Eden's Zero - The Black Moon

by marcus00721

Cosmic Era, Year x495. It is two years after the Kaede War. Shiki and his friends continue their mission of hunting down Ziggy. Legends speak of an ancient star that can lead one to what is known as the Black Moon. The Black Moon can grant power to those who reach it, be it human or android. A fragmented star can lead those to the Black Moon. But what is the price of this power.

41. Chapter 41: Echo City Clash!

The A Team's battle in Echo City was impeded by several powerful androids, all of them infused with the power of the Black Moon Star. Their sole goal was to stop the Resistance from making any progress. Shiki was facing off against the android known as Apollo Flame. The two of them swung their fists forward, a shockwave occurring from the point of impact. Shiki and Apollo were surrounded by black flames that spread outward, scorching everything that they touched. The heat was honestly unbearable, but Shiki was dealing with as best he could. "Tch…!"

"Did you really think your meager power would be able to compete with mine!?" Apollo said while swinging his blazing leg at Shiki's face. Shiki was able to block this, but he was sent flying back. Luckily he could use his gravity to adjust himself in the air, now hovering above Apollo and out of the flames. "My power is not just fire – it is that of the sun itself! Mere firepower could never hope to match what I am capable of."

Shiki could feel his arm burning from the point of impact. Apollo's words weren't empty, he knew that much. He could take a hit, but something with that much heat would be dangerous to take directly, so he had to approach this from a different angle. The streets were filled with debris from how destructive some attacks were, so Shiki focused his gravity on them. "Hah!" He lifted these pieces into the air, then flung them towards Apollo with the full intention of crushing him underneath it.

"I see you don't understand my power just yet! Sun Barrier!" Apollo held his arms out, a barrier appearing before him. This barrier took the shame of the sun, shielding him from the debris that Shiki flung at him. It completely protected him, but when the barrier lowered, he lost sight of Shiki. "Where did he…!?"

"Gravity Impact!" Shiki 'flew' in from behind Apollo, slamming a gravity infused kick at Apollo's back. It was a direct hit and Apollo was sent tumbling along the ground before catching himself. Shiki wasn't going to let his opponent recover, so he followed up by punching the air, sending a potent force of gravity that hit Apollo in the chest, forcing him to slide back even more.

"Gh…!" Apollo grit his teeth and clenched one eye. "I see now why you were deemed a threat. You are no easy foe, but that doesn't mean you stand a chance against me! You forget that you stand in my domain!" He raised his hand and black tendrils of flames rose up from the burning ground. Before Shiki could react, the tendril slammed into his chest and exploded.

"GAH!" Shiki cried out in pain, feeling the burns mar his body. He flipped and dug his fingers into the ground, only to once again cry out in agony because the ground was burning. So he ended up letting go and staggering as a result. Even more tendrils of flame emerged from the burning ground, so he quickly propelled himself into the air to avoid them, and they even chased him there too!

"Do you really think you can escape me!?" Apollo said while watching with a sinister grin. The Tendrils didn't chase Shiki, but instead linked with one another, encircling him with a ring of fire. Shiki noticed he was in the middle of this at the very last second. "FLAME BURST!" Apollo clenched his hand into a fist, prompting the ring of fire to explode with Shiki in the center of it.

"AAAAH!" Shiki shouted in pain, one eye clenched as his clothes and skin were burned from the intensity of the flames. He started to fall from the sky, seemingly at the mercy of Apollo's wrath.

"To think, this is the power of the Black Moon Star!" Apollo said with glee before pointing his hand up, taking aim at the falling Shiki. "Time for the finishing blow! Ignition!" A powerful pillar of black flames erupted from his palm, scorching the very skies as it sought to incinerate Shiki on the spot.

Shiki grit his teeth, now having a full understanding of his opponent's strength. Anyone bolstered by the Black Moon Star was simply too powerful to take on with normal means. That's why he wasted no more time and his hair shifted from black to white, entering his Overdrive. "No more!" He punched down at the air, the force of gravity so great it completely snuffed out the incoming pillar of flames, and even extinguished the flames on the ground.

"Ngh!?" Apollo's eyes widened at Shiki's show of strength. His legs began to buckle from the force of gravity, but he refused to yield. The moment he looked up, Shiki's heel collided against his head for a fierce axe kick. Shiki then followed up with a swift roundhouse kick that put Apollo through a few houses, lying under some rubble and debris after the impact. "H-How…how are you so strong…? I have the power of the Black Moon Star!"

