Part 52: Victory and Defeat.

Suddenly, Takada's story was interrupted by a loud crash and boom outside.

"What the hell was that!?" Takada exclaimed before everyone began to rush out of the house.

When they stepped out, Jenny, Dr. Wakeman, Brad, Tuck's eyes all widened in shock.

"No way…"

"OH MY GOD! HE'S BACK!" screamed Tuck as he began running around in circles.

"What the heck is that thing!?" Craig exclaimed as he pointed up at the massive robot that was beginning to terrorize the town. People were screaming in terror as Armagedroid threaded down the streets and bellowed.

"DESTROY ALL WEAPONS!" Armagedroid shouted, "SO SAYS ARMAGEDROID!"

Looking at the matching reactions of Jenny, Brad, Tuck and Dr. Wakeman, Takada could only say, "Let me guess; an old enemy?"

"Yes, but the last time we saw him he was only a head in space. Who rebuilt him?" Jenny asked.

"I think that's a good clue," Karmen pointed and all eyes were trained on the purple symbol on Armagedroid's massive chest where his furnace was.

"Deathtrons," Takada growled. "Them again."

"Deathtrons, again?" Craig added.

"And they've been busy," Renia nodded.

Jenny dashed forward and activated her rockets, flying straight at the massive automaton.

"JENNY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Takada yelled out at her.

"I beat him once, so I can beat him again!" Jenny said confidently.

"Let's go, guys!" Takada ordered and so the Titans ran/flew after the robot girl.

"EMPOWERMENT OF THE ZODIAC DOG!" Takada called.

"EMPOWERMENT OF ARIES!" Craig called.

"HENSHIN!" Renia and Karmen called out in unison as they summoned their Inzecters and snapped them onto their respective transformation devices.

Armagedroid lashed out with his tentacles, confiscating and destroying everything it deemed as weapons. That was when it felt a blast to his head.

"YOU!" Armagedroid roared in recognition.

"That's right, ME!" Jenny smirked as she crossed her arms.

"I WILL DESTROY ALL WEAPONS!" Armagedroid proclaimed, "STARTING WITH YOU!" Armagedroid lashed out at her with his tentacles but she outmaneuvered them before she transformed her hands into cannons and began firing at him. The tentacles wrapped around them and crushed them. Jenny allowed Armagedroid to take and throw them into the furnace before flying out of range once more.

"Hey, Jenny!" Jenny heard as she turned around to see both Blackfire (in her Speed Mode) and Zodiac Knight Pluto flying towards her. "Need help?"

"Sure," Jenny nodded before the three fliers went on the attack again.

"That thing is programmed to destroy all weapons, right?" Pluto asked.

"How did you?" Jenny asked and Pluto tapped his helmet covered head.

"I got nanotech in my body plus I looked up Armagedroid's info. I think I know how we can beat him," Pluto told Jenny, "But first you gotta distract him for me."

Blackfire was hurling her blackbolts in full force at Armagedroid. The massive robot lashed at her with its tentacles but she dodged them easily. Armagedroid scanned Blackfire.

"WEAPONS NOT DETECTED!?" Armagedroid shouted in confusion and rage.

Blackfire smirked under her helmet. Her armor was technically not a weapon, and neither were her blackbolts. Therefore, Armagedroid could not take a weapon that was not there.

One tentacle wrapped around her waist and began pulling her in towards Armagedroid.

Oh, yeah, technically Blackfire could be considered a weapon. She struggled against the tight hold of the tentacle but then her eyes widened at the flames stared back at her. Suddenly, a sharp crystal disc flew by and sliced the tentacle in half, freeing the Tamaranean. Looking down, Blackfire smiled as she saw Renia in her Punch Locust armor and Zodiac Knight Mortuary waving back.

"We'll try to see what we can do down here!" Renia told her through the communicators in their helmets.

"Gotcha!" Blackfire replied before she went on the attack again. Jenny began blasting as well.

Pluto landed on the base of Armagedroid's neck and placed his hands on the surface of the mechanical monster's head. He then allowed some of his nanobots to seep through his armor and into Armagedroid. He was going to hack this thing wide open.

