Sorry I haven't update the fic in so long, I've been rather busy. I got permission from my friends AnimeGirl, Mallory627 and Luke11 to give mention to their characters in this chapter. This is the longest chapter to date and I worked hard on it. There is mention of something called a ventroid. This robot came form an idea from a canon RP on
Chapter 55: Final Battle Part 1: Fuse's Lair
The Dexcarrier and the Mandark science carrier arrives the next morning above the palace that is Fuse's lair. Holden is out on the main deck of the Dexcarrier testing out the flight thrusters of the W.A.R.D armor when Dexter comes from below deck in his Neo Dodge Ball armor which was all blue with white trim.
Mandark stood behind Dexter looking sullen as they arrived on the upper deck.
"You better survive this battle against Fuse, Dexter. Who else will I be able to stea…to challenge as my rival. Tessa and those Ventroids would probably skin me alive."
Dexter rolls his eyes and sighs, "I don't plan to die today Mandark, so stop acting like I will. You are just being stupid."
Mandark laughs and takes out a set of black leather gloves, "I will make you eat those words Dexter after I destroy your lab at the next chance I get."
He marches over to a small lift and goes into his giant robot, which promptly takes off and heads to his science carrier. Dexter walks over to Holden, who had just landed from testing the boosters in the armor boots.
"How are those thrusters of Mandark's working?"
"They are working fine thus far. I just hope they don't overheat or overload."
Dexter smirks a bit, "Mandark's technology might be inferior, but it shouldn't do anything of the sort. It's almost time to go. Where is that Ben and that stupid person Rex?"
As if answering his question, a door behind the two boys opens and Rex and Ben both step out onto the deck. Ben is in a plumbers suit, while Rex is wearing the white armor of a Providence Agent.
"You owe me some lunch after this is over Tennyson. Then, I'll show you which one of us is a better fighter."
Ben grinned and replies arrogantly, "I'm so ready for your challenge Rex, you won't stand a chance against Big Chill."
"You have already lost the battle before it has even begun young one. You need to control the battle of your arrogance before you can truly win any other battle." A strong voice said behind the two and from the doorway.
Jack walks out into the light wearing a light armor set that he acquired from the Scotsman.
A look of confusion cross both Ben's and Rex's face.
"What did that old dude just say?" Rex questions.
Ben shrugs before commenting, "It doesn't really matter right now. We can talk…."
Ben never got to finish because of Billy, who comes running out from below deck.
"Holden, Can I comes to help fight Fuse with you? Can I, can I ,can I? I wants to help!" Billy yells as he runs right at Holden.
Billy's nose touches the side of Holden's face as the stupid teen covertly places something in Holden's grenade bag.
Holden pushes Billy away and wipes away the mucus from his face, "Billy, you would just put more people in danger if you came with us. It would be safer if you just stayed at the medical station with Frankie."
Billy frowns and a sad look enters his eyes, "I was just trying to helps. I guess I'll just go help Irwin then."
Billy runs off into the carrier and as soon he is inside, he starts giggling like a fool.
Holden frowns, takes out his rifle and checks the energy gauge to make sure the imaginary energy cell is full.
Rex leans against a tank and yawns. "Man, I'm bored already. When can we start bashing some fusions?"
"Once Blossom arrives, we will be heading out." Dexter responds, checking the battle plan on his nancom.
Several minutes pass by before the door that leads below deck opens and Blossom, along with Bubbles and Buttercup float over to Holden, for one last conversation before the big battle.
"Hey squirt, good luck fighting Fuse. Give him several punches in the kisser for me." Buttercup grins before giving him a swift light tap to the shoulder.
Bubbles quickly hugs Holden and cries a bit, "Holdie, please come back safe and sound. We don't want to lose you again."
Holden hugs and kisses her forehead, "I plan on being careful today. I won't be alone in fighting Fuse either, so you won't have to worry so much."
Bubbles dries her eyes, smiles and nods.
"Come on Bubbles. The Professor is waiting at the Dynamo." Buttercup grabs Bubbles' forearm and forces her into the air and both sore off towards the Hero's Hallow front line.
Ilana flies over head in her Corus Armor and waves as she passes and breaks in on their coms, "Good luck everyone. I hope you are successful in beating Fuse!"
The Princess' armor boosters kick in and she jets over the horizon. Then a bright light occurs and a moment later the light dims and Titan appears, walking over the horizon.
