Chapter 33: Battle: Continuation
10:40 AM (Spain Time), Friday December the 30th…
"… Hell's Buster!"
"Uack!"
The Hell's Buster rounds hit "CF" Obihiro and he had to step back as Forte rushed in.
"Sorry for the delay. Something was keeping the machine busy and I had to shut down some useless apps which were re-spawning themselves and consuming its RAM memory… I guess the "Eye" did this out of dramatics: the help comes at the critical moment." Forte explained.
"You two do not interest me anymore. That one does. And I shall bring out one of my key cards to fight it." Death announced.
"Huh? What did ya say?" Forte questioned.
"Come! Mecha Arachnus"
A four legged mechanical vehicle made of a reddish-colored metal appeared by materializing: it had two "eyes" on both side of the sphere which served as the core.
"Hah!"
Death Shadow jumped inside of it using an open access hatch atop it and closed it from the inside: the eyes turned red and the knee joints opened, revealing machine gun barrels mounted on them: a laser gun emerged from the underside of the machine and it was already charging: and, also, a missile launcher was installed on the back and it was about to unload its cargo on Forte.
"It is made of a very powerful alloy! You shall not be able to break through it! DIE!" Death declared.
Forte dodged the machine gun fire, cut the missiles with his Dark Arm Blade and rolled across the ground to avoid the laser: he stood up and faced the monster with a grimace on his face.
"Shit! This is bad…" He muttered.
"Guess we'll go and try to help the others… Call us if you need a hand dealing with that guy!" "CF" Blues called out.
He and "CF" Miyabi headed towards the corridor only to find that purple opaque shield blocking them off.
"Shadow Blade!"
"CF" Miyabi tried attacking it: it frizzled and shot a streak of electricity back at him thus electrocuting him: he was forced to step back.
"Damn. It's the Muramasa-like shield… We can't break through: the more firepower, the worse the counter will be!" "CF" Miyabi cursed.
"Shit." "CF" Blues growled.
"Beep… Beep… Beep…"
The glow of the robots and the "Cross Fusion" users was all light present given the destruction of the fluorescent lights: the frizzling of the robot's swords was also visible.
"Doesn't anyone have a Battle Chip capable of piercing defenses?" "CF" Laser Man asked in an exasperated tone of voice.
"I am Breaker – Elemental, but this thing doesn't seem to be a shield like a Barrier or a Dream Aura…! Royal Wrecking Ball!" "CF" Pride exasperatedly replied.
"Pain Barrier."
"CF" Pride's attack bounced off the purple barrier surrounding the robot: it glowed and the robot emitted electricity bursts through its blades.
"Wait. I'm not sure if it'll work, but… Battle Chip, Lightning Rod!"
The robot shot electricity at it and it was returned to the blades but it didn't lift the barrier: the cycle repeated.
"Good! I trapped it on an infinite loop: it seems the "Pain Barrier" thing can't handle the voltage they operate on!"
"Bravo!"
"Mag Missile, Mag Missile, Mag Missile!"
The three magnets hit the robot's jetpack and blew it up.
"Auto – repairs nanomachines activated."
The nanomachines began to work even as the smoke was dispersing and at incredibly quick rate: but "CF" Tesla had drawn a Long Sword and plunged it through an incredibly narrow gap: it hit the robot's super energy power core and it began to glow.
"Warning. Warning. Core damaged: initiate Code 222."
"Self-destruction! Tesla! Get away from that pile of junk!" "CF" Airstar gasped.
"CF" Tesla warped and the robot blew up: its shockwave hit the other robots' Pain Barrier and was absorbed: they shot the electricity out and the others had to use their drawn Sword – type Battle Chips to block it off.
"One down!" "CF" Tesla announced.
"Seven left!" "CF" Airstar announced next.
"But the same trick won't work twice." "CF" Meddy warned.
"I don't care! Ice Cannon Ball!" "CF" Roll exclaimed.
She dropped it on the ground and the robot lowered its sight to look at the ice spreading across the ground.
"Bubble Side!"
"Pain Barrier."
