Episode 47: Ultimate Team

[Noland Hardy]

The ultimate alliance of Resistors, Silver Knights, Eden, Spartans, and Terrorists has been assembled! 

After much debate, it has been decided that this large group will be divided into separate battle teams comprised of a balanced repertoire. These squads were:

Andrew "Nero" Bullock, using Hades; Akane Huomoto, using Torahu, the shipping master; Makoto Nakashima - using Ahrangi; Niko Adrian Nyx - using Donovan; and Jamal Armstrong, using Tectonic Vulcan.

Allen Silva, using Gorem; Alana Cortese, using Hydranoid; Damian Knight, using Helios; Deon Irvine, using Tyr; Yita Aileen Nyx, using Yashu; and Seiki Maki, using Ahio.

Maria Zenovia, using Hydra; Alex Andersen, using Dante; Lydia Andersen, using Angelight/Devilin; Markus Hederick, using Gargulion; Tank Stryker, using Gladion; Tracy White, using Skystar; Frosch; and Clayf.

Clearly, the third squad was stacked, and for a very good reason. This squad was going after Kyuki, which Lars Lion was preparing them for.

As for the two other squads, their jobs were very simple from a mission objective standpoint, but the field work was almost suicidal. For that reason - just like Andrew made VERY clear to everyone - they had to accept that every face they saw may not be there at the end, if they're successful. Their jobs were to essentially patrol their respective planet - either Earth or Vestal - to make sure that there were bodies wherever Dasia decides to show up, so that they may respond accordingly. 

Considering Andrew is an S-class criminal in the eyes of the Silver Knights, and the fact that he had employed the services of two terrorists by releasing them from prison, his squad was stationed on Earth under the watchful eye of Admiral Asuka. Her primary responsibility was to remain in contact with Silver Knight branches across the world to detect Dasia if she appears on Earth. Ares also took responsibility in making sure that he saw any anomalies within their planet. She had also contacted Eden's Seven Angels to attack Noland and Drago on sight, as he was now considered to be a hostile. 

Allen's squad would be sent to Vestal under Vince's authority, considering all of them - aside from Damian - weren't considered hostile to the Silver Knights. Apollonir's primary responsibility was constantly checking energy readings for Dasia's appearance. Excedra was there to eat, obviously. Lars Lion was there to make sure no one died. Oberus was just flying around, acting as the personal recon support for the team. 

With their jobs assigned, it was time to get to work. The final battle against the Hurranians begins now...

[Damian Knight]

Damian had really gotten himself into a pile of trouble now. Not only was he being ordered around again thanks to Xavier following what those earthlings were saying, but he had to team up with people that he didn't like. The only person in the group that he semi-respected was Deon, which was apparent by the fact that he was Ebony's bodyguard. Everyone else was either annoying - like Yita and her shenanigans - or downright stupid, like Hydranoid.

To make it even worse, Noland's father came up with the idea of stationing them in the Epsilon Mountains, a mountain range located not too far away from Alpha City. They say it was done so the Hurranians will not immediately know that they are there if they were to reside in any of the places they commonly inhabit, like Beta and Echo City. It's a good thing there wasn't any snow here, like Mt. Upsilon.

Now, since they were observing, Helios' only recourse was to pop out of ball form, stretch out on the ground, and sleep. If they were all going to hide like bitches, then he may as well get some shuteye for it.

"It's bad enough that I'm stuck here, but it's even worse that it's with all of you," Damian complained. "Except for Deon. He's cool now, I guess."

Damian then turned his head to look at Allen, who happened to be standing off on his own looking in the opposite direction. "Hey, Allen, how about we spar a little? Jamal gets to fight Noland once he runs riot again, so it's an even share."

[Allen Silva]

Damians words immediately begun to set Allen off. Was this chucklehead really trying to start a fight right now? The fate of the world was at stake and he had to say that. " ya know what cupcake, i think im good. We do have a actual mission to be working on after all." Although his words sounded calm, he was clearly more than peeved at the open degradation of both him and Alana. This nut thought he was better than the rest of them.

Gorem knew what was going to come next, so he floated up to look Allen in the face." Dont do anything stupid. Lets keep ourselves composed compadre."

