Reaper dashed with his fist charged, straight towards Acnologia, who was waiting for him to close in. He gave a smile as Reaper came close and was about to attack. Reaper grinned and fired a rocket underneath himself, launching him towards the air, dodging Acnologia's attack and following it by taking out his scythe and slashing it straight from caught hold of his scythe, surprising Reaper
'Now now, let's not get hasty' taunted Acnologia, right after which Reaper passed a current through the metal body of the scythe, shocking Acnologia as he held it, forcing him to let go.
'Grghhh, You will pay for that!' yelled out Acnologia as he recovered, to see Reaper firing a couple of hellfire rockets.
Acnologia grinned and lifted his palm, tanking the attacks from Reaper as if it was nothing.
'This guy took those attacks head on' Reaper thought, right after which he started cracking his fists and gave a smile
'You seem to be amused, well I'll just have to wipe it off your face' said Acnologia, with a devilish smirk on his face
'Bring it on!' yelled out Reaper, gathering lightning around his body and charging straight at Acnologia. He used his firebird strike to close in, and noticed Acnologia about to launch an attack. Reaper quickly rolled to his side, dodging the attack and was about to fire an alpha rocket, right after which he was kicked with brutal force, knocking him meters away from Acnologia.
As Reaper recovered mid air, he noticed Acnologia standing right next to him.
'That's impossible!' yelled out Reaper right after which he was hit by another kick, launching him straight into the air upwards. Reaper quickly recovered and fired a lightning bolt while being directly on top of Acnologia, who responded by firing a pulse of energy with one hand. The two attacks collided, the force, keeping Reaper airborne for a while.
Acnologia smiled and increased the power of his attack, overwhelming Reaper and knocking him away.
Reaper was recovering with his eyes closed, as his body was falling after Acnologia's attack
'Let's put an end to this shall we?' taunted Acnologia as he was about to launch another attack while Reaper was airborne. He sent out another wave of energy, while Reaper was airborne, landing a direct hit, sending Reaper's body smashing onto a boulder on the ground.
Reaper was hatched onto the boulder, with his eyes closed and his arms spread out. Acnologia approached him with his fist charged
'You tried your best but failed miserably in the end, Reaper as you call yourself, how pathetic!' taunted Acnologia, seconds after which, Reaper quickly opened his eyes and fired a skull bolt, aimed directly on Acnologia's face, stunning him and putting him on his knees as he screamed in pain, while Reaper stood up and panted, as lightning began to cover his entire body.
Acnologia stood up with anger as he looked at Reaper fully recovered from his attacks
Reaper quickly attacked with his scythe, increasing his strength after each blow, as a finisher, he gathered lightning around his scythe and swung it really hard, launching Acnologia airborne for a brief moment.
'Now!' yelled out Reaper, right after which he called an Ionic storm on Acnologia's position, illuminating the entire area, as the bright red lightning struck Acnologia's body
Cole, who was on the look out for Reaper, noticed the red lightning strike as he stood atop from a building, far away from the area.
'There you are!' Cole said to himself as he used his ice jump to launch himself away. He looked around while traversing across the buildings, as the other members were fending off the dragon invasion.
Cole then briefly stopped and turned around.
'Seven dragons.. Then.. Why is he over there?' thought Cole as he looked at the red lightning strikes around the far off area
'I don't have time to think' Cole shook his head and jumped away using his ice jump.
'It's really happening.. I.. I need to..' whispered a young girl as she hid herself in an alley. She then looked up to see Cole using his ice jump and lightning tether to move across the buildings
'C..Cole..' she whispered, right after which she had the strength to yell out his name
'Cole!' she yelled out, catching his attention, along with the dragon army she was hiding from.
Cole turned around and looked at Future Wendy calling out him, right after which he noticed the dragons coming towards her.
He immediately used his thunder drop, knocking off most of the hatchlings cornering her. He then fired a bolt stream, continuously knocking out the incoming dragonoids. As the swarm cleared Cole looked back to see a terrified Wendy, shivering in fear
'Wendy.. ' Cole noticed the scars on her arms
'Yeah.. She's the one from the future' Cole thought, right after which he noticed tears falling from her eyes
'Wendy.. Everything's going to be alright' Cole said, while kneeling down and wiping off her tears with his hand
'It's just as what happened.. Back..' she said, while crying
'No.. It won't happen again, not this time, don't you worry' replied, Cole, lighting up Wendy's eyes
'I have to go, I need to take care of something' said Cole as he stood up.
'Where are you going?' asked Wendy as Cole was about to leave.
'Don't have time to explain, find the others, or stay put Wendy' replied Cole, right after which she caught Cole's hand
'Please.. Be careful..' she whispered, while tears fell off her eyes
Cole stood motionless as he looked at her, then looked behind to see the dragons rampaging across the city.
