Warriors: The New Era
Chapter Fifty: Victory
Here comes one of my best chapters yet. Rock vs the whole squad. Let's watch the glory...
Besides...I have yet to Flex on Res on how superior I am in fight sequences...not sorry. :)
Lionblaze charged first, leaping in the air to sink his fist into Rock's body, but the Magical Overlord just phased through his attack, and grabbed Lionblaze when he flew through him. He twirled in the air before sending him flying into the team.
Ashtooth raised his H.C.A.R, unloading every bullet in his magazine, only for Rock to put up some purple energy field, blocking each bullet from hitting their target. He set the field down and smirked, "Is that all you have my boy?"
"Well I have him!" Ashtooth pointed at Coalstrike, who unloaded his special bullets into Rock, who couldn't contain their firepower.
As Rock stumbled back, Ivypool dashed forward and grabbed his legs, and Lionblaze grabbed hers, pulling Rock down from the air. Ivypool slammed him down, but before she could ram her elbow into the old man's neck, Rock grabbed her face and purged her head with electriocty, frying her head to the point of burning.
As Ivypool fell off and rolled around the ground in pain, Lionblaze readied a punch only for Rock to catch it.
Sparkpelt and Jack fired their guns while Coalstrike reloaded his. Because he was distracted, Rock took the bullets and they passed through his flesh. He let out a roar in pain, and hissed. He kicked Lionblaze away, and clutched his hand into a fist, the guns flying out of their hands and pointed at them. However, Ivypool, who had healed herself, made symbols with her hands, and the ground shot up to make a wall, preventing the bullets from hurting her friends.
"YOU WASTE MY TIME!" Rock roared, blasting the wall apart with his red lightning.
He readied himself to charge, but found he couldn't move.
Crowflight, eyes glowing green, was holding him in place with his telekinesis, "I CAN'T HOLD HIM FOR LONG! RAVENHEART!"
"On it!" She screamed, floating up and shooting blasts of energy at Rock, while Jack, Ashtooth, and Sparkpelt picked up their guns. Hawkfrost and Coalstrike circled around the lit up Rock, ready to strike from behind if he focused on the front.
Rock roared in a mixture of rage and frustration, breaking Crowflight's psychic hold and breaking through Ravenheart's beam. He flew around the bullets that were aimed at him, and shot blasts of electricity at the team. One blast hit Ashtooth in the chest, and paralyzed him.
As Ivypool tended to Ashtooth's wounds, and Tigerjaw leaped in the air grabbing Rock by his legs. His weight sent him crashing back to the floor, and he slammed the old man into the ground.
Rock tried to get up only for Tigerjaw to plant his boot on his head.
"I thought you were strong, Rock," Tigerjaw taunted.
Rock's eyes glowed a bright red.
"I am."
From seemingly nowhere, a lightning bolt hit Tigerjaw from behind, and Rock exploded with power, sending Tigerjaw flying into a charging Lionblaze, knocking them both out.
Jack unloaded his Berretta at Rock, hoping one bullet would get lucky.
One did, passing through his neck, and shooting out the other side coated in blood.
Rock grabbed his neck and growled, "You think that will kill me?"
"No, just slow you down."
From behind, Hawkfrost jumped on Rock's back, stabbing his back with his knife three times and down on his shoulder, before pushing him away. As Rock stumbled forward, Jack kicked Rock's head, breaking his nose.
Coalstrike rushed from behind, grabbed Rock's neck, and suplexed him hard, crashing Rock into the concrete floor. When Rock hoisted himself up, Sparkpelt fired two shots into his head, and the bullets passed through his head and he roared in pain.
"HOW THIS FUCKWAD STILL ALIVE!" Coalstrike roared in rage, loading his gun again, "DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING MYSELF?!"
"NO COALSTRIKE, WAIT!" Ivypool tried to warn.
But Coalstrike didn't listen, or perhaps didn't hear. He slowly walked forward, shooting each shot into Rock's head.
Eventually, Rock fell to the ground, and a long raspy sigh escaped him.
"Dead," Coalstrike smirked, foot on Rock's neck, readying a final shot.
Rock's eyes opened angrily.
"Foolish Mortal..."
Rock grabbed Coalstrike's foot, and threw him yards away.
