Chapter 25 The Darkside of the Moon Part 1; Coolers Revenge
The beginning of the ten part finale, expect a lot of battles as our heroes race to save the universe, no pressure likes.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters except Maximus
Terra and Maximus remained frozen in place as they gazed upon the creature in front of them, "Freiza!" said Maximus as he clenched his fists angrily, "No but he's dead" whispered Terra as she remembered seeing Zidane bleeding heavily with a hole in his chest, Maximus transformed into a dragon like monster and being told one of her friends were dead.
"Freiza?" the creature said in a deep voice, Maximus looked confused, he didn't sound like Freiza. "I assume you are referring to my dear departed brother, I'am Lord Cooler" said Cooler smirking down at Maximus as Terra glared at him, "And assuming by your reactions I imagine you are Maximus? And therefore this young woman is Terra? The Last Esper in existence am I not mistaken. I thought my brother would have destroyed all you freaks not to mention your test tube boyfriend and his disgusting Schism, I'll have to correct that" he said as he moved his hand towards the Daleks behind him.
"Daleks! Destroy their ship and their comrades but leave the Esper and the freak for me!" he commanded as the Daleks flew past him and stared firing at the Firefly "Maximus there's too many of them, we need to get out of here!" shouted Drax as he flew back to the Firefly cutting through Daleks with his swords, "Then go! Me and Terra will hold off Cooler, just land down there and find Aht!" said Maximus as he and Terra looked towards Cooler.
Cooler cracked his knuckles and then motioned for them to move, away from the space battle between the Daleks and the Guardians, Maximus saw the ship blast several Daleks to pieces before moving away and flying down to the planet, Cooler noticed this and pointed his finger towards the ship "Would you look at that? Your little friends trying to escape, that's not happening" he said but before he could fire his hand was grabbed by Maximus who kicked him away.
"Your attention is on us Cooler, leave my friends out of this" said Maximus as Cooler recovered and crossed him arms and frowned before sighing "Very well then but it's not like it will take me very long to destroy you!" he said before charging forward and punching at Maximus who blocked by crossing his arms in front of his chest, Terra then came behind him and put him in a full nelson lock before Maximus charged forward and kicked Cooler in the stomach before upper cutting him just as Terra let go.
Cooler backed off and rubbed him lip before laughing and grinning in admiration at the two "Well well not bad, rather impressive actually. I could see why my brother might have had trouble with you. My brother was a fool, I would have killed him myself sooner or later" he said as Maximus and Terra charged towards him again.
Terra punched at him which he blocked and used his tail to block Maximus incoming kick, he then kicked out at him but he dodged and kneed Cooler in the waist allowing Terra to punch him in the face, Maximus then grabbed hold of his tail and spun him around before letting go and sending him flying towards Terra, she then aimed at him "Firaga!" she shouted but nothing happened.
Cooler grinned as she looked confused before he elbowed her in the face, she recovered and aimed again "Fire!" she shouted but again nothing happened, Cooler laughed and stood with his arms stretched out, "Come on I'm right here hit me with everything you've got" he said mockingly as Terra yelled in frustration "Flare!" she shouted but again nothing happened, "What? What's going on!" she shouted as she looked at her hands trying to figure out what was happening.
Cooler laughed and teleported so that he was in front of her, he kicked her away as she yelled out in pain, "Foolish girl" he said as Maximus shot towards him "Don't you touch her!" he shouted as he punched at Cooler, Cooler caught his fist and grabbed his other fist and he dragged Maximus away from Terra "No one disgraces our family and lives to talk about it" he snarled.
Terra kept trying to use her spells but nothing was working, she could see Maximus and Cooler fighting each trading hits before Maximus punched Cooler on the side of his head and then kicked him away, Cooler yelled in pain and once again backed off as Terra floated next to Maximus, "Max I don't know what's wrong, I can't use any of my spells" she said as Cooler grinned and then laughed.
"Foolish girl, we're in outer space. Your Trance forms may allow you to survive in space but you cannot use magic that requires air, how can you light flames with no oxygen?!" he said as Terra looked shocked and then she felt like she wanted to smack herself, "Damn it how could I have been so stupid!" she shouted as Cooler chuckled.
