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Post by Andrew Bullock on Jun 23, 2021 19:42:55 GMT -5
Andrew nodded to acknowledge Clarence. Desiree then executed the power of a Bakugan she had. A Haos-colored aura outlined her body and split her into two. It looked like cloning, but was it? Who knows? It's top secret.
Clarence summoned his Bakugan for the very first time on screen: a Ventus Spyron. Him and a Desiree boarded the ancient bird and flew straight into the city. As they were doing so, Andrew started setting up.
"You don't mind if we stay out of harm's way for now?" Andrew asked the Desiree with him.
"We're feds. Why even ask the question?" she scoffed.
"...Good point... Alright, Hades, let's go." Hades popped up in monster form in front of them. It deployed a few S.H.R.E.D.D.E.R. units from a canister above its chest. This was much improved from how it was used before its Myriad upgrade. It has several modules for different purposes. In this case, the units hovered way high above the city to survey it to setup an array for its lock-on module. When this happens, these units will be able to lock onto every hostile and allow any ability from Hades to strike the selected entity or location. Each attack that uses this capability travels faster and has increased damage that simulates critical hits. This is ideal for situations where being in a combat zone is undesirable.
"Ability activate! Hellion Trident!" All four of its heads charged white and purple energy balls. Once they were ready to fire, the balls dispersed and unleashed a trail of giant 'lasers' that hit every Drazardon in the area, including the original. These 'lasers' were actually Hydranoid heads that left a trail of energy as they flew. Each Drazardon was bitten into by these projectiles. Not only were large bite marks left on their bodies, but they were also injected with a nerve agent personally concocted by Andrew himself.
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Post by Dark Calvin (World's Collide) on Jul 1, 2021 5:46:58 GMT -5
Nero's assault crippled Drake's entire army. Their muscles violently twitched. The veins across their bodies were unusually bloodshot red in color. Petra and Leon noticed this.
"I don't know who made you like this, but if you want to stay alive, that's as good of a last warning as you're gonna get!" Petra declared.
"Tsk... Get. Out. Of. The. Way," Drake ordered.
"I might...if you give a convincing reason why I should. You only blew up a couple of buildings and almost sunk the state. No big deal," Petra reasoned. It was unknown if she was being serious or not. Still, a certain person didn't want to wait around to find out. Red magical circles appeared below all Drazardon. Surges of darkness smothered them all and immediately rendered them unconscious. This was very easy to do on severely weakened targets.
"Finally... Peace and quiet..." Daniel sighed. It was that way for about three seconds. An unknown entity decided to enter the battlefield from a portal that appeared next to Drake. For one reason or another, hateful energy surged into Drake and Drazardon as if to power them up. Not only that, but they were all revived in more than perfect health. Just what they all needed.
It gets worse. The one responsible for this was the most unlikely individual to do this. As soon as a gentlemen stepped out of the now fading portal:
"And you're supposed to be...?" Petra questioned.
"Calvin Kuro," Calvin introduced without delay.
"..." Petra got quiet and became very serious. The idea that someone like him could rejuvenate Drake in his current state is very alarming. Alex, Daniel, and Sydney were all very concerned hearing this go down. "So you the real guy, a body double, impersonator? Which is it?"
"Real," Calvin clarified. "Now, I've taken full control over Drake and his army, so... What happens from here is all up to whoever has my wife in custody. I want her to come out here so I can confront her without any unnecessary conflicts. Once that's done, I'll shut Drake down myself."
"Don't know if you noticed, but... Wrong agency."
"I don't care. Find a way to get it done, please. That's all I ask, and I will be on my way."
"Are you really saying to give her up or get blown up?"
"Yes."
"How long until you get impatient?"
"Fifteen minutes for a satisfactory answer, or until I feel like you're not gonna do it."
"Petra, withdraw for a moment. Something's very wrong with him. That's darkness I've never felt before..." Sydney could tell "Alex and Daniel, could you monitor him for a bit? If he tries ANYTHING, do what you have to do."
"Agreed..." Alex accepted. "Daniel, could you call some assassins over here just in case? I'm getting a very bad feeling about this..."
"...Yeah..." Daniel complied.
