[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/IaMIp5e.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/pgOGtMj.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/7UxgEHd.png[/img] [h1]vs.[/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KDAfwWY.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/Z4el5AL.png[/img] [hr][/center] [b][code]> DANGER DANGER DANGER[/code][/b] Oh-One's hud and systems decided [i]something[/i] on the radar. He just didn't know [i]what[/i] as he picked up something overhead. Oh-One quickly flipped over, but his body was sparking and covered in red-hot metal from that attack. His right hand was glowing with a red light as he prepared to blast whatever was coming his way... and he barely had time to scan it before the hand wrapped around his torso and brought him to the ground so hard that it created a crater. [b][code]> DANGER DANGER DANGER[/code][/b] His systems repeated as it became more and more... static. Oh-One knew, at this rate, it wouldn't survive this encounter unless... Using his thoughts that were far superior to this being, his hands began glowing with orange light as he put them together. His arms were glowing red hot as they were being overcharged... "I am superior..." Eventually, both hands were glowing like an enormous red orb. "... I am Oh-One. I am..." An enormous red laser beam went directly towards Jill. "... perfection." Jill had no understanding of what Oh-One was attempting to say to her. She only understood that he was attacking her. She also understood that slow as he was, this [i]thing[/i] she was inhabiting was even slower. At point-blank range, there was no way she could defend against such an attack, either. She took the beam head-on. For what was, from her perspective, agonizing [i]minutes,[/i] her world was nothing but searing light, scorching, and tearing at her metal body. She felt the hand's grip loosening on Oh-One, ki fields straining against the blast... and she felt pain. The massive beam of light quickly faded, leaving a cloud of snow and smoke. When it blew away, it revealed that its target was still standing. Its frontal armor was covered in scratches and scorch marks. A dent could be seen where the center of the beam impacted its chest. The exposed "skin" around its arms was covered in small gashes, leaking a bright blue fluid that glowed with ki, as well as azure sparks and flames. Slight cracks were going across what one would hope was the front of its helmet. But it was still standing. The blast had only sent it back about afoot. It took another "breath." It took a step forwards. And, lightning-fast, it sent its fist sailing towards Oh-One, gaining a coating of blue flame for the slightest of instants that it could be perceived to even be in motion. Justin was still hauling ass... he was, fortunately, able to get out of the kill-zone. The rest of those scrubs were fighting off the horde of robots while Justin stayed on Oh-One's ass. This was going better than he expected, usually the way these go he gets punched in the face a lot. Now its Oh-One running with his tail in between his ass. Justin had to crack a smile as he managed to catch up to Oh-One and Jill... She transformed into some type of monstrous mess of metal and Justin wondered, just for a second, if she lost her humanity just to stop Oh-One. That didn't matter. How far she wanted to go to stop Oh-One was her business. He just had to catch up. Oh-One's digital reflexes were capable of reacting to the punch as he caught the punch from Jill's brand new form. The impact of his elbow hitting the ground created another crater, he had to make sure that his plan goes as planned. His thrusters activated as he put them on max and attempted to fly while carrying Jill with him. Jill's form only barely began to move upwards, heels being slowly lifted off the ground while the ends of its feet still touched the snow. It was an incredibly heavy thing. It attempted to yank him into a good position and punch him again all while Oh-One was holding onto Jill's hand... ... Well, not for long. Justin had closed the distance and dashed at the two fast as he could. He wasn't going to let this monster getaway any longer. He had one chance, and one chance only, and he wasn't going to let this pass. He pulled his Sound-Scythe back and cut Oh-One's arm clean off... and it exploded for some reason when it hit the ground. It should give Jill the perfect opening. Which she took. The ground shook as the beast landed, and it let out a pneumatic hiss as its arm shot out again, grasping at Oh-One's leg to slam the bot back into the snow again as hard as it could. And when Jill grabbed onto it, the unexpected happened due to a ploy by Oh-One to break free... his leg detached from his body and then exploded in her hands. Jill watched as the limb gradually expanded and burst, a slow-motion shower of flames slowly spreading out from its center. It was, effectively, harmless, doing little more than leaving a scorch mark on her form's armor. Jill was, at this point, all too aware of her new body's weight and lack of agility. The jump to Oh-One would have been easy to make