"Now back to our fight, I'am fully aware that you did not use this form you are in right now to defeat my brother, I would like to see it. Freiza, he was always trying to get the better of me, trying to prove he was the best and he definitely had the edge" said Cooler as they moved closer and closer to the planet below them, Maximus glared at him "Get to the point already or are you just gonna stand there and monologue all day"
Cooler smirked "And then that's when it happened, I transformed!" he said as he raised his finger, "As you know I'm in the third transformed state, but I found a fourth beyond it!" he said as Maximus looked concerned "No way" he growled, Terra looked shock. Cooler smirked and clenched his fists and flexed his muscles "You should feel privileged, you will be the first one to bare witness to this form. First you will see, and then you will die!"
Cooler began to pulse and shake, his chest and muscle mass greatly expanded, his white carapaces also changed with the breast-plate shoulder pads becoming hoop like in shape. His wrist carapaces produced large spikes and his head became completely encased in his carapace with the exception of his eyes, four spikes grew from his cranium and mouth became covered by a vizier made out of bone.
Maximus and Terra stared in horror at Coolers new form as he grinned evilly "Time to die!" he said before charging toward them "Your mine!" he shouted, Maximus grabbed Terra's hand and used Instant Transmission to dodge the attack, Cooler then appeared right next to them and kneed Maximus hard in gut and send him flying away. "Maximus!" shouted Terra as Maximus was smashed into an asteroid.
Cooler appeared in front of her and kicked at her, she ducked and only just managed to dodge it, she flew back away from him. She powered up her Trance form and punched at him, he caught her fist and threw her away, "Pathetic useless little girl, stay out of my way! I fight only the strongest warriors" he snarled as he flew past her and down towards Maximus who was pulling himself out of the asteroid only to have Cooler smash him back in with his foot.
Cooler charged down forwards and punched Maximus in the gut and ploughed through an asteroid with his fist embedded in Maximus's chest, Maximus yelled out in pain as Cooler pushed his fist even further into him before backing off and stepping down on him as he cried out, Cooler then backed off as the asteroid broke apart, Terra was about to rush forward and help Maximus when she saw him used Instant Transmission to teleport behind Cooler.
Cooler chuckled and looked behind him "So, back for more?" he said as Maximus took several deep breaths, he then powered up and charged back towards Cooler. Cooler raised his hand but instead of pointing at Maximus he pointed at Terra, Maximus yelled in fear as he fired a death beam at her, she raised her arms in a blocking position and closed her eyes in preparation, Maximus sped forward and wrapped his arms around her and was blasted in the back.
He yelled out in pain as the back of his shirt was burned off and his skin became black and charred, Terra stared at him in horror as he looked like he was about to pass out. "Terra get out of here" he said weakly as she caught him as he blacked out, she glared at Cooler who laughed. "So much for the infamous Schism" he muttered as he aimed at Terra and the wounded Maximus, "Die now!" he shouted.
Terra held onto Maximus, closing her eyes and concentrated on the planet below her. She thought of Aht, "Come on Aht, where are you?" she thought as she thought of her friend, she felt close, she felt really close. Terra looked round confused, she could sense Aht's presence but she could see her anywhere, then she saw Maximus's chest glow, she looked at it in shock as Cooler stopped what he was doing to see as well, "What is this?"
Then they were gone, one second they were floating in space and next they had vanished. Cooler looked round confused, he sensed them on the planet below "So trying to run from me are you?" he growled before he flew down toward the planet.
ROS
"Exterminate all life forms!" screamed the Daleks as they shot at the Firefly relentlessly, "This isn't going well" shouted Rocket Racoon as he tried to maneuverer the ship in and out of the Daleks reach with little success, "At this rate we'll reach the planet but we won't be able to leave the planet cause the engines will be royally fucked!" shouted Gamora as Groot pulled out a giant laser like rifle.
"I'am Groot!" he shouted as he leaned out of the airlock and started firing at the Daleks "Under attack!" they shouted as the laser cut straight through them, Groot kept firing until there was a decent enough gap for them to get through, "Now's our chance!" shouted Star Lord, "Rocket fucking floor it!" shouted Drax as Rocket powered up the thrusters.
"Clench your buttcheeks!" shouted Rocket as they flew at maximum speed toward the planet, destroying any Daleks in the way. "Retreat to Central Command!" shouted the leader Dalek and the others flew back into their mother ship, once they were inside other Daleks started barking out orders.
