Episode 41: Reformation of the Spartans

[Niko Adrian Nyx]

"I guess I would be one," Niko states in that usual uninterested tone of voice, coming out of a dark wormhole that Donovan had created from where ever they came from. That kind of detail is not important to mention here. "Is this some kind of fancy execution? It doesn't seem to be rolling out all too well at the moment. I would suggest more death rather than some villainous speech that takes 3 episodes, but that's just me. Either way, Flocci non faccio." Niko says with a small shrug, speaking in that language she would speak in when doing those weird spells and stuff. It was the language that Donovan often spoke, and she had picked up on his speech.

"Hehe, you're catching on." Donovan chuckles as he follows out of the wormhole, standing beside Niko with an amused look on his canine-like face. "Guess I'm invited too? It will be fun watching an execution not held by the creatures of my hearth."

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

The wormhole from the darkus duo had not closed just yet. Yita and her bakugan hopped out. Neri appeared to be more tattered than usual, making herself look abit more masculine, for a good reason too. "I was dragged, I had some better stuff to do with Neri." Yita huffs as she regains balance from Niko pulling her into the hole to attend this kind of strange event.

Neri huffs, happy that her partner finally placed her as something important. Wait- Neri? "Hey, it's Yashu! YASHU!" The feline growls which sounded much more of a feral feline, much like a lion or a tiger.

A sigh came from the female, her old bakugan was back and man it was such a joyous time for her. This thing was more annoying that Niko, and that was saying something. She rolls her eyes and looks over at Daisa. "So hag, called us here for something?"

[Deon Irvine]

Loud stomping begins to echo in the area. What follows is a violent crash on the battlefield; wide crater forms and grayish smoke ascends into the sky. Once it is gone a giant bull emerges from the crater with Deon on its back. This meteor entrance is one that would most-likely instantly squash someone careless enough to get caught in its way. With that Deon joins the fray and takes a glance at the devastated battlefield and ongoing fight between Jamal and Dasia. You could say anything about Jamal, but that guy really knows how to give and receive punishment. It is a promising fact that he endured for so long- with other Spartans chance of victory is definitely possible.


“Here is the bitch.” Tyr exclaims.


Now that they are there it is about time words came into action. Dasia will be put in her place one way or another. Not only that she betrayed trust of her people, but also cane in pact with Hurranians and killed Roxy. That sort of treachery could never come to Deon as acceptable. He never particularly cared about Roxy as a friend, but she must be avenged as a comrade that has fallen to enemy’s hand. Even to Deon, who is often seen as deviant, that kind of behavior that Dasia displays is unacceptable.


“This show of yours will get about as far your love life, so how about you just surrender and save us a few minutes of having to kick your royal ass?” Deon insults implying that Dasia did not get as far as few minutes in a relationship. Well, of course she did not since her PMS seems to be a daily and not monthly thing.

[Dasia Turano]

It seems Dasia's patience got her something "nice" this time. All of the Spartans chose to make their way towards her, just as she wanted. It's one of the rare times they actually came to her like they were supposed to. She should have known better than to pick a group of children for bodyguards anyway.

"Awwww...so you all found out..." Dasia acknowledged, feigning the obvious fact that she knew this already. "Well, since you're here, I'll tell you exactly what I did, just so you understand that I have no remorse about what has happened. All of this - even you wanting to go tooth and nail to stop me - has been planned since the Hurranians have resurfaced. I selected all of you, I learned from all of you, and I got to watch you break down."

Diablo stomped on the ground with its right leg. Doing so sent a powerful force around it that simultaneously pushed all of the Spartans back. "And now I get to get rid of you personally. Ah...I love it when plans come together."

[Damian Knight]

Helios was rather unmoved by the apparent pre-selection and the shockwave itself. In fact, neither of the Spartan Bakugan seemed to move back all that much. It shows how dedicated they are in taking Dasia down. There was no time to move backwards.

"Shouldn't have done that," Helios growled. "You picked the Bakugan that are going to BURN your plans to the ground!"

Damian chuckled while getting himself ready to go for this showdown. This could be the best day of his life. There was nothing that could make this any better. The only thing that could sneak its way into that discussion is to have Dasia's corpse paraded throughout Earth and Vestal for everything that she has done. This was too exciting for Damian to even express out loud, and it showed on his face.

"And people thought I was bad? You're making me look hella good right now. Keep it up. I knew you had it in you all along," Damian suggested. "Go fetch me a sandwhich while you're yapping, would ya? I'll break your machine while you're gone. Promise."

"You know what...you can say that, only because it's her you're talking about..." Ebony conceded.

"Spartans," Damian signaled. "Screw the formalities. Kill her."

