War of Atlas

by Lucny Dauphin

  Linda is back on her feet and fires off a large energy wave at him. This energy wave comes at Kizo fast. However, Kizo smirks as the energy beam wave comes his way.

  “You can never stop me…! I’ll just easily”-

  Seconds later, Kizo is hit with raining plasma bullets from below by none other than August and Caleb. Kizo is shocked as he is now unable to move. Smoke begins to cloud around Kizo’s body from the plasma bullets, and just like that, Linda’s energy beam wave devours Kizo’s body whole, also leading Luke to fire off his most powerful energy wave yet, also crashing onto Kizo’s body, creating a massive explosion in the process. A blast so powerful it ends up pushing Luke back. However, the vents under his feet and back can keep him steady.

  “Holy fuck, you guys are still alive!” says Luke with a smile.

  “Yeah…head hurts, though…!” replies Linda through Luke’s speaker.

  “Same,” replies August.

  “I…need to be quick on my feet to avoid friendly fire,” replies Caleb.

  Suddenly, within the large black puff of smoke, Kizo lets an angry yell, which startles the rest of the group. They witness Kizo blast away the smoke away from him from a mysterious wind. His armor has now been destroyed, revealing Kizo having long black parachute pants, black boots, and his cannon rifle nowhere to be seen. Kizo’s muscles looked pumped up, and he appeared enraged to his core.

  “This is it…! I’m done toying with you humans! You’ll never be superior to “us”!” shouts Kizo.

  “…Heh, I beg to differ,” replies Luke with a smirk.

  “I’m ending ALL OF THIS!!” shouts Kizo, shooting his right hand up into the air.

  Suddenly, a small hole appears in the palm of his hand, raised in the air. Kizo reveals a menacing grin, as a multitude of black energy balls begin shooting up into the sky, and quickly falling faster than they came out of Kizo’s hand, making way to destruction. It was raining destruction balls, as they caused mass destruction all around. Luke was shocked at what he saw, however, he couldn’t be distracted any longer. Luke swoops down to the now fiery city and makes way for Linda, who’s limping on her feet as destruction is blasting all around her. Linda looks up and finds a large black boulder about to crush her from above, however in seconds, Luke sweeps her off of her feet, and avoids the large boulder just in time before it crashes to the ground.

  “Are you able to fly at least, Linda?!” shouts Luke.

  “Y-Yes…! Thank you, Luke…!” replies Linda, blushing.

  Luke lets go of Linda, as they now made way to rescue Caleb, who was still struggling to get back to his feet. In moments, Luke grabs Caleb by putting his arm around his shoulder, and they quickly blast their way out of there as more energy balls crashed and destroyed parts of the city.

  “Caleb, can you fly?!” shouts Luke.

  “I believe so…! I can do it…!” replies Caleb.

  “C’mon, we have to get August next!” shouts Luke.

  Luke lets go of Caleb, and now all three are quickly making their way to August, who’s leaned against a building with no strength in his body to move at all. August is gasping for air as many buildings begin crumbling all around him.

  “There he is!” shouts Linda, pointing down.

  The team quickly swoops down, and in seconds, Luke grabs August by the head and quickly pulls him up, avoiding all falling debris from crushing him.

  “We got everyone!” shouts Luke.

  “Thanks, man…I got rocked hard by that guy…!” says an injured August.

  “What about Kim?!” shouts Linda.

  “Damn…! Where the fuck is she?!”

  “Do you think you’ll be able to escape me?!” shouts Kizo.

  The team looks up, and seconds after having their eyes locked at Kizo, their eyes widen, and their jaws dropped, as they found Kizo holding a massive black energy ball in his hand, above his body. Large enough to possibly destroy multiple cities.

  “No…fucking way…!” says a shocked Luke.

  “It’s like…he’s holding a planet above him…!” says a shocked Linda.

  “…Guys are we dead?” asks a shocked August.

  “….As soon as he drops the ball down here…we are…” replies a shocked Caleb.

  “…Tsk, Kim, shoot him down NOW!!!” shouts a now angry Luke…

  Miles away from where Kizo held a powerful energy ball destroy everything, Kim was on top of the few buildings still standing, having her sniper rifle aimed directly at Kizo’s head. Kim revealed a smirk, with her finger set on the trigger.

