The Reality Vortex: New Roads

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The force field dissipated in ripples now that the explosion detonated, making the witch wary of what the ominous cloud could bring.  Her hands now free, she took her scythe and assumed an offensive stance. Bernkastel wiped the sweat off her forehead, seemingly relieved Gogeta arrived when he did; they fought alongside each other against Ultraman... although she certainly lost, his being here meant he probably had the last laugh. Bernkastel could put her faith in him without many doubts in her mind.

When Gogeta uttered the word 'friend' to refer to herself, she couldn't help but smile. Somehow she didn't feel deserving of being called that all things considered... but maybe it meant she really did change. Even if it was just a little.

"Thank you," Bernkastel said softly as she gripped her scythe with both hands, her expression returning to its focused look as she made an about-face towards all the Coin Hunter clones. They all announced an activation-- five seconds to strike! Swiftly she began making sweeping motions using her scythe's glowing blade, releasing crescent shaped blasts of magic energy that trailed a bright purple. 

"Getting warmer! We have to keep pressuring her into overloading that gauntlet of hers-- just whatever you do, don't touch those crystals or else we all die!" Bern cautioned, directing it at Gogeta as she dove into the swaths of clones searching for the real one among the fakes. "There's so many! You can run but you can't hide forever!" She huffed gruffly.

Spina still isn't here yet... neither is Panich... where are they? She wondered as her eyes darted around. You better not be dead in a ditch somewhere, you old fart!
 
Gogeta roared, his eyes narrowing as he closed in on Hart and launched his right fist forward. Upon hearing her chant, however, his puplis dilated a bit, noticing Cuki approaching from the opposite angle. His fist sailed forward, his body in tow, but as soon as the knuckles struck through the lines of where Hart's helmet should've been solid, Gogeta suddenly pulled his body in a graceful twirl.

He spun gracefully, narrowly spinning to the side by a mere inch and his wide blue eyes staring on as Cuki shot past him, the palm coated in white energy narrowly missing him due to his keen dodge. The fusion grunted, flipping a bit and skidding across the ground on both legs and his left hand. Shaking his head a bit, Gogeta stood upright and glared up, seeing all the Coin Hunters floating in the air. He clenched his fists together, the blue pupils darting around while he listened to Bernkastel's command above him.

"There's so many...none of them have energy signatures! Wait-I got an idea!!"

Gogeta threw up his right arm, grimacing a bit as bright ribbons of the same rainbow energy began to spiral towards the small space above his open palm, a small orb of glittering rainbow energy soon forming in a split second.

"God Punisher!"

He slowly closed his palm in, his pointer and middle finger the only two extended in holding the rainbow ball of energy upright in the air before launching it upwards towards the gathering. The intended effect of the attack had little power behind it compared to the various surges of energy coming from Brachi, Bara, and Bernkastel: the rainbow sphere only took the opposing energy used to create the clones. Without a source, the God Punisher would simply absorb the energy itself instead of turning it against the user, and Gogeta flicked his arm around to send the rainbow sphere flying around and striking as many of the Coin Hunter clones as possible.
 
Cuki’s Apartment

There was a moment of eerie silence in the air as Spina took a moment to breathe from his onslaught on the Princess. but it didn't take long for Panich to rise again from under the rubble and gritting her teeth in anger."Saiyan pride this... and Saiyan pride that..." She growled, having come back to her senses, "It's all I ever hear... And It pisses me off. All our pride has ever done is get us Saiyans into trouble. What I am fighting for is far beyond some petty pride or an adrenaline rush. I simply strive to give my family back the lives they were robbed of." 

As she readied herself for another attack, however, her fur began to recede and her energy rapidly decreased until she was at her base form. The dark energy had completely disappeared from her being, leaving her completely sapped of her energy. [font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]"What!? No, no! I'm not done-! HNNGH!!" [/font]She grunted intensely as the pain from Spina's powerful attacks finally took their effect. It was almost enough to make her pass out, but luckily, she held a wobbly stance as her eyes widened in terror. She had failed.

