Chapter Forty-six: Final battle Part 2
Heinous side-stepped while firing.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
The laser fire and spinning projectiles that were thrown at him missed.
FLASH!
Lawrence appeared at a safe distance. He kept his finger on the trigger, encase someone would need him.
Courtney side-flipped over the bullets that were thrown at her.
Nefarious went straight at his stepbrother hurling plasma balls.
Heinous jumped forward, dodged the plasma balls, went over Nefarious--
WHAP!
--vaulted off his back, rolled, leapt, grabbed Courtney by the arm, and prepared to throw her.
FLASH!
She disappeared.
Heinous blinked for a few seconds.
WHAM!
He was kicked in the back by Nefarious.
"OOF!" Heinous stumbled forward.
FLASH!
He ran on all fours, dodged Courtney's attack, jumped, found a metal structure with his feet, pushed off, and did something new. While he flew over Nefarious and Courtney, his three antennas began glowing. The glowing intensified and from the antennas that replaced his ears, blue bolts of electricity shot out and came to the antenna on the top of the cranium. The redness in the higher antenna produced a beam. It was pure red with a few blue highlights.
ZAAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAA-AAAP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious and Courtney separated as the beam struck ground.
CRUNCH!
The metal floor was dented.
Heinous grinned as he landed.
Courtney's arms rose.
"Oh no, you don't!" Heinous opened his mouth.
TWIIIIIIIIIISH!
A disk flew.
Suddenly--
FLASH!
Heinous blinked. He was in a different place. And the disk he just launched was heading straight for him. His eyes bulged and he brought his arms up.
CLANK!
The disk bounced off him.
Heinous' antennas pulsed. He spun around and blocked Courtney's attempted roundhouse kick.
Her yellow eyes widened.
His yellow eyes narrowed.
WHAM!
He upper cut her with a high kick.
"Ugh," Courtney teetered back.
Nefarious approached from behind with a plasma bomb.
Heinous sensed it. He ran, grabbed Courtney by her sides and threw her at Nefarious.
FLASH!
She disappeared, diving Nefarious a clear path to--
"NAAAAAAGH!"
--throw the bomb.
BLAAAAAAAAAAM!
Heinous jumped back.
FLASH!
Courtney was suddenly to his right.
He brought her hands up and created a red wave.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZUM!
Heinous jumped again.
"HAAAA!"
WOOOOSH!
A hologram came his way.
He side-stepped.
Courtney and Nefarious attacked him from both sides.
Heinous grabbed Nefarious' face, looked behind him and rose his foot.
THWAM!
Courtney was kicked in the abdomen.
Heinous turned his attention to his brother.
Nefarious clawed and managed to get free. He pulled out his ray guns.
"I'm really getting sick of those weapons!" Heinous barked.
"Then hold still, so you won't be sick of them anymore!" Nefarious retorted.
Nefarious aimed.
THWAP!
Heinous high-kicked.
Nefarious managed to keep his hold on the weapons. He gasped and brought them in front of his face.
KLONK!
Heinous' fist was blocked.
Nefarious swung his foot out.
CATCH!
Heinous caught it.
Nefarious fired randomly.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Heinous tilted his head in every direction possible.
"!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Courtney ducked in mid-run. Nefarious' laser fire missed her silver head by millimetres.
Heinous pushed Nefarious' leg up.
Nefarious hopped back, nearly losing his balance.
WHACK!
Heinous was punched upside the head.
He bowed down, growled, and sliced back.
Courtney arched her front and dodged the blow. Heinous stood, spun, and hurled a plasma ball.
"Whoa!" Courtney ducked.
BLAAAAM!
The bomb exploded where its force was out of range.
Nefarious returned with a flying punch.
Heinous gasped and ducked.
"!.!.!.!.!" Nefarious stopped. He almost punched Courtney in the face. "……."
"….," Courtney stared.
A beat.
"Eh heh heh heh heh."
"Heh."
They chuckled nervously.
They forgot that Heinous was squatting beneath them.
SWOOOSH-BONK!
He head-butted Nefarious in the chin, facing Courtney, "Mind if I cut in?"