Tigerjaw helped Lionblaze to his feet, while Sparkpelt and Jack fired their weapons.
"I say we go at the bastard," Tigerjaw grinned madly.
"I say we go at the bastard," Lionblaze responded.
They looked at each others eyes with fire and grinned in unison.
"Let's go at the bastard."
Sunfield nodded with a smile, "Nice entrance."
"Nice head, I'll think I'll cut it off and nail it to your feet," Inferno grinned.
As Sunfield gulped at the gravity of the situation, Dusty grabbed Sunfield's shoulder, "RUN!"
While the two sprinted in the opposite direction, Inferno touched the fire in his lighter to his lips and grinned.
"Lux Leo. Verani."
The fire took shape.
Dusty turned through the tunnels, panicking badly.
"WHAT? WHO IS HE?" Sunfield screeched.
"HIS NAME IS INFERNO! HE CAN CONTROL FIRE AND COMMAND IT LIKE THE DEVIL!"
"OOOH! LIKE LAST AIRBENDER?" Sunfield smirked.
As Dusty ran, still holding onto Sunfield's shoulder, he turned around to see the a light follow him through the tunnel.
"Oh no..." He sighed.
A loud roar echoed from the tunnel.
And out came a lion, made of pure fire and heat. It's paws left a trail of fire in it's wake.
"RUUUNNNNN!" Dusty pulled Sunfield again.
Meanwhile Inferno grinned madly again, and whispered to the lighter again.
"Ignis Anguis. Slither."
A snake of fire and flame blocked Sunfield and Dusty's path, it's frill expanding and hissing in rage.
Sunfield took his turn to grab Dusty by the arm and drag him down the only path they could take. After many twists and turns, they came across a metal door, practically breaking it down in fear.
Dusty slammed the door, as Sunfield looked at their new surroundings.
"That should hold him," Dusty panted.
Sunfield sighed. They were in what looked like a circular library. Cases of books and filing cabinets. Two chandeliers hung over the bookcases.
"Hide," Sunfield said.
Dusty flicked the lights off and climbed on top of a book case, while Sunfield dove into a bookcase, fitting snugly at the bottom.
The sound of the door opening, made Dusty's breathing tense. Inferno locked the door, and looked around the room.
"Come out come out wherever you are...Old Painless is waiting..."
Inferno walked through the room with a grin on his lips. He lit the lighter and set the candles ablaze with the flick of his tongue.
Dusty watched from atop, learning something.
"Doesn't look like he can create the fire...he needs the lighter...I hope Sunfield realizes this."
Sunfield bit his hand as Inferno's feet planted right next to him.
"How is that Uncle old soul Coal doing? He still crying himself to sleep? He still get those Panic Attacks? He still looking over his shoulder? I'd be insulted if he didn't."
Inferno grinned walking through the aisles of books, "Well...maybe I'll come visit him after you die...maybe he'll finally have the balls to stop running and kill me...maybe just this once...he'll stop being afraid."
Dusty heard something, and turned his head to see Sunfield slowly crawl out from his hiding space, and quietly dash to the aisle Inferno just left.
And Good thing too, Inferno circled back fast and looked exactly where Sunfield was. Inferno was pretending to not know where he was just to jumpscare the poor blonde. But said blonde was already behind Inferno, crawling under a nearby table slowly and silently.
"Hm...so they aren't hiding in fear..." Inferno grinned, "Okay then...who wants to play hide and seek?"
Dusty slowly stood up, and stretched his leg out to move across the bookcases. His foot planted itself wrong and a loud squeak came from the shelves.
Instantly, Inferno looked up and cast a ball of fire from his lighter, pushing it up in a jet of flames. But Dusty was able to jump down, and roll himself to a stop, before sprinting further into the library and Inferno gave chase.
Inferno grinned looking around, "Normally I would set fire to the whole thing...but ARS? They want you alive...you're not getting past me to the exit kids...so give up. Or may-"
He was cutoff by Dusty punching him out of the shadows, striking his jaw hard and sprinting forward, brushing past him and leaping over the tables to get hidden again. Inferno hissed and his zippo lit a fire, creating a huge wall of fire pushing after Inferno. In the meanwhile, Dusty had climbed up another bookcase.
