CHAPTER 24-THE REAL POWER OF TEAMWORK:
On the sideline, Star, Marco, and Andrew were standing while watching the other three teams battle off against Metal Star as a to stall the time it takes for Metal Star to reach her final transformation until an opportune moment could occur for the three of them. Marco and Andrew were watching the fight go on near the edge, wondering if they'll have a turn to fight. The former also gave some cheering of encouragement for Jackie. Star, on the other hand, was not watching the fight. Instead, she had her back turned on the fight and her two comrades, as a frown formed on her face. She was becoming convinced that everything that had happened up to this point was her own doing and she brought it entirely upon herself. This isn't what she wanted. She didn't want her close friends to get involved, or even the likes of Ludo be thrown under the bus by one of his only creations. She shook her head and sighed sadly.
"This is all my fault…" Star said to herself in a rather forlorn tone, hoping that no one heard what she said.
"What's your fault Star?" Someone did hear her as it was Marco who asked that. He looked kinda concerned as Star knew she wouldn't be able to weasel her way out of this. So she had to take a deep breath and turned around to face him.
"I mean this whole disaster that we've gotten into," she confessed. "I'm the one that Metal Star is truly after, and yet everyone had gotten involved. Janna, Daron, Jackie and Pony Head, the Demonstrix, and even Ludo had gotten wrapped up into this. From Pony Head and Jackie having their medallion and seashell necklace being stolen to Nebula having no memory, as well as Upsilon having a desire for revenge, and how the Demonstrix were hired by the real Ludo to settle things straight. All of it was my doing…"
Andrew overheard all of that and decided to jump in.
"Oh come off it now Star, you can't blame yourself for that," Andrew scoffed. "Metal Star was programmed to go after you, and in spite of the bugs and glitches that she had, she was designed to replace you. That being said, this whole mess was her fault, since she got all of us involved, and she took the guise of the one guy that everyone hates, so she is the number one target for a brutal butt-kicking."
"Maybe, but that's just it," Star cried out. "Everyone, including us, was used as pawns for Metal Star's plan! And as we speak, the other teams are fighting just to give us a better chance at fighting! But who's going to give them a better chance at fighting?"
"They wanted to help us Star," Marco defended. "Our friends wanted to make sure we had all the help we can get in this fight. I mean Janna, Nebula, Daron, Pony Head, the Demonstrix…and Jackie, are helping us to make this fight vastly easier! They didn't want to remain useless and stay on the sideline."
"But we are on the sideline right now," Andrew reminded him.
"Oh you know what I mean Andrew," Marco cast a look towards the treasure hunter before facing Star again. "Look Star, there's no way you can be able to defeat Metal Star with all the magical energy sources that she has on her by yourself. Everyone is fighting as hard as they can so they won't have to have you give yourself up just to fight for us. The only way to truly stop Metal Star is to hit her with a combo team attack, or a simultaneous strike by at least three people. You by yourself, even in your super form, don't stand a chance…"
"I don't want to put anyone else in the line of danger just for me though," Star yelled, clutching her fists. Tears were starting to drip from her eyes. "I…I almost lost you two, and I don't want to put you both in danger again… You warned me about that letter that came from Ludo, but I dragged you into this adventure anyway, regardless of what you two say. If you two get hurt out there…I'll…I'll never be able to forgive myself…"
Andrew knew that Star was still shaken up by that, and thus took a deep breath and spoke up.
"Okay look Star, it might be true that I may not have wanted to come here in the first place, and it's also true that your antics got on my nerves," he took a low deep breath. "But if Marco and I let you fight Metal Star alone and something happens to you, we wouldn't be able to forgive ourselves! And the same could be said about the other teams!"
Marco nodded and ended up grabbing Star by the sides of her arms.
"Star, it'll be okay. Andrew and I aren't going to leave you," he assured. "We promise that nothing will happen to us, just as long as the three of us handle this together."
"That's right," Andrew agreed. "None of us are going anywhere anytime soon, and we'll be with you throughout this final battle!"
