Endgame

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Chapter 19: Regaining power

Herb and Sissy looked down from the plate they were on that was hovering over the ground. An assault force of machines was on the middle of assaulting the fortress. After Herb had launched an energy ball to remove the clocking shield, the first half of the robots armed with wrist blasters began to fire at the fortress. "Their weapons aren't doing much good." Sissy said as she noticed the machine lasers were barely denting the surface of the fortress. "Don't worry my dear," Herb said," it's all we need. "Are you sure this will work?" Sissy asked," XANA wouldn't tolerate any more failure. We don't want to end up like Nicholas." "Trust me," Herb said, turning towards Sissy," this is fool prove. We will defeat our enemies and claim victory for XANA. And then, we will finally be together on a new Earth."

Just then, their platform was hit by something as it started to fall. The two jumped off the platform and landed on the ground as it fell to the ground. "I'm a good shot." Odd yelled as he lowered his rifle. The two looked to their side to see Ulrich, Yumi, Odd, Jeremy, and Aelita near their position. "How did you get there?" Herb asked. "That place you're attacking has plenty of secret passages." Jeremy said. "Excellent trickery," Sissy said as her spider legs extended from her back and lifted her over the ground," well, that wouldn't help you win this battle."

"We don't have to fight each other." Yumi said. "And why not?" Herb asked. "You wouldn't get any thing out of serving XANA," Aelita said," he will deceive you just for power and glory." "You only speak lies of our great master. He will bring about a new age to Earth once he gets his body back." Herb replied. "He's just using you to gain enough power. When he's done with you, he'll destroy you!" Yumi yelled at them. "Shut up!" Sissy yelled back," stops spreading lies of our master. And besides, why should we believe those who killed our offspring." "We are sorry for destroy your pride and joy," Ulrich said," but you just have to believe us. XANA is both a liar and a murder. You can break away from his rule. We can fight together and defeat him once and for all!" "We would rather see you gone from this world!" Sissy screamed as she and Herb charged at them.

"Okay, Let's go!" Ulrich said. Him and Yumi went to fight Sissy and Herb; the others went off to attack the robot assault force. Aelita took cover behind and rock and began to chant. Rocks started to break off from the cliff side and move over the robots. They flew straight at the robots, taking out one after the other. Odd also took cover, his eye looking down the barrel of his rifle at the robots. He calmly aimed and fired at his targets, hitting them either in the head or the chest, but enough to bring them down. Jeremy, however, ran into the thick of battle. Many of the robots determined him as the problem, so they began to either punch him or shot him, while others continued to attack the fortress. Jeremy managed to dodge their moves with incredible speed and cutting through them with his scimitar.

Ulrich went against Herb for combat. They looked at each other with sheer hatred as Ulrich drew his sword and Herb drew his knifes. He jumped into the air and threw a barrage of knifes at Ulrich. Ulrich quickly used his sword to block the assaults. As Herb dropped to the ground, Ulrich yelled," Triple Striker!" he drew his other sword as two other doubles appeared and charged at Herb. "Psychic wave!" Herb screamed as an unknown force went forward, deleting the clones and making Ulrich go on the defensive. He put his two swords in a defensive motion and blocked the wave. Just then, Herb charged at him, armed with two knifes in each hand, and began to unleash a series of slashes to Ulrich. Ulrich blocked most of them, but got some hits to the arms and chest. Ulrich then yelled, "Bushido Furry!" he then unleashed eight quick slashes with his swords to Herb. Herb got hit by five of the slashes, but manage to quickly dodge the remaining three. He jumped away from Ulrich and yelled, "Psychic Shot!" a large rock then became engulfed in dark energy and was sent straight at Ulrich. Ulrich sheathed his second sword to convert his power straight to his first sword. He then slashed the rock in half with ease.

Meanwhile, Yumi was in combat with Sissy. She began with attacked her with her claws, but Yumi blocked them. She then hit her with one of her legs, knocking her to the ground. She then attempted to crush her, but Yumi rolled under her. Sissy turned quickly as she screamed, "Steel Spinners!" With that, Yumi threw her Tampas as they sun toward Sissy dodged them, barley missing them, and yelled, "Acid Torrent!" as sprays of acid shot from her wrists at Yumi. She jumped in the air, dodging the acid and caught her Tampas. Put, Sissy delivered a punch to her, knocking her away. She hit the ground, got up, and then began a charge straight at Sissy. "Capture Web!" Sissy screamed as a giant web shot from the palm of her hand. "False Double!" Yumi screamed as she jumped into the air, leaving behind an after image. The web hit the image, causing the image to disappear. Yumi then brought her Tampas down on Sissy, cutting her across the chest. Sissy backed away and said," Its time I bring you down!" She then yelled," Venom Breath!" She opened her mouth as a giant beam of green energy shot straight at Yumi that engulfed her. Sissy then stopped as she said," That finished it." Just then, Yumi appeared from the smoke that was left behind and said," Not quite. Crescent Blade Storm!" She then slashed her both her Tampas at Sissy sending out two crescent shaped energy projectiles straight at Sissy. They hit her straight on, making her scream out and drop to the ground. "Sissy!" Herb screamed at seeing her fall," I have to end this." He pointed his hand at the fortress as a giant energy ball of red and black appeared in her hand. "I have to stop him!" Ulrich yelled as he ran at Herb. "Psychic Energy Ball" Herb screamed as he started to fire. "Dragon Fury!" Ulrich screamed. With that, his katana became engulfed in the shape of a green dragon. He pointed the blade at Herb as the dragon went straight at him. The dragon hit Herb, knocking him to the ground, but it was too late as the energy ball went at the building and hit it. A force field of orange color appeared for an instant, but then shattered.

Back in the structure..

"No." OSRO said, as he became aware the field was down. Behind him, the body on the table sat up and got off the platform. It threw off the cover and walked towards OSRO. "Hello, brother." It said. OSRO turned around and said in shock, "XANA!" "Yes, brother," XANA said," now, If you will excuse me, I have to do some pest control." He then pointed his hand at OSRO and fired an energy beam at him. OSRO fell to the ground as it went through his body. "Now, the real fun starts." XANA said.

How powerful is XANA's new body? Can the group defeat him? Find out in Chapter 20!