Pseudo doesn't comment at all, just looking at the screen in nervous anticipation.
"Come on, Botar...", he thinks. "Get our remaining allies out of there quickly!"
Near 42 and Matoro, Botar warps in with the Darklings, who immediately rush towards the battlefield. Botar, staying with them, crouches a little to get closer to their heights.
"I'll get you both to safety. Stand still."
"Wait, I'm not going! Hahli is... I can't...", Matoro says, looking pained. Botar shakes his head.
"We can't help her. All we can do is pray that the Arena revives her. If not, we will make sure she isn't forgotten."
Matoro still looks unsure.
"I'll warp her body out of here too so she can get a proper burial. But only if you comply. She wouldn't want you to recklessly kill yourself."
"... f... fine..."
Botar stands back upright, and if 42 agrees too, he'll warp them both to a safe location. If she does not, he'll only warp Matoro.
Regardless of what happens, he starts moving closer to Hahli's body, carefully keeping his eyes on the fight. He can't warp her without being close to her, so he's taking quite the risk. If the General sees him...
The General counters by moving its wings in front of its body, reforming them into an energy shield to block the bullets. However, this means it cannot use its wings for anything other than blocking said bullets for as long as Doomguy keeps firing, and this seems to include advanced agility, as Zoro's slashes fully hit this time around, dealing some visible damage to its armor and making it retreat a few steps. Of course the threads come out immediately though, so the damage doesn't last. Still, while Zoro may not know it, the other Cyber Angels seen so far had a limit to how much they can get repaired, so it's likely the General has a limit too. But that won't mean much if the General's threads end up outlasting Doomslayer's and Zoro's stamina.
It's then when the Hunter suddenly emerges behind the General, attempting to behead it with his sword. Unfortunately it hears him and ducks in time, after which it jumps over him, lands behind him, and performs a No U by beheading him instead.
As his body and head hit the ground, vanishing nearly instantly, the General slightly raises one of its arms, and small drone-like objects detach from it, now flying around it. The General doesn't attack Zoro, and is still busy using its wings to defend from Doomslayer, so it's easy to guess that these drones must provide an alternative method of attack.
The question is: what can they do?
The Huntress hides behind a rock, putting away her gun as the Hunter suddenly reappears next to her, head attached to his neck again.
"There you are. Cyber has given us the go to retreat if we want. Considering the situation, we won't be able to reach our goal here, so we should probably follow the rest."
The Hunter tilts his head and the Huntress nods.
"Everyone but Cyber and the Shinigami up in the sky have already chosen to retreat. None of them want to throw away their lives in this fight since we don't know for sure if we can still win. I know you want to continue fighting, but we won't gain anything from doing so now. So let's go."
The Hunter ponders for a moment, then nods. The Huntress looks relieved, and the two of them then leave the battlefield as fast as they can, though the Huntress looks up as they retreat.
"I don't get why those three didn't try to fight too though...", she mutters.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Bah, I hate it when they just regenerate!
Zoro decides to take action again, holding his two swords horizontally above the shoulder and the other in his mouth in the same direction before performing a circular swing to launch three air compressed projectiles right at the drones and the general!
Hyakuhachi Pound Ho!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThor, Pietro and Wanda continue to watch the battle as it progresses.
”Why are those two bloody fools still trying to fight that robot? Did they not see the destruction that it wrought mere moments ago?“
”They’re either really brave, or they’ve got one hell of a death wish.”
”Come on, Botar, hurry up before that thing notices what you’re doing...”
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 12th 2020 at 11:47:45 AM
The General's shield remains up, but it's starting to shudder, suggesting that the bullets are slowly but surely breaking through. The General realizes this too, and is not about to let that happen.
It puts one hand and knee on the ground, half-crouching as its eyes flash multiple times. It mutters.
"Shield's remaining capacity at 13 percent. New enemies coming from the north and north-east. Sending four drones to deal with the demon children, two drones to deal with the swordsman, and one to deal with the angry gunman. I'll deal with the armored boy myself."