Dexter walks over to Holden and places a small chip into the armor's power source that was on the belt. "I have just installed a small version of Computress into the armor. She will monitor your vitals and will increase the effectiveness of the voice command system. It will also transmit all data back to the Professor, Octus and Computress so they know what is happening. It will also help with armor functions and do as you command when asked, like jettison the armor off your body if it starts to melt and endanger you."
Dexter finishes speaking when Coop passes by in Megas and he rolls down the window to the cockpit, "Hey guys, any of you got some burgers?"
Ben frowns and crosses his arms, "Coop, we don't have time to think about food."
Coop rolls his eyes, "You're a real buzz kill you know that Ben? We need to play Ninja Cops 4 when this is done. Anyways, good luck out there."
The window to the cockpit closes and Megas walks off, but they could hear a muffled voice that sounded like Kiva lecturing Coop.
Rex snickers, "Those two fight so much, they should just get together."
Dexter rolls his eyes and comments, "They would never work out. Where is that stupid S.C.A.M.P.E.R.? It should have been here by now."
A Providence jump jet flies past and lands in an unoccupied spot on the deck and the back hatch slowly unfolds onto the deck.
There stood Six with a small smile on his face, "Get in, I'll be your ride to the front line."
A large grin flashes across Rex's face as he and the others march up into the jump jet and fastened their belts. The hatch then retracts and the jump jet lifts into the air, traveling to Heroes Hallow.
The jump jet lands a short time later, a short distance from the ridges that forms the Precipice and the only way to Fuse's lair. The Saturday's airship is close by, with a few tents out front full of equipment and other items to help in the battle. In the distance; Megas, Titan, Mandark's robot, Dexter's robot and the Dynamo can be seen meandering in the distance, waiting for word to get into position for the final push into Fuse's front line.
Holden steps out of the jet, and makes his way to one of the numerous tents with Blossom and Jack on either side of him. Dexter, Ben and Rex followed closely behind, ready to hear Dexter's final battle instructions.
"Hey guys, glad you could join us. Zak is preparing himself so he can call the Cryptids to help us into battle." Drew greets, as the six approach her and Doc. "
Is everyone in their position Drew? How is Douglas fairing with Deedee in my robot?" The genius questions, as an unsure look took to his face.
"Douglas is not having a single problem with the controls. Deedee isn't with him thought. She is helping the Professor out in the Dynamo, since he required someone's assistance." Drew said with a smile and a reassuring tone.
Doc frowns and states in a low tone of voice, "The KND are behind schedule for some unknown reason. I tried to get in contact with Nigel, but all I got was some yelling from his end and the nancom cut out."
Dexter sighs a bit, "He told me earlier this morning that there would be no delays in their set up."
Holden pulls his com from his belt, "Dex, I'll give him a quick call to see what is going on." His com starts to ring and soon the British operative appears. "Holden, why are you calling? Is something the matter?"
"Nigel, we heard from Doc that you were behind schedule, what is happening up there?"
Nigel smiles and chuckles a bit, "We had a bit of trouble because Numbuh 13 showed up unannounced and was causing a few issues with equipment. He has been thus taken care of."
Blossom peaks over Holden's shoulder and replies in an almost bossy tone, "What do you mean taken care of Nigel?"
Numbuh 1 gulps and after a moments hesitation, replies, "We sent him to Sector J, so he would be out of the way. He won't be hindering us again. It will take about five more minutes for us to set up. I'll give Dexter a call when we are ready to go. Nigel out."
The young teen disappears from the com and silence fills the still air.
"We should start towards the front lines young ones. We should be ready for when the KND are set," Jack remarks, as he starts off towards the robots.
Holden gave a nod and looks over his shoulder with a smile on his face, "Jack is right, we should be heading over there."
"Hey! Wait up for me guys!" A voice exclaimed from the airship.
Zak darts down the stairs with Zon, Fiskerton and Komodo following in close pursuit behind him.
"Zak, finally we've been waiting! We should accompany Holden and the others to the front line and so we can call the Cryptids to help us." Drew commented with a smile as her son ran up to her.
"Mom, I know what to do. I just hope we can get enough to help us." Zak responds as he walks away towards the front with Fisk, and Komodo.
Doc smiles a bit and turns to Dexter, "All of you should head out also. We'll be right behind you in a few minutes."
Dexter looks at his companions, "We don't have time to waste then. Holden, please lead the way to the front. It is only fitting since you brought us this far."
