Standing outside of the inn Jacob stretches his legs before taking a deep breath.

Jacob: Alright now that blacksmith said due East for a month. I'm a Texan so I have to beat that time like the GPS.

The trio and Liora walked out with packs on their backs and faces full of determination.
Jacob: Alright everyone we ready?

The quartet in unison said yes and Jacob pointed his fist at them. In the blink of an eye a Green Lantern Ring appeared on his middle finger. The aura of the Lantern envelopes the quartet, surprising them.

Gunnar: What is this surrounding us?

Jacob: It's a part of my ability, this is the power of the Green Lantern power ring. With it I can create anything I can imagine.

Lily: Incredible, does your power have any limit sir hero?

Jacob: Not that I know of, everything I've wanted to do I could, and call me Jake.

Jacob turns his body while leaving his arm behind him, his eyes are filled with electricity and in an instant he zooms off. A few minutes later the group is above the quarry the blacksmith mentioned. The quartet inside the green bubble were shaking from shock as to them they hadn't even blinked before they were at the quarry.

Norae: How did we get here so fast?

Jacob dropped the bubble and the ring on his finger disappears, Liora walks over and leans on him still shaking from the intense speed that he ran to get them there, Gunnar drops to a knee and Norae and Lily collapse to their butts.

Jacob: No time for rest we just got here.

The group struggles to their feet and follow Jacob down into the cave.

The inside of the cave the shine of gems reflects off the light Lily and Norae are making with their staffs. Wulfenite, Vanadinite, Amethyst, and Kunzite sparkle with brilliance. Liora can't take her eyes off the gems glistening in the light.

Liora: It's beautiful.

Jacob: We have these same gems in my world, but here they seem even more brilliant.

Liora: Would I be able to take a few back, you know for the other wives?

Jacob: I don't see why not.

Liora smiled big and her eyes lit up just as brilliant as the gems in the cave to Jacob. Seeing her smile made Jacob happy since remembering her history and the incident involving Perrot and Rand as demons that almost killed both her and Roxy, Jacob never thought he'd see her have a happy thought.

As they walked through the cave Norae spoke up.

Norae: I see something up ahead.

A silver glow can be seen vaguely in the distance. The closer the group gets the more silver sparkles can be seen.

Jacob: Could that be the Grandsteel the blacksmith was talking about?

Gunnar: Possibly, I've never seen it in ore form before.

Lily: If it is the ore than it looks like there's plenty to upgrade not only our material but the ladies back in Solaris as well!

Once they reach the area with the silver glow they realize it's an open space covered in what looks like millions of the same small light.

Jacob: We should see what we're doing, FLAME ON!

In an instant Jacobs body was ablaze causing the group to scream.

Lily: OH MY GODS!

Norae: HOLD ON SIR JACOB I'LL PUT YOU OUT

Gunnar: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!

Jacob: No, No this is my power I lit myself on fire, I promise I'm okay.

The group looks at him as he shows them how he controls the fire on his body for a few minutes before they begin collecting the Grandsteel ore. They had only brought a few bags not knowing how much they would find.

Gunnar: We should have brought more bags.

Jacob: Hold on, I have something for that.

Jacob reached into his flaming pocket and pulled a simple bag smaller than the ones currently holding the Grandsteel ore in them, and dropped it on the ground.

Jacob: Alright, put the satchels and any more ore inside this bag.

Norae: But that bag is smaller than the ones we're currently using

Jacob: Remember, my ability allows me to do basically what I want.

Norae looks at the satchel in her hand, then at the small bag on the ground unsure but she trusts Jacob and opens the small bag and upon looking inside can't see the bottom or the sides, she drops the satchel inside and it disappears in the void of the smaller bag.

For several minutes the group is collecting the ore not noticing that they are being watched from the shadows. Lily begins pulling out another ore piece when the cave starts shaking.

Gunnar: What is that?

The group looks around the cave.

Norae: A quake?

Jacob: No look, the walls are moving but the ground is still.

The group looks at the ground and notices the loose rocks are still.

Liora: Then what is causing this?

Over by Lily a bright white light starts to shine behind her. She jumps back, losing balance and almost falling before Liora holds her up. The bright light filled the cave as it shook even more violently than before.

Jacob: What is that?

Gunnar: I don't know.

Norae: Could it be?

