Aaron brought the card to his face, and smiled, "You're Mine!" He shouted as he slammed the monster card onto the wing of his brace.
"SPIRIT MERGE!!!" He called out, and the brace began glowing even brighter.
It transformed into streams of light, and they began to circle around him, and became giant rings. Aaron spread out his arms and legs, and closed his eyes, and the transformation began.
His face became encased in steel, and a helmet emerged from the black metal, dawning a large red jewel on the forehead. His arms from the forearm up had thinned down, and the shoulders had now ball hinges, each with a plate of black iron. But from the forearm down on the right was now a giant 3 foot long blade, and on the left was a large shield of similar design and color. Aaron's torso was now incased in the thick black metal, his waist had shrunk to about a bowling ball in width and size, and finally his legs transformed like the rest, and he was decked out with silver streaks all over. The rings vanished, and his change was over.
"GEARFRIED THE IRON KNIGHT!"
The knight's eyes lit up with a bright red, and he cocked back his bladed arm. "Let him go, or I'll carve you open like a can of sardines." He warned.
"HISS!" The monster spat back at him, began to crush harder.
"Have it your way, Heyaih!" Gearfried lunged forward.
The snake aimed her scepter at the incoming warrior, and fired. Gearfried drove his blade into the floor, and used it as a vault, sending him flying over the blast.
He pulled back his blade, "Take this!" He shouted as he fell towards the reptilian menace.
"Metal Forearm Thrust!" His blade shot forward like it was a gun, and slashed the beast's flesh. She screamed in pain, releasing the Reflect Bounder.
"You alright?" Gearfried asked.
"Nothing a good dose of revenge couldn't cure." He said, drifting alongside.
"Then let's give this thing a bon voyage straight to hell!" Gearfried said, pulling back his blade and holding forward his shield.
"Let's go!" Reflect shouted as the two of the charged her.
The snake saw the two racing towards her; she hissed and fired her scepter.
Gearfried lunged forward and braced the blast with his shield, "You're up!"
"I got it!" Jacob said, flying right up behind him, his hand and chest mirrors were pulsating, "Halo Burst!" All three released an incredible barrage of energy blasts right at her.
Just then, she vanished!
"What the hell!?" The two exclaimed as the blasts wiped out the wall that was right behind her.
"Where'd she go?" Gearfried demanded.
"Don't worry, I got it covered, but shut your eyes, It's going to get bright." Jacob said, rising into the air.
Once he rose to the top of the ceiling, he held out both his arms, the mirrors began to glow. Just then, his body began to spin, slowly at first, but then he started to pick up speed. Soon he was a glowing blur, "LIGHT FORCE SHINE!" He lit up like a Roman Candle! The whole room lit up like some one had flipped on a strobe light. Just then, a shadowy figure appeared in the light!
"There she is! Aaron on your Right!" Jacob called down.
"Got it!" He replied, opening his eyes and leaped towards her.
"Peek-a-boo!" Gearfried shouted as he raised his blade, preparing to drive it right through her. But something was happening to the monster. She was pulsating with energy.
"What the heck?" He wondered, as he prepared to jab for the kill.
But then, something dove in front of him and intercepted the strike, It was a snake with a set of green feathery wings, "A Sinister Serpent!" He exclaimed.
The princess dove out of the way, as Gearfried's strike followed through.
"What happened?" Jacob asked.
"A monster intercepted me at the last minute, and she got out of the way." He explained.
The snake had now circled around and was preparing for another round.
"She hasn't had enough already?" Jacob asked.
Just then, she held up her scepter, and then made a brain rattling screech!
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEYYYYYYAAAAAIIIIHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Aaron and Jacob's bodies were rattling from the hyper sonic tones, Aaron's armor looked like it was about to crack, and Jacob's mirrors looked like they were going to shatter!
Just then, a large amount of shadowy figures began to emerge out of thin air! They were of all shapes and sizes. Dozens of Sinister Serpents were filling up the room, but so were several jars, that were lining the floor. And also, many shells decked in decorations of beads and red sashes appeared as well. And more were continuing to appear.
