(A/N: Here it is. The battle royal. It's an injured Jago and Orchid against a newly reborn Spinal and Fulgore. Will they be able to defeat their opponents, and if they do, can they beat Gargos? Let's find out.)

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Chapter 24: Rematch

This did not look good. Spinal and Fulgore were back and they were ready to fight. Jago and Orchid were worn out and injured. And if by some miracle they managed to beat them, they still had the great warlord Gargos to deal with.

"One step at a time." Thought Jago.

"I'll take the tin can." Said Orchid. "You take bone boy."

They didn't seem to have much of a choice since Fulgore and Spinal were the ones deciding who to fight. Fulgore slashed out at Orchid with his blades. She landed on her feet, but a jolt of pain soared through her leg, which was not healed yet, regardless of the bone being back in placer.

But Orchid's pain didn't matter to Fulgore. He didn't understand pain in his previous form, and he certainly didn't understand it now. In fact, couldn't even feel pain, but his sensors did pick up Orchid slamming her elbow into his chest. It seemed to cause her more damage than him.

Fulgore punched forward and Orchid jumped back. As she did so, Fulgore fired lasers from his eyes. Orchid had to let herself fall to the ground in order to avoid getting hit. Fulgore's heavy metal foot stomped down. Orchid rolled away and attempted to trip him. No such luck. Fulgore was to heavy to trip and she only ended up hurting her leg.

"Damn, I wish I had my blades." She thought furiously.

Jago was having his own problems with Spinal. He was still badly hurt from the beating Eyedol gave him, and he knew for a fact that the Tiger Spirit wouldn't help him. He was on his own. And to make matters worse, Spinal was equipped with a very powerful sword and a strong shield, which the skeleton just used to smash into Jago's face. Jago fell to the ground and Spinal went in for an aerial attack.

"Endokuken!" Jago cried. The Tiger Sprit may not be supporting him anymore, but Jago could still perform the Tiger techniques.

Unfortunately, Spinal blocked the blast with his shield, but the attack knocked him off course and he landed a few feet away from Jago.

"Die!" Spinal cried, lunging for his opponent again.

That was a very likely possibility; at least while in his present condition. And looking over at Orchid, he saw that it would be likely that she would too.

Spinal swung his sword. It sliced through the air in a diagonal pattern towards Jago's torso. The young warrior tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough. The sword sliced through his skin, from the top left of his chest to the bottom right of his stomach. Thankfully, the wound wasn't that deep, but it was enough to draw blood.

Wincing in pain, Jago put all his strength into a kick, which connected with Spinal's ribcage. Being so light, the skeleton went flying back. This gave Jago the opportunity he needed.

"Our weapons!" he cried mentally. "Come to us!"

Spinal was already on his feet again and charging at Jago. He swung his sword downward, ready to slice Jago in half. Something burst out from the collapsed Ultratech. Spinal didn't even notice as he focused on slaying the one who opposed his master.

Expecting his sword to come in contact with flesh and bone, Spinal was surprised when his word met with Jago's own sword. Growling in annoyance, Spinal attack with an even greater fury.

Orchid was doing rather… bad. Fulgore was strong before, but he was much stronger now, not to mention that Orchid wasn't in any condition to fight. She had way too many close calls with Fulgore's blades and wasn't looking forward to anymore.

Suddenly she thought she heard Jago's voice. It sounded like he was summoning something. A few seconds later, three familiar objects burst from the collapsed Ultratech. One of them was Jago's sword, which returned to his master just in time to block Spinal's attack. That meant that the other two objects were hers.

Fulgore lashed out with his blades as Orchid grabbed hold of her own. The laser blades came out and blocked Fulgore's attack, but just barely. Fulgore was strong as hell, and he was slowly forcing Orchid to the ground and her own blade closer and closer to her face. She could already feel the heat from them, and she would be damned if she let the metallic freak kill her with her own weapons.

Although she was in a kneeling position, Orchid managed to break away from Fulgore. White hot pain flashed across her face as her blood spilled. Fulgore's blade had cut her left cheek, making a rather deep cut at least an inch long.

Feeling the blood run down her cheek, Orchid glared at Fulgore. "I'm gonna be pissed if that scars!" she shouted, although that was the least of her problems.

Fulgore responded by firing lasers at her, and it was just blind luck that Orchid had decided to use her Lasaken. The two blasts collided and exploded. Orchid swore as she tried to see through the smoke. Fulgore, it seemed, had no trouble detecting her, as he launched forward on his rockets, connecting his heavy metal fist with Orchid's jaw.

Orchid was literally knocked off her feet, and flew through the air. That bastard damn near broke her jaw, and he wasn't anywhere near done yet. Fulgore stabbed downward, barely giving Orchid time to roll aside. His blades slammed into the ground, but before he had a chance to pull them out, Orchid swung her laser blades and cut straight through Fulgore's.

Fulgore, almost curiously, looked at his cut blade before attacking again. If he were capable of feeling anger, he would be furious right now, but he was only a machine.

Now that Jago had his sword back, he was doing much better. But Spinal was relentless. He was determine to kill Jago.

"No one defies my master and lives!" Spinal cried.

Jago blocked the attack. "I can't believe I felt sorry for you!" he shouted back.

Spinal locked his sword with Jago's. "You could have had everything. By joining with Lord Gargos, you could have had the world."

Spinal was slowly pushing Jago back, but the young warrior refused to quit. "I don't want the world. The world belongs to no one. Especially not that bastard."

If Spinal had eyes, they would have flashed with anger. "I'll kill you for that."

"You first." Jago unexpectedly pulled away, and Spinal stumbled forward. "Endokuken!"

Spinal's ribcage exploded from Jago's attack. The undead warrior let out a ghostly wail and collapsed.

"Damn you!" he shouted, unable to get up again. "Damn you!"

Jago ignored him. Spinal was down for the count. Now his sister needed his help.

Even with one blade, Fulgore was tough. Orchid didn't back down though. She was not losing to some Radio Shack reject. But things were going from bad to worse for her. Fulgore was really tiring her out. She didn't know how much longer she could last.

"Orchid, duck!" Orchid recognized Jago's voice and did as she was told. "Endokuken!" Fulgore was hit by Jago's blast. He stumbled back several feet, his chest smoking. "Endokuken! Endokuken! Endokuken!"

The attacks weren't that affective, but it gave Orchid the time she needed. Reverting to her fire cat form, she ran in between Fukgore's legs and took human form again behind him. She turned to face Fulgore's back and swung her blades outward. The lasers removed Fulgore's head in one swipe.

Fulgore froze. For a moment he continued to function, but then all systems shut down. All except one. Jago recognized the familiar beeping noise, and he knew what was coming.

"Run!" he cried.

Getting a much better head start than last time, both Jago and Orchid were able to avoid Fulgore's self-destruction. The explosion was much bigger than the last one, but the two siblings got away safely.

There was no time to celebrate, nor any time to rest. There was still Gargos left, and at the moment, he was dealing with Spinal for his failure.

"Master please." Spinal begged. "I've been your faithful servant."

"And you've failed." Gargos growled. "And I have no need for failures." His foot came down, crushing Spinal's skull, once again removing the undead warrior from existence. Then he turned his yellow cat eyes to Jago and Orchid. "And you're next."

(A/N: It's all coming down to this. Who will be victorious? Gargos or Jago and Orchid. I'm not telling. Ha! You'll just have to wait.)