The moment it's finished, four drones launch towards the Darklings, one goes for Doomslayer, and the remaining two drones block Zoro's way. One of them gets hits by Zoro's projectiles and explodes on the spot, immediately showing that these aren't nearly as sturdy as the Cyber Angels are, but the other then tries to zap Zoro with a stream of lightning.
It won't actually hurt that much in terms of damage. However, the stream has a powerful stunning effect. The drone's goal is, essentially, to keep Zoro stuck in place until there's less enemies on the field.
The one headed for Doomslayer flies up behind him, then suddenly back in front of him in an attempt to disorient him.
Regardless of how effective it was, it then proceeds to channel its inner Electrode and explodes.
The other four try to shoot lasers at the Darklings, but they just power through the attacks, not bothering to dodge them. William lights the drones ablaze with Giga Blaze, while Emelyn goes straight for the General, charging in with a slash from her sword.
The General turns one arm into a sword to block, but is shocked when Emelyn's darkness-imbued sword just cuts right through the arm-sword.
"HAH!" , Emelyn exclaims with a grin, already believing her victory to be assured. She's given a very brutal wake-up call when the threads, instead of repairing the arm, suddenly shoot out at her and impale her through her shoulders, after which they constrict around her body.
"W-what the actual-ack!" , Emelyn yells through the pain. William, seeing this, immediately runs forward to try to help.
Cyber then arrives there too, flying over Doomguy's bullets for his entrance. He's about to swing, but the General then turns to him, moving Emelyn's trapped body inbetween them. Cyber stops, hovering in place, letting out an annoyed growl. He could cut straight to Emelyn to get to the General, but doing so would be breaching the truce he made with Pseudo.
"Damnit, we can't afford to give Pseudo cause to call it quits. We very likely still need each other's forces.", Cyber thinks to himself as the General scans him to find a 100% match target in him.
However, its scanners indicate something else too, and the General appears confused and intrigued, which, in turn, confuses Cyber.
"What's with that look?", he asks. He doesn't expect an answer though, and is just trying to keep its attention on him so that his allies, should they get past the drones, may be able to sneak around and attack in a way that doesn't endanger Emelyn.
Still high up in the sky, Leander is looking more and more stressed.
"... AAGH! I can't take this anymore! Why aren't we going down there!?"
"Because we were ordered to deal with air attacks." , Sonia casually says.
"But... c'mon! You know they need our help! Cyber is down there too, you know!?"
"So? I'm just doing what he wanted me to do. If he survives, he might know better than to treat me, the Shinigami Queen, like an ordinary minion."
Leander can't believe what he's hearing.
"You're... keeping us up here because you don't like the way he treats us? We... We WORK for him! We are minions to him!"
"And if he'd shown us a shred of the respect we deserve as well, then I might've gone down there and helped him. But he very clearly wants us to just take orders, so now he gets what he wants."
She crosses her arms.
"When we first signed on for this, I expected to have a bit of fun. But so far all we've done is either acting as surveillance or remaining hidden in one of their bases. Besides, he's even given us the go to retreat, so he can't complain that we didn't lift a finger."
"I... you... damnit, I'm going down there, whether you want me to or not!", Leander yells, after which he starts flying downwards...
Only to suddenly find himself trapped in Thaddeus' chains and pulled back up.
"Brother! Let me go! Don't tell me you don't want to help them!", he yells at his older brother.
"I do. But Sonia is the queen. I have to follow her orders, and so do you."
Leander growls and Sonia sighs.
"Alright, if it bothers you so much to just fly here and observe, we'll just retreat like the rest."
"That's not what I w-"
"Thaddeus." , she says, after which she flies off. Thaddeus follows, which forces a protesting Leander to go with them, seeing as he's still chained.
Right after the Shinigami have left, Botar reaches Hahli's two halves of a body and warps them away.
Relieved, he's about to head out too, when he notices that Emelyn is trapped and William's headed towards what might be his demise, as he's definitely too blinded by rage and concern to focus on what the General might be about to do.