The fuchsia haired teen nods and takes the lead, heading towards the Titan and Megas.
The frontline of the southern front was a hot bed of activity. Beside the giant robots lumbering into their spots. There were rows of Dexbots and Manroids ready for combat. There was also a column of Ventroids on the far right flank of the battle group. There were even a small group of tanks from each group in front of them ready to make a push.
Close to the tanks were Bubbles and Buttercup, who are standing with Juniper, Doctor Holiday and other Providence members. The pack was also there, with murderous intent in their eyes. Across a small plain from where the line is, a sea of fusions are seen ready to fight.
Holden looks around and gives a small frown, "Where is everyone else?"
"Dex decided that we would go with a three front attack. In that way, we could surround his forces and confuse the fusions into which way the main attack force is coming from." Ben replied as he looks around.
"Dividing ones forces like this is a sound strategy young one." Jack replies folding his arms and looking onto the field of battle.
Rex let out a breath, since he was a bit nervous.
Holiday walks over to him, "Rex, are you alright? If you are this anxious, you won't be able to use your nanites very effectively."
Rex looks Dr. Holiday right in the eyes, "I'm worried about Kyara and Mallory. I know I should be focused on the mission, but I can't help it since Kyara is like my kid sister and Mallory is one of my best friends."
"I assure you Rex that Kyara and Mallory are fine back at Providence. Kyara is in the care of both Mallory and Alice Spacebyte, along with her companions. She is quiet safe in their care." Dexter said with a small smile.
Rex breathes out and relaxes, "At least if they come under attack, Kyara will be safe with Alice and Mallory. I'm just glad she's not with that pervert, Ken Unite. Hey, are we ready to go yet?"
Ben shakes his head, "We haven't heard from Gwen, who is in charge of the group in the east. Nigel is in charge of the northern group and has Candy Pirates and Urban Rangers with him, as well as the KND. Once we hear from them, then we will starting our assault on Fuse's stronghold."
The moments creep by with nary a sound except for that of Megas' movements.
Then two windows pop up on Dexter's com and Gwen and Nigel both appear. "Everything is set on our end," issued Gwen's voice as she gave him a smile.
"KND, Urban Rangers and Candy Pirates awaiting the word for deployment," Nigel commented.
Dexter gave them both a small smile and nods. They both disappear from the com and
Dexter turns to his compatriots, "Once we start attacking from the three sides, do not waste ammo or energy fighting the spawns. Buttercup, Bubbles, The Pack, Dr. Holiday, and the Saturdays are here to escort and protecting us to the entry of the palace. Six will have command of Providence while the Ruffs, Tessa and the robots will deal with the larger and flying spawns. Zak, please summon the Cryptids now."
Zak nods and his eyes glow a bright yellow. From under the ground, the air and bushes. Many different species appear to fight on Zak's behest. They get into a line ready to charge and fight.
Holden closes his eyes and speaks softly, "Dex, I'm ready to get rid of Fuse. Let's finish this war."
Dexter takes off his glasses, cleans them, places them back on his face.
He presses a button on his com, "Everyone commence with the attack. We are finally ready to go."
In the distance, the sounds of cheers are audible and all three lines charge at the fusions.
The Providence troops run at the spawns, firing and causing many fusions to fall and disintegrate. Megas and Mandark's robot, take to the air to deal with large Fusion Flies and skull bashers. Titan is standing its ground against a giant fusion of itself that had just appeared form the many spawns below. The Cryptids and the Pack are creating a wide corridor for Holden and the others to run down, while Buttercup, Bubbles, Juniper and Dr. Holiday are smashing and shooting spawns that approach them.
Zak and his parents bring up the rear, along with Fisk and Komodo so they couldn't be surprised. Overhead, three KND M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.T.O.H. (Massively Oversized Super Quick Undercover Icy Treat Transport On Heliojets) drop large ice cream bombs laced with imaginary energy. Two H.I.P.P.I.E.-H.O.P.S (Hare Inspired Piston Powered Ingenious Exoskeleton Hops Over Parents) are seen in the distance swatting and jumping on fusions and Terrafusers.
One of the enormous hares has a large three printed on its chest. The Candy Pirates, Stickybeard in the lead, appear in their boats firing candy infused with imaginary energy at their foes. Him appears in the sky and unleashes five large candy piñata bulls and which being to trample the unfortunate foes they attack.
