Chapter 4

 

            “So this is Mike huh Ness, but did you just bring me over to see him or is there something more to this” whispered Paula so not to wake the unconscious Mike.

 

            “There is something more to this so just wait for him to wake up for him to explain everything.  He should be okay after that healing gamma I did about three hours ago” told Ness to Paula.

 

            About thirty minutes later Mike started to stir a little and finally opened his eyes.  “Okay I feel like I just got hit by a sixteen ton weight right in my head.  Hey Ness, anything interesting happen while I’ve been out cold for however so long.”

 

            “No.  We’re at your house though since you were the one who collapsed flat on his face.  Don’t worry no one’s home so I do not think your mom will worry any” explained Ness.

 

            “I suppose this is Paula then, huh Ness.”

 

            “Yeah.”

 

            “Nice to meet you Mike, but can you explain what is going on here and why you put a ten inch gash in my boyfriends arm!” screamed Paula in utter confusion.

 

            “Has Ness explained anything to you at all?”

 

            “No he told me you would explain everything.”

 

            Oh great, why did Ness have to leave me with all of the dirty work?  Probably because I at least have a clue about what in God’s name is going on here.  Well this might be a little hard to swallow at first but I’ll explain everything that I explained to Ness and what has happened so far” stated Mike.  After about a one hour explanation of everything up to that happened so far, Mike got into more detail about everything.  “That about covers what I told Ness.  Now I will go over everything else.  The problem with defeating all four of these guys again is that if it is not done at exactly the same time they will just keep coming back until we’re utterly exhausted.  They’re weaker right now than they were when they were first defeated.  That won’t be the case for long though, their power has kept increasing over the last five weeks and in about three weeks they might be at full power again.”

 

            “Then why did you wait this long to come and tell us about this.  We could have defeated them before they started to grow stronger.  So then why wait so long Mike, why?” screamed Paula at the top of her lungs.

 

            “Hey, I guess I forgot to mention the last part.  I was in a coma for three weeks after using that infinity end technique.  So even if I wanted to teleport over here immediately after learning of the curse I wouldn’t have been able to for at least that long.  After that, I spent 10 days at the hospital because when I woke up I almost went completely insane because of the stress put on my mind.  I’ve only been able to keep calm over the last few days here.  And about moving to the old house over there, let’s just say I have friends in very high places that pulled some strings to get me over there after I was discharged only four days ago.”

 

            “Then why did you want me to fight you, especially after you came out of such critical state.”

 

            Ness, it’s not like I had any choice because it was the fastest way to prove who I was without anyone else doubting me.  Time right now is not on our side so I just can’t waste any of it right now.  How long was I out anyway?”

 

            “Almost four hours” stated both Ness and Paula.

 

            “I’m surprised it wasn’t longer, but then again maybe I shouldn’t be since I only used five percent of my power in that technique.”

 

            “Five percent!  Is that even possible that was only five percent of that thing’s power!” screamed a shocked Ness.

 

            “Mike besides that time speeder, REM attack, and dragon technique what other techniques do you have” said Paula.

 

            “Quite a few actually, one is my galatical which throws my energy at anything I target.  Delta is my holy energy based technique.  My teleportation technique is called light warp, it’s a variation to the shadow technique ‘shadow movement’ which allows anyone move near the speed of light when in a serene state of mind.  Since I can’t achieve that state of mind it developed differently.  My other is that I’m infused with the spirit of the ancient Mana Beast called ‘The Phoenix’ where I take the form of that body making me extremely powerful.  I know a few fates also but you’ll need to fine out what those are yourselves” explained Mike.

 

            “No recovery abilities huh” said Ness.

 

            “I don’t need them anyway with my ability to absorb energy so easily.  None of my friends have them either so it was a pain at first since our minds couldn’t help us recover.”

 

            “You mentioned you could transform into a Mana Beast, Mike, do you know anyone else who can do that.”

 

            “No, my friend Casie can summon them with her forbidden fate ‘Unity’ which allows her to synchronize her energy with the earth allowing her to control those behemoths but only for maybe a minute tops.”

 

            “Darn, looks like you guys have some serious power though” said Paula.

 

            “Yeah but using all of those techniques can really drain a person, so we try to use restraint in using those.”

 

            “You guys seemed to have picked up your fates pretty early on so what in the heck they are since we didn’t even realize we could do them until after we defeated Giygas” explained Ness.

 

            “They’re nothing more than the influence of the significant forms of life, spirits, objects, and other random things have on our abilities allowing us to tap into greater forces like your Saint.”

