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

71: Clash of the Ultimate Entities

Outside the Shadow Ecliptis…

02:09 till Earth impact…

The Shadow Ecliptic shook as metal began falling from its "face". Slowly but surely, the metal face of Jack Spicer began to twist and morph into a more hideous face. Its eyes grew larger and narrower; its grin became longer to form a more evil toothy grin. There was the sound of metal being burst as tentacles, the size, thickness and length of skyscrapers, shot out from all corners of the face, forming a large octopus like monster. The giant face of Jack Spicer that looked down on Earth was now a giant face of Hannibal Roy Bean, but this time…the face was alive. Hannibal roared as he opened his gigantic maw, it look liked he could swallow a whole city in that mouth. He waved his tentacles as he tested out his new powers.

"I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE SHADOW ECLIPTIS…" said Hannibal as he looked down at Earth "NO…I AM THE SHADOW ECLIPTIS! AND EARTH IS DOOMED TO BECOME FIRE AND ASH! AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME! NOT EVEN RYAN YOUNG! MUHA HA HA HA!"

There was a sudden explosion from one of his tentacles that made Hannibal jump. He looked down at the tentacle, bits of metal were floating off it as large dents and holes lined his metal tentacles.

"WHAT?" roared Hannibal "WHAT IS THIS? WHO COULD HAVE DAMAGED ME? I AM PERFECT!"

Suddenly a yellow ball of light floated from one of the holes from the tentacles.

"WHAT?" roared Hannibal again "YOU!"

"That's right…" said the yellow ball of light, "Me…"

There was bright flash as the light began to spread out, thinning out around the ball itself. Hannibal gasped at what he saw. A boy was floating in the air, surrounded by a yellow flame. The flame licked at the boy's body but didn't scar or burn. The boy was garbed in a Xiaolin robe, it was yellow, but it had a large metal breastplate that covered his chest, there was also large metal boots on his feet, metal gloves on his hands and a metal head band with the Chinese symbol for thunder inscribed on it that held his hair back in long sharp spikes. Everything about the boy's body was giving off a yellowish gold light, except for his skin and eyes, which were staring back at Hannibal with fury. Hannibal grinned as he looked down at the boy.

"SO RYAN…DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOU CAN BEAT ME?" said Hannibal "THE DARK ELEMENT IS FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN YOUR PATHETIC THUNDER ELEMENT, IT'S NOT EVEN A PROPER ELEMENT!"

"It's more than enough to beat you" said Ryan "My father beat you once…So will I!"

"SO BE IT RYAN" laughed Hannibal as the boy floated in front of his face, "I WILL PERSONALLY SEE THAT YOU ARE CRUSHED! YOU SEE, WE BOTH HAVE THE POWER OF THE EIGHT ELEMENTS IN OUR BODIES, BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO CONTROL IT!"

Ryan said nothing as he faced Hannibal, eager to show him what he can do in his new Singala form. Hannibal suddenly roared as he swung his tentacles at him.

"DIE RYAN YOUNG! DIE!"

Ryan grinned as he saw the first tentacle come at him; he skilfully shot backwards as he narrowly evaded the tentacle. Being super charged and floating in the middle of space, he could effortlessly move in any direction at any speed. There was a sudden bang as Ryan shot off towards the second tentacle, leaving a golden yellow jet trail behind him. As the tentacle missed him, Ryan flew beside it and followed it as he got closer to Hannibal's face.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" roared Hannibal "TAKE THIS!"

Suddenly thousands of black orbs began to form on the tentacles around Ryan. One by one they flew off and homed in on him, hitting him with great force.

"HA HA HA!" laughed Hannibal as he watched Ryan swerve all over the place to try and dodge them, "NOT SO HIGH AND MIGHTY NOW, ARE YOU?"

Control Room…

01:57 till Earth impact…

Kimiko and the others burst into the room and ran to the windows.

"Where's Ryan?" said Kimiko as she looked outside, "Is he there?"

"He's there alright" said Dojo as he pointed out the window. Ryan was swerving left and right, trying to dodge the balls of Dark energy.

"How long can he withstand that?" said Raimundo.

"Well he does have all eight of the elements in him so quite awhile" said Dojo "Let's just hope he can last though…"

Kimiko clenched her teeth as she grabbed the microphone to the Shadow Ecliptis's loudspeaker.

"Ryan!" called Kimiko "Are you there? Can you hear me?"

Outside the Shadow Ecliptis…

01:56 till Earth impact…

THUD! A ball of Dark energy hit Ryan on the underside of his chin, sending him spinning through space.

"Ack!" groaned Ryan as he rubbed his chin, "This is going to be harder than I thought…"

WHAM! One of Hannibal's tentacles caught him off guard and sent him flying downwards. Ryan waved his arms to try and regain his balance. Suddenly another tentacle hit him hard, sending him upwards.