The Plumber and Urban Rangers toss grenades and fire rockets at the Terrafusers, so that fusion reinforcements can never come to aid in the attack. The fusion of Titan thrusts its blade at the real Titan, causing it to step back and almost into the path of the attack group.
Titan beings to counter attacking, pushing the fusion back towards a ditch and finally putting its sword through the fusion, causing it to melt away. Slag Cephalopods swoop down from the sky to attack Dexter's robot, but soon are intercepted by four flying trails. The trails suddenly come to a halt and are revealed to be Tessa and Ruffs.
The four evil teens have energy building in their hands and soon fire off several Omega beams from their palms, destroying several of the Cephalopods in the process. Biowulf and Van Kleiss start to run ahead of the group, eliminating the Jurassic Centurions and Terrafusers that blocked the path to their intended destination.
Many of the nanos pop out of Holden's nancom and begin to attack stray fusions in order to protect him and everyone else. The nanos then returns to com, so they can rest incase they are needed again. After running for several minutes over the hilly terrain, the team finally arrives at an old bridge that connects the Precipice to the land near Fuse's lair.
The bridge looks old, the ropes have a decayed look and the boards appear rotten. Holden takes a deep breath and slowly walks onto one of the boards. The wooden board creeks under the young man's weight and the bridge begins to disintegrates, forcing Holden to use his jet boots to remain aloft.
He floats back over to solid ground, lands and starts to look around for a new way across.
Rex groans and pinches bridge of his nose, "I guess we can fly across now."
Van Kleiss casually walks up behind Rex and smiles, "There's no need to do such a thing Rex." A red portal appears on the other side of the divide and Breach walks out of it, waving creepily at them. A second red portal pops up next to Rex.
"Guess we don't have much a choice on this. Van Kleiss…Thanks for the help," The young EVO said, after some hesitating.
"Time to cross the Rubicon," Holden said in a low tone, as he walks through the portal, followed by the rest of the team and the Saturdays.
A moment later, they all reappear on the opposite side of the gap, which are a few meters from of Fuse's lair. As the group walks away towards the front of the palace, Buttercup, Bubbles, Juniper and the Pack turn around, towards the sound of battle and slowly make their way to fight.
The small band of fighters reach the front of Fuse's lair, but the only visible entrance is a normal lair entry.
Drew looks around cautiously and finally states, "You six go in, Doc and I will stay out here with Zak, so that you can't be followed in."
Holden smiles at her, "Thanks for the help Drew and your help too, Doc. We probably wouldn't have made it here without your's and Zak's help."
Doc gives a small smile, "We were happy to do it. Now get in there and take care of Fuse."
The five teens and one adult nod and they step onto the lair entry and find themselves inside Fuse's palace. The walls of the palace are carved from natural rock and gives off a faint green glow. Holden steps onto the rock that constitutes the palace floors, he spots by the wall, three skeletons that had been there for some time. One had a pink yoyo, another had a blue bubble wand and another had a large green hammer.
Blossom bends down to look at the three skeletons, "They probably fought bravely until the end."
Jack closes his eyes, bends down on one knee to pray for the three lost souls, "May they find the peace that they deserve when this war is over."
Jack stands back up and the six begins to follow the empty path. The walls get steeper and flatter near the top as the group slowly moves through the lair and the walls begin to be more luminous than before. Holden scans his general vicinity and spots in the distance, some Stalactitans, which look like living rocks.
The Stalactitans start moving away rapidly as the group approaches them.
Dexter watches the monsters until they disappear from view, "This is most irregular. I was expecting Fuse's minions to put up more of a fight as we got closer to him."
Ben folds his arms and smiles, "It's probably a trap. We can get out of this easily, Dex. Don't worry so much about it."
The rock walls become narrower as they traverse down a hall and it is the perfect place for an ambush by Fuse's minions and guards, but no minions appear in their path. Soon, the hallway of rock starts to expand out and eventually opens onto a large chamber, with what appears to be mushrooms and other fauna from the Darklands. Fusion pods are hanging from the trees, glowing with a green light.
The only other exit that can be seen in the area is on the opposite side. A set of natural steps can be seen leading to an area where the rock walls ascending into a sheer cliff face and in front of the cliff is the remains of a jump pad.
Ben smirks cockily, "I guess we know where we are going."
He makes his way over to the steps, walks up them slowly and walks forward a few feet. The young hero, smacks into an invisible wall and is repelled back down the steps and lands with his face in the dirt.