"Sinister Serpents, Cobra Jars and Don Turtles, She's summoning an army of Reptiles." Gearfried said, trying to count the growing army.
"Gearfried, leave them to me. I can handle them; you go for the big one." Jacob said, drifting forward to engage.
"What?! Are you crazy? You can't handle that many of them on your own!" Gearfried exclaimed.
"Incase you haven't noticed, my attacks aren't able to effect her like your blade, and I can hold my own against these feather weights. Just get going, I know you can do it. Now get going." Jacob said, his already battered body was charging up for another assault.
"Thank you." Gearfried said, stepping forward.
"I'll clear a path, just don't get killed." Jacob said, his mirrors shining.
"You got it, ready when you are." Gearfried, head out his blade, reading to lunge forward.
"PRISM FOCUS!" Reflect Bounder's hand mirrors fired a stream of energy that cut right down the center of the growing army.
Gearfried took off down the straightaway and ran as fast as he could, as the path was already filling up!
He jumped into the air, "SHUT IT!" He shouted, as he backhanded her with his shield, right against her face.
The monsters stopped appearing, and he tried a follow up with a jab with his blade. But the snake's lightning quick speed kicked in and she ducked the strike.
The army of cold bloods turned around to face the Iron Knight, but in a flash of light, a quarter of them burst into shadowy vapors. They looked behind to see the damaged Reflect Bounder. "Don't tell me you were planning on forgetting me?"
The monsters turned back and began to assault him.
Gearfried looked around to see the Princess readying to fire her scepter. "I think not!" He said, as he aimed his blade right for her.
She fired her violet beam right towards him, he lunged right into it. The blast of energy was closing in, when he raised the blade at the last second.
And he cut the power of the blast! The Princess couldn't believe it!
"IRON FREICE!" He shouted as his blade glowed with light as he made a furious slash!
The snake managed to dodge the brunt of the slice, but her scepter was slashed to bits!
He landed on the ground and slid to a stop, and grinned, "Anything else?"
The snake was pissed, and she reared back, Gearfried prepared for another strike, powering up for another Iron Fierce.
Jacob, meanwhile was axel deep in monsters.
"Come on, is that all you got?" He goaded.
A pair of Sinister Serpents dive bombed him, but with a turn of his head, a pair of lasers shot from his eyes silts and roasted them.
Just then, 3 Cobras launched themselves from their Jars; Jacob raised a hand, and blew them apart.
"They're easy to wipe out, but they are pain." He said to himself, just as 5 Don Turtles dove in on him.
"HALO BURST!" He fired energy through his hand and chest mirrors right at the Turtles, and blew them to pieces.
"And that's all, eh Aaron?" He asked, looking for him, when he saw him squaring off against the princess.
Looks like he's got this one, I think he can-...Wait, She's got some thing pulsating, I can feel it. What is it?
"Alright, here comes the final strike you slithering monster, Take this!" Gearfried shouted as he prepared to strike.
"IRON FIER-"
"SNAKE FANG VENOM!" She screeched as her tail shot forward, with a snake head on the end!
The fangs sunk into his blade, and his body was jerking like he was being electrocuted!
"Soon you're power will be mine, and you'll turn into an empty shell!" She screeched.
Gearfried cried out in pain, "YEEEEEEIIIIIGGG!!!!"
"Aaron!" Jacob called out!
Gearfried's jeweled red portions were turning dark, until his red eyes vanished into the darkness of the metal armor.
Meanwhile inside, Aaron soul remained trapped inside. He could feel his very soul being drained away. His grip on reality was slipping into the darkness.
Is this the end? Do I go now, when I just learn the reason behind my pain, I'm to leave it behind? I guess I won't be able to help you out Jacob, forgive me...
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GIVING UP ON ME!" A voice shot through the eclipsing darkness. Aaron's descent into the shadows halted, he could feel new strength pour back into his battle worn soul.
I WILL RISE ONCE MORE, I CAN DO IT! NOW LET ME GET BACK UP, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
The Darkness around him expelled like it was a balloon that had just popped.
