Bo
A few moments earlier
"Dad and Gadget fused…" I muttered as I looked at the fleeting image of their fusion. Indy stood beside me, his eyes focused on Tori Wukong as well.
"They fused for you…" Indy said, the certainty in his voice was clear. I felt a sharp sting of panic surge through me however. Gargesh had died for me, well my mother but he protected her as an extension of me.
"I have to help him!" I exclaimed then started towards the freshly made hole in the hut only for Indy to grab my hand.
"Stop! They told us to stay put!" Indy exclaimed. I yanked my hand free and pointed towards the hole where Tori Wukong was fighting soldiers just outside.
"Like that matters! He's outnumbered! And even if Tori Wukong is a fusion, my dad is a normie. He has no magic!" I snapped.
"So that automatically means that he's weak?" Indy asked accusingly, his eyes boring holes into mine. I started to answer only to get cut off by Indy. "He's not! A weakling wouldn't have fought so hard to get to you. He wouldn't have struggled on despite being shot. Your dad is…pretty strong."
I gritted my teeth and looked out at Tori Wukong as he killed the soldiers that had been shooting at us only minutes earlier. It was my dad and Gadget working together, they were stronger together than I was by myself. Yet still I couldn't stop the panic in my chest.
"Tori Wukong! Look out!" Indy suddenly exclaimed. Soldiers that had surrounded the house and fired at us before were now running towards Tori Wukong. The ones that were the closest to the fusion had already raised their rifles to fire.
Tori Wukong whirled around in mid-air and started twirling the dual-bladed scythe in front of him. Bullets were deflected by the scythe and he made it look effortless until I saw Cross grabbing the gun of one of dead soldiers near him and aimed the rifle. I felt my heart lurch as I saw the fusion of my father and evo get shot through the back.
'NO! NOT AGAIN! I'M NOT LOSING SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME AGAIN!' I thought as I stuck my tongue out and summoned Midnight.
I flung the crystalline structure into the air and Midnight emerged with a silent explosion and landed on the half shattered roof. I pulled enchanted dagger from my pocket and started channeling mana into it, casting an axiom spell sigil while running towards the hole in the hut's hall.
"CRYSTAL GENESIS ACTIVATE!" I bellowed as I jumped through the hole in the wall and shattered the crystal in my hand.
A wave of mana shot from the broken crystal and slammed into Midnight. The mana resonated with the mana inside Midnight and a resonance wave shot back, hitting me. Midnight was lifted into the air, crystal encasing his body.
"MIDNIGHT CRYSTAL MERGE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Midnight roared.
Midnight shattered into a crystal dust that flew into me. The mana infused crystals empowering my cells and encasing my body in a crystal all of its own. I floated skyward, my body starting to change. I grew taller, more muscular. My face changing, becoming more reptilian. An anthropomorphic version of the Void drake's face, my skull splitting and creating a second mouth above my original one. Black scales sprouted from my skin, covering my body like armor. My nails curving into claws. Two wings sprouted from the my back along with a long serpentine tail, just above my tailbone. Thick black iridescent scales covering the backs of the wings which curved like shields. Thick crystal spikes emerged from the base of my neck and descended down my spine all the way to the tip of my tail.
I felt my mind and Midnight's clashing. The two distinct personalities melding slowly together. The respectful and quiet Midnight's and my rambunctious and rebellious spirit. Slowly becoming something new, slowly becoming…
Pendragon
"PENDRAGON! WE ARE UNITED!" I bellowed as I emerged from the crystal cocoon. It shattered, turning into dust which half whirled around me condensing around my waist into the shape of a knights waist protector. The other half condensed into the shape of a enormous sword with a elaborate cross guard.
I grabbed the hilt of the sword, a name whispering into the recesses of my mind that I knew was as important as my own.
"Twilight Calibur!" I yelled as I snapped my wings open and flew down at the closest of the soldiers, void attribute mana coursing through the blade as I brought the blade down.
Twilight Calibur sliced through the nameless solider like a cleaver through cabbage. Cutting him in half vertically and slamming into ground with a earthshaking boom. I spun on my heels and grabbed my sword in a reverse grip and slashed at the soldiers to my right. A wave of black void attribute mana cut through at least ten soldiers in half at the waist.
My eyes quickly darted to Tori Wukong who was on the ground and covered in gunshot wounds but healing. I flapped my wings and flew over to him, covering the other fusion with my wings.
"Tori Wukong, how long will it take you to heal?" I asked, pointing my sword at the remaining soldiers who were scrambling to get to cover.
"Not long! But your bases shouldn't have fused. My bases fused to protect yours." Tori Wukong replied. I smirked with both of my mouths.
"And mine fused to protect yours. Perhaps instead of arguing over sentiments we should work together to protect each other!" I retorted. A bullet suddenly ricocheted off the scales on my wings, I looked in the direction the shot came from and saw Cross still pointing a gun at us and shooting.
"Don't just run around! Regroup and counter attack! These crystal fuckers can't beat us!" Cross ordered the remaining men. I laughed bitterly then stood and unfurled my wings from around Tori Wukong, who was now fully healed.
"Save him for last?" Tori Wukong asked.
