Oscar: Okay, Imrage, so now that we're here, what do we do?
Imrage: We have pure qualitea when it comes to arrival.
Oscar chuckles.
Oscar: Oh, Imrage, you're a straight-up crack shot, right?
Imrage: Hehe. You've enjoyed one of my jokes. It's almost mind-boggling.
Oscar bursts out laughing.
Oscar: Man, you can keep the mood bright, huh? That's hilarious. Remember what we are here for though to find the threat Dr. Howard created. I hope the others will do okay.
Imrage: Of course, they are fine. I have complete confidence they can beat their threats. Jacob chose explicitly who they would each fare better against. Though we have yet to learn the enemy, he knows more about Dr. Howard than we can, and I started this recruitment thing.
Oscar: I think they have ties of some sort. I don't know what it is, but I think he mentioned something about a sibling he had—not Terence, but a real family . Unfortunately, that's probably why there's so much bad blood between the two.
Imrage: Yeah, but it's all worth stopping this threat. I hope Alexander, Terence, Chandra, and Jacob will be okay.
Oscar: I'm sure they will be fine. But for now, we need to find this threat. And yes, of course, you know they have determination.
Rustling can be heard from the bushes.
Oscar: What the Heck?
Imrage: We are still determining what it is, but be on high guard.
A man comes out of the bush.
Unknown: Is it just me, or is every villain introduced by coming out of a bush? I find that intro super dull, so let's go back.
Imrage: We're looking for—
*Time is interrupted; the unknown figure introduces itself by walking along a forest path*
Unknown: That's better. So, you two, what's your business here?
Oscar interrupts: What's it to you, huh? You don't need to know. Just keep walking.
Unknown: Don't be so hasty there, friend. It's my business, of course. You're strangers; I don't know you. The names Kuyo. Nice to meet you. There. Now tell me your names. It's well owed to me, by the way.
Imrage: Let's at least be kind, alright? And have some decency.
Oscar: Yeah, whatever, I guess—my name's Oscar. The cloaked one here is Imrage.
Kuyo's eyes begin to stare in surprise and hate.
Kuyo: Oh, he he he. Nice to meet you. So, why are you here?
Oscar: Isn't it obvious?
Kuyo: No, it's not at all.
Oscar: To kill you.
Kuyo begins to step back. Oscar charges Kuyo with his two blades, each one cutting him, and then he is left dead right on the floor.
Imrage: What the Heck!?
Oscar: It was evident from the stare in hi-
They are interrupted. The world glows gray. A clock appears near Kuyo. The time was reset.
Oscar swings at Kuyo, but Kuyo dodges. Kuyo summons blades and speeds up time, firing them at hyper speeds. With time remaining they aim for Oscar and Imrage, they pierce Oscar, sending him to his knees. Oscar is surprised at this display of power.
Imrage: So it was you, huh? I tried to make friends, but if you force my hand, I don't want to do this. Please give up. Please?
Time freezes for Imrage. Kuyo teleports in front of him and slashes across his chest.
Kuyo: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What should I be scared of? You? More versions are more powerful than you. I'm going to be honest with you: one of my friends has already died. My power is limited per death, which angers me , but I have to deal with it. I don't need to try against you, scum.
Oscar gets up and slashes Kuyo in the back. Kuyo screams in pain.
Before Oscar could hit again, he stopped time . He begins to see a pattern: when he attacks one, he can't see the attacks from the other. He thinks:
I should go to a smaller space. Maybe then I can see
Kuyo: You could beat me, right? I know it's a cliché. I haven't tried, but you know, you're starting to piss me kind of off. So, I'll do you a favor: give up now and spare your miserable lives. But continue to fight, and this won't have a happy end. Along with it!
Multiple knives appear from the sky, each flying down in the rain.
Time stops. Kuyo then teleports behind Imrage, summoning guns and shooting each one at him. He does the same for Oscar.
Kuyo: Now die already!
The weapons go off, but each one misses Imrage. Oscar is unlucky. Bullets and knives strike him down. He lies weak, but then he glows a green hue and charges Kuyo, throwing him down and slashing him over and over again.
Kuyo begins to try to freeze time but is unsuccessful after each blow. Getting stronger, Oscar proceeds to run at Kuyo, pushing him through three trees and laying him out flat. Oscar is so quick that Imrage can't keep up.
Oscar: I'm going to make sure you stay down this time. You've gotten up enough—the world I'll protect.
The slashes continue. He throws Kuyo up into the air, stabbing him upon landing. He then grabs him by the neck, throws him up, and mid-landing jumps up and slashes hundreds of times in unison, refusing to stop.
