Episode 14- Safety In Numbers
A beam of black fire wildly fires towards Mash. Mash dodges to the left, then rolls underneath the beam as it cuts in his direction. A dark figure bursts from the dust towards Mash with lightning speed.
The moment slows down. The dark figure that came from the dust is Zero. The helmet is fully repaired, and the mouth plate is no longer just a plate. It has become a full dragon mouth with a long, dark blue, tongue hanging out. Light blue energy is bursting from the eyes, leaving a light blue streak behind Zero due to the speed.
The moment speeds to normal as Zero gives a right hand slash towards Mash. Mash blocks the blow with his left wrist. The monster that is now Zero gives a dragon roar, followed by repeated left and right claw slashes at Mash. Mash blocks each blow, one after the other, until a right foot kick hits Mash in the stomach, launching him back at high speed. As Mash is launched back, Zero dashes towards him swiftly.
With uncanny speed, Zero grabs the neck of Mash with his right hand, squeezing tightly. Mash grabs at the arm of Zero to no avail. "What kind of strength is this?", thinks Mash. The dragon mouth of Zero opens to reveal a sphere of dark light swirling around repeatedly. Mash quickly gives very quick and powerful rapid punches to the stomach of Zero, then a right hand uppercut that forces Zero to turn his head upwards. A stream of black flame shoots upwards from the mouth of Zero, narrowly missing Mash. Zero removes his right hand from the neck of Mash, then quickly uses his left hand to grip his neck once again, but this time, he throws Mash further and faster.
Now released and flying back with tremendous speed, Mash tucks into a ball and flips backwards in alignment with the throw he received. His body vibrates and small water molecules form around him as he explodes onto the ground, causing dust, debris, and a large crater in the ground. Out of the dust, Mash runs at Zero with speed. Mash yells as hundreds of glints of water form around him and reflect off of the night sky. A sinister dark light aura radiates all around Zero as he lets off a beastly roar, still moving towards Mash.
From a far away top view, the two fighters look like streaks of light blue and heliotrope quickly moving towards each other. The streaks of color collide and bounce off of each other repeatedly, gaining more speed each time they collide. Both streaks pause for a moment, then quickly move straight towards each other.
Up close, Zero gives lightning fast slashes to Mash, and Mash gives lightning fast punches to Zero. The attacks collide in the center with one another.
Mash jumps backwards and lands on the ground. He looks at the silver gauntlets on his arms to see that they have been mangled, dented, and bent from the previous cerberus design that was originally on them. Zero charges at Mash with both claws and slashes in an X shape. Mash blocks the slash with both forearms then a dark light doppelganger appears above Zero and executes the same slash to the forearms of Mash. The silver gauntlets burst into crudely cut pieces and small cuts appear on each forearm of Mash.
Zero slashes upwards with a right hand slash to the shin of Mash's left foot, then a darklight doppelganger appears and executes the same upper slash, destroying the leg armor and leaving a light cut on the shin of Mash. "Crescendo!", yells Mash, then a burst of vibrating water explodes from his body. This time, Zero is not sent flying backwards. The immense rage, power, and strength of his beastly form only allows Zero to be slightly pushed, as he fights back against the force. Zero slowly tries to reach forward through force and the water while any and every object around them gets blown away.
Zero pushes through the blast and successfully grabs the neck of Mash with so much strength that the blast abruptly stops. Zero holds Mash up by the neck and smashes him into the ground causing a loud booming noise and leaving a crater in the ground. Zero lets go of the neck of Mash then quickly grabs the right leg. Zero repeatedly slams Mash left and right into the ground five times until Mash vibrates the air around his left leg and uses it to kick Zero in the face. The kick lands, causing a loud collision noise. Mash looks in shock as his left foot is now perfectly lodged into the dragon mouth of Zero. Zero bites down on the foot causing blood to start oozing out slowly. Mash screams out in pain as more blood spills.
Mash then feels a hot sensation coming from his left foot. Underneath the left foot Mash, dark light energy swirls and burns Mash. Zero lets go of the right leg of Mash then slams him down to the ground using the foot caught in his mouth. Zero readies a beam of dark light energy to be fired at Mash from point blank range.
Suddenly, a light purple stream of electricity hits Zero in the back causing the concentration of dark light in his mouth to stop. A rush of purple electricity envelopes Zero causing him to roar in pain. Zero falls to his knees as the shock ends and smoke rises from his body.
"Godfist Mash. Sorry to interrupt your bout, but I could never sit down for a cup with Morgiana if you died right in my face. On this night, you will return to your family!", says Red Dawn yards away from the two. Red Dawn is clad in her full red armor with gold lining on each piece of armor. She holds a large, light purple bow made of pure electrical energy in her left hand. The bow is as tall as her body and is planted firmly into the ground. An image of a female lion of pure electrical energy can be made out on the riser of the bow. "On this day, let heaven guide my arrows!", says Red Dawn. She then reaches her right hand outward and creates a thin beam of purple electricity in it. She places it on the large bow and prepares to fire.