"Let's see what brought you back," Pluto whispered under his breath before information began to flood his brain. Suddenly, he was electrocuted but he stayed on. It wouldn't kill or hurt him since he could simply absorb it. "Come on…come on…"

Renia looked at the tank tracks that acted as Armagedroid's feet and grinned. Jumping forward with the help of her armor's grasshopper-like qualities, she landed in the path of Armagedroid.

"EAT CRYSTAL YOU GIANT MOOK!" she slammed both her hands on the ground and a transmutation circle appeared beneath her feet. The energy raced through the streets as they became coated in crystal.

Mortuary, meanwhile, was using his Death Buster to gain Armagedroid's attention. The tentacles lashed and swung at him, but Mortuary was able to avoid them and keep shooting. He looked as Renia did her work and smiled.

Suddenly, Armagedroid's movements were halted. It looked down to see his tracks being covered by solid crystal. He then heard something that sounded like…

"LOCUST JUMP!"

Renia had jumped so high that now she was leveled with Armagedroid's face. Pushing the legs of her Inzecter back into their original position.

"LOCUST PUNCH!"

Throwing her charged fist as hard as she could, it met with Armagedroid's face and the massive droid cursed as its eyes were shattered by the force of the fist. Of course, Renia wasn't done yet.

"HERE'S MY 5 FINGER SALUTE!" Renia screamed as she sent a charge of her alchemical powers into her palm and through Armagedroid's face…

Alchemy had three processes:

Analyzing, Destruction and Reconstruction…Renia was going to stop the process midway…

Armagedroid screamed as its face had turned into a mess of mangled metal. He could no longer see, meaning it could no longer find his targets. Renia jumped down and Mortuary caught her.

"Thanks, Craig."

Jenny and Blackfire were still blasting as Pluto flew to join them, "Girls, I think I know how to beat him."

"How?" Blackfire asked.

"Armagedroid was programmed to destroy ALL weapons," Pluto told them.

Jenny had a knowing grin on her face but Blackfire was still confused.

"Yeah, so?" Blackfire asked.

"I get it," Jenny nodded.

"What?" Blackfire asked.

"Use psychology," Jenny said.

"Because Armagedroid himself IS a weapon!" Pluto told Blackfire, "And with his programming…"

"He'll be forced to destroy himself. His programming gives him no choice!" Blackfire realized.

"While I was taking some needed info, I sort of sent in a little virus of my own. It will make Armagedroid realize he's a weapon and then…"

"DESTROY ALL WEAPONS! ARMAGEDROID IS WEAPON! MUST DESTROY SELF! SELF DESTRUCTION INITIATED!" Armagedroid bellowed.

"HE'S GONN A BLOW!" Pluto howled as Blackfire and Jenny and himself flew out of there.

Renia was setting something up as Mortuary called to her, "Come on, Ren! Let's go!"

"I gotta contain the explosion!" was all she said before she looked up to see that Armagedroid was ready to explode.

And then, it happened…

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!

Armagedroid had self destructed in one BIG BANG.

Meanwhile, the unknown Deathtrons had seen it all happening on their screens and one of them smashed the monitor with his fist.

"USELESS!" the Deathtron screamed in rage.

"Looks like his programming was his undoing," the other one said, "Oh, well."

"Well, what are we going to do now?" the first Deathtron asked his comrade.

"Armagedroid was merely a test. Now that we know what to fix, we can prepare for the future. Follow me; I will explain it all to you."

With the explosion contained by an energy field spell Renia had erected, shrapnel from Armagedroid's explosion didn't fly all over the town. It was all contained in one little spot.

The Titans all stood side by side, along with Jenny as everyone cheered. Skyway Patrol appeared to take away all of the pieces of Armagedroid. Pluto explained the situation to the Skyway Patrol officer and the officer nodded before walking back towards the airship. The pieces of Armagedroid had been loaded onto smaller similar ships to be transported and be disposed of.

"That was easy," Blackfire said after her Inzecter flew off and her armor vanished into her bracelet.

"Not so much," Renia agreed after her armor vanished back into her belt as her Inzecter hopped away, "Give me normal criminals any day. Leave the giant robots to the Justice League."

"Well, too bad they didn't come," Mortuary said as he removed his Zodiac Deck and his armor shattered away, "But then, more publicity for us then."

"Thanks, you guys," Jenny said as she shook all their hands.

Pluto, with his armor off, said "Hey, what are friends for? Now, can we please get back so I can continue my story?"