The violent shaking was followed by a destructive roar as the roof of the cave cracked open revealing the sun and the creature that was now wearing the roof as a hat. A bull with Grandsteel armor as skin, and talon-like claws on its feet, its bright eyes quickly turn to normal once in the light of the sun and become that of a feline on the hunt when it looks down at the group. The size of the beast made the group look like ants in comparison, the beast opened its mouth revealing razor sharp teeth as it bellowed a roar so loud the nearby forest shuttered and the mountains in the distance began avalanching.

Lily: The Grandsteel bull, I thought it was a legend.

Jacob: Grandsteel bull, what the hell is that?

Norae: An SSS class monster that was theorized to be practically unkillable because of its Grandsteel hide. But I never thought it'd be the size of a mountain.

Gunnar: I think this thing makes mountains look like hills.

Jacob: Is it dangerous?

Lily: Because it was only believed to be a legend no one knows.

Gunnar: I wouldn't want to find out if this thing has a temper, we should leave, we have more than enough Grandsteel ore to make armor for an army of soldiers.

Jacob: Alright, let's get out of here.

The group makes their leave but the Grandsteel bull roars again and brings its enormous talons down with speed and ferocity that Jacob is barely able to move everyone safely out of its reach.

Jacob: I think it's pissed.

Liora: Why, what did we do?

Jacob: I don't think it likes that we are taking the ore.

Lily: Why does it not want us to take it?

Jacob: It's possible that it's diet is the ore and that's how its body is coated in it.

Norae: Incredible, I must document this.

Gunnar: Right now?!

Jacob: I'll take care of this, you guys make a break for it.

Liora: We're not leaving you.

Jacob: Don't argue, remember what Norae said this thing is a Triple S beast it's probably the most dangerous thing that's not a demon general or the king.

Liora: but.

Gunnar: You heard him miss, we need to move.

Gunnar grabbed Liora and with Lily and Norae by his side they ran as fast as they could into what was left of the forest. Jacob began charging a Kamehameha as the bull charged toward him.

Jacob: Alright big boy take this. KAMEHAMEHA
Jacob fired a blinding blast right at the bull that kept its momentum forward into the blast when he was enveloped in it. The blast started decreasing in size and once it was done Jacob saw a giant ball of Grandsteel where the bull once was.

Jacob: Did it leave the Grandsteel behind as it died?

He approached the ball and it began to shudder, it unfurled and the bull re-emerged unscathed.

Jacob: It rolled up into a ball like an armadillo!

The bull roared to the heavens before pointing his mouth at Jacob and fired a blast at him.

Jacob: WHAT?

Jacob crossed his arms and took the blast point blank, the force behind it launched Jacob back hard sending him crashing through several trees and rocks. He passed Gunnar and the girls and continued to crash through more trees and rocks.

Gunnar: Hero?

Liora: What just happened?

The group looks back and sees the bull stomping his way through the forest at them, each step felt like it would destroy the world with how much shaking it caused. Jacob finally came to a rest halfway inside a boulder and was halfway between conscious and unconscious.

Jacob: Did that thing fire my own blast back at me?

Jacob forced himself out of the boulder and stretched, cracking several bones in the process.

Jacob: It's not everyday I fight something that takes no damage and deals heavy ones in return.

He takes a deep breath and thinks of what he could do to damage the bull.

Jacob(Thinking): If the power of Goku didn't work my only options would be to use the powers of someone considered stronger than him.

Jacob: I got it.

Back with Gunnar and the girls Lily and Norae launch different attack spells that just bounce off the Grandsteel bull, Gunnar charges an attack with his shield and sword but both shatter upon impact.

Gunnar: Shit, my weapons are destroyed and I didn't even scratch it.

Lily: Our spells just rebound off it.

Norae: This creature is worthy of SSS, I doubt an army could do much damage to this beast.

Liora: Once Jake gets back he will beat it, I know it.

Gunnar: I hope so, but who knows how far that attack sent him and how much damage it did.

Norae: We've got more pressing matters.

Lily: Like how are we going to get away from this beast?

The Grandsteel bull makes his way toward the group who are exhausted and have no more energy to fight it. They start to run when it swipes its claws toward Lily.

Liora: LILY LOOK OUT!

Liora jumps in between Lily and the bulls attack, and the two are crushed under it.

Norae: LILY LIORA NO!

Norae falls to her knees crying hard while Gunnar stands in disbelief at the sight of his comrades crushed under a beast's heel. Just as the bull is about to attack Jacob zips by and punches the bull in the side sending it careening into the ground as it yelps in pain.

