Chapter 21
Burai's P.O.V.
"Oh snap." Mega Man said
"I'm never gonna get used to that." I said
We jumped out of way of the flaming twisters and attacked.
"Flying Knuckle!!" I yelled
"Mega Buster!!" Mega Man yelled
Our attacks showered on Apollon Flame. When they ended there was a large cloud of dust, the dust soon cleared and Apollon was there without a scratch on him.
"That is so not fair!" Omega said
"I forgot about those flame rings around him. They act as shields." Mega Man said
"You could have mentioned that earlier you idiot!!" Omega and I shouted
"Sun Flare." Apollon said throwing his fire ball
Mega Man and I put up our barriers but they were easily eradicated. We were scorched by the flames and pushed of the wave roads.
"Burai Arts!!" I shouted
I ran at Apollon and punched him twice then kicked him while doing a back flip. Before Apollon could strike Mega Man rammed him with his Mega Rocket.
"Damn children." Apollon said
Mega Man's P.O.V.
I held up my buster to fire a charge shot but suddenly my body began to glow oddly. I recognized the glow from the time I wave changed at school but it felt different. The glow grew
more intense and became so bright that everyone had to shield their eyes. The light slowly died away; when I opened my eyes Burai and Apollon were wide eyed. I was confused but understood when I saw my armor. It had changed to a metallic black color, my visor had turned green, and my helmet now covered my mouth. I looked to my buster arm and Mega had changed only slightly; his mouth looked like it was sealed.
"Uh…okay. What does this form do?" Mega asked
I pointed my buster at Apollon but nothing came out.
"DAMN!! This form is useless…wait maybe Mega Rocket" Mega and I both said
The next thing I knew Apollon was about to throw a Sun Flare at me. It was too late for me to attack or throw my barrier up so I held up my hands as a poor attempt to protect myself. I closed my eyes and waited for my flaming demise but I felt no heat or pain. I moved my hands and opened my eyes to see Apollon looking around.
"Mega Man where are you?!" He shouted
"Is he blind or something?" Mega asked
"How can you talk if your mouth is sealed?" I asked
I looked to Burai and asked "Did you do something to him?" Burai was looking around as well saying "Geo, I can't see you." I was getting annoyed but then I noticed that I was surrounded by a green barrier.
"AAAH!! What's going on!?" I shouted
"Why are you whining? I thought being invisible was every teenage boy's wish. This way you can sneak into the girl's locker room all you want." Mega said with a sly grin
"…Oh I didn't even think of that, that's awesome!"
"Mega Man, come out if you have the guts to face me." Apollon said
"We've been talking this entire time. Shouldn't they know where we are by now?"
"…We've haven't been talking through our mouths, we've been communicating through our minds the whole time. These pieces of metal on our mouths refrain us from talking so we don't give away our position."
"So…this form is a stealth mode sort of thing?"
"I guess but we can't attack in this…hey what's that thing on your arm?"
I looked to my other arm and saw a metal device that covered my forearm. There was a black switch on the top, I flipped it and a slot opened sending out a long glowing green blade just above the top of my wrist.
"That's different." I said
"That is awesome!" Mega said
I jumped into the air and brought my new blade down on Apollon. The blade went right through him and he showed no signs of injury.
"That was anticlimactic." I said
"I'll say."
Just then Apollon screamed as a long gash formed exactly where we sliced him. He fell to the ground clutching the wound while Burai had a WTF look on his face.
"What the hell just happened…did I miss something?" Burai asked
"Why the hell did it take so long for the slash to take effect?" Mega asked
"I think it's so the user has time to get away." I said
My armor reverted to normal taking the barrier with it. Burai yelled out of shock and said "Where did you go, what happened to Apollon, what did I miss?!"
"It's not a long story but it is a confusing one."
"I'm not done yet." Apollon said getting up
Apollon threw a fireball at Burai knocking him away. I tried to defend myself but Apollon grabbed me and threw with great force, he started pelting me with fireballs. I couldn't find an opening for an attack.
"I!! WILL!! NOT!! LOSE!! TO!! YOU!! AGAIN!!" He screamed as he continued throwing flames at me
I slowly started to black out but then the fire stopped coming at me. I looked up at Apollon to see a blade sticking out his chest. Burai was behind him pushing the blade deeper.
"Keep your hands off my friend!!" Burai said throwing Apollon off the wave roads
Mega and I were stunned by what Burai had just said.
"Did he just say what I think he said?" Mega asked
"I think so." I said
Burai stuck his hand out, I took it and he pulled me up.