(Boss Theme 2)

[Dasia Turano]

Dasia smiled, then shook her head a few times. In an unusual turn of events, she digitized herself out of there. The Assail System flashed a blue color to represent a presence being added into the system. It was clear who this entity was. The most likely explanation for this tactic had to do with the apparent risk associated with remaining out in the open. It wasn't like Deon's Tyr was as slow as the Spartans' decline in their approval rating. He would have ran her over in the blink of an eye.

"I'll need your blood as the garnish. Stay still and I'll bring it to you once you're one of my subjects," Dasia ordered. "Ability activate! Shadow Blast!"

The barrels on Diablo's back pointed upwards. It shot dozens of laser blasts high into the sky to the point where no one would be able to see it with vision. What would then happen is each individual blast striking the targets below at a frantic interval. The descent happens instantly, because the blasts would implode on themselves while in the sky, and a pillar of light would be cast immediately that reached all the way to the surface. When it strikes the ground, an explosion occurs around the impact site, and flames are raging around the vicinity in an X-shaped formation.

[Damian Knight]

Damian followed the rise of those blasts with his eyes. He smiled as he saw them off. It wasn't like they were going to hurt him or Helios in any way, shape, or form.

"Me? Obey a command from you? Ha!" Damian laughed. "From how your mock Dragonoid looks, you've filled your needs enough from what you've stolen."

Damian settled down and picked his options carefully. The Assail System packed enough power to destroy a planet several times. As Damian got firsthand experience learning, having all of that power is useless when you can't win with it.

"We wouldn't want to upset Jamal by making you look like a chemo patient, so watch your hair," Damian warned beforehand with a devilish smirk. "Ability activate! Savage Air!"

An offensive move in nature, Savage Air was now going to be used in a more defensive role. Dasia didn't know this, but Helios was more keen in his senses than anyone gives him credit for. He actually does his homework. Seeing the blasts the Assail System shot coming was like anticipating a lightning bolt striking a certain position. He could feel the uneasiness in the air a split second before they would disperse. This was going to be used to Helios' advantage.

Being the risk taker Helios is at heart, he rose into the air and patiently floated in one place. When the first blast dispersed, Helios instantly moved to his right, but did not move far enough to avoid feeling the pressure from the blast entirely. This was done on purpose. By having the pillar of light be that close to him, it amplified Helios' Savage Air ability's flames higher than what is possible in that span of time.

"I almost listened. Sorry about that," Helios sarcastically apologized. He continued to employ this tactic, moving left and right to dodge the pillars of light until he developed a flame that completely overshadowed the developed flames on the battlefield. With the flames giving him high-grade protection and offensive capabilities, he zoomed into Diablo's chest wit a well-placed kick, sending the Assail System flying as if it were Yita's dream of finally getting Noland to cooperate with her advances.

[Dasia Turano]

The Assail Diablo made a couple of attempts to regain its footing after taking one to the chest. After a couple of tries - and frantically flutter kicking in the air - Diablo managed to plant its feet on the ground.

"Impressive movement. I take it that you learned a thing or two from Drago after having your pride tarnished," Dasia teased. "Ability activate! Shadow Crowley!"

The Assail System made a red outline of itself and had it placed around its frame. This was meant to be a shield of some kind that provided a minor health regeneration factor while under its influence. As it continued to be active, energy signatures started showing up across the entire structure. These signatures culminated into an innumerable number of orbs showing up around its frame. They were discharged as destructive laser blasts across the battlespace, threatening to pierce anything that was foolish enough to get in its way. It would burn its way through any target on contact and cause untold damage to the surrounding area.

[Damian Knight]

Damian took a deep breath after Dasia referenced that. He kept up a facade by smiling through it. Deep down, he was livid without compare.

"Um...Damian...?" Ebony asked with a concerned tone. He suddenly became quiet. What was Damian going to do next?

"Ability...activate..." Damian declared with a menacing tone of voice. "Sol Breaker!" Damian didn't know this, but Dasia had just challenged him to an AOE duel. That attack from the Assail System wasn't anything unlike Dante's Infinity Arrow, even though Damian wouldn't know about that. Unintentionally, Damian was intent on making sure that he cemented his place as having the best out of them all.

Helios spread his wings out. His scales glowed like the sun before true mayhem was unleashed. Lasers exited his body to combat Diablo's endless swarm. He was able to stalemate the blasts, but with the shield activated by the Assail System, those blasts were going to keep coming. Unlike Helios, it has a steady flow of energy that it can draw from. The explosions that resulted from these clashes made Vestal have to endure numerous quakes. It felt like even the sky was shaking.

"I prefer it that way than having to ride off of other's power like a coward," Helios spat.

