The Pain Of Loss Chapter 29 – Awe of She, Part 2
Me: #Sighs, drumming his fingers as he looks at his computer screen#
Amy Rose: #Blinks and leans over his shoulder# Working on that fan fic?
Me: Yeah. I can't decide whether I wanna extend the final battle into just this 2nd chapter, or if I want it to go on for a third.
Amy Rose: Maybe you should drag it on into a third. You know, something special for this final fight.
Me: Yeah, but a lot of people don't like long, drawn out battles. #Points to the Dragon Ball series#
Amy Rose: What do you think all our fights with Dr. Eggman are...?
Me: ... #Thinks back over the 15 or so years of Sonic the Hedgehog games, then sweatdrops# That's a good point...
Amy Rose: Exactly. And we're still as popular as ever.
Me: Um, Sonic Heroes didn't really go over that well...
Amy Rose: Well maybe if my team had harder missions...
Me: Don't even start with that... #Moves on to writing Chapter 29#
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In the Real World, Mayl sighed, having fallen asleep at the monitor. It had been almost 12 hours since the hunt for Kali began, and she knew that Roll was in battle at the time. She could feel every bit of pain Roll went through, as if she were taking the attacks herself. The pain, as well as the stress of everything else occurring, just drained her. Lan walked in on her, kneeling down by her and sighing gently. He saw tears, immediately pointing out to him how worried Mayl was for Roll. He leaned forward, gently kissing her cheek as he whispered to her, careful not to awaken her from her sleep. "Don't worry... Roll's gonna come back alright..." This seemed to register into whatever it was at the time Mayl was dreaming off. Tears were still flowing, but a gentle smile crept across her lips as she heard this. Lan smiled, then looked to Mayl's PET. He was correct in assuming that something had cut Roll and Mayl off from one another, explaining why Mayl had found the time to sleep. He gently ran a hand through the tender-hearted girl's hair, a look of concern on his face as he thought to himself. 'Roll... we're behind you all the way...'
By this time, Kali and Roll were locked in a vicious hand-to-hand fight. Signs of wear were showing well, as each had their fair share of bruises and blood dotted across their bodies. Roll growled, catching a punch from Kali only to receive a knee in her abdomen. The force behind this attack was great, knocking the wind right out of Roll. Kali took this time to bring her leg up and slam her heel down on the back of Roll's head, smashing her hard into the debris upon the floor. Roll reached up quickly and grabbed Kali's foot, pulling it out from beneath her and swinging around. With a loud cry, she slammed her foot into Kali's side while she was still in mid-fall, sending her rolling a few feet. Kali coughed up blood as she rolled over, clutching her side with one hand as she came to a halt with the other. She noticed Roll jumping up and coming down at her head just in time to move out of the way. Roll's kick would've finished her off, this proven by how a large piece of steel debris she was laying on was almost punched straight through by the power of the kick.
Kali grimaced as she got up onto one knee, glaring coldly at Roll. 'Time to play this my way...' As Roll made her second charge, Kali charged forward, holding her hands out and slamming them into Roll's gut, palms open. "SHADOW BURST!!!" Roll shrieked out as thousands of dark energy bullets fired point blank into her abdomen, sending her flying backwards and into a pile of debris, while the bullets flew harmlessly into the air. Roll lay on one side, her eyes open. Her entire stomach and some of her chest suffered serious burns from the blast, but, a miracle as it was, there were no piercing blows. Unfortunately, Roll was struggling to breathe from the shock of the blast, knocking her into a daze. Kali took this chance and dashed forward, grabbing Roll by her hair and grinning. "This is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me!!!" Just as Roll regained her breath, Kali swung her by her hair. Roll grit her teeth, feeling like it was going to be pulled cleaned from her skull.
That would have been the graceful way out, though. Roll's hair held surely enough, but it ended up getting her slammed back first onto the pile of debris she was laying against. Roll coughed up blood, her eyes wide as she rolled off the pile of debris. She was drained, hardly retaining the strength to move anymore. Kali narrowed her eyes, huffing a bit as she kicked Roll in the gut while she lay there. Roll slid through the debris, coughing up even more blood. Her body was horribly thrashed, and she didn't know how much more she could take. Kali smirked, walking forward and putting her boot on the side of Roll's head. "In comparison to me, you're still extremely weak... but I can change that for you, dear Roll... I'm willing to put aside the fact that you decimated my base AND annihilated my forces, if you join with me. This is the last time you're going to get the offer. You were lucky your friends showed up when you denied the first time, but this time, it's just you and me! So what do you say, Roll?!" Kali grinned, forming her Shadow Buster and aiming it right down towards Roll's head.
