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Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone

64: Death of the Clones

In the Core…

07:25 till Earth impact…

Ryan and Hannibal continued to fight with vigour as the others continued to try and reroute the power away from Hannibal and back into the Shadow Ecliptis. As Ryan had damaged his metal sphere, it could no longer close, so Ryan took advantage of him when ever he could. However, Hannibal was able to get his own back too with a few sneaky underhand attacks. Ryan looked up at Hannibal with a blood soaked shirt, he had a slight limp in his leg because Hannibal swung his arms along the ground and hit his leg hard, tripping him up. Hannibal didn't look too good as well, his one eye was very bloodshot and bruises covered his slimy skin, smoke was billowing out of his arms and legs from the continuous beating it was getting from Ryan.

"Had…Had enough?" panted Ryan as he went back into his battle stance.

"No…" said Hannibal as he stomped his metal feet, "It's not over till it's over!"

Wudai Supernova Thunder!" yelled Ryan as he blasted balls of energy at Hannibal, he tried to block the balls of energy by swinging his arms about, but some got through and hit him hard in the face. Hannibal swung his hands wildly as he yelled in pain; Ryan had to be quick on his feet if he didn't want to be hit by the flailing arms and legs.

"That is it!" roared Hannibal "I may have underestimated you in the past Ryan!"

There was a thud as one of Hannibal's claws pinned Ryan to the ground.

"But I'm not going to mess around with you any more!" said Hannibal as a dark grin appeared on his face "Time to finish you!"

Ryan grunted and groaned as he tried to push the claw off him, but the combined force of the metal claw, Hannibal's magic strength and the power of the Eclipse Reactor at maximum strength was way too strong for Ryan to even budge a millimetre.

"Ryan!" called Kimiko as she ran round, "Don't worry! I'm here! Wudai Mars Fire!"

"Eclipse Reactor! Cat's Eye Draco!" roared Hannibal as he turned around to face her, "Fire!"

Suddenly a huge wall of fire spewed forth from Hannibal's body, it hit Kimiko and swept her away.

"Ha! Foolish girl!" laughed Hannibal "I have the power of all eight Elementa flowing through me! I can turn your elemental attacks against you!"

He then grinned as he turned back to Ryan. There was a third clang as a huge launcher came out his back.

"Ah! Missiles! I think you're already familiar with these!" said Hannibal as he rubbed his hands with glee from inside his sphere, "But these are different this time, however! Heat seeking with multiple warheads of course; don't fancy your chances now very much!"

Ryan began to panic as Hannibal aimed the launcher at him.

"Lock…" said Hannibal "And load…"

There was a bang as missiles flew from the launcher, Ryan gasped as he tried to wriggle his way from under the claw. Hannibal raised his claw as the missiles swooped low, narrowly missing Ryan as he crouched down. The missiles looped through the air and came right towards Ryan. He got up and ran at top speed as the missiles ducked and weaved around him, trying to hit him. Hannibal laughed as he watched Ryan run around him, trying to avoid him and the missiles.

"Not long now Ryan" said Hannibal "Soon, you'll be nothing more than a black mark on the floor…"

"Whoa…" gasped Clay "This fight's getting intense…Maybe we should help them…"

Omi looked up from watching Raimundo pushing buttons and fiddling with wires and looked down from the shrine, Ryan was being chased by missiles and Kimiko was on the ground with singed clothes.

"So this goes there…" said Raimundo into the walky-talky which was wedged between his shoulder and ear, "Okay, according to Jack, we're finished…But I don't see any…"

Suddenly a screen flickered on the control panel, two boxes appeared. One was labelled "Guardian Angel" and had one hundred percent in it; the other was labelled "Shadow Ecliptis" and had zero percent in it. Very slowly, the "Guardian Angel" number began to fall and the Shadow Ecliptis number began to rise.

"Ah ha!" cheered Raimundo "We did it! The Shadow Ecliptis is slowly gaining control over the Reactor"

"That means Hannibal is getting weaker!" said Omi "Kimiko!"

Kimiko groaned as she looked up at him, she could see him bouncing up and down with joy.

"Omi?" groaned Kimiko.

"We did it!" called Omi " Hannibal is getting weaker!"

She grinned as she slowly got to her feet.

"Okay…" said Kimiko as she faced Hannibal, "Time to finish this…"

She summoned a huge ball of flames in her hands and made the flame hover above her head. Ryan gasped as he tripped over; he closed his eyes as he heard the missiles get closer. He flinched as he felt them skim his body ever so slightly, but looked up when he didn't feel anything hit him. He saw all the missiles flying towards the big ball of flame that Kimiko had summoned, she threw the ball into the air and crouched on the ground as the missiles hit the fireball and exploded.

"Nice try!" said Hannibal as he turned to Ryan "But I still have my launcher…"

Click! Nothing happened.

"What?" gasped Hannibal "Out of ammo?"

"Ryan!" yelled Kimiko "Now's your chance! He's losing power! Finish him!"

Ryan grinned as he got to his feet and stepped up to Hannibal.

