Chapter Forty-five: Final battle Part 1
STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP!
STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP!
Nefarious pulled out a ray gun and fired a few feet above Heinous.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The red and black laser made contact with a large piece of junk, causing it to slide after the green stepbrother.
Heinous sensed it and jumped effortlessly with a foot sailing at his stepsibling's face.
Nefarious brought both guns up in front of him.
TOING!
The underside of Heinous' foot made contact with the weapons. He vaulted off, flipped backwards. While still in the air, he arched his back so his face could………face Nefarious, opened his mouth and shot a disk.
TWIIIIISH!
Nefarious ducked. He concentrated and--
SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
--sent a hologram at his stepbrother.
Heinous ran, somersaulted over the digital copy, and landed in a roll.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Nefarious fired from his ray guns.
Heinous side-rolled left and right, dodging the laser beams. At one point, he got close enough to leap.
Nefarious was pushed on his back. He used the momentum to kick Heinous over him.
Heinous landed in a crouch. He stuck a hand in the ground and concentrated. Blue and yellow sparks ran down his arm A few feet away--
CHKKKKKK!
--a large, blue ball with yellow sparks emerged from below the lost metal.
"HRAAAAAGHH!" Heinous shouted.
The ball bounced towards Nefarious.
POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!- POW!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious--still on his back--grabbed his guns and rolled out of the way.
The ball missed him, bounced and exploded where the fight began.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious was distracted for--
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!.!.!.!.!
Yellow lead soared at him.
Nefarious ran every which to avoid the continuous fire.
Heinous was the source of it all. His arms were outstretched, not looking as if the shooting would cease anytime soon.
"Do you see it now, Vince?.! I'm the better brother!.!.! I ALWAYS WAS!.!.!.!"
"No, you weren't!"
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWOOOOSH!
A robot arm flew out of nowhere, spinning.
Heinous gasped. He wasn't fast enough to shot it.
CLANG!.!.!.!.!.!
He was struck in the jaw. He stopped shooting and teetered back.
PUNCH!
Nefarious flew out of nowhere and punched him in the already injured jaw.
THWAP!
Heinous was kicked in the chest. He came to his senses and dodged a fist. He swung a fist.
Nefarious side-stepped and moved behind him.
Heinous back-kicked.
WHAP!
His stepbrother was kicked in the chest.
WHAM!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous ploughed into him.
Nefarious punched him off.
Heinous found a broken structure with his feet and vaulted off it. While in the air, dragon-like wings emerged from his back, and he flew over a huge pile of metal.
Nefarious hovered after him.
He touched down on the higher level.
He stood on the metal that was used for the base. Fires were still abundant in the wreckage. Large of debris shadowed great distances.
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……………………………………….a shuffle.
"!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
He saw green in his peripheral vision. He faced it, gasped, and back-flipped.
BLAAAAAAM!
A green ball of plasma exploded where he was, creating a shockwave.
Nefarious looked up.
Heinous was in midair. His wings flapping against the wind. He was above the crash site. A small breeze kicked at his left side.
"Still afraid of heights, Vince?"
"I was never afraid of heights!" Nefarious shook a fist. "That was just another false rumour you spread. And it wasn't even worth teasing me for!"
"Is that a 'yes'?"
"Just watch me, you prick!.!.!.!.!"
Nefarious hovered up, frowning. He stopped at Heinous' level. Below him stretched nothing but metal for miles, covering the desert's natural sand.
"Just because you can fly," Heinous prepared to attack, "that doesn't mean you can beat me."
"Nnnngh!"
Heinous flapped his wings and soared towards his stepsibling.
Nefarious flew at him in a similar fashion.
They collided.
WHAP!
Nefarious was kicked in the torso.
He flew back, regained his senses just in time to dodge a volley of disks from Heinous' mouth.
TWIIIIIIISH! TWIIIIIIISH! TWIIIIIIISH! TWIIIIIIISH! TWIIIIIIIIISH!
Nefarious moved up, down, left, right, and down again. He flew with a fist.
Heinous bent over and caught it.
"HAAAA!" Nefarious swung a foot at his head.
THWAM!
He missed, hitting the shoulder instead. This caused Heinous to lose his grip.
