TWs: Fighting/violence, guns/weapons, injuries, cliffhanger huehuehue. Stay safe :)

Edd watched the scene happen, everything feeling much slower than reality. He saw a caramel head leap out from the smoke, guns ready. He could faintly hear Hellucard shouting over the chaos as his juniper eyes processed the scene.

'Tord...?'

"Nå!" Tord yelled, shooting the nearest Black Army soldier. Hellucard got behind his soldiers, using them as shields. From Matt's vantage point, he could easily take them out with Primis' help.

The robot saw where the gunfire came from and gestured to the building, "Someone, get rid of that sniper!"

A group of soldiers started running across the yard when a chunk of the debris flew at them. Tom growled, already half-transformed and glowering over them, "You'll have to get through me first."

Matt peered through the scope, smiling as he watched it go down, "Mon chevalier en armure étincelante..."

Primis made a beeping sound in exasperation, firing off a few laserbeams and hitting its targets with precision.

"Ooh, nice aiming, Primis!" Matt grinned, "Uncle Bing went all out on your upgrades."

The drone made a noise of appreciation.

"Now, let's see if my aim can get any better..." Matt uttered, squinting into the scope.

Bing yelped as he ran across the field, leaping behind a metal crate. He breathed heavily, his chest heaving as he placed his hands over where his heart was.

'Alright, all I need to do is get to the panel... How hard can that be? Practically everyone should be distracted.' He thought, peering out at the field. He gulped when he saw how many mindless citizens were guarding the doomsday device, 'Okay, maybe it'll be a bit hard...' The director looked around for a weapon to use, his eyes landing on a nearby wrench, 'That'll work.'

Hellucard typed angrily on his phone, trying to get through to the scientist who was supposed to have been there hours ago. Then, finally, he got an answer;

Give me 30 minutes.

The King's frustration boiled down, yet the frown on his face didn't yet fade away. His hand shook as he crushed the mobile device, 'Guess I'll have to distract them.' Hellucard's gaze fell upon the doomsday device, watching as a brunette man fought the mindless citizens, 'As if that idiot knows what he's doing... at least it'll be one down.'

BANG!

Hellucard moved his face just in time, watching as a bullet flew past him. He creaked his neck, turning around, "Is that all you can do, Little Red?"

Tord furrowed his eyebrows, gun still pointed at the King, "Not even close." He didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.

The bullet hit against Hellucard's metal skin, making him reel back. He looked down at his chest, "Ouch, you got me." He chuckled as he sprinted forward, grabbing Tord by the throat, leaning into his ear, "You should've gone for the head."

Hellucard threw Tord against a pile of rubble six feet away. Tord gasped as soon as his back hit the stone, feeling the wind getting knocked out of him. He grunted as he sat up, realizing his gun had been taken.

"What's wrong, Tord? Something break in that weak body of yours?" Hellucard mocked.

"N-Not... at all." Tord bared his teeth as he stood up.

"Good." Hellucard got into a fighting position, gesturing for Tord to come at him.

The giant dark purple and black beast started to wear down. The bullets that were pelted into him had started to take effect, making Tom cry out to the magenta monster that fought beside him. Pau let out a huff, gesturing for him to leave so he could rest. Tom shook his head, flinging a few soldiers with a swoop of his tail. Pau growled under his breath, knowing he didn't want Matt to get hurt.

"Fire!" A voice yelled.

Suddenly, the beasts were pelted with a cascade of oncoming bullets being fired by machine guns. They were quick to close their center eye but not fast enough to stop a group of soldiers from getting through. After the rain of bullets, Tom quickly took notice, screeching as he was about to go after them.

"Fire!" Tom growled as he felt more bullets, the seething pain tearing into his fur and digging into his skin. The monsters were stuck there as they took the pain.

Matt shot another soldier as he peered into his scope, "Yes, there goes another one!"

Primis made a siren noise, alerting Matt.

"What is it, Primis?" He asked, looking up at the drone. Primis tilted down, trying to gesture. Matt hummed, looking down, "What...? Ah, Tommy!" The ginger gasped, watching as his husband had been forced into a ball to protect himself from the raining bullets. His eye flashed red, "What are they doing to him!?"

"Freeze!" A voice spoke behind Matt.

Matt perked up, glancing behind him. He saw about 20 Black Army soldiers standing there. The ginger stood up.

"He said freeze!" Another voice shouted.

Matt quirked an eyebrow, cracking his knuckles and then his neck, "Alright, let's do this, Primis." Matt gave a wink, prompting Primis to make a curious sound. He held up his gun, shooting a bullet. The soldiers watched as it flew off into the distance, "Aw, looks like I missed..." Matt uttered, "Your turn."

All of the soldiers shot off their guns. Matt grabbed Primis and held it close to his chest as he dodged most of the bullets.

"Ah, well, that's no fun." The ginger winced at the bullets that managed to hit him as he let go of Primis, "Shame..." He saw the bewildered and shocked faces of the soldiers, chuckling to himself, "Here, let me make it easier for you..."

He stepped back onto the ledge, taking a deep breath as he let himself tip over.

Tom and Pau grunted, tearing their claws into the ground as they worked on getting rid of the machine guns. They threw some debris toward the soldiers, crushing one gun and making another soldier flee from theirs.

Tom noticed his vision worsening, realizing he'd been transformed for too long and feeling the black liquid running from his eye. He forced it close as it started to burn. He growled as he felt more bullets hitting him, not being able to do anything.

Pau covered him, using his claws to destroy the remaining guns, swiping and tearing them apart.

"Incoming!" A voice yelled as Pau saw Matt flying through the sky. There was a puff of purple smoke as a bat appeared and dived towards the remaining soldiers. Matt reappeared as he got out his daggers and went for the kill. Pau let him have it as he turned to help Tom.

"Bing! What are you doing, idiot!?" Larry yelled as he saw his partner through the crowd of mindless citizens.

"Bing...?" Arthur muttered, barely looking up.

"What does it look like? I'm helping you." The director spoke as he was in a standoff with someone, their spear overtaking his wrench.

"Behind you!" Larry warned, pulling against the chains.

Bing glanced back; his eyes widened as he saw the tip of a spear about to pierce into him.

"Chris...!"

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Norwegian =
Nå - Now

French =
Mon chevalier en armure étincelante - My night in shining armor

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Oooh, scary cliffhanger...

What's gonna happen next?

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