Nefarious growled and sliced.
Heinous jumped, performed a split and hit both of them in their torsos.
TH-THWAP!
"OW!" "OOF!"
FL-FLASH!.!
They both disappeared.
Heinous frowned.
His he wanted to win, he'd have to separate them.
His wings came out from his back. He flew high and out of the clearing.
It became evident to him that it was getting dark. The sun was in the middle of setting, and the wind was blowing harder. Dust and sand flew in the same direction.
Heinous didn't care. He glided, his wings contracted, and he landed on higher ground.
However, this ground was more jagged and hazardous. Metal protruded everywhere, making navigation difficult. What was also uninviting was a long drop into darkness.
Heinous smirked. At that point, he was on a 'branch' of metal.
Pl-Plant.
Heinous sighed and turned his head a little.
Nefarious glared at him, keeping balance on another 'branch'.
FLASH!
Courtney appeared in midair next to him. He fell, grabbed a pole with both hands, swung twice, let go at the right time, flipped, and landed gracefully on the cylindrical structure.
FLASH!
Lawrence himself appeared higher up. He didn't need to keep balance there, because he was on a flat surface.
"….."
"…."
"…."
"…."
They stared.
The wind howled.
Sand and dust flew.
The sun set.
"Still trying to stop me?" Heinous asked.
"I never try…," Nefarious growled.
"Think you can beat us when you're outnumbered three to one?" Courtney taunted.
"I won't be outnumbered for long," Heinous said, "cuz I just remembered something." He pulled out a communicator. "Ahem. Albert, Raxamis, Sandy come in."
…………………………………………….
No reply.
Heinous blinked, "Uh….."
Nefarious smirked smugly.
"This is Dr. Heinous. Report!"
…………………………………………………………………
Still no reply.
Heinous would have sweated if he could.
Courtney put her hands on her hips confidently.
"HELLO?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.!.?.! THIS IS DR. HEINOUS ANSWER ME IF YOU CAN!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
…………………………………………………………………………………
Lawrence watched silently.
Heinous 'gulped'.
"Y'see?" Nefarious gestured. "You're all alone here. Despite your fetish with my chemical, Sandy and Albert haven't answered."
"It means nothing!" Heinous growled. "It could be a bad connection with all this weather and all."
"Uh uh uh," Courtney shook a silver finger.
Heinous lost a lot of confidence then.
"Face it, Jeremy," Nefarious said, "…….you've lost."
"NO, I HAVEN'T! HRUUUUUAGH!.!.!.!.!"
Heinous extended one arm and released orange balls of smoke. Three of them.
"Look out!" Nefarious yelled as he jumped and hovered.
Courtney hopped from where she was and landed on another 'branch'.
Lawrence just teleported. FLASH!
Nefarious summoned his shield.
POP!
The smoke ball exploded, unleashing no damage.
Courtney jumped, kicked off a wall, and landed on a higher beam.
The smoke ball chasing her attempted to turn, but wasn't sharp enough at such a task…..and exploded.
POP!
Courtney sighed.
The ball that was meant for Lawrence went too high and was taken by the wind.
Courtney landed next to Nefarious.
FLASH!
Lawrence appeared some feet away.
"Where's Heinous?" Courtney asked.
Nefarious looked. Heinous wasn't where he was.
"There," Lawrence pointed.
Nefarious and Courtney looked.
The 'forest' of metal 'branches' stretched into a visible canyon of wreckage. A green blur could be seen, hopping. Heinous.
"Go!" Nefarious pointed.
FLASH!
Courtney hopped like Heinous.
Nefarious flew, trying to go as far as possible without having to hop because of the narrowness.
Lawrence teleported short distances, trying to keep safe.
Up ahead, Heinous barked into his communicator.
"This is Heinous. Albert, I demand you reply! Raxamis……..Big R. Sandy!... Calling the Fearsome Four! Fearsome Four members, do you read me?.!"
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Heinous panted and put the communicator away. He noticed that the canyon was getting narrower. He jumped left and right, trying to get through. He could have flown, but he had a plan………..which was going to happen at that moment.
