Battle For Remnant: Part 2

Umbra charges at the three Riders that stand before him. His aura cuts through the streets, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Onychinus tries to hit Umbra with a right hook, but Umbra dodges and elbows Onychinus in his exposed back. Umbra then kicks Anna and uppercuts Camo. The ground beneath them is destroyed, leaving behind a large crater.

Onychinus flies through the streets with his allies following, luring Umbra towards the edge of the city. Once they get to the docks, Onychinus slides to a halt with his two allies coping his action. Onychinus breaths heavily as Umbra calmly lands in front of them.

"You think three on one will do any good?" Umbra asks, "Do you really believe you have enough power to beat me?!"

Onychinus furrows his brow in concentration. Umbra chuckles but quickly grunts as he glares at his opponents. Umbra charges and so do the others. Umbra tackles Camo blasts Camo away, knocking him into a building.

"Onychinus, how much do you love your niece?" Umbra asks, nonchalantly.

Onychinus steps in front of Anna.

"Leave." Onychinus orders.

"But, Demon..." Anna protests.

"Now!" Onychinus demands.

Anna reluctantly takes off as Onychinus charges at Umbra. The two Riders clash. Umbra grabs Onychinus shoulders, and Onychinus knees Umbra in the chin. While Umbra's head moves from the attack, his chin stays on Onychinus knee. Umbra raises Onychinus in the air and kicks him upwards as he lets Onychinus go. Onychinus crashes onto the roof of one of the buildings near the docks.

Anna flies towards the CCT, intending on finding a way to shut down the Pillars of the Riders. Umbra smashes through one of the nearby buildings, surprising Anna. In her confusion, Umbra grabs Anna's head and smashes it against the side of a building. He flies forward, dragging Anna's head across the wall. Umbra then fires a blast, leveling the building and launching Anna across the street in the wall of another building. The building crumbles on impact.

"Anna!" Onychinus calls as he and Camo arrive.

Umbra smashes through the building next to them and blasts both with individual beams, knocking through the building on the other side of the street. The blasts smash through the wall and carries them until it breaks through the other side. Onychinus falls to the streets bellow, but Camo is knocked into another building before falling.

Onychinus pushes off of his hands and lands on his feet. He flies towards Anna, but Umbra gets in front of him. Umbra charges a blast and smashes it against Onychinus' chest. It explodes on impact, knocking Onychinus back. Onychinus flies through the street for a few seconds before crashing into the ground. When Onychinus gets back up, he is met with another blast. Onychinus blocks with his forearms and runs forward as Umbra continues to bombard him with blast after blast. By the time Onychinus is a yard away from Umbra, his pace has slowed to walking. Umbra hits Onychinus with one more blast, sending him into the air and into a crane that was being used to repair the damages from the two Riders last battle in Vale.

"What's the problem, Onychinus?!" Umbra yells.

Onychinus lays on a rooftop, a large portion of the armor on his chest and right arm is gone. The armor over his left arm and legs are only slightly damaged while his helmet is untouched with the exception of a few small dents and scratches. Onychinus is also no longer in Verto.

"Have you given up?!" Umbra yells.

Camo lies on the street, also no longer in Verto. His Atlesian Assassin armor is heavily damaged on the upper body, while the legs only have slight damage.

Umbra chuckles.

Anna lies on a different street, her clothing have taken the least amount of damage. They are completely untouched with the exception of a few cuts and tears. She is also no longer in Verto.

"You can say goodbye to your niece!" Umbra yells.

Umbra flies high above the city, to a point where he can see all three of his opponents. Umbra then charges a blast in his left hand and fires it at Anna. The blast is intercepted and explodes early due to being shot by Light's railgun.

"What?!" Umbra yells.

Umbra turns to see Light standing on top of a building. Light glances at Umbra.

"You usually kill the children first?" Light asks.

"I do what needs to be done." Umbra argues, "What do you expect from a true Rider?"

Onychinus gently shakes Anna awake. Anna quickly stirs and sits up. Umbra chuckles as he slowly decends. Light and Camo arrive nearby Onychinus.

"I could feel his power all the way from Beacon." Light states.

Umbra lands and stops laughing. Light taps into the power of Master Shiro's helmet, the Helmet of the Riders. He uses its semblance enhancing to access powers of Similitudo locked to him, namely Verto. Light's golden aura flares around his body as his eyes and hair become golden. The four Riders, now all in level two of their Chaos Verto, or standard Verto in Anna's case, surround Umbra.

"You're all a complete and utter waste of Rider blood." Umbra taunts.

Onychinus and Light charge. They unleashed a flurry of blows on Umbra's sides, but he effortlessly dodges them all. Umbra spreads his arms out, pushing Onychinus and Light away. Anna and Camo each fire a blast at Umbra, which he takes as if it's nothing. Onychinus charges at Umbra, but he is hit first. Umbra kicks Onychinus down the street. Camo and Anna then charge at Umbra. Umbra charges at them, smashing them with his forearms before kicking the downed Onychinus into the air. Umbra charges a blast and fires it at Onychinus, sending him back to the CCT. Onychinus flies upwards to see Amaranth on her knees.

"It's no use." Amaranth says as she falls to her hands and knees, "This is the end."

Onychinus forces Anna to face him by grabbing her hair.

"What are you doing?!" Onychinus asks.

"Why fight?" Amaranth responds, "What for? Umbra's unbeatable."

Onychinus releases Amaranth.

"You call yourself the Grand Master of the Cultis Ex Ipsis?" Onychinus taunts.

Umbra blasts Anna away before punching Light.

"We must escape." Amaranth pleads, "This is a fight we can't win."

"It doesn't matter if we escape." Onychinus argues, "If we don't kill him now, he'll destroy everything."

"But there's no point in fighting him." Amaranth pleads, "He's the one who destroyed Dera. Everything was his doing. He has all the cards."

Onychinus gives up and flies back to the fight.

Why?

Why do they continue to fight?

"He'll kill us all." Amaranth says.