"That can't be my limit... DAMMIT, THAT CAN'T BE!" Panich shouted before cringing heavily. She forced herself to buried any fear she may have had now, glaring down Spina, and unsuccessfully tried preparing herself for any further attacks from the older Saiyan.
 
Cross says to Lucifer "Bernkastle did get through to Gogate or that the impression I got till the fight stated." The Victorian Dolls attracting the original Hart.

The Engineer Doll starts to take apart the cannon and turn it to some thing else.
 
The Valley of the Black Crystals

A volley of attacks launched by Bara, Bernkastel and Brachi collided against dozens of Coin Hunters, preventing them from activating their Vortex Coins. As clouds of smokes erupted from the energy explosions, the rainbow energy ball through across the smokes, striking any Coin Hunters that was still recovering from the blasts. Upon impact, the various remaining Coin Hunters had their bodies turned into energy and losing their physical appearance as it go absorbed with the attack—several coins dropped from the cloud of smoke to the ground. 

Focusing on the Coin Hunters in the air, on the ground two figures emerged from the smokes near Hart’s original spot. The ones in the air were nothing more than bait to lure the attention away from Hart herself, noticing that they have caught on the time-delay on each activation. Without wasting a single second, the two Coin Hunters rushed into battle and attack the Breakers.

The First Coin Hunter launched a spear from its gauntlet as it jabbed through Gogeta’s shoulder from behind. A twirl of fire erupted on the chains and headed towards the fusion. “Get over here!” The Coin Hunter shouted, pulling the chain attached to the spear around with enough strength to slammed against Brachi and Bara, forcing all three of them against the ground. Yanking the spear back, the First Coin Hunter sped off in incredible speeds, attacking all three of them from all sides before leaping in the air, and unleashing multiple energy blasts towards to overwhelm them. Vortex Coins: Scorpion, Galactus and The Flash.

The Second Coin Hunter went through a series of dolls, ripping them apart with its bare hands as it reached Cross. Delivering powerful blows repeatedly, it grabbed Cross’ face and launched him towards Zenta, releasing a powerful energy beam towards the two. Omega Beams, a powerful energy attack that will follow it targets no matter what—and nothing will prevent it from hitting. Several energy spears formed around the Coin Hunter, hurling towards Cuki, attacking her repeatedly with the intention to sliced to pieces as a series of energy balls bombarded the young girl. Vortex Coins: Nanashi & Darkseid.

Driving the Breakers to face the remaining clones, Hart turned to the lone Bernkastel as she panted heavily. Using the duplication ability as a distraction was risky but enough to deter their attention. After slowly removing her helmet, Hart ran towards the Witch looking around for someone, activating her fifth coin, causing her gauntlet to release tons of smokes. She closed the gap between them, tackling the witch on the ground. Their faces inches away from each other, Hart’s eyes narrowed in. 

“Listen here you damn Witch. You see the destruction that single Crystal can do. You honestly think you have the capabilities of preventing all of that?” Hart threw several punches against Bernkastel’s face. “You are delaying your demise. You are preventing me to right the things you wrong. Don’t act as if you care.” She pulled back her arm, stretching high in the sky. “Coin Activation: Plastic Man!” She shouted as her fist clenched tightly as it burst with cosmic energy. “You are beyond too late to have regrets! I’ll send you back to the hell just as like your friend, Lamb!” She hurled her fist down, slamming against Bernkastel’s face. “She die… because of your foolish attempt of easing that boredom… and now you’re pushing that onto us...!” She grabbed her neck and squeezed it. “But I won’t let you!”



Cuki’s Apartment

Spina turned around seeing Panich still standing despite using his strongest attack. “Still want to fight to the end, huh. No mercy…” The old Saiyan walked towards Panich as his fist balled. He was ready to continue fighting as his malicious intention took over. He stood in front of Panich, staring down at her as he raised his fist above her, with the venomous rage in his eyes. Yet, as he was about to attack, he pressed his right hand on Panich’s shoulders. “You’re finished.” Spina said. “I understand how you are feeling, but this isn’t the way. You gain power, but the cost wasn’t worth it. Just stop.”
 