Gearfried's eyes lit up once again, to a sight he couldn't believe.
Reflect Bounder was prying off the fangs of her tail, but she was putting the bite on him with own set of choppers!
"About time you woke up." Jacob spout, his head was getting crushed by the Serpents jaws.
"Thanks for the wake up call, Heyaih!" He pulled back his blade and with a quick swing, he managed to slash at the beast's face!
She tried to avoid the hit, but she was too slow getting her jaws unlodged from her prey's head! Gearfried's blade managed to chop off the fleshy horn atop her head!
"YYYIIIIEEEEAHH!!!" She screamed as she clutched her bleeding scalp.
Aaron, inside the illuminated space inside Gearfried, looked at up, and saw his Rema meter, it was barely enough to perform one last blast of an Iron Fierce, but he knew she still had enough strength to survive, he needed something stronger.
He turned to Jacob, whose head looked like a crushed Trash can, "You still alive?"
"Barely, I can move a little, but that's about it." He moaned.
"Well, I guess we're not doing too good, huh?" Aaron asked.
"Well, at least she's on her last leg too. Any Ideas?" Jacob asked.
"I can get one more Iron Fierce, but that's it."
Jacob thought for a second, then asked, "You think you can catch it?"
"Say what?"
"I got an idea, but we have to hurry before she get's over it." He said, motioning to the princess, who was still suffering mind warping pain.
Gearfried nodded, "Now what?"
"Fire you're Iron Fierce at me, If you can catch the rebound, the power should super charge it enough for you to wipe her out."
"Why not reflect it at her?"
"The power wouldn't be enough by itself; you must power it up back into your blade and fire it again. But if you miss, the power will wipe you out, are you up to it?"
Gearfried tilted his head, "After all I've been through in the past hour, I think I can handle it." He smiled.
A bright grin, or if you could call it that, appeared on Reflect Bounder's face.
Gearfried drew all his strength into his blade, it glowed a bright gold.
"You ready?" He asked.
"I think I'll die from old age at this rate, get it moving!"
"Alright, you asked for it, IRON FIERCE!" He called out as he swung the blade blast right at Reflect Bounder.
The golden beam slammed right into Jacob's center mirror, but it stopped on the mirror's surface.
"Get ready, here it comes!"
The blast rebounded off the reflector, and headed right back at Aaron!
Gearfried threw out his blade, and the blade collided with the energy, and the energy was forcing him back!
"Come on!" He said, although it wasn't helping, as the energy began to over take him.
Don't try to fight it, let it pass.
A deep voice Gearfried heard in his head.
What!? Wha-the hell, I must be losing it. Gearfried told himself.
Trust the armor, it will guide you. Let the power flow. It said again.
I've gone nuts. But that's not stopped me before. Here goes...
Gearfried gave up on pushing the blast back, and the beam soon over took the blade.
But then...
"Huh?" Gearfried gasped, as the power retained itself in the blade, but his whole arm began spinning backwards at high speed!
The blur of the spinning arm sparked with incredible energy, that crackled like thunder.
"Where is this power coming from?" He wondered.
"Your element, you're a warrior whose attribute is earth, when you tap the full potential of your Rema, you can draw even more strength from the stone and earth around you." Jacob said.
The Snake finally calmed down and saw Gearfried and she screeched.
"I almost forgot about you, sorry to keep you waiting!" He said, turning to her.
The strength of the spinning arm was now at its peak, and both of them knew it.
"IRON ROCK CRUSHER!!!"
Gearfried swung his blade in her direction, and what followed the path, was wave of pure geothermal energy, tearing and dissolving everything in its path!
The reptile was caught in the flow of the energy, and her body slowly was ripped to shreds! Aaron watched as her flesh vaporized into nothing, and saw her disappear.
And with that, Aaron's power ran out, and his body turned into a giant light, and reappeared as himself.
"Whoa..." He said, as he landed facedown on the ground, completely exhausted.
Jacob returned to normal, and kneeled alongside, "Not bad, rest up. You're going to need it."
He looked at Aaron's Duel Brace. "He managed to jump straight through two months of training in less than 2 hours; maybe he can figure it out."