Heinous' wings flapped madly, to keep him up. He concentrated and--
FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
--released a yellow laser from his chest.
Nefarious was already charging a laser of his own.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
He moved for the purple laser that came out of a wormhole.
Yellow met purple.
ZAAAAAAA--FLAAAAAAAA--SHHSHHSHSHSHHSHSHSHSHHHS!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
No laser triumphed though, because they caused a small explosion.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
Nefarious and Heinous were thrown in opposite directions from the blast.
Nefarious coughed slightly. He kept hovering.
"………"
He saw something.
"………………?"
It looked as if balls of orange smoke were spiralling at him. Nefarious grew uneasy.
The balls grew closer. There were three of them.
Nefarious was still.
And they came in contact with him at once.
POP! POP! POP!
The explosion sent him flying backwards--
CLANGGGGG!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--only to crash back-first into a tall piece of base that must have refused to fall down.
"Ugh," he pulled himself out of the hole he made and rubbed his pointy head. "…………………….!" His eyes widened. "AKK!"
He ducked.
KLOOOONGGG!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous' fist impaled the wall where Nefarious' head was. He glared down at him. "Quite slippery, are you?"
Nefarious smirked and pulled out a ray gun. "Yup."
Heinous pulled his arm back.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The winged robot flew to and fro, barely dodging the red and black lasers.
ZAAAA-SCRAPE!
One blast managed to hit the edge of the left wing, barely scorching it.
"WHOA!.!.!.!.!" Heinous screamed.
Nefarious threw a ball of plasma at him.
Heinous gasped and flapped his wings in a certain way so he could move back.
Nefarious' attack fell, where it exploded silently.
SWOOOOOSH!
Heinous flew at him.
Nefarious brought both hands up to absorb the punches. He and Heinous hovered North, arms blurring blue and green either punching or blocking. They kept their eyes locked on one another. The fact that they were robots prevented their optics from showing any emotion other than frowning. Heinous' antennas were bouncing every which way his head went. His wings flapped erratically. Through Nefarious' large head, the gear turned madly, the pump pumped continuously, and the satellite dish made sparks as it spun. His blue arms made a mixture of blue and red as he blocked and blocked and blocked and blocked. Even their legs were working as much as their other limbs; the exact same blurring attacking and blocking.
WHAM!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous managed to land a punch in Nefarious' head.
"Owie!" Nefarious squealed.
GRIP!
Heinous grabbed his arm.
"Ready to give it a wurl, Vince?.!"
"Give what a wurl--?.?.?.?"
FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FW-FWOOOOOSH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous spun him like a tornado.
He then let go.
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
And Nefarious flew like a rocket towards the crash site.
Heinous bent his wings back wards and dove after him.
Nefarious slowed his drop--
WHUMP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous crashed into him. He kept both arms on Nefarious' back, preventing him from altering his course.
Nefarious flailed madly. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!.!.!.!.!.!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!.!.!.!.!" Heinous laughed madly.
The ruins got closer and…
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
They crashed on……through everything.
CRAA-AAAA-AAAA-AA-A-A-AAAAAAA-AAAAAASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
SWOOOOOSH!
Nothing but air.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious landed chest-first. If he hadn't formed a sphere of shield in front of his torso, he would be scrap.
"NNNNNRAAAGH!.!.!.!.!" He reached behind him, grabbed Heinous by the head and threw him over.
WHAM!
Heinous landed upside-down against a flat piece of scrap.
Nefarious stood up.
They were now in a metal 'cave' of sorts. It was hollow and dark. The robots' glowing eyes allowed them to see well. The metal was pure-white like the base's halls. And a few pieces of robots protruded here and here. The two stepsiblings were still standing on metal. The desert's natural and disturbed sand was probably several feet below.
Heinous got up and contracted his wings. He frowned, "Still alive, are you?"
Nefarious readied himself, "I question the word 'alive'."
"Heh, you always hated biology."
"That's not what I meant. I mean we're robots. You copied me a little too much when you transformed yourself and Albert."
"What about you? You intended to jump into that machine."
"That's different."
"Is it though?"
"I'm the way I am, because of you, Jeremy. Everything that has happened was because of you."
"What about when you--?"
