Of Psychic Powers and Baseball Bats
Chapter 9
Arc 2:
Fall of Tazmilly
Part 2
"PK LOVE OMEGA!" Lucas yelled, throwing the pink ball of PSI energy at the Mothership.
"PK STARSTORM!" Kumatora yelled as small blue meteorites appeared to strike the Mothership and send in plummeting to the ground.
Yet, a shield surrounded the entire ship, blocking both attacks.
"What the hell?! What shield could possibly block a Pk Starstorm and Pk Love?!" Kumatora yelled out in outrage. Lucas just stared at the ship as it began to descend. "Come on Lucas, let's try again. That shield can't stay up forever!" Kumatora was about to cast another Pk Starstorm, but then she stopped. "What…what is that?" She whispered, she also began staring at the ship. "It feels…" The pink haired princess trailed off.
"It feels like it's not natural," Lucas finished for her. "And much more powerful than anything we've ever even meet…" Lucas grimaced. "What is this power…?"
"Whatever it is…we can beat it…right Lucas?" Kumatora asked.
"I'm…not even sure…" said Lucas.
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The starman began to approach Isaac before being kicked in side by Duster. "Sorry, but I'm not going to let you hurt my fellow villagers!"
The starman stumbled and turned to Duster but was kicked again in the chest, knocking it down. Duster winced again from the pain.
"Damn…I've got to finish this quickly," he muttered, getting ready to keep kicking as the starman stood up again. 'And I've got to keep that thing away from Isaac," the thief thought to himself. He charged at the starman, trying not to wince along the way, and jumped before delivering a side-kick in its 'head.'
Unfortunately, the starman stepped back and Duster's attack missed. "Oh crap," he said as he landed on the ground with both feet.
"Pk Fire Omega," it said, and all Duster saw before he collapsed was a jet of fire coming his way.
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Ninten saw the flames and saw that limping young man be struck and fall.
"Looks like it's up to me to save the day again," he said to himself, smirking and preparing his PSI buffs. "Pk Offense up Alpha, Pk Quick Up!" With even more speed, the young 13 year old boy ran to engage in battle once more.
The starman stared at the fallen men before it was struck by a hard, wooden bat. "Pk Techno Omega!" Yelled Ninten as waves of the neon colored PSI attack struck the starman as it fell to the ground, defeated. "Hell yeah, another victory for me! That starman didn't even last long against me!" He declared proudly, completely forgetting the two unconscious men he could be reviving with a quick PSI skill; before stopping as he sensed the familiar presence approaching. "What…why is he…? …Giegue…" He muttered, turning his sights to the now rapidly approaching Mothership containing the alien he had defeated not so long ago.
"Hey, you kid!" A voice shouted to him. Ninten turned around to see Kumatora and Lucas running over to him. "I know you have PSI powers, so can you feel that? And why are you here by the way? Who are you?" Kumatora asked, impatient to get the answers.
"Well, my name is Ninten, and I've traveled from the past," he started, feeling foolish at how ridiculous his story seemed. "And, that thing on the ship, that's…wait, is that guy still fighting that starman?" He said, pointing to Flint avoiding a strike from the starman.
"Hold still you meatbag!" It said…mechanically!
Flint didn't respond…well, he did, but not with words.
The bald cowboy picked up Lighter's 2X4 and swung it at the starman.
The starman was hit and fell down…mechanically and didn't get back up again. Flint let out a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
"That was a close one…" He muttered.
Lucas also sighed in relief before getting ready to case another PSI skill. "Pk Healing Omega…" Lucas whispered, raising his palm up as a light blue glow surrounded everyone in the plains, successfully waking up Duster, Lighter, and Isaac and healing their injuries.
Flint ran up to his son just as the Mothership finished descending. "Lucas, Kumatora, those things, did you ever fight those?"
Lucas shook his head.
"Those things are called starmen," Ninten answered, staring at the large ship while Boney bared its teeth at it, growling a bit.
The other three walked over to them.
"…Do you think the Pigmasks have more of those machines?" Duster asked as a the main hatch swung open.
A lone Pigmask in white uniform stepped out with a flag with Porky's head on it. He cleared his throat before speaking. "We hereby claim these islands for the pigmask-AAAHHH!" It suddenly began to scream in pain as Kumatora launched a Pk Fire Gamma at it. It began to stop, drop, and roll trying to put out his uniform which was on fire.
Everyone just looked at the Pigmask with mild amusement.
"GET THE WATERBOY OUT HERE!" The Pigmask colonel yelled. A Pigmask with a red uniform carrying a container of water came out running and splashed it all over the Pigmask.
"…Can I get promoted now?" He asked his superior.
"NO!"
"Damn…" He muttered sadly, looking down on the ground as if his feelings have been truly hurt, but that's another story that will never be written…ever! Let's get back to the main plot.
"Now then, we declare these islands to now belong to the Pig Mask Army!"
Kumatora just launched a Pk Thunder Alpha at the Pig Mask colonel, who had screamed before she even cast the PSI skill, thrown the poor waterboy in front of him, and ran back into the ship.
"Are these guys competent in anything they do?" Ninten asked no one in particular.
"No, but that makes it easier to beat them up," said Kumatora with a grin, cracking her knuckles and began walking towards the Mothership.
"Kumatora, it might be a trap," Lucas warned.
"I know, but don't worry, I've got it covered," she said confidently. "PK THUNDER OMEGA!" She yelled as four bolts of electricity struck the ship.
It didn't seem to do much.
Kumatora growled, clenching her fists and would've charged at the ship, PSI powers blazing, if even more starmen hadn't come out.
"PK FIRE OMEGA!" Kumatora yelled, pointing two fingers towards the starmen as a jet of fire headed in their directions.
