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Neo Arcadian Forest Base
"Well, Hanumachine, h-h-how's the attack on the R-R-Resistance going?" Copy X's face appeared on the monitor and Hanumachine quickly stood up and answered.
"It seems that they managed to defeat the Metal Devil; however, their main defense force has been injured and my forces have been moving forward. Soon, we will be able to get in the base and destroy them." Copy X took all of that in and answered.
"It seems that we u-u-underestimated them for them to have beaten the M-M-Metal Devil. No matter, your next o-o-opponent will be Sage Harpuia. Do not fail me, H-H-Hanumachine."
"Don't worry, Master X, I will make the Guardians pay for what they have done to my comrades. Victory will soon be in our grasps."
"Good work, H-H-Hanumachine, you have always one of my f-f-fastest generals. I know you will not f-f-fail me. Not even Sage H-H-Harpuia can defeat you on time if he manages to win."
"Thank you, Master X." Copy X cut the transmission and Hanumachine checked on the map to see the Guardian's progress. Hanumachine smiled. "It's show time."
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"Operators, there seems to be a huge energy signature in this direction, can you help me trace it?" Harpuia waited for about a minute for a reply, but didn't get anything.
"Operators, are you there?" Harpuia waited again, but there was nothing but static. That's strange, they're not answering. I hope Leviathan and the others are okay. A small monkey-like machine latched onto Harpuia while he was thinking and exploded, knocking Harpuia back.
"Looks like I'll be taking care of you, Sage Harpuia." Hanumachine, the monkey reploid appeared from the trees and got out his flaming rod. "Soon the Resistance will fall to my forces. Once you are destroyed, no one will be able to get in Weil and Master X's way."
"If your forces have almost defeated the Resistance, then I'll just have to destroy you." Harpuia got out his two beam sabers and charged at Hanumachine. He transformed into a purple blue, and the next thing Hanumachine knew, he was up in the air after an uppercut attack from Harpuia.
Hanumachine slammed his flaming rod downwards and managed to stop. He was then engulfed by flames and started charging at Hapuia. I'll have to end this battle quickly to save the others. Harpuia crossed his two blades and purple lightning struck the flaming ball, but it didn't do any good. It seems I can't harm Hanumachine while he is in this state.
Hanumachine bumped into the nearby tree and briefly returned to his normal state before he charged at Harpuia again. This time, he went diagonally up and down ricocheting off the trees and pieces of metal everywhere in the base. Harpuia was hit and Hanumachine returned to normal.
"There's nothing you can do to stop us now, Sage Harpuia, you're already far too late. I'm sure you can tell that the Resistance is already in trouble." Harpuia stood up and lifted up into the air.
"I will stop Weil no matter what it takes, Neo Arcadia was meant to be a sanctuary for humans, so how can all of you attack Area Z." Harpuia got into a battle stance and lifted into the air. Hanumachine took out some pieces of his artificial hair and blew it in the direction of Harpuia. It transformed into the same monkeys that Harpuia saw from before and Harpuia managed to shake them off with his saber without getting damaged.
Harpuia launched a bunch of sonic waves in the direction of Hanumachine, but Hanumachine just engulfed himself in flames and charged at Harpuia. Harpuia was hit while attacking and knocked down the air. There has to be a way for me to get through that attack, I'll just have to catch him off guard.
"Give up, traitor; evil will always lose in the end. You Mavericks had your chance to surrender but foolishly declined." Hanumachine walked closer to Harpuia and got his rod out, prepared to attack. However, he was met with a slash from Harpuia's saber straight through his chest.
"Last time I checked, two of the generals have already been beaten, and this fight isn't over yet." Now, both Harpuia and Hanumachine have been damaged from the fight and they got ready for round two.
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Resistance Base
"They've broken through our final defenses; the soldiers are in the base!" All the remaining Resistance soldiers rallied together in the Command Room to make one last stand and defend Ciel. The door broke down and the room swarmed with pantheons and other mechaniloids.
"I can't believe everything we worked for will be all over like this, if only it could've ended differently." The pantheons raised they're gun up. Before they could pull the trigger, a golden blur went through them and they were cut in half before anyone realized what happened.
When the smoke cleared, it was Forte in golden armor, after having fused with Prea. "Forte, how did you manage to have enough energy to fight?" Ciel stared at the gold reploid and the sheer amount of damage he caused in a split second.