To be continued...
"SPIRIT MERGE!!!" He called out, and the brace began glowing even brighter.
It transformed into streams of light, and they began to circle around him, and became giant rings. Aaron spread out his arms and legs, and closed his eyes, and the transformation began.
His face became encased in steel, and a helmet emerged from the black metal, dawning a large red jewel on the forehead. His arms from the forearm up had thinned down, and the shoulders had now ball hinges, each with a plate of black iron. But from the forearm down on the right was now a giant 3 foot long blade, and on the left was a large shield of similar design and color. Aaron's torso was now incased in the thick black metal, his waist had shrunk to about a bowling ball in width and size, and finally his legs transformed like the rest, and he was decked out with silver streaks all over. The rings vanished, and his change was over.
"GEARFRIED THE IRON KNIGHT!"
The knight's eyes lit up with a bright red, and he cocked back his bladed arm. "Let him go, or I'll carve you open like a can of sardines." He warned.
"HISS!" The monster spat back at him, began to crush harder.
"Have it your way, Heyaih!" Gearfried lunged forward.
The snake aimed her scepter at the incoming warrior, and fired. Gearfried drove his blade into the floor, and used it as a vault, sending him flying over the blast.
He pulled back his blade, "Take this!" He shouted as he fell towards the reptilian menace.
"Metal Forearm Thrust!" His blade shot forward like it was a gun, and slashed the beast's flesh. She screamed in pain, releasing the Reflect Bounder.
"You alright?" Gearfried asked.
"Nothing a good dose of revenge couldn't cure." He said, drifting alongside.
"Then let's give this thing a bon voyage straight to hell!" Gearfried said, pulling back his blade and holding forward his shield.
"Let's go!" Reflect shouted as the two of the charged her.
The snake saw the two racing towards her; she hissed and fired her scepter.
Gearfried lunged forward and braced the blast with his shield, "You're up!"
"I got it!" Jacob said, flying right up behind him, his hand and chest mirrors were pulsating, "Halo Burst!" All three released an incredible barrage of energy blasts right at her.
Just then, she vanished!
"What the hell!?" The two exclaimed as the blasts wiped out the wall that was right behind her.
"Where'd she go?" Gearfried demanded.
"Don't worry, I got it covered, but shut your eyes, It's going to get bright." Jacob said, rising into the air.
Once he rose to the top of the ceiling, he held out both his arms, the mirrors began to glow. Just then, his body began to spin, slowly at first, but then he started to pick up speed. Soon he was a glowing blur, "LIGHT FORCE SHINE!" He lit up like a Roman Candle! The whole room lit up like some one had flipped on a strobe light. Just then, a shadowy figure appeared in the light!
"There she is! Aaron on your Right!" Jacob called down.
"Got it!" He replied, opening his eyes and leaped towards her.
"Peek-a-boo!" Gearfried shouted as he raised his blade, preparing to drive it right through her. But something was happening to the monster. She was pulsating with energy.
"What the heck?" He wondered, as he prepared to jab for the kill.
But then, something dove in front of him and intercepted the strike, It was a snake with a set of green feathery wings, "A Sinister Serpent!" He exclaimed.
The princess dove out of the way, as Gearfried's strike followed through.
"What happened?" Jacob asked.
"A monster intercepted me at the last minute, and she got out of the way." He explained.
The snake had now circled around and was preparing for another round.
"She hasn't had enough already?" Jacob asked.
Just then, she held up her scepter, and then made a brain rattling screech!
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEYYYYYYAAAAAIIIIHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Aaron and Jacob's bodies were rattling from the hyper sonic tones, Aaron's armor looked like it was about to crack, and Jacob's mirrors looked like they were going to shatter!
Just then, a large amount of shadowy figures began to emerge out of thin air! They were of all shapes and sizes. Dozens of Sinister Serpents were filling up the room, but so were several jars, that were lining the floor. And also, many shells decked in decorations of beads and red sashes appeared as well. And more were continuing to appear.