"Only a piece of it." Shiki said while touching down on the ground, slowly approaching the downed Apollo. "I've fought someone who used the full power of a shard, and he was stronger than you."

Apollo's expression twisted to one of anger. "Stronger than ME!? I will not sit here and be belittled by a human!" Black sparks intensified around Apollo's body and Shiki prepared himself. Once again, Apollo held his hand upwards, this time, generating a black sphere of heat that rapidly began to expand. Soon, the size of such this sphere was gigantic, a mini sun that could be seen anywhere from Delta Ridge. "We'll see just how powerful you really are when I burn everything in this city to ash!"

From overhead on their perch on the Comminucation's tower, the Goldstones could only watch as Apollo went into a frenzy. "Whoa, hey, is he crazy!?" Max said with wide eyes. "I mean, I kinda like it! But damn, is it hot!"

"…!" Shiki could sense the power from this attack before it even fired. The heat was so intense, several structures nearby were beginning to melt and corrode just from being in the immediate radius. If something like this hit him, Shiki knew he would truly be burned to nothing.

It was at this moment, that Shiki heard a voice call out to him. "Hey! You! Shiki, isn't it!?" The voice that called out to Shiki was none other than Omega, but since Shiki was unaware of his existence or ties with Geno, he didn't know who or what he was looking at.

"Wh…who are you?" Shiki asked, unsure if Omega was friend or foe.

"Who I am doesn't matter right now." Omega said while pointing at Apollo Flame, then to a house down the block. "What matters right now is that you stop him."

"I was planning on doing that anyway." Shiki said.

"Yeah, well it's important you stop him before that heat travels any farther." Omega said. "Because that house nearby…it's Sarisse's. There are a lot of irreplaceable things in that house…things that Stella needs to see."

"Wh…" Shiki's eyes widened. Omega knew about Sarisse and Stella?! Too many questions…

"BURN!" Apollo exclaimed while hurling this mini-sun down onto Shiki and Omega. "Taste my full power! SUN BURST!"

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Jinn was battling Cancer Bubble on the rooftops of Echo City. This crab android was proving to be more of a difficult adversary than Jinn initially expected. He found himself leaping from rooftop to rooftop, avoiding mere blasts of bubbles. But there was a good reason for this; a bubble struck a building and the sheer force of it caused the building to start collapsing on itself. "What are those bubbles?!"

"Super charged!" Cancer replied with a grin, extending his pincers outward to fire more black bubbles to strike Jinn. "You won't stand a chance if you're hit by them! So it's best that you just give up now, snip snip!"

"Not a chance." Jinn said while using his Ether Gear. Between his fingertips, multiple shuriken composed of wind appearing between them. "Skymech Ninjutsu Attack: Hurricane Shuirken!" He then threw these shuriken forward, making them as sharp as possible with his control over wind. These shuriken sliced through the bubbles with ease, causing them to pop loudly as they continued their unstoppable trek towards Cancer.

"…!" Cancer gasped and started to leap backwards to avoid the shuriken. Some of these shuriken hit the rooftops, while others struck his pincers. They dug into his body, and with Jinn's command, they exploded and flung Cancer into the air. Seeing the chance to follow up, Jinn extended his arm and allowed his rocket fist to fly forward. Cancer was able to recover in time before it could hit him. "Bubble Shield!" A black bubble appeared around Cancer, and Jinn's rocket fist collided against this, struggling for a few seconds before bouncing away harmlessly.

"Tch!" Jinn sucked his teeth, leaping to catch his arm and reattach it. "I didn't think bubbles could be so troublesome."

"Bubbles can do all kinds of things!" Cancer replied before snipping his pincers, popping the bubble he was in, only for it to burst into dozens of smaller bubbles. "Bubble Rain!" These bubbles them began to rain down on Jinn, who tried his best to dodge and defend, but the sheer number of them was too great.

"Gah!" Jinn held his ground, feeling the bubbles relentlessly pelt him. He was able to withstand the assault, but it hurt like hell. "Each bubble felt like a shotgun…" He grimaced before shaking it off, noticing Cancer land on a rooftop. "He must prefer long range fights. In that case…" He had to close the distance. So he approached by leaping from rooftop to rooftop, swiping his hands in a few motions. "Sky God's Wind Slash!" An X of wind appeared from Jinn's hands and flew towards Cancer.

