Episode 3: A Worthy Opponent (Main Story)
Chapter 2: Capability…
(Abandoned subway tunnel)
After Raze's robotic forces were completely wiped out from the face of the earth, he quickly went down under to keep suspicions off him. When he saw Ben and his family battle against the drones he must say that he was mildly impressed by the boy's unique talents. To change into a Kineceleran in the middle of a battlefield and fight off against great odds earned him some respect for him.
As he entered the subway station, he was immediately greeted by Vilgax's communication drone. "Well? What do you have to report?" the warlord hissed impatiently.
"I have located the boy just I promised, but you did not tell me that he possesses the Omnitrix" Raze replied folding his six arms together. "I was quite surprised when he changed into a Kineceleran right in front of my eyes"
"Oh is that so?" Vilgax voiced back through the screen, "Everyone in the galaxy knows of the Omnitrix's existence. I thought you would know that it was in the possession of a human"
"Well pardon my ignorance. It just so happens that I was trapped in Incarcecon for seventeen universal cycles" Raze shot back clearly giving out a good point, "I have only heard rumors of the Omnitrix from the guards that pass by the cell, but details are sketchy at best"
"My patience grows weary of your hesitation Raze…" the squid face alien growled threateningly, "I order you to do a task and I want it done… NOW! I will not tolerate your hunting techniques" If a normal mortal would hear Vilgax say that, they would probably urinate their pants six times over and over already. But Raze simply kept a stern look on his face not showing the slightest hint of fear. He was either too brave or too darn crazy to be facing the greatest warlord the galaxy had to offer.
"Do not worry, master" he replied after a short pause, "I promise you that I shall meet my end of the bargain. But first I must see what the boy is truly capable of. A hunter must know his prey before challenging it to a battle, less he becomes the hunted himself. Besides, I wish to fight him in true combat"
Vilgax didn't really have the patience span of all this mumbo jumbo honor in battle and stuff. He just wanted to boy dead and the Omnitrix ripped off from his arm as soon as possible. But instead of fighting against the assassin, he decided to comply… for now. "Very well… I will send you another contingency of my drone army… but I expect results this time!" and with that, the communication drone self destruct so that no one would be able to hear that com link again.
(Bellwood city streets) (08:45 PM)
Right after the battle at the highway, the Tennyson family immediately went patrolling around the city to see if Vilgax was attacking. When he didn't appear during the battle, Max became paranoid and began checking every hidden Plumber base around the country. Usually when Vilgax attacks them he would usually go after something powerful or find another way of destroying Ben or recover the Omnitrix. But today…… nothing.
"Haaaaa…" that was the sound of Gwen yawning after they were ordered to keep on patrol tonight. As she exited the RV, Max and Ben quickly came to see her out. "Well this has been a great waste of time"
"Sorry to keep you out so late at night Gwen" Max apologized.
"No problem…" came her reply, "I can just tell my parents that we went to the library for some late night studies. It won't be hard to convince them"
"And that's an understatement" Ben added grinning mischievously.
"Well anyway" Max continued, "If anything should happen, give us a call through the communicon"
"Will do" she replied.
After one last wave of goodbyes, Max returned to the driver's seat and quickly drove out, hoping not get Carl and Sandra angry to bring their son back at such a late time.
The city was extremely peaceful tonight. The stars were shining; the people were sleeping and not a bad deed happening in the neighborhood. But all this peace and quiet just didn't really help Max at all. He was so sure that Vilgax would attack and that last one just seemed too inconspicuous. That warlord had to be planning something… he just knows it.
"Uhh… grandpa?" came Ben's voice of reason, "What are you doing?" the old man had just put the RV into auto pilot mode and began tinkering with some high tech gizmos that were hidden under the cabinets.
"Scanning the city for one last disturbance" came his answer finally, "Vilgax never sends his drones without a reason and I'm sure he has something planned up"
"Maybe he was just trying to mess with us. You know… get a feel of our fighting strength or something"
"You can tell Vilgax that you have nukes strapped on your back and he'll still come at ya" Max replied, "I don't like this one bit… and besides he… (alarm sound)" before the old man could continue, a soft alarming sound occurred right on the scanner.
"What's going on?!"