"Damn it…" groaned Ryan.

"Ryan!" called Kimiko's voice from the Shadow Ecliptis "Are you there? Can you hear me?"

"Kimiko!" called Ryan as he looked up, "You're there!"

"Ryan, you can do it!" called Kimiko's voice "Everyone here is rooting for you!"

"Good luck!" called Clay's voice "And give him trouble partner!"

Ryan grinned as he blasted towards Hannibal again, this time staying away from his tentacles.

"Singala Tempest Rage!" yelled Ryan as he thrust his hands forward, there was a roar of thunder as he shot forward as a bolt of lighting. He hit Hannibal hard, but bounced off and shot back out into space to a safe distance.

"HA! THAT TICKLED!" laughed Hannibal "FACE IT RYAN! YOU'RE NO MATCH OF ME!"

Ryan gritted his teeth as he shot at him again, dodging the balls of Dark energy with lighting fast manoeuvres and evading his tentacles with swift acrobatic skill. He struck him hard again, but he didn't even scratch him.

"Damn it!" yelled Ryan as he watched his attacks do nothing, "Nothing works!"

"Keep trying!" called Kimiko "There has to be a way!"

"Err…Ryan?" said Jack's voice "I don't mean to put pressure on you, but…You only got a few minuets till we enter Earth's atmosphere, hurry!"

"DON'T COUNT ON IT!" roared Hannibal as he pointed one of his tentacles at Ryan. Suddenly the tip opened up and a thick beam of energy shot out of him. Ryan shot in all directions as the laser swept through space, trying to hit him. He yelled as the beam hit him, he felt like he was being dragged into it.

Control Room…

01:53 till Earth impact…

"What's going on?" gasped Kimiko as they all watched Ryan being sucked into the centre of the beam, "What's happening to him?"

" Hannibal's draining his power" said Jack as he checked his computer, "Aww man, this isn't good…Ryan needs that power to remain supercharged with light energy, without it…"

"Ryan will be a sitting swan!" gasped Omi "And so would the world!"

They were all too shocked to correct him.

"Ryan!" cried Kimiko as she grabbed the microphone, "You got to break out of it!"

Outside the Shadow Ecliptis…

01:51 till Earth impact…

Ryan gritted his teeth again as he focused his chi in front of him, he managed to create a shield in front of him that sprung him from the beam's grasp. Hannibal grinned as he watched Ryan fly towards him again with the most determined look on his face ever.

"SO…STILL THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?" said Hannibal as he tried to swat him out of the sky like a fly, "GIVE UP WHILE YOU STILL CAN!"

"Keep your taunts to yourself!" said Ryan as he dodged another wave of Dark balls and narrowly evaded a beam of energy absorbing laser.

"I SHOULD HAVE CRUSHED YOU WHEN I HAD THAT CHANCE!" said Hannibal "I COULD OF KILLED YOU WHEN YOU WERE A DRAGON, BUT INSTEAD I UNLEASHED YOU ON THE WORLD!"

"We all make mistakes" said Ryan as he smirked at him, "You've made one now!"

WHAT?" roared Hannibal. Ryan suddenly shot backward, just as two tentacles crashed into each other, sending metal everywhere.

"Sucker…" sniggered Ryan as he floated casually through the air.

"THAT?" laughed Hannibal "THAT WAS MERELY A SCRATCH! YOU SHALL…WHAT?"

Hannibal suddenly raised one of his tentacles and looked at it; there was a large swelling bump on it metal surface, a dim purple light shone from within the bump.

"Is that what I think it is?" said Chucky's voice "Ryan! You have to hit it! Hit it hard!"

"Really?" said Ryan in a slightly confused voice, "Well…Okay"

He swooped down towards the tentacle and shot towards the bump, he held his arms out as he shot right through it. Hannibal roared in pain as the bump shattered, creating a huge hole in the tentacle. The hole was so big; the rest of the tentacle fell off and floated off into space.

"Woo Hoo!" cheered Ryan "Suck on that Beanie!"

Control Room…

01:48 till Earth impact…

"Ha!" said Chucky "I knew it…"

"That blow to the swelling area did a lot of damage!" said Jack "The Dark energy in Hannibal must be unstable, causing build-ups or swellings in his body!"

"A weak spot!" said Omi.

"Wow…" said Raimundo as she looked at Chucky, "You knew that?"

"Nope" said Chucky.

"But…" said Clay.

"Listen" said Dojo "If you've lived for more than a thousand years like us, you'd know about strange swelling things on your body"

"Eww…" groaned Kimiko in disgust, "Once again, too much info…"

" Hannibal should become weaker with each tentacle he takes out" said Omi as he picked up the microphone, "Come on Ryan! You can do it!"

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