Chapter 28: Last Minute Rescue
Last Time our heroes were met with the sight of Cooler in his new mechanical body. Metal Cooler quickly overwhelmed them with his greater numbers and strength, capturing Jason to use his energy to create a new body for Cooler. A rescue team was then sent to get him, but they are split up by several opponents blocking the way. Then Atlas is in trouble as Cooler and Talon plan to take the city then the rest of the world. What happens next now!
Vytal Island Grass Patch…
Blake and Yang dodged a beam shot by Adam as they ran parallel to attack the boy in the green plains they crashed in. Throwing her Gambol Shroud at Adam, who dodged easily but she pulled it back, making the blade cover itself with Ki to cut into Adam's left shoulder, damaging his aura. Yang then launched herself high in the air and came down from above to punch Adam, who jumped out of the way.
The ground shattered from the strength of her punch, and as she got up, she was to slow to dodge the blast Adam shot at her sending her away. Blake shot at Adam several times with Ki and bullets, but Adam blocked them with his sword. Using the energy he absorbed, he charged at Blake slicing at her midsection, but she blocked with her Gambol Shroud depleting a severe amount of Ki to block the attack.
Blake was pushed away from the force of the attack, and before Adam could follow up, he was hit by a massive fireball shot by Yang. She quickly ran up to Blake and helped her up to her feet as the two stared down Adam.
"How're you doing?" Yang asked.
"Fine, but my weapon needs some time to recharge," Blake answered.
"Can you fight him alone for a while?" Blake asked.
"Can I? It'll be my pleasure." Yang smiled as she sped toward Adam.
The blonde maiden attacked Adam with a flurry of blows using the power of the spring maiden to keep up with his speed to save Ki. However, she barely landed any blows as Adam managed to block her attacks, save a few that hit their mark.
Adam prepared to use the energy he had stored up and empowering it with Ki to cut Yang in half, but as he went to do so, Yang used Ki alongside her spring maiden powers to grab onto the hilt of Adam's sword and keep it still as she landed a fierce blow onto his face.
Once the punch landed, the force made Adam fly in the opposite direction dropping his sword to the ground. When the sword made impact, the energy contained within exploded out, sending Yang to the ground. As Adam picked himself up, he was shot in the back with a small blast of Ki courtesy of Blake, who then swung her Gambol Shroud by the ribbon with Ki charged slicing at Adam, who crossed his arms to block the attack.
She then dashed at Adam to follow up on her attack, but he was ready charging up a ball of Ki in his hand. Blake created a clone to jump up and over Adam, who went to attack it instead of her. But as his attack passed through the clone, he was blindsided by Blake. She then created several other clones who were able to attack Adam with her dealing large damage to his aura.
"Just stop Adam you can't defeat us we have you outnumbered!" Blake demanded.
"No, I will never stop!" Adam replied as his mask fell off, revealing the SDC brand over his face.
"Please, Adam, you don't have to do this. We can talk about this." Blake begged.
"I'm done talking!" Adam yelled as he dodged an attack from Yang.
Adam then dashed towards his sword picking it up and knocked away Gambol Shroud, which was thrown by Blake. He then blasted several balls of Ki at the two girls who dodged each one. Then he ran forward and attacked Blake slashing at her several times at such a speed that she could barely block the attacks and had little time to activate her semblance.
Yang put her hands together and swung at Adam, hitting him on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. The two girls then shot two beams together at Adam, who held out his right hand to block the attack. However, it pushed him back, breaking the ground underneath. Adam then charged his own attack shooting a laser to push back the combined attack.
Due to the difference of how the clashing attacks worked, Adam soon overtook the combined attack as Blake and Yang's reserves of Ki began to run empty. The two quickly stopped their attacks and split to avoid Adam's blast shooting bullets at him. However, their bullets were cut out of the air by Adam as he ran at the two.
The three then exchanged several blows with Yang taking the most of Adam's attacks to build up strength and to protect Blake. Blake used her semblance to create a clone to move around and behind Adam to land an attack on him. Adam, having learned from the last time, cut the clone in half with his sword in his left hand and blasted at Yang and Blake with his right hand.
The two managed to dodge the attack, and using the opportunity, Yang slammed her fist full power with the combined power of Ki and her maiden powers into his stomach. This attack launched Adam far away, shattering his aura leaving him with no shield and no way to recover from the attack. However, Adam managed to pick himself up from the ground thanks to his new cybernetic limbs he was able to still move even though his body was exhausted.
"Adam, it's over. If you continue now, you'll die!" Blake begged.
"I don't care." Adam hissed as he threw several blasts of Ki at Yang and Blake. To dodge the attacks Yang and Blake had to run all over as Adam refused to let up on his assault.