 

            “Then why did we learn them so late?” questioned a confused Paula.

 

            “There are two ways to obtain Fates, one is to train until you can realize it.  The other is to be put in a life threatening situation so dire that your body has no choice but to use it.  That’s why we learned ours so quickly, without the ability to recover our body we were forced into using them because we had no choice.  You guys probably just realized them after so much training and fighting that your bodies became compatible with them.  That can actually raise the potency of a Fate making much stronger.”

 

            “What about that sword of yours?  You said it was one of the scared weapons that was created ten millennia ago.  What was that all about?”

 

            “This one I picked up from Godan.  About ten thousand years ago just when we had discovered fire a sword crashed into the earth from the Heavens after Lucifer’s unholy war with God.  It was sent here because of the fear that we humans might end up a savage race of monsters.  This sword, the sword of law, was sent down to give mankind the ability to expand upon it’s current thought of what law was after our expulsion from Eden.  After this blade had finished its job, the sword split into seven different swords, sixteen locations of immense power, and the ultimate Mana Beast to make sure that one person could ever wield such a power.  This meteo sword which I keep with me is one of those seven blades.  My friend Nolan has five more which include:  the Christ Blade, which gained great power after being bathed by the Holy Grail and the four element sabers of thunder, fire, water, and self-energy.  We tried to find the seventh, but rumor has it that someone destroyed it many years ago so no one could ever wield such a power ever again.  Even if we tried to fuse the blade it would be powerless unless we could also fuse the proper Mana Beast with it but Casie can’t even summon that thing” explained Mike in extreme detail.

 

            “What about the sixteen power locations, Mike?  Wouldn’t you also need those?” asked Paula.

 

            “Not at all.  We couldn’t use them now even if we tried to anyways.  Ness has already absorbed eight of those spots.  This little thing I have here holds seven more power spots, otherwise known as Sanctuaries.  Don’t worry about having those powers being taken from you or anything.  Those came straight from the ultimate Mana Beast and I’m sure that thing has fully recovered since spreading its energy out.”

 

            “Okay how do you have a sound item Mike?” asked a shocked Ness.

 

            “Well that one I’ll explain another time because I’m just plain ol’ tired right now and I need my rest right now anyway.  So you guys better get to bed because we start tomorrow” said Mike.

 

            “No argument there Mike, Paula I’ll walk you home.”

 

            “See ya Mike!”  Later, hen Ness and Paula were near Twoson, “Ness can you really believe everything that Mike said in there really.  I mean it’s a little farfetched with everything he said and all and his immense knowledge of the situation if it even exists” said a confused Paula.

 

            “Yeah, I do actually.  After everything I saw him do while fighting against him, it’s the only explanation for his abilities.  Even though he seemed to be bragging a slight bit in there he at least was able to backup all of it up though” explained Ness.

 

            “Still, it’s just hard to believe that Giygas is back though.  Maybe it’s my own denial that doesn’t want him to come back.  I just don’t want to fight anymore.  I thought the nightmare was over!” cried Paula.

 

            Ness while holding a scared and confused Paula in his arms stated, “I guess the nightmare isn’t over yet.  Trust me Paula I don’t want to fight either.  I wish we don’t have to go through anything like that again.  Don’t worry though, I protect you though.”

 

            “Thank you Ness, I just don’t want those kids and my parents having to worry about me again you know.  I put them through that once already.  I just don’t know if they can take their little girl having to go off to ‘save the world again’ just because someone fourteen year old kid told them so” explained Paula with tears running down her cheeks.

 

            “I’ll go in with you to explain everything to your parents so they both don’t die of a heart attack okay.”  Ness told Paula this to confirm everything that was happening and did happen before was all true.  After that statement, Paula’s only words to Ness were ‘Thank you Ness for always being by my side, thank you’.

 

Chapter 5

 

            *Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

            *Knock!* *Knock!* *Knock!*

                *Knock!!* *Knock!!* *Knock!!* “Hey who in the hell is knocking on this door at seven in the morning!” screamed Mike’s mom as she flung the front door open.  “Oh, it’s you Ness why are you and your three friend here this early?”

 

            “We came to get Mike, we need to talk” said Ness.

