Gavin and Courtney slowly move forward while still keeping their arms in the air, as the soldiers continue to point their guns at them, setting up to fire,
"Once again, stand down, or we absolutely will fire!", the soldiers warn them once again, as the couple only continues to grin and chuckle deviously,
"You keep saying that... You wanna see real fire?", Courtney says with a chuckle, as she then uses her arms while they're still in the air, as she activates her powers.
She uses her flames to burn and destroy every light in the dim hallway, as the ceiling sparks with each light that bursts, eventually leaving the hallway with complete, total darkness, leaving the entire squad of soldiers distorted and confused.
"Everybody, fire!", the leading soldier shouts as all the men begin randomly firing everywhere, as Courtney and Gavin only duck, dodging every bullet in their way, as the prisoners in their cells also get down, but some still get hit.
Eventually, the soldiers run out of ammo for a round, as all of them begin to panic reloading their bullets. Courtney and Gavin meanwhile, get back up, as Courtney cracks her neck and knuckles,
"My turn", she says, as she then aims her hands towards the hallway filled with soldiers, "Eternal Flamethrower!", she shouts, as a huge, powerful flame is blasted straight through the entire row of the soldiers standing in front of her, incinerating them or leaving them melted or to burn to death.
The prisoners around them cheer for them, as the couple then continue their escape, they manage to exit the cell hallway and enter the main corridor, where more soldiers rush in for reinforcements.
As Courtney creates a fire shield, Gavin suddenly rushes into the row of soldiers,
"Gavin!", Courtney shouts for him with worry and concern, but Gavin continues running, he then boosts himself, creating a sonic boom, as he blasts himself through the crowd, protecting himself only using his forearms as he turns himself into some sort of human battering ram, successfully clearing the way, and leaving the hallway filled with unconscious bodies or brutalized corpses.
Courtney's eyes and mouth are wide open in shock at the sight of Gavin's current power, but she quickly shakes her head, focusing back on escaping as she goes through the hall, where the bloody Gavin waits on the other side. The couple continues to make their way through the halls, fighting through every soldier in their way, beating them up or straight up killing them, as they leave multiple bodies incinerated or with broken bones.
Soon, the couple makes it into a huge, open room, where around a hundred soldiers stand before them, all with guns pointed at the both of them. Before the couple could even react, bullets rain as all the soldiers fire down on them at once. Courtney immediately transforms into her Phoenix form, as the transformation blinds everyone around them. Courtney then blasts them with multiple Embursts, as soldiers once again burst into flames.
While they're all distracted, Gavin takes this chance to get to the nearest door and unlocks it, making an opening for the two to escape, when a soldier manages to fire a straight shot towards Gavin, but within a second, Gavin manages to sense this, as he feels a jolt of electricity piercing through his gut screaming at him to, "Dodge!". And in the blink of an eye, Gavin quickly and barely dodges it, the bullet grazing his cheek, as he gracefully completes a back handspring. More bullets come to Gavin's way as he continues to instinctively dodge, continuously doing successful back handsprings as he dodges every bullet. The rain of bullets eventually stops, as the soldiers run out of bullets, followed by another Eternal Flamethrower from Courtney, burning each and every remaining soldier to ash. The couple then gets back together, as they continue their way out of there.
Eventually, they finally manage to reach an extremely long hallway with a large window at the end, as even more soldiers get in their way. The couple once again continues to fight their way through, as more bullets are fired their way. Gavin rushes in, as he begins taking down everyone in his way, using martial arts as he punches and kicks and hits his way through, using his newly unlocked ability to dodge with instinct to avoid all incoming bullets and attacks as he beats them up. Gavin then pulls out his multitool, pulling out pocket knife mode as he uses it to, little by little, cut down his opponents by their major blood vessels, aka the neck and their wrists, as he kills each one violently, yet cleanly. Courtney also does her fair share of kills, as she stays in place, just throwing Embursts everywhere as multiple soldiers burn to death. The couple's elite teamwork and fighting abilities are shown in this one moment as, together, they both quickly and efficiently take out every soldier in their way.
Gavin then pulls out the gun he took earlier, as he shoots down some soldiers in his way, before pointing the gun towards the window at the end, firing multiple bullets as the seemingly bulletproof window nears its breaking point, before Courtney fires a powerful Emburst towards it, breaking the glass immediately. The couple then begins to continue making their way through the hall, Courtney acting as the shield as she uses her wings to protect the both of them from the rain of bullets.
