Alright so I'm back with another chapter of Phoenix Returns II. This chapter will take a little bit away from the dueling area.
At the docks we see Gaia Knight and Thunderstorm preparing to fight. In the park we see a similar scene unfolding between Torrent and Eagle Warrior and on the top of a skyscraper we see Phoenix and another warrior that looked just like Phoenix but made out of shadows preparing to fight.
"This fight will be the end for one of us and it will be you." Thunderstorm said to Gaia Knight drawing his twin lightning sais out.
"No, you will be the one defeated here and then Phoenix will determine your fate." Gaia Knight said materializing his earth hammer and shield.
At the park.
"Let's make this more interesting shall we." Torrent said as he pushed a button and suddenly everything was moving slower.
"What did you do?!" Eagle Warrior demanded.
"I just made time move at about one ten millionth of its normal pace. Me, you, Thunderstorm, Gaia Knight, Phoenix, and anything made by my boss." Torrent explained as he summoned his water trident and knives and Eagle Warrior brought out his wind nun chucks.
On the top of the Skyscraper
"You will be the one defeated here and then I'm coming after the one who made you." Phoenix said to the dark warrior as both of them unsheathed fire blades while the dark ones where made out of shadow flames.
In a building near where the starting point for the Second World Grand Prix was being held.
"Something very wrong is happening here." Zero said to himself out loud as his two companions were suddenly moving much slower than they should have been. Then "the mark" appeared again on Zero's hand and he saw it. "So it is related to them. Never thought I'd see what happened when the Sacred Knights popped up again." Zero said to himself again.
At the docks
Gaia Knight positions himself into a defensive stance while Thunderstorm charges at him. While blocking each strike carefully Gaia Knight is charging up a massive amount of energy into his hammer that he is absorbing from Thunderstorm's attacks. He didn't realize that Thunderstorm's attacks weren't meant to do much harm but was more of pushing him back towards the edge of one of the dock platforms. Then when Thunderstorm was charging in for another attack while Gaia Knight was near the edge of the dock, Gaia Knight threw his hammer at Thunderstorm and it knocked him back far but the shockwave also pushed Gaia Knight back far. He was tottering on the edge when Thunderstorm rushed in and kicked Gaia Knight full in the chest with as much force as he could muster and sent Gaia Knight flying into the ocean. "Goodbye Gaia Knight and good riddance." Thunderstorm said as he walked away.
Simultaneously at the park
Eagle Warrior and Torrent began their fight, with Torrent having the upper hand at first. Torrent slashed and thrusted with his trident forcing Eagle Warrior to block with his nun chucks. However he got overconfident with how he was winning against Eagle Warrior. Soon Eagle Warrior used his nun chucks to fling the trident away from Torrent. Then Torrent was forced to bring out his twin combat knives and soon the battle became a little more even. But what Torrent didn't realize was that Eagle Warrior had been calculating and taking note of how Torrent moved and reacted. Soon a large gust of wind blew through the area and swept around Torrent like a tornado, spinning him around helplessly, until it slammed him into the ground. "You have been defeated now lay down your weapons and surrender." Eagle Warrior shouted. Then Torrent phased into the ground while saying "You will pay for this. Someday".
Simultaneously at the Skyscraper
"Time to see who will triumph." Phoenix said to the dark warrior. Then both teleported to the middle of the roof and copied each other's moved perfectly and continued teleporting repeatedly to other parts of the roof and a little bit into the air still perfectly blocking each other's moves. "YOU WILL FALL!" Phoenix shouted as he continued to attack to no avail against the dark warrior.
"No you will be the one to fall." The dark warrior said at little more than a whisper right before unleashing a full out barrage on Phoenix that nearly destroyed Phoenix.
"I will never fall!" Phoenix shouted as the flames on his swords grew larger and then a massive spiral of fire blasted up from him and after it settled he looked different. Phoenix now looked more like a knight. His armor now had two large metal wings that were on fire. He had a large shield made of what looked like indestructible alloy. He also now had a single sword made out of lava. His entire armor had golden fire coming off of all parts of it. After admiring his new armor and new sword he looked at the dark warrior and said "Let's see how you handle this." The Dark Warrior stumbled back in fear right before Phoenix slashed him in half with his new sword. As Phoenix started walking away he heard a sound that unnerved him. It was the sound of an explosion building up. Phoenix then jumped off the building and teleported to the docks as the entire skyscraper in the Satellite exploded. As soon as Phoenix arrived at the docks he saw Gaia Knight get kicked into the water and Thunderstorm leave. He then ran into the water, evaporating it as he ran through it and grabbed Gaia Knight and pulled him out. Once Gaia Knight woke back up he at first didn't notice Phoenix's change in outfit.
"Thanks for getting me out of the water." Gaia Knight said and then noticed Phoenix's new armor.
"How did you get that new armor if our armor is specifically attached to us?" Gaia Knight asked.
"I have no idea. I just got real angry while fighting this dark copy of me." Phoenix said and right after he finished the new armor vanished and his old armor came back up.
"Well maybe it's just like a power boost in combat." Gaia Knight said. Then Eagle Warrior ran in panting.
"Do you guys know how long it took me to get here from the park?" Eagle Warrior asked in short raspy breaths.
"Why didn't you just fly here?" Gaia Knight asked.
"I did. Just I didn't have much energy to stay in the air after fighting Torrent." Eagle Warrior said.
"I got kicked into the ocean by Thunderstorm so you shouldn't be complaining." Gaia Knight said in a bit of a childish tone.
"Hey I had to fight a dark me on top of a skyscraper and got some really cool armor from it." Phoenix said.
"Really show me it." Eagle Warrior said excited.
"Alright someone make me angry." Phoenix said.
"You're a stupid brute who doesn't see strategy in fights." Gaia Knight said.
"You're armor is stupid." Eagle Warrior said.
"I can easily beat you in a fight." Gaia Knight said.
"Wow you guys came up with that fast." Phoenix said.
"It pays to be prepared." Eagle Warrior said.
"I don't really think that got me angry. We'll just have to wait until next fight." Phoenix said.
Back at the Second World Grand Prix start point
"Well I guess the Sacred Knights have started unlocking their sealed powers. Maybe I won't be needed for all of them to unlock those powers. But they will need those powers for what will come." Zero said to himself as time started resuming its normal pace.
Alright so what did you think of that. So it appears Phoenix has unlocked powers sealed away from the Sacred Knights for generations. Just how is ZERO connected to the Sacred Knight? What other mysteries about the Sacred Knights are to be found out? And don't forget to review and continue reading the story to find out what happens next.