"You've got to be kidding me.", Botar says, eyes narrowing as he now runs towards the battle too. He grabs his communicator and calls Pseudo.
"Release the anti-teleportation seal on the base so that Weber can warp in and get these two out of here!"
Pseudo, shocked at the suggestion, struggles with that decision. Doing so could leave their base wide open.
"R... release the...", he mutters.
"If you don't do this, your Darklings might die!", Botar says through the communicator before shutting it off, needing to keep his focus on any possible attacks headed his way.
Pseudo still struggles, not comfortable with taking that risk.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Mar 12th 2020 at 7:57:46 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Doom Slayer is exploded into Ludicrous Gibs. Well, he tried.
Edited by KiriK on Mar 12th 2020 at 1:58:56 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Zoro is shocked and begins to make a bunch of funny noises, even kneeling to the ground. However, perhaps to the drone's surprise if it can feel any, he begins to move against the restraining effect!
Ggggrraaaahhhhggg you're gonna need more than that.. someone already tried and....
Summoning forth his immense pain tolerance and power, he attempts to break through the paralyzing effect before running towards the drone to attempt to slice through the mini-mook with a cross-shaped upwards slash, trailing his swords along the ground before attempting to perform his move.
... Didn't take... duh.
He take a breather, gauge his wounds, look at the general... and...
Spins before yeeting stronger compressed air blades at the General, hoping to attack her from the back!
Senhachiju Pound Ho!
If it works, then he start running at her, holding two of his swords at an angle against each other before rotating them rapidly, gaining momentum!
Santoryu Ogi!
Edited by Bolded1 on Mar 12th 2020 at 8:11:55 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"But... our defenses...", Pseudo says, still troubled.
Hahaha, what a coward. You won't even let your walls down to save your allies? Pathetic! , the voice of Porky Minch rings through his mind. Porky had never said those words to him, but Pseudo can easily imagine him doing so in this moment.
The thought angers him, and he immediately forgets his reservations about this idea. He starts typing away on his keyboard while using a mechanical spider leg to press the intercom.
"Weber! Go to the battlefield and retrieve the Darklings immediately! You'll have an opening to warp out of the base in five seconds, for just a moment. Do not hesitate and get them back! That's an order!"
A red lever then appears out of the side of the desk, and Pseudo pulls it. The lighting inside the base turns a slight red.
"Keep all other cameras on the insides of the base, we can't miss a single spot. If anyone somehow manages to find their way in, I'll know."
Weber, hearing the command, gains a dark aura, channeling his powers to warp.
He, however, isn't the only one to do so...
The drone isn't really a being capable of reacting to Zoro breaking out of the paralyzing bolt, as it is an object, so it could not have predicted that it'd be attacked right now.
As such, it is cut down immediately and explodes.
The General turns to look just in time to get hit in the face by the wind blades, resulting in some very visible cuts across its head, some of its hair getting cut off in the process as well.
It staggers back, Emelyn's position changing as a result of being dragged around, and Cyber seizes his moment, slashing at the threads to cut them, allowing Emelyn to break free.
The General recovers nearly immediately though, and, noticing William's approach and Zoro's charge, brings its shield back to it, turning them back into wings, and flying upwards to avoid the attack.
William ended up going to fast that he can't stop himself after he misses, which means that, unless Zoro dodges, William will charge into him and probably cause both of them to fall on the ground. Otherwise it'll just be William who does.
Regardless of the outcome, Botar gets to their location.
"This fight is lost. Just allow me to get you out of here!", Botar says to Zoro, already about to warp William away.
Right as Emelyn hits the ground, Weber appears on the scene and, with his dark magic, teleports her to the Hub Centralis, where she can wait for him and Botar later. He looks up at the General, still grinning but eyes appearing angry.
"You're being quite the pest to my overlord's allies, girly." , he says before spreading his cloak and sending Nitroglycerin bombs at it. Taken aback by Weber's choice of attacks, the General drops back to the ground, changing an arm into a sword, and about to charge for Weber.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Mar 12th 2020 at 8:33:10 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Zoro cancel his attack at the last moment to avoid accidentally killing an ally, but get hit by William. He grunts with annoyance at him.