As they finally reach the end of the hall, next to the window, suddenly,
"HEY!", a loud angry yell can be heard echoing back from the other side of the hall, the wall bursting as the lava general appears, punching his way through as the wall bursts. He then walks in, followed by a squadron of soldiers, as Courtney stares down at them at the end of the hall, her heart beating faster with rage and vengeance as she keeps her sight on her father.
"Hey, Courtney, c'mon! We're almost out!", Gavin calls for her as he tries to reach his hand out to her, but Courtney doesn't listen,
"Hey, baby, are you listening?", Gavin asks her as he yells at her, trying to call out for her,
"Gavin... You go on ahead", Courtneys tells Gavin, as she takes a deep breath and sighs, deciding to go back, as Gavin grabs hold of her hand,
"Courtney... Are you stupid? We're almost out of here, we can go home...", Gavin tries to convince Courtney, but she continues to insist,
"Gavin, I have to do this... I must defeat my father", Courtney continues to insist as she tries to pull away, but Gavin's strong grip holds on,
"No... I'm not letting you go, do you know what happened last time? This guy could've killed you! And he still could...", Gavin begs Courtney, as he begins to tear up a bit in worry,
"Gavin... Please, let me do this...", Courtney continues despite the risks, as Gavin pulls her in for a tight, desperate hug,
"No... I can't lose you again...", he says, sobbing a bit with tears in his eyes as he holds her tight,
"I know, Gavin... But please, just trust me, I'm stronger than I was before. All that energy stored within my body, I can release it now, and I can take on him now, better than before!", Courtney convinces Gavin with a soft voice as they both hug, Courtney caressing him gently as they slowly pull away, "Trust me, Gavin, please". Gavin once again gets stuck in a dilemma, as he looks back and forth between Courtney and the general behind them, who is slowly making their way towards them, as Gavin quickly makes a decision,
"sigh Okay, fine... I trust you, but you better be careful, and you better get out of there, fast... And don't be afraid to run when you can't take it anymore...", he says with a worried tone, a bad, bad feeling in his gut as he slowly lets Courtney go,
"Don't worry, Gavin, I will...", she says reassuringly as she gives Gavin a bright, reassuring smile, as she quickly covers Gavin once again when bullets are fired at them, pissing off Courtney as she jumps over to them. Gavin quickly makes his way up to the window, as he parkours up and jumps out, praying that Courtney will be safe...
"Eternal Flamethrower!", Courtney immediately attacks as she fires a full power flamethrower straight at the general, who easily blocks with a quickly made lava shield, as Courtney's attack is instead directed towards the soldiers right behind him, as they all scream in pain as they burn to death.
"Emburst!", Courtney continues to attack, as she fires multiple fast moving fireballs straight at the general, who easily blocks the attacks with a palm, catching each one and absorbing their energy,
"Really, Courtney? Is this all that you got, after all that time I spent torturing you... Is this all your feelings have to give even after all that time to build up? I thought you hated me...", the general mocks her as he laughs, as he turns his fists into lava, throwing lava projectiles as he attempts to fight Courtney in close-quarters combat, throwing powerful, heavy punches with his fists as he finishes with a swipe, which Courtney manages to dodge. The general then quickly follows his "combo" as he uses Aura Release, as Courtney quickly notices this and uses her Aura Release, as both of their auras clash, creating a huge, powerful shockwave that spreads all throughout the base.
Meanwhile, as Gavin falls outside the window, he lands straight onto the ground, where in front of him, stands hundreds of soldiers training. This window actually led to the military base training grounds, as hundreds of soldiers watched Gavin fall flat on the floor.
"Uhm... Hi", Gavin says with an awkward smile, as all the soldiers reply with a fighting stance. Gavin then puts on his fighting stance as well, as he prepares to take on all of these unarmed trainees on his own.
All the soldiers then charge at him, as he begins to fight them off, punching, kicking and countering multiple attacks from multiple different people at once. Gavin also easily dodges the attacks by using his instinct ability, as e then continues to move through the crowd as he fights them. Suddenly, a high-ranking looking officer stands in his way, as he cracks his neck and his knuckles as he prepares to fight,
"So, you're the intruder, huh", the officer questions him, as he continues to stretch,
"sigh Dammit... All I was tasked to do was watch over these idiots train, but now I have to deal with this", he says with a tired voice, as he does one more warm up, before putting on his fighting stance,
"I'm Officer Marshall, and I'm the second commanding officer next to the general, pleasure to meet you, intruder, and goodbye", he says with a sarcastic tone, as with a single move of his hand, Gavin's instincts go crazy, as he quickly jumps to the side, barely dodging a powerful, invisible slashing attack.
