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Post by Noland Hardy on Nov 27, 2022 12:57:17 GMT -5
Noland and Drago didn't bother trying to contest Fury's attack. They did what any smart person would do: run.
"Hyper Motion," Noland calmly activated. Both Noland and Drago disappeared from the scene to miss out on all of this destruction. Drago appeared behind his new pal who yelled out his name and kicked the evil bastard in his back. Due to the Battalix Prime buff from the fight on Earth, Betadron didn't detect Drago in time to respond. Betadron - who was about a mile away from the scene when he was kicked - flew like a high-speed projectile towards Fury. Before Betadron could say 'Oh shit', he was smothered in the Wings of Darkness ability. This ability was so intensive in destructive ability that Betadron was absolutely obliterated...
"...Damn..." Drago remarked. He sounded very impressed with Fury's power. At the same time, there may have been a hint of concern...
As for Noland, he appeared next to someone he sensed when got in the Doom Dimension, but never said anything about it.
"Calvin..." Noland recognized. He stood a couple of feet away from Calvin and just looked him up and down. He wasn't sure if this Calvin was evil or not. He thought he'd check just to make sure...
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Post by Calvin Kuro (World's Collide) on Nov 27, 2022 13:27:51 GMT -5
Calvin was barely conscious after having his hatred extracted by Betadron. Dragonus was in a grayed ball form next to him. Both were clearly in no position to resist anything that could happen to them in the next few seconds.
"Noland..." Calvin recognized. "...I saw everything... Betadron made me watch... All of that senseless destruction... I'm so sorry..."
"It was Tinsley who sent me here... He said he was some 'Father'... He wanted...to get rid of me...because I'm an Achron hybrid..."
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Post by Noland Hardy on Nov 27, 2022 14:32:22 GMT -5
"..." Noland was both happy that his suspicions were validated, but confused about why Calvin was telling him this. Kendrick claimed he was cursed and would die the moment he attempts to reveal Father Tinsley's activity. If that was to be taken seriously, then why wouldn't Calvin be cursed? Was the plan for Calvin to be here permanently? Was this a miscalculation on Tinsley's part? Was Betadron and/or Fury conspiring against Tinsley? Noland didn't know for sure, but he did know that these were too many questions to ponder over right now.
Noland zapped Calvin with rainbow-colored bio-electricity without saying anything to him. This made Calvin unconscious and got rid of Betadron's hateful energy just in case there was any left. Noland approached Calvin and took Dragonus for himself. Then he hoisted Calvin's body over his shoulder as if he was prepared to evacuate. In fact...
"Drago, we're switching," Noland called out. Drago's color scheme changed to a rainbow color. He was brighter than normal due to the Prime buff. He didn't plan on using it though. Even though Fury and his Mechtogan were on approach, he wasn't going to stick around. "Ability activate, Slip Reversion," Noland activated.
Both Noland and Drago faded away from the Doom Dimension in the form of an aurora that progressively disappeared. Noland took Calvin with him of course.
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Post by Fury on Dec 4, 2022 18:22:57 GMT -5
Fury and his Mechtogan were too late to apprehend Drago, but he wasn't very disturbed. He was very carefree about it.
"...Quite resourceful compared to Apollonir..." Fury complimented Drago concerning his use of Hyper Motion to go to Betadron's location to avoid potential damage.
"That Dragonoid may be more of a threat to us than Apollonir was. Comparatively, their powers are relative to each other, but this one seems to have more advanced capabilities," Coredegon believed. "Also, the Gundalian took Calvin with him."
"...Agreed...and good..." Fury shockingly celebrated. "Betadron should regenerate momentarily... With Calvin offering his testimony about what transpired between him and Father Tinsley, then - hopefully - the Legendary Soldiers will confront him and eliminate him before our return... That should weaken both sides before Betadron makes his return, and then ultimately...our return..."
"So...you were lying about wanting to help the Tribunal then...?" Mandibor inquired.
"...What do you think...?" Fury fired back.