 

            “Well, unfortunately you missed him by about two hours.  I know why you’re here though.  I guessed Mike gave you all the information you needed to be convinced by him huh.  Well don’t worry if it’s true or not because I can guarantee you it is since I went through five months of worrying if my son was going to live through all of that.  But he woke up extremely agitated this morning saying something about how needed to get to Belle Vernon, the town we moved from, immediately because something horrible was happening there.  The one thing I remember him telling was that ‘Tell Ness I already went ahead and that I had no other choice.  I didn’t think THEY would come out of hiding so quickly.  Tell him this though, tell him to see Star Master about finding the Horseman of Power the second you see him.  Tell him that he knows where the person is because Star Master figured out the energy signatures of the Horseman of Light years ago from his Mu training.  I need to go know and worry so much about me this time.  I’ll be fine.’ Then he just teleported out of here” explained Mike’s mom.

 

            “Thanks for the briefing.  I’m guessing you can’t remember anything else” said Jeff.

 

            “Unfortunately I can’t.  If I had anything else, I would have said it already.  Now I’m going back to bed” yawned Mike’s mom as she shut the door.

 

            “Just fantastic, all we have to go on now is that Master knows where this guy is at.  If this is true, why didn’t he tell me earlier” said a slightly ticked off Poo.

 

            “Poo, don’t worry about, we’ll get our answer once we get to Dalaam and fine Star Master.  But what I don’t understand is why Mike left so urgently.  What was so important that he had to go back to where he moved from so quickly though” said Ness.

 

            “Don’t know, but whatever it was it had to be an emergency” said Paula.

 

            About one hour before that conversation happened Mike had already arrived in Belle Vernon and had gotten the shock of his life.  “What in God’s name happened here?  Am I too late to do anything here?  And where is everybody?” screamed an extremely angry and ticked off Mike.  The town Mike had grown up in had been completely leveled somehow.  Everything he knew was completely destroyed.  The houses, trees, his memories all leveled straight to the ground.  He couldn’t believe he was too late.  Not to mention that everyone was gone.  Mike knew if something happened here there should be bodies lying around everywhere but not a single soul.  It was like someone either vaporized them or took all of them hostage.  “Tom!  He has to be here, there is no way on Earth he could be beaten that easily or taken hostage.”

 

            For three hours Mike was running at just below mach one trying to find Tom.  When he had just given up hope of finding Tom, he heard something breathing in some rubble behind him.  “Oh God let this be him” said Mike with tears rolling down his cheeks, upset over all of the destruction.  At that moment, Mike went flying back about one hundred feet into the nearest standing house.

 

            “Hey, it’s me y’know.  You know how much those punches hurt me God man” screamed Mike.

 

            “Sorry Mike, I couldn’t exactly see it was you so I just clocked you, nice way of saying hello though right?” said Tom.

 

            “Yeah but you didn’t need to send me flying though, all you need to do is stun me not knock me into the nearest standing structure left.”

 

            “Sorry, I though it might have been Gorin.”

 

            “Okay, there’s reason enough there then, but what happened here anyway.  I came I soon as I sensed something around five this morning but by the time I got here the town was leveled to the ground.”

 

            “Well it seems you were right about the Mani Mani Statue being used to cloak their bodies into human forms and use it to control their powers.  Gorin marched right in here with only about ten starmen and started attacking the town.  Everyone tried to fight and protect their homes and the town but they were getting hammered left and right.  Once I saw people grabbing their guns to help out with something I grabbed my equipment and ran off with them.  What I saw was horrific.  He was destroying everything in sight just trying to find you.  I wasn’t going to let them destroy the town because you weren’t here so I started to attack with everyone else.  Mostly everyone was knocked out in one hit by the starmen except me and a few others. I managed to take everyone of the starmen out but then I made the stupid mistake of charging Godan with pure rage.  I couldn’t even touch him with my sword and got blown away with an energy blast and ended up in that pile of rubble over there.  After that, I don’t know what happened.”

 

            “So they’re already starting to hunt us down huh.”

 

            “Yeah they are Mr. Obvious.  If your still here though, that means that he is after…”

 

            “Casie!” shouted both Mike and Tom at the same time.

 

Chapter 6

 

            “Hey, Poo, how can we reach your Master anyway?  I mean we here at his home and all and he’s not he right now” said Jeff.

            “Well…I don’t know exactly how to reach him.  We’ve tried meditation but he doesn’t seem to be meditating at the moment and he’s not home so where could he be.”  Poo was completely mystified by this one.  The one time he couldn’t contact Star Master is the one time he needed him the most.  “Let me see the only place left to try is the palace.  Maybe he’s advising my father so let’s try there.”  The second they left the house a strange whirlwind appear out of nowhere.  “Okay master I get the point.  You’re here, now what do you want. We don’t have time for any training.  I need to ask you something…it concerns the horseman of power.”

