Ok. So, after reviewing the OCs, their abilities, personalities, backgrounds, the story itself, and taking the possible battle styles into consideration, I've been able to set up the full roster for the Glitz Pit in Chapter 3. Also, since the Elites and OCs will have some very intense powers, some of the places where the fights will take place will be altered a bit. Anyway, here's the roster setup.
Champ=Rawk Hawk
1. The Koopinator
2. (Male Craw) The Noble Warrior (Ron Smith. Made by Ronman5)
3. (Boomerang Bro) The Boomblader (Boomer. Made by BlitzSarecus)
4. (Human Male and Kremling Female) The Treasure Masters (Alexander and Ruby Jacqueline ''Jack'' Taylor. Made by PyroSolracIII)
5. (Female Magikoopa) The Amazing Lustmage (Angel. Made by BlitzSarecus)
6. (Human Male)The Burst Blader (Zero. Made by BlitzSarecus)
7. The Shellshockers
8. (Male Clubba) The SmashHammer (Temerax. Made by BlitzSarecus)
9. The Tiny Spinies
10. The Armored Harriers
11. The Bob-omb Squad
12. The Punk Rocks
13. The Dinosaur Queen (Gender-swapped Yoshi)
14. The Hand-It-Overs
15. (Male Toad) The Bearer Of Alliance (Triton. Made by shadowmwape)
16. (Male Dry Bones) The Bone Crusher (Arol. Made by windiershark)
17. The Pokey Triplets
18. The KP Koopas
19. The Goomba Bros.
20. Gonzales and the Kingfists. Mario, Rick, & Co.
If some of you that didn't send any want to know more about the characters that were sent in, then ask about them from the creators themselves. Now... Let the next chapter begin!
Chapter 12: Friend or Foe?
(No P.O.V.)
Rick was surprised to hear Eon's response about heading inside the new elites' minds, and even more surprised about him being shown how to. Rick still felt a bit skeptical about the whole thing.
"How is that even to work, anyway?"
"Do you remember one of your other special abilities? How you can take powers from others?" He asked Rick.
"Yeah?"
"Well, Levins never told you that there was more to it."
"How so?"
"Like Trevor said back in Rogueport, there was one other project that could control and use multiple elements and powers at once. You apparently carry a genetic code that can mimic that ability as well by either being impacted by an attack or viewing it. Watch me try to focus on that rock over there." He said pointing to his left at the two rocks on the ground.
Eon concentrated on one of the rocks and made it levitate in the air. It soon exploded after he applied more than enough pressure to crush it.
"Now, try to copy what I did. Try crushing the other one. Focus."
Rick only nodded as he attempted to pick up the rock. He strained his mind, struggling to lift it with no signs of progress whatsoever. After about half a minute, the rock began to levitate. Rick's concentration was almost broken when he head rustling in the trees. The cat noticed this and took a defensive stance while hissing at the shadow that leaped into another tree.
"Hey! Hold on there, small fry. We don't even know what-"
Rick was cut off in shock when he noticed that his new feline companion's orange lines started to glow. It opened its mouth, and launched a fireball at the shadow in the tree. The shadow only kept hopping from one tree to another as the cat kept unleashing a barrage of fireballs at the possible hostile. Everyone was still in disbelief, but Rick soon brought himself back to reality and grew tired of just sitting back and watching the area burn.
"Alright. Fuck it. I've got it."
He didn't even need to struggle as he lifted the rock effortlessly with new psychic ability and took aim.
"HEY! CATCH!" He yelled as he threw the rock at the unknown enemy.
The rock made a direct hit and sent the shadow falling onto the ground. The shadow appeared to be a black-hooded figure with a long, red tail. He grabbed the person by the throat with his left hand and slammed them into a tree with an irritated look on his face.
"Who are you? Why were you watching us?" Rick asked with annoyance in his voice.
"Oh, come on. Is that any way to treat someone that you gave amnesty? Especially one that has been keeping her word?" Replied the reptilian looking figure in a feminine voice.
Rick knew that he had heard this voice before. He thought for a moment until he realized who it was and pulled down the hood the find out that it was a certain dragon that he had spared not too long ago.
"Hooktail!? What the fuck are you doing here?" He loudly whispered.
"What's wrong? Not too happy to see little old me?" She asked innocently.
"Yeah. Right. I'm so happy that I wanna fucking puke. Just answer the goddamn question."
