The CRISIS Chronicles: Devil's Pass

Me: I'm back!

Atlas: Well, that's new. I don't recall Model W being able to do that.

Neo: In a little, it won't make a difference! Come here and help me!

Atlas: DON'T BOSS ME AROUND, LIGHT!

Me: I do not own Megaman ZX, and you two stop trying to kill each other! (goes to separate them)

Chapter 10: Ragnarok?

*Atlas's P.O.V.*

Now I understood what the sensation I felt when I first saw Katani's pendant. I had been sensing a Model W. Why hadn't I realized it before? It had been right up in my face!

Why had Katani of all people had a Model W fragment anyway? For someone who spent ten years trying to stop the Hounds of Hell from killing thousands of people, it was rather counter-productive to carry around a piece of something that almost destroyed the world.

Unfortunately, right now I didn't have time to wonder. That parasite had taken control of Katani's body and it was trying to kill us. No surprises there.

She didn't use the same attacks as Albert had. She was mostly relying on beam attacks, none of which looked familiar. They tore through anything they hit, including any idiot soul who wandered too close. One of the attacks landed WAY too close to me, and I snapped back to attention. This Model W fragment wanted to kill us.

The fragment emitted purple light, and suddenly time slowed to a crawl. I blinked. Big mistake. My eyes closed slowly, and took an incredibly long time to open. During that time, Katani had run up to me, punched me twice, and kicked me into the air. Somehow, she was still moving at normal speed.

That's the same ability Kronos used! The image of the Time Demon's smirking face appeared in my mind, and anger gave me new strength. However, my body fell slowly. Too slowly. Katani had run over to Aeolus, kicked him several times, shot a charged blast at Siarnaq, and run back in time to kick me in the back, sending me towards the wall. Luckily, the impact seemed to have been reduced a bit, but the wall gave way like butter, and I made an Atlas-shaped indentation in seconds.

Fight it, Katani! Fight it, dammit! I thought heatedly, pulling myself out of the wall. As soon as I had done so, Thetis' flailing form collided with me in regular time. Apparently Evil-Katani had decided that she wanted to screw with us in some other manner. She was currently raining blow after blow onto Maria, who hadn't managed to block her in time.

Iris grimaced, and a white-hot flare filled my vision. There was a crackle of electricity, and seconds later Evil-Katani was flung into the cliff-side right next to me.

"How's that?" Amy shouted, eyes ablaze.

"That's all? How utterly pathetic. And here I was looking forward to fighting a Cyber-Angel. What a downer!" Evil-Katani said. Her voice sounded different. Different as in, it sounded like an old Reploid with a bad voice box.

This pissed Neo off, and naturally, Model O's insane side kicked in. "Oh, that does it. You've just crossed the line, you son of a-" Whatever he was about to say was cut off when Katani roundhouse-kicked him across the face. A look of pure rage distorted Neo's face, and he lunged forward, roaring angrily. His saber rent across Katani's chest, and, to my shock, a large circle around him suddenly appeared. The white circle cut clean through the cliff-face, cut a large trench in the ground, and split through the air with a harsh scream, but Katani, aside from a cut across her chest, seemed fine.

"Omega, how dare you turn on me..." The voice that said that was strangely male, and old/scratchy.

Okay, what the hell? Who's Omega? I asked myself.

Surprisingly, something answered me. He's the God of Destruction, and the soul trapped in Model O. Really, it's obvious. O? Omega? Get it?

"Model F?" I asked, assuming that my Biometal had spoken. But if that had been him, he didn't answer before Neo and Maria attacked again, blasting Evil-Katani at the same time. This busted the bubble around her, leaving her stunned. I decided to get my licks in as well.

"Be careful!" Heather cried. "That's still Katani!" I ignored her, and launched a fireball at Evil-Katani. Aeolus, Siarnaq, and Thetis also threw their own attacks, all of which nailed Evil-Katani head on. This only served to make her angrier.

That's when Lucidrale stepped in.

The Light AI appeared in front of Evil-Katani, taking full human form. A stunned look appeared on her face. "What? Impossible!" The male voice shrieked.

Lucidrale said nothing. He merely drew a five-pointed star in front of her. It lit up, and suddenly Evil-Katani's form exploded. The wing blades dispelled as well, so Maria, Lucas and Jade were released.

Lucidrale caught Katani in his arms and placed her on her feet. She looked dazed and confused, but otherwise normal.

"Well, that settles that." I said, walking over to him. "But seriously, if you kicked so much ass why didn't you show up sooner?"

"There's only so much I can do while I'm Iris's biometal. Especially since we're in hell. I can't stay long." Lucidrale answered practically.

"I'm really tired of getting that answer." I snapped.

Lucidrale smiled slightly. "Then you tell me what to say."

Damn, he got me there.

"Why'd you step in now?" Aeolus asked.

"What if I were to tell you that if Katani had been assimilated by Wiel he would have reformed Ragnarok with her as the Core?" The golden-eyed AI asked, his tone rather rhetorical.

"What? What do you mean, with her as the Core? And what's Ragnarok?" Thetis asked, sounding absolutely confused.

"I mean what I said." Lucidrale replied. "I know evil where I sense it, and this is an old, foul fragment of impending genocide."

"Ragnarok." Aeolus muttered. I knew that face; he always looked like that when he was trying really hard to remember something. "Oh god...that was orbital canon Model W was formed from, the fragments containing pieces of the soul of a madman."

"You've done your homework, Aeolus. That's correct." Lucidrale said. His expression darkened abruptly and he looked up at the bloodred sky. "All of you, get through the gate, now. The solstice is at hand and the volcano is erupting."

End Chapter

I apologize for my braindead-ness. I couldn't think of anything, and then I decided to write this chapter no matter how horrible it looked. My writing gets better as it goes along, so hopefully Time Warp will look a little better than this.

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