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World of Light

Michael and Franklin

Level 3- (10/30) EXP / Level 1- (8/10) EXP (+2 EXP)
Location: Peach's Castle, Throne Room
Wordcount: 467

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Even through his earplugs, Michael could hear the report of his rifle as it fired three of the mysteriously enhanced rounds towards Megadragonbowser. Franklin had put both his hands over his ears, a grimace on his face as the vibration from the rounds shook him. When he lowered his rifle, smoke poured out the barrel, and the muzzle brake had turned a bright orange from the heat. "Holy shit..." Michael said, holding the rifle at his side as he looked up at his handiwork. The rounds had exploded on impact, tearing apart the creature's chest in a shower of fiery blood. Megadragonbowser, usually boastful, could only let out a groan of pain as he fell on all fours.

A small purple dragon, something that Michael vaguely remembered seeing in one of the cages, took its chance, rushing forward to attack, along with a few others. Franklin raised his pistol, getting a few shots off on the wounded enemy before the gun's slide shot back. "Aw, shit...I don't have a lot of ammo on me, Mike." He said, putting the empty magazine in his pocket and drawing a fresh one.

"Try to conserve it, if you can. We'll find you something better soon." Michael replied, raising his rifle up, the muzzle brake having cooled to a mild red color instead of a bright orange. He grimaced as he felt the heat radiating off it, but pushed it aside for now. While in normal situations, he wouldn't have to put his rifle through this much abuse, this was no normal situation. He tried to line up a shot as Megadragonbowser took off, but to his annoyance, he could feel his Bullet Time had been exhausted by the constant fighting. Before he could get a shot off, Bowser had flew behind his throne, using it for cover. He's hiding. Bastard knows we've got the advantage now.

Michael kept his scope on the throne, attempting to catch Megadragonbowser as he peeked from his cover. Suddenly, the beast grabbed the throne, and tore it from the ground, throwing it down the hall. "Oh, shit!" Both Michael and Franklin stopped what they were doing to watch the throne, unable to do anything to stop it. While they were out of the projectile's range, their allies would either have to move fast, or do something to change its direction.

When he turned back towards his enemy, Michael grinned as he realized the doppelganger's mistake. While throwing the throne at his enemies might potentially crush a few of them, he had, in the process, deprived himself of cover. He raised his rifle, settling his crosshairs on the creature's now-exposed chest. Holding his breath, he steadied his aim and fired, sending another (sadly not explosive) round downrange, intent on punishing Megadragonbowser for his potentially fatal mistake.

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World of Light

Michael and Franklin

Level 3- (8/30) EXP / Level 1- (6/10) EXP (+3 EXP)
Location: Peach's Castle, Throne Room
Wordcount: 696

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Whatever the kid's plan was, it seemed to be working. As Franklin fired more shots at his enemy, it suddenly retreated into its shell, slamming into the column that Franklin was hiding behind. "Oh, shit-" was all he was able to get out before the massive creature made contact, knocking into the column and sending pieces of rubble falling dangerously close. Dodging the falling debris, Franklin ran back towards the entrance, to the column that Michael was hiding behind. "I think he's down!"

Peeking out of cover, Michael could see that the enemy Bowser had indeed been knocked down. "Yeah, he's down...for now." As he watched, the group used the opportunity to attack their incapacitated enemy, including, to his surprise, the Courier, who was surprisingly not dead, and even more surprisingly fighting on their side once more. Wait...then, what the hell was that about earlier? He better have a plan... Whatever the situation with him was, Michael couldn't take advantage of their enemy's mistake, as the amount of allies nearby made any attempts to get a shot in far too risky.

To the two men's dismay, their enemy wasn't planning on staying down. The fake Bowser let out a shout, and shot out fire, melting the ice that Din had put up to keep him trapped. Getting up, the two felt their hearts sink as they looked upon their enemy, lit with fire and seemingly no worse for wear, despite their allies' best efforts. A few of their allies rushed forward to engage the enemy, notable a robot that Michael recognized as one of the newcomers from the battles on the bridge. To his horror, the fake Bowser grabbed the machine, and bit off half of it. It's master fired a pistol at it, but the doppelganger sped forward in his shell, presumably crushing her.

Everything went silent, including Michael and Franklin, until Zer0 stepped forward, spouting off haiku in honor of his fallen friend before jumping into the air, and stabbing their enemy in the eye. Things were silent again, and the two hoped that, finally, their enemy had fallen.

But, to their horror, he began to laugh. Zer0's weapon melted, his attack seemingly having no effect. With the flick of his finger, Zer0 was cut in half. Three of their allies were now dead, and their enemy, seemingly unharmed, mocked them. Franklin closed his eyes for a moment, taking in a deep breath. Looking up again, he made a vow that, no matter what, this...thing, this monster, would die today.