"What is this guy's deal?" Yang questioned.
"Ever since we were young, he was passionate about faunus equality, as you should see from the scar on his face he's been abused since he was young." Blake began.
"But he took his passion too far and began to believe that humanity belonged beneath the faunus and was willing to kill for that." Blake continued.
"He always had to be in control even in our relationship, he always told me to just follow him, and at first I did. Eventually, the man I knew was no longer there, and I could no longer follow him, but I think that's what broke him maybe I held him back from going all out in his plans for when I left is when he started to kill more and planned the attack on Vale." Blake finished.
"Wow, so I guess after so many failures and nothing going his way, he just snapped," Yang replied.
"It seems that way, but I think there is still hope to talk him out of this," Blake said.
"Blake, I know you want that, but don't give your hopes up," Yang argued as the two stopped and shot some beams at Adam.
Adam leaped to the sky to dodge the attack, but it left him wide open for an attack as Yang created several balls of fire behind her and threw them at Adam. As the fireballs came close to him to powered jets came from the sides of his legs, letting him move around in the air to dodge the attacks one by one, but he couldn't dodge them all as one hit its mark causing him to fall to the ground.
"That was amazing. You're getting really good with the spring maiden power Yang." Blake complimented.
"It's all thanks to Amber's training. I wouldn't be half as good without it!" Yang replied.
Adam picked himself back up, revealing his left arm being completely burnt, and all of his upper clothing burnt off due to Yang's attack. He breathed heavily from the exhaustion and severe damage that he had taken.
"I will not lose to you two!" Adam shouted. He then activated a device attached to his chest, which caused him to glow with red energy swirling around him as he screamed in pain.
"You did this to me. You all did this to me!" Adam shouted as what muscle he had left began to grow in size, and it seemed his body was absorbing the energy around him.
"What's happening?!" Yang questioned.
"I don't know!" Blake answered.
When the process finished, Adam stood a foot taller with his muscles much bigger and energy surrounding him, indicating that he could use it naturally. Adam stared at the two. His pupils disappeared in the whiteness of his eyes as he growled angrily.
"Adam, what have you done to yourself?" Blake asked.
"I've grown no better, yet I have evolved now. I have power far beyond what a machine could provide me, and I will use it to put you two down!" Adam answered.
He charged at the two at a frightening speed and slammed his sword into the ground with such force it shattered. Blake and Yang evaded the attack by jumping into the air, but Adam to the chance to grab them by the throat and began to choke them. Yang blasted Adam in the face with a fireball, but he was unfazed by the attack now that he was completely empowered by Ki.
Blake managed to free herself from Adam's grip as she transformed her body into one of her clones and appeared above Adam. But before she could land an attack on him, he threw Yang into her then blasted the two with a large beam of Ki. The two landed far away with their auras shattered and a few bones broken.
"He can use Ki naturally now. This isn't good." Blake complained.
"Yeah, really shows nothing can replace the real thing." Yang agreed.
"Looks like I'm finally the stronger one now that I am able to use Ki all-natural who cares if I no longer have my semblance!" Adam laughed as he slowly walked towards the two.
"Now, I'm going to finish you off and then show the humans who're the superior race!" Adam declared.
"But Adam, you're no longer a normal faunus. Don't you see it, you're more machine than anything now! No one will believe in you!" Blake argued.
"You understand nothing, Blake," Adam said as he grabbed her by the throat.
Yang tried to hit Adam away but was unable to faze him as he flicked her away. He began to choke the life out of Blake once more, and this time without any aura, Blake could not escape. As her vision went dark, she believed that it was all coming to an end until Adam was kicked away, causing him to drop Blake.
"What the hell, who are you?" Adam questioned as everyone looked up to see a tall man in a white cape.
"My name is…"
Minutes Earlier…
Damian and Alex ran around the many pillars to dodge several blasts of Ki shot at them by Asher, who chased the two around the room. Alex knocked an arrow into his bow, empowering it with his semblance and Ki as he shot it at a curve to hit Asher. However, Asher easily saw this charging Ki into his blade to cut the arrow in half. While he did so, Damian charged from behind to attack Asher by surprise.
"Nice try!" Asher yelled as their blades clashed.
The two clashed blades across the room both charging their semblances and Ki into their swords, unlike their last battle, it seemed as Damian's two sword advantage was not going to work in this fight.
During their clash, Alex lined up a shot from the top of a pillar. Damian backed away from Asher as the Ki in his weapon was running low. Once he backed off, Alex shot a Ki infused Dragon Arrow at Asher who noticed the attack.
"Not good enough!" Asher shouted as he dodged the attack.
