Here's another of my chapters! ~ Matt1251
Chapter 12: Blood Brothers Battle
The clashes of knives and swords commenced, metallic rings booming over the landscape. Matt was quick on his feet, bringing down slash after slash onto the three heroes, but they always deflected. This stalemate kept going for awhile, and Quint was starting to get tired, despite him having a robotic suit. Suddenly he stood.
"You think that puny sword can defeat me?" he asked. "Take this!" He brought out a plasma cannon and tried to shoot it, but a cloud of steam came out instead.
"Come on!" Quint punched his robotic arm. "Work already, you stupid... uh... thing!" The other three combatants stood quizzically. Finally, the plasma shot, flying over Matt's head.
"There we go! Now let's see how things... heat up! Huh? Huh?" Quint chuckled at his own joke, and began firing. Matt ducked and rolled under the shots.
"Stop moving and let me shoot you!" Quint complained.
"Never!" Matt objected, and sliced Quint in the face. He fell backwards.
"That hurt you know!" Quint stated as he stood up. "But let's see how your puny 'Frostbrand'-" Quint made air quotes as he said this. "can handle this!" He instantly made the plasma cannon grow bigger, the diameter of the barrel almost as big as his entire body.
"...Crap." was all Matt could say before the laser fired, hitting him dead on and slamming him into the wall of the stadium. When the dust cleared, Matt was taking a knee and standing up.
"That was a fair shot indeed." he said, as he stood and brandished his Frostbrand once again. "But do you think that will finish me?"
"Actually, yes." Quint replied. Matt facepalmed at that comment.
"Let's see how you withstand the might of this!" He thrust the Frostbrand into the earth, freezing it and making Quint fly up into the air. Matt positioned himself closer to Quint, ready to deal the finishing blow.
"Now to realize the consequences of what you've done!" He threw the Frostbrand at his face, anticipating it to hit Quint. However, Toad suddenly leapt up, took the sword by its handle, and threw it back.
"Whoa!" Matt ducked, seeing the blade whizz over his head. Just as he stood up, however, a knife flew at his face with such speed that he was unable to perceive it. The silver blade sliced right through his right shoulder.
"GAHH!" Matt cried in anguish as he felt sparks fly. He looked to his suit and saw it short circuiting. "My suit! What's happening to it?" he asked, mimicking Quint.
"It's being destroyed, duh!" Quint replied arbitrarily as he came down.
"Urggh... Agh..." Matt groaned as he fell down to his knees, then his back. The three heroes crowded around him as Matt took off his helmet, revealing his black hair and eyes.
"No one... help me... You all go on ahead. I'll be fine here... I'll be safe."
"How can you be safe in this wasteland?" Quint asked. "The radiation will kill you!"
"I'll be safer here than at Bowser's castle." Matt stated, pointing to a silhouette of the castle in the distance. "The TNX serum is almost complete."
"The Tee-Nuh-wha?" Quint asked, confused.
"The TNX serum." Matt said. "It makes the user go into a state of complete rage... He'll kill you all if he takes it. You must not let him."
"I understand." Quint nodded.
"My time is running out. Go, all of you." Matt said wearily. "I wish you good luck." The three heroes looked at the dying soldier one last time, before running off across the desert, leaving Matt to eventually succumb to the heat, as the suit powered off and his eyes flickered shut.
To be continued...
