To Find the Infection
Chapter 12: Erutan's New Intension
Zain could do nothing, but watch in complete horror. Everything around him suddenly went into slow-motion. The sword spun towards his body, causing the air around it to tremble and swirl. Majotte's grip only tightened around his helpless body. Zain knew he was going to die. After all that he had gone through as a child, after walking so far away from home, and after recieving a gift from his extinct race, he was going to die.
Suddenly, an energy beam, as if it was a god-send, struck Majotte in the back, knocking both Majotte and Zain upward, and away from the broadsword. The sword continued its flight, until it strucka tree. The tree instantly vaporized into ashes upon the sword's impact. Zain gasped as the tree melted away. He looked down at where the beam came from. Erutan was knocked out, as with Rahk, a handul of meters away. The ground between them was soaked with water, electric jolts constantly sparked out of the dirt. Zain chuckled, and looked towards Majotte.
"You missed." He said to Majotte. Zain threw his entire bodies weight onto Majotte, breaking free from his grasp, and sending Majotte flying back a little bit.
Everything around Erutan was dark, not a single object was visible, even Erutan himself.
"What is this? Am I dead, or is this a dream?" he asked aloud. He saw a small dot in the distance. It was a very bright white light. Erutan slowly approached the light. It grew in size until it was roughly half of Erutan's body size. Erutan stared into the light, trying to look what was beyond it. Suddenly, he stumbled over, and fell into the light. It engulfed his body, and sent him a distance before he finally stopped himself.
Erutan opened his eyes, and stared in shock at where he was. He was in a garden, filled with a bright array of greenery. Flowers bloomed as far as the eye could see, and grass could never have been any greener than it was now. Erutan took in a deep breath. Even the air was cleansed of the foul substances of everyday life. Erutan looked up, and upon a small hill, lay an ancient shrine, made out of pure white brick. Slowly, Erutan began to walk up to the shrine.
As Erutan approached, a trail of flowers bloomed behind him, whenever he stepped on the grass. Upon the shrine, was an orb of massive size. Erutan could feel its overwhelming presence inside of his body. He trembled and stumbled up towards the orb. He stared at it in awe, and with caution, he put his hands onto the orb.
"This is impossible." Erutan thought. "This cannot be the Earth Orb, can it?" Erutan examined the orb. A piece of it was missing, as if someone had come and broke a piece off of the large spherical item. He moved his hand towards the missing piece of the orb. Suddenly, the orb liquified into a gray colored goo. Erutan jumped back from the instant transformation, and tried to run, but his legs didn't allow him to. The orb shot intself into Erutan's being through all of his cuts and wounds given to him by Rahk. Erutan's power increased tremendously. His hair shot up again, transforming into a deeper red color.
Before Erutan could think about what had just happened, he obtained a vision. A middle aged man was walking up to the orb, much like how Erutan appraoched it. The man felt the orb, examined it, then laughed.
"So, this must be the orb?" the man spoke. He man wore a brown cloak, and within he, he pulled out a dagger. He raised it high above his head, then struck the orb, cutting off a piece of the mighty sphere. The man chuckled and laughed. "With this power, I'll be able to control the earth! This planet is mine for the taking!" the man said. He laughed louder and louder into the empty space, and then the vision blanked out.
"The old man tricked me." Erutan said to himself. "He'll pay for that." Erutan braced himself, then shot through the shrine, and back out into the open area from where he came. The opening was still there, but was in the form of a black hole. He lept through the hole, then his body was engulfed in darkness.
Erutan shot up, awake and looking up into the air. He was sweating from his dream, and looked to see where he was. He was at the battlefield, Zain and Majotte staring each other down, Rahk knocked out a few meters away. Erutan could feel his new power flowing through his veins.
"Amazing, this power." Erutan spoke. "I need to kill the old man, but how do I get away from Zain?" he thought.
"I got it." He spoke quickly. He moved his hand towards the ground, a very small green ball was expelled from his hand. The piece of the Earth Orb began to glow, then, it was engulfed in smoke, as was Erutan. Zain looked down towards the smoke. It cleared, to reveal Erutan standing up, pointing towards Zain. Erutan had no pupils, and his voice was obviously different went he spoke.
"Zain, come, we fight now." he said, almost robotically, as the real Erutan darted off to search for the old man.
