You're one cocky bastard, aren't you? I never expect someone to stand back up, after beating their ass" Apollo said clashing with Ray who was on amplifier drugs.
"Cocky? I can't be cocky when I'm stronger than you'll ever be with this stuff circulating through my veins! I'm just confident while you're just a fool." Ray said, finally landing a hit on Apollo ever since he smashed the bottle of drugs on the floor.
"I'm the fool? That's the first time I heard that from someone who couldn't stand, just a second ago although I have to say whatever drugs you're on I need some. I've been going through these spontaneous pains in my back and I tried everything. I even had someone walk on my back, it did more pain than good." Apollo said, cringing his face and remembering the small Alfred walking on his back.
CHAPTER 14: Pushing Limits
"Stop talking, I want to get rid of a pest like you for good! I don't want you to even have a circumstance to breathe! With this move, you'll crumble under pressure and burn and finally go to hell!" Ray said kicking Apollo really hard, then starting to rub his hands together.
"Advanced Technique, Defibrillator, Counter Shock!" Ray screams running up to Apollo and bashing his hands-on Apollo's body.
Apollo stood there at first clenching his stomach but then starting to smile and gain his focus again. He was giving off an aura of a different person yet again, only this time it was deadlier. Ray was trying to run but Apollo's speed was too fast for him and eventually, Apollo caught up.
"I want you to know, That girl you saw earlier has a lightning ability, I'm used to being hit by high amounts of lightning so If you want these moves to actually start hurting me, start trying now!." Apollo said looking at Ray with a perfectly calm face.
"There's no way, I haven't been hurting him. He was showing a face of observable pain there's no way I haven't hurt him in any way! Unless... No, he's not savvy enough to he's a mutt! Then again he went from being crazy to calm, was he actually smart enough to fake his pain!" Ray was thinking to himself before getting hit by Apollo's claws and then getting kicked back.
"You've done it now, I have enough! Say goodbye, it doesn't matter what you do. For the next minute, I'll have control over this whole fight!" Once Ray said that he dashed to behind Apollo and kicked him really hard in the side.
"Fuck!" Apollo said getting up and seeing Ray next to him kicking him upwards, then following soon after.
They were in the sky, and Ray was maintaining Apollo up there with attacks, Apollo was actually taking damage.
"This isn't good, he's actually making me take damage. His ability, maybe I didn't read it right on the scroll. How is he getting stronger than before? Apollo stop questioning that you idiot, it doesn't matter right now in the sky he has a huge advantage. I need to do it now, or I'm going to actually get more back pain." Apollo said to himself breathing and taking more Zoe into his body.
"Float II!" Apollo screamed then started to fly in the sky, and dashed throughout Ray's body like glistening lights in a dark room.
"How the hell is he flying, how the hell is he flying!?" Ray said discombobulated and getting punched and kicked from every angle.
"Breathe Ray, he is starting to get shaky with his movement, I'm going to guess it takes a lot of Zoe out of him. Wait for the moment to strike and pull the trigger, don't get caught up with new power."
That's when Ray started to look for a mistake, one mistake. That's when he saw a slightly slower movement in Apollo's acceleration and grabbed Apollo by the leg and threw him down. Apollo slammed to the ground like a game of Volleyball, he felt a rupture in his bones as he fell.
"Damn it, It's always the back now!" Apollo roared hitting the floor. Then he looked up and saw Ray drop down and bit him.
The pain Apollo felt at that moment was unlike any other pain he felt before. This bite could kill an army worth of people, all going straight to Apollo's brain. Apollo couldn't even breathe anymore, he felt burned and shriveled up. It felt like tiny little knives impaling into his brain every millisecond, like a gang of people pounding his head in, like he was having a migraine and going in a circle while being smacked in the head. Needless to say, Apollo knew his demise was near.
"You're a strong one, no one ever survived my bite for this long but sooner or later you'll fall over, has its ups in voltage every ten seconds.
The pain was getting worse, this is hell and Apollo was living in it. Apollo knew if he couldn't find a way out of this he was dead. That's when he heard Z screaming at something, in pain and distraught. As much as it seems Apollo doesn't care or is obsessed with making Z a killing machine, he does care for the kid but what can he do when can't even fight his own battles? He learned that the hard way when he lost someone important to his life.
"Mother! Mother!" A very young kid started to scream running to his mother who was bleeding out right in front of him.