"Serpent Whip!" Asher yelled as an energy serpent extended from his blade and wrapped around the pillar Alex was on cutting in two.
Alex jumped off to another pillar and continued to do so in an attempt to get Asher to lose sight of him. That proved fruitless as Asher jumped in front of him, ready to swing his sword down on him. But he was stopped as Damian threw a Ki infused energy slash interrupting Asher mid-swing, allowing Alex to jump down.
"Is this really worth it, Asher, to abandon your humanity just for power?!" Damian asked.
"Yes, it was the only way to get what I want!" Asher answered as he attacked Damian, who countered as the two locked blades once more.
"And here I thought you took pride in following tradition of the family, but this doesn't really scream tradition to me!" Damian insulted as he cut Asher with his short sword.
"Don't you dare say what's according to tradition traitor!" Asher yelled as Damian backed off. Noticing the reason too little too late, Asher was hit by a Dragon Arrow sending him through several pillars.
"The only traitor is you, Asher, you were punished for attempting to kill us after we won fair and square in the Jiyu game, yet you broke the rules and attacked us!" Alex countered.
"Neither of you could ever understand!" Asher shouted as he spun around.
"Whirlwind Serpent!" Asher yelled as an energy serpent extended from his sword and spun around the area slicing everything in its path.
Damian got next to Alex and used his swords to block the attack. However, the sheer strength shoved the two through several pillars. The two quickly recovered as Asher blasted a beam of Ki at the two and just as quickly dodged the attack. Alex knocked several arrows, charging them up and shot them at Asher, who cut through each and every one.
The brothers split up as they ran around the ruble and still standing pillars in the room, looking for an opportunity to attack. Asher looked at the two, not letting either out of his sight, then he blasted at Damian then went in for an up-close attack on Alex. Damian blocked the blast and set his weapons to absorb it as it sucked in the energy he felt the heat brush against him.
Alex dodged Asher's attack by rolling away he tried to sweep Asher off his feet by swiping under him with his bow. But Asher just jumped up and suspended himself between two pillars charging an attack at Alex, who quickly knocked an arrow to fire a Rebound Dragon Arrow. The dragon did little, only reflecting half of the blast as the rest hit Alex.
Alex was knocked into the wall as Asher landed back to the ground going for the kill. He was stopped, however, when Damian came from behind and cut Asher's robotic arm clean off as it held his sword. Taking this opportunity, Alex fired a Dragon Arrow point-blank, causing Asher to be thrown into several pillars and into the wall having his aura broken.
"If you still consider yourself someone who upholds our traditions, then you should admit defeat right now," Damian demanded.
"How?! How could I lose to you both after allowing myself to become this…whatever I am now! I should be stronger than the both of you now?!" Asher questioned.
"Your anger has blinded you to the truth. Asher, we have something more to fight for while you just fight for tradition alone." Alex answered. Asher went to press a device on his chest, but he hesitated, unable to press the button.
"What are you doing, Asher?" Damian asked.
"This device once I press it all the Ki in my mechanical body will flow within me, causing me to become a natural Ki user increasing my strength tenfold though it makes me more violent and can take a toll on my sanity!" Asher boasted as his hand hovered over the button.
"But if you do that, you'll lose your semblance forever, and you would never risk something like that or losing your sanity!" Alex yelled as he knocked.
"I know, but if I do, I'll win." Asher stuttered his hand shaking over the button.
"I know that you've gone this far, but I know you won't press that button, Asher, you value our family, and without your semblance, you'll never be accepted back into the family," Damian argued.
"I…I know…but…it's not fair!" Asher cried as tears came down his face.
"I care deeply for our traditions and our family, yet you two who've abandoned the tradition and chose to use the wrong weapon have grown stronger than me…it's not fair." Asher wept.
"As a kid, I always dreamed of using something more than just a sword or a bow too. But I knew that I had to follow tradition, and even so, I took pride in it, so instead of striving to master another weapon, I decided to master the sword to become the strongest." Asher continued.
"But in the end, you two followed your dreams and ended up becoming even stronger than even Diana or me and that…that made me…" Asher muttered.
"You were jealous of us, weren't you?" Alex asked.
"I guess deep down I've always been, but I never could admit it until now because I didn't want to disappoint the family or my father so I saw defeating you as to proving to myself that I choose the right path and that I don't need my old dream," Asher answered.
"I understand, but it's not too late Asher just stop, and we can help you can go back home or even be free to practice your dream just stop this and don't press that button," Damian replied extending his hand to Asher.
"But I sacrificed my humanity like you said I'm more machine than human now," Asher said.
"That doesn't matter. You still deserve a second chance as long as you don't try to kill us again." Alex consoled.