"Huh, you can see it... Interesting...", he says with a smile as he starts to get excited,
"Alright then, this'll be FUN!", he yells excitedly as he runs at Gavin, preparing to attack as the trainee soldiers around them only cheer him on.
Meanwhile, back inside the building, Courtney and the general continue their face-off, as Courtney continues to throw Embursts at the general, as he only continues either dodging or catching her attacks. Courtney switches up the battle, as she transforms into a more close-combat based phoenix form, her wings turning into huge powerful fists instead, similar to her form in the Great Destruction of Fallis, as she then begins to throw hands with the general. The general smiles at the sudden shift in the battle, as he quickly turns his whole body into lava, as he catches one of Courtney's punches with his hand, creating a powerful shockwave on the hit
"Huh, not bad...", he says with a chuckle, as he then sinks into the ground, attempting to land a sucker punch on Courtney, as he then uses his Aura, infusing its power with his punch as he attacks Courtney, creating a sonic boom as it moves. Courtney barely notices the attack, as she quickly catches it with both her hands at the last second, creating a powerful shockwave that cracked the walls of the building, as the general continued to throw punches at Courtney, breaking the sound barrier and creating shockwaves with each hit landed, while Courtney can do nothing but keep moving back and defending, blocking each attack.
Back outside, Gavin and the officer continue their fight, as the officer throws punches at Gavin, followed by another powerful slash attack. Gavin continues to dodge every attack, as he also tries to fight back, throwing punches, elbow strikes and backhands.
"Impressive, you've kept up with me until now... Might as well tell you about my power", the officer explains as he begins to get cocky,
"My power is... Well, pretty simple, it's cutting and slicing, it's a power I inherited from my father, who is a very, very powerful man by the way...", he explains as he easily dodges every one of Gavin's attacks, as he jumps back,
"All I have to do, is make a simple hand movement...", he continues, as Gavin jumps into to do a ground smash, but the officer jumps away, dodging it easily,
"...and everything in the direction of the attack, will be cut!", the officer casually explains, as Gavin charges towards him and attempts to tackle him down, shouting as he does, but the guy only moves to the side, causing Gavin to crash onto a wall while the officer only laughs at him,
"Hehe... Anyway, my attacks' slashes' size and angle depend on how much effort I put into each hand movement, how far the slashes go (Which has an infinite distance by the way, only stopping when it hits a physical object), and what angle I put it in", the officer yet again continues to explain, as Gavin gets up, cracking his neck and stretching a bit as he starts to get annoyed,
"That's it!", Gavin yells as he charges at the officer once again, but quickly stops before he could actually hit as the officer moves to the side, as Gavin then moves with him, doing a low sweep as the officer falls to the ground. Gavin then attempts to stomp his head down, but the officer quickly moves as he makes another slash attack, as Gavin quickly manages to dodge it again, as the attack cuts a cloud apart. The two then get up and fix themselves as they then charge at each other, as Gavin's fist suddenly sparks once again, as a strange, familiar feeling washes over Gavin, as an extremely powerful, intense pressure follows by. Gavin feels a bit paralyzed by all this, as he feels himself about to pass out, but he manages to push through it, he shouts as he forces himself to move, throwing a powerful punch at the officer as a shockwave is created when the punch lands straight to the officer's face,
"O-Owh! What the hell!? That hurt a lot!", the officer exclaims angrily as he quickly gets up, stumbling a bit from the pain, but manages. The two then stance up once again, as the two go ahead and throw a punch at each other, leading into a fist clash, creating a big shockwave around them.
Back inside, Courtney and the general still continue fighting, as the two push against each other. Courtney then ends their clash by landing a low sweep by using her phoenix tail, knocking down the general as she flies up, and does a nosedive kick with her flaming talons, as the general rolls aside before sinking into the ground in his lava form once again, as Courtney crashes onto the ground, creating a huge explosion.
The general then exits the ground through another part of the floor,
"I'm impressed, Courtney, you've actually managed to take on me in close combat...", the general praises her, as he starts to pant, also starting to feel annoyed, as Courtney smiles and chuckles, panting and sweating a bit, but ready to keep fighting,
"Thanks... pants You too... pants", Courtney replies, as she transforms into her true phoenix form, as she then flies into the air before charging at the general, flying straight towards him with full force as she breaks the sound barrier, making multiple sonic booms as she utilizes her momentum as she makes her way towards him.
The general then counters this as he uses Aura Release, which manages to catch Courtney off guard, distorting her a bit, breaking her momentum and guard as the general then dodges her attack. He then grabs onto her tail and starts to swing her around, before throwing her at full power towards the other side of the hall.