Cancer could see this potent attack coming his way, but he didn't move! Instead, the crab android brought one of his pincers forward, clamping down on the X in the center, holding it in place before slicing through it. This also allowed him to see through Jinn's maneuver, his other pincer clamping down on the arm that Jinn was going to punch him with. "Did you really think that would work!?"

"…!" Jinn's eyes widened. He saw through his plan that easily?!

"I bet you were thinking that I prefer long range battles. You aren't wrong." Cancer's claw was pinching harder on Jinn's robotic arm, threatening to tear it off. "Prior to getting this power, I'd be all about the range. But it seems you're just out of luck!" He then pointed his free pincher at Jinn. "Bubble Beam!" Multiple bubbles were released upon Jinn at point blank range, each bubble popping violent against him.

Jinn, however, wasn't going to let this exchange be in Cancer's favor only. So he brought his free palm forward, sending it crashing against Cancer's chest. "Windstorm Palm Strike!" Just as Jinn was pelted with bubbles, Cancer had to experience a painful cyclone of wind that completely consumed him. "Gaaaah!" Jinn cried out as he was forced from Cancer's grip, flying through a window from the powerful onslaught of bubbles. He crashed into a building on his black, one eye clenched shut. "Damn. Is the power of the Black Moon Star really that great?" He was facing an android that was powered by it, after all. But he didn't expect it to great this large a gap.

"Annoying little…" Cancer was damaged by Jinn's gambit, but he was able to shake it off better than Jinn was. "I see you won't go down that easily, but I can still snip you down to size!" His pincer was beginning to charge with Ether.

"I'll take you down in one strike…" Jinn said while surrounding his entire arm in Ether. A decisive strike was needed to win this fight, so he leapt from the window and immediately pursued Cancer. "Skymech Ninjutsu Attack: Crushing Gale!" Jinn thrust his arm forward, sending a powerful cyclone towards Cancer that tore through the sky.

"Gah!" Cancer gasped as this cyclone consumed him. Jinn could feel it connect, but what he didn't expect was for the cyclone to grow smaller and smaller in size, while a gigantic bubble appeared above Cancer. "Just kidding."

"What?!" Jinn's eyes widened.

"My bubbles are perfectly capable of sucking up wind and air." Cancer replied with an evil smile. "All you've done is empower this finishing blow! Go, Bubble Burst!" Cancer threw his gigantic bubble like a baseball towards Jinn. It came in so fast, he had no time to avoid it and it violently exploded, taking out a city block and then some with how powerful it was. All that remained from the blast radius were debris from broken houses, with Jinn clearly buried under it all. "There. Problem eradicated. Now…"

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Rebecca and Asuka were facing off against the marital artist android, Foo. The humanoid goat android proved to be extremely formidable with his physical attacks, coupled with the power from the Black Moon Star, and he was a hard foe for the two girls. Foo was calm and composed, holding a fighting stance while the two girls were panting a bit. "He's fast and strong…and he's barely moving." Rebecca said.

"It's pissing me off!" Asuka said with an annoyed grunt, lightning crackling around her body. "I didn't train this hard for the last two years just to be outdone like this…!"

"Hey, don't go rushing in!" Rebecca warned. "Going on the offense without a plan is going to get us killed. We have to…!"

And suddenly, Foo was between them. "Wait for an opening?" He asked, his palm slamming into Asuka's chest. The force of this strike caused a shockwave to burst out from Asuka's body, and then she was sent flying with a cry of pain. He turned his attention on Rebecca, swinging his leg for a kick to her face, but she activated her Overdrive at the last second, springing away from him with Cat Leaper.

"So fast…!" Rebecca grit her teeth before aiming her Happy Blasters at him. She fired numerous bullets at Foo, but he was able to swiftly deflect them with a single hand while rapidly encroaching on her space. "Bullets don't work on him too!?" Rebecca landed on the ground, and Foo was on top of her, bringing his fist down to chop her on the skull.

"Crown Splitter!" Foo yelled as his fist came down. Unfortunately for him, Rebecca's tail wrapped around a nearby street light, allowing her to avoid this strike. Foo's power was on display as his fist completely caved in the ground.

"Bellholy Slash!" Rebecca was using her momentum from spinning around the street lamp to kick at Foo's face for a direct hit. She flipped and landed on her feet, watching Foo stumble slightly from that kick. "That seemed to do some damage!"

"Not enough." Foo said while thrusting his palm forward, the force of it sending a pressurized shockwave towards Rebecca that knocked her off her feet. "Your marital prowess is impressive, but my sheer strength and skill will overwhelm yours."