Allen shrugged at Gorems attempt to pacify the situation. Although it helped calm him down a little bit, he still hated every word that came out of Damians mouth." I do know someone who might want to take up that offer though." He then focused his gaze at Alana." Hey, did you know he called you a bitch when i first met him? He even suggested that if he was in Nolands place, he would have killed you. Messed up, right?"

If Gorem could have facepalmed, now would be when he did." Guess there's no escaping it."

[Alana Cortese]

Hydranoid was on Alana's head when all of the comments were made. His immediate reaction was to hover near Alana's face and offer some words of encouragement. "Now hold on, Alana. I know it seems irritating, but let's just keep ourselves calm and collected and allow this idiot to say what he wants...and no one will do anything about it..." The last statement really set him off...

"Okay. You know what? Fuck that shit. I'm not taking that from you. You want to go? I'll give you a sparring session. I'm going to skin that scrawny son of a bitch alive." Hydranoid voluntarily stood up to confront Damian, and eventually Helios when he follows suit.

"You know what, Allen, it's fine, because we all know why Damian disrespects me all the time. It's to serve his own ego that he thinks he's still invincible. Want me to replay what happened in that brawl on Earth? I have the whole film on my BrawlX and would be happy to remind you."

[Damian Knight]

Damian was definitely all-frowns when Alana had to go and bring that up. He was really mad now, but Helios was just getting started. He wasn't messing with anyone. All he did was take a nap there, and Hydranoid still can't resist fighting him. If he didn't know any better, he'd say that Hydranoid had a fanatical obsession with him.

"Your increase in power must've been big enough to make you even dumber than you already were if you think you compare to the likes of me," Helios retorted. He got up from his napping position and got up in Hydranoid's faces like they were really about to fight.

"There we go again with the Noland card. Get off his dick, will ya? The only reason why any of you keep bringing that up is because he's the only one that can actually fight me," Damian countered. "Oh wait, I apologize. Was I too bossy? I don't think it's possible for you to hop off of anything that reminds you of Noland. Anything he does, you suck dry."

[Alana Cortese]

Alana gasped when Damian made the implication that she was a whore. Only Noland and Allen knew better than to be anywhere close to her when she gets this angry. There was definitely going to be a brawl out of this one.

"There's no comparison if I'm already better than you, stupid," Hydranoid retorted. "The only way you'll be relevant to me is if you go into your Third Layer. I don't need to go Super Saiyan to kick your sorry ass. I've got all you can handle while I'm in base form!"

"Funny you talk about sucking. Noland was all you thought about after you two fought the first time," Alana responded as she started approaching Damian with her fists balled. "You were foaming at the mouth when you two were reunited after Kyuki made his little threats. I bet you still miss him right now."

[Damian Knight]

"You're just mad that you can't increase your power beyond what it already is. Your base form is your only form, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. You remain stuck while I continue to increase beyond what any of you are capable of," Helios countered. "Now all you do to compensate for your lack of an upgrade is talk trash. You want to eat something, since that's all your kind ever talks about? Eat my fist!" Helios punched Hydranoid's right head, which banged into the other two heads from the force of it. It seems Helios wasn't so weak in the First Layer.

"I miss HAVING A GOOD FIGHT, not indulging in a mental illness like you humans do," Damian rudely insulted, walking towards Alana in the same provocative manner. "But if that's what you fantasize about to comfort yourself while Noland pushes a used-up sack of piss and wind to the side for Yita, then hey. He did it, not me."

[Deon Irvine]

Deon turns and walks a bit further from the arguing duo.

They really had to put both of those in a team; especially Hydranoid and Helios. It is safe to say this team is dysfunctional- there is too much hate between the members of them team. Just too much tension that might overshadow the efforts towards the victory against Hurranians. If they cannot learn to work together then they have better chance of winning by letting the other team handle it once Kyuki is defeated. "Is it too late to switch teams... Or vote to kick people from it?" Deon inquires since he cannot think clearly from all the noise other two... team 'role models' are throwing at one another. He would either want to kick the two or get himself kicked out of the team because this is the most-disorganized team he has been in since chaos among Spartans.

"Of all people they just had to put these two ass-wagons in the same team... We are so dead." Deon complains as he continues to walk and tries to think positive, but it is not going quite well.