"Judging by your reaction, I'm guessing that you haven't told them yet, have you?"
"Uhhhh..."
Hooktail had him pegged. He knew that still hadn't told his friends about what he had done before they had all left Hooktail castle. Rick also knew that they would be kind of pissed with him if they found out.
"...I was gonna tell them-"
"Like hell you were. You can't always keep things like this a secret from your friends, Evans. Either you tell them or I do."
"Damn it..."
RIck sighed in defeat with an anger vein popping up on his head like in anime, knowing that either way, they would know about the whole thing at some point. He soon turned to his friends and explained the whole situation to them. Needless to say, most of the group was pretty pissed with what he did before. The group soon huddled up to decide on what to do about Hooktail.
"I just can't fucking believe that you let that bitch go after all of the trouble that she caused us." Goombella whispered to me in a scolding tone.
"Look, I already told her that if she tried to break her promise, i'd beat the living shit outta her! Besides, she's not really that bad."
Mario gave him a mean look while the others simply spoke out.
"Not that bad? NOT THAT BAD!? She's terrorized hundreds of people!" Snapped Koopie Koo.
"She ate my dad!" Said Koops.
"And that bitch almost killed us!" Said Goombella.
"OKAY! I get it! Most of us have our reasons for hating her guts. That's why we need to take her with us."
"WHAT?!" Said the four in disbelief.
"Just...level with me here and think about it for a minute. She promised that she wouldn't cause anymore trouble for anyone, right? So in order to make sure of that, we'll need to keep a close eye on her for good measure. See? Proximity is the key." Rick explained.
"Grrrr... Fine." Said Goombella reluctantly.
"Whatever." Said Koopie.
"I don't know..." Said Koops in an unsure tone.
"Dude, If she steps outta line, you get to kick her ass personally. Think of it as a special perk for you."
"Deal." He replied quickly before the group disbanded and turned to Hooktail.
"Listen up! We're going to take you with us, but-"
Rick was once again cut off when Hooktail flew at him and tackled him into a hug of pure affection and joy. He noticed that her breasts were being pressed against his chest, making him blush and giving him a small nose bleed. Rick pushed her away from him and made a serious look on his face after regaining his composure.
"Relax! Look, just because you're tagging along with us doesn't mean that we can trust you just yet. You're still on thin ice with most of us." He said sternly.
Hooktail's smile soon disappeared and she looked away in embarrassment about her previous transgressions against the team. The cat soon started purring by his feet in an affectionate manner and he simply smiled and patted its head and picked it up.
"That was some impressive work there, little one!"
"Thank you, master!" Said the cat with a 15-year old girl's voice.
Everyone just stood there frozen with stunned expressions. Their minds trying to comprehend what they just heard and where it came from. Evans immediately dropped the cat and backed away in shock.
"I don't... I-I can't... I don't... This is... Did... Did she just...?"
He only continued to stammer until the feline spoke again.
"Yes. I did, master. Are you ok?"
"I'm...sorry. It's just... This is a LOT to process at one time."
"I'm sorry if I shocked you, master. I was just afraid of saying something before. I was wondering about how you would react." Said the cat with its ears drooping down.
"You mean that you were able to talk to us the whole time? Well, why didn't you say something before then?!" Rick exclaimed.
"Well, you never asked!"
Rick only held onto his head with a sweat drop going down on it. He became a little bit annoyed by this, but shrugged it off.
"Whatever... Do you even have a name?"
"My name's Flame! It's nice to meet you, master!" Flame said in a cheery tone.
"Being called master is DEFINITELY gonna take some getting used to." He thought.
"Ok then. Let's get back to business then. Eon! How are we going with those two?" Rick asked, turning his head to the knocked out elites.
"I'll need to establish a mind link between them. Once I've done that, we can find out what's causing them to go crazy and stop it in both minds. A matter of killing two birds with one stone. I should probably mention something else as well. Since you're still trying to master your telekinesis, you'll need to make sure that you don't get killed in there. Even if I get beaten in there, I'll simply be forced out. But if you can't keep it together in there, you'll go brain dead from the shock."
"Dude, you need to work on your comforting skills. (Sighs) Alright. Let's get started."
Eon placed his hands on Greta's head and I did the same with Gary's. Green and red glows of energy appeared from our hands and released two small lasers that fired from their heads. The lasers collided and created a small orb, revealing a world with a black sky and a large, stained glass platform.