"I'm sorry, that you had to grow up in a world that is so harsh." The older woman started to cry.
"Mother, what happening? Are you going to be okay?" The younger boy said with tears in his eyes
"I'm dying sweetheart, I'm sorry." The mother said looking at the younger boy.
"I don't want you to die though, cause that means I'll lose you forever!" The younger boy wept while hugging his dying mother.
"I can feel I'm going to die, but you won't lose me. I'll always be with you, even if you don't see me. I'll always be wrapping my arms around you anytime you're scared. Make sure you're doing the right thing. I'll make sure you never get hurt, I'll make sure you'll live a better life than the one given to you, okay?" The mother said her eyes closing and opening again.
"Swear?" The boy said holding out his pinkie to the mother who was dying.
"I swear," The mother said wrapping her pinkie around her son, making the promise official.
"Now, go and find someone who can help, even if I don't get up, I'll still be holding your hand. So put your arm out and start walking, you'll feel me with you okay?" The mother said to the boy trying to keep her eyes open.
"Okay, I will, but after that, you'll be hugging me right?" The boy said turning around and looking at his mom on the floor bleeding out.
"I promised, didn't I?" The mom said letting out a smile, even though she was in so much pain.
"Okay!" The boy said starting to turn around.
"Son! One more thing" The mother said with a single tear in her eye that she wiped away.
"Yeah, mother?" The young boy said looking at her.
"I love you so much, so do you're best to." The mother stopped as more blood was escaping her but she still managed to say one more word. "Survive." Was the last word she ever said leaving a miserable boy from that day forward.
The never-ending suffering still wasn't over for Apollo. Ray was holding his bite and sinking his teeth even deeper causing more pain. No one would survive this, no one could survive this. Even getting out of the grip of his teeth is hard, this is an inescapable death, a painful one as well. Apollo had ten more seconds left before he was going to die. He started to count down himself, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3 then he halted and his pupils grew.
That's when something started to happen, the moon's color altered. Into a Red-Moon. However, this Red-Moon was different from the other, it was darker than any other red moon that night.
"Loo- Loo- Looks like-" Apollo kept getting cut off from all the pain he was in.
"I'm sorry what was that." A very mumbled Ray said biting down on Apollo still.
"It loo- It looks like you lucked out." Apollo finally attained his speech and kicked off Ray.
That's when Apollo started to laugh, he laughed so hard that it echoed and boomed throughout the area. That's when Apollo put his arm to where his tongue was and licked it and whispered something in a low, menacing tone.
"Lick III!" Apollo's body was charred to a crisp, but then slowly but surely his charred body was starting to revert itself. It looked like he hadn't even fought that day.
"What did you do!?" Ray said looking at a perfect condition Apollo, who used to stand three seconds away from death.
"Since you haven't figured it out already, I guess I'll tell you. Yes, I'm a wolf hybrid, but I have three forms of my wolf hybrid. One I can unlock at any moment whether it's in the day or night that's my dog mode. Then at night, I can use my Wolf Hybrid form, but only when it's night. Although with a blood moon, however, nothing changed but my strength in my abilities. One of those we're Lick. Lick III is just a stronger version of Lick II, one that can heal any injury with a cooldown and a cost of Zoe. However, Lick III can heal the full-body once, with no consequences sometimes even make it stronger." Apollo said with a mischievous smile.
"That's- That's- That's impossible!" Ray screamed starting to feel anger boil in his body.
"Well, that's not what you should be scared of as of right now, considering you used all the power from the drug to do that bite. You should be worried about what hospital you want to go to, maybe even scope out the room with the nearest bathroom that may be near the kitchen?" Apollo said with a bigger smirk than before.
"He knows, this isn't good I need to run to H.Q," Ray thought to himself starting to run as fast as he could but then he bumped into something, that something was Apollo.
"Go back," Apollo said cheekily before lightly touching Ray and making him fly all the way back to where they were.
"Apollo, you better win or I'll kick your ass!" Ray and Apollo both heard from inside the warehouse.
"Welp, you heard the women right? Although first, I want to unleash my blood moon side, it has been fighting to show. It wants to have fun too." Apollo said with that last sentence unhinged.
Apollo then pulled out his sharper claws and started to cut deep cuts all around Ray's body like he was cutting into a turkey. Then Apollo opened his mouth revealing his long, sharp canines.