"Sinister Serpents, Cobra Jars and Don Turtles, She's summoning an army of Reptiles." Gearfried said, trying to count the growing army.
"Gearfried, leave them to me. I can handle them; you go for the big one." Jacob said, drifting forward to engage.
"What?! Are you crazy? You can't handle that many of them on your own!" Gearfried exclaimed.
"Incase you haven't noticed, my attacks aren't able to effect her like your blade, and I can hold my own against these feather weights. Just get going, I know you can do it. Now get going." Jacob said, his already battered body was charging up for another assault.
"Thank you." Gearfried said, stepping forward.
"I'll clear a path, just don't get killed." Jacob said, his mirrors shining.
"You got it, ready when you are." Gearfried, head out his blade, reading to lunge forward.
"PRISM FOCUS!" Reflect Bounder's hand mirrors fired a stream of energy that cut right down the center of the growing army.
Gearfried took off down the straightaway and ran as fast as he could, as the path was already filling up!
He jumped into the air, "SHUT IT!" He shouted, as he backhanded her with his shield, right against her face.
The monsters stopped appearing, and he tried a follow up with a jab with his blade. But the snake's lightning quick speed kicked in and she ducked the strike.
The army of cold bloods turned around to face the Iron Knight, but in a flash of light, a quarter of them burst into shadowy vapors. They looked behind to see the damaged Reflect Bounder. "Don't tell me you were planning on forgetting me?"
The monsters turned back and began to assault him.
Gearfried looked around to see the Princess readying to fire her scepter. "I think not!" He said, as he aimed his blade right for her.
She fired her violet beam right towards him, he lunged right into it. The blast of energy was closing in, when he raised the blade at the last second.
And he cut the power of the blast! The Princess couldn't believe it!
"IRON FREICE!" He shouted as his blade glowed with light as he made a furious slash!
The snake managed to dodge the brunt of the slice, but her scepter was slashed to bits!
He landed on the ground and slid to a stop, and grinned, "Anything else?"
The snake was pissed, and she reared back, Gearfried prepared for another strike, powering up for another Iron Fierce.
Jacob, meanwhile was axel deep in monsters.
"Come on, is that all you got?" He goaded.
A pair of Sinister Serpents dive bombed him, but with a turn of his head, a pair of lasers shot from his eyes silts and roasted them.
Just then, 3 Cobras launched themselves from their Jars; Jacob raised a hand, and blew them apart.
"They're easy to wipe out, but they are pain." He said to himself, just as 5 Don Turtles dove in on him.
"HALO BURST!" He fired energy through his hand and chest mirrors right at the Turtles, and blew them to pieces.
"And that's all, eh Aaron?" He asked, looking for him, when he saw him squaring off against the princess.
Looks like he's got this one, I think he can-...Wait, She's got some thing pulsating, I can feel it. What is it?
"Alright, here comes the final strike you slithering monster, Take this!" Gearfried shouted as he prepared to strike.
"IRON FIER-"
"SNAKE FANG VENOM!" She screeched as her tail shot forward, with a snake head on the end!
The fangs sunk into his blade, and his body was jerking like he was being electrocuted!
"Soon you're power will be mine, and you'll turn into an empty shell!" She screeched.
Gearfried cried out in pain, "YEEEEEEIIIIIGGG!!!!"
"Aaron!" Jacob called out!
Gearfried's jeweled red portions were turning dark, until his red eyes vanished into the darkness of the metal armor.
Meanwhile inside, Aaron soul remained trapped inside. He could feel his very soul being drained away. His grip on reality was slipping into the darkness.
Is this the end? Do I go now, when I just learn the reason behind my pain, I'm to leave it behind? I guess I won't be able to help you out Jacob, forgive me...
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GIVING UP ON ME!" A voice shot through the eclipsing darkness. Aaron's descent into the shadows halted, he could feel new strength pour back into his battle worn soul.
I WILL RISE ONCE MORE, I CAN DO IT! NOW LET ME GET BACK UP, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
The Darkness around him expelled like it was a balloon that had just popped.
Gearfried's eyes lit up once again, to a sight he couldn't believe.