Heinous fell on purpose, reached out, and caught hold of the bottommost 'branch'. He turned around and hung like a monkey for a while. He waited.
Lawrence was nowhere to be seen, Nefarious was hovering instead of flying, and Courtney was jumping ahead of the group.
Heinous grinned. "HAAA!"
He threw a plasma ball.
"WHOA!" Courtney stopped herself before she would jump in the path of Heinous' attack. It flew vertically up and hit a vulnerable part.
BLAAAAAAM!
One explosion triggered an 'avalanche' of--yes--metal.
BONK!
Courtney was conked on the head, causing her to lose balance. She fell, screaming.
Heinous smirked and let go. He fell along with her.
The 'canyon' was so narrow, that the way down was blocked off. Courtney and Heinous couldn't be reached.
Nefarious frowned. He turned to Lawrence, who had just teleported on the blockage, "Get us through!"
"It'll be difficult, sir," Lawrence said, "because--"
"Aww, never mind!" Nefarious began throwing plasma balls.
BLAAAAM! BLAAAAAAM! BLAAAAM!
Courtney stirred awake.
"……"
She had been out of commission for about ten seconds.
She stood up and observed her surroundings.
She was in a hollow room of sorts. As usual, pieces of metal debris were scattered everywhere around the rather small place. It wasn't neatly either; the walls were jagged and out of place.
A bat.
TWOOOOSH-KICK!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous flew and kicked her in the back. Luckily, he didn't hit the part that was injured by Raxamis.
"Ugh!' she stumbled forward.
"Hello, Courtney," Heinous said.
Courtney frowned at him, "Hi."
"Things wouldn't have turned out this way if you stood by my side," Heinous said as he paced around her with his arms behind his back. "You still could be on my side, y'know."
"You can take your offer and stick it up you--"
"Stupid girl!" Heinous swiped at her with his claws from in front.
Courtney back-flipped.
Heinous didn't stop swiping.
Courtney was coming to a wall. At the right time, she back-flipped again, found the wall with her feet, placed her hands on Heinous'--who was also close to the wall--shoulders, flipped over him, and--instead of landing on her feet--pushed him into the wall with her platforms.
WHUMP!
Heinous hit the wall.
SWIIIIISH!
He frowned and ducked, dodging Courtney's attack.
He spun around, punched his hand into the ground, and created a boucing energy ball.
POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!
Courtney side-rolled before she could be squished.
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
He unleashed pink and--
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZUM!
--a red plasma wave.
Heinous side-stepped and jumped. Upon landing, he 'vomited' disks.
TWIIIISH! TWIIIIISH! TWIIIIISH! TWIIIISH!
Courtney rolled under them.
Heinous ran, grabbed her by the arm before she could get up, and swung her into a wall.
SMASH!
Courtney created a crater. She groaned.
Heinous walked up to her with a smirk.
Courtney strained, pointed one hand forward, and shot bright pink.
FLASH!
Heinous was too close to dodge.
WHAP! "OOF!"
He fell on his back.
Courtney 'escaped' the hole she made, jumped and came down at Heinous like Ratchet doing a hyper-strike……except she was wielding two spinning projectiles in her hands that she hadn't released.
C-CLUTCH!.!
Heinous caught the 'buzz saws' in both hands. Courtney was on top of him awkwardly, leaning closer to his face, trying to cut him in two, three or four.
Heinous strained as sparks flew.
Courtney applied more pressure.
"Don't make…….this mistake, ……..Courtney," Heinous wheezed, 'you can……….still come with me."
"Never," Courtney gritted her teeth.
"What's……so……great about Vince? Please…….don't tell…….me………….you….like him."
"None of you………..business……..!"
"Fine then. Be that……way," Heinous opined his mouth.
Courtney gasped as she remembered.
TWIIIIIIIIIIISH!
A disk flew.
Courtney darted her head right.
CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK!
"AAAAAAAGH!" She fell back, losing control of her pink 'saws'.
Heinous stood up.
Courtney clutched her face as she kneeled down.