Asher slowly moved his hand away from the device on his chest, hesitating a bit, and accepted Damian's hand. Damian helped him up and slung him over his shoulder as the three walked out of the room.
"Alex, you go join the others and save Jason. I'll take Asher outside," Damian ordered as Alex nodded, turning around.
"Why did you and Alex run away in the first place you knew that the family would eventually come after you two?" Asher asked.
"We knew, but we also thought that one day the family could change." Damian began as Asher looked at him.
"We believed that the family tradition could one day change, and on that day we could return, and I still think that and I think you change as well. After all, a sword has to be both strong and flexible for it to work." Damian finished.
"I see, thank you." Asher thanked as they walked out of the lair.
Around the Same Time…
Elias was thrown into another wall as The Puppet charged at him. Ever since the battle began, the fight was one-sided as Elias tried his best to fight against the shell of his brother. After quickly freeing himself from the wall, he flew up to dodge an attack from The Puppet blasting in into the floor beneath them.
"Why even bother Elias?" Talon questioned as The Puppet shot out from the floor and slammed his fist into Elias's stomach.
Elias grabbed its arm and spun it around, throwing it into a wall and into another room. Following after it, Elias attacked with a barrage of punches and kicks, but The Puppet managed to block and counter most of them. Grabbing onto The Puppet's arms, Elias kneed it in the gut then proceeded to punch it in the head.
However, this did not last long as The Puppet released its energy, creating a shockwave pushing Elias away. The Puppet then created a large ball of Ki and threw it at the Tuffle. Elias stopped the ball holding it back he powered up in an attempt to push the attack back at The Puppet, but he was interrupted when it appeared behind him and kicked him into the ball of Ki.
Once he was kicked inside, he felt the searing pain of the attack as soon after it exploded. Elias fell to the floor below, injured with the outer part of his Gi torn off. Before he could even get up, The Puppet grabbed onto his head and dragged him across the floor then slammed him into a wall.
The Puppet then blasted him through the wall into a factory area where several androids and Metal Coolers were slowly being made. The Puppet put Elias in a full nelson forcing him to watch the sight of the factory in front of him.
"Feast your eyes, Elias, on my creation a factory able to make endless soldiers with this I will be able to fully enact my revenge." Talon declared.
"What are you planning on doing with it beyond exterminating the rest of the Saiyan's huh what do you think Cooler will do?!" Elias questioned.
"I know exactly the kind of man he is and all the people he's slaughtered. He has more blood on his hands than most Saiyans, but I will do anything for my revenge!" Talon answered.
"That's just hypocritical, Talon! You once said that you wanted to kill the Saiyans to send a message to the galaxy that people like them will be punished, but now you're associating with someone far worse than the Saiyans have you forgotten your own morals?!" Elias questioned.
"You let your hatred consume you Talon, and it has made you into something that's not a Tuffle! You said that the Saiyans were monsters, but now your hatred has made you into a monster!" Elias declared.
"Don't you dare lecture me about what is and is not Tuffle! I created you, making you less of a Tuffle than me!" Talon asserted.
The Puppet then released Elias from the full nelson then grabbed onto his head, spinning around and throwing him across the factory. It followed him, unleashing several punches and kicks upon Elias beating him senselessly. Elias blocked one attack and made an opening for a counterattack punching The Puppet across the room.
Elias shot a Torrential Flash at The Puppet dealing a small amount of damage as he spun it around to destroy a portion of the factory. The Puppet dashed forward, appearing above Elias elbowing him in the head and into the ground below. As it dropped down to kick Elias while he was down, Elias rolled over to avoid the attack then proceeded to blast The Puppet away.
"Dammit, that's going to takes months to repair. Oh well, it is one of many in this facility, so it's nothing lost." Talon commented.
Elias jumped around the factory, avoiding several attacks from The Puppet. The battle caused several parts of the factory to fall apart around the two, causing Elias to have to pay attention not only to The Puppet's attacks but the falling debris as well. However, Elias used the debris to his advantage, throwing several at The Puppet in between his many Ki attacks.
The Puppet easily dodged the majority of his attacks, even with the debris being thrown it's way. It grabbed onto a large support beam and swung it at Elias, who quickly dodged and blasted a volley of energy at The Puppet. Dropping the beam, The Puppet swatted the attacks away as it charged at Elias, who blocked its attack by crossing his arms. However, he was pushed up against a wall.
The Puppet then created a ball of Ki covering Elias dealing significant damage to the fighter. Ignoring the searing pain that his body was experiencing, currently, Elias grabbed onto The Puppet's hands, interrupting the energy flow, stopping the ball of energy around him. Once the energy dispersed, he headbutted The Puppet and shot a point-blank Torrential Flash. Elias dropped to the ground on his knee, exhausted quickly catching his breath.