Reflect Bounder was prying off the fangs of her tail, but she was putting the bite on him with own set of choppers!
"About time you woke up." Jacob spout, his head was getting crushed by the Serpents jaws.
"Thanks for the wake up call, Heyaih!" He pulled back his blade and with a quick swing, he managed to slash at the beast's face!
She tried to avoid the hit, but she was too slow getting her jaws unlodged from her prey's head! Gearfried's blade managed to chop off the fleshy horn atop her head!
"YYYIIIIEEEEAHH!!!" She screamed as she clutched her bleeding scalp.
Aaron, inside the illuminated space inside Gearfried, looked at up, and saw his Rema meter, it was barely enough to perform one last blast of an Iron Fierce, but he knew she still had enough strength to survive, he needed something stronger.
He turned to Jacob, whose head looked like a crushed Trash can, "You still alive?"
"Barely, I can move a little, but that's about it." He moaned.
"Well, I guess we're not doing too good, huh?" Aaron asked.
"Well, at least she's on her last leg too. Any Ideas?" Jacob asked.
"I can get one more Iron Fierce, but that's it."
Jacob thought for a second, then asked, "You think you can catch it?"
"Say what?"
"I got an idea, but we have to hurry before she get's over it." He said, motioning to the princess, who was still suffering mind warping pain.
Gearfried nodded, "Now what?"
"Fire you're Iron Fierce at me, If you can catch the rebound, the power should super charge it enough for you to wipe her out."
"Why not reflect it at her?"
"The power wouldn't be enough by itself; you must power it up back into your blade and fire it again. But if you miss, the power will wipe you out, are you up to it?"
Gearfried tilted his head, "After all I've been through in the past hour, I think I can handle it." He smiled.
A bright grin, or if you could call it that, appeared on Reflect Bounder's face.
Gearfried drew all his strength into his blade, it glowed a bright gold.
"You ready?" He asked.
"I think I'll die from old age at this rate, get it moving!"
"Alright, you asked for it, IRON FIERCE!" He called out as he swung the blade blast right at Reflect Bounder.
The golden beam slammed right into Jacob's center mirror, but it stopped on the mirror's surface.
"Get ready, here it comes!"
The blast rebounded off the reflector, and headed right back at Aaron!
Gearfried threw out his blade, and the blade collided with the energy, and the energy was forcing him back!
"Come on!" He said, although it wasn't helping, as the energy began to over take him.
Don't try to fight it, let it pass.
A deep voice Gearfried heard in his head.
What!? Wha-the hell, I must be losing it. Gearfried told himself.
Trust the armor, it will guide you. Let the power flow. It said again.
I've gone nuts. But that's not stopped me before. Here goes...
Gearfried gave up on pushing the blast back, and the beam soon over took the blade.
But then...
"Huh?" Gearfried gasped, as the power retained itself in the blade, but his whole arm began spinning backwards at high speed!
The blur of the spinning arm sparked with incredible energy, that crackled like thunder.
"Where is this power coming from?" He wondered.
"Your element, you're a warrior whose attribute is earth, when you tap the full potential of your Rema, you can draw even more strength from the stone and earth around you." Jacob said.
The Snake finally calmed down and saw Gearfried and she screeched.
"I almost forgot about you, sorry to keep you waiting!" He said, turning to her.
The strength of the spinning arm was now at its peak, and both of them knew it.
"IRON ROCK CRUSHER!!!"
Gearfried swung his blade in her direction, and what followed the path, was wave of pure geothermal energy, tearing and dissolving everything in its path!
The reptile was caught in the flow of the energy, and her body slowly was ripped to shreds! Aaron watched as her flesh vaporized into nothing, and saw her disappear.
And with that, Aaron's power ran out, and his body turned into a giant light, and reappeared as himself.
"Whoa..." He said, as he landed facedown on the ground, completely exhausted.
Jacob returned to normal, and kneeled alongside, "Not bad, rest up. You're going to need it."
He looked at Aaron's Duel Brace. "He managed to jump straight through two months of training in less than 2 hours; maybe he can figure it out."
To be continued...