"This is the path you chose………..," Heinous uttered. His palms 'opened'. Courtney didn't show her features. Heinous extended his arm. "Now, you'll live with it." He was about to shoot when--
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--an enormous explosion took place on the other side of the room. Pieces of metal flew everywhere. A figure emerged. It wasn't Nefarious. It wasn't Lawrence. It had white skin, blue pants, matching blue eyes--three of them--and was wielding a Nitro Eruptor.
"You," Heinous scoffed.
"Me," Slim said.
Courtney suddenly didn't exist.
Heinous walked towards the tyhrranoid, "You walked?"
"I ran," Slim corrected.
"Impressive," Heinous allowed a slight smile. "I guess I didn't go completely wrong. The only mistake was that I made you too intelligent."
Slim shrugged.
"How did you know I was here?"
"Courtney has a communicator with her. I just followed the signal."
"………………………………………………oh."
"…"
Heinous then frowned. "I never did put your talents to the test."
"Now's your chance then," Slim said.
"I couldn't agree more."
'I need to get him outta here,' Slim thought. 'Courtney seems as if she can't fight.'
"NNNNRRRAAAAAGH!.!.!.!.!" Heinous 'tensed'.
FLAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!.!.!.!.!.!
Slim effortlessly ducked the yellow laser blast and ran through the hole he made.
Heinous grinned, knowing why Slim ran, and chased after him.
Courtney was left alone.
She clutched her face, now weeping.
FL-FLASH!
Lawrence and Nefarious appeared a few feet away from her in a flash of yellow.
"I don't think your brother is here, sir," Lawrence stated.
"What's it look like?.!" Nefarious gestured. "He must have chickened--!" he stopped when he noticed Courtney on her knees.
Lawrence noticed too.
"Courtney?" Nefarious called gently as he approached her. He reached to touch her shoulder when Courtney batted it away with one hand as she covered her face with the other.
"No!" he voice was slightly muffled. "Heinous! Get him!"
"What happened?"
"Jack…….. He's here. Go and help him."
"What about you?"
"I'll catch up."
Nefarious didn't move.
"Go!" Courtney was a bit louder.
Nefarious turned to Lawrence, "You heard her."
The butler nodded. "Should I go ahead, sir?"
"Yeah, but only assist Jack if he needs it."
"I'll do that."
FLASH!
And he was gone.
Nefarious took one last look at Courtney before sighing and running out the hole.
Courtney removed her hands from her face when she was sure Nefarious was gone.
"………."
She stood up and slowly walked to the hole.
Slim ran ahead of Heinous. He was outside, still on the remains of the base. The wind blew, making his three eyes lean slightly to the left. He darted round obstacles, shooting missiles behind him with a Decimator. One eye looked at the one following him.
Heinous was flying. His wings flapped, folded, or straightened, as he avoided each projectile. He was firing smoke balls.
Slim blurred faster as he neared a 'hill' of metal. He ran up easily. He then saw a bridge. Not just any bridge. This one was extremely narrow, formed of beams. It was too wide for Grindboots though. They would reach metal 'stacks' before continuing.
In other words, it was like a zigzagged tightrope with many checkpoints.
It would take an enormous amount of balance to traverse the rails without falling off.
And balance is something Slim had.
He ran, keeping his feet at a steady pace. He put one exactly in front of the other.
Heinous flew over/beside/under him, attacking.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PINGGG!.!.!.!.!.!
Pieces of the narrow beams fell below.
Heinous flew over Slim. He frowned as he faced down. "How about we call a truce?"
Slim glared at him with his middle eye as the rest guided him around sharp turns, "I bet you asked that to the others!"
"I did not!"
"Yeah, you did, cuz you know you're gonna lose!"
"SHUT UP!.!.!.!.!.!"
Heinous flung plasma balls.
BLAAAAM! BLAAAAAM! BLAAAAAAM! BLAAAAAAM!
They were useless for Slim.
Heinous frowned and fired ahead.
TWIIIISH! TWIIIISH! TWIIIIISH!
The disks flew towards a part Slim hadn't reached yet.
SL-SL-SLIIIIICE!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
A large chunk of metal fell of, creating a gap.
Slim knew that he could jump that far. And he did.
FWOOOOOOOOOSH!
He continued blurring.