"Wanna bet!?" Asuka said while leaping up from above. "Water Hammer!" There was a mallet composed of water in her hands, which she brought down on Foo's head, but he brought his palm up to stop it cold.

"Such tactics won't work against me." He said, releasing a force from his palm to completely break apart the water hammer, causing water to fall all around him and even on himself.

"That's what you think!" Asuka wore a smirk as lightning covered her body and she dropped down onto the wet ground. Foo realized it too late, but he was struck by a surge of lightning, completely rendering immobile for a second. Asuka was going to take advantage of this. "Rajin Tempo, x2!" The lightning surging around her body intensified and she lunged forward, slamming a powerful kick into Foo's body to return the favor and send him through a building. "HAH!"

"Whoa, nice one, Asuka!" Rebecca said with a grin.

"I bet that took him out." Asuka said confidently. "Aiden always says that androids are susceptible to being overcharged with lightning! This guy has to be no different!"

"You'd think that…" Foo crawled out from the rubble, clearly bruised from Asuka's crafty maneuver. "But if you assumed myself to be nothing more than underpowered android, you are sorely mistaken."

"Not enough…" Asuka grit her teeth.

"I figured it wouldn't be that easy." Rebecca had placed Happy to the side. It was clear that Happy wasn't going to be too useful directly, so she let her android friend hide for now. This was a matter that would be settled with fists, or in her case, legs.

"You are the one that fought tirelessly by the now dead Resistance Commander's side, correct?" Foo asked Asuka. "It is no wonder you weren't able to protect her. All of your measures are simply…inadequate."

Asuka's hand tightened, clenching into an extremely tight fist. "What did you say!?" Along with the lightning around her body, once again, another element briefly merged with it: fire. She lunged ahead at Foo, throwing her fist at his face, but he blocked it with his palm.

Foo was easily blocking all of Asuka's rage filled hits. She was easy to rile up, and this made her actions extremely predictable. He didn't even have to budge as she threw attack after attack at him, blocking every single strike. "Your Commander was a fool to put any trust in someone as rash and brazen as you. Do you even think before you act?"

"How dare you!" Asuka flipped into the air and aimed an axe kick at Foo's skill, but he blocked this and she landed, preparing to throw a fist, only to stop short when Foo's fist was suddenly in front of her face.

"Asuka…!" Rebecca sped forward to intervene.

"Wait your turn." Foo thrust his palm out, a shockwave exploding outward from his hand. Once again, Rebecca was caught by this shockwave and thrown to the side violently. "Do you truly think you can change anything in this fight? At the end of the day…" Asuka tried to knee him in the stomach, but his own knee rose to block the strike. "Every human on this planet will die." He then slammed his free fist into her stomach. "Iron Fist." It was such a strong impact, Asuka felt the wind leave her body, and she was thrown into another building. It didn't look like she would be getting up from this one…

"No!" Rebecca shouted as she watched Asuka go down. But Foo's focus immediately turned to her, and she found herself raising her leg to block his kick. Even with Leaper on her side, Foo's speed, skill, and power outclassed her own. If the Black Moon Star wasn't in play, Rebecca would be able to get a win on her own, but the difference was just too much.

"You're next." Foo said while throwing another kick at Rebecca, but she was able to dodge it. She moved in with a punch, but he dodged this and parried her arm away, following up with a palm strike to her chest that nearly made her fall back. Rebecca's balance and martial prowess were on display, because she at least knew how to brace herself for such an attack. "I see. You can hold your own…but it won't matter in the end."

"I won't be able to beat him on my own…but he's too fast for me to try anything else. I don't know how Leaper can help either. If I can't find an opening, I'd just be wasting my power…but I have to do something…" Rebecca thought to herself. She just needed a way…

Asuka felt her consciousness drifting. "Damn it…can I still not do anything? Have I just been in the way this whole time? I couldn't move when Sarisse was killed, the Blue Bomber even had to bail me out of more than one situation. I couldn't even fight much when they tried to attack our base. Am I just useless…?" Every time she tried something, her efforts always came up short. But… "No…I can't think like that. Everyone's fighting so hard. We wouldn't have gotten this far if we gave up. We can't let Boss's efforts go to waste. I won't let the Blue Bomber's go to waste either, because he was still on our side. It falls to me…and…and I won't…!"

Foo and Rebecca were about to kick at each other once more, but stopped as an explosion of elements from the nearby building occurred. "Huh?" Rebecca took this chance to jump back and gain some space.