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Post by Andrew Bullock on Jul 19, 2021 18:27:19 GMT -5
Andrew nearly had a heart attack upon seeing this through Hades' sensors. As much as he'd want to, he can't allow Calvin to get near Rumiko. It was obvious what he'd do to her. But that wasn't the main issue. He recognized the darkness that controls Calvin. What will Calvin do AFTER he gets what he wants? Andrew didn't know, and that scared him. Calvin as public enemy #1? That's about as bad as a Resistor turning evil.
"Clarence, you need to get out of there as soon as possible," Andrew phoned Clarence from his BrawlX.
"I just broke into Jimmy's building. Abandon him and go?" Clarence asked.
"Yes. Leave. NOW."
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Post by Dark Calvin (World's Collide) on Jul 19, 2021 19:37:29 GMT -5
Too late. While Calvin was being perfectly reasonable, someone chose to attack him anyway. An arm composed of hateful energy emerged from Calvin's body and blocked it. The projectile got stuck in the arm and inflicted zero damage. The only thing it did was send chills into Petra and Leon.
"...Gungnir...!" Petra recognized.
"Oh boy..." Leon groaned.
"Petra, hide! Now!" Sydney ordered.
"See? I told you to attack immediately," a voice inside Calvin's head reminded him.
"I don't think you all took me seriously enough. Now I gotta do this," Calvin sighed. Six cards materialized in front of him on the spot. He picked one out with a sinister grin on his face. "Activating Animus!"
The dark arm that took Gungnir had laughing sounds coming out of it and flailed wildly, like a malformed monster.
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Post by Trinity on Jul 19, 2021 19:58:48 GMT -5
Trinity was watching this happen from inside of Jimmy's building. Clarence didn't know she was there yet, and neither did Jimmy. That was all about to change because of Animus.
Animus was the counterpart to Stigma. Rather than take the worst out of someone to create a monster like Stigma does, Animus brings out the worst in oneself or others. There are three ways the ability accomplishes that, but for now, the 3rd option was chosen. The affected person will have people who hate him/her brought to his/her location. Those people will then receive a significant power boost against the person they have animosity for.
Somehow, the entity who uses this ability - since it should be obvious by now that this isn't in Calvin's original arsenal - was able to use Gungnir's connection to Trinity to target her for the ability. Hearing two portals open behind her, Trinity immediately used an unknown ability to warp out of the building to another location in the city.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jul 20, 2021 19:18:49 GMT -5
Noland was spat out of one of them. He landed just fine. He was shocked though. Being summoned out of the blue is a new experience. He's also not supposed to be here, so there's that too. He groaned at the thought of having to participate in any of this chaos. Trinity was in the area, Calvin was being controlled by Betadron, and there's a Silver Knight Admiral next to him that only has underwear and a bra on...
"..." Noland was speechless. He completely forgot that he had a lot of questions to ask her. His eyes were glued onto her until Betadron conveniently opened up another portal to drop her clothes off.
"Are you enjoying the view...again?" Asuka asked Noland.
"I mean...well, yes?" Noland reluctantly answered.
"Hmm... Good for you." Asuka got dressed in her admiral uniform and assessed the situation while they were still safe.
"The ring you gave me... What's it for?"
"I told you to keep it with you. That's all I can say for now."
"So the Angels can use that as an excuse to spy on me?"
"Unintended consequence. They shouldn't be doing that. You can deal with the problem easily."
"I shouldn't have to do that."
"Agreed, but it's the preferable option, isn't it? You've shown that already, haven't you? It looks like they stopped for now after seeing what you did."
"I'm just going to lay this out plain and simple. I want to know why you gave me this, or I'm tossing it in the Doom Dimension. Whatever you or anyone is planning behind the scenes, I want nothing to do with it UNLESS you're fully transparent about what's going on."
"I understand... Do what you feel is right for you then. That's what's important at the end of the day." Asuka tapped on the necklace she had around her neck. She was briefly surrounded in a golden light before breaking through the glass window to go after Trinity.
"..." Noland shook his head in disgust over Asuka's blatant indifference on the matter. For now, he preferred to take care of another matter upstairs.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jul 20, 2021 23:03:57 GMT -5
Noland immediately appeared in Jimmy's office from using Hyper Motion. Jimmy wasn't startled like most people would be. He expected someone to come in. He knew the city was swarming with federal agents. He was relaxing while watching Drake do whatever he was doing.
"You were right..." Jimmy admitted.