"Dalek fleet in battle formation!" said one Dalek looking down at a map of where their main fleet was stationed, right next to Hollow Bastion. "Crucible at ninety percent efficiency, power from Devil Machine had been established, awaiting first power boost!" said another as they circled round the map, "Universal conquest shall commence!" said another as more and more Daleks entered the ship.
Then another Dalek rose above the others, it was red and gold with three lights on its head dome instead of the usual two, "Supreme Dalek on the bridge!" said one Dalek as they all gazed upon their leader, "Soon the Crucible will be complete, we have waited long years for this ultimate destiny, now the Daleks are the masters of the universe!"
"Daleks are the masters of the universe!" they all started chanting, Rocket could hear them through the speaker "God they never shut up do they?" he said as he landed on the surface of the planet. "Wait" said Drax as Star Lord was about to leave, "What is it? said Gamora as she pulled out her swords and looked round cautiously.
"It's him, he's here" said Drax, his eyes narrowing as he looked out into the distance, "Well then, we better get ready" said Star Lord as he loaded his pistols, "What about Max and Terra?" said Rocket as he switched off the engines. "They'll be fine by themselves" said Drax as he leapt outside followed by Gamora and Star Lord, "Relax I have a feeling those two will be just fine as long as they stick together" he said, Rocket grinned and he and Groot joined the other Guardians.
ROS
"Max! Max! You need to wake up, please?!" said Terra in hysterics, they were hiding in a cave she had found and he was in immense pain, "Terra just leave me, go find Star Lord and the others" he said weakly, she frowned at him and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck.
"Don't you even think about giving up on me now, you hear me! Just try and relax ok? My healing spell will take some time but you'll be fine soon" she said as she placed her hands gently on his wounds and green tendrils flew out of her fingers and sewed together the wounds.
He winced as he felt his flesh seal itself, then he felt her press a warm wet piece of cloth against his head, for some reason it helped him relax, with anyone else it would have irritated them.
"Funny how you're the one protecting me all the time recently" he said gently as she continued to heal him. "That's only because you keep doing stupid things" she scolded as she finished dressing a wound on his arm.
He chuckled "There is one thing I'm curious about though" he said as she sat up and looked at him, "Yeah and what's that?" she asked as she stoked his fingers gently, "Since when could you use Instant Transmission?" he said, she stopped and looked at him confused "Never, I've never been able to do that ability" she said as he looked puzzled, "Then how the hell did we get here?" he said.
"I thought you used Instant Transmission to bring us here?" she said, he shook his head "Impossible, I was out cold" before she could reply they heard the noise of an explosion outside "Come out, come out wherever you are!" they heard Cooler shout. Terra turned to Maximus and stood up "Wait here" she said before turning to leave the cave.
"Terra! Wait" he said, she closed her eyes and slowly turned to him. He was smiling at her and gave her a grin "Fuck him up!" he said as she smiled and then left.
Cooler was destroying every boulder and cliff he could see, the plant was shaking below him and he could see that it was becoming unstable, "Guess Cell might have overdone it when he had his little game, I can't believe they used my pathetic brother to make that monster, I would have been a far more suitable candidate" he gloated.
"No because he would have turned out even more fucking ugly!" a voice shouted behind him, he turned round to see Terra scowling at him. "You, were is Maximus? Take me to him immediately, I have no interest in fighting any weaklings like you" he said as he pointed his finger and shot a Death beam at her, she deflected it away effortlessly.
"You're not going anywhere near him" she said calmly as he looked at her in surprise, "Well if that's the case, die!" he shouted before flying towards her, she back flipped to dodge his attack, she hopped on his head and then glided away from him as he growled in frustration, "Sneaky little freak aren't you!" he said as he spun round and slapped his tail against her, she blocked with a wall of ice.
"Your mine!" he shouted as he flew towards, "Get the fuck away from me you scum bag" she screamed as he was hit with a ball of ice that broke up into several smaller pieces which surrounded him and hit him multiple times, "Graceful Waters!" she said and he was swept away by a flood of water.
He growled in frustration as he surfaced from the water, "Her magical abilities, their incredible" he said as he looked around for her but couldn't see her anywhere. Then he heard something above him and he saw her twirling and spinning, "What is she do…."