"Trust us Star, we wouldn't let anything happen to us, for your sake and everyone else," the Latino told her. "Do you understand?"
Star responded with a simple nod as she wiped her tears and the three of them engaged in a group hug. The hug lasted long enough for them to notice Metal Star reaching her final transformation. Metal Star now had huge butterfly robot wings, a mermaid tail, and a unicorn horn to go with its already monstrous form. Star saw this for herself as did her teammates and she groaned, watching Metal Star take to the stormy sky.
"Well look at that, looks like Metal Star can fly too," she retorted playfully. "But regardless, it's about time the three of us kick it into high gear."
"Ready when you are Star," Marco and Andrew said simultaneously.
The three of them joined hands by placing one into a pile as they got the Miracle Gemstones out to surround them. They started to rotate slowly, but they picked up the pace as it started to move faster while Star closed her eyes. Eventually, all of the magic energy from the gemstones was absorbed by Star, and before they knew it, Star went right into her super transformation. It was the same transformation that she had five months ago when it came to saving the universe from the Space Colony GOD imploding in on the universe. She was as determined as ever.
"Alright, now let's see what our super transformations are like," Andrew encouraged.
"Yeah, let's see if this works," Marco agreed.
The Miracle Gemstones then extracted their energy into Marco and Andrew as they were getting their own super transformation. Both of them found themselves surrounded in bright light, and once the light vanished, the two of them had gotten into their super transformations.
For Marco, he had donned entirely different attire. He was wearing karate shorts, but he had no shirt on, and his chest was pretty hot to look at. It was buff-like to put it simply. Another striking feature was that his hair was now golden yellow and was flashing. To top it off, he had a necklace on that had the yin-yang symbol on the end.
As for Andrew, he was also no longer wearing a shirt and his buff chest was quite attractive too. He was still wearing his hat though, but his hair was no longer dirty blonde. Now his hair was light blonde in color, not unlike Jackie's, and there were two blue streaks on both sides that were flashing too. The treasure hunter was wearing shorts too, as well as wearing his own kind of necklace that had a green diamond, resembling the Ruler Gemstone as it was flashing an emerald green. The two bracelets he wore normally were gone and were replaced with the necklace that he had on.
Star decided to take a look at both of her comrades and their super forms. She let out a low whistle at their new appearance.
"Whew, you two look pretty attractive," Star smirked. "Glad to see that the transformation worked out for all of us."
"Yeah, thanks for that Star," Marco seemed flattered.
"Uh-huh, the compliments were appreciated," Andrew crossed his arms.
"So, you ready to do this," Star dared to ask.
Both of them nodded as this permitted Star to get the three of them to fight Metal Star.
The nine other heroes saw the super transformations for themselves. While seeing Star's transformation didn't come as a surprise since it was used before, the transformations for both her teammates left them surprised. All of them gawked at their new appearances. Jackie was shown drooling at the sight of Marco's super form, with her eyes twinkling in sparkles while she let out a loud whistle of admiration, whereas Janna let out a cat growl and made a suggestive face at the sight of Andrew's super form. Regardless, all of them loved the super transformations.
After waving to the other teams below, Team Star finally took to the sky after Metal Star in hope of finally putting an end to this once and for all…
It didn't take them long to make it to the sky where Metal Star was waiting for them, and by the look on her monstrous face, she was ready to end this.
"If it isn't Star Butterfly, my loathsome copy," she greeted Star and her team as if they were a distance away. "Good to see you again, for the last time."
"Yeah, good to see you again," Star snorted. "I'm surprised that you were unable to thwart me with all the glitches you had and then you suddenly made a recovery to turn into this."
"That's what you'd say, but I was placed into unfortunate circumstances. During that time, however, I was able to formulate this flawless plan to exterminate you and take over what should have been mine: the universe, and your identity Star!"
"Huh, if this plan was flawless, we wouldn't be here right now, getting ready to blast you into pieces, genius," Andrew retorted. "Honestly, you should have tried harder in getting rid of us!"
