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Chapter 9: No More Waiting
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Hey guys pop82 here, with a little foreword. In this chapter Connor will use his Six Samurai deck for the second time. As some of you know, the deck took a major hit when Gateway of the Six was banned. Now, it is not banned in the format we are using, but it does have an errata change that I'm going to mention just on the off chance a Konami Exec reads this. For this fic, you CANNOT use Bushido Counters on other cards to activate any of Gateway's effects. Anyway, enjoy.
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"PEOPLE OF NEO DOMINO CITY!" the red one shouted.
The news camera focused on him.
"Now that we have your attention, We are here for one purpose. As soon as that purpose is complete, we'll let you all go! Great huh?" he said smiling.
Most of the crowd was terrified, so much that they didn't even budge.
"What is that purpose, you may ask? Well this is a duel arena, what do you think it is we want? How about you? What do you think?" he asked, pointing to a little girl clinging to her dad.
Instead of answering, she cried and clung closer.
"Come on, it's an easy answer! A duel!"
He turned away from her, and began to rifle through his pocket, pulled out two photographs, and held them up. The camera zoomed in on them. They were Connor and Trey's high school yearbook photos.
"See these two people? Well you probably don't know who they are, but we do, and we know that they're watching. This message is for both of you. Get here in the next two hours and duel us or we will blow up the arena and everyone in it. See you soon!"
Max yanked the remote out of Trey's hand and turned off the TV.
"Hey!" Trey said. "Connor, did you see those pictures?"
"Of course I did. Now let's get our stuff and go," he said grimly.
"Wait, you guys are going down there?" she asked.
"Of course we are. Are you coming or not? I won't blame you if you don't want to come," Connor replied.
She looked at them and stared, kind of annoyed.
"You bet I'm going," she said.
"Good, go start the car, you're driving.
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A few minutes later Connor and Trey were riding in the back seat, discussing their strategy. Trey would use his Dragons and Connor his Six Sams. Connor had even brought his gauntlets with him. Before they arrived at the arena, they were stopped at the Sector Security blockade 2 blocks away. One of the officers walked over to them.
"Turn around, we have a hostage situation up ahead, no one's allowed through."
Connor and Trey got out of the car.
"Let us through. It's us they want," Connor said.
"Sure it is, but you still can't pass, so get back in the car and turn around," the officer said, his hand on his weapon.
Connor pressed a button on his gauntlets and raised his left hand. A Solidvision sword
Appeared in his hand and he leveled it at the officer.
"Let us pass. I'll only say it once more."
"Is that a threat?"
Connor said nothing. Another officer came up to him and whispered into his ear. The officer with a sword pointed at him relaxed.
"Apparently you are exactly who you say you are, and I am supposed to let you through. Go on, and good luck."
They both got back in the car, and the barricade let them past. When the group reached the arena they found the doors bolted and mag-locked shut. Before they even got to the door after getting out Trey had released the mag-lock, and with his gauntlets Connor busted down the doors, breaking the manual bolt lock.
Max would later note that under normal circumstances, no one would be stupid enough to willingly enter a building rigged with explosives, but those two didn't seem to mind at all. She would also note that despite how incredibly terrified she should have been, she was hardly even scared.
They walked down the straight hallway and reached another door locked in the same way as the first. Connor didn't even wait for Trey to unlock the door before he broke it down. As they walked into the arena all of the eyes fixed on them, and the red one smirked. They climbed the stairs up to the center platform, and stood across from the "terrorists".
"Well, so nice of you to join us," The red one said.
Trey spoke up first.
"Let these people go. Now."
"Fine. I was planning on it anyway, It's better for us if we do this privately," red responded.
He turned to face the crowd after taking a second to fiddle with what looked like a cell phone.
"HEY!" he screamed, "I've unlocked the doors, everybody out."
The people took a moment to process this declaration. Then all hell broke loose as they scrambled for the exits. After about 30 minutes the only people in the arena were the five of them.
Connor and Trey readied their duel disks, standing at the opposite end of the arena from them.
"What no Trash Talk? Aww…." the red one said.
Connor spoke in a complete low monotone, "You came here, threatened countless people's lives, and all to play a game. None of us are in a trash talking mood. Now, face us and shut up."
"Well, if you wanna be all mean about it, then fine, We the brothers Ryalla and Pergerine shall end your lives, stopping any chance of your planet's victory in the upcoming battle," the red one said, "You should know, if you lose, we will take your lives, as is our custom, but if you win, we will give you a reward, something to aid you in the next battle."