Kuyo: (Darnit, Howard. I thought you said these were , not near all-powerful!)
Time freezes again. Kuyo jumps up and throws knives in a circular motion, heading to Oscar. Except when time is unpaused, Oscar blocks all of them.
Oscar: You know I want to become the best at everything I do. And what is there to do if I die? Nothing. So, I won't! I promise you this much, fried: you've overstepped it.
Imrage charges up five Dark Orbs, all aimed at Kuyo. Oscar rushes towards Kuyo. Time stops. Kuyo begins moving around and shooting guns, bullets, and rockets at each of them. He unpauses and then rushes towards the enemy. Oscar blocks, but it's no use. The missiles can't be blocked. Instead, Imrage summons a Dark Orb to stop the explosion.
(Not a slacker anymore)
Imrage: Okay, okay, okay. I get it. You're pretty angry. Listen, I'm tired. You're tired. Let's call it quits. I think it would do us some good to relate-
Time is frozen.
Kuyo: YOU INSULT ME! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU AND YOUR PATHETIC FRIEND!
Time unfreezes, but it's not Kuyo's doing.
Kuyo: (Huh?)
Imrage: Ever heard of something called the time paradox? It's a funny thing that is time-related. I'm too lazy to understand it, but I know something: you will have a bad time.
Suddenly, the world glows. Imrages eye glows orange, red, and blue.
Imrage: It's time you've earned yourself a taste of medicine.
Imrage charges Kuyo, summoning multiple black spiked walls. Each spike brings him closer. Imrage summons 50 Dark Orbs, all aimed at Kuyo.
Imrage: Yes, this is boring. I have no other moves. Well, you'd be surprised what repetitiveness can do to some people.
The Dark Orbs charge up, but they are filled with three different light colors instead. It seems different from how it regularly is.
Imrage: Fire!
Each blaster hits Kuyo constantly, melting him down into the ground. Kuyo cannot take it. He falters, but he gets back up and throws some knives at Imrage in an X-axis state. They all miss each other. Imrage summons a Dark Orb above Kuyo, shooting it and sending him down to the ground, breaking the floor.
Imrage: You know how it is, don't you, Kuyo?
Kuyo stood there, frozen in fear. He knew he was in trouble. He had threatened Imrage' friends, and Imrage did not take that lightly.
"He he he," Kuyo said nervously. "Kuyo, listen, if you don't stop right now, you'll have a bad time."
"I'm gonna be honest," Imrage said, his voice dripping with venom. "I'm exhausted. I don't like to do much, but I'll kill you now."
A black spike appeared behind Kuyo and pinned him to the ground. Then, one appeared under him and stabbed straight through Kuyo, skewering him. It dragged him up and down like an amusement park machine, lifting him high and low.
Dark Orbs fired in a circular motion like the chamber of a revolver, lowering him and heightening him where it shot. It moved down and up; the pain was too much for Kuyo to bear, but it continued.
Then, all of a sudden, Oscar appeared from the sky and stabbed Kuyo in the chest. Kuyo screamed. Three spikes pierced Kuyo to the ground, and three Dark Orbs appeared from the sky and shot down at him, making him yell in pain again.
"Imrage: I'm gonna be honest with ya," Imrage said, his voice cold and hard. "I won't be a slacker if you threaten my friends anymore."
The Dark Orbs got more intense. Kuyo was left near death.
"I'm going to make you suffer," Imrage said. "I'm going to make you wish you were never born."
Kuyo tried to speak, but he couldn't get any words out. He was too weak. He closed his eyes and waited for the end.
But the end never came.
Imrage and Oscar knew that they were running out of time. The paradox was starting to take its toll on Controlled Kuyo, but he was still too powerful for them to defeat on their own. They needed to find a way to amplify their powers.
Imrage and Oscar turned to each other and nodded. They knew what they had to do.
Imrage and Oscar closed their eyes and focused their energy. They could feel their powers increasing, becoming more powerful than ever before.
Imrage opened his eyes and fired a Dark Orb at Controlled Kuyo. The Dark Orb was now twice as large and powerful as before.
Oscar opened his eyes and charged at Controlled Kuyo. A powerful aura now surrounded his swords.
Controlled, Kuyo raised his hand to block Imrage' Dark Orb, but the blast was too powerful. It knocked Controlled Kuyo back several feet.
Oscar took advantage of the opening and stabbed Controlled Kuyo in the chest with his swords. The swords pierced through Controlled Kuyo's skin and into his heart.