"Don't give him any ideas Andrew," Marco winced, sensing that Metal Star had something planned for the three of them. Then just as expected, Metal Star threw her head back and chortled before charging up a powerful laser beam made from magic.
"In that case, allow me to give you fools a demonstration as to what I'm here for," Metal Star then roared and opened fire.
In a dramatic instance, Metal Star lurched back and fired a powerful magic beam at them; a highly concentrated amount of bright rainbow power aimed at them. However, since she anticipated this, Star took the daring approach and flew right through the rainbow-colored beam. Then as expected, she got through unscathed, feeling stronger than ever before.
"Wow Metal Star, you were right," Star whooped. "That was a great idea by the way."
This caused both Marco and Andrew to snicker as Metal Star let out a loud angry roar. She rapidly fired more blasts in the form of smaller bursts. Once again, Team Star barreled through them all and shattered them like they were glasses. They somehow gained power from this.
"Hey guys, I just realized something," Marco informed his teammates. "If we can increase our strength by doing what we've been doing, we'll be able to combine our power and strike together as a team!"
"Wasn't that the plan this whole time Marco," Star grinned at him and winked.
"Yup, but now Metal Star is practically handing us her defeat," Andrew chuckled.
"Let's just keep blasting through these Rainbow Bursts," Marco suggested. "Since she hasn't caught onto the fact that this is helping us more than it is hurting us."
The three of them burst right through three more Rainbow Bursts, which built up enough power for the three of them to do some damage to Metal Star. The three of them grabbed hands before charging towards the metal menace. They were surrounded by a magical energy force that engulfed them in a very colorful display. They performed their super-powerful team attack together which involved all three of them firing blasts of energy in all different parts of the metal monster at the same time. Just as Marco predicted, not even Metal could withstand the triple power of a trinity strike from all three of them. This caused her to fall through some clouds and let out a painful roar.
Andrew ended up gapping as he tilted his hat at the sight of this.
"Whoa, there's no way she could be defeated already."
"I dunno," Star shrugged. "I did manage to take down Toffee that one time with one magical blast."
"That was because Toffee wasn't a monstrous being like Metal Star is currently," Marco proclaimed. "Besides, do you think that this mad metallic monstrous overlord would be defeated that easily?"
To prove his point, he pointed down towards the thundercloud where Metal Star was starting to resurface. She had an entire fleet ship in her hands which she hurled right in their direction. Star, Marco, and Andrew had to split up to avoid the craft soaring straight at them. Andrew then gaped at what he saw.
"Whoa, she can pluck an entire aircraft out of the sky and chuck it right at us? They look like twigs compared to her."
"Not to mention meteors compared to us," Star retorted.
"Also try to remember that she likely copied the strength of both Andrew and Buff Frog combined," Marco warned them. "Along with anything else that could be playing a factor in that."
"Regardless, we got this, guys," Star assured them. "She can't hurt us if we just stay focused. If we keep dodging massive ships and punching through those blasts, we might as well be able to do anything!"
Marco and Andrew nodded silently as Metal Star was glaring at them in the background, with her focus primarily on Star.
"Star…I was created with the ultimate intention of destroying you. I am the ultimate weapon of destruction!"
"So wait a minute, you were referring to yourself when you wrote that letter to us under Ludo's name," Star asked and rolled her eyes. "Wow, and people say I have a big ego."
"Probably because it is," Andrew butted in.
"No matter what I've tried, whether it was because of Ludo's incompetence, or the glitches and bugs becoming a factor, or whatever else, I was never able to defeat you! That's why I had transformed my own body with my own hands!"
"And you're calling me a copy of a robot that looks almost exactly nothing like me at all aside from the color," Star grumbled. "Yeah, there's nothing wrong with this picture…"
"You can transform into the ultimate weapon all you want, but Star will still defeat you, especially with her friends helping her," Marco exclaimed. "You'll just have your butt whooped by the likes of Star Butterfly just like you have been within the past 5 months."