Ebony looked at Damian with a shocked look. She could feel that Jamal was surprised too. Damian could've stopped this move by himself if it were just him fighting, but he actually let go of his pride and held back, knowing that there were teammates beside him that could lessen the power he needs to use.

"Deon," Damian called without looking away from the battle. "I want to see that action you've been telling me about. Show me."

[Deon Irvine]

"I thought you'd never ask." Deon replies.

He stands on the back of a giant bull that runs across the battlefield, or at least what is left of it after princess went Full Mental. Deon jumps off the giant bull and immediately draws a card that has been waiting its turn to sow chaos in hell. Tyr targets the giant mechanical lizard and charges forward- with every meter of distance crossed his speed gains additional acceleration. "Special Ability activate! Frenzy Destroyer!" This is one of new abilities for Tyr and it implies a lot of speed and physical strength involved. Once activated it brings 'Frenzy Meter' into play which works as a sort of power-bar. The more damage Tyr does with his attacks after Frenzy Destroyer is used the more Frenzy Meter is filled and when it fills completely Deon can play one of his overly destructive special abilities. Even if this card is normally negated Frenzy Meter will remain in play.

"Beat the tin can!" Deon yells and points at Diablo.

"With pleasure!" Tyr replies and accelerates.

Using acceleration Tyr rams into Diablo's chest with his horns and before anyone could react he is gone. He then reappears from the sidelines- even faster than before as he rams into Diablo's left side. He begins to repeat this process- circle around Diablo at great speed and keep ramming into him like a frenzied maniac. After a couple of seconds everyone sees why Tyr has been doing that. There is red color where Tyr has been circling and charging into Diablo- and it has a shape of giant red Pentagram. "Special Ability activate! Frenzy Mayhem!" This is type of Special Ability that acts like a Fusion- it cannot be activated before Frenzy Destroyer. Once Frenzy Destroyer has been successfully completed (full Pentagram) it allows Tyr to make the following move. He disappears in a blink of an eye and pentagram's force prevents Diablo from moving anywhere or using its abilities. Tyr reappears in the sky and charges straight down for Diablo at alarming speed. "Be good and don't mooove!" Tyr roars as energy of wind and fire surrounds him- he rams into Diablo's head and crushes Diablo against the ground forming a giant crater. Tyr quickly moves away and giant pentagram releases a beam of energy towards the sky catching Diablo in it and burning its metal skin like it is made of paper. Frenzy Meter fills by 40% after this show.

"Satisfied?" Deon sarcastically asks Damian at the show he put up.

[Dasia Turano]

"Wow...I'm really proud of you, Deon," Dasia genuinely expressed. "It's too bad you never really used that strength where it really mattered. Oh well."

Despite the circumstances, the Assail System was far from finished. Deon did exactly what Dasia was hoping Damian would do. With all of that damage racking up, Dasia could test out a new FARBAS ability that is exclusive to the Assail System.

"Ability activate! FARBAS Layer Shield!" A red energy field was excreted from Diablo and extended all across the Ultimate Formation. This fully regenerated the system to full health, but it also came with a dangerous bonus. Its systems analyze the amount of damage inflicted to it prior to the repair. A crimson veil emanates from the Assail System to represent a newly-spawned G-Shield that is designed to completely nullify any attack that is weaker than the combined assault the user endured prior to being healed. Helios was a true "friend" for coming up with that technique.

"Nice try, but trying is overrated. I prefer to do things," Dasia rebounded. The Assail System started to hover in the sky using its jet boosters. It jetted straight down the line towards the Spartan crew. Running them over with the Assail System would be in instant kill on some of them, because the velocity, mass, and the overall power from the Assail System was more than certain bodies could bear.

[Damian Knight]

"You're really starting to make me MAD," Helios informed Dasia. He had a feeling that Dasia incorporated the Layers into Diablo's arsenal based on the copied appearance of it. To be used in this way was unheard of. She was using the G-Shield in such a way that only Helios' Fourth Layer could replicate, and Diablo wouldn't have to worry about the penalties associated with using that level of power. If Diablo was capable of using the Fourth Layer's power without penalty, then anyone would be pressed to combat her.

Damian wasn't very concerned about that like he should be. What he was doing was laughing his ass off at Deon for his move being made useless that quickly. Ebony cleared her throat, being loud enough so Damian could hear her.

"Hey, Damian. What's so funny?" Ebony wondered.

"What Dasia did after Tyr's attack. That's what," Damian shamelessly admitted without fear. He didn't say Deon's offense was useless. It was just hilarious how blown Deon must have been in the head after Dasia did that. What WASN'T funny was how she was using his power to deal with the other Spartans. It was like Damian was turning against them and preparing to slaughter them all. It was that aspect of it that pissed him off.