"This Gi is ruined. I should probably switch to some other type of clothes when this is over." Elias murmured as he got up, looking around for The Puppet in the burning factory.
His eyes widened as he jumped up to dodge a throwing star-shaped Ki attack thrown by The Puppet. But the attacks were not over as a second one came at him, and Elias dodged it by flipping over midair. Once again, he was running away this time from the throwing star attacks, which followed him around the room. He flew around the area, trying to lose the two, but the attacks followed him everywhere.
Elias hid behind a short wall in the factory chain, but he soon flew away once more when the two attacks cut right through the wall. Knowing that he couldn't run forever from the attack and that trying to make The Puppet hit itself with its own attack would be impossible. He landed on the ground planting his feet and his resolve to not move from this spot as the two attacks came rushing at him.
Elias raised both hands and caught the two attacks as they pushed against his hands, burning and slicing into them as he held them off. Fighting through the pain, he twisted his body, spinning around to counter the momentum of the attacks until he dug them into the ground. He took some of the torn pieces of his clothing and wrapped both of his hands to stop the bleeding then turned to face The Puppet.
"It seems as if you are at the end of your rope Elias. What will you do now?!" Talon questioned. Elias didn't answer as he continued to stare The Puppet down while breathing heavily.
"Nothing to say, I see. I guess you have finally seen how futile this fight is Elias any minute now the Saiyan will die, and this whole rescue operation you've made will be a waste." Talon mocked.
"You're wrong, Jason won't die I have faith in my friends that they will succeed," Elias replied.
"I also could have sworn that I sensed some high energy level nearby, but I don't recognize it. I just hope whoever or whatever it is they're on our side." Elias thought.
"I doubt that my little side projects will stop them," Talon claimed.
"Well, don't be too surprised when your side projects lose. Though I'm surprised, you even decided to bring the people of this planet into this whole ordeal." Elias said.
"Curiosity Elias is the only reason I even picked them up whether or not they would be useful was up in the air either way if they win or lose I don't really care," Talon explained.
"So they are just experiments something for you to toy with something you will eventually throw away." Elias pointed out.
"Exactly." Talon agreed.
"You know, at least the Saiyans killed us fast, but you Talon you're toying with the people you kill, making them suffer that is not something a Tuffle should do." Elias began.
"We Tuffles are peaceful and kind, but you are evil and black-hearted!" Elias continued as The Puppet dashed forward, pinning him against the wall and grabbing him by the neck.
"You even desecrate the remains of the dead by using the body of Silas like this. You have taken the Tuffle name and ran it through the mud!" Elias finished.
"You dare try to insult me, your creator. I am a true Tuffle. If our people were still alive today, they would agree with me in my plans!" Talon declared.
"Would your son agree with you, Talon?" Elias questioned.
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT HIM AS IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM!" Talon screamed.
"How could I not you gave me the memories of your old life of the time before the Saiyan Tuffle war. I know what it was like when you raised him on your own, you taught him about doing the right thing and how us Tuffles should always help others, but now you're desecrating that memory Talon!" Elias explained.
"I can't express the joy I will have to have The Puppet kill you right now!" Talon expressed. The Puppet then began to choke Elias even harder as Elias struggled to break free.
"I take great pride in being who I am and keeping the knowledge of who the Tuffles once were so that the people of the universe will remember our people as the kind-hearted species we were and not bloodthirsty like you!" Elias declared as he grabbed onto The Puppet's head.
His hands began to glow as a small chip broke free of The Puppet's head and flew into Elias's, causing an explosion of white energy. The Puppet was thrown across the room as Elias fell to the ground.
"That was Silas's core chip the very thing that held is very being!" Elias thought as images began to flow through his head.
"You know I really never liked you," Silas said in Elias's mind much to the boy's surprise.
"But I hate that old man way more than you especially since what he did to my body so if I had to choose which one of you would be the last Tuffle I'd choose you so take what's little left of my consciousness and power and kick this guy's ass," Silas explained.
"But I don't understand how?!" Elias questioned.
"I saved a tiny bit of my conscious mind into my core chip, but it seems like I won't be returning like I hoped, but as long as something comes out of this like Talon's death. I'll be happy. Just make sure you don't embarrass our race, even more, you are the one with the pride," Silas answered as his consciousness disappeared.
"Alright, I'm ending this Talon here and now!" Elias declared as the white energy that fluctuated around him and sink into his body. Soon his black hair turned deep white as red lines formed above his eyes, moving across his forehead and target lines forming on his eyes joining at his blue pupils. (A.N: Like Baby Vegeta First Form).
"What the hell have you done? What is this?!" Talon questioned.