"Everything I've done that was evil was because of you, 'brother'! You're fricken' older; you should be more mature!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
"What can I say?" Heinous simpered and shrugged. "I felt like it."
"WHY?.! You never told me why you ruined my goddamn childhood!"
"………"
"……………………tell me."
"…………"
"I SAID TELL ME!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
"………," Heinous remained silent.
"Hello?.! I'm talking to--!"
"There is no reason……," Heinous said without emotion.
Nefarious was saddened now. "I see."
A beat.
WOOOOOSH!
Two holograms slid Heinous' way.
Heinous back-flipped, dodged the copies, found a flat surface with his feet, and vaulted at Nefarious.
Nefarious ducked.
Heinous flew over him, landed in a handstand behind him, and kicked.
THWAP!
Nefarious fell on his front.
Heinous pushed himself out of his handstand, back-flipped, and prepared to crush his stepbrother with his feet.
Nefarious seemed to have sensed it, because he rolled to the right.
THAP!.!.!.!
Heinous missed. He readied a green plasma bomb.
Nefarious propped himself up with his arms, and kicked outward.
TRIP!
Heinous lost his footing. He fell on his butt and lost control of the bomb.
Nefarious got up and jumped.
BLAAAAAM!
To avoid the wave, Heinous brought both his legs up and somersaulted backwards.
The wave dematerialised.
Nefarious landed and put one hand on the titanium ground.
Yellow and black semi spheres protruded from the ground. They didn't move, but they got bigger. And they were forming a triangle around Heinous.
TSHHHHWW! TSHHHHWW! TSHHHHWW!
A large brown-yellow-black force emerged from each semi sphere as they deflated.
Heinous curled into a ball to protect himself.
The attack ceased.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Heinous ducked and rolled to avoid Nefarious' ray gun fire.
Nefarious jumped, flipped, landed and fired some more.
ZAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Heinous spun around and--
TWIIIIIIIIISH!
--released a sharp disk from his mouth.
Nefarious aimed with one ray gun.
ZAAAAAAAA-BOOOOM!
The disk exploded.
Nefarious continued firing.
Heinous was running at walls, vaulting off them, and shooting more disks.
THUNK! TH-THUNK!
Three imbedded themselves in the titanium at Nefarious' feet. They were ignored until…
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
Nefarious' eyes widened. He ceased fire and ran.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEEEEEEEP!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!
The disks exploded, causing dust to fall and a rumble to be felt.
Heinous landed.
Nefarious charged at him with a fist.
WHAM!
Instead he kicked his stepbrother in the shin.
Heinous hobbled back.
Nefarious threw a punch.
CATCH!
Heinous managed to grab Nefarious' fist again. Instead of punching back or kicking, he attempted hurling him behind.
Nefarious managed to bring his feet to the ground behind his brother. He tried doing what Heinous did but in front.
Heinous was hurled over a green dome. However, he landed on his feet.
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Instead of using their powers or weapons, they used their bodies.
"GRRRRGH!" Nefarious brought all his claws out.
Heinous leap-frogged over him, and spun with a roundhouse kick.
WHAP!
His leg came in contact with Nefarious' arm. They were both trying to hit each other, but hit each other's………………hits instead.
BONK!
Nefarious head-butted.
"OW!" Heinous teetered back.
THWAKKKK!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious high-kicked and upper cut.
Heinous tried regaining his senses.
Nefarious attempted kicking again.
Heinous moved right and dodged. He hurled a green ball of plasma energy.
Nefarious did a limbo.
BLAAAAAM!
The wave caused both of them to fall on their back sides.
Nefarious sunk his claws into the ground, pulled a piece of metal off, and chucked it at Heinous.
The latter--who had gotten up--backhanded it.
"HAAA!" Heinous unleashed yellow.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
Nefarious rose to his feet and produced a shield, absorbing every bullet.
Heinous frowned while shooting, "That's cheating!.!.!.!"
"Since when did you ever follow the rules?.!" Nefarious allowed a smirk.
"RAAAAGH!" Heinous ceased fire and used his laser again.
FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious deactivated his shield, rolled under it, and came up in a pounce.
Heinous smirked and charged two plasma balls.
Nefarious also charged plasma balls.
CL-CLUTCH!