Trey filed that bit about the "upcoming battle" away for later. With that, the duel began.
(T&C: 16000 ; R&P: 16000)
"Me first," Ryalla said, " I'll start by activating Necrovalley."
The stadium was replaced by a large canyon. The four of them stood in the bottom, with huge rock faces surrounding them. The sun was seen sitting just above the horizon.
"I'll then set two cards and end my turn. Let's see if you can deal with this." Ryalla said as two face down cards appeared in front of him.
Trey drew a card.
"I'll go next. I will start by activating my own field spell. I activate Chaos Zone!"
The area directly around Trey began to shimmer. A fissure ripped open behind him, showing the familiar blue gridded dimension behind him.
"I summon Eclipse Wyvern, and set two cards and end my turn."
The silver, black and red wyvern flew out onto the field. (1600 ATK)
Two set cards appeared behind it, and the green one drew a card.
"I'll start by setting two cards, one monster, one not. Then I activate my field spell, Domain of the True Monarchs."
A large throne appeared behind him, with a huge shadowy figure sitting in it. Several small figures knelt in front of it
"That will be all for me." Pergerine said.
"Then I'll go." Connor said as he drew a card. "I'll start by activating my own field spell, Temple of the Six."
A mist rolled across the canyon, and when it cleared a large temple could be seen in the distance behind Connor. In front of it a glowing gate barred access.
"Now, since my opponent controls a monster and I don't, I can special summon Elder of the Six Samurai."
An elderly looking man with his face covered appeared, sitting in a four legged mechanical box. (400 ATK)
"Next, I summon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai."
A samurai appeared on the field next to the elder. He wore a green cloth outfit, with armor pieces made of a seemingly futuristic tan colored material with glowing striped running down it. He held a sheathed katana in his hand. (400 ATK)
"Since I control two different Six Samurai monsters, I can special summon Great Shogun Shien from my hand."
A tall man wearing crimson shogun armor walked onto the field. He had a long black cape, and held a katana in one hand. (2500 ATK)
"The benefit of him, is that while he is on the field, you can only activate one spell or trap card per turn. Now, I will set two cards, and then I will tune together my Elder of the Six Samurai and my Kagemusha.
"The Code of the Samurai reborn in the body of a powerful warrior! Spirits of his comrades endowing strength to his mighty blade! Clustering stars bring tradition to the modern era…"
"Synchro Summon… Legendary Six Samurai Shi En!"
A tall man, even taller than Shogun Shien stepped onto the field. He wore ornate red and
gold armor. He had two black wing shapes coming off of his back. In his hand, he held a long katana with a serrated blade. (2500 ATK)
"By the way, since Temple has three counters on it now, all your monsters lose 300
Attack. I end my turn."
Ryalla drew a card.
"I shall start by flipping my Gravekeeper's Spy face up. Its effect allows me to summon a weak gravekeeper from my deck, not that it'll stay weak for very long. I bring out out Gravekeeper's Assailant."
An unassuming man with black hair wearing a black robe appeared on the field. (12001700 ATK) Beside him, a man in a full black cloak with his face covered walked out of the shadows. In one of his hands he held a wicked curved knife. (1500 1700 ATK)
"Now, I can sacrifice my Spy to make way for someone a bit stronger. I Tribute Summon Gravekeeper's Visionary!"
A man holding a golden rapier, wearing a jackal themed helmet, and sitting in an ornate throne appeared on the field. (2000 2400 ATK)
"I'll set one more card, then move into my battle phase. My Visionary attacks your Eclipse Wyvern!"
"I activate Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. It'll negate your attack and then set itself again."
"I can't leave that on the field. I activate Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley, and negate your Trap!"
The man stood up and walked towards Eclipse Wyvern. A scarecrow made of scrap metal appeared in front of him before shattering into pixels. He thrust suddenly, and the dragon screeched before shattering into pixels. A small light flew from its remains, and a white vortex appeared inside of the Chaos Zone.
"Well, now I can use Eclipse Wyvern's effect, at least. I can banish one high level Light or Dark attribute monster from my deck, like my Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon. Also, since a monster was banished, Chaos Zone gains a counter."
"That's fine. Now, my Assailant attacks your friend's Shien, and his effect forces Shien into defense mode, so it won't be strong enough to hold him off."
The cloaked figure vanished into the shadows. Shien crouched defensively, before the wicked dagger appeared in his chest, Assailant standing behind him. Assailant vanished and reappeared on Ryalla's side of the field.
