Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

Dr Wily shakes his head, silently telling him that he can go look. By this point he knows that Eggman truly cares for her, so he'd obviously be a bit concerned.

Well, at this point he looks positively terrified, like a cornered animal. He's utterly quiet as Neo Metal Sonic speaks, and for the first time ever, does not react defensively towards an insult to his person.

It takes him a few seconds after Neo Metal Sonic finishes talking before speaking up.

"... how would I know I can trust you? Why would you bother with me?", he asks hesitantly, his expression not changing at all. He's afraid that asking this might get a violent response, but it's the biggest question on his mind and he has to know, even if there may be consequences.

As it detonates, it blows up a part of the Cyber Angel's arm. As the threads come out, it gets smacked to the ground by the Keyblade, dazing it for a moment.

As for 42's attack, the distant Cyber Angels manage to evade her attack, three of them opening fire on her with gatling guns while the last one's visor glows. Not to scan the Lingering Will, but to contact the home base.

Eggman goes.

Metal Sonic seems to regard something in Copy Robot.

He lowers his arm and takes a couple steps back.    "Allow me to remind you of what I just said, about fulfilling the doctors' wishes. I have concluded that you -"    he points a dramatic finger at Copy Robot    "- are the least beneficial to that end. If you refuse, my programming forbids me from taking undesired action that could harm you, but if not..."   

There seems to be a gleam in his eye.    "I can improve you in all the same ways that I have been improved before."   

Lingering Will simply hacks away at the Cyber Angel, trying to slice it to pieces.

42 smiles as she runs to the side. If they 'chase' her with their shots, she will keep running, but she's circling around towards their flank.

Edited by KiriK on Feb 10th 2020 at 3:24:08 AM

After Eggman leaves, Wily ponders once more.

"Hm... now I wonder... perhaps... Proto Man..."

The words come in harsh. Yet, Copy Robot can't deny that Neo is right. He did bring in an emerald, so he's not useless, but that's not what the other robot had said. He'd said 'least beneficial'. And with Bass being stronger than him, and Neo being both stronger and more beneficial, the inescapable truth is that, out of the three of them, he really is on the bottom.

He silently ponders, codes of programming running through his mind in an attempt to find out what he should do, what he should say.

Bass' taunting grin visualizes in his head. His clear lack of respect irks Copy Robot so much. Bass hasn't had any more luck in besting Mega Man, yet he's always been so smug, so sure that he'll eventually win without any enhancements.

More codes run through his mind, and he realizes something horrifying about himself, something he'd never even taken into account before, though his face doesn't let it show.

He glances to the side.

"I appreciate the offer. ... but I can't accept."

He actually looks a little pained, and while Neo probably won't care, it may at least be an intriguing reaction to him.

"I suppose I'll have to stay inferior..."

The Cyber Angel ends up in various pieces. That somehow still let out threads. However, instead of trying to repair the body, they attempt to cling onto the Lingering Will and cut into his armor, figuring that they can perhaps clear the way to the body that should be underneath, as far as the Cyber Angel knows, and therefore make him vulnerable to the other soldiers.

The other three do keep shooting for a while, but they seem to realize what she's doing before it's too late. As such, one of the three breaks formation and tries to ram into 42 with a headbutt.

"We will receive mission assistance shortly." , the fifth Cyber Angel says before getting ready to join the fight.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 10th 2020 at 10:52:10 AM

Neo Metal seems to tense up, as though taking a deep breath.

   "Very well."    He turns around and walks out, though he stops midway through the door.

   "Your time to shine may be soon regardless. Keep an eye out."   

Then he fully leaves.

The Lingering Will is not at all bothered, but he does try to sever the threads with wild swings. If his armor is peeled apart, his essence will escape and he will crumble, and he does not want that.

He then transforms his Keyblade into his not-speeder bike and zooms around. If the threads were not severed, the Cyber Angel will be dragged along with him. Then he tries to ram into the other Cyber Angels from the end opposite 42's.

42 gets knocked down, but catches herself with her hand and draws her katana. She attempts to stab the offending Cyber Angel in multiple spots, in the hopes of rendering it completely nonfunctional.

Edited by KiriK on Feb 10th 2020 at 3:50:46 AM

Copy Robot looks at him as he leaves, stunned yet conflicted about Neo Metal Sonic's words and his own findings. Once he's alone, he looks down at his hand.

I don't have a free will..., he softly mutters to himself. He leans back against the wall, slowly sliding down until he's slumping on the ground, eyes wide as he doesn't know what to think.