Heinous was about to attack, when--
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
--a laser cut him off.
"DAHH!.!.!" Heinous arched back, barely dodging Nefarious' attack.
Nefarious himself was hovering up to him, frowning.
Heinous forgot all about Slim. "Nnnnnngh!.!.!"
SWIPE!
Nefarious ducked his stepsibling's right hook, lowered in midair, reverse-flipped, and hit Heinous in the chin.
WHAP!
Heinous teetered. He growled and punched.
Nefarious blocked, but--
WHACK!
--was hit in the face by the other limb.
"UGH!' Nefarious was inattentive for a second, giving Heinous an opportunity.
WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WH-WHAP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Every punch and kick wasn't a miss. Heinous managed to hit almost every piece of Nefarious' front. Nefarious was unable to block as more and more fists were shoved at his face.
Heinous grinned, "See now, Vince? SEE NOW, VINCE?.!.?.!.?.! I'M THE BETTER BROTHER AND I ALWAYS WI--!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
FWOOOOOOOOOOOOM-POWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous was cut off as a missile flew out of nowhere and exploded on his left wing. The entire appendage was blown to pieces. Only a smoking piece of metal was left attached to his back.
"!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Heinous' one wing flapped futilely as he tried to stay in the air. He went down, screaming, "NOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
Nefarious continued hovering, amused. He looked right and saw Slim with a Megarocket Cannon giving a thumb's up. Nefarious returned the gesture.
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous formed a groove in the metal…..and didn't stop there. He continued scraping along until he collided with a wall.
THWAP!
Heinous pulled himself up, and shook his head, small fragments of steel, falling about. He turned around wearily. A beat. His eyes winded.
He flattened himself against the disturbed metal, allowing a missile to fly over him and--
POWWWWWWWW!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--destroy the wall he crashed into, exposing the windy desert.
Heinous slowly stood up again and frowned.
Slim and Nefarious stood a few feet away from him, smirking and frowning.
Heinous noticed his right wing was still out. He contracted that and the left stub. He yelled, "Do you know how long it will take to fix that?.!.?.!"
"Never," Slim said, "cuz you're not gonna get a chance to."
"Yeah!" Nefarious agreed.
"I'll show you!" Heinous' palms shined yellow. "The wing is hardly considered a handicap!.!.!.!.!"
"Bring it on," Nefarious gave the 'bring it' hand gesture.
"Nnnnraa-aaaaaaaagh!" RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Bullets flew.
FWOOOOSH!
Slim blurred to the right.
Nefarious jumped to the left.
Heinous chose the latter.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
Nefarious jumped and hovered.
WHOOOOSH!
Slim came at Heinous from the right, with a sailing fist.
WHAP!
Heinous blocked the shorter one with one forearm and kicked outward.
Slim pulled his fist back, and side-stepped.
TWIIISH!
Heinous fired a disk.
CLANK!
It bounced off Slim's suddenly equipped Mini-Nuke.
The tyhrranoid's left eye noticed something above. Instead of using the large gun, Slim ran away, dodging a plasma ball that was sent at him.
BLAAAAAM!
The ball obviously hit nothing.
Heinous soon found out why Slim fled.
Missiles flew from Nefarious' wormhole.
Heinous readied himself.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
A lot of projectiles were terribly off target. Others, however, weren't.
Heinous, jumped back, rolled to the side, high-jumped, back-flipped, and cart-wheeled.
One missile was left.
Heinous caught it in his hand, back-somersaulted with the momentum, had his back arched, completed a three-sixty vertical flip, and let go.
The missile headed for Nefarious.
"!" the robot composed a shield around himself.
KAAA-POWWWWW!.!.!.!.!.!.!
The force of the explosion against artificial energy caused Nefarious to fly out of range.
TWOOOOSH!
Slim was back, firing his Mini-Nuke.
Heinous hurled smoke balls, interrupting the bombs' courses.
BOOOOOM! BOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOM!
They exploded in the air.
Slim switched his Mini-Nuke with a different weapon. It was another glove. This one shined green as the tyhrranoid flung a bolo.
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWISH!.!.!.!.!