Sunfield (who was under the table beside Inferno), army crawled out of there and crouched away, as Inferno set his gaze on the fire ahead of him.
He looked up at Dusty and winked, making a shooing motion.
Dusty had to stop himself from gasping.
Leave it to Sunfield to come up with some wild plan.
"Well...let's brighten this room up!" Inferno grinned.
"JUMP!" Sunfield shouted.
Dusty grabbed onto the chandelier, and Sunfield rammed his shoulder into the bookcase, with enough force to create a domino effect.
Inferno looked up in fear as the bookcases crushed him, knocking the lighter out of his hands. He tried to grab it, but was pinned down by the shelves.
Sunfield saluted as Dusty jumped down.
"That was dumb," Dusty muttered, "But...brave."
Sunfield smirked, "Let's go before he burns himself out."
The two kids fled into the tunnels, leaving Inferno behind.
As soon as the door shut, however, Inferno slipped out and freed himself. He smirked widely and grabbed a walkie talkie from his pocket.
"Sky...they are here..."
"The Resistance?"
Inferno nodded, "They got me by surprise, but I let them escape. Because we both know who they will run too..."
"I'll alert Garrison. I have just finished dropping off the packages."
Inferno grinned, "Do so...I missed this chasing game..."
He turned the radio off and went in pursuit.
Jaywhisker's eyes fluttered open and he instantly wished he could close them again.
His gauntlets were crushed.
He could hear the clangs and tinks of Poppyfrost's sword and Bone's Pipe clashing together. He rose to his knees and slipped his metal bracers off from his wrists.
There goes that plan...
"Damn...should have intensified the metal's integrity..." Jaywhikser muttered, as he looked at his surroundings, still blurry.
He was still in the cafeteria, and he could see Bone and Poppyfrost pushing each other back.
Jaywhisker bit his lip, he couldn't intervene. He's not a fighter, he's a planner! But he couldn't leave Poppyfrost to die.
So he sunk behind a table and started thinking of a plan.
Meanwhile, Bone dodged a wild swing from Poppyfrost and grinned, "Pathetic whore! I'll bet that is all the world will see of you!"
"SHUT UP!" Poppyfrost roared, losing focus and strategy. She traded them both for fury and wildness, striking in no pattern and or strategy.
Bone caught the blade with his pipe and grinned, "What was the name Scourge gave you? Baby? Luv? Or was it...pumpkin?"
"RRGGGHHHHHAAAAAAHHH!" Poppyfrost swung her sword like a baseball bat at Bone, who dodged and twirled to hit her in the head with his pipe. Poppyfrost could feel her brain hit the side of her skull, and she instantly felt woozy.
Bone grinned, "Scourge may have found you entertaining but me? I just find you annoying."
The brute let the pipe fall to the ground, and grinned as Poppyfrost stumbled and faltered, seeing stars everywhere. Poppyfrost lifted her sword in a weak attempt of a left swing, but Bone merely pushed the blade away and sunk his fist into her gut. As she doubled down, Bone lifted his knee into her chin, feeling the bone crack under his strength. As her body flew back up in a standing motion, Bone grabbed her by her neck, drew his head back, and slammed his forehead straight into Poppyfrost's mouth.
Jaywhisker watched as Bone beat Poppyfrost into a bloody pul, and started tapping at his phone, "Come on...come on...DAMN IT ACTIVATE!"
Poppyfrost sunk to her knees, tears falling and breathing heavily. She couldn't see anything as it was too blurry. Her mouth felt like it had gone limp. And Bone was just standing over her.
He gripped her hair and pulled her up, and she growled and growled in defiance, trying to break his grip.
"Still fighting are we? Okay."
Bone drove his knee up into Poppyfrost's jaw, and shoved her to the ground.
Poppyfrost tried to stand up, but Bone placed his boot on her neck choking her.
Bone sneered, "You should have sent your strong man. With his strength, he could have easily taken me out but you don't trust ANYONE to do your job. I feel the same way. That is what makes us alike you know. Now...do me a favor, and stay still..."
Poppyfrost squirmed, her head going purple. She mouthed the words please or stop, but Bone had no intention of stopping. Eventually, her fighting stopped and her eyes rolled backwards.
"Adam and Eve...should have bartered, Queen," Bone grinned.
