"Chat my fleshy human ass," R.D.'s projected voice declared with a sarcastic snort. "You'd sooner turn me into a human popsicle trophy for your boss."

It seemed R.D.'s voice was echoing, and it seemed impossible to detect its origin, just as the whistling from his energy blast had been.

"So, what? The big, bad Ice queen can't find me?" he said after a few moments, his voice bouncing. "Too bad! Because I'm right--"

Light suddenly exploded in front of Sheena's face, and Chaos Control ejected a rocketing, armored figure, a shining violet orb held in its hand.

"--Here!"

R.D. swung his hand, flinging the Mega Flare right at Sheena's gigantic snout. The sphere quickly evolved into a blast wave that would release a series of massive explosions at random angles around the Dark Goddess's head. R.D. instantly blasted off to the side using maximum output in his thrusters, knowing she'd be furious, even if the attack did little in the way of harming her.

R.D. immediately spun around as his scanners picked up on ZetsumeiRyu's appearance, having been updated by the dragons. As he spun, a sphere of AngelWater appeared in his hands, and he flung it at the blast of Gouka, consuming the attack and letting it speed right at ZetsumeiRyu. He dashed out of the way, an aura of blue power surrounding him as he zipped around his enemies and shot off in a different direction.

ZetsumeiRyu and Zekter were here, R.D. mused, which means Tech, Keiser, and Bullet were as well. He was ready for them, but he wondered if he could defeat them. They'd already killed Derek and incapacitated Juno, Reckoning, and Dokuro, and even then, there was an army of Ice Dragons, and Sheena herself, to deal with.

Fuck, give me a fight against Dragon Drive FINAL any day, he thought as he flew, I don't get paid enough for this shit.

Kujo! Crap, forgot about him, R.D. thought frantically as Kujo flew up over him. He increased his thrust and cleared the ice beam by inches, and ZetsumeiRyu's attacks smashed into it and canceled each other out. R.D. spun around and activated his hip cannons, firing a pair of rounds at Kujo's wing joints.

There's those two, R.D. thought as he flared back and created a Giga Drill around his forearm, using it to collect Tech's shots and convert them into raw energy stored within the drill bit. Now we just need the bitch and we'll be set.

Blocking one last shot with his shield, R.D. swiped with the Giga Drill, firing the energy not at Tech, but at Kujo, before retracting the Giga Drill and drawing one of the Phase Blades and activating it.

Bitch has arrived! Let's get the party started, R.D. thought, frowning as Bullet addressed him. I don't know why she keeps calling me that. She hasn't even seen my face.

The amnesiac teen ducked under the ice beam that Kujo fired, then barrel-rolled out of the way of ZetsumeiRyu's attack, alternating fire and a combination of water and ice channeled through the Dragon King Armor to protect the integrity of the armor from the proximity of the two attacks. He spotted Keiser coming in and grinned, quickly reaching out with Godhand-enhanced fists, and grabbing two of the multitude of spikes. Spinning around, R.D. flung Keiser's spike-ridden body right at Bullet, using Chaos Control to both slow her down to a mind-boggling snail's pace, and to warp not himself, but Tech into a position where he'd be blasting at ZetsumeiRyu and not him.

Now with an opening, R.D. blasted out of the chaos, spinning around and locking onto all of his targets before firing all five cannons at a rapid pace, barraging them all with deadly energy fire.

R.D. saw the shot coming in, saw it obliterating his own attacks, and grinned. Thrusting his hand forward, he created another Giga Drill, and the beam smashed into it, creating a cacophony of light and sound as the weapon absorbed the blast. When it was over, R.D. had disappeared once more, only for him to explode out of the icy ground below after a drilling session with his blazing Giga Drill, rocketing upwards at Kujo's stomach.

"Special delivery, you scaly freak!" he yelled, slashing with the drill and firing the collected energy blast at Sheena's second in command. With the blast fired, he grabbed a Chaos Emerald and with a shout of Chaos Control, disappeared in a flash of light. He reappeared seconds later behind Tech, and reared back with a Godhand-enhanced fist, then sent it hurtling forward at the back of his head.

R.D. gaped when Tech avoided his attack quite by accident.

Then swore as he fell.

He landed hard on his feet, wondering what in the hell happened. His weaponry were offline, as was the matter converter, and the scanning equipment in his helmet.

Fuckin' cheaters, he thought sourly.

Deactivating his Phase Blade and sheathing it, he threw his shield aside and spread his hands open, channeling Earth energy. Instantly, both hands of his were consumed by Giga Drills, and he spread them out as the others landed in front of him.

R.D. looked around as the snow tornado took hold, lashing a crazy amount of wind at him, but he stood unconcerned, interested more in his opponents' new tactic.

His Giga Drills began to spin rapidly as he readied for the first attack, and as Tech came in, he parried the blades with the one drill in a single motion, causing the blades to fizzle out as the Giga Drill absorbed their energy. He heard Keiser come in and ducked his quick strike, parrying the claws with the other Giga Drill.

"Next," he said tonelessly, as if annoyed by the turn of events.

R.D. grit his teeth as he stepped up the pace, twisting and turning in every which way as he blocked the incoming attacks with the Giga Drills. Soon both were covered in the white aura of power as Tech's energy swords were continually absorbed, but his armor was showing wear as many attacks left their mark, R.D. unable to completely keep up with their pace.

The explosions created by the bombs caught R.D. by surprise, and he yelped as he was thrown back across the ground. Looking up into the sky, he saw the blasts of ice zooming down at him, and he raised the Giga Drills up and absorbed them all, quickly getting to his feet.