"Not this time, since that's changing tonight," Metal Star roared. "Once you and your friends are out of my way permanently, I will repair the fleet of airships and continue my universal conquest!"
"Wow, good to see that a robot has such a sense of aspiration," Andrew retorted. "It was pretty aspiring, for someone who was leading an entire army of monsters for the past couple of days."
"Let's not forget that Upsilon was created with the self-inflicted purpose of eliminating all of Ludo's minions," Star pointed out. "We'll do him a favor and take this monstrous robot out of commission."
Metal Star fired more Rainbow Bursts at them, which Team Star ended up breaking through them and absorbing the power from them all. However, Metal Star decided to take a different approach as she went and shot several beams of unicorn magic from the horn on her head, before hurling fireballs and acid spits at them. They quickly maneuvered out of the way, but this distracted them from the real threat. Metal Star then fired some mermaid seashells from her hands. One of them struck Andrew and encased him in a giant mermaid bubble barrier, where he was trapped.
"What the…that was cheap," Andrew howled, breaking through the barrier himself from the inside.
"Metal Star is firing mermaid seashells at us that'll trap us in bubble barriers," Star was shocked.
"She must have picked that up from the seashell necklace heirloom that Jackie owns," Marco realized with wide-eyes.
"No kidding," Star saw more seashells coming their way and fired some super-enhanced Rainbow Blasts at them with her wand. Marco then stepped in and took care of the remaining seashells by creating a ball of magic energy and hurled it right into the seashells, breaking them instantaneously.
"Wow, that was wicked cool Marco," Star praised, using a super Rainbow Fist Punch on the bubble barrier to free Andrew. "Where did you learn to do something like that?"
"Uh, I have no idea," Marco was unsure of the answer. "Perhaps it was some natural instincts based on how I'm charging on Miracle Gemstone power…"
"In any case, Metal Star is going to pay for that!" Andrew roared, as he was flying towards Metal Star in a blind rage. Star rolled her eyes and grabbed the treasure hunter, reeling him back in.
"We don't have enough energy power yet Andrew," Star told him. "All we can do is counter against her attacks to build up the strength needed instead of going directly after him. Once we have the right amount of power, then you can get back at her."
Andrew could only nod as they once again, waited for Metal to strike. And luckily for them, it didn't take that long to happen. After they had absorbed more energy from the attacks, Star led the charge as the three of them unleashed another powerful super-charged team attack. This ended up impaling Metal Star some more and did more damage.
"Alright, here we come, you guys ready," Star whooped, with a smirk crossing her face.
"Of course we are," Marco exclaimed with a smile.
"That's right, we're with you until the end Star," Andrew admitted while having her back too.
"And the end is closer than you think," Metal Star boomed. She then dipped into the clouds once again and flipped another airship and tossed it in their direction. However, instead of dodging it, Andrew went over and decided to take care of it for himself. With one punch, he shattered the battleship into two with such amazing power. The remains of the ship were then blasted by a ray of green energy that Andrew fired from his necklace. The source was the same kind of energy present in the Ruler Gemstone, and it turned all the parts of the ship into tiny debris. This surprised Metal Star, slightly.
"Hmm, you and your friends are strong, to be sure, but not as strong as I've become! MY transformation guarantees me victory!"
"Huh," Star scoffed as she wasn't amused by Metal's aggrandizement. "You thought you could defeat me, by taking all the magical sources you could find and transform into a hideous monster! I've faced several monsters that were far worse than you by a long shot!"
The trio got through more Rainbow Bursts and mermaid seashells and powered right through them. Metal Star continued to deride and degrade them in the process.
"But that was in the past, with all your victories on other monsters, and from how you first defeated me, but now…your nothing but a speck of dust to me."
"More like a gold speck of butterfly dust to be precise," Star snickered. "That is much more valuable and much more accurate in the description."
"Metal's only obsessed with Star, as to be expected from being modeled after her," Andrew realized.
"Of course, after all, that's what she was programmed to do," the karate expert chuckled nervously. "Given the robot's goal of destruction that eventually manifests into hatred, it's quite amusing."