 

            “Unfortunately, your right, you don’t have time to train.  The one you seek is in Siberia.  His family didn’t have a good history with the Romanov family when they ruled Russia about one hundred years ago” stated Star Master.

 

            Ness almost broke down in laughter after Star Master’s statement.  “You must be kidding Star Master.  How can an ancestor of the kingdom of Avalon be in Siberia, let alone have ancestors who lived in Russia.”

 

            “Enough!  Ness, the kingdom of Avalon was destroyed five hundred years ago by an unknown force.  Only a few escaped the cataclysm and spread themselves throughout the world.  The ancestor of the horseman of power came to Russia with her family the get as far away from there as possible.  Now, you must go to Siberia to find the horseman of power so the horsemen of light can be united once more to destroy the apocalypse before it leaves this planet and destroys the universe.”  Star Master at this point was infuriated by Ness’s laughter.  “I have been watching over that person for many years.  He is the right person.  Sorry for becoming angry like that but you have to understand one thing.  You cannot doubt anything right now Ness.  As the horseman of courage, you cannot doubt anything I said or anything that Mike tells you.  You’ll see in time that everything we speak of is true but now is not the time to start doubting yourself now.  If you lose your confidence in your abilities or anything else you hold dear, you will perish.”

 

            “Sorry Star Master, I’ve just read the legends of Avalon so I found that hard to believe.”

 

            Ness, just have confidence in yourself and your friend and you will be fine.  Poo, I must bestow upon you a new technique that you must master quickly.  It is the technique passed on through the lines of your family for generations and it’s about time it is unlocked.”

 

            “Thanks master.  I’ll use it wisely.  Guys, we’re off then.  Master since none of use can teleport to Siberia yet can you send us there.”

 

            “Yes Poo, I will.  Remember though, if you need any guidance at all, you know how to reach me.  Good luck, everyone!”

 

            Meanwhile, Mike and Tom were racing off to reach Casie as fast as possible.  Unfortunately, this meant Mike had to run as fast as he could with Tom on his back, taking Mike’s running speed down to about two hundred miles per hour.  “Hey Mike, can’t you run any faster!” screamed Tom.

 

            “Can’t, you heavier than I am remember so I’m just a little weighted down right now.  Anyways it will only take another minute to reach her.  Fayette City isn’t that far remember so, this is as fast as I can go right now.”  One minute later they reached the town and were shocked to find that a massive invasion had already started.  “Okay we’re just slightly late.  You think Casie got away?”

 

            “Nope, she probably couldn’t with these numbers here.  Darn how many are there here?!”

 

            “At least three hundred starmen alone in this small area of varying types, I say it will take us about three hours to defeat all of them by hand since some have psychic power shields if we split the difference half and half.”

 

            “Good, I’m in a bad mood right now anyway so let kick some a…” before Tom could even finish the last word in that sentence a bright light appear out of nowhere.

 

            “Quantum Flash!”  In just one technique all of the starmen in the small area near the river were vaporized in an instant.  “Sorry to spoil your fun boys but you know how long it takes me to charge up that technique.”

 

            With their jaws literally on the ground, Mike and Tom were stunned.  Casie had just taken out three hundred starmen in a single blast of energy.  Let alone her quantum flash Fate which takes fifteen minutes to charge up.  “Okay before I even ask how you were able even to fire that technique with such intensity, since you never could take out more than ten at a time with it, how were you able to have enough time to charge that thing up to full bl…” at that moment Mike saw Casie hit the ground hard almost knocking herself out.

 

            “First, I hid long enough by some trees to be able to charge that thing while everyone else fought then before I fired it I told everyone to run far away as they could so I didn’t kill them.  Two, I used everything I had in that assault with the exception of my vital energies to fire the blast.  So I’m slightly worn out at the moment.”  Casie was breathing heavily while saying that so took her a minute just to say all of that.  “Mike…got…any…br”

 

            “Yeah I have one left on me right now.  Just give that brain food lunch chip a minute to set in and recover your power.  Casie, are there any forces left?”

 

            “There are a ton of them on the hill up there and it might take a while to take all of them out.  So you two get to have your fun now.”

 

            “Good, time to slice them up” said Tom pulling out a funky looking katana blade.  “I should be able to pick them off one by one for a while if everyone in the town helps me out here.  You sure you’re going to be alright Casie?”

 

            “Yeah I’ll be fine.”

