The Reality Vortex: New Roads

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The Valley of the Black Crystals

The dozens of energy blades being deflected and tank by Zenta, Cuki and Bernkastel’s crystal wall respectively, but did not slow down Hart. The rainbow ranger jumped in the air as she raised the blade overhead to sliced them down, but a barrage of attacks from Cross’ dolls ruined her momentum, providing the trio to escape the valley with ease.

Hart landed on the ground on her feet, as she raised her head towards the Breakers—all of them no longer in the Valley. “Just accept your damn fate! What I’m doing means more than your attempt struggle!” She dashed forward out of the valley as she crossed her arms. “Dino Thunder! Explosive Fire Storm!” Her arms glowed rapidly as energy gathered before unleashing a devastating beam towards the Breakers. It ripped the ground apart as it hurled towards them--a split second shown the beam weakened before gathering more power.

Black lightning sparks around the dark clouds hovering above them, zapping the ground and creating black crystals.
 
Once Zenta arrived outside the Valley of Black Crystals and safely with everyone else, he refused to let Bernkastel go, fearing for her safety. He was in no condition to fight back as hard as he usually does, given his condition, but he could still move around as agile and quickly as he normally could. He paused for a moment before slowly tossing Bernkastel in the air and catching her again, this time on his back. Zenta gave Bernkastel a piggy-back ride while he acted as her legs. His two large tails provided a stable backrest for Bern in case he needed to use his arms, making sure she would not fall while he moved around.

"Returning from a Coin put a strain on my body making me unable to fight at my fullest capability. Your body is beaten but not broken just yet, Lady Bernkastel. I may not be able to fight back as hard but I can certainly move around!" Zenta said with a smile as he carefully braced Bernkastel on his back. "Allow me to be your legs while you gather your magical potential."

Before Bernkastel gave her reply, Zenta quickly hopped out of the way of Hart's Dino Thunder move and landed gently on the ground. It was clear that his speed and agility were not faulting and he was just as nimble as when they first met. 

"I will protect you for as long as I can, Lady Bernkastel."

Cuki grunted as she managed to escape the Valley of Black Crystals in one piece. Her eyes widen that Hart was still fighting back but she knew that she was weaker thanks to the gauntlet no longer working. Cuki had to think quick and the only thing she thought of was to slam a fist on the ground to summon a giant slab of the earth in front of her. From there, she quickly placed her hands on the slab and it slowly started to coat itself in metal. 

This has to hold just for a bit..!
 
Having exited the Valley of the Black Crystals, both Brachi and Bara turned towards Hart, seeing her attack coming and dodging the initial strikes.

"Just accept that you've lost, Hart," Brachi snarled, powering into Super Saiyan Blue Evolved Kaio-ken once more, "and I'm sick and tired of your rants and of this battle. Do you really believe we've wanted any of this?! Are you that obsessed with your cause that you simply ignore how we feel about this whole mess? Well then, screw the Black Crystals, screw this world, screw that accursed Vortex Moon, but above all else, SCREW YOU!!" 

With that, Brachi immediately charged and fired her most devastating and most powerful attack, the Mystic Spirit, towards Hart's attack, intending to push it back towards the mad amalgamate. Majin Bara was at her side and fired her Ultra Wave energy wave in conjunction with Brachi's attack, merging the two attacks and increasing their power overall as the Human/Saiyan hybrid and the Majin stood side by side. Both did have some bruises from Hart's attack, but their combined memories of what they had seen in their illusion was more than enough to bite through the pain and work together to hopefully end this madness, so that they could finally focus once more on their true objective, once they had rested enough to recover that is.
 
The Dino Thunder Explosive Fire Storm smashed against the slab of earth Cuki erected from the ground, nearly engulfing it as bits of the attack was searing on the outer edges. However, despite the power behind the attack initially, it quickly subside dramatically.
Hart lowered her arms and panted heavily; Her shoulders bounce up and down to control her breathing; and a sudden tremor struck her body, most notably in her legs and hands. “Damn…! I only use a little bit and it already started.”

