The Reality Vortex: Red Reputations

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The cats around Spina consequently became more freaked out due to having such little time to process one extreme event following another. Upon seeing the blasts rain down, some chose to hide under Spina or nearby objects while others simply scattered and dashed out around piles of building rubble.

Bernkastel was tracking down the familiars on foot but the mixed-up information flying into her thoughts was equally as distracting as the chaos unfolding around her like the earthquakes. Glancing up into the air she felt her breath catch in her throat as she saw Gogeta attacking from midair, cascading pink blasts down at something... which was exactly where she could sense the cats had gathered before scattering. Forcing her burning legs to keep going, Bern continued running toward where they were coming down. Not long after the blasts were fired the Witch could see some of her familiars run out in her direction, away from the attack site. Gritting her teeth, she dashed past them and only stopped once she could see Bage and Spina in front of her. Her legs became like jelly from running on foot, Bern tripping over herself and falling onto the ground just behind them before letting out a pained yelp from scraping her knees against gritty rubble.

"Spina! They told me everything, I'm here--" Bernkastel dragged herself across the concrete crawling to him before her eyes fell on the pipe coming out of Spina's torso. The sight made her glance up at Gogeta with a disgusted look of rage; forcing herself not to be swallowed up in it she spoke to Bage. "I'll handle Spina's injury if you can keep him at bay long enough. We don't have to worry about Roya anymore." Bern's hands nervously grasped the pipe, hesitant about having to take it out knowing she can't perform her healing magic otherwise. "I have enough energy to repair this wound, but the pipe has to come out. You have to trust me enough to not move," the witch told Spina with an urgent tone. "So don't die, okay?!"
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"Tch. She got away," Berserk pouted upon seeing Roya disappear. "Well, whatever! If you can't take the heat better stay out of the kitchen, so we win fair n' square! Whoa!" Berserk clung to the avian upon the sudden flash of an exchange of pink energy blasts. "Looks way too dangerous to go down there right now... we might fall into a fissure if another earthquake happens. Can't drop the bottle or the paper thing." Berserk tapped the bird to see if it could fling Lucifer onto its back with her. "Bage makes it look easy, so what's the deal about opening the bottle? It's a good thing we didn't have to go down by those creepy tunnels to get it..."
 
Brachi then teleported next to Bage whom she noted was doing his best to reflect the blasts Gogeta had fired back at him and, after turning into Super Saiyan Blue, she went to help him in his efforts, feeling that Bage could use a helping hand.

"We don't have time for such petty disputes and arguments; focus on the real problem here for once. You should be settling your affairs when the wider mess is over and done with; as it is, you're only making things worse, Gogeta." She shouted at the fusion during her attacks, feeling that Gogeta was now part of the problem instead of helping with finding a solution. 

She couldn't get a grip on what Gogeta's problem with Spina was anyway and frankily, she could care less about it. The entire situation was driving Brachi towards madness with all these new threats popping up from out of nowhere, and it was evidently affecting her in a negative way. Perhaps the recent thing what Roya did to her was getting to her and she needed to vent a bit in order to try to get herself back under control; the last thing Brachi wanted was for herself to become a problem, and this whole situation wasn't exactly helping her.
 
Gogeta's narrowed eyes widened a bit, caught offguard initially from the reflected energy blasts from the barrier. He jolted back a bit from a couple of them exploding on his chest, quickly correcting himself and dodging past the incoming attacks. He panted heavily, dusting off the charred marks from the skin on his chest not covered by fur, his grin widening slightly while he weaved from side to side.

"Tch!! You're really gonna make me use his technique?! Fine!"

The flames swirling around Gogeta's body suddenly exploded outwards, disintegrating the remaining incoming blasts heading his way from his own attack. The sheer force of the move alone caused him to stop in the air and catch his breath, his arms tensing while he clenched his hands into fists. He chuckled to himself, throwing out his right arm to the side in a full extention. The fire radiating around his body seemed to slowly converge towards the outstretched arm, slowly conforming together into a solid beam of pure pink energy.

"Spirit Sword!!"