Zain stared at the fake Erutan. "Fine, let's do this!" he shouted. He gathered energy into his hands, and fired it fiercely towards the fake, then teleported behind Erutan, preparing to swing his sword. "Either you take my blade, or endure my energy blasts!"
Majotte shot towards Zain at the same time he swung his sword. Erutan jumped out of the way of the sword, and, as the energy approached him, Majotte smacked it to another direction, destroying only the ground.
"Damnit!" Zain said in fustration. He quickly kicked Majotte in the gut, and then hit him on the head with the dull end of his sword. Majotte shot backward, as Zain shot towards him, swinging his sword wildly.
The Fake Erutan smiled, and raised his hand. A tree came shooting out from the forest, taking the strikes from the sword instead of Majotte. Erutan charged towards Zain, running as fast as he could. The ground violently shook after every step. The power that everyone was throwing out began to open up the floor of the Earth. Fire began to erupt from these wounds of the Earth.
Erutan took flight, the wind giving him the needed boost once again. Erutan then began to fire many elemental energy attacks towards Zain, all sporting seperate elements.
Zain used his new speed to dodge the beams, and sliced others in half with his sword, but he wasn't able to dodge all of them. One attack hit him square in the chest, hissing at the impact. Zain grunted in pain, but easily shook it off. "How did he become so powerful?" he thought. His thought was cut short by another attack. Again, it struck him in the chest, but the attack was much stronger than the previous. It sent Zain flying back, cutting the air in two. Zain shouted until he crashed hard into a nearby building. With a loud rumble, the building finally gave in, crumbling to pieces. Zain jumped out, and turned around to see the building. His eyes widened greatly. Moments later a tear hit the ground. It was his home, and now, it was nothing more than a pile of rocks.
Rahk suddenly woke up from his "snooze". He felt incredible power flowing out of all the fighters. He tried to shake the cobwebs out of his head. He stumbled forward, but then began to run very sloppy. He leaped into the air at the nearest person he could find. He flew straight into Erutan's body, tackling him into the air.
Erutan and Rahk sped towards Zain, thanks to Rahk's attack. Erutan easily punched Rahk off of his body, then the fake began to brace himself to attack Zain. Rahk hit the ground nearby, then grunted. "Bastard, take this!" he shouted. He pulled out a handful of daggers from his pocket, and threw them straight towards Erutan. He then fell back onto the floor, thanks to Erutan's powerful blow.
The fake was nearing Zain's body, preparing to finish it off, when he felt several sharp objects pierce his fake skin. In pain, the fake fell into the forest floor, yelling, trying to pull the daggers out of his back. The fake stopped shouting, and managed to pull himself up. With careful accuracy, the fake ripped out all of the daggers at once. The pain surged through his backas blood dripped downward and onto the back of his legs. He stopped yelling, then stared back at Zain, waiting for something to happen, and trying to recover from Rahk's attack.
Majotte powered down, back to an original Super Saiyan state. He flew back away from the battle, and began to charge up. In a matter of moments, his skin began to change color. His roars began to become demonic and evil. His shirt ripped off, as well as the bottom of his pants. His skin turned into a greyish color, along with his hair. His hair also became stiff and hard, and grew staight into Majotte's head, creating what seemed to be spikes growing out of Majotte's head. From his knees, sharp blades grew, as well as his elbows. His hands transformed into claws, equal to Rahk's, and his muscle build grew massively. His body double in size and mass. His back became bloody, then wings suddenly shot out of his back, as well as a tail than sprouted out from his back. His eyes transformed into a dark green color, and his ears sharpened out at the ends, looking more like elf ears than human. The transformation was complete. Majotte looked much more like a monster than a human saiyan.
There was an eerie silence, the fighting stopped. Zain looked at his house, Rahk unconciouss on the ground, Erutan staring at Zain. Majotte floated down towards his broadsword, still laying next to the ashes of the tree. He grabbed the sword, and within moments, it exploded. A new sword appeared in its place, smaller in width, but curved at the tip, making it more like a saber than a broadsword. The handle was much bigger to fit Majotte's demonically massive hand size. He looked towards Zain, who was still in shock.
"Zain is the most unprepared." Majotte spoke in his thoughts. Majotte lifted his massive arms, and tossed his weapon again towards Zain's body. Zain looked at the sword, still in shock, then felt Majotte's body holding him back, again.