"...Of course..." Mandibor accepted.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 15, 2022 5:10:33 GMT -5
Noland and Drago appeared in a never-ending white space. Bewildered, they looked around several times before looking at each other with confused looks on their faces. "...Maybe we should've tested that ability before we used it..." Noland sighed. "...You feel that...?" Drago asked out of nowhere. "...Yeah... Abnormally-large power level..." Noland confirmed. "An ability that returns your bodies to the destination you were warped away from without delay or restrictions... Very impressive... I was considering helping you against Fury, but...you opted to run instead. Considering you know nothing about that area of the Dimension and you were all by yourself, I agree with your decision," a familiar voice said about them. "Good, but more importantly, this is the time where you show yourself," Noland reminded whoever this being was. "Very well," it agreed. "Standby." The white space was replaced with a Colosseum that looked very familiar, and Noland and Drago were in the middle of it. "...Wasn't this the place we fought Allen and Alana in when we were evil?" Drago remembered. "That, and where I was after Hydranoid hit me when Nero was evil," Noland added on. "There's some significance with this arena, but...I won't spoil the surprise. You'll be here again. More importantly, in reference to Noland's comment, I was responsible for all that transpired there," it claimed. "I thought linking you and Alana via spirit connection would motivate you. I saw no use in reviving you if you just remained the same person that was beaten in battle. Seems you turned out okay.""If that's the case, then why didn't you tell me that Alana was here the entire time?" Noland then asked. "She wasn't. The Karen you dated WAS the real deal, but I noticed Alana's arrival after that happened," it claimed. "In case you don't remember, Alana told you that the ones who stood before Fury had two choices: be the last one standing in a bloody free-for-all and go back home, or do nothing, get their bodies taken over, and do whatever until their bodies expired from the energy influencing them. You've now seen someone do the latter with the individual you're taking back to Earth.""...Of course..." Drago pieced together. "Anyway, enough with the history lesson for now. All will make sense in due time. For now...bear witness." A large, mechanical dragon who stood on all fours materialized in front of them. "I am Dragonoid Colossus, the amalgam of all who have the Ultimate Warrior Gene in the Dragonoid line. I have two main purposes: identify the 'ultimate warriors' that are Dragonoid and report it to Genesis Dragonoid himself, and - should the Dragonoid ever become extinct - spawn a new one.""Why are you reporting us to him?" Drago wondered. "He's studying you. That's all he ever tells me. I'm curious of the reason myself. I study you too - given one of the reasons I exist - and I noticed that I have data on all ultimate warriors except for one... I have a feeling that I'm missing the very first Dragonoid since the second Dragonoid heard rumors of a predecessor... But that's something I'm focusing on.
"As for what this means for you, know that my actions are not entirely my own. I have less freedom than my Dharaknoid counterpart. I only surface in situations where Genesis Dragonoid tells me to. The times that I did was to make you both aware of me and to serve as a deterrent to our enemies in the Doom Dimension. As I hinted to earlier, when I assist you, you're being flooded with the powers of every Dragonoid who had the Ultimate Warrior Gene before you did. Their strength, their individual powers - all yours. Beware though. If by some miracle someone ever managed to beat me, it'd take a while for me to regenerate. Could be days, months, years, centuries, millennia... This is to greatly discourage me from acting on my own...""So why wait to say this now? You've been watching us for a long time. I get the part of doing what your life can handle, but now we're in a situation where Betadron and Fury could be released. The moment we became strong enough to deal with this threat, you could've told us about their seal. Maybe even tell us how to make sure they don't break it and escape." "Their seals are set to weaken when all of reality as you know it is coming to an end. They are bound by a Sacred Orb that seals off a significant portion of their power and prevents them from being anywhere but the Doom Dimension. The said orb can only be regenerated so many times before it gets diminishing returns. That's your situation.""..." "I gave you as much time as I could give you last time... It's up to you what you do with it. I'll be watching...and you might see me again later... Until then..."
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Post by Noland Hardy on Dec 15, 2022 18:58:02 GMT -5
Dragonoid Colossus faded away, and as he did, so did the setting Noland and Drago were in. They were now back in an empty white space.
"Wow... That was a lot..." Drago spoke up.
"Now the both of us have 'guests' in our bodies," Noland summed up. "At least we have a better understanding of how these idiots were sealed. Even then, it sounds like their release is inevitable... Betadron is enough of a problem, but Fury and those four being released, and this 'Collision' still going on... I don't know what to do..."
"...Things seem...hopeless..." Drago admitted. "Maybe the BT System could get them all, but...we don't know where it is, and I don't think the gods will be kind enough to tell us either."
"...Well...we're still alive, so...until we're not, we'll have to figure something out..."
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Post by Tank Stryker on Dec 16, 2022 19:42:06 GMT -5
The 'interlude' that Noland and Drago were in with Dragonoid Colossus made them lose contact with everyone else.
"They weren't hit, so them being killed isn't a concern. Okay? NOT. A. CONCERN, so - yes, even though it has only been two minutes - PLEASE let one of us figure out what the hell they used," Gladion said with some irritation in his voice.
