//------------------------------// // The Attack of a Deadly Alliance // Story: A Calamity of Epic Proportions // by AvalonAva //------------------------------// A Calamity of Epic Proportions Chapter 8 The Attack of a Deadly Alliance A suffocating silence took hold of the battlefield. Alice threw her helmet over her shoulder. It landed, and the sound echoed throughout the valley. Both JetFire and Frostbite readied their chain guns, and Quin drew her long sword. She pointed at Chrysalis with it. "You're mine, Chrysalis. You two, take her friend." Quin ran towards Chrysalis. She raised the long sword up high. The changeling drew her mech's chainsaw. She swung it upwards, and Quin swung her's downwards. The two weapons collided, sending sparks to fly almost everywhere. Any other blade would have been torn apart by Queen Chrysalis mech's chainsaw. "So, you choose deny the inevitable. It won't matter, you'll be finished soon!" Chrysalis yelled at Quin. She sweep-kicked Chrysalis, sending her to the ground. But as she went down, Chrysalis smashed her mech's elbow into Quin's mech's chest. Quin stumbled as Chrysalis got back on her feet. She charged at Quin, chainsaw sword pointed at her. Right before Chrysalis got to Quin, she jumped, sailed over the aggressor, and landed behind her. She changed her mech's left arm into the chain gun and battered Chrysalis's mech with bullets. XXXX While Quin was fighting Queen Chrysalis, JetFire and Frostbite confronted Alice. "Make you move." She said to the pair. The Spartans charged at the new foe, guns blazing. The bullets hit where she was, yet she herself was no longer there. She had jumped into the air. Two spheres of green energy appeared in each of her hands. She aimed them at the two ponies and fired beams of energy at them. Hundreds of the beams made contact with the ground, bombarding the two. The force of the attack tore apart the ground, causing them to lose their footing. Alice set back down in the ground and drew two axes that were her back. JetFire sat up, rock and rubble falling off of his mech as he did. Frostbite's situation was similar. "Have you two had enough yet?" Alice asked. They quickly activated their energy cannons and fired at her. The blasts hit, and exploded, causing dust co scatter into the air. The ground was also damaged by the blasts, causing it to split and crack. "How'd you like that one?" Frostbite taunted. The dust cloud was suddenly bursted, and cleared out. Alice stood there, smiling. "Oh, it was nice. Tickled a little." A sudden jet roared by. It lowered, and someone jumped out. The jet climbed, and soon went out of view. The person landed near the battling group. "Took you long enough, Cursed. How was Blaze?" Alice asked the newcomer. "Heh, he wasn't too bad. He didn't make it out of the shipyard when it exploded." Cursed reported to her. JetFire's mech stood up. "He's...gone?" JetFire asked. Cursed nodded. "Yes, as you will soon be too!" Alice shouted. She put out both of her hands, faced JetFire, and fired a blast of bright green energy that loosed an almighty roar. The impending doom rushed towards him within seconds. It almost hit him, but then Frostbite grabbed him and pulled him to safety. The blast of energy kept going, curved up, and sailed high into the sky. It arched back, and headed after the two Spartans. They both aimed their energy cannons at the beam and fired their own blasts, JetFire's orange, Frostbite's an icy blue. The three beams collided, but theirs was too weak compared to Alice's. It pushed forward with force, and they tried to hold it back. Their attempts caused them to be pushed back, causing the ground to tear in their wake. Alice's beam pushed through, and tore through the spartan's energy blasts. It neared them, moving at a supersonic speed. It almost hit them when a blast of dark blue energy intercepted it from the left. The diverted beam then crashed into the ground nearby. Something clad in black armor rushed by and landed with a loud thud. It was slightly crouching from its rough landing. Jets on it's back closed, and the person stood up. They had a heavy machine gun as it's right arm, a shield on it's left. What looked like another cannon was on it's right shoulder, and a missile launcher on its left. The head looked like an advanced MJOLNIR Mk. VI helmet. "Who's this tool?" Cursed shouted. The newcomer looked at him. "Oh, so soon you forget who I am? A simple explosion won't kill me." JetFire ran towards the person. "Blazeclaw?" He anxiously asked. They nodded. At that moment Chrysalis flew by, and crashed into Alice. Quin walked up to the battling group. "The Prototype Suit? But I thought that it was destroyed when Ghost activated the voice command to destroy itself." Quin said. Blaze nodded. "Yes, but like I said with my ship, the Marauder, my friend Felix is a master forger and creator. He watched video of it and literally built one just by looking at it. The only difference is that this one can be compressed to a small size when not in use." He turned and looked at Alice. "But only if the same could be said about you." Blazeclaw said bitterly. She closed her eyes and frowned. Her arms were crossed. "I told you before, I am no longer