'I will' replied Cole, right after which he started walking away
He then immediately turned around and hugged Wendy, while kneeling on the ground, after which he stood up and looked at her
'I'll be back..' he said, right after which he used his ice jump and moved swiftly across the buildings
Reaper looked up as he watched Acnologia's body fall after the ionic storm
'One more!' yelled out Reaper as he called another ionic storm onto Acnologia's position, this time slamming Acnologia onto the ground with brute force.
Reaper started grunting as he forced the ionic storm with every bit of energy he had. The lightning was so intense, it could be seen from miles away. The thunder after the lightning deafened anyone who was unlucky enough to be nearby.
As Reaper finished off his attack, he knelt on the ground, as his body began recovering. He looked up and watched as the dust began to settle around his attack. His eyes were lit up as he watched Acnologia come out of the attack.
'I must say that was really something' taunted Acnologia with a smile on his face
'Huh.. I'm just getting started' replied Reaper as he gathered lightning around his hands
'Hmph.. Well then, I guess it's time I really wrap this up' he added as he took out something from his pocket
Reaper's eyes were lit up as he was dumbstruck over what he saw.
'The Talisman... Of Equinox?' he thought as he looked at Acnologia holding it with his eyes wide open
'So you do know about it! Well then, I suppose you know how it works' he added
'It separates power from one user to another by harnessing the power of the zodiac Libra, yeah I know' replied Reaper while narrowing his eyelids
'I see the knowledge of the Talisman has been corrupted as well' he added, surprising Reaper
'What do you mean?' asked Reaper out of curiosity
'The talisman creates a double out of the individual it is used on, and by wielding the talisman, you can control the double!' he added, surprising Reaper, right after which Acnologia lifted the talisman, right after which red chains began covering Reaper's body.
'What the hell.. Is going on?' yelled out Reaper
'Ah, so you're a double made from the Talisman, who would have thought' said Acnologia with a smile on his face
As the chains covered Reaper's entire body, he desperately attempted to shoot out a lightning bolt, only to miss, right after which his eyes closed.
'Now then, arise Reaper!' yelled out Acnologia, after which the chains disappeared, and Reaper opened his eyes, with his entire eyeball being white, rather than the usual crimson red
Cole noticed Reaper standing still, facing Acnologia , as he arrived at the field.
'Reaper!' yelled out Cole, making Reaper turn around and look at him
'So you're battling this guy over here..' said Cole as he stood near Reaper
Acnologia grinned and held the talisman as he looked at Cole pose near Reaper.
'Reaper.. Take care of him for me will you?' asked Acnologia, surprising Cole, right after which he turned to his right to see Reaper charging his fist
'What the hell?!' yelled out Cole as he rolled to his right to dodge a hell fire rocket from Reaper.
Reaper quickly began firing alpha rockets at Cole, who quickly brought out his frost shield and blocked out the attacks.
'Reaper! What's gotten into you? Now's not the time!' yelled out Cole, to which Reaper barely responded and kept firing alpha rockets
Acnologia walked away and sat on a boulder as he watched the two fight
Cole grunted as he looked at Reaper
'Something's wrong here..' Cole thought, right after which he looked straight into Reaper's eyes. He noticed how his eyes were completely white, he then turned around to look at Acnologia holding on to the Talisman.
'Don't tell me.. He's controlling Reaper' Cole thought as he quickly rolled over and fired a magnum bolt onto Acnologia, who quickly deflected Cole's attack.
'I wouldn't want to fight 2 on 1 if I were you' taunted Acnologia, right after which Cole looked in front to see Reaper punch him straight in the abdomen, knocking him away, after which Reaper fired a couple of scythe bolts. Cole took the attacks head on and fell onto the ground. Reaper began walking towards Cole, seconds after which Cole fired an ice grenade, freezing Reaper's body
Cole walked towards Reaper with his amp wielded on his right hand.
'Come on Reaper! Snap out of it!' yelled out Cole, right after which the white eyes began to fade and Reaper began to cough
'The talisman.. Get the damn talisman.. Cole!' yelled out Reaper in anger, right after which red chains began covering his body
'Reaper!' yelled out Cole, right after which the chains disappeared, and Reaper's eyes started glowing white once again.
Reaper thawed out of the ice and charged his fist as he was about to attack
Cole looked around, then took a deep breath and posed in front of Reaper.
'Guess I'm out of options..' Cole thought as he looked at Reaper and was about to attack
Future Wendy was sitting at the same alley and noticed the sky beginning to flicker out blue and red lightning.
'Wendy? Is that you?!' yelled out Ursa as she came across her
'Ursa..' replied Wendy, right after which Ursa looked at the sky and noticed the same thing
'Blue.. And red.. Lighting..' whispered Ursa, soon after which a pulse of energy knocked her off her feet. She immediately got a flashback from the fight between Cole and Reaper in the grand magic games finals. Where a collision between their fists sent out a huge pulse of energy
'Why.. Are they fighting..' she thought to herself, right after which she began sprinting towards the direction of lightning
'Ursa!' yelled out future Wendy, who felt she had no choice but to follow her
'Cole.. Reaper.. Please..' thought Ursa as she kept sprinting towards the field