“It doesn’t matter. Push forward.”

“We cannot let this continue. We must rest.”

“No, they are right there. If we don’t, the world is doom, and all of us continue this hell forever.”

Hart slammed her right leg to take position as she extended her arms forward at the incoming blast. “Fuck you, you damn twisted bitch! Stay dead like an extra you are!” She caught the combined with her hands, pushing her back until it went to a full-stop. She took one step forward, pushing the blast back. Another step, then few more, until she start running. Despite the complete danger, she forced the blast back until she neared them, resulting the beam to explosive that engulfed all three of them, pushing Brachi and Bara back. As clouds of smokes emerged, red-colored afterimages emerged from the smoke and dashed towards the duo, unleashing a variety of attacks on them before vanishing.

The Rainbow Ranger feel on one knee—her armor nearly ripped apart because of that attack and unable to moved. She appears to be staggered—as her eyes narrowed in distraught.

The consequence of an Alter being is the complete and utter lack of stabilization. Due to the force merger, the power cannot become stabilized due to the many different people existing in one body and cannot becoming one, singular person. All their powers, personalities, and desires do not synchronize, and leaves an inconsistency in power, strength, speed, endurance, and durability. The mental status to keep going degenerated due to the multitude of voices ringing out their rallying cry. The further an alter being pushed themselves into a battle, the greater the risk they will self-harm, and prone to be stagger for a moment of time; unable to move or make an action. Hart knew this—and relied on the gauntlet to not rely on her own power. However, this is no longer the case and is now forced to use them, and she sought to fight through. Yet her biological make-up cannot be overdrive, even through sheer force of will she’d display.
 
Cross thinks "I gest I went down another path than her some how." Dolls dressed like present girls start to gather the coins that were dropped in the fight(if they are still there or if a goblin have not taken them yet).
 
Cuki took notice of Hart's sudden change in her fighting style and then her stagger. The moment of instability from Hart caused a wicked smirk to appear on Cuki's face. Taking no time to give Hart an opening, Cuki rushed towards the woman and tackled her to the floor, rolling and skidding on the ground with her. She pinned Hart under her as she stared at her with bright blue eyes. Cuki was also in no better shape than Hart thanks to her lack of sleep. The girl was beyond tired and barely able to even summon any of her energy left. She panted heavily as she punched Hart on the face.

"You... You ungrateful... woman! We are not all monsters..! We are not all savages!" Cuki began to punch Hart's face faster and more repeatedly. "Not all Breakers are bad..! You lump me with them! You lump me with the bad ones! I AM NOT LIKE THEM!!!"

Cuki continued punching Hart for a moment before looking down at the woman, her eyes puffing up as she held back tears. To Hart, it looked as if Cuki was holding back much more than what she showed. In a way, Cuki felt bad for Hart and her situation and it was clear that as she felt bad hurting her. Her punches slowed down and gradually got weaker and weaker until they were just tapping Hart's face. Cuki quivered slightly as she cried on top of Hart, not just for the Rainbow Ranger, but in the ultimate strain the young girl carried on her shoulders.

"Just... stop. Please, Hart..." Cuki wiped her tears. "I don't want to fight you... but I will if I must. You cannot fight anymore Hart, just please... stop."

(I'll save Zenta's posts for Loopy)
 
Hart’s head whipped back and forth from Cuki’s punches, being pinned down on the ground from her tackle. Unable to defend herself, she witnessed the state Cuki was in, crying in tears and pleading for her to stop the battle. Her rainbow eyes narrowed, staring into Cuki’s blue eyes. In those several seconds, it was silent as Cuki’s punches became gradually weaker.

“What a naïve plead. You narrowed focused on yourself—and disregard everything that doesn’t conform to your view.” Hart’s face was battered with wounds, missing a few teeth in the process from the punches. “Your tears speaks volume—as how swallow you and the Breakers. You say you’re not a savage, yet you are pummeling me as such. You say that I’m just like the Breakers—takes one to know one, huh?”