They were connected at the hand, leaning into one another and trying to overpower. Their wrists, palms, and claws were encased in their and each other's aura of the plasma balls. They strained.
"N-Not bad…..Vince," Heinous managed. "Must have……taken you a while to l-learn…….them."
"I-It did……," Nefarious responded, "…but you're……st-still……getting used to…them."
That said, a new colour was added to the plasma. It looked like dark scarlet smoke. It formed at Nefarious' hands and slowly extended up Heinous' arms. When the smoke reached Heinous' head, it 'popped'.
POP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
"AAAAAAUGH!.!.!" Heinous let go, his plasma balls disappearing. He fell back.
Nefarious smirked, because he was still holding his plasma balls. He threw them.
Heinous' eyes widened.
He reached a blind hand out and aimed up.
RART-A-TAT-TAT-TAT!
P-P-P-P-P-P-PING-CRACK!.!.!
A piece of metal fell towards him; he grabbed it and held it over him like a shield.
BLAAAAAM!
The 'shield' shock.
BLAAAAAAM!
The shield cracked.
Heinous threw the melted metal away and picked himself up.
Nefarious raised both his hands, extending a beam upwards. It was a mix of red and purple waves, with a black 'background'. Red and purple 'rings' of energy outlined the tube-like beam. It bent with gravity and came down.
Heinous did something he thought he'd never do.
He ran.
"COWARD!.!.!" Nefarious yelled.
Heinous extended both arms forwards and shot at a wall rapidly with bis favourite attack.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!.!.!.!.!.!
The wall dented and broke. Heinous moved forward, shooting, creating a tunnel.
By then, Nefarious' attack missed.
He frowned and went after him.
He was about to reach the tunnel's mouth, when the roof gave way, dropping something large in his path.
Nefarious equipped his ray guns and made his own tunnel.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The path was long. All Nefarious did for the whole time was shoot continuously. Ammo was not of a concern to him. There wasn't enough room to make a purple laser, and plasma balls would be too dangerous in such a claustrophobic space. His eyes narrowed. He had no idea where he was going. Then, it happened…
A hole.
He could see the light.
Barely.
Nefarious stepped out, still with his ray guns.
He blinked.
He was on the outskirts of the entire remains of the base. There was barely any metal anywhere, other than a few small hunks of it. He took a step forward and his foot touched bare sand. Dust blew from the right in a strong breeze, making things a little hard to see. He walked and soon was completely out of it. Now, Nefarious stood in a desert. A desert of Veldin.
"I wonder…"
"?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?" Nefarious looked where the voice came from.
Heinous stood on higher ground. His tunnel was below him. His face was serious. "Don't you?"
"Don't I what?" Nefarious seethed.
"Wonder how we survived the crash, of course."
"We're robots. What do ya think?"
"Yes, but we survived without a damn scratch. Isn't that uncanny?"
"What are you greeting at?"
"That chemical you made," Heinous said, "……where did you get the stuff for it."
Nefarious' 'eyebrows' rose slightly. "……"
"I became a robot through that chemical. You left remains of it on Planet Magmose."
Nefarious frowned.
"I know I copied you, Vince," Heinous uttered. "I was a bit impulsive when I used it. I never really bothered to check it. Sure, I used Sandy as a test, Albert too, but still…….what is it exactly?"
Nefarious' eyes fell.
"Did you use it to make Raxamis too?"
Nefarious spoke, "No. Raxamis was never a squish--organic."
"Then…where did you get it?"
"None of your concern."
Heinous raised a finger. "Now, now, Vince. I won't copy you. After the fight…..when I'd have destroyed you, I'll salvage the remains and start again."
"That's not gonna happen."
"Oh? Listen, brother, organic life forms are a scourge. Albert, Sandy, and I were once those. And so was the whole race of Aradia. They invented robots to do their bidding, but made them too intelligent. They should pay by becoming them."
"How can they pay if the Biobliterator II is destroyed? Build a Biobliterator III?.?.?.?"
Heinous growled.
"Face it, Jeremiah, you lost."
"I never lose."
"The organics will prosper."
"'Prosper'? HA!" Heinous pointed. "The times with the Q-Force has made you soft."
"And yet, you ran away."
"I was louring you into a trap!"