"The baby elves and some other cyber elves managed to heal me. Those things are pretty useful." Forte changed one arm into a buster and the other one into a sword and charged at the enemies. He destroyed everything he came in contact with and he launched his buster to destroy the out of reach mechaniloids.
"Looks like we're saved after all, alright, everyone, go help him." At Ciel's word, all the other Resistance soldiers fought with renewed hope as they provided backup for the golden reploid that destroyed everything that got in his way.
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Neo Arcadia Forest Base
Hanumachine spins his rod around, sending small pieces of fire everywhere while summoning monkeys at the same time. Harpuia managed to dodge all the flames, but a few monkeys latched onto him and exploded. Harpuia was stunned and attacked by a barrage of flames.
Hanumachine took advantage of this situation and attempted to hit Harpuia with his rod. However, Harpuia caught the rod in mid-air without touching the flames, and launched a sonic wave, knocking Hanumachien back. The attack was followed by two more sonic waves.
"You just don't know when to give up. I'll finish you off here and now!" Hanumachine engulfed his body in flames again and charged at Harpuia. Harpuia manages to slide away and sees Hanumachine heading for the tree. Now's my chance, this will be the perfect time to attack. Hanumachine returned to normal for a brief moment, and a green flash went straight in front of him, and Harpuia's purple blade knocked him upwards.
Harpuia crossed his blades once again, sending three streaks of purple lighting to strick Hanumachine. Still suspended in mid-air, Harpuia charged Hanumachine and grabbed the monkey-like reploid into the sky. Harpuia crashed down and slammed Hanumachine hard into the ground and sent a final sonic wave to finish him off. Hanumachine was coughing and struggled for breath.
"How… did you… manage to beat me?"
"When you used your flame attack, I noticed there was a short period of time where you had to revert back to your normal form before you could change directions. During that time, you are completely defenseless, it was the perfect time to strike and do the most damage."
"I guess you're called Sage Harpuia for a reason…" Hanumachine paused. "However, you are already far too late. My forces have probably already broken through the base by now. Master X will come and finish you off."
Harpuia got away as Hanumachine exploded. He looked at his intercom carefully. What if Hanumachine is right? What if everyone is dead by now? I guess there's no way that I can tell unless I try.
"This is Sage Harpuia, Hanumachine has been defeated, preparing for transfer." Harpuia waited for what seemed like an eternity to him.
"Roger that, Harpuia, preparing for transfer." I guess they all managed to pull through after all, I just hope Leviathan is okay.
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Resistance Base
Harpuia looked around and saw Ciel, Forte, and a significantly fewer number of Resistance soldiers than the last time he was here.
"Where are the others?" Harpuia scanned the room for Fefnir, Zero, and Leviathan.
"Relax, wind boy, they just got injured from a huge fight with the Metal Devil." Forte pointed at the repair room. "You can go and ask them for the full story."
Harpuia went into the repair room and straight to where Leviathan was.
"Are you okay, Leviathan?" Leviathan smiled weakly at Harpuia.
"That's cute, Harpy, you're so worried about me." Leviathan smiled. "If I didn't know you any better, I'd think you were trying to make a move on me." Harpuia blushed and noticed Fefnir and Zero were awake too.
"Hey, Harpuia, what's with the lack of love you have for us?" Fefnir teased. "Why'd you go to Leviathan before us?"
When Harpuia turned, he had his serious face back on. "Well, you two were asleep and I didn't want to disturb you guys, besides, I thought that Leviathan would be able to give a more detailed and intelligent answer if I ask what was going on."
"Hey! You want to take this outside, Harpuia?" Zero tried to get up from his bed but all the nurses and the pain forced him back down. "Ouch!"
"As tempting as that is, I'm sure you all had your fill of fighting for now." Harpuia then took another look at Leviathan, who was now asleep, and went to the Commander's Room.
"We've managed to collect some data from all your fights." The operators were briefing to Forte, Ciel, and Harpuia while the others listened from the other room. "We've determined the location of Copy X."
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Well, I managed to upload all the chapters I already had on. Plz R&R and leave a comment. If I make anymore chapters, chances are that I'll post them on EXEHQ first before posting it here.