《Jack K》The end of the beginning
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This the end...today is the final day to see who survives and who not.. I know exactly our cause but.. what is HE fighting for ?
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"Good day to you Martin !"A scientist smiled and greated his co-worker.
"Good day to you to Fred"Martin smiled back checking the scientist's identification card.
"So what are you doing ?"Fred asked.
"Going to add some adjustments to the control room, please do not interrupt" he went inside the room leaving a device near the door.
'teleport in 3..2..1' the machine made a beep sound Jack and Jade got teleported in, they turned off the device, then hid behind some boxes watching the control room door.
"Is it safe ?"Cody whispered.
"Yes Cody come out of my backpack"Ghost smiled and checked the device on his wrist, he pressed a button and his cover disappeared, he cover as Martin.
Cody came out his backpack and stared at the door and window watching out for anyone.
Ghost put his tools down and turned on the computer he used Fred's ID card to access the computer,"huh ? I can't access anything ? As predicted they already took their cautions...but I am not going to give up easily" he looked through what access he had, he had only the speakers of the upper levels and the air conditioners, he sighed and tried getting access to the lower levels where the mutants are being trapped in cages like animals.
Meanwhile Thunder was doing a good job distracting the masses.
"Hey everyone Thunder is against the highest level training !" someone yelled and a lot of people gathered to watch.
"Most people are putting attention on Thunder including some of the staff"D stated communicating with the others through an ear piece.
"Great, Change in plan D I need you to steal a scientist's access card, I can hack the system but it might trigger the alarm"Ghost replied.
"Roger that, Hey Jade how are you holding up ?"D asked.
"Well the only danger I am under now is dying out of boredom.."Jade yawned.
"Oh okay.."D switched to private chat with Jack,"lay a finger on my sister and I swear you will have no fingers !" he threatened then started doing his task,he was a stealthy warrior even while carrying a metal scythe, he sneaked past the guards and went inside the inner rooms of the staff then searched for the right room,"janitors.. guards.. chefs...here it is scientist.." he heard a conversation Inside, he gasped and quickly teleported up in the air vents.
"No way that is crazy !"a scientist walked out looking mad.
"Ha crazy !? Okay so if he betrays us ?! At least the rest of our lives will be on the winning side !"his co-worker tried to convince him.
"Winning side ?! You mean betraying your own race then die days later ?! I prefer dying Now ! What he said to us that we can.. 'help people change' or 'give them powers and make them unique' he didn't say anything about brain washing and turning people like that !"he walked away grumbling.
His co-worker just sighed and pressed a button,"you prefer instant death ? Okay then here is what you asked for.."a robot came out and shoot both the scientists killing them, "teleport sensor.."it aimed at the air vents and shoot.
D teleported in front of the robot and hit it with the glowing blade of the scythe, he slammed it to the wall and then pressed a button activating energy drain.
More robots spawned and tried to shot D, he just dodged or blocked the attack with his weapon,he spun it fast and slashed the group of robots ending them up as junk, he took the ID cards of both scientists and rushed upstairs.
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"Going somewhere ?"Malik smirked his hand glowing green indicating the element he is using, poison.
"N-no way !"D tried to slash forwards but Malik teleported behind them.
"H-how can you control so many elements ?!"D asked trying to hit him again.
"Oh yea..I never said my element did I ? Heh well consider it a death wish"he froze D's bottom half with Ice,"my element is... copying"he smirks and hits D with the poison, he threw him away on the floor close to where Jade is hiding.
"N-no !D !"Jade tried to go out but Jack held her,"s-stop, you will get caught.." he whispered trying to stop himself as well.
Malik chuckled,"how cold not caring about your own team mate...speaking about cold.."he made an ice Dome cover all the people,"I control everything in the arena, even the people"he laughed and used electric magic to overpower the stimulation, the difficulty went so highly and crazy enough it started hurting and the illusions fought the people, it was really rough, monsters spawning every second, winning was just impossible.
