AOE Saga: The Hearts of Monsters
Chapter 2: NegaMorph vs. Silvia
Word spread quickly about Silvia and NegaMorph's duel. Several of the workers who didn't have anything to do were heading towards the observation deck in the arena. Meanwhile Dr. Johnson and Virustoxico were working in the lab on new laser weapons for the robots. They heard a commotion in the hallway and turned around. Grunts heading past the door of the lab in great haste. "What's going on there?" demanded Dr. Johnson. One of the grunts paused and said; "Commander Silvia and NegaMorph are having a duel in the arena. It's a battle to the death." Dr. Johnson and Virustoxico gave each other one look and quickly followed. The arena was just like the one in the laboratory base, except bigger and had more observation decks. The observation decks were quickly being filled with spectators. In the arena, stood NegaMorph and Commander Silvia. NegaMorph had discarded his trench coat and fedora to allow him to fight without tripping over himself. Silvia was wearing a lighter battle armor for more maneuverability. Virustoxico quickly activated the starting lights. The lights flashed for a few seconds before turning green.
Silvia and NegaMorph flew at each other with out-stretched claws. They started off by using their martial art training. The spectators were going wild with excitement. Very soon bets were being made on who would made. Dr Johnson was watching with interest. "Don't you think we should stop this before they destroy each other? Emperor Hamsterviel will need them." Virustoxico was busy chalking up the amount of money put in the bets. "Are you crazy?" "We're making a fortune on this." The fight was getting fiercer now that the combatants were using their projectile powers. NegaMorph had Silvia outgunned but she kept weaving through the attacks. Silvia hammered NegaMorph close to the wall. NegaMorph got an idea and waited for the next attack. When Silvia threw another punch at him, NegaMorph literally flattened against the wall. Silvia hit NegaMorph but the wall absorbed the shock. Silvia clutched her hand in pain. NegaMorph leapt off the wall and onto Silvia's head. He was trying to drown her in his plasma. Silvia quickly used her lightning bolts to blast NegaMorph into pieces. He quickly regenerated and waited for Silvia to attack again. She flung her fist at him and he made it sink into his body. She tried to pull her hand out but it was stuck. "Let go of me or I'll punch you again!" she yelled. NegaMorph ignored the threat and she smacked him with her other fist, which got stuck too. She gave a kick with both of her legs and they became stuck. Finally she butted him with her head and got completely stuck. NegaMorph then glued her to the floor. "It looks like I win," said NegaMorph as he raised his tail to lash down at Silvia.
Then NegaMorph felt something throbbing in his chest. A second later, a blinding pain came into his head. NegaMorph screamed with the pain and slithered off of Silvia. He banged his head against the walls to try to stop the pain but it wouldn't stop. He was clutching his head with all of his arms and was staggering around. Silvia managed to get herself unstuck and prepared to strike NegaMorph. But she saw that he was still in pain and paused. Something told her that it wouldn't be right to strike at him when he was like this. But that wasn't the way she usually thought. She prepared to attack again but a wave of sympathy for the screaming monster swept over her. She lowered her arms and stood back as NegaMorph lurched towards her. He wanted to kill her but the more he thought about doing it, the more the thing in his chest throbbed and the pain got worse. Finally he abandoned the idea and the throbbing and pain stopped. The spectators were yelling for Silvia and NegaMorph to finish the fight but then a furry face popped onto the main viewing screen. "What is going on here?" yelled Hamsterviel. "What is all this racket." Everyone stopped moving and yelling. Hamsterviel looked at the spectators in the observation decks and then at Silvia and NegaMorph in the arena. "Whatever it was you looking at, it's over now," he said to the spectators in the observation decks. "Now get back to work!" The spectators quickly left the observation decks and went back to their posts. Then Hamsterviel turned his attention to Silvia and NegaMorph. I want you two in my throne room as soon as possible!" he yelled and logged off the screen. Silvia and NegaMorph looked at each other. "Boy, are we in trouble now," said NegaMorph. "What do you mean 'we?'" said Silvia.
What happened to NegaMorph? Why did Silvia take pity on him? What does Hamsterviel want with the two of them? Find out tomorrow in the next update. Please review.