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Post by Kendrick Hardy on Nov 30, 2019 22:36:24 GMT -5
"Y-yeah...I've been studying her alright..." Kendrick commented...
"Serious time here," Krakix scolded him.
"I know, I know." As was established before this whole situation started, Kendrick was running mission control from his room. He could hear everything that Noland was hearing. Based on what he heard - and then comparing it to what he already knew - these were his conclusions.
"Whatever she did to put us all above a sea of lava is beyond me. Maybe you saw something that would explain that," Kendrick shrugged. "BUT, I have a theory on how her technique works. She knows that there are Resistors in the building, and she mentioned that at the same time she was talking about her power. Either she has very good sensing abilities, or she can SEE them..."
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Post by Mother Bowen on Dec 1, 2019 2:20:55 GMT -5
Bowen was a little smiley after being repelled by Drago so easily. This was uncharacteristic for someone fighting the Master Blaze, but there was something about this man that had an effect on her...
"You know what...? After taking those two hits and thinking about what you were saying, I realized something. You're the most hateful one of the Legendary Soldiers, aren't you? And here we were thinking that Alana had it bad. Wow...how stupid of us, right?" Bowen began to share. "You remind me...of a certain Demaryius character I can't wait to see again."
Bowen decided to use Gladion's power once again. A portal dropped off an obsidian dagger.
"Lyles lets me use this. Of course, he's better with it than I am, but there's a certain trait with this weapon that I really like. The injuries sustained from this blade are...permanent...and the wound gets progressively worse until you die... Lyles claims this was made from the same stone Cain used to kill poor Abel. Well, I only know as much as you." She activated the dagger. All of the emotional pain Noland was feeling was used as a catalyst for this weapon. It resonated with him. The obsidian shattered to reveal a chrome razor-sharp blade.
Bowen flashed her left eye again. This time, their immediate area changed into a torture chamber. Noland and Drago were restrained by chains in a dungeon. Bowen was now ready to deliver a very lethal blow to Drago this time.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 1, 2019 2:43:28 GMT -5
"That's impossible..." Noland remarked about how he and Drago were imprisoned without warning. "Drago, that might be a one-shot if she hits us..."
"Might be?" Drago said with some feelings of hysteria. "My ability was nullified too..."
"...Ability activate! Dragonic Presence!" Now armed with expanded presence, Drago could exist anywhere within a predetermined radius. There was no use mentioning the exact distance in this case since it was well beyond the space they were fighting in.
A silhouette of a Hex Code Drago appeared slicing through Noland's confinements with his claws. This happened, and the Drago who was confined vanished. Three different Dragos showed up around Bowen: a Switch Code Drago to her left, a Hex Code Drago to her right, and a base form Drago above her head. He existed in all three places briefly, but he remained where he was. He threw a punch to release a pressure wave. He had hoped to knock the dagger out of her hands at the worst, but for the best result, he was hoping she attempted to swing at any of those three locations and get the dagger lodged into her body instead.
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Post by Mother Bowen on Dec 1, 2019 2:58:36 GMT -5
Bowen used Nero's power to quickly react to each of Drago's appearances. She swung each time, but missed. It looked like the Dragonoid was a bit faster than her those times, but in going after those, she left herself open to Drago's pressure wave. Clearly, that covered too wide of an area to dodge, so she had to guard to prevent any blows to the head. She was very careful, but in crossing her arms, she came extremely close to cutting herself with the dagger. After that, she decided to toss the dagger back into a portal and end the current technique.
"I have to give you credit. Even you had a low chance of surviving that. Nice job," Bowen commended. "I'm starting to get the feeling that I have the advantage here. It's not like you to be on the defense, is it?"
Bowen continued her campaign by surfacing a stone construct. It was a small mountain that was steadily growing bigger. A brown glow was seen on it that became darker. This was likely the application of Gorem's ability to form the earth. She was growing something akin to Goliath Bastille, except this was looking like it'd reach Mount Everest's height in no time at all. The potential energy it would have after that would probably crush this planet just by existing.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 1, 2019 3:13:20 GMT -5
"I actually like playing defense. It's not as boring as I thought it was gonna be," Noland shrugged. "It helps my offense, especially when I figure out how to beat my opponent, like right now. Allow me to introduce a new secret art of ours, Vestroian Creed."
