Tobi dodged blasts of fire as Kiala closed in on him. "You don't need to do this." He tried to plead with her.

She ignored him and leaped, striking at an iron barrier that he raised just in time. "Come on pops, we're just play fighting here aren't we?"

Her fist broke through the barrier like putty, as she pulled it out, then quickly teleported behind him, and kicked him in the side, sending him flying through the clearing. He regained composure midflight as he nearly crashed into the side of a cliff. Then raised his hands toward her, as she teleported within his vision.

"I'm sorry for what you have been through, but that's no excuse to hurt others." He rasped.

Kiala smirked. "They would have gotten in my way. Besides you're starting to feel it aren't you? Go ahead. Place your hands together and will the air to stop with your mind. Not with any of your other abilities."

Tobi looked at her confused, but she put her hands up. "I promise I won't do anything."

Warily he did, as he was told. The air between his hands started forming cracks in the shape of a ball. Leaving him perplexed. "How... Is this possible?"

Kiala smiled. "Perks of being family. Looks like it merged well with your cells. You're now Telekinetic, just like Nirro, Sarah, and I." She started to gather energy within herself. "You don't understand the lengths of which Mom went to protect you. You basically killed her."

She raised her right palm at him, grunting as the side effects, started to come back. "Repel."

A force of air struck him out of the blue, sending him flying back. He looked up at her confused about what just happened.

"Repel!" She yelled even louder, as a larger force of air, trucked into him without warning.

He coughed blood as he hit the side of the cliff. "This isn't going anywhere." He whispered under his breath while wiping the blood off his mouth and healing himself.

She descended down in front of him, as frost and burns began appearing on her face. Tobi noticed and called out to her. "If you keep going, you will self-destruct."

She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, as dark clouds started to gather. She didn't want to let him off easy.

"I don't remember Dargan being this lively, brother." A loud voice echoed out from up above them.

A sudden deep flow of fear washed over the two, enough for Kiala to instantly shift into third gear. She braced the agonizing pain and looked up.

The two monsters she felt on top of the cliff, were watching them with curiosity. Both were about 7 feet tall, had tanned skin, with full grey beards and physiques similar to professional basketball athletes.

They were dressed in white and black, foreign battle suits and outfitted with simple, similar crowns and capes. The one the man referred to as 'brother,' was sitting on the side of the cliff with a disappointed look etched on his face. He was equipped with a large long sword strapped to his back. The other had already unsheathed the massive, black, cleaver-like sword, sitting on his shoulder, as he looked down at them grinning.

"Who are they?" Tobi asked, trying to contain the fear in his voice.

Kiala shook her head. "This shouldn't be happening. In her notes, it said that they were stopped by an unknown force. Did they fail?"

Tobi was tired of being left in the dark. "Kiala, who are they? What force?"

She couldn't move her gaze from the one standing. "They have to be the Dark Kings, a force even Atlas chooses not to engage with. I've never ran into them, but this energy goes beyond the third gear."

Kiala clenched her fists and then looked at him. "We may all be in danger."

The one standing, swung his sword down from his shoulder, to his side, as light gusts of wind picked up behind him. "Rael, you don't mind if I get a little selfish here, don't you?"

Rael sighed and adjusted his sitting position, raising some soft dirt to support his back. "Tsk tsk, D'you even have to ask Mado. Go ahead. You always do what you want, anyways."

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Mado grinned and then jumped off the cliff. He swung his sword back as violet flames covered his blade. His hair glowed brighter grey, going full silver.

Kiala drew her sword, knowing he was aiming for her. Their swords collided, erupting in a shockwave that caused the cliff, to begin land sliding downwards. Rael disappeared, moments before, in seconds.

"Warrior, can you understand me?" Mado asked, speaking in slow English.

Kiala nodded as she returned his strikes. His lips curved into a smirk. "Although you have the highest energy signature on this planet, I can tell you are at your limit. You must be the one that took out Sohzyn, are you not?"

She nodded once more, struggling with each blow. "So, what if I did?"

Mado's smile grew bigger. "Then I would be delighted to fight you at your full strength, but for now, you can rest."

Kiala braced, not understanding what he meant. "What-"

For a moment, his hair went jet black, rising as electricity crackled all around him. Black and purple veins flashed all over his body, in the same moment, as he used the flat side of his blade to smack her flying with his full might, across the entire continent.