"Graviga!" she shouted and he felt himself being pushed down further and further until he was sure he was near to breaking through the crust of the planet, "Damn it, it seems I might have underestimated this little Esper bitch" he said as he ploughed up through the crust, when he surfaced and found her waiting for him.
"Had enough?" she said as she made a fighting stance, "You have no idea" he said before disappearing, she gasped and then kept her cool. She leapt away as he brought his fist down next to her, then he reached out and grabbed her with his other hand, his tail shot forward and wrapped around her neck as he crushed her in a massive bear hug.
She screamed in pain as she felt him crush her chest against him, he laughed out loud as she wailed in agony as tears fell from her eyes, "Do you know see how powerless and weak you are, It is I who decides who lives and who dies! All living things are mere playthings to me! No one can comprehend my power and cunning! I shall destroy everything!" he said before laughing hysterically in a laugh that made her remember.
Then she saw him, he materialised next to Cooler he was transparent "Yeah Terra he's right you are so weak it's practically embarrassing to be honest, you couldn't save you little dolly or that little fluff ball and now you can't even save your stupid overconfident freak of a boyfriend! Hahahahahaha!" he said as she felt uncontrollable anger go through her.
"Shut up!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, she turned into her Trance form and Cooler became so overwhelmed by the energy she was giving off he had to let go of her, "Magnificent Wind!" she shouted and a cluster of tornados picked him up and launched him into the air, "Thundaga!" she shouted as he was shocked repeatedly by giant bolts of lightning.
"Enough of this!" he shouted as he raised his hand and conjured a giant ball of energy "It's time to end you and this pathetic planet!" he shouted as he threw the ball towards her, she remained calm as she thought of all her friends, "Max, Zidane, Garnet, Locke, Celes, Relm, Shadow, Edgar, Sabin, Cyan, Gau, Strago, Setzer, Mog, Xion, Kairi, Riku, Sora, Reno, Aht, Eleanor please give me strength!" she said as she formed a ball of pure white energy "Ultima!" she shouted as she shot the blast towards Coolers Death Ball.
The attack collided with the ball but did not push it back, it remained locked in place as the earth cracked around her, "Come on, I need your power!" she shouted as she put everything into her attack, "You cannot stop me I'am immortal!" shouted Cooler as he pushed back, "Think again asshole" came a voice from above, he looked up to see Maximus grinning at him before he slammed his elbow down on Coolers head, causing him to loose focus on Terra.
"Now's your chance!" he shouted as he materialised next to her, "Ultima!" she shouted, "Final Flash" he shouted at the same time and together the two shot a massive sapphire colored beam straight towards Cooler's Death Ball, it collided with him and send him flying up into the atmosphere, "I can't stop it!" he shouted in alarm as he noticed something was appearing behind him and quickly.
"Emergency! Emergency! Unknown projectile approaching!" shouted a Dalek as they saw the screaming Cooler flying right towards the mothership, "Emergency Temporal Shift!" shouted the Supreme Dalek, it disappeared just as Cooler collided with the ship causing it and the entire fleet to explode and crash into each other.
Terra and Maximus both looked up and the sky and saw the gigantic explosion they had created in the sky, "I think I might have overdone it" she said, chuckling weakly only for her to squeal in surprise as Maximus picked her up bridal style and spun around, "You were fantastic Terra" he shouted proudly as she giggled in pride.
"Your amazing" he said as they kissed passionately before he let her down and stumbled back, she ran to support him, "Guess I'm not completely up to shape yet" he said as she put his arm around her, "What now?" she said as they started walking. "We need to find Star Lord and the others, hopefully they landed close by"
No more than two minutes later they saw the space ship, Firefly, close by and walked towards it. When they arrived however they saw that something was terribly wrong, all of the Guardians were unconsciousness, chained up and beaten. Around them were multi armed monsters that looked familiar.
"Chitari?" Maximus said in confusion, then he heard Terra scream his name and looked round to see a gold metal fist collide with him and then everything went black.
A/N The finale continues as Sora and co. head towards the moon to destroy the Alliance once and for all, what awaits them in the City of Death? Find out in Chapter 26 The Darkside of the Moon Part 2; The Homunculi Attack