The Reality Vortex: Red Reputations

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Cayde blinked widely at May, watching her begin to open fire on Gravita. The android held a surprised stare, his wide eyes turning around to the others.

"Really? Hello? Is no one impressed by literal black hole erasure?"

He straightened out his posture, watching Vegetto stand with eyes turned up to the battle above. Cayde briefly glanced towards Bernkastel, rubbing his chin once she mentioned her take on the new form.

"Hmm, but what should we call it? Super Saiyan....Full Power?"

The android merely shook his head.

"No that's too simple and boring. Maybe...Ultra Super Saiyan? Mega Super Saiyan? Oh! Perfect Super Saiyan!"

Vegetto only stared up in response, still powering the Spirit Sword while he scoffed in reply to Bernkastel's comments.

"He's always been a reckless brute in combat...this doesn't make any sense. To control his energy like that...there's no way that's Spina."

The Potara fusion narrowed his eyes even further, a determined stare watching the old Saiyan charging towards Gravita.

The Super Saiyan form has always been wasteful. It should be impossible to do what he's doing but I'm seeing it happen in front of me...

Vegetto glanced down to his free hand, clenching his gloved hand into a fist.

Have I been doing it wrong this entire time?
 
As the scenery around the two changed due to the influx of oozing Dark Energy, Spina sensed a disturbance from Gravita. Her body is falling apart from the excess damage, but just as quickly, new, black crystals formed. Even May firing from the distance is simply adding to the danger. Moreover, Gravita’s demeanor had changed from unhinged to pure insanity. Dark Energy is a terrible force that never should be underestimated. Any attempts to manipulate, it will result unpredictable, often deadly disasters and tragedies.

Feeling a strong drawn from her gravitational force, Spina’s eyes narrowed before his face caved in by Gravita’s punch that surpasses the force of a supernova. As the explosion rippled the ground and shattered the dome from behind, the old Saiyan’s head whipped to the left. Yet, without hesitation nor delay, in such fluid movements, he swings around mid-punch, and struck Gravita in the face.

“…the ultimate defense.” Kai explained to Spina. “If you can flow and regulate your explosive energy, you can use it defensively. Even more, by following the flow of battle, if you time it well… you can even use the opponent’s attack to your advantage. By letting the impact ripple through your body like waves, you can then redirect their attack against them in greater power. If you can muster that… I’m sure you’ll achieved greater heights in battle.”

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The impact from Spina’s reversal was even greater power than what Gravita initially dealt out. As a destructive explosion erupted from the impact, generating a force so powerful than it can described as a hypernova, Spina reeled back his right arm, motioning in beautiful motions as if he was conducting an orchestra. Trails of blue light, glittering in the deadly explosion from their attacks shining far brightly.

Spatting out bits of blood, Spina smirked. “Flowing Strike: Roaring Tsunami” Not giving Gravita any chance to recover from the attack, rapid, piercing blows struck against her. The initial blows were weak—but it had a ripple attack: as each attack connects, it’ll grow stronger as it travels through one’s body. And for every attack that connects, it increased the power of the ripple even further. The blue particles that fly off from his fist, swirl around the two erratically.

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Lucifer, as his hair is once again a mess due to Gravita’s supernova attack, stared with amusement. “This is quite a show. I never seen Dark Energy to such effect. Is this the consequence of this creation? Growing unstable, it could be quite problematic if she were to explode right now. Isn’t that right, Lilith?” He turned, noticing Lilith, along with several Xy’phers, being flung around in the air due to the high-pressure winds generated from Spina’s reversal. “Ah.”

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Broly turned to see the Spirit Sword pierced through his torso. “Arhghh… you think that can hold….me—” The Xy’pher Saiyan attempted to downplay the attack but its clear that he wasn’t going anywhere; the difference in power was too great for Broly. Before he could’ve thought of anything to get closer to the two, he felt his legs suddenly becoming numb. “What--?” He turns to see Zenta standing before him. “Why can’t I feel my legs….?! Did that worm do something to me?!”

“Thanks…” Detective Spawn said, seeing Vegetto and Zenta pinning the Saiyan Berserker down. Turning to watch Spina performed these strange feats, he responded to Cayde’s initial question. “Like May said… tons of freaks out here… this may as well be normal. Maybe for this group of misfits. Though, I am surprised to him doing those kinds of things.”

