Chapter 5: Holding down the Fort

Meanwhile a battle is about to take place at the Square base.

"Dante, it looks like they don't have many people left in the base. There are only a few left to defend it."

Hoover looked at the Square base through a binocular device that was attached to his robot suit. The Capcom attack team led by Dante observed their base from a nearby hillside.

"Good, we have to hit them fast and hard. Catch them off guard. I'll find the orb make sure you keep the others really busy" said Dante.

"Oh, I'll keep them really busy" said Morrigan

She put her hands on her hips and bit the bottom of her lips as she gave Dante a seductive look.

"Doesn't she ever stop flirting?" thought Dante

The group moved to the forest near the Square base's front gate. Red XIII stood watch on the high wall, but the Capcom team did a very good job of remaining hidden until the right moment.

"Captain, do your thing" said Dante.

"Of course" said Captain Commando.

Captain Commando charged up his gauntlets, electrical energy swirled around them. He ran from the covering of the forest toward the large metal gate at the front of the base.

"CAPTAIN CORRIDOR!"

Captain Commando struck the ground with both fists that sent a surge of energy toward the gate which knocked it down.

"Now, let's hit them hard!" shouted Dante.

The rest of the group ran through the gates ready to attack. Red saw the gate fall and the attackers rush through the gate.

"Oh no! We are under attack!" yelled Red.

Red leapt from the high wall and pounced on top of Jennety as he came through the gate. Jennety pushed Red off of him. Red landed on his feet and prepared to attack Jennety again.

"You won't get the orb. Not while I'm here" said Red

"What are you? A talking dog?" said Jennety.

"Hmm, a mummy with a baseball cap and throwing knives has the nerve to make fun of me" said Red.

Red rushed at Jennety with his claws extended, but Jennety jumped over the attack. Flipping through the air Jennety landed behind Red. Jennety threw two knives at Red. Red evaded both knives and cast Fire 3. Having been hit by a fire attack before, Jennety did not want to set his bandages on fire again. He dodged the spell by leaping into the air again, but Red was directly on him this time. As soon as Jennety jumped Red ran forward and grabbed Jennety's foot with his mouth. Red's fangs sunk into Jennety's foot as he dragged him to the ground.

"Ahhhh!"

Jennety slashed at Red cutting him on his shoulder. Red released Jennety's foot and jumped back. Jennety stood back up and the two stared at each other for a moment. Then they lunged at each other again for another round of attacks.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Morrigan flew above the fight hurling fireballs at the enemy like before. Suddenly a blast of energy flew by her head.

"Come on down!" yelled Aya

She shot a few more blasts of Parasite energy at Morrigan.

"SOUL FIST!"

Morrigan shot fireballs from her fist that collided with the blasts canceling them out. She flew down to the ground to face Aya.

"Aya, this ones mine. She and I have a little unfinished business"

Quistis appeared from nowhere with her whip ready to fight. Aya agreed reluctantly and left the two to settle their differences.

"Oh I see you healed up since our last encounter. Ready to hit the ground again?" laughed Morrigan.

"Hmph, bring it on" said Quistis getting into her fighting stance.

Morrigan laughed out loud, and then started to attack Quistis. Morrigan flew toward Quistis attempting to mow her down. Quistis rolled out of the way and as Morrigan passed Quistis lashed at her with her whip, the Save the Queen. Quistis's whip wrapped around Morrigan's waist and jerked her back like a dog on a leash. Morrigan hit the ground hard.

"Now who is hitting the ground?" mocked Quistis.

Morrigan was furious. She got off of the ground quickly and hurled a large fireball at Quistis. Quistis cast a Blizzaga spell at the fireball which absorbed it.

"I'll take you out again" said Morrigan.

Morrigan did the illusion technique she had done before. Both images of her rushed at Quistis.

"(Sigh) There you go with that old technique, but I got it figured out now."

Quistis cast a Thundaga spell behind her and it struck the real Morrigan.

"Neither of them are the real you. Didn't realize that the first time" said Quistis.

The thunder spell hit Morrigan and forced her to the ground.

"If you're going to fight me you're going to have to come up with some new tricks" said Quistis.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"You're really starting to annoy me little girl!"

Volt got angry as B.B. Hood dodged each of his punches.

"You're not a little girl, you're a devil. I saw you fight before. That's why I have no problem hurting you."

"That is if you can catch me" said B.B.