The wall explodes as Courtney is thrown outside, she untransforms out of her phoenix form in pain, as she realizes her arm is broken. She then sees Gavin fighting as she calls him out,
"Gavin, run!", she shouts as Gavin immediately notices, he turns to Courtney's direction as he sees her on the floor, while the general walks out of the hole in the wall after her,
"Courtney!", Gavin calls for her in worry, as the officer takes this chance to land a hit on Gavin, but Gavin manages to catch his attack, as he quickly counters it with a punch straight to the nose, causing the officer to fall to the floor groaning in pain as his broken nose bleeds,
"Just run!", Courtney tells Gavin, as he immediately listens and begins to run towards an exit ladder leading to the roof.
Courtney quickly tries to transform back into her phoenix form, as she tries to fly away, but her broken arm/wing slows her down, as the general then catches her by her tail once again as he throws her back.
"Leaving so soon?", the general mocks her as Courtney struggles to fight back,
"Eternal Flamethrower!", she shouts as she blasts a powerful fire attack at the general, who easily blocks it with a lava shield. Courtney then takes this chance to transform into a phoenix, as the general's vision is still blocked, as she tries to fly away. The general quickly catches this as he begins to throw lava projectiles at Courtney, as she manages to dodge them, before turning back to the general, putting her wings up in the air as she absorbs sunlight in the night sky, creating a magnificent spectacle as Courtney creates an artificial sun, brightening the night, "Divine Morning Star!", Courtney shouts as she launches the attack at the general, who manages to block the hit, even absorbing it, as Courtney continues to fly away towards Gavin.
Meanwhile, Gavin starts making his way towards the ladder, when suddenly, his danger sense kicks in, as his body automatically makes him jump. The lower part of the building in front of him is cut apart, destroying the ladder and the only safe way he can escape from there. Gavin then turns back to see Officer Marshall chasing after him,
"Oh no, I say when we're done...", the officer says with a grin as he begins to spam a barrage of slicing attacks.
Gavin quickly dodges backwards against the slashes, before rushing towards the officer, attempting to throw a punch, but the guy manages to duck as Gavin passes by him. Gavin quickly redirects himself as he slides around, before doing a jump, shattering the ground before launching himself towards the officer. The officer quickly notices this, as he manages to counter before Gavin could do anything, "X-ecution!", the officer yelled as he made a cross formation with his arms before striking, making an X-shaped slash attack towards Gavin. Gavin manages to catch this though, as he cancels his own attack, throwing himself to the floor and barely dodging the officer's attack, as Gavin then rolls over to the officer, getting up once again to do a counterattack, throwing one more punch to the officer's face, knocking him away.
The officer quickly gets back up, as Gavin also quickly resumes his assault. The officer steps back into the rubble, picking up some huge rocks and throwing them at Gavin. Gavin catches these rocks on time, as he quickly counters and throws it back at him. The officer quickly slices apart the rocks, while Gavin weaves through the stray attacks.
Gavin then goes towards the rubble as well, picking up more rocks and launching them with full force at the officer, each projectile even creating sonic waves as they get launched. The officer struggles to dodge and counter, but manages to break them apart with his slicing attacks,
"Seriously? Using the same attack I did? Get creative, dude", the officer says as he manages to catch one of the rocks in his own palm, crushing it,
"The hell you mean? How am I supposed to get creative when this is all I got?", Gavin replies as he charges at the officer, while the officer tries to defend himself with more slicing attacks thrown at Gavin, but he manages to dodge through them.
Finally, Gavin manages to get to the officer, sliding right under the guy, confusing him, as Gavin gets behind him and lands a devastating sucker punch to his nape, knocking him out. Gavin then finally goes back to escaping, going back and just climbing and parkouring up whatever remains of the building, as he finally makes it to the roof.
He then turns around to watch the spectacle as Courtney creates the huge ball of fire, as the explosion blinds everyone around. As Gavin then turns back, watching as the exhausted Courtney desperately flies towards him,
"C'mon, Courtney! Let's go!", he calls for her as Courtney quickly makes her way to Gavin, flying as fast as she can despite her broken wing.
When suddenly, the general gets up, his fist turns into a huge ball of lava after absorbing Courtney's super powerful attack. He then grunts and roars with all his might, as he fires the fist of lava towards Courtney with all his power, as Courtney finally makes it to Gavin...
SHOOOOT
A loud, sizzling, explosion sound can be heard, as Gavin is flashed by the bright light created by the general's lava projectile as a huge explosion happens right in front of him, knocking Gavin away.