"Nevermind that. I know the Bakugan that's controlling Calvin, but I don't know who pissed Drake off. What happened to him?" Noland inquired.
"I don't know. I noticed him acting weird after Tracy beat him. He has been trying to kill me ever since this morning," Jimmy answered.
"So why stay here?"
"I die either way. Whether I'm killed by Drake or my name associated with arming police departments with weapons they're not ready or should never be ready to wield... It's all the same to me."
"Why the change of heart?"
"I realized how dumb I was. I believed that giving them stronger options in combat would help them protect the public better. I thought it would make them safer."
"It would."
"I gave them weapon modifications, ammunition types, and specialized body armor to protect them from Bakugan-caliber adversaries. I denied having done that during the battle to protect myself. I had no idea that certain things happened with my creations... It was never supposed to happen. What's worse is that I cut corners... The weapon modifications are military-grade and were not approved to be used by local and state police...but they've been used, and people have been hurt because of me..."
"..."
"I stayed up all night glued to this computer. Edin compiled every instance of my creations being used and sent them to me regularly. At first, it was just unnecessary collateral damage from bullets. I thought, 'They're just lousy shots or aren't used to how it feels. Give them more training and they'll be good.' Then, overnight, I find out that in addition to the attempt on Alana's life, there were attempts on others..."
"Successful attempts?"
"I specifically told them not to use them against civilians... There was a domestic dispute in Georgia. A cop shot at the woman lunging at a man with a knife... Both the man and woman died..."
"..."
"There are others... I'm too sickened to name each one. What I see now is that some departments will just do their own thing..."
"Did you think this wouldn't be discovered?"
"I was hoping they'd only be used against scum, terrorists, and those that people wish for to die. No one cares until it's an unreasonable use of force and it's on national news... And it looks like I didn't either...until now, and shame on me for doing so..."
"..."
"I don't expect you to forgive me, but... If I was to die or go away forever, I want you to know that I'm sorry... I really am... It never should've came to this... You were right. I was a hero once... Now, I don't know anymore..."
"Cool beans. FBI and HSI coming in!" Clarence popped up out of nowhere despite the fact that Nero told him to leave. The Desiree clone tagged along to and waved with a smile. "Heard everything you said. Recorded it too. Ready for jail?"
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Post by Dark Calvin (World's Collide) on Jul 26, 2021 1:49:25 GMT -5
Petra withdrew from the scene just as Sydney requested. The entire crew withdrew for a moment to regroup actually. They can't focus on Drake and Calvin if Trinity is in the area. Still, the best they could to mitigate what Calvin could do was have the more defensive duo - Alex and Sydney - confront him instead. It was a huge risk. They knew that they could be assassinated before the snap of a finger, but it was the best they could do. There was no one else - only them... Alex, probably the most well-known 'reason with the enemy so they don't kill everyone' guy out of the group, stepped out in the middle of the street. He walked slowly towards Calvin and stopped a building away from him. "Just so you're aware, the woman who attacked you isn't with us. She's a terrorist," Alex informed Calvin. "We hope that whatever that ability of yours did was for her and not us.""It was," Calvin confirmed using Betadron's voice. "Tell me. How does it feel to be an Achron living among today's humans?" "...""Yes, I know what you are. By the way, that ability of mine summoned the Pyrus Legendary Soldier and one of your Admirals here. She's a redhead. Really doesn't like that Trinity character..." "Do you realize what you've done for yourself?""Of course. I made things interesting. The longer you keep Calvin waiting, the more power I gain over him. And let's face it. You're not going to bring Rumiko out here to be killed. Calvin's going to attack, and you and your merry band of idiots will try to stop him. Meanwhile, you have Trinity here who can kill any of you in less than a second, an Admiral who's going to prioritize stopping her over your safety, and there's the most powerful mortal here who doesn't give a damn about whether or not you four survive. I can taste the disdain he has for all of you right now... It warms me up inside..." "..." Alex sighed. He knew plenty of people who would object to lifting a finger against Calvin after he's willing to cooperate. To those people, he'd give them the finger. He knew that whoever was controlling Calvin was getting stronger. He could feel it. Sydney could also. "I'll back you up," Sydney volunteered. "Alright," Alex accepted. Dante figured that combat was inevitable, so he launched himself into battle. As soon as he stood, a demonic arm left Calvin's being and launched forward. Before Dante could be grabbed: "Angel Arm," Dante reacted. A magic circle spawned in front of Dante's body. Out of it came a glowing, white hand that clashed with the attacker's. For a moment, Dante's ability held the arm back, but it was slowly being overpowered. This was slightly surprising to Alex. There are plenty of abilities in his arsenal that are more effective against beings of this vile nature, but this opponent - like Gargulion - may be powerful enough to mitigate whatever advantage that brings. "Drake, have fun," Calvin ordered. "I'll take care of this one." ( Boss Theme 1)
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Post by Dark Calvin (World's Collide) on Jul 26, 2021 3:32:27 GMT -5
"Gladly, I've been meaning to get back to finding my brother before these people got in the way..." Drake accepted. Before they could do anything, they were all subjected to semi-invisible waves emitted from the Secret Service's Freezer units. Their movement speed and reaction time were brought to a screeching halt. At least, that should've happened, but Betadron's energy began to overpower them, especially in Drake's case. This was likely of a similar circumstance to what Calvin was feeling: impatience over not getting to their target in a timely manner.