Dammit! Don't go charging into me! He complains, dropping his mouth sword. Then, Botar appears, and Zoro is too surprised by the sudden appearance (it is a surreal toothy angel robot teleporting out of nowhere next to him) to protest, though he lunge to get his sword mouth back into his mouth before being teleported out!
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterGarden Of Color
Both halves of the tide are starting to look more like simple balls of Heartless than tides...
Then they leap together and swirl up back into one tide, before smashing into the very ground, sinking into it and staining it black.
From the center of the pool of darkness emerge a number of shadowy tendrils surrounding a new Demon Tide's core, now pulsating and emitting bright orange light like the inside of a volcano. The darkness is absorbed back into the core, and countless new Heartless - hundreds, if not thousands more - emerge from it, swirling up around the core to form the shape of a goddamn tornado of shadowy bodies, streaking with deep blue-purple trails of energy.
The trails soon turn bright orange as the Demon Tide is outlined in red energy, and it circles around the battlefield while launching huge clumps of Shadow-type Heartless at Sonic and Hakumen.
—
Ansem's Guardian defends him while he looks over at the new form of the Demon Tide.
"Good... the hearts of darkness are at their peak hunger. This should serve our needs." His image blurs, distorts, and then he vanishes.
Ansem has retreated!
Lab Exterior
Dylan scoffs in amusement before beginning the fusion with everyone else.
Dylan: "FUSION..."
Tager simply hangs back and watches.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Mar 12th 2020 at 3:42:07 PM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"XEHANOOOOOOOORT! cries the Lingering Will.
Sonic gets a faceful of Heartless, blowing him away.
"Fu... sion! HA!"
As five bodies become one, the area is eclipsed in brilliant light, and an abomination emerges!
The Self-Insert Ultra Fusion takes the form of:
- Omega: A towering ten-foot-tall skeleton with Ainz-like eyes peering from beneath its sockets.
- Rbade: It wears decently-shaped wooden armor with a fireproof polish and a tower shield with the Soviet emblem engraved into its surface on its left arm, armed with a Zero Buster that magically vanishes when necessary on the right arm.
- Rey: Over its face appears a combination of Rbade's Scouter and a VR headset, letting it view its surroundings with an overlay that lets it simply reach out and manipulate reality the way Rey's controllers do... and possibly more ways than that.
- Arachnos: Four spider limbs protrude from its back, hooked around it in a menacing formation.
- Dylan: It exudes a battle aura which constantly shifts hues, ready to lock into one at a moment's notice.
It raises its arms and thrusts its chest out, doing a flexing motion, as it releases sheer power to launch the rogue sprites up into the air!
Ultra Fusion - Dragon Ball Fusions
"WE... ARE..."
shit what were we gonna call this thinks Rey.
reybadygara? suggests someone, maybe Arachnos.
"REYBADYGARA!"
Rhea sticks her tongue out at the Ultra Fusion.
Reybadygara dashes towards the Altair MegaSniper, manifesting Omega's Stand 「March of the Skeletons」 on the other side of it, causing the Ultra Fusion's form to 'revert' towards that of a generic (albeit very large) anime dude. They both do an axe kick in unison to spike it downwards. He vanishes down to catch it, punting it back into the air with a knee strike before having the Stand chase it down with a rush of advancing punches, before grabbing it and slinging it down to the ground again.
As it picks itself up, March of the Skeletons zooms over its head, wielding the Zero Buster, and fires a two-handed barrage of Dark Bolts and Buster shots like a fighter plane performing a strafing run, before Reybadygara suddenly appears in front of it and blasts it to nothing with a Buster Wolf-esque release of energy from his fist!
Edited by KiriK on Jul 21st 2021 at 10:23:42 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Botar manages to warp Zoro and William to the Hub Centralis. Only he, Weber and Cyber remain on the battlefield.