"What is this?" Foo questioned.

Asuka was standing with a change in appearance. Her red hair was blue, flames flickering at the edge of her ponytail, and her eyes were green and yellow. It wasn't quite a fully completed Overdrive, but her desire to protect Sarisse's wish and see this war through to the end pushed her Ether close to its critical state. "I'm not letting anyone else suffer because of you evil androids!" She said while rushing ahead, her speed matching her Raijin Tempo without even using it!

"That's…!" Rebecca gasped.

"Do you really think a change in appearance is going to help you?" Foo already knew her movements and could see her punch coming a mile away. It was a simple punch with fire infused in it…but what he didn't expect was a burst of wind from her elbow, which propelled her fist at a speed he wasn't prepared for. As such, her fist slammed into Foo's fist, sending him tumbling along the ground with a pained grunt. "Gah!"

"No way…!" Rebecca had a wide grin on her face. "Asuka, that's amazing!"

Asuka cracked a smirk, staring at Foo and his shocked expression. She could feel the tide of battle shifting in their favor. "You haven't seen anything yet."

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Casey was in the middle of a lopsided matchup, facing off against the Gemini Spark twins – Black and White. Two vs. one. The numbers weren't on Casey's side, but despite that, he ordered Lowell to stand back so he could face them alone, and Lowell had faith in his captain's abilities. Gemini Black and White started the battle by joining their hands together, a surge of black and white lightning forming around them. "Gemini Thunder!" The two of them exclaimed, pointing their arms forward to release a potent blast of lightning towards Casey.

Casey narrowed his eyes, before blue ether markings appeared on his ankle. He used this to leap to the side, avoiding the Gemini Thunder as it completely destroyed one building, punching through several others after it. He then whipped his arm back, black and white lightning appearing within his hand. "Gemini Thunder!" He threw his arm forward, copying the attack and throwing it back at the Gemini Spark twins. It was a direct hit, but the two of them stood unfazed by it.

"Hah! Did you really think using our own attack at us would actually work!?" Gemini White laughed mockingly.

"This is why humans are the inferior race!" Gemini Black also laughed; before the two of them rushed Casey down to enter a physical fight. It was clear he was fast, but they were as fast as lightning, so they could match that speed.

Lowell watched from the sidelines, carefully observing the fight. "The captain can copy the ether abilities of anyone within range for a few minutes. That time limit is set by him to avoid any issues. Copying another person's Ether signature for too long can corrupt his own. With us, we have…Shiki's gravity, Rebecca's speed, Asuka's elements, Tristan's steel, and Jinn's wind. All of these powers together should be more than enough to secure victory..." When Lowell thought about the facts as he knew them, he could see why Casey ordered him to stand back.

Gemini White slammed a lightning infused kick into Casey's chest, causing the Eclipse Ark captain to fly towards Gemini Black; the opposing Gemini Twin met Casey's chin with a rising electric uppercut, launching the captain into the air, where Gemini White followed with an axe kick to slam Casey back down to the ground. "Gemini Combo!" The two exclaimed at once.

Casey grit his teeth, definitely feeling the impact from those attacks. But he flipped and used Shiki's gravity to easily stick the landing. When he glanced up, he saw the two Gemini twins attempting to crash down on him to finish the job. That's when he held his hand out, using Satan's Gravity to hold the two of them in place. "Why don't you slow down for a bit." While making use of gravity, wind and fire appeared in both of his hands. "Inferno Cyclone!" He pointed both hands forward, a blast of fire and a cyclone of wind shooting from his palms. These two elements merged together to form a fiery cyclone, consuming the Gemini Twins and sending them flying back.

The two androids were damaged and a little annoyed that a single human was already doing so well against them. "You think you're so tough, huh!?" Gemini Black barked.

"Then how do you like this!" Gemini White raised his hand into the sky, calling upon a bolt of lightning to smite Casey instantly. White lightning dropped from the sky and exploded on Casey, leaving both twins with wicked grins. But as that smoke cleared, their eyes widened as a metal pole was placed a few feet behind Casey, sparking with the white lightning. "What!?"

"You should already know how certain metals conduct electricity." Casey didn't feel the need to explain it. The metal pole in question was about ten feet tall, which was taller than him. "And that lightning always strikes at the highest point. Attacks from the sky won't work on me." He then slammed his hands on the ground. "Steel Creation: Geyser!" Spikes of steel quickly traveled through the ground before a 'geyser' of them erupted, striking and damaging both Gemini Twins, even breaking some of their bodies apart from the impact.

