*Richard stares at the guy, The guy smiles before dashing at him with both hands behind his back making fire like a jet, making him fly towards Richard fast, Richard gets ready to attack but the guy stops right in front of Richard, he gets a big smile as his skin turns red and yellow, Richard's pupils shrink before a big explosion, the guy slides back out of the smoke*
???: Man, you gotta stop falling for my tricks! *Out of nowhere his nose drips blood* Huh?
Richard: Don't worry. I'm not falling for it. *Richard walks out of the smoke unharmed* I'm playing with you. I want you to keep trying. I want to see your best because. *Richard cracks his neck* This is the best you are going to get.
???: *The guy laughs* You can't seriously think you can win right? I haven't even seen my best attack!
Richard: I don't need to see it. The fight was decided after that first attack.
???: *The guy lets out a evil grin* Then let's see! *He holds his right hand at Richard, a fireball forms in his palm, he grunts as he starts to condense all his energy, making the flame turn blue* TRY BLOCKING THIS!! *he shoots the fire at Richard, the fire looks like a blue beam of light, it's moving faster than light. But…*
Richard: Sure. *Richard raises his left hand towards the guy* Negative, Changes. *A bubble like barrier comes out of the palm of his hand, engulfing everything and everyone. After a few seconds, everything stops moving, the beam of fire is a few centimeters away from Richard's face, Richard walks out of the way, picks up Esmeralda with his right arm and walks behind the guy, Richard then raises his left hand in front of him and clenches his fist, making everything resume, the fire beam slams into the ground and blows up, making smoke fly everywhere*
???: *He's breathing hard* That will show him!
Richard: Sure it will. *The guy turns around quickly but he's met with a fast left punch across the face, making him flop onto the floor in pain* Do you get it now?
???: *he grunts before getting up* How did you get away in time?
Richard: You said it yourself.
???: *he thinks to himself before slowly looking at Richard in fear* Y-you can control time…?
Richard: Pause it. Yes.
???: *He stutters as he goes to his knees* I-i-i don't want any trouble! I will go to jail for life just, please don't kill me!
Richard: What about the people you killed? How do you think they feel? Their families? They would have told you the same thing. *Richard punches him across the face again* But you took their life. So why not take yours? *Richard puts Esmeralda down*
???: *He crawls backwards as he talks* P-please-! I will give you any info you need! My name is Ragabon Boy and I'm 16 years old!
Richard: Now I know what to put on the tombstone.
Ragabon: Please don't kill me!! *Richard pulls his right fist back* PLEASE-!! *Richard throws the punch, Back to Aiden, Tank and Rebecca, they run into the back door and make their way through the supply area, they hear cans get knocked over in the distance, they all prep and walk towards the sound, they find a warehouse shelf with cans knocked over, the shelf has boxes on it and around it, they see something behind a box at the bottom, Aiden grabs it and slowly moves it to reveal there are 4 survivors, 3 girls and one guy, and they all scream in horror*
Aiden: It's okay! It's okay! We are here to get you out of here!
Guy: You aren't the killer? Thank God!
Tank: We will take you four out the back doors. We-*Tank is cut off from the explosion inside* We need to leave now. Come on. *They start to help the people out of the shelf, Rebecca tries to help the last girl but she's now moving, she looks like she's losing her mind*
Rebecca: Miss? Are you okay? *The girl doesn't respond* We need to get you out of here so you don't get hurt! Please let me help you! *Rebecca extends her left hand to her, the girl doesn't move an inch* Miss?
Girl: H-he killed her… he killed all of them… *her pupils are shaking* he kept killing… with a smile… *she lowers her head into her knees and puts her hands on her head*
Rebecca: Miss, we can help you! Everything will work out, I promis-*Suddenly Rebecca is pulled back by Tank* What the hell Tank!?
Tank: *Tank stares with a serious expression* It's too late. *Rebecca looks at Aiden but before she can say anything, Aiden's pupils are shaking*
Rebecca: What's going on…? *She looks back at the girl, almost instantly, a purple aura explodes out of her, destroying the shelf, items and disintegrating the girls next to her, the group takes a few steps back*
Guy: W-what the hell is happening to the world-!? *He runs out the back door screaming*
Rebecca: W-why is she awakening!?
