Note: first fanfic, will improve as I go along, I have been a gamemaster on my past RP site so the action should be good, and I do not own Ben 10 or anything that is remotely like Ben 10.
AUTHOR'S NOTE OF GLORY: Sorry this wasn't up sooner…internet wasn't working…gah.
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As they were watching the fighters head on stage, XLR8 and the rest heard a door open and shut behind them. They turned around and saw a battered Four Arms and a scuffed up Blizzard standing there. Everyone exclaimed in surprise at their arrival and then showered them with words of approval and excitement. Four Arms looked somewhat smug and Blizzard looked almost embarrassed. Grey Matter stepped up and said, "What are you two doing here? Shouldn't you be down in the hospital?"
Four Arms, who was carrying a pair of crutches and was wearing a sling around one of his arms, said, "And miss the last round? Especially if the fighter is Diamondhead? Forget it!"
Wildmutt ran up to Four Arms and trounced on him. He then gave his master's face a large licking with his wet tongue. Four Arms laughed at Wildmutt's antics and he scratched his chin. Wildmutt purred at being touched with a reassuring hand.
Blizzard nodded and said, "By the time Heatblast's fight was over, we were "well enough" to come and watch Diamondhead."
Heatblast stepped up and said, "How's Ripjaws?"
Blizzard looked a little downtrodden when he mentioned her and said, "She's still unconscious the poor thing. But she looks alright."
Before Heatblast could say anything, Ghostfreak's cold voice said, "If I may say so…the round is starting…"
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Once the bell rang, Tenten raised his arms and let loose a barrage of bullets. Diamondhead ducked out of the way and rolled behind a rock. The bullets glanced carelessly off of the brown boulder as Diamondhead hid behind it.
Let me at him! Let me at him! Cried out Yang.
"Go ahead…be my guest," replied Yin.
Diamondhead's eyes changed from steel grey to sky blue. With a confident smile and a flex of his muscles, he burst off from behind the rock and ran towards Tenten. The bullets glanced off of Diamondhead easier than they did to the rock. Diamondhead smiled grandly and he molded his hand into a large, sharp spike. Once near his foe, Diamondhead did a series of jabs. Tenten dodged the attacks while doing a series of punches himself. After awhile, Tenten quickly stepped back and opened up his chest plate. A small, satellite dish-like thing unfolded itself and popped out of the chest.
"What the-?" exclaimed Diamondhead.
Before he could do anything else, an intense, high pitched sound wave came forth from the dish. The sound wave slammed into Diamondhead. Diamondhead screamed in pain as the sound rattled his skin and innards. Gritting his teeth, Diamondhead jumped to the side away from the attack. But Tenten quickly adjusted the dish and the sound wave slammed into him again. He screamed in pain as the sound shook him hard.
Enough of this nonsense, said Yin, I'll finish him off.
Diamondhead's eyes changed color once again and with quick motions, a diamond barrier rose up from the ground and protected him from the wave attack. But the diamond wall was no match for the sound attack and it shattered into pieces. However, by this time Diamondhead ducked behind a rock again and fired diamond shards at Tenten. Tenten, with precise robotic speed, folded up his dish and unfolded from his arms two large sledgehammers. The robot moved about in a calculated way while flinging his hammers. The diamond shards shattered to pieces as the hammers knocked them down. Diamondhead bared his teeth and, while still shooting the shards, slammed his foot down on the ground. Large, iceberg shaped diamonds began popping up from the ground towards Tenten. Tenten opened up his satellite dish again and fired his sound wave at the diamonds. The diamonds exploded and fell to the ground sporadically like it was hailing. A small hatch opened up from Tenten's waistline and a small barrel popped out of it. Then, a grenade was shot out of said barrel and landed near Diamondhead. Diamondhead stopped his firing of diamond shards and he jumped out of the way in time. The explosion blew apart the boulder and created a rather large crater. When he got back up, he slammed his foot on the ground and a large diamond shot out of the ground behind Tenten. The diamond slammed into his back and launched the robot warrior forward. Eyes changing color once again, Diamondhead ran forward with his fists pulled back. The stumbling robot was still recovering from the earlier attack and got hit right in the chest plate. Because of this, the satellite dish crumbled under the heavy blow and stopped its shrilling attack.
"HA!" shouted Diamondhead, "No more sound from YOU!"