"You okay?" Burai asked
"You-you-you called me your f-friend." I said very confused
We both pulsed out and we were exhausted. I saw Apollon toss a fireball coming in the corner of my eye and pushed Solo out of the way. I tried to jump back but the fire caught onto my clothes. Omega-Xis rammed into Apollon finally finishing him off. I fell onto the ground and started to roll around to rid myself of the flames. They were finally gone and I checked on Solo.
"Solo are you okay?" I asked
Solo stood up and then looked like he was about to puke.
"Oh god, my eyes are burning!!" He bellowed
"What?"
The rest of my friends came by looking pretty bad and they also looked disgusted.
"What is the problem here!?" I yelled
"Look down." Sonia said covering her eyes
I looked down and saw my naked body. I ran behind a tree and yelled "Solo, why didn't you say anything earlier!?"
"I was too busy puking." He said
"Someone get me some clothes!" I shouted
Carlos brought me a towel and I covered myself.
"This is the best you could do?!" I yelled
"It was all I could find on short notice!" Carlos yelled back
"That's it I'm going into town to rob a clothing store!!" I said walking off
"Good idea." Alister whispered
"I heard that you little cretin!" I said
"You are so dead when he gets back." Gregory said
(Meanwhile)
Darga's P.O.V.
I walked the eradicated streets of Echo Ridge. My walk came to an end when I came across the shattered remains of Geo's home. It was the less broken house in the entire town. The living room was still intact so I sat down on the couch.
"What made me come here?" I asked myself
Suddenly I got and awful headache and an image started playing in my head. I saw Geo, Pat, Eddie, Sonia, Collin and Tony. They were standing with their wave partners and they had tears in their eyes.
"Things are gonna be kind of boring around here without you guys." Geo said
"PLEASE DON'T GO!!" Collin yelled holding onto his partner Blitzkrieg
"I hate it when he gets like this." Blitzkrieg said
"We'll come visit now and again." Gemini said
"It's gonna be so hard." Pat said hugging Gemini
"At least you won't have to go through another boring trial." Tony said
"Tony…life with you is never boring." Knight said starting to cry
"I just can't imagine life here without you Lyra…I've gotten so used to it." Sonia said huggind Lyra
"Same here." Lyra said
"You hated being the AM king, please don't go." Eddie pleaded
"I…can't. They need a ruler but don't worry. I'll come back as soon as they find someone else" Tundra said
Mega didn't say anything he just extended his hand and Geo shook it.
"It's uh…been fun." Mega said
They turned and got onto the wave roads. They darted off until they were out of sight. Sonia burst into tears and Geo held her tight.
"This must be the day they left Earth." I said
The image faded away and I found myself crying. Why was I crying? This didn't happen to me, I shouldn't even care. I wiped the tears from my eyes and shouted "I am evil! I hate those who oppose me and destroy those who do not obey my commands!!"
"Of course I really haven't killed anyone. I've been taking my friends and family into a safe house to protect them. The only people I've actually hurt were Geo, the FM aliens, and the UMAs but I hate them."
Everywhere I went I was plagued by more and more memories. Some happy, some sad, and some just plain weird.
"Why the hell am I remembering this crap?! I didn't even experience any of it…Geo did."
Shortly after my outburst I came across a staircase. I walked up them and saw a medium sized platform with a few telescopes on it. Out of nowhere I said "Vista Point." I felt another memory coming on so I bolted. When I came back to the end of the staircase I saw a man with spiky brown hair sitting on the red bench.
"Uh, hello." I said
"Hi there." The man said
"Dude, what're you doing here? I thought this place was deserted." I said
"More importantly what are you doing here without your parents?"
"I don't have any…well there is this one guy. He's not really related to me but he looks after me."
"Well, where is he?"
"He's on a…I guess you could call it a business trip but recently I'm starting to feel bad about what he does. He's gonna hurt a lot of people."
"Have you told this person that you think it's wrong?"
"No cuz then he'll think I'm going soft. Even I'm starting to think so."
"Caring for people doesn't mean you're going soft it just means you're human."
"Human?" I thought "I've really thought of myself as a human. I've always thought of myself of nothing more than a clone, a copy. In fact I've been jealous of Geo for…wait is that why I hate him so much? Because he's the original…wait a minute I'm about to take over the entire universe because I'm jealous of someone?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?! I need to stop Galda before it's too late."
"Thank you wise but mysterious man." I said shaking the man's hand "You have helped me realize something really important, thank you."
I walked away but then ran back and said "Sorry, I didn't catch your name."
"Kelvin Stelar." He said
In the blink of an eye the man was gone. I looked around but could not find him.
"Hold on, Kelvin Stelar? That's Geo's dad…HOLY CRAP!! I was talking to a ghost…never mind that! Tundra, we need to go now." I called
I ran back to Tundra to take me back to Planet FM.
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