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originally posted in:The New Dojo
12/24/2016 11:20:46 PM
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The gauntlet may have torn through the exosuit, but it gave away too easy. A Venom Inc. exosuit wouldn't break like that - it was as if Phoenix manipulated the armour so that it would allow for Zane's fist to break through.
Beneath the armour, Zane's hand was incinerated and burnt all to Hell by the raging inferno within.
Phoenix aimed his grenade launcher point blank at Zane and squeezed the trigger, firing a 40mm shell of superheated shrapnel that shredded through his armour, the molten ceramic shards ripping through his body.
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He screamed from the shrapnel, and his aura quickly isolated the shards to prevent a quick death. The gauntlet protected most of his hand from the damage, and he leapt back. "It...Would seam your actually trying to kill me...."
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Phoenix laughed. [i]"You've come back from worse. You've come back from the dead. So do it once more - call on your power, summon up your demons, become God! But would you like to know the truth, Zane? There are no gods. There is no God. There is no Hell for demons to summon up, only demons like you and I. Demons who live for the fight."[/i] He holstered his grenade launcher and sword, ash gathering into his hands to form a simple acoustic guitar, inscribed with the fiery runes like Phoenix's armour. [i]"Do you remember who's this is, Zane?"[/i]
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He presses his eyes together, thinking. "I....I don't. It seams so familiar though...."
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[spoiler]Seems* lol. Seams are something different.[/spoiler] [i]"This is the guitar of Woodchuk, Zane. One of the first lieutenants of the Dojo alongside you and I."[/i] He strummed the cords of the guitar, creating a sound wave that sent Zane back a little. [i]"Of course, I modified it a little to make it more effective."[/i] Strumming all of the cords at once, he sent a large blast of sound towards Zane, creating scars in the ground it sailed over.
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His hair turned back to normal, his gauntlets also fading as a black and white overcoat covers him. Twin energy sabers form from his hands, and he dashes around the sound attack, running past Phoenix at incredible speed and surrounding him with laser beams. "Good old woodchuck, I miss the bastard you know?" The laser beams pass through Phoenix, electrifying him and dealing high amounts of shock damage.
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The walking suit of armour and flame merely turns through the electricity. [i]"I feel no pain. I see no evil. And I know I am righteous."[/i] Phoenix plays a riff on the guitar, releasing an AOE blast wave of infrasonic energy. It blows Zane back as the lasers are stopped by the sheer force of the sound, sending him flying back. With one hand he draws his grenade launcher and fires two shots: one at Zane in mid-air and the other below him on the ground.
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He quickly forms two clones that take the grenades for him, vanishing shortly after. He lands in the ground, skidding to a stop. "Man, is this just not possible?"
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[i]"Come now, Zane. Truly a veteran such as yourself knows that this place is but a rotted corpse compared to the days of old. It may have been chaotic and disorderly, but you once led a proud sect of warriors. And now? Now everybody is caught up in their own sad politics, only fuelled by prejudice to fight each other. Where is the honour in that?"[/i] Woodchuk's guitar dematerializes into flames as Phoenix holsters his grenade launcher, holding his hand up to the air as blue flames encircle it. [i]"Through me, the honour of the Old Dojo lives on. A small ember turned into a raging inferno of defiance, for through my blade, they will not be forgot."[/i] Jams' shadow bow, Likritus O'Nirim, burns into existence in Phoenix's hand as he fires a single arrow of darkness into the sky.
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His aura flares around him as he stands, his hair spiking up and turning back to silver. His gauntlets reform, lighting striking around him. He speaks to himself out loud. "No. I can't afford to fall here. Sera and Rorek are depending on me. I promised Mira I'd get them back!" He digs his feet into the ground, gathering force. "I won't die until that beast is dead!" He launched himself at Cobalt, delivering a heavy punch that knocks Luis into the air.