The two balls connected by a rope spun through the sandy air, and brought Heinous' legs together.
THAP!.!.!
He fell on his side, struggling.
Slim smirked and dashed with a Walloper.
While he tried to free himself, Heinous expelled explosive disks.
TWIIISH! TWIIISH! TWIIISH! TWIIISH! TWIIISH! TWIIIIISH!
They landed in Slim's path and exploded instantly.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"WHOA!" Slim was knocked back.
RIIIP!
Heinous managed to rip through the rope with his claws.
SHOOOOOM!
And Slim was attacking.
"HIIIYAH!" Heinous swiped.
Slim effortlessly ducked and ended up behind the robot.
Heinous back-kicked.
BLOCK! Slim…………blocked.
He rolled under Heinous and aimed between his legs.
WHAM!
He was kicked in the side by the leg he blocked.
He skidded across the metal, barely taking damage.
Heinous grinned as he aimed his glowing chest down.
Now, Slim could have evaded the attack easily. In fact, he was about to, but……
"RAAAAAAGH!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Nefarious returned, diving at Heinous' back, claws outstretched.
Heinous clenched his jaw, turned halfway, crabbed his stepbrother by the arm, and flung him over, sending him towards a still-stationary Slim.
Lucky, Slim noticed. His eyes widened. He held his breath and rolled to the side.
WHAPP!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious landed back-first, his pointy head in Heinous' direction.
Heinous brought both fists down.
"Nnnn-nnaaaaghh!" Nefarious bent his legs as if he was going to summersault backwards. He didn't though. Instead, he kicked Heinous' hands away.
THWAP!
Heinous stumbled backwards.
SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!.!.!.!.!
Slim blurred around them in a tornado formation Shock Cannon.
BLAM!
He fired.
Heinous jumped the blueness and landed in the same spot.
KLONK!
He was upper cut by Nefarious.
Heinous rubbed his chin.
Slim fired at him while Nefarious stood back.
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
Elsewhere……
Lawrence watched the fight from a safe distance. He was safe from any attacks, because he was several feet above.
"……."
The sand kicked at his cranium as the sun finally set. His eyes formed flashlights. He saw two yellow beams and two red beams dancing around at the location of the fight. He could also see a small glowing blur of silver along with the blue of Shock Cannon Blasts.
"……"
A shuffling of feet behind him.
Lawrence turned around, expecting to see an enemy. Instead, he saw Courtney, her left eye gouged out by one of Heinous' disks. There were cracks from the wound that covered almost half of the ex-pop star's silver face. Her right eye….her right half was fine though. In fact, her good eye was like the others; providing a 'flashlight' to see as the night grew older.
Lawrence 'gasped'. "Miss Courtney!" he ran to her. "Are you in need of assi--?"
"I'm fine, Lawrence," Courtney interrupted. She half-limped to the edge of the metal cliff and watched the fight bellow.
Lawrence calmed down a bit. He stepped and stopped by her side.
"……"
"……"
The two didn't speak.
"…."
"….."
Lawrence then spoke.
"Are you going to help them?" Lawrence asked, looking in Courtney's direction.
Her chrome-brown hair fluttered in the strong wind. She didn't look, but she answered, "No."
"Oh," Lawrence looked back at the fight, not wanting to ask why.
But Courtney answered the unasked question, "The disk is messing with my C.P.U. I can't fight or do anything well with this in my skull."
"Might I consider removing it for you? I am qualified."
"No. Not now."
"I see."
They looked at the blue, yellow, silver, and red.
"……"
"……"
They saw something else beyond the brawl. It was a small, green glow, moving through the sandy desert as it got closer.
"It looks as if he's finally here," Lawrence uttered.
"Yes, he is," Courtney replied.
Slim used his Tesla Claw.
ZAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAAA-AAAAAAAA-AAAP!.!.!.!
Heinous swiftly avoided the electricity that was thrown at him. He hurled a plasma ball.
Slim strafed out of range.
BLAAAAM!
WOOOOOOOSH!
Nefarious used holograms from a few feet away.