"It's over Hannibal" said Ryan "You have no more power…I have something very special for you…"

Hannibal tried to move, but all his power had drained from him, immobilising him. Ryan closed his eyes as he put his hands together; suddenly a yellow light began glowing from his forehead, the Chinese symbol for thunder. Everyone gasped as he opened his eyes, they were glowing a bright yellow. He raised his hands into the air; a column of clouds began to flow from them and gathered above Hannibal in a swirling mass.

"Oh no…" gasped Hannibal as he jaw dropped.

"Oh yes…" said Ryan, his voice sounded incredibly deep, like the roar of thunder, "Without the power of the reactor and with Guardian Angel weakened during the fight, there is nothing to protect you now…"

Hannibal whimpered slightly as he looked back up, everything went silent before Ryan unleashed his power.

"SINGALA TEMPEST RAGE!"

The clouds above Hannibal began to rumble as they began to swirl above him faster. Suddenly a large thunder bolt shot down from the clouds and hit Hannibal, everyone cowered back from the blinding light as a huge explosion erupted from Hannibal. Amongst the sound of the thunder, Kimiko could hear the cries of Hannibal as his giant robot body fell to burning pieces. Kimiko opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw, Guardain Angel's body was on the ground, all his arms and legs were sprawled out around him and were burning fiercely, casting an orangey light over the whole room. Shards of metal lay scattered around him, but standing in the middle of all this, was Ryan.

"I…I did it…" said Ryan as he looked down at his hands, "I defeated him…That makes me…the ultimate warrior…"

Kimiko was about to run over to him and hug him, when a pain filled moan came from the burning wreckage of Guardian Angel. Ryan immediately ran towards the metal sphere, picking up a sharp piece of metal as he leapt up onto the metal sphere. He grinned as he looked into it; there amongst the debris was the near dead body of Hannibal, still fused to Guardian Angel.

"Gah…" moaned Hannibal "Damn you…Ryan Young…I can't believe you…beat me…"

"And now…" said Ryan as he raised the piece of metal above his head, "I'm going to finish you…for good!"

A small grin began to creep across Hannibal's damaged face as Ryan raised the sharp metal higher.

"You do know what will happen if you kill me?" said Hannibal "Guardian Angel will die too…"

Two birds with one stone" said Ryan.

"You don't know the full story" chuckled Hannibal evilly, "Guardian Angel is what keeps all the clones alive…He is the source of their life force"

"So if Ryan kills Guardian Angel" said Kimiko as she cautiously approached Ryan, "All the clones will die too?"

Hannibal grinned as he nodded; Ryan looked at her as he lowered his weapon. She could tell by the look in his eye that there was something wrong.

"Ryan?" said Kimiko "What are you waiting for? If you kill him, we will save the world from the clones!"

"Yes Kimiko…" said Ryan as he closed his eyes, "Every clone will die…"

"So…" said Hannibal "The boy understands his fate"

"What fate?" said Kimiko.

"Kimiko…I'm a clone myself…" said Ryan. Kimiko cupped her mouth and gasped as she realised.

"You see Kimiko…I can save the world…" said Ryan "But you will lose me…"

"No!" gasped Kimiko, "It can't be!"

Ryan lowered and nodded his head sadly as he turned back to Hannibal.

"Then don't do it!" cried Kimiko "There has to be another way!"

"There isn't…" said Hannibal as he grinned at her.

"NO!" cried Kimiko as tears began to form in her eyes, "There must be another way!"

Ryan thought for a moment, he then bit his lip as he raised his weapon in the air again.

"So you're still willing to kill me?" chuckled Hannibal weakly, "Even if the end result is your death as well?"

"If my life is the price for Kimiko and the world's safety…I'd gladly pay…" said Ryan as he glared at Hannibal and aimed his weapon at him, "I will drag down to hell myself!"

He roared as he stabbed downwards with full strength. Kimiko screamed as she ran forward, only to be pushed back by an explosion that erupted from Hannibal's body.

"Kimiko!" called Omi as he and the others rushed to her side, Kimiko watched with tear filled eyes as she saw Hannibal's body disintegrate into purple slime. They could hear Hannibal scream as he disappeared into nothing.

"THIS ISN'T THE END!" screamed Hannibal "SOMEDAY! SOMEHOW! I WILL…"

Everything suddenly went quiet. As the dust settled, the only thing that could be heard was the clattering of the Chaos Helmet on ground. Kimiko got to her feet; her mouth was hanging open with the shock of what just happened. As she walked through the wreckage, she could see a person still standing.

"Ryan?" said Kimiko. There was a soft thud as the person fell to the ground.

"No…No…NO!" cried Kimiko as she ran to his side, "RYAN!"

UXD: Ryan's dead!

Yamato: Yay!

Jiggy: But the world has been saved!

Yamato: Boo…

Kaida: Man, Kimiko's going to be crushed…

Yamato: Yay!

Khu: Hey Yam, DeafLizgon's going to hit you with another oversized weapon again…

Yamato: Boo…

UXD: Where does she get those weapons? Well whatever, you know the routine, R&R!