"Looks like there's a disturbance right dabbed at the middle of downtown and I don't think it's one of your standard bank robberies" Max answered, "I'll intercept the police frequency and try to get what's going on over there" he quickly began switching the old radio device on and adjusting the frequency. After a couple of static sounds, he finally got the signal right.
"This is officer Parker of the BCPD (Bellwood City Police Department)" came the man on the other line, "The downtown has been overrun by strange robots! I don't know where they came from! They just appeared right out of the sky! There's one of them that looks like a mantis or something and some other drones floating with mini lasers! There appears to be one giant that seemed to be leading them! Requesting backup on this location, over"
When the transmission finally ended, the two Tennysons simply looked at each other and said one word. "Vilgax…"
"Fasten your seatbelts" Max alerted, "We're going through turbo mode!" with a press of a button, a giant jet pack appeared out of the back of the RV and gave the Rust Bucket that extra kick to get to the downtown area faster.
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After a couple of minutes later, they arrived right at the scene of the crime where Vilgax's drones were terrorizing the local police force. The cops were trained to deal with armed thugs and small time criminals but I don't think you'll find a charter on how to deal with an invading alien force in the guidebook.
"Whoa… Vilgax must wanna take down the downtown area pretty badly" Ben remarked as he got out of the RV to see the attack happen right before his eyes.
"Looks like those cops could use a little hand" Max noted, "You think you could give them a little support?"
"Oh I'll give them a hand alright" the boy quickly turn to his Omnitrix, "Four sets of them! It's hero time!" with a press of a button and a great big flash the boy immediately turned into one of his many alien heroes to fight off the invading force. But as usual, the Omnitrix didn't seem to obey his every command. So instead of turning into his four armed alien, he turned to Upgrade, the mechomorph cyber-tronic alien. "Upgrade!? Aww man… I guess the only way to beat a robot is to be a robot" without another word, Ben quickly morphed onto one of the police cruisers and changed it into a deadly destructive machine. "Alright you little pint head chips for brains! You have the rights to remain silent!" with a blast of his laser beam, the row of drones were instantly knocked out, "Permanently!"
While Ben (Upgrade) was busy fighting off Vilgax's robots, Max went on to help out the injured police officers out of the area and persuaded them that the green one was there to help them. "Are you alright?" he asked one of the officers who was cowering like a scaredy-cat. "I… I think so" he answered back, "But just what the heck is going on?"
"Uhh… I think that the green one is trying to help us" Max replied, "You'd better get out of here until backup arrives" with a nod from the officer, they quickly got up and got out of there.
"But that guy had better look out" came the officer's warning, "A big guy wearing black and white armor was here just a few seconds ago. He seemed like he was looking for something"
"Come on you little piece of lead!" Ben shouted out as he continued to fight off the invading drones. "That the best you got!? My cousin can do way better than you guys!" as two drones charged in with superior numbers, Ben de-morphed from the police cruiser and morphed into one of them, using their more advance weaponries against each other. "Booyah! Now this brings some good memories! Come and get me if you can you metallic copper heads!" with lasers flying all around Ben managed to wipe out another six of those drones, turning the tables of the battle.
But just when the boy was on a roll on taking them out, one of the drones made a lucky shot and took him down to the ground. It was a good thing that mechomorph can regenerate their liquid metallic structures or Ben would've been turned into a pancake long ago. Max saw this and quickly came by his side, "Ben, are you alright?"
"Ughh… barely" came his painful reply. "What a major wipe out…" it wasn't long then till the two them figured out that they were surrounded. All the drones were in place and not even Max think that he could take all of them down.
"Looks like they've got us outnumbered"
"But they certainly don't know that they are out match!" Ben smirked as he quickly thought of an idea. With one morph, he quickly formed onto the weapon Max held in his hand and up-sized himself. "Alright you little tin heads! Wanna see a little firework show!? Let's get it on!" with one charge of the energy core, Ben blasted away the drones with his rapid firing ability and knocked them all out in record timing. "Booyah! Another one bites the earth dust!" and soon after the enemy had been annihilated, the Omnitrix signal began to beep red and before Ben knew it, he was already back to his normal human self.
"Nice job Ben" grandpa congratulated, "Although you did leave quite a mess"
"Hey… better than this block than the whole downtown" the boy reasoned before he let out a long tiring yawn, "Haa… oh man… I need a break. Beating up bad guys 24/7 can take a lot out of you. Hey grandpa, mind if I crash at your place for tonight? I'm beat…" and he wasn't lying when he said he was tired. Not only did the boy have to battle against evil-doers, but he also had to attend school which was extremely dull for a ten year old. As Ben yawned out, you could see dark spots forming under his eyes and his eyelids were already on the verge of closing.