  “…That’s all I wanted to hear, baby~” says Kim with a smirk.

  “AND NOW, YOU WILL ALL PERISH! ALL HAIL SOLAR”-

  Before Kizo could finish, Kizo’s eyes widened, with his words stopping. The team looked on from below silent, and in seconds, the dark ball above Kizo’s body shattered into fragments of purple particles of light. Kizo’s right arm lowered and flayed about, as it was then revealed that a bullet went straight through Kizo’s head. Kizo looked as if he saw a ghost, as his eyes suddenly went from bright red to hollow black, along with the red sphere on his chest…and like that, his body fell from the sky, soon crashing into the debris he created. Luke proceeds to fly up higher to the sky, and soon stops, looking around for someone. After looking around frantically, he soon stops and finds one skyscraper still standing. Through his helmet’s camera, he finds Kim on top of that skyscraper, with her armor appearing damaged, but still in stable condition. Luke was soon shocked to find Kim giving him a smile and a thumbs up while setting and hold the rifle on her shoulder. Luke soon enough, smiles and sends her a thumbs up in return.

  “…Good job guys…we took a boss down…!” says Luke with a smirk.

  [Xera City]

  Ginzo glides back on the road, looking a tad exhausted, however as soon as he stopped, he appears shocked and looks up at the dark sky, appearing frozen in time.

  “…No…Kizo…!” says a shocked Ginzo. Ginzo quickly lowers his head and looks towards the three swordsmen come after him fast like assassins. However, his shocked look quickly turned into pure rage.

  “…I’m going to avenge your death…be sure of it! These three will perish by my very own blades, handed to me by the “King” himself!” says a furious Ginzo, charging after the three swordsmen with swift speed…

  Chapter End

  Chapter 37

  Critical (2)

  Akira, Zavius, and Kame all charge at Ginzo full speed and attempt to make the first move, swinging their beam sword at Ginzo horizontally in a simultaneous fashion. However, Ginzo ends up shooting high into the air making the three miss. As Ginzo looks down while flying up, his eyes widen to find Akira bolting up towards him like a missile, and in seconds, Akira smashes his knee into Ginzo’s chin, stopping Ginzo in mid-air. From there, Akira strikes Ginzo with three powerful kicks to his left and right abdomen, and finally his stomach, sending Ginzo flying back. Ginzo yells in agonizing pain. However, he can keep his body afloat and stop himself from getting flown back any father. As soon as he stops his body, he finds Kame and Zavius charging at him full force. From there, the both of them perform swift and stylish sword techniques at Ginzo, which appeared enough to slice Ginzo to shreds, but Ginzo kept himself afloat by dodging as much as he could. Zavius swiftly kicks Ginzo to the face, causing Ginzo’s body to spin like a tornado, and at the right moment, both Kame and Zavius glide back, with Akira pushing forward like a train, swiftly punching Ginzo to the face hard, sending him crashing and staying glued to the side of a building. Ginzo’s head is now lowered glued to the side of a building. Ginzo soon slowly begins to raise his head and looks up to find the three sword warriors floating in the air. Ginzo smirks and scoffs at the sight as he lowers his head once more.

  “…So, their little power-up has made them stronger…Well, they may have won this round, but the next one, it’s time I also “power up”…” whispers Ginzo, before chuckling.

  As Ginzo chuckled, a dark shadow began
to form and hover over his body. Ginzo’s body breaks free from the building as the swordsmen from above watch Ginzo’s body slowly float forward away from the building, silently watching this large dark mass shadow manifest above his body.

  “Be careful guys, he’s about to evolve…” says a glaring Kame.

  “…Be ready at all times…” says Zavius.

  The shadow quickly swallows Ginzo’s body whole, and before the swordsmen knew it, Ginzo was nothing more than a shadow man with bright red eyes, wielding two long shadow-like swords. As the group silently stared at Ginzo’s new transformation, Ginzo looked at his targets and revealed a frightening grin enough to scare even the toughest men, however, the swordsmen were unfazed by Ginzo’s intimidating presence.

  “…This time, I kill you all for good…!” whispers Ginzo, now charging up towards the swordsmen like a rocket.

  “…This time, we kill him for good…!” says Akira, as he, along with Zavius and Kame, charged down after Ginzo.