"It has to be a space-time ability of his... I can't think of anything else he has that would make him completely disappear and avoid being tracked..." Tank thought out loud. "Okay... Gladion, I know we said we weren't using this ability anymore, but..."
"I got it. Eyes of Prometheus," Gladion interrupted since he knew what Tank was getting at. His eyes glowed blue so he could look into the future. He was motionless for a while, which became worrisome for those around him.
"Anything...?" Tank wondered.
"Nothing yet... Either this space-time ability is throwing these eyes off, or..."
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Post by Alana Cortese on Dec 17, 2022 1:58:49 GMT -5
Before Gladion could finish his sentence, an aurora appeared in front of them all. Noland and Drago appeared within it. Their appearance restored the connection Hera's staff made between them and everyone else. They don't really need it at this point since their ordinary connection with each other was sufficient here, but it was reassuring to feel and see anyway. Two of them were getting very emotional over it though: Alana and Petra.
Alana's heart was beating very loudly. She noticed this, but was too busy trying to get over her fear of possibly losing Noland to relax and take deep breaths. What she didn't notice was the tear that rolled down her cheek. By the time she noticed she was crying, her eyes were watery and tears were streaming down her face. She placed her hands on her face like some people do when they're crying and discreetly wiped the tears away.
Petra's reaction was more internal than Alana's. That's because part of her turmoil involved something outside of her normal feelings for Noland, which could make her look scummy to anyone else, but it was not for scummy reasons. Aside from the obvious concern for Noland and how she prefers for her and Noland to work out, how bad did Eden screw up by turning someone this powerful against them? Despite Sydney only doing what she did under duress, what about what Vergilius said about Noland? Is that what Sydney thinks too? Did Sydney believe that while Petra and Noland were together? These were things she hadn't thought about since she didn't give herself time to. It was only when she got sidelined by Betadron's Black Burn and then seeing Noland suffer from Mist Burn up close did reality suddenly hit her. What the hell did they do to Noland? More importantly...what...did she do to him...? How much was Noland hurting? What did he go through to get the power that he has right now? She felt like - despite dating Noland - she knew nothing about him at all...
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Post by Tank Stryker on Dec 18, 2022 9:02:16 GMT -5
"...Huh...well...that's...troubling..." Gladion remarked on his inability to track where Drago was going to appear.
"..." Tank was a little disturbed by that from a competitive standpoint, but he was more than happy that they were alive. Now all that's left is to fix the mess that Betadron made. "Ability activate! Remnants of the Titans - Scythe of Kronos!"
Time stopped for everyone else except for Tank and Gladion. A scythe warped into Gladion's hands and immediately let out a wave-motion pulse. New York City suddenly reappeared as it was prior to Calvin and Drake's attack. When time resumed normally, they just saw the city pop up out of nowhere. This didn't require as much effort from Gladion mainly because he was turning back time on inanimate objects such as buildings, streets, statues, etc.
"Easy enough," Tank concluded. "Anyone still feeling evil? I don't want another Hurranian episode where the evil bastard keeps coming back."
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Post by Andrew Bullock on Jan 4, 2023 11:30:14 GMT -5
Tank's statement spooked Andrew to the point where he frantically scanned everyone in the area to make sure they were not influenced by Betadron. This took long enough for Desiree to see he was completely disregarding the fact that everything appeared secured in the area...
"You good?" Desiree wondered.
"No, not really," Andrew sighed. "You want this guy?"
"Awww, thanks for offering, but no way I'm touching anything to do with the Doom Dimension. CIA has that covered," Desiree passed off. "Definitely not used to saying that... What took you guys so long to get 1811's anyway?"
"People coming from other dimensions and planets, no one having jurisdiction, and the U.S. Government always wanting to have jurisdiction over something," Andrew figured.
"Yeah...sounds about right," Desiree understood. "I'll go ahead and call the other agencies back so we can lock this area down. You go get him."
"Sounds good, and make sure EMS is on standby. Calvin looks like he's on his way out." With that said, Andrew boarded Hades and rode it into the city where Noland was. Once he arrived on scene, he stepped down and got ready to detain Calvin.
"You mind helping me with this?" Andrew offered.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jan 4, 2023 12:13:34 GMT -5
Noland placed Calvin on the ground in the prone position with his legs crossed. He placed part of his knee on Calvin's right shoulder and held the right arm in the 'catcher's position'.