"How am I supposed to outshine anyone, let alone Mega Man, if I'm an eternal slave to my programming?"

Floating City, a random restaurant.

Bismark◊ is having his fill of meat. As dangerous as this place is all the time, he can't deny that it has much more food available than his world ever did.

The threads are severed, though as the Lingering Will speeds off, other threads start attempting to repair the body, albeit slowly.

The other Cyber Angels, who weren't paying attention to the Lingering Will, get slammed onto the ground after impact, one of them getting their visor broken. Meanwhile, the last one unaccounted for is hit by the EMP Katana in multiple spots. After some shuddering, it starts backing off, holding its head (its cannon turning back into a normal arm) as various symbols flash across its visor.

Then, however, a stronger shot is shot 42's way. If she doesn't notice it coming in time, she'll get caught in a more powerful explosion than the soldiers are capable of creating.

Not expecting the EMP'd Cyber Angel to still be functioning, 42 gets blown away by the new arrival's shot.

Lingering Will dismounts as his bike reverts to Keyblade form. He throws it up into the air, it grows larger, and larger...

and lands on his shoulder, looking mighty suspicious.◊

Floating City

Fu appears!

"Hey, Bismark! I, uh, I sensed someone specific near you at some point and got really worried. Glad you're okay."

Bismark, for once, isn't startled by Fu suddenly appearing, instead looking pretty happy.

"Oh, Fu! Y-yeah, I'm doing fine now."

He then looks curious.

"Who do you mean? ... oh, was it that really strong guy with purple skin who wore a coat that looks like mister Dedan's?"

As the three downed Cyber Angels get back up, an Officer unit lands upon the grassy fields.

"Your weapon looks unlike anything we've ever seen. However, it is no match for us."

The EMP'd Cyber Angel Soldier then drops to the floor, prompting the Officer, without even a glance, to launch an explosive shot towards its ally, destroying it completely.

"Surrender the target's life to us, and I may spare yours." , it says to the Lingering Will while raising its cannon towards where 42 is being blown towards.

Your existence is a blight on this world. You must be destroyed... at all costs.

The end of the Ultima Cannon begins spinning as a brilliant sphere of light and darkness builds up within it...

42 recovers in midair. She's hurtling towards a nearby wall of rock, but she braces, ready to rebound off of it.

"Yeah, his name's Hit. He's a hitman from the same multiverse I come from. His epithet is 'The Infallible'. I thought you were fighting him, but if he didn't kill you, you must not have... right?"

Bismark glances down sheepishly, twiddling with his fingers.

"... no, I did fight him. He was trying to kill Nicole's friend. Nicole helped protect the Queen's child. I... couldn't just turn around and walk away. I almost went Burnt, it was really frightening, but..."

He slightly smiles, though doesn't raise his head yet.

"I made it through..."

"Our existence is a gift from above. No matter how many of us you destroy, we shall never falter."

It turns its arm cannon into what appears to be a bazooka, then fires a missile right at the Lingering Will. The Cyber Angel Soldiers fly after the missile, figuring that, if the enemy could take it or tries to dodge, they could unload their own round of bullets at it.

The Cyber Angel who was reforming has regained enough mass to form its incomplete body into a cannon, which it aims at the rock wall 42 is hurling towards. Once she's close, it launches the ball, intending on having it explode against the wall, preventing 42 from bouncing off of it and getting hurt by either the explosion or it collapsing on top of her.

Cyber Angel Officer

Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 10th 2020 at 11:20:31 AM

42's eyes widen as the rock wall collapses on her.

The Lingering Will cancels the missile and hopefully makes the Cyber Angels regret their choice by firing a giant light/dark laser from the Ultima Cannon. Due to the attack on him, he had to fire it before it was completely finished charging, but it's still ridiculously strong.

The surrounding area seems to darken, as though less of the light from the sky above is reaching it all of a sudden.

"Oh. Oh wow."

Fu gives Bismark an encouraging pat on the back. "Clearly you didn't beat him - I didn't feel his energy waning enough for that to be possible before he disappeared - but well done!"

His brief look of surprise shows he did not expect a compliment to come his way. However, a short moment afterwards he smiles so preciously.

"T-thanks, Fu!"

It's unknown if the three Soldier Units had enough time to regret their choice, as they're nearly instantly vaporized by the Ultima Cannon. No threads are going to save them from this damage.

The Officer Unit's visor glows in a red hue, probably indicating a warning. It tries to fly up to avoid, but isn't fast enough to fully do so, and ends up losing its lower body to the attack in the process.