"To be honest, I don't fully know, but I don't care because I'm going to use every last bit of this power to end this!" Elias yelled as he charged at The Puppet.
He elbowed it into the wall and assaulted The Puppet with a barrage of punches and kicks. The Puppet countered by blocking one of the punches throwing one at Elias's head, but its attack was caught in his hand. Elias grabbed onto its arm and threw it across the room, blasting a hail of energy at The Puppet.
"Impossible what is happening right now!?" Talon questioned as Elias tossed The Puppet around the factory.
Elias and The Puppet clashed several times around the factory as Elias was now even stronger than The Puppet. He kicked The Puppet towards the ceiling before appearing above it, elbowing it in the gut sending it back towards the ground.
As its body made impact, Elias dropped from above full speed, planting both of his feet into The Puppets chest. It threw Elias off and flew upwards, blasting a volley of energy at Elias. However, Elias skillfully dodged the attack and flew through the beams punching The Puppet into the wall.
"I'm putting an end to this facility, The Puppet, and to you Talon so that you can never sully the name of a Tuffle ever again!" Elias declared as he charged a large ball of Ki into his hands.
"KAISER FLASH!" Elias shouted as he released the energy in the ball, blasting The Puppet into ash and destroying the supercomputer behind the wall.
"NOOOOOOoooooooo….." Talon shouted as the computer was destroyed, and his consciousness erased forever.
"Well, time to blow up every last part of this facility though I should check on Jason…but it seems like things are okay, I hope." Elias thought aloud, sensing that Jason was okay.
Earlier….
In Atlas, things were not fairing much better as several Metal Coolers and androids came down upon the city and the Atlas Fleet. They caused chaos around the city, destroying several buildings while fighting huntsman, huntresses, and knights. Ruby and the others fought against them, attacking the androids alone while teaming up against any Metal Cooler they found to protect the people who were being evacuated to the center of the city.
"How many of them are there?!" Weiss questioned as she froze several androids in place.
"Who knows, they seem endless!" Nora responded as she smashed the frozen androids.
"We have to keep fighting to protect the people. Hopefully, the others will rescue Jason and return soon." Ruby said.
"Who knows, maybe there is something there that can shut these down like you said before Ruby." Jaune pointed out.
"We can only hope," Pyrrha commented as a giant laser shot overhead by an Atlas Flagship.
"I wouldn't give my hopes up pests any minute now the Saiyan shall die, and nothing they do there will affect what is happening here." Cooler boasted from a Metal Cooler.
"Then we'll just beat you!" Ruby replied.
"Easier said than done, Ruby," Weiss commented.
"Yes, what can you do the last time you fought one of my metal bodies none of you stood a chance?" Cooler questioned.
"But you never had to fight us," Ironwood said as Penny blasted the Metal Cooler.
"Well, if it isn't the dumb ass." Cooler addressed as the metal body recovered.
"It's General," Ironwood replied.
"Dumb ass." Cooler asserted.
"Now, out of curiosity, what makes you think your presence makes any kind of a difference?" Cooler questioned.
"Now, you are outnumbered," Ironwood answered.
"Well, that may not be true, General Ironwood. I mean, he's really strong, and there are a couple of him." Ruby commented.
"She's right, you know none of you stand a chance." Cooler agreed as more Metal Coolers came from the sky.
The Metal Coolers then engaged everyone, and the fight was overwhelmingly one-sided due to Cooler's superior power. Even with the extra help, everyone was still knocked around by the Metal Coolers, who were running on autopilot. First, they went for Ironwood, who went down pretty quickly but was saved from receiving a deathly blow by Penny.
Ironwood, after getting up, raised his arm and blasted the Metal Cooler into a nearby building. Nearby Ruby blocked a punch from a Metal Cooler pushing her back until she was helped by Weiss, who summoned an astral Beowolf, which attacked the mechanized tyrant. However, the summon was quickly dispatched, and the two girls were once again on the defensive.
Ruby grabbed onto Weiss and used her semblance and circled the Metal Cooler to blind it then escape to a safe distance for the two to attack. She shot several blasts of Ki and bullets at the Metal Cooler, but it barely fazed it as Weiss began to summon a stronger summon. Once done, her Arma Gigas was now in the mix as she ordered it to engage the Metal Cooler as Ruby charged an attack.
To their despair, the Arma Gigas was quickly destroyed, giving Ruby no more time to charge an attack unleashing what she had on the Metal Cooler. The Metal Cooler kicked the resulting blast straight into the sky as it slowly made its way to the two. Meanwhile, Team JNPR fought against their own Metal Cooler, and they were fairing as good as everyone else in the matter.
"Okay, Jaune any plans?" Nora asked.
"No, not really save stay safe and fight with everything we have!" Jaune answered.