"And with that, I think I will end my turn," Ryalla said with a smile.
(R&P: 16000 ;; T&C: 15200)
While Connor didn't show it, the fact that he lost some of his negate power right off the bat did kind of upset him. But he knew better than to let his opponent's see him so much as quiver.
Trey drew a card, and smiled.
"I summon Axe Dragonute in attack mode, and I'll have him attack your Assailant."
A humanoid dragon landed on the field with large black wings holding a massive battleaxe. (2000 ATK)
"I'll have to stop you there. I activate my trap card, Mirror Force. Your Dragonute is dead."
"I activate my own trap. Dragon's Rebirth. I'll banish Dragonute to summon Prime Material Dragon from my hand."
A mirror appeared in front of Axe Dragonute. It caught the axe mid-swing and began to glow. A beam of light flew forward towards it. Then, suddenly, the humanoid dragon began to glow, then was engulfed in a sphere of light. A ray of light shot from the top of it and caused the air above it to ignite in a fireball. Out of the fireball flew a golden dragon that seemed best described as made from the living wood of a golden tree. Warmth and light radiated from it, as a new vortex opened up in the Chaos Zone. (2400 ATK)
"Pretty dragon. To bad it's still gonna be destroyed by mirror force." Ryalla said as the blast of light from mirror force shot forward, straight towards the new dragon.
"Not quite. By discarding a card, I can negate any effect that would destroy any monsters on the field. So, by sending my Blue-Eyes Shadow Dragon to the grave, I can block your Mirror Force."
A ray of golden light shot from Prime Material Dragon, and it intercepted the ray of light from mirror force, before breaking through and shattering the mirror.
"Now, since you interrupted me, Prime Material Dragon, attack Assailant!"
The golden dragon shot another beam of light out at the shadowy figure. Assailant shattered into pixels.
"I end my turn."
(R&P: 15200 ;; T&C: 15200)
"I draw." said Pergerine. "I activate my Return of the Monarchs. Now I summon Edea the Heavenly Squire. Her effect allows me to summon Eidos the Underworld Squire from my deck."
A feminine figure dressed in full plate from the waist up and a plate mail skirt stepped onto the field. (800 ATK) She prayed for a moment and a male figure in dark plate armor with a black cape appeared next to her. (1000 DEF)
"Now, due to my Field Spell, I can summon Ehther with a single tribute, so I sacrifice my face-down Dandylion to summon Ehther the Heavenly Monarch from my hand. And since I Tribute Summoned a Monarch, Return lets me add one to my hand, like my Mega Caius."
A heavenly figure seated on a shining throne appeared on the field. She wore plate mail that shone like the sun, and held a long gold and silver staff. (2800 ATK = 2500 ATK)
"Now, I can use Ehther's effect to send March of the Monarchs and Domain of the True Monarchs from my deck to the graveyard to summon Caius the Shadow Monarch from my deck."
A large dark figure in pale grey armor appeared on the field. His fingertips were pale red, and the eye slits in his helmet glowed with an evil red light. (1000 DEF)
"Now, Ehther will attack your Great Shogun, and thanks to my Field Spell, she gains 800 attack when she does so."
Ehther stood from her throne and pointed at Great Shogun Shien with her staff. A bolt of light shot from it and destroyed Shien.
(R&P: 15200 ;; T&C: 14400)
"I'll set one card and with that I end my turn, and Caius returns to my hand."
Caius vanished from the field as Connor drew a card.
"I chain The Prime Monarch to your draw. I return Domain of the True Monarch and March of the Monarchs to my deck to draw a card."
Connor looked at him.
"I activate Six Samurai United. I normal summon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. Then, because I control a Six Sam, I can special summon Legendary Six Samurai Kizan from my hand. Now, since United has two counters on it, I can send it to the graveyard to draw two cards."
Connor drew two cards as the two samurai walked onto the field. (400 & 1800 ATK)
"Now, I activate Gateway of the Six Samurai, and since I control a Six Samurai, I can Summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai from my hand."
An elderly looking man with black, seemingly robotic, armored arms and legs walked out onto the field. He wore an eyepatch over one eye, and held a katana. (2100 ATK)
Three more torches lit up in the Temple behind him, and the monsters their opponent's used grew even weaker. (G. Visonary 2600 ATK 2300 ATK, Ether 2500 ATK 2200 ATK)
"Now, I can remove two Bushido counters from Gateway to increase Grandmaster's attack by 500, and since Temple now has 6 Bushido counters, all of your monsters lose 600 attack."