"What trap?"
"…………nnnnnghh!" Heinous clenched his fists.
Nefarious smirked.
Heinous had an idea. "I know what we should do. How about we forget our times of differences and team up?"
"'Team up'?"
"Yup, team up. How about it?"
"Let me see…," Nefarious pretended to think.
Heinous squinted.
"I say NO!" Nefarious waved a hand. "You really are a dick, aren't you?"
"?"
"You just said that there was no reason! Not even three fricken minutes ago! You never keep your word! You've offered a truce before, yes. But did you keep your word?.! NO!.!.!.!.! I'll never trust you again, Jeremy! You hear me?.! NEVER!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous was silent for a while. Then, "So be it."
He jumped and landed in the sand.
Nefarious wasted no time.
WOOOOOSH!
He sent a hologram of himself.
Heinous swiftly avoided it by side-stepping. He then charged.
Nefarious chucked a plasma ball.
Heinous jumped and flipped.
BLAAAAAAAM!
While in the air, he 'vomited' disks.
TWIIIIISH! TWIIIIIISH! TWIIIIISH! TWIIIIIISH!
Nefarious ran under him, doing a roll.
Heinous twirled himself so he was upside down. He kept firing disks, even when he landed in a handstand.
Nefarious avoided them by jumping up high, concentrating in midair, and unleashing a hoard of missiles.
They flew everywhere within a twenty foot radius.
Heinous pushed himself from his handstand, landed on his feet, and back-flipped toward his brother while dodging.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOOOOOM-BOOM-B-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
WHAP!
Heinous' feet struck Nefarious' blocking arms in an 'X' shape.
He immediately pushed off, made his wings emerge from his back, and flew.
For some reason, Nefarious didn't fly. Instead, he created scarlet clouds of dust. Unfortunately, these attacks were blown away by the wind. Instead, Nefarious waited for attacks. A he got them.
FLAAAAAAAAAASH!
Yellow laser beams came at him.
He jumped far and landed above the tunnels.
Ahead of him, he saw something that might have been useful. So, he ran.
"LOOK WHOSE RUNNING NOW!.!.!.!" Heinous yelled as he shot more and more.
Nefarious reached what he wanted. He grabbed it, held it under his arm, and pulled at a wire in the back.
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Bright blue laser fire was ejected from the robot arm's many barrels. Nefarious tugged at one of the many wires sticking out from the end that should have connected with a shoulder.
Heinous allowed his wings to return to his back, know in that he'd be more manoeuvrable on the ground. He jumped dodged, jumped, rolled, side-stepped, cart wheeled, and flipped--
THWAKKKKKKKK!
Heinous gasped.
Nefarious grinned.
Heinous had been struck in the left leg. He was alright, but a tiny piece of metal was chipped off, exposing a tiny bit of wire.
"You're gonna regret that."
"I hope you regret all the bad things you're--!"
FWOOOOOOOOOSH!
Heinous blurred.
THWAM!
He knocked the big robot arm away.
He punched his brother
WHAP-THWAP-SLAP-SMACK-THWAP-WHACK-POW!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious took every blow. He stepped back, several parts of him being hit.
Suddenly--
SWIIIIIISH!
WHAM!
"AAAAAAGH!" Heinous was hit by something that came out of nowhere. Something pink. CRASH! "OOOF!" he hit another out-of-place wall a few feet away. He slumped, gasping, "What the Hell?.?.?.?.?.?.?"
Nefarious wearily looked in the direction from where the pink came from.
Nothing, save for flying sand.
"…"
"…."
Then--
FLASH!
A glint of orange.
Both robots looked.
FLASH!
A bright pink blast flew, distracting them.
Heinous backhanded it before he could be hit. He stood up and growled, "What's going on?.!"
Nefarious was silent.
"Are you behind this, Vince?.!.?.!"
"No….I'm not," Nefarious uttered.
"Nrrraugh! I don't believe you!" Heinous prepared to shoot yellow lead.
FLASH!
Behind him.
WHAPP!
He was kicked in the back.
FLASH!
Whoever it was, Nefarious didn't see it, because his angry brother was blocking his view.
Heinous whipped around and saw nothing.
He panted.
"What's going on, Vince?"