"It's as good a plan as any we can have right now. There's not much we can do against him." Ren commented.
Pyrrha attempted to freeze the Metal Cooler in place with her semblance, but much like with Talon's android such a long time ago, it broke free of her control. It then slammed its knee into Pyrrha's gut, sending her flying away, shattering her aura. As Jaune went to heal her, Ren and Nora attacked the Metal Cooler, but the two could not land a hit as the mechanized tyrant dodged all of their attacks.
The Metal Cooler backhanded Nora into a nearby building then wrapped its tail around Ren's neck, throwing him a good distance away. It seemed as if there was nothing they could do as the Metal Coolers went in for the kill with one holding Ruby up about to blast a hole into her chest and another going in to kill Nora as large Ki blasts and beams filled the sky.
The Metal Cooler was about to kill Ruby, ready to shoot her through until it was cut in half by a sword. The one about to kill Nora was also dispatched by a large blue beam as two fighters landed next to everyone.
"Who are you?" Ruby asked.
"My name is…"
Around the Same Time…
Jason screamed in pain as energy was forcefully drained from his body until it stopped. An hour had passed since he awoke. Cooler and Talon had been forcing Jason to watch the plight of his friends in Atlas and have his energy drained. Behind him, Cooler was being rebuilt with his new body nearly complete looking like his final form though with some mechanical pieces here and there.
"See how the people of Remnant are suffering Saiyan suffering because of you and your actions." Cooler goaded.
"As they suffer, your energy is drained, how does that make you feel?" Cooler asked.
"Why, why do any of this they did nothing to you!?" Jason questioned as tears fell down his face watching Ruby and Weiss being attacked by a Metal Cooler.
"I see, so you are suffering just as I hoped for." Cooler pointed out.
Jason felt drained as if there was nothing he could do. He tried several times to escape to no avail. He felt that some of his friends have gotten into wherever he was probably to rescue him, but their numbers dwindled some staying behind from what he guessed was to fight someone. This seemed to continue until he could only sense Neo and Amber heading this way though shortly after Alex seemed to head his way as well.
"Why even bother doing this Cooler, why not just kill me and leave?!" Jason questioned.
"Don't worry, my new body is nearly done, and once it is, I will be reborn as Super Cooler!" Cooler declared.
"That name is terrible!" Jason commented.
"Shut up!" Cooler demanded.
"Either way, I will soon kill you, but I still need some of the people on this planet to build me a ship since my remaining men on my previous ship left after they believed I was dead." Cooler answered.
As he said that a door to the room burst open, and Neo and Amber entered the room. When Neo saw Jason still alive and okay, she was relieved as she and Amber went to get him down. They attempted to cut the wires, but soon they were stopped when a Metal Cooler landed in front of them.
"It seems a couple of pests made their way through, but I will not allow you to interfere!" Cooler declared.
The Metal Cooler fended them off, keeping them away from Jason as his energy was continued to be drained. They were barely able to fend against the Metal Cooler until Alex arrived, giving them some long-ranged support.
"Alex, try to shoot down Jason!" Amber yelled. Alex nodded and shot a Ki infused arrow at Jason's restraints, but it was stopped by two lasers shot from Cooler's head.
"It's futile. There is nothing you can do to save the Saiyan, for I am REBORN!" Cooler declared as the pod his liquid was in exploded, and he stood now a cybernetic version of his final form tearing off the breathing mask on his face.
"Finally, I am back and better than ever now to finish off the Saiyan!" Cooler added his voice now clear as he began to drain every last bit of Jason's energy through the wires attached to both of their bodies.
Jason screamed in pain as his energy was stolen from him, feeding Cooler, making him even stronger. Neo watched in horror as the man she loved was being killed in front of her own eyes. She cried at her inability to do anything.
"Perish Saiyan while knowing that my revenge will soon be complete!" Cooler demanded as he drained the last of Jason's energy.
Jason felt as the last remnants of his energy were being drained, feeling his death was imminent. Just as his energy was going to reach zero, two yellow energy discs came from above, cutting his restraints, causing Jason to fall to the ground. Before he could hit the ground, he was caught by a man relatively the same size as Jason with spikey blonde hair as a slightly shorter man with black spikey hair landed next to him.
"What is this, who are you?!" Cooler questioned as everyone looked at the two men in awe.
"My name is Son Goku, and I am a Saiyan from the Planet Earth!" Goku answered.
With Yang and Blake…
"My name is Piccolo." Piccolo declared as he stared down Adam.
With the Atlas Team…
"My name is Trunks!" Trunks answered.
"And I am Gohan!" Gohan added as the two dispatched the remaining Metal Cooler in the area.
