"What the hell happened!" Razor Eddie exclaimed. He and Lobo currently stood at the end of the Street of the Gods. It was an absolute wreck. Craters dotted the road, the buildings that were still standing were completely torn up, fires were everywhere, blood, guts, and slime covered the street and every wall, bodies were strewn about, and more than a few things looked like they were glowing. In short, the place looked like Switch had stormed through it.
If I didn't know any better I would say Switch was here. Lobo responded after a short pause. He glanced down and studied some rubble at his feet, he gave it a small sniff. It reeks of Chaos. He turned to Eddie. It was definitely here, and it pissed something off. Let's go find this thing. He trotted off, listening for anything farther along the road. He heard sounds of a distant battle. That's where he was heading to. He glanced over to Eddie, who was obviously ready for battle, a look of determination on his face and his razor in hand.
After a decently long walk, they finally came to the area of turmoil. This area was far more destroyed than the rest. Several gods cowered behind large chunks of toppled building, flinging powerful magics down the street. Farther down, where the magic was being flung, was several more gods, engaging something in combat. Surrounding them, quite a few bodies lay strewn about. It was at this moment that the target of the gods' fury, picked up a large, red, vaguely humanoid figure, and slammed it into something gooey. Both were obliterated on impact. Beside Lobo, Razor Eddie tensed to leap forward.
Wait, Lobo cautioned, I want to observe its actions. Eddie grudgingly complied.
This time, a humanoid wielding a greatsword landed a tremendous blow on the target. The sword sunk up to its spine. The target looked down, and burst out laughing. This laughter continued for a bit, before its voice boomed out.
"Fools! You can't hope to defeat me!" it taunted, still laughing, "But if that's how you want to play, I'm happy to oblige!" It ripped itself off the greatsword and jumped straight up and incredible height. It then proceeded to shoot down like a missile at the greatsword wielding humanoid. The impact sent the surrounding gods flying, and completely liquefied the humanoid. It turned to strike the next one, and froze in its tracks. Lobo watched a look of horror, quickly followed by anger, cross its face. "No! It's too soon!" it bellowed.
I think it senses me, Lobo said to Eddie, Let's go pay him a visit then. He stepped forward, past the rubble, and stopped in front of the Agent.
"You aren't supposed to be here yet! My minions were supposed to hold you off!" it was growing frantic.
Yes, well, one look at Eddie here sent them running. Lobo responded.
"Wait..." a look of contemplation crossed it's face, as if struck by an epiphany, "That dreaded Angel of Steel isn't with you."
He's busy, that remark probably was a lot more threatening than he first thought.
"What!? So he doesn't think of me as a threat!" its indignation rose.
So little of a threat that he sent me alone. That really set it off, as it was seething with rage now. Your mood swings fast, Lobo remarked.
"That's it! I'm going to kill you!" it lunged forward. Time slowed down considerably. Lobo leapt to the side and let the Agent fly past. Lobo took this moment to observe the surrounding area. Anything that could be used offensively or defensively he took note of. All of the gods appeared to be frozen in time, as he was moving at a speed which made it seem like time was standing still. This was a part of his training. He looked over to the Agent, who was recovering from its missed lunge. To his surprise, Lobo saw Eddie moving as well, though a bit more sluggishly. Nothing less was to be expected from the one who stood face-to-face with God's Wrath incarnate. Or did that not happen yet? Eddie slashed his razor across the Agent's face, catching it off guard. It yelped slightly, before kicking him through the next building. Then it turned to fight Lobo. It was too late though, Lobo had seized the opportunity. He tackled the Agent to the ground and put his mouth around its neck. The Agent put its hands inside his mouth and attempted to pry his jaws open, then unleashed a mighty kick to Lobo's belly, his armor protected him, mostly, but the force launched him off. He somehow managed to twist himself in the air and landed on his feet. To his side, Eddie emerged from the building that he was thrown through, which looked like it was collapsing. The Agent gave a cry of rage, and charged Lobo again. He feinted to one side, and dodged to the other just as the Agent's foot came up. What is with this Agent and kicking? The thought ran through Lobo's head as he latched onto its ankle and gave a great yank. A sickening crunch vibrated through his teeth, and the Agent was launched into a nearby building. He quickly grabbed onto Eddie, who had just got out of the building, and leapt through the hole made by the Agent.