Jack and Holden run over to Ben and help him, "Benjamin, are you alright? What magic is this?" Jack said, looking around for an answer.
Dexter takes a small device from his belt and scans where the barrier is. "Impressive! Fuse has created a powerful barrier at this one point. The only way to take it down is to hit the barrier with a blast of powerful imaginary energy. By my calculation, we do not have the kind of power with us."
Holden sighs and suggests, "Maybe there is a way around the barrier if we go up the cliffs."
As Holden was saying this, something in his grenade bag moves around and causes the pouch to open. Runty falls to the ground unnoticed and quickly hops to the barrier.
Blossom, with her keen vision, spots Runty as he makes it to the barrier. "Isn't that Billy's imaginary pet, Runty? What is he doing here?"
Everyone looks in the direction of Runty, who turns around and gives a sad, yet happy smile and jumps into the barrier. The barrier appears for a few moments as Runty's form begins to melt away and a bright light issues from the point of contact. Holden shields his eyes with his hand until the light dissipates.
He slowly walks up to where the barrier had been and put his arm out. Nothing happened and he walked through the space.
Dexter's com starts to beep and Billy appears with tears in his eyes, "Runty is gone isn't he? Runty said he wanted to helps, so I had to do somethings. Grim just told me what happened to him." Billy then sniffs as tears roll down his face.
Dexter smiles sadly at Billy, "Runty is indeed gone, but his sacrifice will help us win this war. He won't be forgotten Billy."
A smile crosses Billy's face as he smiles happily and nods vigorously, before hanging up.
Ben stands up and dusts himself off, "We shouldn't linger. We have a job to do."
Rex walks over to the cliff and looks up and then back down at the jump pad remains. "I guess this means we are flying up to the top."
The Boogie Pack unfolds from Rex's back and he flies upwards. Blossom takes Jack by his hand and flies after Rex. Ben actives the rocket booster on his back, while Holden and Dexter both use their jet boots to get to the top of the cliff.
The group arrives at the top of the cliff and walks a short distance until they reach another set of cliffs. Below the cliff is a large pool of fusion matter, bubbling and hissing as if it was angry.
Beyond the pool, lies a raised platform with what appears to be a zip line anchored to it and in the center of the platform stood a large green behemoth with large arms. Unlike many fusions, this creature appears to be solid and have a mouth and teeth.
Dexter took out his com to get a shot before he spoke, "That must be Fuse. His appearance more complex than I would have thought it would be. Let us be rid of this monster once and for all. Let us find that zip line. If there is one down there, then it's logical to assume there is one up here. We don't waste valuable energy flying down there."
Dexter walks off in the direction he thinks the line leads. As the team walks after Dexter, the outline of a cable is seen and the other end of the zip line comes into view. Dexter grabs the line and slides down it.
Holden and Blossom go next and Rex soon follows after. Jack uses the line, when the sound of a rock is heard falling and Ben turns around.
There was nothing there, which confused the teen, "Just a small rock slide, I guess."
He turns back around and uses the line. He fails to notice two sets of foot prints; one reptilian and one human.
Holden comes to the end of the zip line and nearly collides with Dexter, but he moves out of the way. Blossom and Jack jump off quickly to avoid trouble. Rex and Ben do the same as they come to the end. Holden readies his rifle and Dexter readies his pistol. Ben primes the Ultramatrix for when its time.
The team of six approaches Fuse and Holden speaks up, "Fuse, we've come to finish this war. We won't give our planet to you!"
A low laugh issues from the alien and it says something in an alien language.
Ben slaps down the dial of the Ultramatrix, "RATH! I'll tell you something Fuse. I will not be beaten by the likes of you!"
Rath's wrist blades extend and he slams them into the ground causing the ground to crack and a shock wave to hit Fuse in the left leg. A scream of pain comes from Fuse and he then raises his right arm and brings it swinging down at the ground. Jack and Ben jump into the air and Blossom flies above and shots her eye beams at the other arm.
A few bubbles appear on the green skin of Fuse, as he reaches up to grab at Blossom. Holden grabs a chili grenade from his bag and throws it at the arm, causing a small explosion and minimal damage.
Jack lands back on the ground, runs forward with his sword in hand and slashes the wounded leg. Fuse turns his attention on Jack and tries to crush him with its now wounded arm. Jack moves too late and is hit. He skids across the ground and comes to a complete stop.
Rex creates the Slam Cannon and looks over at Jack, "Are you alright Jack?"