Back in the Inner Chamber…
"A Saiyan from Earth, then you must be the one who killed my brother!" Cooler shouted as he glared at Goku.
"Yep, that's me," Goku replied as he pulled a green bean out of a pouch attached to his belt.
"Here, take this. It's called a Senzu Bean. It'll heal you right up." Goku explained as he gave it to Jason.
"Thank you." Jason thanked as he ate the bean. When he finished eating it, he felt all his injuries disappear as his energy was restored.
"Are you done, Kakarot, because I don't think Cooler is just going to keep waiting?" The shorter man questioned.
"I assume you are Prince Vegeta seeing as you were on Earth last my men checked." Cooler addressed.
"That's correct Cooler I've come to kill you as payback for what your family has done to the Saiyan race!" Vegeta replied.
"You guys are Saiyans?" Jason questioned.
"That's right, me and Kakarot are Saiyans, and including you, we are the last full-blooded Saiyans in the known universe," Vegeta answered.
"I thought his name was Goku." Jason pointed out.
"His birth name is Kakarot, and that is how I shall address him as," Vegeta replied.
"Speaking of what is your birth name?" Vegeta questioned.
"Well, I believe it was Arrow, but I go by Jason," Jason answered.
"Then, that is what I will call you Arrow," Vegeta stated, ignoring Jason on the last part.
"Don't worry about Vegeta. He's always like that." Goku said.
"Shut it Kakarot!" Vegeta demanded.
"But how and why are you here?" Jason asked.
"Well, a friend of mine named King Kai has been keeping an eye on you since you went Super Saiyan and when he said that you and your planet was in danger, so we decided to help, the others should be helping at that city place or whatnot," Goku answered.
"Really well, thanks!" Jason thanked.
"ENOUGH!" Cooler shouted.
"I don't care what brought you here, but now that the rest of you monkeys are on this planet, I will exterminate you all!" Cooler yelled.
"That won't be happening, Cooler, for you see you're not dealing with the average Saiyan warrior anymore, for I have realized the legend and have become a Super Saiyan!" Vegeta declared.
"Well, I'm a Super Saiyan too, Vegeta." Goku pointed out.
"And So am I. Though I didn't know it was legendary." Jason added.
"Shut up!" Vegeta demanded.
"As I was saying and now I have ascended the level of a Super Saiyan behold Super Vegeta!" Vegeta declared as he powered up to Super Saiyan then beyond. When he finished, his muscles were expanded, and his hair spikier than a normal Super Saiyan.
"Impressive, but I have just absorbed the power of a Super Saiyan, so this power alone is insignificant, for I am Super Cooler!" Cooler replied.
"What! You copied me!" Vegeta complained.
"As if I am superior to you, Saiyan, I would never copy you!" Cooler said.
"You copied Frieza." Jason insulted with a smirk.
"SILENCE!" Cooler demanded.
"What the hell is going on right now?" Amber questioned.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Alex answered as they destroyed a distracted Metal Cooler. Neo ignoring them ran up to Jason, pulling him into a hug drying her tears.
"Hey Neo, it's good to see you, but you should go it's not safe here I promise I'll come back safe." Jason consoled.
"You better or else I will never forgive you," Neo replied.
"Even if you're stronger, thanks to absorbing Jason's Super Saiyan energy, you won't be able to defeat the three of us!" Goku declared as he and Jason stood next to Vegeta.
"Tsk, I don't need your help," Vegeta said.
"Whether you like it or not, we're helping I still have a bone to pick with Cooler." Jason asserted as he powered up to full.
"He's right, Vegeta. We're helping you with or without your consent, plus I'm not passing up an opportunity like this!" Goku smiled as he powered up with Jason.
"Fine, just stay out of my way, idiot!" Vegeta replied as the three charged at Cooler.
Several of our heroes on the verge of death are saved at the last minute by the Z-Fighters! Now with them aiding our heroes, will they be strong enough to defeat Cooler? Find out Next Time!
Author's Note:
Hey guys, that's another chapter done, to be honest, I have been waiting to write this for a long time because of reasons that should be obvious.
I actually started writing this right after I uploaded Chapter 27 because I was super eager, and thanks to the free time I have right now, I was able to get it done very fast. But expect the next chapter to take longer than a couple of days to come out because I won't be writing as fast for the next one.
But either way, that's right. The Z-Fighters have come to Remnant to help Jason, and the next chapter, the battle will end!
On Elias's new transformation, I don't really have a name for it, because I refuse to call it Super Tuffle because it doesn't sound that great.
But as for what it is, the remnants of Silas in the puppet gave power to Elias, and that caused the transformation to occur, which I will reveal the multiplier sometime later.
That's all I have for you guys in this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you all next time.