"Yeah, yeah, but let's not focus on that," Andrew groaned. "Let's focus on taking care of this monster, by smashing through more of her attacks and such."
"Oh, of course…"
They assisted Star in barreling through three more Rainbow Bursts. This was enough to grant them their third team attack use.
"Ready to give it another go," Star motioned to the metal monstrous overlord in front of them. Marco and Andrew nodded as they were ready for this. They charged towards the monster with Star trailing behind them. Once again, they let loose all that they had simultaneously on Metal Star, inflicting some more pain on her. By now, she was starting to weaken, but she wouldn't let that stop her.
"No…my defeat shall not be at your hands…my defeat will not be at anyone's hands!" Metal Star howled, sounding even more enraged than she was previously, and she was further from morality than ever before. She threw two more loose fleet ships towards them, only for Andrew to deflect them. Metal Star then unleashed a storm of mermaid seashells at them, which were taken care of by Marco when he tossed another ball of magical energy. Star also took care of one of them with her Super Rainbow Blast. But what was the biggest mistake made was when Metal Star fired some more Rainbow Bursts at them, which Star used as the perfect excuse of delivering yet another butt whooping.
"Let's go," Star yelled as she struck like lightning against Metal. Marco and Andrew followed suit as they joined in on the team attack against Metal Star. Marco even landed an attack on Metal's monstrous-looking face. The robotic monster elicited a howl that was so loud, that it irritated the ears of not just Team Star, but the rest of the heroes waiting down below for them on the flagship.
"Metal Star certainly is a piece of work," Marco trailed. "She certainly is one, for someone that was created by somebody who hasn't been adapted to creating robots before."
"Yes, I am…" Metal Star had saturated slowly, rising above the trio with a disgruntled air about him, as if they were inferior. "I was one of Ludo's only robots that he ever created, but once I lost to Star a couple of times without even trying, I had been labeled a defect and he scraped me and left me in that capsule…and Star herself, always striving to prove that she is better than me."
"Oh no," Star protested. "I don't like the thought of something being trying to be me as much as you do!"
"There you go, trying to put us on even ground! We are not on even ground! I am a better one! I am the Star Butterfly!"
"And there you go with your false beliefs," Star countered. "You were a bugged out robot when I encountered you, and now it's caused you to turn into a tyrannical cretin!"
She released a surge of magical energy from her wand, with Marco and Andrew flying next to her, ready to attack if need be. Metal Star, however, sneered and hurled another warship at them.
"I was held back from my true purpose for a couple of months…I suppose I could fight the feeling of resisting going after you, over time…but when it's just too much to take, I'm sure you'd do what I did and sneak up from behind."
"Yeah, that was quite a dirty trick," Andrew retorted, punching right through the airship. "Disguising as Ludo just to draw attention to yourself…"
"And so she could copy all of our data," Marco added with a frown.
"Lots of good it's done to her hasn't it?"
The metallic monster didn't bother to leave a reply in return. Instead, she opted to launch several more seashells at the two of them. Marco acted fast and tossed two more balls of magical energy, completely demolishing them. Star then saw that Metal was about to unleash some fireballs and acid at the both of them, and got in the way of her robotic monstrous copy.
"You leave them alone," she scowled; ready to take the attacks if needed. "It's me that you said you were looking for, so why did you drag everyone else into this mess!? Wasn't getting rid of me, rebelling against Ludo, and taking over the universe good enough for you!? Why do more work than necessary?"
"Because your defeat wasn't enough for me," Metal Star bellowed in return. She continued to fire some more of her attacks, which Star deflected with her Super Rainbow Blasts. "Robots and monsters have nothing alike, and neither do humans, Mewman or anyone else! Can you blame me for being tired of taking failed orders from Ludo for 2 months straight, being defeated easily by the likes of you with no effort, for not having the strength to take you down at the time?! As of now, my strength is 10 times more powerful than it once was! I don't even understand why Upsilon decided to side with the likes of you, pests! It's disreputable!"