C'mon, guys, just a little bit more, R.D. thought as he the auras on the Giga Drills shone.

R.D. had figured they would try to remove his advantage, and figured that if they could do it, so could he. He felt the energy drain from his Giga Drills, but didn't mind the loss. He could rectify that in an instant. And when Bullet came in with her punch, R.D. merely stepped to the side, ignoring her.

And then, concentrated on the field of energy trapping him in this sadistic little prison. He could feel the strands of energy, and he filed it away in his memory. Perhaps it'd be useful later; Lumiya was capable of generating any kind of energy signature. And the more kinds he was exposed to, the larger an arsenal he gained.

But for now, time to act.

"You know, next time you trap me, don't do it with energy," R.D. called over the roar of the tornado and the enemies' running. "It can turn out bad for you! Because I have this neat little ability... of making it my own."

R.D. swung the Giga Drills wide, and lashed out with the power of the Weapon of Souls. Instantly, he siphoned extraordinary amounts of ethereal and elemental energy from the power he released using Lumiya, sucking it into the two Giga Drills and filling them with new power as it was converted into raw energy. "Now, let it be known that this drill," he said, his voice escalating as he transferred all of the power from one Giga Drill into the other, and retracting it, "Is a drill THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!"

R.D.'s single Giga Drill expanded, doubling in size, and then he swung it down with all of his might. The ground seemed to be vaporized as the blast exited the drill and slammed into the drill. The power was too much as it swept over, and the tornado of snow was melted instantly, and the water evaporated. The shockwave was quickly overloading the weakened devices that Tech had launched earlier.

And finally, as the roar of the flames died down, the shield was gone, letting the smoke billow freely into the cold air.

R.D. staggered out of it, coughing, his armor covered completely in soot. "Remind me never to do that again," he muttered as systems began to come back online. He channeled warm water into existence, letting it stream down his armor to clean it. Steam rose as the water hit the remaining snow, melting it. Thrusters activated, and R.D. took to the skies.

"Catch me if you can!" he shouted back at his foes.

Edited by RisingDragon on June 12, 2008 at 3:38:19.

R.D. narrowed his eyes as he felt that same energy from before enclose in on him, and lashed out with Lumiya's own power, using the copied signature and encasing the six beings in the same trap they had laid out for him, a sphere that encompassed the completely, even underground, that was held within the dome.

Grunting as he landed, he quickly got back up and looked at the six trapped enemies. "I really need to thank you guys for teaching me that trick. That's gonna come in handy, I tell ya."

Spikes shredded through the Dragon King Armor, R.D.'s reflexes barely able to prevent them from doing more than superficial damage to his body. That torn armor prevented R.D. from being protected as Bullet's attacks as he repeatedly blocked them as she lashed out. The rest of his armor was torn away by Zekter's claws as he used skillful manipulations of Chaos Control to better his own reflexes by slowing his opponents down.

As the final blow landed, nearly unhinging his jaw, R.D.'s body, clad is little more than the white bodysuit that the Dragon King Armor had formed, was thrown through the snow, cutting a groove in it. Blood saturated the snows as he lay still. It had seemed that the three of them had finally won.

That is, until R.D. twitched. His body spasmed slightly, and as bruised arm pushed one side of his body up, and R.D., grunting in pain and from effort, extracted himself from the cold ground, blood-matted brown hair in a wild array. He shakily stood on both feet, his body slumped forward slightly with one arm hanging down. His eyes were hidden from view by his hair, and silvery-blue lights floated from his body as the white bodysuit that was all that remained of his armor disappeared, his body now clad in the same clothing he normally wore, including the blue jacket he had found on the Riptide.

His shaking body stilled, his stamina returning thanks to Lumiya. If they could see past his hair, they'd know he was grinning. "That," he started, speaking to his no-doubt stunned opponents, "was not enough to beat me. You'll have to do better than that. You'll have to do a lot better than that if you want to defeat me."

Snow was melting around his form, as a heat mirage slowly emerged around him. Power was filling him, drowning him. He basked in it, as he took in Lumiya's power, suffusing him with more and more of it. His body was starting to glow a malevolent red. And there was a flash of light, and instantly, his body was covered in crimson energy molded to his form. His eyes were nothing more than bright white lights. A white circle surrounded by eight diamond shapes spreading out from it glowed on his head, as R.D. stood up straight.

He said not a word. His hands moved to his Phase Blades, also covered in that energy, and drew both, activating them.

Faster than any eye could follow, R.D. was gone, shredding the battlefield apart as he attacked Tech from every single angle imaginable, seemingly at once. Not one device of the man's would be spared from the instantaneous onslaught, his blades, sharper than anything imaginable and indestructible thanks to the expert craftings of the Isle, had aimed for every single piece of technology. After less than a split second, R.D. was on the other side of the battlefield, back to his opponents, Phase Blades held at his side.

Slowly, he turned around, staring at his opponents with those fathomless white eyes.

R.D. spread his legs evenly across the snow, and brought his weapons up into a battle-ready stance. His eyes stayed on Keiser, and it seemed the challenge had been accepted.

The white eyes narrowed slightly as Keiser shot in, and R.D. seemed to disappear for a brief moment when the first strike shot in, appearing an instant later. Waves of power from the Chaos Emerald slowed time, and R.D.'s hand began batting away the strikes one by one, body twisting and turning as each strike came in. Then, in an instant, R.D. disappeared again, reappearing behind Keiser as he grabbed him by the shoulders. He fell backwards instantly, throwing his weight back to fling Keiser over him and across the battlefield.

Edited by RisingDragon on June 12, 2008 at 15:53:53.