He turned his attention towards Tobi, dropping down into second gear. "I felt something disturbing on the planet, but I didn't expect it to be this timid little kid... Boy, what's your name?"

Tobi was unable to do anything during that exchange. He immediately knew that this monster was way out of his league and had already signaled for Nirro.

He chose his words carefully. "My name is Tobi, Commander of the Beyond Space Force. State your business in our Solar System."

Mado was ecstatic, he lifted his sword back onto his shoulder. "So, you're the Commander! That makes things so much easier."

Tobi realized that he may have made a grave mistake. Regardless the king continued. "My name is Mado, one of the two Kings of Kiros. We noticed on our radars, that Sohzyn's fleet was making its way toward this blank sector. Only for us to find out, that this sector wasn't actually empty and that Sohzyn's signature vanished from these coordinates. Naturally, I asked my pilots to speed up and descend."

It just struck Tobi, what Kiala meant. Making him have no doubt that she was from the future.

Mado continued. "So, are you aiming to be a Conqueror?"

Tobi was confused by the question. "What do you mean by that?"

Mado shook his head and started to crack his bones. "I've met many protectors like you, that planet in this solar system, squirming with replaceable life. That's what you're trying to protect are you not? I'll be straight with you, having a weak resolve like that, will get you killed." He said letting out a hearty laugh.

Tobi didn't find it funny, clenching his sword tight in front of him and watching his every move. Yet Mado continued, undeterred and swung his sword down, pointing it at him. "You see, I came to battle Sohzyn and take his head as a present for his father, but now I'm left unsatisfied and could use a new asset, to make myself feel better..."

An enormous amount of energy poured out of him, suffocating Tobi. "What makes you think me and my brother won't leave, without taking your planet?"

He was finding it difficult to speak, but he managed to put on a brave front, knowing the World was watching. "Hmm, since what you're asking isn't possible. I'd appreciate it if you would best be on your way then. If you need directions, I can show you the way."

Mado let out an enormous laugh, which echoed throughout their surroundings. As he was about to speak, he sensed something and instinctively manifested a large dome barrier completely made out of black flames.

"Kinect: Gamma Ray Lite!" Kiala yelled at the top of her lungs, as she used her flight's momentum, to launch her attack.

Purple rays of energy formed into a sphere rotating faster than light, as her right hand started to rip to shreds. The sphere superheated and shattered forth quickly, with the beam of light, striking Mado's barrier, in nanoseconds.

The continent started to shake tremendously, as seismic activity rippled through the planet. The cliff completely crumbled apart as Tobi retreated to take cover. Mado's barrier was pushed hundreds of meters away as it held itself together until the beam completely covered it.

Kiala poured in all of her remaining energy, erupting an explosion, and levelling everything in over a five-kilometre radius. Her breathing was ragged, as her transformation flickered.

"You did well. You will make for a fine soldier." Mado praised, as he teleported behind her, with his left arm singed from the beam. "You're attack actually reached me."

She turned around, unsheathing her sword to cut his head off in one swift motion, however, he was quicker. Teleporting, then giving her one quick strike in the stomach, as violet flames left their mark on her.

She coughed blood and then fell unconscious. Mado put the flames out and then called out to his brother. "Rael!"

In a blur, Rael appeared beside him. "What is it, brother?"

Mado smiled at him. "I have decided, I want her in our ranks."

Rael looked her over, seemingly annoyed. "You know, you can't just keep picking people up like this. We have our own people to feed. If you take her, then you can't bring anyone else from that blue planet."

Mado grunted, then nodded. "Very well. I'm not interested in humans without power anyway. It seems she's a rare case for them. We'll kill the rest."

Tobi descended down in front of them, sword raised, as he maxed out on the energy he could output in second gear. He was scared and had still not come to grips with it. He knew accepting it would make it all real, but reality was not going to give him the time to decide.

However, there was one thing he knew for sure, he could never allow his child to be hurt, in front of him like that. "Drop her." He said, angrily.

The brothers looked at him, surprised by his audacity. "Or what?" Mado asked.

Tobi leaped at him, and at the same time, the king threw her to Rael, while unsheathing his sword and blocking Tobi's charge. Their eyes locked as the tension physically altered the terrain.

Dark clouds covered the entire continent, but Mado had the widest smile. "Is that a spark I see?"