“Shut up!!” Xy’pher Broly’s voice wasn’t clear, but it was an indication that this was what he said. “You’re getting in my way… that’s an opponent I wish to fight!!” Realizing that he still has an arm left, he attempts to gather enough energy to try to blast the Breakers.
 
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May says in a flat but educational tone as she shoots off the arm Xy’pher Broly’s was gathering energy in "Spawn you really underestimate how strange the vertex as a hole is. The fact alone that we are having a conversation or the fact one of us just named a new state of one of us wend we in the middle of a fight." May points out that there are not just the two Xy'phers here.

May says "O one more thing someone confirm that Broly is not going to do something stupid."
 
"Yeah." Was all Bage could muster to the cyborg as he stared in awe as Spina absolutely dominated the battle between him and Gravita. As Spawn and May shrugged the feat off as just another happening in the vortex, he seemed to interject agreeing with Cayde

"Well, I can't say I've seen a Saiyan do something like demolishing a black hole with their bare hands. There's no way this can only be a super Saiyan transformation mastered!"

The detective turned his eyes to the other group, watching Broly be pinned down in front of them. He narrowed his eyes at the Xy'pher as he raised his hand to attack but then settled once May had taken care of the limb by shooting it off. "We'll keep an eye on him." The detective gestured to himself and the group who had just taken care of the Xy'pher. "Though I'm surprised he's kept up this long in his condition."
 
(SUPER late post, I know! But it is here now after several unexpected delays that cropped up Friday)

Bernkastel pursed her lips in brief silence at Vegetto's comment. Spina hasn't been himself ever since he died... and it's only thanks to Guardian I even know how, she thought. But it wasn't accurate to say he was replaced by some kind of bodysnatcher either. Bernkastel could only surmise this as an Overseer's avatar herself; she wasn't being controlled by anybody. She was just putting Guardian's gift to good use. But in Spina's case, the one calling itself Brutality loaned Dark Energy... which seemed to have a far more dramatic effect on his base personality by bringing out tendencies of a dark id.

Vegetto didn't see what I saw... I don't think any of them would understand the incomprehensible horror that burned itself into my retinas. Just the memory of Spina withered and hollow made her blood chill itself.

"....There is always more than meets the eye," Bernkastel remarked cryptically before turning away from the battle upon Avalon calling her over.

"Oh? I intend to keep it that way-- It would be bad if anybody knew all of my tricks. Wouldn't make me much of a magician. But if you want me to make sure we capture Broly intact, I can do that with a Fragment crystal. They're very versatile." The Witch pulled out a shard and held it out for Avalon to see. "I could even trap him in one if I so choose-- like a magic box. But he must be at his weakest state for it to hold."

Berserk watched Zenta power-up her blade, looking giddy once she had it returned to her. "I didn't know you could do that!" She moved her hand through the licking white flame in amazement that it didn't burn. Giving a big grin she got into an offensive stance. "I sure hope it'll hold up after this-- alright Nia, I'm goin in!" The Punk dashed off after Zenta towards Broly.

In that moment, the supernovas rang out, causing Bernkastel to sweep her arms and conjure a thick wall of icy crystals as a buttress for the group. The earthquake rumbling the ground beneath them caused the wall shielding them to break down almost as quickly as she had put it up.
"We'll need to make haste! I've got a feeling this whole place will implode soon enough, so we'll need to either teleport out of here or blast our way to the surface!"

"You, fight the old man? Puh-lease! Look at your sorry state!" Berserk cracked apart the sword before striking Broly across his chest with it, allowing each flaming section to chip off part of the crystal exterior scraping by. "Quit bein' such a pain and keel over already!"
 
Gravita flew backwards from Spina's Roaring Tsumani attack and slammed against the barrier dome. The dome shattered from Spina's attack and Gravita's increasing gravity. The overflow essence of Dark Energy encased the young Xy'pher, which creatied new black crystals on her body. Gravita gripped her head, in a futile effort, to try to remain in control of herself, but all she could do was let out a deafening scream. All over her body, new black crystals formed, and her cute pink gauntlets originated to turn into spiked black crystal gauntlets.

"I will not... be defeated HERE! This is MY show!" Gravita spoke in a corrupted voice. "I... I will KILL you!"