"And then they let out two terrorists and Silver Knights don't do anything about it. They must be dumb- the moment this is all over they'll start wrecking shit again all over the place. And there are so many more powerful people they could pick, but nooooo...." Tyr joins in with complaints against Silver Knights and terrorists. He knows this implies Makoto as well, but does not care. Unlike Deon, Makoto is a deranged maniac with no much sense in his actions- he is just a senseless murderer. And that girl with a blue tiger is not much different- an arsonist that will probably kill someone before plan is in motion. They could have picked one of those deranged Infernal Order prisoners- at least they will do some actual work and could be manipulated.

[Seiki Maki]

Ahio sat on Seiki's shoulder, looking back and forth between the people who spoke, mainly the ones who barked the loudest, seeing how they caught the most attention. It seems like everyone in the group has taken notice, really, who wouldn't? They were like what Deon said, hot headed people who really shouldn't be together for best possible results. Of course, Ahio had a more reduced version of what Deon had said.

The female the bakugan was sitting on was looking at the scene in a blank manner, a soft sigh escaping her lips at some point. The constant bickering really got on her nerves. This was a serious matter, and they had to argue over- What was it again? It really felt all too drawn out to really remember what started it. Once she herd Deon comment on the situation, her attentioned perked back up slightly. "Huh. I'm flying on the same air as you." Seiki says, arching an eyebrow. Was it because of the whole situation being rather chaotic or the fact that she was agreeing with someone she was supposed to hate, she didn't know. "A refreshing surprise, unlike what's being witnessed here." She holds a hand to her forehead and sighs once again, "Ah, this certainly is a sad sight. At this rate, their bickering will lead to our downfalls."

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

Yita will be tempted to get involved in the argument, but will go to Allen instead. She will ask him if there's really no other way to save Noland and if they were really going to kill him.



She was super tempted to land a blow in on this conversation herself with all this nonsensical bickering, but she held her tongue. Yita knew she was better than this to meddle around in a fight that wasn't her own, it would be a waste of time. It didn't involve Noland or any love rivals, just a bunch of hot heads being hot heads. But still- how she wanted to just pummel them, get them to shut their traps. They had stuff to do, and the faster they could do this stuff, the less time she would spend away from Noland.

Speaking of the said male, a certain thought passed her mind, a rather unpleasant one as well. Yashu seems to have picked up on this, ear flicking as his eyes were fixated on Yita, sitting down and tail flicking in a rather noble looking manner. He kept his eyes on his so called partner to see what she would do. Yita had approached the subterra user of the group and tugs at the fabric of his shirt gently. She knew the basic profile of this male, gotta keep a close eye on those close to her beloved after all, he was close to Noland which would be useful to the question she was about to ask. "Hey Allen. If there is no other way to save Noland then will..." She pauses for a moment to catch up with her thoughts before continuing, "he have to be killed?"

[Allen Silva]

Allen was laughing on the inside at Alana and Damien's bickering. Granted, he did start it, but that little prick head had it coming. He always belittled those weaker than him, and tried to verbally beat them down. But Alana wasnt going to quit and this would be some serious entertainment. Before he could really start to laugh, he felt a tug on his shirt. After turning around and realizing it was Yita, he was clearly surprised.

The question she asked sobered him up like a smack to the head. He had never really thought that killing Noland was a option. But now he was forced to face the facts." Unfortunately...yeah." Allen answered." The worst part is i cant see us all surviving if we do have to kill him. Noland is insanely smart and skilled at brawling. Our only chance would be to overwhelm him with numbers. And thats hopeing that he hasnt gotten stronger because of whatever made him snap."

[Noland Hardy]

Noland and Drago were hiding in an area where no one would expect them to be: Baltimore County. They were in the wetland not too far off from Stevenson University. He walked through the water slowly as he continued to analyze his situation. An Aquos Fly Beetle came over to bother him, but Noland simply glared at it to scare it off. He stopped for a bit, having caught on to some new updates.

"...I'm being hunted..." Noland realized. He could feel someone coming to get him. He created a spark on his hand and coated the air around him with his energy.

"Lower your power level so this can work," Drago suggested.

"Alright," Noland acknowledged. No one could see any changes on him when he does this, because it was an internal thing. Their ability for energy control has reached an all-new height since turning evil, so they were able to do this without any problems.

"They're coming east of where we are right now. If we're quick, they'll miss us," Drago noted.