Grandmaster seemed to prepare himself. (2100 2600 ATK)
"Now, Grandmaster will attack your Ehther!"
Grandmaster rushed forward and at the last moment executed a slash with his katana, completely bisecting both Ehther and her throne.
"Now, since Ehther is gone and you control no tribute summoned monsters, Kizan's effect activates. Since I control two other Six Samurai, his attack increases by 300 points. Kizan, attack Edea!"
Kizan lifted his sword. (1800 2100 ATK) Then he ran forward and cut Edea down.
"Then, I move into my second main phase and tune together Kizan and Kagemusha to summon Goyo Guardian."
A man appeared on the field that resembled a police officer from the Japanese Edo period. He held a jutte with a rope attached to one end.
"And with that I'll end my turn." Connor declared, looking at Ryalla.
(R&P: 12700 ;; T&C: 14400)
"I draw." Ryalla said, drawing with a flourish. He looked at his card and smiled a devilish smile. "And with this, I will completely destroy both of you. But first, my Visionary will destroy your Legendary Samurai!"
"They'll kill each other!" Connor shouted.
"Exactly," Ryalla smiled.
The jackal masked man stood up from his thrown and raised his golden sword. He and Shi En rushed at each other and cut at the same time, and stood for a moment with their backs to each other before they both shattered.
"And now that he is out of the way, I can do this!"
He placed a single card on his disk, and the fog behind him lifted revealing a large sandstone temple guarded my two massive statues resembling ancient pharoahs. Connor paled.
"I activate my spell card, the Hidden Temples of Necrovalley!"
Trey looked at the temple.
"Well, it looks impressive, but what does it do? I've never heard of that card."
"Trey, that card makes it impossible for us to special summon anything." Connor said with a worried look on his face.
"WHAT!? What do you mean we can't special summon anything?" Trey yelled.
"What he means is that while this card is on the field, no one can special summon any monster that isn't a Gravekeeper." Ryalla broke in.
"That… is bad. That is really, really bad," Max said.
"And I'm not done either! I'll pay 500 Life Points to activate Counter Cleaner! Now both our Chaos Zone and your partner's Temple lose all their counters, meaning that our monsters return to full strength!"
A strange device resembling the infamous Pot of Greed rolled onto the field. It started to suck air in through its nose and the fog rolling off of the Temple and the white vortexes were pulled into it before it vanished. (Edos 200 ATK 800 ATK;; Visionary 2500 ATK 3100 ATK)
Connor's eyes narrowed.
"Wait a second, no one uses that card." he said, "Unless they're building their deck to counter someone else's!"
"You stacked your decks against us!" Trey shouted, enraged.
"So what if we did? It's not our fault if you guys are so easy to counter. Really, a deck focused around counters and Special Summoning? It was almost too easy!" Ryalla shouted, laughing. "Now, I summon Gravekeeper's Ambusher! And with his effect I'll send your Eclipse Wyvern to the bottom of your deck, completely ruining his effect!"
A pale man wearing a black cloak with red trim stalked onto the field. In his hand he held a black kukri, and a multitude of weapons could be seen on the inside of his cloak. (1700 ATK 2200 ATK)
"Ambusher, get his Grandmaster!"
The cloaked man walked forward and vanished. He appeared behind Grandmaster and stabbed him in the back.
"And I think I'll end my turn here." Ryalla said, smiling.
(R&P: 12200 ;; T&C: 14300)
Trey drew. He looked at the card he drew a cursed when he saw Dark Armed Dragon.
"I can't… I have nothing in my deck that can destroy that Temple," Trey said. "I just drew the only thing I had that could, but you have to Special Summon him. Prime Material! Destroy his Ambusher!"
"Not so fast," Pergerine said quietly. "I activate Threatening Roar. You cannot attack this turn."
Trey stared at him. "I end my turn," he said.
Pergerine smiled and drew a card.
"I sacrifice Edos in order to summon Caius the Mega Monarch to the field."
A dark shadow fell on the field, and a figure that resembled Caius stepped out of it. It had the same pale grey armor, though it seemed darker, and had purple ethereal skulls floating around it. The horns on the helmet had grown much longer, and he had large blades protruding from his elbows. He had a cloak that seemed to be made of pure shadow. (2800 ATK)
"Now, normally I could banish one of your monsters, but since Edos was a DARK monster I can banish both your Goyo Guardian and your Prime Material Dragon. True, you gain more counters on Chaos Zone, but that will hardly help you now."