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[i]"A family?"[/i] he whispers with a twisted laugh, [i]"you're a killer, Zane. A fighter, a warrior. Did you think that you could erase your past sins so easily? Have your forgotten yourself already? Let me remind you of who you truly are, then."[/i] As the shadowy arrow strikes the sky, a shockwave of darkness and purpose figure strike across the heavens above. Black arrows made of darkness rained down from the sky, each of their arrowheads tipped with purple shadow-flame. But this was not the cobalt flames of Phoenix. [i]"I knew him as Oliver. You knew him as LeftShark."[/i] The black arrows rained down on Zane as Phoenix's flaming wings flapped, allowing him to hover in the air he was knocked up into. Each arrowhead burnt through Zane's armour, striking in two different forms. The first was the fire - the flames of LeftShark lancing through his body like a storm of violet infernos. The second were the shadow arrows of Jams, that slammed into Zane and encased him in darkness.
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He focused his aura into his core, then released it in an explosion that cleared away the darkness and numbed the pain. He lept up into the sky, air dashing to Luis and charging aura into his fist. "I know I'm a killer, but even a killer can atone his sins!" He got behind him, his fist brightly glowing with aura and power. "Eat this, Meteor Blow!" He slammed his fist into luis's back, sending him rapidly crashing into the ground, an explosion of aura enveloped him it it detonated.
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Phoenix left a massive crater where he landed, but what was more alarming were Zane's hands. The punch he landed on Phoenix were burnt because of his blue fire wings, which Zane had brashly punched through. His armour was melted to his skin, metal painfully being superheated and burning Zane's flesh inside it. As the smoke cleared around Phoenix, something was eerily noticeable... a large avatar made of glowing blue and dark ash had manifested itself all around him, a rib cage and a skeletal arm. It was awfully similar to JJ's Rage and Despair ability, albeit expanded on a much larger level. [i]"The abilities of the second former lieutenant, JJ1042. Release, [b]Sorrow and Scorn.[/b]"[/i] The glowing skeletal hand forms a large blade made of pure blue fire, which follows Phoenix's hand as he slices forward. As the avatar of the blade slashes horizontally, it releases a massive wave of cobalt flame that engulfs Zane. The fiery wave is formed up of flaming silhouettes, men, monsters, figures in armour - everything that his fire has consumed.
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He screams as the fire engulfs him, his shirt burning off and his aura strained to shield him. He fell to the ground, breathing heavily. "This...Is some bullshit...."
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[i]"No, Zane. This is the spirit of the true Dojo, living through this spiteful vessel of mine. This is for the forgotten warriors! THIS IS FOR THE FORGOTTEN HONOUR!"[/i] he shouts as his wings blaze a brighter cobalt blue. Sorrow and Scorn burn away as Phoenix draws his flaming katana and grenade launcher. He roars, weaving the flames tightly around the two fighters as darkness begins to radiate off of his armoured body. [i]"IF ATONEMENT IS TRULY POSSIBLE FOR A KILLER, THEN SHOW ME! SHOW ME THAT A WARRIOR IS STILL A WARRIOR AFTER ATONEMENT, ZANE! COME NOW, DRIVE YOUR SWORD THROUGH MY BURNING BODY! AT LEAST GIVE YOURSELF THAT HONOUR IN MY EYES! SHOW ME THAT YOU ARE TRULY ZANE!"[/i] For a single moment, Zane's vision darkens like a heartbeat of shadow. Then it is the same once more, but it was definitely something - a bad omen of sorts?
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He stood, his aura brightly radiating off him like a beacon. He breaths heavily, and extends his injured arm, various weapons floating around him as he conjures his new Buster sword. "God damn it Luis....Fine!" He planted his feet into the ground, then dashed forward, sending the floating weapons at Luis and unleashed a heavy slash.