Zain finally snapped out of his shock. All he could feel was rage. He shouted, so loud, that the Earth itself trembled. Zain used his body weight to throw Majotte off of him. Majotte was sent flying towards his own sword, but easily grabbed in in mid-air. Zain shot upward, and towards Majotte, still shouting, and slashed away at Majotte.
Majotte protected himself with his sword, the blows only bouncing off. "You will have to do better than that." Majotte spoke to Zain.
"Then hows this?" Zain roared. He began to spin around Majotte. He suddenly became a blur in the air. Majotte was lifted into the air by the force Zain was generating by spinning around. His sword began to glow in different colors, each representing an element. He bgan to hack and slash at Majotte's body, still yelling. Some attacks burned against Majotte's skin, others froze his limbs, while others shocked his body. "This is for everyone you've killed, for my home, and from me!" Zain yelled.
Majotte was trapped, but his new power was causing the attacks to do only light damage to him. Majotte allowed Zain to strike him, waiting until Zain had an opening.
The fake Erutan stared up at Zain. Attempting to help Majotte, the fake fired a volley of flames towards Zain's vortex. The attacks struck Zain hard, but he didn't shake or recoil from the attacks.
Zain continued to slash at Majotte, when suddenly he felt something different about Erutan's being. "Worry about that later, must kill Majotte." Zain thought.
"This can't be held much longer. Soon, my body will lose its defensive power; I will be comepletely vulnerable. But I can't do anything! Agh!" Majotte spoke. "I got it!" he shouted. He tried to concentrate on his weapon, while taking the attacks. Suddenly, his sword shot upward, and spun around in the air. Using his mind, Majotte fired the sword towards Zain's body. "Either he takes the shot and gets injured, or he can dodge the attack, giving me an opening of some sort." he thought.
Zain spotted the sword. He quickly jumped away and flew higher into the sky. The sword landed gently in Majotte's hands. Zain looked at Erutan. Something was different.
Suddenly, it hit him. Zain smiled, and stared back at Majotte. "Majotte," he spoke, "your ally has left you. Look at him, it's an imposter sent to take his place. Obviously, he doesn't think you're worth his time."
"That is not my goal, if it's anything, it's you and Rahk." Majotte replied. "There will be no mercy for neither of you."
Zain began to shoot towards Majotte, when suddenly, the fake Erutan shot in between the fighters.
"I didn't completely leave Majotte." spoke the fake. The fake then raised his hands towards the sky, suddenly, a mountainous rock appeared in the air. Erutan threw the rock towards Zain's body.
Majotte made a quick decision. "This is going to hurt." Majotte said. He quickly shot behind Zain, and, for the third time, grabbed Zain's body, making it impossible to miss.
Zain stared towards the mountain. "This is too easy." Zain said. He roared aloud again, releasing massive energy. The energy was enough to crumble the rocks into nothingness. A large dust cloud was kicked up. When the dust cleared, Zain fell towards the ground, Majotte leading behind him. Both struck the ground hard, along with large chunks of land.
Majotte opened his eyes to see Zain lying next to him. "This is my one chance to finish it!" Majotte said. He gather energy into his hands, and reached them into a wound that was opened up on the ground of the earth. Majotte opened the ground up violently, then suddenly the entire mass of land that he and Zain were on sunk and collapsed. The land fell apart as it fell deeper into the Earth. "There's no running away now, just you and me, head to head." Majotte said, looking at his body.
"By the way, this is what I like to call my "Mutant" stage. I'm half saiyan, half mutant, so I can ascend to a Saiyan level while in mutant form. I'm also stronger than an average saiyan at the same stage as I am in." Majotte said. He chuckled at Zain. "I have to admit, you are strong." Majotte began to gather even more energy into his body. The rocks around them fell into the earth. Spikes began to shoot out of Majotte's body in clusters. "Now, get up. I'd like to win this with honor, rather than some little punk who would-" Majotte suddenly stopped talking. He stared back at the opening above him and Zain. He gasped. "Agh! My sword! Shit, no! If that sword gets int he hands of the wrong person.." Majotte said, panicking. "I left it back on the surface, agh! Oh the hell with it!" he shouted in anger. He then ran up to Zain's body, lifting him up by the neck. He began to squeeze Zain's neck extremely hard.
"Without my sword, I cannot show no mercy what-so-ever." Majotte explained. He squeezed Zain's neck even harder. Zain began to gurgle and choke. "This is your time, nothing can help you!" Majotte laughed. "You need a miracle!"