Hmm, R.D. thought, It seems his head is his weakpoint. Let's do this!

R.D. rushed Adahan, his hand exploding in the azure light of the Godhand has he made an uppercut strike at Adahan's head.

Edited by RisingDragon on December 29, 2006 at 1:16:36.

Adahan saw it coming very easily-it was hard not to-and he barely managed to sweep down and block the strike with the armored part of his claw. "Get out of my way!" His other claw swept in to try and knock R.D. away.

"Time to do something drastic!" Matt shouted. With a yell, he entered an open pose, and power swarmed around him.

"OHMYGODI'MONFIRE!!!!!!" he screamed a minute later, running at high speed toward Adahan, his body engulfed in angry flames.

R.D. was thrown to the ground--Adahan was stronger than he looked. When he heard Matt shout, he looked over, and raised an eyebrow.

"What... the hell...?"

"Oh, how sad." Meta said, not impressed by the little show Namonai put up.
"I was so hoping of smacking that smug grin off my father's face myself. Too bad I suppose." She shrugged, seemingly sad. However, the light, slightly playful and mischievous smirk that appeared on her face shortly after, told otherwise.
"What are you going to do if you find yourself unable to kill me, my dear Namonai?" She asked. "What if you'd find it somehow hard to rob a young woman from her life?"

Had he eyes, Re-Tuul would've rolled them. "If you're going to fight, I ask of you not to destroy my handiwork," the Khaglessi said, raising a hand and weaving a barrier around the Seal and the seed's planting.

Meta chuckled as the blasts went right through her. "Ooh, that tickles!" She laughed lightly.
Smiling, she shook her head a little and looked at Namonai. "I mean, really, if you're just going to go do that all the time, you might as well give up before you start."

Re-Tuul snorted. "I answer to one being only, Virus," he growled, "And it is not you."

The Khaglessi spread his wings and took to the air, hovering over the battle to keep out of the way.

"Get outta the way, kid!" Hugo shouted, pushing Ristar aside as Matt performed a flaming body slam, brining Adahan to the ground with a mighty smash.

Adahan roared on the ground, seized the now-extinguished Matt, and threw him at R.D. and Alasea.

...I've got to help them.

Helena took an involuntary step backwards. As the erratic energy of stress rose within her, her hands clenched together, the knuckles whitening from the increasing strain. They can't pierce his armor without me...I just know it.

Her tense fingers unfolded, and the claws slid out without abandon.

Edited by The Helldragon on December 27, 2006 at 17:16:46.

R.D. caught Matt soundly and set him on his feet, then rushed forward again. His hand blazed as he slammed his fist into the ground, lashing out with the Earth Gaizer. The floor exploded along a fissure towards the still-grounded Adahan.

Adahan's eyes widened as R.D.'s attack tore the floor asunder. He quickly rolled on his back and dug into the floor with his claws, just before the fissure managed to strike him.

Moments pass as Adahan didn't emerge from the ground. Looking around, Hugo remained tense. "Where did that bastard go...?"

Suddenly, the ground burst open in the distance, and leaping up, Adahan seized Helena in his iron grip.

"Helena!" Matt shouted, turning toward Adahan.

"Stop right there!" the mole shouted, bringing his claw to Helena's neck. "One move and I'll slit her throat!"

R.D. swore and turned at Alasea's gasp. He growled as Adahan made his threat, turning and gripping his Phase Blade. His eyes spotted the change in Helena's eyes, and the change in her hands.

Wow. He won't last long.

Adahan whoofed air as Helena smashed her elbow in his abdomen, and turn on him with angry, slitted eyes.

"What the-"

But Adahan interrupted himself with a panicked shout as his intended victim tackled him to the ground and, in a violent rage, slashed at his armor with her claws. Each stroke was as powerful as the next, actually cleaving into Adahan's body with relative ease.

"Helena!" Matt shouted. "Get off him!"

She briefly turned her head to growl at him behind her fangs, the growing rage sending scales across her body.

"I said GET OFF HIM!"

With another growl she complied, grabbing the mole and flinging him across the hallway, bits of his armor scattering in the air. As he landed near the others, Matt went over to Helena, who visibly struggled to retain her humanity.

"Had enough?" Hugo smugly remarked at Adahan.

"Yes! Yes! I've had enough! I give up!" the mole pleaded.

R.D. walked over to Adahan and looked down at the mole emotionlessly. The amnesiac teen held up a hand and created a plasma burst, then leveled it at him.

"Now, you're going to take us to Greedy," he said.

Just then Adahan fell to pieces.

Well, it seemed that way at first. In actuality, only Adahan's armor fell apart, revealing a very small, red mole:



He hid behind his very tiny claws. "Please don't hurt me," he squeaked.

Matt grabbed Helena by the arms, and forced himself to face her, even as she snarled and hissed at him with her increasingly reptilian features. "Helena," he said plainly. "You've got to calm down."

He managed to keep his simple expression even as she snapped at him, until, slowly, she ceased, and the beast receded back into her body once more.

R.D. complied and lowered his gloved hand, the plasma burst fading to nothing. "Well, willing to take us to Greedy? We've got an... appointment to keep."