 

            “Good, Casie the second you can stand get all of your equipment and help Tom eliminate all of those starmen.  I going off alone, I suspect Gorin is here to so I have a bone to pick with him right now.  I’ll stop him so these invasions stop right now!”

 

            “Mike, you’re crazy.  You know you can’t kill him and you know you shouldn’t kill him right now.  Let alone his power is much greater than yours.”

 

            “Tom, I know what I’m doing right now.  His power doesn’t even compare to me right about now.  He hasn’t fully regained his powers yet and he is in a human form.  Trust me, he won’t even land one finger on me.”

 

            “Mike, just don’t getting yourself killed.”

 

            “Casie, I won’t” with that the three split up.  Mike was making a beeline towards Gorin’s energy signature.  Tom was helping everyone else in the town defend themselves, and Casie was going to get her equipment and also help out.

 

            Once Mike got to the top of the hill where the majority of the town was he shocked.  If there was a monster or robot you could imagine, it was there, about five hundred some monsters and flunkies to be precise.  Crap, how am I going to get through this?  I could take out maybe a hundred, maybe two with infinity end.  But how am I going to do this without maxing out” at that moment Mike got an idea.  I sure hope this works, if one thing goes wrong, I’m dead.  Hey!  All you morons, give me everything you got!  That’s right you heard me, a free shot on the horseman of time, I’m sure one of you would get promoted if you killed me!  Come on!  I’ll even put up a bulls eye for ya if ya want.”  That was Mike brilliant plan it seemed.  Get them all so mad that they would fire everything they had at him.  But Mike seemed to have an extraordinary look of confidence on his face.  Good, not much in the way of starstorm attacks.  Maybe this will work after all.  This will just take a while.  Psi Counter Omega!”  At that moment all the energy gathered itself at one spot right next to Mike.  Good, enough to take out at least fifty of them.  If I can keep this up and if they limit the starstorm and thunder techniques, I should be fine.  Counter blast fire!”  For about ten minutes Mike kept up his assault.  All he did was dodge the starstorm and thunder attack which he could not absorb and collected every spec of energy he could otherwise and fire it right back.

 

            Once that was all over, Mike was breathing heavily, exhausted from the constant onslaught and countering.  He then spotted a human with Final starmen guarding him.  Okay, that must be him, I need to figure out how to get around that wall of starmen.  All they fire is starstorm attacks and nothing but that, and that’s one of the twelve I can’t absorb.  Think Mike think.  How are you gonna yourself out of this one?  It’s worth a shot but it’s power will be extremely limited but I need it to do the Fate anyway.  I’m just not emotional enough to get at full power but it will do for now.  I’ll need the power boost for Gorin anyhow.  Ragin’ Finale!”  Mike, as usual, felt his heart rate skyrocket as his mind put a massive demand on his body.  The ragin’ finale takes of Mike’s pure emotion and makes it a source for power, allowing him to gain a quick boost in very dire situations.  Unfortunately, like his emotions, Mike cannot control this technique fully yet.  If done when he is actually calm, it only reaches minimum power, but that is all Mike’s felt he needed at the moment.

 

            While Gorin and his Final Starmen were destroying the surround area, Gorin in his human form blinked and everything seemed to stop.  The starmen for some reason had stopped attacking all of a sudden like they had malfunctioned in someway.  Suddenly everything around him exploded, nothing was left of his starmen but parts of their bionic bodies were strewn everything with people running in absolute terror thinking some new evil force had come and destroyed those starmen.

 

            “Gorin, if you still want to live, I suggest you run” said a mysterious deep voice.

 

            “Who is this, are you the one that has been destroying my troops!  Do you not know who your opponent will be next!”

 

            “That’s the point, I do.  Don’t forget though, I just defeated all of your troops to get up here.  To be honest too, I haven’t even gotten started yet.  Sure I’m just a little tired but I’m not worried since you’re not even close to full power yet, especially in that human form you have to hide in.”

 

            “You’re the speedy human Godan was talking about then.  I see that you live up to what he has said, extremely destructive with any type of weaponry but extremely weak to a punch.  Michael, the horseman of time!”

 

            “Unfortunately, you are right on that one.  I can’t usually take more than one hit from most people near my caliber, but that depends can you even keep up with me.”  With that, Mike disappeared into thin air.  Gorin knew that Mike was just running extremely fast but he couldn’t tell where to.

 

            “Come on, can’t you even keep up with me.  I’m slightly shocked, I thought a horseman of Apocalypse could easily follow my every move.”

