"So, you ready to get pummeled?" I taunted him, cracking my knuckles.
"If so, you are about to be rewarded." Steel said. I smirked.
"GO TURBO: STRENGTH!"
Charging at him I raised my fist in the air, ready to strike. At the last second, Extroyer jumped out of the way, making my fist momentarily stuck into the ground.
While I was pulling it out, Extroyer sprang onto my back, pushing me down.
"Not today, Max Steel," he taunted. I tried to shake him off, succeeding and delivering a heavy blow to his jaw. He backed away for a second, growling.
"GO TURBO: SPEED!" I yelled and as soon as the transformation was complete, I started running around Extroyer in fast circles, attempting to confuse him and create a small twister to contain him long enough.
As I was starting to get enough wind going, a huge paw came out of nowhere and knocked me into a tree. I coughed hard for a few seconds trying to catch my breath.
It was hard to get up, I think I might have broken something. "Steel," I wheezed painfully. "Is there anything broken?"
Steel's reply was a little hesitant. "Yes, but don't worry, the steel suit's already working on it. You can fight and it won't damage you further."
"Great," I said. "Let's so thi-" I was cut off when I felt claws grab onto my chest and push me harshly to the ground, knocking me back into the default base mode.
"It's over," Extroyer snarled in my face. Then he slowly raised his paw with his deadly claws out over my chest. I wasn't too worried, the steel suit was designed to be able to withstand things like claws and knives.
Then he suddenly brought down him claw with as much force as he could and ripped open the suit, cutting deep into my chest.
I screamed in agony, writhing on the ground. It felt like acid was eating away at my skin before it stopped. I was still screaming. It was like the worst pain I had ever experienced times a hundred.
Extroyer growled in victory as I bled out. Then he brought one claw and tore through my helmet, digging deep into my face. I could feel a line of white hot pain going from above my left eye to below my chin. It hurt almost worse than my chest wound, though I could at least tell that it didn't damage my eye in any way.
Then, Extroyer stepped on my chest and I gasped for breath, it was suddenly hard to breathe.
"You're at the end of the line, Max Steel." Extroyer taunted.
"Not..yet," I replied. And out of pure agony, I found it within myself to create a huge ball of crackling blue TURBO energy. I launched it at him with all the strength I had left and saw him collapse under the energy several feet away.
Feeling too weak to even move, I succumbed to the pain and darkness, drifting into the black abyss, just after noticing a N-tech jet land near me. I was already gone.