The Xy'pher stared at Spina with eyes that shined a bright yellow. She did not move yet, instead, she began to gather all her power directly to her black gauntlets. Like before, the Black Goo started to twitch and contort due to the immense energy she was gathering. This time, the Goo began to bubble, almost as if being boiled. The energy was becoming highly unstable! And due to the high amount of energy emitting between Gravita and Spina, it was subjected to explode at any moment's notice.

Gravita huffed and rushed towards Spina at blazing speed. She was so fast that the surrounding air tiny body started to catch on fire. Despite the new formation of Black Crystals on her gauntlets, the sheer amount of pressure coming from her body started to crack the crystals. Once Gravita was in front of Spina, so many crystals had formed on her hands and arms that they were almost bigger than Gravita herself! Once she was literally inches from Spina's face, she pulled her arms to the side. At this moment, she was no longer acting herself. As if her entire personality had vanished, and her body simply acted on its own will. The loyalty to the Red King, and any concerns over her Xy'phers ceased. The only thing that mattered, was defeating Spina with everything she had.

"Max Gravity..! Ultimate Big Bang!!!"

Gravita launched her fists directly on both sides of Spina's head, getting ready to crush his head between her gauntlets. The amount of energy was so great that should Gravita land her attack, it would spark the outpouring into a massive explosion that will not only take out the Breakers, but reach and engulf Reflection City as well.

"NOW DIIIIIIIEEEE!!!"

The gravity around herself and her gauntlets not only distorted space and reality around her and Spina, it also distorted time as well. To the Breakers, it looked as if Spina and Gravita were standing still forever, facing each other, but in reality Gravita had already launched her attack.

The dome would finally collapse on itself, but thanks to the gravity at work, it created sharp shards that directed themselves towards the Breakers. Each shard launched itself aimlessly, some spinning like saw blades. It was a literal rain of sharp spears and spinning saw blades ready to impale or decapitate them at any given notice.

Zenta quickly noticed that May had shot off Broly's arm and sent it flying in the air. As it landed on the floor, it was still charging up the blast Broly had earlier. The beast quickly took action and kicked the arm up in the air and grabbed it, pointing it towards Gravita. Once the blast fired, instead of going faster, it started to slow down. It slowed down so much that it eventually stopped in midair between Gravita and Spina. There was no explosion or shockwave, just an eerie mass of energy frozen with Gravita and Spina. Zenta turned to face Spina and Gravita and wondered why they were not moving until their energy and Broly's blast started to swirl and distort in his 'vision.'

"Spina..?" Zenta said under his breath as he turned his attention back to Broly. However, once he did, he gasped upon hearing the whizzing noises of the falling dome shards. A shard that was spinning out of control was heading straight to him and Berserk, easily capable of decapitating both of them in one swoop. As it grew closer, Zenta quickly leaned his body back as fast as he could, narrowly avoiding having the top of his head slice off and only losing strands of his hair. The same shard flung by Berserk and just barely avoid slicing her arm off; instead, leaving a deep gash from her shoulder to her wrist.

"Ah!" Avalon said as he swiped the fragment from Bernkastel's hand. "You can trap people in this?! I bet you can use it like a knife and stab people. Say... that gives me an idea--" Avalon turned his head to see a shard flying right at him and Bernkastel. "Gwah! Look out!" The ninja grabbed the Witch and pulled both himself and her to the floor, saving them from being skewered. "W-We gotta hurry up and get out of here! This battle is gettin' too dangerous!"
 
Understanding the flow of energy, whether internal or external, creates an extraordinary warrior. Flowing Strike essentially takes the knowledge of the flow of energy behind raging currents and tidal surges and recreates these within one’s body. In the case of Spina, whom energy is constantly on the rise thanks to his explosive growth, it allows him to regulate his energy output, avoid any wasted movements and become proficient in battle.

In contrast, Dark Energy…

Spina tread with caution after seeing Gravita formed an abundance of black crystals around her gauntlets and her body. She was bratty before, but now utterly unhinged in her tactics.