"Attack plan code alpha 73"Malik used electric magic again to send signals to the defense system, the cages of the mutants were sent up and opened wide.
He then used brain wave to command all mutants"Attack the intruders ! No powers, I want their suffering to last as much as possible!"Malik yelled pointing at the control room, the mutants started marching slowly towards it.
Jade and Jack got out of cover and stood in front of the door, they dragged D inside the control room to make sure he is safe"
"What happened to him !?"Ghost said noticing D lying on the ground, he was like an ice lump, cold and motionless.
"The mutants.."Cody frowned and looked at the door they weren't using their magic powers just normal physical powers trying to get in."Ahh ! Th-this is horrible now I can see them clearly..that ! What kind of sickness in his head that made him do such acts ?!" Cody growled and dragged D close,"he has two security cards try them !"he gave them to Ghost.
"No access at all..well we are already found out"he tried to force hack into the system.
Jack and Jade prevented the mutated from entering, they were careful not to cause fatal harm. Jade threw them away while Jack made fire walls to slow them down.
"What an annoying pest, oh well guess I will use my old trick to make Ghost give up.."Malik chuckled and teleported in front of Jack and grabbed him by the throat,the boy gasped and tried to escape but Malik was quick and teleported himself and Jack to the arena.
Ghost growls,"I have to save him !"he growls and goes out but the mutants block his way.
"Gh-ghost I am getting tired I need help !"Jade groaned.
Ghost grabbed D's scythe,"s̵̸̸͘͘͡͝͡c̶̡͜͢͞y̨͢t̨̡̀҉͝͏h̵͠͏é̸ ̵̷̷̢̨̡̛̛́͟͜͜͟͡o̢͏̶̶̢̢́̀͘͜͞҉̴҉f͢͏̴͢҉̶̴̢҉̴̶́͟͞҉ ̶̧̢̨́͢͜͟͢ḑ̴̸̷̴̀͘͜͡͝͠a̸̵̢̧͘͘͜͟͞͠͝҉͡r̷͏͡ḱ͘͠͝͠҉̨͞͝n͏̶̴̢͜͟͟͢e҉҉̵̸̧̢͘͟͢ś̵̀̕̕͢͞s̀̕҉̡" he growls and waves the scythe, it sends the mutants flying across the room, he looked at Jade glitching intensely,"use the scythe...I need a few minutes and I will get these warriors back to their senses.."He went back to the room.
Jade stood there eyes wide, she couldn't believe how much powers were hidden she always looked at Ghost as a man of peace and seeing him in such state was new to her, she was shocked yet at the same time encouraged to keep on fighting.
Meanwhile Jack was trying to keep up with Malik, he was getting hit by tens of elements every minute, fire, Ice, water, energy, lightning and even sound it felt like the entire world was against him.
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"What element are you ?!"Jack growled making a fire fist to punch Malik.
Malik grabbed Jack's fist and squeezed it trying to smash it,"all of them !" he pushed Jack away and started hitting Jack with an energy whip.
Jack tore off the whip with his sword then hit Malik hard, his entire body went up in flames and he started beating him up with his bare hands.
Malik turned his skin into metal, though it started melting by the flames,"ahahhaha ! You can never beat me ! I can have any element I want !"he grinned.
Jack gasped getting an idea,"ha ! I don't think you can EVER copy me accurately" he challenged.
Malik smirked and turned to a dark version of Jack gaining all the powers Jack earned until a few days ago, "challenge accepted"his colors were darker even his skin he threw loads and loads of flames overdoing it.
Jack smiled and tried to control the flames but it was too much for him too handle, he still got some burns but not as intense as it would be if he was a human.
"Oh wow"Malik smiled,"I was just messing around with your brain and I found out your pathetic plan"he laughed and sent a mental message to the mutants, to destroy the speakers.
"Haha got access !"Ghost grinned.
"It's working Ghost !"Jade grinned seeing the mutants walking away.
"I.. I didn't do anything yet.."Ghost frowned seeing what's happening. Jade gulped trying to stay on her feet.