The water attack was absorbed by the Pain Barrier but some of the water dripped down the purple barrier: the robot then shot out electricity but something happened: it was conducted across the barrier and down it until it hit the iced ground: given how there was a minimal gap between the floor and the Pain Barrier, the electricity crawled up the robot's body and made it frizzle while spinning around in a totally chaotic manner.
"Warning. Warning. Excessive voltage. Excessive voltage. Unable to enact most systems: overload of electrical capacity. Under current battle circumstances, Code 222 is enforced. Code 222: Activate." The robot reported aloud.
It self-destructed as well and "CF" Roll shielded herself with her arms before seeing that there was nothing left of its body.
"Two down!" She called out.
"Six left! We must use their tricks against them, then!" "CF" Dingo exclaimed.
"Dingo! You're strong against electrical attacks: try using that as an advantage!" "CF" Roll called out.
"O. K.! Oi! Robot! Bite my hood!" "CF" Dingo challenged.
The robot tried to hit "CF" Dingo with both swords but they had no effect given "CF" Dingo's resistivity against electricity: "CF" Dingo then used the narrow window to swing the tomahawk sideways and slam it against the chest armor thus leaving a dent on it: "CF" Dingo kicked it repeatedly with his right foot while moving forward and pushing the robot back: the armor began to crack and shatter to reveal the internal components and the power core.
"Warning. Core exposed. Code 222."
This one also destroyed itself and "CF" Dingo flew across the air until he hit the ground and hard: he groaned.
"Uh… I did it! Three down!" He exclaimed.
"Five left! Let's join forces: if we're more than one opponent, I suspect it'll be unable to properly react!" "CF" Rokushakudama announced.
"… Bravo, Nenji! Ya are finally learnin' to use yer brains! I'll praise ya today! Mwah, hah, hah, hah, hah!" Napalm Man told him with obvious sarcasm.
"Wha~t?" "CF" Rokushakudama growled.
"CF" Roll joined "CF" Pride on battling another of the robots: it extended its arms wide to be able to attack both opponents with each sword but both girls didn't let it get past their defenses.
"Princess! I'll be bait! Please use your Breaker attacks on it! Hey! Ugly! You can't do that to a lady: it ruins their subtle beauty we have! Get lost in the desert!" "CF" Roll told her before taunting the robot.
"Okay! Kingdom Crusher!"
"CF" Pride moved behind the robot while "CF" Roll clashed blades with it and tried to push forward: "CF" Pride's wrecking ball tore through the jetpack and hit the power core as well.
"Code 222 enabled."
Both girls ran out as it blew up in a pile of raw materials and then joined the rest.
"Four down! We've got another four left!" "CF" Pride announced.
"We can do it!" "CF" Meddy exclaimed.
"Can someone help me distract this one?" "CF" Laser Man politely asked.
"Yes, sir! Area Steal!" "CF" Roll announced.
She warped in front of the robot and locked blades with it: they suddenly engaged the Pain Barrier and set it so that his forearms were left outside of it.
"Damn. They learn from what happens during the battle!" "CF" Laser Man cursed aloud.
"Enemies are foolish. Foolish." The robot intoned.
"Bingo! Battle Chip, Geyser, Tornado!" "CF" Roll exclaimed.
She pressed her hand on the ground and the resulting spiral provoked for rain to appear inside of the room and soak the ground and the robots' exposed bodies: the electricity travelled across their forearms and the ground and up their bodies thus electrocuting them.
"Cross Laser!"
"CF" Laser Man lifted it from behind and used his tubes to shot a yellow blast of energy which had a shuriken-like form: it pierced through the robot and blew up on his arms.
"Five down! Three left!" He called out.
"Yesss! My climax! Tomahawk Rolling!"
"Don't get cocky." Tomahawk Man grumbled.
"CF" Dingo rammed into the robot and it was pushed back: it switched its electrical swords for Flame – Elemental swords: a Flame Sword and a Fire Blade.
"Ops." "CF" Dingo gulped.
"Told ya." Tomahawk Man grumbled.
"Meddy Capsule!"
The capsules impacted the robot and paralyzed it: "CF" Meddy then plunged the Long Sword and the Long Blade into the robot: they pierced from the front as if to indicate their length.
"Code 222…!"
This one also detonated and became no more than useless scrap scattered across the ground.