  Up first was Zavius, Zavius blasts past Akira and Kame and goes after Ginzo. Ginzo swings his left shadow sword. However, Zavius clashes it with his beam sword. From there, the two began wildly clashing their swords at each other, while Kame appeared behind Ginzo and tried to strike. However, Ginzo performs a spinning move with his swords out, having Zavius and Kame back away from him. As soon as Ginzo stopped spinning, Akira swoops in and goes to swing his sword down at Ginzo. However Ginzo glides back, making Akira, and at the right moment, Ginzo swings both shadow swords at Akira. However, Akira was fast enough to glide back and evade his attack. Zavius charges at Ginzo from his left, while Kame on his right.

  “You two are annoying!” shouts Ginzo.

  Ginzo points both of his swords at Kame and Zavius, as seconds later, the shadow swords erect even longer, looking to pierce Zavius and Kame quick.

  “Damn! Move, guys!” shouts a shocked Akira.

  Zavius and Kame both glide to the left, miraculously dodging the long shadow swords. However, Ginzo spins his body once more, looking to slice everyone around him apart. At the right moment, the three swordsmen fly up and avoid his spinning attack just in time. As soon as they were away, however, Ginzo stops and charges up after them.

  “Akira, we have to finish this quickly…!” says Zavius.

  “…I’ll land the final blow…you two must keep him on his toes…” replies Akira.

  “Roger!” shouts Kame, charging down after Kame.

  “….Hmph, I’m sick of this fly fighting anyways. Our armored suits are capable of anything…!” says Zavius, pulling out the beam rifle from behind his back.

  Before Kame and Ginzo could clash blows, Ginzo is struck by a blue energy beam wave, shooting him down crashing back to the surface in seconds.

  “Hey, what the fuck?!” shouts Kame.

  “Go after him; I’ll be right there!” Zavius shouts back.

  Kame blasts down and lands on the ground, confronting Ginzo who’s now got back up to his feet. The two lock eyes for a moment, before the two charge and clash their swords at each other, getting into each other’s faces.

  “Puny human…you’ll see just why we are far superior to you…!” says Ginzo with a smirk.

  “…Heh, I’d like to see what you’re truly made of because I haven’t seen it yet…!” replies Kame with a smirk back.

  The two began swinging and clashing swords at a rapid rate, with the blows so powerful it emitted shockwaves. Zavius now blasts down and lands on the ground, watching the two have a fierce battle. Zavius begins speed walking towards their fight, feeling the shockwaves the closer and closer he got to them.

  “…Kame…move…!” says Zavius.

  “…. Alright…!” says Kame.

  As Zavius got close enough, Kame stops his battle and glides to the left as Zavius ends up swiftly striking Ginzo to the chest, making Ginzo glide back and stop, breathing for air. Ginzo silently watches as Zavius slowly walks towards him.

  “…So, you must be Mr. Hot Shot…” says Ginzo.

  “…You’ll meet him very soon,” replies Zavius.

  Zavius gets closer and sends a swift strike to Ginzo once more. However, Ginzo clashes his sword against it. Zavius continues to swing his sword at Ginzo at a calm swiftly, yet fast pace. It was as if Zavius was a true sword master, having no fear at all. Ginzo continued blocking Zavius’s sword with his own. However, Ginzo looked on with a pinch of fear on his face, by how impressive Zavius’s techniques were. So impressive, that Zavius abruptly glides back for a second, stopping the fight, and charges forward, successfully slashing Ginzo across his chest once more.

  “Ack!” shouts Ginzo in pain, gliding back and going down on one knee. Zavius continues walking towards Ginzo as he finds a long red slash mark on his chest. Before Zavius could strike, however, Ginzo gets struck with light blue plasma bullets, which were strong enough to push Ginzo back and send him crashing inside of a building. Zavius stops, and slowly turns his head to the left, as Kame slowly walks up to him with a beam rifle in his hand.

  “…I had him, you know…” says Zavius.

  “Hey, you interrupt me, I do the same back!” replies Kame.

  Next, Zavius puts his sword away and pulls out his beam rifle. Both Kame and Zavius point their rifles at the hole Ginzo was sent into, and fire off a massive blue energy wave, sending fiery destruction at Ginzo in the process.

  “Now that’s what I call a fire show!” says Kame with a smirk.

  “Be on edge, he’s not dead yet…” replies Zavius.