"Sure," Jenny nodded as the group returned back to the Wakeman's home to rest after the battle with Armagedroid.

Meanwhile…back in the Mirror Dimension in Middleton…

Zodiac Knight Animorph was thrown into a tree and it was uprooted by the force and fell. He got up, groaning in pain.

"Because you haven't been looking for opponents, your power as a Zodiac Knight is weak," Zodiac Knight Copycat told him as she stalked towards him like a predator. "The energy of wild Mirror Monsters is not enough."

Animorph swung his battle staff at her and it extended in response. However, it hit only air as Copycat faded away. It had been an illusion.

Animorph looked around, his eyes scanning the area. Where was she?

"Gotcha," Copycat snarled and Animorph spun around in shock. He used a roundhouse kick aimed to her head but she caught his leg before she sent him flying with a powerful forward kick to the chest. She summoned her whip and lashed it out, ensnaring her opponent's neck. Gripping tightly, she pulled, choking him as he attempted to pull the make-shift noose off.

With a powerful tug, Copycat spun her whip around and in a display of strength began to throw Animorph around like a rag doll. He was slammed onto the ground, more trees, and anything else that was in the area. She then pulled the hapless Knights towards her and grabbed him by the throat.

"You're a pathetic loser, Ron Stoppable, and always will be," Copycat said to him as he struggled against her grip. "You're not even worth my time."

"Then….why are you…doing this?" he asked.

Copycat looked at him and gave him the answer, "Because…In the End there can be only One."

"END OF THE WORLD!!"

Zodiac Knight Boar was being blasted repeatedly by missiles, lasers and bullets that were aimed right at him. His armor began to take damage from the explosive force of his opponent's Final Vent. The firepower came flying at him fast and hard and there was no escape for him.

It was over.

It soon stopped and the area around Boar was littered with smoking holes and craters caused by his opponent's attack. The Pig Knight could no longer stand as he fell to his knees and fell forwards onto the ground, his armor damaged and smoking.

Zodiac Knight ARMS walked around from behind his powerful Zodiac Beast and weapon, Gigataurus, and then slowly made his way over to his fallen prey. He stopped at the body and used his foot to flip the heavy body over. He aimed his gun at Boar's belt and pulled the trigger. The bullet flew at Boar's Zodiac Deck in his belt and it shattered, destroyed. An orb of power rose up and then into ARMS' own Zodiac Belt and into his Deck, granting him the power of his defeated opponent.

His Deck destroyed, Boar reverted back to Brick Flagg as his armor shattered away.

"Not even a challenge," ARMS muttered as he got ready to leave, but then his visor covered eyes gazed at Brick as his body was slowly being vaporized by the harsh environment of the Mirror Dimension. He turned to leave but then turned back around to pick the large boy up.

"Can't have anyone to gloat to if you're dead," the Knight of Taurus said to Brick's unconscious form as he carried him away and out of the Mirror Dimension.

A wild Mirror Monster leapt at the green Knight out of nowhere only to be blasted by beams of heat being blasted out of ARMS' visor. The creature was scorched and destroyed and ARMS continued on his way.

"I'm going to like this new power," ARMS said with his lips curled into a grin.

Zodiac Knight Aqua dodged as Zodiac Knight Doc attacked him with his crescent bladed staff. He swung but she easily dodged by ducking and sidestepping his attacks. She brandished her fans and slashed at him with the sharp edges, causing sparks to fly. Doc staggered back and then Aqua's feet slammed into his faceplate. He was disoriented but then he felt his female opponent attacking him relentlessly as he was slashed repeatedly, sending sparks flying all around and then he felt a powerful kick in the gut, causing him to fall to his knees and holding his stomach, groaning in pain.

"Is that all you got?" Aqua taunted. Doc got up and then sent discs of energy flying at her but she smacked them away with her weapons. Doc's eyes widened in shock from behind his visor. "You lose." She then charged at him…

SLASH!

Aqua ended up behind him but then he fell forward, his armor shattering and vanishing off the form of Felix Renton. He had numerous bleeding cuts all over his body and his clothes were ripped. Beside him lay the shattered remains of his Zodiac Deck. The energy of the deck rose up and flew towards the victor, namely Aqua, and she could feel the healing Zodiac Horse Power. Smiling, she then walked over and kneeled over Felix. Her hands hovered over him as they glowed. She began to heal him.