"Six down! Two left!" "CF" Meddy exclaimed.
"Hah! That's what happens when ya laugh at a lady's face." "CF" Tesla boasted.
"Tesla… This ain't the moment for that!" "CF" Airstar grumbled.
"Napalm Bomb!"
The projectile shot by "CF" Rokushakudama hit the robot's chest armor and opened a hole on its body.
"Hra~h!"
"CF" Rokushakudama used his mounted shoulder cannons to bombard the core with energy rounds: the core increased in size and then collapsed just like a miniature supernova: the explosion annihilated the robot and its head flew across the air: it bounced off "CF" Rokushakudama's helmet and rolled across the ground before stopping: "CF" Rokushakudama stepped back and felt a persistent echo inside of his helmet.
"Good job in there, Nenji – san! Seven down! One left!" "CF" Pride smiled at him.
"Ah! Eh… Thanks, Princess!" He blushed and scratched the back of his head.
"Has the robot's head tried to enlighten ya?" Napalm Man joked.
"Wha~t?" "CF" Rokushakudama protested.
"Tornado Arm!"
The attack sent the robot flying across the room and it hit the energy field: the resulting explosion was more than it could handle and it collapsed just like their power cores: the one at the south end of the corridor remained activated, though.
"Phew! We did it!" "CF" Laser Man sighed in relief.
"Let's secure the supercomputer!" "CF" Roll rallied.
They ran back inside but found the same shield surrounding the whole supercomputer structure: a red light set above the remaining alcove turned green and it unlocked.
"Crap. There's something there." "CF" Roll muttered.
"And it's gotta be something bad." "CF" Dingo grumbled.
A figure stepped out of the alcove and quickly jumped across the air before landing in front of them and standing up:
The figure was over a meter and ninety tall.
His body design was highly reminiscent of Rock Man's one too.
He wore a helmet with a mouth guard activated: his eyes' irises were visible and it could be seen that they were colored crimson red.
His chest emblem consisted on just two shades of black and white split by a horizontal grey line: he had two curious shoulder pads which were shaped as two split halves of a diamond: his main body's color was navy blue although the forearms and his boots were colored in purple.
A black smooth cape hung from the back of his shoulders and reached all the way to the floor as well as an add-on to his bodysuit.
He also had some extra armor colored in a blackish color and having purple bands around the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
The new form over the main body included an armored belt with two sword sheaths colored in a dull gray metallic color and having purple patterns drawn across them attached to the belt.
His helmet design included a new type of armor covering his eyes: two hexagon-shaped Plexiglas slits were placed over the eyes while the mouth-guard gained the looks of a gas mask.
A purple cape with black edges hung from the back of his shoulders and reached all the way to the ground.
Overall he looked terrific enough.
"What? A Darth Vader rip-off…?" "CF" Airstar wondered.
"Wrong! That's Twilight: the Demon King!" "CF" Roll gasped as she signaled him.
"So? What do you people think of my second key card?" Death taunted through a speaker.
"It's gotta be a copy!" "CF" Roll yelled.
"But of course. A copy without personality file: a fighting machine. But its "Vadous Chaos" power is nothing to be looked down upon." Death confirmed.
"Endless Cyclone, Vicious Fire!"
A huge black tornado covered the area: Copy Twilight then shot purple fire from his hands and they merged with the tornado: it hit "CF" Pride and "CF" Dingo: their "Cross Fusions" got cancelled.
"Dingo!" "CF" Roll gasped.
"Princess Pride!" "CF" Laser Man called out.
"Mag Ball!"
"Tornado Arm!"
"Great Avalanche, Mighty Wave!"
Several boulders materialized in there and fell on top of both "CF" Tesla and "CF" Airstar thus burying them under the resulting pile. A tsunami wave then swept the area and hit them: they were knocked out of the fight as well.
"Damn! We're reduced to four: and we haven't even begun to attack him!" "CF" Laser Man hissed.
"Roll Arrow!"
"Vulcan Arm!"
"Meddy Capsule!"
"Time Flow, Ray of Darkness, Pure Light!"
The flow of time around the four "Cross Fusion" fighters slowed considerably and their attacks moved slower: a phantom hourglass was floating around them.
"Ugh…!"