But before Max could nod back in approval, the boy's Omnitrix suddenly began to turn blue. Ben knew right away what was going to happen when this color came up, so he immediately braced himself for the ache that was to come. With a painful injection, going through his blood stream, a vision began to form around his sights.
He could see a strange alien creature overlooking them from a tall building near the plaza. The guy was carrying some sort of laser weapon and was aiming at grandpa Max.
As the vision ended, Ben quickly turned to his grandpa with a worried face imprinted all over his face. "Ben, is something…" but before the old man could finish, Ben quickly pushed him away and shouted, "Grandpa, look out!" right in the mid second, a plasma blast came right where Max stood. Luckily the shot was only able to hit the sleeves of his clothes, thus avoiding any real and permanent damage. After they were able to recover from the blast, Ben took a good look at his old man, "Grandpa, are you ok?"
"I… could've been worst" he replied with a slight chuckle.
But just when they were about to head off to withdraw at the RV, a giant figure came from the sky, smashing the ground with its incredible weight. Ben knew instantly that this being was the one that attacked them, but he couldn't tell what exactly he was with that mask on.
"Impressive" Raze stated. "To be able to notice my attack even from such a distance is a commendable act. Very few ever manages to dodge it… much less live through it"
The alien assassin that had appeared before them was like an ancient warrior brought into the modern world. It's black and white armor that covered it from head to toe complete with a high-tech helmet that was similar to that of a demon made it look impervious to regular attacks. It had six bionic arms which looked strong enough to take down Fourarms and two humanoid legs which gave it nominal but enhanced agility. Attached to its back were four long samurai katanas, two of which shared one set of sheaths. On his lower pockets there were two plasma rifles tied down to their holsters and from the looks of it, the assassin didn't need to worry about running out of ammo.
"Whoa… what's with the freaky looking armor and weapons?" Ben remarked even though it wasn't really a good time. "Are you supposed to be some kind of bounty hunter or something?"
Raze cocked up a humorous brow as the boy was probably half right on his first guess, "Sort of…" he replied, "Mercenary would be a closer term but I guess bounty hunter is all but just the same. My employer, Vilgax is quite angry with you Mr. Tennyson and unfortunately he requires you removal. I do not have any qualms with you… but my honor demands that my debt be fulfilled. So sorry, but I have to destroy you now"
"Well if you wanna piece of him you're gonna have to go through me first!" Max stepped in heroically with his fists balled up and ready to pound some human into that alien. "You mess with one Tennyson, you mess with all of us"
"I have no quarrels with you, old man" Raze stated, "But if you wish to hinder me… then I shall remove you as well" and with speed that could match XLR8's, Raze instantly disappeared and reappeared only a few inches in front of them. He took out his four katanas and swoosh, he sliced. Luckily, Max was able to carry the tired Ben onto his arm and jumped away. But the blow Raze gave out instantly cut through the police cruiser, tearing it into a billion pieces before exploding.
"Whoa, those swords really aren't just for show after all" Ben stated a little surprised on how powerful he was. "Grandpa, I can take him. Get to the RV"
"Are you crazy?! The Omnitrix isn't ready yet and you don't have the strength to fight him" Max scolded. "We're getting out of here. Now!" but just when he was about to head back to the RV, Raze leaped in from behind and blocked their path with his swords. "Leaving already? But we've only just met" the assassin snickered as he continued to swing his sword at them.
Max knew that in his old age he doesn't have the agility like he used to back when he was still in the Plumber business. But he couldn't let that assassin get his hands on Ben. After getting a good distance away from the alien attacker, the old man put his grandson down before turning to the offensive. "Alright tough guy, time for you to kick the can!" he quickly grab his laser weapon and aimed it right at Raze. But before he even pull the trigger the assassin cut through that thing like it was made out of tissue paper.
"Nice try old man" Raze chuckled as he gave Max a round horse kick, sending him right at the store glass window, "But my battle is with the boy… not you" he then turned to Ben, who was wearily still standing on his own two feet.
"Bring it on samurai guy!" the boy taunted, giving out air jabs, "I'll show you a couple of earth moves myself!"