"I never wanted you dead or hurt. You were never my enemy, sorry. But, you must know that this is how it must be," she said. She was done as the wounds on Felix vanished. She then picked him up, cradling him in her arms as she walked towards the closest exit of the Mirror Dimension.

Kim waited, and waited, worriedly for Ron. Did he win? Or did he…No, she couldn't think of that, but that was a cruel possibility. Copycat, as they had heard, was a brutal Zodiac Knight. She always went all out on her opponents. Kim just prayed to God that he would be alright.

Soon the pond began to ripple and then a humanoid shape jumped out, splashing water everywhere. The shape made a loud thud as it landed on the ground. Kim's eyes widened and then she gasped before screaming…

"RON!" Kim screamed. She ran over to her best friend/boyfriend and kneeled down before picking him up. "Ron, speak to me!" He had numerous bleeding gashes all over his arms and most of his shirt had been shredded. A trail of blood dripped down his mouth and there was an ugly bruise around his neck. She begged, "Please, be okay."

"You better take him to the hospital," Copycat said indifferently as she walked into view. Kim growled at Copycat who only looked at her blankly. Kim could not discern the Cat Knight's expression from behind her helmet. "Don't know if he has any time left."

"You did this!" Kim accused, getting into a battle stance as she lay Ron down gently again.

Copycat scoffed, "You want to fight me? Please, you wouldn't even last a second."

Kim let out a battle-cry and leapt at the Knight of Cats but Copycat was prepared. She morphed into a black panther and lunged, and then pinned Kim down after she caught the teen hero by surprise. Copycat morphed back to normal and stared into Kim's green eyes as Kim's eyes glared back into the red eyes of Copycat's helmet.

"You don't have time to fight me, Kim Possible," Copycat stated, bored and impatient with the teen hero's stupidity. Honestly, how had Kim Possible survived this long with being so impulsive she did not know. Maybe it was just luck or because of this fabled 'Ron Factor' she had heard in passing. "Your Ron's life is slipping away with each passing second you waste. You can either waste your time trying to defeat me, or get him help. It's your choice." Copycat got up and turned around, "I've already got what I came for so he's all yours, goodbye."

Copycat then teleported away as Kim ran towards Ron and then she activated her wrist Kimmunicator and called Wade, "Wade, get me a ride to the hospital! Ron's hurt bad!" Kim was afraid for Ron's life. What if...what if he didn't...

What if he didn't make it?

The ChronoLiner stopped as it arrived at the Orchid Bay train station, exiting from a warp tunnel. Luckily, no one was around to see this. The doors slid open before Mammoth, Gizmo, Jinx and Draco (all in civilian clothes) stepped off the futuristic bullet train. Ant was there to see them off.

"I'll be back to pick you all up when all's said and done. Just give me a call, okay," he said.

"Arigatou, Ant-san," Ryuki bowed to the Dragon Force officer.

"You're welcome. Have fun, kids," Ant said before he boarded the train again and it then traveled into a warp tunnel and vanished.

"I'm going to try to figure out that tech someday," Gizmo said eagerly, rubbing his little hands together.

"Later, Micron," Jinx said to her minute companion, "We got a job to do."

"So, Leo," Baran/Mammoth asked, "You know this Juniper kid personally?"

"Not really," Ryuki shook his head as they walked out of the station and went towards town. Being here hurt. It just reminded him of Tazuka. It just didn't feel right for him to be on an assignment meant for his deceased best friend. He just frowned glumly as he led the way. He didn't want anyone of his teammates to see his expression right now.

As Shadow's eyes wandered over to the large screen displaying the Mayor of Tokyo, his eyes widened at the news.

"This is bad," he said under his breath, "The Titans are in danger."

To Be Continued…

Well, here's the latest chap. Sorry it took so long, but I've been busy helping others with their fics. Well, tell me what you think of this chap. Is it good enough for you? Well, Ron, Felix and Brick have been defeated and thus their powers go to the three Knights of Tartarus. Too bad for the Heavenly Trio, huh?

OK, whose story you want to be told next? Shadowcobra, Draco or more of Pluto? Should they all come together at the end of this arc? It's all up to you.