"Please don't!" Ray screamed with tears in his eyes begging.
"It's a little too late for that. Remember when you bit me? Now It's my turn." A very unhinged Apollo said sounding like a distorted boogeyman,
Apollo then bit super deep bites all over Ray's body and accidentally bit off one of Ray's arms. Ray screamed in pain he felt as if someone was digging into his skin with a sharp knife. It felt like a tiger, a wolf was biting into every bit of his body. Blood gushed out everywhere as Ray was starting to feel the loss of blood and his arm and eventually passed out. Apollo then stomped on him three times and started to walk away.
That's when the Blood-Moon ended, and Apollo went back to normal.
"It felt like I just ate an arm right!" Apollo said walking over the unconscious Ray and towards the warehouse seeing Z and Aza fast asleep.
"I didn't know it was bedtime? Apollo said falling over on the floor and starting to feel the amount of energy he used to hold that form.
"I mean, I guess I'll sit here and relax for a bit as well, but after this, I need to go back to H.Q, I have movies to watch with Alfred and there are two things he hates the most. Not getting his tea, and not getting to watch his favorite movie of the night with me." Apollo said closing his eyes to sit back and relax. That's when he heard a voice that wasn't Z or Aza.
"I told you I keep my promise, and I'm happy you're keeping yours."
Apollo smiled, he knew who it was. Even though no one else can see, even though he couldn't see as well he knew she was right there holding him as she promised.
"I did, didn't I? Thank you, mother. I guess this really is my year!"
IN THE FIGHT OF RAY VS APOLLO
APOLLO WAS TRIUMPHANT
Kingsley was starting to struggle, Zap came back up after injecting some type of liquid into his body and was stronger than Kingsley ever could be. His kicks were simply faster than Kingsley, His thinking, his physical strength everything was stronger than Kingsley.
"You should have never pushed me to consume those drugs, they hurt really bad afterward. Your ability is a gem, I want you to join me and work under my name. With your strength and ability, you would make him proud. He would gladly accept you in." Zap said looking at a struggling to live Kingsley
"Ha. You think you're stronger than I don't you?" Kingsley said with a smile covered in blood.
"Think is an understatement. I mean look at yourself all bloody and filthy, grasping on to the last bits of breath you have. Don't you remember me kicking you in the stomach 100 times? Don't you remember me breaking your arm? Don't you remember me almost taking off you're head? Are you a fool? Yes, I'm stronger than what you'll ever be." Zap said looking at Kingsley before stepping on his fingers, breaking them like small crayons. Easy to break with a loud snapping sound.
"Before you talk to me, show some respect won't you?" Zap said looking at Kingsley with a deadpan face.
"You really are a low-life loser? Show respect to my enemy? Have you lost you're mind? Stronger than me? Don't be ridiculous! The only reason you even have a chance against me right now is because of those drugs! You aren't strong by yourself, you're working off fake power nothing more. I'll show you the difference right now!" Kingsley said swiping Zap's foot and punching Zap with his broken fingers.
"You're a scumbag, that's all!" Kingsley said getting up and finally standing up.
"Ever since he took those drugs, he managed to break my arm and fingers and kick me so many times in my stomach that it's not even purple from being bruised it's a different color. I won't let this slide. After all, I've been through I trained to get stronger to beat people like this! Kingsley push beyond your limits!" Kingsley thought to himself and started to channel all his Zoe, in an effort to get stronger. "Channel your anger, pain, and loss, to make a flame out of your passion stronger than the one before!" Kingsley started to repeat before it clicked.
"What are you doing over there you bastard!?" Zap screamed getting back up on his feet.
That's when Kingsley dashed in front of him and was already starting his attack, this time his flames were not black.
"Colored Flames: Orange! Burning Sickles!" Kingsley said while kicking Zap really hard making him tumble backward.
"Didn't think you had it in you? If we're going all out, then let's go all out!" Zap said before charging his legs even more, "High-Speed!" Zap then started to kick stronger and faster than before.
"You're too slow for me now," Zap said before finding an opening in Kingsley's defense and kicking him on his side. Kingsley tried to deflect but with a broken arm and broken fingers on the same arm, it doesn't do you any good.
They started to exchange blows, Zap getting the most hits in making Kingsley have horrible injuries.
"I need to move faster, I can't go to the next form or I'll overheat and exhaust myself. I need to think of a way to use a stronger version of myself while also maintaining my energy as well." Kingsley thought to himself before the answer slapped him in the face when he said it.