The next thing he knew, a sharp blade had skewered him from behind. Bone let a sharp cry, as Jaywhisker pushed the blade further into Bone's back.
Bone roared and twisted around, while Jaywhisker back away slowly.
The brute looked at his chest to see the now bloody blade, and he grunted, "You missed the heart and the lungs...all you hit was flesh..."
Bone smirked tilted his head up and to see Jaywhisker, standing defiant, hands into fists.
Bone smirked, "Oh lookie here. Wanna be Foxleap is trying to be a hero."
Jaywhisker raised his fists, his arms wrapped in white gauze.
"Alright boy..." Bone snarled, pushing the blade out from his back in a demonstration of will and anger. "I'm going to give you one chance, just one chance to surrender. It's over. You can't fight me. You have no gauntlets!"
Jaywhisker smirked, "You think all I made were Gauntlets?"
A loud crashing sound echoed through the room.
Bone grunted, "What was that?!"
"Oh you know," Jaywhisker grinned, "Reinforcements..."
A wall exploaded in power after a series of metal components flew past Bone and onto Jaywhisker. His gauntlets flew onto his wrists, and leg bracers snapped onto his shins. Before you knew it, his whole body was covered in a blue and silver metallic armor. And finally, a giant metal faceplate hissed onto his head, and it's eyes glowed a dark blue.
"BLUEJAY MRK 2! OPPERATIONS DIAGNOSTIC!" Jaywhisker shouted as Bone gawked in awe of the suit of armor.
"All systems operational."
Jaywhisker waisted no time in blasting towards Bone, who raised his fists and caught the metal knuckles. Jaywhisker's boot thrusters activated, lifting his knee into Bone's Jaw and causing Jaywhisker to backflip and at last second, activate the thrusters again, and fly/tackle Bone to the ground.
Bone tried to lift himself up, but Jaywhisker's suit of armor was too heavy for him. He silently wondered how Jaywhisker could lift it at all. What he didn't know, was that Jaywhisker set the armor easily moveable...for him.
Bone growled as Jaywhisker lifted his arms and with one punch, bounced Bone's head off of the concrete floor.
Jaywhisker activated his thrusters and started to float over Bone, scanning his body.
Bone stumbled up, and leaned back, "Who are you?"
"No one of consequence," Jaywhisker shook his head, lifting his arms, opening his palms.
With the flick of his wrist, a beam of energy hit Bone square in the chest, sending him sliding across the floor and into a table, that collapsed on top of him.
"Hehe," Jaywhisker smirked, "No match for me."
"Rggh...the fuck?" Poppyfrost's eyes fluttered open, and she rubbed her skull, "Everything hurts..."
Jaywhisker turned to see Poppyfrost sit up, and he gently hovered over to her, taking the helmet off of his face so she could see him. Poppyfrost scowled and rested on Jaywhisker's arms, "What happened?"
"Oh you know..." Jaywhisker smirked, hoisting Poppyfrost to her feet by her shoulder, "Defeated Bloodclan's Leader."
"How?" Poppyfrost asked, eyes still seeing blurs.
Jaywhisker smiled, "I made an Iron Man suit."
Jayfeather opened his eyes, and pointed at the left side of the crossroads of a tunnel, "That way."
Fernsong nodded, and crouch walked down the tunnel, while Firestar covered the rear. Jayfeather was using his telepathy to find Jay's Wing, and was so far doing a good job. They had dodged many traps and ambushes from ARS and Bloodclan alike.
Jayfeather had to give Firestar credit. The man was clearly no stranger to violence. Despite his political standings, it was clear that Firestar was a soldier, born and raised. He may have a deceiving smile, and a angle like every other politician, but Firestar wasn't all bark and no bite.
He thought, as Firestar executed a sneaking Bloodclan loyalist with one shot to the head.
"You're good," Fernsong nodded.
Firestar nodded, "CIA are nothing if not tough."
"Left up here!" Jayfeather said, "We are nearly there."
Firestar primed his gun, while Fernsong stood in the front protecting them with his super strength.
Soon enough, after what felt like hours, they came across an old wooden door.
"We ready for this?" Fernsong asked.
"Yes," Jayfeather and Firestar responded.
Fernsong kicked the door down, and the three readied for a fight.