…cannot be regulated nor control. It cannot be mastered. It is sloppy, messy, and destructive as the essence oozes outward. It is a powerful force that destroys the mind. Until their entire existence—whatever that makes them whole, will ceased. Only their bodies left behind to act as the mind collapsed and their consciousness vanished. Gravita, despite being a mere creation using Black Crystals as a base, was rapidly evolving—whether she wanted too or not. And with it, her general loyalty and regard to her fellow Xy’phers lessen dramatically until none is left.

Dark Energy destroys the utter consciousness of an individual—and when that happens, tragedies will come and mountains of broken bodies is the result.

Once Gravita closed the gap between them and launched her attack. Narrowing his eyes, Spina responded with his own, sensing the danger it will cause should it land. In elegant movements, the old Saiyan pulled his arm back and launch forward in blistering speeds. The small particles that flung off from the roaring tsunami, thicken and twirling around the two with intense pressure.

“Flowing Strike: Wave Fist--”

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Broly’s arm was blasted off by May’s gun, removing any chance to attack the Breakers. “Arghh…. You damn worms—” Before the Xy’pher Saiyan can finished his sentence, he was struck in the chest by Berserk. His entire body was on the verge of collapsed by the culmination of damage. He dropped his head, unable to move at this condition.

“Using Broly… I’m sure he heard some things during his venture here. I’ll keep him wrap under my chains. He’s weak enough for you to keep him trapped for a while.” Spawn thought to himself. “Yeah, he’s a stubborn fucker, isn’t he? He won’t stay down.” He looked ahead after feeling the change in atmosphere. The gravity was far stronger this time around, and after seeing Zenta redirect Broly’s attack towards the dome, and from his perspective, it looked like it didn’t go anywhere. “We need to move. Now.” Before Spawn can opened his cloak, several saw blades of rock came at his direction. He had to jump out of the way, but one of them managed to smash through his green chains, freeing Xy’pher Broly.

“Arghhh!!!” Broly suddenly woke up. Without any regard for himself, he turned towards the Breakers with his mouth opened and fire. It wasn’t enough to do any significant damage, but it was enough to blast his body away from their blades. Broly easily shredded his body that way, until it was simply a flying torso with barely a head. But it was enough momentum to reach Gravita and Spina.

Just moments before the two collided, Xy’pher Broly slammed onto Gravita, pushing her out of the way and interrupting her attack.

“!?” Spina raised a brow.

“Ahaha…” Broly simply floated as he cackled. “Forget about her… I AM YOUR OPPONENT… NOW FIGHT ME!”
 
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As Gravita was hit by Broly and pushed out of the way, her gravity returned to normal and time worked properly again between her and Spina. She fell backwards and landed on her butt before glaring directly at Broly. The crowd of Xy'phers, in the meanwhile, cheered louder and louder, enjoying the duel from the Breakers. At this point, not only was Gravita lost, her mind and personality were gone due to the Dark Energy that now engulfed her. All she saw was red when Broly tossed her aside, essentially ruining her attack towards Spina.

"You..." Gravita growled under her breath. "You filthy little maggot!"

Gravita grabbed Broly by his chest and cracks began to form all over the Saiyan's body. She was crushing the Xy'pher piece by piece. Slowly, Broly's body started to cave in on itself, until it started to increase in speed. Suddenly, and in an instant, Broly was crushed right on the palm of Gravita's hand, compressing him into the size of a pea. His Crystallized core fell to the ground and Gravita kicked it towards the crowd of Xy'phers.

"This is MY show! I'm the star!"

The cheering from the Xy'pher crowd instantly stopped the moment Gravita killed Broly. The echos of their chants died off in an eerie silence, and the room grew very cold. Gravita, either unaware or too lost from the effects of Dark Energy, failed to notice the crowd stop cheering. She turned to Spina held her arms apart like before, getting ready to do her move once again. The Xy'phers all stared at Gravita with a long dead stare, none of them moving an inch from their spot. They followed every inch of Gravita's movements, as if to judge or study her. A similar thing happened with Eleki when he killed off a random Xy'pher.

"Uh-oh..." Nia said to herself. "She did the unspeakable..."
 
May says "So the construct might have shown a sine sapience or free will. All that means is there is a chance she has the ability to grow." Due to the fact May has made golems in order to make her life easer she has some level of expertise on this. May thinks "I so the king was a shitty master/maker. The worst thing I seen is their real devotion tortes me."

May says "With that stated we need to consternate on killing her more after that we may need to kill her former fan club."
 
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