Zorath floated above the battlefield.
Victorious. Ascended. Untouchable.
But despite it all—Henry still lived.
His body limp, his aura barely a flicker.
But his hand gripped the earth.
Even now… he refused to let go.
Zorath (to the sky): "Let the world witness. The final resistance… is over."
Elara pushed herself up from the rubble. Her knees bled. Her arms shook. But she stood.
Henry, Jack, Ronnie and all the others.
She saw them — scattered like broken statues.
Her lips trembled.
But she didn't cry. She moved.
She ran to Jack first, dropping beside him.
Her small palms glowed faintly — the familiar green hue of her Awakening, unstable and volatile.
Elara (softly): "Wake up. I need you."
She pressed her hands to his chest — and for a second, nothing happened.
Then his eyes snapped open, a violent crack of thunder following by smoke which erupted from his wounds appeared.
Jack (raspy): "What…?"
Elara: "Fight."
He looked at Henry. At Ronnie. At her eyes.
He nodded, rising to his feet, body already shifting into full Storm Dragon Beast mode.
Wings spread. Lightning surged. Scales hardened.
Jack roared and purple lightning strike everywhere around the battlefield.
He then took flight directly into Zorath.
Jack (yelling midair): "HEY, COSMIC PRINCESS—YOU FORGOT ONE!"
Zorath turned slightly — amused — as Jack collided with his shield, spinning like a bolt of thunder, slashing with razor claws.
Zorath didn't block — he just watched, letting Jack strike him with all he had.
Lightning speared across the sky. Jack's attacks became a flurry of rage — blows that shattered sound, each one burning with fury.
Zorath (whispering): "Anger is a lovely illusion."
He raised a hand.
But Jack struck first — launching a Storm Fang Barrage, forcing Zorath backward for the first time.
Jack (grinning, bleeding): "Not so divine now, huh?"
Zorath moved a large building into Jack. Letting it collapse into him.
Jack emerged from the dust. He shoots a large and powerful purple lightning beam from his mouth.
The lightning burned through the sky, hitting a gravity barrier formed infront of Zorath.
But Zorath didn't notice Jack who has been already behind him. He punches Zorath into the ground. He claps with his wings creating a powerful whirlwind. Pushing Zorath further into the ground and catapulting the rubble around him away.
Jack then charges another purple lightning from his mouth. But Zorath raises his hand.
First it was quiet, and then something emerges from the sky.
Zorath has pulled down a meteor, launching at Jack.
Jack quickly turned his attention to the meteor, shooting his purple lighting at it abd melting it.
Zorath then grabs him from behind, launching him into another building.
While Jack bought precious seconds, Elara knelt beside Ronnie first.
Elara (shaky): "Hold on…"
Her hands glowed stronger this time — purer, more stable than ever before.
Ronnie stirred — lightning twitching in his fingers again.
Ronnie (weakly): "You… your energy… It's evolving…"
Elara: "Save your strength."
She moved to Henry next.
His chest barely rose. Blood leaked from his mouth. But when she touched him — the light in her hands didn't flicker.
It ignited.
Her aura became a storm of green-gold, the purest she'd ever channeled — a healing wave that wrapped around Henry like light itself.
Elara (quietly): "You don't get to give up. Not when I've made it this far with you."
And Henry… moved.
The sky was split.
Above the shattered skyline of Neoterra Prime, Jack soared like a black comet, wings torn, scales cracked—but his eyes burned like a storm refusing to die.
Zorath (calmly): "Even rage must obey gravity."
Jack spun midair and dove—lightning cloaking his body in blinding arcs.
Jack (roaring): "OBEY THIS!"
He slammed into Zorath with a thunder-punch enhanced by Storm Dragon Aura, the blow detonating into a shockwave that cracked skyscrapers and shattered sound.
Zorath staggered.
He raised his hand. Rubble emerged around Jack, pressing into him from everywhere. Jack roared loud, breaking the rubble and launching into Zorath.
But he was gone. Behind Jack. He moved faster than Jack could follow.
He punched Jack upwards. Then he punched him to the side, then downwards just to the hit him upwards again.
Jack became more angered. Wind and storm energy surrounded him. Unleashing it all out at once.
Zorath fell back. He compresed gravity and matter in the palm of his hand, creatinf something that even light couldn't escape. But Jack was faster. He took his face and slammed it into the ground.
Zorath cracked the ground, making gigantic tremors of ground levitate, even the piece of land him and Jack where on. He let them all collide.
Jack charges all his storm energy inside. The already shattered sky erupted in purple lightning and heavy thunder.
Jack unleashed a powerful beam of lightning at Zorath, burning through the levitating lands and illuminating the sky.
Everywhere was smoke.
A moment.
Just a moment.
Then Zorath emerged from it. Not even a scratch was on him.
He waved his arm—and gravity crushed Jack midair, slamming him into the ground like a meteor.
KRAAAK-THOOOM!!
The impact left a massive crater. Jack groaned—his wings broken, scales flickering.
Zorath (approaching): "You fought beyond what you are. I will remember that. For the last second of your life."
He raised his hand.
The air folded. Pressure condensed.
Jack couldn't move.
Then—A bolt of blue lightning tore through the sky.
KAAAA-BOOOOOOM!!!
Zorath turned—and was struck full-force by a charged lightning blast from behind.
He staggered backward.
Out of the smoke stepped Ronnie, blood on his lip, but eyes burning.
Ronnie: "You're not done with me."
Jack (grinning, coughing): "Took you long enough."
Zorath lifted his hand—
But another light appeared. Blue. Pure. Radiant.
Henry appeared over Zorath with shooting star. His foot enlightened with heavenly energy and with a powerful kick which shook the air, he launched Zorath into the ground.
Zorath (recognizing it): "…You."
Henry landed behind Ronnie — upright, healed, glowing brighter than ever. His Heavenly Aura surrounded him like a flame too divine to extinguish.
He looked at Jack—then at Ronnie—and finally at Zorath.
Henry (quietly): "Round two."