"Feisty little one… aren't you?" the assassin humored, "Like a cornered draconis on Septim V. Won't go down without. But it still won't save you" but then suddenly, the Omnitrix turned green which made Ben smirk.
"No… but this will!" with a press of a button, he quickly turned into Diamondhead, the diamond alien. "Alright… now let's level the playing field!"
To say the least, Raze was a little surprise to see his prey turned from a little cub to a full grown lion. He thought that the boy would've given up already, "Hmm… I guess a cornered beast is a lot more dangerous that it looks. No matter… your stamina has already been spent and I doubt you'll be able to last any longer than your old man"
"Well don't we find out!?" Ben (Diamondhead) shouted back before charging back with his fist. As he dished out some crystal shards at his opponent, Raze simply deflect with his swords with amazing accuracy and speed. Seeing range attacks won't work against him, Ben moved in for a close combat attack. Using his crystalic abilities, he turned his fists into swords and tried mixing up his attacks. But Raze's swords were not just for show. They were harder than diamonds, and a lot lighter than their size gives out.
"Coming at me straight forward… a foolish but yet bold move" the alien attacker commented before going in a defensive stance. "If you want to defeat me, you're going to have to be more creative than that"
"Oh you want creative? I got creative!" Ben quickly put his hands on the ground and grew a large amount of crystals right behind Raze's defensive line, catching him completely off guard.
"What!?" he yelled out jumping off his position before the crystals hit him. "Very resourceful… this might just be interesting!" and with that he charged up, continuing the battle with great pleasure.
A few minutes later, Max finally crawled out from the store he was sent into with an aching back. "Oh… I'm gonna feel that in the morning" he then saw Ben fighting against Raze. "Ben!" he gasped out.
"Grandpa! Stay out of this!" the boy shouted back while struggling against his opponent's swords, "I can take him!"
"Silly boy" Raze snickered, "Your overconfidence will be your downfall. I defeated an army of twenty thousand soldiers alone and came out unscathed. How do you think a mere child like you can stop me?"
"Well, we won't find out until we try, don't we!" again, Ben charged out using his hand as a crystal blade to swing at Raze's position. But fighting against a well armed and more rested opponent there was a large gap between their level of winning.
"Fight until the last dying breath… I like that…" Raze remarked, "I never thought there would be such a warrior in such a small planet" again they clash blades with one another, trying to find an opening in each of their attacks. Their skills were fairly even so the battle was now turned into a test between stamina instead of power. But regardless of what others may think… everyone knows that Ben had no chance in this engagement. He had already spent the last bits of his energy fighting the whole day with barely a few hours rest in between. With that point known… it was only a matter of time before his fatigue kicks in.
Max really wanted to help, but without his gear he would only get in the boy's way. The assassin was deadly and he was sure that he had plenty of tricks left under that armor of his.
"This truly has been fun boy… but I'm afraid this battle is mine" bored with the never ending amount of combat, Raze aimed his gauntlet and fired some kind of strange missile dart that looked too small to do any harm to Ben's hard thick skin.
The missile hit Ben… and it harmed him a lot more than he had hoped. The moment it attached onto his skin a surge of painful jolts electrified his entire body like he was thrown into a pool plummet with a high voltage electricity generator. Obviously the attack was meant to take down an opponent with just one strike or at least weakening it till the hunter takes its head. While Ben was stunned, Raze took the opportunity to land in a couple more blows onto the boy's body finishing it off with one good kick, sending him back to the ground.
"T… that all you got?" he said wearily as he stood up. You could already see cracks on his diamond hard skin some pieces of his face were already falling apart. Even though he was exhausted, bruised, beaten and utterly blown away by the forces beyond count, he was still able to stand his ground.
To say the least, Raze was amazed. "I'm amazed child…" see I told ya. "No one has ever survived such a force before. If only I had more I time, I would've gladly like to get to know you. But my employer is not exactly a patient person. But worry not…… I would gladly hang your head in… ooffff!" before he could finish that line, a blue van about the size of Max's RV appeared out of the side street and rammed right at Raze's blind spot. The poor alien was so surprised by the blow that he didn't have the time to block it.
When the van came to a stop, an old man probably in Max's age with slightly blondish hair walked out of the vehicle with a toothpick on his lips. "Woowee… don't know what they've been feeding these kids nowadays"
When Max got up, his eyes quickly widened with amazement, "Oswald!?"