Caius lifted both of his hands, and the spirit of Edos appeared between them. It shifted into a large orb made of shadow, and then split in two. Caius threw one orb at Goyo Guardian and the other at Prime Material. The orbs hit and both monsters shrieked as they were consumed by shadows.
"And now, since the way is clear, Caius! Attack Connor!"
The giant monarch flew across the field like a shadow and slashed his claws across Connor's chest, knocking him to the ground. Connor, Max, and Trey were surprised to see faint rips along the front of Connor's shirt.
OW! What is this, some kind of Shadow Game? Connor thought.
"I'll set one more card, and end my turn."
(R&P: 12200 ;; T&C: 10500)
Connor drew one card, looked at it, and set it on the field.
"I end my turn."
"So happy to see you can't do anything against us!" Ryalla said with a smile. "I draw!"
"And now I'll play it! I activate Gravekeeper's Stele. This lets me retrieve two of my keepers from the graveyard. So I'll get Assailant and Visionary. And I'll summon Assailant to the field."
The shadowy figure with the curving blade appeared again. (1500 ATK 2000 ATK)
"Now! Both my Assailant and my Ambusher attack you directly! Go after Trey my friends!"
Both of the knife wielding Gravekeeper's ran towards Trey and stabbed him. Trey screamed in pain, and was surprised to see that the two knives the monsters held came away bloody.
(R&P: 12200 ;; T&C: 6300)
"What are you playing at!?" Trey yelled "Why are your monster's actually hurting us?"
Ryalla just laughed.
"I end my turn. Your smart. Take a guess, but to be clear, it isn't magic. This is no Shadow Game, and it likely won't kill you. At least not yet, it will be strong enough to do so soon."
Trey growled as he drew a card. His face lit up.
"I summon Snipe Hunter!" Trey shouted.
The little goblin holding a laser gun with a wheel numbered 1-6 leaped onto the field. (1500 ATK)
"Now, I discard one card and target your Hidden Temples! As long as the number doesn't come up 1 or 6, then it will be destroyed!"
Trey slipped his Dark Armed Dragon into his discard slot and watched as the Snipe Hunter spun the wheel on the gun and took aim at the Hidden Temple. When it stopped on the six, Trey just waved at Pergerine.
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Max watched the duel in a mixture of fear and astonishment, as she saw the two best duelists she knew start losing horribly. As she watched, she couldn't believe they were maintaining their calm, but as she looked closer she could see they weren't. In a passing moment or two when their opponent's weren't paying too much attention to them she could see their expressions crack. Seeing this she was tempted to run. She knew the two of them wouldn't mind. What would be the harm?
No, she thought, I came here and I am staying here.
She looked back up at them, and thought a silent prayer to the heavens for them as they continued on.
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Pergerine drew a card.
"Now, I doubt you could do anything against us at this point, but I would hate for a stray Mirror Force to turn this fight around. I activate Double Summon, which allows me to make two Normal Summons this turn. I summon Landrobe the Rock Vassal."
A small robed figure appeared on the field.
"Don't worry he isn't staying. I sacrifice him and summon Jinzo to seal your fate."
The infamous machine walked onto the field. (2400 ATK)
"Now, Caius will attack your Snipe Hunter, and Jinzo will attack Connor directly."
Caius flew forward and cut the Snipe Hunter to ribbons with his claws, and Jinzo blasted Connor with a beam of mental energy.
"With that I end my turn, and your last turn begins."
(R&P: 12200 ;; T&C: 1800)
"Fine. I draw."
He pulled the card free from the top of his deck, and looked at it.
"We may be going down, but we are going down fighting! Go! Dark Hole!" he cried as he threw the card into his disk.
Unlike the last time the card was played, the familiar vortex that was normal for Dark Hole pulled all the monsters into it and vanished. The moment that the two Gravekeeper's were pulled in the Hidden Temples vanished.
"I end my turn." Connor said.
"And I draw!" Ryalla said. He looked at the card and smiled. "I summon Gravekeeper's Heretic."
A young, fit man with hair so white it almost glowed appeared on the field. He held a staff with a blue jewel embedded in the head. (1800 ATK)
"Now, since my heretic is immune to all card effects while Necrovalley is on the field, he unfortunately doesn't get the 500 point boost to his attack from my field spell. But it doesn't look like he needs it! Heretic! Attack Trey!"
The Gravekeeper rushed forward and clubbed Trey over the head with his staff.