Copy Twilight shot a black orb which hit "CF" Laser Man fully thus cancelling his "Cross Fusion": he then shot two white beams from his palms which hit "CF" Meddy: she was left out cold as well.
"We're down to us two!" "CF" Roll gasped.
"Damn! Napalm Bomb!"
"Seal of Infinity, Double Thunder!"
A purple symbol of infinity appeared in front of "CF" Rokushakudama and he was literally turned into stone.
"Nenji – san!"
Copy Twilight took out both swords and crossed them to form the shape of the letter X: he shot a powerful electrical beam forward and hit "CF" Rokushakudama: he fell to the ground and reverted out of "Cross Fusion" too.
"No way… Just me… Against the Demon King…?" "CF" Roll sounded afraid and was stepping back.
"Meiru – chan! Remember how you defeated Desert Man!" Roll suddenly called out.
"Oh! True! Rush Hole!" "CF" Roll gasped.
She pressed her right palm on the ground and the cybernetic pit opened beneath Copy Twilight's feet: he tried to hold into the air but he was sucked inside of it and he then blew up in a large explosion.
"Good job, woman. But… While you people were playing, the supercomputer initiated Code 311: copy of all contained battle data and schematics to a server built inside of the Dark Realm! Even if you take over the supercomputer, you shall find nothing else but the OS. And we can always recreate one or take over an existing one. In short: your efforts have been in vain." Death laughed.
"No…! All of this… In vain…?" "CF" Roll gasped.
She collapsed on the now normal ground out of exhaust: her "Cross Fusion" reverted and her Link PET hit the ground next to her: she had a grimace on her face as well.
"Meiru – chan!" Roll gasped.
"… Damn." "CF" Netto cursed.
"Heh, heh, heh." "CF" Obihiro chuckled.
They were still clashing but both had gained some wounds which they didn't seem to care about.
"Laser!"
"Darkness Overload!"
"Pain Barrier!"
"Shit!"
Forte was trying to fight the Mecha Arachnus as he dodged the laser gun but Death summoned the Pain Barrier and absorbed the attack which he returned in the form of a missile barrage: Forte rolled across the ground and jumped to cut it but he was starting to get tired.
"… Freeze Bullet!"
"Explosion!"
"Sonic Boom!"
"Needle Cannon!"
The four attacks bombarded Sidier: he didn't seem to feel them, even, as he stood still and folding his arms: he then warped and kicked "CF" Blues against a yellowish barrier shaped like a circle: he hit it and was knocked out of the fight.
"Heh, heh, heh. Sword types can't harm me." He chuckled.
"Damn! We need help!" "CF" Miyabi cursed.
"Yeah! This is turning worse!" "CF" Laika hissed.
"What do we need to break this armor? A tank…?" "CF" Yuriko cursed.
"Whatever you do is futile!" Sidier exclaimed.
There was a sudden rattling sound which sounded like a shutter opening followed by a truck's horn and the sound of a truck's engine: everyone stopped and looked at the garage: the portal machine was starting up as well.
"What the hell?" "CF" Obihiro cursed.
The truck stopped while the portal finished loading up: two figures stepped out: Trill and Iris.
"T-Trill!" "CF" Netto gasped.
"Iris!" "CF" Laika exclaimed.
"Netto! Saito!" Trill greeted.
"We made in on time!" Iris muttered aloud.
"What's going on?" Saito asked.
"We got a message which told us to bring help."
"Huh? Who sent it?" Forte asked.
"We don't know. The sender was not listed."
"Calling on Bubble Man! Puku!"
Bubble Man materialized next to the truck and opened the cargo compartment: it was full of "Copy Roids".
"Whoa!" "CF" Netto gasped.
"Forte – sama! I brought help! Puku!" Bubble Man announced.
Bubble Man began to unload the "Copy Roids" with Iris' and Trill's help and set them to face the portal machine.
"Preparations: complete! Puku!" Bubble Man announced.
"It's our turn!" A familiar voice announced.
"TRANSMISSION!" Several voices announced.
"No way!" "CF" Netto caught up.
"W-whoa!" "CF" Laika uttered.
"Is that…?" "CF" Yuriko realized.
"Fight! For our companions' future! Fight!"