Tank: Grief. Being an emotional person is a shortcut to being able to wield mabiki. She seems to have lost someone she cared about deeply. *She slowly stands up while looking at the ground, her hair is blocking her view, she quickly jerks her head up and screeches at them*
Aiden: *Aiden covers his ears* That's not good! *She keeps screeching before out of nowhere a blast of ice covers her mouth, Aiden and Tank look at Rebecca, Her right hand is towards the girl*
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Rebecca: Don't just stand there idiots! *Rebecca quickly does a spinning heel kick with her left foot, slamming the girl into a shelf* Do something! She is a super human now! *The girl floats up behind Rebecca, Tank and Aiden get in their fighting stances, Rebecca's eyes widen, she turns around and sees why they are in their stances, Rebecca quickly puts her hands together and shoots out a blizzard at her, it slows her down* GO NOW!! ATTACK!! *Aiden and Tank look at each other and nod, they run at her, Aiden runs behind her as Tank runs straight at her, Tank clothes lines her with his right arm hard, making her do a backflip and land on her back*
Tank: Aiden! *Tank grabs the girl by the shirt with his right arm and throws her at Aiden, Aiden slams his right foot into the ground, leaving a crater and runs as fast as he can and drop kicks her in the back mid air, the girl falls to the ground while Aiden catches himself with his air ring* Nice hit. *The girl isn't moving* I think we did it. *At unbelievable speed, the girl flies through the roof* What the hell? *Before they know it, she flies down fast and slams into Tank*
Aiden: Tank! *Aiden quickly throws a punch of air through the smoke cloud, revealing that Tank made rock spikes and stabbed her through the bottom left of her torso*
Tank: *Tank has a bit of sweat on him* I gambled on that. She broke through five pillars, if I didn't have the sixth one, I was probably dead. *Tank sweats more as he realizes the stab is slowly healing, breaking the pillar slowly* What the hell…? *The girl breaks off the pillar and falls to the ground* *she slowly stands up, she grabs a teddy bear off the shelf and hugs it*
Girl: I give you life. *The bear glows yellow, she slowly puts the bear down, she points at Aiden* Don't let him leave. *The teddy bear charges at Aiden*
Aiden: What the hell-!? *Suddenly the bear grows to seven foot and tackles Aiden but Aiden holds his ground, Aiden grunts as he pushes back against it, Aiden looks over at Tank* I WILL HANDLE THE BEAR! GET RID OF HER! *Tank nods as he runs at her* *the girl screams at Tank before punching the ground, Tank realizes the ground is cracking towards him, a tree shoots out of the ground from below him, Tank barely dodges it again* *Tank rushes and punches her across the face with his left fist, while she is dazed, he quickly stomps his left foot on the ground, making rock spikes come from the ground, she jumps over them but her left foot gets stabbed by one, she screams but she quickly floats up, she grabs her foot but once she lets go, it's healed* *she quickly lands and grabs two cans of food, she throws them at him but mid air, they morph into a black widow and a king cobra*
Tank: What the hell is her mabiki? It's like she's creating life! *Both the snake and spider grow to be the same size as a horse* You will have to do more than lady! *She spider and snake dart at him, Tank quickly makes a wall of rocks, it stops the snake but the spider crawls over it, the spider lunges at Tank but before it bites him, a rock spike flies out of the ground and stabs it through the head, Tank quickly punches it with his right hand, disintegrating it* Next. *But before Tank can find the snake, it sneak attacks him from behind, this time, Tank can't dodge. But, the snake freezes mid lunge, Tank looks behind the snake to see Rebecca*
Rebecca: Thank you for taking lead! I will have your back! *Tank nods as he runs at the girl again*
Girl: NO MORE!! *she throws a can of corn, it morphs into a real bear, it towers over them at nine feet* KILL THEM!! *Back to Aiden, he's running through shelves, the teddy bear is crushing all of them while running after him*
Aiden: I can't do this forever! *Aiden stops and turns around* Let's see what this does! *Aiden pulls his right fist back and does an all out punch to the teddy bears chest, his fist rips through the bear, having no impact or knock back, Aiden has a poker face with a smile* Huh…? *Aiden looks up at the bear, the teddy bear looks down at Aiden's fist ripping through his chest, he gets upset before growling and throwing Aiden across the room, Rebecca sees Aiden tumbling away*
Rebecca: Aiden! *Aiden quickly stands back up*
Aiden: The teddy bear has the body of a teddy bear! *The teddy bear tackles Aiden again, Aiden stands his ground again and has a struggle with the bear* I know that sounds stupid but I punched through him like he was made out of the same stuff as teddy bears!