"We'll have to enter through this opening mentally. Since we can't enter physically, we'll need to leave our bodies behind. Are you ready?" Eon asked Rick.
"Hold on. Trevor!"
"Yeah?" He said.
"If Hooktail causes any trouble, or if she tries anything funny with our bodies while we're gone, prod her with your sword."
"Kinky."
"Cut the shit and just make sure you do your job, Frosty. I'm not gonna say it again."
"Fine... I never get to have any fun..." Muttered Trevor.
"Ok. Let's go."
"Place one of your hands on the orb."
Once Rick did what Eon said, a red mist of energy appeared from his mouth and traveled along his hand and into the portal orb. Eon did the same and a green mist went into the orb too. Both of their bodies fell back and Flame ran over to check on her new master.
"Master! Are you alright? Master!"
"Relax. They'll be fine. That smoke that you guys saw was their consciousness heading to the mind bridge. Y'know, the energy orb thing." Said Trevor.
"Ok, but if anything bad happens to Rick, you're history!" Said Goombella in a threatening tone.
"Whatever."
(No P.O.V.)
MEGATech Inc., Dr. Levins' Office, April 10, 2013, Friday, 11:55 P.M.
The doctor was reviewing his files on all of the projects that had been lost to the Alpha. Although he would've normally been furious at this, he merely smiled and chose gather all of them up and put them away. His communicator began sounding off again, prompting him to respond.
"Doctor Levins? Are you there? Come in! We have an urgent report!" Said a scientist on the communicator.
"I'm here. Go ahead." He replied.
"It's time, sir."
Levins only grinned at this as he left his office and walked to the nearest elevator. He pressed a button and it went directly to the lowest areas within the facility. The doors opened up to a gigantic room filled with entire rows of cryogenic chambers filled with people. The chamber only stretched out for miles and miles on both the left and right sides. The same could be said for the areas above and below him as they still just kept going. He walked up to a chamber that read the words OMEGA written on the top and bottom of the chamber. Soldiers were lined up in an instant and took aim at the chamber for safety measures.
"CRYOGENIC CHAMBER: DEACTIVATED. PROCEED WITH CAUTION." Said a computerized voice.
The was filled with mist and smoke from the chamber's ice melting. A woman covered in carbon armor stepped out slowly and walked towards a smiling Levins. The armor was scarlet red and it had metallic wings on the back. She wore a matching pair of shoulder guards with spikes on them, a large breastplate and the purple and red latex around her torso was skin tight and it was also made of the same material as the rest of the armor. A small, red gem was in the middle of her collar and her arms were covered with gauntlets. Each metal wing had a small, red energy orb around them and her helmet was covering the top half of her face as well as having a red energy halo above with a small gem in the middle. The lower half of her body had the same armor and the armored leggings that she wore were pointed, making it seem like she had spears for legs.
"Welcome back to the world, Omega. Time to prepare for your newest mission."
"Yes, Father..."
(Rick's P.O.V.)
Inside Gary's and Greta's Minds, Mind bridge, April 11, 2013, 1:06 A.M.
I had to admit, this place was a lot small from the outside when I saw it. Eon was still surveying the area for hostiles while I looked around. I brought my head down and looked at the stain glass floor that we were standing on to see that the picture resembled Dr. Levins leading a battalion of soldiers. However, these guys didn't look like normal soldiers at all. They were elites. I knew because they had the original black clothes that we all wore in the programs that we were in.
"Evans. We have company." Eon said to me, breaking my train of thought.
He was right, though. Even though we couldn't see it, I was able to sense that a large enemy was approaching. I walked over to the edge of the platform to see a giant hand from below try to slam itself down and smash me. My sixth sense kicked in and I performed a backflip to evade the hand's attack. It crushed the spot that I used to be on and clenched its palm while another rose up. Soon, the whole beast had climbed up and showed its true face. Its appearance showed that it had the same black and white eyes like the elites and it had a jagged mouth. The rest of the body looked a humanoid in shape, its skin was jet black, and it had a large necklace wrapped around its neck made of chains. In the middle of the necklace was a white sphere.
"What's with the necklace?" I asked out loud from curiosity.
"Look closer at it." Said my telekinetic friend.
I complied with what he said and looked closer into the sphere to see Gary and Greta trying to break out with their weapons.
"HELP! SOMEBODY, LET US OUT!" Yelled Gary.
"HELP US!" Yelled Greta.
Anger was starting to boil my blood as I saw the consciousness of both elites imprisoned inside of the orb.