The blonde old man known as Oswald Hudson turned to him, "HEY! Maxie! Haven't seen you in awhile! Listen… as much as I like to catch up on old times, I reckon we should get out of here before that maniac stands up again" quickly agreeing with his old boss's idea, Max quickly went to Ben's side, "Ben, can you move?"
"Oh boy… that last hit was a lot harder than it looked" even after through so much pain, the boy still had a good sense of humor on him. A few minutes later, the Omnitrix symbol began to glow red and soon he was back to his old human self.
"Listen you two, I hate to brick this little family bonding but we need to get out of here… fast!" Oswald stated as he noticed Raze coming back on his heels. Even after such an impact, he still remained unscathed. The Tennysons quickly nodded back and head into the RV. "Oh my goodness! Is this the Rust Bucket?" Oswald questioned amazingly, "My oh my, does she bring back some good memories"
Right after Ben and Max fastened up their seatbelts, Raze quickly got in front of the RV, "You think you can get away from me, boy!?"
"No…" Ben answered a little annoyed by the guy's persistence, "But 10000 volts of electricity should slow you down!" with a press of a button, the hood of the RV opened up and fired a powerful laser beam at the assassin, sending him crashing towards the billboard. "Grandpa, step on it!" without another word, Max put the peddle to the meddle and drove the RV as far away as possible from the area. He didn't care if he had to stop at the border of Mexico or Canada. Anywhere was better than here.
As the RV drove off into the distance, Raze immediately stood up from his crash position, only to see a glimpse of the vehicle disappear before his very eyes. He knew that the target had escaped his grasp and he knew that Vilgax would not be pleased to hear this news. But he could care less about that now. To see Ben still being able to stand and mover perfectly even after all that damage… did not escape his notice. Right now… all that he could think is how grateful he was for actually coming to this planet.
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After a couple of minutes later on the road, grandpa Max decided that t was time to pull out the old anchor before he burns all the fuel he had on the gas tank. As they made it to the outskirts of the city Max hid the RV to his old campsite so that the authorities won't be able to see them. From there, they would be safe… for now.
"Alright… I think we'll be safe here" the old man stated a little shaken up after that whole battle.
"Hey, isn't this the place where we went camping back during our holidays?" Oswald stated, sounding all carefree.
"Uh… who are who?" Ben asked.
Seeing that they didn't know each other, Max decided to introduce them "Oh sorry Ben, this is my mentor, Oswald Hudson, the founder of the Plumbers. Oswald, I think I already told you about Ben, my grandson"
"Oh, the kid with the Omnitrix… strange. I thought he'd be a lot taller (Hey!) Ahehehe… just messing with ya kid" he chuckled.
"Anyway, who was that grandpa?" Ben asked, trying to find some information on the new enemy that had appeared. "The guy with six arms… I've never seen anything like it"
"Me neither" Max replied, "I've dealt with many extraterrestrial aliens before but never seen one with six arms before"
"That guy's name is Raze" Oswald answered which caught the attention of the Tennysons. They quickly sat back on the dining table so that they could get a little more settled with the situation.
"Raze?" Max mimicked which Oswald nodded back in reply, "Yup, he's an assassin back during the debut of the Plumbers. You weren't in the organization yet so I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of him. He's a Xenokel warrior from the planet Xenok. We've only heard rumors and stories about him and most of the time they're overly exaggerated. He never came to earth so we never really bothered to know him. From what we know so far about him: He's the number one killer out there in the entire galaxy. The IGA placed a bounty on his head and went on a massive galactic man hunt. Never found him. After he finished his last job he was arrested and placed in Incarcecon permanently…… or so we thought"
"And I bet Vilgax must've busted him out of there to chase me" Ben replied holding the Omnitrix up, "Well the next time I meet that guy, I'm gonna whack him back to that space slammer for good! Maybe if I go Fourarms on him, I might stand a chance against those swords. Or maybe if I go Ditto, I can…"
"You'll do nothing" Max interrupted, "That assassin nearly got us both back there. If it wasn't for Oswald, we wouldn't be sitting here having a cup of hot coco"
Oswald chuckled, "Ahehehehe… easy Maxie. Didn't you used to be an overconfident one back during the days? Maria told me that you guys came to visit my store a few hours ago so I went looking for ya. When I saw the smoke in downtown and the Rust Bucket down there I knew that you were in trouble"
"Whoa… you know about the Rust Bucket?" Ben asked amazed.