"I dunno. I'm as confused as you are."
"Don't give me that crap! You're behind this, aren't you?"
"No, I'm not!"
"Says you!"
WHUMP!
Heinous crashed into Nefarious.
They became a rolling ball of childish punches and kicks. Annoyed and angry grunts were exchanged as the 'ball' rolled into the wreckage. It plummeted over edges, went up 'hills' of metal, travelled in and out of holes, bounced here and there, and 'broke' after a long drop.
Nefarious and Heinous flew in opposite directions.
CR-CRASH!
"OOF!" "OWIE!"
Heinous was the first to get up. He rubbed his head with a groan.
Now, him and his brother where in a clearing of sorts. The edges were lined with sand that was blown by the increasing wind.
He was about to step for a fourth time when--
FLASH!
Behind him.
"HAA!" Heinous spun around and flung a green plasma ball.
BLAAAAAM!
He hit nothing.
SWIIIIIIISH!
His antennas perked up. He ducked.
Something that was spinning flew over him and hit the ground, disturbing some sand.
Heinous looked where it came from.
Nothing.
He looked somewhere else.
Nefarious had just gotten up.
Heinous snarled.
THWUMP!
Another pink blast hit him in his side.
He fell on his side.
"Nnnnnghhh!" he stood up in a flash. "Show yourself!"
Nefarious looked around curiously.
………
"I said show yourself!.!.!"
It was unmistakable that Heinous assumed Nefarious wasn't behind this.
"Come out!.!.!.!.!"
…………
FLASH!
TRIP!
Heinous was tripped by a sweeping leg.
He fell on his arms.
FLASH!
For but a second a figure dropped down at him from above, flinging a spinning pink projectile. For but a second……
Heinous rolled.
He stood up.
He waited.
"……"
Silence.
Nefarious stared, "……"
FLASH!
"YAH!" Heinous spun-kicked.
WHOOOSH!
He hit nothing, because the figure was crouching.
It grabbed Heinous by the legs and flipped him over.
FLASH!
The figure disappeared.
Heinous landed in another handstand.
FLASH!
The figure squatted right next to him.
Before it punched him in the face, a pair of golden eyes could be seen.
WHACK!
FLASH!
"Ugh!" Heinous landed on his 'stomach'.
He knew who it was.
"Had enough?" a female voice asked.
Heinous slowly got to his feet. He looked at the location of the voice "Guess Vince and I weren't the only ones to survive."
"No, you weren't," Courtney said. She leaned against a wall with a smirk. "It was hard pinpointing Nefarious' location, cuz his communicator was damaged, but--in the end--we found him."
"'We'?" Heinous asked.
FLASH! "Hello, Dr. Heinous."
Heinous sighed. "Oh….it's you…"
"I'm afraid it is," Lawrence said with his arms behind his back.
"Anyone else?" Heinous asked.
"Nope," Courtney stud up straight and walked in Nefarious' direction. "We landed with Qwark, Jack, and Skrunch. They're okay, but we went on without them. The shuttle was junked. Thanks to Lawrence's teleportation, we managed to get here in record time."
"I'm glad I could be of assistance, Miss. Courtney," Lawrence also went on nefarious' direction.
"Great," Heinous rolled his yellow eyes. "Qwark is on his way here, along with his monkey and some guy named 'Jack'. No doubt Ratchet and Clank too."
Courtney and Lawrence stopped and stood on either side of Nefarious.
"Come on, sir," Lawrence said, "you wanted to defeat your brother for decades. Let's do it together, I suggest."
Nefarious was at a loss of words.
"C'mon," Courtney urged and tugged his arm gently.
Nefarious finally smirked. "Heh, guess I won't be the only one kicking ass today."
Courtney giggled.
Lawrence straightened his bowtie.
"You think you can beat me?.!" Heinous growled. "I can take the lot of you!"
Everyone then grew serious.
Nefarious equipped his ray guns.
Courtney prepared to throw a spinning projectile.
Lawrence prepared to teleport.
And Heinous got ready to shoot.
"….."
"….."
"…."
"…."
A beat.
They attacked.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
SWIIIIIISH! SWIIIIISH! SWIIIIISH! SWIIIISH!
FLASH!
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
Almost done with this thing!