The Cyber Angel lets out a mechanical shriek of pain, though it doesn't fall, its seemingly holographic wings keeping it in the air. And, after a moment, it looks right at the Lingering Will, its balled fist indicating that it may be glaring at him.

"Again, we underestimate this world. However, do not believe this means you've won. I am no mere soldier unit. I have a far bigger arsenal than they do."

Its bazooka turns back into an arm, after which both arms suddenly turn into a pair of swords. Wordlessly, it then charges down towards the Lingering Will, attacking him with sword slashes as threads start to repair its lower body.

The only remaining soldier unit, the one currently shaped like a cannon with threads all over it, now aims at where 42 got buried under the wall, intending on finishing her off with another powerful explosion.

I will fight. I will not fall until I see Xehanort's end.

Switching the Ultima Cannon back to Ends of the Earth, Lingering Will fends off the Officer's strikes, receiving a scar on the side of his chest, and prepares to retaliate... but then, noticing the surrounding area darkening, he stops.

There's an ear-piercing static noise in all combatants' ears, save for the Lingering Will whose ears are deaf to such corruption.

Slenderman suddenly walks out from behind the Cyber Angel officer.

He makes a knife-hand shape, causing a shimmering ripple to appear at his fingertips - actually a small blade formed of nothingness - and does three quick chops at the Officer, aiming for the shoulders. Each successful hit causes that same static to play in a brief 'spurt'.

42 suddenly pops up running away from the rock pile, having slipped out in secret. She throws her katana at the side of the cannon-Soldier with deadly precision.

"Awww, yer welcome."

Edited by KiriK on Feb 10th 2020 at 4:36:00 AM

Bismark then glances back at the table.

"H-hey, do you want to eat something too? They have a lot of stuff here. Some kinds of food I've never even seen before."

He scratches his cheek.

"I don't think the other kinds are even meat.", he says, completely serious since meat was the only form of sustenance in his world. As such he doesn't know about vegetables, fruits, etc.

"Do not worry. If this Xehanort is in this world too, we will be sure to cut him down too." , the Officer says. Then it halts, the static noise basically paralyzing it due to not being prepared. Same for the soldier, who's stunned long enough for the katana to hit its target, cancelling out both the shot and further reparation for a while.

The Officer gets hit by the three stabs in its shoulder armor, shuddering with each one and its visor displaying more symbols every time. After the stabs the Officer staggers while still in mid-air.

"Ack... ACK... hurts... help..." , it mutters before suddenly, perhaps to the surprise of its three enemies, impaling its shoulder armor with its own swords.

"That... hurts... less..."

Slenderman isn't surprised. He simply teleports in front of the Officer in another burst of static and sends his tentacles into the ground.

The tentacles spring up around the Soldier, trying to wrap around it and tear it apart.

42 runs in and retrieves her sword first...

Meanwhile, Lingering Will is actually taken aback. He points Ends of the Earth at the Officer, and at Slenderman. The Officer, he knows is a threat because of 42's warning. But Slenderman reeks of malevolence...

Fu smirks.

"Sure, I'll grab a bite."

Edited by KiriK on Feb 10th 2020 at 4:59:19 AM

Bismark happily sits down in his chair again, waiting for Fu to grab himself some food too.

After he's done so, Bismark will continue eating.

The Soldier, unable to really dodge, is ensnared, then torn apart by Slenderman easily.

Meanwhile, the Officer Unit, as it tries to get back to its senses, notices the Lingering Will pointing his Keyblade towards Slenderman as well and actually, while still trapped, appears confused.

"You claim you'll be victorious... when you're this disorganized? You... agh... would battle your own allies while your enemy is on the battlefield too?"

It turns its arm into a grenade launcher.

"You may refer to me as... hypcritical... but at least I have a valid reason to do this."

It launches the grenade towards the Soldier's remains, blowing it up.

The Officer then flinches, not having fully recovered yet. If any of its enemies approach it, they may notice, by the shadows on the ground, that there's something in the air above them.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 10th 2020 at 12:05:57 PM

There is no organization here. This... thing attacked out of nowhere. It's out for both sides, and evil to the core; moreso than you. I can feel that much.

"We're all rather new here, so..."

Slendy flings the tiny remnants of the Soldier at the Officer in a barrage of annoying projectiles. Which are a distraction as one of his tentacles springs up and wraps around 42's neck.

Lingering Will, who always watches the shadows, looks up.

Edited by KiriK on Feb 10th 2020 at 5:08:44 AM

"..."