her. What happened years ago will never happen again. You know what Deathshadow did to me." Alice said coldly. Quin spoke up. "Well, what did he do to you?" She asked. She opened her eyes and looked at Quin. "Years ago, my former self was captured by Deathshadow. He did what he could to change me to evil. But she wouldn't submit to him. So he cloned her, infusing the clone with his DNA, and thus created me, the stronger version of Alice. The true one is locked away, sealed until needed." Alice said. Blazeclaw, though not seen because of the Prototype suit Mk. II, clenched his knuckles. "Enough of the formalities, now it's time for you all to get a crash course of the meaning of pain!" Blazeclaw yelled. He powered up the prototype's machine gun arm and fired at the three hostiles. The bullets, when made contact with them, exploded. Alice, Cursed, and Chrysalis were all knocked down. Blaze moved at a near impossible speed and kicked Cursed into the air, grabbed Chrysalis's mech, and slammed her into Alice. He threw Chrysalis back, and as she flew through the air, collided with Cursed with an loud smacking noise. Alice jumped back on her feet and pulled out one of her axes. She slammed it into the prototype's side, and Blaze grunted in pain. He grabbed her arm and smashed his left fist on the top of her head. Alice stumbled back, slightly dazed. When her vision returned to normal, she looked at Blaze. The missile launcher was aimed at her. It fired two of them, and they rushed for her. The first got close, and she kicked it away. It spun, tumbled, and exploded on a random tree. The other one came within inches of her face. She punched it, and it went back towards Blaze. He didn't move at all. Just before it hit him, a stasis shield stopped it, so it detonated harmlessly. The machine gun arm of the Prototype changed into normal arm. XXXX Cursed and Chrysalis snuck around behind Blaze. He took advantage of the opportunity Alice had provided for him. She distracted Blaze just long enough so that they could attack him from behind. The two ran towards the Prototype suit. Cursed jumped over its head and kicked it when he did. Chrysalis put Blaze in a full Nelson and drove her mech's right knee upwards into where his kidneys would be. Blaze went ridged for a moment, as it winded him. Dazed and unable to move, he tried to escape. "It's no use really, you can't get out from this hold!" Chrysalis boasted. Blaze stopped struggling and looked down. He sighed. "See?" He then lifted his head up fast, slamming the back of the prototype's head into the front of Chrysalis's mech's face. She fell back from the blow and landed on her back. Cursed drew his sword and charged at Blaze. Out of the part of the arm below the wrist, two beams of energy came out of each arm. They stopped at 4 feet, and resembled energy blades. His swords clashed with Cursed's, and sparks were sent flying. Cursed slashed at the feet, but Blaze stopped him. He gouged the knight's black armor, and kicked him off of the blade. A sudden burst of energy hit the Prototype's stasis shield and overloaded it. Blaze turned around, and saw Alice about ten feet away. The ran at each other, and Blaze lashed out with his energy blades. Alice dogged his attacks and kicked him in the side. Cursed slashed Blaze across the chest, and Chrysalis jammed her twin sawblade into the Prototype's stomach area. The three attackers then put out their arms, pointed at Blaze's direction. The blasted him with three beams of energy. It created a sphere around Blaze, and then exploded. The ground shattered and cracked. The Prototype suit stood there, panels battered and bent, paint chipped, and scorch marks all over. The energy blades still resonated from the arms though. "It's over, Blaze, just give up." Alice said with seriousness. The suit's head raised. "I'll never give up. I will not fail them. They don't deserve to be enslaved and conquered, to have their lives controlled by you. As long as they fight, I will stand by their side. Even if they believe all hope is lost, I will still fight for them. The power of righteousness resonates within me. I will not lose." Blaze said. He stood strait and flexed his arm outwards. The small debris on the ground started to bounce. A sudden aura of fire surrounded him (similar to the aura in Dbz). "HAAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled. Arcs of electricity jumped from him and hit the ground. The ground began to shake violently. Sudden light energy came from the ground underneath Blaze and rose to a foot higher than him. The Prototype suit dissolve by the light. On his shoulders, samurai like pauldrins appeared. He had armor covering his whole body except his head. A orange visor was on his face like sun glasses. And black bat-like wings came out from his back. A single Roman numeral I appeared on the right side of his chest. The electricity, shaking, and flame aura ceased almost as soon as it began. The energy blades were protruding from gauntlets on his arms. Alice frowned, Cursed and Chrysalis were confused. "So, you tap into your true power, Blaze. The Mystical Warrior form I." Alice said. Blaze had his eyes closed. "Yes, I am. Let's get this party started."