Cuki rushed in, seemingly headfirst into Gogeta’s blast for the sake of taking down Hart but was quickly flung back by a large amount of strength. She skidded to a stop, dangerously close to touching one of the Black Crystals before looking up to see who attacked her. It was another Coin that she had not seen. Cuki bared her teeth at the newcomer while the mist continues to thicken around the area, more specifically her. Cuki widen her eyes at the incoming spears and dashed out of the way to dodge most of them while the energy around her palm started to look more like claws on Cuki. As the young girl rushed towards the Second Coin Hunter, her energy claws dug into the ground, making it uneven and jagged. 

She made her way to the being and slashed at Hart’s stomach before one of the energy spears slammed against her shoulder, tossing Cuki away from doing more damage. The energy balls launched by the Second Coin Hunter blasted through Cuki as she let out a pain-filled shriek. Dust built up and hid the young girl from view, no doubt the worst happening.

Zenta turned his attention to his student who was lying in a small pit with magical spears surrounding her, yet, none appear to have impaled her. The mist and dust completely blocked out Cuki from the rest of the group but when it finally dispersed, Cuki was mostly unharmed thanks to the mist forming a thin metallic shield, similar to the one done to help Gogeta during his spar with Spina. She was impaled on her back but the way Cuki continued to fight, she would end up doing more harm to herself. Her attacks became more ruthless and unpredictable, leaving no one safe. Despite her situation, she had perfect control of her power, knowing exactly how much to use. Zenta pulled his head back and instantly turned to Cross who was tossed to him. He caught the Necromancer and bounced back before gently releasing him.

Lucifer mentioned something about making as many clones as possible… Zenta thought. We should not destroy them. A bit too late on a few of those clones…

Zenta’s ears twitched as he sensed the Omega Beam. Unfamiliar with how it worked, he placed his arms behind his back, skipping backward and moving erratically to avoid getting hit, however, when he noticed it followed him (and most likely Cross) with the sole intent to destroy them, he quickly switched to the offense. He kept his distance from the others, making sure the beam did not affect them and stomped his foot on the ground, creating a slab of earth to block the beam from hitting him once it got close enough. It seemed as if Zenta was testing to see how the Omega Beam worked and if it would continue to follow him or Cross.
 
The Valley of the Black Crystals

Gogeta cried out in pain, stumbling forward a bit from the spear stabbing through his shoulder. He fell forward slightly, losing control of the God Punisher instantly as it cascaded down towards the ground. Being yanked back, he let out a heavy grunt in crashing into Brachi and Bara, tumbling on the floor. The blue flames surrounding his body had been knocked out; the considerable damage from the fight with Ultraman still taking their toll heavily on Gogeta.

His eyes fluttered a bit as he laid on the floor, lifting his head slowly in trying to simply figure out where he was with the heavy explosions throwing him around a bit. His blue eyes focused slowly in on the sight of Hart wailing on Bernkastel through the flames and smoke, and upon realizing what was happening, Gogeta groaned in trying to push himself up, his muscular arms visibly shaking.

"C'mon...stupid body...get...up!"

Gogeta cried out again, a blast striking directly next to him and throwing him across the field a bit farther towards a black crystal. He rolled to a halt; his nose within millimetres of touching the black stone. The ominous pressure building from the black crystal served to awaken Gogeta a bit; the fusion gasping in sliding himself back a bit.

"Bad bad bad!"

Gogeta panted a bit, half kneeling down in taking in the situation for a momentary break in the combat. His blue eyes narrowed, studying Hart across the way with a heavy frown.

"Gauntlet...Burn said something about a gauntlet."

Gogeta inhaled deeply through his nose, and suddenly, the fusion bolted forward in a heavy sprint. He panted heavily, weaving from side to side to dodge the incoming blasts from above from the First Coin Hunter. Yet he let out a deep roar and suddenly vaulted high into the air, his arms and legs swinging around violently at each blast in what appeared to be an attempt to block and parry the incoming fire.

