Sparkster walks up to a gaint manor.

"Well, this is it. Axel Gear's place."

Sparkster puts on a jacket and a hat to disguise himself. He knocks on the door three times, and a butler answers.

"May I help you?"

"Yes, I'm here to see Mr. Axel today."

"Ah, yes. Come in."

Sparkster walks in and the butler calls for Axel Gear to come down the enormous stairway. Axel Gear comes down and walks up to the butler, exchanging whispers.

"Someone wants to see me?"

"Yes, sir."

"I'll take care of him."

Axel Gear unknowingly walks up to his enemy.

"State your business, stranger."

"I need your help."

"Look, I ain't got all day, alright? What you want?"

Sparkster takes off his disguise and Axel Gear's eyes grow huge.

"Sparkster! What the hell are you doing here?"

Axel Gear growns angry, and his face red.

"Axel, I know I'm not the first person you want to see today."

"Damn right!"

"But dammit, I need your help. Armies of soldiers will march on Zephyrus soon. I don't know when, but soon. I need you to...help me defeat them in battle."

Axel Gear has a huge smile on his face.

"Sparkster...needs me? Ha..haha..hahahahahahahahhahahaha! What is this? Your reputation not proceeds you? You're the Rocket Knight everyone is talking about. And Sparkster, the man who defeated empire after empire, including myself, needs the help of his rival? This is great. Too great! I love this moment of humiliation for you! Hahahahahahaha!"

"Axel, I know this is a sign of weakness for me-"

"No shit! Hahahaha!"

"But Axel Gear, if you help me, your reputation will proceed you the other way."

"Other way? I'm living the life, man! I got a mansion, a butler, if I go the other way, I'll end up like a bum!"

"But the way people will remember you will be the other way around."

"Like how? Why does this concern me? Zephyrus doesn't like me! I sure as hell don't like the people in it! You say I can be a hero? I love killin' them more that I do being one!"

"Then let's have a duel! If I win, you help me."

"And if I win, you leave and never come back!"

Axel Gear walks over to a wardrobe and signals Sparkster to come here. Sparkster follows Axel to the wardrobe and Axel opens it. Inside is his armor. A red torso piece with black leggings and red boots. Axel Gear puts on his...gear..and walks out to a platform on his lawn. Axel Gear turns on his jet pack.

"What are you doing?"

"We're Rocket Knights, aren't we? I would expect us to have our duel in the skies!"

Axel Gear ascends about thirty more yards. Sparkster looks at the ground and thinks. "What have I gotten myself into?"

"Come on, Sparkster. I don't have all day to fight you once more!"

With that last thought, Sparkster jetted up to Axel Gear and locked blades with him. Axel's long, purple, spike-pronged sword is skidding and creating sparks with Sparkster's short, straight, pale blue sword. Axel Gear smacked Sparkster across the face, and sliced Sparkster in the arm. The blade bounced off, but the impact jerked and pained Sparkster's shoulder. Sparkster then came back with an uppercut to Axel's chest. The blade slid along the armor of the Black Knight, and Axel held his chest for a moment.

"Give up, Axel?"

"No, not yet. This is far from over!"

Axel Gear takes his sword and lands hits on the hero five times. After all of that, Sparkster is left floating in the air holding his heart.

"Give up, Sparkster?"

"Not likely, Axel!"

Sparkster slashes, slices, and swings his blade around and lands a ten hit combo on Axel Gear. Axel Gear puts his hand on his head.

"A minor injury, is that the best you can do?"

But before Sparkster could do anything, Axel Gear's eyes widened, and Axel Gear plummeted to the ground below. He hit the surface, and Sparkster flew down to see the damage.

"I win."

Axel Gear looks up at Sparkster.

"Alright, I'll help you."

Will Axel Gear be true to his word?

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