The General now charges for Weber, but Cyber flies in the way, launching energy shots at it. However, it seems to have been a trick, as the General suddenly swerves before the shots get to it, going right for Botar now instead, having seen him warp people away and planning to kill him before he can potentially bring in reinforcements, not knowing that he's not intending to do so.
Botar, who wasn't looking at the exact moment he warped them, turns to find the General right in front of him, about to strike...
When all of a sudden, Rico Jr leaps in front, blocking its attack with his own sword, protecting Botar successfully, but getting sent flying away into the walls of the nearby fortress as a result of the impact.
"Crap!", Botar says, furious by the results of his own mistakes, and he warps towards the castle to see if he's alright.
Weber warps away as well, wanting to make sure his overlord survived the attack.
Which leaves Cyber, who lands on his feet, alone with the General, who now turns to him. Its threads finally repair the arm it had lost.
"You're not going to run too?" , the General asks.
"I want to, but I doubt you'll let me.", Cyber says.
The General crosses its arms and ponders for a moment.
"... do you still have it?"
"... huh?", Cyber asks, confused.
"Do you still have the box your associate stole from us a few years ago?"
"... what if I do?", Cyber asks, taking a defensive stance, ready to evade a potential surprise attack.
"I see. I assure you, it will be ours again soon."
It then turns around, surprising Cyber.
"Wait... don't tell me you're leaving!"
"Would you prefer to die?" , the General harshly says.
"... but why would you..."
"There is a matter I have to discuss with the Queen. Do not worry... we'll be back for you later."
The General then starts to fly away, leaving Cyber to stand there.
"... how is that supposed to not be worrying?", he mutters to himself as he sheathes his sword.
R7039-X backs off at the appearance of the tornado of Heartless.
"Alright... gotta take this one seriously.", Greyface mutters inside of his protective armor.
Since the circling Demon Tide did not attack R7039-X this time, he charges for the tornado, fists coated in psychic energy, and he starts punching away at the tornado, attempting to knock the thousands of Heartless onto the ground. Thanks to the robot's weight, Greyface is at no risk of being pulled into the tornado.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Mar 12th 2020 at 8:58:12 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Speaking of that box... Wanda and I had an idea we wanted to float by you, Pseudo," Pietro says. "And after seeing how dangerous the Cyber Angels really are, well... it just became really relevant."
"What if we used that cube to make a deal with the Cyber Angels? We give them what they want," Wanda says, "and in return, they leave the Arena. It could very well prevent further casualties and incidents like this one."
Thor simply waits to see how Pseudo reacts to the twins' proposed plan.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 12th 2020 at 1:32:00 AM
"In a city on the other continent this world has. So, safe." , William says as he gets up and starts flying away. He couldn't care less about Zoro now that Emelyn, who is also somewhere in the town, is still wounded.
Pseudo sighs in relief when the General leaves. As he sees Cyber now retreat as well, and sees through his cameras that Botar is helping Rico Jr up, confirming that he's alright, he can finally calm down a little. He does still reactivate the anti-teleportation seal though.
He then hears Wanda's and Pietro's idea and turns his chair to face them.
"I would personally prefer to keep this coalition going for the sake of gathering information, but I also have to be realistic.", he says. "This incident has shown that they have much more firepower than either me or Cyber thought, and we haven't even seen everything they have yet. Striking this deal with them... might be the best option we have."
He then leans against the side of his chair, looking very troubled.
"The only problem that makes me reluctant to go with this is that we don't know if they'll actually leave, or if they'll just take the cube and continue attacking us. If it's the latter, this plan could easily doom us, because the things I've noticed from that box from its usage in the past is that it seems to contain a lot of power."
He, once more, gets out of his chair.
"While I still don't know what use the Assassins have for it, it's pretty obvious what the Cyber Angels would do. They'd either empower themselves, or empower some sort of weapon they may have tucked away in that giant fortress."
He ponders.
"... I think there is a way to confirm whether or not they'd be willing to leave before we'd have to take this risk. I don't have a full plan in mind yet, but the basic idea is..."
He slightly frowns.