Rebecca: *Rebecca has confused sweat drops on her head* Yeah, that's what he is!
Aiden: I would figure that I could hurt this thing but I can't! *Aiden manages to pick it up and throw it into a shelf* So I need you to freeze it so we can focus on the girl!
Rebecca: Alright! We have to be quick! Tank needs us! *The teddy bear gets out of the shelf debris and runs at Aiden*
Aiden: This would be a match for Kazuma and Rylet with their swords! *Aiden throws a heavy right wind punch at the teddy bear, knocking it down* I will try to take its legs out so you can come and freeze it! *Before Aiden can run in, Rebecca pulls her left hand on his right shoulder*
Rebecca: I have a better idea! Make a tornado under him before he stands up!
Aiden: *Aiden sweats* That's kinda hard but I will give it my best shot! *Aiden does a leg sweep with his right leg, the air lifts the teddy bear up into the air, Aiden quickly starts to move his hands above his head in a tornado pattern, making a tornado form and lift the teddy bear up, Aiden starts to sweat* Do whatever you had in mind and quickly! *Rebecca puts both her hands together with her eyes closed, she breathes in deeply before slowly throwing her hand towards with an exhale and her eyes opening, a blizzard like mist flies over and starts to mix with the tornado, freezing the bear almost instantly, Aiden's grip on the tornado slips, he falls to his knees breathing hard*
Rebecca: Amazing job Aiden! See? Work smarter not harder! *Aiden smiles with a chuckle* *Back to Tank's fight with the girl* *The bear runs at Tank, it swings his right claws at him, Tank puts up a rock wall but the bear goes straight through it and cuts Tank across his chest and left arm, he grunts as he stumbles back*
Tank: This thing has more force than normal! This one is modified to be stronger than your average bear! *The bear does a left palm stomp to Tank but Tank dodges to the right, jumps up and punches the bear across the face with his right fist, the bear stumbles back before roaring at Tank, Tank quickly boxes it in with rock walls* This bear will be a problem if I don't get rid of the girl! That punch did nothing to that bear! It's like this is her eclipse arc! *Before Tank can do anything, the bear breaks out and roars at him, The bear tries to charge at Tank but it's back left leg freezes with ice, before the bear can react to the ice, Aiden jumps off a tall warehouse shelf, while in mid air, Aiden does a front flip and does a double footed kick that sends an extremely powerful blast of wind out, hitting the bear in the head, slamming it onto the ground, Aiden lands next to Tank* I was wondering when you will show up.
Aiden: Sorry I'm late, that teddy bear was pretty much immortal.
Tank: Well I hope you're ready for another immortal bear. Because I believe this is her Eclipse arc. *The bear starts to stand up*
Aiden: *Aiden's pupils shrink* The bear is her eclipse?
Tank: It took a hit from me, it took a powerful charge attack from you to The head. The thing is moving like if you nudged it.
Aiden: Either way! We will stop this damn thing! *Back to Kazuma and Rylet* *they are looking around the medical area, they look through the counter window to see 2 workers hiding behind the counter*
Rylet: Hey, are you guys alright? *One of the workers covers his mouth and shakes his head “no” then points to his left, suddenly he's devoured by a fiend* S-shit! *Rylet quickly runs to the door to get behind the counter*
Kazuma: Wait, Rylet no! *Rylet opens the door to behind the counter and runs in but in a blink of an eye, Rylet is no longer in the grocery store, he's at a park, Rylet looks around confused* W-where am I…?
Kazuma: *Kazuma stares at the door way in panic* H-he just disappeared in front of me-!!
(To Be Continued…)