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Chapter 22 - Street fight

Evan blocked the incoming blows with his sword. Miles and Isaiah were thrown back due to the force of the collision.

While in the air Isaiah threw waves of antimatter at the woman. Her form constantly changing to dodge them, still attacking Evan.

Miles raced at her, intending to mimic her powers. She became completely liquid allowing her to dodge Miles. She whipped her arm upwards knocking Miles into the air.

Evan seized the opportunity and lunged at her trying to stab her with Excalibur. The sword went through her but no damage was done.

She knocked Evan to the ground where he dropped Excalibur and bounced back up.

She kicked him in the chest sending him flying. Isaiah grabbed Evan's hand and, using his antimatter as a booster, launched Evan back at her.

At the same time, Miles was falling towards her. The both of them summoned swords and prepared to strike. Before they could, however, she grabbed Miles out of the air and flung him at Evan.

The two collided and were knocked away. "Evan, can you unfreeze time yet?" Miles asked panting. "I think so," Evan replied.

"Great," Isaiah said, walking up behind them, "On three." "One… Two… Three!" Evan used all his will and the flow of time returned to normal.

The woman turned to look at the rest of the group, who stood in shock. Lennox then lunged at the woman, moving beyond perception.

Before he could reach her, Alphaeus knocked him aside. Benjamin gathered his bearings and attacked. His sword went through her every time he tried to strike.

Getting an idea, Benjamin stabbed his sword into the ground. "ARISE!!!" He bellowed at the top of his lungs. Deep below the Earth's surface, something awoke. Hundreds of shadows breached the surface and combined. These shadows formed a massive shadow monster.

Above Benjamin's head, a crown had formed. The woman saw this and smiled. "Oh, so it is you," she said. "Alphaeus, deal with the rest of them. This one's mine," She yelled at Alphaeus.

"With pleasure," Alphaeus smirked. Alphaeus split his sword in two and prepared his stance. The woman turned back to Benjamin. "Let's see what you can do." She suddenly turned her arms into swords and swung them at the monster.

Benjamin forced the monster to lunge out of the way. Forcing it upright he ordered the monster at the woman.

The monster swung its sword arm at a surprisingly high speed. The woman wasn't fast enough to dodge and was hit by the sword.

She was flung back onto the ground. She wiped the blood from her mouth, grinned, and lunged back at the monster. 

Across the street, the others were struggling to take down the newly empowered Alphaeus. Alphaeus ducked and weaved, dodging every attack they threw at him.

Lennox got close to him, throwing punches and kicks at ridiculous speed. One of them landed knocking Alphaeus back several yards. Seizing the opportunity, Corey opened a portal behind Alphaeus through which Jackie sent Kitsune.

Kitsune formed itself into a spear before exiting the portal. Alphaeus shifted time allowing him to get out of the way before getting impaled. Kitsune shifted again, turning into multiple spikes. These spikes launched themselves at Alphaeus.

Alphaeus used his two swords to block most of the incoming damage. While Alphaeus was distracted Corey portrayed Evan behind him.

Evan launched three greatswords at him. Alphaeus was able to block these attacks. Before he could regain his footing though, Evan launched himself at Alphaeus.

Their swords collided, sending a shower of sparks to the ground. Corey portaled Lennox under Alphaeus. Lennox delivered a brutal uppercut, sending Alphaeus flying. Alphaeus landed on the ground about 20 yards away. "It appears that you children are more powerful than I thought," Alphaeus said.

"It appears that I will have to use a higher percentage of my power," he continued, "By the end of this all of your fates will have been sealed by my hand." He turned to Evan. Before Evan could respond Alphaeus had appeared in front of him.

"This is my power, the Chronoshift," Alphaeus shouted. He and Evan seemingly teleported to another location several yards away. 

Alphaeus threw Evan to the ground and slashed him across the chest. He then teleported to Corey and knockedhim into the air.

He shifted to Xavier and grabbed him, lifting him in the air and throwing him at Corey. They both collided and hit the ground, winded.

Alphaeus lunged at Jackie and the unconscious Velena but was blocked by Miles. Miles had both Excalibur and a pink version of Alphaeus's sword in his hands.

He swung his swords clashing with Alphaeus in a shower of sparks. Alphaeus backed up, clearly surprised. Miles continued his attack. Alphaeus tried to shift time but Miles was ready. He shifted time with Alphaeus meeting him wherever he went. Alphaeus unleashed a brutal strike shattering both of Miles's swords.

Before they could clatter to the ground, however, Evan used his sword kinesis to make the pieces fly towards Alphaeus. Alphaeus knocked the pieces away. He pointed one of his swords at Mile's throat. From behind, both Isaiah and Xavier lept behind him.

Isaiah leaped forward at Alphaeus and swung his mace at him. Alphaeus was able to dodge the attack but the mace still smashed into the ground.

This caused a shockwave of antimatter to be flung out in all directions annihilating their surroundings. "Time to test my amplification matrix," Isaiah shouted. He attached something to his armor. The device meshed with his armor.

Soon after Isaiah began to channel huge amounts of energy.

His armor grew spikes out of the shoulders. Alphaeus ran up to try and stop him but found that reality was changing.

The ground they were standing on began to ripple and flux. Xavier was bending the fabric of reality.

Evan, Miles, and Jackie rode into the fray on Kitsune. Evan jumped off and sent a rain of swords onto Alphaeus.

Miles shifted time and appeared behind Alphaeus. Miles swung at Alphaeus making him jump back… into Lennox.

Lennox unleashed a flurry of blows, each faster than the last. With his last punch, he knocked Alphaeus up into kitsune which enveloped him. Isaiah finished channeling his energy.

Pointing his mace at Alphaeus he sent a beam of antimatter at him. The beam cut through reality and nearly annihilated Alphaeus.

Kitsune dropped Alphaeus who landed on the ground and lay still. The group stood still, all panting. "Come on," Corey said, "We've got to find Benjamin."