I can dodge this attack! I'll have to punch it apart," Olly's body soars upwards, calling forth a colossal amount of Wind JōKai as it courses through his arms. "Wind Fists Special Technique: Maximum Cyclone Rush!" He punches with such force that Mei's heat waves are siphoned away. He then turns his attention toward her, unleashing a relentless barrage of blows.
"Shoot, that attack can do some serious damage!" Mei leaps back, dodging Olly's attack, and throwing a Flame JōKai fireball toward him. However, Olly's unrelenting barrage quickly dispatches the fireball, causing a frustrated grunt to escape Mei's lips. "Damn, getting an attack off on his with what he's doing will be impossible. Maybe if I were to..." A realization dawns on her, causing her eyes to sparkle. "If I go in the middle of his attack and do that, I got him," Mei avoids Olly's attack by performing a series of acrobatic leaps. Then, she opens her fingers, and tiny fragments of Flame JōKai swirl around her palm.
Olly's stomach sinks as he realizes she possesses the abilities of manipulation and summoning. "There's no way she's doing that! I thought she was only a Summoner! She's also a manipulator?!"
Mei crafts multiple Flame JōKai constructs, long and narrow with the small swirling flames, which she then hurls toward Olly. "Flame Double Harnessing Technique: Scorching Needle Seekers!"
"They are long but narrow. They should be easy to dodge," Olly hops to the left, avoiding a single beam. Although he managed to dodge the beam, to his horror, it continues to track him, causing his eyes to widen in fear. "No way! How can her attacks follow me?!" Mei's scorching heat beams hit Olly in different body parts, making him fall to the ground. Olly lies on the ground, weak and disoriented, as he coughs up a ball of blood. "That hurt like hell.." His eyes narrow as he looks at Mei, and he bares his teeth in a menacing snarl. "Why do you look at me like that?"
Mei scratches her head, cocking her head to the side as she looks at Olly with a puzzled expression. "Like what?"
"Like I'm beneath you! Quit looking at me like that!" His feet pound against the ground as he summons the power of Wind JōKai, hurtling toward Mei. "I'll show you who's the better one out of both of us!" During his sprint, an intense strain in his body hinders him from executing an attack with Wind JōKai. "What the hell is going on here?"
"My seeker attacks not only track my opponent's body, but they also track the region of the body in which JōKai flows within. Since the attacks are so narrow, they pierced through your body, and now they're flowing through your body as we speak. So surrender," Mei's hands flicker with red-orange flames as she holds them up toward Olly.
After pondering for a moment, Olly raises his hands in surrender, indicating he no longer desires to fight. "Alright, I surrender. Now kill me… I have no purpose."
Mei grasps the Flame JōKai into a fireball and heaves it at the wall, creating a gaping hole. "You can go."
Olly furrows a brow, displaying his skepticism. "W-what? You're letting me go?"
"Yes, go on. I have no reason to kill you or take you in."
"Fine, but if I come back, your mercy might be your own undoing," Olly rises from his seated position and feels the rush of wind as he jumps out of the arena's gaping hole.
After a brief wait, Mei presses her pager. "Commander, Olly has just been defeated, and right now, Seiju and Miri are both looking for the apocalyptic weapon."
"Good work on defeating Olly. The super specimens are no simple task. Also, I talked to both Arturo and Shinjiro. The apocalyptic base is nowhere to be found where you're currently at."
"Ok, so what do I do?"
"Page Miri and Seiju and have them rendezvous at the coordinates I'm about to send you all. A pilot will pick you up momentarily."
"Ok, will do, sir."
"Thank you Mei. You all did well."
"Thanks, sir."
"You're welcome." The page ends between Mei and Bushiyon, and she starts a page with Seiju.
"Yo Seiju."
"Yeah?"
"I've just gotten word from Bushiyon that the apocalyptic weapon isn't on this base."
"Ok, so what does that mean for us?"
"Well, it means we get to relax. Bushiyon ordered us to leave and rest."
"Yes!"
"Ok, I'll meet you at the ship."
Miri intervenes in the page. "Wait, what about Navar? He's running throughout the base looking for the weapon right now."
"Let me see if I can get ahold of him," Mei pages Navar but it immediately comes up unresponsive. "Damn, no signal. Seems he's in a part of a base that's unreachable."
"Well, what do we do? Should we go looking for him?"
"No, I've been given orders by Bushiyon to escort you guys out of here once the battle is over."
"Understood..."
"Don't worry, Miri, a squadron of soldiers will find him."
"I sure hope so. That idiot always does stupid shit when he's on his own."
Mei lets out a loud laugh. "Ok, see you at the ship!"
After Mei hands up the phone, a marking inscribed on Olly's neck causes her to run her fingers across her chin. "IOX-I. Seems that man is behind everything, and he's the one who created those goblins and elves."
Seiju, Mei, and Miri meet at the spaceship, and they set off toward The Ark. As the other passengers are fast asleep, Miri stares out the space window, her mind consumed by thoughts of her JōKai power and the events of her last attack. "What in the hell happened during my last attack? Why did my power stop working? It's almost as if it had a mind of its own," Miri's eyes narrow as she clenches her fists in determination. "That means I have to fight harder to control it."
"Yo Miri, are you alright?"
Miri looks over to see Seiju's hair still dripping water after he stepped out of the shower. "Yeah, I'm fine, thanks, Seiju."
"You're welcome. Good job on the fight today. You really showed Olly a true fight."
"Thanks, and you did too."
"Oooh, are you finally acknowledging my sexiness?"
"No, that's not what I said, idiot. Be quiet..."
Seiju chuckles, his laughter echoing through the corridor as he makes his way toward the resting bay. He turns his head to look at Miri over his shoulder. "I'm just kidding. Anyway, I'm gonna get some shut-eye right now. Want something to drink?"
"No, I'm good, I appreciate it."
"Ok, Goodnight, Miri."
"Goodnight, Seiju."
We now go to the POV of Navar and Pikati, exiting the Molorx base and arriving at the top of a steep hill. As they arrive, the scene before them is chaos - blaster bolts flying, soldiers and creatures alike being cut down left and right. Navar stands frozen, staring at the gruesome display of violence in front of him. "This is…."
"I know… but this is what it means to be a warrior, Navar. You'll see things like this…"
Navar looks up at Pikati, and his lips curl upward in a kind grin. "Thanks, Pikati. But we still have to search the entire base for the apocalyptic weapon."
"Hold on a moment," Pikati uses Farsight, revealing an anomalous energy flowing in the sky, just meters from where they stand. "I think I see something. Let's go there."
~ Miri Mei and Seiju vs Olly Winner: Miri Mei and Seiju