However, each blast that Gogeta struck flew downwards in the same direction: a rapid fire onslaught of the First Coin Hunter's blasts now shooting straight for Hart; Gogeta's haphazard aim trained on Hart's gauntlet. The fusion continued to fly upwards, closer and closer towards the First Coin Hunter despite his focus clearly being elsewhere.
 
Both Brachi and Majin Bara grunted as Gogeta was slammed into them, followed by a series of blasts that were aimed for them. In spite all of this, the two got back up and, seeing what was going on with Hart attacking Bernkastel, they acted accordingly. Seeing Gogeta making his moves, Brachi nodded to Bara who nodded back in turn.

Focusing herself, Brachi then unleashed the Blaster Meteor evasive attack, creating a series of blasts meant to intercept the blasts aimed for herself and her Majin bestie, giving some breathing space for the latter as she then turned to the clones, before launcing an Antenna Beam towards them to stun the clones they were facing, launching her attack in a way similar to how Super Buu launched his Transfiguration Beam in multiple ways to turn those present at the Lookout into chocolate bars and eating them afterwards. Thankfully, Bara was not like him as both continued to do their best to give breathing space to the others. 

Not just that, but Brachi managed to create a clone of her own before renewing her Blaster Meteor assault, this time also sending additional blasts to the clones to keep putting the pressure on them, while sending her clone out towards Hart and intercept her before she could do grievous harm to Bernkastel.
 
A Doll with a large Cannon arm used the arm to slam down on the one that fired off the beam at Cross and Zenta. It makes shore that clone or its arm dos not hit any of the Black Crystals. As the engineer starts to repair the dolls that were broken by the clone that garbed Cross' face. Once they were repaired they were went back to what they were doing before.

Cross says to Zenta "Sorry you needed to do that."
 
Bernkastel's scythe loudly clattered to the ground as she was tackled by Hart, just barely out of her reach as the woman began to throw heavy-handed punches at her face, which had not healed at all since being taken to the Valley. She could only let out choked noises of pain as stars and sparks blasted out from under Hart's fist upon collision with her face. The wound on her forehead reopened and the corners of her mouth dribbled blood.

Bernkastel couldn't reach the weapon at all, and once she felt Hart's hands on her throat, she began to thrash her legs trying to squirm out from under the woman. But she was too heavy. Just the pressure on her torso alone made her vision begin blacking out. The hits dizzied Bernkastel greatly and her ears rang so loud she barely comprehended what Hart was hatefully spewing at her. Saliva and blood came out of her mouth as she tried to breath against the asphyxiation but it was useless.

Yet, at the mention of Lambdadelta, her eyes snapped wide open. Her sclera was tinged red from blood vessels popping under pressure of the strangulation. Although her eyes didn't have any life to them, they were full of venomous rage. Bernkastel pulled back her lips to bare her bloody teeth. She couldn't speak but it didn't matter that she was only listening to her own thoughts.

You... don't speak her name so casually! Don't utter it, you filth! You scum! You PEST! Gnashing her teeth like a wild animal, Bern was only seeing red-- the last time she lost control over herself like this was after Lambdadelta's demise by Doom. YOU KNOW-NOTHING DELUSIONAL WOMAN! Acting like you understand the truths of this wretched mistake of a world! Impostor, fake, mimic! Only SHE can answer that! Not you- not Voice- NO ONE! The scythe having disappeared, Bernkastel's murderous gaze was focused entirely on Hart, her sleeves glowing white before serpents flew out of them and constricted around Hart's body and limbs, squeezing instantly with loud hisses from their maws. She wanted to crush her armor apart and snap her bones-- Bern wanted to wipe whatever look Hart had off her stupid face. You have no right... NO RIGHT... To speak absolutes that have never been granted to you before me! Steam came out of her mouth as her temperature reached a fever pitch. If she was going down, she'd expend the last of her energy to take Hart with her.

I'LL PULVERIZE YOU!
 
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