She swung her sword, slicing through an empty tuna can and a rock came at her. She concentrated and sliced quickly, cutting the rock. The cleaved stone fell to the ground and rolled away, hitting the cleaved tuna can with a light clunk.
"Time! That'll do for today."
Melony put down her sword and faced Meggy, they'd been training together today and were using the baseball field as a training area. Meggy had set up the projectile launcher that would shoot targets towards Melony for her to shoot down.
"Thanks, Meggy." Melony said.
"We'll train some more after breakfast tomorrow morning." Meggy replied, "You seem to be getting stronger with your powers somehow, have you been training with someone else?"
Melony glanced around and then glanced at Meggy, thinking carefully about what to say. "N-No." She replied, "It's just that we've been working hard and I've been a lot focused on training."
"Yeah, I kinda figured." Meggy quipped, "Well, talk to you later, Melony."
The girls parted ways and headed to their dormitories, Meggy powered down from her deity mode and returned back to her standard form. The sun had set and the stars were twinkling in the sky, a full moon had risen and was shining brightly tonight.
A tired Melony sat down upon her bed in her dormitory, ready to get some night's rest. She was about to turn off the lights until she stopped, she looked over at the photo standing on the night-stand nearby.
Melony looked at the picture for a while, looking at herself with Axol in the picture. She wiped her face, resisting the urge to let tears fall. It was no good mourning him now, she was moving on... or trying to. Melony turned off the light and lay down in bed, feeling at peace with no matters to worry about. But then, she dreamed...
-Dream sequence start-
She stood upon a shallow body of water covering the ground, the sky tainted with a vibrant purple and a near ominous shade of red. Melony looked around cautiously, wondering what was going on. Her sword materialized in her hands and she began surveying the area, a chill crawling down her back.
'Something's watching me.' She thought, 'Something out for blood.'
Melony turned around, spotting the outline of someone thin watching her from afar, something seen only in the shadows. The figure vanished before Melony could even move, more chills creeped along her skin. She wasn't alone here, this almost looked like the place where she'd last seen Axol... when he was possessed by him. She could feel it, that dark presence, it felt like...
A dark shadow loomed over Melony and she slowly turned around, the melon-turned human fighter looked up, her skin tingling with dread. Looming over her, growling menacingly with hideous and half-glitched flesh, horrifying rows of teeth and a terrifying eye, was SMG0.
"You!" Melony snapped, "You were destroyed!"
"Ah yes..." Zero hissed, "But that was only the body of your boyfriend I was using, I am far powerful and I am far from dead. I will rise again, stronger than ever and I will destroy your universe, finally achieving the paradise I have longed for. Welcome to the land of nightmares, Melony! You only delayed my victory, I am... inevitable!"
"No! I'm not letting you hurt my friends!"
"You will be ultimately deleted from existence and your soul will be forever trapped in my new world of despair and sadness! Now, DIE!"
Zero raised an arm and swiped at Melony, who leaped out of the way, and the battle between them began. The demonic virus' eye gleamed ominously and red lightning shot towards the human-watermelon, who raised her sword and the blade absorbed the energy blast. She swung her blade as it gleamed and the red energy shot back at Zero, hitting him in the eye... but doing nothing.
The dark virus's hands gleamed ominously and he slashed them horizontally. Dark clouds loomed over and lightning rained down from the sky above, Melony ducked out of the way, evading the lightning strikes with all of her strength. She charged towards Zero and sliced at him, but the virus raised his arm and blocked the attack with what looked like the tip of Axol's Inkweaver.
Something metallic unsheathed with a clink and Melony noticed a blade emerge from Zero's free hand, he laughed ominously before slicing at her. Melony jumped back to avoid the strike and Zero flew in towards her like a dark specter of death, ready to claim and take its victim to the dark underworld. Melony activated her Deity mode and her blade gleamed with more power than ever.
'Remember your training...' She thought.
Melony ducked as Zero flew over and stabbed him in the abdomen. "RRGH!" Zero snarled, he wheeled around and elbowed the green-haired fighter so hard, Melony fell over and rolled across the ground. She rose back to her feet, her powers healing any minor injuries.
"Do you think you're strong enough?!" Zero hissed, "Do you think you can stop Zero?! SMG1 and SMG2 could not stop me from killing their Avatar and destroying their universe, your universe will burn and your friends will perish along with those who stay behind while the new universe begins. I made Axol my slave, trapping him beyond salvation. You couldn't act quickly when you had the chance, I killed Axol and you helped!"
Zero laughed maniacally and Melony nearly froze, glaring at him with her eyes flashing angrily even as a small tear trickled down her cheek. Zero raised his hand and came down upon Melony, snarling coldly with the intent of harming her. Adrenaline rushed through her and she swung her sword, cleaving through Zero's hand. The beast howled and clutched his wounded stump of a hand, roaring with pain even while the wound healed slowly.
Melony lunged at Zero, slicing at him with all of her strength. She plunged the blade into his heart and struck at his neck, staggering the enemy as he wheeled around dizzily. The viral entity growled monstrously and attempted to smash Melony, but she evaded and her powers raced into her blade, charging it up with more energy. Zero grew taller, a cold smile on his demonic face, his eye aglow with energy. But before he could make another move, Melony raised her blade and a massive wave of energy shot forth into his eye.
"AHHHHRRRRRRRRRRGH!" Zero wailed. The blade's power tore at him, partially melting his damaged flesh further. He reeled in pain and glanced down at Melony, his eye dimming. Then he slowly faded away, cursing Melony angrily until he vanished. The sky turned blue and the watery ground became grass, leaving Melony alone in this mysterious dreamscape...
-End dream sequence-
Birds tweeted and her vision darkened, Melony woke up, finding herself in her own bed. She sat up, rubbing her head in confusion while turning on the lights. "That was..." She muttered, "A really strange dream." Shaking it off, she got up and opened the window, greeted by the sight of a brand-new day. Melony sighed with relief, knowing her nightmare wasn't real and zero was gone. Her friends were safe, for now.
Ready to enjoy the new day and train more, Melony left the bedroom and headed down to the cafeteria to get breakfast. Unbeknownst to her, she was being observed by Niles, who smiled as his eye briefly turned red with an ominous Zero symbol on it before it went back to normal.
'Very soon, Melony...' SMG0 thought.
The End