This secret art allows the user to utilize three abilities belonging to an ally's arsenal assuming they were close enough. Drago had all he needed in the mall already. Noland then did the unthinkable. Noland reached into his pocket and pulled out the card with a skull on it that shall never be named...
"Ability activate! Paragon Blaster!" This ability will exhaust the expanded presence, but it was well worth the tradeoff. Now, Drago will be able to fire the next ability from everywhere in his controlled area via the Dragonic Presence ability. In simpler words, this next attack is going to exist everywhere, and Bowen can't escape from it.
A pulse left Noland's Doom Card. It opened a portal that dropped off an old friend of Drago's. "Where is she at!?" Hydranoid roared upon showing his faces out of the portal. "You got me fucked up if you think you're going to get away with this shit. Drago, let her have it!"
"You heard the man. Ability activate! Omega Eraser!" Drago amassed a swirl of Darkus energy around his arms. He then placed them both into the floor.
"Coming at you dark!" Drago quipped. Swirls of Darkus energy erupted EVERYWHERE. It obliterated any chance of Bowen winning this battle, because her ability to steal characteristics was erased...
"Now, I have something to suggest to you... Yield," Noland fired back from earlier.
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Post by Mother Bowen on Dec 1, 2019 3:29:34 GMT -5
Bowen was stunned. It was one thing to get rocked by the surprising force and for her victory mountain to be ruined, but now her main squeeze was taken out of commission. She showed noticeable signs of damage just like when she was affected by Danger Zone.
"Oh, woe is me. I can't take your powers anymore," Bowen sobbed for kicks. "What ever will I do?"
Bowen flashed her right eye. This time, it was a white flash. In an instant, an actual Bakugan appeared to fight for her. It was...a chimera of some sort... It was an amalgamation of all six Legendary Soldiers' Bakugan fused together into some grotesque creature... It was disgusting.
"Right back at ya," Bowen sent back.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 1, 2019 3:34:38 GMT -5
"..." Noland didn't bother to say anything. Even this wasn't going to help her case at all. "Your body can't handle the usage of those eye abilities for too long... That's why you cancel them," Noland noticed. "Besides, the human body can only endure so much, especially when two Bakugan with exceptional visual prowess are giving you access to those techniques..."
Noland then revealed a hidden item that Bowen wasn't expecting. He tossed a gray and purple Bakugan up and down in his hands. He launched it right into battle to unveil Hades. It turns out that Noland had it the whole time... "Do your thing, Hades," Noland allowed. Using it's dimensional tech, Hades opened a portal right behind Bowen.
"And that's the game right there," Noland declared.
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Post by Mother Bowen on Dec 1, 2019 3:38:37 GMT -5
The portal opening was weird, because nothing tangible came out of it. Still, Bowen found herself unable to move a muscle...
"You...you opened that portal to link someone here..." Bowen realized. "This is sealing... That Castle Knight... So you had this hidden in your sleeve the entire time?" Bowen's smile quickly turned upside down. She was in real trouble here. To make it worse, a bunch of ethereal warriors rose from the ground. This was likely Rafe's Knight's Code, the technique that calls on the deceased Castle Knights from the past.
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Post by Sir Rafe on Dec 1, 2019 3:51:13 GMT -5
Rafe came walking through the portal, but he brought a guest. It was none other than Queen Serena herself. The look on her face suggests that she isn't too happy with what happened to her sister. She looked extremely pissed.
"How the mighty have fallen," Rafe started off. "I'll admit. You had us on the edge of our seats with what you were pulling out. I really thought we were in trouble and would've had to join you where you're about to be going."