A Rainbow Burst was fired out of anger in retaliation, but Star easily overtook it herself.
"All those living beings that are vastly inferior compared to the likes of me will fall for opposing me! They'll be nothing but black marks on the floor!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it," Star, Marco, and Andrew all said in unison. They charged up another team attack, ready to impose more damage on the metallic monster. "Here's another attack of what we have in store!"
They flew in to attack Metal once again, but this time she seemed more amused than worried. It's as if she was welcoming the attack.
"You can try to reach inside of me, you can try to drain my magical energy, but you'll never bring me down!"
"Okay, I just have to ask, but what makes you think we can't take you down," Star asked as she and her friends were soaring around the Metallic Overlord and landing attacks all over her. "I mean I've done it before, and that was by my lonesome."
"That was because I vastly glitched out," the overlord shouted. "And it's also for the same reason that makes you think you can!"
The monster was prepared to elaborate further, but a single strike to the head was what cut her off. The sounds of crunching metal were echoed throughout the area. Star, Marco, and Andrew just gasped and watch while Metal's head was thrust back, and the several shades of hatred on the robot's expression suddenly became vivid. He uprighted his head, with his eyes even more blazing red than they were before. A feeling of dread ended up washing over all of the heroes.
"I WILL CRUSH YOU!"
Metal Star thundered over to the team, flying down and knocked all three of them in one swoop. Before they could regain themselves, Metal's eyes began to glow brightly a dangerous red and she spread her arms out.
"MIRACLE LEVITATO!"
"Oh no," Marco yelped. "She copied that from Nebula!"
"She also could have copied that from me," Star winced.
"She copied a lot of things from you Star," Andrew coughed. "Aside from the obvious and such…"
"You guys have to be careful," Tom was heard from below.
"If you guys are stuck under Miracle Levitato for so long, you'll suddenly grow weaker and you'll have less time before you lose your super form!" Janna yelled that one.
"And you'll go down faster if you take damage!" Daron cried.
"You von't be able to make it," Buff Frog was heard yelping.
"B-Fly, you and your pals better be on guard!" Pony Head was heard hollering too.
"Marco, please be careful," that was Jackie. "The same goes for you Star and Andrew!"
"What we are trying to say is that you'll be removed from your super form and you won't be able to defeat that Metallic Menace!" Nebula yelled.
"SAY WHAT," Star, Marco, and Andrew were heard yelling in unison. But they couldn't do anything to react to it, since Miracle Levitato had already taken effect, freezing them in time as Metal Star was relishing this moment.
"This could end badly," Archibald wailed.
"Affirmative," Upsilon added.
"Oh no," Jackie uttered in concern.
Metal Star was heard laughing maniacally as she was preparing a slew of attacks on the trio.
All that they could do is watch and see how this goes.
Before they knew it, they were hit by magic beams, karate swipes, swoops, ships, seashells, fireballs, acid, unicorn magic, and red laser beams. Just as their friends had warned, they were feeling weaker and had only a little bit of magic energy left in them. Once the Miracle Levitato finally wore off, Team Star felt just as miffed as Metal Star was previously.
"Ugh, she's got a lot of nerve," growled Andrew.
"Is…is she invincible," Marco moaned as if he had a tummy ache, feeling weak and woozy.
"It's not over yet," Star barked. "I bet one more hit will do it! Come on guys, we just have enough magic energy in us left to charge up and strike before we get out of our super forms!"
"See me as I am, for I no longer fear anything," Metal Star boomed, sending out more seashells towards them. Marco once again launched some balls of magic energy that he created while Star felt the need to get cocky.
"Wow Metal Star, what you said implies that you were totally afraid of me before," Star smirked in a cocky sense.
"No it doesn't," hissed the metal menace, as she tossed another fleet ship towards her. "I've never had a reason to fear you."
"Not even after I delivered you a beating in a box with a bow on top?" Star quipped as Andrew got in front and smashed the ship himself before blasting it with more green energy from his necklace.