Heinous side-flipped, stopped himself with an outstretched hand, balanced, and--
CLINK!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--hit Slim in the blocking Tesla Claw.
The tyhrranoid fell purposely on his back, and kicked back to his feet. However, he didn't land on his feet; he managed to strike Heinous' face…….as intended.
"UGH!" Heinous staggered back, came to his senses, and ran to avoid Nefarious' purple laser.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Meanwhile, Nefarious had landed and was already shooting in Heinous' direction.
ZAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAP!
Heinous jumped, vaulted off a block of metal, and came at Nefarious with a flying kick.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Slim was suddenly in the way.
Heinous adapted and used the tyhrranoid as a stepping stone.
NOW, he was at Nefarious, who had ceased fire.
KICK!.!.!.!
Heinous kicked him in the chest.
"OOF!" Nefarious crashed on his back.
Heinous landed safely.
PHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!
A missile flew at him from the side.
"RRRRaaaaaaaAAAAGH!.!.!.!" Heinous punched the projectile with a plasma ball-energised fist.
POW!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
The missile's course was altered by a one-eighty horizontal turn. Singing Heinous a little, it sped towards Slim.
KA-BOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!
Instead of hitting the tyhrranoid directly, the explosion took place a few inches away.
"Waaaaaah!" Slim went flying from the force. The strong wind slightly made him turn.
WHMP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous was on Nefarious.
Nefarious reached out, grabbed a long piece of metal and swung.
GRIP-SNATCH!
Heinous snatched the bludgeon out of his hand, brought it up with his own hands, and attempted to impale his stepsibling in the dome.
Nefarious tilted his head dramatically.
SLONK!.!.!
Heinous missed and impaled the ground instead.
SLAP!
Nefarious bitch-slapped him…
S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-SLAP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious used just one hand. The other charge blue.
Heinous moved backwards and was soon standing up. Nefarious also stood up and didn't stop slapping.
"How do you like that?.!.?.!.?.!" Nefarious screamed with a grin. "C'mon, you can do better than that. Show me what you can do--!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
CLUTCH!
Heinous caught Nefarious' hand.
The latter panicked and punched with the charge fist.
Heinous did the same.
POWWWWWWW!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Their fists opened and grabbed each other. Their other hands were forgotten at the moment. The two robots stared angrily at one another.
BONK!.!.!.!
Nefarious was head-butted by Heinous. The former lost control and was hit badly.
POW-BLAAAAAAAM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!" Nefarious howled as he was sent flying back.
WHAM!
He struck a wall, groaned, and slumped.
Heinous ploughed his fist in the ground, released energy, and created a bouncing ball of destruction.
POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!-POW!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious was powerless, and Slim wasn't back yet.
SWOOOOOOOOOOSH!.!.!.!.!
A missile soared out of nowhere and struck the ball, creating another explosion.
KAAAAAA-BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
The area was illuminated by the blast. Dust flew.
Both robots looked.
They saw the wielder of the Devastator.
"Oh no!" Heinous ran a hand down his face. "Not you!"
"Yes, it is I!"
"Oh no!" Nefarious ran a hand down his face. "Not you!"
"Hey, we're on the same side, Nefarious!.!.!"
"So?.! That doesn't mean I like you!.!.!"
"Whatever," Qwark said. Skrunch was positioned on his left shoulder, his cycloptic eye glaring. Qwark himself stood as proud as ever. The logon on his costume was glowing. He wielded a Devastator under his right arm.
SWOOOOOOOOOOSH!
And that was when Slim arrived. He stopped by Qwark's side with a smirk.
"This is getting ridiculous," Heinous grumbled.
"That's cuz you're gonna lose this battle," Slim spoke as he equipped a R.Y.N.O II.
"Give up, Heinous," Qwark said 'heroically', "and we'll go easy one you."
"I NEVER give up a fight, squishy!.!.!" Heinous boiled.
"That's true," Nefarious said as he sauntered to the others, "because you always pick on the younger." He unfolded his arms with his usual ray guns.
"THAT'S IT!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Heinous charged.
So did the others.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
PHWOOOOOOOOOOOM!
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BLAM!
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
In the next chapter, there won't just be fighting.