"...Normally, I don't approve of executions, especially when it's one of our own, but you are far too dangerous, and you're too far gone. I'm willing to challenge the sacred oaths if it means that my people and our government will not be threatened by your presence any longer," Queen Serena firmly believed. She walked behind Bowen armed with a golden sword. She was about to waste no time in severing Bowen's head from her body.
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Post by Father Tinsley on Dec 1, 2019 4:01:07 GMT -5
Father Tinsley was recuperating from his 'beating' in the hospital. He could feel that his cohorts were driven into a corner. It was only a matter of time. It was only the two of them after all.
"You've done exceptionally well, you two. That will be all," Tinsley kept to himself. He didn't show any movement from his hospital bed nor were their visible signs of using power. Both Lyles and Bowen turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared from where they were...
"They will take some time to recuperate. So will the both of you," Tinsley also kept to himself. "...We will see if this spurs Demaryius and Nyla into showing themselves... To help these pitiful humans just like they did in the past, and left their own brothers and sisters to rot in the sands of time..."
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Post by Markus Hederick on Dec 1, 2019 4:14:21 GMT -5
"Are you-!" Markus was beyond angry when Lyles escaped. He was pacing back and forth in disgust. He felt like he failed even though it wasn't really his fault. "We had him! He was gonna die here!" Markus covered his face with one of his hands. He was trying to get himself composed, but this was hitting him hard. The most dangerous man he ever encountered was now out there, and he'll remember what they tried to do to him. It wasn't a pretty situation...
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Post by Rashad on Dec 1, 2019 4:27:33 GMT -5
The Emperor was noticeably angry, but he didn't let that distract him from the person who was responsible for allowing Lyles to escape death.
"This was probably an inevitable result no matter how you look at it. It's sickening, but... You did what you could, assassin. We all did," the Emperor assured Markus. "I suppose we should check on the other battlefield to see how things went. After floating over a sea of lava, I'm interested to know how this woman was stopped."
With that being said, the Emperor had Dharak get in his monster form so they could head on over.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 1, 2019 17:19:13 GMT -5
After getting rid of Bowen, Noland ran over to check on Nero and Alana. He was more concerned about Alana's condition though. He was kneeling next to her and was feeling very distraught about it...
"No sign of Mother Bowen anymore. It's over...for now..." Drago notified him. "...Noland, she took a direct impact... She's still alive... Emotions are getting in the way of common sense..."
"...What are you saying?" Noland asked for clarification.
"You've been played... That's what I'm saying..." Drago clarified.
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Post by Andrew Bullock on Dec 1, 2019 17:32:34 GMT -5
The Alana that Noland was kneeling over transformed into an injured Andrew. He was wincing a lot from getting hit by such a powerful weapon.
"You're probably going to hate me for doing this, but yeah... We didn't tell you we were doing this," Andrew revealed. "I honestly expected her to take me prisoner... I didn't think she'd be crazy enough to hit me with an RPG... Don't tell Montai about this... Please..."
If Alana was actually Andrew, then the Andrew who - if he was hit at all - only took splash damage must be...
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Post by Alana Cortese on Dec 1, 2019 19:13:09 GMT -5
The Andrew behind the actual Andrew took a deep sigh before turning into who everyone should know: Alana. Before she could say anything, Hydranoid had to share his thoughts on the situation.
"You could've told me that... All I knew was that you were sending me to the Doom Dimension, and you never told me about what was happening... I don't like admitting this out loud, but... That really had me scared..." Hydranoid commented. "...With that being said, these Tribunal bitches have nothing on me. I could've beat them all myself based on what I saw MY ability doing. I know we had to be cautious and everything though, so I understand."
"..." Alana had an emotional look on her face. Even though Noland and Drago didn't take a hit from Mother Bowen, there were a lot of questionable moments and opened up a lot of 'what ifs'. Being put over lava was the scariest moment, because - as was seen when Noland and Drago were imprisoned - she could've killed the majority of Earth's population in an instant. The Resistors are who they are, but they wouldn't have been able to stop that if she just submerged everyone in an instant.
"...Are you okay...Noland...?" Alana asked him.
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