'She is so weak, so vulnerable, it's almost bliss for me,' Endgame mused as she sat plugged into her throne feeding off all the negative energy that Ash was feeling this very moment, 'but there is no time for peace in war,' Endgame mused as she detached from her throne and began pacing back in forth in front of her throne, 'I could send my Nega Guardians after her right now, and feed off of the energy,' she thought as she thought about activating their stasis pods, but then a wicked thought came to her robotic mind, 'I think I'll go there myself, might as well take advantage of the non-effective 'Safe Zone' before they find a way to keep me out, plus I can manipulate her more if I attack her myself.' Endgame mused as she made her way to the pod that would take her to Ash's location.
"Ash dinner is ready." Ash's step mom, Linda called from the kitchen, and that made Ash perk up.
"You want to stay for dinner Ish?" Ash asked her best friend, who nodded his head.
"I'd love to, what's on the menu?" Ish asked in a joking manner as Charles and Linda walked into the room, and heard Ish's question.
"Steak and baked potatoes." Charles answered as Ash and Ish stood up and went to the dinner table and took a seat, and after a few seconds, they began filling their plates.
"Tastes great, thank you Mr. Reynolds." Ish said as he took a bit from his steak.
Suddenly Ash felt overcome by a wave of sadness and she could barely contain it, as she pretended to sneeze so she could cover her face with her napkin, while secretly wiping some tears from her face.
'What is going on?' she asked herself, and to her shock, something answered.
'Come outside and find out for yourself.' the same voice from her dream called out, as Ash stood up and ran outside, much to her parents and friends surprise, and to her surprise, she saw a robotic metal lady standing outside in the middle of the street.
"Hello Ashley Reynolds, surprised to see me?" Endgame questioned in an almost sincere tone.
"I'd be lying if I said no," Ash snarled as she raised her NFL-R, "Enter the Rush Zone!" she shouted as her clothes where replaced with her Guardian armor.
"So ready to fight, that's music to my ears, or at least it would be, if I had biological ears anymore." Endgame taunted as she cracked her mechanical knuckles, and the two proceeded to have a temporary stare off as Ish and Ash's parents ran outside and spotted Endgame.
"Ash, get back inside!" Charles ordered his daughter in a scared, yet protective tone.
"Dad, Linda, run!" Ash shouted in response as Endgame averted her gaze from Ash to her parents.
"Your parents," Endgame began in an evil tone, "you couldn't save yourself, let's see if you can save them." Endgame mocked as she raised her hand and fired a lightning bolt from two fingers and they tore through the air towards her parents, only for Ish to dive in the way and take both lightning bolts, and due to not having his armor on, he was out like a light as soon as the bolts stuck his chest.
"Ish!" Ash shouted in fear and rage as she turned back to Endgame, rage overtaking her, rage she had never felt before.
"I can taste your rage Ashley, it's so sweet." Endgame said in an almost blissful tone as she stared down Ash.
"I'm going to send you to the scrap-yard," Ash roared as she jumped into the air, "Super Stomp!" she yelled as she brought her foot down, and the shock wave ripped the ground apart as it made it's way towards Endgame, who jumped into the air with surprising speed and front flipped over the attack and landed a powerful dive kick to Ash's face, and sent her flying back and crash into the tree that resided in her front yard, and Ash was seeing stars.
Suddenly police sirens tore through the sounds of battle and police cars rolled up, and officers armed with hand guns and shotguns stepped out of their cars, "Step away from the Guardian you metal piece of junk!" the lead officer ordered as he raised his handgun and took aim.
"Be gone!" Endgame snarled as she clapped her hands together and a wave of purple energy struck the police officers and their vehicles and sent them flying, but in the brief moment she had taken her eyes off of the female Guardian, Ash had risen and was now firing energy blast after energy blast at Endgame, but the attacks seemed to just bounce off of Endgame's armored body.
"Your anger fuels me." Endgame mocked as she stood their as Ash kept getting angrier with every second.
"Oh your hungry, then eat this!" a new voice called out as Marty appeared in front of Endgame using his teleportation ability, and fired at her with an energy beam, that struck Endgame in her face, and to their surprise it actually sent her staggering backwards for a moment.
"Impressive," Endgame began after the attack subsided, "I actually felt that," she complimented as she fired a lightning bolt at Marty, who teleported to the side of the attack, "your bravery to save your friend is admirable, but foolish." Endgame snarled as Marty tried to teleport behind Endgame, but she had predicted the attack, and turned around like a viper and grabbed him by his throat and pinned him down on the concrete.
"You... STAY AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS!" Ash roared in rage as unknown to everyone, her self included her eyes turned full purple as she lunged at Endgame, and delivered a kick to the back of her head, which made Endgame stagger backwards and fall to the ground, as Ash jumped on top of her, and began punching her skull like face mercilessly, and after a few seconds to her surprise, Endgame began to laugh as she swatted Ash off of her and pinned her to the ground, as unknown to Ash, she was feeding off of all the hatred she was feeling at this moment.
"I could kill you right now, Ashley Reynolds," Endgame mocked as Ash tried to free herself, "but I have bigger plans for you, so I'll keep you alive... for now..." Endgame whispered as she punched Ash in the face so hard that it deactivated her armor, and sent her into unconsciousness, as Endgame cloaked herself, and vanished from sight.
"RZ, Ish and Ash are badly injured, I'm bringing them to the HOK." Marty said with a moan as he stood up, and ignoring the throbbing pain in his throat he gently picked up Ash, and then Ish and slung them over his shoulders, and teleported away...