It was just starting to get up when Lobo and Eddie arrived. It stood, its foot bent at an awkward, and probably painful angle. The Agent wouldn't attempt anything in this state, it was waiting for its foot to heal first. Lobo noticed it slowly correcting itself. Looks like he would need to strike first. Just as he was about to lunge forward, it shifted. One moment it was vaguely humanoid, now it looked sort of like a six-legged, plate-scaled lizard. A shape-shifter... Lobo noted, he hadn't seen one of those in a while. His moment of hesitation prompted the Agent to strike. It scuttled forward quickly and lunged for his leg. Knowing he couldn't dodge it, Lobo dropped down and let it hit his armor. It bounced off with a solid, metallic sound. Eddie seized this opportunity and slashed his razor down its back, leaving a huge gouge in spite of its plating. It screamed a few profanities, which no one heard, and turned to Eddie. Lobo shot back up and lunged. It sensed this movement and shifted again. Launching up into the air, it retracted two of its legs into its body and shot them out of the back as a pair of wings. It began soaring at this point. Eddie attempted to yell something to Lobo.
Think what you want to say loudly! Lobo ordered, We're moving too fast to hear!
"We're fighting a dragon now! What the bloody hell is with this thing!?" he obviously wasn't in a good mood.
I have an idea. Lobo said. The Agent dove down and tackled Eddie, quickly retreating back into the sky. This is going to hurt. He braced himself.
One of the remaining buildings exploded. Its rubble sent flying from the force of Lobo launching himself through it. They all slowed down after a bit of distance though, until they all hung stationary in the air. That... did not feel good at all. Lobo thought to himself, I can't keep up this for much longer, I need to finish this now. He forced himself off the ground.
Eddie! he called out, the Agent too far to hear, Use these! He gestured to the floating rubble. Eddie nodded in reply, and took off. The Agent came diving down again for Eddie. You're far too predictable for an Agent of Chaos. Lobo remarked. While it was preoccupied, Lobo leapt up the floating debris until he was positioned above where he thought the Agent would be soon enough. Eddie was struck, and sent tumbling into the center of the debris. The Agent lifted again, intending to retreat into the air again. Now was his chance! Lobo pushed off his perch with a mighty leap, and landed directly on the Agent's back. He bit down onto its neck, and crushed with as much force as he could. Your predictability was your undoing! The sound of the neck crunching vibrated his teeth. The Agent screamed. You shouldn't have been so arrogant! Lobo twisted his head and yanked, an even louder crunch vibrated. The screams increased. What say you now, demon!? They impacted the ground. The screams continued to grow. Lobo continued yanking with more and more force until finally, the head came off, and the screaming ceased. Eddie came over as quickly as he could. Time began resuming, a tremendous sonic boom struck, damaging the surrounding area and pushing the debris around, the rubble hanging in the air slowly fell down, and the damaged buildings slowly collapsed. Lobo let out a deep sigh, and got off the body of the Agent.
Cut the body into as many pieces as you can, he instructed, I don't want him coming back. Eddie nodded silently and got to work. The Agent's body slowly shifted during this, becoming a shapeless blob, its true form. Once he was done cutting, Eddie turned to Lobo.
"Your armor is dented," he pointed out.
Just how hard did I hit that building? Anyway... Thank you for your assistance, he lowered his head and lifted his paw in a bow, I might not have managed this if you weren't here.
"That was... unbelievable, an I've seen things," Eddie remarked, "What are you?"
I am a wolf who works alongside the Scythe-Wielders, he answered, Fighting this endless war, and keeping the balance in flux is my duty. Eddie stared blankly, trying to comprehend that last sentence. Lobo looked around, and thought back to his research. If he remembered correctly... He thought about where he was in the timeline. Razor Eddie did cause a big fuss on the Street of the Gods around now. It seems he wouldn't have to restart the timeline after all.
Well then, don't tell anyone about this, Lobo warned Eddie, and good luck in the future. Lobo turned and trotted out of the Street of the Gods. His mission in the Nightside was now completed, in such a short time too. Well, Agents never did last long, here in the Nightside. Now was time to head back home. He wondered if Switch was back yet. Maybe he would have time for another mission. He paused for a moment, and turned around. Eddie was still nearby. That just saved him travelling time.
Oh, and we will come calling for you soon. Your aide would help greatly. With that, he turned and left the wonderful, and horrible city.