Gogeta shot down to the ground, briefly landing on the cement and suddenly rocketing forward in a dash forward. The fire built around his body once more as he closed the gap to the barrier in an instant, igniting the floor while he roared in shooting the energy blade forward into the barrier. His arm trembled violently in struggling against the energy Bage and Brachi put up in defense from his attacks, yet the barrier failed to absorb the full blade from a consistent flow of energy Gogeta continued to channel into the attack. He bared his white teeth, the loud sheen ringing out between Brachi and Bage to indicate the energy blade had pierced through the shield after a few moments of struggle. The blade continued to grow forward slowly, inching closer and closer with each passing second towards the incapacitated Spina.

Gogeta chuckled darkly from the other side of the barrier; the attack itself only moving slowly due to the current amount of energy Bage and Brachi put up to slow his advance. If the barrier were to weaken in any capacity, the Spirit Sword would rapidly shoot forward to stab Spina, leaving very little options to stop the approaching blade still advancing on Spina.
 
Allure City

Lilith was still sitting there on the same spot where the other Breakers fell in the illusion, waiting for any sort of signal that the job has been accomplished. Despite the distance between Allure City and Reality Metropolis, she did not move from her spot. Yet, she felt a surge of wickedness growing within Reality Metropolis—something that does not fit in this world logically. “Lucifer, is everything alright?” She spoke, hoping to connect with Lucifer telepathy.

Reality Metropolis

“It quite alright…” Lucifer rubbed his head due to the damage on the bottle. It left a stinging sensation and made things uncomfortable for him to use his powers correctly since he could not focus. “Roya was soundly defeated, with a wonderful destructive mayhem to cause her demise, but unfortunately, she ran off before Berserk can extract any significant information out of her.”

A sudden flash of pink light engulfed parts of the city, causing the angel to cover his eyes a bit. “And although it was successful, once again, our favorite boy is seemingly causing trouble again.” He chuckled. “Though, the way this bird is flying, its hard for me to make out what’s going on, aside from Spina starting to fall apart. I’ll let you know the results once we get this over with.”

Upon Berserk asking about the bottles, Lucifer started to ponder about something. “I recall that people used the tunnels to get from one place to another very quickly, since not everyone is blessed with abilities, but judging from what I seen, it seems to be quite a mess down there.”

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Spina nodded once when Bernkastel told him to not make a move, but due to Gogeta’s actions, it was extremely difficult for him to stay still. “You damn coward, everyone is down and about, literally exhausted….” He mumbled angrily under his breath as the cracks on his torso started to spread rapidly due to the stress placed upon him.

However, seeing the barriers on the verge of breaking as the sword is slowly piercing through, Spina had to react quickly. Everyone’s energy is dropping by the second, and they cannot last any longer. Without fear nor hesitation, Spina shoved Bernkastel out of the way to avoid her getting injured, leaving himself exposed to the attack.

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Detective Spawn continued his investigations of the underground tunnels, before coming to a stop. "Alright, this should be enough. Need to get up there and make sure those idiots are okay, since I don't sense Roya anymore." The Detective jumped in the air and out of the tunnels and looked around. "Huh? Where's those freaks go?" Loud thunderous noises took his attention, upon seeing pink lasers crackles in the sky, urge him to head to their direction. "God damn it, don't tell me something went wrong...!" Spawn said, realizing that his energy was dropping by the second as he traveled.
 
The reverent is just following along ready to fight wend needed.
 
Zenta continued to hop on top of the buildings and immediately perched on top of a broken patch of rubble overseeing Gogeta, Spina, Bernkastel, and Bage. In a way, he was happy to see Bage and Bernkastel defending Spina but his smile soon turned to a frown upon noticing how Spina's energy source was riddled with cracks. He did not understand it since he never saw anything like it but he slowly saw Spina's energy signature get smaller and smaller, indicating imminent death. His attention changed to Gogeta when the Fusion unleashed an energy sword down on Brachi and Bage's barrier. Inching slowly with the intent to slice down those in his path, Zenta's fur bristled.

For the first time, he bared his gums and sharp teeth and let out a low animalistic growl. He hopped from his perch towards the scene and gently landed behind Gogeta where he latched his arm around his neck in a chokehold. He lifted Gogeta up, preventing his feet from touching the ground.

"ENOUGH!" the beast shouted. "Stop now or I will put you down, Gogeta!"