"Ready," Noland announced as if he knew Nero's intention was to handcuff Calvin. He was correct. Andrew reached into his duty belt and grabbed a pair of cuffs. With Noland's help, Nero handcuffed Calvin. In doing so, an electric pulse traveled over Calvin's body that deprived him of any special powers he might have. Nero then 'double-locked' the cuffs. That's when Noland let him go and left Calvin to whatever fate he brought upon himself.
"Calvin said that Tinsley did what we saw at his house," Noland revealed to him. He handed Nero Dragonus's gray ball form, got up and walked away from the scene without offering more. He was still disgusted at how the Tabitha incident was handled, so he didn't want to get in any arguments when Calvin's actions are the most immediate threat for right now.
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Post by Andrew Bullock on Jan 4, 2023 13:28:47 GMT -5
Andrew took Dragonus without saying anything, but he had questions. He looked around and saw that Dragonus - the evil one - was still lying on the battlefield while the real one is in his hands. Furthermore, the evil Calvin imploded into a Doom Dimension portal and then disappeared. The real Calvin is now here. What was going on?
Drago walked over to this 'evil' Dragonus and was conflicted on what to do with him. Before Drago could decide, Hades walked over to scan and photograph it for its records. It then opened one of its mouths to shoot Dragonus with a purple beam. Upon being hit by the beam, Dragonus glowed purple and then disappeared.
"Target preserved. No further hostiles detected in the area," an AI from Andrew's BrawlX announced.
"Thanks, Drago," Andrew thanked.
"Yeah," Drago acknowledged. He flew away without offering anything else either. It was nothing personal from his end. There was no use throwing oil on the fire.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jan 5, 2023 16:01:16 GMT -5
While leaving Nero to think how he should've listened from the start, Noland went to where everyone else was onboard Drago. Desiree was standing off to the side speaking with other agencies, but she made sure to look Noland up and down to make sure he didn't require medical services as well.
"Yeah, he looks okay, but have them look him over just in case. He appeared under duress earlier. He may refuse it, but just to cover ourselves, do it," Desiree said on a call.
Noland knew what she was getting at, so he paid that no mind. As soon as Drago landed and Noland stepped off, Petra immediately glomped Noland.
"..." Noland was very surprised by this. He expected Alana to do this, but Petra? Even Alex, Daniel, and Sydney were shocked. This is because - as some of them could figure out from when Petra wished for to see her deceased mother - Petra does not like to be emotional in front of people.
Knowing this, Noland Hyper Motioned out of there to give Petra a safe space to express how she's feeling right now. The location: a rooftop in New York City where federal agents were flooding the streets.
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Post by Noland Hardy on Jan 5, 2023 17:35:00 GMT -5
"Something wrong?" Noland wondered as he contemplated whether or not he should return the hug. He didn't want to, but to prevent himself from looking like an asshole, he hugged back.
"...I'm just relieved... I still worry about you..." Petra kept short.
"..."
"I know...we aren't a thing anymore...and I should let go and move on with my life...and not look like a clingy ex in front of everyone... I just... When I saw you fighting someone that almost turned you evil again...and then seeing you go in the Doom Dimension to fight Fury all by yourself... My heart dropped... I thought you weren't gonna come back..."
"..." Noland could tell she still cared about him. He was well aware of how he NEEDED to dump her, but he still felt bad about how it ended.
Petra released him and looked away. "...Thanks for not letting me say that in front of everyone..." she thanked. "You can go back now... Your friends are worried about you too."
"..." Noland placed a hand on her shoulder and Hyper Motioned back to where everyone was. Petra walked back to Alex, Daniel, and Sydney's side. She had a tear roll down her face as she did so...
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Post by Seiki Maki on Jan 17, 2023 23:10:11 GMT -5
Now that it seemed like Noland and Drago didn't have a reason to disappear, Ahio thought she should clear the air about what happened earlier. She had a feeling Drago and Gargulion were still hot about it at the very least.
"First, glad you're still alive," Ahio started off. "Second, I'm sorry about the delay in getting the humans out. I just got confused since no one was telling me what was happening."
Seiki understood Ahio's view a lot better after having time to think about it. Ahio thought they were about to team up and take the main villain down. Being 'kicked out' of the battle all of a sudden was shocking to her in addition to not knowing why she was being told to leave. Still, compared to her and Seiki, the rest of them are the experts...
"I know this is selfish to think about, but... Why press a panic button for us to come...to then sideline us...? I thought the whole point in pressing that was to help you..." Seiki thought to herself.
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