normally; now it simply wasn't a possibility. It was, on the other hand, unbelievably strong. She slowly reared back, channeling all the power she could muster. The act of properly channeling ki was, in this state, incredibly difficult. It needed to be maintained far longer for a single movement, and the other half could only do so much to help without any experience with ki itself. Still, she pulled it off. Flames burst and lightning arced from the creature's body as it sent its fist flying at the same ludicrous speeds it had achieved earlier, with such strength that it sent a powerful wave of air flying up towards Oh-One. However, Oh-One merely put his hand up and created his glowing red barrier around him and it tanked the blow. The barrier began glowing, shaking, crackling with electricity as Justin knew exactly what the robotic fucker was planning. Was he going to allow it? [center][hider=Metal Gear Rising - The Hot Wind Blowing][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vp_4vc-btI[/youtube][/hider][/center] Fuck [i]no[/i]. He was tired of this mechanical freak waving his dick around with all of these flashy attacks, and he sure as fuck was tired of this wild goose chase. Oh-One was right there on his shitlist under Abel and his goons, so he was going to make this [i]hurt[/i]. Both of Justin's hands began glowing as he put them together and a spinning blue orb was created in his hands. It danced to hand to hand until Justin put it together and stabilized it. He narrowed his eyes at Oh-One as he screamed. [sup][h1][color=black] [i]CRESECENDO![/i] [/color] [color=cornflowerblue][i]CRESECENDO![/i][/color][/h1][/sup] An enormous blue beam of energy went flying directly at Oh-One's barrier as he charged up his Assault Armor... it collided with the shield right when it reached its peak. It cracked, shattered, and finally collapsed as Oh-One was sent flying into the sky... at least not for long. The beam faded away and the burning hot Oh-One came flying towards the ground and created a crater when he finally hit... Jill focused on moving as fast as she could as she watched Oh-One fall from the sky. She felt she was beginning to lose control of whatever base instincts resided inside this monstrosity. The other half, too, was beginning to grow distant. Half-heard thoughts of encouragement were drowned out by bursts of static. There was a strange whirring noise that emerged when it broke into a run, every step a pounding force that shook the earth around it. The whir grew into a biomechanical roar of screeching metal and synthetic rage as it leaped on top of Oh-One and sent its fist flying down into his chest, a metallic clang echoing out as the crater widened. Its left hand wrapped around Oh-One's arm. It pulled it free, tossing the sparking limb aside before doing the same to its twin. More glowing blue blood leaked out of its face and onto Oh-One's chest. It had resorted to mindlessly striking down on Oh-One again and again, every punch mangling the robot further. It raised both its fists above its head as Oh-One began to speak: "... Nothing will- *zzt* stop me fro- from-from achieving my *zzt* goals. I am perfection..." And it brought them down again, caving in his chest plate. It raised its arm again, fingers outstretched. "... Let us meet again." There was a momentary pause. [i]Something[/i] played out across the cracks in its visor before it stabbed its hand into Oh-One, piercing straight through the armor plating. It twisted and searched for vitals before it pulled them out with force, hand dripping, and sparking with robotic viscera. It rose to its feet and let out another roar as it stepped down on the robot and pulled, cables snapping, and tossed the chunk aside. It lifted Oh-One, scanning for any signs of life, and tossed his corpse aside like a ragdoll, hearing a thud as it slammed against the ruined tower. It paused. Vomited again. Fell to one knee. It stared into the glowing pool. Its components couldn't keep this up anymore. It crackled, seared with flame, and burst into blinding blue light. The motorcycle sat smoking in a scarred, mangled heap. Pit Stop laid half-embedded in the snow, thrusters sputtering as the screen on their face occasionally flickered out. Jill's gear and armor had completely disengaged, a deathly pale face peeking out from behind layers of winter gear. She looked up at Justin and gave him a shaky thumbs-up. "Heh..." She let out a small chuckle. She pulled it off. "We did it, Justin... He's finally-" She went silent as she fell into the snow. [sup][h1][color=black] [i]Jill?![/i][/color] [color=cornflowerblue][i]Jill?![/i][/color][/h1][/sup] Justin shouted as he ran over to Jill and lifted her upper body in hopes that she didn't push herself that far... [hr][center][quote=The Ronin Rapper - Oh-One? More like Oh-ZERO][i]Alright bitches, boutta hit ya'll with these bars, Started in Brazil with no chill, Oh-One not the one started the attack, Left with the power stone and we all thought that shit was wack, Chased him all ova the globe with all modes of transportation And no hesitation And we finished his ass in the sooouthsiiiiide Made the