  “What?! That was a powerful attack right there! We probably blew off like six buildings with that!” shouts Kame.

  Zavius takes a step forward and finds Ginzo walking through the blazing fire with a purple barrier forming around his body.

  “…Keep firing Kame,” orders Zavius.

  Kame does as tell, and fires off plasma bullets at Ginzo, however, they ricochet off Ginzo’s barrier. Zavius next fires an energy beam wave towards Ginzo, however, the beam wave bounces off Ginzo’s barrier. As soon as that happens, Ginzo charges after the two swordsmen, and before the two could even move, Ginzo smirks, as he is right in front of them, seconds away from swinging both swords at them…

  …And thus, Ginzo successfully strikes both Kame and Zavius, sending them both crashing into buildings, with explosions following soon after. Ginzo now stands tall with fire ablaze all around him. Ginzo looks to his left and finds Zavius not moving, laid out on the ground, and then looks to his left to find Kame in the same fate…but as he looks forward, he smirks, to find Akira from afar, wielding now two beam swords, slowly walking towards Ginzo.

  “…Miku…your blade…we will take him down…together…!” says Akira with an angrier, yet serious tone.

  “…You must be the one…!” says Ginzo with a smirk, “…The true warrior…!”

  Akira had no words, but to charge after Ginzo full speed. Ginzo does the same, and when close enough, they both clashed both of their swords, emitting a powerful shockwave around them. After the clash of their swords, the two began a swift, powerful dual-blade assault on each other, performing the swiftest sword techniques they could pull off, only to block each other’s moves off at the same time with impressive speed. Akira quickly spins his body with his swords out, copying Ginzo’s move, but Ginzo glides back, making Akira miss. However, as soon he does, Akira stops and charges forward, attempting to strike Ginzo at the right moment swiftly, but Ginzo once again blocks his attack, and from there, they continue rapidly clashing their swords at each other. Ginzo quickly and successfully trips Akira, and as Akira is on his way to falling, Ginzo swiftly tries to strike Akira, but Akira once again slides back, making Ginzo miss. As Akira is safely away from Ginzo, Akira charges forward to attack once more. However, Ginzo scoffs and swings his shadow sword at Akira, which once again begins to form longer to reach Akira. Akira’s eyes widen, with no time to move, Akira is struck hard by Ginzo’s attack, pushing Akira and sliding across the floor. A slash mark appea
rs on Akira’s chest armor. However, it didn’t stop Akira from quickly getting back up to his feet, and suddenly flying up into the sky. Ginzo looked on in suspense and followed him in quick pursuit.

  Akira looks back and finds Ginzo already getting close to him. Ginzo once again swings his long shadow sword at Akira. However, Akira quickly slaps the shadow sword away with his sword. The two then have stop face to face, with sparks flying out of Akira’s chest armor, Akira is not in a good state.

  …Damn, that attack was way stronger than I would’ve thought…! thought Akira.

  “Give it up, human! You can’t beat me!” shouts Ginzo.

  Ginzo’s eyes suddenly flash bright, and in seconds, Akira’s eyes widen, as his body begins to tighten up, the point he struggles to move.

  “What…what is this…?!” says a shocked Akira, struggling to move his body.

  “Paralysis. These are the small things humans cannot even obtain. And now, you will die…!” replies Ginzo before releasing an evil laugh.

  Akira looked in horror, as Ginzo now charged at him, ready to strike the final blow. It appeared to be clearly over for Akira…

  Akira looked on in complete shock and disbelief. The edge of Ginzo’s shadow sword was inches to his chest.

  “…You…you’re still…alive…?!” says a disgruntled Ginzo, now pierced with a blue beam sword through the stomach.

  Akira was shocked to find Kame from afar, armor damaged, but still breathing. Akira began to move his fingers, and as soon as he could feel them move, Akira quickly flew back away from Ginzo, as Ginzo coughed out a large amount of blood.

  “No…you’re not…going to get away from me!” shouts Ginzo, reaching his hand out towards Akira, however his eyes widened even more, with another beam sword perfectly pierced through his stomach. The one to do this next was Zavius, whose armor was also damaged, along with his helmet armor, which was partially cracked, revealing his left eye, whose eye color was green. Ginzo lets out a blood curling scream as blood shoots out of his mouth like a fountain.