 

            “I don’t necessarily need to see to follow, horseman!”  Gorin at that moment struck Mike with a devastating punch that sent Mike flying backwards.

 

            Mike was stunned and slightly dazed.  He was shocked to have a punch come at him so fast with such power at that moment.  He completely miscalculated the strength of Gorin and paid big time with most his strength being knocked out in one punch.  If Mike got hit like that again, he knew Gorin could easily kill him then.  Looks like I can’t keep my promise to Casie then.  Oh well, I can’t afford to hold back now.  One false move and I’m done for.  I guess I have to use them then.  Gorin!  Prepare to get your butt kicked!  Titan’s armor!”  Mike had summoned his one and only defensive item to help him take another punch if need be.  Mike did something odd afterwards though, he sheathed his sword back into his quiver quickly and took a martial arts stance.  “You see Gorin I have a few tricks too, as you can easily see.  This armor slows me down slightly but it’s all I have to protect myself, since you seem to be to fast for me to use REM Attack in a clutch; not to mention I contain a few more surprises in this thing anyhow.”

 

            Gorin then charged Mike at full speed ready to hit Mike as hard as he could but Mike blocked it with a medium sized sword he had hidden behind his right arm.  Then Mike slashed with another one that he kept behind his left arm then pummeled Gorin with every punch and kick he could follow up with but with no avail.  Gorin then at point blank struck Mike with four thunder Omega strikes making Mike scream in pain.  Mike was starting to see double at this point and saw choice but to use one of his psychic techniques.

 

            “That’s it!  I’m tired of playing games.  If you want to go all out, then so will I!  I have only used this level of this technique three times because it’s so powerful!  This won’t kill you but you’ll be in tremendous pain when this connects!  This is my one heavenly technique, Delta Omega!”  screamed an enraged Mike at the top of his lungs.  With the ragin’ finale ability still active, Mike’s energy all of a sudden shot way up, and Gorin could feel it because Mike was just that ticked.  Mike then started to point straight outward making a point of light that could be said that was on the same line as his adam’s apple when a line was drawn through it from behind Mike’s neck.  Mike then created two more similar points of light at the same level of his knee caps, about five feet apart.  Mike then created a ferocious looking energy ball that was no bigger than a softball.  Mike then launched the energy into the triangular area of the points of light then a triangular shape energy beam hit Gorin with tremendous force.  The beam just kept expanding at that point until it was bigger than a house.

 

            Gorin couldn’t believe then force a single human could throw in one blast.  It seemed that Mike just kept expanding the beam and then stopped once he thought it was big enough to crush Gorin.  Even though Gorin hadn’t moved much, no one had ever been able to do this to him with just their mind.  He started to think that the horsemen of light might just be a threat after all with their leader having this much power.

 

            “Time to end this now, Delta Omega disengage in all of your fury, Final End!”  Mike formed a triangular shape with his hands and then split off very quickly.  The beam of white light then ended in a massive explosion destroying anything within fifty feet; except for Gorin, Mike knew better.  “Have we had enough of this yet, or should I do another one of those.”

 

            “I’ll get my revenge…”  Gorin then quickly vanished from sight running away with injuries all over his body.

 

            “Good thing he didn’t want more, I don’t have enough power to run anymore even.”

 

            Meanwhile, Tom was fighting the remaining of what was left of Gorin’s forces.  Crud, I wish Casie would hurry up, I’m starting to wear out here.  Tom thought to himself as he looked at what seemed like the last starman he had to finish off and he was done.  He had never seen this type before, but he just brushed it off as a weaker model.  Tom then charged the last one and went for the kill.  Tom made a fatal error though, this model was strong enough to throw a starstorm Omega at point blank range and knock Tom out cold.  Mike stumbled into the area at the time to see if Tom had finished yet.  After seeing what had happened, Mike tried to fight but got slammed into the pavement since he was so weaken from his battle with Gorin.

 

            “Hmph *whirl* I’m surprised that you two were foolish enough to take me, a Deluxe model, on head on*blurl*.”

 

            A starman Deluxe had easily finished both a weaken Mike and Tom off with one blow each.  “I’ll definitely get some upgrades for this one.  Both the horseman of time and the g…” before it could even finish, Casie grabbed one of Mike’s kodachi blade from behind and sliced it’s head right off finishing it off.

 

            “You two are such fools you know, running head on into an unknown opponent after being worn down like you two are.  Looks like I have to wait a short while until two idiots wake up, I’ll just keep my eyes open until you do.”  said Casie.