"Your childish mocking doesn't phase me, Star," Metal Star declared. "I shall become the ultimate overlord, ruling as the universe's Supreme Being! Begone now, and I won't blow you to pieces…just a smothering pile of ashes!"
"No thanks, giving up now leave a trail of a bad taste in my mouth and I just can't stand it," Star shook her head. "Perhaps I give you a brutal beating instead? It'll be quick, painless, and for the common good of all!"
"Now you're just stalling. Die, you lowlife copy of the original Star Butterfly," Metal Star bellowed, firing rainbow bursts at them. Star with her team plowed right through them, shattering through her offense and using it to charge up power.
"Why would I stall? I'm about to fall out of the sky after my super form wears off any minute now," Star continued. "If I were you, I'd continued to fire those Rainbow Bursts at me, so you can hurry the process."
"You've just sealed your fate," Metal Star growled darkly. "Be honored to fall at my behest!"
"Well, here we go," Star, Marco, and Andrew retorted in unison.
Metal Star fired some more of those Rainbow Bursts at them, falling right into the bait and allowing Team Star to deliver the final blow. It didn't take long for them to fully charge up again, but then again, they didn't have much longer in their super-powered state, so they had to make this quick, and make it count.
"Okay guys, this is it," Star told her teammates, grabbing both of their hands. "Let's show this Metallic Monster what we're made of."
"With the real power of teamwork," Andrew took a guess.
"Exactly Andrew," Star beamed.
"Well at least it's not the power of friends," Marco cringed as he said that. "I could picture a spinning rainbow."
"Hey, we can throw that in too, Marco; The Real Power of Spinning Rainbow Teamwork!"
"NO! I mean…no, no, just teamwork suits us," Marco pled. "Besides, you already have a Rainbow Blast and a Rainbow Fist Punch, among others."
"Fair enough, now let's get ready." Star prepared them for the final attack.
All three of them rocketed towards the Metallic Overlord, ready to deliver the final blow.
"Now let's finish this!"
The trinity strike nearly paralyzed Metal Star with how devastating it was, combined with the wearing down that was done to Metal previously. The blow rattled Metal to the core, shaking her newly acquired parts loose and causing the other parts to simply just begin to implode.
"NOOOOO…Why?! I had it ALL," Metal screamed in agony, no longer able to function properly as she went careening out of the storm-filled sky, falling to uncertainty. "I am the ultimate overlord: Metal Star! I AM THE REAL STAR!"
"Yahoo, we did it guys," Marco cheered, hardly able to contain his excitement.
"That was wicked tough," Andrew panted, waving his hat into his face before putting it back on.
"And we did take her down and put her out of commission. It'll take a month worth to clear out some more bugs and glitches after the beating we delivered," Star smirked. "It's just too bad it's all over, though. I was starting to have fun!"
Team Star made their way back to the deck of the flagship, where the other heroes were located. They were heard hollering and cheering for how they took care of Metal Star. Jackie was even heard cheering for Marco in a way that she wouldn't normally. By then, their super forms were starting to wear off, but that was alright. The defeat of Metal Star resulted in the sky starting to clear up and now the future for the universe was brighter than ever before…
END OF CHAPTER 24!
YEAH READERS, THIS IS JUST ABOUT CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS STORY! THERE'S THE EPILOGUE NEXT TIME, AND AFTER THAT, IT'S OVER!
YEAH, I DECIDED TO HAVE MARCO AND ANDREW BE GIVEN SUPER FORMS LIKE HOW STAR HAS ONE! I DECIDED TO BE CREATIVE WITH IT! DESPITE THIS BEING A CHAPTER FOCUSED ON THE FINAL BATTLE, THIS CHAPTER WASN'T TOO BAD! IT FOCUSED MORE ON TEAM STAR DEALING WITH METAL STAR IN HER FINAL TRANSFORMATION, SO THAT'S WHY THE OTHER HEROES DIDN'T HAVE A ROLE HERE! I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND!
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