"I couldn't restore these fallen warriors yet..I can free the ones who are still standing" Ghost cut the power off the training simulator, the people trapped in illusions got freed and gasped seeing the mutants just as they though they were getting a break they witnessed nothing but another challenge, Ghost opened the door and started walking out angrily,"I see the speakers maybe.."he drew a plan in his mind.
"Trap these mutants ! Help that man up there !"Thunder yelled orders,the people followed did what thunder said, the thing a person they trust said, Jade made sure Cody and her brother are safe then joined the battle, she knew that the battle Is unfair, it was one for three with their team on disadvantage.
Malik was throwing barrages of fire at Jack, The young man dodged the flames, he kept his mouth closed all the time.
"Haha ! I copied everything about you ! Everything till the last few days!"he yelled laughing maniacally.
Jack smiled and breathed all the fire stored in his mouth at Malik, he spit fire in his hands and hit Malik hard with huge flaming fists out of fire
"You can never copy someone's style..and even if were somehow able to.."he mumbled with a sly smile,"you are such a power freak that you forget something about powers.."Jack laughed.
Malik gasped realizing his mistake, "their weaknesses.." He coughed out blood and held his heart, Its beats were slowing down little by little,"yo-!!" Malik growled.
"And unlike you I am prepared"Jack takes out a heart and gets it closer to his mouth.
"If I fall you are falling too !"Malik shoot a spike at the heart making it rot.
"Hey ! You cheated !"Jack growled and spit out the rotten heart.
"And who said I play fair ?"Malik transformed to a giant, he grabbed Jack and threw him in the air, he flew up and grabbed his arm,"did you know about the Kamikaze skill?! It lets me get rid of a power and at the same time cause a massive killing explosion !" he kept flying, it was the count down to death, Ten, nine, the last few months flashed in front of him, eight, seven. He realises he has more to live for..six,five,he needed to act, three, two,he tried to hit Malik but he couldn't he had a single option, one..slash.
Cutting his own arm he freed himself ,he fell down straight to the ground, yet the more injured he is the stronger he gets, he blasted the ground and blew fires downward, the force of flames has slowed his fall, yet Malik dived straight at him hitting him in the back and making him fall on the metal floor of the lower level.
"Almost done !"Ghost exclaimed almost done with his plan.
"We can't keep them away longer !" Yelled one of the fighters.
"Done !"Ghost grinned and activated it, all the broken speakers were remade into a huge one, huge enough for the whole arena to listen.
Ghost gasped seeing his injured son,"this..had just..no it IS personal from the day you killed my wife..I.. listen Malik..I don't care if your objective is world piece. Į̷̴̶̷̧̨̨̛̛͜͜͢͡ ̸̀͘̕̕͟͜͝ẁ̨҉̢́̀͜ill̷̀͡ ̨͏̕҉͏̷ń̷̸̨̀͠͞e̶̢̧͜͞͞v̡̢̀͢͠҉̸̛́͟͠͝è͘͜͝͞͏̷̛́͟ŗ̵̵̶̧̢̨̛́͘̕͝ ̶̡f̸̸̸̡̧̨̡̀̀͢͠͞͠͞ǫ̴̴̶̧̛̛́͞͝ŕ̸̨̧̨̛̀̕͢͟͏ǵ̴̢̧͘͢҉̀͢͜͞i͏̀̕͢͞͏͢͝҉͡͠v̵̛͏̛ę̵̴̢̡́͝͞͞ ́́͘͟y̵̶̴̷̡̡̨̧͘͘͟͝͝͞o̶̡̧͢͜҉̛ừ̵̷̡̡̧̧̕͟͢͡͝ ͏̢҉̸̧̧̀͟͡f̧̨̛͡͞͏̵o̷͢͠r̢̀ ̴̸̴̡̡̨̧̛̕͟͟͢͢͜͡h̡́̕͟͟ư̶̧r͢͏͞҉͢t̶̶̢̛͞͡͝i̧̡̕͜͝͝͝ń̷̡͘͠͠g ̴̛͡͝͏̴̶̡̨̡͘m̵̴̡̡̛͟͡͝ý̕͏̸̷̷̨̀͠ ̸̸̸̀́̀͢͟͝f̸̴̴̷̷̧̀́͢͢͟͝͡am͠͝҉̵͏̴̵̨̢̡̀̕͢͝i͏̧̀͟͞l̵̨̡͘͝͡y͞͏̶̷̛̛̀́͢͢͝͞ "
The mutants fell down, the room went silent, the fighters cheered but between them stood their one true enemy, Malik growled and turned to a giant,"fools ! I am stronger than all of you ! I hold the powers of all of you combined !"he yelled in a monstrous voice.