"Ability activate! Darkus Dragon Roar!" Drazardon and his army unleashed a powerful roar altogether. In doing so, the pressure it created was very overwhelming. It gave the Secret Service some discomfort, but the quartet suffered the most. All of them were pushed back a good distance. On top of that, purple meteorites were falling down fast all over the place. The Drazardon army then proceeded to stomp all over the city now that the Secret Service was stunned. Betadron, now having control over the situation, squeezed the Angel Arm ability and literally broke it into pieces. His arm faded out of existence...at least until he chose to attack again.
"Activating Machine Slaughter," Calvin put into play. This was a summon just like with Ninjus and Shadow Guardian. Darkus energy swirled in front of Calvin. In the midst of it all, a supermassive battle suit appeared on scene. Its appearance resembled that of a violent Bakugan from another universe, except this one was...well, alive? Maybe that's a bad way to put it. It was veiny, looked like its muscles were organic, and...it spoke...
"Slaughter want you dead!" Slaughter declared. It seems like it has the same personality as its template Bakugan as well.
"Petra, whatever's controlling Calvin got Drake too. Maybe you can try something to disrupt his control over them?" Sydney suggested. "I'm gonna be honest... I'm having trouble deciding non-lethal methods at this point. This is an entire army we're dealing with, so... Use your discretion, of course."
"Yeah, I got you," Petra understood. "Hey, Danny boy. Cover me, would ya?"
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jul 26, 2021 5:09:35 GMT -5
Back in Jimmy's office, everyone had ducked for cover from all of the glass breaking. Well, Noland wasn't apart of that 'everyone' since he stood there like nothing happened. He was eager to take matters into his own hands. He started walking towards the windows to get out; however:
"Wait!" Clarence yelled.
"Yes?" Noland waited.
"I know it's tempting, but get out of the city. Don't go down there."
"Why not?"
"You told me a second ago that you were summoned. The enemy wants you here."
"I don't mean to insult the capabilities of the feds, the Silver Knights, or Eden, but none of you are acting with any sense of urgency. This isn't the time to be nice or play defense. We're in a grave situation. The Bakugan controlling them is Betadron. He's feeding off of their hate and using it as fuel. The longer this is allowed to continue, the more energy he's gonna get. Eventually, he'll get enough to break his seal and get us for real."
"This is him sealed!?"
"All the more reason why I need to be down there. Asuka won't do it since she seems more focused on Trinity. Unless Alex hurries it up, I have to do it. Anyway, right now, please, PLEASE get Jimmy out of here. If Drake even gets a whiff of Jimmy, we're in serious trouble. I will hang back to give them space since it's possible my hate could be used against us, but if it gets bad and Asuka doesn't act, I'm going down there."
"...I'll let Drew know about this so he can get the Secret Service onboard... This sounds like an enemy that the Resistors may need to deal with if the Knights don't...or won't... Whatever it is that they're doing... Just say alive, kid."
"Yeah."