"Hah, he's dominating. As expected." Lowell said with a smirk.

"You…" Gemini White spat out a fluid from his mouth. "You think you can really beat us!? We don't think so! Illuminate!" His body then gave off a brilliant white shine. It was so bright, it forced Lowell and Casey to cover their eyes to avoid the blindness.

"Agh!" Lowell used his arm to shield his eyes.

"Damn…" Casey had to close his eyes as well, unable to make any attacks with such a blinding force present.

Gemini Black then extended his larger arm forward. "Rocket Punch!" His arm shot forward towards Casey. Casey was only aware an attack was coming, so he used the speed part of Cat Leaper to leap away, however… "That won't work! It's tracking you by the electricity in your nervous system!" Gemini Black grinned wickedly as the Rocket Punch slammed into Casey's body not once, but several times before returning to Black.

Casey grit his teeth. It was his battle sense that saved him, because Gemini White used the time he was getting pummeled to get in close with a sword composed of electricity. He was going to slice Casey's head, but Casey was able to turn in the nick of time, using Tristan's Steel creation to create a sword of steel to block the attack. Gemini White did land a second attack on Casey's chest, but Casey slashed back for the same hit. This forced Gemini White to back off and Casey's sight returned, and he looked roughed up. "I can't seem to move…"

"Captain…" Lowell was ready to intervene only if he needed.

"What's the matter, human?" Gemini White said cockily. "You're all talk and no bite!"

"We'll finish the job off here!" Gemini Black said as he and White joined hands again. "The lightning from my Electric Sword paralyzes the nervous system! This is the end for you! GEMINI THUNDER!" The Gemini Twins fired off another blast of lighting, punching through any streel creations to send shrapnel flying through the air as the hit exploded against the paralyzed Casey.

"So much for your captain!" Gemini Black said while turning to face Lowell. "You're next!" Lowell didn't say anything, but he did prepare to defend himself…although, that wouldn't be needed, as the two Gemini Twins were suddenly encased in ice. "What?!"

"What is this?!" Gemini White asked.

As the smoke around Casey cleared, it was revealed that he was completely unharmed from the Gemini Thunder despite its power. "You should really know to finish off an opponent before gloating…not like you stood that kind of chance against me."

"B-But how!?" Gemini White demanded to know. "I paralyzed you…!"

"You did." Casey acknowledged this. "But as you so happily declared when I used your attack against you, lightning doesn't work. Since I copied your ether abilities, when I switched to your power at the last second, it didn't affect me. See how easy that is?"

"That's the Captain!" Lowell beamed.

"You still think you can win!?" Gemini Black snarled. "We'll break out of this ice and…!"

"No you won't." Casey said firmly. "This ice comes from Lowell's Second Star form, the Vorpal Blade. It's not just people and androids I can copy; if an object has ether within it, I can copy that power as well. It's not easy to break out of it, and even if you could, I wouldn't give you the time." He then applied a harsh force of Satan Gravity onto the Gemini Twins, further pushing them into the ice so they couldn't escape. As this happened, the steel shrapnel all across the field was now suspended in the sky, hovering over the Twins.

"W-Wait! You can't do this!" Gemini Black said. "You can't kill us!"

"I have nothing personal against androids…I was raised by some myself." Casey said while raising his hand. "I've got plenty at stake in this little war, and I'm not going to rest until I find Mother to get what I lost back. So if you're standing in my way, it doesn't matter if you're human, android, or anything else in between. I'm taking you down. Gravity Well." With the snap of his fingers, these steel shards began to converge on the Gemini Twins, piercing them in numerous places. They let out a few cries of pain as they were completely torn apart, only for the ice they were in to then explode. The Gemini Twins fell apart in pieces, leaving Casey Aster as the clear winner.

"Hah…" Lowell let out a laugh. "Not gonna lie, that last stretch had me worried for a little bit. You did that without Overdrive, too!"

"Of course." Casey said while examining the wreckage of the Gemini Twins. "I'm not going to show all my cards right away. I knew I could win without it. I just had to see what they were capable of. The Black Moon Star is indeed powerful if it can mass produce power like this and distribute it evenly…"

"So what's the verdict?" Lowell asked his captain.

"The same as it's always been." Casey stood up and began walking off, hands in his jacket pockets. "We win this battle and take the Black Moon Star. Shiki and his crew from the Eden's Zero are only going to serve us in that mission. We're not leaving without that shard; that is my word as Captain."