Then, out from Tenten's shoulders came two small rocket launchers. Diamondhead's eyes got wide and he ducked just in time before two small rockets whizzed over his head. The rockets went this way and that before they exploded upon the ground. Diamondhead was about to punch Tenten again when Tenten kicked him right in the jaw. Diamondhead stumbled back and fell to the ground. Tenten folded up his twin sledgehammers and unfolded from his wrists two small satellite dishes. After spitting out several diamond teeth, Diamondhead cussed and he got back up to do another attack. But Tenten was too quick for him. Extending his fingers, he shot out several cable wires. The wires wrapped around Diamondhead putting him in a tight situation. While struggling to get out, Tenten raised his wrist satellite dishes and fired two sound wave attacks.
The sound waves caught Diamondhead right in the head. Diamondhead screamed in agony, for he had never felt this much pain in his entire life. His mouth was chattering, his head felt loose and his eyes felt like they were going to explode. He felt like he was losing his mind.
Then…he heard something from his mind.
Diamondhead! Save me!
A brief image of a female Petrosapien flashed in his mind before it went dark. Shaking his head, Diamondhead's eyes turned to steel grey. Trying to clear his mind, he opened his eyes and released a barrage of diamond shards from his body. The cables were slashed to pieces and fell to the ground limply. He then slammed his foot on the ground and a diamond wall shot up from the ground. With a brief moment of peace from the sound attack, Diamondhead tried to think of a plan. Before anything came to his head, his diamonded wall burst to pieces. The sound waves caught him in its threshold again. He screamed in pain as his whole body began to shake apart. He eyes flashed colors every second and he grabbed his head in agony. He felt some of his fingers break off once they clutched his head. The images came back again as his mind was jarred this way and that.
He saw a dark cave that was riddled with passages.
He saw a young, female Petrosapien who was smiling broadly.
He saw Tenten with a weird, purple humanoid.
He saw an old reptilian alien who was dressed in long, outlandish robes.
He shook his mind again and Diamondhead tried to walk, but his legs gave away and he fell to the ground. He felt his body slowly fall to pieces as the sound waves bore into him. As everything was falling apart, he dimly realized that he was dying.
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XLR8 leaned forward and exclaimed, "Diamondhead! What'sss wrong with him? He looksss like he'sss getting hurt! But that robot isn't doing anything to him!"
Four Arms stepped up and said, "It's sound waves, that robot is producing sound waves. Its one of the few things a Petrosapien is vulnerable to."
"How do you know?"
Four Arms pointed a finger to Wildmutt who was in the corner whimpering loudly and covering his ears.
"Wildmutt can pick up frequencies that no average alien can hear. His reaction defiantly points to sound waves."
"We got to do sssomething!"
Four Arms shook his head and said, "If we interfere, Diamondhead will lose the round and we will ultimately lose the match."
"But that robot isss trying to kill Diamondhead!"
Four Arms gave her a hopeless expression and just shrugged. Ghostfreak, who was staring off into space said, "Diamondhead's aura is growing fainter and fainter by the second, I believe that if the robot keeps of its relentless attack, Diamondhead will die…"
XLR8 looked around at everyone else who had the same horrified and conflicted feeling. Realizing she couldn't just stand there, she jumped on the counter and kicked the pane of glass with her good foot. The glass shattered into pieces and rained on everyone.
"Hey!" shouted Grey Matter who was hiding under Ghostfreak (which didn't work since the glass went right through her), "What are you doing?"
XLR8 turned to him and said, "I don't know…but sssomething that will help sssave Diamondhead."
She looked down and saw that there was a ledge jutting out. Taking great care not to miss, she jumped down onto the ledge and shouted with all her might, "Get up Diamondhead! Get up!"
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All of a sudden, the sound waves stopped. Diamondhead didn't know why they stopped but they did. He felt horrible, conflicted and dead. Faintly, he heard the clomping steps of the robot approach him. As he lied there, he also heard the announcer shout out the countdown. He wished that all of his pain, suffering and confusion would go away. He felt the barrel of a gun press against his head. The robot then said with its cold voice, "I injured you enough that you will have no chance in surviving. No one can help you after the match is done, and if you try to get back up…" at this point the gun pressed even harder against his head, "I'll blow your head off."
In the midst of the robot talking and the announcer counting and the audience cheering he heard a voice call out, "Get up Diamondhead! Get up!"
"Get up Diamondhead!" cried the female Petrosapien, "Get up!"
Diamondhead's eyes flashed rapidly again before going to clear, snow white. Closing his eyes again, he fell into a deep sleep.