It says nothing. It has also not recovered enough to dodge yet, and as such gets metal remnants thrown against its head.

"Ow." , it says with every hit, though sounding more bored than actually hurt.

As for the Lingering Will, looking up will reveal to it the presence of another robotic female, likely one of the Cyber Angels, though it looks much less robotic and more cyborg-like than the soldier and officer units.

"This is starting to look like a mockery." , it says, looking just plain bored. The Officer, once it looks up (while still getting attacked), audibly gasps.

"W-why did you come here? Y-your presence is not required, I can handle this."

"Yeah, I can see that." , it sarcastically snarks.

The ground continues to be consumed by Slenderman's shadows.

Lingering Will throws his Keyblade to sever Slenderman's tentacle before he can pull 42 into the darkness.

Landing on all fours, 42 looks up at the new Cyber Angel. "So... what class are you?"

Slenderman folds his arms like he's irritated at not being the center of attention, and he tries to spear the new Cyber Angel with tentacles erupting from underground.

It looks down at 42 and raises an eyebrow, which it has due to having actual mechanical eyes instead of a visor.

"Before asking an identification, you ask for a rank? Your manners are lacking, little girl."

It glances towards the incoming shadows and raises its hand. The palm glows for a moment, then projects a barrier in front of the Cyber Angel to block the attack.

"Yet again, always the same." , it mumbles to itself before spreading its arms as its holographic wings shift their forms into what looks to be 4 holographic missile launchers.

It aims them down at the battlefield, but strangely, does not fire yet.

"Get out of the way." , it says to the Officer, who then attempts to do so.

"We should take cover."

We have no cover.

42 wordlessly points to the fallen rock wall.

Lingering Will transforms his Keyblade into Glider form, swoops to grab 42, and dismounts over by the rocks.

Meanwhile, Slenderman stands there and unleashes a roar of static, as if daring the new enemy to attack.

The roar of static stops the Officer in its tracks, symbols once again flashing on its visor. It looks up at the other Cyber Angel, who actually seems unaffected by the static.

"Just... do it..." , it says, strain in its voice. The airborne Cyber Angel appears to hesitate for a moment, but eventually, without saying a word, launches a crapton of missiles downwards, basically attempting to nuke Slenderman and the battlefield to kingdom come. Said missiles, while coming from holograms, seem to become real the moment they've been launched.

The Cyber Angel Officer, as its last act, turns to look at its enemies and chuckles darkly.

"For the Queen!"

With those final words, it's engulfed in the attacks, and nothing is left of it afterwards.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Feb 10th 2020 at 12:40:40 PM

42 and Lingering Will dive behind a hastily-erected barrier and make themselves as small as possible as explosions ravage the area around them.

Slenderman initially stands tall to show off, but slowly, the missiles wear him down, and he regresses towards raising his arms in defense, then finally falling to his knees.

When the bombardment ends, his shadows have been cleansed by the light, leaving the pale figure kneeling there in silent indignation.

"I don't think we would have survived that if we had stayed in its reach."

I know.

The Cyber Angel looks down upon the battlefield, glancing at Slenderman without any emotion in its eyes. It descends down towards the ground, wings turning back to normal.

"Let this be a lesson you can share with your allies. Stand against the Queen's will and face the consequences."

It then turns both of its wings into what looks like eight laser guns, aiming them right at Slenderman and preparing to fire.

"Just give up. It'll make this easier on all of us."

Slenderman responds by wrapping an arm over his own 'face' and peeling it off, exposing a void underneath as the static heightens to glass-shatteringly-loud volumes...

but before things get any more eldritch, he suddenly disappears.

42 pops up from behind her cover.

"We're not afraid of you. Your power output was insignificant compared to the heights reached by some in the Arena."

You can kill all the rest of us, make as sure as possible that we won't come back, and they'll still be here to destroy you utterly. You can tell your allies of that.

While the Cyber Angel definitely looks a little surprised, it still doesn't appear bothered by the static noise. It turns its wings back to normal once Slenderman disappears though, and looks at 42.

"You judge fast for someone who has only seen a single attack of mine. Such rashness will be your downfall if you continue to do so." , it says, then turning to the Lingering Will... and sighing.

"Yes, this feels so familiar yet again. I have heard this spiel many a times, yet things never change." , it says, back to looking bored.

"Well, note that we may choose to not try to kill all of you. It all depends on the Queen's orders. It's highly possible that, once we have what we want, we may just leave this world and never return. ... to be honest, that would be my most preferred outcome personally."