Loonatics: United

The Wrath of Tenebrous

Episode 119: Legendary swords

Tenebrous' ship laid in Loremia, a planet with a warm, desert climate, with rustic buildings and streets, of white and dark brown aesthetic, its water system consisted in natural and artificial oasis, interconnected and distributed through all the city. It was midday.

The people ran for their lives and hid in their homes as the hordes of outlanders and their own people chased them, some brave ones tried to fight back the mind controlled individuals, without success.

On the meantime, Tenebrous was in the cockpit of his ship, sitting on the pilot seat while watching the madness develop in the city, wielding his sword, swinging it casually. After a few moments, he got onto his feet and sheathed the sword. He exited the cockpit through the automatic doors, then he took out his helmet, letting out a long sigh. Alfons walked through the long hallway, ignoring the screams and strange noises of the 'troops' inside the locked rooms. He got his face before a recognition lens next to a door that led into his personal quarters, then the lens turned green and the door slid open.

It was a big room, with a black aesthetic as all of the ship, with a king size bed, a lounge, a large table and hovering chair. Alfons put his helmet over the bed then walked towards the lounge and approached the cupboard that was next to the TV. He opened it and took a bottle of whisky and a glass. He served himself a generous quantity of whisky, then took an ice cube from the small fridge under the cupboard and put it in the beverage.

Alfons sat down on the hovering chair, which was padded and very comfortable. He took a sip from his whisky, savoring it and swallowing it calmly. Alfons remained thoughtful for a couple of minutes, then he drew his sword, looking at its blade with pride and ambition. "Thank you." He took another sip. "There's nothing in the universe with the power to defeat us. No nation, no planet, no army to bring us down..." He raised the sword. "…to bring me down." Alfons lowered the sword slowly, glaring away with doubt. "Except…" He sighed. "…for them." The Loonatics and the Maniacs appeared in his thoughts. "Those freaks…I'll kill them all." He swung his sword. "Chop their heads off. Hang them in a high place." Alfons took a sip from his whisky. "Let everyone see how short is the life of a hero." His ear twitched. "Oh…" Alfons narrowed his eyes. "They're here."

Ace was fighting a horde of outlanders and natives of the planet over a rooftop, along with Lexi and Duck. Ace threw a flying kick at a group of them, hitting their snouts strongly, bringing them down. The natives of Loremia wore simple clothing, embroidered with designs in red. The majority were of canine species. Ace glared down, seeing lots of natives running from their mind controlled equals and the outanders that Tenebrous had brought with him. "Duck, find all the people you can and take them to a safe area!"

"Okay." Duck replied and teleported down to the street, landing on the cobbled ground, before a big group of people. "Everyone, do as I…" He threw a punch right at the face of an outlander that had just gotten behind him. "…say! Take your hands, quickly!"

Lexi jumped from the rooftop to another one, landing between two hordes of enemies. "I hope we can bring all these guys into their senses!" Lexi spoke through her comm then evaded their bites and tackles with a somersault, she then started to attack them with her brain blast.

Ace gasped when a pair of enemies tackled him, bringing him down. He activated his jetpack and flew a bit upwards, he hit them with his elbows, forcing them to get off him. They fell strongly with over the rooftop, recovering after a brief moment. He got his snout close to his comm while hovering with his jetpack. "We need to find Alfons and get that sword, th…!" His eyes widened when seeing Alfons walking through the hordes on the sloping street, the big groups of enemies moved away at each step he took. He was wearing his helmet again and wielding his sword. Ace frowned. "Found him." He said through his comm then flew towards him.

Alfons kept walking menacingly, each time a group of still uncontrolled natives got in his way, he aimed at them with his fist and clenched it, killing them by making them turn into that gooey mix of black and red, and occasionally swinging his sword at them to make them join his troops and make chaos.

Rev rushed over the rooftops of the rustic buildings. He jumped and landed gracefully on the ground, between a horde of enemies and a group of people that were running away from them. He ran towards the enemies with his super speed and punched each one of them strongly on their snouts, then he stopped using his power. The enemies fell to the ground unconscious. "That'll keep you chill for a while and by chill I mean completely knocked out!" Rev dusted off his hands.

The Maniacs were fighting a big horde of enemies as well. Edison roared at a group of outlanders and natives that approached him hostilely, disintegrating them right away. Vale distracted some enemies with his copies, but two of them tackled him from behind. "Damn, get off me, beasts!" He struggled while avoiding their bites and blows.