But all they saw was an old chained up man.
"Took you long enough..." Jay's Wing mumbled.
He was not in the best shape. Bruises, cuts, burns, and some blackened skin covered his chest and arms. His legs were skewered by some glass like spear, and he grunted every two seconds, like he was trying to stay awake.
Firestar rushed to his friend's aid, and instantly started working to free the chains, while Fernsong just ripped them off the wall.
"So...you are what the fuss is about," Jay's Wing grinned at Fernsong.
"Heh, could say the same about you," Fernsong smirked.
Jay's Wing rubbed his forearms, as Jayfeather removed the glass with his telekinesis, "Hold still this will hurt!"
"RGH!" Jay's Wing grunted, as Firestar held him steady.
Soon enough, all the glass shards were out, and in an act of rage, Jayfeather crushed the glass to sand.
"I'm sorry I left you alone this whole time," Firestar sighed.
Jay's Wing nodded, "I know. What matters is you are here now."
"Let's go, we have to get you out of here and then rescue the others from Rock," Jayfeather nodded.
And so the group half dragged half carried Jay's Wing away, with Jayfeather serving as their navigator to freedom.
"Jayfeather, your skills have grown..." Jay's Wing nodded.
Jayfeather smirked, "Not the same rebel you faced in the old timeline, right?"
"Not at all...I'm proud of you...no one else could be worthy of my descendent."
"You're not giving away our secrets are you?"
The four turned to see Garrison standing between them and freedom.
"Because I won't let you escape."
Rock flew at the wall and crushed the grounded wall behind him, groaning.
Lionblaze grabbed Tigerjaw, and threw him at Rock. Tigerjaw crashed into Rock's gut, and grabbed him by the waist, bending backwards and throwing Rock on the ground, and kicking him towards Lionblaze, who slammed Rock down into the ground with both of his fists.
Rock blasted Lionblaze away with his lightning, but was shot several times by Jack and Sparkpelt, who had been concentrating their firepower. Rock shrugged some of the bullets off, and raised his fists to blast them to smithereens.
But before he could, a silver blur punched his hand away, and gave a vicious uppercut to his chin, finally planting a knife into his chest. Ivypool grunted, kicking the old man away.
Before Rock could stand up, he was cast in a bind of sorts. He couldn't move. He raised his head to see Ravenheart, eyes glowing purple and furious. She clenched her fist, crushing Rock into a ball, and throwing him at Hawkfrost, who shanked the ball countless times, before headbutting Rock away.
Rock rolled away and out of the forced fetal position. He grunted and slammed his fists to the ground, sending a wave of lightning at all who's feet were planted. Coalstrike and Ashtooth leapt over the wave, and took off sprinting at Rock.
"You ready?" Ashtooth called out.
Coalstrike growled, "ALWAYS!"
Coalstrike lifted his right foot for a roundhouse kick to Rock's head, while Ashtooth lifted his left for a kick to Rock's hip. Rock blcked Coalstrike's hit with his arm, and lowered it to block Ashtooth's right after. Coalstrike tried to deliver a left hook, to which Rock ducked under, and shot up just in time to block Ashtooth's left hook. Coalstrike brought his arm backwards to backhand Rock, but he blocked that with his other arm. With them both at his mercy, Rock kicked them both away, before leaping in the air and split kicking them away from each other.
While Ashtooth flew away, Coalstrike was back on his feet in record time, sprinting back to swing at Rock. But Rock stared at the ground with a scowl on his face, seemingly bored. With one hand up, and the other behind his back, he blocked and parried all of Coalstrike's punches and kicked him away.
Coalstrike grunted and snarled before a loud yell caught both his and Rock's attention.
A giant armored suit shot out from the wall, and it flew dead at Rock.
"PARRY THIS YOU FUCKING CASUAL!"
Jaywhisker's iron fist slammed into Rock's teeth, and before you knew it, Rock was thrown across thr room, and his head bounced off of Lioblaze's back punch, flopping to the ground, not moving.
Coalstrike grunted, kicking at Rock's unconscious body.
"Did we win?" Coalstrike asked.
Crowflight lifted two fingers to his temples, psychologically shifting through Rock's head.
After one second he gasped and grinned.
"What?" Lionblaze asked.
Crowfight had the brightest smile on his face.