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The slash literally tore the shadowy silhouette of Phoenix in two, but something was wrong. As the shadows faded away, it revealed a much more slimmer figure. Almost... Feminine. Zane watched as his wife was torn in two by his own blade, bisected by his massive buster sword. The final look in her eyes was one of horror and fear - terror at her own husband ripping her in half. Phoenix's voice rang in Zane's ears: [i]"Now, let me see the true face of a killer."[/i]
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His buster sword dropped to the ground as he fell to his knees, speechless. Tears flow down his eyes as his thoughts race. His sadness is quickly replaced by fury as he cries out.
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[i]"Yes! Yes, that's it! Show me the true Zane! SHOW ME YOUR HATRED!"[/i] Phoenix reappears in front of Zane through the fire. He is without armour now, his Filipino skin scorched and burnt, ash replacing chunks of his flesh. He is only 5'7, almost the size of a boy compared to the raging Zane. He spread his hands out as if to embrace Zane, sporting a twisted grin. Darkness began to envelope the two, leaving only the Hateful Phoenix and the furious Zane in a void of nothingness. Luis stood there, burning away, awaiting Zane one last time.
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[spoiler]Goooood. GOOOOOOOOOD. [/spoiler]
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He stood, trembling with anger as he raised his hand to Luis's face. "Il be taking this back now....." The shadow dragon tattoo that scared Phoenix's face seamed to come alive, slivering down Zane's right arm and wrapping itself around it. He then lightly placed his hand on Louis's chest, and pushed him back with a wave of darkness.
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Phoenix was knocked back further into the black void, laughing as his body continued to burn up. "Good, good. Embrace that inner darkness of yours, yes? That is how you survive. Do you enjoy that feeling? That feeling of everything you've ever loved being taken away? Savour your hatred, Zane. It severs the bonds that hold you back. Now finish it. Show me your fury." He stands up, the entirety of his flesh missing where Zane had pushed him back. Only a burning blue fire was beneath, as if his skin was nothing but ash covering a hateful flame.
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He glowed for a second, new clothes adorning him. A black scarf covered his mouth and nose, and his jet black hair hung loosely. A black armored cost covered his chest, and a hood covered most of his face. Jet black pants with a belt cover his legs, and black shoes cover his feet. Knives rest on his belt, along with various other tools. "You are my brother no longer...." He drew a wicked pointed dagger, darkness surrounding it and he leapt forward and past Luis, cutting him clean in half.
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The last thing Zane saw before he ripped Phoenix into two was his twisted smile. That grin, that oh-so terrible grin, a facade hiding the true nature of Luis' scorn and spite. [i]"I stopped being your brother as soon as the Dojo exiled me for trying to keep it alive. I hope you remember that."[/i] The darkness took the remains of Phoenix's burning body, leaving only Zane in the shadow. And then blue fire ignited, burning away the darkness and revealing the Dojo around Zane. Zane was no longer in his black clothing. He was in the same clothing from before, the apparel he was wearing when him and Phoenix started to fight. Millions of arrows made of pure darkness were embedded in Zane's body, making him look like some warped porcupine with the amount of black shafts protruding from his body. He could not move. He could not summon any weapons or armour. Everything was numb, and all was shadow. Phoenix stood in front of him, clad in his runic Venom armour once more. [i]"That arrow I shot into your shoulder from before was no ordinary arrow. The Nightmare Arrow of Likritus O'Nirim, a power I helped Jams obtain. The more trauma the nightmare causes, the further the damage. It is truly interesting to see that beneath that thin veneer of love lies a hatred almost as deep as mine. You really are a killer at heart, Zane. This battle was over as soon as I revealed your true self."[/i]
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"Tch, all you did was see the powers of my past. I use to be an assassin on my home world, until I awoke here with Mira."
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[i]"Assassin, warrior, soldier, gladiator... All killers in the end, Zane. The Dojo was a haven for us killers to do what we do best: fight. Fight for honour, for that would be the last thing killers like us would have. And that honour is now dead, along with the true spirit of the Dojo. You're a warrior. Accept that."[/i]