Roll grit her teeth, opening one eye and looking up at Kali. "I..." As she said this, her left hand, pinned between her body and the floor, glowed a light shade of pink, shifting into her Roll Buster beneath her. "I... will NEVER JOIN YOU!!!" Roll quickly pushed herself back and fired up at Kali, three of the shots impacting right into her chest. Kali stumbled back, gritting her teeth and looking up. "You insubordinate little..." As she looked forward to face Roll after shifting her attention from her wounds, she was greeted with a huge fist colliding right into her face. Kali flew back into the air, grunting in pain. Roll's eyes glowed pure white as she held one hand out. She'd managed to convert some of her power into a fist similar to that of the Guts Style that Megaman used to use. Again, her hand shifted, now a flamethrower. "THIS IS THE END!!!" As she cried out these words, a pillar of flames shot from the barrel of the flamethrower, slamming right into Kali and engulfing her. Kali screamed out at the top of her lungs as she fell to the ground, engulfed in flames. A storm of data flew into the air at her crash site, and at this sight, Roll dropped to her knees, gasping for breath. "F... finally... i... it's over... I'll j, just get the power in... a minute after I breathe..."
Unfortunately for Roll, she didn't have a minute. A huge pillar of blood red energy shot into the sky. Kali's silhouette stood within this, her eyes glowing red. Her suit was gone, this shown by how defined her toes, hair, ears, and figure were within the pillar. "ROLL!!! I'M DONE BEING PATIENT WITH YOU!!! IF YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR MEGAMAN SO BADLY, THEN I'LL SEND YOU TO HIM PERSONALLY!!!" Roll growled, looking at Kali's silhouette and shaking her head, thinking to herself as she trembled. 'No... that's too much power!!! I can't combat with that!!!' Immediately, every bit of data that was within 20 feet of Kali was sucked into the pillar, wrapping around her form. Kali's body seemed to grow and expand into an enormous creature, enveloped in the red energy. As the glow of the pillar faded, the new being floated there, it's looks alone revealing how threatening of a foe it was. From the torso down, there was the body of the Life Virus, legs, abdomen and all. The chest seemed to be made of violet stones dotted with green, running to the right arm where the head of Gospel, the multi-bug organism, roared ferociously. The left arm was a large metallic claw, floating free of the rest of the body, with long, razor-like fingers. The head was made that of Alpha, a single, mechanical eye supported by a red gel substance. The only sign of Kali left remained upon the emblem that was sticking out upon the beast's chest. Kali floated within the beast, a new suit upon her. The suit was blood red with black markings similar to slash marks running down the shoulders in the front and back. She suit ran down and enveloped her feet, while her hair flowed freely off her head. Her irises were now pure black, while the white areas around the eye had themselves become blood red. Her canines grew into sharp fangs, her body more toned than before.
Roll just stood before the beast, her eyes wide as she thought to herself. 'It's created of the Life Virus, Gospel, and Alpha... Megaman alone struggled with these guys...' Roll lowered her head, clenching her fists. '... so how am I supposed to fight all three at once?!!'
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Me: #Smiles, sighing# Well, I'm really happy with how this chapter came out.
Lan: But you couldn't come up with something original, huh?
Me: HEY!!! That IS original, it's just the parts of it that aren't!!! #Chuckles a bit#
Lan: #Sighs, shaking his head#
Mayl: #Holds the Z-Saber to Death's throat, twitching# If Roll doesn't come out of this...
Me: What EVER would make you think she wouldn't? This IS story supposed to fill the gap between Megaman Battle Network 3 and Megaman Battle Network 4!!!
Zero.EXE: #Walks up to Mayl and punches her in the back of the head, then takes his Z-Saber back# ASK next time, human!!!
Mayl: #Rubs her head, groaning# You're not supposed to hit girls...
Me: #Sighs, forming an ice pack and putting it on the bump forming on Mayl's head# Yeah, but you kinda asked for that. You know how touchy the Zero series is about their swords in either reality...
Zero, Megaman Zero, and Zero.EXE: #Hold their Z-Saber's and glare at the others# MINE!!!
Me: See what I mean...? Anyhow, that's it for this chapter, readers. See ya in the next!!