Judged

I refuse to negotiate with this Soulless any longer, Michael. Michael. Michael, do not ignore me. We must leave now. We should kill this disgusting creature immediately. Michael. Michael, respond . Michael.

"Shut up!" Mike roared, squeezing his head.

"…"

"…"

Lucy and Riefnd stared at the grey cat as he looked back at them and sighed. "S-sorry. LEGACY's throwing a fit."

I heard that.

The group of heroes and defeated villains were negotiating with one another, with Michael translating for Riefnd, and Rick overlooking his unconscious gang, save their deceased leader. They were all still in the forest outside of town.

"Riefnd, LEGACY does not want to be used by the Soulless. He feels you killed his family," Mike explained as Lucy sat between them.

"I never knew a computer program could be so emotional…I do see his point though. Creators know that if anything were to happen to my loved ones I would act with the fury of a thousand novas. My people will not be happy about this though."

"So you're willing to let LEGACY stay with me?"

"I am not so blind that I refuse to believe my species would abuse the technology LEGACY knows. I will return and tell my people that LEGACY and Zivix were both destroyed. I will need to find the escape pods of those aboard Zivix's ship first, of course."

"I understand. If I can help in anyway, tell me, and I will," Michael smiled, nodding his head as Riefnd walked off.

"This is all so much to take in…So that guy's leaving?"

"Yeah. He said he wants to find any survivors from Zivix's ship, but once he does he'll leave peacefully. Now I just have to find Zivix so Riefnd can take him away with him," the cat sighed. Lucy stared at him, before hesitantly patting his shoulder.

"I'll help out, Mike. You won't face this alone."

"You're right. I'll have LEGACY." Michael suddenly held up his hand and a quick jolt of pain filled Lucy's body and mind. She began to cough and hold her throat, feeling as if she going to throw up, before a silver liquid slithered out of her mouth and onto the boy's hand, melting into his skin. "I won't let you be threatened by this battle. I chose this. You didn't."

Lucy coughed a few more times, before glaring at the boy. She raised her hand and moved to slap him, only for her hand to be caught by his.

"Lucy, this is for your own good!"

"What if this happens again? Who will be there to pull your ass out of the fire?"

"I have Titan! And all the villains are gone! I can do this on my own now!"

"You know Mike, I knew you were dumb, but I didn't know you were suicidal too!"

The argument was cut off as they heard sounds of fighting and turned to see Duncan on the ground and Rick glaring at him. They quickly ran over and asked what was going on.

"This punk doesn't think his friends should be punished for their crimes!" The police chief explained.

"I didn't say that! You said they should be killed for what they did, but it wasn't there fault! T-the nanobots things that alien used on us made us act that way! We'll accept jail time, but what we did wasn't our fault…Not all of it."

A trio of groans were heard and the group saw that Michiko, Akane, and Brando were all awakening. As they did, the two sisters gasped in shock as they saw their fur and flesh, while Brando rose up and held up his hand.

"Burn!" He laughed, only to get punched down by Duncan.

"Guys, your powers are gone for good. We're human now," Rick explained.

"What? You're lying!" Brando looked at his hands, shaking. "The fire won't leave me! She'll be back soon. I just need to wait…"

"Its gone, punk, but if you really miss it, I'll make sure to cremate your body after we kill you," the policeman growled.

"You can't do that! H-he's our friend!"Akane argued, being held in her sister's arms, both of who were afraid of what was going to happen to them.

"You'll all be getting the death penalty for this."

"Duncan, maybe we can find a better action than just killing them," Mike advised, placing a hand on the dog's shoulder.

"Sentinel, I respect you, but good men and women were killed because of these three! Sludge was the only one who didn't kill anyone during his rampage! Besides, you're what? Twelve? Thirteen?"

"I'm fifteen! And that's not the point! These people are no threat to anyone! Just…lock them up, please."

"…I'll consider it." He then turned around and saw a black helicopter in the distance. "Looks like Hubert's on his way."

"We better get going," Mike declared, before his silver armor covered him and he quickly picked Lucy up with his powers. "Riefnd? Riefnd?"

He is already gone, Michael. Let us leave.

The couple flew off as the black helicopter began to land. Hubert stepped out and looked at the three criminals, and then Duncan.

"What happened?" He inquired.

"…We've got a lot to talk about."

END

A small chapter to prove I'm not dead or have given up on this story. Also, a start of a three part arc, you could say, where Michael battles his newest foe. Who is this new villain? The answer may shock you?