bad guy a real sad guy in the arctic wastes, Wiped that funny grin off his face No need for that funnyman shit Many tried all failed Laggin Langer so stupid he couldn't hold a hangar Too busy sittin 'round pissin' n kissin Jill without a pill and Lustin Justin rose 'bove the rest They beat the numbah one robot At a heavy cost because they not boss The power stone went into hiding no more biden Well sept some of them None of 'em could get hired so we just retired To the Gold City of Sin Baby! Few months past just so fast I can't hardly wait [/i][/quote][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ty9Xj0Z.png[/img][hr][/center] Months later it was a beautiful day in the shining Gold City in California. The sun was shining, the bird was singing and the children were playing. The many Nomads were going about their days and it would be a total shame if a giant battle came from the sky and ruined all of this. People were walking down the street of downtown Gold City as a massive shadow was cast over the place as [url=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/e41a66cf-de11-44a6-8017-5e7f883b4178/dgvgm8-36353c38-08d1-406d-b304-dc426601d156.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_486,q_75,strp/space_cruiser_1_by_meganerid_dgvgm8-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD00ODYiLCJwYXRoIjoiXC9mXC9lNDFhNjZjZi1kZTExLTQ0YTYtODAxNy01ZTdmODgzYjQxNzhcL2RndmdtOC0zNjM1M2MzOC0wOGQxLTQwNmQtYjMwNC1kYzQyNjYwMWQxNTYuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEwMjQifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.ZPXKA6StDAfXP4lD77PpkW1bfySmPUqFfwTEZYGKHHw]a battleship almost as large as the city appeared[/url]. People ran screaming as one of the main cannons on the ship fired a green laser that cleaved its way through a large swath of a skyscraper and knocked it over. People ran screaming as several laser beams were fired into the city as the battleship had no target in mind. Just pure, absolute, destruction. The beams stopped for a moment as one could observe the gigantic frame of Abels stepping on the very tip of the ship... with his MIRAGE legion behind him. It was a mission that required the absolute full power of MIRAGE because it involved a Power Stone. Abel had tracked it to this city and the Pariah demanded that he recovers it soon as possible for their plan. He stood on the very tip of the battleship, ominously looking down as he began to enact his plan, which was fairly simple: shock and awe. He looked over his shoulder at the MIRAGE Nomads and... his eyes landed on a certain Nomad that stuck out to him. He stopped looking badass as he turned around and marched over to that particular Nomad. "... Violet," Abel said as he looked down at the woman... who was lounging on a beach chair with sunglasses on and used a tanning reflector. To her side, she had a radio [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6T8eTR0uWc]blasting some music[/url]. "... What are you doing?" Violet turned her head towards Abel and tilted her sunglasses downwards with some amazing dexterity given her claws. "Oh, I'm just soaking up some rays before the mission. Gotta get my tan and all!" Abel was silent as he stared at her, and he was hoping that silence would speak for him. "Oooooh, don't look at me like that!" Violet started. "Violet," Abel started before he pointed towards the tip of the ship, "The mission." "And you have [i]more[/i] than enough people for it, I don't think I-" Violet tried to protest before Abel grabbed onto her upper arm. "[i]Abel-[/i]" Abel yanked her hard as he could as he effortlessly lifted her, it wasn't long before he swung her around in a complete circle and chucked her hard as he could off the front of the ship. Violet loudly screamed the whole time as she descended towards the ground... and Abel casually walked up to the front of his ship as he nodded at his men and women. "... Let's go." Abel shouted as he jumped off the ship and then his men followed behind him. He fell at incredible speeds, so fast that he began to burn with orange flames. It didn't affect Abel, barely anything did. Not even the impact of crashing into the ground at a terminal velocity... and when he hit the ground he demolished that bit of street he landed on as concrete was sent in all directions and it created a massive wave. When the dust settled, Abel looked around and saw all the destruction around him. It made him feel a little sad. [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/b9/b9/5db9b99087d8b1280b35cca0a95b72b3.jpg]A small round robot[/url] floated up to him and a red light began glowing as it recorded him. Every TV, monitor, and so forth in Gold City began to broadcast his message. "Citizens of Gold City," Abel stated, "You know who I am so I'll skip the pleasantries, it has come to the attention of MIRAGE that there is a Power Stone located here. You have thirty minutes to place that Power Stone in my hand or I will burn this city to ash." At this point, every monitor displayed a red countdown from thirty minutes. "I'm waiting." Abel said... before he faced his crew and pointed forward to signal them to go look for the Power Stone.