"Not mine..."Ghost mumbled and took a fighting stance,he punched forward and a huge black energy fist formed punching Malik in the face,He threw more punches dealing enough damage to hurt Malik in suck titanic state, Malik grabbed the fists and crushed them, he grabbed Ghost and thew him up, shot Laser beams at Ghost, they were red and huge able to evaporate an entire mountain.
Ghost formed a white shield blocking most of the beam, yet it couldn't last to the end cracking at the last few bits and pushing it's caster away from harm.
Ghost coughed and flew back down, he made several black and white spears to fall down with him.
"Sh-should we interfere ?"Jade asked.
"No..we can't do anything, For now Ghost is our only hope"D mumbled barely able to stand up.
Petal huffed,"I just sit and watch...vine attack !"he threw his root to a metal platform from the devastated ceiling of the room.
Malik made a blood shield blocking the spears, he went back up the arena,"first the son now the father, let's hope you will be a better warm up than your son, whoa !"he dodged a glowing beam of energy.
"villians..all bark and no bite"Ghost mumbled glitching intensely he was minutes away from fading away to turn into a glitch.
"Oh look you're glitching, your time is getting closer to end"Malik smirked and used mirrage cloning, he surrounded Ghost in order to waste his time.
"My time won't be up until you die"Ghost growled and floated in the air.
"Stop him !"Malik commands as all of the clones shot electric bolts at Ghost, they bounced off in front of the energy being gathered,"judgement.." Ghost whispered and the sky became clear, except for a huge black cloud.
It rained down a powerful light on the clones,the light repelled from one mirror clone to another hitting the true Malik in the end.
Ghost fell down panting,"no more.."he groaned losing energy fast, all his skills were unmatched yet they drained him fast, he has reached of total exhaustion.
Malik laughed,"haha ! And yet I am standing"he made multiple swords appear and controlled them,"this ends now !"he threw but Cody used vine attack at Malik making him miss the shot.
"C-catch this.."Ghost took out a metal ball from a black box, the box was labeled 'last resort'.
Petal tried to catch it but Malik stomped him and grabbed the ball,"now it's over !"he absorbed it's powers,"now weed.."he looked down at petal,flames formed in his hand then got extinguished,"huh ?"he tried again but the flames died,"what is this ?!" He tried everything but it didn't work, ice evaporated, laser was mere light, weapons were less harmful than a kitchen knife.
"That's Zero metal, it can block any power..and you just absorbed it"Ghost smiled and stared at Malik's face.
"Nooo !"Malik screamed and tried everything he could, he tried to absorb powers but failed, he had just the face that Ghost wanted to see, afraid, pathetic and hopeless.
D teleported in front of Malik,"time to taste your own medicine !"He punched him down right towards the mutants, a crowd of haters.
They stated blankly at the one who destroyed them, the one who fooled them.
And so revenge was served, Malik was beaten up and shred to pieces, and they left him to die alone.
And even though Malik's evil plan has ended..this story didn't.
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"Oh I can't believe Malik has failed, even when he was supplied with brain wash,he couldn't defeat the weaklings known as humans..but to think of it..a single man was able to defeat phantom and take away his powers..these humans are so resilient and single units don't seem to be enough..hehe! Finally I found it, a planet worthy of..."
Plan 2112002: Armageddon.
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