"I believe I will be," Jack replied as he stood up and jumped out of the way to avoid a corruption attack.
Rex grits his teeth and fires rubble at Fuse, striking him in the face. Fuse's arm lurches forward and grabs at Rex. His grip closes around the Slam Cannon and Fuse tosses Rex like a rag doll into the wall.
Rex slides down the wall form where he had hit it and slowly stands back up, "Man this dude is tough. Nothing we can't handle."
Dexter fires three shots from his dodge ball pistol at Fuse's torso and the evil being turns his attention to the boy genius. Fuse forms a corruption attack in his palm and beings to aim it at Dexter. Blossom counter attacks with her ice breath and pummels Fuse with a plethora of kicks to the mid-section, causing the evil tyrant to send the blue energy at Blossom.
Holden, seeing Blossom in danger, summons his nano of the Professor, who dart in front of the attack, absorbing it and redirecting the attack back at Fuse. Fuse turns and drives his gigantic fist at Holden, who rolls to avoid the attack. Ben taps the icon on his chest and changes to Echo-Echo, and then multiplies several times until there are ten of them.
The many Bens open their mouths and scream at Fuse in an attempt to liquefy him. A glowing green patch appears under and number of the Echo-Echos and soon enough an eruption attack bursts forth and destroys many of them. The real Ben flies backward and is caught by Jack.
Thank you Jack. It's time to get serious." With that said, Ben taps the icon again and he becomes Ultimate Echo-Echo.
Ben floats into the air, sends two sound disks that surround Fuse and they belt him with sound. Fuse smashes the disks and they fall to ground. Blossom screams at Fuse, while Jack and Rex provide a close combat distraction. Rex slashes Fuse with his axe arms and Jack stabs his sword into Fuse's leg multiple times.
Holden and Dexter run to either side of the beast and fire several shots with Ben firing sonic disks at Fuse. Divots and cracks appear all over Fuse's body and in a rage; Fuse's roars and smashes the ground. The roar stuns everyone and they all fall to the ground, unable to move. Fuse beings to laugh at seeing his foes immobilized. Fuse checks his surrounds for the closest target, spots Holden.
Fuse raises his large fist high into the air and starts to bring it down and that is when a claw with a rope wraps around Fuse's arm, preventing it from moving. Fuse turns his head to see Zak with his claw weapon and was riding on Komodo's back.
"Sorry Fuse, but you are not winning today."
Holden shakes his head as the effect of Fuse's stun is wearing off. "Zak thanks for the help. Please tell me that your parents know you are here."
Zak grins a bit, "They don't even know I'm gone. I just wanted to do my part. I'm so going to be grounded when this is over."
The others shake their heads, as they snap out of their stunned states and move out of the way, just as Fuse's other hand comes crashing down, trying to crush them. Zak retracts the claw back into his weapon, since the strain on the device was becoming too great.
Holden runs at Fuse, slides under his legs and fires a few shots at the tyrants back and hitting the floor a few times with the wild shots. Fuse begins to turn, when Blossom shots an Omega beam at Fuse. Rex forms the funchuckes, spinning them rapidly until large pulse of energy shot out the end at Fuse's right arm.
Jack, with the nano of Grim beside him, runs rapidly at Fuse, slashing the alien across his entire lower body with broad strokes of his sword. Dexter carefully aims and quickly fires several shots in succession at Fuse's forehead. Ben presses down on the icon that is on his chest yet again.
He changes into Diamondhead; his arm changing into a sharp point form which he fires a barrage of small crystals at the beast. Fuse raises his left arm and tries to swats Ben away. Thinking quickly, Ben erects a small wall of crystals in front of him and moves quickly out of the way before Fuse can break through it.
Holden, who is still behind Fuse, throws two more grenades at the tyrant, while Blossom uses her eye beams to attack the midsection. Fuse, his body pitted and cracked, begins to slowly evaporate in front of the group in the center of the platform. Blossom lands on the ground and Rex, Jack, Dexter and Ben run over to watch Fuse vanish.
Rex smiles and crows, "We did it guys. We beat that lame alien's butt!"
Dexter nods, "We have indeed Rex."
Holden watches as Fuse disappears and once he is completely gone, walks through the center of the room where Fuse had been. An odd shimmer, barely detectable by the human eye, is at the center of the room and when Holden steps into it, the young man disappears.
Blossom mouth drops open, "HOLDEN!" She zooms over to where Holden had been, but the odd shimmering was no more.
