Placing his hand on the pannel, Yuya got his fingerprints scanned. After that, a small sound echoed in the air as the door to the armory opened. Following behind him, Yusaku and a few men grabbed any weapon they see fit.
Early, before the young leader's shocking statement, Ai thought he was joking. But their teammates confirmed it. They have always assumed even with their superpower, the heroes fell to hold up and perished in the explosion just like many other people. After all, if they were still alive, there was no way they would let those monsters and remaining bad guys do whatever they pleased. To think not only did they survive but turned into a villain themself was hard for anyone to swallow.
Yuya really didn't care about all that. The only thing he cares about was Revolver, so he planned to go to EartH X and brought his brother back. That's when Yusaku and some others volunteered to come along. The remaining others wished they could go too but someone had to take care of the children in case they don't come back.
"He saved our lives before. It's time we return the favor."
"Don't blame me if you get killed then."
Ai wanted to go too, but Yuya didn't let him. However, that didn't stop him from jumping through the portal in the nick of time. They didn't get a very good start as they encountered the first villain as the teen was getting up. The wise thing to do in this situation was to run in the other direction. However...
"That way leads to where Revolver is!" Ai shouted out.
Gazing at each other, they nodded and charge forward, dodging the attacks and slided right through her. Once they got some distances between, one turned back, firing his gun. He didn't exactly knew what it did because he did it while turning at the corner. But they all heard screaming, and that was a good thing. As they went futher, more and more villians shown up. They couldn't all go, so one stayed back each time, buying the other some times. At one point, Ai even got to witness Yusaku's hidden power. The power to control the dead.
Ai, Yuya, Yusaku kept on running, knocking down anything stood in their way untill finally, they arrived at the big hall. Soulburner was there waiting for them with his two minions.
"Welcome back, lost sheep. Congrats to you and your companies for making it all the way here."
"Where is my brother!?"
"If you're referring to Dark Phoenix, he is up there."
Different from Deity, Revolver was trapped in some kind of energy ball.
"Revolver!"
"You're just wasting your breath. He can't hear you. Believe me, I try."
"What did you do to him!?"
"Me? Nothing. He stayed asleep after helping you escaped which is boring actually." He snapped his finger and blue flame surrounded the young man. "That probably won't do anything to him but it's still entertaining to watch." He smiled evily.
"You!"
"So it's true." Yusaku stepped up. "You're Soulburner. And they are Cyber and Storm."
"Hmph. It's rare for someone to know our name that isn't already dead yet."
"Why...? You guys were super heroes! So why...?"
"Simple." Soulburner pushed himself up. "Thanks to that explosion, our eyes were opened. Things are more interesting when you're on the other side of justice!"
"You-- Yuya?" Yusaku gazed at the teen who just patted his shoulder.
"Don't forget why we're here."
"I know."
"I think we waste enough time with all these pointless talk. Kill them!"
"Sister in law, Yusaku and I will deal with them. You work on getting brother free."
"On it!"
