Well, that certainly explained what Glave meant by 'fight yourself'...
Add regarded the figure before him with a scowl, while outside the arena, Elsword and company stared at the 'portal' Glave had opened to allow others to view the matches. It was no secret that Add's appearance was one of a kind, with his silvery-lavender hair and magenta eyes, his white lab coat and purple vest. Likewise, no one else used the same weapon as him-swords, staffs, spears, cannons, bows, they were all fairly common weapons, but the Nasod Dynamo only had one parallel, that being Eve's two drones.
And yet, the scientist's opponent commanded his own Dynamos, brushing a lock of his own silvery-lavender hair behind a pointed ear. To anyone else watching it seemed that Add had met his own twin.
And yet, as Add examined him, he noted large differences in their appearance. His opponent's face seemed subtly more rounded with the last remains of adolescent 'pudge' on his cheeks, his eyes lacked the dark circles and distinct creases, his hair was shorter and not tied back-but at the same time, he wore the same hairband as Add, wrapped around the back of his head. His coat was the same, albeit missing the extra Dynamo accessories, but instead of the vest and tie, held on with a purple jeweled clip, he wore a plain black turtleneck. His pants looked slightly too tight and short, as if he'd outgrown them and forgotten to replace them. Instead of dress shoes, he wore more casual sneakers. Even the Dynamos seemed almost incomplete...
Ah, I see now... Add allowed a slight smirk, realizing exactly what Glave's new arena entailed. This is another me, from the past.The other Add scowled when his elder self smirked, as if realizing who he was fighting. With a flick of his wrist, he commanded his Dynamos to change their configuration, activating his Dynamo Factory. A drone floated behind him between the Dynamos, primed to fire. Add simply tucked his hands into his pockets without a word, watching.
"Well, let's see what a child like you can do," he beckoned. The smirk remained on his face, angering his younger self further.
"Don't patronize me!" he barked, commanding the drone to open fire a single rocket at Add. It hit him squarely on the chest, knocking him back a step, and Add knew exactly what it did. It gave him a lock for his other attacks, which the other Add promptly started taking advantage of.
"Rushing Drone!" Ah, he still needed some voice commands. That gave Add a rough idea of what point in time this other scientist came from, and he simply analyzed the situation and gauged the strength of the attacks as the other Add's Dynamos tossed a bomb toward him. Homing in on the marker left by the rocket, the bomb practically shot toward his chest and exploded, tossing him back a bit again. Add's own Dynamos caught him and kept him from falling.
And still, the smirk was on his face, unnerving the other Add more and more.
The 'fight' could hardly be called that, with Add simply standing there and his double throwing everything he had at him, getting more and more frustrated. Add's usually-flawless appearance became more and more dirtied and tattered with each attack. "What in the world is he doing?!" Elsword barked, while the other challengers watching the fight booed. No doubt the challengers from the opponent's universe were cheering.
"He's analyzing his opponent," Chung replied, shifting a bit from how he was sitting on the Destroyer. "If he's fighting himself, it helps to know his capabilities."
"So he's just tanking hits?! He doesn't wear any kind of armor! That's gonna kill him!"
"I don't think so, Els." Raven shook his head, though his attention remained fixed on the 'screen'. "Look. He's grinning."
"Eh?"
The other Add growled darkly as another rocket from the drone barely seemed to scratch Add. The repeated hits had only made Add stumble a bit, needing to use his Dynamos for balance. "Haven't you had enough?!" he demanded, arming another Rushing Drone. "Just forfeit if you're not going to do anything!"
"Oh, I plan to do something," Add noted with a chuckle. "I was merely curious as to your capabilities. It seems you haven't made the full transition to where I am now..."
"What are you going on about?"
Add's left eye began to glow, a grin on his face. "Observe a true Mastermind in battle."
The next words that left Chung's mouth were so uncharacteristic of him that Elsword had to make sure it wasn't Raven who said it: "Shit be fucked."
Without a word, with merely an idle hand gesture, Add summoned a very different drone than what his younger self had summoned, a screen open in front of him. A quick keystroke caused the drone to plant itself into the ground, and Add simply watched the other albino, locking onto him with his artificial eye and sending lock-on targeting information to the drone. Noting his younger self's confusion on what the drone was, Add gave him its name.
"Starfall."
The drone fired a rather large laser skyward, and for a moment the other Add found the attack useless...until the laser dropped onto him. It hurt, and he staggered a bit. Hearing the drone launch another laser, he did the only thing he could think to do-he ran.
Scowling as his younger counterpart darted around, Add kept his attention focused on him. The Dynamo Factory dismantled the Starfall drone, setting up a new one in its place. "Shooting Chaser."
The drone shot toward the fleeing albino, multiplying and locking onto him. No matter how fast he ran, they wouldn't stop hovering ominously over him, and he gave a piercing screech when they fired on him, electrifying him and freezing him in place.
Eventually the drones broke down, and Add gave him a moment to catch his breath and recollect himself. After just a few more moments, however, he decided to show his younger self his final drone, the one he poured all his time into perfecting.
The obedient cat-like drone behind him understood its master's wishes without any need for words. Its feline features vanished, the cube growing to more than double its size. Dread crossed the other's face when he stared at the drone as it changed shape, practically transforming into a cannon aimed directly at him.
The Mastermind smirked, uttering a single word that spoke what his younger self was facing.
"Apocalypse."