"I didn't expect to use this so early, but Tyr seems to have gotten stronger. What a surprise," Damian somewhat commended. "Ability activate! Dynamic Warrior!" Tyr's accumulated damage against the Assail System was more than anyone had done. Even Damian and Jamal haven't inflicted that much damage to it yet. The fact that Damian has to do this to bring down the G-Shield should make Deon proud. Plus, it was better that he was the one to spring that FARBAS trap than Damian. Had it been Damian who did it, they'd be in serious trouble.

Helios added the Third Layer's ridiculous power onto his base form, so now he was able to handle the enhanced physical parameters of that Layer while not being in the form himself. He was able to stop the Assail System in its tracks by swiftly shoulder charging it around its pelvis. Both Helios and Assail Diablo were stopped in place. The crimson coloration that usually depicts the G-Shield disappeared, so Diablo was ready to be damaged again.

Since Helios was not as tall as the Assail System, he was able to mess with Diablo a bit. The pause created from the clash gave him the chance to crawl onto the back portion of the Assail System. He found the jet boosters. Using the last bit of Third Layer power while in his base, he soundly clawed down the boosters so the Assail System could crash into the ground. Helios jumped off and backflipped back to his side before the fall.

"Yita, shut her down," Damian sternly ordered, keeping it short and simple. "I don't want anyone's power being used against us anymore."

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

The called female was watching off towards the side with an amused expression, her bakugan guardian sitting by her side, tail flicking every so often. When she was called into battle,
she and her partner perked right up. Finally, they got some time to do something. Sure she could have just stepped in, but Damian could be frightening if he wanted to. "Mmmhm! Got it!" Yita chirps as she waves her arm, directing it at their fated opponent. There is always going to be a time when a leader's subordinates rebel against their ruler, just like what happened between her and her sister. "I've been working on this ability, hopefully the coding is correct! Shut off and Erase activate! Go get her Neri- I mean Yashu!" She says, remembering to call her bakugan by his actual name, not the one she graced him with when he was reconfigured.

Yashu grumbles, happy that she actually remembers and sets his sight on his prey. A rather powerful, deep roar came from the feline as he leaps in, an all too familiar chain coming out from his tail-ring. This one was glowing a bright blue, Yita's signature color, with a mixture of a red hue. He quickly runs around the system, tangling it up in the chains. There was a power within the chains, a code that Yita had done herself. "It should 100% restrict the use of using our abilities, and a 77% chance that it may restrict attack overall. I still have to prefect the coding to get it to 100, maybe in the future that will exist."

[Dasia Turano]

Assail Diablo was tied to the ground, damaged and nearly shut down. Yita has become truly fearsome. Her work has allowed her to come a long way in the cyber field, but she still had much work to do. For every software, there are flaws, hidden within the deepest cracks of its foundation.

"Saying your abilities work is like saying you have a chance at getting with Noland," Dasia insulted. "Ability activate! Garland Turret!"

Holographic lasers exited Diablo's body. These were proportionate to the number of opponents going against the Assail System, meaning there were approximately five lasers that Diablo brought into play. They conjoined together and revolved within each other to have them appear like a ball. All of them scattered. In a moment's time, there were going to be objects being launched towards them from who knows where. The impact would result in a nuclear-like explosion, and then a powerful turret would take its place.

[Damian Knight]

Damian would have liked if Dasia would stop being an annoying prick by constantly having something to activate whenever she's getting cornered, or so everyone thinks. At least he can be content with knowing that she was lying. She'd have to nullify Yita's ability before she can utilize FARBAS - Drago's Switch Code - anymore. That was literally the ONLY problem in his eyes since Tyr's assault would have made this situation much different had the Assail System stayed damaged.

"Easy. Ability activate! Burst Mode!" Helios had his scales lit up brightly as his body temperature shot up to volcanic-grade. He shot it up even more to erect a barrier around him and the rest of the squad. Regardless of what angle they came in, those objects were going to be incinerated by Helios' power. It turns out that wasn't the case. When they made contact, they detonated. Five mushroom clouds were developed around them all. Considering Helios is built for offense, that did a number on his defenses, and many of them were rocked by the explosions to a minor degree.

With his enhancements still going strong, Helios shook it off and rushed towards Diablo. A crimson aura enveloped him as he moved. As he did that, five turrets showed up on the ground. They were just about a quarter of the Assail System's size. They contained four barrels attached to what looked like mechanical Dragonoid heads.

"Yes, everyone, I see them. We didn't forget," Damian covered. "Niko, you can take them over, right?"