"Aye!" I confirmed then took to the air and flew towards the soldiers at the back of the newly reformed ranks. Tori Wukong dashed towards the soldiers at the front, using his dual-bladed scythe to deflect bullets.
Gunshots and smoke filled the air. The outskirts of the abandoned village lit only by muzzle flashes and the pale light of the full moon. The remaining American soldiers were dispatched rather quickly, falling either by my blade or Tori Wukong's scythe. As I cut down the last of the soldiers in turned to look at the fusion that was a combination of my Base's father and first evo.
"That's the last of them…all that's left is that bigot…" I said. Tori Wukong pulled his scythe out of a American's chest and looked at the many dead around us.
"Yes but where is he?" Tori Wukong asked.
"He fled once he saw you two were ignoring him and focusing on the other soldiers." Indy said, suddenly behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw the kid standing beside Bizarro, the strange meow that had been absent after his initial distraction.
"Fled? Doesn't sound like something the bastard would do?" Tori Wukong said resting his scythe on his shoulder.
"Or does it? He's a bigoted ass, not a idiot. He could see he had no chance against us." I said.
"He fled north, towards the Sadamas center. Probably to regroup with the soldiers there." Indy said.
"Speaking of regroup, we should head towards the King's glaive. Iris and Titania should be there now, unless they are still dealing with all those splicers." Tori Wukong suggested.
I nodded looked in the direction the mana train was supposed to be. I could see explosions and large pillars of ice forming in the distance, even from here. Faint figures fluttered about in the air above the forest in the distance. It was obvious that they hadn't made it back to the King's glaive yet.
"Indy, head to the King's glaive. KC and his parents might need help. We'all link up with Iris and Titania to help them. Hopefully the four of us can counter attack and then make over way to Chase!" I ordered. Indy nodded then climbed onto Bizarro's back.
"Be safe! Both of you!" Indy said then urged his evo onward. I watched as the two of them disappeared into the forest then turned and looked at Tori Wukong.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
Iris
'Godsdammit! Is there no end to them?' I thought as I pulled my knife from the throat of the ninetieth American soldier I'd killed in last half hour. I'd also killed at least half that in splicer soldiers while the numbers werent great compared to how many Titania had killed it was still better than most elite soldiers could do. Though honestly most of my numbers came with the help of Rainbow Sparkles and Mawt Huwl.
Both of my evos were running support using their mana and abilities to set up kills for me and also keep me from getting killed. Mawt Huwl had sprayed a large section of the woods with his gas when he saw soldiers coming from that direction which had taken some of the pressure off me but it also made it difficult to maneuver since I didn't want to get affected by the gas.
Titania admitted.
I landed on my back, pain radiating through my body. Before I could register that I had gotten thrown the splicer was standing over me with a sword in hand and raised to run me through. Rainbow Sparkles suddenly simmered into visibility and pounced on the splicer, knocking him down and mauling him to death. I quickly rolled onto my stomach and crawled over to the nearest tree for cover. My evo shimmering back to invisibility once his target was dead.
Another loud explosion above me grabbed my attention Titania was outnumbered and now on the defensive. She fluttered about like a erratic dragonfly, weaving and dodging spells and gunfire alike. What few spells or mana she used were to block bigger spells she couldn't dodge.
Titania might have been a fusion of evo and splicer but she was still only one being. Against hundreds or thousands it was a miracle she was still alive and unharmed.
'We need help…' I thought solemnly.
Suddenly a bright light shined in the sky, high above Titania. The light split into dozens of orbs that descended and orbited around Titania. Before they could react chains made of light shot from the orbs and wrapped around Titania's arms and legs, restraining her in mid-air.
"TITANIA!" I screamed and drew my manacite revolver and aiming at one of the orbs.
I was too slow though and the many splicers mounted on aerial evos took that chance to launch a barrage of spells. The sky was illuminated to blinding levels from the sheer number of spells flying towards Titania. I felt helpless dread wash over me as I saw Titania struggle to get free to no avail.
"TWILIGHT CALIBUR: DRAGON BLIGHT!"
Thin black lines appeared around Titania, dozens of them. Those lines suddenly opened into large gaping black holes that swallowed all of the approaching spells before disappearing as if they had never existed at all.
My eyes widened as I saw a evo flying just behind Titania, a massive sword glowing with a blackish energy resting on his shoulder. It looked almost draconian in its appearance. Black scales covering its entire body. It looked like a dragon daemon knight.
"Hear me! Enemies of Sho'lajah! I am Pendragon, Crystal knight of Midnight! You attack my people, cowardly and without honor! Expect no mercy!" The evo exclaimed.
"Pendragon?" I breathed, my mind racing to remember if Chase had any evos like him.
"Don't forget about me!" Another voice called out.
A figure jumped from the trees into the sky twirling a dual-bladed scythe above its head. The blades of the scythe suddenly grew larger and the shaft extended as it flew higher than Titania and Pendragon. The scythes cut shredded and cut down dozens if not hundreds of mounted splicers and their evos before shrinking back to its original size.
"I am Tori Wukong! The Gadget of Rebellion! You fools won't have your way!" The new evo screamed.