Gunnar and Norae after seeing that the bull is no longer standing on Lily or Liora run towards the crater their bodies are in. When they reach the crater they are horrified at what they see. Lioras charm disguising her as a demon has been destroyed, showing both Norae and Gunnar her true demon form. Her horn which she had ripped off after escaping the demon country had grown back and her black wings are on display. Liora still conscious crawls her broken body over to Lily.

Liora: No I won't let this happen again, you won't die.

As Liora approaches Lily's body a small blast hits the ground between her hand and Lily.

Norae: STAY AWAY FROM HER DEMON!

Liora: N-Norae i-it's me Liora

Norae: DON'T LIE TO ME!

Liora: If I-I don't h-help her s-s-she will d-die.

Liora continues crawling and places her hand on her chest, Norae proceeds to charge up an attack to destroy Liora.

Norae: I SAID STAY AWAY FROM HER.

She fires her attack and an explosion envelopes the crater. As the dust settles Jacob is standing between Norae and Liora.

Jacob: What do you think you're doing?

Norae: THERE IS A DEMON, WE NEED TO DESTROY IT BEFORE IT DESECRATES LILY'S BODY!

Jacob: That is Liora and she is trying to help her.

Norae: W-what?

Jacob: We'll discuss this later, right now I need to beat this bull, and you two will not attack them again. GOT IT!

Gunnar:Y-yes sir.

Jacob looks back at Liora and Lily, he floats down to see the extent of the damage that happened to them. He uses x-ray vision to see inside of both girls and sees that both of their hearts are slowing drastically.

Jacob: Liora, I'm sorry I failed you again, but I might have a plan to heal both of you.

Liora: I'll do anything to help her.

Jacob: Okay.

Jacob puts one of his hands on Lioras head and the other on Lilys.

He tears up as he releases an energy pulse that envelopes both girls and in a flash of light both Liora and Lily disappear.

Norae: W-where did they go?

Jacob: Look up.

Gunnar and Norae look up to see a being with one angel wing, one demon wing, small horns and a halo floating above the crater. Her hair is snow white she has heterochromia eyes with her left being blue while her right is amber.

Norae: Who is that?

Jacob: I couldn't heal them so I fused them together to save their lives.

Gunnar: You fused them, for how long?

Jacob: Because of the extent of the damage I had to permanently fuse them together,

Norae: They're stuck like that!

Jacob: I'm not a healer and I doubt you have any healing that would've saved their lives.

Norae couldn't retort his statement but her eyes filled with tears when she realized she wouldn't see her best friend anymore. The new being floated down to the group, she spoke with a calming yet stern voice.

Liora/Lily: Jake, Gunnar, Norae I'm sorry to make you worried, but we're okay now.

Norae: Lily, is that you?

Liora/Lily: We are neither Lily or Liora but we do share their memories and their love for their friends. You can call me Raily.

Gunnar: Raily?

Raily: It's a combination of Liora and Lilys names.

Jacob: Raily it is. I'm glad you're both okay now, but that bull is getting back up and the punch I hit him with did very little to him.

Raily: Darling let's work together and take this beast down.

Jacob: You have a plan?

Raily; Lioras memories show a way to weaken Grandsteel, we need to rapidly heat and cool it.

Jacob: But when I fired my attack at it seemed like it absorbed it.

Raily: Was that a blast of pure heat?

Jacob: Technically not, it was life energy.

Raily: If you can use that fire power you did in the cave to give us light and focus on a single point we can break the Grandsteel, but you need it to be planck hot.

Jacob: Oh so hotter than the surface of the sun, no problem. I'm guessing the cold needs to be absolute zero.

Raily: Correct. Do you have a power that can get that cold?

Jacob: Yeah I should have something.

The Grandsteel bull struggles too much to get on his feet so he furls himself into a ball and begins rolling. Jacob walks towards the rolling beast and shouts FLAME ON lighting his whole body on fire before he uses the flames to propel himself up into the sky. The bull unfurls himself standing up and Jacob flies by and notices the dent he left in the side of the bull.

Jacob: That's where I'll hit him. HEY GUYS DISTRACT HIM.

Gunnar: I don't have a weapon to distract him

Gunnar looks around frantically for anything he can use as a weapon, Raily drops Lily's old staff next to him.

Raily: Use that, but don't break it like your shield and sword Gunnar.

Gunnar: I'm not a magic user, what do you want me to do whack him with it?

Raily: Everyone has mana in them, just point the staff and focus.

Gunnar, uncertain with what to do, points the staff at the bulls eyes and thinks about a blast coming out of the staff. In an instant a small but powerful blast ejected out of the staff knocking Gunnar on his back.

Gunnar: Woah, that was different. I'll try again.