While Michael barely knew the cyborg, much less his companion, they were his allies, and he had just watched them be cut down in front of him. While he was no stranger to death, the way the Bowser doppelganger casually killed them made him feel helpless. That feeling of helplessness soon turned to anger, anger at the monster in front of him. Almost automatically, he raised his rifle, feeling some sort of energy flowing through him. Whatever it was, his anger fed it, and he felt it flow into his weapon. As he shouldered his rifle, he sent a look at Franklin, and it wasn't hard for him to understand what Michael was about to do. Franklin moved out of cover, raising his pistol and firing several shots in the direction of their enemy.

Looking down his scope, Michael first centered his crosshairs on Megadragonbowser's chest. Activating his Bullet Time, he pulled the trigger, feeling the energy flow out of his rifle and into the bullet he just fired. A large fireball shot out of the barrel, and the bullet flew forwards like a small missile, a trail of smoke behind it. When it struck, it would cause a small explosion as it slammed into Megadragonbowser's chest. Using his Bullet Time, Michael quickly moved his crosshairs again, and fired twice more, once at the enemy's right shoulder, and another straight into his face. The sound of his shots were deafening, and the large fireball, plus the smoke trail, gave his position away, but it didn't matter to him in that moment. All that mattered to him was their enemy needed to die, and fast.

World of Light

I've come up with an idea for Michael's next power, inspired by one of GTA V's cheats:

Explosive Bullets: When this ability is activated, all of Michael's ranged attacks will cause a small explosion on impact. This lasts for one post, and has a recharge time of four posts.

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World of Light

Michael and Franklin

Level 3- (5/30) EXP / Level 1- (3/10) EXP (+3 for both)
Location: Peach's Castle, Throne Room
Wordcount: 704

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As they dusted off the dirt and picked up their weapons, Michael and Franklin both took a second to catch their breath. Din's dancing helped to further invigorate them after the fight, and they both felt well enough to keep moving. As Michael took a moment to put away his Uzi and take his sniper out of its case, Franklin scanned the area, taking in the bizarre scenery. "I know y'all said we'll talk later, but...the hell are we? This ain't Los Santos..." His eyes moved towards the other members of the group, advancing towards the castle. "And who...what the hell is going on with these people?"

Michael, now holding his Barrett, looked towards Franklin and sighed. "When I said it's a long story...it's a really long story. Look, all you need to know for now, is that these guys are our friends, and in there-" He pointed towards the castle. "Is our enemy. We need to take them out." As he began to move towards the castle, he turned to Din and the Centurion for a moment, stopping to address them. "Hey, thanks for the help. You guys really saved my ass back there."

Franklin followed behind Michael, and in a moment, the two were at the entrance to the castle. The first thing they noticed was the fire, and the amount of heat radiating off it. Looking down the throne room, the immense form of Bowser's doppelganger was easy enough to spot. "That's the bad guy, isn't it?"

"Yeah. That's the bad guy." Staring down the corridor, Michael gripped his rifle tightly as the group began to spring into action. He took note of a bunch of cages dangling from the ceiling, and that a few of the group were already moving towards them. More allies, hopefully. Or at least a distraction. Looking back towards the ground, he noticed that the Courier had begun to talk to the Bowser-clone again.

"...the fuck is he doing?"

"No ide- oh, shit!" To their surprise, the Courier had seemingly switched sides, turning around and firing at several of his former allies. Before Michael or Franklin could retaliate, Zer0 beat them to it, shooting the apparent traitor, with the shot then going on to hit their enemy. Immediately after that, several more of the team opened up with their own attacks, with Din using an attack to spontaneously grow plants, and a newcomer that Michael vaguely remembered as being at the bridge used some sort of magical attack. Soon, the doppelganger retreated into its shell, and launched itself down the middle of the throne room. Fortunately for Michael and Franklin, they were on the far side of the room, and had enough time to escape the path of destruction, retreating behind one of the stone columns on the right side of the throne room.

Hiding behind the pillar, Michael poked his head out long enough to watch their Bowser engage the clone, managing to get a few hits in with some sort of weird hidden boxing glove device, before getting tossed out of the castle. He turned to Franklin, who was also watching the fight and had turned to face Michael with wide eyes. "Man, what the fuck are we gonna do against that thing?"

Michael took in a deep breath, looking down at his rifle. "Alright...how about, you distract him, and I shoot him in the face."

"...shit." He peeked out for a moment. "Shit...okay, get ready. This better work..." Moving out of cover, Franklin walked towards where Megadragonbowser was. Flicking the safety off his pistol, he took a deep breath to steady himself, before calling out. "HEY, ASSHOLE!"

As soon as he called that out, he raised his pistol, firing three shots towards the giant enemy. While his pistol would likely have little effect, that wasn't the point of the attack. As soon as he fired, he ran towards the end of the room, attempting to get into cover behind the next pillar. Hearing the gunshots, Michael took the opportunity to lean from cover, aiming his Barrett towards the enemy Bowser. Holding his breath and activating his Bullet Time, he lined up his crosshairs with Megadragonbowser's head, and pushed down on the trigger.

BOOM!