"My power isn't just flames, it's the higher of the color spectrum my flames are, the stronger they get. There isn't just one color in the spectrum, and I don't need to use only one color. It's all about my energy and not losing it to overheat, which means this should work!" Kingsley thought to himself before yelling out his next move.
"Orange n' Yellow flames!" Kingsley yelled as his foot had a mostly orange color with streaks of yellow.
"Since yellow is my next color I'll just combine it with the orange, making me be able to use the orange for foundation and use the yellow for some extra kick." Kingsley thought to himself, before blasting Zap with a face full of fire.
"You're a real smart one, combing the colors together to make you have a stronger hit force while also maintaining your previous stamina. You're a genius! Last chance to join us, before I kill you." Zap said looking at Kingsley's unwavering face.
"Anyone who hurts someone I care for, can not be forgiven," Kingsley said coldly
"Alright then, how about I finish you off then?" Zap said starting to run towards him
"Super-Speed!" Zap screamed before going even faster than he was before.
Kingsley and Zap started to brawl, they were going so fast that not even the normal eye could see them fighting, they were moving past the speed of sound, maybe even tapping into the speed of light. It looked like colors dancing across a canvas or stars glistening against the full night sky. They were both keeping up with each other, using moves right and left.
"Burning Collage!"
"Speedy Exhilaration!"
"Burning Globe!"
"Speedy Leopard"
"Burning Tides!"
"Speedy Bone Breaker!"
"Burning Skates!"
"Speedy Wheel!"
They were fighting so much that they were fighting in a circle making a dome-shaped ditch that went 200 feet downwards with the width of a racing track. It looked like cars racing around in a race but going at super-fast speeds making the colors blend to a reddish-orange type color. If you dropped down this hole you would die.
"You're still alive aren't you? Well if that's the case I guess I'll go even harder than before!" Zap screamed before using his final form.
"Show-Stopper Speed!" Zap yelled dashing even faster than before making Kingsley lose his focus and power.
"Show-Stopping Kick!"
"Show-Stopping Dancing!"
"Show-Stopping Party Streamers!"
Kingsley tried to dodge and tried to attack back but was no match for Zap's new fond speed. Zap kicked Kingsley in the chin so hard he fell back and was going in and out of consciousness, it was so bad that he heard a glass shattered sound when he got kicked.
"I guess, I lost. Sorry I couldn't avenge you Koji, sorry Dion for not taking him down, that I added more onto your plates. It was also meant to be this way, I should have never lived past this town anyway, it's funny how it all comes full circle now isn't it? I don't want to spend my last seconds feeling bad about myself so I'll just hold a smile so when you guys find me, you'll know I went out peacefully." Kingsley starts to smile while closing his eyes waiting for death.
"I thought you were stronger than that? What happens to your fire move? You could have joined me if you just showed a little respect. Now, you're going to die for your foolishness. Passion? You can't have passion looking closing your eyes and waiting for your death, idiot!" Zap yelled before revving up his move.
"Ultimate-Technique, Flashy Finish!"
But before Zap could finish his move something held his foot a second away from smashing Kingsley's head. Kingsley kept his eyes closed thinking he was about to die.
"Who are you? How did you fall down here? There's no way you survived such a fall." A confused Zap said to someone.
The boy was masked and in black shorts and a long black jacket. With the hoodie covering his face.
"Did Dion come and help? That means he already finished with his fight!? I really am a burden." Kingsley thought to himself disappointed.
"There once was a kid who want to earn respect through his love and peace♩. Along his way he found a blade to help on his way ♩."The boy sang and then started to laugh.
"That voice. That laugh. I know that voice and laugh. There's no way." Kingsley thought to himself while opening his eyes and starting to see a sword blocking Zap's foot.
That's when the swordsman grabbed his other sword and sliced, making Zap jump backward.
" That was a terrible song! Who are you? Are you here to play hero?" Zap said in a confused voice.
That's when the boy took off his hoodie revealing the color of his hair, blue with white stripes.
"K- K-" Kingsley tried to speak but tears were preventing him from speaking.
"Were you closing your eyes thinking you were going to die, Kingsley?" The boy said, smirking and starting to smile.
"K- K- KOJI!" Kingsley screamed with enjoyment and tears in his eyes.
"Hi," Koji responded with a simple smile.