Arnold only sat there, the pain from his ribs was still there but it didn't hurt too bad now. He only sat there as flames crackled all around the burning lair.
Militia soldiers raided the inside of the collapsing mansion as Nadine was barely hanging by a thread, the soldiers kept coming and coming, tiring her out. "Where's my backup?!" Nadine yelled over her earpiece.
"Just hang in there!" Phoebe replied as the Hyperjet arrived close to the tower. "Hurry Olivia! Militia soldiers are on street level and they might try to shoot us down!" Phoebe then got on her earpiece. "Gerald, backup Nadine at the mansion, it's urgent!"
Gerald pushed off Curly with his shoulder as he shot a smoke missile. "I'm on my way!"
Olivia had her armor enabled as she immediately jumped from the cargo area of the jet and crashed through the burning debris. She covered herself with her arms and landed on her feet. "Smooth entrance." Olivia thought as she drew her sword. Gerald immediately grappled onto the hook in the Hyperjet's cargo area.
"Let's hurry! We don't know how Nadine's doing!" Gerald told Phoebe. She only nodded as the Hyperjet took off once Gerald got inside.
Curly got up as he held his head and saw who he was against now. "Three girls? Now, this is just too easy!" He cracked his knuckles.
Olivia immediately ran up to him and swung her sword. Curly ducked and tried kicking her. She blocked the kick with her forearm. Olivia unleashed a series of quick focused attacks once he got up. Olivia threw Curly directly at Spinelli, she tackled him and dragged him against the ground.
"Let's even the playing fields! COMMANDER! Get me those soldiers up here! NOW!" Curly yelled on the radio comms."
"Right away sir! Contacting the sergeant now!"
"You heard the head man! Move it! Move it! Move it!" The Militia Sergeant yelled as the soldiers went inside the burning tower.
"Looks like we have company on the way! Olivia! Spinelli! You two fend off those soldiers! This damn bastard is mine! He'll pay for what he's done to my childhood and this city!" Rhonda ordered as she clenched her fist. Spinelli and Olivia nodded.
The Hyperjet immediately dropped off Gerald at the mansion as he ran inside. "Good luck." Phoebe told Gerald.
The soldiers were soon shot down as Gerald finally arrived at Nadine's location. "Need a hand?"
"Am I glad to see you! Hurry, we still have a mission to complete!" Burning debris soon fell, blocking one of the ways down to the lair. "LOOK OUT!"
"Gerald, Nadine, I need a status update!" Stella said over the radio. Militia soldiers soon came again. "Uh, we have our hands a little full here!" Nadine replied as the radio cut.
Militia soldiers soon found their way around the burning tower as they soon encountered Olivia and Spinelli.
"Get them!"
One by one, the soldiers were getting taken out as they requested backup. Spinelli yanked the weapons from their hands and destroyed them, while Olivia also did the same and took them out.
"All units! I need every available unit to the thirteenth floor, NOW!"
Fire then came crashing down on the roads as several pieces of debris struck cars. A few cars blew up as the soldiers raced inside.
While the soldiers were now busy, two arch-rivals were now battling to the death.
Rhonda blocked each attack Curly threw. She kicked him right in the stomach, knocking him into debris.
"It'll take a lot more than that to stop ME! Curly growled.
She immediately threw a punch that instead landed on the debris. Curly threw an elbow but she weaved and threw a punch to his ribs while another punch towards his face.
Curly then swung a blade at her several times. He only slashed her arm while she managed to avoid the blade.
"You son of a…!" Rhonda then threw several punches, most of them to his face.
As they kept fighting it out, Militia soldiers kept coming as Spinelli and Olivia fended them off.
Spinelli jumped on some of their heads, distracting them as Olivia gave acrobatic hits to each. Olivia yanked a weapon from a soldier's grip and tossed him to Spinelli. She grabbed the soldier in mid-air and slammed his back to the ground.
"Olivia! Spinelli! I need a status update!"
"We're- we have our hands busy…! But soldiers are starting to pile into the tower, we don't know how many more there are!"
"Move it! Move it! Move it! Commander, we need more soldiers down here!"
"I copy, sergeant! But the last I had are currently at the mansion!" The sergeant looked up at the tower as he didn't know what to do next. "Roger, command."
Several news choppers surrounded the building as the fires raged from it.
Rhonda was slow to get up as she now had a slight bruise on her face. Curly down put a foot on her back.
"At last… I'll finally take away what that retarded football head has taken away from me…!" Curly took Rhonda's blade from the ground and held it high.
Olivia looked over right after she did a backflip to get away. She went wide-eyed.
"NOO!"
Curly looked over but got tackled to the ground. The sword landed just beside Rhonda's head.
Olivia dragged his face into the ground as she punched his head multiple times. Curly kicked her away from him.
"You STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY MOTHER!" Olivia yelled as she drew her sword. Curly spat blood out. "So, the cub defends its mother…" He gave an evil laugh. "Then I should end BOTH OF YOU!" Blades drew from his gloves.
Olivia gulped slightly but held her ground until Rhonda gained consciousness.
"ERRRRGAAAAHH!"
CLANG!
Back at the lair, Arnold looked around as the debris stopped falling. He slowly got up and took a look. The Quinjet was unfortunately destroyed.
Arnold then heard a loud groan.
It was Helga, who was slowly getting back up as she held her head.
"Ugh… Where is that dumb football face…?" She looked around. "AH!" Helga immediately got away from the burning Quinjet.
She then peered down where Arnold was. She saw he already had his blade in hand.
"Time to finish this…!"
Helga gingerly dropped all the way down and then faced off against a long-time rival.
"We finally see each other face to face, huh." Arnold glared infuriated. "Come get me, if you dare… Cowardly bitch!"
Helga snapped. Helga drew her blades and immediately charged at Arnold. He jumped over her as their blades clashed, drawing sparks everywhere.
"THIS IS IT! THE DEATH OF SHADOW!" Helga yelled as she gave an evil cackle.
"YOU COWARD! YOU NEVER HAD GUTS, SO COME AND FINISH THIS!"
"EERRRRRAAGGH!"
CLASH!
Their swords clashed as flames raged over them.
As they kept fighting, Arnold wondered, what could've caused all this rage? What could've happened to now put his life on the line?
The sequence of events that were currently taking place, all started around two-three years back…
I know this story might be having a lot of flashbacks and stuff, but I promise, it's all building up for the end of the story, bare with me here...