"Hmph." Noland winded up a leap and jumped clean out of the wetland. A couple of minutes later, the two people that were after them came and were disappointed to see that Noland left his energy signature lingering to evade them. There were two women there: one with a cyborg dragon, and one with a lion. Those could be none other than two Angels: Sydney White, leader of the Seven Angels; and Petra Colburn, the most ruthless one of them all.

"I don't know who those ladies were," Noland said to himself as he appeared in an entirely new location: the BW Parkway, "but their power levels were disturbing."

"There's another one coming," Drago warned him. As soon as he said that, a glimmer of a sniper bullet could be seen coming for Noland's head from the side. Noland's body glowed in a rainbow color, and he ended up catching the bullet in between his finger tips.

"Sniper," Noland figured out. "Must be a professional to track me like that. Must be another one of those ladies." Another one was shot at him, but Noland casually dodged it by leaning his head forward without having to look in the direction it was coming from. "Seems like Markus snitched. Oh well."

"Six more power levels incoming," Drago said as he assumed his monster form on demand.

"Hm..." Noland closed his eyes to focus on one particular instance he was interested in. When he opened them, he found a new directive. "Admiral Asuka just destroyed the clones we left behind at that area. At least I see what they're doing now... Let's see what they're up to..."

The Seven Angels then arrived all at once to Noland's location. He didn't pay them any mind. Drago immediately entered the Hex Code form and awaited their resistance. Meanwhile, far off into the distance, there was another Noland who was on Drago's back as they were soaring through the skies over College Park. After about five minutes, a banging explosion occurred where the Seven Angels were fighting the supposed Noland and Drago. All Noland did was smirk about what happened over there, as if it was hilarious to him.

"Let's go take out those three terrorists," Noland excitedly planned as evil laughter ensued.

[Jamal Armstrong]

For some odd reason, the alliance thought that the Hurranians could be lurking around the Silver Knight HQ's former location, until it was brought to the ground. Jamal was moping around it like he had nothing better to do. The truth was, he didn't. When he and Niko have to team up with a bunch of terrorists, he didn't care what he was doing as long as it was far away from those dirtbags.

"I feel bad for these Knights..." Jamal sighed, kicking up some dirt in the process. "All of this just looks really bad. I hope they can rebuild quickly if we survive this."

"That's if none of those fucktards over there try to mess it up," Tec spat, directly insulting Nero, Makoto, and Akane who were standing off to the side, minding their own business while they awaited a mission objective.

"I'm disgusted with myself... To think THIS would be what I have to do to live..."

[Andrew Bullock]

Andrew was not amused by Jamal's baseless accusations at all. He gave this ignorant Spartan a cold stare as he made his point very clear.

"I can fix your problem if living isn't your thing," Andrew shamelessly threatened. "Otherwise, do us all a favor and shut the fuck up. I don't want to be here as much as you don't want to, but right now, I'm not trying to get killed by these parasites. I figured the least we can do is to put aside our differences and stop this madwoman from destroying both of our civilizations. If you won't do that, then goodbye. I don't need your help."

Andrew sounded very confrontational, but he wasn't in the mood to not be blunt about it. This is a serious crisis, and all Jamal can talk about is terrorist this, terrorist that. It doesn't matter. They have bodies here to back each other up, and that's all that matters right now.

[Jamal Armstrong]

"You killed hundreds - if not thousands - of our people with that Hades, and you want to lecture me about preventing Dasia from destroying BOTH of our civilizations?" Jamal questioned. "Don't even get me started on you. You're not any different from her when it comes to deliberate indifference to lives. She's a madwoman, yes. You, you're a mad bitch."

Tec shook his head in Andrew's general direction. Both sides had a point here, but he was not about to let Jamal pick a fight with him knowing that they all needed each other's help.

"Jamal," Tec said, "I mean this in the nicest way possible. Shut the fuck up." Jamal then glared at him, but he didn't care. By then, he was already looking at Andrew to tell him a few things.

"If I heard correctly from our initial gathering, you betrayed your own people. Sure, the first time didn't really count because of the Doom Card, but you were going to erase them all to stop the Hurranians. I don't give a damn what anyone says here. I. Don't. Trust. You. Until you give us a good reason not to be judgmental about who you are, I'm not putting aside any differences. If you betray me, I'm putting you six feet under. That's all there is to it."