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Post by Dark Calvin (World's Collide) on Aug 7, 2021 9:05:56 GMT -5
The meteorites spawned by the Draz army threatened to destroy the city and everyone in it. Machine Slaughter wanted to run Alex and Dante over. A perfect way to end the weekend. Slaughter shot a concentrated beam towards Alex and Dante. A gigantic explosion rocked the city. The smoke from it was a giant pillar rising upwards. It almost blinded everyone from the meteors about to come down on them.
"I didn't think I'd be fighting another hero like this..." Alex sighed, apparently unharmed from the explosion. "Ability activate! Battlefield Control!"
This was an ability that Dante used against Drago during his Switch Code training, except Dante was in Valiant Strive. He technically is right now, but in a state called 'Valor'. That is when Dante covers himself with the armor of Valiant Strive without going into a full transformation. Hence, why he survived Machine Slaughter's beam of death with such ease.
Dante's energy spreads up and out to cover all the incoming meteors. Then, Alex went into a combo he came up with...just now. "Ability activate! Enhancement: Aquos!" Dante was washed over by a watery veil. Now, his attacks 'flow' through his enemies. 'Flow' means that an attack can damage an opponent several times - in this case, 5 times - even if the singular attack wasn't meant to do so. One meteor impact and ensuing explosion damaging someone five times was rough, but all of the meteors doing so? Machine Slaughter was gonna have a rough time.
Dante swiped his left hand to get rid of the smoke, then pointed the same hand towards Machine Slaughter. The meteors slaughtered Machine Slaughter. Dragonus was spat back out before the chaos from this combo was close to halfway done.
"Not bad..." Sydney commended.
"You're pretty strong..." Calvin also commended. "Activating Counter Strike!" This one was simple. The incoming damage can be transferred to another part of the battlefield. The most immediate choice would be Alex and Dante. That's true, but...Alex was sorta irrelevant. How about sending that damage along the ground to go where the Master Blaze currently is...
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Post by Noland Hardy on Aug 7, 2021 10:28:09 GMT -5
No one left Jimmy's building yet, so Calvin's move was threatening to blow Noland, Jimmy, and the federal agents sky high. Noland could feel AND see what was coming towards them.
"Would it be bad if this building blew up?" Noland asked.
"Would be kinda bad... We need to secure the building... We're about to be blown up, aren't we?" Clarence asked.
"Yep," Noland confirmed.
"Alright. I got this one. Spyron, get out there!" Clarence called on by name for the first time. A humanoid, ancient Ravenoid-like Bakugan stood outside of the building. It could clearly see purple pillars of light traveling along the ground towards them. As that happened, Drago got out there to see it for himself. He just as quickly shoved Spyron out of the way of an incoming trail of light.
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Post by Trinity on Aug 7, 2021 10:43:21 GMT -5
That trail of light was you-know-who of course. She was just stopping by to check on everyone. Whatever she did may have cut through the building and started its impending collapse. They'll be fine though. Just to make sure they were fine, Trinity herself appeared on the same floor as the gentlemen.
"Did you just cut through the building...? That's not possible... I fortified this building to make sure it couldn't be brought down..." Jimmy believed.
"You didn't think to tell us that before I almost got my Bakugan cut into pieces!?" Clarence roared.
"..." Trinity ignored those two and focused on Noland, her biggest threat at the moment. "What a coincidence. We meet again so soon."
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Post by Noland Hardy on Aug 7, 2021 10:52:41 GMT -5
Noland didn't need to turn around. He knew who it was. He shook his head in disgust over the idea that this building will come down any minute now. Jimmy may have gotten a lucky break here...if he survives.
"Look, I really don't care that you're here. The only opponent that matters is that thing down there," Noland directed at Calvin and Betadron. "So, unless you're going to help take him down, I suggest you leave before I focus on you. And you better not have killed Asuka either."
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Post by Trinity on Aug 7, 2021 11:00:13 GMT -5
"Now why would I do something so irresponsible? Kill a Silver Knight Admiral? Those idiots are after me enough as it is. Besides, she's not really worth the effort...for right now," Trinity said so casually. "Anyway, I suppose I'll help you out a little... Don't say I didn't do anything for you, cutie."
Trinity disappeared from the scene again. A light trail went across the purple lights coming towards Noland. The light disappeared. In about a fraction of a second, multiple explosions littered the city. Somehow, she moved what would've blown them up to other locations. She did this quite fast. Too fast in fact. No one would be able to guess how or why, except for ones with supernatural capabilities like Noland.
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