Controlled, Kuyo let out a scream of pain and fell to the ground. He was defeated.
Imrage and Oscar breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally defeated Controlled Kuyo, but they knew the battle was far from over.
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However, their celebration was cut short. The figure that had taken control of Kuyo appeared before them, his eyes glowing with rage.
Imrage and Oscar knew that they were in trouble. The figure was even more potent than Controlled Kuyo.
"We won't back down," Imrage said. "We'll fight you until the very end."
Oscar nodded in agreement. "We have to protect our friends and our world."
The figure laughed. "You're wasting your time. You can't defeat me."
The figure raised his hand and unleashed a powerful blast of energy at Imrage and Oscar. Imrage and Oscar raised their hands to defend themselves, but the explosion was too powerful. It knocked them both back several feet.
Imrage and Oscar struggled to get to their feet. They knew that they were losing.
"We need to come up with a plan," Imrage said. "We can't defeat him in a straight-up fight."
Oscar nodded. "But what can we do? He's too powerful."
Imrage thought for a moment. "We need to find a way to exploit his weakness."
"What weakness?" Oscar asked.
"I don't know," Imrage said. "But we need to find it."
Imrage and Oscar continued to fight the figure, but they were slowly overwhelmed. The figure was simply too powerful.
Imrage had a breakthrough when it seemed like all hope was lost. He realized that the figure's weakness was his arrogance.
"Hey!" Imrage shouted. "Do you think you're so great? I'll show you who's the real master of time and space!"
The figure laughed. "You're delusional, comedian. You can't hope to compete with me."
Imrage smiled. "Oh, but I can."
Imrage closed his eyes and focused his energy. He could feel the power of time coursing through his veins.
Imrage opened his eyes and unleashed a massive wave of time energy at the figure. The figure was caught off guard and was knocked backward.
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Imrage: Oh hey, he's finally here. It took you long enough, friend! I'm glad you're finally here!
Paradox Imrage: So what's the issue now, huh?
Imrage: Well, we've got another time abuser. That person is him.
Time freezes. Kuyo can't move.
Kuyo: What the Heck is this?!
Paradox Imrage: Oh, I see. Let's show him what time is about. Let's show him what a bonafide procrastinator for being late on time is like.
Now, I'm just as lazy as my friend here, but things like you who abuse their power should be dead where they stand.
Beat drop
Imrage charges at Kuyo, throwing him up in the air with telekinesis. He throws him around, making him run into a spike after each touch, battering him down. Kuyo is unable to unfreeze time. This new entity is so much stronger than him.
Paradox Imrage moves above Kuyo and winks. Then he moves out of the way as Kuyo is hit by a massive black pillar, crushing him into the ground. Kuyo screams in agonizing pain.
Paradox Imrage and Imrage both create Dark Orbs and charge them up. A clock appears behind them, and two different versions of themselves appear to help charge it up.
Then, silence hits Kuyo. The world is black. Nothing moves. Was it a dream?
But then it comes like lightning against the ground, like fire crackling on a stick. The laser hits him, and the time energy controls his thoughts. Kuyo's powers are nearly drained.
The laser continues through a Dark Orb the size of a mountain. Papers of Imrage, Mr. Sun, and Paradox Imrage scatter everywhere.
Kuyo (thinking): This has to be a nightmare. What the Heck is this? I can't believe this. Going out to a comedian is a disgusting way to die, even less to some Darn sword wielder.
The Dark Orb then fires a massive black beam. It melts Kuyo physically, and his limbs are mostly lost. Then, three different Imragees appear from a nearby portal. One of them comes out with a knife and begins to charge at Kuyo, stabbing him over and over again. The other two come out with large items that can be seen from the sky anywhere. They slam down on him, and then Kuyo returns to his feet.
A clock the size of a massive shield appears behind him. It seems to have absorbed all the energy. Paradox Imrage points this out by seeing it visibly. The clock's time is shattered so much that it can break time forever.
Kuyo: Going down that easily would be a disgusting way to die. I mean that I'm not going down that easily; yes, it's painful, and yes, my powers are being drained, but I'm not going to be an emotional bastard about everything; the others were always the weak ones, and I'm not them.
Kuyo charged at the trio, disappearing and reappearing in the air as he summoned larger and brighter red knives. The trio was trapped, frozen in time, unable to move. Hundreds of blades appeared above them with sharp tips pointed down. A red circle appeared below them, and the knives began to pop up individually.
"Ahhhh, I'm outta here!" Paradox Imrage shouted.