"He's out...we won."
Jack let out a sigh of relief as Sparkpelt shouted with joy, "YES!"
Lionblaze ran a hand through his messy hair, while Jaywhisker bound Rock with some zipties, and injecting him with elephant tranqs.
"That will keep him out for a while," Jaywhisker sighed in relief.
"We did it...we won!" Sparkpelt jumped with joy.
The Triumvirate all hugged each other while Lionblaze and Ivypool hugged.
"We win...we fucking beat a god!" Ivypool shouted, and touched her earpiece, "FOXLEAP?!"
"-Krzzt- Ivypool- Krzzt-"
"We won! We fucking won! We beat Rock!" Ivypool cried tears of joy.
Foxleaps sounded like he was hollering with joy, but the mountain made it hard to get a signal.
"Get him up, we're taking him to Thrundrair City," Ravenheart grinned.
Lionblaze grabbed Rock with one hand, "Meta Human super prison here we come!"
The group shouted with joy and happiness.
Finally, the long nightmare was over.
"What will we do when he's dropped off?" Jack asked.
Ivypool shrugged, "Well first we are going to have to find Jayfeather, Dusty, Sunfield, Jay's Wing and Fernsong. Where did you leave Poppyfrost?"
Jaywhisker grinned underneath his helmet, "She's out at the entrance. I didn't think she was in any condition to fight after what Bone did to her."
"What did he do?" Crowflight asked in concern.
"He whooped her ass, no other way of putting it," Jaywhisker sighed.
"Well, then...I guess after we all regroup...we go home," Lionblaze nodded.
Jack grinned purely, "Going home...going to sleep. Perhaps the fight is finally over."
"Here's the tunnel entrance!" Ravenheart said with certainty.
The group sighed in relief and exited the cave.
There they stood on the summit of the mountain, overlooking everything.
"Where's Poppyfrost?" Ivypool asked.
Jaywhisker shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe she left to Riven."
"Hey...this is the place I fought Brokenstar for that stupid spear..." Lionblaze grinned, "This place is the top."
Ivypool nodded, "Yeah, I remember that story..."
Coalstrike grinned, "Maybe this time we will have a better story."
They team of miscreants looked out on Forrestlake city.
For all their shortcoming and inexperience, they won. It was clear to all of them that they could never have done it alone. The Triumvirate, the Resistance, and the Three, plus some CIA agents and Thieves from Riven, did the job no ordinary police force could do. And that filled them with pride. For all their bluster and big mouths, they were actually able to stop the world from ending.
As they watched the sun set, they all smiled in joy, like a great weight had finally been lifted from their heart.
This was the dawning of a new age.
A New Er-
A bright light blinded the team. It was so bright, they had to lift their hands to cover their eyes.
The air felt like it had gotten twenty degrees hotter.
Their was a ringing sound in their ears...
The light faded, and soon enough it was gone.
Ivypool peeked her eyes open and gasped in horror.
A mushroom cloud of fire had enveloped Forrestlake.
The winds blew at them from the shockwave of such an explosion.
Ivypool looked to see Ravenheart scream in horror, looking at the damage in Forrestlake.
It was catastrophic.
Ten thousands of people were dead, no question...
Another gust of wind made Ivypool turn to the other side of the mountain at where Riven was.
Where Riven was.
All that remained was a giant mushroom cloud of fire.
Ivypool could have sworn that they were all screaming in shock or horror.
But Ivypool couldn't hear a word.
Rock...
Ivypool widened her eyes to see she was too late, Lionblaze was on the ground with a giant gash on his head, while the old man was nowhere to be seen.
Ivypool looked around in confusion.
Hadn't they won?
Hadn't they beat Rock?
Jaywhisker was flying overhead, scanning for survivors.
Crowflight and Ravenheart were standing mouths agape at Forrestlake, while Coalstrike and Ashtooth were staring at Riven.
Where was Jack?
Ivypool twirled, scanning the crowd in horror. He wasn't there. She screamed in horror and pain.
But she couldn't hear it.
Rock took him.
He took Jack.
Lionblaze was screaming at everyone, asking where his brother and son were.
But Ivypool couldn't hear a word.
All she heard, was a soft whisper or gasp come from her pink lips.
"What have we done?"