Volt punched at B.B.'s head and she ducked. He tried to punch her again and she evaded with a back flip.

"Too slow! Now pay the price!"

B.B pulled out a rocket launcher from her picnic basket and shot a rocket at Volt. Volt ran as fast as he could. Aya saw this and shot the rocket with her parasite energy.

"Thanks" said Volt.

"No problem. How does she fit all those firearms into that little basket?" asked Aya.

"It's a family secret!" yelled B.B as she hurled several grenades in their direction.

"Run!" shouted Volt as he and Aya barely avoided the blast.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Sion ducked to avoid Sho's horizontal slash to his neck. Sho continued to slice at Sion with his katana and Sion evaded the attacks effortlessly. Sho did an overhead strike and Sion grabbed the hilt of his sword. The two struggled until finally Sion kicked Sho, pushing him away.

"Kou how you holding up?" asked Sion.

"Well the good thing about all this is the person beating me up this time is much more attractive" said Kou as Cammy continued to assault him.

Cammy struck at Kou with impressive speed. She punched Kou in the stomach and then gave him a right hook to the jaw which made Kou stagger a bit.

"I guess dinner and a movie is out, huh?" said Kou holding his face in pain.

"It's safe to say that" said Cammy as she rushed at Kou again.

Kou blocked Cammy's two punches to his face and her sidekick. Kou countered with a lightning fast kick that caught Cammy off guard. Kou's kick hit her in her stomach and she winced in pain. Kou moved toward her ready to attack her once more, but Cammy did a backflip kick that connected to Kou's chin. Kou reeled back and landed on the ground.

"Well, at least she's attractive" said Kou to himself.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Baby Hoover stood near the high wall and prepared the guns on his robotic suit. He planned to pick off the enemy from a distance. He targeted Quistis and was about to fire when Zell leapt from the wall and landed on the back of his suit.

"Oh no you don't toddler!"

Zell grabbed the controls just as Hoover was about to shoot Quistis. The shot missed her and Zell continued to wrestle with Hoover over control of the suit.

"Stop that!" yelled Hoover

"What are you going to do tell your mommy?" laughed Zell.

"Nope, but you'll want yours when I'm done with you."

Hoover made the large arms of the robot suit grab Zell and toss him off on the ground. Zell landed a few feet in front Hoover. When Zell looked up he saw a huge metal foot coming down to stomp on him. Zell rolled out of the way just in time.

"Whoa!" yelled Zell as he barely avoided being smashed.

Zell got up quickly but Hoover was right on him. Hoover grabbed Zell by the neck with the large robotic hands and started to choke the life out of him.

"Want your mommy yet?" laughed Hoover as he continued to squeeze Zell's neck.

Zell started to lose consciousness as the oxygen was shut off from his brain. Zell used his last bit of effort to cast a spell. All he could muster up was a weak spell since his mind was going numb.

"Thunder" whispered Zell as he waved his hand and cast the weak spell.

Today was Zell's lucky day. Although the thunder spell was weak it hit in the perfect place. The small spark of the thunder spell struck Hoovers control panel and caused his suit to malfunction for a moment. The hands released Zell and he fell to the ground gasping for air.

"Dammit, somebodies always messin' up my suit!" shouted Hoover angrily.

Zell ran to Hoover and kicked his machine as hard as he could which caused it to stumble a bit trying to maintain stability.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Dante ran toward the castle but was stopped by Vincent.

"I was hoping I'd get a chance to go a few more round with your spiky headed friend but I guess you'll have to do" said Dante pulling out his pistols.

"You mean Cloud?" said Vincent as he pulled out his rifle the Death Penalty.

"Dante get the orb I got this one!"

Captain Commando came and started to attack Vincent.

"I should have sent someone else to get the orb. I want to fight" thought Dante.

Dante left the Captain and Vincent and ran into the castle to find the orb.

Captain Commando started the fight with a huge offensive.

"CAPTAIN KICK!"

The Captain leapt into the air and did three aerial kicks on Vincent. Vincent managed to block the first two but the third connected with his face. Captain Commando followed up with a fierce punch that floored Vincent.

"Let's heat things up a bit! CAPTAIN FLAME!"

Captain Commando outstretched his arms and shot flames from his gauntlets. Vincent did not move. He let the flames strike him because he had the elemental fire combination equipped to his armor which absorbed fire attacks. The flames actually healed Vincent which surprised Captain Commando.