Akinyi jumped towards them and turned into smoke, then rapidly killed the enemies from the inside. She then exited their dead bodies and went back to her normal form. She offered Vale her hand and helped him stand up. "I had it under control, but thanks." Vale said.

"Oh yeah, sure, it was obvious." Akinyi said sarcastically, looking at him with a cocky grin.

Vale sighed. "Just keep working."

"With pleasure." Akinyi turned into smoke and approached an incoming group of enemies.

Ace turned off his jetpack and landed before a line of enemies that approached him aggressively. He activated his laser vision and began to shoot at each one of them with precision, neutralizing them with the aid of the great heat of his attacks. The enemies laid on the ground, groaning, rubbing and licking their warm wounds. Ace walked between them, focused on Tenebrous, who was standing a few meters ahead, wielding his sword. He noticed that Ace was carrying a sword with him. Tenebrous smiled under his helmet. "Let's see if you're man enough to use that sword, Bunny." Tenebrous swung his sword menacingly.

Ace frowned and rubbed the handle of his sword. "You bet." He unsheathed the the Guardian Strike Sword, it's retractable blades came out majestically, sharp and deadly, but also clear and beautiful.

Tenebrous backed away a bit, adopting a defensive position instinctively. "The…Guardian Strike Sword?" He said with fear and intrigue. "It can't be real."

Ace swung his sword with graceful movements, looking directly into Tenebrous' eyes, through the helmet's red lenses. "Why don't you see for yourself?"

Tenebrous let out a battle scream and rushed towards Ace, with his sword ready to attack, same as Ace, who had his sight focused on Tenebrous. Their swords clashed and the duel began.

Meanwhile, Slam and Tech were fighting another horde of enemies at a small plaza, with rudimentary shops and a fountain in the middle. Slam approached them using his tornado, hitting them and sending them further, one of them smashed against the fountain and broke the top of it, making a great amount of water start coming out of it. Slam roared beastly while expecting more enemies to come. Tech manipulated several pieces of metal from his surroundings, poles, buckets, ornaments, etc. He threw them at a group of enemies that rushed towards him with their jaws open and their hands ready to throw blows at him, but the metal pieces hit them strongly, making them screech and fall to the ground unconscious. He cleaned some sweat off his forehead then looked at Slam. "Need any help, big guy?"

Slam roared negatively, grabbing several enemies and then throwing them with strength.

"Oh, okay. I was just saying." Tech replied.

Duck teleported and appeared next to Randy, before the facade of a big building they had just gotten out, it appeared to be some sort of school. "Did you see any more, uhm, 'uncontrolled' people there?" Duck asked.

"No. We took them all." Randy replied. "I searched twice."

"Yeah, yeah, you don't have to be a show off." Duck responded.

"Sorry." Randy said.

"Okay, let's keep looking. I'll go that way and you that way, man." Duck pointed at the opposite sides of the street they were in.

"Okay." Randy responded and left with his super speed, leaving a blue trace behind.

"Speedsters." Duck said then teleported in order to check another building.

Lexi was fighting hand to hand with a group of enemies that had cornered her in an alleyway. "I'm sorry guys, but I can't let you eat me or…whatever you do." Lexi jumped and punched a native right on the snout, then landed and with a quick leg movement she made two outlanders fall to the ground then she approached them and kicked their faces, neutralizing them. A pair of enemies approached her, one of them jumped at her and brought her down. "Gah!" The wolf that was over her tried to bite her face constantly, screeching, looking at her with his lost eyes. "I have a boyfriend, you know!" She gasped as she held the wolf's snout with struggle.

All of a sudden the wolf started to choke, coughing blood on Lexi's face, shaking and screeching violently, then he collapsed and fell dead over the ground, with blood coming out from his mouth, nostrils and ears. Akinyi came out from the corpse with her smoke form then turned back to normal, offering Lexi her hand. "You have to be more careful, girl." Akinyi winked at her.

Lexi took her hand and got onto her feet with her help, then she cleaned some blood from her face. "Yeah, thanks." She glared over her shoulder at the dead, bleeding corpse of the wolf. "A bit…excessive, don't you think?"

Akinyi chuckled briefly. "That's my way, hun." She rushed away from her and turned into smoke again, approaching a pair of enemies.

Lexi sighed. "Yeah, we should discuss that later."