The pressure around Gogeta's neck got tighter and tighter as Zenta pulled Gogeta away from the barrier and slammed his weight on top of the Fusion, pushing both of them to the floor. His tails wrapped around Gogeta's legs, pinning them to the floor as he slowly began to rotate the Saiyan's neck and apply even more pressure. Inch by inch, Zenta was getting closer and closer to snapping Gogeta's neck, yet, he did so in a torturous manner, making sure Gogeta felt the grip of death get closer and closer. When the airflow was cut off from Gogeta, Zenta refused to stop as he continued to twist his neck ever so slowly. To an onlooker, it was like watching a beast play with its prey. It wasn't a joke, he really was trying to end Gogeta. He lowered his mouth to Gogeta's ear, a low whisper coming from the beast.

"The next time I catch you, I will not hesitate to pop your head off... You are incredibly lucky..." His hold began to soften and lighten up. "I made a promise to Cuki... but you are so lucky..!"

His body shook at the thought of what Gogeta had done but before he did anything rash he immediately released the man. He rose to his feet but kept Gogeta pinned to the ground by placing a foot on his back and another on the back of his head.

I... I almost did something dire. This week has been far too heavy on all our bodies, physically and mentally... This has to stop.

He then turned to the others, taking a deep breath and calming himself down but his body was weakening the more he forced himself to stop Gogeta. He already wasted too much energy trying to stop Roya and he barely had much left. The sight of Bernkastel made him feel much better but he decided to stay put, preparing himself for another attack from Gogeta, should it come.



Trying to understand Berserk's command, the hawk got closer to the ground, releasing Avalon and Lucifer from a safe height and not too far from the chaos happening between the Saiyans and the Witch. Letting out a screech, the avian lowered itself to allow Berserk to slide down one of its wings. It began to gently move Avalon's unconscious body around, trying to get a response from its master.
 
Brachi narrowed her eyes at seeing the Spirit Sword try to break through the barrier while she reflected the blasts as best she could, only to see Zenta attack Gogeta like that, right as Majin Bara arrived to help reinforcing the barrier, wanting to do her part to keep Spina safe, or at least buy enough time for the others to come and move him out of the way if Gogeta's attack didn't cease.
 
Gogeta's eyes widened slightly at the touch of the hand on his neck, and in the slow momentum of Zenta lifting him off the ground, the fusion instinctively swung back with his left leg. Ye the amount of concentration and focus he held on maintaining the advancing Spirit Sword had left him with no other faculties, his leg missing spectacularly in its target of the much larger beast. A relatively simple counter alone started the fall; the rest of Gogeta's powerful offense shattering under the sheer weight of fatigue at last. The entire attack itself had been his final push, having committed to using dangerous reserves of his own life force to continue his assault.

Yet with the mere change in focus to attack Zenta, Gogeta lost all control over the power he wielded in the brutish offense. The fur on his body vanished as quickly as the viscous and ominous pink Spirit Sword that came inches from Spina's body did, along with the firey aura that surged around him. The fusion grimaced heavily in pain from the crackle of black and purple lightning erupting around his body; the punishment of tapping into the power of the gods without having conditioned his body properly to wield it.

His face struck the ground first, denting the cement and having fully reverted to his normal, base form. Gogeta writhed in pain throughout Zenta's threats, and upon the release of his neck before snapping, Gogeta fell limp on the floor with his eyes completely white and still.
 
"Spina!" Bage tried to strengthen the barrier with the Fusion's energy supply, but at the rate the energy was cutting, it couldn't strengthen itself fast enough. But to the detective's relief, the rest of the Breakers came to his aid to stop Gogeta. Once the fused Saiyan was subdued by Zenta and hit the ground, Bage released his barrier. He hesitated for a moment, sighing heavily in exhaustion from using up this last bit of energy he had left. 

As he regained his breath, the Saiyan turned to the team of Breakers with a glare as he projected his voice. "You all have anything to say for this? Because right now, I'm this close to arresting him myself so I can get on with my mission!" Bage raised his hand bringing his index finger and thumb together, the two of them almost touching as he presented it to the Breakers to express his irritation.
 
Brachi shook her head.

"He's been causing a whole lot of trouble for us. Look, I'm not the leader of our group, but he does need to face the consequences of his actions." She said.
 
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