Dexter face turns pale, "No! Fuse has tricked us and retreated back to Planet Fuse! Holden must have accidentally stepped into whatever method Fuse created to get back. I'm afraid, everything is up to him."
Blossom turns a bit pale, "Holden, good luck. I know you can do it."
Blossom turns around to follow Dexter and company out of the palace.
Outside in the Darklands, a green glow lights up the sky and a beam of green energy is seen shooting up from the palace and to Planet Fusion.
"Ah man, Fuse is getting away! How can we beat him now?" Buttercup shouts in anger as she kicks the ground.
Then an indigo light bursts forth form the palace heading in the same direction as the green light.
"Someone is going after Fuse! We can still win this war," Juniper shouted.
Cheers rose up from the crowd and many Plumbers scramble to being the equipment to the area so everyone could monitor the planet and whoever was going to it. The Dynamo comes to a stop and the Professor and Deedee both descended to the ground.
Buttercup glances at her father, "Professor, who do you think it was that went after Fuse?"
The Professor shakes his head, "I wish I knew Buttercup."
The Professor's com starts to vibrate and he answers.
Dexter appears on the other end, with a grave expression on his face, "Professor, Fuse has gotten away from us. We also have a bit of bad news for you."
"We know Dexter, we saw him retreating back to Planet Fusion and he was being followed by an indigo light. What is the bad news? Did something happen to Blossom or Holden?"
Dexter frowns and sighs a bit before speaking, "That is part of the bad news, Professor. That light you saw is Holden. He accidentally walked into Fuse's transport magic or device or what not after, we though we had defeated him."
The Professor face turns pale. "So what are we going to do Dexter? We can't help him at all!"
"The best we can do is monitor his vitals and his armor systems from here. Are the monitoring system for the W.A.R.D armor out at your location?" The boy genius asks, as his image fuzzes over for a brief moment before coming back into focus on the com.
The Professor shakes his head, "It hasn't arrived yet. A few of the Plumbers have gone back to the base camp to bring it back here."
Dexter smiles, "Good, I will meet you over there soon. I just hope we aren't too late to monitor him." The com hangs up and the Professor beings to organize an area to work in.
The transport to Planet Fusion was instantaneous and Holden reappears in a large room with flying buttresses and support columns. The room had a dark green hue to it and was strictly alien. A shadow can be seen stomping down a hall in the distance.
Holden shakes his head, trying to regain his bearings and then looks around. "Computress, where am I exactly and is there a breathable atmosphere here?"
The armor's copy of Computress speaks crisply, "By my calculation Holden, we are on Planet Fusion. I am trying to establish communications with Dexter and your godfather, but the signal is being disrupted. I'm afraid we are on our own. I can detect faint traces of Oxygen and nitrogen, but I would not recommend taking your helmet off."
Holden frowns and steps down from the platform he is on and walks down the hall a few meters, "If this is Planet Fusion, why aren't I being burned at all? This looks like Fusion Matter."
"From the limited analysis I can conduct, it appears to be another form of Fusion Matter. I am also detecting a large life from coming from down the hall ahead of you. It is possible Fuse is waiting for you."
Holden gulps at the news, but then inquires, "How much power does my armor and weapons have left?"
"You are roughly 80% armor power left and while you're weapons are charged at 60%. You still have three more energy cells for your weapon."
Holden nods and continues down the hall resolutely. After several minutes of walking, Holden walks into a room with a domed roof and in the center of the room stood Fuse. The alien was five times larger than he was on Earth and a large smirk crossed its face.
Fuse snaps his fingers and windows appear out of thin air. Information about Holden is scrolling across them, ranging from his school grades to medical records.
Fuse opens his mouth and a booming voice comes out, "Out of all the pathetic beings I have ever faced, you are the only one to have made it this far."
Holden gulps and his heart rate starts to climb, but he steps forward with a determined look on his face, "I will stop you Fuse. I will not allow you to win this war!"
Fuse laughs hardily, "You may think you can beat me, but everything you have done up to this point was pure luck. The only reason you are even alive is because luck favored you, when your parents wanted to have you killed and those girls saved you. That luck runs out now!"
A soft green glow was building beneath Holden as Fuse spoke. As the alien spoke the last word, a massive eruption attack explodes out of the floor, consuming Holden.
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, I worked really hard on it. It just so happens to be the LONGEST chapter in the entire Fic. 2 chapters left and the conclusion is almost here.