"You bastard! Let them go!" I roared.
The beast refused to listen to listen to me. Instead, he took the necklace off and simply shrunk the orb. He brought it over his head and opened his mouth. To my horror, he swallowed them both whole, revealing a faint glow from their prison inside of the monster's belly.
"If you want them so badly, then come and get them." Said the monster in a deep demonic voice.
"You know what we must do."
"Yeah. Let's finish this quickly."
I charged at the beast, jumping and unsheathing one of my swords to cut its head off. It simply swatted me away like I was nothing, but I managed to get my footing back when I landed. Eon started launching a barrage of knives at the monster like he did against me back in Rogueport. The skin on it was pierced, but it soon absorbed the knives and started to shoot them back at us instead.
"Oh crap! Not again!" I yelled in a panic as they flew right at me.
I crossed my arms and tried to shield myself from the counterattack. One of them hit me right in my left arm and dug itself right into the bone. I managed to yank it out, but the damned thing left me cringing in pain. With some precision, my aim was good enough to let me hit the beast in the right eye with the knife as a revenge shot. It was beginning to lose its balance on the platform as it held its eye in pain. I was about to charge in again until Eon stopped me.
"Wait for my signal."
Eon shaped his two right fingers and focused on the knife that I had thrown a moment ago. It began to glow with his green aura and it kept glowing brighter and brighter until it had detonated in the creature's eye, leaving a hole of black blood spilling out.
"NOW!"
I took off my gauntlets, put away my swords, grew my claws and fangs like back at Hooktail castle and charged again. With the creature bringing its head down, I decided to try out a brand new move I thought up when I was chatting with the others at the campfire.
"RISING PHOENIX UPPERCUT!"
As if I heard a giant bird screeching in my ears, the attack unleashed a powerful blast of fire resembling a Phoenix, forcing the monster to fall back while I followed up by slashing the beast in the stomach and grabbing on. It began falling into the void below, so I knew that I had to be quick. I drove my arms into its stomach and grabbed the orb, trying to rip out the elites with all of my strength.
"LET...THEM...GOOOOO! RRRRRAAAAAHHHHHH!" I roared as I pulled one last time, ripping the elites out from the belly of the beast and jamming my left arm into the platform to stop myself from going down as well
Eon only walked to the edge and watched with us we saw as the monster fall into the darkness below. It only kept going until we couldn't see it anymore. Once I managed to climb back up, I placed the sphere down and it immediately dissolved, allowing the elites to escape.
"Thanks. I really thought that we were gonna be stuck in there for good!" Said Greta.
"Yeah. We appreciate it, Eon. (Gary turns to face me.) And I'm guessing that you must be the Alpha?" Gary asked me.
"Yup. Pleased to meet you, Epsilon." I said as I extended my left hand.
"Just Gary is fine." He said while shaking my hand.
"Okay. Eon, get us out of here. I think that our work here is done."
He nodded at me and teleported us back outside. I woke up to see that I was back in my own body. The same applied for Eon as well.
"Hey, guys! What'd I miss?" I asked my friends when I turned to them.
They only snickered as they all looked at us. I cocked an eyebrow as to wondering why they were laughing. I also heard Gary and Greta laughing at us as they looked at us.
"Ok. Ok. What the fuck is so goddamned funny?" I uttered in annoyance.
I looked at Eon's face to see that he had swirls drawn on his eye holes and he had a drawn-on nose with snot going down and a smile with its tongue sticking out. He snatched a pocket mirror from Goombella (much to her displeasure) and showed me that I had a devil's goatee, horns, mustache, and eyebrows drawn on my face. The word "Dumbass" was also written on my forehead. Normally, I'd laugh about this kind of thing at a party, but I was already a little pissed off from a moment ago, and since this was an important mission, I was SO not amused.
"Alright. Who's the smartass that did it?"
They all pointed to Trevor and I only responded by giving him a glare and cracking my knuckles and neck while Eon cracked his fingers and pulled out a ballistic knife. I gave Trevor an evil grin as we both walked closer to him. He only gave us some sheepish laughter before trying to run off. I grabbed his shirt collar, and with an anger vein on my head and my teeth becoming a sharp smile, I asked him, "So, you thought was funny, huh? Well then... You wanna see something really funny?"
My right fist only ignited as he yelled in a panic trying to get away. And so, the imminent beat down ensued...
End of Chapter 12...
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