"Of course I do. I helped Max built it" came his answer, "Anyway. We should probably head back to my place. We'll be a lot safer there than in this campsite. A lot of my old buddies came and settled in at the back of the trailer. We got enough of gear and weapons to start a war of our own. Only Vilgax will be dumb enough to take us on"
"I don't need those gadgets and gizmos" Ben replied sternly, "Just let me go hero this once and I can take that Ritz or whatever his name is, down"
"Ahehehehe… my my… you're a regular predator" Oswald complimented, "You'd make a great Plumber. Ever consider joining up? We could always use recruits like you"
"Really?!"
Max quickly let out an interrupting cough to break the conversation. "The Plumbers are retired Oswald. And Ben needs to get his sleeps for school tomorrow"
"No need to worry about that" the ex-boss replied with a wave of his cell phone, "I'll just tell White to cut Madison Elementary a day off. I'm sure he wouldn't mind" he was probably referring to principle White, who was also an ex-Plumber.
"You can do that?!" it was now becoming really annoying for Ben to say everything so amazingly. "Can you make it a week?"
"Don't push your luck kid"
"I don't think that's a good idea" Max stated worryingly. "That reminds me, I still need to call your parents and tell you that you'll be staying with me tonight"
"That's just like you Max. Always the cautious one. Besides… I think he earned it. That kid would make a fine Plumber in the future. Heck he might even take up my job since you didn't"
"You think I can get to be the leader of the Plumbers?!" Ben again replied amazed. "Oh right! This is so cool"
"But!" Max exclaimed, "The Plumbers are retired" Oswald simply chuckled back at him, "Still the same rookie Max as I remembered" he began before turning his face up with a stern look, "Did you really think the Plumbers disbanded Max? Did you actually think that the earth is safe without us? (pause) Everyday there's an alien incursion happening somewhere and what are we doing about it? Nothing. We all thought that when you wiped Vilgax out of the face of the earth, work would halt and we wouldn't be needed anymore…… but we thought wrong. At first it wasn't bad. A couple of UFO sightings here and there once in awhile but then a year after we all retired everything went down the drain faster than bowling ball down the alley"
"What happened?" Max asked finally.
"A lot of things Maxie boy… a lot of things" he quickly turn his gaze out the window to see the stars in the sky, "Right now every little town on earth have their own stories of aliens in their bedrooms. We all thought that it was just temporary and they'd go away when they're done. But unfortunately, earth has become a dumping ground for extraterrestrial low lives. You know the IGA doesn't exactly extend its protection to neutral planets like earth"
"Who's this IGA guy you keep talking about?" Ben asked.
"The Imperial Galactic Alliance" Oswald answered, "They're the head of the whole galaxy and maintain order around half the galaxy right about now. But we'll get to that later on. Earth is what's important right now"
"So what's happening around earth?" Max asked now getting a lot more serious than before.
"When everyone finally split up from Mt. Rushmore, things began to grow stranger by the day. Strange creatures began appearing in lakes, houses and buildings vanished into thin air and mayhem happening all over the world……… You have to face the truth Max, even if you don't like it. The Plumbers are needed again… more than ever know"
"But… how? Everyone is scattered throughout the entire country" but this only made the ex-boss of the Plumbers smirk with pride.
"Why don't we drop by the Hudson House tomorrow morning?" he recommended, "I'll explain everything to you there"
(Abandoned subway)
Right after the battle at downtown plaza, Raze returned to his hiding post and was immediately greeted by another one of Vilgax's communication drone. "I have seen the results of the battle" came the warlord's voice, "Very impressive. The Tennyson boy did not stand a chance against you at all. If only that stupid old man did not interfere then my revenge would've been complete (sheath…) No matter… I want you to strike again with another army drones. I will level that city if I have to!"
"That would not be necessary" Raze replied holding three of his hands up, "I already know the boy's next move. He won't get away this time… that… I promise you"
"You seem sure of yourself…" Vilgax hissed gratefully, "Very well… I will observe the battle when it happens. I hope for your sake… that you will not fail me" with one last bow, the drone self destructed and turned into a pile of ash in a matter of seconds.