She gripped onto the ground and collected dirt, splashing Cuki’s eyes with it and pushed her off. Hart stood up, raising her arm towards the young Saiyan. “We won’t stop until we draw our last breath, and Bernkastel draws her last. You are nothing more than collateral damage—so act as such!”

Hart’s left arm transformed into a machinery gun as energy gathered in the center of the muzzle. In a brief second, it felt that all of her spirits align perfectly to form this much power, but instantly afterward, her body became to become unstable. Simultaneously, as black lightning struck the ground and create small Black Crystals, her body became to cackle. “Rainbow Power: Sentai Beam!” A sudden crater erected underneath Hart, as dust clouds formed around her rapidly as she struggled to take aim at Cuki—due to the sudden brief moments of paralysis as she gather more energy than required. “Ready…!” A multitude of voices was rung out from Hart’s mouth. “Aim….!”

A flicker in the sky appeared above the dark clouds, hurling down towards the direction of the battlefield.
 
Another blue flash shook the ground; a pair of familiar shoes striking down at Hart’s machine gun of an arm in front of Cuki. Reaching out and grabbing hold of Hart’s chest armor by the collar, Gogeta grimaced with a heavy scowl. The damage from the very first wave of afterimages alone had taken their toll; Gogeta clearly exhausted and at his limits.

Yet he landed firmly on Hart’s arm, both feet pinning it to the ground while his arm dragged her around by the chest to slam her to the ground. With one leg still pinning the machine gun arm to the ground, Gogeta grunted as he slammed his opposite knee down on Hart’s neck, using most of his strength to pin her down. A bright blue energy sphere formed in seconds at the end of his palm, and without much warning, Gogeta brought the sphere down point blank at Hart’s face.

“Big Bang Attack!!”

The two were engulfed in a massive explosion near Cuki as a result of the proximity of the energy attack; Gogeta crying out in pain as he flipped out and up through the smoke and into the sky as a result. He crashed down into the floor face first, soon sliding to a halt a few meters away. His face was hidden in the dirt; his blue fur vanishing and his hair shrinking down to its normal size as it changed back to black.
 
"I won't let go.... I promise." Bernkastel's grip on Zenta tightened as she watched her comrades take on Hart directly. One by one, she'd throw them off her just to turn and see another on her tail. She bit her lip, finding it hard to watch being unable to join them in this exact moment while she recovered enough to fire. As long as they were out of the Valley, she could recover enough strength to fight without the oppressive aura of the black crystals limiting it. But how long did she have to watch them be fended off?

If Hart could survive that explosion, then what saved her was likely the gauntlet... without that, she's only as strong as an Alter Being can get. But her body's wearing out just like mine... the only option left to end it swiftly is to knock her into a crystal. Is that worth the risk in our states?

Before Bernkastel could come to a rational conclusion, Gogeta jumped into the fray between Cuki and Hart. Eyes widening, she shielded her eyes away from the blast unable to so much as even utter a projection. From her position on Zenta's back, she opened her eyes once more to see Gogeta laying face-down in the dirt, stuttering incoherently in shock since he didn't even black out against Ultraman in his golden state.

"Gogeta...? Gogeta! Get up! Cuki?!" Bernkastel questioned urgently, tugging hurriedly on Zenta's ear after deeming Gogeta unresponsive. "Quick, get me down there! We can't let her close in on them!"
 
the small flicker shot down like a meteor into the ground below, debris flying in all directions and creating a cloud of smoke before revealing Panich in her super Saiyan four form. Only this time, there was no evil aura emitting from her. It was clear in her expression that her mind had returned to normal from the black crystal as she glared up at Hart. She slowly stepped out of the crater and passed Cuki and slowly approaching Gogeta and Hart. Seeing that the fusion was in her way, she took her foot and dug it under the body before lifting and launching him toward Cuki.
 
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