'How was she able to defeat me?' Endgame asked herself as she sat plugged into her throne, restoring all energy she had lost during the battle, 'they've never been able to hurt me, and yet she cracked my face-plate, how is this possible?' she asked as with a thought a holographic display appeared before her, and she began analyzing the footage of her battle with Ash and Ish, and one thing caught her attention, and that was that Ash's eyes where purple during the battle, but to her surprise, Ash was able to keep control, and apparently re-direct her own energy back at her.
'Hmm, I need to upgrade my defenses, it seems my poison, combined with Ash's connection to the core, has created a new kind of energy, and it's one I have never seen before, so note to self: make sure to leave the battle before she unleashes this power.' Endgame thought, as with a sigh she decided it was time to once again attack all Guardians at once, and according to their NFL-R's locations, Ish and Ash could be found at Ash's house, while Troy, Tua and Ricky could be found at the football field, while Joseph and Marty could be found at their Hall Of Knowledge.
'Time for me to kick the plan into overdrive I will scatter the Guardians, and begin phase two, but I cannot afford for Ash to interfere, so I think there is only one logical option...' Endgame thought as she detached from her throne, and with a thought she activated five of her thirty-two Crushers, and their stasis pods opened, revealing her five Crushers: the first was the soldier like Crusher that had attacked New England opening night, the second wore mechanical sunglasses and mechanical shorts, but it's whole body hummed with electricity, the third Crusher was a giant mechanical bear that had attacked Chicago in the off-season, the fourth borg wore what appeared to be gold neck chains, and had a mechanical Afro, the fifth and final Crusher, was a giant mechanical cardinal, complete with razor sharp talons and beak.
'Traitor, Amp, Bruin, Sinner, and Red Crest, attack the five Guardian and keep them away from the Hall of Knowledge, I will take care of the two Guardians present.' Endgame ordered her Crushers with a simple though, as they activated and prepared to attack the Guardians, while she herself prepared to destroy the Hall of Knowledge.
"So Ish and Ash where attacked last night?" Joseph asked RZ.
"Yes, they where both attacked by Endgame at the city park, while Ish was badly injured, Ash managed to fight her off," RZ said as he let that sink in for a moment, "we are still on red alert, since it seems that Endgame will not end her attacks anytime soon." RZ ordered, which earned a head nod from Marty and Joseph.
Suddenly an alarm began blaring in the HOK, "We've got unauthorized passageway activity, prepare for battle!" RZ ordered the two present Guardians, as they quickly armored up as the passageway opened and a very familiar robotic woman dropped into the HOK.
"'Sup Endgame, I heard Ash laid you out last night, you ready for another butt whopping?" Marty joked as he and Joseph took up a combat stance..
"Ash got lucky, you two however, wont be so fortunate." Endgame said in an amused tone as she raised her pointing finger and fired a lightning bolt at the two of them, but Marty teleported behind Endgame and jumped into the air and kicked her in the back of her head, while Joseph slid under the attack and tried to knock her legs out from under her, but all Joseph ended up doing was stubbing his toes, while Marty's attack was true as his surprise attack knocked her forward a few steps.
"To slow." Marty joked as Endgame snarled as he kept teleporting just to the side of her continuous lightning bolt attacks, and fired back with his energy blasts, but to his annoyance, his attacks kept bouncing off her armor.
"Your humor angers me!" Endgame snarled as she formed a fist and fired a purple energy beam that struck Joseph in his chest and it sent the rookie Guardian flying backwards where he landed in a tumbled heap.
"Joseph!" Marty cried in concern as he let out a snarl and began running at Endgame, only for Endgame to swat him to the side when he got close, and Marty was sent flying backwards where he crashed into Joseph who had just managed to rise.
"Only Ashley Reynolds would give me pause," Endgame said in a snarling tone, as she started to slowly make her way towards the two injured Guardians, only to stop surprisingly and a smile formed on her mechanical skull like face, "the mission is complete." Endgame mused as Marty and Joseph managed to rise to their feet and take a very weak fighting stance.
"We are still standing, I don't consider that a complete mission." Marty snarled as he and Joseph looked at each-other briefly and both ran at Endgame, Marty went in high, while Joseph went low, only for Endgame to clap her hands together and a purple energy wave emanated from her hands and it knocked them backwards where Marty landed in a crumbled heap, but Joseph managed to land on his feet.
"You have some fight in you Joseph, I'm impressed." Endgame said in an amused tone.
"I'm full of surprises, as you will find out when I crack your skull like face like an egg!" Joseph snarled as he prepared to keep up the battle.
"Defeat me, or try and save your friends," Endgame began in an amused tone, "before I came here, I dispatched five of my Crushers to attack your friends, while Traitor and Amp failed to apprehend Ashley Reynolds and Ish Taylor, let's just say, that Bruin, Sinner and Red Crest accomplished their mission of kidnapping Tua Tupola, Troy Kang and Ricky Cervantes, I was merely a distraction to keep you occupied, but phase one of my plan is complete, come and find them, if you can, Guardians..." Endgame laughed as she activated the passageway and disappeared into it, leaving Marty and Joseph behind.
To be continued...
There are only three chapters left my good friends, what do you think is going to go down in these final three chapters?