"We need to find a way to get inside their base and extract this information, but without getting into conflict with them."
The General flies back into the fortress, landing in the hall beyond the wall. The Queen is already waiting there, not looking too pleased.
"Look who has returned to us after disobeying my orders.", she says, some venom in her voice. The General looks away with a troubled expression.
"Are you starting to calm down now? Getting back to your senses?"
"..."
"I understand that what you saw in that forest had some lasting effects, but I did not think you would charge out there and show our enemies how strong you are. We were supposed to follow our traditional approach, getting them hopeful enough for their chances that their leaders will show up on the battlefield, and only then would I grant you permission to attack. To think that you'd go out and kill enemies of your own accord, despite your aversion to fighting."
"Please, forgive me. The sight of the others, stuck and pretty much doomed... it reminded me of that moment in the forest. I couldn't sit still." , the General says with a soft voice. "I told you to punish me upon my return, so whatever you decide, I will not resist."
"Oh? Then my punishment is extended confinement to your room until I declare you can leave.", the Queen says. The General looks surprised.
"Hold on... why so low a punishment?"
"Because you did save the troops. All of them arrived here safe and sound, and they're all worried about you. Had you gotten into trouble, I might've taken it upon me to come get you out personally. Anyway, due to the results of your actions, I've decided to take it easy on you. This one time. Do not pull this stunt again."
The General nods and bows, and the Queen turns around.
"Now get going. We'll discuss our further options later. Now that the enemy is aware that you're incredibly strong, we'll have to make some alterations to the usual routine."
She then walks away. The General stops bowing and looks concerned, slightly guilty too, as the effects of its rampage sink in mentally.
"Right... the usual routine..." , it sighs before returning to its room.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Mar 12th 2020 at 9:30:29 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Perhaps Loki could disguise himself as one of these Cyber Angels, then infiltrate the fortress to learn about their plans for this cube," Thor suggests.
"Maybe Stark or Platinum could hack into their communications/mainframe, and dig up info on what they're planning from there," Pietro chimes in.
"Unless, of course, you already had something in mind," Wanda says.
"I don't need... whatever." , William says, still flying around and looking really worried. If Zoro'd want to follow him, he'd have to keep up on foot despite his wounds.
However, it'd be Zoro who would potentially see the female Darkling Emelyn first, as she's laying on a bench under a small tree, which would be harder to see from the air.
She's wounded, but not bleeding, which means she isn't in too dire a state.
"Disguising Loki is an option, but pretty dangerous. One falter and he'd be gunned down.", Pseudo says. "As for hacking, we don't know if it's even possible, and it might paint a target on Tony Stark and Platinum. I don't want to have their deaths on my conscience."
He shakes his head.
"I don't have any plans in mind yet, but I'll make it my biggest priority to think of one. I'll need some time, but I'll try to make as safe a plan as possible."
He looks back at the monitors, glancing at Ken Tahn's, which shows that he's keeping himself busy by fake-fighting against imaginary enemies. Pseudo looks thoughful, then turns his eyes away from the monitors after looking at the main one, which shows Botar warping himself, Rico Jr and Weber away, likely returning to the base.
"Since it'll take me a good while to come up with initial drafts, how about the three of you get something to eat or drink, or maybe train in a combat room if you so desire?", he says. "Because I do think you'll get bored if you have to wait for me to think of something. It'll take a few days at the very least."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."If Cinke were here, she'd know what to do... regardless, it was a pleasure seeing you as always, Pseudo."
"Just don't make us wait for too long, okay? Otherwise, Thanos might return in time to screw everybody over!"
"Thank you for agreeing to this, Pseudo. I hope this plan actually works before the Cyber Angels can cause any more damage..."
With that, the three Avengers head off to the base's cafeteria/dining hall.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 12th 2020 at 2:20:25 AM

"Seems I can't dodge this one I'd better give it my all to counter it." Grimm ran straight toward the black ball and hit it with everything he had causing it to crack and explode making him get launched he was completely out of energy so if Killer! Kirby was to try anything now Grimm would be vulnerable to it.