The knives fired off, stabbing and slashing Imrage and Oscar. Paradox Imrage disappeared, leaving Imrage and Oscar kneeling on the ground. Paradox Imrage reappeared behind Kuyo and hit him in the head with a black club. He then jumped into the air and summoned thousands of red and green walls. The walls came from above, the sides, and below, trapping Kuyo. the walls appeared from all directions, cutting Kuyo, but he felt his power draining.
"I've had enough of this, "Kuyo said. "You have no idea what you're messing with. He's here, and his boost to my power against you is only a fraction of his capability."
Time stopped.
"You insolent pests," Kuyo said. "I've only been holding back because Howard told me to. But now, with this freedom, I'm so far from his control. I have the power to do whatever I want, and right now, I want to kill both of you. Don't you hate it when minds are to dumb to understand things?"
Thousands of clocks appeared behind Kuyo, each one at a different time.
"You know what this is, don't you, Paradox Imrage?" Kuyo said. "The power of time and life itself. How about we gamble on this and spin them? I don't need to explain this, but I'm sure your pals here don't know what this is, so I'll brief you. These clocks are the clocks of time. They control every universe and time, down to any specific organism on a cellular level. Each clock contains the power and time of life. If I spin it forward, that thing will die; it's soul-shattering. If it picks you, you will die. I'll just spin them until they finally find you."
Kuyo put his hand on the clock hands and spun them. A nearby tree grew as far as the sky, then died like it never had a source of life in the first place.
"My oh my, the luck you have," Kuyo said. "How about the next one?"
He spun the next clock. Oscar was visibly distraught, crying out in pain. He grew older, and his soul shattered in front of the two.
"No," Paradox Imrage said. "Your suffering is infinite."
Kuyo continued to spin the clocks, killing and reviving Oscar repeatedly. Then, multiple strings formed from those clocks, each a bright line covered in a white glow.
"Okay, I've had it," Kuyo said. "I won't have some ultra final where I grow super strong. I'm just using my best power now. You don't deserve more fighting. Do you know what these strings are? Oh, I need to explain again. This is a timeline, a strong representation of a different time. Notice how big it is. The bigger it is, the more unstable it is. We aren't a timeline, and we are in the All verse. I don't have this power to destroy a universe, but I can destroy everything you know from your precious Au's. I'm going to cut one now. Hope for the best!"
Paradox Imrage jumped up and hit each clock with his hand. Each clock shattered, and Paradox Imrage began attacking Kuyo. He started a barrage, summoning thousands of red spikes and firing them at Kuyo. The spikes grew more substantial and prominent, and then a skyscraper-sized Dark Orb appeared and shot directly at Kuyo. Kuyo's body couldn't take the toll of this power, and he fell to the ground, his heart shattering.
Paradox Imrage falls to his knees, his body already starting to disintegrate. His skin turns to dust, his physical self begins to crumble, and his soul flickers like a dying flame.
Imrage: Are you okay, pal?!
Paradox Imrage: Hehehe, I'm sorry I couldn't help you sooner, pal. You're all cut up; here, let me help you.
A clock appears in front of Paradox Imrage. He turns it, and Imrage's wounds heal instantly. But Paradox Imrage is disintegrating even faster.
Paradox Imrage: Heya imrage keep that power with you. I see your eyes. You're trying to help me, but it's too late, friend. I should have come sooner before he managed to reach that power. You know what youre goal is you know why you recruited them no giving up now imrage.
Imrage reaches out to Paradox Imrage, but his hand passes through him like smoke.
Paradox Imrage: It's okay, imrage. I'm finally at peace. I get to see my brother again. I have to leave this place.
Imrage's tears fall like rain onto Paradox Imrage's disintegrating body.
Imrage: Please, don't leave me. I need you to help me save and help get through this. I need a guiding hand to pillar them all up.
Paradox Imrage: I know but it's all up to you now
Paradox Imrage's soul flickers one last time, and then it disappears, completely shattering. Imrage is left alone in the dust, surrounded by the fading remnants of his friend.
Imrage: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Imrage's screams echo through the void, but no one can hear them. He is alone, and his heart is broken. Oscar tries to comfort him, but it's to no avail. Imrage is lost.
Imrage lies down in the dust and closes his eyes. He thinks about all his good times with Paradox Imrage and smiles through his tears.
Imrage: Goodbye, i will for you ensure the safety that you could not enjoy
Imrage closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep, dreaming of a world where he and Paradox Imrage and the all verse would just live a life full of hopes and dreams.
Chapter 3 ends (We need to fight no matter what)