Titania and Galatea found themselves face to face with Stheno.
"An orange Iron Maiden? What a shame." Galatea scoffed with a smirk. "I was hoping for round two on the red one."
"Keep your guards up." Titania said. "After witnessing your fight, who knows what this robot is capable of."
Stheno's eyes glowed bright orange and she suddenly charged forward with zooming speed.
Galatea and Titania jumped up in the air and avoided Stheno. When they landed on the ground, Titania fired a barrage of fireballs at Stheno from the palm of her hands. Stheno evaded each fireball coming in her way, but Galatea dashed forward and lifted a large rock off the ground before sending it to smash Stheno to the wall with it.
"That's it?" Galatea taunted. "I was expecting more."
Then suddenly, Stheno destroyed the large rock into pebbles with an orange laser blast and stared at Galatea and Titania with a firm look on her face.
"You just had to say something." Titania sighed with annoyance.
Stheno cracked her neck side to side before charging forward again.
Galatea jumped in the air and levitated some medium-sized rocks off the ground, launching them directly at Stheno in a bullet-ilke fashion. But Stheno moved away from the incoming rock bullets and grabbed Galatea by the neck, lifting her up and firing a large orange laser blast from her eyes that tossed her backwards. Then, Titania rushed forward and kicked Stheno in the stomach with a burning kick. She then launched the Synthezoid into the air with a fireball from one hand. Stheno quickly recovered and performed a spin in mid-air as she outstretched her arms and released a swarm of glowing orange energy orbs that attacked Titania in rapid speed.
Before Titania and Galatea slowly got back up on their feet, Stheno took the opportunity and fired a giant blast of orange energy at them, sending them collapsing onto the ground.
At the viewing window, Daku, Aurora, and Rhina observed the battle from above.
"Incredible as always, Dr. Daku." Aurora commented. "Your robot's endurance and strength are truly remarkable. Galatea and Titania's Quirk didn't land a dent on her."
Daku grinned as a response.
Titania and Galatea struggled to get back up on their feet. But they managed to stand relaxedly.
"Don't think for a second we're finished." Galatea said.
"Yeah, we can do this all day." Titania said.
Titania swiftly aimed her hands forward, shooting off a blast of flames at Stheno. Galatea wasted no time stomping her foot, summoning a pillar of rocks to knock Stheno in the air one by one. In mid-air, Stheno looked at Titania and Galatea with a glare on her face.
"Error choices." Stheno muttered with a glare.
Stheno's eyes glowed bright orange again. She then unleashed a massive wave of orange energy emerging from her eyes and incinerating Titania and Galatea in one shot.
Titania and Galatea collapsed separately on the ground.
On the floor, Galatea slowly clenched her hand into a tight fist.
No...! I-I can't lose. Not again… Galatea thought angrily. I can't go back being weak. Not again.
[Flashback]
Inside the arena, the crowd cheered wildly. It was a match between Galatea and a female Brazilian wrestler. When the bell rang, both wrestlers charged and began brawling with each other hand-in-hand. Galatea activated her Quirk into rocky fists and charged forward. But the Brazilian wrestler suddenly teleported away
"What?!" Galatea exclaimed in shock.
The Brazilian wrestler attacked Galatea with an uppercut, launching her Japanese opponent in the air and slamming her down to the ground with her two fists. The Brazilian wrestler then delivered the final blow to Galatea with a barrage of teleporting punches, knocking her Japanese opponent straight to the ground. Galatea groaned as she struggled to get up from getting easily thrashed by her Brazilian opponent. But it was too late when she heard the ringing sound of the bell that instantly concluded the match.
"Looks like I'm the champion now." The Brazilian wrestler boasted, looking down at a wide-eyed Galatea. "If you don't want to disappoint your fans even further, don't show your pathetic face around here ever again."
The Brazilian wrestler walked away to claim her championship belt.
Galatea stared at her Brazilian opponent longingly. Her eyes moved down to see her hands shaking in fear.
Why…why am I…shaking? Galatea thought. She could feel the essence of anger rising with herself. Me? Me... Afraid...?! I'm not weak! I will get stronger! Someday, you'll see. She clenched her fists with pure anger. I WILL GET STTTRRROOONNNGGGEEERRR!
[Flashback Ends]
On the floor, Titania pulled herself halfway off the ground.
I-I can't lose…I won't lose… Titania thought angrily. I'm not gonna let this robot become dominant over me. Just like how…Chariot did.
[Flashback]
In the luxury theater, Titania balanced on a ball with both hands as she was juggling ten balls with her feet while lighting herself on fire. She then tossed the balls in the air and bounced off on her fingers, turning to smile at the crowd, who applauded and cheered in amazement for Titania's Quirk talent. Titania smiled widely as she loved the sounds of cheering from the audience.
Just then, an Ace of Spades card made of pink energy hovered in the air above the gasped audience. The energized card began producing pink spades as fireworks.
Titania watched with wide, surprising eyes.
"That's…that's not my move." Titania muttered. "But who could've…?"
Titania's eyes moved to the person who created that unexpected performance. Ursula smiled at the crowd as she walked forward.
"Who…who are you?" Titania demanded.
"I'm Ursula. But you can call me Tarot Chariot." Ursula introduced.
Ursula sprang up in the air. She materialized a pink energized card in between her fingers and tossed it to multiply into ten cards above the wide-eyed audience. The ten cards then unleashed a firework of pink spades, clubs, diamonds, and hearts. The audience clapped for the delightful performance as Ursula took a bow with a wink.
After the competition ended, Ursula received an erupt of congratulatory applause from the audience.
All Titania can do is watch with jealousy.
How dare she! Titania thought angrily. This was supposed to be my time to shine! I should've won this competition! I SHOULD'VE WON!
[Flashback Ends]
Titania and Galatea slowly straightened themselves up from the ground. With a knowing nod, they turned to glare at Stheno.
"This ain't over..." Titania said firmly.
"Until we say it's over." Galatea added.
Titania and Galatea charged forward. Stheno released a large orange energy laser at them from her eyes, but Titania and Galatea dodged out of the way as they went separate ways. They proceeded to evade every incoming energy laser that Stheno fired at them with swift speed. Together, Titania and Galatea combined their Quirks. They delivered a flurry of fireballs and rock bullets from their hands that quickly fired straight towards Stheno with great force. That combined attack instantly created a massive explosion.
Aurora and Rhina silently watched Titania and Galatea's devastating display of power in awe and disbelief. Daku observed with surprising eyes, but he composed herself when Stheno looked slightly damaged.
"First test completed! Titania and Galatea win!" Daku confirmed.
Titania and Galatea high-fived with victorious smiles before sitting on the ground with deep breaths.
"Not bad." Titania smiled.
"Not bad at all." Galatea smiled back.
"Now, that's what I call a spectacular battle." Aurora commented.
"While they used to possess somewhat of a celebrity lifestyle, according to their profiles." Rhina said.
"The first test was a success. Galatea and Titania have fully exceeded their Quirk potentials." Daku said. "Now, onto the second test."
Charon and Triton found themselves face to face with Calliope.
"So, the doc wants to fight his new, improved toy." Charon said. "Get ready to have some fun, water boy."
"If you say so." Triton said as he rolled his eyes.
Calliope's eyes glowed bright yellow and she suddenly sprang high above Charon and Triton with zooming speed.
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