He got back on his feet, braced himself and fired another blast hitting the bull in the eye. It roared with annoyance and locked its eyes on him and fired a concussive blast of air from its mouth at Gunnar who was rescued by Raily by the skin of his teeth.

Raily: You okay?
Gunnar: Dodging this thing is almost impossible, its range is too wide for a regular person to move.

Raily: I'll provide support to you and Norae while Jake weakens the armor.

Back with Jacob he fires a focused blast at the dented part of the bull he hit a few minutes prior. The blast doesn't seem to be noticed and the area is burning bright red. After a few minutes Jacob drops the flames and instantly turns into ice using Iceman's powers and fires a cold blast right into the spot he just heated up, he hears a cracking noise and notices that the spot has developed a deep break.

Jacob: Wow that broke almost immediately, but I need to do this a few more times before I do anything else. FLAME ON!

Jacob proceeds to repeat what he did before while the bull still hasn't noticed the cracking in his armor. Norae and Raily use magic in tandem to break the earth causing the bull to trip and fall. Its roars can be heard for miles as high in the sky Rugar is watching with anticipation.

Rugar: This beast sure is tenacious, regardless of how this battle ends I will be taking a corpse for my army.

As Jacob is firing his heat blast at the bull it rolls up into a ball in an attempt to escape the crumbling ground beneath it, it starts to spin and gains speed the longer it does so. Unfortunately the spinning has made it impossible for Jacob to maintain his target.

Jacob: Shit, I can't get a beat on it now that it's decided to become a wheel.

The bull breaks free of its entrapment and begins rolling fast over the ground.

Gunnar: WE NEED TO GET TO THE HIGH GROUND.

Gunnar and Norae scramble to not get crushed as Raily can't move fast enough to grab them and instead pushes them out of the way of the bull. Jacob powers down the Human Torch ability and switches to his Avatar ability, making high thick walls in an attempt to trap the bull and force it back out. The bull easily rolls over all of the walls Jacob puts up as if they're nothing more than sand, the danger of the bull has gotten too great and Jacob has decided that he needs to try and end this chase once and for all. Lightning begins to strike off of him as he curls his hand into a fist, it shakes with ferocity and begins to pick up speed. He runs using his Flash power to circle the bull as it stops and unfurls itself, it stomps hard sending Jacob careening into the ground. His hand is still shaking as he stands back up and sees the cracked portion of the bull. He starts running full force before the bull stomps again, this time Jacob jumps and begins flying fast.

Jacob: I'VE HAD ENOUGH, INFINITE MASS PUNCH!

He throws the punch hard into the broken section destroying the Grandsteel armor and piercing into the bull, it wails in pain as Jacob pulls back and puts his hands to his side.

Jacob: KA ME HA ME HAAAAAAAA!

He fires a Kamehameha blast into the open flesh of the bull, the blinding light erupts out of the bulls mouth and eyes as its wails become even louder before it crashes to the ground dead, its now charred corpse begins fading from the Grandsteel leaving vast amounts of the armor behind. Jacob collapses exhausted from the battle, his right hand and arm are broken from the punch. He forces himself up on his feet so he can find his comrades.

Jacob: RAILY, GUNNAR, NORAE?!

Raily: OVER HERE!

Jacob runs over to Raily who is on her knees and sees Gunnar and Norae laying on the ground, they had been crushed by the bull and were not moving.

Jacob: No no no no no

Raily: I-I can't heal them.

Jacob: T-they can't be, they aren't.

Raily: I'm sorry Jake, they're dead.

Jacob: NO NO NO FUCK!

Jacob punched and kicked the rock near him, ignoring the fact that his hand was broken he hit every stone near him as hard as he could without using his ability at all. Raily teared up as the Lily part of her was heartbroken, her closest friends were dead and the Liora part was heartbroken seeing her husband so distraught he was hurting himself by accident. She jumped onto Jacobs' back before he did anymore damage to himself.

Raily: Jake please stop, you're killing yourself.

Jacob fell to his knees and started crying.

Jacob: I don't feel the physical pain, the emotional one is what's killing me.

Raily held him tighter and they both sat there crying. Up in the sky Rugar is cackling so hard his voice is going horse.

Rugar: WHAT LUCK 2 FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.

Rugar watches with delight at the pain Jacob is going through wanting nothing more than to add to it.

Rugar: Soon hero soon, in just over a month I'll put you out of both mine and your misery. You won't be going alone though I'll make sure to send the rest of your friends with you.

He cackled again before flying off.