(R&P: 12200 ;; T&C: 0)
Trey despite the incredible amounts of pain he was in, kept standing as the holograms faded. So did Connor, though he moved towards Trey and Max.
"Ha ha! We beat you! Now you die!" Ryalla said as he and Pergerine pulled out two laser weapons that looked much like the previous ones they had seen.
Connor had anticipated this. As the two of them opened fire he raised his gauntlets and summoned a shield to block the blasts. The two kept firing in a sustained beam, and Connor turned to face his friends.
"Go! I'll hold them!" he yelled over the hum of the plasma weapons.
"What?! Are you crazy?!" Max yelled.
Trey looked his friend in the eyes, Connor silently pleading with him. Trey closed his eyes and nodded to him.
"Max. We're going!" He told her.
"We can't leave him here! He'll die!"
Rather than let her continue, lest he be persuaded to stay, he reached out to behind her neck and grabbed at it, knocking her out. He picked her up, and turned one last time toward his friend. Connor looked back at him and nodded, a small grim smile on his face.
Trey ran back down the stairs, not looking back, and not stopping till he got to the car. He got in, started it and drove away, a few pained tears escaping his eyes as he turned his back on his best friend.
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Once his friend was on his way, Connor kept adjusting to make sure that the shield was covering the two of them. Once they were out of sight The two aliens dropped their beams, and Connor dropped his gauntlets, his shield fluttering out of existence.
"How cute, you managed to let your friends escape. All you've really done is buy them time. Once we've killed you we will run them down like the vermin you are," Ryalla said tauntingly.
"Wrong. You won't be chasing them. I'll hold you here."
"Your confidence is amusing, boy," Pergerine said, "But enough is enough. Stand down and we will grant you a swift death."
Connor just stared at him. Then he closed his eyes.
"No. I will not let you past me, because I made a promise," he said, his voice rising in rage.
With his eyes still closed, he began trembling, but not in fear. In rage. His hands started moving, and he held them as if they were claws down by his waist.
"I told my friends I would hold you here, and I will do just that, even if it's the last thing I do!" he yelled.
He opened his eyes, and they looked so full of rage that they barely looked human. In truth, they looked the same as when Max had a gun held to her head. Connor was no longer in the building.
"GRAAAAAAAAHHH!" he screamed, in a voice that could not have been human.
He surged forward at speeds most humans wouldn't even be capable of normally, but when The Beast was out, his brain's muscle limiter shut down, making him much stronger. He slashed with his claws at Ryalla's head, but the alien melted into a red mass of liquid, slipping through.
Connor carried on with the momentum of that swing all the way down and leveraged into a handstand, spinning his legs in a wide arc kicking at Pergerine. Pergerine did the same as Ryalla (only green instead of red), and dodged past, but Connor used the spinning motion to twist out of his gauntlets, giving him better dexterity.
As he came down from the handstand, both of the aliens in liquid form tried to ensnare him but with near breakneck speed he dodged and jumped away from them. When he landed, he dug his hands into the ground, breaking through the rock and tore out a very large chunk (definetly breaking a bone or ten from the strain) and as Pergerine was readying to attack again in the shape of a wave, Connor hurled the small boulder sized piece of rock it him, scooping Pergerine's entire mass and sending him flying toward a nearby wall, with Ryalla's liquid form hesitating a moment at the sight.
Ryalla regained his composure and quickly struck again. But as he rushed towards Connor, the enraged human turned and clawed through his oncoming attack. Ryalla was stunned as someone digging even into their aqueous form was something his species hadn't encountered in over 17,000 years, and he hurriedly regathered himself so he could strike again, but as soon as he gathered himself, Connor was on him again.
The Beast that was controlling Connor clawed away at Ryalla so fiercely, he scattered bits of him. Now this was negligible damage, but with one mighty swipe, Connor tore free a huge amount of Ryalla's mass, damage equivalent to losing an arm.
In his terror Ryalla's liquid form shrunk away from his attacker, fearing his own demise. Unfortunately for Connor, in his bloodlust he had forgot about his other opponent. Pergerine had snuck up on him, and with a precision strike of condensed mass, knocked him out.
After a stunned moment, the two of them returned to humanoid form. Ryalla was indeed missing an arm, and the mass that was the missing limb had lost all ability to be rejoined with him.
"What the hell was that?!" Ryalla asked.
"I don't know. But I intend to find out a way to exploit it," Pergerine replied.
The green alien hefted the unconscious Connor and pressed a button on a machine he produced from his pocket. As he did, a light descended on them, and a moment later, they vanished.
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CHAPTER END