"Pk PSI Beta," they said as a giant PSI shield appeared, causing the flames to have no effect on them. Kumatora growled again.
"Kumatora, we'll have to fight using force," he said, visibly hesitating to use physical violence. "We're not going to be able to rely on PSI attacks."
Kumatora grinned. "Now you're speaking my language," the tomboy princess said while cracking her knuckles.
The starmen chose this moment to advance.
Everyone else grabbed their weapons, readied their PSI buffs, or just got in a fighting position.
"Pk Offense Up Omega!" Lucas said, increasing the attack power of his allies.
"Pk Defense Up Beta!" Ninten said, backing up Lucas and buffing the party as well.
"Great, now time to kick some ass!" Kumatora yelled, rushing at the starmen.
"Hell yeah!" Ninten yelled as well, running alongside of Kumatora with his bat in his hands.
The starmen extended their arms up. "Pk Fire Omega," they said as numerous jets of fire headed towards Kumatora and Ninten.
"Pk PSI Counter Omega!" Lucas yelled, pink shields surrounding Kumatora, Ninten, and everyone else. "Everyone, we have to fight!" Lucas yelled.
Kumatora ran up to a starman and jumped before punching one of them right in the face, knocking it down and continuing to keep punching the starman until it stopped moving.
Ninten ran up to a group of starman who tried to hit him with several Pk Beam Gammas, only for them to be reflected by his Franklin Badge.
The starman were struck but rushed at Ninten. Ninten responded by delivering a SSSSMAAAAAASH! at the first starman to reach him; only for the second one to ram into the kid…mechanically.
Ninten flew back a few feet before falling to the ground as two more starmen joined the second one and they all ran towards Ninten with the intention of finishing him off.
Luckily for him, however, Flint, Lighter, and Duster intercepted the starmen's run. Flint said nothing as swung his fist towards one of their faces, leaving an impressive sized dent; the balding cowboy then also elbowed it in the torso before delivering a round-house kick that finished it off.
Duster delivered a leg swept which caused the starman to fall to the ground before the thief dropped a kick in its head which made it stopped moving, finishing it up quickly and efficiently, just like a real thief.
Lighter swung his 2X4 which the starman jumped back a bit, causing him to miss. Lighter responded by swinging it near its feet, causing it to fall just like the one where Duster fought. It began to strike the starman all over its body, leaving large dents all over its body; defeating it.
Kumatora punched another starman and jumping to the side when she noticed that another starman aiming Pk Beam Gamma, which then hit the starman hitting the starman she just punched numerous times.
Kumatora aimed her fingers at the starman that had tried to hit her and yelled, "PK THUNDER OMEGA!" Four bolts of lightning shot out of her hands and hit the starman. It fell to the ground, defeated.
Kumatora sighed in relief before she was hit from behind by a Pk Freeze. She staggered, trying to keep standing. "Pk Lifeup Beta," she whispered, using her most powerful healing move. She turned around to face three more starmen. "How many of these things are there?!" She yelled out loud.
Ninten bashed another starman in the side with his bat and then jumped to the right seeing a Pk Freeze being aimed at him. "Pk Powershield!" He yelled before tackling the starman, the powershield preventing any pain Ninten would've felt. The boy stood up and began bashing at the starman with his bat until it was defeated.
Meanwhile, inside the ship.
The little Pigmasks who actually decided to come along with the starmen stared at the battle in front of them through a large monitor. There were only about twelve Pigmask Soldier; nearly all of them just privates, and the waterboy.
"Why am I here again?" Said waterboy asked.
"Shut up waterboy!" The colonel commanded. "Now then, it appears that these people are taking down quite a few starmen."
"What was your first clue?" The waterboy muttered.
"QUIET OR I'LL DEMOTE YOU!"
"I'M A WATER BOY, HOW COULD I BE DEMOTED EVEN LOWER?!"
"Just shut up. Now, I believe it's the time that we send out the golden starmen. Any objections?"
A private raised his hands, he was later shot with a non-fatal lasers.
"Good, send out the golden starmen!"
"Aren't they called 'final starmen'?" Another asked.
"Do you want to join the waterboy's rank?"
"No sir!" The pigmask said nervously.
"Good, now deploy them!"
Ninten breathed heavily as he stared at the many broken bodies of starmen that lay on the ground. They were all defeated, off-screen of course, because you've already had enough action for one chapter.
"What...were...those things?!" The pink-haired princess asked, pausing to breathe, the fight that was not seen had drained a lot out of her.
"Those were starmen," said Ninten surprisingly without a pause. "And they were creatures I fought in the past."
"In the past?" Duster asked, walking over to the boy along with everybody else.
"Yeah, in the past I stopped an invasion with my friends."
"An invasion? And where are your friends now?" Kumatora asked.
"An invasion of aliens, and my friends got taken away...by those people," said Ninten bitterly, pointing to the ship which even more starmen began to walk out.
These starmen however, where different. They were slightly bigger and were a mixture of gold and bronze with spikes on their rounded heads and arms.
"I've never seen these kinds of starmen."
The starmen in question walked slowly to the party before stopping a simultaneously cast the same PSI skill.
"Pk Starstorm," they said (mechanically).
If you fought the Porky bots in Mother 3, then you should get those "mechanically" parts I put in.
Anyway, once again, I end on a cliffhanger!
Oh, and the next chapter MIGHT be shorter than the last two.
In the end, I had fun writing this chapter, and it's not late either. Only took me 9 days to upload it!
As always, even simple short reviews that tell me people are still reading this helps me out, it reminds me that I'm writing for you guys!
And criticism is always appreciated!
-TheImperfectDarkOne