Alasea approached Matt and Helena. "Is everything okay?" she asked kindly.

"Yes, yes!" Adahan yelped. "I'll take you to him! Just don't hurt me!"

Matt sighed, released the girl. "Yeah, we're fine." To Helena, he asked, "You didn't have to do that, you know."

"Yes, I did! Matt-" Helena suddenly paused, and glanced down. "I agreed to come with you so that I could redeem myself. To do that, I should help you when you're in trouble."

"Not like that. I don't want you hurting yourself."

"If you're worried I'll get injured-"

"It's not that." Now he looked past Helena-this was uncomfortable for him. "Look, when you were still all ghosty and stuff, when you came out as a dragon to help me, in the back of my head I knew it hurt you a lot to transform into one. You're not ghosty anymore, and you don't have to go through that for my sake."

"Matt..."

"Look, let's talk about it later," Matt said. "We got things to do."

R.D. nudged the mole with his foot. "Start leading," he ordered. "Get ready, guys," he called back to his companions.

"Come on, let's go." Matt turned, and walked back toward the group. It took Helena a minute to do the same.

"Are you going to kill the Kaiser?" Adahan managed to ask, as he lead the group into the fortress proper.

"That's the plan," Hugo said.

"The Kaiser is very powerful," the mole said.

"I don't care!" Ristar replied, clenching his fists. "He's gotta pay for what he's done!"

"Then..." Adahan stopped, and faced the star-child. "Be careful. He has the ability to make portals whereever he pleases."

Matt cocked his head in recognition of this useful advice. "Hey, thanks for the tip."

"Any other abilities he has that we should know about?" R.D. asked Adahan, curious to their foe's abilities. He deactivated his Phase Blade, but kept it in hand in case of attack.

(OOC: Hey, you have Namonai act overly powerful, I do the same! >=D But if you must know, she didn't dodge.)

"Oh?" Meta replied simply, raising an eyebrow. "Well, if I'd have to guess, in the last 10 seconds, at least another 50 people died by the hands of the minions of the Seven, 50 people who could have been followers of mine, the universe has expanded by another, say, roughly, 300 million kilometers in breadth, length, and thickness, about 17 stars will have gone into nova, or even super-, or perhaps even hypernova, and in the entire galaxy, at least 2 species will have gone extinct. Further on, somewhere in the neighbourhood of the dual-star Sirius, someone will have invented a new kind of device that allows people to see the future, as well as brush their teeth much better. Aside from that, one must note that this also has happened already in the time I have spoken now, for at least three times more, somewhere along the regions of the Leo constellation, one of Orion's smaller stars, and Alpha Centauri. Also, a minimum of Trevigintillion molecules will have let loose of one another due to the weeds of which they were once part of have been oblitorated by superpowered magical forces.
"As for what has happened to me, I'd guess just a little bit more of adrenaline and other hormones of really hard to pronounce names have been released into my blood circulation, along with some kind of magical mind-dizzling web of yours."

Edited by Morphman on December 28, 2006 at 11:34:31.

"I'm not sure," Adahan replied. "Not many people see the Kaiser...it's only rumors."

"We can take him," Matt said. "We're dynamic like that."

Ristar kept looking around him-he seemed tense. Finally, Hugo noticed, and asked, "What is it, kid?"

"I just feel a little nervous."

"Don't worry," Hugo said, tapping Ristar's back with his pickaxe. "We got you covered."

(OOC: I see, so Meta and Morph have smartassery in common...)

"I doubt Greedy's ever faced two insane teenagers armed with superweapons before," R.D. said, looking around still, "Especially when said teens are backed up by a pair of ladies and an equally insane robot."

(OOC: Smartassery makes the world go 'round, boy!)

Helena's head sagged as R.D. mentioned "ladies", but Matt went right on. "Fun times ahead," he remarked.

It was surprising that there was no further resistance. Was Greedy so arrogant that he would allow them to walk right up to him with no difficulty? That probably wasn't the case...Greedy had a plan.

"Here it is," Adahan said. He gulped. "The throne room's ahead."

Before them was another long hallway, but this one was far more ornate, with blue and gold elaborations upon the smooth black walls. Below them was red carpet, outlined in gold. From here they could look out a nearby window and survey all that Greedy lorded over within his fortress-a busy, elaborate skyline against the darkness of space.

"All righty then," Matt said, pretending to crack his knuckles. "It's go time."

Edited by The Helldragon on December 28, 2006 at 15:23:49.

Alasea started mentally preparing herself for the battle ahead, but R.D. grinned slightly and looked over at Matt. "What was it you said? We're here to kick ass and chew bubble gum..." he said, letting Matt finish the line.

Edited by RisingDragon on December 28, 2006 at 12:32:38.

Matt grinned. "We're here to kick ass and take names, but we're all out of bubble gum."

Ristar found himself looking right at those huge double doors ahead, focusing on who was behind them. Okay, Greedy...I'm coming for you!

"Alright, get ready, guys," R.D. said, thrusting his hands forward at the doors, concentrating.

"Hey! Asshole! Knock knock!" the amnesiac teen quipped as he threw a wave of force energy at the doors. Despite their size, the doors rocked in their frames as they were forced open with a large boom.