"You look a little confused. Let's make you more confused."

Vincent got up from the ground and cast confusion on Captain Commando. The Captain felt dizzy and everything felt like it was spinning around him.

"What's going on?"

Captain Commando suddenly felt the urge to attack himself. He began beating up on himself with his own attacks.

"CAPTAIN CORRIDOR!"

The Captain struck himself with his own energy attack which threw him into the air. He landed several feet away. Vincent looked at him for a moment then turned toward the castle.

"It's time to catch the thief."

Vincent ran into the castle in pursuit of Dante. He ran straight to the room where they had hidden the orb, but Dante was already there. Dante held the orb and was about to make his escape but Vincent blocked the door.

"Good, I was hoping it wouldn't be this easy to walk in and get the orb. I need some action."

Dante set the orb down, pulled out his pistols and Vincent pulled out his rifle.

The two stared at each other. It was almost like one of those old western showdowns that one could watch on television. Vincent broke the silence and shot at Dante. Dante evaded the bullet and ran up the side of the wall. He jumped off the wall and almost seemed to hover over Vincent as he fired off a few rounds. Vincent deflected the bullets with his claw gauntlet and prepared to fire back but Dante was already upon him. In a split second Dante had put his guns up and unsheathed his sword. As Vincent tried to aim at him, Dante knocked Vincent's rifle out of his hands with his sword.

Dante did a vertical slash which Vincent blocked with his gauntlet. Dante pushed Vincent back a little and tried to do an overhead slash. Vincent grabbed the hilt of Dante's sword and the two struggled. Dante and Vincent glared at each other as they wrestled for control of the sword. Suddenly, Vincent felt that power swell up in him. It was the power he could not control.

"Chaos" thought Vincent as the power began to grow more and more inside of him.

Vincent pushed Dante to the ground and began his transformation. Dante watched as Vincent's form began to shift and change. Vincent held himself like he was in pain. It looked almost as if he was trying to keep what was inside of him from coming out. Large bat-like wings began to spring from Vincent's back. His skin grew darker as his teeth turned into fangs and his hands to claws. Vincent had transformed into Chaos, a huge winged demon.

"Looks like I'm not the only one with a bit of demon ancestry. You want to play like that? That's fine with me" said Dante as he stood up.

Dante cast his sword aside and instantly transformed into a red winged demon. The two demons faced off against each other. Chaos roared and it seemed to shake the entire castle. It then lunged at Dante punching at him but Dante flew out of the way. Chaos punch missed and struck the ground which broke through the floor and left a large hole. Chaos looked up to see Dante hovering over him. Dante then shot large bolts of lightning at Chaos which knocked Chaos through the wall and into the next room. Chaos seemed unfazed by this as it stood up in the next room.

Dante flew the crack in the wall and was ready to continue fighting, but Chaos had a surprise for him as he entered. Chaos did the Satan Slam attack which was a barrage of fireballs. They struck Dante and hurled him back into the first room. Chaos flew out of the room and hit Dante with a powerful blow to the face. Dante struck back hitting Chaos on its face. The two were like animals. They no longer thought about blocking or evading attacks they simply struck each other with all they had. Dante took flight again and Chaos followed him. They battled in the air swiping and slashing each other with their claws.

Chaos slashed at Dante but he managed to move out of the way by flying higher. Dante then shot Chaos with a much larger bolt of energy which floored Chaos. Chaos fell from the air and hit the ground. Chaos lied there for a moment then changed back into Vincent. Vincent was very battered and bruised. Dante flew down to the ground and changed back into his normal form. He looked at Vincent lying there on the ground.

"You're a worthy opponent. Sorry but I have to take this orb now."

Dante walked over to the orb that miraculously didn't get damaged while the fight went on. He took it and put it in his coat pocket. He looked back on Vincent once more before and left the room. Then he ran back into the courtyard.

"Everyone, retreat!" yelled Dante as he ordered his team to flee.

They left the Square team's castle in ruins.

Zael and Raimuz observed the events and laughed at how well their game was going.

"Well, well the tides have changed Zael. It looks like my team has gotten closer to the grand prize of destroying both universes. The score is now 2 to 1."

"Indeed, your team has made quite a comeback. This is turning out to be very amusing"

(*End of Chapter 5. Well looks like the Capcom team has taken the lead right now. What will happen? Read the next chapter and find out!)